117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1620 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

3 ‘‘Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 

4 2021’’. 

5 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

6 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Universal definitions and grant conditions. 

Sec. 3. Agency and Department Coordination. 

Sec. 4. Effective date. 

Sec. 5. Availability of funds. 

Sec. 6. Sense of Congress. 

Sec. 7. Inclusion of disparate impact in studies. 

TITLE I—ENHANCING LEGAL TOOLS TO COMBAT DOMESTIC 

VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING 

Sec. 101. Stop grants. 

Sec. 102. Grants to encourage improvements and alternatives to the criminal 

justice response. 

Sec. 103. Legal assistance for victims. 

Sec. 104. Grants to support families in the justice system. 

Sec. 105. Outreach and services to underserved populations grants. 

Sec. 106. Criminal provisions. 

Sec. 107. Rape survivor child custody. 

Sec. 108. Enhancing culturally specific services for victims of domestic violence, 

dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

Sec. 109. Grants for lethality assessment programs authorization. 

TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES FOR VICTIMS 

Sec. 201. Sexual assault services program. 

Sec. 202. Sexual Assault Services Program. 

Sec. 203. Rural domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and 

child abuse enforcement assistance program. 

Sec. 204. Grants for training and services to end violence against people with 

disabilities and Deaf people. 

Sec. 205. Training and services to end abuse in later life. 

Sec. 206. Demonstration program on trauma-informed, victim-centered training 

for law enforcement. 

Sec. 207. Authorization of the FAST Initiative. 

Sec. 208. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Specific Services Program. 

TITLE III—SERVICES, PROTECTION, AND JUSTICE FOR YOUNG 

VICTIMS 

Sec. 301. Rape prevention and education grant. 

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

(CHOOSE) for children and youth. 

Sec. 303. Grants to combat violent crimes on campuses. 
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TITLE IV—VIOLENCE REDUCTION PRACTICES 

Sec. 401. Study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

Sec. 402. Saving Money and Reducing Tragedies (SMART) through Prevention 

grants. 

TITLE V—STRENGTHENING THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS 

RESPONSE 

Sec. 501. Grants to strengthen the healthcare systems response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

Sec. 502. Maternal mortality or morbidity study. 

TITLE VI—SAFE HOMES FOR VICTIMS 

Sec. 601. Housing protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

sexual assault, and stalking. 

Sec. 602. Ensuring compliance and implementation; prohibiting retaliation 

against victims. 

Sec. 603. Protecting the right to report crime from one’s home. 

Sec. 604. Transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

Sec. 605. Addressing the housing needs of victims of domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

Sec. 606. United States Housing Act of 1937 amendments. 

TITLE VII—ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR VICTIMS 

Sec. 701. Findings. 

Sec. 702. National Resource Center on workplace responses to assist victims of 

domestic and sexual violence. 

Sec. 703. Provisions related to Unemployment Compensation and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program. 

Sec. 704. Study and reports on barriers to survivors’ economic security access. 

Sec. 705. GAO Study. 

Sec. 706. Education and information programs for survivors. 

Sec. 707. Severability. 

Sec. 708. Study on costs of divorce in domestic violence cases. 

TITLE VIII—HOMICIDE REDUCTION INITIATIVES 

Sec. 801. Prohibiting persons convicted of misdemeanor crimes against dating 

partners and persons subject to protection orders. 

Sec. 802. Prohibiting stalkers and individuals subject to court order from possessing a firearm. 

TITLE IX—SAFETY FOR INDIAN WOMEN 

Sec. 901. Findings and purposes. 

Sec. 902. Authorizing funding for the Tribal access program. 

Sec. 903. Tribal jurisdiction over covered crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, obstruction of justice, sexual violence, sex trafficking, 

stalking, and assault of a law enforcement officer or corrections officer. 

TITLE X—OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 

Sec. 1001. Establishment of Office on Violence Against Women. 
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Sec. 1002. Office on Violence Against Women a Deputy Director for Culturally 

Specific Communities. 

TITLE XI—IMPROVING CONDITIONS FOR WOMEN IN FEDERAL 

CUSTODY 

Sec. 1101. Improving the treatment of primary caretaker parents and other individuals in federal prisons. 

Sec. 1102. Public health and safety of women. 

Sec. 1103. Research and report on women in federal incarceration. 

Sec. 1104. Reentry planning and services for incarcerated women. 

TITLE XII—LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOLS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC 

SAFETY 

Sec. 1201. Notification to law enforcement agencies of prohibited purchase or 

attempted purchase of a firearm. 

Sec. 1202. Reporting of background check denials to state, local, and Tribal authorities. 

Sec. 1203. Special assistant U.S. attorneys and cross-deputized attorneys. 

Sec. 1204. Review on Native American interactions with law enforcement. 

TITLE XIII—CLOSING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CONSENT 

LOOPHOLE 

Sec. 1301. Short title. 

Sec. 1302. Prohibition on engaging in sexual acts while acting under color of 

law. 

Sec. 1303. Incentives for States. 

Sec. 1304. Reports to Congress. 

Sec. 1305. Definition. 

TITLE XIV—OTHER MATTERS 

Sec. 1401. National stalker and domestic violence reduction. 

Sec. 1402. Federal victim assistants reauthorization. 

Sec. 1403. Child abuse training programs for judicial personnel and practitioners reauthorization. 

Sec. 1404. Sex offender management. 

Sec. 1405. Court-appointed special advocate program. 

Sec. 1406. Sexual assault forensic exam program grants. 

Sec. 1406A. Strategies to improve coordination of sexual assault forensic nurse 

exam training and program sustainability. 

Sec. 1407. Review on link between substance use and victims of domestic violence dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

Sec. 1408. Interagency working group to study Federal efforts to collect data 

on sexual violence. 

Sec. 1409. National Domestic Violence Hotline. 

Sec. 1410. Deputy Assistant Attorney General on Culturally Specific Communities within the Office of Justice Programs. 

Sec. 1411. National resource center on workplace responses to assist victims of 

domestic and sexual violence assistance for microbusinesses. 

Sec. 1412. Civil action relating to disclosure of intimate images. 

Sec. 1413. Certain activities relating to intimate visual depictions. 

Sec. 1414. Task force on sexual violence in education. 

Sec. 1415. Survivors’ bill of rights. 

Sec. 1416. Report on sexual assault response teams at hospitals. 
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TITLE XV—CYBERCRIME ENFORCEMENT 

Sec. 1501. Local law enforcement grants for enforcement of cybercrimes. 

Sec. 1502. National Resource Center Grant. 

Sec. 1503. National strategy, classification, and reporting on cybercrime. 

TITLE XVI—KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE FROM FAMILY VIOLENCE 

Sec. 1601. Short title. 

Sec. 1602. Findings. 

Sec. 1603. Purposes. 

Sec. 1604. Definition of covered formula grant. 

Sec. 1605. Increased funding for formula grants authorized. 

Sec. 1606. Application. 

Sec. 1607. Rule of construction. 

Sec. 1608. Grant term. 

Sec. 1609. Uses of funds. 

Sec. 1610. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 1611. Sexual assault survivors’ rights. 

Sec. 1612. Grants to State and Tribal courts to implement protection order 

pilot programs. 

Sec. 1613. Online survey tool for campus safety. 

Sec. 1614. Study on child custody in domestic violence cases. 

TITLE XVII—PROTECTIONS FOR CERTAIN IMMIGRANT WOMEN 

Sec. 1701. Pilot program to provide additional protections. 

1 SEC. 2. UNIVERSAL DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS. 

2 Section 40002 of the Violence Against Women Act 

3 of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘In this title’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘In this title, and for the purpose of all 

7 grants authorized under this title’’; 

8 (B) by striking paragraph (5) and insert9 ing the following new paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(5) COURT-BASED AND COURT-RELATED PER11 SONNEL.—The terms ‘court-based personnel’ and 

12 ‘court-related personnel’ mean persons working in 

13 the court, whether paid or volunteer, including— 
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1 ‘‘(A) clerks, special masters, domestic rela2 tions officers, administrators, mediators, cus3 tody evaluators, guardians ad litem, lawyers, 

4 negotiators, probation, parole, interpreters, vic5 tim assistants, victim advocates, and judicial, 

6 administrative, or any other professionals or 

7 personnel similarly involved in the legal process; 

8 ‘‘(B) court security personnel; 

9 ‘‘(C) personnel working in related, supple10 mentary offices or programs (such as child sup11 port enforcement); and 

12 ‘‘(D) any other court-based or community13 based personnel having responsibilities or au14 thority to address domestic violence, dating vio15 lence, sexual assault, or stalking in the court 

16 system.’’; 

17 (C) by striking paragraph (8) and insert18 ing the following new paragraph: 

19 ‘‘(8) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘domes20 tic violence’ means a pattern of behavior involving 

21 the use or attempted use of physical, sexual, verbal, 

22 psychological, economic, or technological abuse or 

23 any other coercive behavior committed, enabled, or 

24 solicited to gain or maintain power and control over 

25 a victim, by a person who— 
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1 ‘‘(A) is a current or former spouse or dat2 ing partner of the victim, or other person simi3 larly situated to a spouse of the victim; 

4 ‘‘(B) is cohabitating with or has 

5 cohabitated with the victim as a spouse or dat6 ing partner; 

7 ‘‘(C) shares a child in common with the 

8 victim; 

9 ‘‘(D) is an adult family member of, or paid 

10 or nonpaid caregiver in an ongoing relationship 

11 of trust with, a victim aged 50 or older or an 

12 adult victim with disabilities; or 

13 ‘‘(E) commits acts against a youth or adult 

14 victim who is protected from those acts under 

15 the family or domestic violence laws of the ju16 risdiction.’’; 

17 (D) in paragraph (9)— 

18 (i) by striking ‘‘consideration of’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘consideration of one or more of 

20 the following factors’’; 

21 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

22 ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

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

24 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 

25 and 
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1 (iv) by inserting the following new 

2 subparagraph: 

3 ‘‘(D) the cultural context of the relation4 ship.’’; 

5 (E) in the matter following paragraph (9), 

6 by inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘Sexual contact is not a necessary component of 

8 such a relationship.’’; 

9 (F) in paragraph (10)— 

10 (i) by striking ‘‘person—’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘dating partner.’’; and 

12 (ii) by striking subparagraphs (A) and 

13 (B); 

14 (G) by striking paragraphs (11) and (12); 

15 (H) by striking paragraph (19) and insert16 ing the following new paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(19) LEGAL ASSISTANCE.— 

18 ‘‘(A) The term ‘legal assistance’ means as19 sistance provided by or under the direct super20 vision of a person described in subparagraph 

21 (B) to a person described in subparagraph (C) 

22 relating to a matter described in subparagraph 

23 (D). 

24 ‘‘(B) A person described in this subpara25 graph is— 
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1 ‘‘(i) a licensed attorney; 

2 ‘‘(ii) in the case of an immigration 

3 proceeding, a Board of Immigration Ap4 peals accredited representative; 

5 ‘‘(iii) in the case of legal services pro6 vided at a facility operated by the Depart7 ment of Veterans Affairs, a representative 

8 authorized by the Secretary who is pro9 viding legal services in connection with 

10 medical services, and other unmet legal 

11 needs, such as issues related to child cus12 tody, elder law, and landlord-tenant dis13 putes; or 

14 ‘‘(iv) any person who functions as an 

15 attorney or lay advocate in a Tribal court. 

16 ‘‘(C) A person described in this subpara17 graph is an adult or youth victim of domestic 

18 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

19 stalking. 

20 ‘‘(D) A matter described in this subpara21 graph is a matter related to— 

22 ‘‘(i) divorce, parental rights, child 

23 support, Tribal, territorial, immigration, 

24 employment, administrative agency, hous25 ing, campus, education, healthcare, pri-
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1 vacy, contract, consumer, civil rights, pro2 tection or order or other injunctive pro3 ceedings, related enforcement proceedings, 

4 and other similar matters; 

5 ‘‘(ii) criminal justice investigations, 

6 prosecutions and post-conviction matters 

7 (including sentencing, parole, probation, 

8 and vacatur or expungement) that impact 

9 the victim’s safety, privacy, or other inter10 ests as a victim; or 

11 ‘‘(iii) alternative dispute resolution, 

12 restorative practices, or other processes in13 tended to promote victim safety, privacy, 

14 and autonomy, and offender accountability, 

15 regardless of court involvement. 

16 For purposes of this paragraph, intake or refer17 ral, by itself, does not constitute legal assist18 ance.’’; 

19 (I) in paragraph (39)— 

20 (i) by inserting ‘‘who cannot access, 

21 or’’ before ‘‘who face barriers’’; 

22 (ii) by striking ‘‘and using victim 

23 services’’ and inserting ‘‘, using, or receiv24 ing appropriate victim services’’; and 
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1 (iii) by striking ‘‘alienage’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘immigration’’; and 

3 (J) by adding at the end the following new 

4 paragraphs: 

5 ‘‘(46) ABUSE IN LATER LIFE.—The term ‘abuse 

6 in later life’— 

7 ‘‘(A) means— 

8 ‘‘(i) neglect, abandonment, economic 

9 abuse, or willful harm of an adult aged 50 

10 or older by an individual in an ongoing re11 lationship of trust with the victim; or 

12 ‘‘(ii) domestic violence, dating vio13 lence, sexual assault, or stalking of an 

14 adult aged 50 or older by any individual; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(B) does not include self-neglect. 

17 ‘‘(47) RESTORATIVE PRACTICE.—The term ‘re18 storative practice’ means a process, whether court19 referred or community-based, that— 

20 ‘‘(A) involves, on a voluntary basis, and to 

21 the extent possible, those who have committed 

22 a specific offense and those who have been 

23 harmed as a result of the offense, as well as the 

24 affected community; 
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1 ‘‘(B) has the goal of collectively seeking ac2 countability from the accused, and developing a 

3 process whereby the accused will take responsi4 bility for his or her actions, and a plan for pro5 viding relief to those harmed, through allocu6 tion, restitution, community service or other 

7 processes upon which the victim, the accused, 

8 the community, and the court (if court-referred) 

9 can agree; 

10 ‘‘(C) is conducted in a framework that pro11 tects victim safety and supports victim auton12 omy; and 

13 ‘‘(D) includes protocols to address the use 

14 of information disclosed during such process for 

15 other law enforcement purposes. 

16 ‘‘(48) DIGITAL SERVICES.—The term ‘digital 

17 services’ means services, resources, information, sup18 port or referrals provided through electronic commu19 nications platforms and media, whether via mobile 

20 device technology, video technology, or computer 

21 technology, including utilizing the internet, as well 

22 as any other emerging communications technologies 

23 that are appropriate for the purposes of providing 

24 services, resources, information, support, or referrals 
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1 for the benefit of victims of domestic violence, dating 

2 violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

3 ‘‘(49) ECONOMIC ABUSE.—The term ‘economic 

4 abuse’, in the context of domestic violence, dating vi5 olence, and abuse in later life, means behavior that 

6 is coercive, deceptive, or unreasonably controls or re7 strains a person’s ability to acquire, use, or maintain 

8 economic resources to which they are entitled, in9 cluding using coercion, fraud, or manipulation to— 

10 ‘‘(A) restrict a person’s access to money, 

11 assets, credit, or financial information; 

12 ‘‘(B) unfairly use a person’s personal eco13 nomic resources, including money, assets, and 

14 credit, for one’s own advantage; or 

15 ‘‘(C) exert undue influence over a person’s 

16 financial and economic behavior or decisions, 

17 including forcing default on joint or other fi18 nancial obligations, exploiting powers of attor19 ney, guardianship, or conservatorship, or failing 

20 or neglecting to act in the best interests of a 

21 person to whom one has a fiduciary duty. 

22 ‘‘(50) INTERNET ENABLED DEVICE.—The term 

23 ‘internet enabled device’ means devices that have a 

24 connection the Internet, send and receive informa25 tion and data, and may be accessed via mobile device 
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1 technology, video technology, or computer tech2 nology, away from the location where the device is 

3 installed, and may include home automation sys4 tems, door locks, and thermostats. 

5 ‘‘(51) TECHNOLOGICAL ABUSE.—The term 

6 ‘technological abuse’ means an act or pattern of be7 havior that occurs within domestic violence, sexual 

8 assault, dating violence or stalking and is intended 

9 to harm, threaten, intimidate, control, stalk, harass, 

10 impersonate, exploit, extort, or monitor, except as 

11 otherwise permitted by law, another person, that oc12 curs using any form of information technology, in13 cluding: internet enabled devices, online spaces and 

14 platforms, computers, mobile devices, cameras and 

15 imaging platforms, apps, location tracking devices, 

16 communication technologies, or any other emerging 

17 technologies. 

18 ‘‘(52) FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION.—The 

19 term ‘female genital mutilation’ has the meaning 

20 given such term in section 116 of title 18, United 

21 States Code. 

22 ‘‘(53) ELDER ABUSE.—The term ‘elder abuse’ 

23 has the meaning given that term in section 2 of the 

24 Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act. The 

25 terms ‘abuse,’ ‘elder,’ and ‘exploitation’ have the 
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1 meanings given those terms in section 2011 of the 

2 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397j). 

3 ‘‘(54) FORCED MARRIAGE.—The term ‘forced 

4 marriage’ means a marriage to which one or both 

5 parties do not or cannot consent, and in which one 

6 or more elements of force, fraud, or coercion is 

7 present. Forced marriage can be both a cause and 

8 a consequence of domestic violence, dating violence, 

9 sexual assault or stalking. 

10 ‘‘(55) HOMELESS.—The term ‘homeless’ has 

11 the meaning given such term in section 41403(6).’’; 

12 (2) in subsection (b)— 

13 (A) in the matter before paragraph (1), by 

14 inserting ‘‘For the purpose of all grants author15 ized under this title:’’; 

16 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after 

17 subparagraph (G) the following: 

18 ‘‘(H) DEATH OF THE PARTY WHOSE PRI19 VACY HAD BEEN PROTECTED.—In the event of 

20 the death of any victim whose confidentiality 

21 and privacy is required to be protected under 

22 this subsection, such requirement shall continue 

23 to apply, and the right to authorize release of 

24 any confidential or protected information be 

25 vested in the next of kin, except that consent 
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1 for release of the deceased victim’s information 

2 may not be given by a person who had per3 petrated abuse against the deceased victim. 

4 ‘‘(I) USE OF TECHNOLOGY.—Grantees and 

5 subgrantees may use telephone, internet, and 

6 other technologies to protect the privacy, loca7 tion and help-seeking activities of victims using 

8 services. Such technologies may include— 

9 ‘‘(i) software, apps or hardware that 

10 block caller ID or conceal IP addresses, in11 cluding instances in which victims use dig12 ital services; or 

13 ‘‘(ii) technologies or protocols that in14 hibit or prevent a perpetrator’s attempts to 

15 use technology or social media to threaten, 

16 harass or harm the victim, the victim’s 

17 family, friends, neighbors or co-workers, or 

18 the program providing services to them.’’; 

19 (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting after 

20 ‘‘designed to reduce or eliminate domestic vio21 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk22 ing’’ the following: ‘‘, provided that the con23 fidentiality and privacy requirements of this 

24 title are maintained, and that personally identi25 fying information about adult, youth, and child 
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1 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

2 sexual assault and stalking is not requested or 

3 included in any such collaboration or informa4 tion-sharing’’; 

5 (D) in paragraph (6), by adding at the end 

6 the following: ‘‘Such disbursing agencies must 

7 ensure that the confidentiality and privacy re8 quirements of this title are maintained in mak9 ing such reports, and that personally identifying 

10 information about adult, youth and child vic11 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, sex12 ual assault and stalking is not requested or in13 cluded in any such reports.’’; 

14 (E) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘under 

15 this title’’ and inserting ‘‘under this title. In 

16 this title, including for the purpose of grants 

17 authorized under this title, the term ‘violent 

18 crimes against women’ includes violent crimes 

19 against a person of any gender.’’; 

20 (F) in paragraph (11), by adding at the 

21 end the following: ‘‘The Office on Violence 

22 Against Women shall make all technical assist23 ance available as broadly as possible to any ap24 propriate grantees, subgrantees, potential 

25 grantees, or other entities without regard to 
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1 whether the entity has received funding from 

2 the Office on Violence Against Women for a 

3 particular program or project.’’; 

4 (G) in paragraph (13)— 

5 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

6 (I) by inserting after ‘‘the Vio7 lence Against Women Reauthorization 

8 Act of 2013’’ the following: ‘‘(Public 

9 Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54)’’; and 

10 (II) by striking ‘‘the Violence 

11 Against Women and Department of 

12 Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 

13 (title IX of Public Law 109–162; 119 

14 Stat. 3080), the Violence Against 

15 Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, 

16 and any other program or activity 

17 funded in whole or in part with funds 

18 appropriated for grants, cooperative 

19 agreements, and other assistance ad20 ministered by the Office on Violence 

21 Against Women’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

22 Violence Against Women and Depart23 ment of Justice Reauthorization Act 

24 of 2005 (Public Law 109–162; 119 

25 Stat. 3080), the Violence Against 
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1 Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, 

2 the Violence Against Women Act Re3 authorization Act of 2021, and any 

4 other program or activity funded in 

5 whole or in part with funds appro6 priated for grants, cooperative agree7 ments, and other assistance adminis8 tered by the Office on Violence 

9 Against Women’’; and 

10 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

11 ‘‘section 3789d of title 42, United States 

12 Code’’ and inserting ‘‘section 809 of title I 

13 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

14 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10228)’’; 

15 (H) in paragraph (14)— 

16 (i) by inserting after ‘‘are also victims 

17 of’’ the following: ‘‘forced marriage, or’’; 

18 and 

19 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, and includes serv20 ices and assistance to adult survivors of 

21 child sexual assault’’ before the period at 

22 the end; 

23 (I) by striking paragraph (15); and 

24 (J) in paragraph (16)— 
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1 (i) by striking paragraph (A)(iii) and 

2 inserting the following new clause: 

3 ‘‘(iii) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—A re4 cipient of grant funds under this Act that 

5 is found to have an unresolved audit find6 ing shall be eligible to receive prompt, indi7 vidualized technical assistance to resolve 

8 the audit finding and to prevent future 

9 findings, for a period not to exceed the fol10 lowing 2 fiscal years.’’; 

11 (ii) in paragraph (C)(i) by striking 

12 ‘‘$20,000 in Department funds, unless the 

13 Deputy Attorney General’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘$100,000 in Department funds, unless 

15 the Director or Principal Deputy Director 

16 of the Office on Violence Against Women, 

17 the Deputy Attorney General,’’; and 

18 (iii) by adding at the end the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(E) INELIGIBILITY.—If the Attorney 

21 General finds that a recipient of grant funds 

22 under this Act has fraudulently misused such 

23 grant funds, after reasonable notice and oppor24 tunity for a hearing, such recipient shall not be 

25 eligible to receive grant funds under this Act 
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1 for up to 5 years. A misuse of grant funds or 

2 an error that does not rise to the level of fraud 

3 is not grounds for ineligibility.’’. 

4 SEC. 3. AGENCY AND DEPARTMENT COORDINATION. 

5 The heads of Executive Departments responsible for 

6 carrying out this Act are authorized to coordinate and col7 laborate on the prevention of domestic violence, dating vio8 lence, sexual assault, and stalking, including sharing best 

9 practices and efficient use of resources and technology for 

10 victims and those seeking assistance from the Govern11 ment. 

12 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

14 (b), this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 

15 not take effect until October 1 of the first fiscal year be16 ginning after the date of enactment of this Act. 

17 (b) EFFECTIVE ON DATE OF ENACTMENT.—Sections 

18 106, 107, 205, 304, 606, 702, 801, 802, 903, and 1406 

19 and any amendments made by such sections shall take ef20 fect on the date of enactment of this Act. 

21 SEC. 5. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 

22 Any funds appropriated pursuant to an authorization 

23 of appropriations under this Act or an amendment made 

24 by this Act shall remain available until expended. 
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1 SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

2 It is the sense of Congress— 

3 (1) that sex trafficking victims experience sex4 ual violence and assault; and 

5 (2) that Federal recognition of their recovery is 

6 important. 

7 SEC. 7. INCLUSION OF DISPARATE IMPACT IN STUDIES. 

8 Any study conducted under this Act or an amend9 ment made by this Act shall include an assessment, to the 

10 extent practicable, of any disparate impacts of the matter 

11 studied, by race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, and 

12 gender identity. 

13 TITLE I—ENHANCING LEGAL 

14 TOOLS TO COMBAT DOMES15 TIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIO16 LENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, 

17 AND STALKING 

18 SEC. 101. STOP GRANTS. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part T of title I of the Omnibus 

20 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 

21 10441 et seq.) is amended— 

22 (1) in section 2001(b)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (3)— 

24 (i) by striking ‘‘prosecution policies’’ 

25 and inserting ‘‘prosecution policies, such as 
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1 implementing a vertical prosecution sys2 tem,’’; and 

3 (ii) by inserting before the semicolon 

4 at the end the following: ‘‘including imple5 mentation of the non-discrimination re6 quirements in section 40002(b)(13) of the 

7 Violence Against Women Act of 1994’’; 

8 (B) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘and 

9 legal assistance’’ after ‘‘improving delivery of 

10 victim services’’; 

11 (C) in paragraph (9)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘older and disabled 

13 women’’ and inserting ‘‘people 50 years of 

14 age or over, people with disabilities, and 

15 Deaf people’’; 

16 (ii) inserting ‘‘legal assistance,’’ after 

17 ‘‘counseling,’’; and 

18 (iii) by striking ‘‘older and disabled 

19 individuals’’ and inserting ‘‘people’’; 

20 (D) in paragraph (11), by inserting before 

21 the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, in22 cluding rehabilitative work with offenders, re23 storative practices, and similar initiatives’’; 

24 (E) in paragraph (19), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

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1 (F) in paragraph (20), by striking the pe2 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

3 (G) by inserting after paragraph (20), the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(21) developing and implementing laws, poli6 cies, procedures, or training to ensure the lawful re7 covery and storage of any dangerous weapon by the 

8 appropriate law enforcement agency from an adju9 dicated perpetrator of any offense of domestic vio10 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, 

11 and the return of such weapon when appropriate, 

12 where any Federal, State, Tribal, or local court 

13 has— 

14 ‘‘(A)(i) issued protective or other restrain15 ing orders against such a perpetrator; or 

16 ‘‘(ii) found such a perpetrator to be guilty 

17 of misdemeanor or felony crimes of domestic vi18 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk19 ing; and 

20 ‘‘(B) ordered the perpetrator to relinquish 

21 dangerous weapons that the perpetrator pos22 sesses or has used in the commission of at least 

23 one of the aforementioned crimes; 

24 Policies, procedures, protocols, laws, regulations, or 

25 training under this section shall include the safest 
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1 means of recovery of, and best practices for storage 

2 of, relinquished and recovered dangerous weapons 

3 and their return, when applicable, at such time as 

4 the individual is no longer prohibited from pos5 sessing such weapons under Federal, State, or Trib6 al law, or posted local ordinances; 

7 ‘‘(22) developing, enlarging, or strengthening 

8 culturally specific victim services programs to pro9 vide culturally specific victim services regarding, re10 sponses to, and prevention of female genital mutila11 tion; 

12 ‘‘(23) providing victim advocates in State or 

13 local law enforcement agencies, prosecutors’ offices, 

14 and courts and providing supportive services and ad15 vocacy to urban American Indian and Alaska Native 

16 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

17 assault, and stalking; and 

18 ‘‘(24) paying any fees charged by any govern19 mental authority for furnishing a victim or the child 

20 of a victim with any of the following documents: 

21 ‘‘(A) A birth certificate of the person. 

22 ‘‘(B) An identification card issued to the 

23 person by a State, that shows that the person 

24 is a resident of the State.’’; 

25 (2) in section 2007— 
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1 (A) in subsection (d)— 

2 (i) by redesignating paragraphs (5) 

3 and (6) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respec4 tively; and 

5 (ii) by inserting after paragraph (4) 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘(5) proof of compliance with the requirements 

8 regarding training for victim-centered prosecution, 

9 described in section 2017; 

10 ‘‘(6) proof of compliance with the requirements 

11 regarding civil rights under section 40002(b)(13) of 

12 the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 

13 Act of 1994;’’; 

14 (B) in subsection (i)— 

15 (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting be16 fore the semicolon at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘and the requirements under section 

18 40002(b) of the Violent Crime Control and 

19 Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 

20 12291(b))’’; and 

21 (ii) in paragraph (2)(C)(iv), by insert22 ing after ‘‘ethnicity,’’ the following: ‘‘sexual 

23 orientation, gender identity,’’; and 

24 (C) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(k) REVIEWS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH NON2 DISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If allegations of discrimina4 tion in violation of section 40002(b)(13)(A) of the 

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

6 12291(b)(13)(A)) by a potential grantee under this 

7 part have been made to the Attorney General, the 

8 Attorney General shall, prior to awarding a grant 

9 under this part to such potential grantee, conduct a 

10 review and take steps to ensure the compliance of 

11 the potential grantee with such section. 

12 ‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT OF RULE.—Not later 

13 than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Vio14 lence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 

15 2021, the Attorney General shall by rule establish 

16 procedures for such a review. 

17 ‘‘(3) BIENNIAL REPORT.—Beginning on the 

18 date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of 

19 the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization 

20 Act of 2021, and once every 2 years thereafter, the 

21 Attorney General shall report to the Committees on 

22 the Judiciary of the Senate and of the House of 

23 Representatives regarding compliance with section 

24 40002(b)(13)(A) of the Violence Against Women Act 

25 of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(b)(13)(A)) by recipients 
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1 of grants under this part, including a report on the 

2 number of complaints filed and the resolution of 

3 those complaints.’’; and 

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

5 ‘‘SEC. 2017. GRANT ELIGIBILITY REGARDING COMPELLING 

6 VICTIM TESTIMONY. 

7 ‘‘In order for a prosecutor’s office to be eligible to 

8 receive funds under this part, the head of the office shall 

9 certify to the State, Indian Tribal government, or terri10 torial government receiving a grant under this part, and 

11 from which the office will receive funds, that the office 

12 implemented and trained its personnel regarding victim13 centered approaches in domestic violence, sexual assault, 

14 dating violence, and stalking cases, including policies ad15 dressing the use of bench warrants, body attachments, and 

16 material witness warrants for victims who fail to appear. 

17 The training shall be developed by experts in the fields 

18 of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, stalk19 ing, and prosecution.’’. 

20 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

21 1001(a)(18) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

22 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(18)) is amended 

23 by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 

24 through 2026’’. 
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1 SEC. 102. GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND 

2 ALTERNATIVES TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 

3 RESPONSE. 

4 (a) HEADING.—Part U of title I of the Omnibus 

5 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 

6 10461 et seq.) is amended in the heading, by striking 

7 ‘‘GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE ARREST POLICIES’’ and in8 serting ‘‘GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE IMPROVEMENTS

9 AND ALTERNATIVES TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE RE10 SPONSE’’. 

11 (b) GRANTS.—Section 2101 of the Omnibus Crime 

12 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10461) 

13 is amended— 

14 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this part is to assist 

17 States, Indian Tribal governments, State and local courts 

18 (including juvenile courts), Tribal courts, and units of 

19 local government to improve the criminal justice response 

20 to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

21 stalking, and to seek safety and autonomy for victims.’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (b)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking 

24 ‘‘proarrest’’ and inserting ‘‘offender account25 ability and homicide reduction’’; 
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1 (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘legal 

2 advocacy service programs’’ and inserting ‘‘legal 

3 advocacy and legal assistance programs’’; 

4 (C) in paragraph (7), strike ‘‘and tribal ju5 risdictions’’ and insert ‘‘Tribal jurisdictions, 

6 coalitions, and victim service providers’’; 

7 (D) in paragraph (8)— 

8 (i) by striking ‘‘older individuals (as 

9 defined in section 102 of the Older Ameri10 cans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002))’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘people 50 years of age or over’’; 

12 and 

13 (ii) by striking ‘‘individuals with dis14 abilities (as defined in section 3(2) of the 

15 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 

16 (42 U.S.C. 12102(2)))’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘people with disabilities (as defined in the 

18 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 

19 (42 U.S.C. 12102)) and Deaf people’’; 

20 (E) in paragraph (19), by inserting before 

21 the period at the end the following ‘‘, including 

22 victims among underserved populations (as de23 fined in section 40002(a) of the Violence 

24 Against Women Act of 1994)’’; and 

25 (F) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(25) To develop and implement restorative 

2 practices. 

3 ‘‘(26) To develop and implement laws, policies, 

4 procedures, and training— 

5 ‘‘(A) for the purpose of homicide preven6 tion, preventing lethal assaults, and responding 

7 to threats of lethal assaults through effective 

8 enforcement of court orders prohibiting posses9 sion of and mandating the recovery of firearms 

10 from adjudicated domestic violence, dating vio11 lence, sexual assault or stalking offenders; and 

12 ‘‘(B) to address victim safety, safe storage 

13 of contraband during the pendency of the court 

14 order and, where appropriate, safe return of 

15 such contraband at the conclusion of the court 

16 order. 

17 ‘‘(27) To develop and implement alternative 

18 methods of reducing crime in communities, to sup19 plant punitive programs or policies. For purposes of 

20 this paragraph, a punitive program or policy is a 

21 program or policy that— 

22 ‘‘(A) imposes a penalty on a victim of do23 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

24 or stalking, on the basis of a request by the vic-
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1 tim for law enforcement or emergency assist2 ance; or 

3 ‘‘(B) imposes a penalty on such a victim 

4 because of criminal activity at the property in 

5 which the victim resides. 

6 ‘‘(28) To develop or strengthen policies and 

7 training for law enforcement officers, prosecutors, 

8 and the judiciary in recognizing, investigating, and 

9 prosecuting instances of domestic violence, dating vi10 olence, sexual assault, and stalking against individ11 uals who have been arrested or otherwise have con12 tact with the juvenile or adult criminal justice sys13 tem, and to develop or strengthen diversion pro14 grams for such individuals and for such individuals 

15 to receive comprehensive victim services.’’; 

16 (3) in subsection (c)(1)— 

17 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

18 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘encour19 age or mandate arrests of domestic vio20 lence offenders’’ and inserting ‘‘encourage 

21 arrests of offenders’’; and 

22 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘encour23 age or mandate arrest of domestic violence 

24 offenders’’ and inserting ‘‘encourage arrest 

25 of offenders’’; and 
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1 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (E) 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(F) certify that, not later than 2 years 

4 after the date of its first award received under 

5 this subchapter after enactment of this sub6 paragraph, the grantee has implemented and 

7 trained on victim-centered approaches to pros8 ecution in domestic violence, sexual assault, 

9 dating violence, and stalking cases, including 

10 policies addressing the use of bench warrants, 

11 body attachments, and material witness war12 rants for victims who fail to appear, which have 

13 been developed by experts in the fields of do14 mestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, 

15 stalking, and prosecution; 

16 ‘‘(G) certify that the laws, policies, and 

17 practices of the State in which the eligible 

18 grantee resides prohibits the prosecution of a 

19 minor under the age of 18 with respect to pros20 titution; and’’; and 

21 (4) insert after subsection (g) the following: 

22 ‘‘(h) ALLOCATION FOR CULTURALLY SPECIFIC SERV23 ICES.—Of the amounts appropriated for purposes of this 

24 part for each fiscal year, not less than 5 percent shall be 
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1 available for grants to culturally specific victim service 

2 providers.’’. 

3 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

4 1001(a)(19) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

5 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(19)) is amended 

6 by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 

7 through 2026’’. 

8 SEC. 103. LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1201 of division B of the 

10 Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 

11 2000 (34 U.S.C. 20121) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting after ‘‘no cost 

13 to the victims.’’ the following: ‘‘When legal assist14 ance to a dependent is necessary for the safety of a 

15 victim, such assistance may be provided.’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (c)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

18 the end; 

19 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe20 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

22 ‘‘(4) to implement, expand, and establish efforts 

23 and projects to provide legal representation for post24 conviction relief proceedings, including any pro-
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1 ceedings relating to vacatur, expungement, record2 sealing, or other post-conviction relief measure.’’; 

3 (3) in subsection (d)— 

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

5 follows: 

6 ‘‘(1) any person providing legal assistance 

7 through a program funded under this section— 

8 ‘‘(A)(i) is a licensed attorney or is working 

9 under the direct supervision of a licensed attor10 ney; 

11 ‘‘(ii) in immigration proceedings, is a 

12 Board of Immigration Appeals accredited rep13 resentative; or 

14 ‘‘(iii) is any person who functions as an at15 torney or lay advocate in Tribal court; and 

16 ‘‘(B)(i) has demonstrated expertise in pro17 viding legal assistance to victims of domestic vi18 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk19 ing in the targeted population; or 

20 ‘‘(ii)(I) is partnered with an entity or per21 son that has demonstrated expertise described 

22 in clause (i); and 

23 ‘‘(II) has completed, or will complete, 

24 training in connection with domestic violence, 

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1 related legal issues, including training on evi2 dence-based risk factors for domestic and dat3 ing violence homicide;’’; 

4 (B) in paragraph (2), strike ‘‘or local’’ and 

5 insert the following: ‘‘local, or culturally spe6 cific’’; 

7 (C) in paragraph (4), after ‘‘dating vio8 lence,’’ insert ‘‘stalking,’’; and 

9 (4) in subsection (f)(1)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘$57,000,000’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘$75,000,000’’; and 

12 (B) by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘2022 through 2026’’. 

