II 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2693 

To amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to make 

improvements. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 27, 2023 

Mr. CASEY (for himself and Ms. MURKOWSKI) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act 

to make improvements. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES IN ACT. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement 

6 Act of 2023’’. 

7 (b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise specified, 

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1 sion of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act 

2 (42 U.S.C. 10401 et seq.). 

3 TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO THE 

4 FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVEN5 TION AND SERVICES ACT 

6 SEC. 101. PURPOSE. 

7 Subsection (b) of section 301 (42 U.S.C. 10401) is 

8 amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title to im10 prove services and interventions for victims of family vio11 lence, domestic violence, and dating violence and to ad12 vance primary and secondary prevention of family vio13 lence, domestic violence, and dating violence by— 

14 ‘‘(1) assisting States (including territories) and 

15 Indian Tribes in supporting local programs to pro16 vide accessible, trauma-informed, culturally relevant 

17 residential and non-residential services to victims 

18 and their children and dependents; 

19 ‘‘(2) strengthening the capacity of Indian 

20 Tribes to exercise their sovereign authority to re21 spond to violence specified in this subsection and 

22 committed against Indians; 

23 ‘‘(3) providing for a network of technical assist24 ance and training centers to support effective policy, 

25 practice, research, and cross-system collaboration to 


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1 improve intervention and prevention efforts through2 out the country; 

3 ‘‘(4) supporting the efforts of State (including 

4 territorial) and Tribal coalitions to address the 

5 needs of victims and their children and dependents, 

6 including those who are underserved or otherwise 

7 face obstacles to accessing services, implement effec8 tive coordinated community and systems responses, 

9 and promote ongoing public education and commu10 nity engagement; 

11 ‘‘(5) maintaining national domestic violence, 

12 dating violence, and family violence hotlines, includ13 ing a national Indian domestic violence, dating vio14 lence, and family violence hotline; and 

15 ‘‘(6) supporting the development and implemen16 tation of evidence-informed, coalition-led, and com17 munity-based primary prevention approaches and 

18 programs.’’. 

19 SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 

20 Section 302 (42 U.S.C. 10402) is amended— 

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

22 striking ‘‘In this title:’’ and inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In this title:’’; 

24 (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol25 lows: 


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1 ‘‘(2) CHILD.—The term ‘child’ means an indi2 vidual who is— 

3 ‘‘(A) younger than age 18; and 

4 ‘‘(B) not an emancipated minor.’’; 

5 (3) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4); 

6 (4) by— 

7 (A) redesignating paragraphs (13) and 

8 (14) as paragraphs (20) and (21), respectively; 

9 (B) redesignating paragraphs (7) through 

10 (12) as paragraphs (12) and (14) through (18), 

11 respectively; and 

12 (C) redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) 

13 as paragraphs (9) and (11), respectively; 

14 (5) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(3) DATING PARTNER.—The term ‘dating 

17 partner’ has the meaning given such term in section 

18 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 

19 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)). 

20 ‘‘(4) DATING VIOLENCE.—The term ‘dating vio21 lence’ has the meaning given such term in section 

22 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 

23 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)). 

24 ‘‘(5) DIGITAL SERVICES.—The term ‘digital 

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1 port, or referrals that are provided through elec2 tronic communications platforms and media (which 

3 may include mobile phone technology, video tech4 nology, computer technology (including use of the 

5 internet), and any other emerging communications 

6 technologies that are appropriate for the purposes of 

7 providing services, resources, information, support, 

8 or referrals for the benefit of victims of family vio9 lence, domestic violence, or dating violence) and that 

10 are in accessible formats, including formats compli11 ant with the most recent Web Content Accessibility 

12 Guidelines of the World Wide Web Consortium, or 

13 successor guidelines as applicable. 

14 ‘‘(6) DISABILITY.—The term ‘disability’ has the 

15 meaning given the term in section 3 of the Ameri16 cans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

17 12102). 

18 ‘‘(7) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘domes19 tic violence’ has the meaning given such term in sec20 tion 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 

21 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)). 

22 ‘‘(8) FAMILY VIOLENCE.—The term ‘family vio23 lence’ means any act, threatened act, or pattern of 

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1 logical abuse, or any other form of abuse, including 

2 threatening to commit harm against children or de3 pendents or other members of the household of the 

4 recipient of the threat for the purpose of coercion, 

5 threatening, or causing harm, directed against a per6 son (including an elderly person) who is— 

7 ‘‘(A) related by blood or marriage to the 

8 person committing such an act (including a 

9 threatened act or pattern of acts); 

10 ‘‘(B) a dating partner or other person 

11 similarly situated to a dating partner under the 

12 laws of the jurisdiction; 

13 ‘‘(C) a person who is cohabitating with or 

14 has cohabitated with the person committing 

15 such an act (including a threatened act or pat16 tern of acts); 

17 ‘‘(D) a current or former spouse or other 

18 person similarly situated to a spouse under the 

19 laws of the jurisdiction; 

20 ‘‘(E) a person who shares a child or de21 pendent in common with the person committing 

22 such an act; or 

23 ‘‘(F) any other person who is protected 

24 from any such act under the domestic or family 


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1 violence laws, policies, or regulations of the ju2 risdiction.’’; 

3 (6) by amending paragraph (9), as so redesig4 nated, to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘(9) INDIAN; INDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZA6 TION.—The terms ‘Indian’, ‘Indian Tribe’, and 

7 ‘Tribal organization’ have the meanings given such 

8 terms in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 

9 and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).’’; 

10 (7) by inserting after paragraph (9), as so re11 designated, the following: 

12 ‘‘(10) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

13 The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 

14 meaning given such term in section 101 of the High15 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).’’; 

16 (8) by amending paragraph (11), as so redesig17 nated, to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(11) NATIVE HAWAIIAN; NATIVE HAWAIIAN

19 ORGANIZATION.—The terms ‘Native Hawaiian’ and 

20 ‘Native Hawaiian organization’ have the meanings 

21 given such terms in section 6207 of the Native Ha22 waiian Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7517).’’; 

23 (9) in paragraph (12), as so redesignated, by 

24 striking ‘‘42 U.S.C. 13925(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘34 

25 U.S.C. 12291(a)’’; 


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1 (10) by inserting after paragraph (12), as so 

2 redesignated, the following: 

3 ‘‘(13) POPULATION SPECIFIC SERVICES.—The 

4 term ‘population specific services’ has the meaning 

5 given such term in section 40002(a) of the Violence 

6 Against Women Act (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)).’’; 

7 (11) by amending paragraph (15), as so redes8 ignated, to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(15) SHELTER.—The term ‘shelter’ means the 

10 provision of temporary refuge and basic necessities, 

11 in conjunction with supportive services, provided on 

12 a regular basis, in compliance with applicable State 

13 (including territorial), Tribal, or local law to victims 

14 of family violence, domestic violence, or dating vio15 lence, and their children and dependents. Such law 

16 includes regulations governing the provision of safe 

17 homes and other forms of secure temporary lodging, 

18 meals, or supportive services (including providing 

19 basic necessities) to victims of family violence, do20 mestic violence, or dating violence, and their children 

21 and dependents.’’; 

22 (12) in paragraph (17), as so redesignated— 

23 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

24 (A), by inserting ‘‘, designated by the Sec25 retary,’’ after ‘‘organization’’; and 


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1 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘de2 pendents’’ and inserting ‘‘children and depend3 ents’’; 

4 (13) in paragraph (18), as so redesignated, by 

5 striking ‘‘dependents’’ each place it appears and in6 serting ‘‘children and dependents’’; 

7 (14) by inserting after paragraph (18), as so 

8 redesignated, the following: 

9 ‘‘(19) TRIBAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALI10 TION.—The term ‘Tribal Domestic Violence Coali11 tion’ means an established nonprofit, nongovern12 mental Indian organization, Alaska Native organiza13 tion, or Native Hawaiian organization recognized by 

14 the Office on Violence Against Women of the De15 partment of Justice that— 

16 ‘‘(A) provides education, support, and tech17 nical assistance to member Indian service pro18 viders, Native Hawaiian organizations, or the 

19 Native Hawaiian community in a manner that 

20 enables the member providers, organizations, or 

21 communities to establish and maintain cul22 turally appropriate services, including shelter 

23 and supportive services designed to assist In24 dian or Native Hawaiian victims of family vio25 lence, domestic violence, or dating violence and 


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1 the children and dependents of such victims; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(B) is comprised of board and general 

4 members who are representative of— 

5 ‘‘(i) the member service providers, or6 ganizations, or communities described in 

7 subparagraph (A); and 

8 ‘‘(ii) the Tribal communities or Native 

9 Hawaiian communities in which the serv10 ices are being provided.’’; 

11 (15) in paragraph (20), as so redesignated— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘tribally’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘Tribally’’; 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘tribal’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘Tribal’’; and 

16 (C) by striking ‘‘tribe’’ each place it ap17 pears and inserting ‘‘Tribe’’; 

18 (16) in paragraph (21), as so redesignated, by 

19 striking ‘‘42 U.S.C. 13925(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘34 

20 U.S.C. 12291(a)’’; 

21 (17) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(22) UNDERSERVED RACIAL OR ETHNIC POPU23 LATION.—The term ‘underserved racial or ethnic 

24 population’ means a population that primarily con25 sists of an underserved racial or ethnic population, 


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1 within the meaning of section 40002(a)(46) of the 

2 Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 

3 12291(a)(46)). 

4 ‘‘(23) YOUTH.—The term ‘youth’ has the 

5 meaning given such term in section 40002(a) of the 

6 Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 

7 12291(a)). 

8 ‘‘(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—In this title, any use 

9 of the term ‘family violence’, ‘domestic violence’, or ‘dating 

10 violence’ shall be treated as a reference to each of the 

11 terms ‘family violence’, ‘domestic violence’, and ‘dating vi12 olence’.’’. 

13 SEC. 103. GRANT CONDITIONS. 

14 The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 

15 U.S.C. 10401 et seq.) is amended by inserting after sec16 tion 302 the following: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 302A. GRANT CONDITIONS. 

18 ‘‘(a) DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED.— 

19 ‘‘(1) APPLICATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS PROVI20 SIONS.—Programs and activities funded in whole or 

21 in part with funds made available under this title 

22 (referred to in this paragraph as ‘prevention pro23 grams and activities’) are considered to be programs 

24 and activities receiving Federal financial assistance 

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1 nation in programs or activities. Subject to para2 graph (2), entities that carry out prevention pro3 grams and activities shall not discriminate on the 

4 bases described in or in the manners prohibited 

5 under section 40002(b)(13)(A) of the Violence 

6 Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 

7 12291(b)(13)(A)). 

8 ‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The exception 

9 described in section 40002(b)(13)(B) of the Violence 

10 Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 

11 12291(b)(13)(B)) shall apply to any program or ac12 tivity funded in whole or in part with funds made 

13 available under this title. 

14 ‘‘(3) ENFORCEMENT.—The Secretary shall en15 force the provisions of paragraph (1) in accordance 

16 with section 602 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 

17 U.S.C. 2000d–1). Section 603 of such Act (42 

18 U.S.C. 2000d–2) shall apply with respect to any ac19 tion taken by the Secretary to enforce paragraph 

20 (1). 

21 ‘‘(4) CONSTRUCTION.—This subsection shall 

22 not be construed as affecting any legal remedy pro23 vided under any other provision of law. 

24 ‘‘(b) NONDISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMA25 TION.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to ensure the safe2 ty of adult, youth, and child victims of family vio3 lence, domestic violence, or dating violence, and their 

4 families, grantees and subgrantees under this title 

5 shall protect the confidentiality and privacy of per6 sons receiving assistance or services. 

