VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT

Articles and editorials

Advice to Teenagers on Date Abuse, H1730 [4AP]

Arrogance of the Court, S7761 [27JY]

Battered Girlfriends Need Protection, Too, E1441 [11SE]

Domestic Violence, in All Forms, Is the Leading Cause of Injury for Women Ages 15-44, S10222 [11OC]

Inexplicable Neglect, S9249, S9259 [26SE], H8100 [26SE]

Bills and resolutions

Courts: restore the Federal civil rights remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence (see H.R. 5021), H7207 [27JY]

Enact (see S. 2787), S5790 [26JN]

Letters

Provisions: Patricia Blau Reuss, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, S9457 [28SE]

———President Clinton, S9457 [28SE]

———several Representatives, H8071, H8100 [26SE]

———several women's and children's organizations, S9458 [28SE]

Reauthorization: Gloria M. Buccino, Mount Kisco, NY, Police Dept., H1726 [4AP]

Remarks in House

Bankruptcy: amend laws, H8097 [26SE]

Courts: provide civil legal assistance for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, H8099 [26SE]

———restore the Federal civil rights remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence (H.R. 5021), H8094, H8095 [26SE], E1359 [27JY]

Crime: ensure that older or disabled persons are protected from institutional, community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, H9035 [6OC]

———expand prohibition on stalking, H9031 [6OC]

Enact, H9029-H9046 [6OC], E1729 [10OC], E1790 [13OC], E1817 [17OC]

Enact (H.R. 357), H356 [14FE]

Enact (H.R. 1248), H8064, H8070, H8086-H8105 [26SE], H8592 [2OC], H8629 [3OC], H8744, H8746 [4OC], H8814, H8815, H8816 [5OC], E1409 [6SE], E1630 [28SE], E1634 [29SE], E1664 [4OC], E1684 [5OC], E1716 [6OC]

Funding, H5015 [22JN]

Immigration: protection of battered immigrant women, H9033 [6OC]

Reauthorize, E1367 [27JY]

Reauthorize (H.R. 357), H1725 [4AP]

Taxation: prohibit denial of unemployment compensation solely on the basis of leaving employment due to a reasonable fear of domestic violence, H8099 [26SE]

Remarks in Senate

Enact, S8751 [19SE], S9019 [22SE], S9248-S9254, S9258 [26SE], S9364 [27SE], S9457 [28SE], S9846 [4OC], S9877, S9878 [5OC], S10043, S10044, S10074 [6OC], S10137-S10139 [10OC], S10164, S10199, S10202-S10206, S10211-S10226 [11OC], S10615 [17OC], S11530 [14NO]

Enact (H.R. 1248): unanimous-consent request, S9877 [5OC]

Enact (S. 2787), S5791, S5803-S5806 [26JN], S5877 [27JN], S6464 [11JY], S7597 [26JY], S8571 [14SE]

Families and domestic relations: provide centers for supervised child visitations and exchanges relative to domestic violence, S10179 [11OC]

Supreme Court: decision on Violence Against Women Act provision creating a Federal civil rights cause of action for women to sue sexual abuse offenders, S3970 [16MY], S7597 [26JY]

Women: ensure that older women are protected from institutional, community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, S10220 [11OC]

Reports filed

Provisions: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1248) (H. Rept. 106-891), H8199 [26SE]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2787), S6574 [12JY]

Statements

Public Forum on Domestic Violence: Carla Horton, H1728 [4AP]

———Victoria L. Lutz, H1727 [4AP]

Reauthorization: Amy Paul, My Sisters' Place (organization), H1729 [4AP]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S10191-S10193 [11OC]

———Maryellen Martirano, Westchester County, NY, District Attorney's Office, H1726 [4AP]

———New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, H1727 [4AP]

Summaries

Reauthorization, S10193-S10196 [11OC]

Surveys

Non-Residential Domestic Violence Services Funding: New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, H1728 [4AP]

Texts of

H.R. 1248, provisions, H8086-H8093 [26SE]

S. 2787, provisions, S5792-S5803 [26JN]