112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4970 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
2 

•HR 4970 EH

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Women Reauthorization Act of 2012’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

5 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. VAWA definitions and grant conditions. 

Sec. 4. Accountability provisions. 

Sec. 5. Effective date. 

TITLE I—ENHANCING JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOLS 

TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 

Sec. 101. STOP grants. 

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

Sec. 103. Legal assistance for victims. 

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

Sec. 105. Court-appointed special advocate program. 

Sec. 106. Outreach and services to underserved populations grant. 

Sec. 107. Culturally specific services grant. 

Sec. 108. Reduction in rape kit backlog. 

Sec. 109. Assistance to victims of sexual assault training programs. 

Sec. 110. Child abuse training programs for judicial personnel and practitioners. 

TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC 

VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING 

Sec. 201. Sexual assault services program. 

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

child abuse enforcement assistance. 

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

grants. 

Sec. 204. Grant for training and services to end violence against women in later 

life. 

TITLE III—SERVICES, PROTECTION, AND JUSTICE FOR YOUNG 

VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE 

Sec. 301. Rape prevention and education grant. 

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

children and youth. 

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

Sec. 304. National Center for Campus Public Safety. 

TITLE IV—VIOLENCE REDUCTION PRACTICES 

Sec. 401. Study conducted by the centers for disease control and prevention. 
3 

•HR 4970 EH

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

TITLE V—STRENGTHENING THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM’S RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL 

ASSAULT, AND STALKING 

Sec. 501. Consolidation of grants to strengthen the health care system’s response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

stalking. 

TITLE VI—SAFE HOMES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 

DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING 

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

sexual assault, and stalking. 

Sec. 602. Transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

Sec. 603. Addressing the housing needs of victims of domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

TITLE VII—ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE 

Sec. 701. National Resource Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims 

of domestic and sexual violence. 

TITLE VIII—IMMIGRATION PROVISIONS 

Sec. 801. Fraud prevention initiatives. 

Sec. 802. Clarification of the requirements applicable to U visas. 

Sec. 803. Protections for a fiance ́e or fiance ́ of a citizen. 

Sec. 804. Regulation of international marriage brokers. 

Sec. 805. GAO report. 

Sec. 806. Temporary Nature of U Visa Status. 

Sec. 807. Annual report on immigration applications made by victims of abuse. 

Sec. 808. Protection for children of VAWA self-petitioners. 

Sec. 809. Public charge. 

Sec. 810. Age-Out Protection for U Visa Applicants. 

Sec. 811. Hardship waivers. 

Sec. 812. Disclosure of Information for National Security Purpose. 

Sec. 813. GAO report on requirements to cooperate with law enforcement officials. 

Sec. 814. Consideration of other evidence. 

TITLE IX—SAFETY FOR INDIAN WOMEN 

Sec. 901. Grants to Indian tribal governments. 

Sec. 902. Grants to Indian tribal coalitions. 

Sec. 903. Consultation. 

Sec. 904. Analysis and research on violence against Indian women. 

Sec. 905. Assistant United States attorney domestic violence tribal liaisons. 

TITLE X—CRIMINAL PROVISIONS 

Sec. 1001. Criminal provisions relating to sexual abuse. 

Sec. 1002. Sexual abuse in custodial settings. 

Sec. 1003. Criminal provision relating to stalking, including cyberstalking. 

Sec. 1004. Amendments to the Federal assault statute. 
4 

•HR 4970 EH

Sec. 1005. Mandatory minimum sentence. 

Sec. 1006. Federal protection orders. 

1 SEC. 3. VAWA DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS. 

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

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

4 13925(a)) is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘to an 

6 unemancipated minor’’ after ‘‘serious harm’’; 

7 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘an organiza8 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘a nonprofit, nongovernmental, 

9 or tribal organization that serves a specific geo10 graphic community’’; 

11 (3) in paragraph (6) by inserting ‘‘or intimate 

12 partner’’ after ‘‘former spouse’’ and after ‘‘as a 

13 spouse’’; 

14 (4) by amending paragraph (16) to read as fol15 lows: 

16 ‘‘(16) LEGAL ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘legal as17 sistance’— 

18 ‘‘(A) includes assistance to adult and youth 

19 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

20 sexual assault, and stalking in— 

21 ‘‘(i) family, tribal, territorial, immi22 gration, employment, administrative agen23 cy, housing matters, campus administrative 
5 

•HR 4970 EH

1 or protection or stay away order pro2 ceedings, and other similar matters; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) criminal justice investigations, 

4 prosecutions and post-trial matters (includ5 ing sentencing, parole, and probation) that 

6 impact the victim’s safety and privacy; and 

7 ‘‘(B) may include services and assistance 

8 to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

9 sexual assault, or stalking who are also victims 

10 of severe forms of trafficking in persons as de11 fined by section 103 of the Trafficking Victims 

12 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102); 

13 except that intake or referral, without other action, 

14 does not constitute legal assistance.’’. 

15 (5) by amending paragraph (18) to read as fol16 lows: 

17 ‘‘(18) PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION

18 OR PERSONAL INFORMATION.—The term ‘personally 

19 identifying information’ or ‘personal information’ 

20 means individually identifying information for or 

21 about an individual, including information likely to 

22 disclose the location of a victim of domestic violence, 

23 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, regard24 less of whether the information is encoded, 
6 

•HR 4970 EH

1 encrypted, hashed, or otherwise protected, includ2 ing— 

3 ‘‘(A) a first and last name; 

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

5 ‘‘(C) contact information (including a post6 al, e-mail or Internet protocol address, or tele7 phone or facsimile number); 

8 ‘‘(D) a social security number, driver li9 cense number, passport number, or student 

10 identification number; and 

11 ‘‘(E) any other information, including date 

12 of birth, racial or ethnic background, or reli13 gious affiliation, that would serve to identify 

14 any individual.’’; 

15 (6) in paragraph (19), by striking ‘‘services’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘assistance’’; 

17 (7) in paragraph (21)— 

18 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

19 after the semicolon; 

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

21 the period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

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

23 ‘‘(C) any federally recognized Indian 

24 tribe.’’; 

