[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2240 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2240

                    The Rape Victims' Protection Act


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 June 24 (legislative day, June 7) 1994

   Mr. Hatch introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
                    The Rape Victims' Protection Act

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
    Section 1. This Act shall be called the ``Rape Victims' Protection 
Act''.
    Sec. 2. In any criminal or civil action for rape or sexual assault, 
no court, State or Federal, shall order the disclosure of the records 
of any rape counseling or battered women's center, or shall compel 
testimony from the agents or employees of such centers with respect to 
the substance of their counseling, unless the moving party demonstrates 
a compelling need for such records or testimony.

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