I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3171 
To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 30, 2005 
Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California (for herself, Ms. PELOSI, Ms. SOLIS, Mrs. 
CAPPS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mrs. 
MALONEY, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. 
CONYERS, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. GEORGE MIL-
LER of California, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. NAD-
LER, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. WATT, Ms. WATERS, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. 
DELAHUNT, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. WEINER, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. LINDA T. 
SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, 
Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. 
PALLONE, Mr. FILNER, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. BISHOP of 
Georgia, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mrs. LOWEY, 
Mr. HONDA, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. BOS-
WELL, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Ms. LEE, Mr. CASE, Mr. DICKS, Ms. NOR-
TON, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. COSTA, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode 
Island, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. OLVER, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 
BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. 
SANDERS, Mr. HINCHEY, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Mr. STARK, Mr. MCNULTY, 
Ms. WATSON, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. MORAN 
of Virginia, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. HOLT, Ms. CARSON, Mrs. 
TAUSCHER, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. WYNN, Mr. ACKERMAN, 
Mr. KILDEE, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. MCGOV-
ERN, Ms. HERSETH, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. EVANS, Mr. 
CUMMINGS, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. CLAY, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of Cali-
fornia, 
Ms. 
ESHOO, 
Ms. 
CORRINE
BROWN
of 
Florida, 
Mrs. 
CHRISTENSEN, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Ms. BERKLEY, Ms. 
BORDALLO, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. MCKINNEY, 
Mr. EMANUEL, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. 
LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of 
Texas, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. SCHWARTZ of Penn-
sylvania, Ms. BEAN, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 
PRICE of North Carolina, and Mr. DAVIS of Illinois) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and 
the Workforce, Ways and Means, Financial Services, and Agriculture, for
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘VAWA 2005 Reau-
thorization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Grant provisions for Violence Against Women Act of 1994. 
TITLE I—ENHANCING JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOLS 
TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
Sec. 101. STOP grants improvements. 
Sec. 102. Grants to encourage arrest and enforce protection orders improve-
ments. 
Sec. 103. Legal assistance for victims improvements. 
Sec. 104. Court training and improvements. 
Sec. 105. Domestic violence courts assistance. 
Sec. 106. Full faith and credit improvements. 
Sec. 107. Privacy protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual violence, and stalking. 
Sec. 108. Stalker database. 
Sec. 109. Victim assistants for District of Columbia. 
Sec. 110. Preventing cyberstalking. 
Sec. 111. Repeat offender provision. 
Sec. 112. Prohibiting dating violence. 
Sec. 113. Preventing attacks from phony police and public officials. 
Sec. 114. DNA database for violent predators against minor girls and women. 
TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING 
Sec. 201. Violence Against Women programs.
Sec. 202. Sexual assault services program. 
Sec. 203. Amendments to the rural domestic violence and child abuse enforce-
ment assistance program. 
Sec. 204. Assistance for victims of abuse. 
Sec. 205. GAO study of National Domestic Violence Hotline. 
Sec. 206. Domestic violence prevention, education, and awareness. 
TITLE III—SERVICES, PROTECTION, AND JUSTICE FOR YOUNG 
VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE 
Sec. 301. Rape prevention and education. 
Sec. 302. Services, education, protection and justice for young victims of vio-
lence. 
Sec. 303. Grants to reduce violence against women on campus. 
Sec. 304. Safe havens. 
Sec. 305. Grants to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
and stalking in middle and high schools. 
TITLE IV—STRENGTHENING AMERICA’S FAMILIES BY 
PREVENTING VIOLENCE IN THE HOME 
Sec. 401. Preventing violence against women, men, and children. 
TITLE V—STRENGTHENING THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM’S RE-
SPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL 
ASSAULT, AND STALKING 
Sec. 501. Purpose. 
Sec. 502. Training and education of health professionals in domestic and sexual 
violence. 
Sec. 503. Grants to foster public health responses to domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, and stalking grants. 
Sec. 504. Improving Federal health programs’ response to domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
Sec. 505. Research on effective interventions in the healthcare setting. 
TITLE VI—HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND SAFETY FOR 
BATTERED WOMEN AND CHILDREN 
Sec. 601. Addressing the housing needs of victims of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
Sec. 602. Transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
Sec. 603. Public and Indian housing authority plans reporting requirement. 
Sec. 604. Housing strategies. 
Sec. 605. Amendment to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. 
Sec. 606. Amendments to the low income housing assistance voucher program. 
Sec. 607. Amendments to the public housing program. 
TITLE VII—PROVIDING ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR VICTIMS OF 
VIOLENCE 
Sec. 701. Short title. 
