[20190320]LSB10277_VAWA重新授权：实体刑法提案.pdf

CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i VAWA Reauthorization: Substantive Criminal Law Proposals March 20, 2019 The authorization of appropriations for the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) expired at the end of FY 2018. The House Judiciary Committee has voted out an amendment in the nature of a substitute of the reauthorization of the bill (H.R. 1585). The absence of an authorization is no legal impediment to an appropriation, but the absence of an authorization can present parliamentary obstacles during floor consideration of an appropriation. VAWA and its periodic reauthorization amendments consist of grant programs and substantive criminal law provisions. VAWAs grant programs are covered in detail elsewhere. This legal sidebar discusses some of the substantive criminal law issues raised during current reauthorization efforts. Protective order online confidentiality Existing law bans states, tribes, and territories from publishing online the identity or location of the individuals protected by restraining orders issued under their jurisdiction. Section 106 of the bill would make it clear that the prohibition extends to the