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116TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 116–32 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 1585) 

TO REAUTHORIZE THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 

ACT OF 1994, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

APRIL 2, 2019.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Ms. SCANLON, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 281] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 281, by a record vote of 9 to 3, report the same to the 

House with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. 

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 1585, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019, under a structured rule. The resolution provides one hour of general debate 

equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

member of the Committee on the Judiciary. The resolution waives 

all points of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution 

makes in order as original text for the purpose of amendment an 

amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of 

Rules Committee Print 116–9, modified by the amendment printed 

in part A of this report, and provides that it shall be considered 

as read. 

The resolution waives all points of order against that amendment 

in the nature of a substitute. The resolution makes in order only 

those further amendments printed in part B of this report. Each 

such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in this 

report, may be offered only by a Member designated in this report, 

shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in this report equally divided and controlled by the proponent 

and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not 

be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House 

or the Committee of the Whole. The resolution waives all points of 

order against the amendments printed in part B of this report. The 

resolution provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 


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EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

The waiver of all points of order against consideration of the bill 

includes waivers of the following: 

• Clause 3(d) of rule XIII, which requires the inclusion of a 

committee cost estimate in a committee report. 

• Clause 10 of rule XXI, which prohibits consideration of a 

measure that has a net effect of increasing the deficit or reducing the surplus over the five- or 10-year period. 

• Clause 12(b) of rule XXI, which prohibits consideration of 

a bill unless there is a searchable electronic comparative print 

that shows how the text of the bill as proposed to be considered 

differs from the text of the bill as reported. 

• Section 303 of the Congressional Budget Act, which prohibits consideration of legislation, as reported, providing new 

budget authority, change in revenues, change in public debt, 

new entitlement authority or new credit authority for a fiscal 

year until the budget resolution for that year has been agreed 

to. 

The waiver of all points of order against the amendment in the 

nature of a substitute made in order as original text, as amended, 

includes waivers of the following: 

• Clause 5(a) of rule XXI, which prohibits a bill or joint resolution carrying a tax or tariff measure from being reported by 

a committee not having jurisdiction to report tax or tariff 

measures. 

• Clause 12(a)(2) of rule XXI, which prohibits consideration 

of an amendment in the nature of a substitute unless there is 

a searchable electronic comparative print that shows how the 

amendment in the nature of a substitute proposes to change 

current law. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against the 

amendments printed in part B of this report, the Committee is not 

aware of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

COMMITTEE VOTES

The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion to 

report, together with the names of those voting for and against, are 

printed below: 

Rules Committee record vote No. 42 

Motion by Mr. Cole to add to the text of the rule separate consideration of H.R. 962, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection 

Act. Defeated: 3–8 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Hastings ..................................................... Nay Mr. Cole ........................................................... Yea 

Mrs. Torres ....................................................... Nay Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Yea 

Mr. Perlmutter .................................................. Nay Mr. Burgess ..................................................... ...................

Mr. Raskin ........................................................ Nay Mrs. Lesko ........................................................ Yea 

Ms. Scanlon ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. Morelle ....................................................... Nay 

Ms. Shalala ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. DeSaulnier .................................................. ...................

Mr. McGovern, Chairman ................................. Nay 


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Rules Committee record vote No. 43 

Motion by Mr. Woodall to report an open rule for H.R. 1585. Defeated: 3–8 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Hastings ..................................................... Nay Mr. Cole ........................................................... Yea 

Mrs. Torres ....................................................... Nay Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Yea 

Mr. Perlmutter .................................................. Nay Mr. Burgess ..................................................... ...................

Mr. Raskin ........................................................ Nay Mrs. Lesko ........................................................ Yea 

Ms. Scanlon ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. Morelle ....................................................... Nay 

Ms. Shalala ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. DeSaulnier .................................................. ...................

Mr. McGovern, Chairman ................................. Nay 

Rules Committee record vote No. 44 

Motion by Mr. Woodall to amend the rule to H.R. 1585 to make 

in order and provide the appropriate waivers to amendment #37, 

offered by Rep. Burgess (TX), which strikes Title VIII—Homicide 

Reduction Initiatives. Defeated: 3–8 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Hastings ..................................................... Nay Mr. Cole ........................................................... Yea 

Mrs. Torres ....................................................... Nay Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Yea 

Mr. Perlmutter .................................................. Nay Mr. Burgess ..................................................... ...................

Mr. Raskin ........................................................ Nay Mrs. Lesko ........................................................ Yea 

Ms. Scanlon ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. Morelle ....................................................... Nay 

Ms. Shalala ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. DeSaulnier .................................................. ...................

Mr. McGovern, Chairman ................................. Nay 

Rules Committee record vote No. 45 

Motion by Mrs. Lesko to amend the rule to H.R. 1585 to make 

in order and provide the appropriate waivers to amendment #3, offered by Rep. Lesko (AZ), which eliminates the prohibition of gun 

possession and purchase for those with ex parte orders. Defeated: 

3–9 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Hastings ..................................................... Nay Mr. Cole ........................................................... Yea 

Mrs. Torres ....................................................... Nay Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Yea 

Mr. Perlmutter .................................................. Nay Mr. Burgess ..................................................... ...................

Mr. Raskin ........................................................ Nay Mrs. Lesko ........................................................ Yea 

Ms. Scanlon ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. Morelle ....................................................... Nay 

Ms. Shalala ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. DeSaulnier .................................................. Nay 

Mr. McGovern, Chairman ................................. Nay 

Rules Committee record vote No. 46 

Motion by Mrs. Lesko to amend the rule to H.R. 1585 to make 

in order and provide the appropriate waivers to amendment #4, offered by Rep. Lesko (AZ), which provides religious protection to 

faith-based organizations and religious entities. Defeated: 3–9 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Hastings ..................................................... Nay Mr. Cole ........................................................... Yea 


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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mrs. Torres ....................................................... Nay Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Yea 

Mr. Perlmutter .................................................. Nay Mr. Burgess ..................................................... ...................

Mr. Raskin ........................................................ Nay Mrs. Lesko ........................................................ Yea 

Ms. Scanlon ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. Morelle ....................................................... Nay 

Ms. Shalala ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. DeSaulnier .................................................. Nay 

Mr. McGovern, Chairman ................................. Nay 

Rules Committee record vote No. 47 

Motion by Mrs. Lesko to amend the rule to H.R. 1585 to make 

in order and provide the appropriate waivers to amendment #5, offered by Rep. Lesko (AZ), which prevents a victim service provider 

from being compelled to place a woman or child into a circumstance 

in which they fear for a violation of privacy or safety. Defeated: 3– 

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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Hastings ..................................................... Nay Mr. Cole ........................................................... Yea 

Mrs. Torres ....................................................... Nay Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Yea 

Mr. Perlmutter .................................................. Nay Mr. Burgess ..................................................... ...................

Mr. Raskin ........................................................ Nay Mrs. Lesko ........................................................ Yea 

Ms. Scanlon ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. Morelle ....................................................... Nay 

Ms. Shalala ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. DeSaulnier .................................................. Nay 

Mr. McGovern, Chairman ................................. Nay 

Rules Committee record vote No. 48 

Motion by Ms. Scanlon to report the rule. Adopted: 9–3 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Hastings ..................................................... Yea Mr. Cole ........................................................... Nay 

Mrs. Torres ....................................................... Yea Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. Perlmutter .................................................. Yea Mr. Burgess ..................................................... ...................

Mr. Raskin ........................................................ Yea Mrs. Lesko ........................................................ Nay 

Ms. Scanlon ...................................................... Yea 

Mr. Morelle ....................................................... Yea 

Ms. Shalala ...................................................... Yea 

Mr. DeSaulnier .................................................. Yea 

Mr. McGovern, Chairman ................................. Yea 

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT IN PART A CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

1. Nadler (NY): Makes technical changes to reflect appropriate 

statute sections and corrects terminologies. 