25 (8) in paragraph (22)— 
7 

•HR 4970 EH

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

2 and 

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

4 ‘‘250,000’’; 

5 (9) by amending paragraph (23) to read as fol6 lows: 

7 ‘‘(23) SEXUAL ASSAULT.—The term ‘sexual as8 sault’ means any nonconsensual sexual act pro9 scribed by Federal, tribal, or State law, including 

10 when the victim lacks capacity to consent.’’; 

11 (10) by amending paragraph (33) to read as 

12 follows: 

13 ‘‘(33) UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.—The 

14 term ‘underserved populations’ means populations 

15 who face barriers to accessing and using victim serv16 ices, and includes populations underserved because 

17 of geographic location or religion, underserved racial 

18 and ethnic populations, populations underserved be19 cause of special needs (such as language barriers, 

20 disabilities, alienage status, or age), and any other 

21 population determined to be underserved by the At22 torney General or the Secretary of Health and 

23 Human Services, as appropriate.’’; 

24 (11) by amending paragraph (37) to read as 

25 follows: 
8 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(37) YOUTH.—The term ‘youth’ means a per2 son who is 11 to 24 years of age.’’; 

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

4 paragraphs: 

5 ‘‘(38) ALASKA NATIVE VILLAGE.—The term 

6 ‘Alaska Native village’ has the same meaning given 

7 such term in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

8 Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 

9 ‘‘(39) CHILD.—The term ‘child’ means a person 

10 who is under 11 years of age. 

11 ‘‘(40) CULTURALLY SPECIFIC.—The term ‘cul12 turally specific’ (except when used as part of the 

13 term ‘culturally specific services’) means primarily 

14 composed of racial and ethnic minority groups (as 

15 defined in section 1707(g) of the Public Health 

16 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u–6(g))). 

17 ‘‘(41) CULTURALLY SPECIFIC SERVICES.—The 

18 term ‘culturally specific services’ means community19 based services and resources that are culturally rel20 evant and linguistically specific to culturally specific 

21 communities. 

22 ‘‘(42) HOMELESS, HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL, 

23 HOMELESS PERSON.—The terms ‘homeless’, ‘home24 less individual’, and ‘homeless person’— 
9 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(A) mean an individual who lacks a fixed, 

2 regular, and adequate nighttime residence; and 

3 ‘‘(B) includes— 

4 ‘‘(i) an individual who— 

5 ‘‘(I) is sharing the housing of 

6 other persons due to loss of housing, 

7 economic hardship, or a similar rea8 son; 

9 ‘‘(II) is living in a motel, hotel, 

10 trailer park, or campground due to 

11 the lack of alternative adequate ac12 commodations; 

13 ‘‘(III) is living in an emergency 

14 or transitional shelter; 

15 ‘‘(IV) is abandoned in a hospital; 

16 or 

17 ‘‘(V) is awaiting foster care 

18 placement; 

19 ‘‘(ii) an individual who has a primary 

20 nighttime residence that is a public or pri21 vate place not designed for or ordinarily 

22 used as a regular sleeping accommodation 

23 for human beings; or 

24 ‘‘(iii) migratory children (as defined in 

25 section 1309 of the Elementary and Sec-
10 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ondary Education Act of 1965; 20 U.S.C. 

2 6399) who qualify as homeless under this 

3 section because the children are living in 

4 circumstances described in this paragraph. 

5 ‘‘(43) POPULATION SPECIFIC ORGANIZATION.— 

6 The term ‘population specific organization’ means a 

7 nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that pri8 marily serves members of a specific underserved 

9 population and has demonstrated experience and ex10 pertise providing targeted services to members of 

11 that specific underserved population. 

12 ‘‘(44) POPULATION SPECIFIC SERVICES.—The 

13 term ‘population specific services’ means victim serv14 ices that— 

15 ‘‘(A) address the safety, health, economic, 

16 legal, housing, workplace, immigration, con17 fidentiality, or other needs of victims of domes18 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

19 stalking; and 

20 ‘‘(B) are designed primarily for, and are 

21 targeted to, a specific underserved population. 

22 ‘‘(45) RAPE CRISIS CENTER.—The term ‘rape 

23 crisis center’ means— 

24 ‘‘(A) a nonprofit, nongovernmental, or trib25 al organization that provides intervention and 
11 

•HR 4970 EH

1 related assistance, as specified in section 

2 41601(b)(2)(C), to victims of sexual assault 

3 without regard to the age of the victims; or 

4 ‘‘(B) a governmental entity that— 

5 ‘‘(i) is located in a State other than a 

6 Territory; 

7 ‘‘(ii) provides intervention and related 

8 assistance, as specified in section 

9 41601(b)(2)(C), to victims of sexual as10 sault without regard to the age of the vic11 tims; 

12 ‘‘(iii) is not a law enforcement agency 

13 or other entity that is part of the criminal 

14 justice system; and 

15 ‘‘(iv) offers a level of confidentiality to 

16 victims that is comparable to a nonprofit 

17 entity that provides similar victim services. 

18 ‘‘(46) SEX TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘sex traf19 ficking’ means any conduct proscribed by section 

20 1591 of title 18, United States Code, whether or not 

21 the conduct occurs in interstate or foreign commerce 

22 or within the special maritime and territorial juris23 diction of the United States. 

24 ‘‘(47) TRIBAL COALITION.—The term ‘tribal co25 alition’ means an established nonprofit, nongovern-
12 

•HR 4970 EH

1 mental Indian organization, Alaska Native organiza2 tion, or a Native Hawaiian organization that— 

3 ‘‘(A) provides education, support, and tech4 nical assistance to member Indian service pro5 viders in a manner that enables those member 

6 providers to establish and maintain culturally 

7 appropriate services, including shelter and rape 

8 crisis services, designed to assist Indian women 

9 and the dependents of those women who are 

10 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

11 sexual assault, and stalking; and 

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

13 members that are representative of— 

14 ‘‘(i) the member service providers de15 scribed in subparagraph (A); and 

16 ‘‘(ii) the tribal communities in which 

17 the services are being provided. 