7 ‘‘(2) NONDISCLOSURE.—Subject to paragraphs 

8 (3) through (5), the requirements under subpara9 graphs (A) through (G) of section 40002(b)(2) of 

10 the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 

11 12291(b)(2)) shall apply to grantees and sub12 grantees under this title in the same manner such 

13 requirements apply to grantees and subgrantees 

14 under such Act. 

15 ‘‘(3) OVERSIGHT.—Nothing in this subsection 

16 shall prevent the Secretary from disclosing grant ac17 tivities authorized in this title to the Committee on 

18 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Sen19 ate and the Committee on Education and the Work20 force of the House of Representatives and pursuant 

21 to the exercise of congressional oversight authority. 

22 In making all such disclosures, the Secretary shall 

23 protect the confidentiality of individuals and omit 

24 personally identifying information, including location 

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1 ‘‘(4) PREEMPTION.—Nothing in this subsection 

2 shall be construed to supersede any provision of any 

3 Federal, State, Tribal, or local law that provides 

4 greater protection than this subsection for victims of 

5 family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence. 

6 ‘‘(5) CONFIDENTIALITY OF LOCATION.—The 

7 address or location of any shelter facility assisted 

8 under this title that otherwise maintains a confiden9 tial location shall, except with written authorization 

10 of the person or persons responsible for the oper11 ation of such shelter, not be made public. 

12 ‘‘(c) INCOME ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS.—No income 

13 eligibility standard may be imposed upon persons with re14 spect to eligibility for assistance or services supported with 

15 funds under this title. No fees may be levied for assistance 

16 or services provided with funds under this title. 

17 ‘‘(d) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Federal funds 

18 made available to a State or Indian Tribe under this title 

19 shall be used to supplement and not supplant any Federal, 

20 State, Tribal, and local public funds expended to provide 

21 services and activities that promote the objectives of this 

22 title.’’. 

23 SEC. 104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

24 The Act is amended by repealing section 303 (42 

25 U.S.C. 10403) and inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 303. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

4 appropriated to carry out sections 301 through 312 

5 and 313C, other than section 304(c), $270,000,000 

6 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028. 

7 ‘‘(2) RESERVATIONS FOR GRANTS TO TRIBES.— 

8 Of the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) 

9 for a fiscal year, not less than 12.5 percent shall be 

10 reserved and used to carry out section 309. 

11 ‘‘(3) FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES.—Of the 

12 amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fis13 cal year and not reserved under paragraph (2) (re14 ferred to in this subsection as the ‘remainder’), not 

15 less than 70 percent shall be used for making grants 

16 under section 306(a). 

17 ‘‘(4) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING

18 CENTERS.—Of the remainder, not less than 6 per19 cent shall be used to carry out section 310. 

20 ‘‘(5) GRANTS FOR STATE AND TRIBAL DOMES21 TIC VIOLENCE COALITIONS.—Of the remainder— 

22 ‘‘(A) not less than 10 percent shall be used 

23 to carry out section 311; and 

24 ‘‘(B) not less than 3 percent shall be used 

25 to carry out section 311A. 


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1 ‘‘(6) SPECIALIZED SERVICES.—Of the remain2 der, not less than 5 percent shall be used to carry 

3 out section 312. 

4 ‘‘(7) CULTURALLY SPECIFIC SERVICES.—Of the 

5 remainder, not less than 2.5 percent shall be used 

6 to carry out section 313C. 

7 ‘‘(8) ADMINISTRATION, EVALUATION, AND MON8 ITORING.—Of the remainder, not more than 3.5 per9 cent shall be used by the Secretary for evaluation, 

10 monitoring, and other administrative costs under 

11 this title. 

12 ‘‘(9) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO13 PRIATIONS.—In addition to the amounts made avail14 able under paragraph (7), there is authorized to be 

15 appropriated to carry out section 313C $5,000,000 

16 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028. 

17 ‘‘(b) NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE.— 

18 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 

19 313 $14,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 

20 2028. 

21 ‘‘(c) NATIONAL INDIAN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOT22 LINE.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 

23 out section 313A $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 

24 through 2028. 


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1 ‘‘(d) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ENHANCE2 MENT AND LEADERSHIP.—There is authorized to be ap3 propriated to carry out section 314 $26,000,000 for each 

4 of fiscal years 2024 through 2028. 

5 ‘‘(e) GRANTS FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.— 

6 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 

7 313B $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 

8 2028. 

9 ‘‘(f) EVALUATION.—There is authorized to be appro10 priated to carry out subsection 304(c) $3,500,000 for each 

11 of fiscal years 2024 through 2028.’’. 

12 SEC. 105. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY. 

13 Section 304 (42 U.S.C. 10404) is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (a)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or in16 stitutions of higher education, including to sup17 port and evaluate demonstration or discre18 tionary projects in response to current and 

19 emerging issues,’’ after ‘‘nongovernmental enti20 ties’’; 

21 (B) in paragraph (4)— 

22 (i) by striking ‘‘CAPTA Reauthoriza23 tion Act of 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘Family 

24 Violence Prevention and Services Improve25 ment Act of 2023’’; and 


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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

2 (C) in paragraph (5), by striking the pe3 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

4 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(6) provide for flexibilities in the terms for 

6 grants and other agreements and waive program re7 quirements (including match requirements) reason8 ably necessary to provide relief for grantees and sub9 grantees and ensure continuity of program activities, 

10 during and in response to— 

11 ‘‘(A) a major disaster declared by the 

12 President under section 401 of the Robert T. 

13 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist14 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170); 

15 ‘‘(B) an emergency declared by the Presi16 dent under section 501 of the Robert T. Staf17 ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

18 Act (42 U.S.C. 5191); or 

19 ‘‘(C) a public health emergency declared by 

20 the Secretary pursuant to section 319 of the 

21 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d).’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (b)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘preven24 tion and treatment of’’ inserting ‘‘prevention of, 


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1 intervention in, and provision of services for,’’; 

2 and 

3 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

4 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; 

5 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; and 

6 (ii) by adding after subparagraph (C) 

7 the following: 

8 ‘‘(D) making grants to eligible entities or 

9 entering into contracts with for-profit or non10 profit nongovernmental entities or institutions 

11 of higher education to conduct family violence, 

12 domestic violence, or dating violence research or 

13 evaluation; and.’’; 

14 (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub15 section (d); and 

16 (4) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(c) EVALUATION.—In addition to program evalua19 tion otherwise required or permitted under this title, the 

20 Secretary may, through the use of grants, cooperative 

21 agreements, or contracts, conduct program evaluation.’’. 

22 SEC. 106. ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS. 

23 Section 305 (42 U.S.C. 10405) is amended— 

24 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol25 lows: 


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1 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From the sums appropriated 

2 under section 303 and available for grants to States under 

3 section 306(a) for any fiscal year, each State (including 

4 Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Is5 lands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

6 Islands) shall be allotted for a grant under section 306(a), 

7 $600,000, with the remaining funds to be allotted to each 

8 State (other than Guam, American Samoa, the United 

9 States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 

10 Northern Mariana Islands) in an amount that bears the 

11 same ratio to such remaining funds as the population of 

12 such State bears to the population of all such States (ex13 cluding Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin 

14 Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

15 Islands).’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘under section 

17 314’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘under this 

18 title’’; and 

19 (3) by striking subsection (f). 

20 SEC. 107. FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES. 

21 Section 306 (42 U.S.C. 10406) is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (a)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘depend24 ents’’ and inserting ‘‘children and dependents’’; 

25 and 


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1 (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘Indi2 ans, members of Indian Tribes, or’’ after ‘‘who 

3 are’’; and 

4 (2) in subsection (c)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘para6 graph (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 302A’’; 

7 (B) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), (5), 

8 and (6); 

9 (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

10 paragraph (2); and 

11 (D) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘(2) MATCH.—No’’ 

13 and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(2) MATCH.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara16 graph (B), no’’; 

17 (ii) by striking ‘‘Indian tribe’’ and in18 serting ‘‘Indian Tribe’’; and 

19 (iii) by adding at the end the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(B) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive 

22 all or part of the matching requirement under 

23 this paragraph for any fiscal year for an eligible 

24 entity if the Secretary determines that applying 

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1 ous hardship or an inability to carry out the ac2 tivities under this section.’’. 

3 SEC. 108. STATE APPLICATION. 

4 Section 307 (42 U.S.C. 10407) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (i) by striking ‘‘tribally’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘Tribally’’; and 

9 (ii) by adding ‘‘For purposes of sec10 tion 2007(c)(3) of the Omnibus Crime 

11 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 

12 U.S.C. 10446(c)(3)), a State’s application 

13 under this paragraph shall be deemed to be 

14 a ‘State plan’.’’ at the end; and 

15 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

16 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

17 (I) by striking ‘‘provide a de18 scription of’’ and inserting ‘‘describe’’; 

19 and 

20 (II) by striking ‘‘306(c)’’ and in21 serting ‘‘302A, 306(c),’’; 

22 (ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 

23 inserting the following: 

24 ‘‘(B) provide, with respect to funds de25 scribed in paragraph (1)— 


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1 ‘‘(i) assurances that— 

2 ‘‘(I) not more than 5 percent of 

3 such funds will be used for adminis4 trative costs; and 

5 ‘‘(II) the remaining funds will be 

6 distributed to eligible entities as de7 scribed in section 308(a) for approved 

8 activities as described in section 

9 308(b); and 

10 ‘‘(ii) a description of how the State, in 

11 the distribution of funds under section 

12 308(a), will give special emphasis to the 

13 support of community-based projects of 

14 demonstrated effectiveness, that are car15 ried out by nonprofit private organizations 

16 and that— 

17 ‘‘(I) have as their primary pur18 pose the provision of shelter for vic19 tims of family violence, domestic vio20 lence, and dating violence, and their 

21 children and dependents; or 

22 ‘‘(II) provide counseling, advo23 cacy, and self-help services to victims 

24 of family violence, domestic violence, 


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1 and dating violence, and their children 

2 and dependents;’’; 

3 (iii) in subparagraph (C)— 

4 (I) by inserting ‘‘describe how,’’ 

5 before ‘‘in the case of’’; and 

6 (II) by striking ‘‘provide an as7 surance that there will be’’ and insert8 ing the following: ‘‘the State will— 

9 ‘‘(i) ensure’’; and 

10 (III) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the 

11 semicolon; 

12 (iv) in subparagraph (D)— 

13 (I) by striking ‘‘in the case of an 

14 application submitted by a State, pro15 vide an assurance that the State will’’; 

16 (II) by striking ‘‘planning and 

17 monitoring’’ and inserting ‘‘planning, 

18 coordination, and monitoring’’; 

19 (III) by striking ‘‘and the admin20 istration of the grant programs and 

21 projects’’ and inserting ‘‘, the admin22 istration of the grant programs and 

23 projects, and the establishment of a 

24 set of service standards and best prac25 tices for grantees, including service 


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1 standards and best practices with cul2 tural and legal relevance for Indian 

3 Tribes and cultural relevance for un4 derserved racial and ethnic popu5 lations and other underserved popu6 lations’’; and 

7 (IV) by redesignating subpara8 graph (D) as clause (ii) and indenting 

9 appropriately; 

10 (v) by redesignating subparagraphs 

11 (E), (F), and (G) as subparagraphs (D), 

12 (E), and (F), respectively; 

13 (vi) in subparagraph (D), as so redes14 ignated, by striking ‘‘to underserved popu15 lations’’ and all that follows through the 

16 semicolon and inserting ‘‘for individuals 

17 from underserved racial and ethnic popu18 lations, Tribal populations, and other un19 derserved populations, in the State plan20 ning process, and how the State plan ad21 dresses the unmet needs of populations de22 scribed in this subparagraph;’’; 

23 (vii) in subparagraphs (D), (E), and 

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1 dian tribe’’ each place it appears and in2 serting ‘‘Indian Tribe’’; 

3 (viii) in subparagraph (F), as so re4 designated, by striking ‘‘tribally’’ and in5 serting ‘‘Tribally’’; 

6 (ix) by inserting after subparagraph 

7 (F), as so redesignated, the following: 

8 ‘‘(G) describe how activities and services 

9 provided by the State or Indian Tribe are de10 signed and delivered to promote trauma-in11 formed care, autonomy, and privacy for victims 

12 of family violence, domestic violence, and dating 

13 violence, and their children and dependents, in14 cluding in the design and delivery of shelter;’’; 

15 and 

16 (x) in subparagraph (H)— 

17 (I) by striking ‘‘tribe’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘Tribe’’; and 

19 (II) by inserting ‘‘, remove, or ex20 clude’’ after ‘‘bar’’; and 

21 (2) in subsection (b)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘tribe’’ 

23 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Tribe’’; 

24 and 

25 (B) in paragraph (3)— 


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1 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘TRIB2 AL’’ and inserting ‘‘TRIBAL’’; 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘Indian tribes’’ each 

4 place such term appears and inserting ‘‘In5 dian Tribes’’; and 

6 (iii) by striking ‘‘section 306(c)’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘sections 302A and 306(c)’’. 

