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Battered Immigrant Family Relief Act of 2001

Introduced: February 28, 2002 Introduced by: Schakowsky, Janice D. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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May 9, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
Mar 18, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Mar 14, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Mar 13, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Feb 28, 2002
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 28, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E234)
Feb 28, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Battered Immigrant Family Relief Act of 2001 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to make qualifying battered alien spouses and children eligible for specified public benefits. Redefines "qualified alien" for such purposes.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify procedures and provide special rules for battered aliens with respect to: (1) public charge inadmissibility (2) immigrant petitions, including self-petitioning petitions; (3) implementation of immigration provisions in the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA); (4) fiancee conditional residency requirement; (5) removal and inadmissibility; (6) adjustment of status; and (7) access to VAWA for visa waivers.

Amends the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 to provide that requirements and restrictions placed upon Legal Services Corporation funding shall not be construed to prohibit a recipient from providing related legal assistance to certain aliens who have been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty.

Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct the Violence Against Women Grants Office in the Department of Justice to report on services for underserved populations.

Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to include alienage status within the scope of underserved populations.

What's happening now May 9, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 9
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 7
D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 8, 2002
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 8, 2002
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Feb 28, 2002
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 28, 2002
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 28, 2002
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Feb 28, 2002
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 28, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3828: Battered Immigrant Family Relief Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3828/
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