[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 840 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 840

    To improve services for victims of sexual assault and domestic 
                               violence.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2013

Mr. Sablan (for himself, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. Bordallo, and Ms. Moore) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To improve services for victims of sexual assault and domestic 
                               violence.

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

SECTION 1. SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES GRANTS.

    (a) Amendment.--Paragraph (4) of section 14601(b) of the Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043g(b)) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``, except that the 
        United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the 
        District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Commonwealth of the 
        Northern Mariana Islands shall each be allocated 0.125 percent 
        of the total appropriations''; and
            (2) by striking the third sentence.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to grants under section 14601 of the Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043g) for fiscal year 2013 and 
succeeding fiscal years.
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