VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT
Amendments
Reauthorize (H.R. 1585), H3012, H3029, H3030, H3031, H3032, H3033, H3034, H3035, H3037, H3038, H3039, H3041, H3042, H3046, H3047, H3048, H3049, H3050, H3053, H3054, H3055, H3056, H3057, H3058, H3059, H3060, H3061 [3AP], H3073, H3074 [4AP]
——— consideration (H. Res. 281), H3001 [3AP]
Bills and resolutions
Dept. of Agriculture: include Rural Development Voucher Program as a covered housing program relative to Violence Against Women Act (see H.R. 1310), H2042 [19FE]
Dept. of Justice: reauthorize grant program for education, training, and enhanced services to end violence against and abuse of women with disabilities (see H.R. 505), H517 [11JA]
Firearms: reduce access for individuals with a history of violence against women, recognize connection between firearm violence and violence against women, and call for Senate consideration of gun control legislation (see H. Res. 555), H7705 [12SE]
Native Americans: protect Native children and promote public safety in Indian country (see S. 290), S799 [31JA] (see H.R. 958), H1349 [4FE]
Reauthorize (see S. 2843), S6566 [13NO] (see S. 2920), S6718 [20NO] (see H.R. 1239), H2030 [14FE] (see H.R. 1585), H2581 [7MR] (see H.R. 1741), H2716 [13MR]
Reauthorize (H.R. 1585): consideration (see H. Res. 281), H2985 [2AP]
Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (see S. 627), S1594 [28FE] (see H.R. 1468), H2314 [28FE]
Letters
Reauthorize: Representative Grijalva, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H3005 [3AP]
——— Representative Nadler, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H3004, H3005 [3AP]
——— Representative Neal, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H3004 [3AP]
——— Representative Pallone, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H3004 [3AP]
——— Representative Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott, Committee on Education and Labor (House), H3005 [3AP]
——— Representative Takano, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House), H3005 [3AP]
——— Representative Waters, Committee on Financial Services (House), H3004 [3AP]
Lists
Representatives supporting H.R. 1585, Violence Against Women Act reauthorization, that are not listed as cosponsors, H3012 [3AP]
Motions
Reauthorize (H.R. 1585), H3084 [4AP]
Remarks in House
Bureau of Prisons: develop tools to communicate parenting program availability and eligibility criteria to employees and pregnant inmates to ensure understanding of available resources, H3047 [3AP]
——— ensure availability of parenting classes to prisoners with limited English proficiency, H3046 [3AP]
——— ensure cultural competency training is included in trauma screening trainings provided to correctional officers and employees, including instructors and health care professionals, H3047, H3048 [3AP]
CDC: report on Rape Prevention and Education Grant Program awardee activities and best practices, H3032 [3AP]
Committee on the Judiciary (House): accomplishments, H2728 [14MR]
Congress: accomplishments of the 116th Congress, H3240 [10AP]
Courts: encourage States to provide enhanced sentencing penalties for persons convicted of committing, or attempting to commit, an act of domestic violence in the presence of minor children, H3010 [3AP]
Crime: enhance penalties for stalkers of children, H3042 [3AP]
Dept. of Education: submit report on best practices relative to prevention of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on college campuses, H3058 [3AP]
Dept. of HHS: ensure trauma and behavioral health specialists are included as health care professionals in efforts to address domestic and dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and children exposed to violence, H3058 [3AP]
——— require review and submittal of report on whether being a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking increases the likelihood of having a substance use disorder, H3041, H3042 [3AP]
Dept. of HUD: clarify terms internal and external transfer when a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking applies for an emergency transfer to a safer dwelling under a covered housing program, H3035 [3AP]
Dept. of Justice: allow colleges to use grants to prevent violent crimes on campus to offer alternative justice response programs, H3056, H3057 [3AP]
——— allow colleges to use grants to prevent violent crimes on campus to offer primary prevention training, in addition to survivor support services, H3056 [3AP]
——— allow colleges to use grants to prevent violent crimes on campus to train all campus personnel involved in resolution process of claims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, H3057 [3AP]
——— allow colleges to use grants to prevent violent crimes on campus to train appropriate campus faculty to recognize victims of sexual or domestic violence, H3059 [3AP]
——— allow colleges to use grants to prevent violent crimes on campus to train staff to conduct victim-centered, trauma-informed interviews for students reporting sexual or domestic violence, stalking, or harassment, H3033, H3034 [3AP]
——— allow for cross-agency coordination and collaboration on the prevention of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, H3031, H3032 [3AP]
——— create grant program for States, local governments, Indian tribes, and domestic violence victim service providers and coalitions to establish and operate lethality assessment programs, H3054 [3AP]
——— ensure organizations that have fraudulently misused Violence Against Women Act grant funding are ineligible for future grants, H3037 [3AP]
——— ensure provision of funding for countering sex trafficking under Creating Hope Through Outreach, Options, Services, and Education (CHOOSE) for Children and Youth program, H3035–H3037 [3AP]
——— establish grant program to train local law enforcement to address online domestic violence-related crimes and national resource center to study such crimes, and require FBI to include cybercrimes in certain reporting, H3052 [3AP]
——— establish grants to enhance culturally specific services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, H3049 [3AP]
——— establish interagency working group to study existing Federal surveys and reporting programs on sexual violence and make recommendations on improved coordination and data collection, H3043 [3AP]
