3.0.0 5905 2021-09-28T14:35:50Z 2021-09-28T14:35:50Z House H HR 2012-06-07 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:H.R. 5905.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The constitutional authority on which this bill rests isthe powers of Congress, as enumerated in Article I, Section8.[Page H3661]]]> hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2012-06-07T14:00:47Z 2012-06-07 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2012-06-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-06-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 N L000480 Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] NITA LOWEY D NY M. 18 2012-06-07 True B000410 Rep. Berman, Howard L. 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Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] Chellie Pingree D ME 1 2012-07-24 False V000128 Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8] Chris Van Hollen D MD 8 2012-07-24 False C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2012-07-24 False E000179 Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17] ELIOT ENGEL D NY L. 17 2012-09-14 False C001037 Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8] MICHAEL CAPUANO D MA E. 8 2012-09-14 False International Affairs Child health Conflicts and wars Congressional oversight Crime prevention Crime victims Crimes against women Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal justice information and records Department of State Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Domestic violence and child abuse Executive agency funding and structure Foreign aid and international relief Government information and archives Human rights International organizations and cooperation Judicial procedure and administration Law enforcement officers Lawyers and legal services Marriage and family status Military education and training Refugees, asylum, displaced persons Sex offenses United Nations Violent crime Women's education Women's employment Women's health Women's rights International Affairs 00 2012-06-07 Introduced in House 2012-08-14T14:39:13Z International Violence Against Women Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of State to designate an Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues.

Directs the Secretary to develop a comprehensive strategy to identify countries with significant levels of violence against women and girls that have the government or nongovernmental organizational capacity to implement gender-based violence prevention and response program activities. Authorizes assistance for such countries and urges that 10% of such assistance go to community-based and women's nongovernmental organizations in recipient countries.

Authorizes the Secretary to provide guidance to the Secretary of Defense (DOD) on how to: (1) incorporate training on prevention and response into the basic training curricula of foreign military forces and judicial officials, and (2) ensure that U.S. assistance to units involved in regional or multilateral peacekeeping operations includes such training.

Directs the Secretary and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to ensure that: (1) assistance made available for humanitarian relief, conflict mitigation, and post-conflict reconstruction prevents and responds to violence against women and girls; and (2) assistance made available for disarmament, demobilization, and rehabilitation provides protection in demobilization and transit centers and essential medical care and psychosocial support.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) identify critical or widespread incidents of violence against women and girls in situations of armed conflict; (2) determine emergency response measures; and (3) brief Congress, upon request, on the implementation of such emergency response measures.

]]> International Violence Against Women Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced International Violence Against Women Act of 2012 Display Title International Violence Against Women Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced To combat international violence against women and girls. Introduced in House 2012-06-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr5905ih/xml/BILLS-112hr5905ih.xml 2012-06-07 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.