VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT

Amendments

Reauthorize (S. 47), S528, S529, S530, S550, S551, S553, S554 [7FE], S574, S575, S576 [11FE], S601, S610, S611 [12FE], H753 [28FE]

——— consideration (H. Res. 83), H682 [27FE]

Articles and editorials

Let’s Renew VAWA Today, H798 [28FE]

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. 840), H659 [26FE]

Reauthorize (see S. 5), S42 (see S. 47), S43 [22JA] (see H.R. 11), H221 [22JA]

Reauthorize (S. 47): consideration (see H. Res. 83), H658 [26FE]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (see H.R. 1229), H1548 [15MR]

——— provide protections against violence against immigrant women (see H.R. 629), H499 [13FE]

Letters

Decrease incidence of violent crime against Indian women, strengthen capacity of tribes to respond to such crimes, and hold perpetrators accountable: Brian Patterson, United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc., S585 [11FE]

——— Juana Majel Dixon and Terri Henry, National Congress of American Indians, S584 [11FE]

——— Mark Mitchell, Pueblo of Tesuque, S489 [7FE], H750 [28FE]

——— Michael Nash, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, S490 [7FE], H751 [28FE]

——— National Task Force To End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women, S584 [11FE]

——— Representative Cole, H772 [28FE]

——— Stacy Dixon, Susanville Indian Rancheria, S490 [7FE], H751, H785 [28FE]

——— Tex (Red Tipped Arrow) Hall, Great Plains Tribal Chairman’s Association, S490 [7FE], H749 [28FE]

——— Tom Wooten, Samish Indian Nation, S489 [7FE], H752 [28FE]

Dept. of Justice elimination of duplicative Violence Against Women Act grant programs: National Task Force To End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women, S612 [12FE]

——— William J. Johnson, National Association of Police Organizations, Inc., S612 [12FE]

Dept. of Justice grant funds to States and local governments that do not test for sexually transmitted diseases for persons indicted on sexual assault charges: National Task Force To End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women, S613 [12FE]

Reauthorize, H784 [28FE]

——— Alliance To End Slavery and Trafficking, S608 [12FE]

——— Allison Herwitt, Human Rights Campaign (organization), H785 [28FE]

——— Bill Bernstein, Patricia Medige and Suzanne Tomatore, Freedom Network (organization), S608 [12FE]

——— Carl Wicklund, American Probation and Parole Association, S492 [7FE], H786 [28FE]

——— Chris Koster, Missouri Attorney General, S493 [7FE], H749 [28FE]

——— Cory W. Smith, Americans for Immigrant Justice (organization), S608 [12FE]

——— Elizabeth Ward Saxl, Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault, S455 [4FE]

——— Gwendolyn Puryear Keita, American Psychological Association, S498 [7FE], H746 [28FE]

——— Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, S600 [12FE], H748 [28FE]

——— J. Herbert Nelson II, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), S483 [7FE], H746 [28FE]

——— James L. Madara, AMA, S498 [7FE], H750 [28FE]

——— Jennifer G. Long, AEquitas—the Prosecutors’ Resource on Violence Against Women (organization), S492 [7FE], H752 [28FE]

——— Laurel G. Bellows, ABA, S493 [7FE], H786 [28FE]

——— Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, H747 [28FE]

——— Linda J. Hartke, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, S483 [7FE], H786 [28FE]

——— Monika Johnson Hostler, National Alliance To End Sexual Violence, S483 [7FE], H748 [28FE]

——— National Task Force To End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women, S462 [4FE], H746, H773 [28FE]

——— Rita Smith, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, H748 [28FE]

——— several organizations, S483 [7FE]

——— several Representatives, S600 [12FE]

——— Steven Jansen, Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, S492 [7FE], H752 [28FE]

——— Thomas P. Walters, Santa Barbara County, CA, Board of Supervisors, S492 [7FE], H748 [28FE]

——— Wade Henderson and Nancy Zirkin, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, H781 [28FE]

Violence Against Women Act mandatory minimum sentencing provisions: several sentencing and criminal justice reform organizations, H751 [28FE]

Lists

Friends of VAWA Coalition members, H781 [28FE]

National Task Force To End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women members, H773–H780 [28FE]

Violence Against Women Act reauthorization supporters, H786–H793 [28FE]

Motions

Reauthorize (S. 47), S433 [31JA]

Press releases

Civil and Human Rights Coalition Calls Republican VAWA Proposal ‘‘Nothing Less Than Shameful’’: Nancy Zirkin, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, H781 [28FE]

Friends of VAWA Coalition Calls on the House To Defeat the Substitute to S. 47 and Pass the Bipartisan Senate Bill: Friends of VAWA Coalition, H780 [28FE]

House of Representatives’s Introduction of the Violence Against Women Act: Sharon Stapel, New York City Anti-Violence Project (organization), H781 [28FE]

Remarks in House

Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, H679 [27FE], H741, H798 [28FE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 113th Congress, H7697 [12DE]

——— goals of the 113th Congress, E14 [4JA]

Crime: amend stalking laws, H679 [27FE], H748 [28FE]

Dept. of Justice: provide Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program funds for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs and establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting System, H679 [27FE], H745, H782–H784, H798, H806 [28FE]

Dept. of State: Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons funding, H744 [28FE]

Discrimination: ensure access to assistance programs regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, H677–H681 [27FE], H736–H750, H772, H780, H793–H799 [28FE], E217 [28FE]

Eden Prairie, MN: candlelight vigil held to commemorate victims of domestic violence as part of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, H6810 [28OC]

