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When the final Senate version of the 2005 VAWA
reauthorization bill,
S.1197.ES
was passed it contained the following language:
VAWA 2005, Section 40002(b)(8)
"Nothing in this title shall be construed to prohibit male victims of
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and
stalking from receiving benefits and services under this
title."
RADAR has recently learned that Senate bill S.1197.ES was
combined with several other bills
(H.R.3171.IH,
H.RES.462,
H.R.2876,
H.R.3657,
and S.3693)
to become
H.R.3402.ENR,
"Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act
of 2005." Sometime during this process of combining the standalone
bills into H.R. 3402, the joint House and Senate
conference committee
stripped this important language from the bill. The resulting bill, under which
discrimination is permissible, was the one sent to the President for his
signature. Information about the research by True Equality
Network that uncovered the changes was disclosed in their article,
"How the Failure of Welfare Reform Created Our Lawless Courts (Part Three)."
The bill that was actually signed into law, H.R.3402.ENR can be read at
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h3402:.
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