US Congress House Bill 1257 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-4)
Status: Introduced on March 4 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-31 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Rape Survivor Child Custody Act Directs the Attorney General to make grants to states that have in place a law that allows the mother of any child that was conceived through rape to seek court-ordered termination of the parental rights of her rapist with regard to that child, which the court shall grant upon clear and convincing evidence of rape. Limits such a grant to: (1) an amount that is not greater than 10% of the average of the total funding of the three most recent awards a state received under the STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program and the Sexual Assault Services Program; and (2) a one-year term, subject to renewal for not more than three additional years. Requires a state that receives such a grant to use: (1) 25% of grant funds for permissible uses under the STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program, and (2) 75% of funds for permissible uses under the Sexual Assault Services Program.

Rape Survivor Child Custody Act

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]
Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-31	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2015-03-04	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2015-03-04	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1257/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1257/BILLS-114hr1257ih.pdf