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4	4	STSESSION H. RES. 128
5	5	Expressing support for designation of the month of February 2025 as
6	6	‘‘National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month’’.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	FEBRUARY12, 2025
9	9	Ms. M
10	10	OOREof Wisconsin (for herself, Mrs. DINGELL, and Mr. FITZPATRICK)
11	11	submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee
12	12	on the Judiciary
13	13	RESOLUTION
14	14	Expressing support for designation of the month of February
15	15	2025 as ‘‘National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and
16	16	Prevention Month’’.
17	17	Whereas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and
18	18	Prevention (in this resolution referred to as the ‘‘CDC’’),
19	19	teen dating violence includes 4 types of behavior: (1)
20	20	physical violence, (2) sexual violence, (3) psychological
21	21	aggression, and (4) stalking;
22	22	Whereas, according to the National Institute of Justice and
23	23	Statistics, technology-facilitated abuse is a growing social
24	24	malady contributing to increased psychological aggression
25	25	among teens;
26	26	Whereas technology-facilitated abuse includes, but is not lim-
27	27	ited to, cyber extortion, cyberstalking, and doxing;
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31	31	Whereas, according to the Cyberbullying Research Center,
32	32	over one quarter (28.1 percent) of teens who had been in
33	33	a romantic relationship at some point in the previous
34	34	year said they had been the victim of at least one form
35	35	of digital dating abuse;
36	36	Whereas, while dating violence, domestic violence, sexual vio-
37	37	lence, and stalking affect individuals regardless of age,
38	38	teens are especially vulnerable;
39	39	Whereas, according to the 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey,
40	40	almost half (44.3 percent) of teens experienced at least
41	41	one type of violence and 1 in 7 (15.6 percent) of teens
42	42	experienced at least two types of violence;
43	43	Whereas 1 in 9 female and 1 in 36 male high school students
44	44	report having experienced sexual dating violence in the
45	45	last year;
46	46	Whereas the CDC reported that nearly 1 in 11 female teens
47	47	and about 1 in 15 male teens reported experiencing phys-
48	48	ical dating violence in the last year;
49	49	Whereas teaching teens about the consequences of intimate
50	50	partner violence and supporting the development of
51	51	healthy, respectful, and nonviolent relationships have the
52	52	potential to decrease teen dating violence in future gen-
53	53	erations;
54	54	Whereas educating middle school students and their parents
55	55	about the importance of building healthy relationships
56	56	and preventing teen dating violence is key to deterring
57	57	abuse before it begins;
58	58	Whereas, according to a National Intimate Partner and Sex-
59	59	ual Violence Survey of the CDC, 80 percent of female
60	60	rape victims experienced their first rape before the age of
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64	64	25, and almost half experienced their first rape before
65	65	the age of 18;
66	66	Whereas, according to the same National Intimate Partner
67	67	and Sexual Violence Survey, 26 percent of women and 15
68	68	percent of men who were victims of contact sexual vio-
69	69	lence, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate part-
70	70	ner in their lifetime first experienced these or other forms
71	71	of violence by that partner before the age of 18;
72	72	Whereas, approximately 35 percent of women who were raped
73	73	as minors were also raped as adults;
74	74	Whereas developing healthy relationship practices and stand-
75	75	ards in youth under the age of 18 can be critical to elimi-
76	76	nating sexual violence and other forms of intimate part-
77	77	ner violence;
78	78	Whereas teen dating violence is a preventable public health
79	79	crisis that can negatively impact teens and youth in all
80	80	parts of the United States;
81	81	Whereas teens who have experienced dating violence are more
82	82	than twice as likely as others to consider suicide;
83	83	Whereas the CDC indicates that there are several community
84	84	factors, such as poverty, low capital, such as lack of insti-
85	85	tutions, relationships, and norms that shape a commu-
86	86	nity’s social interactions, poor neighborhood support and
87	87	cohesion, weak community sanctions against intimate
88	88	partner violence, and high alcohol outlet density, that
89	89	place individuals at greater risk for perpetrating intimate
90	90	partner violence;
91	91	Whereas the CDC also indicates that community factors,
92	92	such as neighborhood collective efficacy, and coordination
93	93	of resources and services among community agencies,
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97	97	may reduce an individual’s risk of perpetrating intimate
98	98	partner violence;
99	99	Whereas primary prevention programs are a key part of ad-
100	100	dressing teen dating violence, and many successful exam-
101	101	ples of such programs include education, community out-
102	102	reach, and social marketing campaigns that are culturally
103	103	appropriate;
104	104	Whereas evidence-based programs such as the ‘‘Coaching
105	105	Boys Into Men’’ program have demonstrated that teach-
106	106	ing adolescent men how to have healthy and nonviolent
107	107	relationships may increase positive bystander behavior
108	108	and prevent men from becoming perpetrators of teen dat-
109	109	ing violence;
110	110	Whereas the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, as
111	111	amended by the Violence Against Women Reauthoriza-
112	112	tion Act of 2013 and the Consolidated Appropriations
113	113	Act, 2022, includes the SMART Teen Dating Violence
114	114	Awareness and Prevention Act, which improves the co-
115	115	ordination and effectiveness of programs to address abu-
116	116	sive youth relationships;
117	117	Whereas skilled assessment and intervention programs are
118	118	necessary for youth victims and abusers; and
119	119	Whereas the establishment of the month of February 2025
120	120	as National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Preven-
121	121	tion Month will benefit schools, communities, and families
122	122	regardless of socioeconomic status, race, and sex: Now,
123	123	therefore, be it
124	124	Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1
125	125	(1) supports the designation of ‘‘National Teen 2
126	126	Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month’’; 3
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130	130	(2) supports communities in empowering teens 1
131	131	to develop healthy relationships throughout their 2
132	132	lives; 3
133	133	(3) recognizes the national impact of teen dat-4
134	134	ing violence on public health and its specific and dis-5
135	135	proportionate impact on young women; and 6
136	136	(4) calls on the people of the United States, in-7
137	137	cluding youth, parents, schools, law enforcement, 8
138	138	State and local officials, nonprofit organizations, and 9
139	139	interested groups to observe National Teen Dating 10
140	140	Violence Awareness and Prevention Month with ap-11
141	141	propriate programs and activities that promote 12
142	142	awareness and prevention of teen dating violence in 13
143	143	communities across the country. 14
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