Campus Safety Legislation
The VTV Family Outreach Foundation (VTV) is actively supporting two critical pieces of campus safety legislation currently pending before the 112th United States Congress - the Center to Advance, Monitor, and Preserve University Security Safety Act of 2011 (CAMPUS Safety Act), and the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act (Campus SaVE Act). Provisions from both bills have been included in different versions of legislation reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), and VTV is asking Congress to include both provisions in the final VAWA bill. Please follow the links below to find out more about each bill, and how you can get involved to help secure their passage.
The easiest way to support legislation to make our nation's college and university campuses safer is to sign our Change.org Petition. Your signature will be sent directly to both of your U.S. Senators and Representative asking them to promptly act on VAWA, and include the separate lifesaving campus safety provisions in versions of the bill passed by each House in the final version. Click here to show your support today!
Supported Legislation
The Center to Advance, Monitor, and Preserve University Security Safety Act of 2012 or CAMPUS Safety Act (H.R. 6691, S. 3682).The CAMPUS Safety Act will establish a National Center for Campus Public Safety within the U.S. Department of Justice to help colleges and universities, among other things, develop improved threat assessment procedures.
The Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act or Campus SaVE Act (H.R. 2016, S.834)
The Campus SaVE Act will update 20 year old provisions in the Jeanne Clery Act addressing sexual assault to expand them to include dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking.
Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4970, S.1925)
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is a United States federal law that seeks to improve criminal justice and community responses to crime, including sexual violence.