Sec. 702. Findings. 
Sec. 703. Definitions. 
Subtitle A—Entitlement to Emergency Leave for Addressing Domestic or 
Sexual Violence
Sec. 711. Purposes. 
Sec. 712. Entitlement to emergency leave for addressing domestic or sexual vio-
lence. 
Sec. 713. Existing leave usable for addressing domestic or sexual violence. 
Sec. 714. Emergency benefits. 
Sec. 715. Effect on other laws and employment benefits. 
Sec. 716. Conforming amendment. 
Sec. 717. Effective date. 
Subtitle B—Entitlement to Unemployment Compensation for Victims of 
Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, or Stalking 
Sec. 721. Purposes. 
Sec. 722. Unemployment compensation and training provisions. 
Subtitle C—Victims’ Employment Sustainability 
Sec. 731. Short title. 
Sec. 732. Purposes. 
Sec. 733. Prohibited discriminatory acts. 
Sec. 734. Enforcement. 
Sec. 735. Attorney’s fees. 
Subtitle D—Victims of Abuse Insurance Protection 
Sec. 741. Short title. 
Sec. 742. Definitions. 
Sec. 743. Discriminatory acts prohibited. 
Sec. 744. Insurance protocols for subjects of abuse. 
Sec. 745. Reasons for adverse actions. 
Sec. 746. Life insurance. 
Sec. 747. Subrogation without consent prohibited. 
Sec. 748. Enforcement. 
Sec. 749. Effective date. 
Subtitle E—National Clearinghouse on Domestic and Sexual Violence in the 
Workplace Grant 
Sec. 751. National clearinghouse on domestic and sexual violence in the work-
place grant. 
Subtitle F—Severability 
Sec. 761. Severability. 
TITLE VIII—PROTECTION FOR IMMIGRANT VICTIMS OF 
VIOLENCE 
Sec. 801. Short title; references to VAWA–2000; regulations. 
Subtitle A—Immigration Protections 
PART 1—VICTIMS OF CRIME 
Sec. 811. Conditions applicable to U and T visas. 
Sec. 812. Clarification of basis for relief under hardship waivers for conditional 
permanent residence. 
Sec. 813. Adjustment of status for victims of trafficking.
PART 2—VAWA PETITIONERS 
Sec. 821. Definition of VAWA petitioner. 
Sec. 822. Self-petitioning for children. 
Sec. 823. Self-petitioning parents. 
Sec. 824. Promoting consistency in VAWA adjudications. 
Sec. 825. Relief for certain victims pending actions on petitions and applica-
tions for relief. 
Sec. 826. Access to VAWA protection regardless of manner of entry. 
Sec. 827. Eliminating abusers’ control over applications for adjustments of sta-
tus. 
Sec. 828. Parole for VAWA petitioners and derivatives. 
Sec. 829. Exemption of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and traf-
ficking from sanctions for failure to depart voluntarily. 
Sec. 830. Clarification of access to naturalization for victims of domestic vio-
lence. 
Sec. 831. Consolidating adjudication of VAWA cases in VAWA unit. 
Sec. 832. Prohibition of adverse determinations of admissibility or deportability 
based on protected information. 
PART 3—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 841. Removing 2 year custody and residency requirement for battered 
adopted children. 
Sec. 842. Waiver of certain grounds of inadmissibility for VAWA petitioners. 
Sec. 843. Treatment of good moral character. 
Sec. 844. Employment authorization for battered spouses of H–1B visa holders. 
Sec. 845. Grounds for hardship waiver for conditional permanent residence for 
intended spouses. 
Sec. 846. Cancellation of removal. 
Sec. 847. Motions to reopen. 
Sec. 848. Removal proceedings. 
Sec. 849. Conforming relief in suspension of deportation parallel to the relief 
available in VAWA–2000 cancellation for bigamy. 
Sec. 850. Correction of cross-reference to credible evidence provisions. 
Sec. 851. Technical corrections. 
Subtitle B—Additional Protections 
PART 1—ENSURING CRIME VICTIM ACCESS TO LEGAL SERVICES 
Sec. 861. Ensuring crime victim access to legal services. 
PART 2—ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC BENEFITS OF ALIENS 
SUFFERING FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE 
Sec. 871. Eligibility for certain public benefits of aliens suffering from domestic 
abuse. 
PART 3—LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING GRANTS 
Sec. 881. Grants for law enforcement training programs to identify and protect 
victims of trafficking. 
TITLE IX—SAFETY FOR INDIAN WOMEN 
Sec. 901. Purposes. 
Sec. 902. Consultation.