VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT

Amendments

Reauthorize (H.R. 4970): consideration (H. Res. 656), H2742 [16MY]

Reauthorize (S. 1925), S2698, S2737, S2738, S2741 [25AP], S2795, S2841, S2842, S2843, S2864, S2865, S2884 [26AP]

Articles and editorials

Backward on Domestic Violence, S3229 [16MY]

Delay on Domestic Violence, S5288 [24JY], S5348 [25JY]

G.O.P. and Violence Against Women, S7207 [29NO]

Lye Attack Victim Writes of Forgiveness, S7657 [6DE]

Partisanship and the Violence Against Women Act, S3230 [16MY]

Protect Immigrant Women From Violence, H2765 [16MY]

Weakening Violence Against Women Act Betrays Immigrant Victims, S6302 [13SE]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Justice: improve services for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence in U.S. territories and the District of Columbia (see H.R. 4195), H1359 [9MR]

Reauthorize (see S. 2338), S2601 [23AP] (see H.R. 4271), H1641 [27MR] (see H.R. 4970, 4982), H2267 [27AP]

Reauthorize (H.R. 4970): consideration (see H. Res. 656), H2712 [15MY]

Women: provide protections against violence against immigrant women (see H.R. 5331), H2316 [7MY]

Letters

Constitutionality of tribal government provisions in Violence Against Women Act reauthorization: several law professors, S2680–S2682 [25AP]

Dept. of Justice Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program funds for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs: Scott Berkowitz, Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), S2719 [25AP], S2790 [26AP]

Grant Indian tribes jurisdiction over crimes of domestic violence that occur in the Indian country of that tribe: Jefferson Keel, National Congress of American Indians, S7658 [6DE]

Mandatory minimum sentencing for domestic violence and sex offenses: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, S2719 [25AP]

——— Mark Tennant, Arrow Child & Family Ministries, S2793 [26AP]

Mandatory minimum sentencing for domestic violence and sex offenses and Dept. of Justice Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program funds for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs: Scott Berkowitz, Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, S2793 [26AP]

Mandatory minimum sentencing for possession of child pornography: Grier Weeks, National Association To Protect Children—PROTECT, Inc., S2719 [25AP]

Mandatory minimum sentencing for possession of child pornography and U.S. Marshals Service subpoena authority to investigate unregisterd sex offenders: Ernie Allen, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, S2757, S2793 [26AP]

——— Linda Smith, Shared Hope International (organization), S2719 [25AP]

Prohibit use of Violence Against Women Act funds by religious organizations to discriminate in hiring practices: Coalition Against Religious Discrimination, H2729 [16MY]

Reauthorize: Committee on the Judiciary (House) Democratic staff, H2771–H2773 [16MY]

——— Desiree Hoffman, YWCA, S3229 [16MY]

——— Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, S2785 [26AP]

——— Jon Adler, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, S408 [9FE]

——— National Association of Attorneys General, S407 [9FE], S2594 [23AP]

——— National Task Force To End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women, S406 [9FE], S5347 [25JY]

——— Paul H. Fitzgerald, National Sheriffs’ Association, S407 [9FE]

——— Rahm Emanuel, Mayor of Chicago, IL, Antonio R. Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles, CA, and Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of New York, NY, S2593 [23AP]

——— Senators Leahy and Murkowski, S5348 [25JY]

——— several domestic violence organizations, H2737 [16MY]

——— several immigration, religious, legal, and domestic violence organizations, H2736 [16MY]

——— several religious organizations, S3228 [16MY]

——— several Representatives, S5348 [25JY]

——— Sue Else, National Network To End Domestic Violence (organization), S3228 [16MY]

——— Thomas M. Susman, ABA, S3229 [16MY]

——— U.S. Conference of Mayors, H2728 [16MY]

U.S. Marshals Service subpoena authority to investigate unregisterd sex offenders: Grier Weeks, National Association To Protect Children—PROTECT, Inc., S2794 [26AP]