14 (b) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 

15 date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

16 of the United States shall submit to Congress a report 

17 on the return on investment for legal assistance grants 

18 awarded pursuant to section 1201 of division B of the Vic19 tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 

20 (34 U.S.C. 20121), including an accounting of the amount 

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

22 welfare programs. 
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1 SEC. 104. GRANTS TO SUPPORT FAMILIES IN THE JUSTICE 

2 SYSTEM. 

3 Section 1301 of division B of the Victims of Traf4 ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 

5 12464) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (b)— 

7 (A) in paragraph (3)— 

8 (i) by striking ‘‘educate’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘(A) educate’’; 

10 (ii) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semi11 colon at the end; and 

12 (iii) by adding at the end the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(B) establish community-based initiatives 

15 within the court system (such as court watch 

16 programs, victim assistants, pro se victim as17 sistance programs, or community-based supple18 mentary services);’’; 

19 (B) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

20 the end; 

21 (C) in paragraph (8)— 

22 (i) by striking ‘‘to improve’’ and in23 serting ‘‘improve’’; and 

24 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

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1 (D) by inserting after paragraph (8) the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(9) develop and implement restorative prac4 tices (as such term is defined in section 40002(a) of 

5 the Violence Against Women Act of 1994).’’; 

6 (2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2014 through 

7 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 2026’’; and 

8 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub9 section: 

10 ‘‘(h) CULTURAL RELEVANCE.—Any services provided 

11 pursuant to a grant funded under this section shall be pro12 vided in a culturally relevant manner.’’. 

13 SEC. 105. OUTREACH AND SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED 

14 POPULATIONS GRANTS. 

15 Section 120 of the Violence Against Women and De16 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 

17 U.S.C. 20123) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(3) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this grant pro21 gram is to ensure that all underserved populations 

22 (as such term is defined in section 40002 of the Vio23 lent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 

24 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)) are given non-exclu25 sionary consideration in each grant cycle. Periodic 
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1 priority may be placed on certain underserved popu2 lations and forms of violence to meet identified 

3 needs and must be accompanied by a non-priority 

4 option.’’; 

5 (2) in subsection (d)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (4)— 

7 (i) by striking ‘‘effectiveness’’ and in8 serting ‘‘response’’; and 

9 (ii) by inserting ‘‘population-specific’’ 

10 before ‘‘training’’; 

11 (B) in paragraph (5), by striking the pe12 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

14 ‘‘(6) developing, enlarging, or strengthening 

15 culturally specific programs and projects to provide 

16 culturally specific services regarding, responses to, 

17 and prevention of female genital mutilation; or 

18 ‘‘(7) strengthening the response of social and 

19 human services by providing population-specific 

20 training for service providers on domestic violence, 

21 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking in under22 served populations.’’; and 

23 (3) in subsection (g)— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘$10,000,000’’; and 
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘2022 through 2026’’. 

3 SEC. 106. CRIMINAL PROVISIONS. 

4 Section 2265 of title 18, United States Code, is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (d)(3)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘restraining order or in8 junction,’’; and 

9 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘The prohibition under this paragraph applies 

11 to all protection orders for the protection of a 

12 person residing within a State, territorial, or 

13 Tribal jurisdiction, whether or not the protec14 tion order was issued by that State, territory, 

15 or Tribe.’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the 

17 following: ‘‘This applies to all Alaska Tribes without 

18 respect to ‘Indian country’ or the population of the 

19 Native village associated with the Tribe.’’. 

20 SEC. 107. RAPE SURVIVOR CHILD CUSTODY. 

21 Section 409 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking 

22 Act of 2015 (34 U.S.C. 21308) is amended by striking 

23 ‘‘2015 through 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 

24 2026’’. 
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1 SEC. 108. ENHANCING CULTURALLY SPECIFIC SERVICES 

2 FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DAT3 ING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND 

4 STALKING. 

5 Section 121 of the Violence Against Women and De6 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 

7 U.S.C. 20124) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘shall 

10 take 5 percent of such appropriated amounts’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘shall take 10 percent of such ap12 propriated amounts for the program under sub13 section (a)(2)(A) and 5 percent of such appro14 priated amounts for the programs under sub15 section (a)(2)(B) through (E)’’; and 

16 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO18 PRIATIONS.—In addition to the amounts made avail19 able under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be 

20 appropriated to carry out this section $40,000,000 

21 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 

22 ‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION.—Of the total amount 

23 available for grants under this section, not less than 

24 40 percent of such funds shall be allocated for pro25 grams or projects that meaningfully address non-in26 timate partner relationship sexual assault.’’; 
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1 (2) in subsection (b)(3), by adding at the end 

2 the following: ‘‘At least one such organization shall 

3 have demonstrated expertise primarily in domestic 

4 violence services, and at least one such organization 

5 shall have demonstrated expertise primarily in non6 intimate partner sexual assault services.’’; and 

7 (3) by striking subsection (e). 

8 SEC. 109. GRANTS FOR LETHALITY ASSESSMENT PRO9 GRAMS AUTHORIZATION. 

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

11 grants to States, units of local government, Indian Tribes, 

12 domestic violence victim service providers, and State or 

13 Tribal Domestic Violence Coalitions for technical assist14 ance and training in the operation or establishment of a 

15 lethality assessment program. 

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

17 assessment program’’ means a program that— 

18 (1) rapidly connects a victim of domestic vio19 lence to local community-based victim service pro20 viders; 

21 (2) helps first responders and others in the jus22 tice system, including courts, law enforcement agen23 cies, and prosecutors of Tribal government and units 

24 of local government, identify and respond to possibly 

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1 (3) identifies victims of domestic violence who 

2 are at high risk of being seriously injured or killed 

3 by an intimate partner. 

4 (c) QUALIFICATIONS.—To be eligible for a grant 

5 under this section, an applicant shall demonstrate experi6 ence in developing, implementing, evaluating, and dissemi7 nating a lethality assessment program. 

8 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

9 are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 to carry out 

10 this section for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 

11 (e) DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS.—In this 

12 section, the definitions and grant conditions in section 

13 40002 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 

14 U.S.C. 12291). 

15 TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES 

16 FOR VICTIMS 

17 SEC. 201. SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM. 

18 Section 41601 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 

19 Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12511) is amended 

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

21 inserting ‘‘2022 through 2026’’. 

22 SEC. 202. SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM. 

23 Section 41601(f)(1) of the Violent Crime Control and 

24 Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12511(f)(1)) 

25 is amended by striking ‘‘$40,000,000 to remain available 
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1 until expended for each of fiscal years 2014 through 

2 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘$60,000,000 to remain available 

3 until expended for each of fiscal years 2022 through 

4 2026’’. 

5 SEC. 203. RURAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

6 SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING, AND CHILD 

7 ABUSE ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE PRO8 GRAM. 

9 Section 40295 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 

10 Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12341) is amend11 ed— 

12 (1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘women’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘adults, youth,’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (a)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

16 the end; 

17 (B) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking the 

18 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

19 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(4) to develop, expand, implement, and im21 prove the quality of sexual assault forensic medical 

22 examination or sexual assault nurse examiner pro23 grams.’’; 

24 (3) in subsection (b)(5), by inserting after ‘‘by 

25 the lack of access to’’the following: ‘‘quality forensic 
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1 sexual assault examinations by trained healthcare 

2 providers,’’; and 

3 (4) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘2014 

4 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 2026’’. 

5 SEC. 204. GRANTS FOR TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END 

6 VIOLENCE AGAINST PEOPLE WITH DISABIL7 ITIES AND DEAF PEOPLE. 

8 Section 1402 of division B of the Victims of Traf9 ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 

10 20122) is amended— 

11 (1) in the heading— 

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

13 ‘‘PEOPLE’’; and 

14 (B) by inserting after ‘‘DISABILITIES’’ 

15 the following: ‘‘AND DEAF PEOPLE’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (a)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘individuals’’ each place it 

18 appears and inserting ‘‘people’’; and 

19 (B) by inserting after ‘‘with disabilities (as 

20 defined in section 3 of the Americans with Dis21 abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102))’’ the 

22 following: ‘‘and Deaf people’’; 

23 (3) in subsection (b)— 
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘disabled individuals’’ each 

2 place it appears and inserting ‘‘people with dis3 abilities and Deaf people’’; 

4 (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting after 

5 ‘‘law enforcement’’ the following: ‘‘and other 

6 first responders’’; and 

7 (C) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘pro8 viding advocacy and intervention services with9 in’’ and inserting ‘‘to enhance the capacity of’’; 

10 (4) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘disabled indi11 viduals’’ and inserting ‘‘people with disabilities and 

12 Deaf people’’; and 

13 (5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2014 through 

14 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 2026’’. 

15 SEC. 205. TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END ABUSE IN 

16 LATER LIFE. 

17 Section 40801 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 

18 Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12421)— 

19 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘ENHANCED

20 TRAINING’’ and inserting ‘‘TRAINING’’; 

21 (2) by striking subsection ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.— 

22 In this section—’’ and all that follows through para23 graph (1) of subsection (b) and inserting the fol24 lowing: ‘‘The Attorney General shall make grants to 

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1 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 

2 (5) of subsection (b) as paragraphs (1) through (4); 

3 (4) in paragraph (1) (as redesignated by para4 graph (3) of this subsection)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘, including domestic vio6 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, 

7 exploitation, and neglect’’ each place it appears; 

8 (B) in subparagraph (A)— 

9 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘elder 

10 abuse’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘abuse 

11 in later life’’; and 

12 (ii) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘advo13 cates, victim service providers, and courts 

14 to better serve victims of abuse in later 

15 life’’ and inserting ‘‘leaders, victim advo16 cates, victim service providers, courts, and 

17 first responders to better serve older vic18 tims’’; 

19 (C) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘or 

20 other community-based organizations in recog21 nizing and addressing instances of abuse in 

22 later life’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based or23 ganizations, or other professionals who may 

24 identify or respond to abuse in later life’’; and 
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1 (D) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘sub2 paragraph (B)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

3 (2)(B)’’; 

4 (5) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by para5 graph (3))— 

6 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

7 (i) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘with 

8 demonstrated experience in assisting indi9 viduals 50 years of age or older’’; and 

10 (ii) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘with 

11 demonstrated experience in addressing do12 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as13 sault, and stalking’’; and 

14 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

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

16 by striking ‘‘at a minimum’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘at least two of’’; 

18 (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

19 at the end, and inserting ‘‘or’’; and 

20 (iii) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘in 

21 later life;’’ and inserting ‘‘50 years of age 

22 or over.’’; and 

23 (6) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by para24 graph (3)), by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and 

25 inserting ‘‘2022 through 2026’’. 
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1 SEC. 206. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ON TRAUMA-IN2 FORMED, VICTIM-CENTERED TRAINING FOR 

3 LAW ENFORCEMENT. 

4 Title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law En5 forcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 10101 note) is amended 

6 by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘Subtitle Q—Trauma-Informed, 

8 Victim-Centered Training for 

9 Law Enforcement 

10 ‘‘SEC. 41701. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ON TRAUMA-IN11 FORMED, VICTIM-CENTERED TRAINING FOR 

12 LAW ENFORCEMENT. 

13 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

14 ‘‘(1) the term ‘Attorney General’ means the At15 torney General, acting through the Director of the 

16 Office on Violence Against Women; 

17 ‘‘(2) the term ‘covered individual’ means an in18 dividual who interfaces with victims of domestic vio19 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, 

20 including— 

21 ‘‘(A) an individual working for or on behalf 

22 of an eligible entity; 

23 ‘‘(B) a school or university administrator 

24 or personnel (including a campus police officer 

25 or a school resource officer); and 
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1 ‘‘(C) an emergency services or medical em2 ployee; 

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

4 to an eligible entity that receives a grant under this 

5 section, means— 

6 ‘‘(A) if the eligible entity is a law enforce7 ment agency described in paragraph (4)(A), the 

8 area over which the eligible entity has jurisdic9 tion; and 

10 ‘‘(B) if the eligible entity is an organiza11 tion or agency described in paragraph (4)(B), 

12 the area over which a law enforcement agency 

13 described in paragraph (4)(A) that is working 

14 in collaboration with the eligible entity has ju15 risdiction; and 

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

17 ‘‘(A) a State, local, territorial, or Tribal 

18 law enforcement agency; or 

19 ‘‘(B) a national, regional, or local victim 

20 services organization or agency working in col21 laboration with a law enforcement agency de22 scribed in subparagraph (A). 

23 ‘‘(b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 

25 award grants on a competitive basis to eligible enti-
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1 ties to carry out the demonstration program under 

2 this section by implementing evidence-based or 

3 promising policies and practices to incorporate trau4 ma-informed, victim-centered techniques designed 

5 to— 

6 ‘‘(A) prevent re-traumatization of the vic7 tim; 

8 ‘‘(B) ensure that covered individuals use 

9 evidence-based practices to respond to and in10 vestigate cases of domestic violence, dating vio11 lence, sexual assault, and stalking; 

12 ‘‘(C) improve communication between vic13 tims and law enforcement officers in an effort 

14 to increase the likelihood of the successful in15 vestigation and prosecution of the reported 

16 crime in a manner that protects the victim to 

17 the greatest extent possible; 

18 ‘‘(D) increase collaboration among stake19 holders who are part of the coordinated commu20 nity response to domestic violence, dating vio21 lence, sexual assault, and stalking; and 

22 ‘‘(E) evaluate the effectiveness of the 

23 training process and content by measuring— 

24 ‘‘(i) investigative and prosecutorial 

25 practices and outcomes; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) the well-being of victims and 

2 their satisfaction with the criminal justice 

3 process. 

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

5 grants under this section for each of the first 2 fis6 cal years beginning after the date of enactment of 

7 this Act. 

8 ‘‘(3) AWARD BASIS.—The Attorney General 

9 shall award grants under this section to multiple eli10 gible entities for use in a variety of settings and 

11 communities, including— 

12 ‘‘(A) urban, suburban, Tribal, remote, and 

13 rural areas; 

14 ‘‘(B) college campuses; or 

15 ‘‘(C) traditionally underserved commu16 nities. 

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

18 a grant under this section shall use the grant to— 

19 ‘‘(1) train covered individuals within the dem20 onstration site of the eligible entity to use evidence21 based, trauma-informed, and victim-centered tech22 niques and knowledge of crime victims’ rights 

23 throughout an investigation into domestic violence, 

24 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including 

25 by— 
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1 ‘‘(A) conducting victim interviews in a 

2 manner that— 

3 ‘‘(i) elicits valuable information about 

4 the domestic violence, dating violence, sex5 ual assault, or stalking; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) avoids re-traumatization of the 

7 victim; 

8 ‘‘(B) conducting field investigations that 

9 mirror best and promising practices available at 

10 the time of the investigation; 

11 ‘‘(C) customizing investigative approaches 

12 to ensure a culturally and linguistically appro13 priate approach to the community being served; 

14 ‘‘(D) becoming proficient in understanding 

15 and responding to complex cases, including 

16 cases of domestic violence, dating violence, sex17 ual assault, or stalking— 

18 ‘‘(i) facilitated by alcohol or drugs; 

19 ‘‘(ii) involving strangulation; 

20 ‘‘(iii) committed by a non-stranger; 

21 ‘‘(iv) committed by an individual of 

22 the same sex as the victim; 

23 ‘‘(v) involving a victim with a dis24 ability; 

25 ‘‘(vi) involving a male victim; or 
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1 ‘‘(vii) involving a lesbian, gay, bisex2 ual, or transgender (commonly referred to 

3 as ‘LGBT’) victim; 

4 ‘‘(E) developing collaborative relationships 

5 between— 

6 ‘‘(i) law enforcement officers and 

7 other members of the response team; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) the community being served; and 

9 ‘‘(F) developing an understanding of how 

10 to define, identify, and correctly classify a re11 port of domestic violence, dating violence, sex12 ual assault, or stalking; and 

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

14 improve the response of covered individuals to do15 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

16 stalking through various communication channels, 

17 such as the website of the eligible entity, social 

18 media, print materials, and community meetings, in 

19 order to ensure that all covered individuals within 

20 the demonstration site of the eligible entity are 

21 aware of those efforts and included in trainings, to 

22 the extent practicable. 

23 ‘‘(d) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM TRAININGS ON

24 TRAUMA-INFORMED, VICTIM-CENTERED APPROACHES.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IDENTIFICATION OF EXISTING

2 TRAININGS.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General 

4 shall identify trainings for law enforcement offi5 cers, in existence as of the date on which the 

6 Attorney General begins to solicit applications 

7 for grants under this section, that— 

8 ‘‘(i) employ a trauma-informed, vic9 tim-centered approach to domestic violence, 

10 dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk11 ing; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) focus on the fundamentals of— 

13 ‘‘(I) trauma responses; and 

14 ‘‘(II) the impact of trauma on 

15 victims of domestic violence, dating vi16 olence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

17 ‘‘(B) SELECTION.—An eligible entity that 

18 receives a grant under this section shall select 

19 one or more of the approaches employed by a 

20 training identified under subparagraph (A) to 

21 test within the demonstration site of the eligible 

22 entity. 

23 ‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out para24 graph (1), the Attorney General shall consult with 

25 the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime in 
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1 order to seek input from and cultivate consensus 

2 among outside practitioners and other stakeholders 

3 through facilitated discussions and focus groups on 

4 best practices in the field of trauma-informed, vic5 tim-centered care for victims of domestic violence, 

6 dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

7 ‘‘(e) EVALUATION.—The Attorney General, in con8 sultation with the Director of the National Institute of 

9 Justice, shall require each eligible entity that receives a 

10 grant under this section to identify a research partner, 

11 preferably a local research partner, to— 

12 ‘‘(1) design a system for generating and col13 lecting the appropriate data to facilitate an inde14 pendent process or impact evaluation of the use of 

15 the grant funds; 

16 ‘‘(2) periodically conduct an evaluation de17 scribed in paragraph (1); and 

18 ‘‘(3) periodically make publicly available, during 

19 the grant period— 

20 ‘‘(A) preliminary results of the evaluations 

21 conducted under paragraph (2); and 

22 ‘‘(B) recommendations for improving the 

23 use of the grant funds. 
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1 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The At2 torney General shall carry out this section using amounts 

3 otherwise available to the Attorney General. 

4 ‘‘(g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec5 tion shall be construed to interfere with the due process 

6 rights of any individual.’’. 

7 SEC. 207. AUTHORIZATION OF THE FAST INITIATIVE. 

8 Section 41601(e) of the Violent Crime Control and 

9 Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12511(e)) is 

10 amended by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(g) FORENSIC-MEDICAL AND ADVOCACY SERVICES

12 FOR TRIBES INITIATIVE.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, in 

14 consultation with the Secretary of Health and 

15 Human Services, shall make grants to eligible enti16 ties establish, sustain, or expand programs offering 

17 sexual assault medical forensic exams and sexual as18 sault victim services in Tribal communities. 

19 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—An eligible entity any 

20 of the following: 

21 ‘‘(A) A State, local, or federally recognized 

22 Tribal government. 

23 ‘‘(B) An agency of a State, local, or feder24 ally recognized Tribal government. 

25 ‘‘(C) A nonprofit organization. 
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1 ‘‘(D) A Tribal organization. 

2 ‘‘(E) An entity, the principal purpose of 

3 which is to provide healthcare, such as a hos4 pital, clinic, or health department. 

5 ‘‘(F) An institution of higher education. 

6 ‘‘(3) FUNDING.—Of the amount made available 

7 to carry out this section, $14,000,000 shall be for 

8 grants under this subsection. 

9 ‘‘(4) PRIORITY.—The Attorney General shall 

10 give priority to applicants proposing innovative ways 

11 of bringing experienced sexual assault forensic 

12 exams to remote Tribal communities. 

13 ‘‘(5) APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS.—Applicants 

14 shall demonstrate coordination with victim service 

15 providers, law enforcement (including a crime lab16 oratory), and prosecutors. 

17 ‘‘(6) USE OF FUNDS.—Recipients of a grant 

18 under this subsection may use such funds to hire a 

19 sexual assault response team.’’. 

20 SEC. 208. LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER 

21 SPECIFIC SERVICES PROGRAM. 

22 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Attorney General, acting 

23 through the Director of the Violence Against Women Of24 fice, shall make grants to eligible entities to enhance 
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1 LGBTQ+ specific services for victims of domestic vio2 lence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking. 

3 (b) PURPOSE OF PROGRAM AND GRANTS .— 

4 (1) GENERAL PROGRAM PURPOSE.—.— The 

5 purpose of the program required by this section is 

6 to promote the following: 

7 (A) The maintenance and replication of ex8 isting successful LGBTQ+ specific domestic vi9 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

10 stalking community-based programs providing 

11 services and resources for LGBTQ+ victims of 

12 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as13 sault, and stalking. 

14 (B) The development of innovative 

15 LGBTQ+ specific strategies and projects to en16 hance access to services and resources for 

17 LGBTQ+ victims of domestic violence, dating 

18 violence, sexual assault, and stalking who face 

19 obstacles to using more traditional services and 

20 resources. 

21 (2) PURPOSES FOR WHICH GRANTS MAY BE

22 USED.—The Director shall make grants to commu23 nity-based programs for the purpose of enhancing 

24 LGBTQ+ specific services for victims of domestic 

25 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk-
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1 ing. Grants under the program shall support com2 munity-based efforts to address distinctive 

3 LGBTQ+ specific responses to domestic violence, 

4 dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, includ5 ing— 

6 (A) providing or enhancing services for 

7 LGBTQ+ victims of domestic violence, dating 

8 violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including 

9 services that address the safety, emotional well10 being, economic, housing, legal and workplace 

11 needs of LGBTQ+ victims; 

12 (B) supporting programs that specifically 

13 address underserved LGBTQ+ communities, 

14 including culturally specific communities, to 

15 provide specific resources and support for 

16 LGBTQ+ underserved victims of domestic vio17 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk18 ing; 

19 (C) working in cooperation with the com20 munity to develop education and prevention 

21 strategies highlighting LGBTQ+ specific issues 

22 and resources regarding victims of domestic vio23 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk24 ing; 
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1 (D) conducting outreach activities to en2 sure that LGBTQ+ people who are victims of 

3 domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, or 

4 sexual assault receive appropriate assistance; 

5 (E) providing training for victim service 

6 organizations, governmental agencies, courts, 

7 law enforcement and other first responders, and 

8 nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations serv9 ing the LGBT community about risk reduction, 

10 intervention, prevention and the nature of do11 mestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and 

12 sexual assault for LGBTQ+ individuals; 

13 (F) developing and implementing 

14 LGBTQ+ specific programming that incor15 porates alternative justice responses that are fo16 cused on victim autonomy, agency and safety in 

17 order to provide resolution and restitution for 

18 the victim; and 

19 (G) providing LGBTQ+ specific programs 

20 for LGBTQ+ parents of children exposed to 

21 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as22 sault, and stalking; (H) examining the dynam23 ics of anti-LGBTQ+ bias and its impact on vic24 timization and healing. 
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1 (3) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.— 

2 The Director shall provide technical assistance and 

3 training to grantees of this and other programs 

4 under this Act regarding the development and provi5 sion of effective LGBTQ+ specific community-based 

6 services by entering into cooperative agreements or 

7 contracts with an organization or organizations hav8 ing a demonstrated expertise in and whose primary 

9 purpose is addressing the development and provision 

10 of LGBTQ+ specific community-based services to 

11 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

12 assault, and stalking. 

13 (c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Eligible entities for grants 

14 under this section include— 

15 (1) community-based programs, the primary 

16 purpose of which is providing LGBTQ+ specific 

17 services to victims of domestic violence, dating vio18 lence, sexual assault, and stalking; and 

19 (2) community-based programs, the primary 

20 purpose of which is providing LGBTQ+ specific 

21 services that can partner with a program having 

22 demonstrated expertise in serving victims of domes23 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

24 stalking, and that agrees to receive technical assist-
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1 ance from a program with LGBTQ+ specific exper2 tise. 

3 (d) REPORTING.—The Director shall issue a biennial 

4 report on the distribution of funding under this section, 

5 the progress made in replicating and supporting increased 

6 services to LGBTQ+ victims of domestic violence, dating 

7 violence, sexual assault, and stalking and the types of 

8 LGBTQ+ specific programs, strategies, technical assist9 ance, and training developed or enhanced through this 

10 program. 

11 (e) GRANT PERIOD.—The Director shall award 

12 grants for a 2-year period, with a possible extension of 

13 another 2 years to implement projects under the grant. 

14 (f) EVALUATION.—The Director shall award a con15 tract or cooperative agreement to evaluate programs under 

16 this section to an entity with the demonstrated expertise 

17 in and primary goal of providing enhanced access to serv18 ices and resources for victims of domestic violence, dating 

19 violence, sexual assault, and stalking who face obstacles 

20 to using more traditional services and resources. 

21 (g) NON-EXCLUSIVITY.—Nothing in this section shall 

22 be construed to exclude LGBTQ+ community-based pro23 grams from applying to other grant programs authorized 

24 under this Act. 

25 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Two percent the amounts 

2 appropriated to carry out a covered grant program 

3 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, shall be 

4 made available for grants under this section. 

5 (2) COVERED GRANT PROGRAM.—In this sec6 tion, the term ‘‘covered grant program’’ means any 

7 of the following: 

8 (A) Section 2101 of the Omnibus Crime 

9 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 

10 U.S.C. 10461). 

11 (B) Section 1301 of the Violence Against 

12 Women Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 12464). 

13 (3) ADDITIONAL AMOUNT.—In addition to the 

14 funds described in paragraph (1), there is authorized 

15 to be appropriated to carry out this section 

16 $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 

17 2026. Funds appropriated under this paragraph 

18 shall remain available until expended. 

19 TITLE III—SERVICES, PROTEC20 TION, AND JUSTICE FOR 

21 YOUNG VICTIMS 

22 SEC. 301. RAPE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION GRANT. 

23 Section 393A of the Public Health Service Act (42 

24 U.S.C. 280b–1b) is amended— 

25 (1) in subsection (a)— 
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1 (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting before 

2 the semicolon at the end the following ‘‘or dig3 ital services (as such term is defined in section 

4 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 

5 1994)’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘profes7 sionals’’ and inserting ‘‘professionals, including 

8 school-based professionals, to identify and refer 

9 students who may have experienced or are at 

10 risk of experiencing sexual violence’’; and 

11 (C) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘sexual 

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

13 assault, and sexual harassment’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Indian trib15 al’’ and inserting ‘‘Indian Tribal’’; 

16 (3) by redesignating subsection (c) through (d) 

17 as subsections (d) through (e), respectively; 

18 (4) by inserting the following new subsection: 

19 ‘‘(c) MEANINGFUL INVOLVEMENT OF STATE SEXUAL

20 ASSAULT COALITIONS, CULTURALLY SPECIFIC ORGANI21 ZATIONS, AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.—In grant22 ing funds to States, the Secretary shall set forth proce23 dures designed to ensure meaningful involvement of the 

24 State or territorial sexual assault coalitions, culturally spe25 cific organizations, and representatives from underserved 
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1 communities in the application for and implementation of 

2 funding.’’; 

3 (5) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by para4 graph (3))— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking 

6 ‘‘$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 

7 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘$110,000,000 

8 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026’’; 

9 (B) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end 

10 the following: ‘‘Not less than 80 percent of the 

11 total amount made available under this sub12 section in each fiscal year shall be awarded in 

13 accordance with this paragraph.’’; and 

14 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(4) STATE, TERRITORIAL, AND TRIBAL SEX16 UAL ASSAULT COALITION ALLOTMENT.—Of the total 

17 amount made available under this subsection in each 

18 fiscal year, not less than 15 percent shall be avail19 able to State, territorial, and Tribal sexual assault 

20 coalitions for the purposes of coordinating and pro21 viding prevention activities, providing assistance to 

22 prevention programs, and collaborating and coordi23 nating with Federal, State, Tribal, and local entities 

24 engaged in sexual violence prevention. From 

25 amounts appropriated for grants under this sub-
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1 section for each fiscal year, not less than 10 percent 

2 of funds shall be available for grants to Tribal sex3 ual assault coalitions, and the remaining funds shall 

4 be available for grants to State and territorial coali5 tions, and the Attorney General shall allocate an 

amount equal to 1 6 ⁄56 of the amounts so appropriated 

7 to each of those State and territorial coalitions. Re8 ceipt of an award under this subsection by each sex9 ual assault coalition shall not preclude the coalition 

10 from receiving additional grants or administering 

11 funds to carry out the purposes described in sub12 section (a).’’; and 

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

14 ‘‘(f) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

15 of the enactment of the Violence Against Women Act Re16 authorization Act of 2021, the Secretary, acting through 

17 the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre18 vention, shall submit to Congress, the Committee on Ap19 propriations and the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

20 of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 

21 Appropriations and the Committee on Health, Education, 

22 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report on the activi23 ties funded by grants awarded under this section and best 

24 practices relating to rape prevention and education.’’. 
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1 SEC. 302. CREATING HOPE THROUGH OUTREACH, OPTIONS, 

2 SERVICES, AND EDUCATION (CHOOSE) FOR 

3 CHILDREN AND YOUTH. 

4 Section 41201 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 

5 Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12451) is amend6 ed— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘stalking, or sex traf9 ficking’’ and inserting ‘‘or stalking’’; and 

10 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘Grants awarded under this section may be 

12 used to address sex trafficking or bullying as 

13 part of a comprehensive program focused pri14 marily on domestic violence, dating violence, 

15 sexual assault, or stalking.’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (b)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

18 (i) in the matter preceding subpara19 graph (A)— 

20 (I) by striking ‘‘target youth who 

21 are victims of domestic violence, dat22 ing violence, sexual assault, stalking, 

23 and sex trafficking’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘target youth, including youth in un25 derserved populations who are victims 

26 of domestic violence, dating violence, 
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1 sexual assault, stalking, and sex traf2 ficking’’; and 

3 (II) by striking ‘‘specific serv4 ices’’ and inserting ‘‘specific services, 

5 restorative practices’’; 

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

7 ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

8 (iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

9 the period at the end and inserting a semi10 colon; and 

11 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 

12 (C) the following: 

13 ‘‘(D) clarify State or local mandatory re14 porting policies and practices regarding peer15 on-peer dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, 

16 and sex trafficking; or 

17 ‘‘(E) develop, enlarge, or strengthen cul18 turally specific victim services and response re19 lated to, and prevention of, female genital muti20 lation.’’; and 

21 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

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

23 ‘‘stalking, or sex trafficking’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘stalking, sex trafficking, or female genital 

25 mutilation’’; 
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1 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

2 the semicolon and inserting the following 

3 ‘‘, and restorative practices;’’; 

4 (iii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 

5 ‘‘confidential’’ before ‘‘support services’’; 

6 and 

7 (iv) in subparagraph (E), by inserting 

8 after ‘‘programming for youth’’ the fol9 lowing: ‘‘, including youth in underserved 

10 populations,’’; 

11 (3) in subsection (c)— 

12 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘stalk13 ing, or sex trafficking’’ and inserting ‘‘or stalk14 ing’’; and 

15 (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 

16 ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph 

17 (A) or (B) of paragraph (1)’’; 

18 (4) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘stalking, 

19 and sex trafficking’’ and inserting ‘‘and stalking, in20 cluding training on working with youth in under21 served populations (and, where intervention or pro22 gramming will include a focus on female genital mu23 tilation, or on sex trafficking, sufficient training on 

24 those topics)’’; and 
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1 (5) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘$15,000,000 

2 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’ and in3 serting ‘‘$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 

4 through 2026’’. 

5 SEC. 303. GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES ON CAM6 PUSES. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 304 of the Violence 

8 Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza9 tion Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20125) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (b)— 

11 (A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 

12 follows: 

13 ‘‘(2) To develop, strengthen, and implement 

14 campus policies, protocols, and services that more ef15 fectively identify and respond to the crimes of do16 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and 

17 stalking, including the use of technology to commit 

18 these crimes, and to train campus administrators, 

19 campus security personnel, and all participants in 

20 the resolution process, including personnel from the 

21 Title IX coordinator’s office, student conduct office, 

22 and campus disciplinary or judicial boards on such 

23 policies, protocols, and services.’’; 

24 (B) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 

25 follows: 
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1 ‘‘(3) To provide prevention and education pro2 gramming about domestic violence, dating violence, 

3 sexual assault, and stalking, including technological 

4 abuse and reproductive and sexual coercion, that is 

5 age-appropriate, culturally relevant, ongoing, deliv6 ered in multiple venues on campus, accessible, pro7 motes respectful nonviolent behavior as a social 

8 norm, and engages men and boys. Such program9 ming should be developed in partnership or collabo10 ratively with experts in intimate partner and sexual 

11 violence prevention and intervention.’’; 

12 (C) in paragraph (4), by inserting after 

13 ‘‘improve delivery of’’ the following: ‘‘primary 

14 prevention training and’’; 

15 (D) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and 

16 provide’’ and inserting ‘‘, provide, and dissemi17 nate’’; 

18 (E) in paragraph (10), by inserting after 

19 ‘‘or adapt’’ the following ‘‘and disseminate’’; 

20 and 

21 (F) by inserting after paragraph (10) the 

22 following: 

23 ‘‘(11) To train campus health centers and ap24 propriate campus faculty, such as academic advisors 

25 or professionals who deal with students on a daily 
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1 basis, on how to recognize and respond to domestic 

2 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk3 ing, including training health providers on how to 

4 provide universal education to all members of the 

5 campus community on the impacts of violence on 

6 health and unhealthy relationships and how pro7 viders can support ongoing outreach efforts. 

8 ‘‘(12) To train campus personnel in how to use 

9 a victim-centered, trauma-informed interview tech10 nique, which means asking questions of a student or 

11 a campus employee who is reported to be a victim 

12 of sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic vio13 lence, dating violence, or stalking, in a manner that 

14 is focused on the experience of the reported victim, 

15 that does not judge or blame the reported victim for 

16 the alleged crime, and that is informed by evidence17 based research on trauma response. To the extent 

18 practicable, campus personnel shall allow the re19 ported victim to participate in a recorded interview 

20 and to receive a copy of the recorded interview. 

21 ‘‘(13) To develop and implement restorative 

22 practices (as such term is defined in section 

23 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 

24 1994).’’; 
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1 (2) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘2014 

2 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 2026’’; 

3 (3) in subsection (d)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘for 

5 all incoming students’’ and inserting ‘‘for all 

6 students’’; 

7 (B) by amending paragraph (3)(D) to read 

8 as follows: 

9 ‘‘(D) The grantee shall train all partici10 pants in the resolution process, including the 

11 Title IX coordinator’s office and student con12 duct office, to respond effectively to situations 

13 involving domestic violence, dating violence, sex14 ual assault, or stalking.’’; and 

15 (C) in paragraph (4)(C), by inserting after 

16 ‘‘sex,’’ the following: ‘‘sexual orientation, gender 

17 identity,’’; and 

18 (4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘$12,000,000 

19 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’ and in20 serting ‘‘$16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 

21 through 2026’’. 

22 (b) REPORT ON BEST PRACTICES REGARDING DO23 MESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL AS24 SAULT, AND STALKING ON CAMPUSES.—Not later than 1 

25 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
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1 of Education shall submit to Congress a report, which in2 cludes— 

3 (1) an evaluation of programs, events, and edu4 cational materials related to domestic violence, dat5 ing violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and 

6 (2) an assessment of best practices and guid7 ance from the evaluation described in paragraph (1), 

8 which shall be made publicly available online to uni9 versities and college campuses to use as a resource. 

10 TITLE IV—VIOLENCE 

11 REDUCTION PRACTICES 

12 SEC. 401. STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE CENTERS FOR DIS13 EASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. 

14 Section 402 of the Violence Against Women and De15 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 

16 U.S.C. 280b–4) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘violence 

18 against women’’ and inserting ‘‘violence against 

19 adults, youth,’’; and 

20 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘2014 through 

21 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 2026’’. 

22 SEC. 402. SAVING MONEY AND REDUCING TRAGEDIES 

23 (SMART) THROUGH PREVENTION GRANTS. 

24 Section 41303 of the Violence Against Women Act 

25 of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12463) is amended— 
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1 (1) in subsection (b)(1)— 

2 (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

3 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

4 (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 

5 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

6 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(E) strategies within each of these areas 

8 addressing the unmet needs of underserved pop9 ulations.’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by inserting ‘‘cul11 turally specific,’’ after ‘‘after-school,’’; 

12 (3) in subsection (d)(3)— 

13 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

14 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

15 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

16 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

18 ‘‘(C) include a focus on the unmet needs of 

19 underserved populations.’’; 

20 (4) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘$15,000,000 

21 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’ and in22 serting ‘‘$45,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 

23 through 2026’’; and 

24 (5) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the 

25 following: 
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1 ‘‘(3) REMAINING AMOUNTS.—Any amounts not 

2 made available under paragraphs (1) and (2) may be 

3 used for any set of purposes described in paragraph 

4 (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (b), or for a project 

5 that fulfills two or more of such sets of purposes.’’. 

