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From the Congressional Record, Volume 158 (2012)









H.R. 4970 — A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and the Workforce, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

By Mrs. ADAMS (for herself, Mrs. Noem, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. Bono Mack, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Foxx, Ms. Buerkle, Mrs. Ellmers, Ms. Jenkins, Mrs. Emerson, Mrs. Black, Mrs. Myrick, Mrs. Schmidt, Ms. Granger, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mrs. Lummis, Mrs. Hartzler, Mrs. Roby, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. McCarthy of California, Mr. Gowdy, Mr. Ross of Florida, Mr. Latham, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. West, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Nugent, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Barletta, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Webster, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Renacci, and Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California), H2267 [27AP]
Cosponsors added, H2329 [7MY], H2447 [8MY], H2663 [11MY], H2716 [15MY]
Reported with amendment from the Committee on the Judiciary (H. Rept. 112–480, part 1), H2712 [15MY]
Providing for consideration (H. Res. 656), H2712 [15MY]
Committees on Energy and Commerce; Education and the Workforce; and Financial Services discharged, H2712 [15MY]
Debated, H2745 [16MY]
Text, H2745 [16MY]
Passed House amended, H2781 [16MY]
Message from the House, S3327 [21MY]
Placed on the calendar, S3327 [21MY]