18 ‘‘(48) UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The 

19 term ‘unit of local government’ means any city, 

20 county, township, town, borough, parish, village, or 

21 other general purpose political subdivision of a 

22 State. 

23 ‘‘(49) VICTIM SERVICES.—The term ‘victim 

24 services’— 
13 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(A) means services provided to victims of 

2 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as3 sault, or stalking, including telephonic or web4 based hotlines, legal advocacy, economic advo5 cacy, emergency and transitional shelter, ac6 companiment and advocacy through medical, 

7 civil or criminal justice, immigration, and social 

8 support systems, crisis intervention, short-term 

9 individual and group support services, informa10 tion and referrals, culturally specific services, 

11 population specific services, and other related 

12 supportive services; and 

13 ‘‘(B) may include services and assistance 

14 to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

15 sexual assault, or stalking who are also victims 

16 of severe forms of trafficking in persons as de17 fined by section 103 of the Trafficking Victims 

18 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 

19 ‘‘(50) VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDER.—The term 

20 ‘victim service provider’ means a nonprofit, non21 governmental or tribal organization or rape crisis 

22 center, including a State sexual assault coalition or 

23 tribal coalition, that— 

24 ‘‘(A) assists domestic violence, dating vio25 lence, sexual assault, or stalking victims, includ-
14 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ing domestic violence shelters, faith-based orga2 nizations, and other organizations; and 

3 ‘‘(B) has a documented history of effective 

4 work concerning domestic violence, dating vio5 lence, sexual assault, or stalking.’’; and 

6 (13) by striking paragraphs (17), (29), and 

7 (36), and then reordering the remaining paragraphs 

8 of such subsection (including the paragraphs added 

9 by paragraph (12) of this subsection) in alphabetical 

10 order based on the headings of such paragraphs, and 

11 renumbering such paragraphs as so reordered. 

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

13 40002 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 

14 U.S.C. 13925(b)) is amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

16 (A) in subparagraph (B), by amending 

17 clauses (i) and (ii) to read as follows: 

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

19 personally identifying information or indi20 vidual information collected in connection 

21 with services requested, utilized, or denied 

22 through grantees’ and subgrantees’ pro23 grams, regardless of whether the informa24 tion has been encoded, encrypted, hashed, 

25 or otherwise protected; or 
15 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(ii) disclose, reveal, or release indi2 vidual client information without the in3 formed, written, reasonably time-limited 

4 consent of the person (or in the case of an 

5 unemancipated minor, the minor and the 

6 parent or guardian or in the case of legal 

7 incapacity, a court-appointed guardian) 

8 about whom information is sought, wheth9 er for this program or any other Federal, 

10 State, tribal, or territorial grant program, 

11 except that— 

12 ‘‘(I) consent for release may not 

13 be given by the abuser of the minor, 

14 incapacitated person, or the abuser of 

15 the other parent of the minor; and 

16 ‘‘(II) if a minor or a person with 

17 a legally appointed guardian is per18 mitted by law to receive services with19 out the parent’s or guardian’s con20 sent, such minor or person with a 

21 guardian may release information 

22 without additional consent.’’; 

23 (B) by amending subparagraph (D), to 

24 read as follows: 

25 ‘‘(D) INFORMATION SHARING.— 
16 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Grantees and sub2 grantees may share— 

3 ‘‘(I) nonpersonally identifying 

4 data in the aggregate regarding serv5 ices to their clients and nonpersonally 

6 identifying demographic information 

7 in order to comply with Federal, 

8 State, tribal, or territorial reporting, 

9 evaluation, or data collection require10 ments; 

11 ‘‘(II) court-generated information 

12 and law enforcement-generated infor13 mation contained in secure, govern14 mental registries for protection order 

15 enforcement purposes; and 

16 ‘‘(III) law enforcement-generated 

17 and prosecution-generated information 

18 necessary for law enforcement, intel19 ligence, national security, or prosecu20 tion purposes. 

21 ‘‘(ii) LIMITATIONS.—Grantees and 

22 subgrantees may not— 

23 ‘‘(I) require an adult, youth, or 

24 child victim of domestic violence, dat25 ing violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
17 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ing to provide a consent to release his 

2 or her personally identifying informa3 tion as a condition of eligibility for the 

4 services provided by the grantee or 

5 subgrantee; or 

6 ‘‘(II) share any personally identi7 fying information in order to comply 

8 with Federal reporting, evaluation, or 

9 data collection requirements, whether 

10 for this program or any other Federal 

11 grant program.’’; 

12 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 

13 subparagraph (F); 

14 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 

15 the following: 

16 ‘‘(E) STATUTORILY MANDATED REPORTS

17 OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT.—Nothing in this para18 graph prohibits a grantee or subgrantee from 

19 reporting suspected abuse or neglect, as those 

20 terms are defined by law, when specifically 

21 mandated by the State or tribe involved.’’; and 

22 (E) by adding at the end the following new 

23 subparagraph: 

24 ‘‘(G) CONFIDENTIALITY ASSESSMENT AND

25 ASSURANCES.—Grantees and subgrantees shall 
18 

•HR 4970 EH

1 certify their compliance with the confidentiality 

2 and privacy provisions required under this sec3 tion.’’; 

4 (2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(3) APPROVED ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out 

7 the activities under this title, grantees and sub8 grantees may collaborate with and provide informa9 tion to Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial 

10 public officials and agencies to develop and imple11 ment policies, and develop and promote State, local, 

12 or tribal legislation or model codes, designed to re13 duce or eliminate domestic violence, dating violence, 

14 sexual assault, and stalking.’’; 

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

16 the following: 

17 ‘‘Final reports of such evaluations shall be made 

18 publically available on the website of the disbursing 

19 agency.’’; and 

20 (4) by inserting after paragraph (11) the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(12) DELIVERY OF LEGAL ASSISTANCE.—Any 

23 grantee or subgrantee providing legal assistance with 

24 funds awarded under this title shall comply with the 

25 eligibility requirements in section 1201(d) of the Vi-
19 

•HR 4970 EH

1 olence Against Women Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 

2 3796gg–6(d)). 