Memorandums

Violence Against Women Act Provision Clarifying Tribal Court Jurisdiction to Issue Protection Orders and Due Process: Jane M. Smith, Congressional Research Service, S2786 [26AP]

Motions

Reauthorize (H.R. 4970), H2779 [16MY]

Reauthorize (S. 1925), S2370 [17AP]

Press releases

More Than 300 Organizations Oppose House GOP VAWA Bill: Representative Pelosi, H2771 [16MY]

Remarks in House

Congress: accomplishments of the 112th Congress, H5854, H5856 [11SE], H6085 [19SE]

Crime: amend stalking laws, H2730 [16MY]

——— impose mandatory minimum sentencing for certain domestic violence and sex offenses, H2735 [16MY]

——— protect victims’ identity to avoid retaliation, H2779, H2780 [16MY]

Dept. of Justice: Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program funding, H2707 [15MY], H2733, H2735 [16MY], E780 [11MY]

Discrimination: ensure access to assistance programs regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, H2707–H2711 [15MY], H2727–H2729, H2732–H2739, H2764–H2779 [16MY], E823 [16MY]

——— prohibit funding for religious organizations to discriminate in hiring practices, H2736 [16MY]

Funding, H2633, H2634 [10MY]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H6420–H6422 [16NO]

Immigration: ensure protection for immigrant victims of domestic violence and crime, H2707–H2711 [15MY], H2726–H2739, H2764–H2779 [16MY], E823 [16MY]

——— protect foreign women brought to the U.S. through the mail-order bride industry from serial abusers, H2769 [16MY]

Native Americans: decrease incidence of violent crime against Indian women, strengthen capacity of tribes to respond to such crimes, and hold perpetrators accountable, H2709 [15MY], H2727–H2729, H2734–H2739, H2764–H2769, H2773–H2779 [16MY], E823 [16MY]

Reauthorize (H.R. 4271), H1658–H1661 [28MR], H2143 [26AP], H2777 [16MY]

Reauthorize (H.R. 4970), H2636, H2637 [10MY], H2705–H2711 [15MY], H2717, H2724, H2725, H2726, H2745–H2781 [16MY], H2818, H2826 [17MY], H3279 [31MY], H3947 [21JN], H5854 [11SE], H6044 [14SE], H6098 [19SE], H6258–H6261 [21SE], H6564 [30NO], H6661, H6662 [5DE], H6716 [12DE], H6787 [13DE], E823 [16MY], E830, E831, E832 [17MY], E851, E865 [18MY], E881 [22MY]

——— consideration (H. Res. 656), H2726–H2744 [16MY]

——— motion to recommit, H2779, H2780 [16MY]

Reauthorize (S. 1925), H2138 [26AP], H2253 [27AP], H3190 [30MY], H5322 [26JY], H6564 [30NO], E1713 [19OC]

Republican Party: national agenda, H5689 [2AU]

Remarks in Senate

Congress: accomplishments of the 112th Congress, S3873 [7JN]

Crime: impose mandatory minimum sentencing for certain domestic violence and sex offenses, S2667 [25AP], S2791 [26AP]

——— impose mandatory minimum sentencing for possession of child pornography, S2757, S2792 [26AP]

——— provide criminal penalties for stalking, S1701 [15MR], S2592 [23AP], S2718 [25AP], S6304, S6305 [13SE]

——— provide transportation to crisis centers for battered women in rural areas, S3272, S3273 [17MY]

——— save money and reduce tragedies through teen dating abuse prevention grants, S2774 [26AP]

Dept. of Justice: eliminate duplicate Violence Against Women Act grant programs and use savings to eliminate backlog of unexamined DNA samples from rape, sexual assault, homicide, kidnapping and other criminal cases, S2777 [26AP]

——— improve accountability of Violence Against Women Act grant programs, S2773 [26AP]

——— provide Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program funds for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs, S2666 [25AP], S2789–S2793, S2796 [26AP]

——— tribute to Services, Training, Officers, and Prosecutors (STOP) Violence Against Women Formula Grants Program, S1704 [15MR]

