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U.S. Code, Title 42, the Public Health and Welfare
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General SummaryThe U.S. Code is a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. While every effort has been made to ensure that this reproduction of the Code is accurate, those using it for legal purposes should verify their results against the printed version of the Code available through the Government Printing Office.
§ 14013. Report on Battered Women’s Syndrome
(a) Report
Not less than 1 year after September 13, 1994, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall transmit to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, and the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the medical and psychological basis of "battered women’s syndrome" and on the extent to which evidence of the syndrome has been considered in criminal trials.
(b) Components
The report under subsection (a) of this section shall include—
(1) medical and psychological testimony on the validity of battered women’s syndrome as a psychological condition;
(2) a compilation of State, tribal, and Federal court cases in which evidence of battered women’s syndrome was offered in criminal trials; and
(3) an assessment by State, tribal, and Federal judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys of the effects that evidence of battered women’s syndrome may have in criminal trials.
(Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, § 40507, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1949.)
Change of Name
Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Commerce of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104–14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress. Committee on Commerce of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of Representatives, and jurisdiction over matters relating to securities and exchanges and insurance generally transferred to Committee on Financial Services of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Jan. 3, 2001.
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"U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", "§ 14013. Report on Battered Women’s Syndrome," U.S. Code, Title 42, the Public Health and Welfare in U.S. Code, Title 42, the Public Health and Welfare (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2002), Original Sources, accessed July 3, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=96XCWJW73KSBJPK.
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"U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel". "§ 14013. Report on Battered Women’s Syndrome." U.S. Code, Title 42, the Public Health and Welfare, in U.S. Code, Title 42, the Public Health and Welfare, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 2002, Original Sources. 3 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=96XCWJW73KSBJPK.
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"U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", '§ 14013. Report on Battered Women’s Syndrome' in U.S. Code, Title 42, the Public Health and Welfare. cited in 2002, U.S. Code, Title 42, the Public Health and Welfare, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.. Original Sources, retrieved 3 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=96XCWJW73KSBJPK.
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