8 SEC. 109. SUBGRANTS AND USES OF FUNDS. 

9 Section 308 (42 U.S.C. 10408) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘that is designed’’ and in12 serting ‘‘that are designed’’; and 

13 (B) by striking ‘‘dependents’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘children and dependents’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (b)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

18 ‘‘developing safety plans’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘safety planning’’; 

20 (ii) in subparagraph (E), by inserting 

21 ‘‘, including for underserved racial and eth22 nic populations, persons with disabilities, 

23 and other underserved populations’’ before 

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1 (iii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

2 (F) through (H) as subparagraphs (G) 

3 through (I), respectively; 

4 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 

5 (E) the following: 

6 ‘‘(F) provision of shelter and supportive 

7 services to underserved populations;’’; 

8 (v) in subparagraph (H), as so redes9 ignated— 

10 (I) in clause (i), by striking 

11 ‘‘Federal and State’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘Federal, State, and local’’; 

13 (II) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘, 

14 alcohol, and drug abuse’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘and substance use disorder’’; 

16 (III) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘; 

17 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

18 (IV) by redesignating clause (vi) 

19 as clause (viii); 

20 (V) by inserting after clause (v) 

21 the following: 

22 ‘‘(vi) language assistance, including 

23 translation of written materials, telephonic, 

24 digital, and in-person interpreter services, 

25 for victims with limited English proficiency 


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1 or victims with disabilities, including per2 sons who are deaf or hard of hearing; 

3 ‘‘(vii) services described in this sub4 paragraph, provided in a manner that al5 lows for the full participation of victims 

6 with disabilities, including providing infor7 mation in alternative formats; and’’; and 

8 (VI) in clause (viii), as so redes9 ignated, by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in10 serting a semicolon; 

11 (vi) in subparagraph (I), as so redes12 ignated, by striking the period at the end 

13 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

14 (vii) by adding at the end the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(J) partnerships that enhance the design 

17 and delivery of services to victims and their 

18 children and dependents.’’; 

19 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘for the primary pur21 pose of providing’’ and inserting ‘‘whose 

22 primary purpose is to provide’’; 

23 (ii) by inserting ‘‘for the provision of 

24 such shelter and services, as described in 

25 paragraph (1)(A),’’ before ‘‘to adult and’’; 


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1 (iii) by striking ‘‘their dependents, as 

2 described in paragraph (1)(A)’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘their children and dependents’’; 

4 (iv) by striking ‘‘supportive services 

5 and prevention services’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘supportive services or prevention serv7 ices’’; and 

8 (v) by striking ‘‘through (H)’’ and in9 serting ‘‘through (I)’’; and 

10 (C) by striking ‘‘dependents’’ each place it 

11 appears (other than in paragraph (1)(J)) and 

12 inserting ‘‘children and dependents’’; and 

13 (3) in subsection (c)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

15 (i) by striking ‘‘a local public agency, 

16 or’’; 

17 (ii) by striking ‘‘dependents’’ and in18 serting ‘‘children and dependents’’; and 

19 (iii) by striking ‘‘tribal organizations, 

20 and voluntary associations),’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘Tribal organizations, and voluntary asso22 ciations) or a local public agency’’; and 

23 (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 

24 follows: 


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1 ‘‘(2) an organization whose primary purpose is 

2 to provide culturally specific services to underserved 

3 racial and ethnic populations, Tribal communities, or 

4 other underserved populations, that does not have a 

5 documented history of work concerning family vio6 lence, domestic violence, or dating violence, but that 

7 is in partnership with an organization described in 

8 paragraph (1).’’; and 

9 (4) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol10 lows: 

11 ‘‘(d) CONDITIONS.—Participation in supportive serv12 ices under this title shall be voluntary. Receipt of the bene13 fits of shelter described in subsection (b)(1)(A) shall not 

14 be conditioned upon the participation of the adult or 

15 youth, or their children or dependents, in any or all of 

16 the supportive services offered under this title.’’. 

17 SEC. 110. GRANTS FOR INDIAN TRIBES. 

18 Section 309 (42 U.S.C. 10409) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (a)— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘42 U.S.C. 14045d’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘34 U.S.C. 20126’’; 

22 (B) by striking ‘‘tribal’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘Tribal’’; 

24 (C) by striking ‘‘Indian tribes’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘Indian Tribes’’; and 


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1 (D) by striking ‘‘section 303(a)(2)(B)’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘section 303 and made avail3 able’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (b)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘Indian tribe’’ each place it 

6 appears and inserting ‘‘Indian Tribe’’; and 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘tribal organization’’ each 

8 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Tribal organiza9 tion’’; and 

10 (3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘306(c)’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘302A, 306(c),’’. 

12 SEC. 111. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTERS AND TRAINING 

13 AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTERS. 

14 Section 310 (42 U.S.C. 10410) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (a)(2)— 

16 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

17 (A), by striking ‘‘under this title and reserved 

18 under section 303(a)(2)(C)’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘under section 303 and made available to carry 

20 out this section’’; 

21 (B) in subparagraph (A)— 

22 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

23 and inserting a semicolon; 

24 (ii) in clause (ii)— 


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1 (I) by striking ‘‘7’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘11’’; 

3 (II) by striking ‘‘domestic vio4 lence’’ and inserting ‘‘family violence, 

5 domestic violence, and dating vio6 lence’’; and 

7 (III) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in8 serting a semicolon; and 

9 (iii) by adding at the end the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(iii) an Alaska Native Tribal re12 source center on domestic violence, to re13 duce Tribal disparities; and 

14 ‘‘(iv) a Native Hawaiian resource cen15 ter on domestic violence, to reduce Native 

16 Hawaiian disparities; and’’; and 

17 (C) in subparagraph (B)— 

18 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

19 by striking ‘‘grants, to’’ inserting ‘‘grants 

20 to entities that focus on other critical 

21 issues, such as’’; 

22 (ii) in clause (i)— 

23 (I) by striking ‘‘(including Alaska 

24 Native)’’; and 


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1 (II) by striking ‘‘subsection 

2 (b)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

3 (b)(5)’’; and 

4 (iii) by amending clause (ii) to read as 

5 follows: 

6 ‘‘(ii) entities demonstrating expertise 

7 related to— 

8 ‘‘(I) addressing the housing 

9 needs of family violence, domestic vio10 lence, or dating violence victims and 

11 their children and dependents; 

12 ‘‘(II) developing leadership of ad13 vocates from underserved populations; 

14 or 

15 ‘‘(III) addressing other emerging 

16 issues related to family violence, do17 mestic violence, or dating violence.’’; 

18 (2) in subsection (b)— 

19 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

20 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

21 (I) in clause (i), by inserting 

22 ‘‘and dependents’’ after ‘‘children’’; 

23 and 


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1 (II) in clause (ii), in the matter 

2 preceding subclause (I), by inserting 

3 ‘‘online’’ after ‘‘central’’; and 

4 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

5 (I) in clauses (i) and (ii)— 

6 (aa) by striking ‘‘tribes and 

7 tribal organizations’’ each place 

8 it appears and inserting ‘‘Tribes 

9 and Tribal organizations’’; and 

10 (bb) by striking ‘‘the tribes’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘the Tribes’’; 

12 (II) in clause (i), by striking 

13 ‘‘42’’ and all that follows through 

14 ‘‘3796gg–10 note’’ and inserting ‘‘34 

15 U.S.C. 10452 note’’; 

16 (III) in clause (ii), by striking 

17 ‘‘42’’ and all that follows through 

18 ‘‘3796gg–10 note’’ and inserting ‘‘34 

19 U.S.C. 10452 note’’; and 

20 (IV) in clause (iii)— 

21 (aa) by striking ‘‘Native Ha22 waiians that’’ and inserting ‘‘Na23 tive Hawaiians who’’; and 


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1 (bb) by inserting ‘‘the Office 

2 for Victims of Crime and’’ after 

3 ‘‘Human Services, and’’; 

4 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

5 (i) in the matter preceding subpara6 graph (A)— 

7 (I) by striking ‘‘State and local 

8 domestic violence service providers’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘support effective pol10 icy, practice, research, and cross sys11 tems collaboration’’; and 

12 (II) by striking ‘‘enhancing do13 mestic violence’’ and inserting ‘‘en14 hancing family violence, domestic vio15 lence, and dating violence’’; 

16 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

17 ‘‘which may include the response to the use 

18 of the self-defense plea by domestic vio19 lence victims and the issuance and use of 

20 protective orders’’ and inserting ‘‘including 

21 the issuance and use of protective orders, 

22 batterers’ intervention programming, and 

23 responses to charged, incarcerated, and re24 entering domestic violence victims’’; 

25 (iii) in subparagraph (B)— 


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1 (I) by striking ‘‘domestic vio2 lence’’ and inserting ‘‘family violence, 

3 domestic violence, and dating vio4 lence’’; and 

5 (II) by striking ‘‘dependents’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘children’’; 

7 (iv) in subparagraph (C)— 

8 (I) by striking ‘‘of domestic vio9 lence’’ each place it appears; and 

10 (II) by inserting ‘‘, and the re11 sponse of domestic violence programs 

12 and other community organizations 

13 with respect to health advocacy and 

14 addressing health issues’’ before the 

15 period; 

16 (v) by amending subparagraph (D) to 

17 read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(D) The response of mental health, sub19 stance use disorder, and domestic violence sys20 tems and programs and other related systems 

21 and programs, to victims of family violence, do22 mestic violence, and dating violence, and their 

23 children and dependents, who experience psy24 chological trauma, or have mental health or 

25 substance use needs related to.’’; 


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1 (vi) in subparagraph (E)— 

2 (I) by striking ‘‘enhancing do3 mestic violence’’ and inserting ‘‘en4 hancing family violence, domestic vio5 lence, and dating violence’’; and 

6 (II) by striking ‘‘of domestic vio7 lence’’; and 

8 (vii) by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(F) The response of family violence, do11 mestic violence, and dating violence programs 

12 and related systems to victims who are under13 served due to sexual orientation or gender iden14 tity, including expanding the capacity of organi15 zations to better meet the needs of such vic16 tims. 

