Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “VAWA Protections for Rural Women Act of 2019”.
VAWA Protections for Rural Women Act of 2019
A BILL
To amend the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 to include the rural development voucher program as a covered housing program, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Covered housing programs
Paragraph (3) of section 41411(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12491(a)(3)) is amended—
in subparagraph (I), by striking “and” at the end;
by redesignating subparagraph (J) as subparagraph (K); and
by inserting after subparagraph (I) the following new subparagraph:
“(J) rural development housing voucher assistance provided by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490r), without regard to subsection (b) of such section, and applicable appropriation Acts; and”