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS IN PART B MADE IN ORDER

1. Jeffries (NY): Requires that the materials distributed by various federal agencies as set out by the bill are made available in 

commonly encountered languages. Such materials include information about resources for and rights of survivors. (10 minutes) 

2. Scanlon (PA): Requires DOJ to report to Congress the effects 

of the recent federal government shutdown on DOJ’s efforts to disperse funding and services to victims to domestic violence. (10 minutes) 

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ices for incarcerated women, including development of a national 

standard on prevention with respect to domestic and sexual violence. (10 minutes) 

4. Dean (PA): Allows for cross agency coordination and collaboration. (10 minutes) 

5. Torres, Norma (CA): Requires the Center for Disease Control 

and Prevention to provide a report to Congress on the activities of 

grant awardees funded through the Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) grant program, as well as on emerging best practices 

relating to rape prevention and education. (10 minutes) 

6. Burgess (TX): Requires state and local governments that are 

recipients of the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program to include information on best practices regarding reducing the backlog 

of DNA evidence in those government’s annual reports to the Attorney General. (10 minutes) 

7. Waters (CA): Creates a new purpose area to the grants to combat violent crimes on campuses, which allows grant funds to be 

used for the training of campus personnel in how to use victim-centered, trauma-informed interview techniques, informed by evidence 

based research on the neurobiology of trauma, when asking questions of a student or employee who reports to be a victim of sexual 

harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence or 

stalking. (10 minutes) 

8. Young (AK): Changes the definition of land eligible for a tribe’s 

jurisdiction to include all land within any Alaska Native village, for 

the Alaska tribal jurisdiction pilot project. (10 minutes) 

9. Johnson, Eddie Bernice (TX): Clarifies in law the difference between internal and external transfers when applying for an emergency transfer. (10 minutes) 

10. Wagner (MO), Jackson Lee (TX), Maloney, Carolyn (NY): Ensures that the Creating Hope through Outreach, Options, Service, 

and Education for Children and Youth (CHOOSE Children and 

Youth) Program can continue to include programs that address sex 

trafficking. (10 minutes) 

11. Wagner (MO): Enhances VAWA’s transparency and accountability measures by making entities found by the Attorney General 

to have intentionally misused VAWA grant funds ineligible to 

apply for future grants for up to 5 years, after reasonable notice 

and opportunity for a hearing. (10 minutes) 

12. Grijalva, Rau ́l (AZ), Cook (CA), Cole (OK), Haaland (NM), 

Larsen, Rick (WA): Expands the definition of domestic violence in 

the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the bill, to include violence against or witnessed by a child under the age of 18, 

or an elder (as defined by tribal law). (10 minutes) 

13. Grijalva, Rau ́l (AZ), Cook (CA), Kildee (MI), Cole (OK), 

Haaland (NM): Alleviates the costs tribes incur due to the expansion of criminal jurisdiction. Further this amendment provides language allowing the Attorney General to award grants to tribes to 

improve law enforcement, tribal court personnel and criminal 

codes. (10 minutes) 

14. Emmer (MN), Jayapal (WA): Authorizes the Office on Violence Against Women to improve the handling of crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by incorporating a trauma-informed approach into the initial response to 

and investigation of such crimes. (10 minutes) 


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15. Quigley (IL): Requires the Secretary of HHS to review and 

submit a report on whether being a victim of domestic violence increases the likelihood of having a substance use disorder. (10 minutes) 

16. Kuster (NH), Speier (CA), Morelle (NY), Turner (OH), Raskin 

(MD): Directs the Department of Justice to establish an interagency working group to study existing Federal surveys and reporting programs on sexual violence, and to make recommendations on 

how to harmonize such efforts for improved coordination and data 

collection. (10 minutes) 

17. Meng (NY): Ensures that parenting classes are made available to prisoners with limited English proficiency. (10 minutes) 

18. Meng (NY): Directs the Director of BOP to develop tools to 

communicate parenting program availability and eligibility criteria 

to each BOP employee and each pregnant inmate to ensure that 

each pregnant inmate understands the resources available to them. 

(10 minutes) 

19. Meng (NY): Ensures that cultural competency training is included in trauma screening trainings provided to correctional officers, and each BOP employee, including instructors and health care 

professionals. (10 minutes) 

20. Plaskett (VI), Radewagen (AS): Increases the minimum 

amount made available to territories of the United States under 

the Sexual Assault Services Program and the Transitional Housing 

Assistance Program. (10 minutes) 

21. Bera (CA): Increases funding for grants to enhance culturally 

specific services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

sexual assault, and stalking. (10 minutes) 

22. Gallego (AZ), Haaland (NM), Cole (OK), Cook (CA), Davids 

(KS): Directs the GAO to submit a report on the response of law 

enforcement agencies to reports of missing or murdered Indians, including recommendations for legislative solutions. (10 minutes) 

23. Clark, Katherine (MA): Establishes a grant program to train 

state and local law enforcement to prevent, enforce, and prosecute 

domestic violence-related crimes carried out online and establishes 

a national resource center to study these crimes. Requires the FBI 

to update the Uniform Crime Reports and the National IncidentBased Reporting System to include cybercrimes committed against 

individuals. (10 minutes) 

24. Krishnamoorthi (IL), Brooks, Susan (IN): Specifies, but does 

not limit, components of economic security that Americans face 

when striving for economic stability including: financial empowerment, affordable housing, transportation, healthcare access, and 

quality education and training opportunities. (10 minutes) 

25. Krishnamoorthi (IL), Bacon (NE): Ensures the inclusion of 

guidelines and best practices for the creation of employee assistance programs. (10 minutes) 

26. Brown (MD): Creates a grant program for States, local governments, Indian tribes, and domestic violence victim service providers and coalitions for technical assistance and training in the 

operation or establishment of a lethality assessment program 

(LAP). (10 minutes) 

27. Haaland (NM), Grijalva, Rau ́l (AZ), Cole (OK), Gallego (AZ), 

Moore (WI), Young (AK), Case (HI), Soto (FL), Davids (KS), Torres, 

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sources in state courts for urban American Indians/Alaskan Natives (AI/ANs) where 71 percent of the Native American population 

resides due to federal relocation and termination policies. 

This will be offered as an amendment to the DOJ STOP Formula 

Grant Program for states (authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 10441) to address the lack of victim resources for Native American women in 

urban areas (who experience disproportional rates of sexual/domestic violence) since this group falls outside of the eligibility for the 

DOJ Victim of Crimes Act Tribal Set-Aside funding, which is only 

available for tribal programs within reservation boundaries. (10 

minutes) 

28. Haaland (NM), Young (AK), Cook (CA), Grijalva, Rau ́l (AZ), 

Cole (OK), Gallego (AZ), Moore (WI), Ruiz (CA), Case (HI), Soto 

(FL), Davids (KS), Torres, Norma (CA): Clarifies that federal criminal information database sharing extends to entities designated by 

a tribe as maintaining public safety within a tribe’s territorial jurisdiction that have no federal or state arrest authority. (10 minutes) 

29. Rouda (CA): Adds language that recognizes the ongoing epidemic of violence against transgender and gender non-conforming 

people. (10 minutes) 

30. Rouda (CA): Gives college campuses the opportunity to offer 

primary prevention training, in addition to survivor support services. (10 minutes) 

31. Rouda (CA): Gives college campuses the opportunity to offer 

alternative justice response programs. (10 minutes) 

32. Rouda (CA): Gives college campuses the opportunity to include all participants involved with the resolution process in training which identifies and responds to crimes of domestic violence, 

dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Resolution process 

members include the Title IX coordinator’s office as well as the office of student conduct. (10 minutes) 

33. Craig (MN): Directs the Secretary of Education to submit a 

report to Congress regarding an evaluation of programs, events, 

and educational materials related to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking and an assessment of best practices and guidance. This report shall be made publicly available online to universities and college campuses to use as a resource. (10 

minutes) 

34. Schrier (WA), Shalala (FL), Underwood (IL): Specifies that 

trauma and behavioral health specialists are included in the term 

‘‘health care professionals.’’ The amendment would also increase 

the number of health care professionals that specialize in child exposure to violence. (10 minutes) 

35. Underwood (IL), Scanlon (PA), Casten (IL): Requires DOJ to 

report to Congress the effects of the recent federal government 

shutdown on DOJ’s efforts to disperse funding and services to victims to domestic violence. (10 minutes) 

36. Casten (IL), Underwood (IL), Dean (PA): Ensures that campus faculty is trained to recognize victims of sexual or domestic violence. (10 minutes) 

37. Porter (CA): Integrates the term ‘‘economic abuse’’ throughout 

the legislation, wherever ‘‘domestic violence’’ occurs. (10 minutes) 

38. Rose, Max (NY): Expands the National Domestic Violence 

Hotline to include texting features via telephone. (10 minutes) 


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39. Axne (IA): Increases STOP grants from $40 million to $60 

million. (10 minutes) 

40. Torres Small, Xochitl (NM): Ensures all provisions of the bill 

comply with immigration laws. (10 minutes) 

PART A—TEXT OF AMENDMENT CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

Page 41, line 2, strike ‘‘2262B’’ and insert ‘‘2261B’’. 

Page 52, line 5, strike ‘‘Continuums’’ and insert ‘‘grantee under 

the Continuum’’. 

Page 52, line 9, strike ‘‘an entity receiving’’ and all that follows 

through ‘‘under’’ on line 10, and insert the following: ‘‘the Federal 

program authorized under’’. 

Page 57, beginning on line 6, strike ‘‘Continuums of Care’’ and 

insert ‘‘grantees under the Continuum of Care’’. 