6 TITLE V—STRENGTHENING THE 

7 HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS RE8 SPONSE 

9 SEC. 501. GRANTS TO STRENGTHEN THE HEALTHCARE SYS10 TEMS RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 

11 DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND 

12 STALKING. 

13 Section 399P of the Public Health Service Act (42 

14 U.S.C. 280g–4) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (a)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘com17 munity health workers, violence prevention ad18 vocates working with health providers,’’ after 

19 ‘‘health staff,’’; 

20 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

21 (i) by inserting ‘‘(including midwives 

22 and doulas)’’ after ‘‘residents’’; and 

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

24 (C) in paragraph (3)— 
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘response’’ after ‘‘im2 prove the’’ and inserting ‘‘capacity’’; 

3 (ii) by inserting ‘‘prevent and respond 

4 to’’ after ‘‘(including behavioral and men5 tal health programs) to’’; and 

6 (iii) by striking the period at the end 

7 and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

9 ‘‘(4) the development or enhancement and im10 plementation of training programs to improve the 

11 capacity of early childhood programs to address do12 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

13 stalking among families they serve; and 

14 ‘‘(5) the development or enhancement and im15 plementation of comprehensive statewide strategies 

16 for health and violence prevention programs to work 

17 together to promote primary prevention onf domestic 

18 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk19 ing.’’; 

20 (2) in subsection (b)(1)— 

21 (A) in subparagraph (A)(i)— 

22 (i) by inserting ‘‘provide universal 

23 education on healthy relationships’’ after 

24 ‘‘providers to’’; 

25 (ii) by striking ‘‘identify’’; 
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1 (iii) by inserting ‘‘trauma-informed’’ 

2 after ‘‘and provide’’; and 

3 (iv) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

4 (B) in subparagraph (A)(ii)— 

5 (i) by inserting ‘‘, including labor and 

6 sex trafficking’’ after ‘‘other forms of vio7 lence and abuse’’; 

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘culturally competent 

9 clinical’’ after ‘‘plan and develop’’; 

10 (iii) by inserting after ‘‘training com11 ponents’’ the following; ‘‘that center the 

12 experiences of and are developed in col13 laboration with Black and Indigenous peo14 ple and People of Color, and include com15 munity-defined practices such as the use of 

16 doulas, midwives, and traditional healers,’’; 

17 and 

18 (iv) by striking ‘‘disparities’’ and in19 serting ‘‘inequities’’; 

20 (C) in subparagraph (A), by inserting after 

21 clause (ii) the following: 

22 ‘‘(iii) are designed to be inclusive of 

23 the experiences of all individuals including 

24 LGBTQ+ individuals and include training 

25 on equity and anti-racism approaches to 
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1 health services delivery; disparities in ac2 cess to health-care services and prevention 

3 resources; and current and historic sys4 temic racism in health care services; and 

5 ‘‘(iv) include training on the use of 

6 universal prevention education approach to 

7 both prevent and respond to domestic vio8 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

9 stalking in health care settings;’’; 

10 (D) in subparagraph (B), in the matter 

11 preceding clause (i)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘response’’ after ‘‘im13 prove the’’ and inserting ‘‘capacity’’; and 

14 (ii) by inserting ‘‘prevent and respond 

15 to’’ after ‘‘system to’’; 

16 (E) in subparagraph (B)(i)— 

17 (i) by inserting ‘‘and promoting pre18 vention of’ ’’’ after ‘‘responding to’’; 

19 (ii) by inserting ‘‘during in person or 

20 virtual visits and’’ after ‘‘and stalking’’; 

21 and 

22 (iii) by inserting after ‘‘follow-up 

23 care’’ the following: ‘‘ and to maximize vic24 tim choice on the use and sharing of their 

25 health information’’; 
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1 (F) in subparagraph (B)(ii)— 

2 (i) by striking ‘‘on-site access to’’; and 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘patients by increas4 ing’’ and all that follows through the semi5 colon and inserting the following: ‘‘patients 

6 by— 

7 ‘‘(I) increasing the capacity of 

8 existing health care professionals, in9 cluding professionals who specialize in 

10 trauma and in behavioral and mental 

11 health care (including substance abuse 

12 disorder), community health workers, 

13 and public health staff to address do14 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

15 assault, stalking, and children exposed 

16 to violence; 

17 ‘‘(II) contracting with or hiring 

18 advocates for victims of domestic vio19 lence or sexual assault to provide such 

20 services; or 

21 ‘‘(III) providing funding to State 

22 domestic and sexual violence coalitions 

23 to improve the capacity of such coali24 tions to coordinate and support health 
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1 advocates and other health system 

2 partnerships;’’; 

3 (G) in subparagraph (B)(iii)— 

4 (i) by striking ‘‘identification’’ after 

5 ‘‘practice of’’ and inserting ‘‘prevention’’; 

6 (ii) by inserting ‘‘during in person or 

7 virtual visits,’’ after ‘‘and stalking’’; and 

8 (iii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

9 (H) in subparagraph (B)(iv)— 

10 (i) by inserting ‘‘and promote preven11 tion during in person or virtual visits,’’ 

12 after ‘‘or stalking,’’; and 

13 (ii) by striking the period at the end; 

14 (I) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the 

15 end the following: 

16 ‘‘(v) the development, implementation, 

17 dissemination, and evaluation of best prac18 tices, tools, and training materials, includ19 ing culturally relevant tools, for behavioral 

20 health professionals to identify and re21 spond to domestic violence, sexual violence, 

22 stalking, and dating violence; and 

23 ‘‘(vi) the development and provision of 

24 culturally relevant training and follow-up 

25 technical assistance to health care profes-
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1 sionals, and public health staff, and allied 

2 health professionals to identify, assess, 

3 treat, and refer clients who are victims of 

4 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

5 assault, or stalking from culturally specific 

6 communities and promote prevention, 

7 using tools and training materials, devel8 oped by and for culturally specific commu9 nities, with priority given to trainings pro10 vided by culturally specific organizations; 

11 and’’; and 

12 (J) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 

13 the following: 

14 ‘‘(C) design and implement comprehensive 

15 strategies to prevent domestic or sexual violence 

16 including through the use of universal education 

17 in clinical and public health settings, hospitals, 

18 clinics and other health settings.’’; 

19 (3) in subsection (b)(2)(A)— 

20 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CHILD

21 AND ELDER ABUSE’’ and inserting the fol22 lowing: ‘‘CHILD ABUSE AND ABUSE IN LATER

23 LIFE’’; and 
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘child or elder abuse’’ and 

2 inserting the following: ‘‘child abuse or abuse in 

3 later life’’; 

4 (4) in subsection (b)(2)(C)(i), by striking ‘‘elder 

5 abuse’’ and inserting ‘‘abuse in later life’’; 

6 (5) in subsection (b)(2)(C)(ii), by inserting 

7 ‘‘programs that promote the prevention of sexual as8 sault as well as’’ after ‘‘implementation of’’; 

9 (6) in subsection (b)(2)(C)(iii)— 

10 (A) by inserting ‘‘and exposure to violence 

11 against generations’’ after ‘‘abuse’’; and 

12 (B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

13 (7) in subsection (b)(2)(C)(iv)— 

14 (A) by inserting ‘‘mental health,’’ after 

15 ‘‘dental,’’; and 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘exams.’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘exams and certifications;’’; 

18 (8) in subsection (b)(2)(C), by inserting after 

19 clause (iv) the following: 

20 ‘‘(v) providing funding to culturally 

21 specific organizations to improve the ca22 pacity of such organizations to engage and 

23 partner with healthcare providers to sup24 port victims and meet increased referrals 

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1 ‘‘(vi) development of a State-level pilot 

2 program to— 

3 ‘‘(I) improve the response of sub4 stance use disorder treatment pro5 grams, harm reduction programs for 

6 people who use substances, and sys7 tems to domestic violence, dating vio8 lence, sexual assault, and stalking; 

9 ‘‘(II) improve the capacity of 

10 substance use disorder treatment pro11 grams, harm reduction programs for 

12 people who use substances, and sys13 tems to serve survivors of domestic vi14 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

15 and stalking dealing with substance 

16 use disorder; and 

17 ‘‘(III) improve the capacity of do18 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

19 assault, and stalking programs to 

20 serve survivors who has substance use 

21 history with substance abuse disorder; 

22 or 

23 ‘‘(vii) development and utilization of 

24 existing technical assistance and training 

25 resources to improve the capacity of sub-
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1 stance use disorder treatment programs 

2 and harm reduction programs for people 

3 who use substances to address domestic vi4 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

5 stalking among patients the programs 

6 serve.’’; 

7 (9) in subsection (c)(3)(A) by striking the pe8 riod at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘and— 

9 ‘‘(i) culturally specific and population 

10 specific organizations, and specifically or11 ganizations whose leadership include Black 

12 or Indigenous people, People of Color, or 

13 LGBTQ+ individuals; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) programs developing and imple15 menting community-driven solutions to ad16 dress domestic violence, dating violence, 

17 sexual assault, or stalking, instead of 

18 carceral and law enforcement interven19 tion.’’; 

20 (10) in subsection (c)(3)(B)(i)(III) by inserting 

21 after ‘‘nonprofit entity’’ the following ‘‘, including a 

22 culturally-specific organization or community-based 

23 organization working to address the social deter24 minants of health,’’; 

25 (11) in subsection (c)(3)(C)(ii)— 
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘strategies for’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘(I) strategies for’’; 

3 (B) by inserting ‘‘and generations’’ after 

4 ‘‘lifespan’’; 

5 (C) by striking ‘‘settings;’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘settings; and’’; and 

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

8 ‘‘(II) strategies to address pri9 mary prevention of domestic violence, 

10 dating violence, sexual assault, and 

11 stalking over the lifespan and genera12 tions including strategies that address 

13 related social determinants of health 

14 and center economic justice, anti-rac15 ism, and that are inclusive of all gen16 ders and identities including 

17 LGBTQ+ individuals;’’; 

18 (12) in subsection (c)(3)(C)(iii)— 

19 (A) by inserting ‘‘culturally specific organi20 zations’’ after ‘‘advocacy organizations’’; and 

21 (B) by striking ‘‘State or tribal law en22 forcement task forces (where appropriate)’’; 

23 (13) in subsection (c)(3)(C)(iv) by inserting 

24 ‘‘(including culturally specific organizations)’’ after 

25 ‘‘service providers’’; 
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1 (14) in subsection (d)(2)(A)— 

2 (A) by inserting ‘‘or behavioral health’’ 

3 after ‘‘of health’’; 

4 (B) by inserting ‘‘behavioral’’ after ‘‘phys5 ical or’’; 

6 (C) by striking ‘‘mental’’ before ‘‘health 

7 care’’; and 

8 (D) by inserting ‘‘, including substance use 

9 disorder treatment’’ before ‘‘; or’’; 

10 (15) in subsection (d)(2)(B)— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘or health system’’ and in12 serting ‘‘behavioral health treatment system’’; 

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

14 ‘‘behavioral’’; and 

15 (C) by inserting ‘‘, or a community-based 

16 organization with a history of partnership with 

17 programs in the domestic violence, dating vio18 lence, sexual assault, or stalking and health 

19 care, including physical, mental, or behavioral 

20 health care’’ before the period at the end; 

21 (16) in subsection (g)— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘$15,000,000’’; and 

24 (B) by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and 

25 inserting ‘‘2022 through 2026’’; and 
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1 (17) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘herein’’ and 

2 ‘‘provided for’’. 

3 SEC. 502. MATERNAL MORTALITY OR MORBIDITY STUDY. 

4 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human 

5 Services, in collaboration with the Center for Disease Con6 trol and Prevention and in consultation with the Attorney 

7 General, the Director of the Indian Health Service, and 

8 other stakeholders (including community based organiza9 tions), shall conduct a study on the whether victims of 

10 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk11 ing throughout the United States are more at risk of ma12 ternal mortality or morbidity as a result of issues related 

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

14 stalking. 

15 (b) REPORTS.—Not later than 3 years after the date 

16 of enactment of this title, the Secretary of Health and 

17 Human Services, in consultation with the Attorney Gen18 eral, the Director of the Indian Health Service, and other 

19 stakeholders (including community based organizations), 

20 shall report to Congress on the study conducted under 

21 subsection (a). The report shall include: 

22 (1) An analysis of the extent in which domestic 

23 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 

24 result in pregnancy related death. 
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1 (2) An analysis of the impact of domestic vio2 lence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking on 

3 access to health care. 

4 (3) A breakdown of individuals particularly im5 pacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

6 assault, or stalking, by race and ethnicity. 

7 (4) An analysis of the impact of domestic vio8 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking on 

9 Tribal communities and among Native Americans. 

10 (5) An assessment of the factors that increase 

11 risks for infant and maternal mortality or morbidity 

12 among survivors of domestic violence, dating vio13 lence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

14 (6) Recommendations for legislative or policy 

15 changes to help reduce infant and maternal mor16 tality rates. 

17 (7) Best practices to reduce pregnancy related 

18 deaths among survivors of domestic violence, dating 

19 violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

20 (8) Any other information on maternal mor21 tality or morbidity the the Secretary determine ap22 propriate to include in the report. 
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1 TITLE VI—SAFE HOMES FOR 

2 VICTIMS 

3 SEC. 601. HOUSING PROTECTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMES4 TIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL 

5 ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 41411 of the Violence 

7 Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12491) is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 

11 ‘‘brother, sister,’’ and inserting ‘‘sibling,’’; 

12 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

13 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

14 before the semicolon at the end the fol15 lowing: ‘‘including the direct loan program 

16 under such section’’; 

17 (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

18 ‘‘the program under subtitle A of’’ and in19 serting ‘‘the programs under’’; 

20 (iii) in subparagraph (I)— 

21 (I) by striking ‘‘sections 514, 

22 515, 516, 533, and 538 of the Hous23 ing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 

24 1485, 1486, 1490m, and 1490p–2)’’ 

25 and inserting ‘‘sections 514, 515, 516, 
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1 533, 538, and 542 of the Housing Act 

2 of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 1485, 1486, 

3 1490m, 1490p–2, 1490r)’’; and 

4 (II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

5 (iv) in subparagraph (J), by striking 

6 the period at the end and inserting a semi7 colon; and 

8 (v) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(K) the provision of assistance from the 

10 Housing Trust Fund established under section 

11 1338 of the Federal Housing Enterprises Fi12 nancial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 

13 U.S.C. 4501); 

14 ‘‘(L) the provision of assistance for hous15 ing under the Comprehensive Service Programs 

16 for Homeless Veterans program under sub17 chapter II of chapter 20 of title 38, United 

18 States Code; 

19 ‘‘(M) the provision of assistance for hous20 ing and facilities under the grant program for 

21 homeless veterans with special needs under sec22 tion 2061 of title 38, United States Code; 

23 ‘‘(N) the provision of assistance for perma24 nent housing under the program for financial 

25 assistance for supportive services for very low- 
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1 income veteran families in permanent housing 

2 under section 2044 of title 38, United States 

3 Code; 

4 ‘‘(O) housing assisted under the rent sup5 plement program under section 101 of the 

6 Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 

7 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); 

8 ‘‘(P) the program under Chapter 11 of 

9 subtitle B of the Violence Against Women Act 

10 of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12351 et seq.); and 

11 ‘‘(Q) any other Federal housing programs 

12 providing affordable housing to low- and mod13 erate-income persons by means of restricted 

14 rents or rental assistance as identified by the 

15 appropriate agency.’’; and 

16 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(4) COLLABORATIVE APPLICANT.—The term 

18 ‘collaborative applicant’ has the meaning given the 

19 term in section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Home20 less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360). 

21 ‘‘(5) CONTINUUM OF CARE.—The term ‘Con22 tinuum of Care’ means the Federal program author23 ized under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney24 Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et 

25 seq.). 
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1 ‘‘(6) COVERED HOUSING PROVIDER.—The term 

2 ‘covered housing provider’— 

3 ‘‘(A) means the individual or entity under 

4 a covered housing program that has responsi5 bility for the administration or oversight of 

6 housing assisted under a covered housing pro7 gram; and 

8 ‘‘(B) includes public housing agencies, 

9 sponsors, owners, mortgagors, managers, grant10 ees under the Continuum of Care, State and 

11 local governments or agencies thereof, and non12 profit or for-profit organizations or entities. 

13 ‘‘(7) DRUG-RELATED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.—The 

14 term ‘drug-related criminal activity’ has the meaning 

15 given the term in section 3(b)(9) of the United 

16 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

17 1437a(b)(9)). 

18 ‘‘(8) EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT.—The 

19 term ‘emergency solutions grant’ means a grant pro20 vided under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney21 Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11371 et 

22 seq.). 

23 ‘‘(9) EMERGENCY TRANSFER.—The term ‘emer24 gency transfer’— 
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1 ‘‘(A) except as provided under subpara2 graph (B), means a transfer under subsection 

3 (e) from a unit of a covered housing provider 

4 to any other unit of the same principal, affil5 iate, or management agent of the covered hous6 ing provider; and 

7 ‘‘(B) with respect to a project funded 

8 under the Continuum of Care, means a transfer 

9 under subsection (e) to any unit of the same 

10 covered housing provider under the same cov11 ered housing program. 

12 ‘‘(10) EXTERNAL REFERRAL.—The term ‘exter13 nal referral’— 

14 ‘‘(A) except as provided under subpara15 graph (B), means a referral provided to a vic16 tim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

17 assault, or stalking by a covered housing pro18 vider to the applicable regional office of the De19 partment of Housing and Urban Development 

20 to facilitate a move from a unit of a covered 

21 housing provider under the same or a different 

22 covered housing program; and 

23 ‘‘(B) with respect to a project funded 

24 under the Continuum of Care, including any 

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1 or a recipient or subrecipient of an Emergency 

2 Solutions Grant, means the facilitation of a 

3 move from a unit of a covered housing provider 

4 to a unit of a different covered housing provider 

5 under the same covered housing program. 

6 ‘‘(11) HUD REGIONAL OFFICE.—The term 

7 ‘HUD regional office’ means a regional office of the 

8 Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

9 ‘‘(12) NATIONAL VAWA VICTIMS RELOCATION

10 POOL VOUCHER.—The term ‘National VAWA Vic11 tims Relocation Pool voucher’ means a housing 

12 voucher provided under section 8(o) of the United 

13 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)). 

14 ‘‘(13) PROGRAM PARTICIPANT.—The term ‘pro15 gram participant’ means an individual (including an 

16 unaccompanied youth) or family who is assisted by 

17 programs under the McKinney-Vento Homeless As18 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.).’’; 

19 (2) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph 

20 (1) to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A covered housing provider 

22 shall prioritize the safety of victims when making 

23 housing and housing-related decisions, including ad24 missions, terminations of assistance, evictions, trans-
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1 fers, referrals, family break-ups, and income deter2 minations.’’; 

3 (3) in subsection (b)(3)— 

4 (A) in the paragraph heading, by inserting 

5 after ‘‘CRIMINAL ACTIVITY’’ the following: ‘‘AND

6 FAMILY BREAK-UP’’; 

7 (B) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 

8 as follows: 

9 ‘‘(A) DENIAL OF ASSISTANCE, TENANCY, 

10 AND OCCUPANCY RIGHTS PROHIBITED.— 

11 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A tenant, program 

12 participant, or resident of a unit who is an 

13 unreported member of the household be14 cause of domestic violence, dating violence, 

15 sexual assault, dating violence, or stalking 

16 shall not be denied assistance, tenancy, or 

17 occupancy rights to housing assisted under 

18 a covered housing program solely on the 

19 basis of criminal activity directly relating 

20 to domestic violence, dating violence, sex21 ual assault, or stalking that is engaged in 

22 by a member of the household of the ten23 ant, program participant, resident, or any 

24 guest or other person under the control of 

25 the tenant, program participant, or resi-
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1 dent, if the tenant, program participant, 

2 resident or an affiliated individual of the 

3 tenant, program participant, or resident is 

4 the victim or threatened victim of such do5 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as6 sault, or stalking. 

7 ‘‘(ii) CRIMINAL ACTIVITY ENGAGED IN

8 BY PERPETRATOR OF ABUSE.— 

9 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—A tenant, 

10 program participant, or resident of a 

11 unit who is an unreported member of 

12 the household because of domestic vio13 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

14 dating violence, or stalking shall not 

15 be denied assistance, tenancy, or occu16 pancy rights to housing assisted under 

17 a covered housing program solely on 

18 the basis of criminal activity, includ19 ing drug-related criminal activity, en20 gaged in by the perpetrator of the do21 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

22 assault, or stalking. 

23 ‘‘(II) RULE OF CONSTRUC24 TION.—Nothing in subclause (I) shall 

25 be construed to limit the authority to 
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1 terminate assistance to a tenant or 

2 program participant or evict or termi3 nate a tenant or program participant 

4 from housing assisted under a covered 

5 housing program if a public housing 

6 agency or an owner, recipient or sub7 recipient, or a manager of the housing 

8 demonstrates an actual and imminent 

9 threat to other tenants, program par10 ticipants, or individuals employed at 

11 or providing service to the housing if 

12 the assistance is not terminated or the 

13 tenant or program participant is not 

14 evicted. 

15 ‘‘(iii) REVIEW PRIOR TO TERMINATION

16 FOR CURRENT PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.— 

17 Before terminating assistance, tenancy, or 

18 occupancy rights to housing assisted under 

19 a covered housing program to a tenant or 

20 program participant who is a victim of do21 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as22 sault, or stalking on the basis of criminal 

23 activity of the tenant or program partici24 pant, including drug-related criminal activ25 ity— 
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1 ‘‘(I) the covered housing provider 

2 shall consider— 

3 ‘‘(aa) the seriousness of the 

4 case; 

5 ‘‘(bb) the extent of partici6 pation or culpability of the ten7 ant or program participant, in8 cluding whether the tenant or 

9 program participant was coerced 

10 by the perpetrator of the domes11 tic violence, dating violence, sex12 ual assault, or stalking; 

13 ‘‘(cc) whether the criminal 

14 activity was related to a symptom 

15 of a disability, including a sub16 stance use disorder; 

17 ‘‘(dd) in cases involving 

18 drug-related criminal activity or 

19 criminal activity involving alcohol 

20 abuse, whether the tenant or pro21 gram participant is participating 

22 in, or has successfully completed, 

23 a supervised drug or alcohol re24 habilitation program, or has oth-
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1 erwise been rehabilitated success2 fully; and 

3 ‘‘(ee) any other relevant 

4 mitigating circumstances; and 

5 ‘‘(II) the covered housing pro6 gram shall provide the tenant or pro7 gram participant with— 

8 ‘‘(aa) a written summary of 

9 the review conducted by the cov10 ered housing program; and 

11 ‘‘(bb) an opportunity to in12 voke the applicable grievance pol13 icy of the covered housing pro14 gram to dispute the findings of 

15 the review.’’; 

16 (C) in subparagraph (B)— 

17 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘BI18 FURCATION’’ and inserting ‘‘FAMILY

19 BREAK-UP’’; 

20 (ii) by redesignating clauses (i) and 

21 (ii) as clauses (ii) and (iii), respectively; 

22 (iii) by inserting before clause (ii), as 

23 so redesignated, the following: 

24 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If a family break25 up results from an occurrence of domestic 
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1 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

2 stalking, and the perpetrator no longer re3 sides in the unit and was the sole tenant 

4 or program participant eligible to receive 

5 assistance under a covered housing pro6 gram, the covered housing provider shall— 

7 ‘‘(I) provide any other tenant, 

8 program participant, or resident of 

9 the unit who is an unreported member 

10 of the household because of domestic 

11 violence, dating violence, sexual as12 sault, dating violence, or stalking the 

13 opportunity to establish eligibility for 

14 the covered housing program; or 

15 ‘‘(II) provide a tenant, program 

16 participant, or resident described in 

17 subclause (I) with not less than 180 

18 days— 

19 ‘‘(aa) to remain in the unit 

20 under the same terms and condi21 tions as the perpetrator; and 

22 ‘‘(bb) find new housing or 

23 establish eligibility for another 

24 covered housing program.’’; 
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1 (iv) in clause (ii), as so redesig2 nated— 

3 (I) in the heading, by striking 

4 ‘‘IN GENERAL’’ and inserting ‘‘EVIC5 TION’’; and 

6 (II) by inserting after ‘‘a public 

7 housing agency’’ the following: ‘‘, par8 ticipating jurisdictions, grantees under 

9 the Continuum of Care, grantees,’’; 

10 and 

11 (v) by striking clause (iii), as so re12 designated; 

13 (D) in subparagraph (C)— 

14 (i) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

15 the end; 

16 (ii) in clause (iv), by striking the pe17 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

18 (iii) by adding at the end the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(v) to be limited by any provision in 

21 the United States Housing Act of 1937 

22 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) that provides less 

23 protection than subparagraph (A) for vic24 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

25 sexual assault, or stalking.’’; and 
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1 (E) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(D) EARLY TERMINATION.— 

4 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A covered housing 

5 provider shall permit a tenant or program 

6 participant assisted under the covered 

7 housing program to terminate the lease at 

8 any time prior to the end date of the lease, 

9 without penalty, if the tenant or program 

10 participant has been a victim of domestic 

11 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

12 stalking and the tenant or program partici13 pant— 

14 ‘‘(I) sends notice of the early 

15 lease termination to the landlord in 

16 writing prior to or within 3 days of 

17 vacating the premises unless a shorter 

18 notice period is provided for under 

19 State law; 

20 ‘‘(II)(aa) reasonably believes that 

21 the tenant or program participant is 

22 threatened with imminent harm if the 

23 tenant or program participant re24 mains within the same dwelling unit 

25 subject to the lease; or 
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1 ‘‘(bb) has experienced a sexual 

2 assault that occurred on the premises 

3 during the 90-day period preceding 

4 the request for lease termination; and 

5 ‘‘(III) provides a form of docu6 mentation consistent with the require7 ments outlined in subsection (c)(3). 

8 ‘‘(ii) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.— 

9 Nothing in this subparagraph shall be con10 strued to preclude any automatic termi11 nation of a lease by operation of law. 

12 Nothing in this subparagraph shall be con13 strued to supersede any provision of any 

14 Federal, State, or local law regarding the 

15 early termination of leases that provides 

16 greater protection than this subsection for 

17 victims of domestic violence, dating vio18 lence, sexual assault, or stalking.’’; 

19 (4) in subsection (c)(4), in the matter preceding 

20 subparagraph (A)— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘Any information sub22 mitted to a public housing agency or owner or 

23 manager’’ and inserting ‘‘Covered housing pro24 viders shall ensure any information submitted’’; 

25 and 
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1 (B) by inserting after ‘‘owner or manager’’ 

2 the following: ‘‘of housing assisted under a cov3 ered housing program’’; 

4 (5) in subsection (d)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

6 (i) in the matter preceding subpara7 graph (A), by striking ‘‘an applicant for or 

8 tenants of’’ and inserting ‘‘all individuals 

9 and families seeking housing or services 

10 from programs under title IV of the 

11 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 

12 (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.), all program 

13 participants of, all adult members of appli14 cant households for, and all adult tenants 

15 of’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘guidance issued by the Secretary of 

18 Housing and Urban Development’’ and in19 serting ‘‘title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 

20 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) and any 

21 guidance issued by the appropriate agen22 cies related to language access for persons 

23 with limited English proficiency’’; and 

24 (B) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(3) TRANSLATION AND AVAILABILITY OF

2 STANDARDIZED DOCUMENTS.—Each appropriate 

3 agency shall ensure that standardized documents re4 lating to the implementation of this title are— 

5 ‘‘(A) translated into and made available in 

6 multiple languages and are available in formats 

7 accessible to persons with disabilities; and 

8 ‘‘(B) made accessible to covered housing 

9 providers within a reasonable time after adop10 tion of the documents by the appropriate agen11 cy.’’; 

12 (6) by amending subsection (e) to read as fol13 lows: 

14 ‘‘(e) EMERGENCY TRANSFERS AND NATIONAL

15 VAWA VICTIMS RELOCATION POOL POLICIES.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A tenant, program partici17 pant, or resident of a unit who is an unreported 

18 member of the household because of domestic vio19 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, dating vio20 lence, or stalking who is a victim of domestic vio21 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 

22 may apply for an emergency transfer or a National 

23 VAWA Victims Relocation Pool voucher, or both. 

24 ‘‘(2) RESPONSIBLE ENTITY.— 
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1 ‘‘(A) EMERGENCY TRANSFERS.—A covered 

2 housing provider shall grant an emergency 

3 transfer to a tenant or program participant de4 scribed in paragraph (1) if— 

5 ‘‘(i) the covered housing provider and 

6 the tenant or program participant deter7 mine that a safe dwelling unit is available; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(ii) the tenant or program partici10 pant meets the eligibility criteria described 

11 in paragraph (3). 

12 ‘‘(B) VOUCHERS.—The Secretary of Hous13 ing and Urban Development and a covered 

14 housing provider authorized to determine eligi15 bility for National VAWA Victims Relocation 

16 Pool vouchers under policies and procedures es17 tablished under subsection (f)(1) shall approve 

18 a National VAWA Victims Relocation Pool 

19 voucher for a tenant, program participant, or 

20 resident of a unit who is an unreported member 

21 of the household because of domestic violence, 

22 dating violence, sexual assault, dating violence, 

23 or stalking described in paragraph (1) if the 

24 tenant, program participant, or resident meets 
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1 the eligibility criteria described in paragraph 

2 (3). 

3 ‘‘(3) CRITERIA.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The applicable respon5 sible entity under paragraph (2) shall approve 

6 an application submitted by a tenant, program 

7 participant, or resident described in paragraph 

8 (1) for an emergency transfer, a National 

9 VAWA Victims Relocation Pool voucher, or 

10 both, if— 

11 ‘‘(i) the tenant, program participant, 

12 or resident expressly requests the emer13 gency transfer or National VAWA Victims 

14 Relocation Pool voucher, or both, from the 

15 applicable responsible entity; and 

16 ‘‘(ii)(I) the tenant, program partici17 pant, or resident reasonably believes that 

18 the tenant or program participant is 

19 threatened with imminent harm from fur20 ther violence if the tenant or program par21 ticipant remains within the same dwelling 

22 unit assisted under a covered housing pro23 gram; or 

24 ‘‘(II) the tenant, program participant, 

25 or resident experienced a sexual assault 
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1 that occurred on the premises during the 

2 90-day period preceding the request for the 

3 emergency transfer or National VAWA 

4 Victims Relocation Pool voucher. 

5 ‘‘(B) GOOD STANDING.—Regardless of 

6 whether a tenant, program participant, or resi7 dent is in good standing, the tenant, program 

8 participant, or resident retains the right to an 

9 emergency transfer or a National VAWA Vic10 tims Relocation Pool voucher if the tenant, pro11 gram participant, or resident otherwise meets 

12 the eligibility requirements in this subsection. 

13 The tenant, program participant, or resident 

14 shall also meet the eligibility requirements of 

15 the program to which the tenant, program par16 ticipant, or resident intends to transfer unless 

17 the eligibility requirement is waived by the cov18 ered housing program. 

19 ‘‘(4) POLICIES.—Each appropriate agency shall, 

20 in the timeframe outlined in subsection (f)(2), adopt 

21 emergency transfer, external referral, and National 

22 VAWA Victim Relocation Pool voucher policies for 

23 use by covered housing programs, which shall— 

24 ‘‘(A) reflect the variations in program op25 eration and administration by covered housing 
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1 program type and are in accordance with the 

2 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development’s 

3 National VAWA Victims Relocation Pool vouch4 ers policies and procedures issued within the 

5 timeframe outlined in subsection (f)(1); 

6 ‘‘(B) at a minimum, describe a process 

7 that— 

8 ‘‘(i) permits tenants, program partici9 pants, or residents who are victims of do10 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as11 sault, or stalking to move to another avail12 able and safe dwelling quickly through an 

13 emergency transfer, a National VAWA Vic14 tims Relocation Pool voucher, or an exter15 nal referral; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) provides that the tenant, pro17 gram participant, or resident can request 

18 an emergency transfer or a National 

19 VAWA Victims Relocation Pool voucher, or 

20 both, whichever is safe and available for 

21 the tenant, program participant, or resi22 dent; and 

23 ‘‘(C) with respect to a request for an emer24 gency transfer, provide that— 
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1 ‘‘(i) not later than 5 days after the 

2 date on which a covered housing provider 

3 receives an emergency transfer request 

4 from a tenant or program participant, the 

5 covered housing provider shall determine 

6 whether the tenant or program participant 

7 can be transferred to a safe and available 

8 unit; 

9 ‘‘(ii) if a safe unit is available, an 

10 emergency transfer shall occur not later 

11 than 10 days after the date on which the 

12 covered housing provider approves the re13 quest; 

14 ‘‘(iii) if a safe unit is not available, 

15 the covered housing provider shall provide 

16 to the tenant or program participant— 

17 ‘‘(I) a written status report re18 garding the status of the emergency 

19 transfer request of the tenant or pro20 gram participant; and 

21 ‘‘(II) information about National 

22 VAWA Victims Relocation Pool 

23 vouchers; and 

24 ‘‘(iv) if the emergency transfer re25 quest has been denied due to reasons unre-
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1 lated to the availability of a safe and suit2 able unit, the tenant or program partici3 pant may appeal the decision through the 

4 applicable grievance or hearing process of 

5 the covered housing provider; 

6 ‘‘(D) with respect to a request for a Na7 tional VAWA Victims Relocation Pool vouch8 er— 

9 ‘‘(i) the request may be made to the 

10 Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop11 ment by a tenant; program participant; 

12 resident of the unit who is an unreported 

13 member of the household because of do14 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as15 sault, dating violence, or stalking; a col16 laborative applicant of the local Continuum 

17 of Care or designee of the collaborative ap18 plicant; Emergency Solutions Grant recipi19 ent or subrecipient; a public housing agen20 cy; or the covered housing provider; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) not later than 10 days after the 

22 date on which the Secretary of Housing 

23 and Urban Development receives a request 

24 for a National VAWA Victims Relocation 

25 Pool voucher and the selected relocation 
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1 jurisdiction of the tenant or program par2 ticipant, the Secretary shall process the re3 quest and refer administration of the Na4 tional VAWA Victims Relocation Pool 

5 voucher to the appropriate public housing 

6 agency of the selected jurisdiction of the 

7 tenant; program participant; or resident of 

8 the unit who is an unreported member of 

9 the household because of domestic violence, 

10 dating violence, sexual assault, dating vio11 lence, or stalking; 

12 ‘‘(E) allow a victim of domestic violence 

13 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking to 

14 temporarily relocate, while maintaining eligi15 bility for the covered housing program without 

16 the loss of their housing status, if there are no 

17 alternative comparable housing program units 

18 available, until an emergency transfer, a Na19 tional VAWA Victims Relocation Pool voucher, 

20 or an external referral resulting in comparable 

21 safe housing is obtained; 

22 ‘‘(F) mandate that emergency transfers 

23 take priority over non-emergency transfers; 

24 ‘‘(G) mandate that emergency transfers 

25 are not considered new applicants and take pri-
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1 ority over existing external waiting lists for a 

2 covered housing program; 

3 ‘‘(H) incorporate confidentiality measures 

4 to ensure that the appropriate agency and the 

5 covered housing provider do not disclose any in6 formation regarding a tenant, program partici7 pant, or resident who is victim of domestic vio8 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk9 ing, including the location of a new dwelling 

10 unit to any person or entity without the time11 limited written authorization of the tenant or 

12 program participant, and communication by a 

13 covered housing provider with a victim must be 

14 in a form and manner that the victim deter15 mines to be safe; and 

16 ‘‘(I) mandate that when a tenant or pro17 gram participant submits an emergency trans18 fer request to a covered housing provider, the 

19 covered housing provider shall provide contact 

20 information for— 

21 ‘‘(i) local organizations offering assist22 ance to tenants and other housing pro23 viders who may have safe and available 

24 housing; or 
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1 ‘‘(ii) contact information for the re2 gional HUD office or applicable public 

3 housing agency. 

4 ‘‘(5) DUTIES OF COLLABORATIVE APPLICANTS

5 OF A LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE.—In addition to 

6 adopting the policies described in paragraph (4) in 

7 an emergency transfer policy, the collaborative appli8 cant of each local Continuum of Care, or a designee 

9 of the collaborative applicant, shall— 

10 ‘‘(A) coordinate and facilitate emergency 

11 transfers and external referrals across projects 

12 funded under the Continuum of Care; 

13 ‘‘(B) prioritize an external referral across 

14 projects funded under the Continuum of Care 

15 for the next available safe housing option for 

16 which a tenant or program participant may be 

17 eligible; 

18 ‘‘(C) coordinate external referrals with the 

19 collaborative applicant of the local Continuum 

20 of Care, or designee of the collaborative appli21 cant, in other jurisdictions in cases where a ten22 ant or program participant requests an out-of23 jurisdiction transfer; 

24 ‘‘(D) ensure that a tenant or program par25 ticipant is not required to be reassessed and re-
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1 tains chronically homeless status, if applicable, 

2 through the local Continuum of Care intake 

3 process when seeking an emergency transfer or 

4 external referral placement; and 

5 ‘‘(E) ensure costs associated with tem6 porary relocations described in paragraph (4) 

7 are considered eligible costs of supportive serv8 ices under the Continuum of Care program. 

9 ‘‘(6) REGIONAL OFFICES.—Each HUD regional 

10 office shall— 

11 ‘‘(A) in collaboration with public housing 

12 agencies and the entities described in paragraph 

13 (2), develop and implement a regional emer14 gency transfer and external referral plan, which 

15 shall— 

16 ‘‘(i) set forth how covered housing 

17 providers shall coordinate external referrals 

18 with the HUD regional office; 

19 ‘‘(ii) be submitted to the Violence 

20 Against Women Director described in sec21 tion 41413 and made publicly available; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(iii) include any additional policies, 

24 priorities, and strategies set by the entities 

25 described in paragraph (5); and 
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1 ‘‘(B) in consultation with the Violence 

2 Against Women Director described in section 

3 41413, facilitate external referral requests for 

4 tenants or program participants who are vic5 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, sex6 ual assault, or stalking if the tenant or program 

7 participant cannot obtain an emergency trans8 fer or a National VAWA Victims Relocation 

9 Pool voucher. 

10 ‘‘(7) COVERED HOUSING PROVIDERS.—Each 

11 covered housing provider shall develop and imple12 ment an emergency transfer and external referral 

13 plan consistent with the requirements in paragraph 

14 (4) or (5).’’; 

15 (7) by amending subsection (f) to read as fol16 lows: 

17 ‘‘(f) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR EMERGENCY

18 TRANSFER AND NATIONAL VAWA VICTIMS RELOCATION

19 POOL VOUCHERS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 

21 after the date of enactment of the Violence Against 

22 Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021, the Sec23 retary of Housing and Urban Development shall es24 tablish policies and procedures under which a ten25 ant, program participant, or resident of a unit who 
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1 is an unreported member of the household because 

2 of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

3 dating violence, or stalking may receive, under sub4 section (e), subject to the availability of funds, a Na5 tional VAWA Victims Relocation Pool voucher. 

6 ‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE AGENCIES.—Not later than 

7 180 days after the date of enactment of the Violence 

8 Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021, 

9 the head of each appropriate agency shall establish 

10 the policies required under subsection (e) with re11 spect to emergency transfers and external referrals. 

12 Each appropriate agency shall also establish agency13 specific policies and procedures in accordance with 

14 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development’s 

15 National VAWA Victims Relocation Pool vouchers 

16 policies and procedures.’’; 

17 (8) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub18 section (h); 

19 (9) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(g) TRAINING AND REFERRALS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) TRAINING FOR STAFF OF COVERED HOUS23 ING PROGRAMS.— 

24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 

25 Housing and Urban Development, in partner-
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1 ship with domestic and sexual violence experts, 

2 shall develop mandatory in-person or electronic 

3 training for staff of covered housing providers 

4 to provide a basic understanding of domestic vi5 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

6 stalking, and to facilitate implementation of 

7 this section. 

8 ‘‘(B) APPROPRIATE STAFF.—Each covered 

9 housing provider shall identify— 

10 ‘‘(i) appropriate staff to attend the 

11 basic understanding training described in 

12 subparagraph (A) periodically; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) appropriate staff engaged in ten14 ant, program participant, or resident serv15 ices to attend both the basic understanding 

16 training and the implementation training 

17 described in subparagraph (A) as nec18 essary. 

19 ‘‘(2) REFERRALS.—The appropriate agency 

20 with respect to each covered housing program and 

21 the local Continuum of Care shall supply all appro22 priate staff of the covered housing providers with a 

23 referral listing of public contact information for all 

24 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
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1 and stalking service providers offering services in its 

2 coverage area. 

3 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

4 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

5 this subsection such sums as may be necessary for 

6 each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.’’; and 

7 (10) by inserting after subsection (h), as so re8 designated, the following: 

9 ‘‘(i) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec10 tion shall be construed— 

11 ‘‘(1) to limit any right, remedy, or procedure 

12 otherwise available to enforce the Violence Against 

13 Women Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162; 119 

14 Stat. 2960) and subsequent amendments prior to 

15 the date of enactment of the Violence Against 

16 Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021; or 

17 ‘‘(2) to supersede any provision of any Federal, 

18 State, or local law that provides greater protection 

19 than this section for victims of domestic violence, 

20 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.’’. 

21 (b) NATIONAL VAWA VICTIMS RELOCATION POOL

22 VOUCHERS.—Section 8(o) of the United States Housing 

23 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) is amended by adding 

24 at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(21) NATIONAL VAWA VICTIMS RELOCATION

2 POOL VOUCHERS.— 

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

4 set aside, from amounts made available for 

5 rental assistance under this subsection, 

6 amounts for use only for providing such assist7 ance for the creation of a National VAWA Vic8 tims Relocation Pool, which shall provide rental 

9 assistance on behalf of tenants, program par10 ticipants, or residents who are victims of do11 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

12 and stalking eligible for assistance under sec13 tion 41411(e) of the Violence Against Women 

14 Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12491(e)). 

15 ‘‘(B) TERMINATION OF VOUCHERS UPON

16 TURNOVER.—A public housing agency shall not 

17 reissue assistance that is made available from 

18 appropriated funds under this subsection for a 

19 tenant, program participant, or resident when 

20 the assistance for the tenant, program partici21 pant, or resident is lawfully terminated, unless 

22 specifically authorized by the Secretary. 

23 ‘‘(C) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA24 TIONS.—Beginning in fiscal year 2022 and each 

25 fiscal year thereafter, there are authorized to be 
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1 appropriated $20,000,000 to provide vouchers 

2 for rental assistance under this paragraph.’’. 

3 SEC. 602. ENSURING COMPLIANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION; 

4 PROHIBITING RETALIATION AGAINST VIC5 TIMS. 

6 Chapter 2 of subtitle N of title IV of the Violence 

7 Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12491 et seq.) 

8 is amended by inserting after section 41411 the following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 41412. COMPLIANCE REVIEWS. 

10 ‘‘(a) REGULAR COMPLIANCE REVIEWS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each appropriate agency 

12 shall establish a process by which to review compli13 ance with the requirements of this subtitle, which 

14 shall— 

15 ‘‘(A) in consultation with the Violence 

16 Against Women Director described in section 

17 41413 and any other relevant officials of the 

18 appropriate agency, be incorporated into other 

19 existing compliance review processes of the ap20 propriate agency; and 

21 ‘‘(B) examine— 

22 ‘‘(i) covered housing provider compli23 ance with requirements prohibiting the de24 nial of assistance, tenancy, or occupancy 
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1 rights on the basis of domestic violence, 

2 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 

3 ‘‘(ii) covered housing provider compli4 ance with confidentiality provisions set 

5 forth in section 41411(c)(4); 

6 ‘‘(iii) covered housing provider compli7 ance with the notification requirements set 

8 forth in section 41411(d)(2); 

9 ‘‘(iv) covered housing provider compli10 ance with accepting documentation set 

11 forth in section 41411(c); 

12 ‘‘(v) covered housing provider compli13 ance with emergency transfer, external re14 ferral, and National VAWA Victims Relo15 cation Pool Voucher requirements set forth 

16 in section 41411(e); and 

17 ‘‘(vi) covered housing provider compli18 ance with the prohibition on retaliation set 

19 forth in section 41414. 

20 ‘‘(2) FREQUENCY.—Each appropriate agency 

21 shall conduct the review described in paragraph (1) 

22 on a regular basis, as determined by the appropriate 

23 agency. 

24 ‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after the 

25 date of enactment of the Violence Against Women Act Re-
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1 authorization Act of 2021, each appropriate agency shall 

2 issue regulations to implement subsection (a), which 

3 shall— 

4 ‘‘(1) define standards of compliance for covered 

5 housing providers; 

6 ‘‘(2) include detailed reporting requirements, in7 cluding the number of emergency transfers, external 

8 referrals, and National VAWA Victims Relocation 

9 Pool vouchers requested and granted, as well as the 

10 length of time needed to process emergency trans11 fers, National VAWA Victims Relocation Pool 

12 vouchers, and external referrals; and 

13 ‘‘(3) include standards for corrective action 

14 plans where a covered housing provider has failed to 

15 meet compliance standards. 

16 ‘‘(c) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—Each appropriate agen17 cy shall ensure that an agency-level assessment of the in18 formation collected during the compliance review process 

19 completed pursuant to this subsection— 

20 ‘‘(1) includes an evaluation of each topic identi21 fied in subsection (a); and 

22 ‘‘(2) is made publicly available. 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 41413. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DE2 VELOPMENT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DI3 RECTOR. 

4 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be, within the 

5 Office of the Secretary of the Department of Housing and 

6 Urban Development, a Violence Against Women Director 

7 (in this section referred to as the ‘Director’). 

8 ‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Director shall— 

9 ‘‘(1) support implementation of the provisions 

10 of this subtitle; 

11 ‘‘(2) coordinate development of Federal regula12 tions, policy, protocols, and guidelines on matters re13 lating to the implementation of this subtitle, at each 

14 agency administering a covered housing program; 

15 ‘‘(3) advise and coordinate with designated offi16 cials within the United States Interagency Council 

17 on Homelessness, the Department of Housing and 

18 Urban Development, the Department of the Treas19 ury, the Department of Agriculture, the Department 

20 of Health and Human Services, the Department of 

21 Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Justice 

22 concerning legislation, implementation, and other 

23 issues relating to or affecting the housing provisions 

24 under this subtitle; 

25 ‘‘(4) provide technical assistance, coordination, 

26 and support to each appropriate agency regarding 
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1 advancing housing protections and access to housing 

2 for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sex3 ual assault, and stalking, including compliance with 

4 this subtitle; 

5 ‘‘(5) ensure that adequate technical assistance 

6 is made available to covered housing providers re7 garding implementation of this subtitle, as well as 

8 other issues related to advancing housing protections 

9 for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sex10 ual assault, and stalking, including compliance with 

11 this subtitle; 

12 ‘‘(6) act as a liaison with the judicial branches 

13 of Federal, State, and local governments on matters 

14 relating to the housing needs of victims of domestic 

15 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk16 ing; 

17 ‘‘(7) implement a quality control system and a 

18 corrective action plan system for those covered hous19 ing providers that fail to comply with this subtitle, 

20 wherein— 

21 ‘‘(A) covered housing providers completing 

22 corrective action plans shall be required to con23 sult with national, State, or local programs fo24 cused on victims of domestic violence, dating vi25 olence, sexual assault, or stalking; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) the corrective action plans shall in2 clude provisions requiring covered housing pro3 viders to review and develop appropriate no4 tices, procedures, and staff training to improve 

5 compliance with this subtitle, in consultation 

6 with national, State, or local programs focused 

7 on victims described in subparagraph (A); 

8 ‘‘(8) establish a formal reporting process to re9 ceive individual complaints concerning noncompli10 ance with this subtitle; 

11 ‘‘(9) coordinate the development of interagency 

12 guidelines to improve the availability of centralized 

13 information concerning available dwelling units for 

14 use in facilitating the emergency transfer process; 

15 ‘‘(10) coordinate the process for tracking of re16 quests, notice, and approval of National VAWA Vic17 tims Relocation Pool vouchers, and further imple18 ment, as necessary, any policies or procedures relat19 ing to the National VAWA Victims Relocation Pool 

20 vouchers; 

21 ‘‘(11) work with HUD regional offices to de22 velop a mechanism to implement regional external 

23 referral plans and officials at each appropriate agen24 cy relating to the development of Federal regula25 tions, policy, protocols, and guidelines regarding uni-
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1 form timeframes for the completion of emergency 

2 transfers, National VAWA Victims Relocation Pool 

3 vouchers, and external referrals; 

4 ‘‘(12) coordinate with each appropriate agency 

5 to ensure that standardized documents relating to 

6 the implementation of this title are translated into 

7 and made available in multiple languages, are acces8 sible to persons with disabilities, and made acces9 sible to covered housing providers within a reason10 able time upon adoption of the documents by the ap11 propriate agency; 

12 ‘‘(13) ensure that the documents described in 

13 paragraph (11), including guidance and notices to 

14 victims, are distributed in commonly encountered 

15 languages by covered housing providers consistent 

16 with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 

17 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) and any guidance issued by 

18 the appropriate agencies in accordance with Execu19 tive Order 13166 (42 U.S.C. 2000d–1 note; relating 

20 to access to services for persons with limited English 

21 proficiency); and 

22 ‘‘(14) in consultation with each appropriate 

23 agency, identify existing compliance review processes 

24 that could incorporate the compliance reviews re25 quired under section 41412(a). 
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1 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

3 such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 

4 2022 through 2026. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 41414. PROHIBITION ON RETALIATION. 

6 ‘‘(a) NONDISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENT.—No cov7 ered housing provider shall discriminate against any per8 son because that person has opposed any act or practice 

9 made unlawful by this subtitle, or because that individual 

10 testified, assisted, or participated in any matter related 

11 to this subtitle. 

12 ‘‘(b) PROHIBITION ON COERCION.—No covered hous13 ing provider shall coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere 

14 with, or retaliate against, any person in the exercise or 

15 enjoyment of, or on account of the person having exercised 

16 or enjoyed, or on account of the person having aided or 

17 encouraged any other individual in the exercise or enjoy18 ment of, any rights or protections under this subtitle, in19 cluding— 

20 ‘‘(1) intimidating or threatening any person be21 cause that person is assisting or encouraging an in22 dividual entitled to claim the rights or protections 

23 under this subtitle; and 
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1 ‘‘(2) retaliating against any person because that 

2 person has participated in any investigation or ac3 tion to enforce this subtitle. 

4 ‘‘(c) ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY OF THE ATTORNEY

5 GENERAL AND THE SECRETARY.—The authority of the 

6 Attorney General, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

7 Development, and the Office for Fair Housing and Equal 

8 Opportunity to enforce this section shall be the same as 

9 the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3610 et seq.).’’. 

10 SEC. 603. PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO REPORT CRIME 

11 FROM ONE’S HOME. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 2 of subtitle N of title 

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

14 12491 et seq.), as amended by this Act, is further amend15 ed by inserting after section 41414 the following: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 41415. RIGHT TO REPORT CRIME AND EMERGENCIES 

17 FROM ONE’S HOME. 

18 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘covered 

19 governmental entity’ means any municipal, county, or 

20 State government that receives funding under section 106 

21 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 

22 (42 U.S.C. 5306). 

23 ‘‘(b) RIGHT TO REPORT.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Landlords, homeowners, 

2 residents, occupants, and guests of, and applicants 

3 for, housing— 

4 ‘‘(A) shall have the right to seek law en5 forcement or emergency assistance on their own 

6 behalf or on behalf of another person in need 

7 of assistance; and 

8 ‘‘(B) shall not be penalized based on their 

9 requests for assistance or based on criminal ac10 tivity of which they are a victim or otherwise 

11 not at fault under statutes, ordinances, regula12 tions, or policies adopted or enforced by covered 

13 governmental entities. 

14 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITED PENALTIES.—Penalties that 

15 are prohibited under paragraph (1) include— 

16 ‘‘(A) actual or threatened assessment of 

17 penalties, fees, or fines; 

18 ‘‘(B) actual or threatened eviction; 

19 ‘‘(C) actual or threatened refusal to rent 

20 or renew tenancy; 

21 ‘‘(D) actual or threatened refusal to issue 

22 an occupancy permit or landlord permit; and 

23 ‘‘(E) actual or threatened closure of the 

24 property, or designation of the property as a 

25 nuisance or a similarly negative designation. 
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1 ‘‘(c) REPORTING.—Consistent with the process de2 scribed in section 104(b) of the Housing and Community 

3 Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304(b)), covered 

4 governmental entities shall— 

5 ‘‘(1) report any of their laws or policies, or, as 

6 applicable, the laws or policies adopted by sub7 grantees, that impose penalties on landlords, home8 owners, residents, occupants, guests, or housing ap9 plicants based on requests for law enforcement or 

10 emergency assistance or based on criminal activity 

11 that occurred at a property; and 

12 ‘‘(2) certify that they are in compliance with 

13 the protections under this subtitle or describe the 

14 steps the covered governmental entities will take 

15 within 180 days to come into compliance, or to en16 sure compliance among subgrantees. 

17 ‘‘(d) OVERSIGHT.—Oversight and accountability 

18 mechanisms provided for under title VIII of the Civil 

19 Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) shall be avail20 able to address violations of this section. 

21 ‘‘(e) SUBGRANTEES.—For those covered govern22 mental entities that distribute funds to subgrantees, com23 pliance with subsection (c)(1) includes inquiring about the 

24 existence of laws and policies adopted by subgrantees that 

25 impose penalties on landlords, homeowners, residents, oc-
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1 cupants, guests, or housing applicants based on requests 

2 for law enforcement or emergency assistance or based on 

3 criminal activity that occurred at a property.’’. 

4 (b) SUPPORTING EFFECTIVE CRIME REDUCTION

5 METHODS.— 

6 (1) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED USE OF BYRNE7 JAG FUNDS.—Section 501(a)(1) of subpart 1 of part 

8 E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

9 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152(a)(1)) is 

10 amended by adding after subparagraph (H) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(I) Programs for the development and im13 plementation of methods of reducing crime in 

14 communities, to supplant punitive programs or 

15 policies. For purposes of this subparagraph, a 

16 punitive program or policy is a program or pol17 icy that— 

18 ‘‘(i) imposes a penalty described in 

19 section 41415(b)(2) of the Violence 

20 Against Women Act of 1994 on the basis 

21 of a request for law enforcement or emer22 gency assistance; or 

23 ‘‘(ii) imposes a penalty described in 

24 section 41415(b)(2) of the Violence 

25 Against Women Act of 1994 on a landlord, 
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1 homeowner, tenant, program participant, 

2 resident, occupant, or guest because of 

3 criminal activity at the property, including 

4 domestic violence dating violence, sexual 

5 assault, and stalking, where the landlord, 

6 homeowner, tenant, program participant, 

7 resident, occupant, or guest was a victim 

8 of such criminal activity.’’. 

9 (2) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED USE OF COPS

10 FUNDS.—Section 1701(b) of part Q of title I of the 

11 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

12 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(b)) is amended— 

13 (A) in paragraph (22), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

14 after the semicolon; 

15 (B) in paragraph (23), by striking the pe16 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

18 ‘‘(24) to develop and implement methods of re19 ducing crime in communities, to supplant punitive 

20 programs or policies (as such term is defined in sec21 tion 501(a)(1)(I)). 

22 ‘‘(25) To develop of statewide databases with 

23 information on where sexual assault nurse examiners 

24 are located.’’. 
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1 SEC. 604. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 

2 FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DAT3 ING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALK4 ING. 

5 Section 40299 of the Violence Against Women Act 

6 of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12351) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 

8 paragraph (1)— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘the Director of the Vio10 lence Against Women Office’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘the Director of the Office on Violence Against 

12 Women’’; and 

13 (B) by inserting after ‘‘, other nonprofit, 

14 nongovernmental organizations’’ the following: 

15 ‘‘, population-specific organizations’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (g)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2014 

18 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 

19 2026’’; 

20 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘5 per21 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘8 percent’’; and 

22 (C) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘0.25 

23 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘0.5 percent’’. 
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1 SEC. 605. ADDRESSING THE HOUSING NEEDS OF VICTIMS 

2 OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

3 SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 

4 (a) MCKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

5 GRANTS.—Section 423(a) of the McKinney-Vento Home6 less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11383(a)) is amended by 

7 adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(13) Facilitating and coordinating activities to 

9 ensure compliance with subsection (e) of section 

10 41411 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 

11 (34 U.S.C. 12491) and monitoring compliance with 

12 the confidentiality protections of subsection (c)(4) of 

13 such section.’’. 

14 (b) COLLABORATIVE GRANTS TO INCREASE THE

15 LONG-TERM STABILITY OF VICTIMS.—Section 41404(i) 

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

17 12474(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘2022 through 2026’’. 

19 (c) GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

20 IN PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING.—Section 41405 of 

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

22 12475) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the Director 

24 of the Violence Against Women Office’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘the Director of the Office on Violence Against 

26 Women’’; 
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1 (2) in subsection (c)(2)(D), by inserting after 

2 ‘‘linguistically and culturally specific service pro3 viders,’’ the following: ‘‘population-specific organiza4 tions,’’; and 

5 (3) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘2014 through 

6 2018’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘2022 through 

7 2026’’. 

8 SEC. 606. UNITED STATES HOUSING ACT OF 1937 AMEND9 MENTS. 

10 Section 5A(d) of the United States Housing Act of 

11 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c–1(d)) is amended— 

12 (1) by amending paragraph (13) to read as fol13 lows: 

14 ‘‘(13) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

15 SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALKING PROGRAMS.— 

16 ‘‘(A) COPIES.—A copy of— 

17 ‘‘(i) all standardized notices issued 

18 pursuant to the housing protections under 

19 subtitle N of the Violence Against Women 

20 Act of 1994, including the notice required 

21 under section 41411(d) of the Violence 

22 Against Women Act of 1994; 

23 ‘‘(ii) the emergency transfer plan 

24 issued pursuant to section 41411 of the 

25 Violence Against Women Act of 1994; and 
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1 ‘‘(iii) any and all memoranda of un2 derstanding with other covered housing 

3 providers developed to facilitate emergency 

4 transfers under section 41411(e) of the Vi5 olence Against Women Act of 1994. 

6 ‘‘(B) DESCRIPTIONS.—A description of— 

7 ‘‘(i) any activities, services, or pro8 grams provided or offered by an agency, ei9 ther directly or in partnership with other 

10 service providers, to child or adult victims 

11 of domestic violence, dating violence, sex12 ual assault, or stalking; 

13 ‘‘(ii) any activities, services, or pro14 grams provided or offered by a public 

15 housing agency that helps child and adult 

16 victims of domestic violence, dating vio17 lence, sexual assault, or stalking, to obtain 

18 or maintain housing; 

19 ‘‘(iii) any activities, services, or pro20 grams provided or offered by a public 

21 housing agency to prevent domestic vio22 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

23 stalking, or to enhance victim safety in as24 sisted families; and 
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1 ‘‘(iv) all training and support services 

2 offered to staff of the public housing agen3 cy to provide a basic understanding of do4 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as5 sault, and stalking, and to facilitate imple6 mentation of the housing protections of 

7 section 41411 of the Violence Against 

8 Women Act of 1994.’’; and 

9 (2) in paragraph (16), by inserting ‘‘the Vio10 lence Against Women Act of 1994,’’ before ‘‘the 

11 Fair Housing Act’’. 

12 TITLE VII—ECONOMIC SECURITY 

13 FOR VICTIMS 

14 SEC. 701. FINDINGS. 

15 Congress finds the following: 

16 (1) Over 1 in 3 women experience sexual vio17 lence, and 1 in 5 women have survived completed or 

18 attempted rape. Such violence has a devastating im19 pact on women’s physical and emotional health, fi20 nancial security, and ability to maintain their jobs, 

21 and thus impacts interstate commerce and economic 

22 security. 

23 (2) The Office on Violence Against Women of 

24 the Department of Justice defines domestic violence 

25 as a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship 
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1 that is used by one intimate partner to gain or 

2 maintain power and control over another intimate 

3 partner. Domestic violence can include physical, sex4 ual, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or 

5 threats of actions that influence another person. Do6 mestic violence includes any behaviors that intimi7 date, manipulate, humiliate, isolate, frighten, ter8 rorize, coerce, threaten, blame, hurt, injure, or 

9 wound an individual. 

10 (3) The Centers for Disease Control and Pre11 vention report that domestic violence or intimate 

12 partner violence is a serious public health issue for 

13 millions of individuals in the United States. Nearly 

14 1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men in the United States 

15 have suffered sexual violence, physical violence, or 

16 stalking by an intimate partner. 

17 (4) Transgender and gender non-conforming 

18 people face extraordinary levels of physical and sex19 ual violence. 

20 (5) More than 1 in 4 transgender people have 

21 faced bias-driven assault, and this rate is higher for 

22 trans women and trans people of color. 

23 (6) The American Foundation for Suicide Pre24 vention has found that transgender and gender non25 conforming people had an elevated prevalence of sui-
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1 cide attempts, especially when they have suffered 

2 physical or sexual violence. 

3 (7) Studies have found that individuals living in 

4 rural areas facing intimate partner violence often 

5 face barriers to accessing resources, ranging from 

6 health care to the criminal justice system. 

7 (8) Homicide is one of the leading causes of 

8 death for women on the job. Domestic partners or 

9 relatives commit 43 percent of workplace homicides 

10 against women. One study found that intimate part11 ner violence resulted in 142 homicides among women 

12 at work in the United States from 2003 to 2008, a 

13 figure which represents 22 percent of the 648 work14 place homicides among women during the period. In 

15 fact, in 2010, homicides against women at work in16 creased by 13 percent despite continuous declines in 

17 overall workplace homicides in recent years. 

18 (9) Women in the United States are 11 times 

19 more likely to be murdered with guns than women 

20 in other high-income countries. Female intimate 

21 partners are more likely to be murdered with a fire22 arm than all other means combined. The presence of 

23 a gun in domestic violence situations increases the 

24 risk of homicide for women by 500 percent. 
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1 (10) Violence can have a dramatic impact on 

2 the survivor of such violence. Studies indicate that 

3 44 percent of surveyed employed adults experienced 

4 the effect of domestic violence in the workplace, and 

5 64 percent indicated their workplace performance 

6 was affected by such violence. Another recent survey 

7 found that 78 percent of offenders used workplace 

8 resources to express anger, check up on, pressure, or 

9 threaten a survivor. Sexual assault, whether occur10 ring in or out of the workplace, can impair an em11 ployee’s work performance, require time away from 

12 work, and undermine the employee’s ability to main13 tain a job. Nearly 50 percent of sexual assault sur14 vivors lose their jobs or are forced to quit in the 

15 aftermath of the assaults. 

16 (11) Studies find that 60 percent of single 

17 women lack economic security and 81 percent of 

18 households with single mothers live in economic inse19 curity. Significant barriers that survivors confront 

20 include access to housing, transportation, and child 

21 care. Ninety-two percent of homeless women have 

22 experienced domestic violence, and more than 50 

23 percent of such women cite domestic violence as the 

24 direct cause for homelessness. Survivors are deprived 
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1 of their autonomy, liberty, and security, and face 

2 tremendous threats to their health and safety. 

3 (12) The Centers for Disease Control and Pre4 vention report that survivors of severe intimate part5 ner violence lose nearly 8 million days of paid work, 

6 which is the equivalent of more than 32,000 full7 time jobs and almost 5,600,000 days of household 

8 productivity each year. Therefore, women dispropor9 tionately need time off to care for their health or to 

10 find safety solutions, such as obtaining a restraining 

11 order or finding housing, to avoid or prevent further 

12 violence. 

13 (13) Annual costs of intimate partner violence 

14 are estimated to be more than $8,300,000,000. Ac15 cording to the Centers for Disease Control and Pre16 vention, the costs of intimate partner violence 

17 against women in 1995 exceeded an estimated 

18 $5,800,000,000. These costs included nearly 

19 $4,100,000,000 in the direct costs of medical and 

20 mental health care and nearly $1,800,000,000 in the 

21 indirect costs of lost productivity. These statistics 

22 are generally considered to be underestimated be23 cause the costs associated with the criminal justice 

24 system are not included. 
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1 (14) Fifty-five percent of senior executives re2 cently surveyed said domestic violence has a harmful 

3 effect on their company’s productivity, and more 

4 than 70 percent said domestic violence negatively af5 fects attendance. Seventy-eight percent of human re6 sources professionals consider partner violence a 

7 workplace issue. However, more than 70 percent of 

8 United States workplaces have no formal program or 

9 policy that addresses workplace violence, let alone 

10 domestic violence. In fact, only four percent of em11 ployers provided training on domestic violence. 

12 (15) Studies indicate that one of the best pre13 dictors of whether a survivor will be able to stay 

14 away from his or her abuser is the degree of his or 

15 her economic independence. However, domestic vio16 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 

17 often negatively impact a survivor’s ability to main18 tain employment. 

19 (16) Abusers frequently seek to exert financial 

20 control over their partners by actively interfering 

21 with their ability to work, including preventing their 

22 partners from going to work, harassing their part23 ners at work, limiting their partners’ access to cash 

24 or transportation, and sabotaging their partners’ 

25 child care arrangements. 
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1 (17) Economic abuse refers to behaviors that 

2 control an intimate partner’s ability to acquire, use, 

3 and maintain access to, money, credit, ownership of 

4 assets, or access to governmental or private financial 

5 benefits, including defaulting on joint obligations 

6 (such as school loans, credit card debt, mortgages, 

7 or rent). Other forms of such abuse may include pre8 venting someone from attending school, threatening 

9 to or actually terminating employment, controlling 

10 or withholding access to cash, checking, or credit ac11 counts, and attempting to damage or sabotage the 

12 creditworthiness of an intimate partner, including 

13 forcing an intimate partner to write bad checks, 

14 forcing an intimate partner to default on payments 

15 related to household needs, such as housing, or forc16 ing an intimate partner into bankruptcy. 

17 (18) The Patient Protection and Affordable 

18 Care Act (Public Law 111–148), and the amend19 ments made by such Act, ensures that most health 

20 plans must cover preventive services, including 

21 screening and counseling for domestic violence, at no 

22 additional cost. In addition, it prohibits insurance 

23 companies from discriminating against patients for 

24 preexisting conditions, like domestic violence. 
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1 (19) Yet, more can be done to help survivors. 

2 Federal law in effect on the day before the date of 

3 enactment of this Act does not explicitly— 

4 (A) authorize survivors of domestic vio5 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk6 ing to take leave from work to seek legal assist7 ance and redress, counseling, or assistance with 

8 safety planning activities; 

9 (B) address the eligibility of survivors of 

10 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as11 sault, or stalking for unemployment compensa12 tion; 

13 (C) provide job protection to survivors of 

14 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as15 sault, or stalking; or 

16 (D) prohibit insurers from disclosing infor17 mation about abuse and the location of the sur18 vivors through insurance databases and other 

19 means. 

20 (20) This Act aims to empower survivors of do21 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

22 stalking to be free from violence, hardship, and con23 trol, which restrains basic human rights to freedom 

24 and safety in the United States. 
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1 SEC. 702. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ON WORKPLACE 

2 RESPONSES TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF DOMES3 TIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE. 

4 Section 41501 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 

5 Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12501) is amend6 ed— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)— 

8 (A) by inserting ‘‘and sexual harassment’’ 

9 after ‘‘domestic and sexual violence’’; and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘employers and labor orga11 nizations’’ and inserting ‘‘employers, labor or12 ganizations, and victim service providers’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (b)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

15 and inserting a semicolon; 

16 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘and stalking’’ and in18 serting ‘‘stalking, and sexual harassment’’; 

19 and 

20 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

21 and inserting a semicolon; 

22 (C) by adding the following new para23 graph: 

24 ‘‘(4) a plan to enhance the capacity of survivors 

25 to obtain and maintain employment to include the 

26 implementation of a demonstration pilot program 
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1 ‘Pathways to Opportunity’ which builds collabora2 tions between and among victim service providers, 

3 workforce development programs, and educational 

4 and vocational institutions to provide trauma in5 formed programming to support survivors seeking 

6 employment and centered around culturally specific 

7 organizations or organizations that primarily serve 

8 populations traditionally marginalized in the work9 place.’’; 

10 (3) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting before the 

11 period at the end ‘‘or sexual harassment’’; 

12 (4) in subsection (c)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘or 

13 sexual harassment’’ after ‘‘sexual violence’’; and 

14 (5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘$1,000,000 

15 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’ and in16 serting ‘‘$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 

17 through 2026’’. 

18 SEC. 703. PROVISIONS RELATED TO UNEMPLOYMENT COM19 PENSATION AND THE TEMPORARY ASSIST20 ANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAM. 

21 (a) UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.— 

22 (1) SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—Sec23 tion 3304(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

24 is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para25 graph (18), by redesignating paragraph (19) as 
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1 paragraph (21), and by inserting after paragraph 

2 (18) the following new paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(19) no person may be denied compensation 

4 under such State law solely on the basis of the indi5 vidual having a voluntary separation from work if 

6 such separation is attributable to such individual 

7 being a survivor of domestic violence;’’. 

8 (2) VICTIMS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND

9 SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR STALKING.— 

10 Section 3304(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

11 1986 is further amended by inserting after para12 graph (19), as added by paragraph (1) of this sub13 section, the following new paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(20) no person may be denied compensation 

15 under such State law solely on the basis of the indi16 vidual having a voluntary separation from work if 

17 such separation is attributable to such individual 

18 being a victim of sexual harassment or a survivor of 

19 sexual assault or stalking; and’’. 

20 (3) DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.—Section 

21 3304 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

22 amended by adding at the end the following new 

23 subsection: 
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1 ‘‘(g) VICTIMS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SUR2 VIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR

3 STALKING.— 

4 ‘‘(1) DOCUMENTATION.—For purposes of para5 graphs (19) and (20) of subsection (a), a voluntary 

6 separation of an individual shall be considered to be 

7 attributable to such individual being a victim of sex8 ual harassment or a survivor of domestic violence, 

9 sexual assault, or stalking if such individual submits 

10 such evidence as the State deems sufficient. 

11 ‘‘(2) SUFFICIENT DOCUMENTATION.—For pur12 poses of paragraph (1), a State shall deem suffi13 cient— 

14 ‘‘(A) evidence of such sexual harassment, 

15 domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking in 

16 the form of— 

17 ‘‘(i) a sworn statement and a form of 

18 identification; 

19 ‘‘(ii) a police or court record; or 

20 ‘‘(iii) documentation from a profes21 sional from whom such individual has 

22 sought assistance, including those associ23 ated with medical, legal, or religious pro24 fessions; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) an attestation that such voluntary 

2 separation is attributable to such sexual harass3 ment, domestic violence, sexual assault, or 

4 stalking. 

5 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec6 tion, the terms ‘sexual harassment’, ‘domestic vio7 lence’, ‘sexual assault’, ‘stalking’, ‘victim of sexual 

8 harassment’, and ‘survivor of domestic violence, sex9 ual assault, or stalking’ have the meanings given 

10 such terms under State law, regulation, or policy.’’. 

11 (b) UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PERSONNEL

12 TRAINING.—Section 303(a) of the Social Security Act (42 

13 U.S.C. 503(a)) is amended— 

14 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 

15 (12) as paragraphs (5) through (13), respectively; 

16 and 

17 (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol18 lowing new paragraph: 

19 ‘‘(4)(A) Such methods of administration as will 

20 ensure that— 

21 ‘‘(i) applicants and potential applicants for 

22 unemployment compensation are notified of the 

23 provisions of paragraphs (19) and (20) of sec24 tion 3304(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

25 1986; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) claims reviewers and hearing per2 sonnel are trained in— 

3 ‘‘(I) the nature and dynamics of sex4 ual harassment, domestic violence, sexual 

5 assault, and stalking; and 

6 ‘‘(II) methods of ascertaining and en7 suring the confidentiality of personal infor8 mation and documentation related to an 

9 individual’s claim about possible experi10 ences of sexual harassment, domestic vio11 lence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

12 ‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the terms 

13 ‘sexual harassment’, ‘domestic violence’, ‘sexual as14 sault’, and ‘stalking’ have the meanings given such 

15 terms in section 3304(g) of the Internal Revenue 

16 Code of 1986.’’. 

17 (c) TANF PERSONNEL TRAINING.—Section 402(a) 

18 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)) is amended 

19 by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

20 ‘‘(8) CERTIFICATION THAT THE STATE WILL

21 PROVIDE INFORMATION TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL

22 HARASSMENT OR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIO23 LENCE.— 

24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A certification by the 

25 chief executive officer of the State that the 
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1 State has established and is enforcing stand2 ards and procedures to— 

3 ‘‘(i) ensure that applicants and poten4 tial applicants for assistance under the 

5 State program funded under this part are 

6 notified of assistance made available by the 

7 State to victims of sexual harassment and 

8 survivors of domestic violence; 

9 ‘‘(ii) ensure that case workers and 

10 other agency personnel responsible for ad11 ministering the State program funded 

12 under this part are trained in— 

13 ‘‘(I) the nature and dynamics of 

14 sexual harassment and domestic vio15 lence; 

16 ‘‘(II) State standards and proce17 dures relating to the prevention of, 

18 and assistance for, individuals who 

19 are victims of sexual harassment or 

20 survivors of domestic violence; and 

21 ‘‘(III) methods of ascertaining 

22 and ensuring the confidentiality of 

23 personal information and documenta24 tion related to an individual’s claim 
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1 about possible experiences of sexual 

2 harassment or domestic violence; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) ensure that, if a State has elect4 ed to establish and enforce standards and 

5 procedures regarding the screening for, 

6 and identification of, domestic violence 

7 pursuant to paragraph (7)— 

8 ‘‘(I) the State program funded 

9 under this part provides information 

10 about the options under this part to 

11 current and potential beneficiaries; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(II) case workers and other 

14 agency personnel responsible for ad15 ministering the State program funded 

16 under this part are provided with 

17 training regarding State standards 

18 and procedures pursuant to paragraph 

19 (7). 

20 ‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 

21 paragraph— 

22 ‘‘(i) the term ‘sexual harassment’ has 

23 the meaning given such term under State 

24 law, regulation, or policy; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) the term ‘domestic violence’ has 

2 the meaning given such term in section 

3 402(a)(7).’’. 

4 (d) NATIONAL GRANT PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPING

5 A MODEL TRAINING PROGRAM FOR UNEMPLOYMENT

6 COMPENSATION PERSONNEL TRAINING.— 

7 (1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 

8 Labor (in this subsection referred to as the ‘‘Sec9 retary’’) is authorized to award a grant to a national 

10 victim service provider in order for such organization 

11 to— 

12 (A) develop and disseminate a model train13 ing program (and related materials) for the 

14 training required under section 303(a)(4)(A)(ii) 

15 of the Social Security Act, as added by sub16 section (b); and 

17 (B) provide technical assistance with re18 spect to such model training program to unem19 ployment compensation personnel. 

20 (2) APPLICATION.—An entity seeking a grant 

21 under this subsection shall submit an application to 

22 the Secretary at such time, in such form and man23 ner, and containing such information as the Sec24 retary specifies. 

25 (3) REPORT.— 
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1 (A) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later 

2 than 5 years after the date of the enactment of 

3 this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Com4 mittee on Ways and Means of the House of 

5 Representatives and the Committee on Finance 

6 of the Senate a report on the program estab7 lished under this subsection. 

8 (B) REPORT AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC.—The 

9 Secretary shall establish procedures for the dis10 semination to the public of the report submitted 

11 under subparagraph (A) not later than 10 days 

12 after the submission of such report to Congress 

13 under such subparagraph. Such procedures 

14 shall include the use of the internet to dissemi15 nate such report. 

