House Bill 4893
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Improve Data on Sexual Violence Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jan 29, 2018
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
4893
Congress
115
Policy Area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime and Law Enforcement
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No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Improve Data on Sexual Violence Act
This bill directs the Office of Management and Budget to establish an interagency working group to study federal efforts to collect data on sexual violence and to make recommendations on efforts to coordinate sexual violence data collection to produce complementary information, without compromising programmatic needs.
The working group shall consider:
- what activity constitutes different acts of sexual violence,
- whether reports that use the same terms for acts of sexual violence are collecting the same data on these acts,
- whether the context which led to such an act should impact how that act is accounted for in reports,
- whether the data collected is presented in a way that allows the general public to understand what acts of sexual violence are included in each measurement, and
- steps that agencies that compile reports relating to sexual violence can take to avoid double counting incidents.
January 29, 2018
02/07/2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
01/29/2018
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
01/29/2018
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:38:57 PM