IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 889 
Supporting the goals and ideals of October as National Domestic Violence 
Awareness Month and expressing the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that Congress should continue to raise awareness of domestic vio-
lence and its devastating effects on individuals, families, and commu-
nities, and support programs designed to end domestic violence in the 
United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 
Mr. AL GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. POE of Texas, Ms. EDWARDS, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. CON-
YERS, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. MOORE, Ms. ROY-
BAL-ALLARD, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. NORTON, Ms. TITUS, Ms. 
FUDGE, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. SLAUGHTER, 
Ms. DELAURO, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. SPEIER, and Mr. CARSON of Indiana) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of October as National Do-
mestic Violence Awareness Month and expressing the 
sense of the House of Representatives that Congress 
should continue to raise awareness of domestic violence 
and its devastating effects on individuals, families, and 
communities, and support programs designed to end do-
mestic violence in the United States. 
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Whereas domestic violence affects people of all ages as well 
as racial, ethnic, gender, economic, and religious back-
grounds; 
Whereas females are disproportionately victims as one in four 
women will experience domestic violence at some point in 
her life; 
Whereas on average, more than three women are murdered 
by their husbands or boyfriends in the United States 
every day; 
Whereas women ages 16 to 24 experience the highest rates, 
per capita, of intimate partner violence; 
Whereas about 1 in 5 women who ever experience rape, phys-
ical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner, first 
experienced 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 exceeds 
$5,800,000,000 each year, $4,100,000 of which is for di-
rect medical and mental health care services; 
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-
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mestic violence for seeking help after a domestic violence 
incident, such as by calling 911, or who have other indi-
cations 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; 
Whereas 98 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 day is 
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 10,000,000 children are exposed to domestic 
violence each year; 
Whereas children exposed to domestic violence are more likely 
to attempt suicide, abuse drugs and alcohol, run away 
from home, and become a victim 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 four times more likely than other men 
to have perpetrated domestic violence as adults; 
Whereas nearly 1,500,000 high school students nationwide 
experienced physical abuse from a dating partner; 
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