HRES 382 109th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Arrest Crime prevention Families Family violence Injunctions Rape Sex offenders Stalking Victims of crimes Violence Wife abuse Women

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the enforcement of restraining orders.

Introduced: July 25, 2005 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Agreed to (House)

Aug 23, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Jul 25, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Jul 25, 2005

Introduced in House

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that Congress should act and encourage states to act to ensure that restraining orders are uniformly enforced and to protect victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence from perpetrators.

What's happening now August 23, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 3

Green, Al

Texas · Sep 27, 2005

Schakowsky, Janice D.

Illinois · Jul 28, 2005

Nadler, Jerrold

New York · Jul 25, 2005

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 382: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the enforcement of restraining orders.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-382/

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"H. Res. 382: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the enforcement of restraining orders.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-382/.

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