On February 28, the House passed, 286-138, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA) of 2013 (S. 47). The Senate began consideration of an identical version of S. 47 on February 7 (see The Source, 2/8/13) and passed the legislation on February 12 (see The Source, 2/15/13). President Obama is expected to sign the bill into law. The text of S. 47 is available here.
During consideration of the measure, the House rejected, 166-257, a substitute amendment by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) that would make several changes to the underlying bill. According to a Rules Committee section-by-section analysis, the amendment would have, among other provisions: