[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 56 (Tuesday, May 7, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3974-S3975]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT OF 2000 AMENDMENTS

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate

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proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 350, S. 410.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will state the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 410) to amend the Violence Against Women Act of 
     2000 by expanding legal assistance for victims of violence 
     grant program to include assistance for victims of dating 
     violence.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read the third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon 
the table, and that any statements relating thereto be printed in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 410) was read the third time and passed, as follows:

                                 S. 410

       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 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 inserting before paragraph (1) 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 the following factors:
       ``(i) the length of the relationship;
       ``(ii) the type of relationship; and
       ``(iii) the frequency of interaction between the persons 
     involved in the relationship.'';
       (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as 
     paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) respectively; and
       (C) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by subparagraph (B) 
     of this paragraph, by inserting ``dating violence,'' after 
     ``domestic violence,'';
       (3) in subsection (c)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting--
       (i) ``, dating violence,'' after ``domestic violence''; and
       (ii) ``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 paragraph (1), by inserting ``, dating violence,'' 
     after ``domestic violence'';
       (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, dating violence,'' 
     after ``domestic violence'';
       (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``, dating violence,'' 
     after ``domestic violence''; and
       (D) 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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