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Whereas one large study found that men exposed to physical 
abuse, sexual abuse, and adult domestic violence as chil-
dren were almost 4 times more likely than other men to 
have perpetrated domestic violence as adults; 
Whereas 73 percent of male abusers were abused as children; 
Whereas 1 in 10 District of Columbia high school students 
reported experiencing physical violence from a dating 
partner in the past year; 
Whereas half of youth who have been victims of both dating 
violence and rape attempt suicide, compared to 12.5 per-
cent of nonabused girls and 5.4 percent of nonabused 
boys; 
Whereas there is a need for primary schools, secondary 
schools, and postsecondary schools to educate students 
about the issues of domestic violence, sexual assault, dat-
ing violence, and stalking; 
Whereas a recently released multistate study shows that the 
Nation’s domestic violence shelters are addressing vic-
tims’ urgent and long-term needs and are helping victims 
protect themselves and their children; 
Whereas a 2021 survey by the National Network to End Do-
mestic Violence reported that 70,032 violence victims 
were served by domestic violence shelters and programs 
around the Nation in a single day; 
Whereas an additional 9,444 requests for services went 
unmet that day due to lack of resources; 
Whereas most murdered transgender women are killed by in-
timate partners; 
Whereas a 2018 analysis on the killings of women in 47 
major United States cities during the previous decade 
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found that nearly half (46 percent) of them died as a re-
sult of intimate partner violence; 
Whereas 61.1 percent of bisexual women, 43.8 percent of les-
bian women, 37.3 percent of bisexual men, and 26 per-
cent of homosexual men experience intimate partner vio-
lence during their life; 
Whereas domestic violence advocates provide lifesaving, es-
sential services; 
Whereas there is a need to increase—not reduce—funding for 
programs aimed at intervening in and preventing domes-
tic violence in the United States; and 
Whereas October is an appropriate month for the observance 
of ‘‘National Domestic Violence Awareness Month’’: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Original Na-
tional Domestic Violence Awareness Month Resolution of 
2022’’. 
SEC. 2. SUPPORTING NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 
AWARENESS MONTH. 
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 and its devastating 
effects on individuals, families, and communities, 
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and support programs designed to end domestic vio-
lence in the United States. 
Æ 
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