3 ‘‘(13) CIVIL RIGHTS.— 

4 ‘‘(A) NONDISCRIMINATION.—No person in 

5 any State shall on the basis of actual or per6 ceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, 

7 or disability be denied the assistance of, or ex8 cluded from receiving services from, a grantee 

9 under any program or activity funded in whole 

10 or in part with funds made available under the 

11 Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (title IV 

12 of Public Law 103–322; 108 Stat. 1902), the 

13 Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (division 

14 B of Public Law 106–386; 114 Stat. 1491), the 

15 Violence Against Women and Department of 

16 Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (title IX of 

17 Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3080), the Vio18 lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 

19 2012, or any other program or activity funded 

20 in whole or in part with funds appropriated for 

21 grants, cooperative agreements, and other as22 sistance administered by the Office on Violence 

23 Against Women. 

24 ‘‘(B) REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION.— 

25 Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent consid-
20 

•HR 4970 EH

1 eration of an individual’s gender for purposes of 

2 a program or activity described in subpara3 graph (A) if the grantee involved determines 

4 that gender segregation or gender-specific pro5 gramming is necessary to the essential oper6 ation of such program or activity. In such a 

7 case, alternative reasonable accommodations are 

8 sufficient to meet the requirements of this para9 graph. 

10 ‘‘(C) APPLICATION.—The provisions of 

11 paragraphs (2) through (4) of section 809(c) of 

12 title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

13 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3789d(c)) shall 

14 apply to violations of subparagraph (A). 

15 ‘‘(D) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 

16 in this paragraph shall be construed, inter17 preted, or applied to supplant, displace, pre18 empt, or otherwise diminish the responsibilities 

19 and liabilities of grantees under other Federal 

20 or State civil rights law, whether statutory or 

21 common.’’. 

22 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 41403(6) 

23 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (14043e– 

24 2(6)) is amended to read as follows: 
21 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(6) the terms ‘homeless’, ‘homeless individual’, 

2 and ‘homeless person’ have the meanings given such 

3 terms in section 40002(a);’’. 

4 SEC. 4. ACCOUNTABILITY PROVISIONS. 

5 (a) REQUIREMENT FOR DOJ GRANT APPLICANTS TO

6 INCLUDE CERTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT FEDERAL

7 GRANTS IN DOJ GRANT APPLICATIONS.—Each applicant 

8 for a grant from the Department of Justice shall submit, 

9 as part of the application for the grant, the following in10 formation: 

11 (1) A list of each Federal grant the applicant 

12 applied for during the one-year period preceding the 

13 date of submission of the application. 

14 (2) A list of each Federal grant the applicant 

15 received during the five-year period preceding the 

16 date of submission of the application. 

17 (b) ENHANCING GRANT EFFICIENCY AND COORDINA18 TION.— 

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

20 consultation with the Secretary of Health and 

21 Human Services, shall, to the greatest extent prac22 ticable, take actions to further the coordination of 

23 the administration of grants within the Department 

24 of Justice to increase the efficiency of such adminis25 tration. 
22 

•HR 4970 EH

1 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

2 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney 

3 General shall submit to the Committee on the Judi4 ciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

5 Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the 

6 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep7 resentatives a report on the actions taken by the At8 torney General under paragraph (1) and the 

9 progress of such actions in achieving coordination 

10 described in such paragraph. 

11 (c) REQUIRING OFFICE OF AUDIT, ASSESSMENT, 

12 AND MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS TO APPLY TO VAWA 

13 GRANTS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 109(b) of the Omni15 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is 

16 amended— 

17 (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

18 paragraph (4); and 

19 (B) by inserting after paragraph (2), the 

20 following new paragraph: 

21 ‘‘(3) Any program or activity funded in whole 

22 or in part with funds made available under the Vio23 lence Against Women Act of 1994 (title IV of Public 

24 Law 103–322; 108 Stat. 1902), the Violence 

25 Against Women Act of 2000 (division B of Public 
23 

•HR 4970 EH

1 Law 106–386; 114 Stat. 1491), the Violence 

2 Against Women and Department of Justice Reau3 thorization Act of 2005 (title IX of Public Law 109– 

4 162; 119 Stat. 3080), the Violence Against Women 

5 Reauthorization Act of 2012, or any other program 

6 or activity funded in whole or in part with funds ap7 propriated for grants, cooperative agreements, and 

8 other assistance administered by the Office on Vio9 lence Against Women.’’. 

10 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

11 by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to grant 

12 periods beginning on or after the date of the enact13 ment of this Act. 

14 (d) VAWA GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY.—Section 

15 40002 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 

16 U.S.C. 13925) is further amended by adding at the end 

17 the following: 

18 ‘‘(c) ACCOUNTABILITY.—All grants awarded under 

19 this title shall be subject to the following accountability 

20 provisions: 

21 ‘‘(1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.—Beginning in fis22 cal year 2013, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the 

23 Inspector General of the Department of Justice or 

24 the Inspector General of the Department of Health 

25 and Human Services, as applicable, shall conduct an 
24 

•HR 4970 EH

1 audit of not fewer than 10 percent of all grantees 

2 under this title to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse 

3 of funds by such grantees. 

4 ‘‘(2) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A grantee de5 scribed in paragraph (1) that is found by the Inspec6 tor General of the Department of Justice or the In7 spector General of the Department of Health and 

8 Human Services, as applicable, to have an unre9 solved audit finding (as defined in paragraph (5)) 

10 shall not be eligible to receive grant funds under this 

11 title during the 2 fiscal years beginning after the 12- 

12 month period described in such paragraph. 

