Domestic Violence Victim Protection Act

To amend Federal crime grant programs relating to domestic violence to encourage States and localities to implement gun confiscation policies, reform stalking laws, create integrated domestic violence courts, and hire additional personnel for entering protection orders, and for other purposes.

1/4/2007--Introduced.
Domestic Violence Victim Protection Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to:
(1) include among the eligibility criteria for certain federal grants state laws authorizing gun confiscation by law enforcement officers in certain domestic violence cases; and
(2) authorize grants for state hire of additional personnel for entering information relating to protection orders.
Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 to:
(1) authorize grants for training programs to establish integrated domestic violence courts;
(2) include among the eligibility criteria of the National Stalker and Domestic Violence Reduction grant program state certification that its laws relating to the elements of a stalking offense require only that the defendant has on more than one occasion harassed or threatened the victim (thereby excluding any requirement for a specific intent to cause fear); and
(3) authorize grants for state hire of additional personnel for entering information relating to stalking and domestic violence data.

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Sponsor

• Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]

Committees

• House Judiciary
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  • House Judiciary
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January 04, 2007

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• Feb 02, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
• Jan 04, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
• Introduced on Jan 04, 2007.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Government information
• Criminal justice
• Budgets
• Continuing education
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• Court records
• Criminal justice information
• Education
• Evidence (Law)
• Families
• Family courts
• Family violence
• Federal aid to law enforcement
• Firearms
• Firearms control
• Higher education
• Judges
• Judicial officers
• Labor
• Law
• Legal education
• Local employees
• Local laws
• Police questioning
• Recruiting of employees
• Searches and seizures
• Stalking
• State and local government
• State employees
• State laws

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October 30, 2008 If Obama wins, you lose legal gun rights. He only has to sign the ...

HR 203 Expands search and seizure in domestic violence cases. HR 256 “Lock up all your guns!” “Safe-storage” bill-makes guns useless for self-defense a la the DC gun ban supported by Obama. HR 1022 Semi-auto ban on steroids-bans ...

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June 15, 2008 no one is safe while the congress is in session…

hr 203 (rothman): this bill would interfere with the discretion of states by requiring that police seize firearms of persons suspected of domestic violence, based on “probable cause,” even though no court has heard the case. ...

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