Page 63, strike lines 11 through 14 and insert the following: 

‘‘(3) LOCAL SYSTEMS FUNDED BY CONTINUUM OF CARE.—In addition to adopting the policies as defined in paragraph (2) in 

an emergency transfer policy, each grantee under the Continuum of Care shall designate the entity within its geographic 

area that will coordinate and facilitate emergency transfers, 

and that entity shall also—’’. 

Page 64, beginning on line 10, strike ‘‘the local Continua of Care’’ 

and insert ‘‘the entities designated under paragraph (3)’’. 

Page 64, line 18, strike ‘‘local Continua of Care’’ and insert ‘‘entities designated under paragraph (3)’’. 

Page 80, line 6, strike ‘‘is amended—’’ and insert the following 

‘‘is amended by adding at the end the following:’’. 

Page 80, strike line 7 and all that follows through line 14. 

Page 81, strike lines 4 through 9 and insert the following: 

(b) DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OTHER DANGEROUS

OR LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS AMENDED.—Section 103(b) of 

the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302(b)) 

is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(b) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OTHER DANGEROUS OR LIFETHREATENING CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

of this section, the Secretary shall consider to be homeless any individual or family who— 

‘‘(1) is fleeing, or attempting to flee, domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, stalking, and who have no other residence and lack resources to obtain other permanent housing; 

or 

‘‘(2) is fleeing or attempting to flee a dangerous or life-threatening condition in the individual’s or family’s current housing 

situation, including where the health and safety of children are 

jeopardized and who have no other residence and lack the resources or support networks to obtain other permanent housing.’’. 

Page 93, beginning on line 23, strike ‘‘survivor services organization’’ and insert ‘‘victim service provider’’. 

Page 94, strike lines 9 through 21 and insert the following: 

‘‘(A) The terms ‘domestic violence’, ‘sexual assault’, 

‘stalking’, ‘victim of sexual or other harassment’, and ‘survivor of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking’ have 

the meanings given such terms under State law, regulation, or policy. 


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‘‘(B) The term ‘victim service provider’ has the meaning 

given such term in section 40002 of the Violence Against 

Women Act of 1994.’’. 

Page 97, line 13, insert ‘‘the’’ before ‘‘State program’’. 

Page 100, beginning on line 20, strike ‘‘survivor services organization’’ and insert ‘‘victim service provider’’. 

Page 102, beginning on line 3, strike ‘‘survivor services organization’’ and insert ‘‘victim service provider’’. 

Page 105, line 18, insert after ‘‘the expiration of’’ the following: 

‘‘the’’. 

Page 108, beginning on line 1, strike ‘‘ ‘sexual and other harassment’,’’. 

Page 108, beginning on line 3, strike ‘‘sexual and other harassment,’’. 

Page 108, line 5, strike ‘‘survivor services organization’’ and insert ‘‘victim service provider’’. 

PART B—TEXT OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE JEFFRIES

OF NEW YORK OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 114, after line 13, insert the following: 

(4) COMMON LANGUAGES.—The Secretary of Labor shall ensure that the information disseminated to survivors under 

paragraph (2) is made available in commonly encountered languages. 

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE SCANLON

OF PENNSYLVANIA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 25, line 15, insert ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL—’’ before ‘‘Section 1201’’. 

Page 26, after line 12, insert the following: 

(b) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 

shall submit to Congress a report on the return on investment for 

legal assistance grants awarded pursuant to section 1201 of division B of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 

2000 (34 U.S.C. 20121), including an accounting of the amount 

saved, if any, on housing, medical, or employment social welfare 

programs. 

3. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ESCOBAR

OF TEXAS OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 156, insert after line 20 (and conform the table of contents 

accordingly): 

SEC. 1103. RESEARCH AND REPORT ON WOMEN IN FEDERAL INCARCERATION. 

Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 

and thereafter, every other year, the National Institutes of Justice, 

in consultation with the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Bureau of Prisons (including the Women and Special Population 

Branch) shall prepare a report on the status of women in federal 

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cility, data shall be collected from Bureau of Prisons personnel and 

a sample that is representative of the population of incarcerated 

women. The report shall include: 

(1) With regard to federal facilities wherein women are incarcerated— 

(A) responses by such women to questions from the Adverse Childhood Experience (ACES) questionnaire; 

(B) demographic data of such women, including sexual 

orientation and gender identity; 

(C) responses by such women to questions about the extent of exposure to sexual victimization, sexual violence 

and domestic violence (both inside and outside of incarceration); 

(D) the number of such women were pregnant at the 

time that they entered incarceration; 

(E) the number of such women who have children age 18 

or under, and if so, how many; and 

(F) the crimes for which such women are incarcerated 

and the length of their sentence. 

(2) With regard to all federal facilities where persons are incarcerated— 

(A) a list of best practices with respect to women’s incarceration and transition, including staff led programs, services and management practices (including making sanitary 

products readily available and easily accessible, and access 

to and provision of healthcare); 

(B) the availability of trauma treatment at each facility 

(including number of beds, and number of trained staff); 

(C) rates of serious mental illness broken down by gender and security level and a list of residential programs 

available by site; and 

(D) the availability of vocational education and a list of 

vocational programs provided by each facility. 

SEC. 1104. REENTRY PLANNING AND SERVICES FOR INCARCERATED 

WOMEN. 

The Attorney General, in coordination with the Chief of U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services and the Director of the Bureau of Prisons (including Women and Special Population Branch), shall collaborate on a model of gender responsive transition for incarcerated 

women, including the development of a national standard on prevention with respect to domestic and sexual violence. In developing 

the model, the Chief and the Director shall consult with such experts within the federal government (including the Office on Violence Against Women of the Department of Justice) and in the victim service provider community (including sexual and domestic violence and homelessness, job training and job placement service providers) as are necessary to the completion of a comprehensive plan. 

Issues addressed should include— 

(1) the development by the Bureau of Prisons of a contract 

for gender collaborative services; and 

(2) identification by re-entry affairs coordinators and responsive planning for the needs of re-entering women with respect 

to— 

(A) housing, including risk of homelessness; 


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(B) previous exposure to and risk for domestic and sexual violence; and 

(C) the need for parenting classes, assistance securing 

childcare, or assistance in seeking or securing jobs that afford flexibility (as might be necessary in the re-entry, parenting or other contexts). 

4. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE DEAN OF

PENNSYLVANIA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 16, after line 2, insert the following: 

SEC. 4. AGENCY AND DEPARTMENT COORDINATION. 

The heads of Executive Departments responsible for carrying out 

this Act are authorized to coordinate and collaborate on the prevention of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including sharing best practices and efficient use of resources 

and technology for victims and those seeking assistance from the 

Government. 

5. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE TORRES OF

CALIFORNIA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 33, line 17, strike ‘‘and’’ at the end. 

Page 34, line 3, strike the period at the end and insert the following: ‘‘; and’’. 

Page 34, after line 3, insert the following: 

(4) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(e) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019, 

the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall submit to Congress, the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

Pensions of the Senate a report on the activities funded by grants 

awarded under this section and best practices relating to rape prevention and education.’’. 

6. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BURGESS

OF TEXAS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 170, line 18, strike ‘‘Section 2(j)’’ and insert ‘‘Section 2’’. 

Page 170, line 19, strike ‘‘by’’ and insert ‘‘—’’. 

Page 170, strike lines 20 through 21, and insert the following: 

(1) in subsection (f)— 

(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and 

(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: 

‘‘(2) information on best practices for state and local governments to reduce the backlog of DNA evidence’’; and 

(2) in subsection (j), by striking ‘‘2015 through 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 


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7. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE WATERS OF

CALIFORNIA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 39, after line 6, insert the following: 

‘‘(12) To train campus personnel in how to use a victim-centered, trauma-informed interview technique, which means asking questions of a student or a campus employee who is reported to be a victim of sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking, in a manner that 

is focused on the experience of the reported victim, that does 

not judge or blame the reported victim for the alleged crime, 

and that is informed by evidence-based research on the 

neurobiology of trauma. To the extent practicable, campus personnel shall allow the reported victim to participate in a recorded interview and to receive a copy of the recorded interview.’’; 

8. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE YOUNG OF

ALASKA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 135, strike lines 8 through 15, and insert the following: 

‘‘(g) INDIAN COUNTRY DEFINED.—For purposes of the pilot project 

described in subsection (f)(5), the definition of ‘Indian country’ shall 

include— 

‘‘(1) Alaska Native-owned Townsites, Allotments, and former 

reservation lands acquired in fee by Alaska Native Village Corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

Act (43 U.S.C. 33) and other lands transferred in fee to Native 

villages, and 

‘‘(2) all lands within any Alaska Native village with a population that is at least 75 percent Alaska Native.’’. 

9. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON

OF TEXAS OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 52, line 13, strike ‘‘means a transfer’’ and insert ‘‘means an 

emergency transfer under subsection (e) from a unit of a covered 

housing provider’’. 

Page 52, line 16, insert ‘‘that can transfer to any unit of the same 

covered housing provider’’ before the period at the end. 

Page 52, line 18, strike ‘‘means a transfer’’ and insert ‘‘means an 

emergency transfer under subsection (e) from a unit of a covered 

housing provider’’. 

Page 59, strike lines 17 through 21 and insert the following: 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A tenant who is a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking may apply for 

an emergency transfer to another available and safe dwelling 

unit assisted under a covered housing program, and the covered housing provider shall grant such application if—’’. 

Page 60, line 24, strike ‘‘internal emergency transfer’’ and insert 

‘‘internal transfer’’. 

Page 61, beginning on line 4, strike ‘‘internal emergency transfer’’ and insert ‘‘internal transfer’’. 

Page 61, beginning on line 8, strike ‘‘internal emergency transfer’’ and insert ‘‘internal transfer’’. 


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Page 61, line 15, strike ‘‘external emergency transfer’’ and insert 

‘‘external transfer’’. 

Page 62, beginning on line 1, strike ‘‘internal emergency transfer’’ and insert ‘‘internal transfer’’. 

Page 62, line 3, strike ‘‘external emergency transfer’’ and insert 

‘‘external transfer’’. 

Page 62, line 5, strike ‘‘internal emergency transfer’’ and insert 

‘‘internal transfer’’. 

Page 62, line 6, strike ‘‘external emergency transfer’’ and insert 

‘‘external transfer’’. 

Page 62, line 8, strike ‘‘emergency’’. 

Page 62, line 11, strike ‘‘emergency’’. 

Page 63, line 9, strike ‘‘emergency’’. 

Page 63, line 15, strike ‘‘emergency’’. 

Page 63, line 18, strike ‘‘emergency’’. 

Page 69, line 19, strike ‘‘subsection’’ and insert ‘‘section’’. 

Page 73, line 7, strike ‘‘subsection’’ and insert ‘‘section’’. 

Page 80, line 9, strike ‘‘external emergency transfer’’ and insert 

‘‘external transfer’’. 

Page 80, line 21, strike ‘‘external emergency transfer’’ and insert 

‘‘external transfer’’. 

Page 80, line 24, strike ‘‘external emergency transfer’’ and insert 

‘‘external transfer’’. 

Page 84, line 6, strike ‘‘pararaph’’ and insert ‘‘paragraph’’. 

10. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE WAGNER

OF MISSOURI OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 35, line 3, strike ‘‘and stalking’’ and insert ‘‘stalking, and 

sex trafficking’’. 

Page 35, strike lines 4 through 17, and insert the following (and 

redesignate other provisions accordingly): 

(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

(iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at 

the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

Page 35, lines 22 through 23, strike ‘‘and stalking’’ and insert 

‘‘stalking, and sex trafficking’’. 

Page 36, line 8, insert ‘‘sex trafficking,’’ after ‘‘stalking,’’. 

Page 36, strike lines 11 through 13 (and redesignate other provisions accordingly). 

Page 36, line 15, insert ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon. 

Page 36, strike lines 16 through 18 (and redesignate other provisions accordingly). 

11. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE WAGNER

OF MISSOURI OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 15, strike lines 6 through 12, and insert the following: 

(G) in paragraph (16)— (i) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking ‘‘$20,000 in 

Department funds, unless the Deputy Attorney General’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000 in Department funds, 

unless the Director or Principal Deputy Director of the 

Office on Violence Against Women, the Deputy Attorney General,’’; and 


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(ii) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(E) INELIGIBILITY.—If the Attorney General finds that a 

recipient of grant funds under this Act has fraudulently 

misused such grant funds, after reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing, such recipient shall not be eligible 

to receive grant funds under this Act for up to 5 years. A 

misuse of grant funds or an error that does not rise to the 

level of fraud is not grounds for ineligibility.’’. 

12. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GRIJALVA

OF ARIZONA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 131, strike line 8 and all that follows through line 12, and 

insert the following: 

‘‘(B)(i) committed against a victim who is a child under 

the age of 18, or an elder (as such term is defined by tribal 

law), including when an offender recklessly engages in conduct that creates a substantial risk of death or serious 

bodily injury to the victim, or committed as described in 

subparagraph (A) while the child or elder is present; and 

‘‘(ii) the child or elder— 

‘‘(I) resides or has resided in the same household as 

the offender; 

‘‘(II) is related to the offender by blood or marriage; 

‘‘(III) is related to another victim of the offender by 

blood or marriage; 

‘‘(IV) is under the care of a victim of the offender 

who is an intimate partner or former spouse; or 

‘‘(V) is under the care of a victim of the offender who 

is similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under 

the domestic- or family- violence laws of an Indian 

tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian country 

where the violence occurs.’’. 

13. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GRIJALVA

OF ARIZONA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 134, strike line 3 and all that follows through page 135, line 

18, and insert the following: 

(9) by striking subsections (f), (g), and (h) and inserting the 

following: 

‘‘(f) GRANTS AND REIMBURSEMENT TO TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.— 

‘‘(1) REIMBURSEMENT.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General is authorized to 

reimburse tribal government authorities for expenses incurred in exercising special tribal criminal jurisdiction. 

‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE EXPENSES.—Eligible expenses for reimbursement shall include— 

‘‘(i) expenses incurred to arrest or prosecute offenders and to detain inmates (including costs associated 

with providing health care); 

‘‘(ii) expenses related to indigent defense services; 

and 

‘‘(iii) costs associated with probation and rehabilitation services. 


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‘‘(C) PROCEDURE.—Reimbursements authorized pursuant 

to this section shall be in accordance with rules promulgated by the Attorney General after consultation with Indian tribes and within one year after the date of enactment of this Act. The rules promulgated by the Department shall set a maximum allowable reimbursement to 

any tribal government in a one year period. 

‘‘(2) GRANTS.—The Attorney General may award grants to 

the governments of Indian tribes (or to authorized designees of 

those governments)— 

‘‘(A) to strengthen tribal criminal justice systems to assist Indian tribes in exercising special tribal criminal jurisdiction, including— 

‘‘(i) law enforcement (including the capacity of law 

enforcement, court personnel, or other non-law enforcement entities that have no Federal or State arrest 

authority agencies but have been designated by a tribe 

as responsible for maintaining public safety within its 

territorial jurisdiction, to enter information into and 

obtain information from national crime information 

databases); 

‘‘(ii) prosecution; 

‘‘(iii) trial and appellate courts (including facilities 

construction); 

‘‘(iv) probation systems; 

‘‘(v) detention and correctional facilities (including 

facilities construction); 

‘‘(vi) alternative rehabilitation centers; 

‘‘(vii) culturally appropriate services and assistance 

for victims and their families; and 

‘‘(viii) criminal codes and rules of criminal procedure, appellate procedure, and evidence; 

‘‘(B) to provide indigent criminal defendants with the effective assistance of licensed defense counsel, at no cost to 

the defendant, in criminal proceedings in which a participating tribe prosecutes— 

‘‘(i) a crime of domestic violence; 

‘‘(ii) a crime of dating violence; 

‘‘(iii) a criminal violation of a protection order; 

‘‘(iv) a crime of sexual violence; 

‘‘(v) a crime of stalking; 

‘‘(vi) a crime of sex trafficking; 

‘‘(vii) a crime of obstruction of justice; or 

‘‘(viii) a crime of assault of a law enforcement or correctional officer; 

‘‘(C) to ensure that, in criminal proceedings in which a 

participating tribe exercises special tribal criminal jurisdiction, jurors are summoned, selected, and instructed in a 

manner consistent with all applicable requirements; 

‘‘(D) to accord victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual violence, stalking, sex trafficking, obstruction 

of justice, assault of a law enforcement or correctional officer, and violations of protection orders rights that are 

similar to the rights of a crime victim described in section 


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3771(a) of title 18, consistent with tribal law and custom; 

and 

‘‘(E) to create a pilot project to allow up to five Indian 

tribes in Alaska to implement special tribal criminal jurisdiction. 

‘‘(g) INDIAN COUNTRY DEFINED.—For purposes of the pilot project 

described in subsection (f)(2)(E), the definition of ‘Indian country’ 

shall include Alaska Native-owned Townsites, Allotments, and 

former reservation lands acquired in fee by Alaska Native Village 

Corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

(43 U.S.C. 33) and other lands transferred in fee to Native villages. 