13 ‘‘(3) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is award14 ed grant funds under this title during any period in 

15 which the entity is prohibited from receiving funds 

16 under paragraph (2), the head of the Federal agency 

17 administering a grant program under this title 

18 shall— 

19 ‘‘(A) deposit into the General Fund of the 

20 Treasury an amount equal to the grant funds 

21 that were improperly awarded to the grantee; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(B) seek to recoup the costs of the repay24 ment to the Fund from the entity that was er25 roneously awarded such grant funds. 
25 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(4) UNRESOLVED AUDIT FINDING DEFINED.— 

2 In this subsection, the term ‘unresolved audit find3 ing’ means, with respect to a grantee described in 

4 paragraph (1), an audit report finding, statement, or 

5 recommendation by the Inspector General of the De6 partment of Justice or the Inspector General of the 

7 Department of Health and Human Service, as appli8 cable, that the grantee has utilized grant funds for 

9 an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallow10 able cost that is not closed or resolved within 12 

11 months from the date of an initial notification of the 

12 finding, statement, or recommendation. 

13 ‘‘(5) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIRE14 MENTS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 

16 paragraph, the term ‘nonprofit organization’ 

17 means an organization that is described in sec18 tion 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

19 1986 and is exempt from taxation under section 

20 501(a) of such Code. 

21 ‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney Gen22 eral shall not award a grant under any grant 

23 program under this title to a nonprofit organi24 zation that holds money in offshore accounts 

25 for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax de-
26 

•HR 4970 EH

1 scribed in section 511(a) of the Internal Rev2 enue Code of 1986. 

3 ‘‘(6) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Unless oth4 erwise explicitly provided in authorizing legislation, 

5 not more than 5.0 percent of the amounts author6 ized to be appropriated under this title may be used 

7 by the Attorney General for salaries and administra8 tive expenses of the Office on Violence Against 

9 Women. 

10 ‘‘(7) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

11 ‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—No amounts author12 ized to be appropriated to the Department of 

13 Justice or Department of Health and Human 

14 Services under this title may be used by the At15 torney General, the Secretary of Health and 

16 Human Services, or by any individual or orga17 nization awarded funds under this title, to host 

18 or support any expenditure for conferences, un19 less in the case of the Department of Justice, 

20 the Deputy Attorney General or the appropriate 

21 Assistant Attorney General, or in the case of 

22 the Department of Health and Human Services 

23 the Deputy Secretary, provides prior written 

24 authorization that the funds may be expended 
27 

•HR 4970 EH

1 to host or support any expenditure for such a 

2 conference. 

3 ‘‘(B) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written au4 thorization under subparagraph (A) shall in5 clude a written estimate of all costs associated 

6 with the conference, including the cost of all 

7 food and beverages, audio/visual equipment, 

8 honoraria for speakers, and any entertainment. 

9 ‘‘(C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney Gen10 eral and Deputy Secretary of Health and 

11 Human Services shall submit an annual report 

12 to the Committee on the Judiciary and the 

13 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

14 Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on 

15 the Judiciary and the Committee on Energy 

16 and Commerce of the House of Representatives 

17 on all conference expenditures approved and de18 nied during the fiscal year for which the report 

19 is submitted. 

20 ‘‘(8) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITY.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts authorized 

22 to be appropriated under this title may not be 

23 utilized by any grantee or subgrantee to lobby 

24 any representative of the Federal Government 

25 (including the Department of Justice) or a 
28 

•HR 4970 EH

1 State, local, or tribal government regarding the 

2 award of grant funding. 

3 ‘‘(B) PENALTY.—If the Attorney General 

4 or the Secretary of Health and Human Serv5 ices, as applicable, determines that any grantee 

6 or subgrantee receiving funds under this title 

7 has violated subparagraph (A), the Attorney 

8 General or the Secretary of Health and Human 

9 Services, as applicable, shall— 

10 ‘‘(i) require the grantee or subgrantee 

11 to repay such funds in full; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) prohibit the grantee or sub13 grantee from receiving any funds under 

14 this title for not less than 5 years. 

15 ‘‘(9) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in 

16 the first fiscal year beginning after the date of the 

17 enactment of the Violence Against Women Reau18 thorization Act of 2012, the Assistant Attorney Gen19 eral for the Office of Justice Programs, the Director 

20 of the Office on Violence Against Women, and the 

21 Deputy Secretary for Health and Human Services 

22 shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and 

23 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and 

24 the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee 
29 

•HR 4970 EH

1 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a 

2 certification for such year that— 

3 ‘‘(A) all audits issued by the Office of the 

4 Inspector General under paragraph (1) have 

5 been completed and reviewed by the Assistant 

6 Attorney General for the Office of Justice Pro7 grams; 

8 ‘‘(B) all mandatory exclusions required 

9 under paragraph (2) have been issued; 

10 ‘‘(C) all reimbursements required under 

11 paragraph (3) have been made; and 

12 ‘‘(D) includes a list of any grantees and 

13 subgrantees excluded during the previous year 

14 under paragraph (2).’’. 

15 (e) TRAINING AND RESOURCES FOR VAWA GRANT16 EES.—Section 40002 of the Violence Against Women Act 

17 of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925) is further amended— 

18 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AND GRANT

19 PROVISIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘, GRANT PROVI20 SIONS, AND TRAINING AND RESOURCES FOR

21 VAWA GRANTEES’’; and 

22 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub23 section: 

24 ‘‘(d) TRAINING AND RESOURCES FOR VAWA GRANT25 EES.— 
30 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General and 

2 Secretary of Health and Human Services, as appli3 cable, shall— 

4 ‘‘(A) develop standards, protocols, and 

5 sample tools and forms to provide guidance to 

6 grantees and subgrantees under any program or 

7 activity described in paragraph (2) regarding fi8 nancial record-keeping and accounting practices 

9 required of such grantees and subgrantees as 

10 recipients of funds from the disbursing agency; 

11 ‘‘(B) provide training to such grantees and 

12 subgrantees regarding such standards, proto13 cols, and sample tools and forms; and 

14 ‘‘(C) publish on the public Internet website 

15 of the Office of Violence Against Women infor16 mation to assist such grantees and subgrantees 

17 with compliance with such standards, protocols, 

18 and sample tools and forms. 

19 ‘‘(2) VAWA PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.—For 

20 purposes of paragraph (1), a program or activity de21 scribed in this paragraph is any program or activity 

22 funded in whole or in part with funds made available 

23 under this title, the Violence Against Women Act of 

24 2000 (division B of Public Law 106–386; 114 Stat. 

