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STSESSION H. RES. 99
Raising awareness and encouraging the prevention of stalking by designating
January 2025 as ‘‘National Stalking Awareness Month’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY4, 2025
Mr. F
ITZPATRICK(for himself and Mrs. DINGELL) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
RESOLUTION
Raising awareness and encouraging the prevention of stalking
by designating January 2025 as ‘‘National Stalking
Awareness Month’’.
Whereas, approximately 1 in 3 women and 1 in 6 men in the
United States, at some point during their lifetimes, have
experienced stalking victimization, causing them to feel
very fearful, threatened, or concerned for their own safe-
ty or the safety of others;
Whereas it is estimated that, each year, over 13,400,000 indi-
viduals in the United States report that they have been
victims of stalking;
Whereas more than 80 percent of victims of stalking report
that they have been stalked by a current or former inti-
mate partner or acquaintance;
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Whereas nearly 70 percent of female stalking victims and 80
percent of male stalking victims are threatened with
physical harm by stalkers;
Whereas stalking is a risk factor for intimate partner homi-
cide;
Whereas 3 in 4 female victims of intimate partner homicides
were stalked during the year preceding the homicide by
their killers;
Whereas 11 percent of victims of stalking report having been
stalked for 5 or more years;
Whereas 2 in 3 stalkers pursue their victims at least once a
week;
Whereas many victims of stalking are forced to take drastic
measures to protect themselves, including relocating,
changing jobs, or obtaining protection orders;
Whereas the prevalence of anxiety, insomnia, social dysfunc-
tion, and severe depression is much higher among victims
of stalking than the general population;
Whereas many victims of stalking do not report stalking to
the police or contact a victim service provider, shelter, or
hotline;
Whereas stalking is a crime under Federal law, the laws of
all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the terri-
tories of the United States, and the Uniform Code of
Military Justice;
Whereas stalking affects victims of every race, age, culture,
gender, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability,
and economic status;
Whereas national organizations, local victim service organiza-
tions, college and university campuses, prosecutor’s of-
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fices, and police departments stand ready to assist vic-
tims of stalking and are working diligently to develop ef-
fective and innovative responses to stalking, including on-
line stalking;
Whereas there is a need to improve the response of the crimi-
nal justice system to stalking through more aggressive in-
vestigation and prosecution;
Whereas there is a need for an increase in the availability of
victim services across the United States, and those serv-
ices must include programs tailored to meet the needs of
victims of stalking;
Whereas individuals between 18 and 24 years old experience
the highest rates of stalking victimization, and a majority
of stalking victims report their victimization first oc-
curred before the age of 25;
Whereas 43 percent of women in college who experience
stalking by an intimate partner also experience sexual or
physical assault;
Whereas college students with disabilities are twice as likely
as college students without disabilities to experience
stalking;
Whereas there is a need for an effective response to stalking
on each college and university campus;
Whereas 80 percent of stalking victims report being stalked
with technology, such as phone calls, text messages, so-
cial media platforms, internet posts, emails, and elec-
tronic tracking;
Whereas victims of technology-facilitated stalking often report
higher fear than victims who experience in-person stalk-
ing, and are just as concerned for their safety;
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Whereas January 2025 marks the 21st anniversary of the
first ‘‘National Stalking Awareness Month’’; and
Whereas the House of Representatives finds that ‘‘National
Stalking Awareness Month’’ provides an opportunity to
educate the people of the United States about stalking:
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1
(1) designates ‘‘National Stalking Awareness 2
Month’’; 3
(2) applauds the efforts of service providers, po-4
lice departments, prosecutor’s offices, national and 5
community organizations, colleges and universities, 6
and private sector entities that combat stalking, sup-7
port victims, and bring awareness to this crime; 8
(3) encourages policymakers, criminal justice 9
officials, victim service and human service agencies, 10
institutions of higher education, and nonprofit orga-11
nizations to increase awareness of stalking and con-12
tinue to support the availability of services for vic-13
tims of stalking; and 14
(4) urges national and community organiza-15
tions, businesses in the private sector, and the media 16
to promote awareness of the crime of stalking 17
through ‘‘National Stalking Awareness Month’’. 18
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