‘‘(h) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts made available 

under this section shall supplement and not supplant any other 

Federal, State, tribal, or local government amounts made available 

to carry out activities described in this section. 

‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 

to be appropriated $7,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 

2024 to carry out subsection (f) and to provide training, technical 

assistance, data collection, and evaluation of the criminal justice 

systems of participating tribes. 

‘‘(j) USE OF FUNDS.—Not less than 25 percent of the total amount 

of funds appropriated under this section in a given year shall be 

used for each of the purposes described in paragraphs (1) and (2) 

of subsection (f), with remaining funds available to be distributed 

for either of the purposes described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (f), or any combination of such purposes, depending on need 

and in consultation with Indian tribes.’’. 

14. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE EMMER

OF MINNESOTA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 32, after line 24, insert the following (and conform the table 

of contents accordingly): 

SECTION 205. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ON TRAUMA-INFORMED 

TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. 

Title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act 

of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 10101 note) is amended by adding at the end 

the following: 

‘‘Subtitle Q—Trauma-informed Training 

for Law Enforcement 

‘‘SEC. 41701. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ON TRAUMA-INFORMED 

TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. 

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

‘‘(1) the term ‘Attorney General’ means the Attorney General, 

acting through the Director of the Office on Violence Against 

Women; 

‘‘(2) the term ‘covered individual’ means an individual who 

interfaces with victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

sexual assault, and stalking, including— 

‘‘(A) an individual working for or on behalf of an eligible 

entity; 

‘‘(B) a school or university administrator; and 


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‘‘(C) an emergency services or medical employee; 

‘‘(3) the term ‘demonstration site’, with respect to an eligible 

entity that receives a grant under this section, means— 

‘‘(A) if the eligible entity is a law enforcement agency described in paragraph (4)(A), the area over which the eligible entity has jurisdiction; and 

‘‘(B) if the eligible entity is an organization or agency described in paragraph (4)(B), the area over which a law enforcement agency described in paragraph (4)(A) that is 

working in collaboration with the eligible entity has jurisdiction; and 

‘‘(4) the term ‘eligible entity’ means— 

‘‘(A) a State, local, territorial, or Tribal law enforcement 

agency; or 

‘‘(B) a national, regional, or local victim services organization or agency working in collaboration with a law enforcement agency described in subparagraph (A). 

‘‘(b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall award grants 

on a competitive basis to eligible entities to carry out the demonstration program under this section by implementing evidence-based or promising policies and practices to incorporate 

trauma-informed techniques designed to— 

‘‘(A) prevent re-traumatization of the victim; 

‘‘(B) ensure that covered individuals use evidence-based 

practices to respond to and investigate cases of domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; 

‘‘(C) improve communication between victims and law 

enforcement officers in an effort to increase the likelihood 

of the successful investigation and prosecution of the reported crime in a manner that protects the victim to the 

greatest extent possible; 

‘‘(D) increase collaboration among stakeholders who are 

part of the coordinated community response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and 

‘‘(E) evaluate the effectiveness of the training process 

and content by measuring— 

‘‘(i) investigative and prosecutorial practices and 

outcomes; and 

‘‘(ii) the well-being of victims and their satisfaction 

with the criminal justice process. 

‘‘(2) TERM.—The Attorney General shall make grants under 

this section for each of the first 2 fiscal years beginning after 

the date of enactment of this Act. 

‘‘(3) AWARD BASIS.—The Attorney General shall award grants 

under this section to multiple eligible entities for use in a variety of settings and communities, including— 

‘‘(A) urban, suburban, Tribal, remote, and rural areas; 

‘‘(B) college campuses; or 

‘‘(C) traditionally underserved communities. 

‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity that receives a grant 

under this section shall use the grant to— 

‘‘(1) train covered individuals within the demonstration site 

of the eligible entity to use evidence-based, trauma-informed 

techniques and knowledge of crime victims’ rights throughout 


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an investigation into domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

assault, or stalking, including by— 

‘‘(A) conducting victim interviews in a manner that— 

‘‘(i) elicits valuable information about the domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 

and 

‘‘(ii) avoids re-traumatization of the victim; 

‘‘(B) conducting field investigations that mirror best and 

promising practices available at the time of the investigation; 

‘‘(C) customizing investigative approaches to ensure a 

culturally and linguistically appropriate approach to the 

community being served; 

‘‘(D) becoming proficient in understanding and responding to complex cases, including cases of domestic violence, 

dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking— 

‘‘(i) facilitated by alcohol or drugs; 

‘‘(ii) involving strangulation; 

‘‘(iii) committed by a non-stranger; 

‘‘(iv) committed by an individual of the same sex as 

the victim; 

‘‘(v) involving a victim with a disability; 

‘‘(vi) involving a male victim; or 

‘‘(vii) involving a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or 

transgender (commonly referred to as ‘LGBT’) victim; 

‘‘(E) developing collaborative relationships between— 

‘‘(i) law enforcement officers and other members of 

the response team; and 

‘‘(ii) the community being served; and 

‘‘(F) developing an understanding of how to define, identify, and correctly classify a report of domestic violence, 

dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and 

‘‘(2) promote the efforts of the eligible entity to improve the 

response of covered individuals to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through various communication channels, such as the website of the eligible entity, social media, print materials, and community meetings, in order 

to ensure that all covered individuals within the demonstration 

site of the eligible entity are aware of those efforts and included in trainings, to the extent practicable. 

‘‘(d) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM TRAININGS ON TRAUMA-INFORMED

APPROACHES.— 

‘‘(1) IDENTIFICATION OF EXISTING TRAININGS.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall identify 

trainings for law enforcement officers, in existence as of 

the date on which the Attorney General begins to solicit 

applications for grants under this section, that— 

‘‘(i) employ a trauma-informed approach to domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; 

and 

‘‘(ii) focus on the fundamentals of— 

‘‘(I) trauma responses; and 

‘‘(II) the impact of trauma on victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

stalking. 


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‘‘(B) SELECTION.—An eligible entity that receives a grant 

under this section shall select one or more of the approaches employed by a training identified under subparagraph (A) to test within the demonstration site of the eligible entity. 

‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall consult with the Director of the Office for 

Victims of Crime in order to seek input from and cultivate consensus among outside practitioners and other stakeholders 

through facilitated discussions and focus groups on best practices in the field of trauma-informed care for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

‘‘(e) EVALUATION.—The Attorney General, in consultation with 

the Director of the National Institute of Justice, shall require each 

eligible entity that receives a grant under this section to identify 

a research partner, preferably a local research partner, to— 

‘‘(1) design a system for generating and collecting the appropriate data to facilitate an independent process or impact evaluation of the use of the grant funds; 

‘‘(2) periodically conduct an evaluation described in paragraph (1); and 

‘‘(3) periodically make publicly available, during the grant 

period— 

‘‘(A) preliminary results of the evaluations conducted 

under paragraph (2); and 

‘‘(B) recommendations for improving the use of the grant 

funds. 

‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The Attorney General 

shall carry out this section using amounts otherwise available to 

the Attorney General. 

‘‘(g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 

construed to interfere with the due process rights of any individual.’’. 

15. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE QUIGLEY

OF ILLINOIS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 171, insert after line 2, the following (and conform the table 

of contents accordingly): 

SEC. 1408. REVIEW ON LINK BETWEEN SUBSTANCE USE AND VICTIMS 

OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALKING. 

Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 

the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services 

shall complete a review and submit a report to Congress on whether being a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking increases the likelihood of having a substance use 

disorder. 

16. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE KUSTER

OF NEW HAMPSHIRE OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MIN- UTES

Page 171, insert after line 2 the following (and conform the table 

of contents accordingly): 


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SEC. 1408. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP TO STUDY FEDERAL EFFORTS TO COLLECT DATA ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE. 

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish an 

interagency working group (in this section referred to as the 

‘‘Working Group’’) to study Federal efforts to collect data on sexual 

violence and to make recommendations on the harmonization of 

such efforts. 

(b) COMPOSITION.—The Working Group shall be comprised of at 

least one representative from the following agencies, who shall be 

selected by the head of that agency: 

(1) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

(2) The Department of Education. 

(3) The Department of Health and Human Services. 

(4) The Department of Justice. 

(c) DUTIES.—The Working Group shall consider the following: 

(1) What activity constitutes different acts of sexual violence. 

(2) Whether reports that use the same terms for acts of sexual violence are collecting the same data on these acts. 

(3) Whether the context which led to an act of sexual violence should impact how that act is accounted for in reports. 

(4) Whether the data collected is presented in a way that allows the general public to understand what acts of sexual violence are included in each measurement. 

(5) Steps that agencies that compile reports relating to sexual violence can take to avoid double counting incidents of sexual violence. 

