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H.R. 1257

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Rape Survivor Child Custody Act
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Committee
Latest Action · March 31, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Congress
114th (2015–2017)
Introduced
March 4, 2015
Cosponsors (24)
20D 4R
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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.

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