Family Violence Prevention Act of 2002
Latest action · Mar 12, 2002 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 12, 2002
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for the establishment of five family violence research and education centers through grants or contracts with public and nonprofit private entities. Requires such centers to: (1) include both professional and public education; and (2) be linked to national, State, and local resources. Requires one center to be linked to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and another to the National Institute of Mental Health.
Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory board to make recommendations concerning the centers' research agenda.
Requires the Director to award grants to eligible entities, including healthcare delivery systems or training entities, to develop and disseminate family violence education and training curricula, programs, and strategies.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 12, 2002 to Jul 8, 2002; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | Mar 12, 2002 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Mar 12, 2002 |
| D-NC | John Edwards | Mar 21, 2002 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Apr 11, 2002 | |
| D-DE | Joseph R. Biden Jr. | Jul 8, 2002 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Mar 12, 2002 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 12, 2002Introduced in Senate
- Mar 12, 2002Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 107-429 | ADDRESSING UNMET NEEDS IN WOMEN'S HEALTH85 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Apr 25, 2002 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4916 | Family Violence Prevention Act of 2002 | Identical bill | Jun 26, 2002 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide services for the prevention of family violence.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Family Violence Prevention Act of 2002
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Advice and consent of the Senate
- Child abuse
- Community health services
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crime prevention
- Curricula
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elder abuse
- Executive reorganization
- Families
- Family services
- Family violence
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to medical education
- Federal aid to medical research
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Health
- Health information systems
- Health services administration
- Higher education
- Law
- Legal assistance to women
- Legal services
- Medical economics
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Nonprofit organizations
- Presidential appointments
- Rape victim services
- Research centers
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Sex crimes
- Social Welfare
- Telephone
- Victims of crimes
- Witnesses
- Women
- Women's shelters
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 12, 2002Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