16 (4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to 

18 be appropriated— 

19 (i) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 to 

20 carry out the provisions of paragraph 

21 (1)(A); and 

22 (ii) $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

23 2022 through 2026 to carry out the provi24 sions of paragraph (1)(B). 
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1 (B) THREE-YEAR AVAILABILITY OF GRANT

2 FUNDS.—Each recipient of a grant under this 

3 subsection shall return to the Secretary any un4 used portion of such grant not later than 3 

5 years after the date the grant was awarded, to6 gether with any earnings on such unused por7 tion. 

8 (C) AMOUNTS RETURNED.—Any amounts 

9 returned pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall be 

10 available without further appropriation to the 

11 Secretary for the purpose of carrying out the 

12 provisions of paragraph (1)(B). 

13 (e) NATIONAL GRANT PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPING A

14 MODEL TRAINING PROGRAM FOR TEMPORARY ASSIST15 ANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES PERSONNEL TRAINING.— 

16 (1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 

17 Health and Human Services (in this subsection re18 ferred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall— 

19 (A) develop and disseminate a model train20 ing program (and related materials) for the 

21 training required under 402(a)(8) of the Social 

22 Security Act, and if the State so elects, section 

23 402(a)(7) of such Act; and 

24 (B) provide technical assistance with re25 spect to such model training program to eligible 
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1 States (as defined in section 402 of the Social 

2 Security Act). 

3 In developing the model training program under 

4 subparagraph (A), the Secretary may award grants 

5 and contracts and may develop such program in co6 operation with an eligible partner. 

7 (2) ELIGIBLE PARTNER DEFINED.—For pur8 poses of paragraph (1), the term ‘‘eligible partner’’ 

9 means an entity that is— 

10 (A) a State or tribal domestic violence coa11 lition or sexual assault coalition; or 

12 (B) a State or local victim service provider 

13 with recognized expertise in the dynamics of do14 mestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking 

15 whose primary mission is to provide services to 

16 survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, or 

17 stalking, including a rape crisis center or do18 mestic violence program. 

19 (3) REPORT.— 

20 (A) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later 

21 than 5 years after the date of the enactment of 

22 this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Com23 mittee on Ways and Means of the House of 

24 Representatives and the Committee on Finance 
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1 of the Senate a report on the program estab2 lished under this subsection. 

3 (B) REPORT AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC.—The 

4 Secretary shall establish procedures for the dis5 semination to the public of the report submitted 

6 under subparagraph (A) not later than 10 days 

7 after the submission of such report to Congress 

8 under such subparagraph. Such procedures 

9 shall include the use of the internet to dissemi10 nate such report. 

11 (4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

12 There are authorized to be appropriated— 

13 (A) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 to 

14 carry out the provisions of paragraph (1)(A); 

15 and 

16 (B) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

17 2022 through 2026 to carry out the provisions 

18 of paragraph (1)(B). 

19 (f) CONFORMITY REVIEW; EFFECTIVE DATES.— 

20 (1) UNEMPLOYMENT AMENDMENTS.— 

21 (A) CONFORMITY REVIEW.— 

22 (i) INITIAL GUIDANCE.—Not later 

23 than 90 days after the date of enactment 

24 of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall 

25 issue guidance describing the requirements 
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1 States must satisfy to conform to the 

2 amendments made by subsections (a) and 

3 (b). 

4 (ii) REQUEST FOR TRANSMITTAL OF

5 INFORMATION FROM STATES.—Not later 

6 than 30 days after the issuance of guid7 ance under clause (i), the Secretary of 

8 Labor shall issue a request for the trans9 mittal of information from States relating 

10 to the laws, regulations, and policies each 

11 State identifies to satisfy such require12 ments. 

13 (iii) DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF

14 LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND POLICIES FROM

15 STATES.—Not later than 120 days after 

16 the issuance of the request under clause 

17 (ii), each State which has an unemploy18 ment compensation law approved by the 

19 Secretary of Labor under the Federal Un20 employment Tax Act shall submit to the 

21 Secretary the laws, regulations, and poli22 cies identified pursuant to such clause. 

23 (iv) NOTIFICATION OF THE RESULTS

24 OF REVIEW TO STATES.—Not later than 

25 60 days after the expiration of the deadline 
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1 described in clause (iii), the Secretary of 

2 Labor shall notify each State whether the 

3 laws, regulations, and policies identified by 

4 the State under such clause satisfy the re5 quirements described pursuant to clause (i) 

6 and, to the extent such laws, regulations, 

7 and policies fail to satisfy such require8 ments, the Secretary of Labor shall inform 

9 the State of the steps the State may take 

10 to remedy such failure and provide any 

11 necessary technical assistance. 

12 (B) EFFECTIVE DATES FOR UNEMPLOY13 MENT AMENDMENTS.— 

14 (i) PROVISIONS RELATING TO SUR15 VIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The 

16 amendment made by subsection (a)(1) 

17 shall apply with respect to weeks of unem18 ployment beginning on or after the date 

19 that is 60 days after the earlier of— 

20 (I) the date on which a State is 

21 notified by the Secretary of Labor 

22 under subparagraph (A)(iv) that the 

23 laws, regulations, and policies identi24 fied by the State satisfy the require-
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1 ments described pursuant to subpara2 graph (A)(i); or 

3 (II) in the case of a State that is 

4 notified by the Secretary of Labor 

5 under subparagraph (A)(iv) that the 

6 laws, regulations, and policies identi7 fied by the State fail to satisfy such 

8 requirements, 1 year after the date of 

9 such notification. 

10 (ii) PROVISIONS RELATING TO VIC11 TIMS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SUR12 VIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR STALK13 ING.—The amendment made by subsection 

14 (a)(2) shall apply with respect to weeks of 

15 unemployment beginning on or after the 

16 date that is 60 days after the earlier of— 

17 (I) the date on which a State is 

18 notified by the Secretary of Labor 

19 under subparagraph (A)(iv) that the 

20 laws, regulations, and policies identi21 fied by the State satisfy the require22 ments described pursuant to subpara23 graph (A)(i); or 

24 (II) in the case of a State that is 

25 notified by the Secretary of Labor 
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1 under subparagraph (A)(iv) that the 

2 laws, regulations, and policies identi3 fied by the State fail to satisfy such 

4 requirements, 2 years after the date 

5 of such notification. 

6 (iii) PROVISIONS RELATING TO DOCU7 MENTATION REQUIRED.—The amendment 

8 made by subsection (a)(3) shall apply with 

9 respect to weeks of unemployment begin10 ning on or after the date that is 2 years 

11 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

12 (2) TANF AMENDMENT.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

14 subparagraph (B), the amendment made by 

15 subsection (c) shall be applicable in the next 

16 State plan submitted after the date of enact17 ment of this Act. 

18 (B) EXTENSION OF EFFECTIVE DATE FOR

19 STATE LAW AMENDMENT.—In the case of a 

20 State plan under part A of title IV of the Social 

21 Security Act which the Secretary of Health and 

22 Human Services determines requires State ac23 tion (including legislation, regulation, or other 

24 administrative action) in order for the plan to 

25 meet the additional requirements imposed by 
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1 the amendment made by subsection (c), the 

2 State plan shall not be regarded as failing to 

3 comply with the requirements of such amend4 ment on the basis of its failure to meet these 

5 additional requirements before the first day of 

6 the first calendar quarter beginning after the 

7 close of the first regular session of the State 

8 legislature that begins after the date of enact9 ment of this Act. For purposes of the previous 

10 sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2- 

11 year legislative session, each year of the session 

12 is considered to be a separate regular session of 

13 the State legislature. 

14 SEC. 704. STUDY AND REPORTS ON BARRIERS TO SUR15 VIVORS’ ECONOMIC SECURITY ACCESS. 

16 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human 

17 Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall 

18 conduct a study on the barriers that survivors of domestic 

19 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 

20 throughout the United States experience in maintaining 

21 economic security, including the impact of the COVID– 

22 19 pandemic on such victims’ ability to maintain economic 

23 security, as a result of issues related to domestic violence, 

24 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
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1 (b) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

2 of enactment of this title, and every 5 years thereafter, 

3 the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consulta4 tion with the Secretary of Labor, shall submit a report 

5 to Congress on the study conducted under subsection (a). 

6 (c) CONTENTS.—The study and reports under this 

7 section shall include— 

8 (1) identification of geographic areas in which 

9 State laws, regulations, and practices have a strong 

10 impact on the ability of survivors of domestic vio11 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking to 

12 exercise— 

13 (A) any rights under this Act without com14 promising personal safety or the safety of oth15 ers, including family members and excluding 

16 the abuser; and 

17 (B) other components of economic security, 

18 including financial empowerment, affordable 

19 housing, transportation, healthcare access, cred20 it history, and quality education and training 

21 opportunities; 

22 (2) identification of geographic areas with 

23 shortages in resources for such survivors, with an 

24 accompanying analysis of the extent and impact of 

25 such shortage; 
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1 (3) analysis of the unique barriers faced by sur2 vivors living in rural communities; 

3 (4) analysis of factors related to industries, 

4 workplace settings, employer practices, trends, and 

5 other elements that impact the ability of such sur6 vivors to exercise any rights under this Act without 

7 compromising personal safety or the safety of others, 

8 including family members; 

9 (5) the recommendations of the Secretary of 

10 Health and Human Services and the Secretary of 

11 Labor with respect to resources, oversight, and en12 forcement tools to ensure successful implementation 

13 of the provisions of this Act in order to support the 

14 economic security and safety of survivors of domestic 

15 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 

16 (6) best practices for States, employers, health 

17 carriers, insurers, and other private entities in ad18 dressing issues related to domestic violence, dating 

19 violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and 

20 (7) barriers that impede victims’ ability to pur21 sue legal action, including legal costs and filing fees, 

22 and complexities of the jurisdiction of law enforce23 ment agencies. 
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1 SEC. 705. GAO STUDY. 

2 Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 

3 of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 

4 shall submit to the Committee on Education and Labor 

5 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

6 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a 

7 report that examines, with respect to survivors of domestic 

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

9 are, or were, enrolled at institutions of higher education 

10 and borrowed a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under 

11 title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

12 1070 et seq.) for which the survivors have not repaid the 

13 total interest and principal due, each of the following: 

14 (1) The implications of domestic violence, dat15 ing violence, sexual assault, or stalking on a bor16 rower’s ability to repay their Federal student loans. 

17 (2) The adequacy of policies and procedures re18 garding Federal student loan deferment, forbear19 ance, and grace periods when a survivor has to sus20 pend or terminate the survivor’s enrollment at an in21 stitution of higher education due to domestic vio22 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

23 (3) The adequacy of institutional policies and 

24 practices regarding retention or transfer of credits 

25 when a survivor has to suspend or terminate the 

26 survivor’s enrollment at an institution of higher edu-
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1 cation due to domestic violence, dating violence, sex2 ual assault, or stalking. 

3 (4) The availability or any options for a sur4 vivor of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as5 sault, or stalking who attended an institution of 

6 higher education that committed unfair, deceptive, 

7 or abusive acts or practices, or otherwise substan8 tially misrepresented information to students, to be 

9 able to seek a defense to repayment of the survivor’s 

10 Federal student loan. 

11 (5) The limitations faced by a survivor of do12 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

13 stalking to obtain any relief or restitution on the 

14 survivor’s Federal student loan debt due to the use 

15 of forced arbitration, gag orders, or bans on class 

16 actions. 

17 SEC. 706. EDUCATION AND INFORMATION PROGRAMS FOR 

18 SURVIVORS. 

19 (a) PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor, in 

21 conjunction with the Secretary of Health and 

22 Human Services (though the Director of the Centers 

23 for Disease Control and Prevention), the Attorney 

24 General (through the Director of the Office on Vio25 lence Against Women), and the grant recipient 
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1 under section 41501 of the Violence Against Women 

2 Act of 1994 that establishes the national resource 

3 center on workplace responses to assist victims of 

4 domestic and sexual violence, shall coordinate and 

5 provide for a national public outreach and education 

6 campaign to raise public awareness of the workplace 

7 impact of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

8 assault, and stalking, including outreach and edu9 cation for employers, service providers, teachers, and 

10 other key partners. This campaign shall pay special 

11 attention to ensure that survivors are made aware of 

12 the existence of the following types of workplace 

13 laws (Federal and/or State): anti-discrimination laws 

14 that bar treating survivors differently; leave laws, 

15 both paid and unpaid that are available for use by 

16 survivors; unemployment insurance laws and policies 

17 that address survivor eligibility. The provision of 

18 outreach and education under this paragraph shall 

19 be conducted in a manner that is equally effective 

20 for and accessible to people with disabilities and peo21 ple without disabilities. 

22 (2) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary of Labor, 

23 in conjunction with the Secretary of Health and 

24 Human Services and the Attorney General, as de25 scribed in paragraph (1), may disseminate informa-
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1 tion through the public outreach and education cam2 paign on the resources and rights referred to in this 

3 subsection directly or through arrangements with 

4 health agencies, professional and nonprofit organiza5 tions, consumer groups, labor organizations, institu6 tions of higher education, clinics, the media, and 

7 Federal, State, and local agencies. 

8 (3) INFORMATION.—The information dissemi9 nated under paragraph (2) shall include, at a min10 imum, a description of— 

11 (A) the resources and rights that are— 

12 (i) available to survivors of domestic 

13 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

14 stalking; and 

15 (ii) established in this Act and the Vi16 olence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 

17 U.S.C. 12291 et seq.); 

18 (B) guidelines and best practices on pre19 vention of domestic violence, dating violence, 

20 stalking, and sexual assault; 

21 (C) resources that promote healthy rela22 tionships and communication skills; 

23 (D) resources that encourage bystander 

24 intervention in a situation involving domestic vi-
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1 olence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual as2 sault; 

3 (E) resources that promote workplace poli4 cies that support and help maintain the eco5 nomic security of survivors of domestic violence, 

6 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, in7 cluding guidelines and best practices to promote 

8 the creation of effective employee assistance 

9 programs; and 

10 (F) resources and rights that the heads of 

11 Federal agencies described in paragraph (2) de12 termine are appropriate to include. 

13 (4) COMMON LANGUAGES.—The Secretary of 

14 Labor shall ensure that the information dissemi15 nated to survivors under paragraph (2) is made 

16 available in commonly encountered languages. 

17 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 (1) EMPLOYEE.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘employee’’ 

20 means any individual employed by an employer. 

21 In the case of an individual employed by a pub22 lic agency, such term means an individual em23 ployed as described in section 3(e)(2) of the 

24 Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 

25 203(e)(2)). 
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1 (B) BASIS.—The term includes a person 

2 employed as described in subparagraph (A) on 

3 a full- or part-time basis, for a fixed time pe4 riod, on a temporary basis, pursuant to a detail, 

5 or as a participant in a work assignment as a 

6 condition of receipt of Federal or State income7 based public assistance. 

8 (2) EMPLOYER.—The term ‘‘employer’’— 

9 (A) means any person engaged in com10 merce or in any industry or activity affecting 

11 commerce who employs 15 or more individuals; 

12 and 

13 (B) includes any person acting directly or 

14 indirectly in the interest of an employer in rela15 tion to an employee, and includes a public agen16 cy that employs individuals as described in sec17 tion 3(e)(2) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 

18 1938, but does not include any labor organiza19 tion (other than when acting as an employer) or 

20 anyone acting in the capacity of officer or agent 

21 of such labor organization. 

22 (3) FLSA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘employ’’ and 

23 ‘‘State’’ have the meanings given the terms in sec24 tion 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 

25 U.S.C. 203). 
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1 (c) STUDY ON WORKPLACE RESPONSES.—The Sec2 retary of Labor, in conjunction with the Secretary of 

3 Health and Human Services, shall conduct a study on the 

4 status of workplace responses to employees who experience 

5 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk6 ing while employed, in each State and nationally, to im7 prove the access of survivors of domestic violence, dating 

8 violence, sexual assault, or stalking to supportive resources 

9 and economic security. 

10 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

11 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 

12 such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 

13 2022 through 2026. 

14 (e) CULTURAL RELEVANCE.—Any outreach or edu15 cation campaign conducted pursuant to this section shall 

16 be conducted in a culturally relevant manner. 

17 SEC. 707. SEVERABILITY. 

18 If any provision of this Act, any amendment made 

19 by this Act, or the application of such provision or amend20 ment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconsti21 tutional, the remainder of the provisions of this Act, the 

22 amendments made by this Act, and the application of such 

23 provisions or amendments to any person or circumstance 

24 shall not be affected. 
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1 SEC. 708. STUDY ON COSTS OF DIVORCE IN DOMESTIC VIO2 LENCE CASES. 

3 The Attorney General, in coordination with the Sec4 retary of Health and Human Services, shall— 

5 (1) conduct a study on the direct and collateral 

6 economic costs and risks of divorce from an abusive 

7 partner to a victim of domestic violence, including 

8 the payment of alimony, legal fees, spousal support, 

9 or the division of property, disaggregated on the 

10 basis of whether the individual has higher earnings 

11 than their partner; and 

12 (2) include recommendations based on the 

13 study conducted under paragraph (1). 

14 TITLE VIII—HOMICIDE 

15 REDUCTION INITIATIVES 

16 SEC. 801. PROHIBITING PERSONS CONVICTED OF MIS17 DEMEANOR CRIMES AGAINST DATING PART18 NERS AND PERSONS SUBJECT TO PROTEC19 TION ORDERS. 

20 Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 

21 amended— 

22 (1) in paragraph (32), by striking all that fol23 lows after ‘‘The term ‘intimate partner’ ’’ and insert24 ing the following: ‘‘— 

25 ‘‘(A) means, with respect to a person, the 

26 spouse of the person, a former spouse of the 
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1 person, an individual who is a parent of a child 

2 of the person, and an individual who cohabi3 tates or has cohabited with the person; and 

4 ‘‘(B) includes— 

5 ‘‘(i) a dating partner or former dating 

6 partner; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) any other person similarly situ8 ated to a spouse. 

9 Nothing in this paragraph may be construed to 

10 require that sexual contact between two persons 

11 have occurred to establish the existence of any 

12 relationship for purposes of this paragraph. For 

13 purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘dating 

14 partner’ means, with respect to person, a per15 son who is or has been in a social relationship 

16 of a romantic or intimate nature with the per17 son.’’; 

18 (2) in paragraph (33)(A)— 

19 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

20 striking ‘‘Except as provided in subparagraph 

21 (C), the term’’ and inserting ‘‘The term’’; 

22 (B) in clause (i), by inserting after ‘‘Fed23 eral, State,’’ the following: ‘‘local,’’; and 

24 (C) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘intimate 

25 partner,’’ after ‘‘spouse,’’ each place it appears; 
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1 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (34) and (35) 

2 as paragraphs (35) and (36) respectively; and 

3 (4) by inserting after paragraph (33) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(34)(A) The term ‘misdemeanor crime of stalking’ 

6 means an offense that— 

7 ‘‘(i) is a misdemeanor crime of stalking under 

8 Federal, State, Tribal, or municipal law; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) is a course of harassment, intimidation, or 

10 surveillance of another person that— 

11 ‘‘(I) places that person in reasonable fear 

12 of material harm to the health or safety of— 

13 ‘‘(aa) that person; 

14 ‘‘(bb) an immediate family member 

15 (as defined in section 115) of that person; 

16 ‘‘(cc) a household member of that per17 son; or 

18 ‘‘(dd) a spouse or intimate partner of 

19 that person; or 

20 ‘‘(II) causes, attempts to cause, or would 

21 reasonably be expected to cause emotional dis22 tress to a person described in item (aa), (bb), 

23 (cc), or (dd) of subclause (I). 
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1 ‘‘(B) A person shall not be considered to have been 

2 convicted of such an offense for purposes of this chapter, 

3 unless— 

4 ‘‘(i) the person was represented by counsel in 

5 the case, or knowingly and intelligently waived the 

6 right to counsel in the case; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a prosecution for an offense 

8 described in this paragraph for which a person was 

9 entitled to a jury trial in the jurisdiction in which 

10 the case was tried, either— 

11 ‘‘(I) the case was tried by a jury; or 

12 ‘‘(II) the person knowingly and intel13 ligently waived the right to have the case tried 

14 by a jury, by guilty plea or otherwise. 

15 ‘‘(C) A person shall not be considered to have been 

16 convicted of such an offense for purposes of this chapter 

17 if the conviction has been expunged or set aside, or is an 

18 offense for which the person has been pardoned or has 

19 had civil rights restored (if the law of the applicable juris20 diction provides for the loss of civil rights under such an 

21 offense) unless the pardon, expungement, or restoration 

22 of civil rights expressly provides that the person may not 

23 ship, transport, possess, or receive firearms.’’. 
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1 SEC. 802. PROHIBITING STALKERS AND INDIVIDUALS SUB2 JECT TO COURT ORDER FROM POSSESSING A 

3 FIREARM. 

4 Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (d)— 

7 (A) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘that re8 strains such person’’ and all that follows, and 

9 inserting ‘‘described in subsection (g)(8);’’; 

10 (B) in paragraph (9), by striking the pe11 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

12 (C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(10) who has been convicted in any court of 

15 a misdemeanor crime of stalking.’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (g)— 

17 (A) by amending paragraph (8) to read as 

18 follows: 

19 ‘‘(8) who is subject to a court order— 

20 ‘‘(A) that was issued— 

21 ‘‘(i) after a hearing of which such per22 son received actual notice, and at which 

23 such person had an opportunity to partici24 pate; or 
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1 ‘‘(ii) in the case of an ex parte order, 

2 relative to which notice and opportunity to 

3 be heard are provided— 

4 ‘‘(I) within the time required by 

5 State, Tribal, or territorial law; and 

6 ‘‘(II) in any event within a rea7 sonable time after the order is issued, 

8 sufficient to protect the due process 

9 rights of the person; 

10 ‘‘(B) that restrains such person from— 

11 ‘‘(i) harassing, stalking, or threat12 ening an intimate partner of such person 

13 or child of such intimate partner or person, 

14 or engaging in other conduct that would 

15 place an intimate partner in reasonable 

16 fear of bodily injury to the partner or 

17 child; or 

18 ‘‘(ii) intimidating or dissuading a wit19 ness from testifying in court; and 

20 ‘‘(C) that— 

21 ‘‘(i) includes a finding that such per22 son represents a credible threat to the 

23 physical safety of such individual described 

24 in subparagraph (B); or 
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1 ‘‘(ii) by its terms explicitly prohibits 

2 the use, attempted use, or threatened use 

3 of physical force against such individual 

4 described in subparagraph (B) that would 

5 reasonably be expected to cause bodily in6 jury;’’; 

7 (B) in paragraph (9), by striking the 

8 comma at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

9 (C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(10) who has been convicted in any court of 

12 a misdemeanor crime of stalking,’’. 

13 TITLE IX—SAFETY FOR INDIAN 

14 WOMEN 

15 SEC. 901. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

16 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

17 (1) American Indians and Alaska Natives are 

18 2.5 times as likely to experience violent crimes—and 

19 at least 2 times more likely to experience rape or 

20 sexual assault crimes—compared to all other races. 

21 (2) More than 4 in 5 American Indian and 

22 Alaska Native women, or 84.3 percent, have experi23 enced violence in their lifetime. 
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1 (3) The vast majority of Native victims—96 

2 percent of women and 89 percent of male victims— 

3 report being victimized by a non-Indian. 

4 (4) Native victims of sexual violence are three 

5 times as likely to have experienced sexual violence by 

6 an interracial perpetrator as non-Hispanic White 

7 victims and Native stalking victims are nearly 4 

8 times as likely to be stalked by someone of a dif9 ferent race. 

10 (5) While Tribes exercising jurisdiction over 

11 non-Indians have reported significant successes, the 

12 inability to prosecute crimes related to the Special 

13 Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction crimes con14 tinues to leave Tribes unable to fully hold domestic 

15 violence offenders accountable. 

16 (6) Tribal prosecutors report that the majority 

17 of domestic violence cases involve children either as 

18 witnesses or victims, and Department of Justice re19 ports that American Indian and Alaska Native chil20 dren suffer exposure to violence at rates higher than 

21 any other race in the United States. 

22 (7) Childhood exposure to violence has imme23 diate and long-term effects, including: increased 

24 rates of altered neurological development, poor phys25 ical and mental health, poor school performance, 
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1 substance abuse, and overrepresentation in the juve2 nile justice system. 

3 (8) According to the Centers for Disease Con4 trol and Prevention, homicide is the third leading 

5 cause of death among American Indian and Alaska 

6 Native women between 10 and 24 years of age and 

7 the fifth leading cause of death for American Indian 

8 and Alaska Native women between 25 and 34 years 

9 of age. 

10 (9) On some reservations, Indian women are 

11 murdered at more than 10 times the national aver12 age. 

13 (10) According to a 2010 Government Account14 ability Office report, United States Attorneys de15 clined to prosecute nearly 52 percent of violent 

16 crimes that occur in Indian country. 

17 (11) Investigation into cases of missing and 

18 murdered Indian women is made difficult for Tribal 

19 law enforcement agencies due to a lack of resources, 

20 such as— 

21 (A) necessary training, equipment, or 

22 funding; 

23 (B) a lack of interagency cooperation; 

24 (C) a lack of appropriate laws in place; 

25 and 
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1 (D) a lack of access to Federal, State, and 

2 local law enforcement databases. 

3 (12) Domestic violence calls are among the 

4 most dangerous calls that law enforcement receives. 

5 (13) The complicated jurisdictional scheme that 

6 exists in Indian country— 

7 (A) has a significant negative impact on 

8 the ability to provide public safety to Indian 

9 communities; 

10 (B) has been increasingly exploited by 

11 criminals; and 

12 (C) requires a high degree of commitment 

13 and cooperation among Tribal, Federal, and 

14 State law enforcement officials. 

15 (14) Restoring and enhancing local, Tribal ca16 pacity to address violence against women provides 

17 for greater local control, safety, accountability, and 

18 transparency. 

19 (15) In States with restrictive land settlement 

20 acts such as Alaska, ‘‘Indian country’’ is limited, re21 sources for local Tribal responses either nonexistent 

22 or insufficient to meet the needs, jurisdiction unnec23 essarily complicated and increases the already high 

24 levels of victimization of American Indian and Alas25 ka Native women. According to the Tribal Law and 
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1 Order Act Commission Report, Alaska Native 

2 women are over-represented in the domestic violence 

3 victim population by 250 percent; they comprise 19 

4 percent of the State population, but are 47 percent 

5 of reported rape victims. And among other Indian 

6 Tribes, Alaska Native women suffer the highest 

7 rates of domestic and sexual violence in the country. 

8 (16) Native Hawaiians experience a dispropor9 tionately high rate of human trafficking with 64 per10 cent of human trafficking victims in the State of 

11 Hawai’i identifying as at least part Native Hawai12 ian. 

13 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this title are— 

14 (1) to clarify the responsibilities of Federal, 

15 State, Tribal, and local governments with respect to 

16 responding to cases of domestic violence, dating vio17 lence, stalking, trafficking, sexual violence, crimes 

18 against children, and assault against Tribal law en19 forcement officers and murdered Indians; 

20 (2) to increase coordination and communication 

21 among Federal, State, Tribal, and local law enforce22 ment agencies; 

23 (3) to empower Tribal governments with the re24 sources and information necessary to effectively re25 spond to cases of domestic violence, dating violence, 
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1 stalking, sex trafficking, sexual violence, and missing 

2 and murdered Indians; and 

3 (4) to increase the collection of data related to 

4 missing and murdered Indians and the sharing of in5 formation among Federal, State, and Tribal officials 

6 responsible for responding to and investigating cases 

7 of missing and murdered Indians. 

8 SEC. 902. AUTHORIZING FUNDING FOR THE TRIBAL ACCESS 

9 PROGRAM. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 534 of title 28, United 

11 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

14 is authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for each of 

15 fiscal years 2022 through 2026, to remain available until 

16 expended, for the purposes of enhancing the ability of 

17 Tribal government entities to access, enter information 

18 into, and obtain information from, Federal criminal infor19 mation databases, as authorized by this section.’’. 

20 (b) INDIAN TRIBE AND INDIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT

21 INFORMATION SHARING.—Section 534 of title 28, United 

22 States Code, is further amended by amending subsection 

23 (d) to read as follows: 

24 ‘‘(d) INDIAN TRIBE AND INDIAN LAW ENFORCE25 MENT INFORMATION SHARING.—The Attorney General 
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1 shall permit Tribal law enforcement entities (including en2 tities designated by a Tribe as maintaining public safety 

3 within a Tribe’s territorial jurisdiction that has no Federal 

4 or State arrest authority) and Bureau of Indian Affairs 

5 law enforcement agencies— 

6 ‘‘(1) to access and enter information into Fed7 eral criminal information databases; and 

8 ‘‘(2) to obtain information from the data9 bases.’’. 

10 SEC. 903. TRIBAL JURISDICTION OVER COVERED CRIMES 

11 OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

12 OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, SEXUAL VIO13 LENCE, SEX TRAFFICKING, STALKING, AND 

14 ASSAULT OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 

15 OR CORRECTIONS OFFICER. 

16 Section 204 of Public Law 90–284 (25 U.S.C. 1304) 

17 (commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Civil Rights Act of 

18 1968’’) is amended— 

19 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CRIMES OF

20 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE’’ and inserting ‘‘CRIMES

21 OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

22 OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, 

23 SEX TRAFFICKING, STALKING, AND ASSAULT

24 OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OR CORRECTIONS

25 OFFICER’’; 
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1 (2) in subsection (a)(6), in the heading, by 

2 striking ‘‘SPECIAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRIMINAL

3 JURISDICTION’’ and inserting ‘‘SPECIAL TRIBAL

4 CRIMINAL JURISDICTION’’; 

5 (3) by striking ‘‘special domestic violence crimi6 nal jurisdiction’’ each place such term appears and 

7 inserting ‘‘special Tribal criminal jurisdiction’’; 

8 (4) in subsection (a)— 

9 (A) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(12) STALKING.—The term ‘stalking’ means 

11 engaging in a course of conduct directed at a spe12 cific person proscribed by the criminal law of the In13 dian Tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian 

14 country where the violation occurs that would cause 

15 a reasonable person to— 

16 ‘‘(A) fear for the person’s safety or the 

17 safety of others; or 

18 ‘‘(B) suffer substantial emotional dis19 tress.’’; 

20 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and 

21 (7) as paragraphs (10) and (11); 

22 (C) by inserting before paragraph (10) (as 

23 redesignated) the following: 

24 ‘‘(8) SEX TRAFFICKING.— 
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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘sex traf2 ficking’ means conduct— 

3 ‘‘(i) consisting of— 

4 ‘‘(I) recruiting, enticing, har5 boring, transporting, providing, ob6 taining, advertising, maintaining, pa7 tronizing, or soliciting by any means a 

8 person; or 

9 ‘‘(II) benefitting, financially or 

10 by receiving anything of value, from 

11 participation in a venture that has en12 gaged in an act described in subclause 

13 (I); and 

14 ‘‘(ii) carried out with the knowledge, 

15 or, except where the act constituting the 

16 violation of clause (i) is advertising, in 

17 reckless disregard of the fact, that— 

18 ‘‘(I) means of force, threats of 

19 force, fraud, coercion, or any combina20 tion of such means will be used to 

21 cause the person to engage in a com22 mercial sex act; or 

23 ‘‘(II) the person has not attained 

24 the age of 18 years and will be caused 

25 to engage in a commercial sex act. 
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1 ‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph, 

2 the terms ‘coercion’ and ‘commercial sex act’ 

3 have the meanings given the terms in section 

4 1591(e) of title 18, United States Code. 

5 ‘‘(9) SEXUAL VIOLENCE.—The term ‘sexual vio6 lence’ means any nonconsensual sexual act or con7 tact proscribed by the criminal law of the Indian 

8 Tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian country 

9 where the violation occurs, including in any case in 

10 which the victim lacks the capacity to consent to the 

11 act.’’; 

12 (D) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 

13 (5) as paragraphs (6) and (7); 

14 (E) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

15 through (3) as paragraphs (2) through (4); 

16 (F) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated), to 

17 read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(3) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘domes19 tic violence’ means violence— 

20 ‘‘(A) committed by a current or former 

21 spouse or intimate partner of the victim, by a 

22 person with whom the victim shares a child in 

23 common, by a person who is cohabitating with 

24 or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse 

25 or intimate partner, or by a person similarly 
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1 situated to a spouse of the victim under the 

2 domestic- or family- violence laws of an Indian 

3 Tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian 

4 country where the violence occurs; or 

5 ‘‘(B)(i) committed against a victim who is 

6 a child under the age of 18, or an elder (as 

7 such term is defined by Tribal law), including 

8 when an offender recklessly engages in conduct 

9 that creates a substantial risk of death or seri10 ous bodily injury to the victim, or committed as 

11 described in subparagraph (A) while the child 

12 or elder is present; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) the child or elder— 

14 ‘‘(I) resides or has resided in the 

15 same household as the offender; 

16 ‘‘(II) is related to the offender by 

17 blood or marriage; 

18 ‘‘(III) is related to another victim of 

19 the offender by blood or marriage; 

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

21 the offender who is an intimate partner or 

22 former spouse; or 

23 ‘‘(V) is under the care of a victim of 

24 the offender who is similarly situated to a 

25 spouse of the victim under the domestic- or 
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1 family- violence laws of an Indian Tribe 

2 that has jurisdiction over the Indian coun3 try where the violence occurs.’’; 

4 (G) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as 

5 redesignated), the following: 

6 ‘‘(1) ASSAULT OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OR

7 CORRECTIONAL OFFICER.—The term ‘assault of a 

8 law enforcement or correctional officer’ means any 

9 criminal violation of the law of the Indian Tribe that 

10 has jurisdiction over the Indian country where the 

11 violation occurs that involves the threatened, at12 tempted, or actual harmful or offensive touching of 

13 a law enforcement or correctional officer.’’; and 

14 (H) by inserting after paragraph (4) (as 

15 redesignated), the following: 

16 ‘‘(5) OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.—The term 

17 ‘obstruction of justice’ means any violation of the 

18 criminal law of the Indian Tribe that has jurisdic19 tion over the Indian country where the violation oc20 curs, and the violation involves interfering with the 

21 administration or due process of the Tribe’s laws in22 cluding any Tribal criminal proceeding or investiga23 tion of a crime.’’; 

24 (5) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting after ‘‘the 

25 powers of self-government of a participating Tribe’’ 
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1 the following: ‘‘, including any participating Tribes 

2 in the State of Maine,’’; 

3 (6) in subsection (b)(4)— 

4 (A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting 

5 after ‘‘over an alleged offense’’ the following: ‘‘, 

6 other than obstruction of justice or an act of 

7 assault of a law enforcement or corrections offi8 cer,’’; and 

9 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

10 (i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

11 the end; 

12 (ii) in clause (iii)(II), by striking the 

13 period at the end and inserting the fol14 lowing: ‘‘; or’’; and 

15 (iii) by adding at the end the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(iv) is being prosecuted for a crime 

18 of sexual violence, stalking, sex trafficking, 

19 obstructing justice, or assaulting a police 

20 or corrections officer under the laws of the 

21 prosecuting Tribe.’’; 

22 (7) in subsection (c)— 

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

24 by striking ‘‘domestic violence’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘Tribal’’; and 
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1 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

2 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik3 ing ‘‘AND DATING VIOLENCE’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘, DATING VIOLENCE, OBSTRUCTION

5 OF JUSTICE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, STALK6 ING, SEX TRAFFICKING, OR ASSAULT OF A

7 LAW ENFORCEMENT OR CORRECTIONS OF8 FICER’’; and 

9 (ii) by striking ‘‘or dating violence’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘, dating violence, obstruc11 tion of justice, sexual violence, stalking, 

12 sex trafficking, or assault of a law enforce13 ment or corrections officer’’; 

14 (8) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘domestic vio15 lence’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Tribal’’; 

16 (9) by striking subsections (f), (g), and (h) and 

17 inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘(f) GRANTS AND REIMBURSEMENT TO TRIBAL GOV19 ERNMENTS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) REIMBURSEMENT.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General 

22 is authorized to reimburse Tribal government 

23 authorities for expenses incurred in exercising 

24 special Tribal criminal jurisdiction. 
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1 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE EXPENSES.—Eligible ex2 penses for reimbursement shall include— 

3 ‘‘(i) expenses incurred to arrest or 

4 prosecute offenders and to detain inmates 

5 (including costs associated with providing 

6 health care); 

7 ‘‘(ii) expenses related to indigent de8 fense services; and 

9 ‘‘(iii) costs associated with probation 

10 and rehabilitation services. 

11 ‘‘(C) PROCEDURE.—Reimbursements au12 thorized pursuant to this section shall be in ac13 cordance with rules promulgated by the Attor14 ney General after consultation with Indian 

15 Tribes and within 1 year after the date of en16 actment of this Act. The rules promulgated by 

17 the Department shall set a maximum allowable 

18 reimbursement to any Tribal government in a 

19 1-year period. 