(d) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 2 years after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, the Working Group shall publish and 

submit to Congress a report on the following: 

(1) The activities of the Working Group. 

(2) Recommendations to harmonize Federal efforts to collect 

data on sexual violence. 

(3) Actions Federal agencies can take to implement the recommendations described in paragraph (2). 

(4) Recommendations for congressional action to implement 

the recommendations described in paragraph (2). 

(e) TERMINATION.—The Working Group shall terminate 30 days 

after the date on which the report is submitted pursuant to subsection (d). 

(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) HARMONIZE.—The term ‘‘harmonize’’ includes efforts to 

coordinate sexual violence data collection to produce complementary information, as appropriate, without compromising 

programmatic needs. 

(2) SEXUAL VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘sexual violence’’ includes 

an unwanted sexual act (including both contact and non-contact) about which the Federal Government collects information. 

17. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MENG OF

NEW YORK OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 145, line 19, insert after ‘‘parent’’ the following: ‘‘, and such 

classes shall be made available to prisoners with limited English 


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proficiency in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 

1964’’. 

18. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MENG OF

NEW YORK OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 153, line 25, strike ‘‘and’’ at the end. 

Page 153, after line 25, insert the following (and redesignate 

other provisions accordingly): 

(F) develop tools to communicate parenting program 

availability and eligibility criteria to each employee of the 

Bureau of Prisons and each pregnant inmate to ensure 

that each pregnant inmate in the custody of a Bureau of 

Prisons facility understands the resources available to 

such inmate; and 

19. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MENG OF

NEW YORK OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 145, line 21, insert after ‘‘training’’ the following: ‘‘, including cultural competency training,’’. 

20. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE PLASKETT

OF VIRGIN ISLANDS OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 29, strike lines 3 through 7, and insert the following: 

SEC. 201. SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM. 

Section 41601 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12511) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ‘‘0.25 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘0.5 percent’’; and 

(2) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and 

inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 

Page 79, line 19, strike ‘‘and’’. 

Page 79, line 21, strike the period at the end and insert ‘‘; and’’. 

Page 79, insert after line 21 the following: 

(C) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘0.25 percent’’ and 

inserting ‘‘0.5 percent’’. 

21. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BERA OF

CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 28, insert after line 24 the following: 

SEC. 108. ENHANCING CULTURALLY SPECIFIC SERVICES FOR VICTIMS 

OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 

Section 121(a) of the Violence Against Women and Department 

of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20124(a)) is 

amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to the amounts made available under paragraph (1), 

there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024.’’. 


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22. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GALLEGO

OF ARIZONA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 136, insert after line 9 the following (and amend the table 

of contents accordingly): 

SEC. 905. REPORT ON THE RESPONSE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO REPORTS OF MISSING OR MURDERED INDIANS. 

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) COVERED DATABASE.—The term ‘‘covered database’’ 

means— 

(A) the database of the National Crime Information Center; 

(B) the Combined DNA Index System; 

(C) the Next Generation Identification System; and 

(D) any other database or system of a law enforcement 

agency under which a report of a missing or murdered Indian may be submitted, including— 

(i) the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program; or 

(ii) the National Missing and Unidentified Persons 

System. 

(2) INDIAN.—The term ‘‘Indian’’ has the meaning given the 

term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 

(3) INDIAN COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘Indian country’’ has the 

meaning given the term in section 1151 of title 18, United 

States Code. 

(4) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—The term ‘‘law enforcement 

agency’’ means a Federal, State, local, or Tribal law enforcement agency. 

(5) MISSING OR MURDERED INDIAN.—The term ‘‘missing or 

murdered Indian’’ means any Indian who is— 

(A) reported missing in Indian country or any other location; or 

(B) murdered in Indian country or any other location. 

(6) NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘notification system’’ 

means— 

(A) the Criminal Justice Information Network; 

(B) the AMBER Alert communications network established under subtitle A of title III of the PROTECT Act (34 

U.S.C. 20501 et seq.); and 

(C) any other system or public notification system that 

relates to a report of a missing or murdered Indian, including any State, local, or Tribal notification system. 

(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

of this section, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 

submit to the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and the 

Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 

a comprehensive report that includes— 

(1) a review of— 

(A) each law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction 

over missing or murdered Indians and the basis for that 

jurisdiction; 

(B) the response procedures, with respect to a report of 

a missing or murdered Indian, of— 

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(ii) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and 

(iii) any other Federal law enforcement agency responsible for responding to or investigating a report of 

a missing or murdered Indian; 

(C) each covered database and notification system; 

(D) Federal interagency cooperation and notification 

policies and procedures related to missing or murdered Indians; 

(E) the requirements of each Federal law enforcement 

agency relating to notifying State, local, or Tribal law enforcement agencies after the Federal law enforcement 

agency receives a report of a missing or murdered Indian; 

and 

(F) the public notification requirements of law enforcement agencies relating to missing or murdered Indians; 

(2) recommendations and best practices relating to improving 

cooperation between and response policies of law enforcement 

agencies relating to missing and murdered Indians; and 

(3) recommendations relating to— 

(A) improving how— 

(i) covered databases address instances of missing or 

murdered Indians, including by improving access to, 

integrating, and improving the sharing of information 

between covered databases; and 

(ii) notification systems address instances of missing 

or murdered Indians, including by improving access to, 

integrating, and improving the sharing of information 

between notification systems; 

(B) social, educational, economic, and any other factor 

that may contribute to an Indian becoming a missing or 

murdered Indian; and 

(C) legislation to reduce the likelihood that an Indian 

may become a missing or murdered Indian. 

23. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CLARK OF

MASSACHUSETTS OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Add, at the end of the bill, the following (and conform the table 

of contents accordingly): 

TITLE XV—CYBERCRIME 

ENFORCEMENT 

SEC. 1501. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS FOR ENFORCEMENT 

OF CYBERCRIMES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of appropriations, 

the Attorney General shall award grants under this section to 

States and units of local government for the prevention, enforcement, and prosecution of cybercrimes against individuals. 

(b) APPLICATION.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—To request a grant under this section, the 

chief executive officer of a State or unit of local government 

shall submit an application to the Attorney General within 90 

days after the date on which funds to carry out this section are 


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appropriated for a fiscal year, in such form as the Attorney 

General may require. Such application shall include the following: 

(A) A certification that Federal funds made available 

under this section will not be used to supplant State or 

local funds, but will be used to increase the amounts of 

such funds that would, in the absence of Federal funds, be 

made available for law enforcement activities. 

(B) An assurance that, not fewer than 30 days before the 

application (or any amendment to the application) was 

submitted to the Attorney General, the application (or 

amendment) was submitted for review to the governing 

body of the State or unit of local government (or to an organization designated by that governing body). 

(C) An assurance that, before the application (or any 

amendment to the application) was submitted to the Attorney General— 

(i) the application (or amendment) was made public; 

and 

(ii) an opportunity to comment on the application (or 

amendment) was provided to citizens and to neighborhood or community-based organizations, to the extent 

applicable law or established procedure makes such an 

opportunity available. 

(D) An assurance that, for each fiscal year covered by an 

application, the applicant shall maintain and report such 

data, records, and information (programmatic and financial) as the Attorney General may reasonably require. 

(E) A certification, made in a form acceptable to the Attorney General and executed by the chief executive officer 

of the applicant (or by another officer of the applicant, if 

qualified under regulations promulgated by the Attorney 

General), that— 

(i) the programs to be funded by the grant meet all 

the requirements of this section; 

(ii) all the information contained in the application 

is correct; 

(iii) there has been appropriate coordination with affected agencies; and 

(iv) the applicant will comply with all provisions of 

this section and all other applicable Federal laws. 

(F) A certification that the State or in the case of a unit 

of local government, the State in which the unit of local 

government is located, has in effect criminal laws which 

prohibit cybercrimes against individuals. 

(G) A certification that any equipment described in subsection (c)(7) purchased using grant funds awarded under 

this section will be used primarily for investigations and 

forensic analysis of evidence in matters involving 

cybercrimes against individuals. 

