PUBLIC LAW 113–4—MAR. 7, 2013 

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 

REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2013 


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Public Law 113–4 

113th Congress 

An Act 

To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Violence Against Women 

Reauthorization Act of 2013’’. 

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. Universal definitions and grant conditions. 

Sec. 4. Effective date. 

TITLE I—ENHANCING JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOLS TO 

COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 

Sec. 101. Stop grants. 

Sec. 102. Grants to encourage arrest policies and enforcement of protection orders. 

Sec. 103. Legal assistance for victims. 

Sec. 104. Consolidation of grants to support families in the justice system. 

Sec. 105. Sex offender management. 

Sec. 106. Court-appointed special advocate program. 

Sec. 107. Criminal provision relating to stalking, including cyberstalking. 

Sec. 108. Outreach and services to underserved populations grant. 

Sec. 109. Culturally specific services grant. 

TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 

DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING 

Sec. 201. Sexual assault services program. 

Sec. 202. Rural domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and 

child abuse enforcement assistance. 

Sec. 203. Training and services to end violence against women with disabilities 

grants. 

Sec. 204. Enhanced training and services to end abuse in later life. 

TITLE III—SERVICES, PROTECTION, AND JUSTICE FOR YOUNG VICTIMS OF 

VIOLENCE 

Sec. 301. Rape prevention and education grant. 

Sec. 302. Creating hope through outreach, options, services, and education for children and youth. 

Sec. 303. Grants to combat violent crimes on campuses. 

Sec. 304. Campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking 

education and prevention. 

TITLE IV—VIOLENCE REDUCTION PRACTICES 

Sec. 401. Study conducted by the centers for disease control and prevention. 

Violence Against 

Women 

Reauthorization 

Act of 2013. 

42 USC 13701 

note. 

Mar. 7, 2013 

[S. 47] 


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Sec. 402. Saving money and reducing tragedies through prevention grants. 

TITLE V—STRENGTHENING THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM’S RESPONSE TO 

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND 

STALKING 

Sec. 501. Consolidation of grants to strengthen the healthcare system’s response to 

domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

TITLE VI—SAFE HOMES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING 

VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING 

Sec. 601. Housing protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

Sec. 602. Transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, 

dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

Sec. 603. Addressing the housing needs of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

TITLE VII—ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE 

Sec. 701. National Resource Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of domestic and sexual violence. 

TITLE VIII—PROTECTION OF BATTERED IMMIGRANTS 

Sec. 801. U nonimmigrant definition. 

Sec. 802. Annual report on immigration applications made by victims of abuse. 

Sec. 803. Protection for children of VAWA self-petitioners. 

Sec. 804. Public charge. 

Sec. 805. Requirements applicable to U visas. 

Sec. 806. Hardship waivers. 

Sec. 807. Protections for a fiance ́e or fiance ́ of a citizen. 

Sec. 808. Regulation of international marriage brokers. 

Sec. 809. Eligibility of crime and trafficking victims in the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands to adjust status. 

Sec. 810. Disclosure of information for national security purposes. 

TITLE IX—SAFETY FOR INDIAN WOMEN 

Sec. 901. Grants to Indian tribal governments. 

Sec. 902. Grants to Indian tribal coalitions. 

Sec. 903. Consultation. 

Sec. 904. Tribal jurisdiction over crimes of domestic violence. 

Sec. 905. Tribal protection orders. 

Sec. 906. Amendments to the Federal assault statute. 

Sec. 907. Analysis and research on violence against Indian women. 

Sec. 908. Effective dates; pilot project. 

Sec. 909. Indian law and order commission; Report on the Alaska Rural Justice and 

Law Enforcement Commission. 

Sec. 910. Special rule for the State of Alaska. 

TITLE X—SAFER ACT 

Sec. 1001. Short title. 

Sec. 1002. Debbie Smith grants for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs. 

Sec. 1003. Reports to Congress. 

Sec. 1004. Reducing the rape kit backlog. 

Sec. 1005. Oversight and accountability. 

Sec. 1006. Sunset. 

TITLE XI—OTHER MATTERS 

Sec. 1101. Sexual abuse in custodial settings. 

Sec. 1102. Anonymous online harassment. 

Sec. 1103. Stalker database. 

Sec. 1104. Federal victim assistants reauthorization. 

Sec. 1105. Child abuse training programs for judicial personnel and practitioners 

reauthorization. 

TITLE XII—TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION 

Subtitle A—Combating International Trafficking in Persons 

Sec. 1201. Regional strategies for combating trafficking in persons. 

Sec. 1202. Partnerships against significant trafficking in persons. 

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Sec. 1204. Minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. 

Sec. 1205. Best practices in trafficking in persons eradication. 

Sec. 1206. Protections for domestic workers and other nonimmigrants. 

Sec. 1207. Prevention of child marriage. 

Sec. 1208. Child soldiers. 

Subtitle B—Combating Trafficking in Persons in the United States 

PART I—PENALTIES AGAINST TRAFFICKERS AND OTHER CRIMES

Sec. 1211. Criminal trafficking offenses. 

Sec. 1212. Civil remedies; clarifying definition. 

PART II—ENSURING AVAILABILITY OF POSSIBLE WITNESSES AND INFORMANTS

Sec. 1221. Protections for trafficking victims who cooperate with law enforcement. 

Sec. 1222. Protection against fraud in foreign labor contracting. 

PART III—ENSURING INTERAGENCY COORDINATION AND EXPANDED REPORTING

Sec. 1231. Reporting requirements for the Attorney General. 

Sec. 1232. Reporting requirements for the Secretary of Labor. 

Sec. 1233. Information sharing to combat child labor and slave labor. 

Sec. 1234. Government training efforts to include the Department of Labor. 

Sec. 1235. GAO report on the use of foreign labor contractors. 

Sec. 1236. Accountability. 

PART IV—ENHANCING STATE AND LOCAL EFFORTS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN

PERSONS

Sec. 1241. Assistance for domestic minor sex trafficking victims. 

Sec. 1242. Expanding local law enforcement grants for investigations and prosecutions of trafficking. 

Sec. 1243. Model State criminal law protection for child trafficking victims and survivors. 

Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations 

Sec. 1251. Adjustment of authorization levels for the Trafficking Victims Protection 

Act of 2000. 

Sec. 1252. Adjustment of authorization levels for the Trafficking Victims Protection 

Reauthorization Act of 2005. 

Subtitle D—Unaccompanied Alien Children 

Sec. 1261. Appropriate custodial settings for unaccompanied minors who reach the 

age of majority while in Federal custody. 

Sec. 1262. Appointment of child advocates for unaccompanied minors. 

Sec. 1263. Access to Federal foster care and unaccompanied refugee minor protections for certain U Visa recipients. 

Sec. 1264. GAO study of the effectiveness of border screenings. 

SEC. 3. UNIVERSAL DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS. 

(a) DEFINITIONS.—Subsection (a) of section 40002 of the 

Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925(a)) is 

amended— 

(1) by striking paragraphs (5), (17), (18), (23), (29), (33), 

(36), and (37); 

(2) by redesignating— 

(A) paragraphs (34) and (35) as paragraphs (41) and 

(42), respectively; 

(B) paragraphs (30), (31), and (32) as paragraphs (36), 

(37), and (38), respectively; 

(C) paragraphs (24) through (28) as paragraphs (30) 

through (34), respectively; 

(D) paragraphs (21) and (22) as paragraphs (26) and 

(27), respectively; 

(E) paragraphs (19) and (20) as paragraphs (23) and 

(24), respectively; 

(F) paragraphs (10) through (16) as paragraphs (13) 

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(G) paragraphs (6), (7), (8), and (9) as paragraphs 

(8), (9), (10), and (11), respectively; and 

(H) paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs 

(2), (3), (4), and (5), respectively; 

(3) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated, the 

following: 

‘‘(1) ALASKA NATIVE VILLAGE.—The term ‘Alaska Native 

village’ has the same meaning given such term in the Alaska 

Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).’’; 

(4) in paragraph (3), as redesignated, by striking ‘‘serious 

harm.’’ and inserting ‘‘serious harm to an unemancipated 

minor.’’; 

(5) in paragraph (4), as redesignated, by striking ‘‘The 

term’’ through ‘‘that—’’ and inserting ‘‘The term ‘communitybased organization’ means a nonprofit, nongovernmental, or 

tribal organization that serves a specific geographic community 

that—’’; 

(6) by inserting after paragraph (5), as redesignated, the 

following: 

‘‘(6) CULTURALLY SPECIFIC.—The term ‘culturally specific’ 

means primarily directed toward racial and ethnic minority 

groups (as defined in section 1707(g) of the Public Health 

Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u–6(g)). 

‘‘(7) CULTURALLY SPECIFIC SERVICES.—The term ‘culturally 

specific services’ means community-based services that include 

culturally relevant and linguistically specific services and 

resources to culturally specific communities.’’; 

(7) in paragraph (8), as redesignated, by inserting ‘‘or 

intimate partner’’ after ‘‘former spouse’’ and ‘‘as a spouse’’; 

(8) by inserting after paragraph (11), as redesignated, the 

following: 

‘‘(12) HOMELESS.—The term ‘homeless’ has the meaning 

provided in section 41403(6).’’; 

(9) in paragraph (18), as redesignated, by inserting ‘‘or 

Village Public Safety Officers’’ after ‘‘governmental victim services programs’’; 

(10) in paragraph (19), as redesignated, by inserting at 

the end the following: 

‘‘Intake or referral, by itself, does not constitute legal assistance.’’; 

(11) by inserting after paragraph (19), as redesignated, 

the following: 

‘‘(20) PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OR PERSONAL

INFORMATION.—The term ‘personally identifying information’ 

or ‘personal information’ means individually identifying 

information for or about an individual including information 

likely to disclose the location of a victim of domestic violence, 

dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, regardless of 

whether the information is encoded, encrypted, hashed, or 

otherwise protected, including— 

‘‘(A) a first and last name; 

‘‘(B) a home or other physical address; 

‘‘(C) contact information (including a postal, e-mail or 

Internet protocol address, or telephone or facsimile 

number); 

‘‘(D) a social security number, driver license number, 

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‘‘(E) any other information, including date of birth, 

racial or ethnic background, or religious affiliation, that 

would serve to identify any individual. 

‘‘(21) POPULATION SPECIFIC ORGANIZATION.—The term 

‘population specific organization’ means a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that primarily serves members of a specific 

underserved population and has demonstrated experience and 

expertise providing targeted services to members of that specific 

underserved population. 

‘‘(22) POPULATION SPECIFIC SERVICES.—The term ‘population specific services’ means victim-centered services that 

address the safety, health, economic, legal, housing, workplace, 

immigration, confidentiality, or other needs of victims of 

domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, 

and that are designed primarily for and are targeted to a 

specific underserved population.’’; 

(12) in paragraph (23), as redesignated, by striking ‘‘services’’ and inserting ‘‘assistance’’; 

(13) by inserting after paragraph (24), as redesignated, 

the following: 

‘‘(25) RAPE CRISIS CENTER.—The term ‘rape crisis center’ 

means a nonprofit, nongovernmental, or tribal organization, 

or governmental entity in a State other than a Territory that 

provides intervention and related assistance, as specified in 

section 41601(b)(2)(C), to victims of sexual assault without 

regard to their age. In the case of a governmental entity, 

the entity may not be part of the criminal justice system 

(such as a law enforcement agency) and must be able to offer 

a comparable level of confidentiality as a nonprofit entity that 

provides similar victim services.’’; 

(14) in paragraph (26), as redesignated— 

(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the 

semicolon; 

(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and 

inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

(C) by inserting at the end the following: 

‘‘(C) any federally recognized Indian tribe.’’; 

(15) in paragraph (27), as redesignated— 

(A) by striking ‘‘52’’ and inserting ‘‘57’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘150,000’’ and inserting ‘‘250,000’’; 

(16) by inserting after paragraph (27), as redesignated, 

the following: 

‘‘(28) SEX TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘sex trafficking’ means 

any conduct proscribed by section 1591 of title 18, United 

States Code, whether or not the conduct occurs in interstate 

or foreign commerce or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States. 

‘‘(29) SEXUAL ASSAULT.—The term ‘sexual assault’ means 

any nonconsensual sexual act proscribed by Federal, tribal, 

or State law, including when the victim lacks capacity to consent.’’; 

(17) by inserting after paragraph (34), as redesignated, 

the following: 

‘‘(35) TRIBAL COALITION.—The term ‘tribal coalition’ means 

an established nonprofit, nongovernmental Indian organization, 

Alaska Native organization, or a Native Hawaiian organization 

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‘‘(A) provides education, support, and technical assistance to member Indian service providers in a manner that 

enables those member providers to establish and maintain 

culturally appropriate services, including shelter and rape 

crisis services, designed to assist Indian women and the 

dependents of those women who are victims of domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and 

‘‘(B) is comprised of board and general members that 

are representative of— 

‘‘(i) the member service providers described in 

subparagraph (A); and 

‘‘(ii) the tribal communities in which the services 

are being provided.’’; 

(18) by inserting after paragraph (38), as redesignated, 

the following: 

‘‘(39) UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.—The term ‘underserved 

populations’ means populations who face barriers in accessing 

and using victim services, and includes populations underserved 

because of geographic location, religion, sexual orientation, 

gender identity, underserved racial and ethnic populations, 

populations underserved because of special needs (such as language barriers, disabilities, alienage status, or age), and any 

other population determined to be underserved by the Attorney 

General or by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 

as appropriate. 

‘‘(40) UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘unit of local 

government’ means any city, county, township, town, borough, 

parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivision 

of a State.’’; and 

(19) by inserting after paragraph (42), as redesignated, 

the following: 

‘‘(43) VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDER.—The term ‘victim service 

provider’ means a nonprofit, nongovernmental or tribal 

organization or rape crisis center, including a State or tribal 

coalition, that assists or advocates for domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims, including domestic 

violence shelters, faith-based organizations, and other organizations, with a documented history of effective work concerning 

domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

‘‘(44) VICTIM SERVICES OR SERVICES.—The terms ‘victim 

services’ and ‘services’ mean services provided to victims of 

domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, 

including telephonic or web-based hotlines, legal advocacy, economic advocacy, emergency and transitional shelter, accompaniment and advocacy through medical, civil or criminal justice, 

immigration, and social support systems, crisis intervention, 

short-term individual and group support services, information 

and referrals, culturally specific services, population specific 

services, and other related supportive services. 

‘‘(45) YOUTH.—The term ‘youth’ means a person who is 

11 to 24 years old.’’. 

(b) GRANTS CONDITIONS.—Subsection (b) of section 40002 of 

the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925(b)) 

is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (2)— 

(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking clauses (i) and 

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‘‘(i) disclose, reveal, or release any personally 

identifying information or individual information collected in connection with services requested, utilized, 

or denied through grantees’ and subgrantees’ programs, regardless of whether the information has been 

encoded, encrypted, hashed, or otherwise protected; or 

‘‘(ii) disclose, reveal, or release individual client 

information without the informed, written, reasonably 

time-limited consent of the person (or in the case of 

an unemancipated minor, the minor and the parent 

or guardian or in the case of legal incapacity, a courtappointed guardian) about whom information is sought, 

whether for this program or any other Federal, State, 

tribal, or territorial grant program, except that consent 

for release may not be given by the abuser of the 

minor, incapacitated person, or the abuser of the other 

parent of the minor. 

If a minor or a person with a legally appointed guardian 

is permitted by law to receive services without the parent’s 

or guardian’s consent, the minor or person with a guardian 

may release information without additional consent.’’; 

(B) by amending subparagraph (D), to read as follows: 

‘‘(D) INFORMATION SHARING.— 

‘‘(i) Grantees and subgrantees may share— 

‘‘(I) nonpersonally identifying data in the 

aggregate regarding services to their clients and 

nonpersonally identifying demographic information 

in order to comply with Federal, State, tribal, or 

territorial reporting, evaluation, or data collection 

requirements; 

‘‘(II) court-generated information and law 

enforcement-generated information contained in 

secure, governmental registries for protection order 

enforcement purposes; and 

‘‘(III) law enforcement-generated and prosecution-generated information necessary for law 

enforcement and prosecution purposes. 

‘‘(ii) In no circumstances may— 

‘‘(I) an adult, youth, or child victim of domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

stalking be required to provide a consent to release 

his or her personally identifying information as 

a condition of eligibility for the services provided 

by the grantee or subgrantee; 

‘‘(II) any personally identifying information be 

shared in order to comply with Federal, tribal, 

or State reporting, evaluation, or data collection 

requirements, whether for this program or any 

other Federal, tribal, or State grant program.’’; 

(C) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); 

(D) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following: 

‘‘(E) STATUTORILY MANDATED REPORTS OF ABUSE OR

NEGLECT.—Nothing in this section prohibits a grantee or 

subgrantee from reporting suspected abuse or neglect, as 

those terms are defined and specifically mandated by the 

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(E) by inserting after subparagraph (F), as redesignated, the following: 

‘‘(G) CONFIDENTIALITY ASSESSMENT AND ASSURANCES.— 

Grantees and subgrantees must document their compliance 

with the confidentiality and privacy provisions required 

under this section.’’; 

(2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(3) APPROVED ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the activities 

under this title, grantees and subgrantees may collaborate with 

or provide information to Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial public officials and agencies to develop and implement 

policies and develop and promote State, local, or tribal legislation or model codes designed to reduce or eliminate domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.’’; 

(3) in paragraph (7), by inserting at the end the following: 

‘‘Final reports of such evaluations shall be made available 

to the public via the agency’s website.’’; and 

(4) by inserting after paragraph (11) the following: 

‘‘(12) DELIVERY OF LEGAL ASSISTANCE.—Any grantee or subgrantee providing legal assistance with funds awarded under 

this title shall comply with the eligibility requirements in section 1201(d) of the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (42 

U.S.C. 3796gg–6(d)). 

‘‘(13) CIVIL RIGHTS.— 

‘‘(A) NONDISCRIMINATION.—No person in the United 

States shall, on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, 

religion, national origin, sex, gender identity (as defined 

in paragraph 249(c)(4) of title 18, United States Code), 

sexual orientation, or disability, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity funded in whole 

or in part with funds made available under the Violence 

Against Women Act of 1994 (title IV of Public Law 103– 

322; 108 Stat. 1902), the Violence Against Women Act 

of 2000 (division B of Public Law 106–386; 114 Stat. 1491), 

the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice 

Reauthorization Act of 2005 (title IX of Public Law 109– 

162; 119 Stat. 3080), the Violence Against Women 

Reauthorization Act of 2013, and any other program or 

activity funded in whole or in part with funds appropriated 

for grants, cooperative agreements, and other assistance 

administered by the Office on Violence Against Women. 

‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—If sex segregation or sex-specific 

programming is necessary to the essential operation of 

a program, nothing in this paragraph shall prevent any 

such program or activity from consideration of an individual’s sex. In such circumstances, grantees may meet the 

requirements of this paragraph by providing comparable 

services to individuals who cannot be provided with the 

sex-segregated or sex-specific programming. 

‘‘(C) DISCRIMINATION.—The authority of the Attorney 

General and the Office of Justice Programs to enforce this 

paragraph shall be the same as it is under section 3789d 

of title 42, United States Code. 

Reports. 

Public 

information. 

Web posting. 


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‘‘(D) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing contained in this paragraph shall be construed, interpreted, or applied to supplant, displace, preempt, or otherwise diminish the responsibilities and liabilities under other State or Federal civil 

rights law, whether statutory or common. 

‘‘(14) CLARIFICATION OF VICTIM SERVICES AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE.—Victim services and legal assistance under this title 

also include services and assistance to victims of domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking who are 

also victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons as defined 

by section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 

‘‘(15) CONFERRAL.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Office on Violence Against 

Women shall establish a biennial conferral process with 

State and tribal coalitions and technical assistance providers who receive funding through grants administered 

by the Office on Violence Against Women and authorized 

by this Act, and other key stakeholders. 

‘‘(B) AREAS COVERED.—The areas of conferral under 

this paragraph shall include— 

‘‘(i) the administration of grants; 

‘‘(ii) unmet needs; 

‘‘(iii) promising practices in the field; and 

‘‘(iv) emerging trends. 

‘‘(C) INITIAL CONFERRAL.—The first conferral shall be 

initiated not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act 

of 2013. 

‘‘(D) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the conclusion of each conferral period, the Office on Violence Against 

Women shall publish a comprehensive report that— 

‘‘(i) summarizes the issues presented during conferral and what, if any, policies it intends to implement 

to address those issues; 

‘‘(ii) is made available to the public on the Office 

on Violence Against Women’s website and submitted 

to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and 

the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives. 

‘‘(16) ACCOUNTABILITY.—All grants awarded by the 

Attorney General under this Act shall be subject to the following 

accountability provisions: 

‘‘(A) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in the first fiscal year 

beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

and in each fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall conduct audits 

of recipients of grants under this Act to prevent waste, 

fraud, and abuse of funds by grantees. The Inspector 

General shall determine the appropriate number of 

grantees to be audited each year. 

‘‘(ii) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the term 

‘unresolved audit finding’ means a finding in the final 

audit report of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice that the audited grantee has utilized 

Determination. 

Effective date. 

Time periods. 

Public 

information. 

Web posting. 

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grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved 

within 12 months from the date when the final audit 

report is issued. 

‘‘(iii) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipient of grant 

funds under this Act that is found to have an unresolved audit finding shall not be eligible to receive 

grant funds under this Act during the following 2 

fiscal years. 

‘‘(iv) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this Act, 

the Attorney General shall give priority to eligible 

entities that did not have an unresolved audit finding 

during the 3 fiscal years prior to submitting an application for a grant under this Act. 

‘‘(v) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is awarded 

grant funds under this Act during the 2-fiscal-year 

period in which the entity is barred from receiving 

grants under paragraph (2), the Attorney General 

shall— 

‘‘(I) deposit an amount equal to the grant funds 

that were improperly awarded to the grantee into 

the General Fund of the Treasury; and 

‘‘(II) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment 

to the fund from the grant recipient that was 

erroneously awarded grant funds. 

‘‘(B) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

‘‘(i) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this paragraph 

and the grant programs described in this Act, the 

term ‘nonprofit organization’ means an organization 

that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from taxation 

under section 501(a) of such Code. 

‘‘(ii) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney General may not 

award a grant under any grant program described 

in this Act to a nonprofit organization that holds money 

in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying 

the tax described in section 511(a) of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986. 

‘‘(iii) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organization 

that is awarded a grant under a grant program 

described in this Act and uses the procedures prescribed in regulations to create a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for the compensation of its officers, directors, trustees and key employees, shall disclose to the Attorney General, in the application for 

the grant, the process for determining such compensation, including the independent persons involved in 

reviewing and approving such compensation, the comparability data used, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision. Upon request, 

the Attorney General shall make the information disclosed under this subsection available for public inspection. 

‘‘(C) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

‘‘(i) LIMITATION.—No amounts authorized to be 

appropriated to the Department of Justice under this 

Act may be used by the Attorney General, or by any 

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individual or organization awarded discretionary funds 

through a cooperative agreement under this Act, to 

host or support any expenditure for conferences that 

uses more than $20,000 in Department funds, unless 

the Deputy Attorney General or such Assistant 

Attorney Generals, Directors, or principal deputies as 

the Deputy Attorney General may designate, provides 

prior written authorization that the funds may be 

expended to host a conference. 

‘‘(ii) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written approval under 

clause (i) shall include a written estimate of all costs 

associated with the conference, including the cost of 

all food and beverages, audiovisual equipment, honoraria for speakers, and any entertainment. 

‘‘(iii) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney General shall 

submit an annual report to the Committee on the 

Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the 

Judiciary of the House of Representatives on all 

approved conference expenditures referenced in this 

paragraph. 

‘‘(D) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in the first 

fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of 

this Act, the Attorney General shall submit, to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary 

and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, an annual certification that— 

‘‘(i) all audits issued by the Office of the Inspector 

General under paragraph (1) have been completed and 

reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director; 

‘‘(ii) all mandatory exclusions required under 

subparagraph (A)(iii) have been issued; 

‘‘(iii) all reimbursements required under subparagraph (A)(v) have been made; and 

‘‘(iv) includes a list of any grant recipients excluded 

under subparagraph (A) from the previous year.’’. 

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, the provisions of titles I, II, III, IV, VII, and sections 3, 602, 901, and 

902 of this Act shall not take effect until the beginning of the 

fiscal year following the date of enactment of this Act. 

TITLE I—ENHANCING JUDICIAL AND 

LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOLS TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 

SEC. 101. STOP GRANTS. 

Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amended— 

(1) in section 1001(a)(18) (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(18)), by 

striking ‘‘$225,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 

2011’’ and inserting ‘‘$222,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 

through 2018’’; 

18 USC 2261 

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(2) in section 2001(b) (42 U.S.C. 3796gg(b))— 

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘equipment’’ and inserting 

‘‘resources’’; and 

(ii) by inserting ‘‘for the protection and safety of 

victims,’’ after ‘‘women,’’; 

(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sexual assault’’ and 

all that follows through ‘‘dating violence’’ and inserting 

‘‘domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

stalking, including the appropriate use of nonimmigrant 

status under subparagraphs (T) and (U) of section 

101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

1101(a))’’; 

(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sexual assault and 

domestic violence’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, and stalking’’; 

(D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘sexual assault and 

domestic violence’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, and stalking, as well as the appropriate treatment of victims’’; 

(E) in paragraph (4)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘sexual assault and domestic 

violence’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, and stalking’’; and 

(ii) by inserting ‘‘, classifying,’’ after ‘‘identifying’’; 

(F) in paragraph (5)— 

(i) by inserting ‘‘and legal assistance’’ after ‘‘victim 

services’’; 

(ii) by striking ‘‘domestic violence and dating 

violence’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic violence, dating 

violence, and stalking’’; and 

(iii) by striking ‘‘sexual assault and domestic 

violence’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, and stalking’’; 

(G) by striking paragraph (6) and redesignating paragraphs (7) through (14) as paragraphs (6) through (13), 

respectively; 

(H) in paragraph (6), as redesignated by subparagraph 

(G), by striking ‘‘sexual assault and domestic violence’’ and 

inserting ‘‘domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

assault, and stalking’’; 

(I) in paragraph (7), as redesignated by subparagraph 

(G), by striking ‘‘and dating violence’’ and inserting ‘‘dating 

violence, and stalking’’; 

(J) in paragraph (9), as redesignated by subparagraph 

(G), by striking ‘‘domestic violence or sexual assault’’ and 

inserting ‘‘ domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

assault, or stalking’’; 

(K) in paragraph (12), as redesignated by subparagraph 

(G)— 

(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘triage protocols to ensure that dangerous or potentially lethal cases 

are identified and prioritized’’ and inserting ‘‘the use 

of evidence-based indicators to assess the risk of 

domestic and dating violence homicide and prioritize 

dangerous or potentially lethal cases’’; and 

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(L) in paragraph (13), as redesignated by subparagraph 

(G)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘to provide’’ and inserting ‘‘providing’’; 

(ii) by striking ‘‘nonprofit nongovernmental’’; 

(iii) by striking the comma after ‘‘local governments’’; 

(iv) in the matter following subparagraph (C), by 

striking ‘‘paragraph (14)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

(13)’’; and 

(v) by striking the period at the end and inserting 

a semicolon; and 

(M) by inserting after paragraph (13), as redesignated 

by subparagraph (G), the following: 

‘‘(14) developing and promoting State, local, or tribal legislation and policies that enhance best practices for responding 

to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

stalking; 

‘‘(15) developing, implementing, or enhancing Sexual 

Assault Response Teams, or other similar coordinated community responses to sexual assault; 

‘‘(16) developing and strengthening policies, protocols, best 

practices, and training for law enforcement agencies and 

prosecutors relating to the investigation and prosecution of 

sexual assault cases and the appropriate treatment of victims; 

‘‘(17) developing, enlarging, or strengthening programs 

addressing sexual assault against men, women, and youth in 

correctional and detention settings; 

‘‘(18) identifying and conducting inventories of backlogs 

of sexual assault evidence collection kits and developing protocols and policies for responding to and addressing such backlogs, 

including protocols and policies for notifying and involving victims; 

‘‘(19) developing, enlarging, or strengthening programs and 

projects to provide services and responses targeting male and 

female victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

assault, or stalking, whose ability to access traditional services 

and responses is affected by their sexual orientation or gender 

identity, as defined in section 249(c) of title 18, United States 

Code; and 

‘‘(20) developing, enhancing, or strengthening prevention 

and educational programming to address domestic violence, 

dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, with not more than 

5 percent of the amount allocated to a State to be used for 

this purpose.’’; 

(3) in section 2007 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–1)— 

(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘nonprofit nongovernmental victim service programs’’ and inserting ‘‘victim 

service providers’’; 

(B) in subsection (b)(6), by striking ‘‘(not including 

populations of Indian tribes)’’; 

(C) in subsection (c)— 

(i) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 

following: 

‘‘(2) grantees and subgrantees shall develop a plan for 

implementation and shall consult and coordinate with— 

‘‘(A) the State sexual assault coalition; 

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‘‘(B) the State domestic violence coalition; 

‘‘(C) the law enforcement entities within the State; 

‘‘(D) prosecution offices; 

‘‘(E) State and local courts; 

‘‘(F) Tribal governments in those States with State 

or federally recognized Indian tribes; 

‘‘(G) representatives from underserved populations, 

including culturally specific populations; 

‘‘(H) victim service providers; 

‘‘(I) population specific organizations; and 

‘‘(J) other entities that the State or the Attorney General identifies as needed for the planning process;’’; 

(ii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 

(4); 

(iii) by inserting after paragraph (2), as amended 

by clause (i), the following: 

‘‘(3) grantees shall coordinate the State implementation 

plan described in paragraph (2) with the State plans described 

in section 307 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services 

Act (42 U.S.C. 10407) and the programs described in section 

1404 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10603) 

and section 393A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

280b–1b).’’; 

(iv) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by clause 

(ii)— 

(I) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and not 

less than 25 percent shall be allocated for prosecutors’’; 

(II) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and 

(C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D); 

(III) by inserting after subparagraph (A), the 

following: 

‘‘(B) not less than 25 percent shall be allocated for 

prosecutors;’’; and 

(IV) in subparagraph (D) as redesignated by 

subclause (II) by striking ‘‘for’’ and inserting ‘‘to’’; 

and 

(v) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(5) not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 

of this Act, and every year thereafter, not less than 20 percent 

of the total amount granted to a State under this subchapter 

shall be allocated for programs or projects in 2 or more allocations listed in paragraph (4) that meaningfully address sexual 

assault, including stranger rape, acquaintance rape, alcohol 

or drug-facilitated rape, and rape within the context of an 

intimate partner relationship.’’; 

(D) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(d) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—An application for a grant 

under this section shall include— 

‘‘(1) the certifications of qualification required under subsection (c); 

‘‘(2) proof of compliance with the requirements for the 

payment of forensic medical exams and judicial notification, 

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‘‘(3) proof of compliance with the requirements for paying 

fees and costs relating to domestic violence and protection 

order cases, described in section 2011 of this title; 

‘‘(4) proof of compliance with the requirements prohibiting 

polygraph examinations of victims of sexual assault, described 

in section 2013 of this title; 

‘‘(5) an implementation plan required under subsection (i); 

and 

‘‘(6) any other documentation that the Attorney General 

may require.’’; 

(E) in subsection (e)— 

(i) in paragraph (2)— 

(I) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘domestic 

violence and sexual assault’’ and inserting 

‘‘domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

and stalking’’; and 

(II) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘linguistically and’’; and 

(ii) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(3) CONDITIONS.—In disbursing grants under this part, 

the Attorney General may impose reasonable conditions on 

grant awards to ensure that the States meet statutory, regulatory, and other program requirements.’’; 

(F) in subsection (f), by striking the period at the 

end and inserting ‘‘, except that, for purposes of this subsection, the costs of the projects for victim services or 

tribes for which there is an exemption under section 

40002(b)(1) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 

(42 U.S.C. 13925(b)(1)) shall not count toward the total 

costs of the projects.’’; and 

(G) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(i) IMPLEMENTATION PLANS.—A State applying for a grant 

under this part shall— 

‘‘(1) develop an implementation plan in consultation with 

the entities listed in subsection (c)(2), that identifies how the 

State will use the funds awarded under this part, including 

how the State will meet the requirements of subsection (c)(5); 

and 

‘‘(2) submit to the Attorney General— 

‘‘(A) the implementation plan developed under paragraph (1); 

‘‘(B) documentation from each member of the planning 

committee as to their participation in the planning process; 

‘‘(C) documentation from the prosecution, law enforcement, court, and victim services programs to be assisted, 

describing— 

‘‘(i) the need for the grant funds; 

‘‘(ii) the intended use of the grant funds; 

‘‘(iii) the expected result of the grant funds; and 

‘‘(iv) the demographic characteristics of the populations to be served, including age, disability, race, 

ethnicity, and language background; 

‘‘(D) a description of how the State will ensure that 

any subgrantees will consult with victim service providers 

during the course of developing their grant applications 

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to promote the safety, confidentiality, and economic 

independence of victims; 

‘‘(E) demographic data on the distribution of underserved populations within the State and a description of 

how the State will meet the needs of underserved populations, including the minimum allocation for population 

specific services required under subsection (c)(4)(C); 

‘‘(F) a description of how the State plans to meet the 

regulations issued pursuant to subsection (e)(2); 

‘‘(G) goals and objectives for reducing domestic 

violence-related homicides within the State; and 

‘‘(H) any other information requested by the Attorney 

General. 

‘‘(j) REALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—A State may use any returned 

or remaining funds for any authorized purpose under this part 

if— 

‘‘(1) funds from a subgrant awarded under this part are 

returned to the State; or 

‘‘(2) the State does not receive sufficient eligible applications to award the full funding within the allocations in subsection (c)(4)’’; 

(4) in section 2010 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–4)— 

(A) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1) and 

inserting the following: 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State, Indian tribal government, or 

unit of local government shall not be entitled to funds under 

this subchapter unless the State, Indian tribal government, 

unit of local government, or another governmental entity— 

‘‘(A) incurs the full out-of-pocket cost of forensic medical 

exams described in subsection (b) for victims of sexual 

assault; and 

‘‘(B) coordinates with health care providers in the 

region to notify victims of sexual assault of the availability 

of rape exams at no cost to the victims.’’; 

(B) in subsection (b)— 

(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the 

semicolon; 

(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting 

a period; and 

(iii) by striking paragraph (3); and 

(C) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows: 

‘‘(d) NONCOOPERATION.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be in compliance with this section, 

a State, Indian tribal government, or unit of local government 

shall comply with subsection (b) without regard to whether 

the victim participates in the criminal justice system or 

cooperates with law enforcement. 

‘‘(2) COMPLIANCE PERIOD.—States, territories, and Indian 

tribal governments shall have 3 years from the date of enactment of this Act to come into compliance with this section.’’; 

and 

(5) in section 2011(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–5(a)(1))— 

(A) by inserting ‘‘modification, enforcement, dismissal, 

withdrawal’’ after ‘‘registration,’’ each place it appears; 

(B) by inserting ‘‘, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

stalking’’ after ‘‘felony domestic violence’’; and 

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(C) by striking ‘‘victim of domestic violence’’ and all 

that follows through ‘‘sexual assault’’ and inserting ‘‘victim 

of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

stalking’’. 

SEC. 102. GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE ARREST POLICIES AND ENFORCEMENT OF PROTECTION ORDERS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Part U of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796hh et seq.) 

is amended— 

(1) in section 2101 (42 U.S.C. 3796hh)— 

(A) in subsection (b)— 

(i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

striking ‘‘States,’’ and all that follows through ‘‘units 

of local government’’ and inserting ‘‘grantees’’; 

(ii) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and enforcement 

of protection orders across State and tribal lines’’ before 

the period; 

(iii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and training 

in police departments to improve tracking of cases’’ 

and inserting ‘‘data collection systems, and training 

in police departments to improve tracking of cases 

and classification of complaints’’; 

(iv) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘and provide 

the appropriate training and education about domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking’’ 

after ‘‘computer tracking systems’’; 

(v) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘and other victim 

services’’ after ‘‘legal advocacy service programs’’; 

(vi) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘judges’’ and 

inserting ‘‘Federal, State, tribal, territorial, and local 

judges, courts, and court-based and court-related personnel’’; 

(vii) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘and sexual 

assault’’ and inserting ‘‘dating violence, sexual assault, 

and stalking’’; 

(viii) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘non-profit, 

non-governmental victim services organizations,’’ and 

inserting ‘‘victim service providers, staff from population specific organizations,’’; and 

(ix) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(14) To develop and implement training programs for 

prosecutors and other prosecution-related personnel regarding 

best practices to ensure offender accountability, victim safety, 

and victim consultation in cases involving domestic violence, 

dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

‘‘(15) To develop or strengthen policies, protocols, and 

training for law enforcement, prosecutors, and the judiciary 

in recognizing, investigating, and prosecuting instances of 

domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 

against immigrant victims, including the appropriate use of 

applications for nonimmigrant status under subparagraphs (T) 

and (U) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality 

Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)). 

‘‘(16) To develop and promote State, local, or tribal legislation and policies that enhance best practices for responding 

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assault, and stalking, including the appropriate treatment of 

victims. 

‘‘(17) To develop, implement, or enhance sexual assault 

nurse examiner programs or sexual assault forensic examiner 

programs, including the hiring and training of such examiners. 

‘‘(18) To develop, implement, or enhance Sexual Assault 

Response Teams or similar coordinated community responses 

to sexual assault. 

‘‘(19) To develop and strengthen policies, protocols, and 

training for law enforcement officers and prosecutors regarding 

the investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases and 

the appropriate treatment of victims. 

‘‘(20) To provide human immunodeficiency virus testing 

programs, counseling, and prophylaxis for victims of sexual 

assault. 

‘‘(21) To identify and inventory backlogs of sexual assault 

evidence collection kits and to develop protocols for responding 

to and addressing such backlogs, including policies and protocols for notifying and involving victims. 

‘‘(22) To develop multidisciplinary high-risk teams focusing 

on reducing domestic violence and dating violence homicides 

by— 

‘‘(A) using evidence-based indicators to assess the risk 

of homicide and link high-risk victims to immediate crisis 

intervention services; 

‘‘(B) identifying and managing high-risk offenders; and 

‘‘(C) providing ongoing victim advocacy and referrals 

to comprehensive services including legal, housing, health 

care, and economic assistance.’’; 

(B) in subsection (c)— 

(i) in paragraph (1)— 

(I) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

by inserting ‘‘except for a court,’’ before ‘‘certify’’; 

and 

(II) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 

(B) as clauses (i) and (ii), and adjusting the margin 

accordingly; 

(ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘except for a 

court,’’ before ‘‘demonstrate’’; 

(iii) in paragraph (3)— 

(I) by striking ‘‘spouses’’ each place it appears 

and inserting ‘‘parties’’; and 

(II) by striking ‘‘spouse’’ and inserting ‘‘party’’; 

(iv) in paragraph (4)— 

(I) by inserting ‘‘, dating violence, sexual 

assault, or stalking’’ after ‘‘felony domestic 

violence’’; 

(II) by inserting ‘‘modification, enforcement, 

dismissal,’’ after ‘‘registration,’’ each place it 

appears; 

(III) by inserting ‘‘dating violence,’’ after 

‘‘victim of domestic violence,’’; and 

(IV) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(v) in paragraph (5)— 

(I) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

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(II) by inserting ‘‘, trial of, or sentencing for’’ 

after ‘‘investigation of’’ each place it appears; 

(III) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 

(B) as clauses (i) and (ii), and adjusting the margin 

accordingly; 

(IV) in clause (ii), as redesignated by subclause 

(III) of this clause, by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ 

and inserting ‘‘clause (i)’’; and 

(V) by striking the period at the end and 

inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

(vi) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5), 

as amended by this subparagraph, as subparagraphs 

(A) through (E), respectively; 

(vii) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

as redesignated by clause (v) of this subparagraph— 

(I) by striking the comma that immediately 

follows another comma; and 

(II) by striking ‘‘grantees are States’’ and 

inserting the following: ‘‘grantees are— 

‘‘(1) States’’; and 

(viii) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(2) a State, tribal, or territorial domestic violence or sexual 

assault coalition or a victim service provider that partners 

with a State, Indian tribal government, or unit of local government that certifies that the State, Indian tribal government, 

or unit of local government meets the requirements under 

paragraph (1).’’; 

(C) in subsection (d)— 

(i) in paragraph (1)— 

(I) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

by inserting ‘‘, policy,’’ after ‘‘law’’; and 

(II) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘and 

the defendant is in custody or has been served 

with the information or indictment’’ before the 

semicolon; and 

(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘it’’ and inserting 

‘‘its’’; and 

(D) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(f) ALLOCATION FOR TRIBAL COALITIONS.—Of the amounts 

appropriated for purposes of this part for each fiscal year, not 

less than 5 percent shall be available for grants under section 

2001 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg). 

‘‘(g) ALLOCATION FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT.—Of the amounts appropriated for purposes of this part for each fiscal year, not less 

than 25 percent shall be available for projects that address sexual 

assault, including stranger rape, acquaintance rape, alcohol or drugfacilitated rape, and rape within the context of an intimate partner 

relationship.’’; and 

(2) in section 2102(a) (42 U.S.C. 3796hh–1(a))— 

(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘court,’’ after ‘‘tribal 

government,’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘nonprofit, private 

sexual assault and domestic violence programs’’ and 

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(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 1001(a)(19) 

of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(19)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘$75,000,000’’ and all that follows through ‘‘2011.’’ and inserting ‘‘$73,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 

through 2018.’’; and 

(2) by striking the period that immediately follows another 

period. 

SEC. 103. LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS. 

Section 1201 of the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (42 

U.S.C. 3796gg–6) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘arising as a 

consequence of’’ and inserting ‘‘relating to or arising out 

of’’; and 

(B) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘or arising 

out of’’ after ‘‘relating to’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND GRANT CONDI- TIONS’’ after ‘‘DEFINITIONS’’; and 

(B) by inserting ‘‘and grant conditions’’ after ‘‘definitions’’; 

(3) in subsection (c)— 

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘victims services 

organizations’’ and inserting ‘‘victim service providers’’; and 

(B) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(3) to implement, expand, and establish efforts and 

projects to provide competent, supervised pro bono legal assistance for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

assault, or stalking, except that not more than 10 percent 

of the funds awarded under this section may be used for the 

purpose described in this paragraph.’’; 

(4) in subsection (d)— 

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘this section has completed’’ and all that follows and inserting the following: 

‘‘this section—’’ 

‘‘(A) has demonstrated expertise in providing legal 

assistance to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

sexual assault, or stalking in the targeted population; or 

‘‘(B)(i) is partnered with an entity or person that has 

demonstrated expertise described in subparagraph (A); and 

‘‘(ii) has completed, or will complete, training in connection with domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, or 

sexual assault and related legal issues, including training 

on evidence-based risk factors for domestic and dating 

violence homicide;’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘stalking organization’’ 

and inserting ‘‘stalking victim service provider’’; and 

(5) in subsection (f) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘this 

section’’ and all that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘this 

section $57,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’. 

SEC. 104. CONSOLIDATION OF GRANTS TO SUPPORT FAMILIES IN THE 

JUSTICE SYSTEM. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of division B of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386; 


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114 Stat. 1509) is amended by striking the section preceding section 

1302 (42 U.S.C. 10420), as amended by section 306 of the Violence 

Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

of 2005 (Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 316), and inserting the 

following: 

‘‘SEC. 1301. GRANTS TO SUPPORT FAMILIES IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. 

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

to States, units of local government, courts (including juvenile 

courts), Indian tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, legal 

services providers, and victim services providers to improve the 

response of all aspects of the civil and criminal justice system 

to families with a history of domestic violence, dating violence, 

sexual assault, or stalking, or in cases involving allegations of 

child sexual abuse. 

‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A grant under this section may be used 

to— 

‘‘(1) provide supervised visitation and safe visitation 

exchange of children and youth by and between parents in 

situations involving domestic violence, dating violence, child 

sexual abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; 

‘‘(2) develop and promote State, local, and tribal legislation, 

policies, and best practices for improving civil and criminal 

court functions, responses, practices, and procedures in cases 

involving a history of domestic violence or sexual assault, or 

in cases involving allegations of child sexual abuse, including 

cases in which the victim proceeds pro se; 

‘‘(3) educate court-based and court-related personnel and 

court-appointed personnel (including custody evaluators and 

guardians ad litem) and child protective services workers on 

the dynamics of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

assault, and stalking, including information on perpetrator 

behavior, evidence-based risk factors for domestic and dating 

violence homicide, and on issues relating to the needs of victims, 

including safety, security, privacy, and confidentiality, including 

cases in which the victim proceeds pro se; 

‘‘(4) provide appropriate resources in juvenile court matters 

to respond to dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault 

(including child sexual abuse), and stalking and ensure necessary services dealing with the health and mental health 

of victims are available; 

‘‘(5) enable courts or court-based or court-related programs 

to develop or enhance— 

‘‘(A) court infrastructure (such as specialized courts, 

consolidated courts, dockets, intake centers, or interpreter 

services); 

‘‘(B) community-based initiatives within the court 

system (such as court watch programs, victim assistants, 

pro se victim assistance programs, or community-based 

supplementary services); 

‘‘(C) offender management, monitoring, and accountability programs; 

‘‘(D) safe and confidential information-storage and 

information-sharing databases within and between court 

systems; 

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‘‘(E) education and outreach programs to improve 

community access, including enhanced access for underserved populations; and 

‘‘(F) other projects likely to improve court responses 

to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

stalking; 

‘‘(6) provide civil legal assistance and advocacy services, 

including legal information and resources in cases in which 

the victim proceeds pro se, to— 

‘‘(A) victims of domestic violence; and 

‘‘(B) nonoffending parents in matters— 

‘‘(i) that involve allegations of child sexual abuse; 

‘‘(ii) that relate to family matters, including civil 

protection orders, custody, and divorce; and 

‘‘(iii) in which the other parent is represented by 

counsel; 

‘‘(7) collect data and provide training and technical assistance, including developing State, local, and tribal model codes 

and policies, to improve the capacity of grantees and communities to address the civil justice needs of victims of domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking who have 

legal representation, who are proceeding pro se, or who are 

proceeding with the assistance of a legal advocate; and 

‘‘(8) to improve training and education to assist judges, 

judicial personnel, attorneys, child welfare personnel, and legal 

advocates in the civil justice system. 

‘‘(c) CONSIDERATIONS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In making grants for purposes described 

in paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (b), the Attorney 

General shall consider— 

‘‘(A) the number of families to be served by the proposed programs and services; 

‘‘(B) the extent to which the proposed programs and 

services serve underserved populations; 

‘‘(C) the extent to which the applicant demonstrates 

cooperation and collaboration with nonprofit, nongovernmental entities in the local community with demonstrated 

histories of effective work on domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including State or 

tribal domestic violence coalitions, State or tribal sexual 

assault coalitions, local shelters, and programs for domestic 

violence and sexual assault victims; and 

‘‘(D) the extent to which the applicant demonstrates 

coordination and collaboration with State, tribal, and local 

court systems, including mechanisms for communication 

and referral. 

‘‘(2) OTHER GRANTS.—In making grants under subsection 

(b)(8) the Attorney General shall take into account the extent 

to which the grantee has expertise addressing the judicial system’s handling of family violence, child custody, child abuse 

and neglect, adoption, foster care, supervised visitation, divorce, 

and parentage. 

‘‘(d) APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS.—The Attorney General may 

make a grant under this section to an applicant that— 

‘‘(1) demonstrates expertise in the areas of domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or child 

sexual abuse, as appropriate; 

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‘‘(2) ensures that any fees charged to individuals for use 

of supervised visitation programs and services are based on 

the income of those individuals, unless otherwise provided by 

court order; 

‘‘(3) for a court-based program, certifies that victims of 

domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 

are not charged fees or any other costs related to the filing, 

petitioning, modifying, issuance, registration, enforcement, 

withdrawal, or dismissal of matters relating to the domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 

‘‘(4) demonstrates that adequate security measures, 

including adequate facilities, procedures, and personnel capable 

of preventing violence, and adequate standards are, or will 

be, in place (including the development of protocols or policies 

to ensure that confidential information is not shared with 

courts, law enforcement agencies, or child welfare agencies 

unless necessary to ensure the safety of any child or adult 

using the services of a program funded under this section), 

if the applicant proposes to operate supervised visitation programs and services or safe visitation exchange; 

‘‘(5) certifies that the organizational policies of the applicant 

do not require mediation or counseling involving offenders and 

victims being physically present in the same place, in cases 

where domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

stalking is alleged; 

‘‘(6) certifies that any person providing legal assistance 

through a program funded under this section has completed 

or will complete training on domestic violence, dating violence, 

sexual assault, and stalking, including child sexual abuse, and 

related legal issues; and 

‘‘(7) certifies that any person providing custody evaluation 

or guardian ad litem services through a program funded under 

this section has completed or will complete training developed 

with input from and in collaboration with a tribal, State, territorial, or local domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

or stalking victim service provider or coalition on the dynamics 

of domestic violence and sexual assault, including child sexual 

abuse, that includes training on how to review evidence of 

past abuse and the use of evidenced-based theories to make 

recommendations on custody and visitation. 

‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 

to be appropriated to carry out this section, $22,000,000 for each 

of fiscal years 2014 through 2018. Amounts appropriated pursuant 

to this subsection shall remain available until expended. 

‘‘(f) ALLOTMENT FOR INDIAN TRIBES.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 10 percent of the total 

amount available under this section for each fiscal year shall 

be available for grants under the program authorized by section 

3796gg–10 of this title. 

‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY OF PART.—The requirements of this section shall not apply to funds allocated for the program described 

in paragraph (1).’’. 

(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subtitle J of 

the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043 et 

42 USC seq.) is repealed. 

13701 note, 

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SEC. 105. SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT. 

Section 40152(c) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 

(42 U.S.C. 13941) is amended by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and all 

that follows and inserting ‘‘$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 

through 2018.’’. 

SEC. 106. COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM. 

Subtitle B of title II of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 

U.S.C. 13011 et seq.) is amended— 

(1) in section 216 (42 U.S.C. 13012), by striking ‘‘January 

1, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2015’’; 

(2) in section 217 (42 U.S.C. 13013)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘Code of Ethics’’ in section (c)(2) and 

inserting ‘‘Standards for Programs’’; and 

(B) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(e) REPORTING.—An organization that receives a grant under 

this section for a fiscal year shall submit to the Administrator 

a report regarding the use of the grant for the fiscal year, including 

a discussion of outcome performance measures (which shall be 

established by the Administrator) to determine the effectiveness 

of the programs of the organization in meeting the needs of children 

in the child welfare system.’’; and 

(3) in section 219(a) (42 U.S.C. 13014(a)), by striking ‘‘fiscal 

years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2014 

through 2018’’. 

SEC. 107. CRIMINAL PROVISION RELATING TO STALKING, INCLUDING 

CYBERSTALKING. 

(a) INTERSTATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—Section 2261(a)(1) of title 

18, United States Code, is amended— 

(1) by inserting ‘‘is present’’ after ‘‘Indian Country or’’; 

and 

(2) by inserting ‘‘or presence’’ after ‘‘as a result of such 

travel’’; 

(b) STALKING.—Section 2261A of title 18, United States Code, 

is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘§ 2261A. Stalking 

‘‘Whoever— 

‘‘(1) travels in interstate or foreign commerce or is present 

within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the 

United States, or enters or leaves Indian country, with the 

intent to kill, injure, harass, intimidate, or place under surveillance with intent to kill, injure, harass, or intimidate another 

person, and in the course of, or as a result of, such travel 

or presence engages in conduct that— 

‘‘(A) places that person in reasonable fear of the death 

of, or serious bodily injury to— 

‘‘(i) that person; 

‘‘(ii) an immediate family member (as defined in 

section 115) of that person; or 

‘‘(iii) a spouse or intimate partner of that person; 

or 

‘‘(B) causes, attempts to cause, or would be reasonably 

expected to cause substantial emotional distress to a person 

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‘‘(2) with the intent to kill, injure, harass, intimidate, or 

place under surveillance with intent to kill, injure, harass, 

or intimidate another person, uses the mail, any interactive 

computer service or electronic communication service or electronic communication system of interstate commerce, or any 

other facility of interstate or foreign commerce to engage in 

a course of conduct that— 

‘‘(A) places that person in reasonable fear of the death 

of or serious bodily injury to a person described in clause 

(i), (ii), or (iii) of paragraph (1)(A); or 

‘‘(B) causes, attempts to cause, or would be reasonably 

expected to cause substantial emotional distress to a person 

described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of paragraph (1)(A), 

shall be punished as provided in section 2261(b) of this title.’’. 

(c) INTERSTATE VIOLATION OF PROTECTION ORDER.—Section 

2262(a)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting 

‘‘is present’’ after ‘‘Indian Country or’’. 

SEC. 108. OUTREACH AND SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS 

GRANT. 

Section 120 of the Violence Against Women and Department 

of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14045) is amended 

to read as follows: 

‘‘SEC. 120. GRANTS FOR OUTREACH AND SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED 

POPULATIONS. 

‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts appropriated under the 

grant programs identified in paragraph (2), the Attorney General shall take 2 percent of such appropriated amounts and 

combine them to award grants to eligible entities described 

in subsection (b) of this section to develop and implement 

outreach strategies targeted at adult or youth victims of 

domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 

in underserved populations and to provide victim services to 

meet the needs of adult and youth victims of domestic violence, 

dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in underserved 

populations. The requirements of the grant programs identified 

in paragraph (2) shall not apply to this grant program. 

‘‘(2) PROGRAMS COVERED.—The programs covered by paragraph (1) are the programs carried out under the following 

provisions: 

‘‘(A) Section 2001 of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Grants to Combat Violent Crimes 

Against Women). 

‘‘(B) Section 2101 of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program). 

‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Eligible entities under this section 

are— 

‘‘(1) population specific organizations that have demonstrated experience and expertise in providing population specific services in the relevant underserved communities, or population specific organizations working in partnership with a 

victim service provider or domestic violence or sexual assault 

coalition; 

‘‘(2) victim service providers offering population specific 

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‘‘(3) victim service providers working in partnership with 

a national, State, tribal, or local organization that has demonstrated experience and expertise in providing population specific services in the relevant underserved population. 

‘‘(c) PLANNING GRANTS.—The Attorney General may use up 

to 25 percent of funds available under this section to make onetime planning grants to eligible entities to support the planning 

and development of specially designed and targeted programs for 

adult and youth victims in one or more underserved populations, 

including— 

‘‘(1) identifying, building and strengthening partnerships 

with potential collaborators within underserved populations, 

Federal, State, tribal, territorial or local government entities, 

and public and private organizations; 

‘‘(2) conducting a needs assessment of the community and 

the targeted underserved population or populations to determine what the barriers are to service access and what factors 

contribute to those barriers, using input from the targeted 

underserved population or populations; 

‘‘(3) identifying promising prevention, outreach and intervention strategies for victims from a targeted underserved population or populations; and 

‘‘(4) developing a plan, with the input of the targeted underserved population or populations, for implementing prevention, 

outreach and intervention strategies to address the barriers 

to accessing services, promoting community engagement in the 

prevention of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

and stalking within the targeted underserved populations, and 

evaluating the program. 

‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.—The Attorney General shall 

make grants to eligible entities for the purpose of providing or 

enhancing population specific outreach and services to adult and 

youth victims in one or more underserved populations, including— 

‘‘(1) working with Federal, State, tribal, territorial and 

local governments, agencies, and organizations to develop or 

enhance population specific services; 

‘‘(2) strengthening the capacity of underserved populations 

to provide population specific services; 

‘‘(3) strengthening the capacity of traditional victim service 

providers to provide population specific services; 

‘‘(4) strengthening the effectiveness of criminal and civil 

justice interventions by providing training for law enforcement, 

prosecutors, judges and other court personnel on domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking in underserved populations; or 

‘‘(5) working in cooperation with an underserved population 

to develop and implement outreach, education, prevention, and 

intervention strategies that highlight available resources and 

the specific issues faced by victims of domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, or stalking from underserved populations. 

