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; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from 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 | |
| R-IL | Ray LaHood | Jun 15, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Jun 22, 2005 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Jun 22, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Jun 24, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Jun 24, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jun 24, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Jul 29, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Jul 29, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jul 29, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Juanita Millender-McDonald | Jul 29, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Jul 29, 2005 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Jul 29, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Nov 14, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Dec 8, 2005 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred May 26, 2005Markup Nov 16, 2005Reported Dec 13, 2005 |
| Housing and Insurance Subcommittee | Referred Jun 17, 2005Discharged Nov 16, 2005 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 13, 2005Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 109-336.
- Dec 13, 2005Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 186.
- 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.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4194 | Gwen Moore D-WI | Jun 8, 2005 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1114 | Gwen Moore D-WI | May 26, 2005 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Nov 29, 2005H.R. 2695, Safe Housing Identify Exception for the Lives of Domestic Violence Victims Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on November 16, 2005</p>
- Nov 29, 2005H.R. 2695, Safe Housing Identify Exception for the Lives of Domestic Violence Victims ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on November 16, 2005
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to protect the personally identifying information of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Safe Housing Identity Exception for the Lives of Domestic Violence Victims Act
- SHIELD Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- SHIELD Act
- Safe Housing Identity Exception for the Lives of Domestic Violence Victims Act
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; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.