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H.R. 3828 (107th)

Battered Immigrant Family Relief Act of 2001

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Introduced

28 February 2002

Last action

9 May 2002 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.

Sponsors

Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19], Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2], Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37], Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40], Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24], Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2], Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33], Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20], Del. Underwood, Robert A. [D-GU-At Large], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Rep. Blagojevich, Rod R. [D-IL-5], Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20], Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10], Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15], Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20], Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4], Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6], Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28], Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1], Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29], Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12], Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7], Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43], Rep. Clayton, Eva M. [D-NC-1], Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4], Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4], Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32], Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large], Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2]

Subjects

Immigration

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19 August 2025

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Summary

Battered Immigrant Family Relief Act of 2001 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to make qualifying battered alien spouses and children eligible for specified public benefits. Redefines "qualified alien" for such purposes. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify procedures and provide special rules for battered aliens with respect to: (1) public charge inadmissibility (2) immigrant petitions, including self-petitioning petitions; (3) implementation of immigration provisions in the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA); (4) fiancee conditional residency requirement; (5) removal and inadmissibility; (6) adjustment of status; and (7) access to VAWA for visa waivers. Amends the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 to provide that requirements and restrictions placed upon Legal Services Corporation funding shall not be construed to prohibit a recipient from providing related legal assistance to certain aliens who have been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct the Violence Against Women Grants Office in the Department of Justice to report on services for underserved populations. Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to include alienage status within the scope of underserved populations.

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Timeline

  1. 28 February 2002

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture, 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 28 February 2002

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture, 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 28 February 2002

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E234)

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 28 February 2002

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 28 February 2002

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  6. 13 March 2002

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

    Source: Committee

  7. 14 March 2002

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

    Source: Committee

  8. 18 March 2002

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.

    Source: Committee

  9. 9 May 2002

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.

    Source: Committee

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