Discrimination: ensure access to assistance programs regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, S2776 [26AP], S3678 [4JN], S5288–S5291 [24JY], S5844 [1AU], S6300, S6302, S6303 [13SE]

Immigration: ensure protection for immigrant victims of domestic violence and crime, S5288–S5291 [24JY], S5843, S5844 [1AU], S6300, S6302, S6303 [13SE]

Native Americans: decrease incidence of violent crime against Indian women, strengthen capacity of tribes to respond to such crimes, and hold perpetrators accountable, S2670, S2680–S2682 [25AP], S2753, S2764, S2771, S2772 [26AP], S3164 [15MY], S3678 [4JN], S5288–S5291 [24JY], S5444 [26JY], S5844 [1AU], S6300, S6302–S6304 [13SE]

——— grant Indian tribes jurisdiction over crimes of domestic violence that occur in the Indian country of that tribe, S7658, S7659 [6DE]

Reauthorize (H.R. 4970), S3160, S3162, S3164 [15MY], S3227 [16MY], S3678 [4JN], S3958 [12JN]

——— unanimous-consent request, S3615 [24MY], S5845 [1AU]

Reauthorize (S. 1925), S289 [2FE], S406–S408 [9FE], S1700–S1705 [15MR], S1895 [21MR], S1991 [22MR], S2204 [29MR], S2307 [16AP], S2698–S2720 [25AP], S2746, S2750–S2799, S2801, S2806 [26AP], S3160, S3162, S3164 [15MY], S3217, S3226 [16MY], S3272, S3273 [17MY], S3295 [21MY], S3678 [4JN], S3815 [7JN], S3958 [12JN], S4853 [11JY], S5288–S5291, S5295 [24JY], S5347–S5349 [25JY], S5422–S5424, S5444 [26JY], S5842–S5846 [1AU], S5968 [2AU], S6300–S6305 [13SE], S6521 [20SE], S6767 [14NO], S7207 [29NO], S7657–S7659 [6DE], S7698, S7699 [10DE], S7741 [11DE], S8034 [13DE], S8295 [20DE]

——— motion to proceed, S2370 [17AP], S2457, S2471, S2477 [18AP], S2519, S2530, S2533, S2534 [19AP], S2559, S2560, S2579, S2587, S2591, S2592, S2593 [23AP], S2613–S2616, S2630 [24AP], S2663–S2667, S2669, S2670, S2680–S2682 [25AP]

——— unanimous-consent agreement, S2697 [25AP]

Reauthorize (S. 2338), S2603 [23AP], S2660 [24AP]

Senate: tribute to Senators and staff who worked on S. 1925, reauthorization, S2798 [26AP]

U.S. Marshals Service: provide subpoena authority to investigate unregistered sex offenders, S2667 [25AP], S2792, S2793 [26AP]

Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC: support elimination of the ‘‘adult entertainment’’ section of the classified advertising website Backpage.com to terminate facilitation of online sex trafficking, S2667 [25AP]

Reports

Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction Over Non-Indians in the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization and the SAVE Native Women Act: Jane M. Smith and Richard M. Thompson II, Congressional Research Service, S2787 [26AP]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 4970, Reauthorize: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 656) (H. Rept. 112–481), H2712 [15MY]

Reauthorize: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4970) (H. Rept. 112–480), H2712 [15MY]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1925), S388 [7FE]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1925) (S. Rept. 112–153), S1576 [12MR]

Resolutions by organizations

Grant Indian tribes jurisdiction over crimes of domestic violence that occur in the Indian country of that tribe: National Congress of American Indians, S7658 [6DE]

Statements

Reauthorize: Executive Office of the President, S2594 [23AP], S3228 [16MY]

Violence Against Women Act Anniversary: Attorney General Holder, S6302 [13SE]

Summaries

GAO Reports Addressing Violence Against Women Act Grants and/or Dept. of Justice Office of Violence Against Women, S2780 [26AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 656, consideration of H.R. 4970, reauthorize, H2726 [16MY]

H.R. 4970, reauthorize, H2745–H2763 [16MY]