US Congress Senate Bill 5 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-1)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-01-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S45)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: (1) reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA); (2) renew the commitment of the United States to providing the resources necessary to combat all forms of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking; (3) build upon the success of VAWA in transforming the criminal justice and community-based response to abuse by bolstering and streamlining the programs, grants, and coalitions created by VAWA and expanding the reach of VAWA to meet the remaining needs of victims; (4) continue to provide the training, tools, and resources necessary for law enforcement officers and victim service providers to hold the perpetrators of domestic and sexual violence accountable and to keep victims safe; and (5) ensure that all victims of domestic and sexual violence receive the support and protections provided by VAWA.

A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.

Sen. Harry Reid [D-NV]	Sen. Max Baucus [D-MT]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]
Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Tom Harkin [D-IA]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Carl Levin [D-MI]
Sen. John Rockefeller [D-WV]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Mark Udall [D-CO]
Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-22	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S45)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/5/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s5/BILLS-113s5is.pdf