(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this section may only 

be used for programs that provide— 

(1) training for State or local law enforcement personnel relating to cybercrimes against individuals, including— 


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(A) training such personnel to identify and protect victims of cybercrimes against individuals; 

(B) training such personnel to utilize Federal, State, 

local, and other resources to assist victims of cybercrimes 

against individuals; 

(C) training such personnel to identify and investigate 

cybercrimes against individuals; 

(D) training such personnel to enforce and utilize the 

laws that prohibit cybercrimes against individuals; 

(E) training such personnel to utilize technology to assist 

in the investigation of cybercrimes against individuals and 

enforcement of laws that prohibit such crimes; and 

(F) the payment of overtime incurred as a result of such 

training; 

(2) training for State or local prosecutors, judges, and judicial personnel, relating to cybercrimes against individuals, including— 

(A) training such personnel to identify, investigate, prosecute, or adjudicate cybercrimes against individuals; 

(B) training such personnel to utilize laws that prohibit 

cybercrimes against individuals; 

(C) training such personnel to utilize Federal, State, 

local, and other resources to assist victims of cybercrimes 

against individuals; and 

(D) training such personnel to utilize technology to assist in the prosecution or adjudication of acts of 

cybercrimes against individuals, including the use of technology to protect victims of such crimes; 

(3) training for State or local emergency dispatch personnel 

relating to cybercrimes against individuals, including— 

(A) training such personnel to identify and protect victims of cybercrimes against individuals; 

(B) training such personnel to utilize Federal, State, 

local, and other resources to assist victims of cybercrimes 

against individuals; 

(C) training such personnel to utilize technology to assist 

in the identification of and response to cybercrimes against 

individuals; and 

(D) the payment of overtime incurred as a result of such 

training; 

(4) assistance to State or local law enforcement agencies in 

enforcing laws that prohibit cybercrimes against individuals, 

including expenses incurred in performing enforcement operations, such as overtime payments; 

(5) assistance to State or local law enforcement agencies in 

educating the public in order to prevent, deter, and identify 

violations of laws that prohibit cybercrimes against individuals; 

(6) assistance to State or local law enforcement agencies to 

establish task forces that operate solely to conduct investigations, forensic analyses of evidence, and prosecutions in matters involving cybercrimes against individuals; 

(7) assistance to State or local law enforcement and prosecutors in acquiring computers, computer equipment, and other 

equipment necessary to conduct investigations and forensic 


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analysis of evidence in matters involving cybercrimes against 

individuals, including expenses incurred in the training, maintenance, or acquisition of technical updates necessary for the 

use of such equipment for the duration of a reasonable period 

of use of such equipment; 

(8) assistance in the facilitation and promotion of sharing, 

with State and local law enforcement officers and prosecutors, 

of the expertise and information of Federal law enforcement 

agencies about the investigation, analysis, and prosecution of 

matters involving laws that prohibit cybercrimes against individuals, including the use of multijurisdictional task forces; or 

(9) assistance to State and local law enforcement and prosecutors in processing interstate extradition requests for violations of laws involving cybercrimes against individuals, including expenses incurred in the extradition of an offender from 

one State to another. 

(d) REPORT TO THE SECRETARY.—On the date that is one year 

after the date on which a State or unit of local government receives 

a grant under this section, and annually thereafter, the chief executive of such State or unit of local government shall submit to the 

Attorney General a report which contains— 

(1) a summary of the activities carried out during the previous year with any grant received by such State or unit of 

local government; 

(2) an evaluation of the results of such activities; and 

(3) such other information as the Attorney General may reasonably require. 

(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than November 1 of each 

even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney General shall submit to 

the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 

and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report that 

contains a compilation of the information contained in the report 

submitted under subsection (d). 

(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated to 

carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 

through 2024. 

(2) LIMITATION.—Of the amount made available under paragraph (1) in any fiscal year, not more than 5 percent may be 

used for evaluation, monitoring, technical assistance, salaries, 

and administrative expenses. 

(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) The term ‘‘cybercrimes against individuals’’ means the 

criminal offenses applicable in the relevant State or unit of 

local government that involve the use of a computer to cause 

personal harm to an individual, such as the use of a computer 

to harass, threaten, stalk, extort, coerce, cause fear, intimidate, 

without consent distribute intimate images of, or violate the 

privacy of, an individual, except that— 

(A) use of a computer need not be an element of such an 

offense; and 

(B) such term does not include the use of a computer to 

cause harm to a commercial entity, government agency, or 

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(2) The term ‘‘computer’’ includes a computer network and 

an interactive electronic device. 

SEC. 1502. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER GRANT. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of appropriations, 

the Attorney General shall award a grant under this section to an 

eligible entity for the purpose of the establishment and maintenance of a National Resource Center on Cybercrimes Against Individuals to provide resource information, training, and technical assistance to improve the capacity of individuals, organizations, governmental entities, and communities to prevent, enforce, and prosecute cybercrimes against individuals. 

(b) APPLICATION.—To request a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall submit an application to the Attorney General not 

later than 90 days after the date on which funds to carry out this 

section are appropriated for fiscal year 2020 in such form as the 

Attorney General may require. Such application shall include the 

following: 

(1) An assurance that, for each fiscal year covered by an application, the applicant shall maintain and report such data, 

records, and information (programmatic and financial) as the 

Attorney General may reasonably require. 

(2) A certification, made in a form acceptable to the Attorney 

General, that— 

(A) the programs funded by the grant meet all the requirements of this section; 

(B) all the information contained in the application is 

correct; and 

(C) the applicant will comply with all provisions of this 

section and all other applicable Federal laws. 

(c) USE OF FUNDS.—The eligible entity awarded a grant under 

this section shall use such amounts for the establishment and 

maintenance of a National Resource Center on Cybercrimes 

Against Individuals, which shall— 

(1) offer a comprehensive array of technical assistance and 

training resources to Federal, State, and local governmental 

agencies, community-based organizations, and other professionals and interested parties, related to cybercrimes against 

individuals, including programs and research related to victims; 

(2) maintain a resource library which shall collect, prepare, 

analyze, and disseminate information and statistics related 

to— 

(A) the incidence of cybercrimes against individuals; 

(B) the enforcement, and prosecution of laws relating to 

cybercrimes against individuals; and 

(C) the provision of supportive services and resources for 

victims of cybercrimes against individuals; and 

(3) conduct research related to— 

(A) the causes of cybercrimes against individuals; 

(B) the effect of cybercrimes against individuals on victims of such crimes; and 

(C) model solutions to prevent or deter cybercrimes 

against individuals or to enforce the laws relating to 

cybercrimes against individuals. 

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(1) IN GENERAL.—The grant awarded under this section shall 

be awarded for a period of 5 years. 

(2) RENEWAL.—A grant under this section may be renewed 

for additional 5-year periods if the Attorney General determines that the funds made available to the recipient were used 

in a manner described in subsection (c), and if the recipient resubmits an application described in subsection (b) in such 

form, and at such time as the Attorney General may reasonably require. 

(e) SUBGRANTS.—The eligible entity awarded a grant under this 

section may make subgrants to other nonprofit private organizations with relevant subject matter expertise in order to establish 

and maintain the National Resource Center on Cybercrimes 

Against Individuals in accordance with subsection (c). 

(f) REPORT TO THE SECRETARY.—On the date that is one year 

after the date on which an eligible entity receives a grant under 

this section, and annually thereafter for the duration of the grant 

period, the entity shall submit to the Attorney General a report 

which contains— 

(1) a summary of the activities carried out under the grant 

program during the previous year; 

(2) an evaluation of the results of such activities; and 

(3) such other information as the Attorney General may reasonably require. 

(g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than November 1 of each 

even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney General shall submit to 

the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 

and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report that 

contains a compilation of the information contained in the report 

submitted under subsection (d). 

(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to 

be appropriated to carry out this section $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 

(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) CYBERCRIMES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS.—The term 

‘‘cybercrimes against individuals’’ has the meaning given such 

term in section 1501(g). 

(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a 

nonprofit private organization that focuses on cybercrimes 

against individuals and that— 

(A) provides documentation to the Attorney General 

demonstrating experience working directly on issues of 

cybercrimes against individuals; and 

(B) includes on the entity’s advisory board representatives who have a documented history of working directly 

on issues of cybercrimes against individuals and who are 

geographically and culturally diverse. 

SEC. 1503. NATIONAL STRATEGY, CLASSIFICATION, AND REPORTING 

ON CYBERCRIME. 

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) COMPUTER.—The term ‘‘computer’’ includes a computer 

network and any interactive electronic device. 

(2) CYBERCRIME AGAINST INDIVIDUALS.—The term 

‘‘cybercrime against individuals’’ means a Federal, State, or 

local criminal offense that involves the use of a computer to 


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cause personal harm to an individual, such as the use of a 

computer to harass, threaten, stalk, extort, coerce, cause fear, 

intimidate, without consent distribute intimate images of, or 

violate the privacy of, an individual, except that— 

(A) use of a computer need not be an element of the offense; and 

(B) the term does not include the use of a computer to 

cause harm to a commercial entity, government agency, or 

non-natural person. 

(b) NATIONAL STRATEGY.—The Attorney General shall develop a 

national strategy to— 

(1) reduce the incidence of cybercrimes against individuals; 

(2) coordinate investigations of cybercrimes against individuals by Federal law enforcement agencies; and 

(3) increase the number of Federal prosecutions of 

cybercrimes against individuals. 