20 ‘‘(2) GRANTS.—The Attorney General may 

21 award grants to the governments of Indian Tribes 

22 (or to authorized designees of those governments)— 

23 ‘‘(A) to strengthen Tribal criminal justice 

24 systems to assist Indian Tribes in exercising 

25 special Tribal criminal jurisdiction, including— 
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1 ‘‘(i) law enforcement (including the 

2 capacity of law enforcement, court per3 sonnel, or other non-law enforcement enti4 ties that have no Federal or State arrest 

5 authority agencies but have been des6 ignated by a Tribe as responsible for main7 taining public safety within its territorial 

8 jurisdiction, to enter information into and 

9 obtain information from national crime in10 formation databases); 

11 ‘‘(ii) prosecution; 

12 ‘‘(iii) trial and appellate courts (in13 cluding facilities construction); 

14 ‘‘(iv) probation systems; 

15 ‘‘(v) detention and correctional facili16 ties (including facilities construction); 

17 ‘‘(vi) alternative rehabilitation centers; 

18 ‘‘(vii) culturally appropriate services 

19 and assistance for victims and their fami20 lies; and 

21 ‘‘(viii) criminal codes and rules of 

22 criminal procedure, appellate procedure, 

23 and evidence; 

24 ‘‘(B) to provide indigent criminal defend25 ants with the effective assistance of licensed de-
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1 fense counsel, at no cost to the defendant, in 

2 criminal proceedings in which a participating 

3 Tribe prosecutes— 

4 ‘‘(i) a crime of domestic violence; 

5 ‘‘(ii) a crime of dating violence; 

6 ‘‘(iii) a criminal violation of a protec7 tion order; 

8 ‘‘(iv) a crime of sexual violence; 

9 ‘‘(v) a crime of stalking; 

10 ‘‘(vi) a crime of sex trafficking; 

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

12 or 

13 ‘‘(viii) a crime of assault of a law en14 forcement or correctional officer; 

15 ‘‘(C) to ensure that, in criminal pro16 ceedings in which a participating Tribe exer17 cises special Tribal criminal jurisdiction, jurors 

18 are summoned, selected, and instructed in a 

19 manner consistent with all applicable require20 ments; 

21 ‘‘(D) to accord victims of domestic vio22 lence, dating violence, sexual violence, stalking, 

23 sex trafficking, obstruction of justice, assault of 

24 a law enforcement or correctional officer, and 

25 violations of protection orders rights that are 
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1 similar to the rights of a crime victim described 

2 in section 3771(a) of title 18, consistent with 

3 Tribal law and custom; and 

4 ‘‘(E) to create a pilot project to allow up 

5 to five Indian Tribes in Alaska to implement 

6 special Tribal criminal jurisdiction. 

7 ‘‘(g) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts 

8 made available under this section shall supplement and 

9 not supplant any other Federal, State, Tribal, or local gov10 ernment amounts made available to carry out activities de11 scribed in this section. 

12 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

13 are authorized to be appropriated $7,000,000 for each of 

14 fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to carry out subsection 

15 (f) and to provide training, technical assistance, data col16 lection, and evaluation of the criminal justice systems of 

17 participating Tribes. 

18 ‘‘(i) USE OF FUNDS.—Not less than 25 percent of 

19 the total amount of funds appropriated under this section 

20 in a given year shall be used for each of the purposes de21 scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (f), with 

22 remaining funds available to be distributed for either of 

23 the purposes described in paragraph (1) or (2) of sub24 section (f), or any combination of such purposes, depend25 ing on need and in consultation with Indian Tribes.’’; 
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1 (10) by inserting after subsection (i) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(j) INDIAN COUNTRY DEFINED.—For purposes of 

4 the pilot project described in subsection (f)(5), the defini5 tion of ‘Indian country’ shall include— 

6 ‘‘(1) Alaska Native-owned Townsites, Allot7 ments, and former reservation lands acquired in fee 

8 by Alaska Native Village Corporations pursuant to 

9 the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 

10 33) and other lands transferred in fee to Native vil11 lages; and 

12 ‘‘(2) all lands within any Alaska Native village 

13 with a population that is at least 75 percent Alaska 

14 Native.’’. 

15 TITLE X—OFFICE ON VIOLENCE 

16 AGAINST WOMEN 

17 SEC. 1001. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE ON VIOLENCE 

18 AGAINST WOMEN. 

19 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE ON VIOLENCE

20 AGAINST WOMEN.—Section 2002 of title I of the Omnibus 

21 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 

22 10442) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘a Violence 

24 Against Women Office’’ and inserting ‘‘an Office on 

25 Violence Against Women’’; 
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1 (2) in subsection (b), by inserting after ‘‘within 

2 the Department of Justice’’ the following: ‘‘, not 

3 subsumed by any other office’’; and 

4 (3) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘Violence 

5 Against Women Act of 1994 (title VI of Public Law 

6 103–322) or the Violence Against Women Act of 

7 2000 (division B of Public Law 106–386)’’ and in8 serting ‘‘Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (title 

9 VII of Public Law 103–322), the Violence Against 

10 Women Act of 2000 (division B of Public Law 106– 

11 386), the Violence Against Women and Department 

12 of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 

13 109–162; 119 Stat. 3080), the Violence Against 

14 Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 

15 113–4; 127 Stat. 54), and the Violence Against 

16 Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021’’. 

17 (b) DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE ON VIOLENCE

18 AGAINST WOMEN.—Section 2003 of the Omnibus Crime 

19 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10443) 

20 is amended to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 2003. DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE ON VIOLENCE 

22 AGAINST WOMEN. 

23 ‘‘(a) APPOINTMENT.—The President, by and with the 

24 advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a Director 

25 for the Office on Violence Against Women (in this title 
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1 referred to as the ‘Director’) to be responsible, under the 

2 general authority of the Attorney General, for the admin3 istration, coordination, and implementation of the pro4 grams and activities of the Office. 

5 ‘‘(b) OTHER EMPLOYMENT.—The Director shall 

6 not— 

7 ‘‘(1) engage in any employment other than that 

8 of serving as Director; or 

9 ‘‘(2) hold any office in, or act in any capacity 

10 for, any organization, agency, or institution with 

11 which the Office makes any contract or other agree12 ment under the Violence Against Women Act of 

13 1994 (title IV of Public Law 103–322), the Violence 

14 Against Women Act of 2000 (division B of Public 

15 Law 106–386), the Violence Against Women and 

16 Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 

17 (Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3080), the Violence 

18 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public 

19 Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54), or the Violence Against 

20 Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021. 

21 ‘‘(c) VACANCY.—In the case of a vacancy, the Presi22 dent may designate an officer or employee who shall act 

23 as Director during the vacancy. 

24 ‘‘(d) COMPENSATION.—The Director shall be com25 pensated at a rate of pay not to exceed the rate payable 
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1 for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 

2 of title 5, United States Code.’’. 

3 (c) DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTOR OF THE

4 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN.—Section 2004 

5 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

6 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10444) is amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 2004. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTOR OF THE 

8 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. 

9 ‘‘The Director shall have the following duties: 

10 ‘‘(1) Maintaining liaison with the judicial 

11 branches of the Federal and State Governments on 

12 matters relating to violence against women. 

13 ‘‘(2) Providing information to the President, 

14 the Congress, the judiciary, State, local, and Tribal 

15 governments, and the general public on matters re16 lating to violence against women. 

17 ‘‘(3) Serving, at the request of the Attorney 

18 General, as the representative of the Department of 

19 Justice on domestic task forces, committees, or com20 missions addressing policy or issues relating to vio21 lence against women. 

22 ‘‘(4) Serving, at the request of the President, 

23 acting through the Attorney General, as the rep24 resentative of the United States Government on 

25 human rights and economic justice matters related 
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1 to violence against women in international fora, in2 cluding, but not limited to, the United Nations. 

3 ‘‘(5) Carrying out the functions of the Depart4 ment of Justice under the Violence Against Women 

5 Act of 1994 (title IV of Public Law 103–322), the 

6 Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (division B of 

7 Public Law 106–386), the Violence Against Women 

8 and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 

9 2005 (Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3080), the 

10 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 

11 2013 (Public Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54), and the Vi12 olence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 

13 2021, including with respect to those functions— 

14 ‘‘(A) the development of policy, protocols, 

15 and guidelines; 

16 ‘‘(B) the development and management of 

17 grant programs and other programs, and the 

18 provision of technical assistance under such 

19 programs; and 

20 ‘‘(C) the awarding and termination of 

21 grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts. 

22 ‘‘(6) Providing technical assistance, coordina23 tion, and support to— 

24 ‘‘(A) other components of the Department 

25 of Justice, in efforts to develop policy and to 
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1 enforce Federal laws relating to violence against 

2 women, including the litigation of civil and 

3 criminal actions relating to enforcing such laws; 

4 ‘‘(B) other Federal, State, local, and Trib5 al agencies, in efforts to develop policy, provide 

6 technical assistance, synchronize Federal defini7 tions and protocols, and improve coordination 

8 among agencies carrying out efforts to elimi9 nate violence against women, including Indian 

10 or indigenous women; and 

11 ‘‘(C) grantees, in efforts to combat violence 

12 against women and to provide support and as13 sistance to victims of such violence. 

14 ‘‘(7) Exercising such other powers and func15 tions as may be vested in the Director pursuant to 

16 this subchapter or by delegation of the Attorney 

17 General. 

18 ‘‘(8) Establishing such rules, regulations, guide19 lines, and procedures as are necessary to carry out 

20 any function of the Office.’’. 

21 (d) STAFF OF OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST

22 WOMEN.—Section 2005 of the Omnibus Crime Control 

23 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10445) is amend24 ed in the heading, by striking ‘‘VIOLENCE AGAINST
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1 WOMEN OFFICE’’ and inserting ‘‘OFFICE ON VIO2 LENCE AGAINST WOMEN’’. 

3 (e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 121(a)(1) of 

4 the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice 

5 Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20124(a)(1)) is 

6 amended by striking ‘‘the Violence Against Women Of7 fice’’ and inserting ‘‘the Office on Violence Against 

8 Women’’. 

9 (f) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

10 of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office on 

11 Violence Against Women shall— 

12 (1) in consultation with the Substance Abuse 

13 and Mental Health Services Administration, report 

14 to Congress on actions taken to prevent suicide 

15 amongst survivors of sexual assault, domestic vio16 lence, dating violence, and stalking; and 

17 (2) in consultation with the Substance Abuse 

18 and Mental Health Services Administration, estab19 lish best practices to prevent suicide amongst sur20 vivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating vi21 olence, and stalking. 
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1 SEC. 1002. OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN A DEP2 UTY DIRECTOR FOR CULTURALLY SPECIFIC 

3 COMMUNITIES. 

4 Part T of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

5 Streets Act (34 U.S.C. 10441 et seq.) is amended by in6 serting after section 2004 the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 2004A. DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR CULTURALLY SPE8 CIFIC COMMUNITIES. 

9 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

10 Office on Violence Against Women a Deputy Director for 

11 Culturally Specific Communities. 

12 ‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Deputy Director shall, under the 

13 guidance and authority of the Director of the Office on 

14 Violence Against Women— 

15 ‘‘(1) oversee the administration of grants re16 lated to culturally specific services and contracts 

17 with culturally specific organizations; 

18 ‘‘(2) coordinate development of Federal policy, 

19 protocols, and guidelines on matters relating to do20 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

21 stalking, in culturally specific communities; 

22 ‘‘(3) advise the Director of the Office on Vio23 lence Against Women concerning policies, legislation, 

24 implementation of laws, and other issues relating to 

25 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

26 and stalking in culturally specific communities; 
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1 ‘‘(4) provide technical assistance, coordination, 

2 and support to other offices and bureaus in the De3 partment of Justice to develop policy and to enforce 

4 Federal laws relating to domestic violence, dating vi5 olence, sexual assault, and stalking in culturally spe6 cific communities; 

7 ‘‘(5) ensure that appropriate technical assist8 ance, developed and provided by entities having ex9 pertise in culturally specific communities is made 

10 available to grantees and potential grantees pro11 posing to serve culturally specific communities; and 

12 ‘‘(6) ensure access to grants and technical as13 sistance for culturally specific organizations and 

14 analyze the distribution of funding in order to iden15 tify barriers for culturally specific organizations.’’. 

16 TITLE XI—IMPROVING CONDI17 TIONS FOR WOMEN IN FED18 ERAL CUSTODY 

19 SEC. 1101. IMPROVING THE TREATMENT OF PRIMARY 

20 CARETAKER PARENTS AND OTHER INDIVID21 UALS IN FEDERAL PRISONS. 

22 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

23 ‘‘Ramona Brant Improvement of Conditions for Women 

24 in Federal Custody Act’’. 
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1 (b) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 303 of title 18, United 

2 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol3 lowing: 

4 ‘‘§ 4051. Treatment of primary caretaker parents and 

5 other individuals 

6 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

7 ‘‘(1) the term ‘correctional officer’ means a cor8 rectional officer of the Bureau of Prisons; 

9 ‘‘(2) the term ‘covered institution’ means a 

10 Federal penal or correctional institution; 

11 ‘‘(3) the term ‘Director’ means the Director of 

12 the Bureau of Prisons; 

13 ‘‘(4) the term ‘post-partum recovery’ means the 

14 first 8-week period of post-partum recovery after 

15 giving birth; 

16 ‘‘(5) the term ‘primary caretaker parent’ has 

17 the meaning given the term in section 31903 of the 

18 Family Unity Demonstration Project Act (34 U.S.C. 

19 12242); 

20 ‘‘(6) the term ‘prisoner’ means an individual 

21 who is incarcerated in a Federal penal or correc22 tional institution, including a vulnerable person; and 

23 ‘‘(7) the term ‘vulnerable person’ means an in24 dividual who— 
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1 ‘‘(A) is under 21 years of age or over 60 

2 years of age; 

3 ‘‘(B) is pregnant; 

4 ‘‘(C) identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, 

5 transgender, or intersex; 

6 ‘‘(D) is victim or witness of a crime; 

7 ‘‘(E) has filed a nonfrivolous civil rights 

8 claim in Federal or State court; 

9 ‘‘(F) has a serious mental or physical ill10 ness or disability; or 

11 ‘‘(G) during the period of incarceration, 

12 has been determined to have experienced or to 

13 be experiencing severe trauma or to be the vic14 tim of gender-based violence— 

15 ‘‘(i) by any court or administrative ju16 dicial proceeding; 

17 ‘‘(ii) by any corrections official; 

18 ‘‘(iii) by the individual’s attorney or 

19 legal service provider; or 

20 ‘‘(iv) by the individual. 

21 ‘‘(b) GEOGRAPHIC PLACEMENT.— 

22 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—The Direc23 tor shall establish within the Bureau of Prisons an 

24 office that determines the placement of prisoners. 
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1 ‘‘(2) PLACEMENT OF PRISONERS.—In deter2 mining the placement of a prisoner, the office estab3 lished under paragraph (1) shall— 

4 ‘‘(A) if the prisoner has children, place the 

5 prisoner as close to the children as possible; 

6 ‘‘(B) in deciding whether to assign a 

7 transgender or intersex prisoner to a facility for 

8 male or female prisoners, and in making other 

9 housing and programming assignments, con10 sider on a case-by-case basis whether a place11 ment would ensure the prisoner’s health and 

12 safety, including serious consideration of the 

13 prisoner’s own views with respect to their safe14 ty, and whether the placement would present 

15 management or security problems; and 

16 ‘‘(C) consider any other factor that the of17 fice determines to be appropriate. 

18 ‘‘(c) PROHIBITION ON PLACEMENT OF PREGNANT

19 PRISONERS OR PRISONERS IN POST-PARTUM RECOVERY

20 IN SEGREGATED HOUSING UNITS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) PLACEMENT IN SEGREGATED HOUSING

22 UNITS.—A covered institution may not place a pris23 oner who is pregnant or in post-partum recovery in 

24 a segregated housing unit unless the prisoner pre-
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1 sents an immediate risk of harm to the prisoner or 

2 others. 

3 ‘‘(2) RESTRICTIONS.—Any placement of a pris4 oner described in subparagraph (A) in a segregated 

5 housing unit shall be limited and temporary. 

6 ‘‘(d) INTAKE AND ASSESSMENTS.—The Director 

7 shall administer family-focused programming at intake, 

8 such as questions about children, gauge interest in par9 enting resources, and concerns about their child or 

10 caregiving; and administer ongoing assessment to better 

11 inform, identify, and make recommendations about the 

12 mother’s parental role and familial needs. 

13 ‘‘(e) PARENTING CLASSES.—The Director shall pro14 vide parenting classes to each prisoner who is a primary 

15 caretaker parent, and such classes shall be made available 

16 to prisoners with limited English proficiency in compliance 

17 with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 

18 ‘‘(f) TRAUMA SCREENING.—The Director shall pro19 vide training, including cultural competency training, to 

20 each correctional officer and each employee of the Bureau 

21 of Prisons who regularly interacts with prisoners, includ22 ing each instructor and health care professional, to enable 

23 those correctional officers and employees to— 
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1 ‘‘(1) identify a prisoner who has a mental or 

2 physical health need relating to trauma the prisoner 

3 has experienced; and 

4 ‘‘(2) refer a prisoner described in paragraph (1) 

5 to the proper healthcare professional for treatment. 

6 ‘‘(g) FAMILY NEEDS TRAINING.—The Director shall 

7 provide training to correctional officers and employees of 

8 the Bureau of Prisons who engage with prisoners’ families 

9 on— 

10 ‘‘(1) how to interact with children in an age-ap11 propriate manner, and the children’s caregivers; 

12 ‘‘(2) basic childhood and adolescent develop13 ment information; and 

14 ‘‘(3) basic customer service skills. 

15 ‘‘(h) INMATE HEALTH.— 

16 ‘‘(1) HEALTH CARE ACCESS.—The Director 

17 shall ensure that all prisoners receive adequate 

18 health care. 

19 ‘‘(2) HYGIENIC PRODUCTS.—The Director shall 

20 make essential hygienic products, including sham21 poo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, and any other hygien22 ic product that the Director determines appropriate, 

23 available without charge to prisoners. The Director 

24 shall make rules— 
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1 ‘‘(A) on the distribution and accessibility 

2 of sanitary products to prisoners, to ensure 

3 each prisoner who requires these products re4 ceives a quantity the prisoner deems sufficient; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(B) providing that no visitor is prohibited 

7 from visiting a prisoner due to the visitor’s use 

8 of sanitary products. 

9 ‘‘(3) GYNECOLOGIST ACCESS.—The Director 

10 shall ensure that all prisoners have access to a gyne11 cologist as appropriate. 

12 ‘‘(i) USE OF SEX-APPROPRIATE CORRECTIONAL OF13 FICERS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) REGULATIONS.—The Director shall make 

15 rules under which— 

16 ‘‘(A) a correctional officer may not conduct 

17 a strip search of a prisoner of the opposite sex 

18 unless— 

19 ‘‘(i) the prisoner presents a risk of 

20 immediate harm to the prisoner or others, 

21 and no other correctional officer of the 

22 same sex as the prisoner, or medical staff 

23 is available to assist; or 
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1 ‘‘(ii) the prisoner has previously re2 quested that an officer of a different sex 

3 conduct searches; 

4 ‘‘(B) a correctional officer may not enter a 

5 restroom reserved for prisoners of the opposite 

6 sex unless— 

7 ‘‘(i) a prisoner in the restroom pre8 sents a risk of immediate harm to them9 selves or others; or 

10 ‘‘(ii) there is a medical emergency in 

11 the restroom and no other correctional offi12 cer of the appropriate sex is available to 

13 assist; 

14 ‘‘(C) a transgender prisoner’s sex is deter15 mined according to the sex with which they 

16 identify; and 

17 ‘‘(D) a correctional officer may not search 

18 or physically examine a prisoner for the sole 

19 purpose of determining the prisoner’s genital 

20 status or sex. 

21 ‘‘(2) RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in 

22 paragraph (1) shall be construed to affect the re23 quirements under the Prison Rape Elimination Act 

24 of 2003 (42 U.S.C. 15601 et seq.).’’. 
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1 (c) SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT.—Section 

2 3621(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 

3 adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(7) ELIGIBILITY OF PRIMARY CARETAKER

5 PARENTS AND PREGNANT WOMEN.—The Director of 

6 the Bureau of Prisons may not prohibit an eligible 

7 prisoner who is a primary caretaker parent (as de8 fined in section 4051) or pregnant from partici9 pating in a program of residential substance abuse 

10 treatment provided under paragraph (1) on the basis 

11 of a failure by the eligible prisoner, before being 

12 committed to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons, 

13 to disclose to any official of the Bureau of Prisons 

14 that the prisoner had a substance abuse problem on 

15 or before the date on which the eligible prisoner was 

16 committed to the custody of the Bureau of Pris17 ons.’’. 

18 (d) IMPLEMENTATION DATE.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 

20 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 

21 the Bureau of Prisons shall implement this section 

22 and the amendments made by this section. 

23 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 

24 date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the 

25 Bureau of Prisons shall submit to the Committee on 
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1 the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on 

2 the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a re3 port on the implementation of this section and the 

4 amendments made by this section. 

5 (e) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

6 The table of sections for chapter 303 of title 18, United 

7 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol8 lowing: 

‘‘4051. Treatment of primary caretaker parents and other individuals.’’. 

9 SEC. 1102. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY OF WOMEN. 

10 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

11 ‘‘Stop Infant Mortality And Recidivism Reduction Act’’ or 

12 the ‘‘SIMARRA Act’’. 

13 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 270 days after 

14 the date of the enactment of this section, the Director of 

15 the Federal Bureau of Prisons (in this section referred 

16 to as the ‘‘Director’’) shall establish a pilot program (in 

17 this section referred to as the ‘‘Program’’) in accordance 

18 with this section to permit women incarcerated in Federal 

19 prisons and the children born to such women during incar20 ceration to reside together while the inmate serves a term 

21 of imprisonment in a separate housing wing of the prison. 

22 (c) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are 

23 to— 

24 (1) prevent infant mortality among infants born 

25 to incarcerated mothers and greatly reduce the trau-
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1 ma and stress experienced by the unborn fetuses of 

2 pregnant inmates; 

3 (2) reduce the recidivism rates of federally in4 carcerated women and mothers, and enhance public 

5 safety by improving the effectiveness of the Federal 

6 prison system for women as a population with spe7 cial needs; 

8 (3) establish female offender risk and needs as9 sessment as the cornerstones of a more effective and 

10 efficient Federal prison system; 

11 (4) implement a validated post-sentencing risk 

12 and needs assessment system that relies on dynamic 

13 risk factors to provide Federal prison officials with 

14 a roadmap to address the pre- and post-natal needs 

15 of Federal pregnant offenders, manage limited re16 sources, and enhance public safety; 

17 (5) perform regular outcome evaluations of the 

18 effectiveness of programs and interventions for fed19 erally incarcerated pregnant women and mothers to 

20 assure that such programs and interventions are evi21 dence-based and to suggest changes, deletions, and 

22 expansions based on the results of such evaluations; 

23 and 

24 (6) assist the Department of Justice to address 

25 the underlying cost structure of the Federal prison 
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1 system and ensure that the Department can con2 tinue to run prison nurseries safely and securely 

3 without compromising the scope or quality of the 

4 Department’s critical health, safety and law enforce5 ment missions. 

6 (d) DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR OF BUREAU OF PRIS7 ONS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall carry out 

9 this section in consultation with— 

10 (A) a licensed and board-certified gyne11 cologist or obstetrician; 

12 (B) the Director of the Administrative Of13 fice of the United States Courts; 

14 (C) the Director of the Office of Probation 

15 and Pretrial Services; 

16 (D) the Director of the National Institute 

17 of Justice; and 

18 (E) the Secretary of Health and Human 

19 Services. 

20 (2) DUTIES.—The Director shall, in accordance 

21 with paragraph (3)— 

22 (A) develop an offender risk and needs as23 sessment system particular to the health and 

24 sensitivities of federally incarcerated pregnant 
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1 women and mothers in accordance with this 

2 subsection; 

3 (B) develop recommendations regarding re4 cidivism reduction programs and productive ac5 tivities in accordance with subsection (c); 

6 (C) conduct ongoing research and data 

7 analysis on— 

8 (i) the best practices relating to the 

9 use of offender risk and needs assessment 

10 tools particular to the health and sensitivi11 ties of federally incarcerated pregnant 

12 women and mothers; 

13 (ii) the best available risk and needs 

14 assessment tools particular to the health 

15 and sensitivities of federally incarcerated 

16 pregnant women and mothers and the level 

17 to which they rely on dynamic risk factors 

18 that could be addressed and changed over 

19 time, and on measures of risk of recidi20 vism, individual needs, and responsiveness 

21 to recidivism reduction programs; 

22 (iii) the most effective and efficient 

23 uses of such tools in conjunction with re24 cidivism reduction programs, productive 

25 activities, incentives, and rewards; and 
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1 (iv) which recidivism reduction pro2 grams are the most effective— 

3 (I) for federally incarcerated 

4 pregnant women and mothers classi5 fied at different recidivism risk levels; 

6 and 

7 (II) for addressing the specific 

8 needs of federally incarcerated preg9 nant women and mothers; 

10 (D) on a biennial basis, review the system 

11 developed under subparagraph (A) and the rec12 ommendations developed under subparagraph 

13 (B), using the research conducted under sub14 paragraph (C), to determine whether any revi15 sions or updates should be made, and if so, 

16 make such revisions or updates; 

17 (E) hold periodic meetings with the indi18 viduals listed in paragraph (1) at intervals to be 

19 determined by the Director; 

20 (F) develop tools to communicate par21 enting program availability and eligibility cri22 teria to each employee of the Bureau of Prisons 

23 and each pregnant inmate to ensure that each 

24 pregnant inmate in the custody of a Bureau of 
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1 Prisons facility understands the resources avail2 able to such inmate; and 

3 (G) report to Congress in accordance with 

4 subsection (i). 

5 (3) METHODS.—In carrying out the duties 

6 under paragraph (2), the Director shall— 

7 (A) consult relevant stakeholders; and 

8 (B) make decisions using data that is 

9 based on the best available statistical and em10 pirical evidence. 

11 (e) ELIGIBILITY.—An inmate may apply to partici12 pate in the Program if the inmate— 

13 (1) is pregnant at the beginning of or during 

14 the term of imprisonment; and 

15 (2) is in the custody or control of the Federal 

16 Bureau of Prisons. 

17 (f) PROGRAM TERMS.— 

18 (1) TERM OF PARTICIPATION.—To correspond 

19 with the purposes and goals of the Program to pro20 mote bonding during the critical stages of child de21 velopment, an eligible inmate selected for the Pro22 gram may participate in the Program, subject to 

23 subsection (g), until the earliest of— 

24 (A) the date that the inmate’s term of im25 prisonment terminates; 
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1 (B) the date the infant fails to meet any 

2 medical criteria established by the Director or 

3 the Director’s designee along with a collective 

4 determination of the persons listed in sub5 section (d)(1); or 

6 (C) 30 months. 

7 (2) INMATE REQUIREMENTS.—For the duration 

8 of an inmate’s participation in the Program, the in9 mate shall agree to— 

10 (A) take substantive steps towards acting 

11 in the role of a parent or guardian to any child 

12 of that inmate; 

13 (B) participate in any educational or coun14 seling opportunities established by the Director, 

15 including topics such as child development, par16 enting skills, domestic violence, vocational train17 ing, or substance abuse, as appropriate; 

18 (C) abide by any court decision regarding 

19 the legal or physical custody of the child; 

20 (D) transfer to the Federal Bureau of 

21 Prisons any child support payments for the in22 fant of the participating inmate from any per23 son or governmental entity; and 

24 (E) specify a person who has agreed to 

25 take at least temporary custody of the child if 
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1 the inmate’s participation in the Program ter2 minates before the inmate’s release. 

3 (g) CONTINUITY OF CARE.—The Director shall take 

4 appropriate actions to prevent detachment or disruption 

5 of either an inmate’s or infant’s health and bonding-based 

6 well-being due to termination of the Program. 

7 (h) REPORTING.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months 

9 after the date of the enactment of this section and 

10 once each year thereafter for 5 years, the Director 

11 shall submit a report to the Congress with regards 

12 to progress in implementing the Program. 

13 (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 6 months 

14 after the termination of the Program, the Director 

15 shall issue a final report to the Congress that con16 tains a detailed statement of the Director’s findings 

17 and conclusions, including recommendations for leg18 islation, administrative actions, and regulations the 

19 Director considers appropriate. 

20 (i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 

21 out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 

22 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
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1 SEC. 1103. RESEARCH AND REPORT ON WOMEN IN FED2 ERAL INCARCERATION. 

3 Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 

4 of this Act, and thereafter, every other year, the National 

5 Institutes of Justice, in consultation with the Bureau of 

6 Justice Statistics and the Bureau of Prisons (including 

7 the Women and Special Population Branch) shall prepare 

8 a report on the status of women in Federal incarceration. 

9 Depending on the topic to be addressed, and the facility, 

10 data shall be collected from Bureau of Prisons personnel 

11 and a sample that is representative of the population of 

12 incarcerated women. The report shall include: 

13 (1) With regard to Federal facilities wherein 

14 women are incarcerated— 

15 (A) responses by such women to questions 

16 from the Adverse Childhood Experience 

17 (ACES) questionnaire; 

18 (B) demographic data of such women, in19 cluding sexual orientation, gender identity, and 

20 status as an American Indian, Alaska Native, 

21 or Native Hawaiian; 

22 (C) data on the number of women who are 

23 incarcerated and placed in Federal and private 

24 facilities more than 200 miles from their place 

25 of residence; 
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1 (D) responses by such women to questions 

2 about the extent of exposure to sexual victim3 ization, sexual violence and domestic violence 

4 (both inside and outside of incarceration); 

5 (E) the number of such women were preg6 nant at the time that they entered incarcer7 ation; 

8 (F) the number of such women who have 

9 children age 18 or under, and if so, how many; 

10 and 

11 (G) the crimes for which such women are 

12 incarcerated and the length of their sentence 

13 and to the extent practicable, any information 

14 on the connection between the crime of which 

15 they were convicted & their experience of do16 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

17 or stalking. 

18 (2) With regard to all Federal facilities where 

19 persons are incarcerated— 

20 (A) a list of best practices with respect to 

21 women’s incarceration and transition, including 

22 staff led programs, services and management 

23 practices (including making sanitary products 

24 readily available and easily accessible, and ac25 cess to and provision of healthcare); 
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1 (B) the availability of trauma treatment at 

2 each facility (including number of beds, and 

3 number of trained staff); 

4 (C) rates of serious mental illness broken 

5 down by gender and security level and a list of 

6 residential programs available by site; and 

7 (D) the availability of vocational education 

8 and a list of vocational programs provided by 

9 each facility. 

10 SEC. 1104. REENTRY PLANNING AND SERVICES FOR INCAR11 CERATED WOMEN. 

12 The Attorney General, in coordination with the Chief 

13 of U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services and the Director 

14 of the Bureau of Prisons (including Women and Special 

15 Population Branch), shall collaborate on a model of gen16 der responsive transition for incarcerated women, includ17 ing the development of a national standard on prevention 

18 with respect to domestic and sexual violence. In developing 

19 the model, the Chief and the Director shall consult with 

20 such experts within the Federal government (including the 

21 Office on Violence Against Women of the Department of 

22 Justice, Indian Tribes (as defined in section 4 of the In23 dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act), 

24 and Native Hawaiian organizations (as defined in section 

25 6207 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
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1 1965)) and in the victim service provider community (in2 cluding sexual and domestic violence and homelessness, 

3 job training and job placement service providers) as are 

4 necessary to the completion of a comprehensive plan. 

5 Issues addressed should include— 

6 (1) the development by the Bureau of Prisons 

7 of a contract for gender collaborative services; and 

8 (2) identification by re-entry affairs coordina9 tors and responsive planning for the needs of re-en10 tering women with respect to— 

11 (A) housing, including risk of homeless12 ness; 

13 (B) previous exposure to and risk for do14 mestic and sexual violence; 

15 (C) the need for parenting classes, assist16 ance securing childcare, or assistance in seeking 

17 or securing jobs that afford flexibility (as might 

18 be necessary in the re-entry, parenting or other 

19 contexts); 

20 (D) other support tailored to the needs of 

21 Indigenous women, including American Indian, 

22 Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women; 

23 and 

24 (E) the need to ensure a family-focused re25 entry, by including incarcerated mothers, their 
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1 children, and their caregivers to create family 

2 reentry planning and programming; and in3 forming reentry information to visiting families. 

4 TITLE XII—LAW ENFORCEMENT 

5 TOOLS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC 

6 SAFETY 

7 SEC. 1201. NOTIFICATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN8 CIES OF PROHIBITED PURCHASE OR AT9 TEMPTED PURCHASE OF A FIREARM. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the NICS Improvement 

11 Amendments Act of 2007 (18 U.S.C. 922 note) is amend12 ed by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 108. NOTIFICATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN14 CIES OF PROHIBITED PURCHASE OF A FIRE15 ARM. 

16 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a background 

17 check conducted by the National Instant Criminal Back18 ground Check System pursuant to the request of a li19 censed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer 

20 of firearms (as such terms are defined in section 921 of 

21 title 18, United States Code), which background check de22 termines that the receipt of a firearm by a person would 

23 violate subsection (g)(8), (g)(9), or (g)(10) of section 922 

24 of title 18, United States Code, and such determination 

25 is made after 3 business days have elapsed since the li-
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1 censee contacted the System and a firearm has been trans2 ferred to that person, the System shall notify the law en3 forcement agencies described in subsection (b). 

4 ‘‘(b) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES DESCRIBED.— 

5 The law enforcement agencies described in this subsection 

6 are the law enforcement agencies that have jurisdiction 

7 over the location from which the licensee contacted the 

8 system and the law enforcement agencies that have juris9 diction over the location of the residence of the person for 

10 which the background check was conducted, as follows: 

11 ‘‘(1) The field office of the Federal Bureau of 

12 Investigation. 

13 ‘‘(2) The local law enforcement agency. 

14 ‘‘(3) The State law enforcement agency. 

15 ‘‘(4) The Tribal law enforcement agency.’’. 

16 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

17 of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (18 

18 10 U.S.C. 922 note) is amended by inserting after the 

19 item relating to section 107 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 108. Notification to law enforcement agencies of prohibited purchase of 

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1 SEC. 1202. REPORTING OF BACKGROUND CHECK DENIALS 

2 TO STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL AUTHORI3 TIES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United 

5 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 925A 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘§ 925B. Reporting of background check denials to 

8 State, local, and Tribal authorities 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If the national instant criminal 

10 background check system established under section 103 

11 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. 

12 922 note) provides a notice pursuant to section 922(t) of 

13 this title that the receipt of a firearm by a person would 

14 violate subsection (g)(8), (g)(9), or (g)(10) of section 922 

15 of this title or State law, the Attorney General shall, in 

16 accordance with subsection (b) of this section— 

17 ‘‘(1) report to the law enforcement authorities 

18 of the State where the person sought to acquire the 

19 firearm and, if different, the law enforcement au20 thorities of the State of residence of the person— 

21 ‘‘(A) that the notice was provided; 

22 ‘‘(B) of the specific provision of law that 

23 would have been violated; 

24 ‘‘(C) of the date and time the notice was 

25 provided; 
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1 ‘‘(D) of the location where the firearm was 

2 sought to be acquired; and 

3 ‘‘(E) of the identity of the person; and 

4 ‘‘(2) report the incident to local or Tribal law 

5 enforcement authorities and, where practicable, 

6 State, Tribal, or local prosecutors, in the jurisdiction 

7 where the firearm was sought and in the jurisdiction 

8 where the person resides. 

9 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORT.—A report is 

10 made in accordance with this subsection if the report is 

11 made within 24 hours after the provision of the notice de12 scribed in subsection (a), except that the making of the 

13 report may be delayed for so long as is necessary to avoid 

14 compromising an ongoing investigation. 

15 ‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sub16 section (a) shall be construed to require a report with re17 spect to a person to be made to the same State authorities 

18 that originally issued the notice with respect to the per19 son.’’. 

20 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

21 for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item 

22 relating to section 925A the following: 

‘‘925B. Reporting of background check denials to State, local, and Tribal authorities.’’. 
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1 SEC. 1203. SPECIAL ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEYS AND 

2 CROSS-DEPUTIZED ATTORNEYS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United 

4 States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended 

5 by inserting after section 925B the following: 

6 ‘‘§ 925C. Special assistant U.S. attorneys and cross7 deputized attorneys 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to improve the enforce9 ment of paragraphs (8), (9), and (10) of section 922(g), 

10 the Attorney General may— 

11 ‘‘(1) appoint, in accordance with section 543 of 

12 title 28, qualified State, Tribal, territorial and local 

13 prosecutors and qualified attorneys working for the 

14 United States government to serve as special assist15 ant United States attorneys for the purpose of pros16 ecuting violations of such paragraphs; 

17 ‘‘(2) deputize State, Tribal, territorial and local 

18 law enforcement officers for the purpose of enhanc19 ing the capacity of the agents of the Bureau of Alco20 hol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives in respond21 ing to and investigating violations of such para22 graphs; and 

23 ‘‘(3) establish, in order to receive and expedite 

24 requests for assistance from State, Tribal, territorial 

25 and local law enforcement agencies responding to in26 timate partner violence cases where such agencies 
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1 have probable cause to believe that the offenders 

2 may be in violation of such paragraphs, points of 

3 contact within— 

4 ‘‘(A) each Field Division of the Bureau of 

5 Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(B) each District Office of the United 

8 States Attorneys. 

9 ‘‘(b) IMPROVE INTIMATE PARTNER AND PUBLIC

10 SAFETY.—The Attorney General shall— 

11 ‘‘(1) identify no less than 75 jurisdictions 

12 among States, territories and Tribes where there are 

13 high rates of firearms violence and threats of fire14 arms violence against intimate partners and other 

15 persons protected under paragraphs (8), (9), and 

16 (10) of section 922(g) and where local authorities 

17 lack the resources to address such violence; and 

18 ‘‘(2) make such appointments as described in 

19 subsection (a) in jurisdictions where enhanced en20 forcement of such paragraphs is necessary to reduce 

21 firearms homicide and injury rates. 

22 ‘‘(c) QUALIFIED DEFINED.—For purposes of this 

23 section, the term ‘qualified’ means, with respect to an at24 torney, that the attorney is a licensed attorney in good 

25 standing with any relevant licensing authority.’’. 
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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

2 for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item 

3 relating to section 925B the following: 

‘‘925C. Special assistant U.S. attorneys and cross-deputized attorneys.’’. 