17 ‘‘(G) The response of family violence, do18 mestic violence, and dating violence programs, 

19 disability service providers, and related systems 

20 to victims with disabilities (including victims 

21 who acquire disabilities due to family violence, 

22 domestic violence, or dating violence), includ23 ing— 

24 ‘‘(i) extending community engagement 

25 efforts with persons with disabilities; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) enhancing and modifying services 

2 to better meet the needs of such victims, 

3 and of family violence, domestic violence, 

4 and dating violence organizations, by ex5 panding partnerships and conducting 

6 cross-training with disability service pro7 viders to make disability organizations 

8 more victim-centered and equitable; 

9 ‘‘(iii) evaluating accessibility barriers 

10 in programs and shelter facilities and ad11 vising on how to make modifications to 

12 meet the needs of victims with disabilities; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(iv) promoting culturally and linguis15 tically relevant responses for persons with 

16 disabilities. 

17 ‘‘(H) Strengthening the organizational ca18 pacity of State Domestic Violence Coalitions 

19 and Tribal Domestic Violence Coalitions and of 

20 State (including territorial) and Tribal adminis21 trators who distribute funds under this title to 

22 community-based family violence, domestic vio23 lence, and dating violence programs, with the 

24 aim of better enabling such coalitions and ad25 ministrators— 


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1 ‘‘(i) to collaborate and respond effec2 tively to family violence, domestic violence, 

3 and dating violence; 

4 ‘‘(ii) to meet the conditions and carry 

5 out the provisions of this title; and 

6 ‘‘(iii) to implement best practices to 

7 meet the emerging needs of victims and 

8 their families, children, and dependents.’’; 

9 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

10 paragraph (5); 

11 (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(3) ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL RESOURCE CEN14 TER.—In accordance with subsection (a)(2), the Sec15 retary shall award a grant to an eligible entity for 

16 an Alaska Native Tribal resource center on domestic 

17 violence to reduce Tribal disparities, which shall— 

18 ‘‘(A) offer a comprehensive array of tech19 nical assistance and training resources to In20 dian Tribes and Tribal organizations, specifi21 cally designed to enhance the capacity of the 

22 Tribes and organizations to respond to family 

23 violence, domestic violence, and dating violence 

24 and the findings of section 901 and purposes in 

25 section 902 of the Violence Against Women and 


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1 Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 

2 2005 (34 U.S.C. 10452 note); 

3 ‘‘(B) coordinate all projects and activities 

4 with the national resource center described in 

5 paragraph (1)(B); 

6 ‘‘(C) coordinate with the projects and ac7 tivities of that center that involve working with 

8 non-Tribal State and local governments to en9 hance their capacity to understand the unique 

10 needs of Alaska Natives; 

11 ‘‘(D) provide comprehensive community 

12 education and prevention initiatives relating to 

13 family violence, domestic violence, and dating 

14 violence in a culturally sensitive and relevant 

15 manner; and 

16 ‘‘(E) coordinate activities with other Fed17 eral agencies, offices, and grantees that address 

18 the needs of Alaska Natives who experience 

19 family violence, domestic violence, and dating 

20 violence, including the Office of Justice Services 

21 of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Indian 

22 Health Service, and the Office for Victims of 

23 Crime and the Office on Violence Against 

24 Women of the Department of Justice. 


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1 ‘‘(4) NATIVE HAWAIIAN RESOURCE CENTER.— 

2 In accordance with subsection (a)(2), the Secretary 

3 shall award a grant to an eligible entity for a Native 

4 Hawaiian resource center on domestic violence to re5 duce Native Hawaiian disparities, which shall— 

6 ‘‘(A) offer a comprehensive array of tech7 nical assistance and training resources to Na8 tive Hawaiian organizations, specifically de9 signed to enhance the capacity of the Native 

10 Hawaiian organizations to respond to family vi11 olence, domestic violence, and dating violence; 

12 ‘‘(B) coordinate all projects and other ac13 tivities with the national resource center de14 scribed in paragraph (1)(B); 

15 ‘‘(C) coordinate all projects and other ac16 tivities, with State and local governments, that 

17 involve working with the State and local govern18 ments, to enhance their capacity to understand 

19 the unique needs of Native Hawaiians; 

20 ‘‘(D) provide comprehensive community 

21 education and prevention initiatives relating to 

22 family violence, domestic violence, and dating 

23 violence in a culturally sensitive and relevant 

24 manner; and 


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1 ‘‘(E) coordinate activities with other Fed2 eral agencies, offices, and grantees that address 

3 the needs of Native Hawaiians who experience 

4 family violence, domestic violence, and dating 

5 violence, including the Office for Victims of 

6 Crime and the Office on Violence Against 

7 Women of the Department of Justice.’’; and 

8 (E) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated— 

9 (i) in subparagraphs (A) and (B)(i), 

10 by striking ‘‘Indian tribes, tribal organiza11 tions’’ each place it appears and inserting 

12 ‘‘Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations’’; and 

13 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

14 (I) by striking ‘‘the tribes’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘the Tribes’’; and 

16 (II) by striking ‘‘nontribal’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘non-Tribal’’; and 

18 (iii) by striking ‘‘(including Alaska 

19 Natives)’’ each place it appears; and 

20 (3) in subsection (c)— 

21 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

22 (i) in the matter preceding subpara23 graph (A), by striking ‘‘or (D)’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘(D), (F), or (H)’’; and 


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1 (ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to 

2 read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(B) includes on the board of directors or 

4 advisory committee and on the staff of such en5 tity, individuals who are from domestic violence 

6 programs and who are geographically and cul7 turally diverse’’; 

8 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘tribal organization’’ 

10 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Tribal 

11 organization’’; 

12 (ii) by striking ‘‘Indian tribes’’ each 

13 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Indian 

14 Tribes’’; 

15 (iii) by striking ‘‘domestic violence’’ 

16 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘family 

17 violence, domestic violence, and dating vio18 lence’’; 

19 (iv) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by 

20 striking ‘‘42 U.S.C. 3796gg–10 note’’ each 

21 place it appears and inserting ‘‘34 U.S.C. 

22 10452 note’’; and 

23 (v) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

24 ‘‘tribally’’ and inserting ‘‘Tribally’’; 

25 (C) in paragraph (3)— 


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1 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

2 ‘‘community’’ and inserting ‘‘population’’; 

3 and 

4 (ii) in subparagraph (B)(ii)— 

5 (I) by inserting ‘‘geographically 

6 diverse’’ before ‘‘advocates’’; and 

7 (II) by striking ‘‘from across the 

8 Nation’’; 

9 (D) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

10 paragraph (6); 

11 (E) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(4) ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL RESOURCE CEN14 TER ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—To be eligible to re15 ceive a grant under subsection (b)(3), an entity shall 

16 be a Tribal organization, or a nonprofit private orga17 nization that focuses primarily on issues of family 

18 violence, domestic violence, and dating violence with19 in Indian Tribes, in Alaska that submits information 

20 to the Secretary demonstrating— 

21 ‘‘(A) experience working with Indian 

22 Tribes, and Tribal organizations, in Alaska to 

23 respond to family violence, domestic violence, 

24 and dating violence and the findings of section 

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1 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 

2 2005 (Public Law 109–162; 34 U.S.C. 10452 

3 note); 

4 ‘‘(B) experience providing Indian Tribes, 

5 and Tribal organizations, in Alaska with assist6 ance in developing Tribally based prevention 

7 and intervention services addressing family vio8 lence, domestic violence, and dating violence 

9 and safety for American Indian and Alaska Na10 tive women consistent with the purposes of sec11 tion 902 of the Violence Against Women and 

12 Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 

13 2005 (Public Law 109–162; 34 U.S.C. 10452 

14 note); 

15 ‘‘(C) strong support for the entity’s des16 ignation as the Alaska Native Tribal resource 

17 center on domestic violence from advocates 

18 working with Indian Tribes in Alaska to ad19 dress family violence, domestic violence, and 

20 dating violence and the safety of Alaska Native 

21 women; 

22 ‘‘(D) a record of demonstrated effective23 ness in assisting Indian Tribes, and Tribal or24 ganizations, in Alaska with prevention and 


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1 intervention services addressing family violence, 

2 domestic violence, and dating violence; and 

3 ‘‘(E) the capacity to serve geographically 

4 diverse Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations, 

5 in Alaska. 

6 ‘‘(5) NATIVE HAWAIIAN RESOURCE CENTER.— 

7 To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection 

8 (b)(4), an entity shall be a Native Hawaiian organi9 zation, or a nonprofit private organization that fo10 cuses primarily on issues of family violence, domestic 

11 violence, and dating violence within the Native Ha12 waiian community, that submits information to the 

13 Secretary demonstrating— 

14 ‘‘(A) experience working with Native Ha15 waiian organizations to respond to family vio16 lence, domestic violence, and dating violence; 

17 ‘‘(B) experience providing Native Hawaiian 

18 organizations with assistance in developing pre19 vention and intervention services addressing 

20 family violence, domestic violence, and dating 

21 violence and safety for Native Hawaiian women; 

22 ‘‘(C) strong support for the entity’s des23 ignation as the Native Hawaiian resource cen24 ter on domestic violence from advocates working 

25 with Native Hawaiian organizations to address 


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1 family violence, domestic violence, and dating 

2 violence and the safety of Native Hawaiian 

3 women; 

4 ‘‘(D) a record of demonstrated effective5 ness in assisting Native Hawaiian organizations 

6 with prevention and intervention services ad7 dressing family violence, domestic violence, and 

8 dating violence; and 

9 ‘‘(E) the capacity to serve geographically 

10 diverse Native Hawaiian communities and orga11 nizations.’’; and 

12 (F) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated— 

13 (i) in the matter preceding subpara14 graph (A), by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(3)’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(5)’’; and 

16 (ii) in subparagraph (A)— 

17 (I) by striking ‘‘(including Alaska 

18 Natives)’’; and 

19 (II) by striking ‘‘Indian tribe, 

20 tribal organization’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘Indian Tribe, Tribal organization’’. 

22 SEC. 112. GRANTS TO STATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALI23 TIONS. 

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1 (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘section 

2 303(a)(2)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 303 and made 

3 available to carry out this section’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (d)— 

5 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

6 by striking ‘‘shall include’’; 

7 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (i) by inserting ‘‘, and evidence-in9 formed prevention of,’’ after ‘‘comprehen10 sive responses to’’; and 

11 (ii) by striking ‘‘working with local’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘shall include— 

13 ‘‘(A) working with local’’; 

14 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 

15 (3) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively, 

16 and adjusting the margins accordingly; 

17 (D) in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1), 

18 as so redesignated— 

19 (i) by striking ‘‘dependents’’ and in20 serting ‘‘children and dependents’’; and 

21 (ii) by adding ‘‘and’’ after the semi22 colon; and 

23 (E) by inserting after subparagraph (C) of 

24 paragraph (1), as so redesignated, the fol25 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(D) collaborating with, as applicable for 

2 the State, Indian Tribes and Tribal organiza3 tions (or Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian 

4 groups or communities) to address the needs of 

5 Indian (including Alaska Native) or Native Ha6 waiian victims of family violence, domestic vio7 lence, or dating violence, as applicable in the 

8 State; and’’; 

9 (F) in paragraph (4)— 

10 (i) by striking ‘‘collaborating with and 

11 providing’’ and inserting ‘‘may include— 

12 ‘‘(A) collaborating with and providing’’; 

13 and 

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘, mental health’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘(including mental health and 

16 substance use disorders)’’; 

17 (G) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

18 paragraph (2); 

19 (H) in paragraph (6), by redesignating 

20 subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and 

21 (ii), respectively, and adjusting the margins ac22 cordingly; 

23 (I) by redesignating paragraphs (5) 

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1 respectively, and adjusting the margins accord2 ingly; 

3 (J) in clause (ii) of subparagraph (C) of 

4 paragraph (2), as so redesignated, by striking 

5 ‘‘child abuse is present;’’ and inserting ‘‘there is 

6 a co-occurrence of child abuse; and’’; 

7 (K) by striking paragraph (8); and 

8 (L) in subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2), 

9 as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in10 serting a period; 

11 (3) by striking subsection (e); 

12 (4) by redesignating subsections (f) through (h) 

13 as subsections (e) through (g), respectively; and 

14 (5) in subsection (g), as so redesignated, by 

15 striking ‘‘Indian tribes and tribal organizations’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations’’. 

