S 570 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Violence Against Women Office Act

Introduced Mar 20, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor Joseph R. Biden Jr. D-DE

Latest action · Mar 20, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2586)

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 20, 2001
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Violence Against Women Office Act - Establishes in the Department of Justice a Violence Against Women Office. Provides that the Office shall: (1) have jurisdiction over all matters related to administration, enforcement, coordination, and implementation of all responsibilities of the Attorney General or the Department of Justice related to violence against women, including formula and discretionary grant programs authorized under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994; and (2) be solely responsible for coordination with other offices or agencies of administration, enforcement, and implementation of the programs, grants, and activities under such Act.

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 20, 2001 to Sep 5, 2001; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-PA	Arlen Specter	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-MI	Carl Levin	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-MO	Jean Carnahan	Original	Mar 20, 2001
R-TX	Kay Bailey Hutchison	Original	Mar 20, 2001
R-OH	Mike DeWine	Original	Mar 20, 2001
R-ME	Susan M. Collins	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-DE	Thomas R. Carper	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-GA	Zell Miller	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-LA	Mary L. Landrieu		Mar 30, 2001
D-SD	Tim Johnson		Mar 30, 2001
D-NY	Hillary Rodham Clinton		Apr 2, 2001
D-MA	John F. Kerry		Apr 2, 2001
D-WA	Patty Murray		Apr 2, 2001
D-CA	Barbara Boxer		Apr 6, 2001
D-NY	Charles E. Schumer		Apr 24, 2001
D-SD	Thomas A. Daschle		Apr 24, 2001
D-WV	Robert C. Byrd		Jun 7, 2001
D-RI	Jack Reed		Jun 14, 2001
D-WV	John D. Rockefeller IV		Jun 21, 2001
R-RI	Lincoln Chafee		Jun 27, 2001
R-NM	Pete V. Domenici		Jul 12, 2001
R-VT	James M. Jeffords		Sep 5, 2001

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Judiciary Committee	Referred Mar 20, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 20, 2001Introduced in Senate
Mar 20, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2585-2586)
Mar 20, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2586)

In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S7582	Pete V. Domenici R-NM	Jul 12, 2001
Senate	Debate and remarks S3698	Tim Johnson D-SD	Apr 6, 2001
Senate	Debate and remarks S2585Text printed S2586	Joseph R. Biden Jr. D-DE (text)	Mar 20, 2001

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to establish a permanent Violence Against Women Office at the Department of Justice.
Short Titles as Introduced: Violence Against Women Office Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 20, 2001Introduced in Senate

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