[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 22, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S45]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Stabenow, 
        Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. 
        Warner, Mr. Schatz, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Brown, Mr. Tester, Mr. 
        Coons, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Baucus, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Begich, Mr. 
        Sanders, Mr. Casey, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
        Lautenberg, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Levin, Mr. Rockefeller, and Mr. 
        Heinrich):
  S. 5. A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994; 
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the 
bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record as follows:

                                  S. 5

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

     SECTION 1. SENSE OF THE SENATE.

       It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should--
       (1) reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 
     U.S.C. 13925 et seq.) (referred to in this section as 
     ``VAWA''), a landmark bipartisan bill that has dramatically 
     improved the national response to domestic and sexual 
     violence;
       (2) renew the commitment of the United States to providing 
     the resources necessary to combat all forms of domestic 
     violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking, 
     including important new initiatives to reduce homicides, 
     increase the focus on preventing and responding to sexual 
     assault, and make women on college campuses safer from 
     domestic and sexual violence;
       (3) build upon the success of VAWA in transforming the 
     criminal justice and community-based response to abuse by 
     bolstering and streamlining the programs, grants, and 
     coalitions created by VAWA and expanding the reach of VAWA to 
     meet the remaining unmet needs of victims;
       (4) continue to provide the training, tools, and resources 
     necessary for law enforcement officers and victim service 
     providers to hold the perpetrators of domestic and sexual 
     violence accountable and to keep victims safe; and
       (5) ensure that all victims of domestic and sexual 
     violence, including Native American women, gay and lesbian 
     victims, and battered immigrant women, receive the support 
     and protections provided by VAWA.
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