17 SEC. 113. GRANTS TO TRIBAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALI18 TIONS. 

19 The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 

20 U.S.C. 10401 et seq.) is amended by inserting after sec21 tion 311 the following: 

22 ‘‘SEC. 311A. GRANTS TO TRIBAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COA23 LITIONS. 

24 ‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—Beginning with fiscal 

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1 and made available to carry out this section for a fiscal 

2 year, the Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities 

3 in accordance with this section. 

4 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive 

5 a grant under this section, an entity shall be a Tribal Do6 mestic Violence Coalition that provides services to Indian 

7 Tribes. 

8 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—Each Tribal Domestic Violence 

9 Coalition desiring a grant under this section shall submit 

10 an application to the Secretary at such time, in such man11 ner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 

12 require. The application submitted by the coalition for the 

13 grant shall provide documentation of the coalition’s work, 

14 demonstrating that the coalition— 

15 ‘‘(1) meets all the applicable requirements set 

16 forth in this section; and 

17 ‘‘(2) has the ability to conduct all activities de18 scribed in this section, as indicated by— 

19 ‘‘(A) a documented experience in admin20 istering Federal grants to conduct the activities 

21 described in subsection (d); or 

22 ‘‘(B) a documented history of activities to 

23 further the purposes of this section set forth in 

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1 ‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—A Tribal Domestic Violence 

2 Coalition eligible under subsection (b) that receives a 

3 grant under this section may use the grant funds for ad4 ministration and operation to further the purposes of fam5 ily violence, domestic violence, and dating violence inter6 vention and prevention activities, including— 

7 ‘‘(1) working with local Tribal family violence, 

8 domestic violence, or dating violence service pro9 grams and providers of direct services to encourage 

10 appropriate and comprehensive responses to family 

11 violence, domestic violence, and dating violence 

12 against adults or youth within the Indian Tribes 

13 served, including providing training and technical as14 sistance and conducting Tribal needs assessments; 

15 ‘‘(2) participating in planning and monitoring 

16 the distribution of subgrants and subgrant funds 

17 within the State under section 308(a); 

18 ‘‘(3) working in collaboration with Tribal serv19 ice providers and community-based organizations to 

20 address the needs of victims of family violence, do21 mestic violence, and dating violence, and their chil22 dren and dependents; 

23 ‘‘(4) collaborating with, and providing informa24 tion to, entities in such fields as housing, health care 

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1 care), social welfare, education, and law enforcement 

2 to support the development and implementation of 

3 effective policies; 

4 ‘‘(5) supporting the development and implemen5 tation of effective policies, protocols, legislation, 

6 codes, and programs that address the safety and 

7 support needs of adult and youth Tribal victims of 

8 family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence; 

9 ‘‘(6) encouraging appropriate responses to cases 

10 of family violence, domestic violence, or dating vio11 lence against adults or youth, by working with Trib12 al, State, and Federal judicial agencies and law en13 forcement agencies; 

14 ‘‘(7) working with Tribal, State, and Federal 

15 judicial agencies, including family law judges, crimi16 nal court judges, child protective service agencies, 

17 and children’s advocates to develop appropriate re18 sponses to child custody and visitation issues— 

19 ‘‘(A) in cases of child exposure to family 

20 violence, domestic violence, or dating violence; 

21 or 

22 ‘‘(B) in cases in which— 

23 ‘‘(i) family violence, domestic violence, 

24 or dating violence is present; and 

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1 ‘‘(8) providing information to the public about 

2 prevention of family violence, domestic violence, and 

3 dating violence within Indian Tribes; 

4 ‘‘(9) assisting Indian Tribes’ participation in, 

5 and attendance of, Federal and State consultations 

6 on family violence, domestic violence, or dating vio7 lence, including consultations mandated by the Vio8 lence Against Women Act of 1994 (title IV of Public 

9 Law 103–322), the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 

10 (34 U.S.C. 20101 et seq.), or this title; and 

11 ‘‘(10) providing services described in section 

12 308(b) to victims of family violence, domestic vio13 lence, and dating violence. 

14 ‘‘(e) REALLOCATION.—If, at the end of the sixth 

15 month of any fiscal year for which sums are appropriated 

16 under section 303 and made available to carry out this 

17 section, a portion of the available amount has not been 

18 awarded to Tribal Domestic Violence Coalitions for grants 

19 under this section because of the failure of such coalitions 

20 to meet the requirements for such grants, then the Sec21 retary shall award such portion, in equal shares, to Tribal 

22 Domestic Violence Coalitions that meet such require23 ments.’’. 


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1 SEC. 114. SPECIALIZED SERVICES FOR ABUSED PARENTS 

2 AND THEIR CHILDREN. 

3 Section 312 (42 U.S.C. 10412) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

6 (i) by striking ‘‘service programs and 

7 community-based programs to prevent fu8 ture domestic violence by addressing, in an 

9 appropriate manner, the needs of children’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘service programs and cul11 turally specific community-based programs 

12 to serve children and youth’’; and 

13 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, and to support the 

14 caregiving capacity of adult victims’’ before 

15 the period; and 

16 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

17 (i) in the first sentence, by striking 

18 ‘‘of not more than 2 years’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘of 3 years’’; and 

20 (ii) in the second sentence, by striking 

21 ‘‘of not more than 2 years’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘of 2 years’’; 

23 (2) in subsection (b)— 

24 (A) by inserting ‘‘or State domestic vio25 lence services’’ after ‘‘local’’; 


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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘a culturally specific orga2 nization,’’ after ‘‘associations),’’; 

3 (C) by striking ‘‘tribal organization’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘Tribal organization’’; 

5 (D) by inserting ‘‘adult and child’’ after 

6 ‘‘serving’’; and 

7 (E) by striking ‘‘and their children’’; and 

8 (3) in subsection (c)— 

9 (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 

10 follows: 

11 ‘‘(1) a description of how the entity will 

12 prioritize the safety of, and confidentiality of infor13 mation about adult and child victims of family vio14 lence, domestic violence, or dating violence;’’; 

15 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘develop16 mentally appropriate and age-appropriate serv17 ices, and culturally and linguistically appro18 priate services, to the victims and children; 

19 and’’ and inserting ‘‘trauma-informed, develop20 mentally appropriate, age-appropriate, and cul21 turally and linguistically appropriate services to 

22 children and youth and their adult caregivers;’’; 

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1 lence, or dating violence.’’ and inserting the fol2 lowing: ‘‘that— 

3 ‘‘(i) is relevant to the unique needs of 

4 children and youth exposed to family vio5 lence, domestic violence, or dating violence; 

6 ‘‘(ii) provides for the safety of chil7 dren, youth, and their non-abusing par8 ents; and 

9 ‘‘(iii) improves the interventions, de10 livery of services, and treatments provided 

11 for such children, youth, and families; 

12 and;’’; and 

13 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(4) a description of prevention activities tar15 geting child and youth victims of family violence, do16 mestic violence, or dating violence.’’; 

17 (4) in subsection (d)— 

18 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

19 by striking ‘‘community-based program de20 scribed in subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘cul21 turally specific community-based program’’; 

22 (B) in paragraph (1)(A)— 

23 (i) by striking ‘‘victims of family vio24 lence, domestic violence, or dating violence 

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1 youth and adult victims of family violence, 

2 domestic violence, or dating violence’’; and 

3 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or the health sys4 tem’’ before the semicolon; and 

5 (C) in paragraph (2)— 

6 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

7 ‘‘community-based organizations serving 

8 victims of family violence, domestic vio9 lence, or dating violence or children ex10 posed to family violence, domestic violence, 

11 or dating violence’’ and inserting ‘‘health, 

12 education, or other community-based orga13 nizations serving adult and child victims of 

14 family violence, domestic violence, or dat15 ing violence’’; and 

16 (ii) in subparagraph (C)— 

17 (I) by inserting ‘‘and youth’’ 

18 after ‘‘for children’’; and 

19 (II) by inserting ‘‘health,’’ after 

20 ‘‘transportation,’’; and 

21 (5) in subsection (e)— 

22 (A) by inserting ‘‘shall participate in an 

23 evaluation and’’ after ‘‘under this section’’; and 

24 (B) by striking ‘‘contain an evaluation of’’ 

25 and inserting ‘‘including information on’’. 


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1 SEC. 115. NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE 

2 GRANT. 

3 Section 313 (42 U.S.C. 10413) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘telephone hotline’’ and in6 serting ‘‘telephonic hotline and digital services’’; 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘a hotline that provides’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘a hotline and digital services 

9 that provide’’; and 

10 (C) by inserting before the period at the 

11 end of the second sentence the following: ‘‘, and 

12 that provide information about healthy relation13 ships for adults and youth’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (d)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

16 (i) in the matter preceding subpara17 graph (A), by inserting ‘‘and digital serv18 ices’’ after ‘‘hotline’’; 

19 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

20 ‘‘hotline personnel’’ and all that follows 

21 through ‘‘by the hotline’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘advocacy personnel’’; 

23 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

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1 (iv) in subparagraphs (D) and (F), by 

2 inserting ‘‘and digital services’’ after ‘‘hot3 line’’ each place such term appears; 

4 (v) in subparagraph (E)— 

5 (I) by striking ‘‘non-English 

6 speaking callers’’ and inserting ‘‘call7 ers and digital services users with lim8 ited English proficiency’’; and 

9 (II) by striking ‘‘hotline per10 sonnel’’ and inserting ‘‘advocacy per11 sonnel’’; 

12 (vi) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

13 ‘‘hearing impairments; and’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘disabilities, including individuals who are 

15 deaf or hard of hearing or are blind or 

16 have visual impairments, and for training 

17 hotline and digital services personnel in as18 sisting persons with disabilities when those 

19 persons are accessing the hotline and dig20 ital services;’’; 

21 (vii) in subparagraph (G), by striking 

22 ‘‘youth victims’’ and all that follows and 

23 inserting ‘‘youth victims of family violence, 

24 domestic violence, and dating violence, 

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1 national youth dating violence hotline and 

2 other digital services and resources’’; 

3 (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, dig4 ital services,’’ after ‘‘hotline’’; 

5 (C) by amending paragraph (5) to read as 

6 follows: 

7 ‘‘(5) demonstrate the ability to— 

8 ‘‘(A) provide information and referrals for 

9 individuals contacting the hotline or using dig10 ital services; 

11 ‘‘(B) directly connect callers or assist dig12 ital services users in connecting to service pro13 viders; and 

14 ‘‘(C) employ crisis interventions meeting 

15 the standards of family violence, domestic vio16 lence, and dating violence providers;’’; 

