S.713: International Violence Against Women Act of 2015

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Introduced March 11, 2015
Latest Major Action March 11, 2015
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Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)

Bill Cosponsors

27 (24 Democrats, 1 Independent Democrat, 2 Republicans)

Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)
Susan Collins (R-Maine)
Mark Steven Kirk (R-Ill.)
Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)
Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)
Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)
Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii)
Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.)
Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)
Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)
Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)
Cory Booker (D-N.J.)
Patty Murray (D-Wash.)
Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)
Tom Udall (D-N.M.)
Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)
Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)
Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)
Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)
Christopher S. Murphy (D-Conn.)
Gary Peters (D-Mich.)
Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.)
Bob Casey (D-Pa.)
Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.)
Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)

Bill Summary

International Violence Against Women Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of State to establish an Office of Global Women's Issues which shall be headed by an Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues. Establishes in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) a Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment who shall direct USAID activities, policies, programs, and funding relating to gender equality and women's...

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Date	Description
March 11, 2015	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
March 11, 2015	Introduced in the Senate by Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)

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Introduced in the Senate by Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)