S 327 · 111th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement

Improving Assistance to Domestic and Sexual Violence Victims Act of 2009

Introduced 2009-01-26· Sponsored by Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: By Senator Leahy from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 111-85. Minority views filed.(2009-10-01)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Improving Assistance to Domestic and Sexual Violence Victims Act of 2009 - Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 to: (1) amend certain definitions, grant conditions, and matching fund requirements under such Act; (2) expand the role of the national resource center on workplace responses to domestic violence to require information and assistance to victim service providers and other community-based organizations and coalitions; and (3) expand requirements for providing culturally and linguistically specific services to domestic and sexual violence victims. Amends grant provisions under the violence against women program of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) impose limits on Internet publication of protection order information in domestic violence cases; (2) expand the prohibition against requiring victims of sexual assaults to take polygraph exams; (3) exempt victims of dating violence from certain costs for criminal proceedings and protection orders; (4) require forensic medical exams to be administered by health care professionals (currently, trained examiners); and (5) expand grant purposes to include evidence preservation, sexually transmitted…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

S. 327, Improving Assistance to Domestic and Sexual Violence Victims Act of 2009

Jun 16, 2009

<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 7, 2009</p>

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S. 327, Improving Assistance to Domestic and Sexual Violence Victims Act of 2009

Jun 16, 2009

Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 7, 2009

Full CBO report ↗

Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office

Cosponsors (5)

4 Democrats1 Republican