‘‘(e) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity desiring a grant under 

this section shall submit an application to the Director of the 

Office on Violence Against Women at such time, in such form, 

and in such manner as the Director may prescribe. 

‘‘(f) REPORTS.—Each eligible entity receiving a grant under 

this section shall submit to the Director of the Office on Violence 

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Against Women a report that describes the activities carried out 

with grant funds. 

‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to the 

funds identified in subsection (a)(1), there are authorized to be 

appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each of fiscal 

years 2014 through 2018. 

‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS.—In this section the 

definitions and grant conditions in section 40002 of the Violence 

Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925) shall apply.’’. 

SEC. 109. CULTURALLY SPECIFIC SERVICES GRANT. 

Section 121 of the Violence Against Women and Department 

of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14045a) is 

amended— 

(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AND LINGUISTICALLY’’; 

(2) by striking ‘‘and linguistically’’ each place it appears; 

(3) by striking ‘‘and linguistic’’ each place it appears; 

(4) by striking subsection (a)(2) and inserting: 

‘‘(2) PROGRAMS COVERED.—The programs covered by paragraph (1) are the programs carried out under the following 

provisions: 

‘‘(A) Section 2101 of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders). 

‘‘(B) Section 14201 of division B of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 

3796gg–6) (Legal Assistance for Victims). 

‘‘(C) Section 40295 of the Violence Against Women 

Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13971) (Rural Domestic Violence, 

Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking, and Child Abuse 

Enforcement Assistance). 

‘‘(D) Section 40802 of the Violence Against Women 

Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14041a) (Enhanced Training and 

Services to End Violence Against Women Later in Life). 

‘‘(E) Section 1402 of division B of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 

3796gg–7) (Education, Training, and Enhanced Services 

to End Violence Against and Abuse of Women with Disabilities).’’; and 

(5) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘linguistic and’’. 

TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES FOR 

VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 

DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, 

AND STALKING 

SEC. 201. SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM. 

(a) GRANTS TO STATES AND TERRITORIES.—Section 41601(b) of 

the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043g(b)) 

is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘other programs’’ and 

all that follows and inserting ‘‘other nongovernmental or tribal 

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victimized by sexual assault, without regard to the age of 

the individual.’’; 

(2) in paragraph (2)— 

(A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or tribal programs and activities’’ after ‘‘nongovernmental organizations’’; and 

(B) in subparagraph (C)(v), by striking ‘‘linguistically 

and’’; and 

(3) in paragraph (4)— 

(A) by inserting ‘‘(including the District of Columbia 

and Puerto Rico)’’ after ‘‘The Attorney General shall allocate to each State’’; 

(B) by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,’’ 

after ‘‘Guam’’; 

(C) by striking ‘‘0.125 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘0.25 

percent’’; and 

(D) by striking ‘‘The District of Columbia shall be 

treated as a territory for purposes of calculating its allocation under the preceding formula.’’. 

(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 41601(f)(1) of 

the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043g(f)(1)) 

is amended by striking ‘‘$50,000,000 to remain available until 

expended for each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$40,000,000 to remain available until expended for each 

of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’. 

SEC. 202. RURAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL 

ASSAULT, STALKING, AND CHILD ABUSE ENFORCEMENT 

ASSISTANCE. 

Section 40295 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 

(42 U.S.C. 13971) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)(1)(H), by inserting ‘‘, including sexual 

assault forensic examiners’’ before the semicolon; 

(2) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in paragraph (1)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘victim advocacy groups’’ and 

inserting ‘‘victim service providers’’; and 

(ii) by inserting ‘‘, including developing multidisciplinary teams focusing on high risk cases with the 

goal of preventing domestic and dating violence homicides’’ before the semicolon; 

(B) in paragraph (2)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘and other long- and short-term 

assistance’’ and inserting ‘‘legal assistance, and other 

long-term and short-term victim and population specific services’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(C) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the 

end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(D) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(4) developing, enlarging, or strengthening programs 

addressing sexual assault, including sexual assault forensic 

examiner programs, Sexual Assault Response Teams, law 

enforcement training, and programs addressing rape kit backlogs. 

‘‘(5) developing programs and strategies that focus on the 

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sexual assault, and stalking who reside in remote rural and 

geographically isolated areas, including addressing the challenges posed by the lack of access to shelters and victims 

services, and limited law enforcement resources and training, 

and providing training and resources to Community Health 

Aides involved in the delivery of Indian Health Service programs.’’; and 

(3) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘$55,000,000 for each 

of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting 

‘‘$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’. 

SEC. 203. TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST 

WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES GRANTS. 

Section 1402 of division B of the Victims of Trafficking and 

Violence Protection Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–7) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(including using 

evidence-based indicators to assess the risk of domestic 

and dating violence homicide)’’ after ‘‘risk reduction’’; 

(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘victim service 

organizations’’ and inserting ‘‘victim service providers’’; and 

(C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘victim services 

organizations’’ and inserting ‘‘victim service providers’’; 

(2) in subsection (c)(1)(D), by striking ‘‘nonprofit and nongovernmental victim services organization, such as a State’’ 

and inserting ‘‘victim service provider, such as a State or tribal’’; 

and 

(3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘$10,000,000 for each 

of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘$9,000,000 

for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’. 

SEC. 204. ENHANCED TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END ABUSE IN 

LATER LIFE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle H of the Violence Against Women 

Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14041 et seq.) is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘Subtitle H—Enhanced Training and 

Services To End Abuse Later in Life 

‘‘SEC. 40801. ENHANCED TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END ABUSE IN 

LATER LIFE. 

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

‘‘(1) the term ‘exploitation’ has the meaning given the term 

in section 2011 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397j); 

‘‘(2) the term ‘later life’, relating to an individual, means 

the individual is 50 years of age or older; and 

‘‘(3) the term ‘neglect’ means the failure of a caregiver 

or fiduciary to provide the goods or services that are necessary 

to maintain the health or safety of an individual in later life. 

‘‘(b) GRANT PROGRAM.— 

‘‘(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General may 

make grants to eligible entities to carry out the activities 

described in paragraph (2). 

‘‘(2) MANDATORY AND PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES.— 

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‘‘(A) MANDATORY ACTIVITIES.—An eligible entity 

receiving a grant under this section shall use the funds 

received under the grant to— 

‘‘(i) provide training programs to assist law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, agencies of States or units 

of local government, population specific organizations, 

victim service providers, victim advocates, and relevant 

officers in Federal, tribal, State, territorial, and local 

courts in recognizing and addressing instances of elder 

abuse; 

‘‘(ii) provide or enhance services for victims of 

abuse in later life, including domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, stalking, exploitation, and 

neglect; 

‘‘(iii) establish or support multidisciplinary collaborative community responses to victims of abuse in later 

life, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

assault, stalking, exploitation, and neglect; and 

‘‘(iv) conduct cross-training for law enforcement 

agencies, prosecutors, agencies of States or units of 

local government, attorneys, health care providers, 

population specific organizations, faith-based advocates, victim service providers, and courts to better 

serve victims of abuse in later life, including domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, 

exploitation, and neglect. 

‘‘(B) PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES.—An eligible entity 

receiving a grant under this section may use the funds 

received under the grant to— 

‘‘(i) provide training programs to assist attorneys, 

health care providers, faith-based leaders, or other 

community-based organizations in recognizing and 

addressing instances of abuse in later life, including 

domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

stalking, exploitation, and neglect; or 

‘‘(ii) conduct outreach activities and awareness 

campaigns to ensure that victims of abuse in later 

life, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

assault, stalking, exploitation, and neglect receive 

appropriate assistance. 

‘‘(C) WAIVER.—The Attorney General may waive 1 or 

more of the activities described in subparagraph (A) upon 

making a determination that the activity would duplicate 

services available in the community. 

‘‘(D) LIMITATION.—An eligible entity receiving a grant 

under this section may use not more than 10 percent 

of the total funds received under the grant for an activity 

described in subparagraph (B)(ii). 

‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—An entity shall be eligible to 

receive a grant under this section if— 

‘‘(A) the entity is— 

‘‘(i) a State; 

‘‘(ii) a unit of local government; 

‘‘(iii) a tribal government or tribal organization; 

‘‘(iv) a population specific organization with demonstrated experience in assisting individuals over 50 

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‘‘(v) a victim service provider with demonstrated 

experience in addressing domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, and stalking; or 

‘‘(vi) a State, tribal, or territorial domestic violence 

or sexual assault coalition; and 

‘‘(B) the entity demonstrates that it is part of a multidisciplinary partnership that includes, at a minimum— 

‘‘(i) a law enforcement agency; 

‘‘(ii) a prosecutor’s office; 

‘‘(iii) a victim service provider; and 

‘‘(iv) a nonprofit program or government agency 

with demonstrated experience in assisting individuals 

in later life; 

‘‘(4) UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.—In making grants under 

this section, the Attorney General shall give priority to proposals providing services to culturally specific and underserved 

populations. 

‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $9,000,000 

for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’. 

TITLE III—SERVICES, PROTECTION, 

AND JUSTICE FOR YOUNG VICTIMS OF 

VIOLENCE 

SEC. 301. RAPE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION GRANT. 

Section 393A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b– 

1b) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting 

‘‘, territorial or tribal’’ after ‘‘crisis centers, State’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘and alcohol’’ after 

‘‘about drugs’’; and 

(2) in subsection (c)— 

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$80,000,000 for each 

of fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting 

‘‘$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’; 

and 

(B) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(3) BASELINE FUNDING FOR STATES, THE DISTRICT OF

COLUMBIA, AND PUERTO RICO.—A minimum allocation of 

$150,000 shall be awarded in each fiscal year for each of the 

States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. A minimum 

allocation of $35,000 shall be awarded in each fiscal year for 

each Territory. Any unused or remaining funds shall be allotted 

to each State, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico on 

the basis of population.’’. 

SEC. 302. CREATING HOPE THROUGH OUTREACH, OPTIONS, SERVICES, 

AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH. 

Subtitle L of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 is 

amended by striking sections 41201 through 41204 (42 U.S.C. 

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‘‘SEC. 41201. CREATING HOPE THROUGH OUTREACH, OPTIONS, SERVICES, AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH 

(‘CHOOSE CHILDREN & YOUTH’). 

‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General, working in 

collaboration with the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

and the Secretary of Education, shall award grants to enhance 

the safety of youth and children who are victims of, or exposed 

to, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or 

sex trafficking and prevent future violence. 

‘‘(b) PROGRAM PURPOSES.—Funds provided under this section 

may be used for the following program purpose areas: 

‘‘(1) SERVICES TO ADVOCATE FOR AND RESPOND TO YOUTH.— To develop, expand, and strengthen victim-centered interventions and services that target youth who are victims of domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking. Services may include victim services, counseling, 

advocacy, mentoring, educational support, transportation, legal 

assistance in civil, criminal and administrative matters, such 

as family law cases, housing cases, child welfare proceedings, 

campus administrative proceedings, and civil protection order 

proceedings, population-specific services, and other activities 

that support youth in finding safety, stability, and justice and 

in addressing the emotional, cognitive, and physical effects 

of trauma. Funds may be used to— 

‘‘(A) assess and analyze currently available services 

for youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking, determining 

relevant barriers to such services in a particular locality, 

and developing a community protocol to address such problems collaboratively; 

‘‘(B) develop and implement policies, practices, and 

procedures to effectively respond to domestic violence, 

dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or sex trafficking 

against youth; or 

‘‘(C) provide technical assistance and training to 

enhance the ability of school personnel, victim service providers, child protective service workers, staff of law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, court personnel, individuals 

who work in after school programs, medical personnel, 

social workers, mental health personnel, and workers in 

other programs that serve children and youth to improve 

their ability to appropriately respond to the needs of children and youth who are victims of domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking, and 

to properly refer such children, youth, and their families 

to appropriate services. 

‘‘(2) SUPPORTING YOUTH THROUGH EDUCATION AND PROTECTION.—To enable middle schools, high schools, and institutions 

of higher education to— 

‘‘(A) provide training to school personnel, including 

healthcare providers and security personnel, on the needs 

of students who are victims of domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, stalking, or sex trafficking; 

‘‘(B) develop and implement prevention and intervention policies in middle and high schools, including appropriate responses to, and identification and referral procedures for, students who are experiencing or perpetrating 

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domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, 

or sex trafficking, and procedures for handling the requirements of court protective orders issued to or against students; 

‘‘(C) provide support services for student victims of 

domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, 

or sex trafficking, such as a resource person who is either 

on-site or on-call; 

‘‘(D) implement developmentally appropriate educational programming for students regarding domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex 

trafficking and the impact of such violence on youth; or 

‘‘(E) develop strategies to increase identification, support, referrals, and prevention programming for youth who 

are at high risk of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

assault, stalking, or sex trafficking. 

‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a grant under 

this section, an entity shall be— 

‘‘(A) a victim service provider, tribal nonprofit, or population-specific or community-based organization with a 

demonstrated history of effective work addressing the needs 

of youth who are, including runaway or homeless youth 

affected by, victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

sexual assault, stalking, or sex trafficking; 

‘‘(B) a victim service provider that is partnered with 

an entity that has a demonstrated history of effective work 

addressing the needs of youth; or 

‘‘(C) a public, charter, tribal, or nationally accredited 

private middle or high school, a school administered by 

the Department of Defense under section 2164 of title 

10, United States Code or section 1402 of the Defense 

Dependents’ Education Act of 1978, a group of schools, 

a school district, or an institution of higher education. 

‘‘(2) PARTNERSHIPS.— 

‘‘(A) EDUCATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant for 

the purposes described in subsection (b)(2), an entity 

described in paragraph (1) shall be partnered with a public, 

charter, tribal, or nationally accredited private middle or 

high school, a school administered by the Department of 

Defense under section 2164 of title 10, United States Code 

or section 1402 of the Defense Dependents’ Education Act 

of 1978, a group of schools, a school district, or an institution of higher education. 

‘‘(B) OTHER PARTNERSHIPS.—All applicants under this 

section are encouraged to work in partnership with 

organizations and agencies that work with the relevant 

population. Such entities may include— 

‘‘(i) a State, tribe, unit of local government, or 

territory; 

‘‘(ii) a population specific or community-based 

organization; 

‘‘(iii) batterer intervention programs or sex 

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‘‘(iv) any other agencies or nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations with the capacity to provide effective assistance to the adult, youth, and child victims 

served by the partnership. 

‘‘(d) GRANTEE REQUIREMENTS.—Applicants for grants under this 

section shall establish and implement policies, practices, and procedures that— 

‘‘(1) require and include appropriate referral systems for 

child and youth victims; 

‘‘(2) protect the confidentiality and privacy of child and 

youth victim information, particularly in the context of parental 

or third party involvement and consent, mandatory reporting 

duties, and working with other service providers all with priority on victim safety and autonomy; and 

‘‘(3) ensure that all individuals providing intervention or 

prevention programming to children or youth through a program funded under this section have completed, or will complete, sufficient training in connection with domestic violence, 

dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking. 

‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS.—In this section, the 

definitions and grant conditions provided for in section 40002 shall 

apply. 

‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 

to be appropriated to carry out this section, $15,000,000 for each 

of fiscal years 2014 through 2018. 

‘‘(g) ALLOTMENT.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 50 percent of the total 

amount appropriated under this section for each fiscal year 

shall be used for the purposes described in subsection (b)(1). 

‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBES.—Not less than 10 percent of the total 

amount appropriated under this section for each fiscal year 

shall be made available for grants under the program authorized by section 2015 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

Streets Act of 1968. The requirements of this section shall 

not apply to funds allocated under this paragraph. 

‘‘(h) PRIORITY.—The Attorney General shall prioritize grant 

applications under this section that coordinate with prevention 

programs in the community.’’. 

SEC. 303. GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES ON CAMPUSES. 

Section 304 of the Violence Against Women and Department 

of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14045b) is 

amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in paragraph (1)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘stalking on campuses, and’’ and 

inserting ‘‘stalking on campuses,’’; 

(ii) by striking ‘‘crimes against women on’’ and 

inserting ‘‘crimes on’’; and 

(iii) by inserting ‘‘, and to develop and strengthen 

prevention education and awareness programs’’ before 

the period; and 

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$500,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$300,000’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in paragraph (2)— 

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(i) by inserting ‘‘, strengthen,’’ after ‘‘To develop’’; 

and 

(ii) by inserting ‘‘including the use of technology 

to commit these crimes,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault and 

stalking,’’; 

(B) in paragraph (4)— 

(i) by inserting ‘‘and population specific services’’ 

after ‘‘strengthen victim services programs’’; 

(ii) by striking ‘‘entities carrying out’’ and all that 

follows through ‘‘stalking victim services programs’’ 

and inserting ‘‘victim service providers’’; and 

(iii) by inserting ‘‘, regardless of whether the services are provided by the institution or in coordination 

with community victim service providers’’ before the 

period at the end; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(9) To develop or adapt and provide developmental, culturally appropriate, and linguistically accessible print or electronic materials to address both prevention and intervention 

in domestic violence, dating violence, sexual violence, and 

stalking. 

‘‘(10) To develop or adapt population specific strategies 

and projects for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

sexual assault, and stalking from underserved populations on 

campus.’’; 

(3) in subsection (c)— 

(A) in paragraph (2)— 

(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘any nonprofit’’ and all that follows through ‘‘victim services 

programs’’ and inserting ‘‘victim service providers’’; 

(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through 

(F) as subparagraphs (E) through (G), respectively; 

and 

(iii) by inserting after subparagraph (C), the following: 

‘‘(D) describe how underserved populations in the campus community will be adequately served, including the 

provision of relevant population specific services;’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘2007 through 2011’’ 

and inserting ‘‘2014 through 2018’’; 

(4) in subsection (d)— 

(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); 

and 

(B) by inserting after paragraph (2), the following: 

‘‘(3) GRANTEE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.—Each grantee 

shall comply with the following minimum requirements during 

the grant period: 

‘‘(A) The grantee shall create a coordinated community 

response including both organizations external to the 

institution and relevant divisions of the institution. 

‘‘(B) The grantee shall establish a mandatory prevention and education program on domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, and stalking for all incoming students. 

‘‘(C) The grantee shall train all campus law enforcement to respond effectively to domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

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‘‘(D) The grantee shall train all members of campus 

disciplinary boards to respond effectively to situations 

involving domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

or stalking.’’; and 

(5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘there are’’ and all that 

follows through the period and inserting ‘‘there is authorized 

to be appropriated $12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 

through 2018.’’. 

SEC. 304. CAMPUS SEXUAL VIOLENCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING 

VIOLENCE, AND STALKING EDUCATION AND PREVENTION. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act 

of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1)— 

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

at the end and inserting ‘‘, when the victim of such crime 

elects or is unable to make such a report.’’; and 

(B) in subparagraph (F)— 

(i) in clause (i)(VIII), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 

semicolon; 

(ii) in clause (ii)— 

(I) by striking ‘‘sexual orientation’’ and 

inserting ‘‘ national origin, sexual orientation, 

gender identity,’’; and 

(II) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; 

and’’; and 

(iii) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(iii) of domestic violence, dating violence, and 

stalking incidents that were reported to campus security authorities or local police agencies.’’; 

(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, that withholds the 

names of victims as confidential,’’ after ‘‘that is timely’’; 

(3) in paragraph (6)(A)— 

(A) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) as clauses 

(ii), (iii), and (iv), respectively; 

(B) by inserting before clause (ii), as redesignated by 

subparagraph (A), the following: 

‘‘(i) The terms ‘dating violence’, ‘domestic violence’, and 

‘stalking’ have the meaning given such terms in section 

40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 

13925(a)).’’; and 

(C) by inserting after clause (iv), as redesignated by 

subparagraph (A), the following: 

‘‘(v) The term ‘sexual assault’ means an offense classified 

as a forcible or nonforcible sex offense under the uniform crime 

reporting system of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.’’; 

(4) in paragraph (7)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(F)’’ and inserting 

‘‘clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (1)(F)’’; and 

(B) by inserting after ‘‘Hate Crime Statistics Act.’’ the 

following: ‘‘For the offenses of domestic violence, dating 

violence, and stalking, such statistics shall be compiled 

in accordance with the definitions used in section 40002(a) 

of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 

13925(a)).’’; 

(5) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the following: 

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‘‘(8)(A) Each institution of higher education participating in 

any program under this title and title IV of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, other than a foreign institution of higher education, shall develop and distribute as part of the report described 

in paragraph (1) a statement of policy regarding— 

‘‘(i) such institution’s programs to prevent domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and 

‘‘(ii) the procedures that such institution will follow once 

an incident of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

or stalking has been reported, including a statement of the 

standard of evidence that will be used during any institutional 

conduct proceeding arising from such a report. 

‘‘(B) The policy described in subparagraph (A) shall address 

the following areas: 

‘‘(i) Education programs to promote the awareness of rape, 

acquaintance rape, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

assault, and stalking, which shall include— 

‘‘(I) primary prevention and awareness programs for 

all incoming students and new employees, which shall 

include— 

‘‘(aa) a statement that the institution of higher 

education prohibits the offenses of domestic violence, 

dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; 

‘‘(bb) the definition of domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the applicable 

jurisdiction; 

‘‘(cc) the definition of consent, in reference to 

sexual activity, in the applicable jurisdiction; 

‘‘(dd) safe and positive options for bystander intervention that may be carried out by an individual to 

prevent harm or intervene when there is a risk of 

domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

stalking against a person other than such individual; 

‘‘(ee) information on risk reduction to recognize 

warning signs of abusive behavior and how to avoid 

potential attacks; and 

‘‘(ff) the information described in clauses (ii) 

through (vii); and 

‘‘(II) ongoing prevention and awareness campaigns for 

students and faculty, including information described in 

items (aa) through (ff) of subclause (I). 

‘‘(ii) Possible sanctions or protective measures that such 

institution may impose following a final determination of an 

institutional disciplinary procedure regarding rape, acquaintance rape, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

or stalking. 

‘‘(iii) Procedures victims should follow if a sex offense, 

domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 

has occurred, including information in writing about— 

‘‘(I) the importance of preserving evidence as may be 

necessary to the proof of criminal domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or in obtaining a 

protection order; 

‘‘(II) to whom the alleged offense should be reported; 

‘‘(III) options regarding law enforcement and campus 

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‘‘(aa) notify proper law enforcement authorities, 

including on-campus and local police; 

‘‘(bb) be assisted by campus authorities in notifying 

law enforcement authorities if the victim so chooses; 

and 

‘‘(cc) decline to notify such authorities; and 

‘‘(IV) where applicable, the rights of victims and the 

institution’s responsibilities regarding orders of protection, 

no contact orders, restraining orders, or similar lawful 

orders issued by a criminal, civil, or tribal court. 

‘‘(iv) Procedures for institutional disciplinary action in cases 

of alleged domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

or stalking, which shall include a clear statement that— 

‘‘(I) such proceedings shall— 

‘‘(aa) provide a prompt, fair, and impartial investigation and resolution; and 

‘‘(bb) be conducted by officials who receive annual 

training on the issues related to domestic violence, 

dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking and how 

to conduct an investigation and hearing process that 

protects the safety of victims and promotes accountability; 

‘‘(II) the accuser and the accused are entitled to the 

same opportunities to have others present during an 

institutional disciplinary proceeding, including the opportunity to be accompanied to any related meeting or proceeding by an advisor of their choice; and 

‘‘(III) both the accuser and the accused shall be simultaneously informed, in writing, of— 

‘‘(aa) the outcome of any institutional disciplinary 

proceeding that arises from an allegation of domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 

‘‘(bb) the institution’s procedures for the accused 

and the victim to appeal the results of the institutional 

disciplinary proceeding; 

‘‘(cc) of any change to the results that occurs prior 

to the time that such results become final; and 

‘‘(dd) when such results become final. 

‘‘(v) Information about how the institution will protect the 

confidentiality of victims, including how publicly-available 

recordkeeping will be accomplished without the inclusion of 

identifying information about the victim, to the extent permissible by law. 

‘‘(vi) Written notification of students and employees about 

existing counseling, health, mental health, victim advocacy, 

legal assistance, and other services available for victims both 

on-campus and in the community. 

‘‘(vii) Written notification of victims about options for, and 

available assistance in, changing academic, living, transportation, and working situations, if so requested by the victim 

and if such accommodations are reasonably available, regardless of whether the victim chooses to report the crime to campus 

police or local law enforcement. 

‘‘(C) A student or employee who reports to an institution of 

higher education that the student or employee has been a victim 

of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, 

whether the offense occurred on or off campus, shall be provided 

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with a written explanation of the student or employee’s rights 

and options, as described in clauses (ii) through (vii) of subparagraph (B).’’; 

(6) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and 

inserting ‘‘The Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney 

General of the United States,’’; 

(7) by striking paragraph (16) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(16)(A) The Secretary shall seek the advice and counsel of 

the Attorney General of the United States concerning the development, and dissemination to institutions of higher education, of 

best practices information about campus safety and emergencies. 

‘‘(B) The Secretary shall seek the advice and counsel of the 

Attorney General of the United States and the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services concerning the development, and dissemination to institutions of higher education, of best practices information 

about preventing and responding to incidents of domestic violence, 

dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including elements 

of institutional policies that have proven successful based on evidence-based outcome measurements.’’; and 

(8) by striking paragraph (17) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(17) No officer, employee, or agent of an institution participating in any program under this title shall retaliate, intimidate, 

threaten, coerce, or otherwise discriminate against any individual 

for exercising their rights or responsibilities under any provision 

of this subsection.’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall take effect with respect to the annual security report under 

section 485(f)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

1092(f)(1)) prepared by an institution of higher education 1 calendar 

year after the date of enactment of this Act, and each subsequent 

calendar year. 

TITLE IV—VIOLENCE REDUCTION 

PRACTICES 

SEC. 401. STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. 

Section 402(c) of the Violence Against Women and Department 

of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 280b–4(c)) is 

amended by striking ‘‘$2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2007 

through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 

2014 through 2018’’. 

SEC. 402. SAVING MONEY AND REDUCING TRAGEDIES THROUGH 

PREVENTION GRANTS. 

(a) SMART PREVENTION.—Section 41303 of the Violence 

Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043d–2) is amended 

to read as follows: 

‘‘SEC. 41303. SAVING MONEY AND REDUCING TRAGEDIES THROUGH 

PREVENTION (SMART PREVENTION). 

‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the 

Secretary of Education, is authorized to award grants for the purpose of preventing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

and stalking by taking a comprehensive approach that focuses 

Consultation. 

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on youth, children exposed to violence, and men as leaders and 

influencers of social norms. 

‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds provided under this section may 

be used for the following purposes: 

‘‘(1) TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION.— 

To develop, maintain, or enhance programs that change attitudes and behaviors around the acceptability of domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking and provide education and skills training to young individuals and 

individuals who influence young individuals. The prevention 

program may use evidence-based, evidence-informed, or innovative strategies and practices focused on youth. Such a program 

should include— 

‘‘(A) age and developmentally-appropriate education on 

domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, 

and sexual coercion, as well as healthy relationship skills, 

in school, in the community, or in health care settings; 

‘‘(B) community-based collaboration and training for 

those with influence on youth, such as parents, teachers, 

coaches, healthcare providers, faith-leaders, older teens, 

and mentors; 

‘‘(C) education and outreach to change environmental 

factors contributing to domestic violence, dating violence, 

sexual assault, and stalking; and 

‘‘(D) policy development targeted to prevention, 

including school-based policies and protocols. 

‘‘(2) CHILDREN EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE AND ABUSE.—To 

develop, maintain or enhance programs designed to prevent 

future incidents of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

assault, and stalking by preventing, reducing and responding 

to children’s exposure to violence in the home. Such programs 

may include— 

‘‘(A) providing services for children exposed to domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking, 

including direct counseling or advocacy, and support for 

the non-abusing parent; and 

‘‘(B) training and coordination for educational, afterschool, and childcare programs on how to safely and confidentially identify children and families experiencing 

domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

stalking and properly refer children exposed and their families to services and violence prevention programs. 

‘‘(3) ENGAGING MEN AS LEADERS AND ROLE MODELS.—To 

develop, maintain or enhance programs that work with men 

to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

and stalking by helping men to serve as role models and social 

influencers of other men and youth at the individual, school, 

community or statewide levels. 

‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive a grant under 

this section, an entity shall be— 

‘‘(1) a victim service provider, community-based organization, tribe or tribal organization, or other non-profit, nongovernmental organization that has a history of effective work preventing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

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‘‘(2) a partnership between a victim service provider, 

community-based organization, tribe or tribal organization, or 

other non-profit, nongovernmental organization that has a history of effective work preventing domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, or stalking and at least one of the 

following that has expertise in serving children exposed to 

domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, 

youth domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

stalking prevention, or engaging men to prevent domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking: 

‘‘(A) A public, charter, tribal, or nationally accredited 

private middle or high school, a school administered by 

the Department of Defense under section 2164 of title 

10, United States Code or section 1402 of the Defense 

Dependents’ Education Act of 1978, a group of schools, 

or a school district. 

‘‘(B) A local community-based organization, populationspecific organization, or faith-based organization that has 

established expertise in providing services to youth. 

‘‘(C) A community-based organization, population-specific organization, university or health care clinic, faithbased organization, or other non-profit, nongovernmental 

organization with a demonstrated history of effective work 

addressing the needs of children exposed to domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

‘‘(D) A nonprofit, nongovernmental entity providing 

services for runaway or homeless youth affected by 

domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

stalking. 

‘‘(E) Healthcare entities eligible for reimbursement 

under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, including providers that target the special needs of children and youth. 

‘‘(F) Any other agencies, population-specific organizations, or nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations with 

the capacity to provide necessary expertise to meet the 

goals of the program; or 

‘‘(3) a public, charter, tribal, or nationally accredited private 

middle or high school, a school administered by the Department 

of Defense under section 2164 of title 10, United States Code 

or section 1402 of the Defense Dependents’ Education Act of 

1978, a group of schools, a school district, or an institution 

of higher education. 

‘‘(d) GRANTEE REQUIREMENTS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Applicants for grants under this section 

shall prepare and submit to the Director an application at 

such time, in such manner, and containing such information 

as the Director may require that demonstrates the capacity 

of the applicant and partnering organizations to undertake 

the project. 

‘‘(2) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—Applicants under this section shall establish and implement policies, practices, and procedures that— 

‘‘(A) include appropriate referral systems to direct any 

victim identified during program activities to highly qualified follow-up care; 

‘‘(B) protect the confidentiality and privacy of adult 

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of parental or third party involvement and consent, mandatory reporting duties, and working with other service providers; 

‘‘(C) ensure that all individuals providing prevention 

programming through a program funded under this section 

have completed or will complete sufficient training in 

connection with domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

assault or stalking; and 

‘‘(D) document how prevention programs are coordinated with service programs in the community. 

‘‘(3) PREFERENCE.—In selecting grant recipients under this 

section, the Attorney General shall give preference to applicants 

that— 

‘‘(A) include outcome-based evaluation; and 

‘‘(B) identify any other community, school, or Statebased efforts that are working on domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, or stalking prevention and explain 

how the grantee or partnership will add value, coordinate 

with other programs, and not duplicate existing efforts. 

‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS.—In this section, the 

definitions and grant conditions provided for in section 40002 shall 

apply. 

‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 

to be appropriated to carry out this section, $15,000,000 for each 

of fiscal years 2014 through 2018. Amounts appropriated under 

this section may only be used for programs and activities described 

under this section. 

‘‘(g) ALLOTMENT.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 25 percent of the total 

amounts appropriated under this section in each fiscal year 

shall be used for each set of purposes described in paragraphs 

(1), (2), and (3) of subsection (b). 

‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBES.—Not less than 10 percent of the total 

amounts appropriated under this section in each fiscal year 

shall be made available for grants to Indian tribes or tribal 

organizations. If an insufficient number of applications are 

received from Indian tribes or tribal organizations, such funds 

shall be allotted to other population-specific programs.’’. 

(b) REPEALS.—The following provisions are repealed: 

(1) Sections 41304 and 41305 of the Violence Against 

Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043d–3 and 14043d–4). 

(2) Section 403 of the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14045c). 

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TITLE V—STRENGTHENING THE 

HEALTHCARE SYSTEM’S RESPONSE 

TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND 

STALKING 

SEC. 501. CONSOLIDATION OF GRANTS TO STRENGTHEN THE 

HEALTHCARE SYSTEM’S RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC 

VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND 

STALKING. 

(a) GRANTS.—Section 399P of the Public Health Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 280g–4) is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘SEC. 399P. GRANTS TO STRENGTHEN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM’S 

RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award grants for— 

‘‘(1) the development or enhancement and implementation 

of interdisciplinary training for health professionals, public 

health staff, and allied health professionals; 

‘‘(2) the development or enhancement and implementation 

of education programs for medical, nursing, dental, and other 

health profession students and residents to prevent and respond 

to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

stalking; and 

‘‘(3) the development or enhancement and implementation 

of comprehensive statewide strategies to improve the response 

of clinics, public health facilities, hospitals, and other health 

settings (including behavioral and mental health programs) 

to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

stalking. 

‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.— 

‘‘(1) REQUIRED USES.—Amounts provided under a grant 

under this section shall be used to— 

‘‘(A) fund interdisciplinary training and education programs under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) that— 

‘‘(i) are designed to train medical, psychology, 

dental, social work, nursing, and other health profession students, interns, residents, fellows, or current 

health care providers to identify and provide health 

care services (including mental or behavioral health 

care services and referrals to appropriate community 

services) to individuals who are or who have been 

victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

assault, or stalking; and 

‘‘(ii) plan and develop culturally competent clinical 

training components for integration into approved 

internship, residency, and fellowship training or continuing medical or other health education training that 

address physical, mental, and behavioral health issues, 

including protective factors, related to domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and 

other forms of violence and abuse, focus on reducing 

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and include the primacy of victim safety and confidentiality; 

‘‘(B) design and implement comprehensive strategies 

to improve the response of the health care system to 

domestic or sexual violence in clinical and public health 

settings, hospitals, clinics, and other health settings 

(including behavioral and mental health), under subsection 

(a)(3) through— 

‘‘(i) the implementation, dissemination, and 

evaluation of policies and procedures to guide health 

professionals and public health staff in identifying and 

responding to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

assault, and stalking, including strategies to ensure 

that health information is maintained in a manner 

that protects the patient’s privacy and safety, and 

safely uses health information technology to improve 

documentation, identification, assessment, treatment, 

and follow-up care; 

‘‘(ii) the development of on-site access to services 

to address the safety, medical, and mental health needs 

of patients by increasing the capacity of existing health 

care professionals and public health staff to address 

domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

stalking, or by contracting with or hiring domestic 

or sexual assault advocates to provide such services 

or to model other services appropriate to the geographic 

and cultural needs of a site; 

‘‘(iii) the development of measures and methods 

for the evaluation of the practice of identification, intervention, and documentation regarding victims of 

domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

stalking, including the development and testing of 

quality improvement measurements, in accordance 

with the multi-stakeholder and quality measurement 

processes established under paragraphs (7) and (8) of 

section 1890(b) and section 1890A of the Social Security 

Act (42 U.S.C. 1395aaa(b)(7) and (8); 42 U.S.C. 1890A); 

and 

‘‘(iv) the provision of training and follow-up technical assistance to health care professionals, and public 

health staff, and allied health professionals to identify, 

assess, treat, and refer clients who are victims of 

domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

stalking, including using tools and training materials 

already developed. 

‘‘(2) PERMISSIBLE USES.— 

‘‘(A) CHILD AND ELDER ABUSE.—To the extent consistent 

with the purpose of this section, a grantee may use amounts 

received under this section to address, as part of a comprehensive programmatic approach implemented under the 

grant, issues relating to child or elder abuse. 

‘‘(B) RURAL AREAS.—Grants funded under paragraphs 

(1) and (2) of subsection (a) may be used to offer to rural 

areas community-based training opportunities, which may 

include the use of distance learning networks and other 

available technologies needed to reach isolated rural areas, 

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and residents on domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

assault, stalking, and, as appropriate, other forms of 

violence and abuse. 

‘‘(C) OTHER USES.—Grants funded under subsection 

(a)(3) may be used for— 

‘‘(i) the development of training modules and policies that address the overlap of child abuse, domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 

and elder abuse, as well as childhood exposure to 

domestic and sexual violence; 

‘‘(ii) the development, expansion, and implementation of sexual assault forensic medical examination 

or sexual assault nurse examiner programs; 

‘‘(iii) the inclusion of the health effects of lifetime 

exposure to violence and abuse as well as related 

protective factors and behavioral risk factors in health 

professional training schools including medical, dental, 

nursing, social work, and mental and behavioral health 

curricula, and allied health service training courses; 

or 

‘‘(iv) the integration of knowledge of domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 

into health care accreditation and professional 

licensing examinations, such as medical, dental, social 

work, and nursing boards, and where appropriate, 

other allied health exams. 

‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTEES.— 

‘‘(1) CONFIDENTIALITY AND SAFETY.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Grantees under this section shall 

ensure that all programs developed with grant funds 

address issues of confidentiality and patient safety and 

comply with applicable confidentiality and nondisclosure 

requirements under section 40002(b)(2) of the Violence 

Against Women Act of 1994 and the Family Violence 

Prevention and Services Act, and that faculty and staff 

associated with delivering educational components are fully 

trained in procedures that will protect the immediate and 

ongoing security and confidentiality of the patients, patient 

records, and staff. Such grantees shall consult entities with 

demonstrated expertise in the confidentiality and safety 

needs of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

sexual assault, and stalking on the development and adequacy of confidentially and security procedures, and provide 

documentation of such consultation. 

‘‘(B) ADVANCE NOTICE OF INFORMATION DISCLOSURE.— 

Grantees under this section shall provide to patients 

advance notice about any circumstances under which 

information may be disclosed, such as mandatory reporting 

laws, and shall give patients the option to receive information and referrals without affirmatively disclosing abuse. 

‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—A grantee 

shall use not more than 10 percent of the amounts received 

under a grant under this section for administrative expenses. 

‘‘(3) APPLICATION.— 

‘‘(A) PREFERENCE.—In selecting grant recipients under 

this section, the Secretary shall give preference to 

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applicants based on the strength of their evaluation strategies, with priority given to outcome based evaluations. 

‘‘(B) SUBSECTION (A)(1) AND (2) GRANTEES.—Applications 

for grants under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) 

shall include— 

‘‘(i) documentation that the applicant represents 

a team of entities working collaboratively to strengthen 

the response of the health care system to domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, 

and which includes at least one of each of— 

‘‘(I) an accredited school of allopathic or osteopathic medicine, psychology, nursing, dentistry, 

social work, or other health field; 

‘‘(II) a health care facility or system; or 

‘‘(III) a government or nonprofit entity with 

a history of effective work in the fields of domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

stalking; and 

‘‘(ii) strategies for the dissemination and sharing 

of curricula and other educational materials developed 

under the grant, if any, with other interested health 

professions schools and national resource repositories 

for materials on domestic violence, dating violence, 

sexual assault, and stalking. 

‘‘(C) SUBSECTION (A)(3) GRANTEES.—An entity desiring 

a grant under subsection (a)(3) shall submit an application 

to the Secretary at such time, in such a manner, and 

containing such information and assurances as the Secretary may require, including— 

‘‘(i) documentation that all training, education, 

screening, assessment, services, treatment, and any 

other approach to patient care will be informed by 

an understanding of violence and abuse victimization 

and trauma-specific approaches that will be integrated 

into prevention, intervention, and treatment activities; 

‘‘(ii) strategies for the development and 

implementation of policies to prevent and address 

domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

stalking over the lifespan in health care settings; 

‘‘(iii) a plan for consulting with State and tribal 

domestic violence or sexual assault coalitions, national 

nonprofit victim advocacy organizations, State or tribal 

law enforcement task forces (where appropriate), and 

population specific organizations with demonstrated 

expertise in domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

assault, or stalking; 

‘‘(iv) with respect to an application for a grant 

under which the grantee will have contact with 

patients, a plan, developed in collaboration with local 

victim service providers, to respond appropriately to 

and make correct referrals for individuals who disclose 

that they are victims of domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, stalking, or other types of 

violence, and documentation provided by the grantee 

of an ongoing collaborative relationship with a local 

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‘‘(v) with respect to an application for a grant 

proposing to fund a program described in subsection 

(b)(2)(C)(ii), a certification that any sexual assault 

forensic medical examination and sexual assault nurse 

examiner programs supported with such grant funds 

will adhere to the guidelines set forth by the Attorney 

General. 

‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive funding under 

paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a), an entity shall be— 

‘‘(A) a nonprofit organization with a history of effective 

work in the field of training health professionals with an 

understanding of, and clinical skills pertinent to, domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and 

lifetime exposure to violence and abuse; 

‘‘(B) an accredited school of allopathic or osteopathic 

medicine, psychology, nursing, dentistry, social work, or 

allied health; 

‘‘(C) a health care provider membership or professional 

organization, or a health care system; or 

‘‘(D) a State, tribal, territorial, or local entity. 

‘‘(2) SUBSECTION (A)(3) GRANTEES.—To be eligible to receive 

funding under subsection (a)(3), an entity shall be— 

‘‘(A) a State department (or other division) of health, 

a State, tribal, or territorial domestic violence or sexual 

assault coalition or victim service provider, or any other 

nonprofit, nongovernmental organization with a history of 

effective work in the fields of domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and health care, 

including physical or mental health care; or 

‘‘(B) a local victim service provider, a local department 

(or other division) of health, a local health clinic, hospital, 

or health system, or any other community-based organization with a history of effective work in the field of domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and 

health care, including physical or mental health care. 

‘‘(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made available to carry 

out this section for any fiscal year, the Secretary may make 

grants or enter into contracts to provide technical assistance 

with respect to the planning, development, and operation of 

any program, activity or service carried out pursuant to this 

section. Not more than 8 percent of the funds appropriated 

under this section in each fiscal year may be used to fund 

technical assistance under this subsection. 

‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF MATERIALS.—The Secretary shall 

make publicly available materials developed by grantees under 

this section, including materials on training, best practices, 

and research and evaluation. 

‘‘(3) REPORTING.—The Secretary shall publish a biennial 

report on— 

‘‘(A) the distribution of funds under this section; and 

‘‘(B) the programs and activities supported by such 

funds. 

‘‘(f) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made available to carry 

out this section for any fiscal year, the Secretary may use 

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not more than 20 percent to make a grant or enter into a 

contract for research and evaluation of— 

‘‘(A) grants awarded under this section; and 

‘‘(B) other training for health professionals and effective interventions in the health care setting that prevent 

domestic violence, dating violence, and sexual assault 

across the lifespan, prevent the health effects of such 

violence, and improve the safety and health of individuals 

who are currently being victimized. 

‘‘(2) RESEARCH.—Research authorized in paragraph (1) may 

include— 

‘‘(A) research on the effects of domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, and childhood exposure to 

domestic, dating or sexual violence on health behaviors, 

health conditions, and health status of individuals, families, 

and populations, including underserved populations; 

‘‘(B) research to determine effective health care interventions to respond to and prevent domestic violence, 

dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; 

‘‘(C) research on the impact of domestic, dating and 

sexual violence, childhood exposure to such violence, and 

stalking on the health care system, health care utilization, 

health care costs, and health status; and 

‘‘(D) research on the impact of adverse childhood 

experiences on adult experience with domestic violence, 

dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and adult health 

outcomes, including how to reduce or prevent the impact 

of adverse childhood experiences through the health care 

setting. 

‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 

to be appropriated to carry out this section, $10,000,000 for each 

of fiscal years 2014 through 2018. 

‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—Except as otherwise provided herein, the 

definitions provided for in section 40002 of the Violence Against 

Women Act of 1994 shall apply to this section.’’. 

(b) REPEALS.—The following provisions are repealed: 

(1) Section 40297 of the Violence Against Women Act of 

1994 (42 U.S.C. 13973). 

(2) Section 758 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

294h). 

TITLE VI—SAFE HOMES FOR VICTIMS 

OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND 

STALKING 

SEC. 601. HOUSING PROTECTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC 

VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND 

STALKING. 

(a) AMENDMENT.—Subtitle N of the Violence Against Women 

Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043e et seq.) is amended— 

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‘‘CHAPTER 1—GRANT PROGRAMS’’; 

(2) in section 41402 (42 U.S.C. 14043e–1), in the matter 

preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘subtitle’’ and inserting 

‘‘chapter’’; 

(3) in section 41403 (42 U.S.C. 14043e–2), in the matter 

preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘subtitle’’ and inserting 

‘‘chapter’’; and 

(4) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘CHAPTER 2—HOUSING RIGHTS 

‘‘SEC. 41411. HOUSING PROTECTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC 

VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND 

STALKING. 

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this chapter: 

‘‘(1) AFFILIATED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘affiliated individual’ means, with respect to an individual— 

‘‘(A) a spouse, parent, brother, sister, or child of that 

individual, or an individual to whom that individual stands 

in loco parentis; or 

‘‘(B) any individual, tenant, or lawful occupant living 

in the household of that individual. 

‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE AGENCY.—The term ‘appropriate agency’ 

means, with respect to a covered housing program, the Executive department (as defined in section 101 of title 5, United 

States Code) that carries out the covered housing program. 

‘‘(3) COVERED HOUSING PROGRAM.—The term ‘covered 

housing program’ means— 

‘‘(A) the program under section 202 of the Housing 

Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); 

‘‘(B) the program under section 811 of the CranstonGonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013); 

‘‘(C) the program under subtitle D of title VIII of the 

Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 

U.S.C. 12901 et seq.); 

‘‘(D) the program under subtitle A of title IV of the 

McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 

et seq.); 

‘‘(E) the program under subtitle A of title II of the 

Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 

U.S.C. 12741 et seq.); 

‘‘(F) the program under paragraph (3) of section 221(d) 

of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715l(d)) that bears 

interest at a rate determined under the proviso under 

paragraph (5) of such section 221(d); 

‘‘(G) the program under section 236 of the National 

Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1); 

‘‘(H) the programs under sections 6 and 8 of the United 

States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d and 1437f); 

‘‘(I) rural housing assistance provided under sections 

514, 515, 516, 533, and 538 of the Housing Act of 1949 

(42 U.S.C. 1484, 1485, 1486, 1490m, and 1490p–2); and 

‘‘(J) the low income housing tax credit program under 

section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

‘‘(b) PROHIBITED BASIS FOR DENIAL OR TERMINATION OF ASSIST- ANCE OR EVICTION.— 

42 USC 

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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An applicant for or tenant of housing 

assisted under a covered housing program may not be denied 

admission to, denied assistance under, terminated from participation in, or evicted from the housing on the basis that the 

applicant or tenant is or has been a victim of domestic violence, 

dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, if the applicant 

or tenant otherwise qualifies for admission, assistance, participation, or occupancy. 

‘‘(2) CONSTRUCTION OF LEASE TERMS.—An incident of actual 

or threatened domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

or stalking shall not be construed as— 

‘‘(A) a serious or repeated violation of a lease for 

housing assisted under a covered housing program by the 

victim or threatened victim of such incident; or 

‘‘(B) good cause for terminating the assistance, tenancy, 

or occupancy rights to housing assisted under a covered 

housing program of the victim or threatened victim of 

such incident. 

‘‘(3) TERMINATION ON THE BASIS OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.— 

‘‘(A) DENIAL OF ASSISTANCE, TENANCY, AND OCCUPANCY

RIGHTS PROHIBITED.—No person may deny assistance, tenancy, or occupancy rights to housing assisted under a covered housing program to a tenant solely on the basis of 

criminal activity directly relating to domestic violence, 

dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking that is engaged 

in by a member of the household of the tenant or any 

guest or other person under the control of the tenant, 

if the tenant or an affiliated individual of the tenant is 

the victim or threatened victim of such domestic violence, 

dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

‘‘(B) BIFURCATION.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subparagraph 

(A), a public housing agency or owner or manager 

of housing assisted under a covered housing program 

may bifurcate a lease for the housing in order to evict, 

remove, or terminate assistance to any individual who 

is a tenant or lawful occupant of the housing and 

who engages in criminal activity directly relating to 

domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

stalking against an affiliated individual or other individual, without evicting, removing, terminating assistance to, or otherwise penalizing a victim of such 

criminal activity who is also a tenant or lawful occupant of the housing. 

‘‘(ii) EFFECT OF EVICTION ON OTHER TENANTS.— 

If public housing agency or owner or manager of 

housing assisted under a covered housing program 

evicts, removes, or terminates assistance to an individual under clause (i), and the individual is the sole 

tenant eligible to receive assistance under a covered 

housing program, the public housing agency or owner 

or manager of housing assisted under the covered 

housing program shall provide any remaining tenant 

an opportunity to establish eligibility for the covered 

housing program. If a tenant described in the preceding 

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agency or owner or manager of the housing shall provide the tenant a reasonable time, as determined by 

the appropriate agency, to find new housing or to establish eligibility for housing under another covered 

housing program. 

‘‘(C) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be construed— 

‘‘(i) to limit the authority of a public housing 

agency or owner or manager of housing assisted under 

a covered housing program, when notified of a court 

order, to comply with a court order with respect to— 

‘‘(I) the rights of access to or control of property, including civil protection orders issued to protect a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, 

sexual assault, or stalking; or 

‘‘(II) the distribution or possession of property 

among members of a household in a case; 

‘‘(ii) to limit any otherwise available authority of 

a public housing agency or owner or manager of 

housing assisted under a covered housing program to 

evict or terminate assistance to a tenant for any violation of a lease not premised on the act of violence 

in question against the tenant or an affiliated person 

of the tenant, if the public housing agency or owner 

or manager does not subject an individual who is or 

has been a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, 

or stalking to a more demanding standard than other 

tenants in determining whether to evict or terminate; 

‘‘(iii) to limit the authority to terminate assistance 

to a tenant or evict a tenant from housing assisted 

under a covered housing program if a public housing 

agency or owner or manager of the housing can demonstrate that an actual and imminent threat to other 

tenants or individuals employed at or providing service 

to the property would be present if the assistance 

is not terminated or the tenant is not evicted; or 

‘‘(iv) to supersede any provision of any Federal, 

State, or local law that provides greater protection 

than this section for victims of domestic violence, 

dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

‘‘(c) DOCUMENTATION.— 

‘‘(1) REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTATION.—If an applicant for, 

or tenant of, housing assisted under a covered housing program 

represents to a public housing agency or owner or manager 

of the housing that the individual is entitled to protection 

under subsection (b), the public housing agency or owner or 

manager may request, in writing, that the applicant or tenant 

submit to the public housing agency or owner or manager 

a form of documentation described in paragraph (3). 

‘‘(2) FAILURE TO PROVIDE CERTIFICATION.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If an applicant or tenant does not 

provide the documentation requested under paragraph (1) 

within 14 business days after the tenant receives a request 

in writing for such certification from a public housing 

agency or owner or manager of housing assisted under 

a covered housing program, nothing in this chapter may 

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be construed to limit the authority of the public housing 

agency or owner or manager to— 

‘‘(i) deny admission by the applicant or tenant 

to the covered program; 

‘‘(ii) deny assistance under the covered program 

to the applicant or tenant; 

‘‘(iii) terminate the participation of the applicant 

or tenant in the covered program; or 

‘‘(iv) evict the applicant, the tenant, or a lawful 

occupant that commits violations of a lease. 

‘‘(B) EXTENSION.—A public housing agency or owner 

or manager of housing may extend the 14-day deadline 

under subparagraph (A) at its discretion. 

‘‘(3) FORM OF DOCUMENTATION.—A form of documentation 

described in this paragraph is— 

‘‘(A) a certification form approved by the appropriate 

agency that— 

‘‘(i) states that an applicant or tenant is a victim 

of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

or stalking; 

‘‘(ii) states that the incident of domestic violence, 

dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking that is the 

ground for protection under subsection (b) meets the 

requirements under subsection (b); and 

‘‘(iii) includes the name of the individual who committed the domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

assault, or stalking, if the name is known and safe 

to provide; 

‘‘(B) a document that— 

‘‘(i) is signed by— 

‘‘(I) an employee, agent, or volunteer of a 

victim service provider, an attorney, a medical 

professional, or a mental health professional from 

whom an applicant or tenant has sought assistance 

relating to domestic violence, dating violence, 

sexual assault, or stalking, or the effects of the 

abuse; and 

‘‘(II) the applicant or tenant; and 

‘‘(ii) states under penalty of perjury that the individual described in clause (i)(I) believes that the 

incident of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

assault, or stalking that is the ground for protection 

under subsection (b) meets the requirements under 

subsection (b); 

‘‘(C) a record of a Federal, State, tribal, territorial, 

or local law enforcement agency, court, or administrative 

agency; or 

‘‘(D) at the discretion of a public housing agency or 

owner or manager of housing assisted under a covered 

housing program, a statement or other evidence provided 

by an applicant or tenant. 

‘‘(4) CONFIDENTIALITY.—Any information submitted to a 

public housing agency or owner or manager under this subsection, including the fact that an individual is a victim of 

domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 

shall be maintained in confidence by the public housing agency 

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database or disclosed to any other entity or individual, except 

to the extent that the disclosure is— 

‘‘(A) requested or consented to by the individual in 

writing; 

‘‘(B) required for use in an eviction proceeding under 

subsection (b); or 

‘‘(C) otherwise required by applicable law. 

‘‘(5) DOCUMENTATION NOT REQUIRED.—Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require a public housing agency 

or owner or manager of housing assisted under a covered 

housing program to request that an individual submit documentation of the status of the individual as a victim of domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

‘‘(6) COMPLIANCE NOT SUFFICIENT TO CONSTITUTE EVIDENCE

OF UNREASONABLE ACT.—Compliance with subsection (b) by 

a public housing agency or owner or manager of housing 

assisted under a covered housing program based on documentation received under this subsection, shall not be sufficient to 

constitute evidence of an unreasonable act or omission by the 

public housing agency or owner or manager or an employee 

or agent of the public housing agency or owner or manager. 

Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to limit the 

liability of a public housing agency or owner or manager of 

housing assisted under a covered housing program for failure 

to comply with subsection (b). 

‘‘(7) RESPONSE TO CONFLICTING CERTIFICATION.—If a public 

housing agency or owner or manager of housing assisted under 

a covered housing program receives documentation under this 

subsection that contains conflicting information, the public 

housing agency or owner or manager may require an applicant 

or tenant to submit third-party documentation, as described 

in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) of paragraph (3). 

‘‘(8) PREEMPTION.—Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to supersede any provision of any Federal, State, or 

local law that provides greater protection than this subsection 

for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

or stalking. 

‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION.— 

‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban 

Development shall develop a notice of the rights of individuals 

under this section, including the right to confidentiality and 

the limits thereof. 

‘‘(2) PROVISION.—Each public housing agency or owner or 

manager of housing assisted under a covered housing program 

shall provide the notice developed under paragraph (1), together 

with the form described in subsection (c)(3)(A), to an applicant 

for or tenants of housing assisted under a covered housing 

program— 

‘‘(A) at the time the applicant is denied residency in 

a dwelling unit assisted under the covered housing program; 

‘‘(B) at the time the individual is admitted to a dwelling 

unit assisted under the covered housing program; 

‘‘(C) with any notification of eviction or notification 

of termination of assistance; and 

‘‘(D) in multiple languages, consistent with guidance 

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in accordance with Executive Order 13166 (42 U.S.C. 

2000d–1 note; relating to access to services for persons 

with limited English proficiency). 

‘‘(e) EMERGENCY TRANSFERS.—Each appropriate agency shall 

adopt a model emergency transfer plan for use by public housing 

agencies and owners or managers of housing assisted under covered 

housing programs that— 

‘‘(1) allows tenants who are victims of domestic violence, 

dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking to transfer to 

another available and safe dwelling unit assisted under a covered housing program if— 

‘‘(A) the tenant expressly requests the transfer; and 

‘‘(B)(i) the tenant reasonably believes that the tenant 

is threatened with imminent harm from further violence 

if the tenant remains within the same dwelling unit 

assisted under a covered housing program; or 

‘‘(ii) in the case of a tenant who is a victim of sexual 

assault, the sexual assault occurred on the premises during 

the 90 day period preceding the request for transfer; and 

‘‘(2) incorporates reasonable confidentiality measures to 

ensure that the public housing agency or owner or manager 

does not disclose the location of the dwelling unit of a tenant 

to a person that commits an act of domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, or stalking against the tenant. 

