IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 944 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Domestic Violence Awareness 
Month and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
Congress should raise awareness of domestic violence in the United 
States and its devastating effects on families and communities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2006 
Mr. POE (for himself, Mr. COSTA, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. 
ORTIZ, Mr. HOLDEN, and Ms. HART) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Domestic Vio-
lence Awareness Month and expressing the sense of the 
House of Representatives that Congress should raise 
awareness of domestic violence in the United States and 
its devastating effects on families and communities. 
Whereas October 2006 is to be recognized as National Do-
mestic Violence Awareness Month, a month for activities 
furthering the awareness of domestic violence; 
Whereas one in four women will fall victim to domestic vio-
lence in her life; 
Whereas women ages 16 to 24 experience the highest rates, 
per capita, of intimate partner violence; 
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Whereas 70 percent of teenage girls and college women who 
are raped are raped during the course of a date; 
Whereas 13 percent of teenage girls who have been in a rela-
tionship report being hit or hurt by their partners; 
Whereas one in four teenage girls has been in a relationship 
in which she was pressured into performing sexual acts 
by her partner; 
Whereas one study found that 25 percent of girls in 8th or 
9th grade have been victims of non-sexual violence and 
eight percent have been victims of sexual violence; 
Whereas there is a need for middle schools, secondary 
schools, and post-secondary schools to educate students 
about the issues of domestic violence, sexual assault, dat-
ing violence, and stalking; 
Whereas 30 to 50 percent of dating relationships exhibit the 
same kind of escalating violence as marital relationships; 
Whereas the costs of intimate partner violence annually ex-
ceeds $5.8 billion, including $4.1 billion in direct medical 
and mental health care services for victims of domestic 
violence; 
Whereas domestic violence has been estimated to cost employ-
ers anywhere from $3 to 13 billion per year in the United 
States due to loss of productivity, workdays missed, and 
the cost of increased health care due to domestic violence- 
related injuries; 
Whereas landlords frequently deny housing to victims of do-
mestic violence who have protection orders or evict vic-
tims of domestic violence for seeking help, such as by 
calling 911, after a domestic violence incident or who 
have other indications that they are domestic violence vic-
tims; 
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Whereas 92 percent of homeless women experience severe 
physical or sexual abuse at some point in their lifetimes; 
Whereas one study indicates that nearly 46 percent of home-
less women reported staying in an abusive relationship 
because they had nowhere else to go; 
Whereas 40 to 60 percent of men who abuse women also 
abuse children; 
Whereas men who witness domestic violence as children are 
twice as likely to abuse their own partners; 
Whereas children who witness domestic violence are more 
likely to attempt suicide, abuse drugs and alcohol, run 
away from home, and engage in teenage prostitution; 
Whereas the media is increasingly reporting stories of men 
involved in domestic violence cases who kill their spouses 
and often their children before committing suicide; 
Whereas, according to one study, during court ordered visita-
tion, five percent of abusive fathers threaten to kill their 
spouses, 34 percent of abusive fathers threaten to kidnap 
their children, and 25 percent of abusive fathers threaten 
to physically hurt their children; 
Whereas homicide is the third leading cause of death for Na-
tive American women and 75 percent of Native American 
women who are killed are killed by a family member or 
an acquaintance; 
Whereas there is a need to increase public awareness and un-
derstanding of domestic violence and the needs of bat-
tered women, men, and children; 
Whereas there is a need to increase funding for programs 
carried out under the Violence Against Women Act of 
1994 (Public Law 103–322; 108 Stat. 1902 et seq.) 
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aimed at intervening and preventing domestic violence in 
the United States; and 
Whereas individuals and organizations that are dedicated to 
preventing and ending domestic violence should be recog-
nized: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of National 
Domestic Violence Awareness Month; and 
(2) expresses the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that Congress should continue to raise 
awareness of domestic violence in the United States 
and its devastating effects on families and commu-
nities. 
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