17 (D) by redesignating paragraphs (6) 

18 through (8) as paragraphs (7) through (9), re19 spectively; 

20 (E) by inserting after paragraph (5) the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(6) demonstrate the ability to provide informa23 tion about healthy relationships for adults and 

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1 (F) in paragraph (8), as so redesignated, 

2 by striking ‘‘306(c)(5)’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘302A(b)’’; and 

4 (3) in subsection (e)— 

5 (A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND DIG6 ITAL SERVICES’’ after ‘‘HOTLINE’’; 

7 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (i) by striking ‘‘telephone hotline’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘telephonic hotline and digital 

10 services’’; and 

11 (ii) by striking ‘‘and assistance to 

12 adult’’ and inserting ‘‘for the benefit of 

13 adult’’; and 

14 (C) in paragraph (2)— 

15 (i) in the matter preceding subpara16 graph (A), by inserting ‘‘and digital serv17 ices’’ after ‘‘hotline’’; 

18 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

19 ‘‘toll-free telephone line’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘24-hour toll-free telephone line and an 

21 internet service provider for operating dig22 ital services in accessible formats including 

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1 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

2 ‘‘, provide counseling and referral services 

3 for callers on a 24-hour-a-day basis, and 

4 directly connect callers’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘and digital services contacts, provide 

6 counseling, healthy relationship informa7 tion, and referral services for callers and 

8 digital services users, on a 24-hour-a-day 

9 basis, and directly connect callers and dig10 ital services users’’; 

11 (iv) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 

12 ‘‘and digital services users’’ after ‘‘callers’’; 

13 (v) in subparagraph (D)— 

14 (I) by inserting ‘‘and digital serv15 ices’’ after ‘‘hotline’’; and 

16 (II) by inserting ‘‘and, as appro17 priate, in accessible formats, including 

18 formats compliant with the most re19 cent Web Content Accessibility Guide20 lines or successor guideline as applica21 ble’’ after ‘‘users’’; 

22 (vi) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

23 ‘‘underserved populations and individuals 

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1 populations, persons with disabilities, and 

2 other underserved populations, by ensuring 

3 access to the hotline and digital services 

4 through accommodations and training of 

5 advocacy personal’’; 

6 (vii) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

7 ‘‘teen dating violence hotline’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘hotline or digital services’’; and 

9 (viii) in subparagraph (H), by insert10 ing ‘‘or digital services provider’’ after 

11 ‘‘hotline operator’’ each place it appears. 

12 SEC. 116. NATIONAL INDIAN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE 

13 GRANT. 

14 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to in15 crease the availability of information and assistance to In16 dian adult and youth victims of family violence, domestic 

17 violence, or dating violence, family and household mem18 bers of such victims, and individuals affected by such vic19 timization by supporting a national, toll-free telephonic 

20 and digital hotline to provide services that are— 

21 (1) informed of Federal Indian law and Tribal 

22 laws impacting Indian victims of family violence, do23 mestic violence, or dating violence; 

24 (2) culturally appropriate to Indian adult and 

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1 (3) developed in cooperation with victim serv2 ices offered by Indian Tribes and Tribal organiza3 tions. 

4 (b) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Family Violence Preven5 tion and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10401 et seq.) is amend6 ed by inserting after section 313 the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 313A. NATIONAL INDIAN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOT8 LINE GRANT. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award a 

10 grant to a Tribal organization or private, nonprofit entity 

11 to maintain the ongoing operation of a 24-hour, national, 

12 toll-free telephonic hotline and digital services to provide 

13 information and assistance to Indian adult and youth vic14 tims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating vio15 lence, family and household members of such victims, and 

16 other individuals affected by such victimization. 

17 ‘‘(b) TERM.—The Secretary shall award a grant 

18 under this section for a period of not more than 5 years. 

19 ‘‘(c) CONDITIONS ON PAYMENT.—The provision of 

20 payments under a grant awarded under this section shall 

21 be subject to annual approval by the Secretary and subject 

22 to the availability of appropriations for each fiscal year 

23 to make the payments. 

24 ‘‘(d) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

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1 or a nonprofit private organization that focuses primarily 

2 on issues of family violence, domestic violence, and dating 

3 violence as it relates to American Indians and Alaska Na4 tives, and submit an application to the Secretary that 

5 shall— 

6 ‘‘(1) contain such agreements, assurances, and 

7 information, be in such form, and be submitted in 

8 such manner, as the Secretary shall prescribe; 

9 ‘‘(2) include a complete description of the appli10 cant’s plan for the operation of a national Indian do11 mestic violence hotline and digital services, including 

12 descriptions of— 

13 ‘‘(A) the training program for advocacy 

14 personnel, including training on the provision of 

15 culturally appropriate services, Federal Indian 

16 law and Tribal laws impacting Indian victims of 

17 family violence, domestic violence, or dating vio18 lence, and resources and referrals for such vic19 tims; 

20 ‘‘(B) the qualifications of the applicant 

21 and the hiring criteria and qualifications for ad22 vocacy personnel, to ensure that hotline advo23 cates and other personnel have demonstrated 

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1 dian callers and users of digital services are 

2 met; 

3 ‘‘(C) the methods for the creation, mainte4 nance, and updating of a resource database of 

5 culturally appropriate victim services and re6 sources available from Indian Tribes and Tribal 

7 organizations; 

8 ‘‘(D) a plan for publicizing the availability 

9 of the national Indian hotline and digital serv10 ices to Indian victims of family violence, domes11 tic violence, and dating violence; 

12 ‘‘(E) a plan for providing service to callers 

13 and digital services users with limited English 

14 proficiency, including service through advocacy 

15 personnel who have non-English language capa16 bility; 

17 ‘‘(F) a plan for facilitating access to hot18 line and digital services by persons with disabil19 ities, including individuals who are deaf or hard 

20 of hearing or are blind or have visual impair21 ments, and for training hotline and digital serv22 ices personnel in assisting persons with disabil23 ities when those persons are accessing the hot24 line and digital services; and 


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1 ‘‘(G) a plan for providing assistance and 

2 referrals to Indian youth victims of family vio3 lence, domestic violence, and dating violence, 

4 which plan may be carried out through a na5 tional Indian youth dating violence hotline and 

6 other digital services and resources; 

7 ‘‘(3) demonstrate recognized expertise providing 

8 services, including information on healthy relation9 ships and referrals for Indian victims of family vio10 lence, domestic violence, or dating violence and co11 ordinating services with Indian Tribes or Tribal or12 ganizations; 

13 ‘‘(4) demonstrate support from Indian victim 

14 services programs, Tribal Domestic Violence Coali15 tions and Tribal grantees under this title; 

16 ‘‘(5) demonstrate capacity and the expertise to 

17 maintain a domestic violence hotline, digital services 

18 and a comprehensive database of service providers 

19 from Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations; 

20 ‘‘(6) demonstrate compliance with nondisclosure 

21 requirements as described in section 302A(b) and 

22 following comprehensive quality assurance practices; 

23 and 

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1 ‘‘(e) INDIAN HOTLINE ACTIVITIES.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An entity that receives a 

3 grant under this section shall use funds made avail4 able through the grant for the purpose described in 

5 subsection (a), consistent with paragraph (2). 

6 ‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—In establishing and oper7 ating the hotline and digital services, the entity— 

8 ‘‘(A) shall contract with a carrier for the 

9 use of a 24-hour toll-free telephone line and an 

10 internet service provider for operating digital 

11 services in accessible formats including TTY 

12 and interpreter services, where applicable; 

13 ‘‘(B) shall employ, train (including pro14 viding technology training), and supervise per15 sonnel to answer incoming calls and digital 

16 services contacts, provide counseling, healthy 

17 relationship information, and referral services 

18 for Indian callers and digital services users on 

19 a 24-hour-a-day basis, directly connect callers, 

20 and assist digital services users in connecting to 

21 service providers; 

22 ‘‘(C) shall assemble and maintain a data23 base of information relating to services for In24 dian victims of family violence, domestic vio25 lence, or dating violence to which Indian callers 


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1 or digital services users may be referred, includ2 ing information on the availability of shelter 

3 and supportive services for victims of family vi4 olence, domestic violence, or dating violence; 

5 ‘‘(D) shall widely publicize the hotline and 

6 digital services (and, as appropriate, in acces7 sible formats, including formats compliant with 

8 the most recent Web Content Accessibility 

9 Guidelines or successor guideline as applicable) 

10 throughout Indian Tribes and communities, in11 cluding— 

12 ‘‘(i) national and regional member or13 ganizations of Indian Tribes; 

14 ‘‘(ii) Tribal domestic violence services 

15 programs; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) Tribal nonprofit victim service 

17 providers; 

18 ‘‘(E) at the discretion of the hotline oper19 ator or digital services provider, may provide— 

20 ‘‘(i) appropriate assistance and refer21 rals for family and household members of 

22 Indian victims of family violence, domestic 

23 violence, or dating violence, and Indians 

24 affected by the victimization described in 

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1 ‘‘(ii) assistance, or referrals for coun2 seling or intervention, for identified Indian 

3 perpetrators, including self-identified per4 petrators, of family violence, domestic vio5 lence, or dating violence, but shall not be 

6 required to provide such assistance or re7 ferrals in any circumstance in which the 

8 hotline operator or digital services provider 

9 fears the safety of a victim may be im10 pacted by an abuser or suspected abuser. 

11 ‘‘(f) REPORTS AND EVALUATION.—The entity receiv12 ing a grant under this section shall submit a report to 

13 the Secretary at such time as shall be reasonably required 

14 by the Secretary. Such report shall describe the activities 

15 that have been carried out with such grant funds, contain 

16 an evaluation of the effectiveness of such activities, and 

17 provide such additional information as the Secretary may 

18 reasonably require.’’. 

19 SEC. 117. ADDITIONAL GRANT PROGRAMS. 

20 The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 

21 U.S.C. 10401 et seq.) is amended by inserting after sec22 tion 313A, as added by this Act, the following: 

23 ‘‘SEC. 313B. GRANTS FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. 

24 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 

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1 ganizing resources in support of effective and sustainable 

2 programs to prevent and address family violence, domestic 

3 violence, and dating violence, experienced by underserved 

4 populations. 

5 ‘‘(b) PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 

7 through the Director of the Family Violence Preven8 tion and Services Program, shall award grants to eli9 gible entities to assist in capacity building for, or 

10 planning, developing, or implementing of, culturally 

11 and linguistically appropriate, community-driven 

12 strategies to prevent and intervene in family vio13 lence, domestic violence, and dating violence, in un14 derserved populations. 

15 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to re16 ceive a grant under this subsection, an entity shall 

17 be— 

18 ‘‘(A) a population-specific organization— 

19 ‘‘(i) that has demonstrated experience 

20 and expertise in providing population-spe21 cific services in the relevant underserved 

22 populations; or 

23 ‘‘(ii) that is working in partnership 

24 with a victim service provider or domestic 

25 violence or sexual assault coalition; or 


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1 ‘‘(B) a victim service provider that is offer2 ing population-specific services for a specific 

3 underserved population. 

4 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—An entity seeking a grant 

5 under this subsection shall submit an application to 

6 the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 

7 containing such information as the Secretary may 

8 require. Such application shall include a description 

9 of the targeted underserved population to be served 

10 under the grant and how grant funds will be used 

11 in accordance with this subsection. 