‘‘(f) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR EMERGENCY TRANSFER.— 

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall establish 

policies and procedures under which a victim requesting an emergency transfer under subsection (e) may receive, subject to the 

availability of tenant protection vouchers, assistance under section 

8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)). 

‘‘(g) IMPLEMENTATION.—The appropriate agency with respect 

to each covered housing program shall implement this section, 

as this section applies to the covered housing program.’’. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

(1) SECTION 6.—Section 6 of the United States Housing 

Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d) is amended— 

(A) in subsection (c)— 

(i) by striking paragraph (3); and 

(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as 

paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 

(B) in subsection (l)— 

(i) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘, and that an 

incident or incidents of actual or threatened domestic 

violence, dating violence, or stalking will not be construed as a serious or repeated violation of the lease 

by the victim or threatened victim of that violence 

and will not be good cause for terminating the tenancy 

or occupancy rights of the victim of such violence’’; 

and 

(ii) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘; except that’’ 

and all that follows through ‘‘stalking.’’; and 

(C) by striking subsection (u). 

(2) SECTION 8.—Section 8 of the United States Housing 

Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) is amended— 

(A) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (9); 

(B) in subsection (d)(1)— 

Applicability. 

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(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and that an 

applicant or participant is or has been a victim of 

domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking is not 

an appropriate basis for denial of program assistance 

or for denial of admission if the applicant otherwise 

qualifies for assistance or admission’’; and 

(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

(I) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘, and that an 

incident or incidents of actual or threatened 

domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking will 

not be construed as a serious or repeated violation 

of the lease by the victim or threatened victim 

of that violence and will not be good cause for 

terminating the tenancy or occupancy rights of 

the victim of such violence’’; and 

(II) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘, except that:’’ 

and all that follows through ‘‘stalking.’’; 

(C) in subsection (f)— 

(i) in paragraph (6), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(ii) in paragraph (7), by striking the semicolon 

at the end and inserting a period; and 

(iii) by striking paragraphs (8), (9), (10), and (11); 

(D) in subsection (o)— 

(i) in paragraph (6)(B), by striking the last sentence; 

(ii) in paragraph (7)— 

(I) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and that 

an incident or incidents of actual or threatened 

domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking shall 

not be construed as a serious or repeated violation 

of the lease by the victim or threatened victim 

of that violence and shall not be good cause for 

terminating the tenancy or occupancy rights of 

the victim of such violence’’; and 

(II) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘; except 

that’’ and all that follows through ‘‘stalking.’’; and 

(iii) by striking paragraph (20); and 

(E) by striking subsection (ee). 

(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act, or the 

amendments made by this Act, shall be construed— 

(A) to limit the rights or remedies available to any 

person under section 6 or 8 of the United States Housing 

Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d and 1437f), as in effect 

on the day before the date of enactment of this Act; 

(B) to limit any right, remedy, or procedure otherwise 

available under any provision of part 5, 91, 880, 882, 883, 

884, 886, 891, 903, 960, 966, 982, or 983 of title 24, Code 

of Federal Regulations, that— 

(i) was issued under the Violence Against Women 

and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 

(Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 2960) or an amendment 

made by that Act; and 

(ii) provides greater protection for victims of 

domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

stalking than this Act; or 

(C) to disqualify an owner, manager, or other individual 

from participating in or receiving the benefits of the low 

42 USC 1437d 

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income housing tax credit program under section 42 of 

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 because of noncompliance with the provisions of this Act. 

SEC. 602. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS FOR VICTIMS 

OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL 

ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 

Chapter 11 of subtitle B of the Violence Against Women Act 

of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13975 et seq.) is amended— 

(1) in the chapter heading, by striking ‘‘CHILD VICTIMS 

OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, STALKING, OR SEXUAL 

ASSAULT’’ and inserting ‘‘VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC 

VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR 

STALKING’’; and 

(2) in section 40299 (42 U.S.C. 13975)— 

(A) in the header, by striking ‘‘CHILD VICTIMS OF

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, STALKING, OR SEXUAL ASSAULT’’ and 

inserting ‘‘VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING

VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALKING’’; 

(B) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘fleeing’’; 

(C) in subsection (b)(3)— 

(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘ and’’ at the 

end; 

(ii) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); 

(iii) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following: 

‘‘(B) secure employment, including obtaining employment counseling, occupational training, job retention counseling, and counseling concerning re-entry in to the 

workforce; and’’; and 

(iv) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated by clause 

(ii), by striking ‘‘ employment counseling,’’; and 

(D) in subsection (g)— 

(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$40,000,000 for 

each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting 

‘‘$35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 

2018’’; and 

(ii) in paragraph (3)— 

(I) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘eligible’’ 

and inserting ‘‘qualified’’; and 

(II) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(D) QUALIFIED APPLICATION DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘qualified application’ means an application 

that— 

‘‘(i) has been submitted by an eligible applicant; 

‘‘(ii) does not propose any activities that may compromise victim safety, including— 

‘‘(I) background checks of victims; or 

‘‘(II) clinical evaluations to determine eligibility for services; 

‘‘(iii) reflects an understanding of the dynamics 

of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

or stalking; and 

‘‘(iv) does not propose prohibited activities, 

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SEC. 603. ADDRESSING THE HOUSING NEEDS OF VICTIMS OF 

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL 

ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 

Subtitle N of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 

U.S.C. 14043e et seq.) is amended— 

(1) in section 41404(i) (42 U.S.C. 14043e–3(i)), by striking 

‘‘$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 

2018’’; and 

(2) in section 41405(g) (42 U.S.C. 14043e–4(g)), by striking 

‘‘$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 

2018’’. 

TITLE VII—ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR 

VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE 

SEC. 701. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ON WORKPLACE RESPONSES 

TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE. 

Section 41501(e) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 

(42 U.S.C. 14043f(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2007 

through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’. 

TITLE VIII—PROTECTION OF BATTERED 

IMMIGRANTS 

SEC. 801. U NONIMMIGRANT DEFINITION. 

Section 101(a)(15)(U)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality 

Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)(iii)) is amended by inserting ‘‘stalking;’’ 

after ‘‘sexual exploitation;’’. 

SEC. 802. ANNUAL REPORT ON IMMIGRATION APPLICATIONS MADE 

BY VICTIMS OF ABUSE. 

Not later than December 1, 2014, and annually thereafter, 

the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee 

on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary 

of the House of Representatives a report that includes the following: 

(1) The number of aliens who— 

(A) submitted an application for nonimmigrant status 

under paragraph (15)(T)(i), (15)(U)(i), or (51) of section 

101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

1101(a)) during the preceding fiscal year; 

(B) were granted such nonimmigrant status during 

such fiscal year; or 

(C) were denied such nonimmigrant status during such 

fiscal year. 

(2) The mean amount of time and median amount of time 

to adjudicate an application for such nonimmigrant status 

during such fiscal year. 

(3) The mean amount of time and median amount of time 

between the receipt of an application for such nonimmigrant 

status and the issuance of work authorization to an eligible 

applicant during the preceding fiscal year. 

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(4) The number of aliens granted continued presence in 

the United States under section 107(c)(3) of the Trafficking 

Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(c)(3)) during 

the preceding fiscal year. 

(5) A description of any actions being taken to reduce 

the adjudication and processing time, while ensuring the safe 

and competent processing, of an application described in paragraph (1) or a request for continued presence referred to in 

paragraph (4). 

SEC. 803. PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN OF VAWA SELF-PETITIONERS. 

Section 204(l)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

U.S.C. 1154(l)(2)) is amended— 

(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

(2) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph 

(G); and 

(3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following: 

‘‘(F) a child of an alien who filed a pending or approved 

petition for classification or application for adjustment of 

status or other benefit specified in section 101(a)(51) as 

a VAWA self-petitioner; or’’. 

SEC. 804. PUBLIC CHARGE. 

Section 212(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

U.S.C. 1182(a)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(E) SPECIAL RULE FOR QUALIFIED ALIEN VICTIMS.— 

Subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) shall not apply to an 

alien who— 

‘‘(i) is a VAWA self-petitioner; 

‘‘(ii) is an applicant for, or is granted, nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(U); or 

‘‘(iii) is a qualified alien described in section 431(c) 

of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 

Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641(c)).’’. 

SEC. 805. REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO U VISAS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 214(p) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(p)) is amended by adding at the end 

the following: 

‘‘(7) AGE DETERMINATIONS.— 

‘‘(A) CHILDREN.—An unmarried alien who seeks to 

accompany, or follow to join, a parent granted status under 

section 101(a)(15)(U)(i), and who was under 21 years of 

age on the date on which such parent petitioned for such 

status, shall continue to be classified as a child for purposes 

of section 101(a)(15)(U)(ii), if the alien attains 21 years 

of age after such parent’s petition was filed but while 

it was pending. 

‘‘(B) PRINCIPAL ALIENS.—An alien described in clause 

(i) of section 101(a)(15)(U) shall continue to be treated 

as an alien described in clause (ii)(I) of such section if 

the alien attains 21 years of age after the alien’s application 

for status under such clause (i) is filed but while it is 

pending.’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) 

shall take effect as if enacted as part of the Victims of Trafficking 

and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386; 114 

Stat. 1464). 

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SEC. 806. HARDSHIP WAIVERS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 216(c)(4) of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1186a(c)(4)) is amended— 

(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking the comma at the 

end and inserting a semicolon; 

(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘(1), or’’ and inserting 

‘‘(1); or’’; 

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

end and inserting a semicolon and ‘‘or’’; and 

(4) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following: 

‘‘(D) the alien meets the requirements under section 

204(a)(1)(A)(iii)(II)(aa)(BB) and following the marriage ceremony was battered by or subject to extreme cruelty perpetrated by the alien’s intended spouse and was not at 

fault in failing to meet the requirements of paragraph 

(1).’’. 

(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 216(c)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1186a(c)(4)), as amended by 

subsection (a), is further amended— 

(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 

‘‘The Attorney General, in the Attorney General’s’’ and inserting 

‘‘The Secretary of Homeland Security, in the Secretary’s’’; and 

(2) in the undesignated paragraph at the end— 

(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ 

and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’; 

(B) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; 

(C) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘Attorney General.’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary.’’; and 

(D) in the fourth sentence, by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’. 

SEC. 807. PROTECTIONS FOR A FIANCE ́ E OR FIANCE ́ OF A CITIZEN. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (d)— 

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘crime.’’ and inserting 

‘‘crime described in paragraph (3)(B) and information on 

any permanent protection or restraining order issued 

against the petitioner related to any specified crime 

described in paragraph (3)(B)(i).’’; 

(B) in paragraph (2)(A), in the matter preceding clause 

(i)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘a consular officer’’ and inserting 

‘‘the Secretary of Homeland Security’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘the officer’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary’’; and 

(C) in paragraph (3)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘abuse, and 

stalking.’’ and inserting ‘‘abuse, stalking, or an attempt 

to commit any such crime.’’; and 

(2) in subsection (r)— 

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘crime.’’ and inserting 

‘‘crime described in paragraph (5)(B) and information on 

any permanent protection or restraining order issued 

against the petitioner related to any specified crime 

described in subsection (5)(B)(i).’’; and 

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‘‘(ii) To notify the beneficiary as required by clause (i), the 

Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide such notice to the 

Secretary of State for inclusion in the mailing to the beneficiary 

described in section 833(a)(5)(A)(i) of the International Marriage 

Broker Regulation Act of 2005 (8 U.S.C. 1375a(a)(5)(A)(i)).’’; and 

(3) in paragraph (5)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘abuse, and stalking.’’ 

and inserting ‘‘abuse, stalking, or an attempt to commit any 

such crime.’’. 

(b) PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO K NONIMMIGRANTS.—Section 

833 of the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005 

(8 U.S.C. 1375a) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)(5)(A)— 

(A) in clause (iii)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘State any’’ and inserting ‘‘State, 

for inclusion in the mailing described in clause (i), 

any’’; and 

(ii) by striking the last sentence; and 

(B) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(iv) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

conduct a background check of the National Crime 

Information Center’s Protection Order Database on 

each petitioner for a visa under subsection (d) or (r) 

of section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

(8 U.S.C. 1184). Any appropriate information obtained 

from such background check— 

‘‘(I) shall accompany the criminal background 

information provided by the Secretary of Homeland 

Security to the Secretary of State and shared by 

the Secretary of State with a beneficiary of a petition referred to in clause (iii); and 

‘‘(II) shall not be used or disclosed for any 

other purpose unless expressly authorized by law. 

‘‘(v) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

create a cover sheet or other mechanism to accompany 

the information required to be provided to an applicant 

for a visa under subsection (d) or (r) of section 214 

of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) 

by clauses (i) through (iv) of this paragraph or by 

clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection (r)(4)(B) of such section 

214, that calls to the applicant’s attention— 

‘‘(I) whether the petitioner disclosed a protection order, a restraining order, or criminal history 

information on the visa petition; 

‘‘(II) the criminal background information and 

information about any protection order obtained 

by the Secretary of Homeland Security regarding 

the petitioner in the course of adjudicating the 

petition; and 

‘‘(III) whether the information the petitioner 

disclosed on the visa petition regarding any previous petitions filed under subsection (d) or (r) 

of such section 214 is consistent with the information in the multiple visa tracking database of the 

Department of Homeland Security, as described 

in subsection (r)(4)(A) of such section 214.’’; and 

(2) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘orders’’ 

and inserting ‘‘and’’. 

Background 

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SEC. 808. REGULATION OF INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE BROKERS. 

(a) IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE BROKER

ACT OF 2005.— 

(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

(A) The International Marriage Broker Act of 2005 

(subtitle D of Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3066) has 

not been fully implemented with regard to investigating 

and prosecuting violations of the law, and for other purposes. 

(B) Six years after Congress enacted the International 

Marriage Broker Act of 2005 to regulate the activities 

of the hundreds of for-profit international marriage brokers 

operating in the United States, the Attorney General has 

not determined which component of the Department of 

Justice will investigate and prosecute violations of such 

Act. 

(2) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit 

to Congress a report that includes the following: 

(A) The name of the component of the Department 

of Justice responsible for investigating and prosecuting violations of the International Marriage Broker Act of 2005 

(subtitle D of Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3066) and 

the amendments made by this Act. 

(B) A description of the policies and procedures of 

the Attorney General for consultation with the Secretary 

of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State in investigating and prosecuting such violations. 

(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 833(a)(2)(H) of the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005 (8 U.S.C. 

1375a(a)(2)(H)) is amended by striking ‘‘Federal and State sex 

offender public registries’’ and inserting ‘‘the National Sex Offender 

Public Website’’. 

(c) REGULATION OF INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE BROKERS.—Section 833(d) of the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act 

of 2005 (8 U.S.C. 1375a(d)) is amended— 

(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: 

‘‘(1) PROHIBITION ON MARKETING OF OR TO CHILDREN.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An international marriage broker 

shall not provide any individual or entity with the personal 

contact information, photograph, or general information 

about the background or interests of any individual under 

the age of 18. 

‘‘(B) COMPLIANCE.—To comply with the requirements 

of subparagraph (A), an international marriage broker 

shall— 

‘‘(i) obtain a valid copy of each foreign national 

client’s birth certificate or other proof of age document 

issued by an appropriate government entity; 

‘‘(ii) indicate on such certificate or document the 

date it was received by the international marriage 

broker; 

‘‘(iii) retain the original of such certificate or document for 7 years after such date of receipt; and 

‘‘(iv) produce such certificate or document upon 

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(2) in paragraph (2)— 

(A) in subparagraph (A)(i)— 

(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘REGISTRIES.—’’ and 

inserting ‘‘WEBSITE.—’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘Registry or State sex offender 

public registry,’’ and inserting ‘‘Website,’’; and 

(B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘or stalking.’’ 

and inserting ‘‘stalking, or an attempt to commit any such 

crime.’’; 

(3) in paragraph (3)— 

(A) in subparagraph (A)— 

(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘Registry, or of the 

relevant State sex offender public registry for any State 

not yet participating in the National Sex Offender 

Public Registry, in which the United States client has 

resided during the previous 20 years,’’ and inserting 

‘‘Website’’; and 

(ii) in clause (iii)(II), by striking ‘‘background 

information collected by the international marriage 

broker under paragraph (2)(B);’’ and inserting ‘‘signed 

certification and accompanying documentation or 

attestation regarding the background information collected under paragraph (2)(B);’’; and 

(B) by striking subparagraph (C); 

(4) in paragraph (5)— 

(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ‘‘A penalty may 

be imposed under clause (i) by the Attorney General only’’ 

and inserting ‘‘At the discretion of the Attorney General, 

a penalty may be imposed under clause (i) either by a 

Federal judge, or by the Attorney General’’; 

(B) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows: 

‘‘(B) FEDERAL CRIMINAL PENALTIES.— 

‘‘(i) FAILURE OF INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE BROKERS

TO COMPLY WITH OBLIGATIONS.—Except as provided in 

clause (ii), an international marriage broker that, in 

circumstances in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, or within the special maritime and territorial 

jurisdiction of the United States— 

‘‘(I) except as provided in subclause (II), violates (or attempts to violate) paragraph (1), (2), 

(3), or (4) shall be fined in accordance with title 

18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not more 

than 1 year, or both; or 

‘‘(II) knowingly violates or attempts to violate 

paragraphs (1), (2), (3), or (4) shall be fined in 

accordance with title 18, United States Code, or 

imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both. 

‘‘(ii) MISUSE OF INFORMATION.—A person who 

knowingly discloses, uses, or causes to be used any 

information obtained by an international marriage 

broker as a result of a requirement under paragraph 

(2) or (3) for any purpose other than the disclosures 

required under paragraph (3) shall be fined in accordance with title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned 

for not more than 1 year, or both. 

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who knowingly and with intent to defraud another 

person outside the United States in order to recruit, 

solicit, entice, or induce that other person into entering 

a dating or matrimonial relationship, makes false or 

fraudulent representations regarding the disclosures 

described in clause (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) of subsection 

(d)(2)(B), including by failing to make any such disclosures, shall be fined in accordance with title 18, United 

States Code, imprisoned for not more than 1 year, 

or both. 

‘‘(iv) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PENALTIES.—The 

penalties provided in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) are in 

addition to any other civil or criminal liability under 

Federal or State law to which a person may be subject 

for the misuse of information, including misuse to 

threaten, intimidate, or harass any individual. 

‘‘(v) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this paragraph 

or paragraph (3) or (4) may be construed to prevent 

the disclosure of information to law enforcement or 

pursuant to a court order.’’; and 

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

the end and inserting ‘‘including equitable remedies.’’; 

(5) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs 

(7) and (8), respectively; and 

(6) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following: 

‘‘(6) ENFORCEMENT.— 

‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—The Attorney General shall be 

responsible for the enforcement of the provisions of this 

section, including the prosecution of civil and criminal penalties provided for by this section. 

‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—The Attorney General shall consult with the Director of the Office on Violence Against 

Women of the Department of Justice to develop policies 

and public education designed to promote enforcement of 

this section.’’. 

(d) GAO STUDY AND REPORT.—Section 833(f) of the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005 (8 U.S.C. 1375a(f)) 

is amended— 

(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘STUDY AND

REPORT.—’’ and inserting ‘‘STUDIES AND REPORTS.—’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(4) CONTINUING IMPACT STUDY AND REPORT.— 

‘‘(A) STUDY.—The Comptroller General shall conduct 

a study on the continuing impact of the implementation 

of this section and of section of 214 of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) on the process for 

granting K nonimmigrant visas, including specifically a 

study of the items described in subparagraphs (A) through 

(E) of paragraph (1). 

‘‘(B) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

of the enactment of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, the Comptroller General shall submit 

to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 

Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 

a report setting forth the results of the study conducted 

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‘‘(C) DATA COLLECTION.—The Attorney General, the 

Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of State 

shall collect and maintain the data necessary for the Comptroller General to conduct the study required by paragraph 

(1)(A).’’. 

SEC. 809. ELIGIBILITY OF CRIME AND TRAFFICKING VICTIMS IN THE 

COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 

TO ADJUST STATUS. 

Section 705(c) of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 

2008 (Public Law 110–229; 48 U.S.C. 1806 note), is amended by 

striking ‘‘except that,’’ and all that follows through the end, and 

inserting the following: ‘‘except that— 

‘‘(1) for the purpose of determining whether an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence (as defined in section 

101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

1101(a)(20)) has abandoned or lost such status by reason of 

absence from the United States, such alien’s presence in the 

Commonwealth, before, on or after November 28, 2009, shall 

be considered to be presence in the United States; and 

‘‘(2) for the purpose of determining whether an alien whose 

application for status under subparagraph (T) or (U) of section 

101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

1101(a)(15)) was granted is subsequently eligible for adjustment 

under subsection (l) or (m) of section 245 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 

1255), such alien’s physical presence in the Commonwealth 

before, on, or after November 28, 2009, and subsequent to 

the grant of the application, shall be considered as equivalent 

to presence in the United States pursuant to a nonimmigrant 

admission in such status.’’. 

SEC. 810. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY 

PURPOSES. 

(a) INFORMATION SHARING.—Section 384(b) of the Illegal 

Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 

(8 U.S.C. 1367(b)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1)— 

(A) by inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security or 

the’’ before ‘‘Attorney General may’’; and 

(B) by inserting ‘‘Secretary’s or the’’ before ‘‘Attorney 

General’s discretion’’; 

(2) in paragraph (2)— 

(A) by inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security or 

the’’ before ‘‘Attorney General may’’; 

(B) by inserting ‘‘Secretary or the’’ before ‘‘Attorney 

General for’’; and 

(C) by inserting ‘‘in a manner that protects the confidentiality of such information’’ after ‘‘law enforcement 

purpose’’; 

(3) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘Attorney General is’’ 

and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney 

General are’’; and 

(4) by adding at the end a new paragraph as follows: 

‘‘(8) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), the Secretary of 

Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, or the Attorney 

General may provide in the discretion of either such Secretary 

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national security officials to be used solely for a national security purpose in a manner that protects the confidentiality of 

such information.’’. 

(b) GUIDELINES.—Section 384(d) of the Illegal Immigration 

Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1367(d)) 

is amended— 

(1) by inserting ‘‘, Secretary of State,’’ after ‘‘The Attorney 

General’’; 

(2) by inserting ‘‘, Department of State,’’ after ‘‘Department 

of Justice’’; and 

(3) by inserting ‘‘and severe forms of trafficking in persons 

or criminal activity listed in section 101(a)(15)(U) of the 

Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(u))’’ after 

‘‘domestic violence’’. 

(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, the Secretary 

of State, and Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide the 

guidance required by section 384(d) of the Illegal Immigration 

Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1367(d)), 

consistent with the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b). 

(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 384(a)(1) of the Illegal 

Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1986 

is amended by striking ‘‘241(a)(2)’’ in the matter following subparagraph (F) and inserting ‘‘237(a)(2)’’. 

TITLE IX—SAFETY FOR INDIAN WOMEN 

SEC. 901. GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS. 

Section 2015(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–10(a)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘sex trafficking,’’ after 

‘‘sexual assault,’’; 

(2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘sex trafficking,’’ after 

‘‘sexual assault,’’; 

(3) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and stalking’’ and all 

that follows and inserting ‘‘sexual assault, sex trafficking, and 

stalking;’’; 

(4) in paragraph (7)— 

(A) by inserting ‘‘sex trafficking,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’ 

each place it appears; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(5) in paragraph (8)— 

(A) by inserting ‘‘sex trafficking,’’ after ‘‘stalking,’’; and 

(B) by striking the period at the end and inserting 

a semicolon; and 

(6) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(9) provide services to address the needs of youth who 

are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

sex trafficking, or stalking and the needs of youth and children 

exposed to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

or stalking, including support for the nonabusing parent or 

the caretaker of the youth or child; and 

‘‘(10) develop and promote legislation and policies that 

enhance best practices for responding to violent crimes against 

Indian women, including the crimes of domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking.’’. 

8 USC 1367. 

Deadline. 

Guidance. 

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SEC. 902. GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBAL COALITIONS. 

Section 2001 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg) is amended by striking 

subsection (d) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(d) TRIBAL COALITION GRANTS.— 

‘‘(1) PURPOSE.—The Attorney General shall award a grant 

to tribal coalitions for purposes of— 

‘‘(A) increasing awareness of domestic violence and 

sexual assault against Indian women; 

‘‘(B) enhancing the response to violence against Indian 

women at the Federal, State, and tribal levels; 

‘‘(C) identifying and providing technical assistance to 

coalition membership and tribal communities to enhance 

access to essential services to Indian women victimized 

by domestic and sexual violence, including sex trafficking; 

and 

‘‘(D) assisting Indian tribes in developing and promoting State, local, and tribal legislation and policies that 

enhance best practices for responding to violent crimes 

against Indian women, including the crimes of domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, 

and stalking. 

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

on an annual basis under paragraph (1) to— 

‘‘(A) each tribal coalition that— 

‘‘(i) meets the criteria of a tribal coalition under 

section 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act 

of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925(a)); 

‘‘(ii) is recognized by the Office on Violence Against 

Women; and 

‘‘(iii) provides services to Indian tribes; and 

‘‘(B) organizations that propose to incorporate and 

operate a tribal coalition in areas where Indian tribes 

are located but no tribal coalition exists. 

‘‘(3) USE OF AMOUNTS.—For each of fiscal years 2014 

through 2018, of the amounts appropriated to carry out this 

subsection— 

‘‘(A) not more than 10 percent shall be made available 

to organizations described in paragraph (2)(B), provided 

that 1 or more organizations determined by the Attorney 

General to be qualified apply; 

‘‘(B) not less than 90 percent shall be made available 

to tribal coalitions described in paragraph (2)(A), which 

amounts shall be distributed equally among each eligible 

tribal coalition for the applicable fiscal year. 

‘‘(4) ELIGIBILITY FOR OTHER GRANTS.—Receipt of an award 

under this subsection by a tribal coalition shall not preclude 

the tribal coalition from receiving additional grants under this 

title to carry out the purposes described in paragraph (1). 

‘‘(5) MULTIPLE PURPOSE APPLICATIONS.—Nothing in this 

subsection prohibits any tribal coalition or organization 

described in paragraph (2) from applying for funding to address 

sexual assault or domestic violence needs in the same application.’’. 

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SEC. 903. CONSULTATION. 

Section 903 of the Violence Against Women and Department 

of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14045d) is 

amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘and the Violence Against Women Act 

of 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Violence Against Women 

Act of 2000’’; and 

(B) by inserting ‘‘, and the Violence Against Women 

Reauthorization Act of 2013’’ before the period at the end; 

(2) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 

‘‘Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of the Interior,’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and stalking’’ and 

inserting ‘‘stalking, and sex trafficking’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Attorney General shall submit to 

Congress an annual report on the annual consultations required 

under subsection (a) that— 

‘‘(1) contains the recommendations made under subsection 

(b) by Indian tribes during the year covered by the report; 

‘‘(2) describes actions taken during the year covered by 

the report to respond to recommendations made under subsection (b) during the year or a previous year; and 

‘‘(3) describes how the Attorney General will work in 

coordination and collaboration with Indian tribes, the Secretary 

of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of the Interior 

to address the recommendations made under subsection (b). 

‘‘(d) NOTICE.—Not later than 120 days before the date of a 

consultation under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall notify 

tribal leaders of the date, time, and location of the consultation.’’. 

SEC. 904. TRIBAL JURISDICTION OVER CRIMES OF DOMESTIC 

VIOLENCE. 

Title II of Public Law 90–284 (25 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) (commonly 

known as the ‘‘Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968’’) is amended by 

adding at the end the following: 

‘‘SEC. 204. TRIBAL JURISDICTION OVER CRIMES OF DOMESTIC 

VIOLENCE. 

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

‘‘(1) DATING VIOLENCE.—The term ‘dating violence’ means 

violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social 

relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim, 

as determined by the length of the relationship, the type of 

relationship, and the frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship. 

‘‘(2) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘domestic violence’ 

means violence committed by a current or former spouse or 

intimate partner of the victim, by a person with whom the 

victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabitating with or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse 

or intimate partner, or by a person similarly situated to a 

spouse of the victim under the domestic- or family- violence 

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laws of an Indian tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian 

country where the violence occurs. 

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

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

States Code. 

‘‘(4) PARTICIPATING TRIBE.—The term ‘participating tribe’ 

means an Indian tribe that elects to exercise special domestic 

violence criminal jurisdiction over the Indian country of that 

Indian tribe. 

‘‘(5) PROTECTION ORDER.—The term ‘protection order’— 

‘‘(A) means any injunction, restraining order, or other 

order issued by a civil or criminal court for the purpose 

of preventing violent or threatening acts or harassment 

against, sexual violence against, contact or communication 

with, or physical proximity to, another person; and 

‘‘(B) includes any temporary or final order issued by 

a civil or criminal court, whether obtained by filing an 

independent action or as a pendent lite order in another 

proceeding, if the civil or criminal order was issued in 

response to a complaint, petition, or motion filed by or 

on behalf of a person seeking protection. 

‘‘(6) SPECIAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.— 

The term ‘special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction’ means 

the criminal jurisdiction that a participating tribe may exercise 

under this section but could not otherwise exercise. 

‘‘(7) SPOUSE OR INTIMATE PARTNER.—The term ‘spouse or 

intimate partner’ has the meaning given the term in section 

2266 of title 18, United States Code. 

‘‘(b) NATURE OF THE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

law, in addition to all powers of self-government recognized 

and affirmed by sections 201 and 203, the powers of selfgovernment of a participating tribe include the inherent power 

of that tribe, which is hereby recognized and affirmed, to exercise special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction over all persons. 

‘‘(2) CONCURRENT JURISDICTION.—The exercise of special 

domestic violence criminal jurisdiction by a participating tribe 

shall be concurrent with the jurisdiction of the United States, 

of a State, or of both. 

‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY.—Nothing in this section— 

‘‘(A) creates or eliminates any Federal or State criminal 

jurisdiction over Indian country; or 

‘‘(B) affects the authority of the United States or any 

State government that has been delegated authority by 

the United States to investigate and prosecute a criminal 

violation in Indian country. 

‘‘(4) EXCEPTIONS.— 

‘‘(A) VICTIM AND DEFENDANT ARE BOTH NON-INDIANS.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A participating tribe may not 

exercise special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction 

over an alleged offense if neither the defendant nor 

the alleged victim is an Indian. 

‘‘(ii) DEFINITION OF VICTIM.—In this subparagraph 

and with respect to a criminal proceeding in which 

a participating tribe exercises special domestic violence 

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order, the term ‘victim’ means a person specifically 

protected by a protection order that the defendant 

allegedly violated. 

‘‘(B) DEFENDANT LACKS TIES TO THE INDIAN TRIBE.— A participating tribe may exercise special domestic violence 

criminal jurisdiction over a defendant only if the defendant— 

‘‘(i) resides in the Indian country of the participating tribe; 

‘‘(ii) is employed in the Indian country of the 

participating tribe; or 

‘‘(iii) is a spouse, intimate partner, or dating 

partner of— 

‘‘(I) a member of the participating tribe; or 

‘‘(II) an Indian who resides in the Indian 

country of the participating tribe. 

‘‘(c) CRIMINAL CONDUCT.—A participating tribe may exercise 

special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction over a defendant 

for criminal conduct that falls into one or more of the following 

categories: 

‘‘(1) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND DATING VIOLENCE.—An act 

of domestic violence or dating violence that occurs in the Indian 

country of the participating tribe. 

‘‘(2) VIOLATIONS OF PROTECTION ORDERS.—An act that— 

‘‘(A) occurs in the Indian country of the participating 

tribe; and 

‘‘(B) violates the portion of a protection order that— 

‘‘(i) prohibits or provides protection against violent 

or threatening acts or harassment against, sexual 

violence against, contact or communication with, or 

physical proximity to, another person; 

‘‘(ii) was issued against the defendant; 

‘‘(iii) is enforceable by the participating tribe; and 

‘‘(iv) is consistent with section 2265(b) of title 18, 

United States Code. 

‘‘(d) RIGHTS OF DEFENDANTS.—In a criminal proceeding in 

which a participating tribe exercises special domestic violence 

criminal jurisdiction, the participating tribe shall provide to the 

defendant— 

‘‘(1) all applicable rights under this Act; 

‘‘(2) if a term of imprisonment of any length may be 

imposed, all rights described in section 202(c); 

‘‘(3) the right to a trial by an impartial jury that is drawn 

from sources that— 

‘‘(A) reflect a fair cross section of the community; and 

‘‘(B) do not systematically exclude any distinctive group 

in the community, including non-Indians; and 

‘‘(4) all other rights whose protection is necessary under 

the Constitution of the United States in order for Congress 

to recognize and affirm the inherent power of the participating 

tribe to exercise special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction 

over the defendant. 

‘‘(e) PETITIONS TO STAY DETENTION.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person who has filed a petition for 

a writ of habeas corpus in a court of the United States under 

section 203 may petition that court to stay further detention 

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‘‘(2) GRANT OF STAY.—A court shall grant a stay described 

in paragraph (1) if the court— 

‘‘(A) finds that there is a substantial likelihood that 

the habeas corpus petition will be granted; and 

‘‘(B) after giving each alleged victim in the matter 

an opportunity to be heard, finds by clear and convincing 

evidence that under conditions imposed by the court, the 

petitioner is not likely to flee or pose a danger to any 

person or the community if released. 

‘‘(3) NOTICE.—An Indian tribe that has ordered the detention of any person has a duty to timely notify such person 

of his rights and privileges under this subsection and under 

section 203. 

‘‘(f) GRANTS TO TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.—The Attorney General 

may award grants to the governments of Indian tribes (or to authorized designees of those governments)— 

‘‘(1) to strengthen tribal criminal justice systems to assist 

Indian tribes in exercising special domestic violence criminal 

jurisdiction, including— 

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

enforcement or court personnel to enter information into 

and obtain information from national crime information 

databases); 

‘‘(B) prosecution; 

‘‘(C) trial and appellate courts; 

‘‘(D) probation systems; 

‘‘(E) detention and correctional facilities; 

‘‘(F) alternative rehabilitation centers; 

‘‘(G) culturally appropriate services and assistance for 

victims and their families; and 

‘‘(H) criminal codes and rules of criminal procedure, 

appellate procedure, and evidence; 

‘‘(2) 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 a crime of domestic violence or dating violence 

or a criminal violation of a protection order; 

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

participating tribe exercises special domestic violence criminal 

jurisdiction, jurors are summoned, selected, and instructed in 

a manner consistent with all applicable requirements; and 

‘‘(4) to accord victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

and violations of protection orders rights that are similar to 

the rights of a crime victim described in section 3771(a) of 

title 18, United States Code, consistent with tribal law and 

custom. 

‘‘(g) 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. 

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

to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 

2018 to carry out subsection (f) and to provide training, technical 

assistance, data collection, and evaluation of the criminal justice 

systems of participating tribes.’’. 


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SEC. 905. TRIBAL PROTECTION ORDERS. 

Section 2265 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 

striking subsection (e) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(e) TRIBAL COURT JURISDICTION.—For purposes of this section, 

a court of an Indian tribe shall have full civil jurisdiction to issue 

and enforce protection orders involving any person, including the 

authority to enforce any orders through civil contempt proceedings, 

to exclude violators from Indian land, and to use other appropriate 

mechanisms, in matters arising anywhere in the Indian country 

of the Indian tribe (as defined in section 1151) or otherwise within 

the authority of the Indian tribe.’’. 

SEC. 906. AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL ASSAULT STATUTE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 113 of title 18, United States Code, 

is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(1) Assault with intent to commit murder or a violation 

of section 2241 or 2242, by a fine under this title, imprisonment 

for not more than 20 years, or both.’’; 

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘felony under chapter 

109A’’ and inserting ‘‘violation of section 2241 or 2242’’; 

(C) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘and without just 

cause or excuse,’’; 

(D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘six months’’ and 

inserting ‘‘1 year’’; 

(E) in paragraph (7)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘substantial bodily injury to an individual who has not attained the age of 16 years’’ and 

inserting ‘‘substantial bodily injury to a spouse or 

intimate partner, a dating partner, or an individual 

who has not attained the age of 16 years’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘fine’’ and inserting ‘‘a fine’’; and 

(F) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(8) Assault of a spouse, intimate partner, or dating partner 

by strangling, suffocating, or attempting to strangle or suffocate, by a fine under this title, imprisonment for not more 

than 10 years, or both.’’; and 

(2) in subsection (b)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘(b) As used in this subsection—’’ and 

inserting the following: 

‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—’’; 

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

(C) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the 

end and inserting a semicolon; and 

(D) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(3) the terms ‘dating partner’ and ‘spouse or intimate 

partner’ have the meanings given those terms in section 2266; 

‘‘(4) the term ‘strangling’ means intentionally, knowingly, 

or recklessly impeding the normal breathing or circulation of 

the blood of a person by applying pressure to the throat or 

neck, regardless of whether that conduct results in any visible 

injury or whether there is any intent to kill or protractedly 

injure the victim; and 

‘‘(5) the term ‘suffocating’ means intentionally, knowingly, 

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covering the mouth of the person, the nose of the person, 

or both, regardless of whether that conduct results in any 

visible injury or whether there is any intent to kill or 

protractedly injure the victim.’’. 

(b) INDIAN MAJOR CRIMES.—Section 1153(a) of title 18, United 

States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘assault with intent to commit 

murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault resulting in 

serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365 of this title)’’ 

and inserting ‘‘a felony assault under section 113’’. 

(c) REPEAT OFFENDERS.—Section 2265A(b)(1)(B) of title 18, 

United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or tribal’’ after 

‘‘State’’. 

SEC. 907. ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH ON VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIAN 

WOMEN. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 904(a) of the Violence Against Women 

and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

3796gg–10 note) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘The National’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later 

than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Violence 

Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, the National’’; 

and 

(B) by inserting ‘‘and in Native villages (as defined 

in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

(43 U.S.C. 1602))’’ before the period at the end; 

(2) in paragraph (2)(A)— 

(A) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(B) in clause (v), by striking the period at the end 

and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(vi) sex trafficking.’’; 

(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting 

‘‘the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013’’; 

and 

(4) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘this section $1,000,000 

for each of fiscal years 2007 and 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘this 

subsection $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 and 2015’’. 

(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 905(b)(2) of 

the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (28 U.S.C. 534 note) is amended by striking 

‘‘fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2014 

through 2018’’. 

SEC. 908. EFFECTIVE DATES; PILOT PROJECT. 

(a) GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in section 

4 and subsection (b) of this section, the amendments made by 

this title shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE FOR SPECIAL DOMESTIC-VIOLENCE CRIMINAL

JURISDICTION.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), subsections (b) through (d) of section 204 of Public Law 90–284 

(as added by section 904) shall take effect on the date that 

is 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 

(2) PILOT PROJECT.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—At any time during the 2-year period 

beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, an Indian 

tribe may ask the Attorney General to designate the tribe 

Time period. 

25 USC 1304 

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as a participating tribe under section 204(a) of Public Law 

90–284 on an accelerated basis. 

(B) PROCEDURE.—The Attorney General may grant a 

request under subparagraph (A) after coordinating with 

the Secretary of the Interior, consulting with affected 

Indian tribes, and concluding that the criminal justice 

system of the requesting tribe has adequate safeguards 

in place to protect defendants’ rights, consistent with section 204 of Public Law 90–284. 

(C) EFFECTIVE DATES FOR PILOT PROJECTS.—An Indian 

tribe designated as a participating tribe under this paragraph may commence exercising special domestic violence 

criminal jurisdiction pursuant to subsections (b) through 

(d) of section 204 of Public Law 90–284 on a date established by the Attorney General, after consultation with 

that Indian tribe, but in no event later than the date 

that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 909. INDIAN LAW AND ORDER COMMISSION; REPORT ON THE 

ALASKA RURAL JUSTICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 

COMMISSION. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 15(f) of the Indian Law Enforcement 

Reform Act (25 U.S.C. 2812(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘2 years’’ 

and inserting ‘‘3 years’’. 

(b) REPORT.—The Attorney General, in consultation with the 

Attorney General of the State of Alaska, the Commissioner of Public 

Safety of the State of Alaska, the Alaska Federation of Natives 

and Federally recognized Indian tribes in the State of Alaska, 

shall report to Congress not later than one year after enactment 

of this Act with respect to whether the Alaska Rural Justice and 

Law Enforcement Commission established under Section 112(a)(1) 

of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 should be continued 

and appropriations authorized for the continued work of the 

commission. The report may contain recommendations for legislation with respect to the scope of work and composition of the 

commission. 

SEC. 910. SPECIAL RULE FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA. 

(a) EXPANDED JURISDICTION.—In the State of Alaska, the 

amendments made by sections 904 and 905 shall only apply to 

the Indian country (as defined in section 1151 of title 18, United 

States Code) of the Metlakatla Indian Community, Annette Island 

Reserve. 

(b) RETAINED JURISDICTION.—The jurisdiction and authority 

of each Indian tribe in the State of Alaska under section 2265(e) 

of title 18, United States Code (as in effect on the day before 

the date of enactment of this Act)— 

(1) shall remain in full force and effect; and 

(2) are not limited or diminished by this Act or any amendment made by this Act. 

(c) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this Act or an amendment 

made by this Act limits or diminishes the jurisdiction of the State 

of Alaska, any subdivision of the State of Alaska, or any Indian 

tribe in the State of Alaska. 

18 USC 2265 

note. 

Applicability. 

Consultation. 

Consultation. 

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TITLE X—SAFER ACT 

SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence 

Reporting Act of 2013’’ or the ‘‘SAFER Act of 2013’’. 

SEC. 1002. DEBBIE SMITH GRANTS FOR AUDITING SEXUAL ASSAULT 

EVIDENCE BACKLOGS. 

Section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 

2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following 

new paragraph: 

‘‘(7) To conduct an audit consistent with subsection (n) 

of the samples of sexual assault evidence that are in the possession of the State or unit of local government and are awaiting 

testing. 

‘‘(8) To ensure that the collection and processing of DNA 

evidence by law enforcement agencies from crimes, including 

sexual assault and other violent crimes against persons, is 

carried out in an appropriate and timely manner and in accordance with the protocols and practices developed under subsection (o)(1).’’; 

(2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following 

new paragraph: 

‘‘(4) ALLOCATION OF GRANT AWARDS FOR AUDITS.—For each 

of fiscal years 2014 through 2017, not less than 5 percent, 

but not more than 7 percent, of the grant amounts distributed 

under paragraph (1) shall, if sufficient applications to justify 

such amounts are received by the Attorney General, be awarded 

for purposes described in subsection (a)(7), provided that none 

of the funds required to be distributed under this paragraph 

shall decrease or otherwise limit the availability of funds 

required to be awarded to States or units of local government 

under paragraph (3).’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following new subsections: 

‘‘(n) USE OF FUNDS FOR AUDITING SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE

BACKLOGS.— 

‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—The Attorney General may award a grant 

under this section to a State or unit of local government for 

the purpose described in subsection (a)(7) only if the State 

or unit of local government— 

‘‘(A) submits a plan for performing the audit of samples 

described in such subsection; and 

‘‘(B) includes in such plan a good-faith estimate of 

the number of such samples. 

‘‘(2) GRANT CONDITIONS.—A State or unit of local government receiving a grant for the purpose described in subsection 

(a)(7)— 

‘‘(A) may not enter into any contract or agreement 

with any non-governmental vendor laboratory to conduct 

an audit described in subsection (a)(7); and 

‘‘(B) shall— 

‘‘(i) not later than 1 year after receiving the grant, 

complete the audit referred to in paragraph (1)(A) in 

accordance with the plan submitted under such paragraph; 

Deadline. 

Plans. 

Sexual Assault 

Forensic 

Evidence 

Reporting Act 

of 2013. 

Grants. 

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‘‘(ii) not later than 60 days after receiving possession of a sample of sexual assault evidence that was 

not in the possession of the State or unit of local 

government at the time of the initiation of an audit 

under paragraph (1)(A), subject to paragraph (4)(F), 

include in any required reports under clause (v), the 

information listed under paragraph (4)(B); 

‘‘(iii) for each sample of sexual assault evidence 

that is identified as awaiting testing as part of the 

audit referred to in paragraph (1)(A)— 

‘‘(I) assign a unique numeric or alphanumeric 

identifier to each sample of sexual assault evidence 

that is in the possession of the State or unit of 

local government and is awaiting testing; and 

‘‘(II) identify the date or dates after which 

the State or unit of local government would be 

barred by any applicable statutes of limitations 

from prosecuting a perpetrator of the sexual 

assault to which the sample relates; 

‘‘(iv) provide that— 

‘‘(I) the chief law enforcement officer of the 

State or unit of local government, respectively, 

is the individual responsible for the compliance 

of the State or unit of local government, respectively, with the reporting requirements described 

in clause (v); or 

‘‘(II) the designee of such officer may fulfill 

the responsibility described in subclause (I) so long 

as such designee is an employee of the State or 

unit of local government, respectively, and is not 

an employee of any governmental laboratory or 

non-governmental vendor laboratory; and 

‘‘(v) comply with all grantee reporting requirements described in paragraph (4). 

‘‘(3) EXTENSION OF INITIAL DEADLINE.—The Attorney General may grant an extension of the deadline under paragraph 

(2)(B)(i) to a State or unit of local government that demonstrates that more time is required for compliance with such 

paragraph. 

‘‘(4) SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EVIDENCE REPORTS.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For not less than 12 months after 

the completion of an initial count of sexual assault evidence 

that is awaiting testing during an audit referred to in 

paragraph (1)(A), a State or unit of local government that 

receives a grant award under subsection (a)(7) shall, not 

less than every 60 days, submit a report to the Department 

of Justice, on a form prescribed by the Attorney General, 

which shall contain the information required under 

subparagraph (B). 

‘‘(B) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—A report under this paragraph shall contain the following information: 

‘‘(i) The name of the State or unit of local government filing the report. 

‘‘(ii) The period of dates covered by the report. 

‘‘(iii) The cumulative total number of samples of 

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‘‘(I) are in the possession of the State or unit 

of local government at the reporting period; 

‘‘(II) are awaiting testing; and 

‘‘(III) the State or unit of local government 

has determined should undergo DNA or other 

appropriate forensic analyses. 

‘‘(iv) The cumulative total number of samples of 

sexual assault evidence in the possession of the State 

or unit of local government that, at the end of the 

reporting period, the State or unit of local government 

has determined should not undergo DNA or other 

appropriate forensic analyses, provided that the 

reporting form shall allow for the State or unit of 

local government, at its sole discretion, to explain the 

reasoning for this determination in some or all cases. 

‘‘(v) The cumulative total number of samples of 

sexual assault evidence in a total under clause (iii) 

that have been submitted to a laboratory for DNA 

or other appropriate forensic analyses. 

‘‘(vi) The cumulative total number of samples of 

sexual assault evidence identified by an audit referred 

to in paragraph (1)(A) or under paragraph (2)(B)(ii) 

for which DNA or other appropriate forensic analysis 

has been completed at the end of the reporting period. 

‘‘(vii) The total number of samples of sexual assault 

evidence identified by the State or unit of local government under paragraph (2)(B)(ii), since the previous 

reporting period. 

‘‘(viii) The cumulative total number of samples 

of sexual assault evidence described under clause (iii) 

for which the State or unit of local government will 

be barred within 12 months by any applicable statute 

of limitations from prosecuting a perpetrator of the 

sexual assault to which the sample relates. 

‘‘(C) PUBLICATION OF REPORTS.—Not later than 7 days 

after the submission of a report under this paragraph by 

a State or unit of local government, the Attorney General 

shall, subject to subparagraph (D), publish and disseminate 

a facsimile of the full contents of such report on an appropriate internet website. 

‘‘(D) PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.—The 

Attorney General shall ensure that any information published and disseminated as part of a report under this 

paragraph, which reports information under this subsection, does not include personally identifiable information 

or details about a sexual assault that might lead to the 

identification of the individuals involved. 

‘‘(E) OPTIONAL REPORTING.—The Attorney General 

shall— 

‘‘(i) at the discretion of a State or unit of local 

government required to file a report under subparagraph (A), allow such State or unit of local government, 

at their sole discretion, to submit such reports on a 

more frequent basis; and 

‘‘(ii) make available to all States and units of local 

government the reporting form created pursuant to 

subparagraph (A), whether or not they are required 

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to submit such reports, and allow such States or units 

of local government, at their sole discretion, to submit 

such reports for publication. 

‘‘(F) SAMPLES EXEMPT FROM REPORTING REQUIRE- MENT.—The reporting requirements described in paragraph 

(2) shall not apply to a sample of sexual assault evidence 

that— 

‘‘(i) is not considered criminal evidence (such as 

a sample collected anonymously from a victim who 

is unwilling to make a criminal complaint); or 

‘‘(ii) relates to a sexual assault for which the 

prosecution of each perpetrator is barred by a statute 

of limitations. 

‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

‘‘(A) AWAITING TESTING.—The term ‘awaiting testing’ 

means, with respect to a sample of sexual assault evidence, 

that— 

‘‘(i) the sample has been collected and is in the 

possession of a State or unit of local government; 

‘‘(ii) DNA and other appropriate forensic analyses 

have not been performed on such sample; and 

‘‘(iii) the sample is related to a criminal case or 

investigation in which final disposition has not yet 

been reached. 

‘‘(B) FINAL DISPOSITION.—The term ‘final disposition’ 

means, with respect to a criminal case or investigation 

to which a sample of sexual assault evidence relates— 

‘‘(i) the conviction or acquittal of all suspected perpetrators of the crime involved; 

‘‘(ii) a determination by the State or unit of local 

government in possession of the sample that the case 

is unfounded; or 

‘‘(iii) a declaration by the victim of the crime 

involved that the act constituting the basis of the crime 

was not committed. 

‘‘(C) POSSESSION.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘possession’, used with 

respect to possession of a sample of sexual assault 

evidence by a State or unit of local government, 

includes possession by an individual who is acting 

as an agent of the State or unit of local government 

for the collection of the sample. 

‘‘(ii) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in clause 

(i) shall be construed to create or amend any Federal 

rights or privileges for non-governmental vendor laboratories described in regulations promulgated under 

section 210303 of the DNA Identification Act of 1994 

(42 U.S.C. 14131). 

‘‘(o) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROTOCOLS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, 

AND DEFINITIONS.— 

‘‘(1) PROTOCOLS AND PRACTICES.—Not later than 18 months 

after the date of enactment of the SAFER Act of 2013, the 

Director, in consultation with Federal, State, and local law 

enforcement agencies and government laboratories, shall 

develop and publish a description of protocols and practices 

the Director considers appropriate for the accurate, timely, 

and effective collection and processing of DNA evidence, 

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including protocols and practices specific to sexual assault 

cases, which shall address appropriate steps in the investigation 

of cases that might involve DNA evidence, including— 

‘‘(A) how to determine— 

‘‘(i) which evidence is to be collected by law enforcement personnel and forwarded for testing; 

‘‘(ii) the preferred order in which evidence from 

the same case is to be tested; and 

‘‘(iii) what information to take into account when 

establishing the order in which evidence from different 

cases is to be tested; 

‘‘(B) the establishment of a reasonable period of time 

in which evidence is to be forwarded by emergency response 

providers, law enforcement personnel, and prosecutors to 

a laboratory for testing; 

‘‘(C) the establishment of reasonable periods of time 

in which each stage of analytical laboratory testing is to 

be completed; 

‘‘(D) systems to encourage communication within a 

State or unit of local government among emergency 

response providers, law enforcement personnel, prosecutors, courts, defense counsel, crime laboratory personnel, 

and crime victims regarding the status of crime scene evidence to be tested; and 

‘‘(E) standards for conducting the audit of the backlog 

for DNA case work in sexual assault cases required under 

subsection (n). 

‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.—The Director 

shall make available technical assistance and training to support States and units of local government in adopting and 

implementing the protocols and practices developed under paragraph (1) on and after the date on which the protocols and 

practices are published. 

‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the terms ‘awaiting 

testing’ and ‘possession’ have the meanings given those terms 

in subsection (n).’’. 

SEC. 1003. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

Not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year for 

which a grant is made for the purpose described in section 2(a)(7) 

of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000, as amended 

by section 1002, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress 

a report that— 

(1) lists the States and units of local government that 

have been awarded such grants and the amount of the grant 

received by each such State or unit of local government; 

(2) states the number of extensions granted by the Attorney 

General under section 2(n)(3) of the DNA Analysis Backlog 

Elimination Act of 2000, as added by section 1002; and 

(3) summarizes the processing status of the samples of 

sexual assault evidence identified in Sexual Assault Forensic 

Evidence Reports established under section 2(n)(4) of the DNA 

Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000, including the number 

of samples that have not been tested. 

SEC. 1004. REDUCING THE RAPE KIT BACKLOG. 

Section 2(c)(3) of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act 

of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135(c)(3)) is amended— 

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(a) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘2014’’ and inserting 

‘‘2018’’; and 

(b) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(C) For each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, not 

less than 75 percent of the total grant amounts shall be 

awarded for a combination of purposes under paragraphs 

(1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a).’’. 

SEC. 1005. OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 

All grants awarded by the Department of Justice that are 

authorized under this title shall be subject to the following: 

(1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.—Beginning in fiscal year 2013, 

and each fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General of the 

Department of Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of 

grants under this title to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse 

of funds by grantees. The Inspector General shall determine 

the appropriate number of grantees to be audited each year. 

(2) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipient of grant funds 

under this title that is found to have an unresolved audit 

finding shall not be eligible to receive grant funds under this 

title during the 2 fiscal years beginning after the 12-month 

period described in paragraph (5). 

(3) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this title, the 

Attorney General shall give priority to eligible entities that, 

during the 3 fiscal years before submitting an application for 

a grant under this title, did not have an unresolved audit 

finding showing a violation in the terms or conditions of a 

Department of Justice grant program. 

(4) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is awarded grant funds 

under this Act during the 2-fiscal-year period in which the 

entity is barred from receiving grants under paragraph (2), 

the Attorney General shall— 

(A) deposit an amount equal to the grant funds that 

were improperly awarded to the grantee into the General 

Fund of the Treasury; and 

(B) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the 

fund from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded 

grant funds. 

(5) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘unresolved 

audit finding’’ means an audit report finding in the final audit 

report of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice 

that the grantee has utilized grant funds for an unauthorized 

expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed 

or resolved within a 12-month period beginning on the date 

when the final audit report is issued. 

(6) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

(A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section and the 

grant programs described in this title, the term ‘‘ ‘nonprofit 

organization’ ’’ means an organization that is described in 

section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

and is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 

Code. 

(B) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney General shall not 

award a grant under any grant program described in this 

title to a nonprofit organization that holds money in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax 

Time period. 

Effective date. 

Time period. 

Time period. 

Time period. 

Effective date. 

Determination. 

Effective date. 

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described in section 511(a) of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986. 

(C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organization that is 

awarded a grant under a grant program described in this 

title and uses the procedures prescribed in regulations 

to create a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for 

the compensation of its officers, directors, trustees and 

key employees, shall disclose to the Attorney General, in 

the application for the grant, the process for determining 

such compensation, including the independent persons 

involved in reviewing and approving such compensation, 

the comparability data used, and contemporaneous 

substantiation of the deliberation and decision. Upon 

request, the Attorney General shall make the information 

disclosed under this subsection available for public inspection. 

(7) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Unless otherwise explicitly 

provided in authorizing legislation, not more than 7.5 percent 

of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under this title 

may be used by the Attorney General for salaries and administrative expenses of the Department of Justice. 

(8) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

(A) LIMITATION.—No amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Justice under this title may 

be used by the Attorney General or by any individual 

or organization awarded discretionary funds through a 

cooperative agreement under this Act, to host or support 

any expenditure for conferences that uses more than 

$20,000 in Department funds, unless the Deputy Attorney 

General or the appropriate Assistant Attorney General, 

Director, or principal deputy as the Deputy Attorney General may designate, provides prior written authorization 

that the funds may be expended to host a conference. 

(B) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written approval under 

subparagraph (A) shall include a written estimate of all 

costs associated with the conference, including the cost 

of all food and beverages, audio/visual equipment, honoraria for speakers, and any entertainment. 

(C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney General shall 

submit an annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary 

of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

House of Representatives on all conference expenditures 

approved by operation of this paragraph. 

(9) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITY.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated under this title may not be utilized by any grant 

recipient to— 

(i) lobby any representative of the Department of 

Justice regarding the award of grant funding; or 

(ii) lobby any representative of a Federal, state, 

local, or tribal government regarding the award of 

grant funding. 

(B) PENALTY.—If the Attorney General determines that 

any recipient of a grant under this title has violated 

subparagraph (A), the Attorney General shall— 

(i) require the grant recipient to repay the grant 

in full; and 

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(ii) prohibit the grant recipient from receiving 

another grant under this title for not less than 5 years. 

SEC. 1006. SUNSET. 

Effective on December 31, 2018, subsections (a)(6) and (n) of 

section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 

(42 U.S.C. 14135(a)(6) and (n)) are repealed. 

TITLE XI—OTHER MATTERS 

SEC. 1101. SEXUAL ABUSE IN CUSTODIAL SETTINGS. 

(a) SUITS BY PRISONERS.—Section 7(e) of the Civil Rights of 

Institutionalized Persons Act (42 U.S.C. 1997e(e)) is amended by 

inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘or the commission of a sexual act (as defined in section 2246 of title 18, United 

States Code)’’. 

(b) UNITED STATES AS DEFENDANT.—Section 1346(b)(2) of title 

28, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the period 

at the end the following: ‘‘or the commission of a sexual act (as 

defined in section 2246 of title 18)’’. 

(c) ADOPTION AND EFFECT OF NATIONAL STANDARDS.—Section 

8 of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (42 U.S.C. 15607) 

is amended— 

(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (e); and 

(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: 

‘‘(c) APPLICABILITY TO DETENTION FACILITIES OPERATED BY THE

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

of enactment of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization 

Act of 2013, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall publish 

a final rule adopting national standards for the detection, 

prevention, reduction, and punishment of rape and sexual 

assault in facilities that maintain custody of aliens detained 

for a violation of the immigrations laws of the United States. 

‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—The standards adopted under paragraph (1) shall apply to detention facilities operated by the 

Department of Homeland Security and to detention facilities 

operated under contract with the Department. 

‘‘(3) COMPLIANCE.—The Secretary of Homeland Security 

shall— 

‘‘(A) assess compliance with the standards adopted 

under paragraph (1) on a regular basis; and 

‘‘(B) include the results of the assessments in performance evaluations of facilities completed by the Department 

of Homeland Security. 

‘‘(4) CONSIDERATIONS.—In adopting standards under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall give due 

consideration to the recommended national standards provided 

by the Commission under section 7(e). 

‘‘(5) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term ‘detention facilities operated under contract with the Department’ 

includes, but is not limited to contract detention facilities and 

detention facilities operated through an intergovernmental 

service agreement with the Department of Homeland Security. 

‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY TO CUSTODIAL FACILITIES OPERATED BY THE

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.— 

Assessment. 

Deadline. 

Publication. 

Regulations. 

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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

of enactment of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization 

Act of 2013, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

shall publish a final rule adopting national standards for the 

detection, prevention, reduction, and punishment of rape and 

sexual assault in facilities that maintain custody of unaccompanied alien children (as defined in section 462(g) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g))). 

‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—The standards adopted under paragraph (1) shall apply to facilities operated by the Department 

of Health and Human Services and to facilities operated under 

contract with the Department. 

‘‘(3) COMPLIANCE.—The Secretary of Health and Human 

Services shall— 

‘‘(A) assess compliance with the standards adopted 

under paragraph (1) on a regular basis; and 

‘‘(B) include the results of the assessments in performance evaluations of facilities completed by the Department 

of Health and Human Services. 

‘‘(4) CONSIDERATIONS.—In adopting standards under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 

give due consideration to the recommended national standards 

provided by the Commission under section 7(e).’’. 

SEC. 1102. ANONYMOUS ONLINE HARASSMENT. 

Section 223(a)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 

223(a)(1)) is amended— 

(1) in subparagraph (A), in the undesignated matter following clause (ii), by striking ‘‘annoy,’’; 

(2) in subparagraph (C)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘annoy,’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘harass any person at the called number 

or who receives the communication’’ and inserting ‘‘harass 

any specific person’’; and 

(3) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘harass any person 

at the called number or who receives the communication’’ and 

inserting ‘‘harass any specific person’’. 

SEC. 1103. STALKER DATABASE. 

Section 40603 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 

(42 U.S.C. 14032) is amended by striking ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and all 

that follows and inserting ‘‘$3,000,000 for fiscal years 2014 through 

2018.’’. 

SEC. 1104. FEDERAL VICTIM ASSISTANTS REAUTHORIZATION. 

Section 40114 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 

(Public Law 103–322; 108 Stat. 1910) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 

years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2014 through 

2018’’. 

SEC. 1105. CHILD ABUSE TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR JUDICIAL PERSONNEL AND PRACTITIONERS REAUTHORIZATION. 

Subtitle C of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 

U.S.C. 13024) is amended in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘$2,300,000’’ 

and all that follows and inserting ‘‘$2,300,000 for each of fiscal 

years 2014 through 2018.’’. 

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TITLE XII—TRAFFICKING VICTIMS 

PROTECTION 

Subtitle A—Combating International 

Trafficking in Persons 

SEC. 1201. REGIONAL STRATEGIES FOR COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN 

PERSONS. 

Section 105 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

(22 U.S.C. 7103) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (d)(7)(J), by striking ‘‘section 105(f) of 

this division’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (g)’’; 

(2) in subsection (e)(2)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘(2) COORDINATION OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES.—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘exploitation.’’; 

(B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as paragraph 

(2), and moving such paragraph, as so redesignated, 2 

ems to the left; and 

(C) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and moving such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the left; 

(3) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and 

(4) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: 

‘‘(f) REGIONAL STRATEGIES FOR COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.—Each regional bureau in the Department of State shall 

contribute to the realization of the anti-trafficking goals and objectives of the Secretary of State. Each year, in cooperation with 

the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, each 

regional bureau shall submit a list of anti-trafficking goals and 

objectives to the Secretary of State for each country in the 

geographic area of responsibilities of the regional bureau. Host 

governments shall be informed of the goals and objectives for their 

particular country and, to the extent possible, host government 

officials should be consulted regarding the goals and objectives.’’. 

SEC. 1202. PARTNERSHIPS AGAINST SIGNIFICANT TRAFFICKING IN 

PERSONS. 

The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 is amended 

by inserting after section 105 (22 U.S.C. 7103) the following: 

‘‘SEC. 105A. CREATING, BUILDING, AND STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS AGAINST SIGNIFICANT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS. 

‘‘(a) DECLARATION OF PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section 

is to promote collaboration and cooperation— 

‘‘(1) between the United States Government and governments listed on the annual Trafficking in Persons Report; 

‘‘(2) between foreign governments and civil society actors; 

and 

‘‘(3) between the United States Government and private 

sector entities. 

‘‘(b) PARTNERSHIPS.—The Director of the office established 

pursuant to section 105(e)(1) of this Act, in coordination and 

cooperation with other officials at the Department of State, officials 

at the Department of Labor, and other relevant officials of the 

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United States Government, shall promote, build, and sustain partnerships between the United States Government and private entities, including foundations, universities, corporations, communitybased organizations, and other nongovernmental organizations, to 

ensure that— 

‘‘(1) United States citizens do not use any item, product, 

or material produced or extracted with the use and labor from 

victims of severe forms of trafficking; and 

‘‘(2) such entities do not contribute to trafficking in persons 

involving sexual exploitation. 

‘‘(c) PROGRAM TO ADDRESS EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.—The Secretary of State, acting through the Director established pursuant 

to section 105(e)(1) of this Act, is authorized to establish a fund 

to assist foreign governments in meeting unexpected, urgent needs 

in prevention of trafficking in persons, protection of victims, and 

prosecution of trafficking offenders. 

‘‘(d) CHILD PROTECTION COMPACTS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in consultation 

with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, the Secretary of Labor, and the heads 

of other relevant agencies, is authorized to provide assistance 

under this section for each country that enters into a child 

protection compact with the United States to support policies 

and programs that— 

‘‘(A) prevent and respond to violence, exploitation, and 

abuse against children; and 

‘‘(B) measurably reduce the trafficking of minors by 

building sustainable and effective systems of justice, 

prevention, and protection. 

‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—A child protection compact under this subsection shall establish a multi-year plan for achieving shared 

objectives in furtherance of the purposes of this Act. The compact should take into account, if applicable, the national child 

protection strategies and national action plans for human trafficking of a country, and shall describe— 

‘‘(A) the specific objectives the foreign government and 

the United States Government expect to achieve during 

the term of the compact; 

‘‘(B) the responsibilities of the foreign government and 

the United States Government in the achievement of such 

objectives; 

‘‘(C) the particular programs or initiatives to be undertaken in the achievement of such objectives and the amount 

of funding to be allocated to each program or initiative 

by both countries; 

‘‘(D) regular outcome indicators to monitor and 

measure progress toward achieving such objectives; 

‘‘(E) a multi-year financial plan, including the estimated amount of contributions by the United States 

Government and the foreign government, and proposed 

mechanisms to implement the plan and provide oversight; 

‘‘(F) how a country strategy will be developed to sustain 

progress made toward achieving such objectives after 

expiration of the compact; and 

‘‘(G) how child protection data will be collected, tracked, 

and managed to provide strengthened case management 

and policy planning. 

Plans. 

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‘‘(3) FORM OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance under this subsection may be provided in the form of grants, cooperative 

agreements, or contracts to or with national governments, 

regional or local governmental units, or non-governmental 

organizations or private entities with expertise in the protection 

of victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons. 

‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES.—The Secretary of State, in consultation with the agencies set forth in paragraph (1) and 

relevant officers of the Department of Justice, shall select countries with which to enter into child protection compacts. The 

selection of countries under this paragraph shall be based on— 

‘‘(A) the selection criteria set forth in paragraph (5); 

and 

‘‘(B) objective, documented, and quantifiable indicators, 

to the maximum extent possible. 

‘‘(5) SELECTION CRITERIA.—A country shall be selected 

under paragraph (4) on the basis of criteria developed by the 

Secretary of State in consultation with the Administrator of 

the United States Agency for International Development and 

the Secretary of Labor. Such criteria shall include— 

‘‘(A) a documented high prevalence of trafficking in 

persons within the country; and 

‘‘(B) demonstrated political motivation and sustained 

commitment by the government of such country to undertake meaningful measures to address severe forms of trafficking in persons, including prevention, protection of victims, and the enactment and enforcement of anti-trafficking 

laws against perpetrators. 

‘‘(6) SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may suspend or 

terminate assistance provided under this subsection in 

whole or in part for a country or entity if the Secretary 

determines that— 

‘‘(i) the country or entity is engaged in activities 

that are contrary to the national security interests 

of the United States; 

‘‘(ii) the country or entity has engaged in a pattern 

of actions inconsistent with the criteria used to determine the eligibility of the country or entity, as the 

case may be; or 

‘‘(iii) the country or entity has failed to adhere 

to its responsibilities under the Compact. 

‘‘(B) REINSTATEMENT.—The Secretary may reinstate 

assistance for a country or entity suspended or terminated 

under this paragraph only if the Secretary determines that 

the country or entity has demonstrated a commitment to 

correcting each condition for which assistance was suspended or terminated under subparagraph (A).’’. 

SEC. 1203. PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING. 

(a) TASK FORCE ACTIVITIES.—Section 105(d)(6) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(6)) is 

amended by inserting ‘‘, and make reasonable efforts to distribute 

information to enable all relevant Federal Government agencies 

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to publicize the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline on their websites, in all headquarters offices, and in all field 

offices throughout the United States’’ before the period at the end. 

(b) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING.—Section 107(a)(2) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(a)(2)) is 

amended by inserting ‘‘and shall brief Congress annually on such 

efforts’’ before the period at the end. 

SEC. 1204. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF TRAFFICKING. 

Section 108(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

(22 U.S.C. 7106(b)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (3)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘peacekeeping’’ and inserting ‘‘diplomatic, peacekeeping,’’; 

(B) by striking ‘‘, and measures’’ and inserting ‘‘, a 

transparent system for remediating or punishing such 

public officials as a deterrent, measures’’; and 

(C) by inserting ‘‘, effective bilateral, multilateral, or 

regional information sharing and cooperation arrangements 

with other countries, and effective policies or laws regulating foreign labor recruiters and holding them civilly 

and criminally liable for fraudulent recruiting’’ before the 

period at the end; 

(2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘and has entered into 

bilateral, multilateral, or regional law enforcement cooperation 

and coordination arrangements with other countries’’ before 

the period at the end; 

(3) in paragraph (7)— 

(A) by inserting ‘‘, including diplomats and soldiers,’’ 

after ‘‘public officials’’; 

(B) by striking ‘‘peacekeeping’’ and inserting ‘‘diplomatic, peacekeeping,’’; and 

(C) by inserting ‘‘A government’s failure to appropriately address public allegations against such public officials, especially once such officials have returned to their 

home countries, shall be considered inaction under these 

criteria.’’ after ‘‘such trafficking.’’; 

(4) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (11) as paragraphs (10) through (12), respectively; and 

(5) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following: 

‘‘(9) Whether the government has entered into effective, 

transparent partnerships, cooperative arrangements, or agreements that have resulted in concrete and measurable outcomes 

with— 

‘‘(A) domestic civil society organizations, private sector 

entities, or international nongovernmental organizations, 

or into multilateral or regional arrangements or agreements, to assist the government’s efforts to prevent trafficking, protect victims, and punish traffickers; or 

‘‘(B) the United States toward agreed goals and objectives in the collective fight against trafficking.’’. 

SEC. 1205. BEST PRACTICES IN TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ERADICATION. 

Section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

(22 U.S.C. 7107(b)) is amended— 

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(A) by striking ‘‘with respect to the status of severe 

forms of trafficking in persons that shall include—’’ and 

inserting ‘‘describing the anti-trafficking efforts of the 

United States and foreign governments according to the 

minimum standards and criteria enumerated in section 

108, and the nature and scope of trafficking in persons 

in each country and analysis of the trend lines for individual governmental efforts. The report should include— 

’’; 

(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

inserting a semicolon; 

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

end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(D) by inserting at the end the following: 

‘‘(G) a section entitled ‘Promising Practices in the 

Eradication of Trafficking in Persons’ to highlight effective 

practices and use of innovation and technology in prevention, protection, prosecution, and partnerships, including 

by foreign governments, the private sector, and domestic 

civil society actors.’’; 

(2) by striking paragraph (2); 

(3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 

(2) and (3), respectively; and 

(4) in paragraph (2), as redesignated, by adding at the 

end the following: 

‘‘(E) PUBLIC NOTICE.—Not later than 30 days after 

notifying Congress of each country determined to have 

met the requirements under subclauses (I) through (III) 

of subparagraph (D)(ii), the Secretary of State shall provide 

a detailed description of the credible evidence supporting 

such determination on a publicly available website maintained by the Department of State.’’. 

SEC. 1206. PROTECTIONS FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS AND OTHER NONIMMIGRANTS. 

Section 202 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 

Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1375b) is 

amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in the subsection heading, by inserting ‘‘AND VIDEO

FOR CONSULAR WAITING ROOMS’’ after ‘‘INFORMATION PAMPHLET’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (1)— 

(i) by inserting ‘‘and video’’ after ‘‘information pamphlet’’; and 

(ii) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The video 

shall be distributed and shown in consular waiting 

rooms in embassies and consulates appropriate to the 

circumstances that are determined to have the greatest 

concentration of employment or education-based nonimmigrant visa applicants, and where sufficient video 

facilities exist in waiting or other rooms where 

applicants wait or convene. The Secretary of State 

is authorized to augment video facilities in such consulates or embassies in order to fulfill the purposes 

of this section.’’; 

Deadline. 

Determination. 

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(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘and video’’ after 

‘‘information pamphlet’’; 

(3) in subsection (c)— 

(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and produce or 

dub the video’’ after ‘‘information pamphlet’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and the video produced or dubbed’’ after ‘‘translated’’; and 

(4) in subsection (d)— 

(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and video’’ after 

‘‘information pamphlet’’; 

(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and video’’ after 

‘‘information pamphlet’’; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(4) DEADLINE FOR VIDEO DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 

of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, 

the Secretary of State shall make available the video developed 

under subsection (a) produced or dubbed in all the languages 

referred to in subsection (c).’’. 

SEC. 1207. PREVENTION OF CHILD MARRIAGE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 106 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7104) is amended by adding at the 

end the following: 

‘‘(j) PREVENTION OF CHILD TRAFFICKING THROUGH CHILD MARRIAGE.—The Secretary of State shall establish and implement a 

multi-year, multi-sectoral strategy— 

‘‘(1) to prevent child marriage; 

‘‘(2) to promote the empowerment of girls at risk of child 

marriage in developing countries; 

‘‘(3) that should address the unique needs, vulnerabilities, 

and potential of girls younger than 18 years of age in developing 

countries; 

‘‘(4) that targets areas in developing countries with high 

prevalence of child marriage; and 

‘‘(5) that includes diplomatic and programmatic initiatives.’’. 

(b) INCLUSION OF CHILD MARRIAGE STATUS IN REPORTS.—The 

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended— 

(1) in section 116 (22 U.S.C. 2151n), by adding at the 

end the following: 

‘‘(g) CHILD MARRIAGE STATUS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The report required under subsection 

(d) shall include, for each country in which child marriage 

is prevalent, a description of the status of the practice of child 

marriage in such country. 

‘‘(2) DEFINED TERM.—In this subsection, the term ‘child 

marriage’ means the marriage of a girl or boy who is— 

‘‘(A) younger than the minimum age for marriage under 

the laws of the country in which such girl or boy is a 

resident; or 

‘‘(B) younger than 18 years of age, if no such law 

exists.’’; and 

(2) in section 502B (22 U.S.C. 2304), by adding at the 

end the following: 

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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The report required under subsection 

(b) shall include, for each country in which child marriage 

is prevalent, a description of the status of the practice of child 

marriage in such country. 

‘‘(2) DEFINED TERM.—In this subsection, the term ‘child 

marriage’ means the marriage of a girl or boy who is— 

‘‘(A) younger than the minimum age for marriage under 

the laws of the country in which such girl or boy is a 

resident; or 

‘‘(B) younger than 18 years of age, if no such law 

exists.’’. 

SEC. 1208. CHILD SOLDIERS. 

Section 404 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 

Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c–1) is 

amended— 

(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(b), (c), and (d), the 

authorities contained in section 516 or 541 of the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j or 2347)’’ and inserting 

‘‘(b) through (f), the authorities contained in sections 516, 541, 

and 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

2321j, 2347, and 2348)’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(f) EXCEPTION FOR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.—The limitation set forth in subsection (a) that relates to section 551 of the 

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to programs that 

support military professionalization, security sector reform, heightened respect for human rights, peacekeeping preparation, or the 

demobilization and reintegration of child soldiers.’’. 

Subtitle B—Combating Trafficking in 

Persons in the United States 

PART I—PENALTIES AGAINST TRAFFICKERS 

AND OTHER CRIMES 

SEC. 1211. CRIMINAL TRAFFICKING OFFENSES. 

(a) RICO AMENDMENT.—Section 1961(1)(B) of title 18, United 

States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘section 1351 (relating to 

fraud in foreign labor contracting),’’ before ‘‘section 1425’’. 

(b) ENGAGING IN ILLICIT SEXUAL CONDUCT IN FOREIGN

PLACES.—Section 2423(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 

by inserting ‘‘or resides, either temporarily or permanently, in a 

foreign country’’ after ‘‘commerce’’. 

(c) UNLAWFUL CONDUCT WITH RESPECT TO DOCUMENTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 77 of title 18, United States 

Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘§ 1597. Unlawful conduct with respect to immigration documents 

‘‘(a) DESTRUCTION, CONCEALMENT, REMOVAL, CONFISCATION, OR

POSSESSION OF IMMIGRATION DOCUMENTS.—It shall be unlawful 

for any person to knowingly destroy, conceal, remove, confiscate, 

or possess, an actual or purported passport or other immigration 

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‘‘(1) in the course of violating section 1351 of this title 

or section 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

1324); 

‘‘(2) with intent to violate section 1351 of this title or 

section 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

1324); or 

‘‘(3) in order to, without lawful authority, maintain, prevent, or restrict the labor of services of the individual. 

‘‘(b) PENALTY.—Any person who violates subsection (a) shall 

be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 1 year, 

or both. 

‘‘(c) OBSTRUCTION.—Any person who knowingly obstructs, 

attempts to obstruct, or in any way interferes with or prevents 

the enforcement of this section, shall be subject to the penalties 

described in subsection (b).’’. 

(2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table 

of sections for chapter 77 of title 18, United States Code, 

is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘1597. Unlawful conduct with respect to immigration documents.’’. 

SEC. 1212. CIVIL REMEDIES; CLARIFYING DEFINITION. 

(a) CIVIL REMEDY FOR PERSONAL INJURIES.—Section 2255 of 

title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘section 2241(c)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘section 1589, 1590, 1591, 2241(c)’’; and 

(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘six years’’ and inserting 

‘‘10 years’’. 

(b) DEFINITION.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 103 of the Trafficking Victims 

Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102) is amended— 

(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (14) as 

paragraphs (2) through (15), respectively; 

(B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated, 

the following: 

‘‘(1) ABUSE OR THREATENED ABUSE OF LAW OR LEGAL

PROCESS.—The term ‘abuse or threatened abuse of the legal 

process’ means the use or threatened use of a law or legal 

process, whether administrative, civil, or criminal, in any 

manner or for any purpose for which the law was not designed, 

in order to exert pressure on another person to cause that 

person to take some action or refrain from taking some action.’’; 

(C) in paragraph (14), as redesignated, by striking 

‘‘paragraph (8)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (9)’’; and 

(D) in paragraph (15), as redesignated, by striking 

‘‘paragraph (8) or (9)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (9) or (10)’’. 

(2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

(A) TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT OF 2000.— 

The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

7101 et eq.) is amended— 

(i) in section 110(e) (22 U.S.C. 7107(e))— 

(I) by striking ‘‘section 103(7)(A)’’ and inserting 

‘‘section 103(8)(A)’’; and 

(II) by striking ‘‘section 103(7)(B)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘section 103(8)(B)’’; and 

(ii) in section 113(g)(2) (22 U.S.C. 7110(g)(2)), by 

striking ‘‘section 103(8)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

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(B) NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACT OF 2004.—Section 203(b)(2) of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 

2004 (22 U.S.C. 7833(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 

103(14)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 103(15)’’. 

(C) TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION REAUTHORIZA- TION ACT OF 2005.—Section 207 of the Trafficking Victims 

Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044e) 

is amended— 

(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘section 103(8)’’ 

and inserting ‘‘section 103(9)’’; 

(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘section 103(9)’’ 

and inserting ‘‘section 103(10)’’; and 

(iii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘section 103(3)’’ 

and inserting ‘‘section 103(4)’’. 

(D) VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND DEPARTMENT OF

JUSTICE REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2005.—Section 111(a)(1) 

of the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice 

Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044f(a)(1)) is 

amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (8)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (9)’’. 

PART II—ENSURING AVAILABILITY OF 

POSSIBLE WITNESSES AND INFORMANTS 

SEC. 1221. PROTECTIONS FOR TRAFFICKING VICTIMS WHO 

COOPERATE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. 

Section 101(a)(15)(T)(ii)(III) of the Immigration and Nationality 

Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(T)(ii)(III) is amended by inserting ‘‘, or 

any adult or minor children of a derivative beneficiary of the alien, 

as’’ after ‘‘age’’. 

SEC. 1222. PROTECTION AGAINST FRAUD IN FOREIGN LABOR CONTRACTING. 

Section 101(a)(15)(U)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality 

Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)(iii)) is amended by inserting ‘‘fraud 

in foreign labor contracting (as defined in section 1351 of title 

18, United States Code);’’ after ‘‘perjury;’’. 

PART III—ENSURING INTERAGENCY 

COORDINATION AND EXPANDED REPORTING 

SEC. 1231. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. 

Section 105(d)(7) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)) is amended— 

(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (J) as subparagraphs (I) through (O); 

(2) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C) and inserting 

the following: 

‘‘(B) the number of persons who have been granted 

continued presence in the United States under section 

107(c)(3) during the preceding fiscal year and the mean 

and median time taken to adjudicate applications submitted under such section, including the time from the 

receipt of an application by law enforcement to the issuance 

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while ensuring the safe and competent processing of the 

applications; 

‘‘(C) the number of persons who have applied for, been 

granted, or been denied a visa or otherwise provided status 

under subparagraph (T)(i) or (U)(i) of section 101(a)(15) 

of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

1101(a)(15)) during the preceding fiscal year; 

‘‘(D) the number of persons who have applied for, been 

granted, or been denied a visa or status under clause 

(ii) of section 101(a)(15)(T) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(T)) during the preceding 

fiscal year, broken down by the number of such persons 

described in subclauses (I), (II), and (III) of such clause 

(ii); 

‘‘(E) the amount of Federal funds expended in direct 

benefits paid to individuals described in subparagraph (D) 

in conjunction with T visa status; 

‘‘(F) the number of persons who have applied for, been 

granted, or been denied a visa or status under section 

101(a)(15)(U)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)(i)) during the preceding fiscal year; 

‘‘(G) the mean and median time in which it takes 

to adjudicate applications submitted under the provisions 

of law set forth in subparagraph (C), including the time 

between the receipt of an application and the issuance 

of a visa and work authorization; 

‘‘(H) any efforts being taken to reduce the adjudication 

and processing time, while ensuring the safe and competent 

processing of the applications;’’; 

(3) in subparagraph (N)(iii), as redesignated, by striking 

‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(4) in subparagraph (O), as redesignated, by striking the 

period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(5) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(P) the activities undertaken by Federal agencies to 

train appropriate State, tribal, and local government and 

law enforcement officials to identify victims of severe forms 

of trafficking, including both sex and labor trafficking; 

‘‘(Q) the activities undertaken by Federal agencies in 

cooperation with State, tribal, and local law enforcement 

officials to identify, investigate, and prosecute offenses 

under sections 1581, 1583, 1584, 1589, 1590, 1592, and 

1594 of title 18, United States Code, or equivalent State 

offenses, including, in each fiscal year— 

‘‘(i) the number, age, gender, country of origin, 

and citizenship status of victims identified for each 

offense; 

‘‘(ii) the number of individuals charged, and the 

number of individuals convicted, under each offense; 

‘‘(iii) the number of individuals referred for 

prosecution for State offenses, including offenses 

relating to the purchasing of commercial sex acts; 

‘‘(iv) the number of victims granted continued presence in the United States under section 107(c)(3); and 

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(U)(i) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)); and 

‘‘(R) the activities undertaken by the Department of 

Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services 

to meet the specific needs of minor victims of domestic 

trafficking, including actions taken pursuant to subsection 

(f) and section 202(a) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044(a)), and the 

steps taken to increase cooperation among Federal agencies 

to ensure the effective and efficient use of programs for 

which the victims are eligible.’’. 

SEC. 1232. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SECRETARY OF 

LABOR. 

Section 105(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2005 

(22 U.S.C. 7112(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(3) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than December 

1, 2014, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary of Labor 

shall submit the list developed under paragraph (2)(C) to Congress.’’. 

SEC. 1233. INFORMATION SHARING TO COMBAT CHILD LABOR AND 

SLAVE LABOR. 

Section 105(a) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2005 

(22 U.S.C. 7112(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(3) INFORMATION SHARING.—The Secretary of State shall, 

on a regular basis, provide information relating to child labor 

and forced labor in the production of goods in violation of 

international standards to the Department of Labor to be used 

in developing the list described in subsection (b)(2)(C).’’. 

SEC. 1234. GOVERNMENT TRAINING EFFORTS TO INCLUDE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. 

Section 107(c)(4) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(c)(4)) is amended— 

(1) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘the Department 

of Labor, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,’’ 

before ‘‘and the Department’’; and 

(2) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘, in consultation 

with the Secretary of Labor,’’ before ‘‘shall provide’’. 

