Sec. 2. Findings. 
TITLE I—REAUTHORIZATION OF NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER 
GRANTS 
Sec. 101. Grant program reauthorization. 
TITLE II—EMERGENCY LEAVE FOR ADDRESSING DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALKING 
Sec. 201. Amendment to VAWA. 
Sec. 202. Conforming amendments. 
Sec. 203. Effective date. 
TITLE III—VICTIMS’ EMPLOYMENT SUSTAINABILITY 
Sec. 301. Amendment to VAWA. 
Sec. 302. Attorney’s fees. 
TITLE IV—ENTITLEMENT TO UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION 
FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 
SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALKING 
Sec. 401. Unemployment compensation and training provisions. 
TITLE V—VICTIMS OF ABUSE INSURANCE PROTECTION 
Sec. 501. Short title. 
Sec. 502. Definitions. 
Sec. 503. Discriminatory acts prohibited. 
Sec. 504. Insurance protocols for subjects of abuse. 
Sec. 505. Reasons for adverse actions. 
Sec. 506. Life insurance. 
Sec. 507. Subrogation without consent prohibited. 
Sec. 508. Enforcement. 
Sec. 509. Effective date. 
TITLE VI—SEVERABILITY 
Sec. 601. Severability. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Violence against women has been reported 
to be the leading cause of physical injury to women. 
Such violence has a devastating impact on women’s 
physical and emotional health, financial security, 
and ability to maintain their jobs, and thus impacts 
interstate commerce. 
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(2) Victims of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, and stalking are particularly 
vulnerable to changes in employment, pay, and bene-
fits, and as a result of their desperate need for eco-
nomic stability, are in particular need of legal pro-
tection. 
(3) The Bureau of National Affairs has esti-
mated that domestic violence costs United States 
employers 
between 
$3,000,000,000 
and 
$5,000,000,000 annually in lost time and produc-
tivity, while other reports have estimated the cost at 
between $5,800,000,000 and $13,000,000,000 annu-
ally. 
(4) United States medical costs for domestic vi-
olence have been estimated to be $31,000,000,000 
per year. The medical cost associated with each inci-
dent of domestic violence ranges from $387 to $948, 
including costs of health care and mental health 
services. 
(5) Domestic violence crimes account for ap-
proximately 15 percent of total crime costs in the 
United States each year. 
(6)(A) According to the National Institute of 
Justice, crime costs an estimated $450,000,000,000 
annually in medical expenses, lost earnings, social 
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service costs, pain, suffering, and reduced quality of 
life for victims, which harms the Nation’s produc-
tivity and drains the Nation’s resources. 
(B) 
Violent 
crime 
accounts 
for 
$426,000,000,000 per year of this amount. 
(C) Rape exacts the highest costs per victim of 
any 
criminal 
offense, 
and 
accounts 
for 
$127,000,000,000 per year of the amount described 
in subparagraph (A). 
(7) Violent crime results in wage losses equiva-
lent to 1 percent of all United States earnings, and 
causes 3 percent of the Nation’s medical spending 
and 14 percent of the Nation’s injury-related med-
ical spending. 
(8) Homicide is the leading cause of death for 
women on the job. Husbands, boyfriends, and ex- 
partners commit 15 percent of workplace homicides 
against women. 
(9) According to a recent study by the National 
Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, each year there are 5,300,000 non- 
fatal violent victimizations committed by intimate 
partners against women. Female murder victims 
were substantially more likely than male murder vic-
tims to have been killed by an intimate partner. 
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About 1⁄3 of female murder victims, and about 4 per-
cent of male murder victims, were killed by an inti-
mate partner. 
(10) Forty-nine percent of senior executives re-
cently surveyed said domestic violence has a harmful 
effect on their company’s productivity, 47 percent 
said domestic violence negatively affects attendance, 
and 44 percent said domestic violence increases 
health care costs. 
(11) Seventy-eight percent of human resources 
professionals consider partner violence a workplace 
issue. However, more than 70 percent of United 
States workplaces have no formal program or policy 
that addresses workplace violence, let alone domestic 
violence. In fact, only 4 percent of employers pro-
vided training on domestic violence. 
(12) Ninety-four percent of corporate security 
and safety directors at companies nationwide rank 
domestic violence as a high security concern. 
(13) Women who have experienced domestic vi-
olence or dating violence are more likely than other 
women to be unemployed, to suffer from health 
problems that can affect employability and job per-
formance, to report lower personal income, and to 
rely on welfare. 
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(14) Studies indicate that one of the best pre-
dictors of whether a victim will be able to stay away 
from her abuser is her degree of economic independ-
ence. However, domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking often negatively impact 
a victim’s ability to maintain employment. 
(15) According to a 1998 report of the General 
Accounting Office, between 1⁄4 and 1⁄2 of domestic 
violence victims surveyed in 3 studies reported that 
they lost a job due, at least in part, to domestic vio-
lence. 
(16) Employees in the United States who have 
been victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking too often suffer adverse 
consequences in the workplace as a result of their 
victimization. 
(17) Domestic violence also affects abusers’ 
ability to work. A recent study found that 48 per-
cent of abusers reported having difficulty concen-
trating at work and 42 percent reported being late 
to work. Seventy-eight percent reported using their 
own company’s resources in connection with the abu-
sive relationship. 
(18) Abusers frequently seek to exert financial 
control over their partners by actively interfering 
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SEC. 509. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This title shall apply with respect to any action taken 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
TITLE VI—SEVERABILITY 
SEC. 601. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act, any amendment made 
by this Act, or the application of such provision or amend-
ment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconsti-
tutional, the remainder of the provisions of this Act, the 
amendments made by this Act, and the application of such 
provisions or amendments to any person or circumstance 
shall not be affected. 
Æ 
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