25 1491), the Violence Against Women and Depart-
31 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (title 

2 IX of Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3080), the Vi3 olence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012, 

4 or any other program or activity funded in whole or 

5 in part with funds appropriated for grants, coopera6 tive agreements, and other assistance administered 

7 by the Office on Violence Against Women.’’. 

8 SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

9 Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, 

10 the provisions of titles I, II, III, IV, VII, and sections 3, 

11 602, 901, and 902 of this Act shall not take effect until 

12 the first day of the fiscal year following the date of enact13 ment of this Act. 

14 TITLE I—ENHANCING JUDICIAL 

15 AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 

16 TOOLS TO COMBAT VIOLENCE 

17 AGAINST WOMEN 

18 SEC. 101. STOP GRANTS. 

19 (a) STOP GRANTS.—Part T of title I of the Omnibus 

20 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 

21 3711 et seq.) is amended— 

22 (1) in section 2001(b) (42 U.S.C. 3796gg(b)), 

23 as amended by paragraph (2)— 

24 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph 

25 (1)— 
32 

•HR 4970 EH

1 (i) by striking ‘‘equipment’’ and in2 serting ‘‘resources’’; and 

3 (ii) by inserting ‘‘for the protection 

4 and safety of victims,’’ before ‘‘and specifi5 cally,’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sexual 

7 assault’’ and all that follows through ‘‘dating 

8 violence’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic violence, dat9 ing violence, sexual assault, and stalking’’; 

10 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sexual 

11 assault and domestic violence’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as13 sault, and stalking’’; 

14 (D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘sexual 

15 assault and domestic violence’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as17 sault, and stalking, as well as the appropriate 

18 treatment of victims’’; 

19 (E) in paragraph (4)— 

20 (i) by inserting ‘‘, classifying,’’ after 

21 ‘‘identifying’’; and 

22 (ii) by striking ‘‘sexual assault and 

23 domestic violence’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic 

24 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

25 and stalking’’; 
33 

•HR 4970 EH

1 (F) in paragraph (5)— 

2 (i) by inserting ‘‘and legal assistance’’ 

3 after ‘‘victim services’’; 

4 (ii) by striking ‘‘sexual assault and 

5 domestic violence’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic 

6 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

7 and stalking’’; and 

8 (iii) by striking ‘‘including crimes’’ 

9 and all that follows and inserting ‘‘includ10 ing crimes of domestic violence, dating vio11 lence, sexual assault, and stalking;’’; 

12 (G) by striking paragraph (6) and redesig13 nating paragraphs (7) through (14) as para14 graphs (6) through (13), respectively; 

15 (H) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated 

16 by subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘sexual as17 sault and domestic violence’’ and inserting ‘‘do18 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

19 and stalking’’; 

20 (I) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated by 

21 subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘and dating vio22 lence’’ and inserting ‘‘dating violence, and 

23 stalking’’; 

24 (J) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated by 

25 subparagraph (G)— 
34 

•HR 4970 EH

1 (i) by striking ‘‘domestic violence or 

2 sexual assault’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic vi3 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

4 stalking’’; and 

5 (ii) by striking ‘‘such violence or as6 sault’’ and inserting ‘‘such violence, as7 sault, or stalking’’; 

8 (K) in paragraph (12), as so redesignated 

9 by subparagraph (G)— 

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

11 ‘‘triage protocols to ensure that dangerous 

12 or potentially lethal cases are identified 

13 and prioritized’’ and inserting ‘‘the use of 

14 evidence-based indicators to assess the risk 

15 of domestic and dating violence homicide 

16 and prioritize dangerous or potentially le17 thal cases’’; and 

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

19 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

20 (L) in paragraph (13), as so redesignated 

21 by subparagraph (G)— 

22 (i) in the matter preceding subpara23 graph (A)— 

24 (I) by striking ‘‘to provide’’ and 

25 inserting ‘‘providing’’; 
35 

•HR 4970 EH

1 (II) by striking ‘‘nonprofit non2 governmental’’; and 

3 (III) by striking the comma after 

4 ‘‘local governments’’; 

5 (ii) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semi6 colon in subparagraph (B); and 

7 (iii) by striking the period at the end 

8 of subparagraph (C) and inserting a semi9 colon; 

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

11 so redesignated by subparagraph (G), the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(14) developing and promoting State, local, or 

14 tribal legislation and policies that enhance best prac15 tices for responding to domestic violence, dating vio16 lence, sexual assault, and stalking; 

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

18 Sexual Assault Response Teams, or other similar co19 ordinated community responses to sexual assault; 

20 ‘‘(16) developing and strengthening policies, 

21 protocols, best practices, and training for law en22 forcement agencies and prosecutors relating to the 

23 investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases 

24 and the appropriate treatment of victims; 
36 

•HR 4970 EH

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

2 programs addressing sexual assault against men, 

3 women, and youth in correctional and detention set4 tings; 

5 ‘‘(18) identifying and conducting inventories of 

6 backlogs of sexual assault evidence collection kits 

7 and developing protocols and policies for responding 

8 to and addressing such backlogs, including protocols 

9 and policies for notifying and involving victims; and 

10 ‘‘(19) with not more than 5 percent of the total 

11 amount allocated to a State for this part, developing, 

12 enhancing, or strengthening prevention and edu13 cational programming to address domestic violence, 

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

15 (N) in the flush text at the end, by strik16 ing ‘‘paragraph (14)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

17 (13)’’; 

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

19 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘non20 profit nongovernmental victim services pro21 grams’’ and inserting ‘‘victim service pro22 viders’’; 

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

24 including populations of Indian tribes)’’; 

25 (C) in subsection (c)— 
37 

•HR 4970 EH

1 (i) by amending paragraph (2) to read 

2 as follows: 

3 ‘‘(2) grantees and subgrantees shall develop a 

4 plan for implementation and may consult and co5 ordinate with— 

6 ‘‘(A) the State sexual assault coalition; 

7 ‘‘(B) the State domestic violence coalition; 