Families and domestic relations: regulate international marriage broker activity in the U.S. and provide certain protections for individuals who utilize the services of international marriage brokers, H740 [28FE]

Immigration: ensure protection for immigrant victims of domestic violence and crime, H677–H681 [27FE], H736–H748, H772–H784, H793–H799 [28FE], E217 [28FE]

Impact, E1594 [29OC]

Native Americans: decrease incidence of violent crime against Indian women, strengthen capacity of tribes to respond to such crimes, and hold perpetrators accountable, H677–H681 [27FE], H736–H750, H772–H799, H805 [28FE], E217 [28FE]

——— grant tribal courts the right to try non-Indians for domestic violence provided that non-Indians are given their full constitutional rights and be allowed to appeal in the Federal court system, H794–H796 [28FE]

Rawlins, Mike: tribute to Dallas, TX, ‘‘Men Against Abuse’’ rally, E348 [21MR]

Reauthorize, H77 [14JA], H98 [15JA]

Reauthorize (S. 47), H353 [5FE], H398 [6FE], H571 [15FE], H674, H676, H688 [27FE], H706, H707–H801, H802, H805, H806–H811 [28FE], H6690 [23OC], H6910, H6935–H6941 [30OC], E217 [28FE], E236 [4MR], E248 [6MR], E348 [21MR], E1604 [30OC]

——— consideration (H. Res. 83), H677–H684 [27FE]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, H679 [27FE], H6910 [30OC]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (H.R. 1229), H6936 [30OC]

Remarks in Senate

Congress: goals of the 113th Congress, S25–S27 [22JA]

Courts: reaffirm inalienable rights of every U.S. citizen as guaranteed by the Constitution relative to trial in Native American tribal courts for sexual assault, abuse, and other crimes, S575, S579, S582, S583 [11FE], S614 [12FE]

Crime: provide criminal penalties for stalking, S491 [7FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: implement standards to prevent custodial sexual assaults of immigration detainees, S503 [7FE]

Dept. of Justice: clarify that child victims of sex trafficking are eligible to receive assistance under grants provided to enhance safety of youth and children, S611 [12FE]

——— eliminate duplicative 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, S573–S575 [11FE], S612 [12FE]

——— prohibit charging the survivor of a sexual assault for the cost of administering a rape kit, S497 [7FE]

——— provide Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program funds for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs and establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting System, S454 [4FE], S497, S499 [7FE], S578 [11FE]

——— provide grants to enhance law enforcement, support victims, and increase penalties relative to sex trafficking, S465 [4FE], S507 [7FE]

——— reduce grant funds available to States and local governments that do not require testing for sexually transmitted diseases for persons indicted on sexual assault charges, S576 [11FE], S613, S614 [12FE]

Discrimination: ensure access to assistance programs regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, S484, S503, S504, S509, S510 [7FE], S808 [25FE]

Government: impact of shutdown on programs, S7421 [12OC]

Health care professionals: improve health care professionals response to violence and abuse of women through training to recognize the signs, S497 [7FE]

Immigration: create a U visa to allow immigrant victims of domestic violence to remain in the U.S. for prosecution of crime against them, S501 [7FE]

——— ensure protection for immigrant victims of domestic violence and crime, S502–S504, S507–S510 [7FE], S808 [25FE]

——— prohibit granting of registered provisional immigrant status to any individual who has been convicted of a criminal offense under the Violence Against Women Act, S4561 [18JN], S5226 [26JN]

Native Americans: clarify that all Alaskan tribes with the exception of Metlakatla retain all current authority to issue domestic violence protection orders, S581 [11FE]

——— decrease incidence of violent crime against Indian women, strengthen capacity of tribes to respond to such crimes, and hold perpetrators accountable, S480, S482, S487–S491, S502–S510 [7FE], S580, S595 [11FE], S808 [25FE], S7996 [13NO]

——— grant tribal courts the right to try non-Indians for domestic violence provided that non-Indians are given their full constitutional rights and be allowed to appeal in the Federal court system, S578 [11FE]

Reauthorize (S. 47), S157, S187 [22JA], S299 [28JA], S449, S463, S465, S477 [4FE], S479–S484, S486–S493, S497–S499, S501–S511 [7FE], S571–S586, S595 [11FE], S598–S645 [12FE], S765 [14FE], S807 [25FE], S977, S980, S982, S996, S998 [28FE], S1261 [7MR], S4198 [11JN], S7421 [12OC], S7996 [13NO], S9042 [19DE]

——— motion to proceed, S433 [31JA], S454, S455, S460–S463 [4FE]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, S572, S573 [11FE], S608, S609, S611 [12FE], S808 [25FE]

Women: budget priorities relative to impact on women, children, and families, S2080–S2082 [21MR]

——— protect housing rights of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, S497 [7FE]

Reports filed

Consideration of S. 47, Reauthorize: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 83) (H. Rept. 113–10), H658 [26FE]

Resolutions by organizations

Reauthorize: Seattle Human Rights Commission, S601 [12FE]

Statements

Reauthorize: Executive Office of the President, S481 [7FE]

Testimonies

Why Section 904 of S.47 Is Constitutional Under the Supreme Court’s Precedent in U.S. v. Lara: Thomas J. Perrelli, Dept. of Justice, H737–H739 [28FE]

Texts of

H. Res. 83, consideration of S. 47, reauthorize, H677 [27FE]

S. 5, reauthorize, S45 [22JA]

S. 47, reauthorize, S158–S180 [22JA], S616–S645 [12FE], H707–H735 [28FE]