4 SEC. 1204. REVIEW ON NATIVE AMERICAN INTERACTIONS 

5 WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. 

6 (a) REVIEW ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFECTING NA7 TIVE HAWAIIANS.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

8 of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall con9 duct a comprehensive review of law enforcement and other 

10 crime prevention programs targeting criminal offenses 

11 that affect Native Hawaiians, including child sexual ex12 ploitation, child abuse, intimate partner violence, human 

13 trafficking, missing or murdered individuals, and sub14 stance abuse and submit to Congress a report thereon. 

15 The review shall include for each such program the 

16 amount of Federal funding for the program that is re17 ceived by Native Hawaiian-serving organizations as a per18 centage of the total amount disbursed by the program. 

19 The review shall also include recommendations relating 

20 to— 

21 (1) social, educational, economic, and any other 

22 factor that may contribute to a Native Hawaiian be23 coming a missing or murdered Native Hawaiian; and 
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1 (2) legislation to reduce the likelihood that a 

2 Native Hawaiian may become a missing or murdered 

3 Native Hawaiian. 

4 (b) REVIEW OF NATIVE HAWAIIAN VICTIMS OF VAR5 IOUS CRIMES.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

6 of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall con7 duct a comprehensive review of programs that provide 

8 services to victims of criminal offenses affecting Native 

9 Hawaiians, including child sexual exploitation, child abuse, 

10 intimate partner violence, human trafficking, and sub11 stance abuse. The report shall include for each such pro12 gram the amount of Federal funding that is received by 

13 Native Hawaiian-serving organizations as a percentage 

14 of— 

15 (1) the total amount disbursed by the program; 

16 and 

17 (2) the total amount of Federal funds disbursed 

18 by the program. 

19 (c) REPORT ON NATIVE HAWAIIANS IN THE CRIMI20 NAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.— 

21 (1) CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.—Not later 

22 than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 

23 Act, the Attorney General, acting through the Na24 tional Institute of Justice, in coordination with the 

25 Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall report on the 
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1 interaction of Native Hawaiians with the criminal 

2 justice system, including the percentage of persons 

3 who are Native Hawaiians out of the total of— 

4 (A) all persons arrested; 

5 (B) all persons detained in Federal, State, 

6 and local jails; 

7 (C) all persons subject to pretrial super8 vision; 

9 (D) all persons subject to post-conviction 

10 supervision; 

11 (E) all persons incarcerated in Federal and 

12 State prisons; and 

13 (F) all persons subject to post-release su14 pervision. 

15 (2) PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.—The report 

16 shall also include the programs and services avail17 able to and used by Native Hawaiians in various ju18 risdictions, including diversion programs, in-prison 

19 education programs, and reentry services. The re20 port shall also include the number of culturally rel21 evant programs available to Native Hawaiians who 

22 interact with the criminal justice system. The report 

23 shall also include data on the number of Native Ha24 waiians who are incarcerated and placed in Federal 
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1 and private facilities more than 200 miles from their 

2 place of residence. 

3 (3) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The report shall also 

4 include recommendations relating to— 

5 (A) social, educational, economic, and any 

6 other factor that may contribute to a Native 

7 Hawaiian becoming involved in the criminal jus8 tice system; and 

9 (B) legislation to reduce the likelihood that 

10 a Native Hawaiian may become involved in the 

11 criminal justice system. 

12 TITLE XIII—CLOSING THE LAW 

13 ENFORCEMENT CONSENT 

14 LOOPHOLE 

15 SEC. 1301. SHORT TITLE. 

16 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Closing the Law En17 forcement Consent Loophole Act of 2021’’. 

18 SEC. 1302. PROHIBITION ON ENGAGING IN SEXUAL ACTS 

19 WHILE ACTING UNDER COLOR OF LAW. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2243 of title 18, United 

21 States Code, is amended— 

22 (1) in the section heading, by adding at the end 

23 the following: ‘‘or by any person acting 

24 under color of law’’; 
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1 (2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

2 subsections (d) and (e), respectively; 

3 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(c) OF AN INDIVIDUAL BY ANY PERSON ACTING

6 UNDER COLOR OF LAW.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Whoever, acting under 

8 color of law, knowingly engages in a sexual act with 

9 an individual, including an individual who is under 

10 arrest, in detention, or otherwise in the actual cus11 tody of any Federal law enforcement officer, shall be 

12 fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 15 

13 years, or both. 

14 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

15 ‘sexual act’ has the meaning given the term in sec16 tion 2246.’’; and 

17 (4) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by 

18 adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(3) In a prosecution under subsection (c), it is not 

20 a defense that the other individual consented to the sexual 

21 act.’’. 

22 (b) DEFINITION.—Section 2246 of title 18, United 

23 States Code, is amended— 

24 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

25 end; 
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1 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at 

2 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

3 (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(7) the term ‘Federal law enforcement officer’ 

6 has the meaning given the term in section 115.’’. 

7 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

8 for chapter 109A of title 18, United States Code, is 

9 amended by amending the item related to section 2243 

10 to read as follows: 

‘‘2243. Sexual abuse of a minor or ward or by any person acting under color 

of law.’’. 

11 SEC. 1303. INCENTIVES FOR STATES. 

12 (a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—The Attorney 

13 General is authorized to make grants to States that have 

14 in effect a law that— 

15 (1) makes it a criminal offense for any person 

16 acting under color of law of the State to engage in 

17 a sexual act with an individual, including an indi18 vidual who is under arrest, in detention, or otherwise 

19 in the actual custody of any law enforcement officer; 

20 and 

21 (2) prohibits a person charged with an offense 

22 described in paragraph (1) from asserting the con23 sent of the other individual as a defense. 
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1 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—A State that re2 ceives a grant under this section shall submit to the Attor3 ney General, on an annual basis, information on— 

4 (1) the number of reports made to law enforce5 ment agencies in that State regarding persons en6 gaging in a sexual act while acting under color of 

7 law during the previous year; and 

8 (2) the disposition of each case in which sexual 

9 misconduct by a person acting under color of law 

10 was reported during the previous year. 

11 (c) APPLICATION.—A State seeking a grant under 

12 this section shall submit an application to the Attorney 

13 General at such time, in such manner, and containing 

14 such information as the Attorney General may reasonably 

15 require, including information about the law described in 

16 subsection (a). 

17 (d) GRANT AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant to a 

18 State under this section shall be in an amount that is not 

19 greater than 10 percent of the average of the total amount 

20 of funding of the 3 most recent awards that the State re21 ceived under the following grant programs: 

22 (1) Part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con23 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10441 

24 et seq.) (commonly referred to as the ‘‘STOP Vio25 lence Against Women Formula Grant Program’’). 
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1 (2) Section 41601 of the Violence Against 

2 Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12511) (commonly 

3 referred to as the ‘‘Sexual Assault Services Pro4 gram’’). 

5 (e) GRANT TERM.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 

7 provide an increase in the amount provided to a 

8 State under the grant programs described in sub9 section (d) for a 2-year period. 

10 (2) RENEWAL.—A State that receives a grant 

11 under this section may submit an application for a 

12 renewal of such grant at such time, in such manner, 

13 and containing such information as the Attorney 

14 General may reasonably require. 

15 (3) LIMIT.—A State may not receive a grant 

16 under this section for more than 4 years. 

17 (f) USES OF FUNDS.—A State that receives a grant 

18 under this section shall use— 

19 (1) 25 percent of such funds for any of the per20 missible uses of funds under the grant program de21 scribed in paragraph (1) of subsection (d); and 

22 (2) 75 percent of such funds for any of the per23 missible uses of funds under the grant program de24 scribed in paragraph (2) of subsection (d). 
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1 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this chapter 

3 $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 

4 (h) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 

5 term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several States and the 

6 District of Columbia, Indian Tribes, and the Common7 wealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Vir8 gin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. 

9 SEC. 1304. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

10 (a) REPORT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Not later 

11 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and 

12 each year thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit 

13 to Congress and make publicly available on the Depart14 ment of Justice website a report containing— 

15 (1) the information required to be reported to 

16 the Attorney General under section 3(b); and 

17 (2) information on— 

18 (A) the number of reports made, during 

19 the previous year, to Federal law enforcement 

20 agencies regarding persons engaging in a sexual 

21 act while acting under color of law; and 

22 (B) the disposition of each case in which 

23 sexual misconduct by a person acting under 

24 color of law was reported. 
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1 (b) REPORT BY GAO.—Not later than 1 year after 

2 the date of enactment of this Act, and each year there3 after, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 

4 submit to Congress a report on any violations of section 

5 2243(c) of title 18, United States Code, as amended by 

6 section 2, committed during the 1-year period covered by 

7 the report. 

8 SEC. 1305. DEFINITION. 

9 In this title, the term ‘‘sexual act’’ has the meaning 

10 given the term in section 2246 of title 18, United States 

11 Code. 

12 TITLE XIV—OTHER MATTERS 

13 SEC. 1401. NATIONAL STALKER AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 

14 REDUCTION. 

15 Section 40603 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 

16 Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12402) is amended 

17 by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 

18 through 2026’’. 

19 SEC. 1402. FEDERAL VICTIM ASSISTANTS REAUTHORIZA20 TION. 

21 Section 40114 of the Violence Against Women Act 

22 of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) is amended to read as fol23 lows: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 40114. AUTHORIZATION FOR FEDERAL VICTIM’S CO2 ORDINATORS. 

3 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated for the 

4 United States Attorneys for the purpose of appointing vic5 tim/witness coordinators for the prosecution of sex crimes 

6 and domestic violence crimes where applicable (such as the 

7 District of Columbia), $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

8 2022 through 2026.’’. 

9 SEC. 1403. CHILD ABUSE TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR JUDI10 CIAL PERSONNEL AND PRACTITIONERS RE11 AUTHORIZATION. 

12 Section 224(a) of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (34 

13 U.S.C. 20334(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014 through 

14 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 2026’’. 

15 SEC. 1404. SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT. 

16 Section 40152(c) of the Violent Crime Control and 

17 Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12311(c)) is 

18 amended by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘2022 through 2026’’. 

20 SEC. 1405. COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PRO21 GRAM. 

22 Section 219(a) of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (34 

23 U.S.C. 20324(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014 through 

24 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 2026’’. 
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1 SEC. 1406. SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAM PROGRAM 

2 GRANTS. 

3 Section 304(d) of the DNA Sexual Assault Justice 

4 Act of 2004 (34 U.S.C. 40723(d)) is amended by striking 

5 ‘‘2019 through 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 

6 2026’’. 

7 SEC. 1406A. STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE COORDINATION OF 

8 SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC NURSE EXAM 

9 TRAINING AND PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY. 

10 Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 

11 of this Act, the Attorney General and Secretary of the De12 partment of Health and Human Services shall issue and 

13 disseminate guidance and best practices to improve sexual 

14 assault forensic nurse exam training and program sustain15 ability. Such guidance shall include technical assistance 

16 and best practices with respect to— 

17 (1) aspects of performing the medical forensic 

18 exam, including anogenital photography, other pho19 tographic documentation, photographic documenta20 tion record management, and quality assurance peer 

21 review; 

22 (2) training and certification; 

23 (3) leadership development; 

24 (4) examiner program sustainability and exam25 iner retention; 
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1 (5) education of community stakeholders, in2 cluding law enforcement officials, victim advocates, 

3 and prosecutors; and 

4 (6) use of telehealth for both training exam5 iners and conducting the exams, including the 

6 Project ECHO model and other models. 

7 SEC. 1407. REVIEW ON LINK BETWEEN SUBSTANCE USE 

8 AND VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DAT9 ING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALK10 ING. 

11 Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment 

12 of this Act, the Secretary of the Department of Health 

13 and Human Services shall complete a review and submit 

14 a report to Congress on whether being a victim of domestic 

15 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking in16 creases the likelihood of having a substance use disorder. 

17 SEC. 1408. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP TO STUDY FED18 ERAL EFFORTS TO COLLECT DATA ON SEX19 UAL VIOLENCE. 

20 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

21 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen22 eral shall establish an interagency working group (in this 

23 section referred to as the ‘‘Working Group’’) to study Fed24 eral efforts to collect data on sexual violence and to make 

25 recommendations on the harmonization of such efforts. 
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1 (b) COMPOSITION.—The Working Group shall be 

2 comprised of at least one representative from the following 

3 agencies, who shall be selected by the head of that agency: 

4 (1) The Centers for Disease Control and Pre5 vention. 

6 (2) The Department of Education. 

7 (3) The Department of Health and Human 

8 Services. 

9 (4) The Department of Justice. 

10 (5) The Equal Employment Opportunity Com11 mission. 

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

13 following: 

14 (1) What activity constitutes different acts of 

15 sexual violence. 

16 (2) Whether reports that use the same terms 

17 for acts of sexual violence are collecting the same 

18 data on these acts. 

19 (3) Whether the context which led to an act of 

20 sexual violence should impact how that act is ac21 counted for in reports. 

22 (4) Whether the data collected is presented in 

23 a way that allows the general public to understand 

24 what acts of sexual violence are included in each 

25 measurement. 
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1 (5) Steps that agencies that compile reports re2 lating to sexual violence can take to avoid double 

3 counting incidents of sexual violence. 

4 (d) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 2 years 

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Working 

6 Group shall publish and submit to Congress a report on 

7 the following: 

8 (1) The activities of the Working Group. 

9 (2) Recommendations to harmonize Federal ef10 forts to collect data on sexual violence. 

11 (3) Actions Federal agencies can take to imple12 ment the recommendations described in paragraph 

13 (2). 

14 (4) Recommendations, if any, for congressional 

15 action to implement the recommendations described 

16 in paragraph (2). 

17 (e) TERMINATION.—The Working Group shall termi18 nate 30 days after the date on which the report is sub19 mitted pursuant to subsection (d). 

20 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 (1) HARMONIZE.—The term ‘‘harmonize’’ in22 cludes efforts to coordinate sexual violence data col23 lection to produce complementary information, as 

24 appropriate, without compromising programmatic 

25 needs. 
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1 (2) SEXUAL VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘sexual vio2 lence’’ includes an unwanted sexual act (including 

3 both contact and non-contact) about which the Fed4 eral Government collects information. 

5 SEC. 1409. NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE. 

6 Not later than 3 months after the date of enactment 

7 of this Act, a national domestic violence hotline for which 

8 a grant is provided under section 313 of the Family Vio9 lence Prevention and Services Act shall include the vol10 untary feature of texting via telephone to ensure all meth11 ods of communication are available for victims and those 

12 seeking assistance. 

13 SEC. 1410. DEPUTY ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL ON 

14 CULTURALLY SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES WITH15 IN THE OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS. 

16 There shall be a Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

17 on Culturally Specific Communities within the Office of 

18 Justice Programs who shall, under the guidance and au19 thority of the Assistant Attorney General Office of Justice 

20 Programs— 

21 (1) oversee the administration of grants related 

22 to culturally specific services and contracts with cul23 turally specific organizations; 

24 (2) coordinate development of Federal policy, 

25 protocols, and guidelines on matters relating to do-
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1 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and 

2 stalking, in culturally specific communities; 

3 (3) advise the Assistant Attorney General of the 

4 Office of Justice Programs concerning policies, legis5 lation, implementation of laws, and other issues re6 lating to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

7 assault and stalking in culturally specific commu8 nities; 

9 (4) provide technical assistance, coordination, 

10 and support to other offices and bureaus in the De11 partment of Justice to develop policy and to enforce 

12 Federal laws relating to domestic violence, dating vi13 olence, sexual assault, and stalking in culturally spe14 cific communities; 

15 (5) ensure that appropriate technical assistance, 

16 developed and provided by entities having expertise 

17 in culturally specific is made available to grantees 

18 and potential grantees proposing to serve culturally 

19 specific communities; and 

20 (6) ensure access to grants and technical assist21 ance for culturally specific organizations and analyze 

22 the distribution of funding in order to identify bar23 riers for culturally specific organizations. 
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1 SEC. 1411. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ON WORKPLACE 

2 RESPONSES TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF DOMES3 TIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE ASSISTANCE FOR 

4 MICROBUSINESSES. 

5 Section 41501(b) of the Violent Crime Control and 

6 Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12501(b)) is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting after ‘‘State 

9 and local governments’’ the following: ‘‘, and em10 ployers with fewer than 20 employees’’; and 

11 (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the pe12 riod at the end the following: ‘‘, which materials 

13 shall include a website with resources for employers 

14 with fewer than 20 employees, including live training 

15 materials’’. 

16 SEC. 1412. CIVIL ACTION RELATING TO DISCLOSURE OF IN17 TIMATE IMAGES. 

18 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 (1) CONSENT.—The term ‘‘consent’’ means, 

20 with respect to an individual, an affirmative, con21 scious, and voluntary authorization made by the in22 dividual free from force, fraud, misrepresentation, or 

23 coercion of the depicted individual. 

24 (2) COMMERCIAL PORNOGRAPHIC CONTENT.— 

25 The term ‘‘commercial pornographic content’’ means 

26 any material that is subject to the record keeping re-
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1 quirements under section 2257 of title 18, United 

2 States Code. 

3 (3) DEPICTED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘de4 picted individual’’ means an individual whose body is 

5 disclosed in whole or in part in an intimate image. 

6 (4) DISCLOSE.—The term ‘‘disclose’’ means to 

7 transfer, publish, distribute, or make accessible an 

8 intimate image. 

9 (5) IDENTIFIABLE.—The term ‘‘identifiable’’ 

10 means recognizable by an individual other than the 

11 depicted individual from— 

12 (A) the intimate image itself; or 

13 (B) information or text displayed in con14 nection with the intimate image. 

15 (6) INTIMATE IMAGE.—The term ‘‘intimate 

16 image’’— 

17 (A) means a photograph, film, video re18 cording, or digital recording that shows— 

19 (i) the uncovered genitals, pubic area, 

20 anus, or female nipple of an individual; 

21 (ii) the display or transfer of bodily 

22 sexual fluids on to any part of the body of 

23 an individual; 

24 (iii) an individual engaging in sexually 

25 explicit conduct; or 
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1 (iv) an individual being subjected to 

2 sexually explicit conduct; and 

3 (B) includes any image described in sub4 paragraph (A) captured or recorded while the 

5 depicted individual was in a public place if— 

6 (i) the depicted individual did not vol7 untarily display the content depicted in the 

8 image; or 

9 (ii) the depicted individual did not 

10 consent to the sexual conduct depicted in 

11 the image. 

12 (7) SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT.—The term 

13 ‘‘sexually explicit conduct’’ has the meaning given 

14 the term in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 

15 2256(2) of title 18, United States Code. 

16 (b) CIVIL ACTION.— 

17 (1) RIGHT OF ACTION.—Except as provided in 

18 paragraph (4), a depicted individual, or in the case 

19 of a depicted individual who is a minor, the parent 

20 of the depicted individual, whose intimate image is 

21 disclosed, in or through interstate or foreign com22 merce or using a means of interstate or foreign com23 merce (including the internet), without the consent 

24 of the depicted individual, and such disclosure was 

25 made by a person who acted knowingly without, or 
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1 with reckless disregard for, the consent of the de2 picted individual to such disclosure, may bring a civil 

3 action against that person in an appropriate district 

4 court of the United States for appropriate relief. 

5 (2) CONSENT.—For purposes of an action 

6 under paragraph (1)— 

7 (A) evidence that the depicted individual 

8 provided consent to the capture or recording of 

9 the intimate image shall not, by itself, con10 stitute evidence that the depicted individual 

11 provided consent to the disclosure of the inti12 mate image; and 

13 (B) evidence that the depicted individual 

14 disclosed the image to the person alleged to 

15 have violated paragraph (1) shall not, by itself, 

16 constitute evidence that the depicted individual 

17 provided consent to the further disclosure of the 

18 intimate image. 

19 (3) RELIEF.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—In a civil action filed 

21 under this section— 

22 (i) an individual may recover the ac23 tual damages sustained by the individual 

24 or liquidated damages in the amount of 

25 $150,000, and the cost of the action, in-
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1 cluding reasonable attorney’s fees and 

2 other litigation costs reasonably incurred; 

3 and 

4 (ii) the court may, in addition to any 

5 other relief available at law, order equi6 table relief, including a temporary restrain7 ing order, a preliminary injunction, or a 

8 permanent injunction ordering the defend9 ant to cease display or disclosure of the 

10 image. 

11 (B) PRESERVATION OF ANONYMITY.—In 

12 ordering relief under subparagraph (A), the 

13 court may grant injunctive relief maintaining 

14 the confidentiality of a plaintiff using a pseu15 donym. 

16 (4) EXCEPTIONS.—A depicted individual may 

17 not bring an action for relief under this section re18 lating to— 

19 (A) an intimate image that is commercial 

20 pornographic content unless— 

21 (i) the content was produced by force, 

22 fraud, misrepresentation, or coercion of the 

23 depicted individual; and 

24 (ii) the claim of force, fraud, mis25 representation, or coercion under clause (i) 
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1 is demonstrated through a preponderance 

2 of evidence; 

3 (B) a disclosure made in good faith— 

4 (i) to a law enforcement officer or 

5 agency; 

6 (ii) as part of a legal proceeding; 

7 (iii) as part of medical education, di8 agnosis, or treatment; or 

9 (iv) in the reporting or investigation 

10 of— 

11 (I) unlawful content; or 

12 (II) unsolicited or unwelcome 

13 conduct; 

14 (C) a matter of public concern or public in15 terest; or 

16 (D) a disclosure reasonably intended to as17 sist the depicted individual. 

18 SEC. 1413. CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELATING TO INTIMATE 

19 VISUAL DEPICTIONS. 

20 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

21 ‘‘Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Dis22 tribution Act of 2021’’ or the ‘‘SHIELD Act of 2021’’. 

23 (b) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 88 of title 18, United 

24 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol25 lowing: 
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1 ‘‘§ 1802. Certain activities relating to intimate visual 

2 depictions 

3 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 ‘‘(1) COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE.—The term 

5 ‘communications service’ means— 

6 ‘‘(A) a service provided by a person that is 

7 a common carrier, as that term is defined in 

8 section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 

9 (47 U.S.C. 153), insofar as the person is acting 

10 as a common carrier; 

11 ‘‘(B) an electronic communication service, 

12 as that term is defined in section 2510; 

13 ‘‘(C) an information service, as that term 

14 is defined in section 3 of the Communications 

15 Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153); and 

16 ‘‘(D) an interactive computer service, as 

17 that term is defined in section 230(f) of the 

18 Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 

19 230(f)). 

20 ‘‘(2) INFORMATION CONTENT PROVIDER.—The 

21 term ‘information content provider’ has the meaning 

22 given that term in section 230(f) of the Communica23 tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(f)). 

24 ‘‘(3) INTIMATE VISUAL DEPICTION.—The term 

25 ‘intimate visual depiction’ means any visual depic26 tion (as that term is defined in section 2256(5))— 
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1 ‘‘(A) of an individual who is reasonably 

2 identifiable from the visual depiction itself or 

3 information displayed in connection with the 

4 visual depiction; 

5 ‘‘(B) in which— 

6 ‘‘(i) the individual has obtained 18 

7 years of age and is engaging in sexually 

8 explicit conduct; or 

9 ‘‘(ii) the naked genitals, anus, pubic 

10 area or post-pubescent female nipple of the 

11 individual are visible; 

12 ‘‘(C) in which the content described in sub13 paragraph (B) is not simulated; and 

14 ‘‘(D) in original or modified format. 

15 ‘‘(4) SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT.—The term 

16 ‘sexually explicit conduct’ has the meaning given 

17 that term in section 2256(2)(A). 

18 ‘‘(b) OFFENSE.—Except as provided in subsection 

19 (d), it shall be unlawful to knowingly use any means or 

20 facility of interstate or foreign commerce to distribute an 

21 intimate visual depiction of an individual— 

22 ‘‘(1) with knowledge of or reckless disregard 

23 for— 

24 ‘‘(A) the lack of consent of the individual 

25 to the distribution; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) the reasonable expectation of the in2 dividual that the depiction would remain pri3 vate; and 

4 ‘‘(2) without an objectively reasonable belief 

5 that such distribution touches upon a matter of pub6 lic concern. 

7 ‘‘(c) PENALTY.—Any person who violates subsection 

8 (b) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more 

9 than 2 years, for each individual victim depicted, or both. 

10 ‘‘(d) EXCEPTIONS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) LAW ENFORCEMENT, LAWFUL REPORTING, 

12 AND OTHER LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.—This section— 

13 ‘‘(A) does not prohibit any lawful law en14 forcement, correctional, or intelligence activity; 

15 ‘‘(B) shall not apply in the case of an indi16 vidual acting in good faith to report unlawful 

17 activity or in pursuance of a legal or profes18 sional or other lawful obligation; and 

19 ‘‘(C) shall not apply in the case of a docu20 ment production or filing associated with a legal 

21 proceeding. 

22 ‘‘(2) SERVICE PROVIDERS.—This section shall 

23 not apply to any provider of a communications serv24 ice with regard to content provided by another infor25 mation content provider unless the provider of the 
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1 communications service intentionally solicits, or 

2 knowingly and predominantly distributes, content 

3 that the provider of the communications service ac4 tually knows is in violation of this section. 

5 ‘‘(e) THREATS.—Any person who intentionally 

6 threatens to commit an offense under subsection (b) shall 

7 be punished as provided in subsection (c). 

8 ‘‘(f) VENUE AND EXTRATERRITORIALITY.—A pros9 ecution under this section may be brought in a district 

10 where the defendant or the depicted individual resides or 

11 in a district where the intimate visual depictions are dis12 tributed. There is extraterritorial Federal jurisdiction over 

13 an offense under this section if the defendant or the de14 picted individual is a citizen or permanent resident of the 

15 United States.’’. 

16 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

17 of chapter 88 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 

18 by inserting after the item relating to section 1801 the 

19 following: 

‘‘1802. Certain activities relating to intimate visual depictions.’’. 

20 SEC. 1414. TASK FORCE ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN EDU21 CATION. 

22 (a) TASK FORCE ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN EDU23 CATION.—Not later than September 1, 2022, the Sec24 retary of Education, the Secretary of Health and Human 

25 Services, and the Attorney General shall establish a joint 
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1 interagency task force to be known as the ‘‘Task Force 

2 on Sexual Violence in Education’’ that shall— 

3 (1) provide pertinent information to the Sec4 retary of Education, Attorney General, Congress, 

5 and the public with respect to campus sexual vio6 lence prevention, investigations, and responses, in7 cluding the creation of consistent, public complaint 

8 processes for violations of title IX of the Education 

9 Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) and 

10 section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

11 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)); 

12 (2) provide recommendations to educational in13 stitutions for establishing sexual assault prevention 

14 and response teams; 

15 (3) develop recommendations for educational in16 stitutions on providing survivor resources, including 

17 healthcare, sexual assault kits, sexual assault nurse 

18 examiners, culturally responsive and inclusive stand19 ards of care, trauma-informed services, and access to 

20 confidential advocacy and support services; 

21 (4) develop recommendations in conjunction 

22 with student groups at greater statistical risk of per23 petuating rape culture such as fraternities and ath24 letic departments for best practices for responses 

25 and prevention with respect to sexual violence and 
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1 dating violence for educational institutions, taking 

2 into consideration an institution’s size and resources; 

3 (5) develop recommendations for educational in4 stitutions on sex education, as appropriate, training 

5 for school staff, and various equitable discipline 

6 models; 

7 (6) develop recommendations on culturally re8 sponsive and inclusive approaches to supporting sur9 vivors, which include consideration of race, ethnicity, 

10 national origin, immigrant status, gender identity, 

11 sexual orientation, ability, disability, socio-economic 

12 status, exposure to trauma, and other compounding 

13 factors; 

14 (7) solicit periodic input from a diverse group 

15 of survivors, trauma specialists, advocates from na16 tional, State, and local anti-sexual violence advocacy 

17 organizations, institutions of higher education, and 

18 other public stakeholders; 

19 (8) assess the Department of Education’s abil20 ity under section 902 of the Education Amendments 

21 of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1682) to levy intermediate fines 

22 for noncompliance with title IX of the Education 

23 Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) and 

24 the advisability of additional remedies for such non-
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1 compliance, in addition to the remedies already 

2 available under Federal law; and 

3 (9) create a plan described in subsection (c). 

4 (b) PERSONNEL DETAILS.— 

5 (1) AUTHORITY TO DETAIL.—Notwithstanding 

6 any other provision of law, the head of a component 

7 of any Federal agency that is funded under the Vio8 lence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925 

9 et seq.) may detail an officer or employee of such 

10 component to the Task Force on Sexual Violence in 

11 Education or to the Secretary of Education to assist 

12 the Task Force with the duties described in sub13 section (a), as jointly agreed to by the head of such 

14 component and the Task Force. 

15 (2) BASIS FOR DETAIL.—A personnel detail 

16 made under paragraph (1) may be made— 

17 (A) for a period of not more than 3 years; 

18 and 

19 (B) on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable 

20 basis. 

21 (c) ADDITIONAL PLAN.—Not later than 90 days after 

22 the date on which the Task Force on Sexual Violence in 

23 Education is established under subsection (a), the Task 

24 Force shall submit to Congress recommendations for re25 cruiting, retaining, and training a highly-qualified work-
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1 force employed by the Department of Education to carry 

2 out investigation of complaints alleging a violation of title 

3 IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 

4 1681 et seq.) or section 485(f) of the Higher Education 

5 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)), and enforcement of such 

6 title IX (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) or such section 485(f) 

7 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)), with respect to sexual violence in 

8 education. Such plan shall include— 

9 (1) an assessment to identify current gaps or 

10 challenges carrying out such investigation and en11 forcement, which may include surveying current in12 vestigative workforce to solicit feedback on areas in 

13 need of improvement; 

14 (2) an examination of issues of recruiting, re15 tention, and the professional development of such 

16 workforce, including the possibility of providing re17 tention bonuses or other forms of compensation for 

18 the purpose of ensuring the Department of Edu19 cation has the capacity, in both personnel and skills, 

20 needed to properly perform its mission and provide 

21 adequate oversight of educational institutions; 

22 (3) an assessment of the benefits of outreach 

23 and training with both law enforcement agencies and 

24 educational institutions with respect to such work25 force; 
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1 (4) an examination of best practices for making 

2 educational institutions aware of the most effective 

3 campus sexual violence prevention, investigation, and 

4 response practices and identifying areas where more 

5 research should be conducted; and 

6 (5) strategies for addressing such other matters 

7 as the Secretary of Education considers necessary to 

8 sexual violence prevention, investigation, and re9 sponses. 

10 (d) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Task Force on Sexual 

11 Violence in Education shall report to Congress on an an12 nual basis, and make publicly available, a report of its ac13 tivities and any update of the plan required under sub14 section (c), including the number of complaints received 

15 regarding sexual violence (including violence on the basis 

16 of sexual orientation and gender identity), the number of 

17 open investigations, the number of complaints that contin18 ued to resolution, the number of complaints resolved using 

19 informal resolution, the average time to complete an inves20 tigation, the number of investigations initiated based on 

21 complaints, and the number of investigations initiated by 

22 the Department of Education. 

23 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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1 (1) The term ‘‘educational institution’’ includes 

2 an institution of higher education, an elementary 

3 school, or a secondary school. 

4 (2) The terms ‘‘elementary school’’ and ‘‘sec5 ondary school’’ have the meanings given the terms 

6 in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary 

7 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

8 (3) The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 

9 has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the 

10 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 

11 SEC. 1415. SURVIVORS’ BILL OF RIGHTS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall make 

13 grants to States that have in place a law that provides 

14 to sexual assault survivors the rights, at a minimum, 

15 under section 3772 of title 18, United States Code. 

16 (b) GRANT AMOUNT.—Subject to the availability of 

17 appropriations, a grant to a State under this section shall 

18 be equal to 10 percent of the average of the amount of 

19 funding of the 3 most recent awards that the State re20 ceived under part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con21 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10441 et 

22 seq.) (commonly referred to as the ‘‘STOP Violence 

23 Against Women Formula Grant Program’’). 

24 (c) APPLICATION.—A State seeking a grant under 

25 this section shall submit an application to the Attorney 
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1 General at such time, in such manner, and containing 

2 such information as the Attorney General may reasonably 

3 require, including information about the law described in 

4 subsection (a). 

5 SEC. 1416. REPORT ON SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE TEAMS 

6 AT HOSPITALS. 

7 In order to be eligible for funds made available by 

8 the Department of Justice under this Act or an amend9 ment made by this Act, a State or unit of local government 

10 shall submit to the Attorney General a report, on an an11 nual basis, which contains the following: 

12 (1) The number of hospitals in the jurisdiction 

13 that have sexual assault response teams (or their 

14 equivalent). 

15 (2) The average response time of each such 

16 team in responding to the needs, including the emo17 tional needs, of rape and sexual assault victims in 

18 the emergency room. 

19 TITLE XV—CYBERCRIME 

20 ENFORCEMENT 

21 SEC. 1501. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS FOR EN22 FORCEMENT OF CYBERCRIMES. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap24 propriations, the Attorney General shall award grants 

25 under this section to States and units of local government 
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1 for the prevention, enforcement, and prosecution of 

2 cybercrimes against individuals. 

3 (b) APPLICATION.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—To request a grant under 

5 this section, the chief executive officer of a State or 

6 unit of local government shall submit an application 

7 to the Attorney General within 90 days after the 

8 date on which funds to carry out this section are ap9 propriated for a fiscal year, in such form as the At10 torney General may require. Such application shall 

11 include the following: 

12 (A) A certification that Federal funds 

13 made available under this section will not be 

14 used to supplant State or local funds, but will 

15 be used to increase the amounts of such funds 

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

17 made available for law enforcement activities. 

18 (B) An assurance that, not fewer than 30 

19 days before the application (or any amendment 

20 to the application) was submitted to the Attor21 ney General, the application (or amendment) 

22 was submitted for review to the governing body 

23 of the State or unit of local government (or to 

24 an organization designated by that governing 

25 body). 
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1 (C) An assurance that, before the applica2 tion (or any amendment to the application) was 

3 submitted to the Attorney General— 

4 (i) the application (or amendment) 

5 was made public; and 

6 (ii) an opportunity to comment on the 

7 application (or amendment) was provided 

8 to citizens and to neighborhood or commu9 nity-based organizations, to the extent ap10 plicable law or established procedure 

11 makes such an opportunity available. 

12 (D) An assurance that, for each fiscal year 

13 covered by an application, the applicant shall 

14 maintain and report such data, records, and in15 formation (programmatic and financial) as the 

16 Attorney General may reasonably require. 

17 (E) A certification, made in a form accept18 able to the Attorney General and executed by 

19 the chief executive officer of the applicant (or 

20 by another officer of the applicant, if qualified 

21 under regulations promulgated by the Attorney 

22 General), that— 

23 (i) the programs to be funded by the 

24 grant meet all the requirements of this sec25 tion; 
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1 (ii) all the information contained in 

2 the application is correct; 

3 (iii) there has been appropriate co4 ordination with affected agencies; and 

5 (iv) the applicant will comply with all 

6 provisions of this section and all other ap7 plicable Federal laws. 

8 (F) A certification that the State or in the 

9 case of a unit of local government, the State in 

10 which the unit of local government is located, 

11 has in effect criminal laws which prohibit 

12 cybercrimes against individuals. 

13 (G) A certification that any equipment de14 scribed in subsection (c)(7) purchased using 

15 grant funds awarded under this section will be 

16 used primarily for investigations and forensic 

17 analysis of evidence in matters involving 

18 cybercrimes against individuals. 

