IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 398 
Expressing support for designation of October 2013 as ‘‘National Anti- 
Bullying Month’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 30, 2013 
Mr. HONDA (for himself, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. 
ENGEL, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. 
CLAY, Ms. HAHN, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOV-
ERN, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. POCAN, 
Ms. MATSUI, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY 
of New York, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. 
PAYNE, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. NORTON, Ms. 
SPEIER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. HOLT, Ms. 
KUSTER, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. MORAN, Mr. 
SABLAN, Mr. BARBER, Ms. CHU, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. SWALWELL of Cali-
fornia, Mr. WATT, Mr. FARR, Mr. HIMES, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. 
GARAMENDI, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. POLIS, Ms. 
TITUS, and Mr. LOWENTHAL) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for designation of October 2013 as 
‘‘National Anti-Bullying Month’’. 
Whereas judgment and discrimination against others may be 
based on many factors and may be based on a person’s 
race, ethnicity, physical, mental or emotional ability sta-
tus, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, religion, or 
age; 
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•HRES 398 IH 
Whereas bullying is the activity of repeated, aggressive behav-
ior intended to hurt another person that involves a real 
or perceived imbalance of power; 
Whereas bullying includes harassment that may occur in the 
workplace, at schools, in families, in social settings, and 
online; 
Whereas discrimination and bullying have direct effects on 
the physical, emotional, and mental health of an indi-
vidual, on organizational stability in schools and busi-
nesses, and on the well-being of society as a whole; 
Whereas a disproportionate number of individuals with dis-
abilities, African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Hispanic- 
Americans, Native Americans, and members of the les-
bian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community report 
experiencing daily discrimination; 
Whereas 1 in 5 elders have experienced hostile animosity 
from their peers in a group setting; 
Whereas more than 500,000 reported accounts and millions 
of unreported accounts of elder abuse occur in homes, in 
relatives’ homes, and in facilities responsible for their 
care; 
Whereas 37 percent of people in the United States report 
being bullied on the job; 
Whereas 160,000 children around the United States stay 
home from school each day because of bullying and fear 
of bullying; 
Whereas in 80 percent of school shooting cases in the 1990s, 
the shooters had histories of being bullied; 
Whereas 80 percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender 
teenagers reported being bullied at school; 
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