IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 865 
Raising awareness and encouraging the prevention of stalking by designating 
January 2022 as ‘‘National Stalking Awareness Month’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 11, 2022 
Mr. FITZPATRICK (for himself and Mrs. MURPHY of Florida) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Raising awareness and encouraging the prevention of stalking 
by designating January 2022 as ‘‘National Stalking 
Awareness Month’’. 
Whereas approximately 1 in 6 women in the United States, 
at some point during their lifetimes, have experienced 
stalking victimization, during which the women felt very 
fearful or believed that they or someone close to them 
would be harmed or killed; 
Whereas it is estimated that each year between 6,000,000 
and 7,500,000 individuals in the United States report 
that they have been victims of stalking; 
Whereas more than 85 percent of victims of stalking reported 
that they had been stalked by someone they knew; 
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Whereas nearly 70 percent of intimate partner stalking vic-
tims were threatened with physical harm by stalkers; 
Whereas stalking is a risk factor for intimate-partner homi-
cide; 
Whereas three in four female victims of intimate-partner 
homicides had been stalked by their killers during the 
previous year; 
Whereas 11 percent of victims of stalking reported having 
been stalked for more than 5 years; 
Whereas two-thirds of stalkers pursue their victims at least 
once a week; 
Whereas many victims of stalking are forced to take drastic 
measures to protect themselves, including relocating, 
changing jobs, or obtaining protection orders; 
Whereas the prevalence of anxiety, insomnia, social dysfunc-
tion, and severe depression is much higher among victims 
of stalking than the general population; 
Whereas many victims of stalking do not report stalking to 
the police or contact a victim service provider, shelter, or 
hotline; 
Whereas stalking is a crime under Federal law, the laws of 
all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the terri-
tories of the United States, and the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice; 
Whereas stalking affects victims of every race, age, culture, 
gender, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability, 
and economic status; 
Whereas national organizations, local victim service organiza-
tions, campuses, prosecutor’s offices, and police depart-
ments stand ready to assist victims of stalking and are 
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working diligently to develop effective and innovative re-
sponses to stalking, including online stalking; 
Whereas there is a need to improve the response of the crimi-
nal justice system to stalking through more aggressive in-
vestigation and prosecution; 
Whereas there is a need for an increase in the availability of 
victim services across the United States, and the services 
must include programs tailored to meet the needs of vic-
tims of stalking; 
Whereas individuals 18 to 24 years old experience the highest 
rates of stalking victimization, and a majority of stalking 
victims report their victimization first occurred before the 
age of 25; 
Whereas up to 75 percent of women in college who experience 
behavior relating to stalking experience other forms of 
victimization, including sexual or physical victimization; 
Whereas college students with disabilities are twice as likely 
as those without to experience stalking; 
Whereas there is a need for an effective response to stalking 
on each campus; 
Whereas more than twice as many victims are stalked using 
technology—such as phone calls, text messages, social 
media platforms, internet posts, emails, electronic track-
ing—than not using any technology; 
Whereas the COVID–19 pandemic has heightened the risk of 
online stalking and harassment, particularly among 
school-aged individuals; 
Whereas victim service organizations and law enforcement en-
tities have swiftly adapted to the COVID–19 pandemic in 
order to continue to serve victims of stalking; 
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Whereas victim service providers report an increase in online 
stalking and harassment, particularly among school-aged 
individuals; and 
Whereas the House of Representatives finds that ‘‘National 
Stalking Awareness Month’’ provides an opportunity to 
educate the people of the United States about stalking: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of ‘‘National 
Stalking Awareness Month’’; 
(2) applauds the efforts of service providers for 
victims of stalking, police, prosecutors, national and 
community organizations, campuses, and private sec-
tor supporters to promote awareness of stalking; 
(3) encourages policymakers, criminal justice 
officials, victim service and human service agencies, 
institutions of higher education, and nonprofit orga-
nizations to increase awareness of stalking and con-
tinue to support the availability of services for vic-
tims of stalking; and 
(4) urges national and community organiza-
tions, businesses in the private sector, and the media 
to promote awareness of the crime of stalking 
through ‘‘National Stalking Awareness Month’’. 
Æ 
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