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H.R. 2876 109th Congress House

Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2005

Official title: To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.

Introduced: September 22, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Aug 10, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
Aug 10, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Aug 10, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Jul 29, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Jul 1, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jul 1, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Jun 27, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Jun 14, 2005
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, and Ways and Means, 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.
Jun 14, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 10, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Violence Against Women Act of 2005 - Amends the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) of 1994, VAWA of 2000 (VAWA-2000), the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (OCCSSA), the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), the Social Security Act (SSA), the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, the Safe Homes for Women Act of 1994, the United States Housing Act of 1937, the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, the Battered Immigrant Women Protection Act of 2000, and the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to reauthorize, revise, and establish various programs for prevention and treatment of violence against women, including domestic violence, child abuse, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (violence).

Provides for specified VAWA judicial and law enforcement programs, including STOP grants, a stalker database, cyberstalking prevention, and dating violence prohibitions.

Establishes VAWA grant programs: (1) by the Department of Justice (Justice) for assisting children and youth exposed to violence, and for engaging men, women, and youth in preventing violence; and (2) by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for services, education, protection, and justice for young victims of violence, and for research on effective interventions in the healthcare setting.

Revises OCCSSA requirements for Justice grants for violence against women programs, and establishes programs for sexual assault services and for assistance for victims of abuse.

Requires grants for public information campaigns relating to violence prevention. Requires a National Domestic Violence Hotline study.

Revises and reauthorizes: (1) grants under the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 to reduce violence against women on campus; (2) safe havens for children under the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000.

Reauthorizes PHSA rape prevention and education programs, including the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. Establishes PHSA grants by HHS for: (1) training and education of health professionals in domestic and sexual violence; (2) fostering public health responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and (3) identification and treatment services at community health centers.

Revises SSA requirements for Federal health programs' response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

Establishes VAWA grant programs to address the housing needs of victims of violence.

Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require: (1) public and Indian housing authority plans to report on programs offered to victims of violence; and (2) certification and confidentiality with respect to victims of violence in the low-income housing assistance voucher and public housing programs.

Requires emergency leave, under VAWA, for employees experiencing domestic or sexual violence.

Sets forth provisions relating to the safety of Indian women.

Supporting Teens through Education and Protection Act of 2005 - STEP Act - Authorizes the Attorney General through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women (Justice) to make grants to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in middle and high schools.

Immigrant Victims of Violence Protection Act of 2005 - Revises the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and the Battered Immigrant Women Protection Act of 2000 (under VAWA-2000) with respect to victims of violence, including victims of crimes of human trafficking, VAWA petitioners, and children.

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