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34 U.S.C. 20124: Enhancing culturally specific services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking
Created in 2006 by the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162). Changed by 3 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.
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This Congress
No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.
How it got here
2022
- Pub. L. 117–103, §901(e), substituted "the Office on Violence Against Women" for "the Violence Against Women Office". (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 117–103, §108(1)(A)(ii), substituted "shall take 15 percent of such appropriated amounts for the program under paragraph (2)(A) and 5 percent of such appropriated amounts for the programs under subparagraphs (B) through (E) of paragraph (2)" for "shall take 5 percent of such appropriated am… (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 117–103, §108(1)(A)(i), which directed substitution of "paragraph (2)" for "paragraph (a)(2) of this subsection", was executed by making the substitution for "paragraph (a)(2) of this Section", to reflect the probable intent of Congress. (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 117–103, §108(1)(B), added pars. (3) and (4). (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022) Law text · (a), (4)
- Pub. L. 117–103, §108(2), inserted at end "Not less than 1 such organization shall have demonstrated expertise primarily in domestic violence services, and not less than 1 such organization shall have demonstrated expertise primarily in non-intimate partner sexual assault services." (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 117–103, §108(3), (4), redesignated subsecs. (f) to (h) as (e) to (g), respectively, and struck out former subsec. (e). Prior to amendment, text of subsec. (e) read as follows: "The Director shall award grants for a 2-year period, with a possible extension of another 2 … (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022) Law text · (e), (f), (g), (h)
2013
- Pub. L. 113–4, §109(1)–(3), struck out "and linguistically" after "culturally" in section catchline and wherever appearing in text and struck out "and linguistic" after "cultural" in subsecs. (b)(2) and (f). (Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013) Law text
- Pub. L. 113–4, §109(4), added par. (2) and struck out former par. (2) which related to covered programs. (Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 113–4, §109(5), struck out "linguistic and" before "culturally". (Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013) Law text · (g)
2006
- Pub. L. 109–271, §2(k)(1), inserted "The requirements of the grant programs identified in paragraph (2) shall not apply to this new grant program." at end. (Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2005) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 109–271, §2(k)(2), which directed substituting ", including—" and subpars. (A) to (H) for the period, was executed by making the substitution for the period at the end to reflect the probable intent of Congress. (Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2005) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 109–271, §1(c)(3), added subsec. (h). (Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2005) Law text · (h)
Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.