IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 664 
Supporting the goals and ideals of October as ‘‘National Domestic Violence 
Awareness Month’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 30, 2019 
Mr. GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. 
ESPAILLAT, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. NORTON, Mr. OLSON, Mr. RUSH, Mr. 
DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, and Mr. SWALWELL of California) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of October as ‘‘National 
Domestic Violence Awareness Month’’. 
Whereas intimate partner violence affects people of all ages 
as well as racial, ethnic, gender, economic, and religious 
backgrounds; 
Whereas women are disproportionately victims of domestic vi-
olence, as 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men ages 18 and 
older will experience domestic violence at some point in 
their life; 
Whereas on average, more than 3 women are murdered by 
their husbands or boyfriends in the United States every 
day; 
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Whereas women ages 18 to 34 experience the highest rates, 
per capita, of intimate partner violence; 
Whereas about 1 in 5 women who experience rape, physical 
violence, or stalking by an intimate partner first experi-
enced some form of partner violence between 11 and 17 
years of age; 
Whereas nearly 1 in 3 college women say they have been in 
an abusive dating relationship; 
Whereas 1 out of 3 Native American women will be raped 
and 6 out of 10 will be physically assaulted in their life-
times; 
Whereas the cost of intimate partner violence over a victim’s 
lifetime for medical and mental health care services is 
$103,767 for women and $23,414 for men; 
Whereas, of females killed with a firearm, almost two-thirds 
were killed by their intimate partners; 
Whereas one-quarter to one-half of domestic violence victims 
report that they have lost a job due, at least in part, to 
domestic violence; 
Whereas some landlords deny housing to victims of domestic 
violence who have protection orders or evict victims of do-
mestic violence for seeking help after a domestic violence 
incident, such as calling 911, or who have other indica-
tions that they are domestic violence victims; 
Whereas 92 percent of homeless women experience severe 
physical or sexual abuse at some point in their lifetimes; 
Whereas 81 percent of women who are stalked by a current 
or former male partner are also physically abused by that 
partner; 
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Whereas 99 percent of abusive relationships include financial 
abuse, causing the survivors to stay or return to the abu-
sive relationship; 
Whereas more than 8,000,000 days of paid work each year 
are lost due to domestic violence issues; 
Whereas 96 percent of employed domestic violence victims ex-
perience problems at work due to abuse; 
Whereas 1 in 15 children are exposed to intimate partner vio-
lence each year and 90 percent of these children are eye-
witnesses to violence; 
Whereas at least 15,500,000 children live in families in which 
partner violence occurred at least once in the past year; 
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 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 1 in 10 high school students experienced physical vi-
olence from a dating partner in the past year; 
Whereas 13 percent of teenage girls who have been in a rela-
tionship report being hit or hurt by their partners; 
Whereas adolescent girls who reported dating violence were 
60 percent more likely to report one or more suicide at-
tempts in the past year; 
Whereas there is a need for middle schools, secondary 
schools, and postsecondary schools to educate students 
about the issues of domestic violence, sexual assault, dat-
ing violence, and stalking; 
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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 2018 National Census Survey reported that 
74,823 violence victims were served by domestic violence 
shelters and programs around the Nation in a single day; 
Whereas an additional 9,183 people requested help that day, 
but due to lack of resources, they were unable to be 
served; 
Whereas there is a need to increase funding for programs 
aimed at intervening in and preventing domestic violence 
in the United States; and 
Whereas domestic shelters and programs experience increased 
demands for service, 80 percent report cuts in funding: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Original National Do-
mestic Violence Awareness Month Resolution of 2019’’. 
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 
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effects on individuals, families, and communities, 
and support programs designed to end domestic vio-
lence in the United States. 
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