12 ‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity that receives 

13 a grant under this subsection— 

14 ‘‘(A) shall use the grant funds to support 

15 the capacity building, planning, developing, or 

16 implementing of programs for the targeted un17 derserved population that— 

18 ‘‘(i) utilize community-driven interven19 tion and prevention strategies that address 

20 the barriers to access to family violence, 

21 domestic violence, and dating violence serv22 ices; 

23 ‘‘(ii) raise awareness of family vio24 lence, domestic violence, and dating vio25 lence; and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) promote community engagement 

2 in the prevention of family violence, domes3 tic violence, and dating violence; and 

4 ‘‘(B) may use the grant funds to— 

5 ‘‘(i)(I) expand collaboration with com6 munity partners that can provide appro7 priate assistance to the targeted under8 served populations; and 

9 ‘‘(II) establish linkages with national, 

10 State, Tribal, or local public and private 

11 partners, which may include community 

12 health workers, advocacy organizations, 

13 and policy organizations; 

14 ‘‘(ii) develop and implement commu15 nity engagement strategies, including the 

16 establishment of community working 

17 groups; 

18 ‘‘(iii) conduct a needs assessment of a 

19 targeted underserved population to deter20 mine the barriers to access described in 

21 subparagraph (A)(i) and factors contrib22 uting to such barriers, using input from 

23 the targeted underserved population; 

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1 ance for program development, implemen2 tation, evaluation, and other programmatic 

3 issues; 

4 ‘‘(v) identify or implement promising 

5 intervention and prevention strategies; 

6 ‘‘(vi) develop a plan, with the input of 

7 the targeted underserved population, that 

8 includes strategies for— 

9 ‘‘(I) implementing intervention 

10 and prevention strategies that dem11 onstrate potential for addressing the 

12 barriers to access, raising awareness 

13 of family violence, domestic violence, 

14 and dating violence, and promoting 

15 community engagement in the preven16 tion of family violence, domestic vio17 lence, and dating violence, within tar18 geted underserved populations; 

19 ‘‘(II) identifying other sources of 

20 revenue (besides funds appropriated 

21 to carry out this section) and inte22 grating current and proposed funding 

23 sources to ensure long-term sustain24 ability of the program carried out by 


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1 the eligible entity under this sub2 section; and 

3 ‘‘(III) conducting evaluations, in4 cluding collecting data and measuring 

5 progress toward addressing family vio6 lence, domestic violence, and dating 

7 violence, or towards raising awareness 

8 of family violence, domestic violence, 

9 and dating violence, in targeted un10 derserved populations; 

11 ‘‘(vii) implement a plan described in 

12 clause (vi); 

13 ‘‘(viii) collect, analyze, or interpret 

14 data appropriate for monitoring and evalu15 ating the program carried out under this 

16 subsection, which may include collabora17 tion with academic or other appropriate in18 stitutions; 

19 ‘‘(ix) collaborate with appropriate 

20 partners to disseminate information gained 

21 from the program to expand the reach of 

22 the information; 

23 ‘‘(x) develop policy initiatives for sys24 tems change to address the barriers de25 scribed in subparagraph (A)(i) or the 


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1 awareness issues described in subpara2 graph (A)(ii); and 

3 ‘‘(xi) conduct an evaluation of the ca4 pacity building, planning, development, or 

5 implementation activities conducted using 

6 the grant funds. 

7 ‘‘(5) DURATION.—The period during which 

8 payments may be made under a grant under this 

9 subsection shall not exceed 5 years, except in a case 

10 in which the Secretary determines that extraordinary 

11 circumstances exist. 

12 ‘‘(c) EVALUATION GRANTS, AGREEMENTS, AND CON13 TRACTS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 

15 grants or enter into cooperative agreements or con16 tracts with eligible entities that have received a 

17 grant under subsection (b) for the purpose of addi18 tional data analysis (in addition to the analysis de19 scribed in subsection (b)(4)(B)(viii)), program eval20 uation, which may include evaluating the process 

21 used by the program and evaluating the program 

22 outcome measures, and dissemination of findings. 

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1 ment or contract under this subsection, an entity 

2 shall be an organization that— 

3 ‘‘(A) has received a grant under subsection 

4 (b); and 

5 ‘‘(B) is working in collaboration with an 

6 entity specializing in program evaluation. 

7 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—An entity seeking a grant, 

8 cooperative agreement, or contract under this sub9 section shall submit an application to the Secretary 

10 at such time, in such manner, and containing such 

11 information as the Secretary may require. 

12 ‘‘(d) NONSUPPLANTATION.—Funds provided under 

13 this section shall be used to supplement and not supplant 

14 other Federal, State, and local public funds expended to 

15 provide services and activities that promote the purposes 

16 of this section. 

17 ‘‘(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, EVALUATION, AND

18 MONITORING.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts appro20 priated under section 303(e) for each fiscal year— 

21 ‘‘(A) up to 5 percent may be used by the 

22 Secretary for evaluation, monitoring, and other 

23 administration under this section; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) up to 3 percent may be used by the 

2 Secretary for technical assistance under para3 graph (2). 

4 ‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY

5 GRANTEES.—The Secretary shall enable recipients of 

6 grants under subsection (b) to share (including 

7 through conferences) best practices, evaluation re8 sults, reports, and other pertinent information re9 garding the programs and projects funded under 

10 this section with other entities serving underserved 

11 populations. 

12 ‘‘(3) REPORTS.—Each entity receiving funds 

13 under this section shall file a report at such times 

14 as requested by the Secretary describing the activi15 ties that have been carried out with funds under this 

16 section and providing such additional information as 

17 the Secretary may require. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 313C. GRANTS TO ENHANCE CULTURALLY SPECIFIC 

19 SERVICES. 

20 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, acting 

21 through the Director of the Family Violence Prevention 

22 and Services Program, shall establish a grant program to 

23 establish or enhance culturally specific services for victims 

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1 from underserved racial and ethnic populations and other 

2 underserved populations. 

3 ‘‘(b) PURPOSES.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The purposes of the grant 

5 program under this section are to— 

6 ‘‘(A) develop and support innovative cul7 turally specific community-based programs to 

8 enhance access to shelter or supportive services 

9 to further the purposes of family violence, do10 mestic violence, and dating violence intervention 

11 and prevention for all victims of family violence, 

12 domestic violence, or dating violence from un13 derserved racial and ethnic populations and 

14 other underserved populations, who face obsta15 cles to using more traditional services and re16 sources; 

17 ‘‘(B) strengthen the capacity and further 

18 the leadership development of individuals in un19 derserved racial and ethnic populations and 

20 other underserved populations, to address fam21 ily violence, domestic violence, and dating vio22 lence in their communities; and 

23 ‘‘(C) promote strategic partnership devel24 opment and collaboration, including with health 

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1 support programs, schools, child welfare pro2 grams, workforce development programs, do3 mestic violence programs, other community4 based programs, faith-based programs, and 

5 youth programs, in order to further a public 

6 health approach to addressing family violence, 

7 domestic violence, and dating violence. 

8 ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

10 award grants to eligible entities for programs 

11 for the targeted populations to establish or en12 hance family violence, domestic violence, and 

13 dating violence intervention and prevention ef14 forts that address distinctive culturally specific 

15 responses to family violence, domestic violence, 

16 and dating violence in underserved racial and 

17 ethnic populations and other underserved popu18 lations. 

19 ‘‘(B) NEW PROGRAMS.—In carrying out 

20 this section, the Secretary may award initial 

21 planning and capacity building grants to eligible 

22 entities that are establishing new programs in 

23 order to support the planning and development 

24 of culturally specific programs. 


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1 ‘‘(C) COMPETITIVE BASIS.—The Secretary 

2 shall ensure that grants are awarded under this 

3 section, to the extent practical, only on a com4 petitive basis, and that a grant is awarded for 

5 a proposal only if the proposal has been rec6 ommended for such an award through a process 

7 of peer review. 

8 ‘‘(D) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Up to 5 

9 percent of funds appropriated under section 

10 303 and made available to carry out this sec11 tion for a fiscal year shall be available for train12 ing and technical assistance to be used by the 

13 grantees to access evidence-based training and 

14 technical assistance, including from centers de15 scribed in section 310, regarding the provision 

16 of effective culturally specific, community-based 

17 services for underserved racial and ethnic popu18 lations and other underserved populations. 

19 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible for a grant 

20 under this section, an entity shall be a private nonprofit, 

21 nongovernmental organization that is— 

22 ‘‘(1) a community-based organization whose pri23 mary purpose is providing culturally specific services 

24 to victims of family violence, domestic violence, and 


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1 dating violence from underserved racial and ethnic 

2 populations and other underserved populations; or 

3 ‘‘(2) a community-based organization whose pri4 mary purpose is providing culturally specific services 

5 to individuals from underserved racial and ethnic 

6 populations and other underserved populations, that 

7 can partner with an organization having dem8 onstrated expertise in serving victims of family vio9 lence, domestic violence, and dating violence. 

10 ‘‘(d) CULTURAL COMPETENCY OF SERVICES.—The 

11 Secretary shall ensure that information and services pro12 vided pursuant to this section are provided in the lan13 guage, educational context, and cultural context that is 

14 most appropriate for the individuals for whom the infor15 mation and services are intended. 

16 ‘‘(e) GRANT PERIOD.—The Secretary shall award 

17 grants under this section for a 3-year period, with a pos18 sible extension of another 2 years to further implementa19 tion of the projects under the grant. 

20 ‘‘(f) NONEXCLUSIVITY.—Nothing in this section shall 

21 be interpreted to exclude linguistically and culturally spe22 cific community-based entities from applying for other 

23 sources of funding available under this title. 

24 ‘‘(g) REPORTS AND EVALUATION.—Each entity re25 ceiving funds under this section shall file a performance 


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1 report at such times as requested by the Secretary describ2 ing the activities that have been carried out with such 

3 grant funds and providing such additional information as 

4 the Secretary may require.’’. 

5 SEC. 118. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ENHANCE6 MENT AND LEADERSHIP. 

7 Section 314 (42 U.S.C. 10414) is amended to read 

8 as follows: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 314. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ENHANCE10 MENT AND LEADERSHIP. 

11 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purposes of this section are— 

12 ‘‘(1) to continue efforts to build evidence for ef13 fective primary and secondary prevention practices, 

14 programs, and policies, that reduce and end family 

15 violence, domestic violence, and dating violence; and 

16 ‘‘(2) to advance primary and secondary preven17 tion efforts related to family violence, domestic vio18 lence, and dating violence, through the establish19 ment, operation, and maintenance of State, Tribal, 

20 and local community projects. 

21 ‘‘(b) PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED.—From the amounts 

22 appropriated under section 303(d), the Secretary shall 

23 provide— 

24 ‘‘(1) grants or cooperative agreements under 

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1 tional capacity and leadership for primary and sec2 ondary prevention of family violence, domestic vio3 lence, and dating violence, including work with other 

4 systems central to prevention at the State, Tribal, 

5 and local levels; 

6 ‘‘(2) grants or cooperative agreements under 

7 subsection (d) to eligible entities to— 

8 ‘‘(A) implement and test innovative family 

9 violence, domestic violence, and dating violence 

10 prevention models, particularly models for those 

11 programs serving culturally specific or tradi12 tionally underserved populations; and 

13 ‘‘(B) scale up family violence, domestic vio14 lence, and dating violence prevention models 

15 with promising or demonstrated evidence of ef16 fectiveness; and 

17 ‘‘(3) grants under subsection (e) to eligible enti18 ties to expand the capacity of communities and sys19 tems to engage in effective primary and secondary 

20 prevention efforts related to family violence, domes21 tic violence, and dating violence. 