8 ‘‘(C) the law enforcement entities within 

9 the State; 

10 ‘‘(D) prosecution offices; 

11 ‘‘(E) State and local courts; 

12 ‘‘(F) tribal governments or tribal coalitions 

13 in those States with State or federally recog14 nized Indian tribes; 

15 ‘‘(G) representatives from underserved 

16 populations; 

17 ‘‘(H) victim service providers; 

18 ‘‘(I) population specific organizations; and 

19 ‘‘(J) other entities that the State or the 

20 Attorney General identifies as necessary for the 

21 planning process;’’; 

22 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 

23 and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respec24 tively; 
38 

•HR 4970 EH

1 (iii) by inserting after paragraph (2) 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(3) grantees shall coordinate the State imple4 mentation plan described in paragraph (2) with the 

5 State plans described in section 307 of the Family 

6 Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 

7 10407) and the plans described in the Victims of 

8 Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601 et seq.) and 

9 section 393A of the Public Health Service Act (42 

10 U.S.C. 280b–1b); and’’; and 

11 (iv) in paragraph (4), as so redesig12 nated by clause (ii)— 

13 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik14 ing ‘‘and not less than 25 percent 

15 shall be allocated for prosecutors’’; 

16 (II) by redesignating subpara17 graphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs 

18 (D) and (E); 

19 (III) by inserting after subpara20 graph (A), the following: 

21 ‘‘(B) not less than 25 percent shall be allo22 cated for prosecutors; 

23 ‘‘(C) for each fiscal year beginning on or 

24 after the date that is 2 years after the date of 

25 enactment of the Violence Against Women Re-
39 

•HR 4970 EH

1 authorization Act of 2012, not less than 20 per2 cent shall be allocated for programs or projects 

3 that meaningfully address sexual assault, in4 cluding stranger rape, acquaintance rape, alco5 hol or drug-facilitated rape, and rape within the 

6 context of an intimate partner relationship;’’; 

7 and 

8 (IV) in subparagraph (E), as so 

9 redesignated by subclause (II), by 

10 striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe11 riod; 

12 (D) by amending subsection (d) to read as 

13 follows: 

14 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—An application 

15 for a grant under this part shall include— 

16 ‘‘(1) the certifications of qualification required 

17 under subsection (c); 

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

19 for the payment of forensic medical exams and judi20 cial notification, described in section 2010; 

21 ‘‘(3) proof of compliance with the requirements 

22 for paying fees and costs relating to domestic vio23 lence and protection order cases described in section 

24 2011; 
40 

•HR 4970 EH

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

2 prohibiting polygraph examinations of victims of sex3 ual assault described in section 2013; 

4 ‘‘(5) an implementation plan required under 

5 subsection (i); and 

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

7 General may require.’’; 

8 (E) in subsection (e)— 

9 (i) in paragraph (2)— 

10 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik11 ing ‘‘domestic violence and sexual as12 sault’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic vio13 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

14 and stalking’’; and 

15 (II) in subparagraph (D), by 

16 striking ‘‘linguistically and’’; and 

17 (ii) by adding at the end the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(3) CONDITIONS.—In disbursing grants under 

20 this part, the Attorney General may impose reason21 able conditions on grant awards disbursed after the 

22 date of enactment of the Violence Against Women 

23 Reauthorization Act of 2012 to ensure that the 

24 States meet statutory, regulatory, and other pro25 grams requirements.’’; 
41 

•HR 4970 EH

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

2 at the end and inserting ‘‘, except that, for pur3 poses of this subsection, the costs of the 

4 projects for victim services or tribes for which 

5 there is an exemption under section 

6 40002(b)(1) of the Violence Against Women 

7 Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925(b)(1)) shall not 

8 count toward the total costs of the projects.’’; 

9 and 

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

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

12 a grant under this part shall— 

13 ‘‘(1) develop an implementation plan in con14 sultation with representatives of the entities listed in 

15 subsection (c)(2), that identifies how the State will 

16 use the funds awarded under this part; and 

17 ‘‘(2) submit to the Attorney General as part of 

18 the application submitted in accordance with sub19 section (d)— 

20 ‘‘(A) the implementation plan developed 

21 under paragraph (1); 

22 ‘‘(B) documentation from each member of 

23 the planning committee with respect to the 

24 member’s participation in the planning process; 
42 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(C) documentation from the prosecution, 

2 law enforcement, court, and victim services pro3 grams to be assisted, describing— 

4 ‘‘(i) the need for the grant funds; 

5 ‘‘(ii) the intended use of the grant 

6 funds; 

7 ‘‘(iii) the expected result of the grant 

8 funds; and 

9 ‘‘(iv) the demographic characteristics 

10 of the populations to be served, including 

11 age, disability, race, ethnicity, and lan12 guage background; 

13 ‘‘(D) a description of how the State will 

14 ensure that any subgrantees will consult with 

15 victim service providers during the course of de16 veloping their grant applications to ensure that 

17 the proposed activities are designed to promote 

18 the safety, confidentiality, and economic inde19 pendence of victims; 

20 ‘‘(E) demographic data on the distribution 

21 of underserved populations within the State and 

22 a description of how the State will meet the 

23 needs of underserved populations, including the 

24 minimum allocation for population specific serv25 ices required under subsection (c)(4)(C); 
43 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(F) a description of how the State plans 

2 to meet the requirements pursuant to regula3 tions issued under subsection (e)(2); 

4 ‘‘(G) goals and objectives for reducing do5 mestic and dating violence-related homicides 

6 within the State; and 

7 ‘‘(H) any other information requested by 

8 the Attorney General. 

