{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-2119","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 2119","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to make improvements.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to make improvements."},{"type":"Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text","title":"Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-03-23","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-10-26","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h336","question":"On Passage","title":"Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act","result":"Passed","yea":228,"nay":200,"present":0,"not_voting":3,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll336.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 156.","date":"2021-10-27"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[{"number":"H.Amdt. 134","sponsor":"Rep. Scott, Robert C. \"Bobby\" [D-VA-3]","purpose":"Amendments en bloc No. 1 comprised of amendments numbered 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 8, printed in Part B of House Report 117-137.","result":"Agreed to","date":"2021-10-26","yea":238,"nay":189,"present":0,"not_voting":4,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll334.xml"},{"number":"H.Amdt. 135","sponsor":"Rep. 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Depending on the type of organization, grant recipients must use funding to (1) provide technical assistance; (2) promote evidence-informed prevention strategies; (3) implement coordinated, community responses to reduce risk factors for family violence; and (4) develop prevention partnership strategies."},{"k":"p","t":"Further, HHS must award specified grants to organizations that provide population-specific services in underserved communities and to community-based organizations that provide culturally specific domestic violence services to racial and ethnic minority groups. The bill also establishes a grants program for tribal domestic violence coalitions to support the provision of local, tribal, family domestic or dating violence services and requires HHS to award a grant for the administration of a hotline dedicated to serving Indians affected by domestic violence."},{"k":"p","t":"In addition, the bill modifies certain program-wide definitions; changes the requirements for specified grant applications, eligibility criteria, and use of funds; and makes other technical revisions."}],"words":213},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to revise its definitions, authorized funding levels and grant programs for domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence services and prevention.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2119/text/eh#H92776036AACC45AAA791EB25DA749B80"},{"label":"Sec. 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recognized by the Office on Violence Against Women of the Department of Justice, and lists the activities the grant funds may be used for.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 13","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2119/text/eh#H6B81AC3C431E4755A6D262EC86AA3A3B"}},{"text":"Directs the Secretary to award a grant to a Tribal organization or private nonprofit entity to operate a 24-hour national toll-free telephonic and digital services hotline for Indian adult and youth victims, for a period of not more than 5 years.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 16","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2119/text/eh#H5EC6DA0E9EF4470FAD3239E22B8AA5CD"}},{"text":"Rewrites the domestic violence prevention program, providing core grants and cooperative agreements for State, territorial, and Tribal coalitions and a separate grant program to expand community-based prevention.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 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H.R. 2119, 117th Congress: Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021. House: 228 Yea, 200 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 26 Oct 2021."}}