HR 1533 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Victims of Rape Health Protection Act

Introduced Apr 4, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Dave Weldon R-FL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 19, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

Progress

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IntroducedApr 4, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Victims of Rape Health Protection Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reduce by ten percent the funds available to a State under the drug control (Byrne) grant program unless such State requires that the defendant be tested for HIV if the nature of the crime would have placed the victim at risk of HIV and the victim requests the test. Requires: (1) the defendant to be tested within 24 hours after the later of the date the information or indictment is presented or the time of the victim's request; (2) the test results to be confidential, with exceptions; and (3) the results to be made available as soon as practicable to the victim and to the defendant (or legal guardian, if the defendant is a minor). Requires: (1) the defendant to undergo any appropriate follow-up tests; (2) those test results to be made immediately available to the victim; and (3) if test results indicate that the defendant has HIV, such fact may be considered in the judicial proceedings conducted for the crime.

Authorizes: (1) a State to restrict the victim's disclosure of the defendant's test results to third parties as a condition of making such results available to the victim; (2) funds reduced for noncompliance to be redistributed to complying States; and (3) grants for programs to test defendants for HIV disease.

Cosponsors 10

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 4, 2001.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-GA	Charles W. Norwood	Original	Apr 4, 2001
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Original	Apr 4, 2001
R-FL	Cliff Stearns	Original	Apr 4, 2001
R-CA	Edward R. Royce	Original	Apr 4, 2001
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.	Original	Apr 4, 2001
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts	Original	Apr 4, 2001
R-IN	Mark E. Souder	Original	Apr 4, 2001
R-AL	Spencer Bachus	Original	Apr 4, 2001
R-OK	Steve Largent	Original	Apr 4, 2001
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri	Original	Apr 4, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 19, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Apr 4, 2001Introduced in House
Apr 4, 2001Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

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