H.R.739 - Security and Financial Empowerment (SAFE) Act

To promote the economic security and safety of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and for other purposes. view all titles (4)

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  • Official: To promote the economic security and safety of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Security and Financial Empowerment (SAFE) Act as introduced.
  • Short: Victims' Employment Sustainability Act as introduced.
  • Short: Victims of Abuse Insurance Protection Act as introduced.

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1/28/2009--Introduced.Security and Financial Empowerment (SAFE) Act - Sets forth entitlement standards and implementation guidelines for employee use of emergency leave to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (domestic or sexual violence). Permits victims
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1/28/2009--Introduced.Security and Financial Empowerment (SAFE) Act - Sets forth entitlement standards and implementation guidelines for employee use of emergency leave to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (domestic or sexual violence). Permits victims of domestic or sexual violence to substitute existing leave in lieu of emergency leave. Authorizes state use of funds under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) to provide nonrecurrent short-term emergency benefits for victims of domestic or sexual violence on emergency leave. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit denial of unemployment compensation to individuals separated from employment due to their experience of domestic or sexual violence. Amends the Social Security Act to require training of unemployment compensation and TANF personnel to provide necessary services to victims of domestic or sexual violence.Victims' Employment Sustainability Act - Prohibits certain discriminatory employer practices against victims of domestic or sexual violence. Victims of Abuse Insurance Protection Act - Prohibits denial or restriction of insurance coverage (including termination of health insurance coverage) based on the status of the applicant or insured as a victim of domestic or sexual violence.

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08/17/10
Patty Murray Facing Serious Challenge

H.R. 739, the SAFE Act (“Security and Financial Empowerment”), intends to promote victimhood and frivolous allegations of domestic abuse by granting lifetime job security to anyone who makes such a claim, creating powerful incentives ...

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04/26/10
Prison Rape and the Problem With Statistics - The Sexist ...

Truth – This claim from HR 739 ignores the problem of male rape in prisons. A Human Rights Watch report cites a study that found 140000 male inmates are raped each year in the United States, a number that is higher than ...

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01/26/10
RADAR need our help in DC Feb. 18-19, 2010 - antimisandry.com

H.R. 739/S. 1740, the Security and Financial Empowerment Act, is the latest example of the falsehoods that permeate the domestic violence industry: http://www.mediaradar.org/docs/RADARanalysis-HR739Findings.pdf ...

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