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Introduced
03/23/2021
03/23/2021
In Committee
07/15/2021
07/15/2021
Crossed Over
10/27/2021
10/27/2021
Passed
Dead
01/03/2023
01/03/2023
Introduced Session
117th Congress
Bill Summary
AN ACT To amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to make improvements.
AI Summary
This bill, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021, aims to improve services and interventions for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence, and advance primary and secondary prevention efforts. Key provisions include:
- Authorizing appropriations to carry out the Act, including reserving funds for grants to Tribes, formula grants to States, technical assistance and training centers, grants to State and Tribal domestic violence coalitions, specialized services for caregivers and their children, the National Domestic Violence Hotline, and research and evaluation.
- Amending definitions to clarify terms like "domestic violence," "dating violence," "family violence," "economic abuse," and "technological abuse."
- Enhancing the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide training, technical assistance, and research, and to modify requirements during emergencies.
- Expanding grant programs to strengthen the capacity of communities and systems to engage in effective primary and secondary prevention efforts, provide specialized services for caregivers and children exposed to violence, and enhance culturally specific services for racial and ethnic minority populations.
Committee Categories
Education, Transportation and Infrastructure
Sponsors (84)
Lucy McBath (D)*,
Alma Adams (D),
Colin Allred (D),
Cindy Axne (D),
Joyce Beatty (D),
Sanford Bishop (D),
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),
Suzanne Bonamici (D),
Jamaal Bowman (D),
Brendan Boyle (D),
Anthony Brown (D),
Julia Brownley (D),
Cori Bush (D),
Cheri Bustos (D),
Tony Cárdenas (D),
Judy Chu (D),
David Cicilline (D),
Emanuel Cleaver (D),
Steve Cohen (D),
Gerry Connolly (D),
Jim Costa (D),
Joe Courtney (D),
Danny Davis (D),
Val Demings (D),
Mark DeSaulnier (D),
Veronica Escobar (D),
Dwight Evans (D),
Teresa Fernandez (D),
Brian Fitzpatrick (R),
Bill Foster (D),
Josh Gottheimer (D),
Josh Harder (D),
Jahana Hayes (D),
Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),
Pramila Jayapal (D),
Mondaire Jones (D),
John Katko (R),
Robin Kelly (D),
Young Kim (R),
Ann Kuster (D),
Conor Lamb (D),
Brenda Lawrence (D),
Al Lawson (D),
Barbara Lee (D),
Ted Lieu (D),
Alan Lowenthal (D),
Stephen Lynch (D),
Kathy Manning (D),
Betty McCollum (D),
Jim McGovern (D),
Kweisi Mfume (D),
Gwen Moore (D),
Joe Morelle (D),
Frank Mrvan (D),
Joe Neguse (D),
Marie Newman (D),
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),
Jimmy Panetta (D),
Chris Pappas (D),
Katie Porter (D),
Jamie Raskin (D),
Deborah Ross (D),
Bobby Rush (D),
Kilili Sablan (D),
John Sarbanes (D),
Mary Gay Scanlon (D),
Jan Schakowsky (D),
Kim Schrier (D),
Mikie Sherrill (D),
Albio Sires (D),
Adam Smith (D),
Jackie Speier (D),
Haley Stevens (D),
Tom Suozzi (D),
Eric Swalwell (D),
Mark Takano (D),
Dina Titus (D),
David Trone (D),
Lauren Underwood (D),
Marc Veasey (D),
Susan Wild (D),
Nikema Williams (D),
John Yarmuth (D),
Don Young (R),
Last Action
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 156. (on 10/27/2021)
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