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S. 2443: Rape Survivor Child Custody Act

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S. 2443: Rape Survivor Child Custody Act

113th Congress · introduced 2014-06-05 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2014-06-05 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Rape Survivor Child Custody Act

Plain summary

Rape Survivor Child Custody Act - Directs the Attorney General to make grants to states that have in place a law that allows the mother of any child that was conceived through rape to seek court-ordered termination of the parental rights of her rapist with regard to that child, which the court shall grant upon clear and convincing evidence of rape. Limits such a grant to: (1) an amount that is not greater than 10% of the average of the total funding of the 3 most recent awards a state received under the STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program and the Sexual Assault Services Program; and (2) a 1-year term, subject to renewal for not more than 3 additional years. Requires a state that receives such a grant to use: (1) 25% of grant funds for permissible uses under the STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program, and (2) 75% of funds for permissible uses under the Sexual Assault Services Program.

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Official text

Rape Survivor Child Custody Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · 7 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-s2443 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113