IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1558 
Supporting the goals and ideals of October as ‘‘National Domestic Violence 
Awareness Month’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 1, 2024 
Mr. GREEN of Texas (for himself, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. AMO, Ms. 
BARRAGA´N, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BERA, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. 
BONAMICI, Ms. BROWN, Mr. BUCHANAN, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mr. 
CARBAJAL, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. CASE, Mr. 
CASTEN, Ms. CASTOR
of Florida, Mrs. CHAVEZ-DEREMER, Mrs. 
CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. CHU, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CON-
NOLLY, Mr. COSTA, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DAVIS of 
North Carolina, Ms. DEAN
of Pennsylvania, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. 
DELUZIO, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. ELLZEY, Ms. ESCOBAR, 
Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. 
LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. FROST, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. ROBERT 
GARCIA of California, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Mr. VICENTE GON-
ZALEZ of Texas, Mrs. GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HIMES, Mr. 
IVEY, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KEAN of 
New Jersey, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KIM 
of New Jersey, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. LANDSMAN, Mr. LARSEN of 
Washington, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. 
LIEU, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MENG, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. 
MORELLE, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. MOYLAN, Mr. MRVAN, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. 
NEAL, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. PAPPAS, 
Mr. PETERS, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. POCAN, Mr. QUIGLEY, 
Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. 
SA´NCHEZ, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. SCHOLTEN, Mr. DAVID 
SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. SORENSEN, Mr. 
SOTO, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. STANTON, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. 
SWALWELL, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. TITUS, 
Ms. TLAIB, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. 
TORRES of New York, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. 
WEXTON, Ms. WILD, Mr. WILLIAMS of New York, Ms. WILLIAMS of 
Georgia, Ms. WILSON of Florida, and Mr. PANETTA) submitted the fol-
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lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of October as ‘‘National 
Domestic Violence Awareness Month’’. 
Whereas this resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Original Na-
tional Domestic Violence Awareness Month Resolution of 
2024’’; 
Whereas intimate partner violence affects people of all ages 
as well as all racial, ethnic, gender, economic, and reli-
gious backgrounds; 
Whereas an average of 24 people per minute are victims of 
rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner 
in the United States, amounting to more than 
12,000,000 women and men over the course of a single 
year; 
Whereas, in 2023, the National Domestic Violence Hotline 
answered more than 460,000 calls, chats, and texts about 
services, more than any other year before; 
Whereas, of the reported abuse types, 93 percent of those 
who contacted the National Domestic Violence Hotline 
disclosed emotional abuse, 64 percent stated they experi-
enced physical abuse, 35 percent described economic or 
financial abuse, 20 percent revealed digital abuse, and 11 
percent detailed sexual abuse; 
Whereas 76 percent of those who contacted the National Do-
mestic Violence Hotline identified as victims or survivors; 
11 percent identified as friends, family members, or other 
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helpers; and 13 percent identified as other, such as those 
working with survivors or even those causing the harm; 
Whereas women are largely the victims of domestic violence, 
as approximately 1 in 2 women, compared to 2 in 5 men, 
will experience intimate partner violence or stalking dur-
ing their lifetimes; 
Whereas survivors of domestic violence are strong, coura-
geous, and resilient; 
Whereas, on average, almost 3 women are murdered by an 
intimate partner in the United States every day; 
Whereas women ages 18 to 34 experience the highest rates, 
per capita, of intimate partner violence; 
Whereas more than 1 in 4 women and more than 1 in 5 men 
who were victims of contact sexual violence, physical vio-
lence, or stalking by an intimate partner first experienced 
these or other forms of violence before age 18; 
Whereas nearly 1 in 3 college women say they have been in 
an abusive dating relationship; 
Whereas more than 1 in 3 Native American women will be 
raped, and more than 4 in 5 will experience violence in 
their lifetimes; 
Whereas African-American women experience intimate part-
ner violence at a rate 35 percent higher than that of 
White women and about 2.5 times the rate of women of 
other races, but African-American women are less likely 
than White women to use social services or battered 
women’s programs or to go to the hospital because of do-
mestic violence; 
Whereas in research conducted by the Asian Pacific Institute 
on Gender-Based Violence, 16 to 55 percent of Asian and 
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