(c) CLASSIFICATION OF CYBERCRIMES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS FOR

PURPOSES OF CRIME REPORTS.—In accordance with the authority of 

the Attorney General under section 534 of title 28, United States 

Code, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall— 

(1) design and create within the Uniform Crime Reports a 

category for offenses that constitute cybercrimes against individuals; 

(2) to the extent feasible, within the category established 

under paragraph (1), establish subcategories for each type of 

cybercrime against individuals that is an offense under Federal 

or State law; 

(3) classify the category established under paragraph (1) as 

a Part I crime in the Uniform Crime Reports; and 

(4) classify each type of cybercrime against individuals that 

is an offense under Federal or State law as a Group A offense 

for the purpose of the National Incident-Based Reporting System. 

(d) ANNUAL SUMMARY.—The Attorney General shall publish an 

annual summary of the information reported in the Uniform Crime 

Reports and the National Incident-Based Reporting System relating to cybercrimes against individuals. 

24. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

KRISHNAMOORTHI OF ILLINOIS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR

10 MINUTES

Page 109, line 8, insert after ‘‘other components of economic security’’ the following ‘‘, including financial empowerment, affordable 

housing, transportation, healthcare access, and quality education 

and training opportunities’’. 

25. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

KRISHNAMOORTHI OF ILLINOIS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR

10 MINUTES

Page 114, line 10, insert after ‘‘or stalking’’ the following: ‘‘, including guidelines and best practices to promote the creation of effective employee assistance programs’’. 


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26. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BROWN

OF MARYLAND OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 28, insert after line 24 the following (and conform the table 

of contents accordingly): 

SEC. 108. GRANTS FOR LETHALITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may make grants to 

States, units of local government, Indian tribes, domestic violence 

victim service providers, and State or Tribal Domestic Violence 

Coalitions for technical assistance and training in the operation or 

establishment of a lethality assessment program. 

(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘lethality assessment 

program’’ means a program that— 

(1) rapidly connects a victim of domestic violence to local 

community-based victim service providers; 

(2) helps first responders and others in the justice system, 

including courts, law enforcement agencies, and prosecutors of 

tribal government and units of local government, identify and 

respond to possibly lethal circumstances; and 

(3) identifies victims of domestic violence who are at high 

risk of being seriously injured or killed by an intimate partner. 

(c) QUALIFICATIONS.—To be eligible for a grant under this section, an applicant shall demonstrate experience in developing, implementing, evaluating, and disseminating a lethality assessment 

program. 

(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to 

be appropriated $5,000,000 to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 

(e) DEFINITIONS.—Terms used in this section have the meanings 

given such terms in section 40002 of the Violence Against Women 

Act of 1994. 

27. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE HAALAND

OF NEW MEXICO OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 18, line 8, strike ‘‘and’’. 

Page 18, line 14, strike the period at the end and insert a semicolon. 

Page 18, after line 14, insert the following: 

‘‘(23) providing victim advocates in State or local law enforcement agencies, prosecutors’ offices, and courts and providing 

supportive services and advocacy to urban American Indian 

and Alaska Native victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.’’. 

28. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE HAALAND

OF NEW MEXICO OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 127, strike line 3, and insert the following: 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 534 of title 28, United States Code, is 

Page 127, insert after line 11 the following: 

(b) INDIAN TRIBE AND INDIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION

SHARING.—Section 534 of title 28, United States Code, is further 

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‘‘(d) INDIAN TRIBE AND INDIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION

SHARING.—The Attorney General shall permit tribal law enforcement entities (including entities designated by a tribe as maintaining public safety within a tribe’s territorial jurisdiction that has no 

federal or state arrest authority) and Bureau of Indian Affairs law 

enforcement agencies— 

‘‘(1) to access and enter information into Federal criminal information databases; and 

‘‘(2) to obtain information from the databases.’’. 

29. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ROUDA OF

CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 85, after line 13, insert the following (and redesignate other 

provisions accordingly): 

(4) Transgender and gender non-conforming people face extraordinary levels of physical and sexual violence. 

(5) More than 1 in 4 transgender people have faced bias-driven assault, and this rate is higher for trans women and trans 

people of color. 

(6) The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention has 

found that transgender and gender non-conforming people had 

an elevated prevalence of suicide attempts, especially when 

they have suffered physical or sexual violence. 

30. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ROUDA OF

CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 38, after line 15, insert the following (and redesignate other 

provisions accordingly): 

(C) in paragraph (4), by inserting after ‘‘improve delivery 

of’’ the following: ‘‘primary prevention training and’’. 

31. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ROUDA OF

CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 39, line 6, insert after ‘‘efforts.’’ the following: 

‘‘(12) To develop and implement an alternative justice response (as such term is defined in section 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994).’’. 

32. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ROUDA OF

CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 38, strike lines 1 through 2 and insert the following: 

(A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: 

‘‘(2) To develop, strengthen, and implement campus policies, 

protocols, and services that more effectively identify and respond to the crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking, including the use of technology to 

commit these crimes, and to train campus administrators, campus security personnel, and all participants in the resolution 

process, including the Title IX coordinator’s office and student 


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conduct office on campus disciplinary or judicial boards on such 

policies, protocols, and services.’’. 

Page 39, line 12, strike ‘‘and’’. 

Page 39, insert after line 12, the following: 

(B) by amending paragraph (3)(D) to read as follows: 

‘‘(D) The grantee shall train all participants in the resolution process, including the Title IX coordinator’s office 

and student conduct office, to respond effectively to situations involving domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

assault, or stalking.’’; and 

Page 39, line 13, strike ‘‘(B) in paragraph’’ and insert ‘‘(C) in 

paragraph’’. 

33. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CRAIG OF

MINNESOTA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 37, line 21, insert ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before ‘‘Section 304’’. 

Page 39, after line 19, insert the following: 

(b) REPORT ON BEST PRACTICES REGARDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 

DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING ON CAMPUSES.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 

Act, the Secretary of Education shall submit to Congress a report, 

which includes— 

(1) an evaluation of programs, events, and educational materials related to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and 

(2) an assessment of best practices and guidance from the 

evaluation described in paragraph (1), which shall be made 

publicly available online to universities and college campuses 

to use as a resource. 

34. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHRIER

OF WASHINGTON OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 44, line 14, insert after ‘‘professionals’’ the following: ‘‘, including specialists in trauma and in behavioral health care,’’. 

Page 44, line 17, strike ‘‘and stalking’’ and insert the following: 

‘‘stalking, and children exposed to violence’’. 

35. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE UNDERWOOD OF ILLINOIS OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 142, insert after line 4 the following: 

SEC. 1002. REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ON THE EFFECTS OF 

THE SHUTDOWN. 

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this title, 

the Attorney General shall submit a report to Congress on the effects of the Federal Government shutdown that lasted from December 22, 2018 to January 25, 2019, evaluating and detailing the extent of the effect of the shutdown on the ability of the Department 

of Justice to disperse funding and services under the Violence 

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of Crime Act of 1984, to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

36. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CASTEN

OF ILLINOIS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 38, line 24, insert after ‘‘centers’’ the following: ‘‘and appropriate campus faculty, such as academic advisors or professionals 

who deal with students on a daily basis,’’. 

37. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE PORTER

OF CALIFORNIA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 11, line 24, strike ‘‘and’’. 

Page 15, line 12, strike the period at the end and insert ‘‘; and’’. 

Page 15, insert after line 12 the following: 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—For purposes of this Act, nothing 

may be construed to preclude the term ‘domestic violence’ from including economic abuse each place the term ‘domestic violence’ occurs unless doing so would trigger an extension of effective date 

under section 703(f)(1)(B) of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019.’’. 

38. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ROSE OF

NEW YORK OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 171, insert after line 2 the following (and conform the table 

of contents accordingly): 

SEC. 1408. NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE. 

Not later than 3 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 

a national domestic violence hotline for which a grant is provided 

under section 313 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services 

Act shall include the voluntary feature of texting via telephone to 

ensure all methods of communication are available for victims and 

those seeking assistance. 

39. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE AXNE OF

IOWA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 29, strike lines 3 through 7 and insert the following: 

SEC. 201. SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM. 

Section 41601(f)(1) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12511(f)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘$40,000,000 to remain available until expended for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘$60,000,000 to remain 

available until expended for each of fiscal years 2020 through 

2024’’. 


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40. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE TORRES

SMALL OF NEW MEXICO OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

Page 171, insert after line 2 the following (and conform the table 

of contents accordingly): 

SEC. 1408. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING COMPLIANCE WITH 

IMMIGRATION LAWS. 

Nothing in this Act, or in any amendments made by this Act, 

shall affect the obligation to fully comply with the immigration 

laws. 

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