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HR 840 113th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement American Samoa Appropriations Crime victims Crimes against women District of Columbia Guam Law enforcement administration and funding Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Sex offenses U.S. territories and protectorates Virgin Islands

To improve services for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.

Introduced: February 26, 2013 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 8, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
Feb 26, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 26, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 to increase from 0.125% to 1.5% the allocation of appropriations to each of the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for grants to support the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of rape crisis centers and other programs and projects to assist those victimized by sexual assault.

What's happening now April 8, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Feb 26, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 840: To improve services for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-840/
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"H.R. 840: To improve services for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-840/.
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H.R. 840, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-840/.
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