[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1954 Introduced in Senate (IS)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1954

To amend the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 by expanding the legal 
   assistance for victims of violence grant program to include legal 
               assistance for victims of dating violence.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 25, 2003

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 by expanding the legal 
   assistance for victims of violence grant program to include legal 
               assistance for victims of dating violence.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS OF DATING VIOLENCE.

    Section 1201 of the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 
3796gg-6) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``dating violence,'' 
        after ``domestic violence,'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) 
                as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) respectively;
                    (B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 
                redesignated, the following:
            ``(1) Dating violence.--The term `dating violence' means 
        violence committed by a person--
                    ``(A) who is or has been in a social relationship 
                of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim; and
                    ``(B) where the existence of such a relationship 
                shall be determined based on a consideration of--
                            ``(i) the length of the relationship;
                            ``(ii) the type of relationship; and
                            ``(iii) the frequency of interaction 
                        between the persons involved in the 
                        relationship.''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (3), as redesignated, by inserting 
                ``dating violence,'' after ``domestic violence,'';
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by inserting ``, dating violence,'' 
                        after ``domestic violence''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``dating violence,'' 
                        after ``domestic violence,'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``dating 
                violence,'' after ``domestic violence,''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``dating 
                violence,'' after ``domestic violence,'';
            (4) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in each of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), by 
                inserting ``, dating violence,'' after ``domestic 
                violence''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``dating 
                violence,'' after ``domestic violence,'';
            (5) in subsection (e), by inserting ``dating violence,'' 
        after ``domestic violence,''; and
            (6) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by inserting ``dating 
        violence,'' after ``domestic violence,''.
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