A bill to expand and improve the Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program to ensure legal assistance is provided for survivors in proceedings related to domestic violence and sexual assault, and for other purposes.
Ensuring Representation for Survivors Act
This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 grants for legal assistance to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victim services.
The bill also revises the grant program to allow states to receive a certain percentage of the total amount appropriated for grants to distribute to entities that provide legal assistance (e.g., pro bono representation and legal advocacy) to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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