IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 831 
Supporting the goals and ideals of October as ‘‘National Domestic Violence 
Awareness Month’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 1, 2023 
Mr. GREEN of Texas (for himself, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. ALLRED, Ms. BARRAGA´N, 
Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. BOYLE of Pennsyl-
vania, Ms. BROWN, Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms. BUSH, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. 
CA´RDENAS, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. CAS-
TRO of Texas, Ms. CHU, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. COSTA, Ms. 
CROCKETT, Mr. CROW, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mrs. 
DINGELL, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANS, 
Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HIMES, Mr. 
HOYER, Ms. HOYLE of Oregon, Mr. IVEY, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. JOHN-
SON of Georgia, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KIM of New 
Jersey, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. LARSON of Con-
necticut, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. MACE, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. 
MCCLELLAN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGARVEY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 
MFUME, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Mr. 
MOULTON, Mr. MOYLAN, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. NADLER, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. 
NEHLS, Mr. NICKEL, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. 
PAYNE, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PETTERSEN, Ms. PORTER, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mrs. 
RAMIREZ, Ms. ROSS, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. STE-
VENS, Mrs. SYKES, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. TITUS, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. TONKO, 
Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. TRONE, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WILD, Ms. WIL-
LIAMS of Georgia, Ms. WILSON of Florida, and Mr. SOTO) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education 
and the Workforce 
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•HRES 831 IH 
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’’; 
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 2022, the National Domestic Violence Hotline 
answered more than 446,000 calls, chats, and texts, more 
than any other year before; 
Whereas of the reported abuse types, 93 percent of those con-
tacting the National Domestic Violence Hotline disclosed 
emotional abuse, 63 percent stated physical abuse, 32 
percent described economic or financial abuse, 18 percent 
revealed digital abuse, and 14 percent detailed sexual 
abuse; 
Whereas 77 percent of those contacting the National Domes-
tic Violence Hotline identified as victims or survivors, 11 
percent identified as friends, family members, or other 
helpers, and 12 percent identified as ‘‘other’’, such as 
those working with survivors or even those causing harm; 
Whereas women are disproportionately victims of domestic vi-
olence, as approximately 1 in 2 women and 2 in 5 men 
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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 25.8 percent of women and 14.6 percent of men who 
were victims of contact sexual violence, physical violence, 
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 1 in 12 high school students has experienced vio-
lence, either physical or sexual, from a dating partner in 
the past year; 
Whereas more than 1 in 3 Native American women will be 
raped, and more than 8 in 10 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 an Asian and Pacific Islander Institute on Do-
mestic Violence survey, 16 to 55 percent of Asian and 
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Pacific Islander women reported experiencing domestic 
violence (physical, sexual, or both) during their lifetimes; 
Whereas, according to the National Intimate and Sexual Vio-
lence Survey, 42.1 percent of Latina women are victim-
ized by intimate partner violence in a lifetime, defined by 
rape, physical assault, or stalking; 
Whereas one study of 2,000 Latinas found that 63.1 percent 
of women who identified being victimized in their lifetime 
reported having experienced more than one victimization, 
with an average of 2.56 victimizations; 
Whereas victims of domestic violence report hesitation calling 
law enforcement and accessing victims services due to un-
certainty arising from fear of prosecution for unrelated 
activities, including immigration status; 
Whereas the average cost of intimate partner violence over a 
victim’s lifetime for medical and mental health care serv-
ices is $103,767 for women and $23,414 for men; 
Whereas of women who die by homicide, 34 percent are killed 
by an intimate partner or former intimate partner; 
Whereas women victims are more vulnerable to contracting 
HIV or other STIs due to forced intercourse or prolonged 
exposure to stress; 
Whereas multiple nationwide studies suggest that there is a 
relationship between intimate partner violence and de-
pression and suicidal behavior; 
Whereas 21 to 60 percent of domestic violence victims report 
that they have lost a job due, at least in part, to domestic 
violence; 
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Whereas some domestic violence victims who have protection 
orders or other indications that they are victims are 
evicted or denied access to housing; 
Whereas 1 in 4 homeless women is homeless because of vio-
lence committed against her, and 92 percent of homeless 
women experience severe physical or sexual abuse at 
some point in their lifetimes; 
Whereas a review of 12 United States studies, most of which 
included data from multiple cities, shows that domestic 
violence incidents increased 8.1 percent after jurisdictions 
imposed pandemic-related lockdown orders; 
Whereas domestic violence programs and hotlines have seen 
a substantial increase in contacts since 2020 and con-
tinue to experience a surge in requests for services, with 
the National Domestic Violence Hotline averaging ap-
proximately 2,600 daily contacts in 2022, up from 800 
to 1,200 average daily contacts before the COVID–19 
pandemic; 
Whereas 13.5 percent of women and 5.2 percent of men re-
port having been stalked by an intimate partner; 
Whereas 81 percent of women who are stalked by a current 
or former male partner are also physically abused by that 
partner; 
Whereas of the total domestic violence homicides, about 75 
percent of the victims were killed as they attempted to 
leave the relationship or after the relationship had ended; 
Whereas between 94 to 99 percent of abusive relationships 
include financial abuse, causing the survivors to stay or 
return to the abusive relationship; 
Whereas more than 8,000,000 days of paid work each year 
are lost due to domestic violence issues, and the financial 
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cost of intimate partner violence exceeds $9,300,000,000 
per year; 
Whereas 96 percent of employed domestic violence victims ex-
perience problems at work due to abuse; 
Whereas 1 in 15 children is exposed to intimate partner vio-
lence each year, and 90 percent of these children are eye-
witnesses to such violence; 
Whereas children exposed to domestic violence are more likely 
to attempt suicide, abuse drugs and alcohol, run away 
from home, and become victims of human trafficking; 
Whereas 1 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 while 5 percent specified sexual 
dating violence; 
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-
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