IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 757 
Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Day of Remembrance for 
Homicide Victims. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2009 
Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland (for herself, Mr. POE of Texas, Ms. RICHARDSON, 
Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, 
Ms. WOOLSEY, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, and Mr. 
GRIJALVA) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Day of 
Remembrance for Homicide Victims. 
Whereas homicide is a devastating epidemic in this Nation, 
destroying families and communities; 
Whereas women are disproportionately victims of homicide 
perpetrated by intimate partners; 
Whereas intimate partner homicide is the leading cause of 
death for African-American women ages 15–45; 
Whereas, on average, 3 women per day are murdered by their 
current or former husbands or partners and the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention finds that women ex-
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perience 2,000,000 injuries from intimate partner vio-
lence each year; 
Whereas according to the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, the cost of intimate partner violence exceeded 
$5,800,000,000 in 2003; 
Whereas, for the years 1976 to 2005 combined, among all 
homicide victims, females were particularly at risk for in-
timate killings and sex-related homicides, with 64.8 per-
cent of all female homicide victims during that time being 
murdered by an intimate partner; 
Whereas one-third of all murdered females are victims of inti-
mate partner homicide annually, with separated females 
having the highest homicide rate; 
Whereas intimate partner violence resulted in 1,544 deaths in 
2004, and of those deaths, 25 percent were males and 75 
percent were females; 
Whereas the time that a victim of domestic violence leaves a 
violent situation is the most dangerous time for a victim 
and increases his or her likelihood of becoming a victim 
of homicide; 
Whereas homicide is the second leading cause of traumatic 
death for pregnant women and recently pregnant women, 
accounting for nearly 31 percent of maternal injury 
deaths; 
Whereas numerous agencies across this country provide sup-
port to the families of homicide victims and the tireless 
work of agency staff and volunteers is worthy of acknowl-
edgment; and 
Whereas victims of domestic violence-related homicides should 
be remembered during the National Day of Remembrance 
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for Homicide Victims to honor their memories: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of a National 
Day of Remembrance for Homicide Victims; and 
(2) acknowledges the epidemic of intimate part-
ner homicide in this Nation, its disproportionate im-
pact on women, and the work of agencies across this 
country to address this epidemic and provide sup-
port and resources to all survivors of victims of 
homicide, including the families of intimate partner 
homicide. 
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