19 (c) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec20 tion may only be used for programs that provide— 

21 (1) training for State or local law enforcement 

22 personnel relating to cybercrimes against individuals, 

23 including— 
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1 (A) training such personnel to identify and 

2 protect victims of cybercrimes against individ3 uals; 

4 (B) training such personnel to utilize Fed5 eral, State, local, and other resources to assist 

6 victims of cybercrimes against individuals; 

7 (C) training such personnel to identify and 

8 investigate cybercrimes against individuals; 

9 (D) training such personnel to enforce and 

10 utilize the laws that prohibit cybercrimes 

11 against individuals; 

12 (E) training such personnel to utilize tech13 nology to assist in the investigation of 

14 cybercrimes against individuals and enforce15 ment of laws that prohibit such crimes; and 

16 (F) the payment of overtime incurred as a 

17 result of such training; 

18 (2) training for State or local prosecutors, 

19 judges, and judicial personnel, relating to 

20 cybercrimes against individuals, including— 

21 (A) training such personnel to identify, in22 vestigate, prosecute, or adjudicate cybercrimes 

23 against individuals; 

24 (B) training such personnel to utilize laws 

25 that prohibit cybercrimes against individuals; 
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1 (C) training such personnel to utilize Fed2 eral, State, local, and other resources to assist 

3 victims of cybercrimes against individuals; and 

4 (D) training such personnel to utilize tech5 nology to assist in the prosecution or adjudica6 tion of acts of cybercrimes against individuals, 

7 including the use of technology to protect vic8 tims of such crimes; 

9 (3) training for State or local emergency dis10 patch personnel relating to cybercrimes against indi11 viduals, including— 

12 (A) training such personnel to identify and 

13 protect victims of cybercrimes against individ14 uals; 

15 (B) training such personnel to utilize Fed16 eral, State, local, and other resources to assist 

17 victims of cybercrimes against individuals; 

18 (C) training such personnel to utilize tech19 nology to assist in the identification of and re20 sponse to cybercrimes against individuals; and 

21 (D) the payment of overtime incurred as a 

22 result of such training; 

23 (4) assistance to State or local law enforcement 

24 agencies in enforcing laws that prohibit cybercrimes 

25 against individuals, including expenses incurred in 
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1 performing enforcement operations, such as overtime 

2 payments; 

3 (5) assistance to State or local law enforcement 

4 agencies in educating the public in order to prevent, 

5 deter, and identify violations of laws that prohibit 

6 cybercrimes against individuals; 

7 (6) assistance to State or local law enforcement 

8 agencies to establish task forces that operate solely 

9 to conduct investigations, forensic analyses of evi10 dence, and prosecutions in matters involving 

11 cybercrimes against individuals; 

12 (7) assistance to State or local law enforcement 

13 and prosecutors in acquiring computers, computer 

14 equipment, and other equipment necessary to con15 duct investigations and forensic analysis of evidence 

16 in matters involving cybercrimes against individuals, 

17 including expenses incurred in the training, mainte18 nance, or acquisition of technical updates necessary 

19 for the use of such equipment for the duration of a 

20 reasonable period of use of such equipment; 

21 (8) assistance in the facilitation and promotion 

22 of sharing, with State and local law enforcement of23 ficers and prosecutors, of the expertise and informa24 tion of Federal law enforcement agencies about the 

25 investigation, analysis, and prosecution of matters 
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1 involving laws that prohibit cybercrimes against indi2 viduals, including the use of multijurisdictional task 

3 forces; or 

4 (9) assistance to State and local law enforce5 ment and prosecutors in processing interstate extra6 dition requests for violations of laws involving 

7 cybercrimes against individuals, including expenses 

8 incurred in the extradition of an offender from one 

9 State to another. 

10 (d) REPORT TO THE SECRETARY.—On the date that 

11 is 1 year after the date on which a State or unit of local 

12 government receives a grant under this section, and annu13 ally thereafter, the chief executive of such State or unit 

14 of local government shall submit to the Attorney General 

15 a report which contains— 

16 (1) a summary of the activities carried out dur17 ing the previous year with any grant received by 

18 such State or unit of local government; 

19 (2) an evaluation of the results of such activi20 ties; and 

21 (3) such other information as the Attorney 

22 General may reasonably require. 

23 (e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Novem24 ber 1 of each even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney 

25 General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 
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1 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

2 the Judiciary of the Senate a report that contains a com3 pilation of the information contained in the report sub4 mitted under subsection (d). 

5 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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

7 appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 

8 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 

9 (2) LIMITATION.—Of the amount made avail10 able under paragraph (1) in any fiscal year, not 

11 more than 5 percent may be used for evaluation, 

12 monitoring, technical assistance, salaries, and ad13 ministrative expenses. 

14 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

15 (1) The term ‘‘cybercrimes against individuals’’ 

16 means the criminal offenses applicable in the rel17 evant State or unit of local government that involve 

18 the use of a computer to cause personal harm to an 

19 individual, such as the use of a computer to harass, 

20 threaten, stalk, extort, coerce, cause fear, intimidate, 

21 without consent distribute intimate images of, or vio22 late the privacy of, an individual, except that— 

23 (A) use of a computer need not be an ele24 ment of such an offense; and 
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1 (B) such term does not include the use of 

2 a computer to cause harm to a commercial enti3 ty, government agency, or any non-natural per4 sons. 

5 (2) The term ‘‘computer’’ includes a computer 

6 network and an interactive electronic device. 

7 SEC. 1502. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER GRANT. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap9 propriations, the Attorney General shall award a grant 

10 under this section to an eligible entity for the purpose of 

11 the establishment and maintenance of a National Re12 source Center on Cybercrimes Against Individuals to pro13 vide resource information, training, and technical assist14 ance to improve the capacity of individuals, organizations, 

15 governmental entities, and communities to prevent, en16 force, and prosecute cybercrimes against individuals. 

17 (b) APPLICATION.—To request a grant under this 

18 section, an eligible entity shall submit an application to 

19 the Attorney General not later than 90 days after the date 

20 on which funds to carry out this section are appropriated 

21 for fiscal year 2022 in such form as the Attorney General 

22 may require. Such application shall include the following: 

23 (1) An assurance that, for each fiscal year cov24 ered by an application, the applicant shall maintain 

25 and report such data, records, and information (pro-
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1 grammatic and financial) as the Attorney General 

2 may reasonably require. 

3 (2) A certification, made in a form acceptable 

4 to the Attorney General, that— 

5 (A) the programs funded by the grant 

6 meet all the requirements of this section; 

7 (B) all the information contained in the 

8 application is correct; and 

9 (C) the applicant will comply with all pro10 visions of this section and all other applicable 

11 Federal laws. 

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

13 grant under this section shall use such amounts for the 

14 establishment and maintenance of a National Resource 

15 Center on Cybercrimes Against Individuals, which shall— 

16 (1) offer a comprehensive array of technical as17 sistance and training resources to Federal, State, 

18 and local governmental agencies, community-based 

19 organizations, and other professionals and interested 

20 parties, related to cybercrimes against individuals, 

21 including programs and research related to victims; 

22 (2) maintain a resource library which shall col23 lect, prepare, analyze, and disseminate information 

24 and statistics related to— 
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1 (A) the incidence of cybercrimes against 

2 individuals; 

3 (B) the enforcement, and prosecution of 

4 laws relating to cybercrimes against individuals; 

5 and 

6 (C) the provision of supportive services and 

7 resources for victims of cybercrimes against in8 dividuals; and 

9 (3) conduct research related to— 

10 (A) the causes of cybercrimes against indi11 viduals; 

12 (B) the effect of cybercrimes against indi13 viduals on victims of such crimes; and 

14 (C) model solutions to prevent or deter 

15 cybercrimes against individuals or to enforce 

16 the laws relating to cybercrimes against individ17 uals. 

18 (d) DURATION OF GRANT.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The grant awarded under 

20 this section shall be awarded for a period of 5 years. 

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

22 be renewed for additional 5-year periods if the At23 torney General determines that the funds made 

24 available to the recipient were used in a manner de25 scribed in subsection (c), and if the recipient resub-
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1 mits an application described in subsection (b) in 

2 such form, and at such time as the Attorney General 

3 may reasonably require. 

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

5 under this section may make subgrants to other nonprofit 

6 private organizations with relevant subject matter exper7 tise in order to establish and maintain the National Re8 source Center on Cybercrimes Against Individuals in ac9 cordance with subsection (c). 

10 (f) REPORT TO THE SECRETARY.—On the date that 

11 is 1 year after the date on which an eligible entity receives 

12 a grant under this section, and annually thereafter for the 

13 duration of the grant period, the entity shall submit to 

14 the Attorney General a report which contains— 

15 (1) a summary of the activities carried out 

16 under the grant program during the previous year; 

17 (2) an evaluation of the results of such activi18 ties; and 

19 (3) such other information as the Attorney 

20 General may reasonably require. 

21 (g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Novem22 ber 1 of each even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney 

23 General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 

24 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

25 the Judiciary of the Senate a report that contains a com-
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1 pilation of the information contained in the report sub2 mitted under subsection (d). 

3 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

4 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

5 $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 

6 (i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 (1) CYBERCRIMES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS.—The 

8 term ‘‘cybercrimes against individuals’’ has the 

9 meaning given such term in section 1501(g). 

10 (2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti11 ty’’ means a nonprofit private organization that fo12 cuses on cybercrimes against individuals and that— 

13 (A) provides documentation to the Attor14 ney General demonstrating experience working 

15 directly on issues of cybercrimes against indi16 viduals; and 

17 (B) includes on the entity’s advisory board 

18 representatives who have a documented history 

19 of working directly on issues of cybercrimes 

20 against individuals and who are geographically 

21 and culturally diverse. 

22 SEC. 1503. NATIONAL STRATEGY, CLASSIFICATION, AND RE23 PORTING ON CYBERCRIME. 

24 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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1 (1) COMPUTER.—The term ‘‘computer’’ in2 cludes a computer network and any interactive elec3 tronic device. 

4 (2) CYBERCRIME AGAINST INDIVIDUALS.—The 

5 term ‘‘cybercrime against individuals’’ means a Fed6 eral, State, or local criminal offense that involves the 

7 use of a computer to cause personal harm to an in8 dividual, such as the use of a computer to harass, 

9 threaten, stalk, extort, coerce, cause fear, intimidate, 

10 without consent distribute intimate images of, or vio11 late the privacy of, an individual, except that— 

12 (A) use of a computer need not be an ele13 ment of the offense; and 

14 (B) the term does not include the use of a 

15 computer to cause harm to a commercial entity, 

16 government agency, or non-natural person. 

17 (b) NATIONAL STRATEGY.—The Attorney General 

18 shall develop a national strategy to— 

19 (1) reduce the incidence of cybercrimes against 

20 individuals; 

21 (2) coordinate investigations of cybercrimes 

22 against individuals by Federal law enforcement 

23 agencies; and 

24 (3) increase the number of Federal prosecutions 

25 of cybercrimes against individuals. 
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1 (c) CLASSIFICATION OF CYBERCRIMES AGAINST IN2 DIVIDUALS FOR PURPOSES OF CRIME REPORTS.—In ac3 cordance with the authority of the Attorney General under 

4 section 534 of title 28, United States Code, the Director 

5 of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall— 

6 (1) design and create within the Uniform Crime 

7 Reports a category for offenses that constitute 

8 cybercrimes against individuals; 

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

10 established under paragraph (1), establish subcat11 egories for each type of cybercrime against individ12 uals that is an offense under Federal or State law; 

13 (3) classify the category established under para14 graph (1) as a Part I crime in the Uniform Crime 

15 Reports; and 

16 (4) classify each type of cybercrime against in17 dividuals that is an offense under Federal or State 

18 law as a Group A offense for the purpose of the Na19 tional Incident-Based Reporting System. 

20 (d) ANNUAL SUMMARY.—The Attorney General shall 

21 publish an annual summary of the information reported 

22 in the Uniform Crime Reports and the National Incident23 Based Reporting System relating to cybercrimes against 

24 individuals. 
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1 TITLE XVI—KEEPING CHILDREN 

2 SAFE FROM FAMILY VIOLENCE 

3 SEC. 1601. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Keeping Children Safe 

5 From Family Violence Act’’ or ‘‘Kayden’s Law’’. 

6 SEC. 1602. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Approximately one in 15 children are ex9 posed each year to domestic violence. 

10 (2) Most child abuse is perpetrated in the fam11 ily and by a parent. Intimate partner violence and 

12 child abuse overlap in the same families at rates of 

13 30 to 60 percent. A child’s risk of abuse increases 

14 after a perpetrator of intimate partner violence sepa15 rates from their domestic partner, even when the 

16 perpetrator had not previously directly abused the 

17 child. Children who have witnessed intimate partner 

18 violence are approximately four times more likely to 

19 experience direct child maltreatment than children 

20 who have not witnessed intimate partner violence. 

21 (3) More than 75 percent of child sexual abuse 

22 is perpetrated by a family member or a person 

23 known to the child. U.S. Department of Justice data 

24 shows that family members are almost half (49 per-
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1 cent) of the perpetrators of child sex assault victims 

2 under age 6. 

3 (4) Research suggests a child’s exposure to a 

4 batterer is among the strongest indicators of risk of 

5 incest victimization. One study found female children 

6 whose fathers were batterers of the mother were six7 and-a-half times more likely to experience father8 daughter incest than female children who do not 

9 have an abusive father. 

10 (5) Child abuse is a major public health issue 

11 in the United States. Total lifetime financial costs 

12 associated with just 1 year of confirmed cases of 

13 child maltreatment (including child physical abuse, 

14 sexual abuse, psychological abuse and neglect) re15 sults in $124 billion in annual costs to the U.S. 

16 economy, or approximately one percent of the gross 

17 domestic product. 

18 (6) Empirical research indicates that allegations 

19 of child physical and sexual abuse are regularly dis20 counted by courts when raised in child custody 

21 cases, with fewer than one-fourth of claims that a 

22 father has committed child physical or sexual abuse 

23 believed; and where the allegedly abusive parent 

24 claimed the mother was ‘‘alienating’’ the child, only 

25 1 out of 51 claims of sexual molestation by a father 
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1 were believed. Independent research indicates that 

2 child sexual abuse allegations are credible 50 to 70 

3 percent of the time. 

4 (7) Empirical research shows that alleged or 

5 known abusive parents are often granted custody or 

6 unprotected parenting time by courts. Approximately 

7 one-third of parents alleged to have committed child 

8 abuse took primary custody from the protective par9 ent reporting the abuse, placing children at ongoing 

10 risk. 

11 (8) Researchers have documented nearly 800 

12 children murdered in the United States since 2008 

13 by a divorcing or separating parent. More than 100 

14 of these child murders are known to have occurred 

15 after a court ordered the child into contact with the 

16 dangerous parent over the objection of a safe parent 

17 or caregiver. 

18 (9) Scientifically unsound theories that treat 

19 mothers’ abuse allegations as likely false attempts to 

20 undermine the father are frequently applied in fam21 ily court to minimize or deny parents’ and children’s 

22 reports of abuse. Many experts who testify against 

23 abuse allegations lack expertise in the relevant type 

24 of alleged abuse, relying instead on unsound and 

25 unproven theories. 
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1 (10) Judges presiding over custody cases with 

2 allegations of child abuse, child sexual abuse, and 

3 domestic violence are rarely required to receive 

4 training on these subjects, nor have most States es5 tablished standards for such trainings. 

6 SEC. 1603. PURPOSES. 

7 The purposes of this title are to: 

8 (1) increase the priority given to child safety in 

9 any private State court proceeding affecting chil10 dren’s care and custody, excluding child protective 

11 and social service proceedings; 

12 (2) strengthen courts’ abilities to recognize and 

13 adjudicate domestic violence and child abuse allega14 tions based on valid, admissible evidence, and to 

15 enter orders which protect and minimize the risk of 

16 harm to children as the first priority; and 

17 (3) ensure that professional personnel involved 

18 in cases containing abuse allegations receive trauma19 informed and culturally appropriate training on the 

20 dynamics, signs and impact of domestic violence and 

21 child abuse, including child sexual abuse. 

22 SEC. 1604. DEFINITION OF COVERED FORMULA GRANT. 

23 The term ‘‘covered formula grant’’ means a grant 

24 under part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

25 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10441 et seq.) (com-
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1 monly referred to as the ‘‘STOP Violence Against Women 

2 Formula Grant Program’’). 

3 SEC. 1605. INCREASED FUNDING FOR FORMULA GRANTS 

4 AUTHORIZED. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall in6 crease the amount provided to a State under the covered 

7 formula grants in accordance with this title if— 

8 (1) EVIDENCE.— 

9 (A) EXPERTS.—The State has in place a 

10 law ensuring that, in a custody proceeding 

11 where a parent has been alleged to have com12 mitted domestic violence or child abuse, includ13 ing child sexual abuse, evidence from court-ap14 pointed or outside professionals regarding the 

15 alleged abuse may be admitted only when the 

16 professional possesses demonstrated expertise 

17 and clinical, not solely forensic, experience in 

18 working with victims of domestic violence or 

19 child abuse, including child sexual abuse. 

20 (B) NON-EXPERTS.—The State has in 

21 place a law ensuring that, in a custody pro22 ceeding where a parent has been alleged to have 

23 committed domestic violence or child abuse, in24 cluding child sexual abuse, evidence of past sex25 ual or physical abuse committed by a party, in-
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1 cluding but not limited to any past or current 

2 protection from abuse orders, sexual violence 

3 abuse protection orders, arrests, or convictions, 

4 must be considered in determining the truth of 

5 any allegations of family violence. 

6 (2) EXPERTS.—The State has in place uniform 

7 required standards of domestic violence and child 

8 abuse expertise and experience for all court-ap9 pointed neutral professional opinions related to 

10 abuse, trauma, and the behaviors of victims and per11 petrators, which meet the criteria in paragraph 

12 (1)(A). 

13 (3) REMEDIES FOR A CHILD’S RESISTANCE TO

14 CONTACT WITH A PARENT.—The State has in place 

15 a law ensuring that— 

16 (A) NO REMOVAL OF CARE FROM SAFE

17 PARENT.—No child shall be removed from the 

18 care of a competent protective, non-physically 

19 or sexually abusive parent or litigating party to 

20 whom the child is bonded or attached, nor shall 

21 the child’s contact with such parent be re22 stricted, solely in order to improve a deficient 

23 relationship with the other parent. 

24 (B) REUNIFICATION TREATMENT.—No 

25 ‘‘reunification treatment’’ may be ordered by 
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1 the court without scientifically valid and gen2 erally accepted proof of the safety, effectiveness 

3 and therapeutic value of the particular treat4 ment, nor may any treatment predicated on 

5 cutting off a child from the parent to whom 

6 they are bonded or attached be ordered. 

7 (C) CAUSES OF CHILD RESISTANCE.—Any 

8 order to remediate a child’s contact resistance 

9 must address the resisted parent’s behaviors or 

10 contributions to the child’s resistance first, be11 fore ordering the preferred parent to take steps 

12 to potentially improve the child’s relationship 

13 with the parent they resist. 

14 (4) TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAM.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—The State has in place 

16 an ongoing education and training program for 

17 judges and magistrates who hear custody mat18 ters, and relevant court personnel, including 

19 guardians ad litem, best interest attorneys, 

20 counsel for children, custody evaluators, mas21 ters, and mediators, focusing solely on domestic 

22 violence and child abuse, including— 

23 (i) child sexual abuse; 

24 (ii) physical abuse; 

25 (iii) emotional abuse; 
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1 (iv) coercive control; 

2 (v) implicit and explicit bias; 

3 (vi) trauma; 

4 (vii) long and short-term impacts of 

5 domestic violence and child abuse on chil6 dren; and 

7 (viii) victim and perpetrator behav8 iors. 

9 (B) PROVIDERS.—Training must be pro10 vided by— 

11 (i) professionals with substantial expe12 rience in assisting survivors of domestic vi13 olence or child abuse, such as a victim 

14 service provider; and 

15 (ii) where possible, survivors of do16 mestic violence, or child physical or sexual 

17 abuse. 

18 (C) EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH.— 

19 (i) IN GENERAL.—The education and 

20 training program in subparagraph (A) 

21 shall rely on evidence-based and peer-re22 viewed research by recognized experts in 

23 the types of abuse designated under this 

24 section. 
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1 (ii) EXCLUSION.—The education and 

2 training program shall not include theories, 

3 concepts, and belief systems unsupported 

4 by valid, credible scientific research. 

5 (D) OBJECTIVE OF EDUCATION AND

6 TRAINING PROGRAM.—The education and train7 ing program shall be designed to improve the 

8 ability of courts to recognize and respond to 

9 child physical abuse, child sexual abuse, domes10 tic violence, and trauma on all family victims, 

11 particularly children, and make appropriate 

12 custody decisions that prioritize child safety and 

13 well-being, and shall be culturally sensitive and 

14 appropriate for diverse communities. 

15 (E) TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.—Judges 

16 and all other personnel identified in subpara17 graph (A) must receive at least 60 hours of ini18 tial training on these identified topics, and at 

19 least 20 hours of this ongoing training every 2 

20 years. 

21 (F) CUSTODY EVALUATOR REQUIRE22 MENTS.—Prior to being appointed in a case, a 

23 custody evaluator shall, at a minimum, hold a 

24 Master’s degree in a relevant field and must 
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1 have completed the training requirements of 

2 subparagraph (E). 

3 (4) LEGAL REPRESENTATION.—The State shall 

4 notify parties of the importance of legal representa5 tion and shall direct the parties to appropriate re6 sources. 

7 (b) GRANT INCREASE.—The amount of the increase 

8 provided to a State under the covered formula grant under 

9 this title shall be equal to not more than 10 percent of 

10 the average of the total amount of funding provided to 

11 the State under the covered formula grant under the 3 

12 most recent awards to the State. 

13 SEC. 1606. APPLICATION. 

14 A State seeking a grant under this title shall submit 

15 an application to the Attorney General at such time, in 

16 such manner, and containing such information as the At17 torney General may reasonably require, including informa18 tion regarding the law described in section 1605. 

19 SEC. 1607. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

20 Nothing in this title shall be interpreted to discourage 

21 States from adopting additional provisions to increase safe 

22 outcomes for children; additional protective provisions are 

23 encouraged. 
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1 SEC. 1608. GRANT TERM. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The term of a covered grant shall 

3 be for 1 year. 

4 (b) RENEWAL.—A State that receives a covered grant 

5 may submit an application for a renewal of such grant 

6 at such time, in such manner, and containing such infor7 mation as the Attorney General may reasonably require. 

8 (c) LIMIT.—A State shall not receive a covered grant 

9 for more than 4 years. 

10 SEC. 1609. USES OF FUNDS. 

11 A State that receives an increase under the covered 

12 formula grants under this title shall use the amount of 

13 the increase for subgrants pursuant to section 

14 2007(c)(4)(C) or (D) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con15 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 

16 10446(c)(4)). 

17 SEC. 1610. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

18 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

19 this title $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 

20 2026. 

21 SEC. 1611. SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS’ RIGHTS. 

22 Section 3772(a)(2) of title 18, United States Code, 

23 is amended— 

24 (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

25 and inserting a semicolon; 
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1 (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 

2 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

3 (3) by inserting the following new subpara4 graph: 

5 ‘‘(D) be informed of the status and loca6 tion of a sexual assault evidence collection kit.’’. 

7 SEC. 1612. GRANTS TO STATE AND TRIBAL COURTS TO IM8 PLEMENT PROTECTION ORDER PILOT PRO9 GRAMS. 

10 Part U of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

11 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10461 et seq.) is 

12 amended— 

13 (1) by redesignating sections 2103, 2104, and 

14 2105 as sections 2104, 2105, and 2106, respectively; 

15 and 

16 (2) by inserting after section 2102 the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 2103. GRANTS TO STATE AND TRIBAL COURTS TO IM19 PLEMENT PROTECTION ORDER PILOT PRO20 GRAMS. 

21 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this sec22 tion, the term ‘eligible entity’ means a State or Tribal 

23 court that is part of a multidisciplinary partnership that 

24 includes, to the extent practicable— 
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1 ‘‘(1) State, Tribal, or local law enforcement 

2 agency; 

3 ‘‘(2) a State, Tribal, or local prosecutor advo4 cate group; 

5 ‘‘(3) a victim service provider or State or Tribal 

6 domestic violence coalition; 

7 ‘‘(4) a nonprofit program or government agency 

8 with demonstrated experience in providing legal as9 sistance or legal advice to victims of domestic vio10 lence and sexual assault; 

11 ‘‘(5) the bar association of the applicable State 

12 or Indian Tribe; 

13 ‘‘(6) the State or Tribal association of court 

14 clerks; 

15 ‘‘(7) a State, Tribal, or local association of 

16 criminal defense attorneys; 

17 ‘‘(8) not fewer than 2 individuals with expertise 

18 in the design and management of court case man19 agement systems and systems of integration; 

20 ‘‘(9) not fewer than 2 State or Tribal court 

21 judges with experience in— 

22 ‘‘(A) the field of domestic violence; and 

23 ‘‘(B) issuing protective orders; and 

24 ‘‘(10) a judge assigned to the criminal docket of 

25 the State or Tribal court. 
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1 ‘‘(b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to grants au3 thorized under section 2101, the Attorney General 

4 shall make grants to eligible entities to carry out the 

5 activities described in subsection (c) of this section. 

6 ‘‘(2) NUMBER.—The Attorney General may 

7 award not more than 10 grants under paragraph 

8 (1). 

9 ‘‘(3) AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant award10 ed under paragraph (1) may be not more than 

11 $1,500,000. 

12 ‘‘(c) MANDATORY ACTIVITIES.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that re14 ceives a grant under this section shall use the grant 

15 funds, in consultation with the partners required 

16 under subsection (a), to— 

17 ‘‘(A) develop and implement a program for 

18 properly and legally serving protection orders 

19 through electronic communication methods to— 

20 ‘‘(i) modernize the service process and 

21 make the process more effective and effi22 cient; 

23 ‘‘(ii) provide for improved safety of 

24 victims; and 
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1 ‘‘(iii) make protection orders enforce2 able as quickly as possible; 

3 ‘‘(B) develop best practices relating to the 

4 service of protection orders through electronic 

5 communication methods; 

6 ‘‘(C) ensure that the program developed 

7 under subparagraph (A) complies with due 

8 process requirements and any other procedures 

9 required by law or by a court; and 

10 ‘‘(D) implement any technology necessary 

11 to carry out the program developed under sub12 paragraph (A), such as technology to verify and 

13 track the receipt of a protection order by the 

14 intended party. 

15 ‘‘(2) TIMELINE.—An eligible entity that re16 ceives a grant under this section shall— 

17 ‘‘(A) implement the program required 

18 under paragraph (1)(A) not later than 2 years 

19 after receiving the grant; and 

20 ‘‘(B) carry out the program for not fewer 

21 than 3 years. 

22 ‘‘(d) DIVERSITY OF RECIPIENTS.—The Attorney 

23 General shall award grants under this section to eligible 

24 entities in a variety of areas and situations, including— 
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1 ‘‘(1) a State court that serves a population of 

2 not fewer than 1,000,000 individuals; 

3 ‘‘(2) a State court that— 

4 ‘‘(A) serves a State that is among the 7 

5 States with the lowest population density in the 

6 United States; and 

7 ‘‘(B) has a relatively low rate of successful 

8 service with respect to protection orders, as de9 termined by the Attorney General; 

10 ‘‘(3) a State court that— 

11 ‘‘(A) serves a State that is among the 7 

12 States with the highest population density in 

13 the United States; and 

14 ‘‘(B) has a relatively low rate of successful 

15 service with respect to protection orders, as de16 termined by the Attorney General; 

17 ‘‘(4) a court that uses an integrated, statewide 

18 case management system; 

19 ‘‘(5) a court that uses a standalone case man20 agement system; 

21 ‘‘(6) a Tribal court; and 

22 ‘‘(7) a court that serves a culturally specific 

23 and underserved population. 

24 ‘‘(e) APPLICATION.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity shall sub2 mit an application to the Attorney General that in3 cludes— 

4 ‘‘(A) a description of the process that the 

5 eligible entity uses for service of protection or6 ders at the time of submission of the applica7 tion; 

8 ‘‘(B) to the extent practicable, statistics re9 lating to protection orders during the 3 cal10 endar years preceding the date of submission of 

11 the application, including rates of— 

12 ‘‘(i) successful service; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) enforcement; 

14 ‘‘(C) an initial list of the entities serving as 

15 the partners required under subsection (a); and 

16 ‘‘(D) any other information the Attorney 

17 General may reasonably require. 

18 ‘‘(2) NO OTHER APPLICATION REQUIRED.—An 

19 eligible entity shall not be required to submit an ap20 plication under section 2102 to receive a grant 

21 under this section. 

22 ‘‘(f) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Notwithstanding sec23 tion 40002(b)(11) of the Violence Against Women Act of 

24 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(b)(11)), as applied under section 

25 2106 of this part, not less than 5 percent and not more 
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1 than 8 percent of the total amounts appropriated to carry 

2 out this section shall be available to the Attorney General 

3 for technical assistance relating to the purposes of this 

4 section. 

5 ‘‘(g) REPORT TO ATTORNEY GENERAL.— 

6 ‘‘(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 2 years 

7 after receiving a grant under this section, an eligible 

8 entity shall submit to the Attorney General a report 

9 that details the plan of the entity for implementation 

10 of the program under subsection (c). 

11 ‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 

13 after implementing the program under sub14 section (c), and not later than 2 years there15 after, an eligible entity shall submit to the At16 torney General a report that describes the pro17 gram implemented under subsection (c), includ18 ing with respect to— 

19 ‘‘(i) viability; 

20 ‘‘(ii) cost; 

21 ‘‘(iii) service statistics; 

22 ‘‘(iv) challenges; 

23 ‘‘(v) analysis of the technology used to 

24 fulfill the goals of the program; 
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1 ‘‘(vi) analysis of any legal or due proc2 ess issues resulting from the electronic 

3 service method described in subsection 

4 (c)(1)(A); and 

5 ‘‘(vii) best practices for implementing 

6 such a program in other similarly situated 

7 locations. 

8 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS OF FINAL REPORT.—An 

9 eligible entity shall include in the second report 

10 submitted under subparagraph (A) rec11 ommendations for— 

12 ‘‘(i) future nationwide implementation 

13 of the program implemented by the eligible 

14 entity; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) usage of electronic service, simi16 lar to the service used by the eligible enti17 ty, for other commonly used court orders, 

18 including with respect to viability and cost. 

19 ‘‘(h) NO REGULATIONS OR GUIDELINES RE20 QUIRED.—Notwithstanding section 2105, the Attorney 

21 General shall not be required to publish regulations or 

22 guidelines implementing this section. 

23 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi24 tion to amounts otherwise made available to carry out this 

25 part, there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
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1 this section $10,000,000 for fiscal years 2019 through 

2 2024.’’. 

3 SEC. 1613. ONLINE SURVEY TOOL FOR CAMPUS SAFETY. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education shall, 

5 in consultation with the Attorney General, Director of the 

6 Centers for Disease Control, and the Secretary of the De7 partment of Health and Human Services and experts in 

8 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sexual 

9 harassment, and stalking, develop, design, and make avail10 able through a secure and accessible online portal, a 

11 standardized online survey tool regarding student experi12 ences with domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as13 sault, sexual harassment, and stalking. 

14 (b) DEVELOPMENT OF SURVEY TOOL.—In devel15 oping the survey tool required under subsection (a), the 

16 Secretary of Education shall— 

17 (1) use best practices from peer-reviewed re18 search measuring domestic violence, dating violence, 

19 sexual assault, sexual harassment, and stalking; 

20 (2) consult with the higher education commu21 nity, experts in survey research related to domestic 

22 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sexual har23 assment, and stalking, and organizations engaged in 

24 the prevention of and response to, and advocacy on 

25 behalf of victims of, domestic violence, dating vio-
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1 lence, sexual assault, sexual harassment, and stalk2 ing regarding the development and design of such 

3 survey tool and the methodology for administration 

4 of such survey tool; and 

5 (3) ensure that the survey tool is readily acces6 sible to and usable by individuals with disabilities. 

7 (c) ELEMENTS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The survey tool developed 

9 pursuant to this paragraph shall be fair and unbi10 ased, scientifically valid and reliable, and meet the 

11 highest standards of survey research. 

12 (2) SURVEY QUESTIONS.—Survey questions in13 cluded in the survey tool developed pursuant to this 

14 section shall— 

15 (A) be designed to gather information on 

16 student experiences with domestic violence, dat17 ing violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment, 

18 and stalking, including the experiences of vic19 tims of such incidents; 

20 (B) use trauma-informed language to pre21 vent retraumatization; and 

22 (C) include the following: 

23 (i) Questions that give students the 

24 option to report their demographic infor25 mation. 
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1 (ii) Questions designed to determine 

2 the incidence and prevalence of domestic 

3 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

4 sexual harassment, and stalking. 

5 (iii) Questions regarding whether stu6 dents know about institutional policies and 

7 procedures related to domestic violence, 

8 dating violence, sexual assault, sexual har9 assment, and stalking. 

10 (iv) Questions designed to determine, 

11 if victims reported domestic violence, dat12 ing violence, sexual assault, sexual harass13 ment, or stalking— 

14 (I) to whom the incident was re15 ported and what response the victim 

16 may have received; 

17 (II) whether the victim was in18 formed of, or referred to, national, 

19 State, local, or on-campus resources; 

20 and 

21 (III) whether the entity to whom 

22 the victim reported the incident con23 ducted an investigation and the dura24 tion and final resolution of such an 

25 investigation. 
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1 (v) Questions regarding contextual 

2 factors, such as whether force, incapacita3 tion, or coercion was involved. 

4 (vi) Questions to determine whether 

5 an accused individual was a student at the 

6 institution. 

7 (vii) Questions to determine whether a 

8 victim reported an incident to State, local, 

9 or campus law enforcement. 

10 (viii) Questions to determine why the 

11 victim chose to report or not report an in12 cident to the institution or State, local, or 

13 campus law enforcement. 

14 (ix) Questions to determine the im15 pact of domestic violence, dating violence, 

16 sexual assault, sexual harassment, and 

17 stalking on the victim’s education, includ18 ing diminished grades, dropped classes, 

19 leaves of absence, and negative financial 

20 consequences (such as costs associated 

21 with loss in paid tuition due to leaves of 

22 absence, loss in scholarship awards due to 

23 diminished grades, and cost associated 

24 with counseling, medical services, or hous25 ing changes). 
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1 (x) Questions to determine the impact 

2 and effectiveness of prevention and aware3 ness programs and complaints processes. 

4 (xi) Questions to determine attitudes 

5 toward sexual violence and harassment, in6 cluding the willingness of individuals to in7 tervene as a bystander of sex-based (in8 cluding sexual orientation-based and gen9 der identity-based), race-based, national 

10 origin-based, and disability-based discrimi11 nation, harassment, assault, domestic vio12 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex13 ual harassment, and stalking. 

14 (xii) Other questions, as determined 

15 by the Secretary of Education. 

16 (3) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS.—In addition to 

17 the standardized questions developed by the Sec18 retary of Education under paragraph (2), an institu19 tion may request additional information from stu20 dents that would increase the understanding of the 

21 institution of school climate factors unique to their 

22 campuses. 

23 (4) RESPONSES.—The responses to the survey 

24 questions described in paragraph (2) shall— 

25 (A) be submitted confidentially; 
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1 (B) not be included in crime statistics; and 

2 (C) in the case of such responses being in3 cluded in a report, shall not include personally 

4 identifiable information. 

5 (d) ADMINISTRATION OF SURVEY.— 

6 (1) FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.—The Sec7 retary of Education, in consultation with the Attor8 ney General, Director of the Centers for Disease 

9 Control, and Secretary of the Department of Health 

10 and Human Services, shall develop a mechanism by 

11 which institutions of higher education may, with re12 spect to the survey tool developed pursuant to this 

13 section— 

14 (A) administer such survey tool; and 

15 (B) modify such survey tool to include ad16 ditional elements or requirements, as deter17 mined by the institution. 

18 (2) COSTS.—The Secretary of Education may 

19 not require an institution of higher education to pay 

20 to modify the survey tool in accordance with para21 graph (1)(B). 

22 (3) ACCESSIBILITY.—The Secretary of Edu23 cation shall ensure that the survey tool is adminis24 tered in such a way as to be readily accessible to 

25 and usable by individuals with disabilities. 
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1 (4) INSTITUTIONAL ADMINISTRATION.—Begin2 ning not later than 1 year after the date on which 

3 the Secretary of Education makes available to insti4 tutions the mechanism described in paragraph (1), 

5 and every 2 years thereafter, each institution shall 

6 administer the survey tool developed pursuant to 

7 this section. 

8 (e) COMPLETED SURVEYS.—The Secretary of Edu9 cation shall require each institution participating in any 

10 program under this title to ensure, to the maximum extent 

11 practicable, that an adequate, random, and representative 

12 sample size of students (as determined by the Secretary) 

13 enrolled at the institution complete the survey tool devel14 oped pursuant to this section. 

15 (f) REPORT.—Beginning not later than 2 years after 

16 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Edu17 cation shall prepare a biennial report on the information 

18 gained from the standardized elements of the survey under 

19 this section and publish such report in an accessible for20 mat on the website of the Department and submit such 

21 report to Congress. The report shall include campus-level 

22 data for each school and attributed by name of each cam23 pus in a manner that permits comparisons across schools 

24 and campuses. 
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1 (g) PUBLICATION.—Each institution shall publish, in 

2 a manner that is readily accessible and usable by individ3 uals, including individuals with disabilities— 

4 (1) the campus-level results of the standardized 

5 elements of the survey under this section on the 

6 website of the institution and in the annual security 

7 report required under subsection (f) for the cam8 puses affiliated with the institution; and 

9 (2) the campus-level results of the additional 

10 elements modifying the survey by the institution, if 

11 any, on the website of the institution. 

12 (h) VIOLATION.—Upon a determination pursuant to 

13 section 487(c)(3)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

14 (20 U.S.C. 1094(c)(3)(B)) that an institution of higher 

15 education has violated or failed to carry out any provision 

16 under this section, the Secretary of Education shall im17 pose a civil penalty upon the institution in the same 

18 amount and pursuant to the same procedures as a civil 

19 penalty is imposed under section 487(c)(3)(B) of the 

20 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(c)(3)(B)). 

21 SEC. 1614. STUDY ON CHILD CUSTODY IN DOMESTIC VIO22 LENCE CASES. 

23 The Attorney General, in consultation with the Sec24 retary of Health and Human Services, shall conduct a 

25 study investigating whether victims who raise evidence of 
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1 domestic violence are more likely to lose primary custody 

2 of children to an abusive partner or to the State, includ3 ing— 

4 (1) a review of State laws, regulations, and 

5 practices on how child neglect and custody situations 

6 are handled in domestic violence situations; and 

7 (2) a list of recommendations on how to re8 structure State laws, regulations, and practices to 

9 better protect victims of domestic violence and their 

10 children. 

11 TITLE XVII—PROTECTIONS FOR 

12 CERTAIN IMMIGRANT WOMEN 

13 SEC. 1701. PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PRO14 TECTIONS. 

15 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec16 retary of Homeland Security shall publish an interim final 

17 rule establishing a 6-year pilot program allowing non18 immigrants authorized for employment under section 106 

19 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1105a), 

20 and their children, to apply for lawful temporary status 

21 and travel authorization independent of the principal non22 immigrants to which their current status is or was tied. 

23 Such interim final rule shall be published and take effect 
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1 not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

2 of this Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 17, 

2021. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1620 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 

1994, and for other purposes.