Supporting Survivors from Faith-based Communities Act

This bill would let the U.S. Attorney General, through the Office on Violence Against Women, give grants to a group of organizations to set up and run a national faith-based resource center on domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The center would train and advise faith communities, victim service providers, law enforcement, courts, and others on helping victims who hold religious or spiritual beliefs. Organizations that put marriage, family unity, or opposition to divorce ahead of victim safety could not take part, and funds could not be used to promote religion. The bill would authorize $2 million per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031, require the Attorney General to publish model state laws on religious divorce denial, and require yearly reports.

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Sponsors

• Lois Frankel Democrat sponsor
• 8 cosponsors