34 U.S.C. § 10442
Establishment of Office on Violence Against Women
United States · Title 34 — CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT · Status: effective
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- 34 U.S.C. § 10442, Establishment of Office on Violence Against Women, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/469922
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There is hereby established within the Department of Justice, under the general authority of the Attorney General, an Office on Violence Against Women (in this subchapter referred to as the “Office”).
The Office shall be a separate and distinct office within the Department of Justice, not subsumed by any other office, headed by a Director, who shall report to the Attorney General and serve as Counsel to the Attorney General on the subject of violence against women, and who shall have final authority over all grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded by the Office.
Under the general authority of the Attorney General, the Office—
shall be solely responsible for coordination with other departments, agencies, or offices of all activities authorized or undertaken under—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization ActHouse: 400–4Senate: no recorded tally
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally