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Ensuring Representation for Survivors Act

USA116th CongressS-1959| Senate 
| Updated: 6/25/2019
Dan Sullivan

Dan Sullivan

Republican Senator

Alaska

Cosponsors (1)
Kamala D. Harris (Democratic)

Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Ensuring Representation for Survivors Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 and otherwise revises the Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program. Specifically, the bill allows states to receive and distribute a certain percentage of total grant funding to implement, expand, and establish efforts to provide legal assistance (e.g., pro bono representation and legal advocacy) to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault.
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Timeline
Jun 25, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Jun 25, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • June 25, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 25, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Crime and Law Enforcement

Assault and harassment offensesCrimes against womenCrime victimsDomestic violence and child abuseLaw enforcement administration and fundingLawyers and legal servicesSex offenses

Ensuring Representation for Survivors Act

USA116th CongressS-1959| Senate 
| Updated: 6/25/2019
Ensuring Representation for Survivors Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 and otherwise revises the Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program. Specifically, the bill allows states to receive and distribute a certain percentage of total grant funding to implement, expand, and establish efforts to provide legal assistance (e.g., pro bono representation and legal advocacy) to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault.
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Timeline
Jun 25, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Jun 25, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • June 25, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 25, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Dan Sullivan

Dan Sullivan

Republican Senator

Alaska

Cosponsors (1)
Kamala D. Harris (Democratic)

Judiciary Committee

Crime and Law Enforcement

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Assault and harassment offensesCrimes against womenCrime victimsDomestic violence and child abuseLaw enforcement administration and fundingLawyers and legal servicesSex offenses