SHIELD Act
Latest action · Dec 13, 2005 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 186.
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.
- IntroducedMay 26, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Safe Housing Identity Exception for the Lives of Domestic Violence Victims Act - SHIELD Act - Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to prohibit disclosure of the personally identifying information of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Cosponsors 30
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 26, 2005 to Dec 8, 2005, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Katherine Harris | Original | May 26, 2005 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jun 9, 2005 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Jun 9, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Jun 9, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Jun 9, 2005 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Jun 9, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Jun 9, 2005 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Jun 9, 2005 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Jun 9, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Jun 9, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Ted Strickland | Jun 9, 2005 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Jun 9, 2005 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jun 15, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jun 15, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Jun 15, 2005 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 13, 2005Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 186.
- Dec 13, 2005Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 109-336.
- Nov 16, 2005Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Nov 16, 2005Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Nov 16, 2005Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity Discharged.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Data banks
- Economics and Public Finance
- Families
- Family violence
- Federal aid to housing
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Homeless
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing subsidies
- Identification devices
- Parents
- Rape
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Stalking
- Victims of crimes
- Violence
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 13, 2005Reported in House
- May 26, 2005Introduced in House
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.