National Domestic Violence Volunteer Attorney Network Act
Latest action · Jul 29, 2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 909.
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 24, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Domestic Violence Volunteer Attorney Network Act - Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 to authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to the American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence to work in collaboration with the American Bar Association Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service and other organizations to create, recruit lawyers for, and provide training, mentoring, and technical assistance for a National Domestic Violence Volunteer Attorney Network. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY2008-FY2013.
Requires the Commission on Domestic Violence, in developing and implementing the national volunteer attorney network, to partner, when possible, and for fair compensation, with one or more national domestic violence organizations with demonstrated expertise in providing training and technical assistance to a national audience.
Requires the Office on Violence Against Women of the Department of Justice to designate five states in which to implement the pilot program of a National Domestic Violence Volunteer Attorney Referral Project and distribute funds under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2013 to fund at least one statewide coordinator position and other costs associated with the position in the five pilot program states.
Requires the Attorney General to award grants to national domestic violence legal technical assistance providers to expand their services to provide training and ongoing technical assistance to volunteer attorneys in the National Domestic Violence Volunteer Network, statewide legal coordinators, the National Domestic Violence Hotline, and Internet-based legal referral organizations. Authorizes appropriations for such providers for FY2008-FY2013.
Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) award grants to the National Domestic Violence Hotline to provide information about statewide legal coordinators and legal services; and (2) award grants to Internet-based nonprofit organizations with a demonstrated expertise on domestic violence to provide state-specific information about statewide legal coordinators and legal services through the Internet. Authorizes appropriations for both kinds of grant for FY2008-FY2013.
Directs the National Institute of Justice to study and report to Congress on the scope and quality of legal representation and advocacy for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, including the provision of culturally and linguistically appropriate services.
Directs the Attorney General to establish the Domestic Violence Legal Advisory Task Force. Authorizes appropriations for the Task Force for FY2008-FY2013.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 24, 2007 to May 6, 2008; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Arlen Specter | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Sep 18, 2007 | |
| R-AK | Ted Stevens | Sep 18, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Sep 25, 2007 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Oct 19, 2007 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Dec 18, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Jan 22, 2008 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Apr 29, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | May 6, 2008 |
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 May 24, 2007Markup May 15, 2008Reported Jul 29, 2008 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 29, 2008Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Jul 29, 2008Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 909.
- May 15, 2008Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- May 24, 2007Introduced in Senate
- May 24, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6877)
In the Congressional Record 1
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 S6877Text printed S6878 | Joseph R. Biden Jr. D-DE (text) | May 24, 2007 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Jun 6, 2008S. 1515, National Domestic Violence Volunteer Network Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 15, 2008</p>
- Jun 6, 2008S. 1515, National Domestic Violence Volunteer Network ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 15, 2008
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6088 | National Domestic Violence Volunteer Attorney Network Act | Related bill | Jul 28, 2008 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish a domestic violence volunteer attorney network to represent domestic violence victims.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- National Domestic Violence Volunteer Attorney Network Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- National Domestic Violence Volunteer Attorney Network Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Economics and Public Finance
- Families
- Family violence
- Federal advisory bodies
- Government Operations and Politics
- Grants-in-aid
- Internet
- Law
- Lawyers
- Legal education
- Legal services
- Nonprofit organizations
- Professional associations
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Stalking
- Victims of crimes
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 29, 2008Reported to Senate
- May 24, 2007Introduced 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.
