,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #aafh  ,,in ,,the ,,house    
,,of ,,representatives  ,october #a1    
#bjbj,mr4 ,green of ,texas 7for himself1
 ,mrs4 ,wagner1 ,mr4 ,larsen of         
,washington1 ,mr4 ,olson1 ,mr4 ,scott of
 ,virginia1 ,mr4 ,cuellar1 ,mr4         
,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 ,sires1 ,mr4 ,price  
of ,north ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,ms4   
,garcia of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,bishop of      
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,casten of ,illinois1    
,mr4 ,malinowski1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,ms4 ,lee
 of ,california1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis 
of ,illinois1 ,mrs4 ,lee of ,nevada1    
,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,ms4      
,titus1 ,mr4 ,o',halleran1 and ,mr4     
,grijalva7 submitted the following      
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,education and ,labor     
,,resolution  ,supporting the goals and 
ideals of ,october as ,national         
,domestic ,violence ,awareness ,month4  
,whereas intimate partner violence      
affects people of all ages as well as   
all racial1 ethnic1 gender1 economic1   

and religious backgrounds2 ,whereas     
women are disproportionately victims of 
domestic violence1 as #a in #d women and
 #a in #g men ages #ah and older will   
experience domestic violence at some    
point in their life2 ,whereas survivors 
of domestic violence are strong1        
courageous1 and resilient2 ,whereas1 on 
average1 more than #c women are murdered
 by their husbands or boyfriends in the 
,united ,states every day2 ,whereas     
women ages #ah to #cd experience the    
highest rates1 per capita1 of intimate  
partner violence2 ,whereas about #a in  
#e women who experience rape1 physical  
violence1 or stalking by an intimate    
partner first experienced some form of  
intimate partner violence between #aa   
and #ag years of age2 ,whereas nearly #a
 in #c college women say they have been 
in an abusive dating relationship2      
,whereas #a in #c ,native ,american     
women will be raped and #f in #aj will  
be physically assaulted in their        
lifetimes2 ,whereas ,african-,american  

women experience intimate partner       
violence at a rate #ce percent higher   
than that of ,white women1 and about    
#b4e times the rate of women of other   
races1 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 domestic violence2 ,whereas1 
in an ,asian and ,pacific ,islander     
,institute on ,domestic ,violence       
survey1 #ba to #ee percent of ,asian and
 ,pacific ,islander women reported      
experiencing domestic violence          
7physical1 sexual1 or both7 during their
 lifetimes2 ,whereas1 according to the  
,national ,intimate and ,sexual         
,violence ,survey1 #cg4a percent of     
,latinx females are victimized by       
intimate partner violence in a lifetime1
 defined by rape1 physical assault1 or  
stalking2 ,whereas noncitizen victims of
 domestic violence report heightened    
concerns with accessing law enforcement 
and services due to uncertainty arising 

from changing immigration policies and  
heightened immigration enforcement2     
,whereas the average cost of intimate   
partner violence over a victim's        
lifetime for medical and mental health  
care services is #ajc1gfg for women and 
#bc1dad for men2 ,whereas of women      
killed with a firearm1 almost two-thirds
 were killed by their intimate partners2
 ,whereas one-quarter to one-half of    
domestic violence victims report that   
they have lost a job due1 at least in   
part1 to domestic violence2 ,whereas    
some landlords deny housing to victims  
of domestic violence who have protection
 orders or evict victims of domestic    
violence for seeking help after a       
domestic violence incident1 such as by  
calling #i-a-a1 or who have other       
indications that they are domestic      
violence victims2 ,whereas ,,covid-#ai  
restrictions have had some hospitals see
 a near-doubling of the proportion of   
domestic abuse cases that resulted in   
physical injury in comparison with      

previous years1 and the injuries were   
also dramatically more severe1 prompting
 concerns that victims had delayed      
seeking care even as the violence       
against them escalated2 ,whereas #ib    
percent of homeless women experience    
severe physical or sexual abuse at some 
point in their lifetimes2 ,whereas #ha  
percent of women who are stalked by a   
current or former male partner are also 
physically abused by that partner2      
,whereas #ii percent of abusive         
relationships include financial abuse1  
causing the survivors to stay or return 
to the abusive relationship2 ,whereas   
more than #h1jjj1jjj days of paid work  
each year are lost due to domestic      
violence issues2 ,whereas #if percent of
 employed domestic violence victims     
experience problems at work due to      
abuse2 ,whereas #a in #ae children are  
exposed to intimate partner violence    
each year and #ij percent of these      
children are eyewitnesses to such       
violence2 ,whereas at least #ae1ejj1jjj 

children live in families in which      
domestic violence occurred at least once
 in the past year2 ,whereas children    
exposed to domestic violence are more   
likely to attempt suicide1 abuse drugs  
and alcohol1 run away from home1 and    
become victims of human trafficking2    
,whereas one large study found that men 
exposed to physical abuse1 sexual abuse1
 and adult domestic violence as children
 were almost #d times more likely than  
other men to have perpetrated domestic  
violence as adults2 ,whereas #a in #aj  
high school students experienced        
physical violence from a dating partner 
in the past year2 ,whereas half of youth
 who have been victims of both dating   
violence and rape attempt suicide1      
compared to #ab4e percent of nonabused  
girls and #e4d percent of nonabused     
boys2 ,whereas there is a need for      
primary schools1 secondary schools1 and 
postsecondary schools to educate        
students about the issues of domestic   
violence1 sexual assault1 dating        

violence1 and stalking2 ,whereas a      
recently released multistate study shows
 that the ,nation's domestic violence   
shelters are addressing victims' urgent 
and long-term needs and are helping     
victims protect themselves and their    
children2 ,whereas a #bjai survey by the
 ,national ,network to ,end ,domestic   
,violence reported that #gg1bbf violence
 victims were served by domestic        
violence shelters and programs around   
the ,nation in a single day2 ,whereas an
 additional #aa1ccf requests for        
services went unmet that day due to lack
 of resources2 ,whereas domestic        
violence advocates provide lifesaving1  
essential services2 ,whereas there is a 
need to increase--not reduce--funding   
for programs aimed at intervening in and
 preventing domestic violence in the    
,united ,states2 and ,whereas ,october  
would be an appropriate month for the   
observance of ,national ,domestic       
,violence ,awareness ,month3 ,now1      
therefore1 be it #a4 ,short title ,this 

resolution may be cited as the ,original
 ,national ,domestic ,violence          
,awareness ,month ,resolution of #bjbj4 
#b4 ,supporting national domestic       
violence awareness month ,the ,house of 
,representatives-- 7#a7 supports the    
goals and ideals of ,national ,domestic 
,violence ,awareness ,month2 and  7#b7  
expresses the sense of the ,house of    
,representatives that ,congress should  
continue to raise awareness of domestic 
violence and its devastating effects on 
individuals1 families1 and communities1 
and support programs designed to end    
domestic violence in the ,united        
,states4