H.R. 840: To improve services for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.
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H.R. 840: To improve services for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.
113th Congress · introduced 2013-02-26 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2013-02-26 · official record
- Who proposed it: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
To improve services for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.
Plain summary
Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 to increase from 0.125% to 1.5% the allocation of appropriations to each of the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for grants to support the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of rape crisis centers and other programs and projects to assist those victimized by sexual assault.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
To improve services for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] · 4 cosponsors
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Gwen Moore (D-WI)
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- Appropriation
- Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr840.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr840 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113