22 ‘‘(c) GRANTS OR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO

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1 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a 

2 grant or cooperative agreement under this sub3 section, an entity shall be a State Domestic Violence 

4 Coalition or Tribal Domestic Violence Coalition. 

5 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—An eligible coalition seek6 ing a grant or cooperative agreement under this sub7 section shall submit an application to the Secretary 

8 at such time, in such manner, and containing such 

9 information as the Secretary may require, including 

10 a demonstration of the coalition’s prevention work 

11 and ability to conduct the activities described in 

12 paragraph (3). 

13 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—A coalition that receives 

14 a grant or cooperative agreement under this sub15 section— 

16 ‘‘(A) shall use the grant or cooperative 

17 agreement funds to— 

18 ‘‘(i) build the coalition’s organiza19 tional and leadership capacity to advance 

20 evidence-informed primary and secondary 

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1 mestic violence programs and other com2 munity-based and culturally specific pro3 grams working to address family violence, 

4 domestic violence, and dating violence; 

5 ‘‘(iii) provide training and advocacy to 

6 State, Tribal, and local public and private 

7 entities on how to prevent family violence, 

8 domestic violence, and dating violence; and 

9 ‘‘(iv) support dissemination of preven10 tion strategies and approaches throughout 

11 State, Tribal, or local communities; and 

12 ‘‘(B) may use the grant or cooperative 

13 agreement funds to provide subgrants to local 

14 programs to support the dissemination of infor15 mation and resources on primary and secondary 

16 prevention programs or initiatives. 

17 ‘‘(4) REPORTS.—Each coalition receiving a 

18 grant or cooperative agreement under this sub19 section shall submit a report to the Secretary at 

20 such time as the Secretary requires. Such report 

21 shall describe the activities that have been carried 

22 out with the grant or cooperative agreement funds 

23 and the effectiveness of such activities, and provide 

24 such additional information as the Secretary may re25 quire. 


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1 ‘‘(d) GRANTS OR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR IM2 PLEMENTATION, EVALUATION, AND SCALING OF PRIMARY

3 AND SECONDARY PREVENTION STRATEGIES.— 

4 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a 

5 grant or cooperative agreement under this sub6 section, an entity shall— 

7 ‘‘(A) be a State Domestic Violence Coali8 tion or Tribal Domestic Violence Coalition; and 

9 ‘‘(B) include representatives of pertinent 

10 sectors of the local community to be served, 

11 which may include— 

12 ‘‘(i) health care providers; 

13 ‘‘(ii) State, Tribal, or local health de14 partments serving the local community; 

15 ‘‘(iii) the education community; 

16 ‘‘(iv) the juvenile justice system; 

17 ‘‘(v) family violence, domestic violence, 

18 or dating violence service program advo19 cates; 

20 ‘‘(vi) faith-based organizations; 

21 ‘‘(vii) public human service entities; 

22 ‘‘(viii) business leaders; 

23 ‘‘(ix) civic leaders; 

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1 ‘‘(xi) community-based organizations 

2 whose primary purpose is to provide cul3 turally appropriate services to underserved 

4 populations, such as underserved racial 

5 and ethnic populations; and 

6 ‘‘(xii) other pertinent sectors. 

7 ‘‘(2) TERM.—Grants or cooperative agreements 

8 under this subsection shall be for a period of not 

9 more than 5 fiscal years. 

10 ‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS.—An entity that desires a 

11 grant or cooperative agreement under this sub12 section to carry out a project shall submit an appli13 cation to the Secretary at such time, in such man14 ner, and containing such information as the Sec15 retary may require, which shall include the informa16 tion described in each of the following subpara17 graphs: 

18 ‘‘(A) A complete description of— 

19 ‘‘(i) the prevention models and strate20 gies to be implemented, tested, or scaled 

21 and partner organizations that will be im22 plementing a project to prevent family vio23 lence, domestic violence, and dating vio24 lence; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the coalition’s strategy to prevent 

2 family violence, domestic violence, and dat3 ing violence and the expected outcomes 

4 from the prevention activities to be carried 

5 out under the grant; 

6 ‘‘(iii) the method to be used for identi7 fication and selection of project staff and 

8 a project evaluator; and 

9 ‘‘(iv) the method to be used for identi10 fication and selection of a project council 

11 consisting of representatives of the commu12 nity sectors listed in paragraph (1)(B). 

13 ‘‘(B) A demonstration that the coalition— 

14 ‘‘(i) has developed collaborative rela15 tionships with diverse communities, includ16 ing organizations primarily serving cul17 turally specific or other underserved popu18 lations; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) has the capacity to carry out col20 laborative community initiatives to prevent 

21 family violence, domestic violence, and dat22 ing violence. 

23 ‘‘(C) Such other information, agreements, 

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1 ‘‘(4) GEOGRAPHICAL DISPERSION.—The Sec2 retary shall award grants or cooperative agreements 

3 under this subsection to coalitions for States and 

4 Tribes that are geographically dispersed throughout 

5 the United States. 

6 ‘‘(5) USE OF FUNDS.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An entity that re8 ceives a grant or cooperative agreements under 

9 this subsection shall use the grant or coopera10 tive agreement funds to— 

11 ‘‘(i) establish, operate, maintain, and 

12 evaluate a project that involves a coordi13 nated community response to reduce risk 

14 factors for family violence, domestic vio15 lence, and dating violence perpetration and 

16 enhance protective factors to promote posi17 tive development and healthy relationships 

18 and communities; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) if such a project shows promising 

20 or demonstrated evidence of effectiveness, 

21 scale up such project. 

22 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing 

23 and operating a project under this paragraph, 

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1 ‘‘(i) utilize evidence-informed preven2 tion project planning; 

3 ‘‘(ii) recognize and address the needs 

4 of underserved populations, such as under5 served racial and ethnic populations and 

6 persons with disabilities, through culturally 

7 specific responses; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) expand family violence, domestic 

9 violence, and dating violence prevention 

10 and intervention strategies among local do11 mestic violence programs and other com12 munity-based programs. 

13 ‘‘(6) REPORTS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each entity receiving 

15 a grant or cooperative agreement under this 

16 subsection shall submit a report to the Sec17 retary at such time as the Secretary requires. 

18 Such report shall contain an evaluation that de19 scribes the activities that have been carried out 

20 with the grant or cooperative agreement funds 

21 and the effectiveness of such activities, and pro22 vide such additional information as the Sec23 retary may require. 

24 ‘‘(B) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall 

25 make the evaluation reports received under this 


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1 paragraph publicly available on the Department 

2 of Health and Human Services website, and 

3 submit such reports to the Committee on 

4 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 

5 Senate and the Committee on Education and 

6 the Workforce of the House of Representatives. 

7 ‘‘(e) GRANTS TO EXPAND COMMUNITY-BASED PRE8 VENTION.— 

9 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to re10 ceive a grant under this subsection, an entity shall— 

11 ‘‘(A) be a private nonprofit, nongovern12 mental organization (which may include a faith13 based or charitable organization) or a Tribal or14 ganization that is— 

15 ‘‘(i) a community-based organization 

16 whose primary purpose is providing cul17 turally specific services to underserved ra18 cial and ethnic populations or other under19 served populations; 

20 ‘‘(ii) a community-based organization 

21 with a program focused on serving youth 

22 or serving children and their parents or 

23 caregivers; or 

24 ‘‘(iii) a community-based organization 

25 that offers legal services to help victims of 


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1 family violence, domestic violence, and dat2 ing violence and that works to serve the 

3 needs of underserved racial and ethnic 

4 populations, other underserved populations, 

5 youth, or children and their parents or 

6 caregivers; and 

7 ‘‘(B) have a demonstrated record of serv8 ing victims of family violence, domestic violence, 

9 and dating violence, or demonstrate a partner10 ship with another organization that has such a 

11 record. 

12 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—An entity seeking a grant 

13 under this subsection shall submit an application to 

14 the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 

15 containing such information as the Secretary may 

16 require, including— 

17 ‘‘(A) a description of how the entity will 

18 develop, expand, or replicate evidence-informed 

19 strategies and approaches for primary and sec20 ondary prevention efforts related to family vio21 lence, domestic violence, and dating violence in 

22 the community of the entity, including cul23 turally and linguistically appropriate primary 

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1 ‘‘(B) documents that demonstrate that the 

2 entity meets all of the applicable requirements 

3 set forth in this subsection; and 

4 ‘‘(C) a demonstration that the entity is 

5 able to appropriately conduct primary and sec6 ondary prevention efforts related to family vio7 lence, domestic violence, and dating violence. 

8 ‘‘(3) TERM.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

10 subparagraph (B), grants under this subsection 

11 shall be for a period of not more than 4 years. 

12 ‘‘(B) RENEWAL.—The Secretary may 

13 renew a grant awarded under this subsection 

14 for one additional period of not more than 4 

15 years if the Secretary determines that the eligi16 ble entity that has received such grant has been 

17 successful in meeting the objectives of the grant 

18 application submitted by the entity. 

19 ‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity that receives 

20 a grant under this subsection shall use the grant 

21 funds to— 

22 ‘‘(A) build the organizational capacity of 

23 the entity and enhance the leadership of the or24 ganization of the entity within the community 

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1 vancement of, evidence-informed primary and 

2 secondary prevention efforts related to family 

3 violence, domestic violence, and dating violence; 

4 ‘‘(B) promote strategic primary and sec5 ondary prevention partnership development, in6 cluding between any domestic violence pro7 grams, health programs, early childhood pro8 grams, economic support programs, schools, 

9 child welfare programs, workforce development 

10 programs, culturally specific community-based 

11 organizations, faith-based programs, commu12 nity-based organizations serving persons with 

13 disabilities, including individuals who are deaf 

14 or hard of hearing, and youth programs; and 

15 ‘‘(C) support dissemination of strategies 

16 and approaches for primary and secondary pre17 vention efforts related to family violence, do18 mestic violence, and dating violence to States, 

19 territories, Tribal organizations, and Tribes. 

20 ‘‘(5) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—An entity that 

21 receives a grant under this subsection may use not 

22 more than 5 percent of the funds awarded under 

23 this subsection to procure technical assistance 

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1 ‘‘(A) a list of providers approved by the 

2 Secretary; or 

3 ‘‘(B) other grantees under this subsection. 

4 ‘‘(f) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, EVALUATION, AND

5 MONITORING.—The Secretary may use a portion of the 

6 funds appropriated to carry out this section to provide for 

7 the evaluation, monitoring, administration, and technical 

8 assistance of programs authorized under subsection (b).’’. 

9 TITLE II—TEEN DATING 

10 VIOLENCE PREVENTION 

11 SEC. 201. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. 

12 Section 1708(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 

13 U.S.C. 300u–7(c)) is amended— 

14 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘adolescents and projects’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘adolescents, projects’’; and 

17 (B) by striking ‘‘among adolescents’’ and 

18 all that follows through the period and inserting 

19 ‘‘among adolescents (particularly projects to re20 duce the incidence of teen dating violence), and 

21 projects to increase abuse awareness, education, 

22 and prevention.’’; and 

23 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$5,000,000 

24 for fiscal year 1993, and such sums as may be nec25 essary for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 


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1 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000,000 for each of fiscal 

2 years 2024 through 2028’’. 

3 TITLE III—GENERAL 

4 PROVISIONS 

5 SEC. 301. SEVERABILITY. 

6 If any provision of this Act (including an amendment 

7 made by this Act) or the application of such provision to 

8 any person, entity, government, or circumstance, is held 

9 to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act (includ10 ing the amendments made by this Act), or the application 

11 of such provision to all other persons, entities, govern12 ments, or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. 

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