——— expand definition of domestic violence under the Indian Civil Rights Act to include violence against or witnessed by a child or elder, H3037, H3038 [3AP]
——— expand information-sharing to tribal public safety departments under Tribal Access Program for National Crime Information (TAP), H3055 [3AP]
——— improve handling of crimes of domestic and dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by incorporating a trauma-informed approach into initial response to and investigation of such crimes, H3040, H3041 [3AP]
——— modify definition of land eligible to be included in Violence Against Women Act tribal jurisdiction pilot project in Alaska, H3034 [3AP]
——— provide for inclusion of victim advocates/resources in State courts for urban American Indians/Alaskan Natives under STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program, H3054 [3AP]
——— reimburse Indian tribes for costs incurred due to expansion of criminal jurisdiction and award grants to tribes to improve law enforcement, tribal court personnel, and criminal codes, H3009, H3039 [3AP]
——— report to Congress on effects of Federal Government shutdown on efforts to disperse funding and services to victims to domestic violence, H3059 [3AP]
——— require a report from State and local governments that are DNA Backlog Grant Program recipients on best practices for reducing DNA evidence backlog, H3032, H3033 [3AP]
——— STOP (Services Training Officers Prosecutors) Program grant funding, H3073, H3074 [4AP]
Dept. of Labor: ensure materials distributed to domestic violence victims are available in commonly encountered languages, H3029 [3AP]
Depts. of HHS and Labor: analyze and report barriers that domestic violence survivors face to achieve economic security including financial empowerment, housing, transportation, healthcare access, and education and training opportunities, H3053 [3AP]
——— launch public information campaign to provide guidelines and best practices for employers to create employee assistance programs that address domestic violence issues, H3053 [3AP]
Depts. of Justice and HHS: Sexual Assault Services Program and Transitional Housing Assistance Program funding for U.S. territories, H3048, H3049 [3AP]
Firearms: protect victims of domestic abuse by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, E408 [4AP]
GAO: submit a report on economic benefits of investments in legal services for domestic violence victims, H3029, H3030 [3AP]
——— submit a report on response of law enforcement agencies to reports of missing or murdered Indians, H3050 [3AP]
House of Representatives: accomplishments of the 116th Congress, H9351 [9DE]
——— legislative priorities, H3089 [4AP], H3851 [16MY]
Immigration: ensure all provisions comply with immigration laws, H3074, H3075 [4AP]
Law enforcement officers: make it a criminal offense for Federal law enforcement officers to engage in sexual acts with individuals in their custody and encourage States to adopt similar laws, H3009 [3AP]
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender: clarify treatment of transgender individuals relative to access to female-only shelters, H2995–H2997 [3AP], E408 [4AP]
——— recognize ongoing epidemic of violence against transgender and gender non-conforming people, H3055, H3056 [3AP]
National Domestic Violence Hotline (organization): expand to include texting features via telephone, H3061 [3AP]
National Institute of Justice: submit a report on status of women in Federal incarceration, develop a reentry plan and services for incarcerated women, and establish a national standard for domestic and sexual violence prevention, H3030, H3031 [3AP]
Native Americans: include Maine and Alaska in protections provided by granting tribal jurisdiction over domestic, dating, and stalking violence, H2996 [3AP]
Reauthorize, H2739–H2741 [14MR]
Reauthorize (H.R. 1239), H2010, H2014 [14FE], H2995 [3AP]
Reauthorize (H.R. 1585), H2630 [11MR], H2732 [14MR], H2901 [28MR], H2936 [1AP], H2944, H2975 [2AP], H3003–H3061 [3AP], H3071, H3072, H3073–H3075, H3083–H3087, H3091, H3092, H3093 [4AP], H4280 [4JN], H5087 [25JN], H9049, H9050 [19NO], E408, E413 [4AP], E417, E418 [8AP], E444 [10AP], E457, E458 [12AP], E1301 [17OC], E1307 [18OC]
——— consideration (H. Res. 281), H2993–H3002 [3AP]
——— corrections in engrossment, H3087 [4AP]
——— motion to recommit, H3085 [4AP]
Reauthorize (H.R. 1741), H3000 [3AP]
Women: integrate the term ‘‘economic abuse’’ throughout the legislation, wherever ‘‘domestic violence’’ occurs, H3060 [3AP]
Remarks in Senate
Congress: legislative priorities, S2503 [30AP], S3177 [4JN]
Dept. of Justice: expand and improve Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program, S6693 [20NO]
Native Americans: decrease incidence of violent crime against Indian women, strengthen capacity of tribes to respond to such crimes, and hold perpetrators accountable, S2671–S2676, S2679 [7MY]
——— extend jurisdiction of tribal courts to cover crimes involving sexual violence, S2672, S2675 [7MY]
——— protect Native children and promote public safety in Indian country, S2672 [7MY]
Reauthorize, S1348, S1362 [14FE]
Reauthorize (H.R. 1585), S2348 [9AP], S2349, S2354 [10AP], S2671–S2676, S2679 [7MY], S2953 [20MY], S3018, S3022, S3028, S3038 [22MY], S3837 [19JN], S5515 [17SE], S6368, S6369 [5NO], S6467 [7NO], S6934 [10DE]
Reauthorize (S. 2843), S6569 [13NO], S6586 [14NO], S6690–S6694 [20NO], S6743 [21NO]
——— unanimous-consent request, S6690 [20NO]
Reauthorize (S. 2920), S6691–S6694, S6724 [20NO], S6726 [21NO]
Senate: impact of partisanship, S6586 [14NO]
——— legislative priorities, S2659 [7MY], S2777 [13MY], S6582, S6590 [14NO], S6846 [4DE]
Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (S. 627), S5346–S5349 [9SE]
Reports filed
Consideration of H.R. 1585, Reauthorize: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 281) (H. Rept. 116–32), H2985 [2AP]
Reauthorize: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1585) (H. Rept. 116–21), H2883 [27MR]
Statements
Notes on Sex Trafficking—Sex Trafficking Is an Extension of Human Trafficking: Polaris (organization), H3036 [3AP]
Texts of
H. Res. 281, consideration of H.R. 1585, reauthorize, H2993 [3AP]