SEC. 1235. GAO REPORT ON THE USE OF FOREIGN LABOR CONTRACTORS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 

States shall submit a report on the use of foreign labor contractors 

to— 

(1) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; 

(2) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 

(3) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and 

(4) the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the 

House of Representatives. 

(b) CONTENTS.—The report under subsection (a) should, to the 

extent possible— 

(1) address the role and practices of United States 

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(A) the use of labor recruiters or brokers; or 

(B) directly recruiting foreign workers; 

(2) analyze the laws that protect such workers, both overseas and domestically; 

(3) describe the oversight and enforcement mechanisms 

in Federal departments and agencies for such laws; and 

(4) identify any gaps that may exist in these protections; 

and 

(5) recommend possible actions for Federal departments 

and agencies to combat any abuses. 

(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) shall— 

(1) describe the role of labor recruiters or brokers working 

in countries that are sending workers and receiving funds, 

including any identified involvement in labor abuses; 

(2) describe the role and practices of employers in the 

United States that commission labor recruiters or brokers or 

directly recruit foreign workers; 

(3) describe the role of Federal departments and agencies 

in overseeing and regulating the foreign labor recruitment 

process, including certifying and enforcing under existing regulations; 

(4) describe the type of jobs and the numbers of positions 

in the United States that have been filled through foreign 

workers during each of the last 8 years, including positions 

within the Federal Government; 

(5) describe any efforts or programs undertaken by Federal, 

State and local government entities to encourage employers, 

directly or indirectly, to use foreign workers or to reward 

employers for using foreign workers; and 

(6) based on the information required under paragraphs 

(1) through (3), identify any common abuses of foreign workers 

and the employment system, including the use of fees and 

debts, and recommendations of actions that could be taken 

by Federal departments and agencies to combat any identified 

abuses. 

SEC. 1236. ACCOUNTABILITY. 

All grants awarded by the Attorney General under this title 

or an Act amended by this title shall be subject to the following 

accountability provisions: 

(1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 

(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the term ‘‘unresolved audit finding’’ means an audit report finding in 

the final audit report of the Inspector General of the 

Department of Justice that the grantee has used grant 

funds for an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise 

unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved during the 

12-month period beginning on the date on which the final 

audit report is issued 

(B) REQUIREMENT.—Beginning in the first fiscal year 

beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, and 

in each fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General of 

the Department of Justice shall conduct audits of recipients 

of grants under this title or an Act amended by this title 

to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by grantees. 

The Inspector General shall determine the appropriate 

number of grantees to be audited each year. 

Determination. 

Effective dates. 

Time periods. 

Grants. 

22 USC 7113. 

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(C) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipient of grant funds 

under this title or an Act amended by this title that is 

found to have an unresolved audit finding shall not be 

eligible to receive grant funds under this title or an Act 

amended by this title during the first 2 fiscal years beginning after the end of the 12-month period described in 

subparagraph (A). 

(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this title or 

an Act amended by this title, the Attorney General shall 

give priority to eligible applicants that did not have an 

unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal years before 

submitting an application for a grant under this title or 

an Act amended by this title. 

(E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is awarded grant 

funds under this title or an Act amended by this title 

during the 2-fiscal-year period during which the entity 

is barred from receiving grants under subparagraph (C), 

the Attorney General shall— 

(i) deposit an amount equal to the amount of the 

grant funds that were improperly awarded to the 

grantee into the General Fund of the Treasury; and 

(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to 

the fund from the grant recipient that was erroneously 

awarded grant funds. 

(2) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

(A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this paragraph and 

the grant programs under this title or an Act amended 

by this title, the term ‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means an 

organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from taxation 

under section 501(a) of such Code. 

(B) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney General may not 

award a grant under this title or an Act amended by 

this title to a nonprofit organization that holds money 

in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying 

the tax described in section 511(a) of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986. 

(C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organization that is 

awarded a grant under this title or an Act amended by 

this title and uses the procedures prescribed in regulations 

to create a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for 

the compensation of its officers, directors, trustees and 

key employees, shall disclose to the Attorney General, in 

the application for the grant, the process for determining 

such compensation, including the independent persons 

involved in reviewing and approving such compensation, 

the comparability data used, and contemporaneous 

substantiation of the deliberation and decision. Upon 

request, the Attorney General shall make the information 

disclosed under this subparagraph available for public 

inspection. 

(3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

(A) LIMITATION.—No amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Justice under this title or 

an Act amended by this title may be used by the Attorney 

General, or by any individual or entity awarded discretionary funds through a cooperative agreement under this 

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title or an Act amended by this title, to host or support 

any expenditure for conferences that uses more than 

$20,000 in funds made available to the Department of 

Justice, unless the Deputy Attorney General or the appropriate Assistant Attorney General, Director, or principal 

deputy (as designated by the Deputy Attorney General) 

provides prior written authorization that the funds may 

be expended to host the conference. 

(B) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written approval under 

subparagraph (A) shall include a written estimate of all 

costs associated with the conference, including the cost 

of all food, beverages, audio-visual equipment, honoraria 

for speakers, and entertainment. 

(C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney General shall 

submit an annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary 

of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

House of Representatives on all conference expenditures 

approved under this paragraph. 

(4) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in the first fiscal 

year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

Attorney General shall submit, to the Committee on the 

Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 

and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 

Appropriations of the House of Representatives, an annual 

certification indicating whether— 

(A) all audits issued by the Office of the Inspector 

General under paragraph (1) have been completed and 

reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General 

or Director; 

(B) all mandatory exclusions required under paragraph 

(1)(C) have been issued; 

(C) all reimbursements required under paragraph 

(1)(E) have been made; and 

(D) includes a list of any grant recipients excluded 

under paragraph (1) from the previous year. 

PART IV—ENHANCING STATE AND LOCAL EFFORTS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 

SEC. 1241. ASSISTANCE FOR DOMESTIC MINOR SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIMS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 202 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044a) is amended 

to read as follows: 

‘‘SEC. 202. ESTABLISHMENT OF A GRANT PROGRAM TO DEVELOP, 

EXPAND, AND STRENGTHEN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR 

CERTAIN PERSONS SUBJECT TO TRAFFICKING. 

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

‘‘(1) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘Assistant Secretary’ 

means the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of 

the Department of Health and Human Services. 

‘‘(2) ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL.—The term ‘Assistant 

Attorney General’ means the Assistant Attorney General for 

the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice. 

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

State or unit of local government that— 

‘‘(A) has significant criminal activity involving sex trafficking of minors; 

‘‘(B) has demonstrated cooperation between Federal, 

State, local, and, where applicable, tribal law enforcement 

agencies, prosecutors, and social service providers in 

addressing sex trafficking of minors; 

‘‘(C) has developed a workable, multi-disciplinary plan 

to combat sex trafficking of minors, including— 

‘‘(i) building or establishing a residential care 

facility for minor victims of sex trafficking; 

‘‘(ii) the provision of rehabilitative care to minor 

victims of sex trafficking; 

‘‘(iii) the provision of specialized training for law 

enforcement officers and social service providers for 

all forms of sex trafficking, with a focus on sex trafficking of minors; 

‘‘(iv) prevention, deterrence, and prosecution of 

offenses involving sex trafficking of minors; 

‘‘(v) cooperation or referral agreements with 

organizations providing outreach or other related services to runaway and homeless youth; and 

‘‘(vi) law enforcement protocols or procedures to 

screen all individuals arrested for prostitution, whether 

adult or minor, for victimization by sex trafficking 

and by other crimes, such as sexual assault and 

domestic violence; and 

‘‘(D) provides assurance that a minor victim of sex 

trafficking shall not be required to collaborate with law 

enforcement to have access to residential care or services 

provided with a grant under this section. 

‘‘(4) MINOR VICTIM OF SEX TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘minor 

victim of sex trafficking’ means an individual who— 

‘‘(A) is younger than 18 years of age, and is a victim 

of an offense described in section 1591(a) of title 18, United 

States Code, or a comparable State law; or 

‘‘(B)(i) is not younger than 18 years of age nor older 

than 20 years of age; 

‘‘(ii) before the individual reached 18 years of age, 

was described in subparagraph (A); and 

‘‘(iii) was receiving shelter or services as a minor victim 

of sex trafficking. 

‘‘(5) QUALIFIED NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION.—The 

term ‘qualified nongovernmental organization’ means an 

organization that— 

‘‘(A) is not a State or unit of local government, or 

an agency of a State or unit of local government; 

‘‘(B) has demonstrated experience providing services 

to victims of sex trafficking or related populations (such 

as runaway and homeless youth), or employs staff specialized in the treatment of sex trafficking victims; and 

‘‘(C) demonstrates a plan to sustain the provision of 

services beyond the period of a grant awarded under this 

section. 

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of title 18, United States Code, or a comparable State law, 

against a minor. 

‘‘(b) SEX TRAFFICKING BLOCK GRANTS.— 

‘‘(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Attorney General, in 

consultation with the Assistant Secretary, may make block 

grants to 4 eligible entities located in different regions 

of the United States to combat sex trafficking of minors. 

‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—Not fewer than 1 of the block 

grants made under subparagraph (A) shall be awarded 

to an eligible entity with a State population of less than 

5,000,000. 

‘‘(C) GRANT AMOUNT.—Subject to the availability of 

appropriations under subsection (g) to carry out this section, each grant made under this section shall be for an 

amount not less than $1,500,000 and not greater than 

$2,000,000. 

‘‘(D) DURATION.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A grant made under this section 

shall be for a period of 1 year. 

‘‘(ii) RENEWAL.— 

‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Attorney General may renew a grant under this section for 

up to 3 1-year periods. 

‘‘(II) PRIORITY.—In making grants in any fiscal 

year after the first fiscal year in which grants 

are made under this section, the Assistant 

Attorney General shall give priority to an eligible 

entity that received a grant in the preceding fiscal 

year and is eligible for renewal under this subparagraph, taking into account any evaluation of the 

eligible entity conducted under paragraph (4), if 

available. 

‘‘(E) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out this section, the 

Assistant Attorney General shall consult with the Assistant 

Secretary with respect to— 

‘‘(i) evaluations of grant recipients under paragraph (4); 

‘‘(ii) avoiding unintentional duplication of grants; 

and 

‘‘(iii) any other areas of shared concern. 

‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.— 

‘‘(A) ALLOCATION.—Not less than 67 percent of each 

grant made under paragraph (1) shall be used by the 

eligible entity to provide residential care and services (as 

described in clauses (i) through (iv) of subparagraph (B)) 

to minor victims of sex trafficking through qualified nongovernmental organizations. 

‘‘(B) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Grants awarded pursuant to paragraph (2) may be used for— 

‘‘(i) providing residential care to minor victims of 

sex trafficking, including temporary or long-term placement as appropriate; 

‘‘(ii) providing 24-hour emergency social services 

response for minor victims of sex trafficking; 

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‘‘(iii) providing minor victims of sex trafficking with 

clothing and other daily necessities needed to keep 

such victims from returning to living on the street; 

‘‘(iv) case management services for minor victims 

of sex trafficking; 

‘‘(v) mental health counseling for minor victims 

of sex trafficking, including specialized counseling and 

substance abuse treatment; 

‘‘(vi) legal services for minor victims of sex trafficking; 

‘‘(vii) specialized training for social service providers, public sector personnel, and private sector personnel likely to encounter sex trafficking victims on 

issues related to the sex trafficking of minors and 

severe forms of trafficking in persons; 

‘‘(viii) outreach and education programs to provide 

information about deterrence and prevention of sex 

trafficking of minors; 

‘‘(ix) programs to provide treatment to individuals 

charged or cited with purchasing or attempting to purchase sex acts in cases where— 

‘‘(I) a treatment program can be mandated 

as a condition of a sentence, fine, suspended sentence, or probation, or is an appropriate alternative 

to criminal prosecution; and 

‘‘(II) the individual was not charged with purchasing or attempting to purchase sex acts with 

a minor; and 

‘‘(x) screening and referral of minor victims of 

severe forms of trafficking in persons. 

‘‘(3) APPLICATION.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity desiring a grant 

under this section shall submit an application to the Assistant Attorney General at such time, in such manner, and 

accompanied by such information as the Assistant Attorney 

General may reasonably require. 

‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted pursuant 

to subparagraph (A) shall— 

‘‘(i) describe the activities for which assistance 

under this section is sought; and 

‘‘(ii) provide such additional assurances as the 

Assistant Attorney General determines to be essential 

to ensure compliance with the requirements of this 

section. 

‘‘(4) EVALUATION.—The Assistant Attorney General shall 

enter into a contract with an academic or non-profit organization that has experience in issues related to sex trafficking 

of minors and evaluation of grant programs to conduct an 

annual evaluation of each grant made under this section to 

determine the impact and effectiveness of programs funded 

with the grant. 

‘‘(c) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—An eligible entity that receives 

a grant under this section that is found to have utilized grant 

funds for any unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable 

cost shall not be eligible for any grant funds awarded under the 

grant for 2 fiscal years following the year in which the unauthorized 

expenditure or unallowable cost is reported. 

Time period. 

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‘‘(d) COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT.—An eligible entity shall not 

be eligible to receive a grant under this section if, during the 

5 fiscal years before the eligible entity submits an application 

for the grant, the eligible entity has been found to have violated 

the terms or conditions of a Government grant program by utilizing 

grant funds for unauthorized expenditures or otherwise unallowable 

costs. 

‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATIVE CAP.—The cost of administering the grants 

authorized by this section shall not exceed 3 percent of the total 

amount appropriated to carry out this section. 

‘‘(f) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.—For fiscal years 2016 and 2017, the 

Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall conduct an 

audit of all 4 eligible entities that receive block grants under this 

section. 

‘‘(g) MATCH REQUIREMENT.—An eligible entity that receives a 

grant under this section shall provide a non-Federal match in 

an amount equal to not less than— 

‘‘(1) 15 percent of the grant during the first year; 

‘‘(2) 25 percent of the grant during the first renewal period; 

‘‘(3) 40 percent of the grant during the second renewal 

period; and 

‘‘(4) 50 percent of the grant during the third renewal period. 

‘‘(h) NO LIMITATION ON SECTION 204 GRANTS.—An entity that 

applies for a grant under section 204 is not prohibited from also 

applying for a grant under this section. 

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

to be appropriated $8,000,000 to the Attorney General for each 

of the fiscal years 2014 through 2017 to carry out this section. 

‘‘(j) GAO EVALUATION.—Not later than 30 months after the 

date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 

the United States shall submit a report to Congress that contains— 

‘‘(1) an evaluation of the impact of this section in aiding 

minor victims of sex trafficking in the jurisdiction of the entity 

receiving the grant; and 

‘‘(2) recommendations, if any, regarding any legislative or 

administrative action the Comptroller General determines 

appropriate.’’. 

(b) SUNSET PROVISION.—The amendment made by subsection 

(a) shall be effective during the 4-year period beginning on the 

date of the enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 1242. EXPANDING LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS FOR 

INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS OF TRAFFICKING. 

Section 204 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044c) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘, which involve 

United States citizens, or aliens admitted for permanent 

residence, and’’; 

(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) 

as subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), respectively; and 

(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following: 

‘‘(B) to train law enforcement personnel how to identify 

victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons and related 

offenses;’’; and 

Time period. 

42 USC 14044a 

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(D) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated, by inserting 

‘‘and prioritize the investigations and prosecutions of those 

cases involving minor victims’’ after ‘‘sex acts’’; 

(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); 

(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: 

‘‘(d) NO LIMITATION ON SECTION 202 GRANT APPLICATIONS.— 

An entity that applies for a grant under section 202 is not prohibited 

from also applying for a grant under this section.’’; 

(4) in subsection (e), as redesignated, by striking 

‘‘$20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2011’’ 

and inserting ‘‘$10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2014 

through 2017’’; and 

(5) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(f) GAO EVALUATION AND REPORT.—Not later than 30 months 

after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

of the United States shall conduct a study of and submit to Congress 

a report evaluating the impact of this section on— 

‘‘(1) the ability of law enforcement personnel to identify 

victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons and investigate 

and prosecute cases against offenders, including offenders who 

engage in the purchasing of commercial sex acts with a minor; 

and 

‘‘(2) recommendations, if any, regarding any legislative or 

administrative action the Comptroller General determines 

appropriate to improve the ability described in paragraph (1).’’. 

SEC. 1243. MODEL STATE CRIMINAL LAW PROTECTION FOR CHILD 

TRAFFICKING VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS. 

Section 225(b) of the Trafficking Victims Reauthorization Act 

of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 7101 note) is amended— 

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

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

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

‘‘(2) protects children exploited through prostitution by 

including safe harbor provisions that— 

‘‘(A) treat an individual under 18 years of age who 

has been arrested for engaging in, or attempting to engage 

in, a sexual act with another person in exchange for monetary compensation as a victim of a severe form of trafficking 

in persons; 

‘‘(B) prohibit the charging or prosecution of an individual described in subparagraph (A) for a prostitution 

offense; 

‘‘(C) require the referral of an individual described 

in subparagraph (A) to appropriate service providers, 

including comprehensive service or community-based programs that provide assistance to child victims of commercial sexual exploitation; and 

‘‘(D) provide that an individual described in subparagraph (A) shall not be required to prove fraud, force, or 

coercion in order to receive the protections described under 

this paragraph;’’. 

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Subtitle C—Authorization of 

Appropriations 

SEC. 1251. ADJUSTMENT OF AUTHORIZATION LEVELS FOR THE TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT OF 2000. 

The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 

et seq.) is amended— 

(1) in section 112A(b)(4) (22 U.S.C. 7109a(b)(4))— 

(A) by striking ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000,000’’; 

and 

(B) by striking ‘‘2008 through 2011’’ and inserting 

‘‘2014 through 2017’’; and 

(2) in section 113 (22 U.S.C. 7110)— 

(A) subsection (a)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘$5,500,000 for each of the fiscal 

years 2008 through 2011’’ each place it appears and 

inserting ‘‘$2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2014 

through 2017’’; 

(ii) by inserting ‘‘, including regional trafficking 

in persons officers,’’ after ‘‘for additional personnel,’’; 

and 

(iii) by striking ‘‘, and $3,000 for official reception 

and representation expenses’’; 

(B) in subsection (b)— 

(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$12,500,000 for 

each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2011’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$14,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2014 

through 2017’’; and 

(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘to the Secretary 

of Health and Human Services’’ and all that follows 

and inserting ‘‘$8,000,000 to the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services for each of the fiscal years 2014 

through 2017.’’; 

(C) in subsection (c)(1)— 

(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘2008 through 

2011’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2014 

through 2017’’; 

(ii) in subparagraph (B)— (I) by striking ‘‘$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 and $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 

through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000,000 for each 

of the fiscal years 2014 through 2017’’; and 

(II) by striking ‘‘2008 through 2011’’ and 

inserting ‘‘2014 through 2017’’; and 

(iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘2008 through 

2011’’ and inserting ‘‘2014 through 2017’’; 

(D) in subsection (d)— 

(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) 

as paragraphs (1) through (3), respectively, and moving 

such paragraphs 2 ems to the left; 

(ii) in the paragraph (1), as redesignated, by striking ‘‘$10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 

through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘$11,000,000 for each of 

the fiscal years 2014 through 2017’’; and 

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inserting ‘‘$11,000,000 to the Attorney General for each 

of the fiscal years 2014 through 2017.’’; 

(E) in subsection (e)— 

(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$15,000,000 for 

each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2011’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$7,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2014 

through 2017’’; and (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$15,000,000 for 

each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2011’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$7,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2014 

through 2017’’; 

(F) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘$10,000,000 for each 

of the fiscal years 2008 through 2011’’ and inserting 

‘‘$5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2014 through 2017’’; 

and 

(G) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘$18,000,000 for each 

of the fiscal years 2008 through 2011’’ and inserting 

‘‘$10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2014 through 

2017’’. 

SEC. 1252. ADJUSTMENT OF AUTHORIZATION LEVELS FOR THE TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION REAUTHORIZATION ACT 

OF 2005. 

The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 

(Public Law 109–164) is amended— 

(1) by striking section 102(b)(7); and 

(2) in section 201(c)(2), by striking ‘‘$1,000,000 for each 

of the fiscal years 2008 through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘$250,000 

for each of the fiscal years 2014 through 2017’’. 

Subtitle D—Unaccompanied Alien 

Children 

SEC. 1261. APPROPRIATE CUSTODIAL SETTINGS FOR UNACCOMPANIED 

MINORS WHO REACH THE AGE OF MAJORITY WHILE IN 

FEDERAL CUSTODY. 

Section 235(c)(2) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 

Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232(c)(2)) is 

amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘Subject to’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(A) MINORS IN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

SERVICES CUSTODY.—Subject to’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(B) ALIENS TRANSFERRED FROM DEPARTMENT OF

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CUSTODY.—If a minor described in subparagraph (A) reaches 18 years of age and is transferred to 

the custody of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 

Secretary shall consider placement in the least restrictive 

setting available after taking into account the alien’s 

danger to self, danger to the community, and risk of flight. 

Such aliens shall be eligible to participate in alternative 

to detention programs, utilizing a continuum of alternatives 

based on the alien’s need for supervision, which may 

include placement of the alien with an individual or an 

organizational sponsor, or in a supervised group home.’’. 

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SEC. 1262. APPOINTMENT OF CHILD ADVOCATES FOR UNACCOMPANIED MINORS. 

Section 235(c)(6) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 

Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232(c)(6)) is 

amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘and criminal’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(B) APPOINTMENT OF CHILD ADVOCATES.— 

‘‘(i) INITIAL SITES.—Not later than 2 years after 

the date of the enactment of the Violence Against 

Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, the Secretary of 

Health and Human Services shall appoint child advocates at 3 new immigration detention sites to provide 

independent child advocates for trafficking victims and 

vulnerable unaccompanied alien children. 

‘‘(ii) ADDITIONAL SITES.—Not later than 3 years 

after the date of the enactment of the Violence Against 

Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, the Secretary 

shall appoint child advocates at not more than 3 additional immigration detention sites. 

‘‘(iii) SELECTION OF SITES.—Sites at which child 

advocate programs will be established under this 

subparagraph shall be located at immigration detention sites at which more than 50 children are held 

in immigration custody, and shall be selected sequentially, with priority given to locations with— 

‘‘(I) the largest number of unaccompanied alien 

children; and 

‘‘(II) the most vulnerable populations of 

unaccompanied children. 

‘‘(C) RESTRICTIONS.— 

‘‘(i) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—A child advocate 

program may not use more that 10 percent of the 

Federal funds received under this section for administrative expenses. 

‘‘(ii) NONEXCLUSIVITY.—Nothing in this section 

may be construed to restrict the ability of a child 

advocate program under this section to apply for or 

obtain funding from any other source to carry out 

the programs described in this section. 

‘‘(iii) CONTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—A child advocate 

program selected under this section shall contribute 

non-Federal funds, either directly or through in-kind 

contributions, to the costs of the child advocate program in an amount that is not less than 25 percent 

of the total amount of Federal funds received by the 

child advocate program under this section. In-kind contributions may not exceed 40 percent of the matching 

requirement under this clause. 

‘‘(D) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 

1 year after the date of the enactment of the Violence 

Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, and annually 

thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

shall submit a report describing the activities undertaken 

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by the Secretary to authorize the appointment of independent Child Advocates for trafficking victims and vulnerable unaccompanied alien children to the Committee on 

the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the 

Judiciary of the House of Representatives. 

‘‘(E) ASSESSMENT OF CHILD ADVOCATE PROGRAM.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the 

date of the enactment of the Violence Against Women 

Reauthorization Act of 2013, the Comptroller General 

of the United States shall conduct a study regarding 

the effectiveness of the Child Advocate Program operated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

‘‘(ii) MATTERS TO BE STUDIED.—In the study 

required under clause (i), the Comptroller General 

shall— collect information and analyze the following: 

‘‘(I) analyze the effectiveness of existing child 

advocate programs in improving outcomes for trafficking victims and other vulnerable unaccompanied alien children; 

‘‘(II) evaluate the implementation of child 

advocate programs in new sites pursuant to 

subparagraph (B); 

‘‘(III) evaluate the extent to which eligible trafficking victims and other vulnerable unaccompanied children are receiving child advocate services and assess the possible budgetary implications 

of increased participation in the program; 

‘‘(IV) evaluate the barriers to improving outcomes for trafficking victims and other vulnerable 

unaccompanied children; and 

‘‘(V) make recommendations on statutory 

changes to improve the Child Advocate Program 

in relation to the matters analyzed under subclauses (I) through (IV). 

‘‘(iii) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after 

the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

General of the United States shall submit the results 

of the study required under this subparagraph to— 

‘‘(I) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

Senate; 

‘‘(II) the Committee on Health, Education, 

Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 

‘‘(III) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

House of Representatives; and 

‘‘(IV) the Committee on Education and the 

Workforce of the House of Representatives. 

‘‘(F) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary and Human 

Services to carry out this subsection— 

‘‘(i) $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2014 

and 2015; and 

‘‘(ii) $2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2016 

and 2017.’’. 

Recommendation. 

Evaluation. 

Study. 


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PUBLIC LAW 113–4—MAR. 7, 2013 127 STAT. 159 

SEC. 1263. ACCESS TO FEDERAL FOSTER CARE AND UNACCOMPANIED 

REFUGEE MINOR PROTECTIONS FOR CERTAIN U VISA 

RECIPIENTS. 

Section 235(d)(4) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 

Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232(d)(4)) is 

amended— 

(1) in subparagraph (A), 

(A) by striking ‘‘either’’; 

(B) by striking ‘‘or who’’ and inserting a comma; and 

(C) by inserting ‘‘, or has been granted status under 

section 101(a)(15)(U) of the Immigration and Nationality 

Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)),’’ before ‘‘, shall be eligible’’; 

and 

(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, or status under 

section 101(a)(15)(U) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)),’’ after ‘‘(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(J))’’. 

SEC. 1264. GAO STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BORDER 

SCREENINGS. 

(a) STUDY.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the United 

States shall conduct a study examining the effectiveness of 

screenings conducted by Department of Homeland Security personnel in carrying out section 235(a)(4) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 

(8 U.S.C. 1232(a)(4)). 

(2) STUDY.—In carrying out paragraph (1), the Comptroller 

General shall take into account— 

(A) the degree to which Department of Homeland Security personnel are adequately ensuring that— 

(i) all children are being screened to determine 

whether they are described in section 235(a)(2)(A) of 

the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection 

Reauthorization Act; 

(ii) appropriate and reliable determinations are 

being made about whether children are described in 

section 235(a)(2)(A) of such Act, including determinations of the age of such children; 

(iii) children are repatriated in an appropriate 

manner, consistent with clauses (i) through (iii) of section 235(a)(2)(C) of such Act; 

(iv) children are appropriately being permitted to 

withdraw their applications for admission, in accordance with section 235(a)(2)(B)(i) of such Act; 

(v) children are being properly cared for while 

they are in the custody of the Department of Homeland 

Security and awaiting repatriation or transfer to the 

custody of the Secretary of Health and Human Services; and 

(vi) children are being transferred to the custody 

of the Secretary of Health and Human Services in 

a manner that is consistent with such Act; and 

(B) the number of such children that have been transferred to the custody of the Department of Health and 

Human Services, the Federal funds expended to maintain 

custody of such children, and the Federal benefits available 

to such children, if any. 


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127 STAT. 160 PUBLIC LAW 113–4—MAR. 7, 2013 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 47: 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 159 (2013): 

Feb. 7, 11, 12, considered and passed Senate. 

Feb. 28, considered and passed House. 

DAILY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS (2013): 

Mar. 7, Presidential remarks. 

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(3) ACCESS TO DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OPER- ATIONS.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph 

(B), for the purposes of conducting the study described 

in subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide the Comptroller General with unrestricted access to all stages of 

screenings and other interactions between Department of 

Homeland Security personnel and children encountered by 

the Comptroller General. 

(B) EXCEPTIONS.—The Secretary shall not permit unrestricted access under subparagraph (A) if the Secretary 

determines that the security of a particular interaction 

would be threatened by such access. 

(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years after the 

date of the commencement of the study described in subsection 

(a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 

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

the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 

that contains the Commission’s findings and recommendations. 

Approved March 7, 2013. 

Determination. 


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