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

10 any returned or remaining funds for any authorized pur11 pose under this part if— 

12 ‘‘(1) funds from a subgrant awarded under this 

13 part are returned to the State; or 

14 ‘‘(2) the State does not receive sufficient eligi15 ble applications to award the full funding within the 

16 allocations under subsection (c)(4).’’; 

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

18 (A) in subsection (a), by amending para19 graph (1) to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State, Indian tribal gov21 ernment, or unit of local government shall not be en22 titled to funds under this subchapter unless the 

23 State, Indian tribal government, unit of local govern24 ment, or another governmental entity— 
44 

•HR 4970 EH

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

2 forensic medical exams described in subsection 

3 (b) for victims of sexual assault; and 

4 ‘‘(B) coordinates with health care providers 

5 in the region to notify victims of sexual assault 

6 of the availability of rape exams at no cost to 

7 the victims.’’; 

8 (B) in subsection (b)— 

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

10 after the semicolon; 

11 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; 

12 or’’ and inserting a period; and 

13 (iii) by striking paragraph (3); 

14 (C) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘, except 

15 that such funds’’ and all that follows and in16 serting a period; and 

17 (D) by amending subsection (d) to read as 

18 follows: 

19 ‘‘(d) NONCOOPERATION.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be in compliance with 

21 this section, a State, Indian tribal government, or 

22 unit of local government shall comply with sub23 section (b) without regard to whether the victim par24 ticipates in the criminal justice system or cooperates 

25 with law enforcement. 
45 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(2) COMPLIANCE PERIOD.—States, territories, 

2 and Indian tribal governments shall have 3 years 

3 from the date of enactment of the Violence Against 

4 Women Reauthorization Act of 2012 to come into 

5 compliance with this subsection.’’; and 

6 (4) in section 2011(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 3796gg– 

7 5(a)(1))— 

8 (A) by inserting ‘‘modification, enforce9 ment, dismissal,’’ after ‘‘registration,’’ each 

10 place it appears; and 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘domestic violence, stalk12 ing, or sexual assault’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic 

13 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

14 stalking’’. 

15 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

16 1001(a)(18) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

17 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(18)), is 

18 amended by striking ‘‘$225,000,000 for each of fiscal 

19 years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘$222,000,000 

20 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017’’. 

21 SEC. 102. GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE ARREST POLICIES AND 

22 ENFORCEMENT OF PROTECTION ORDERS. 

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

24 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 

25 3796hh et seq.) is amended— 
46 

•HR 4970 EH

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

2 (A) in subsection (b)— 

3 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

4 (1), by striking ‘‘States,’’ and all that fol5 lows through ‘‘units of local government’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘grantees’’; 

7 (ii) in paragraph (1), by inserting 

8 ‘‘and enforcement of protection orders 

9 across State and tribal lines’’ before the 

10 period; 

11 (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking 

12 ‘‘and training in police departments to im13 prove tracking of cases’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘data collection systems, and training in 

15 police departments to improve tracking of 

16 cases and classification of complaints’’; 

17 (iv) in paragraph (4), by inserting 

18 ‘‘and provide the appropriate training and 

19 education about domestic violence, dating 

20 violence, sexual assault, and stalking’’ after 

21 ‘‘computer tracking systems’’; 

22 (v) in paragraph (5), by inserting 

23 ‘‘and other victim services’’ after ‘‘legal ad24 vocacy service programs’’; 
47 

•HR 4970 EH

1 (vi) in paragraph (6), by striking 

2 ‘‘judges’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal, State, 

3 tribal, territorial, and local judges, and 

4 court-based and court-related personnel’’; 

5 (vii) in paragraph (8), by striking 

6 ‘‘and sexual assault’’ and inserting ‘‘, dat7 ing violence, sexual assault, and stalking’’; 

8 (viii) in paragraph (10), by striking 

9 ‘‘non-profit, non-governmental victim serv10 ices organizations,’’ and inserting ‘‘victim 

11 service providers, population specific orga12 nizations,’’; and 

13 (ix) by adding at the end the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(14) To develop and implement training pro16 grams for prosecutors and other prosecution-related 

17 personnel regarding best practices to ensure offender 

18 accountability, victim safety, and victim consultation 

19 in cases involving domestic violence, dating violence, 

20 sexual assault, and stalking. 

21 ‘‘(15) To develop or strengthen policies, proto22 cols, and training for law enforcement officers, pros23 ecutors, and the judiciary in recognizing, inves24 tigating, and prosecuting instances of domestic vio25 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
48 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(16) To develop and promote State, local, or 

2 tribal legislation and policies that enhance best prac3 tices for responding to the crimes of domestic vio4 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, 

5 including the appropriate treatment of victims. 

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

7 assault nurse examiner programs or sexual assault 

8 forensic examiner programs, including the hiring 

9 and training of such examiners. 

10 ‘‘(18) To develop, implement, or enhance Sex11 ual Assault Response Teams or similar coordinated 

12 community responses to sexual assault. 

13 ‘‘(19) To develop and strengthen policies, proto14 cols, and training for law enforcement officers and 

15 prosecutors regarding the investigation and prosecu16 tion of sexual assault cases and the appropriate 

17 treatment of victims of sexual assault. 

18 ‘‘(20) To provide the following human immuno19 deficiency virus services for victims of sexual assault: 

20 ‘‘(A) Testing. 

21 ‘‘(B) Counseling. 

22 ‘‘(C) Prophylaxis. 

23 ‘‘(21) To identify and inventory backlogs of sex24 ual assault evidence collection kits and to develop 

25 protocols for responding to and addressing such 
49 

•HR 4970 EH

1 backlogs, including policies and protocols for noti2 fying and involving victims. 

3 ‘‘(22) To develop multidisciplinary high-risk 

4 teams focusing on reducing domestic violence and 

5 dating violence homicides by— 

6 ‘‘(A) using evidence-based indicators to as7 sess the risk of homicide and link high-risk vic8 tims to immediate crisis intervention services; 

9 ‘‘(B) identifying and managing high-risk 

10 offenders; and 

11 ‘‘(C) providing ongoing victim advocacy 

12 and referrals to comprehensive services includ13 ing legal, housing, health care, and economic 

14 assistance.’’; 

15 (B) in subsection (c)— 

16 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (I) in the matter preceding sub18 paragraph (A), by inserting ‘‘except 

19 for a court,’’ before ‘‘certify’’; and 

20 (II) by redesignating subpara21 graphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and 

22 (ii), respectively, and adjusting the 

23 margin accordingly; 
50 

•HR 4970 EH

1 (ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting 

2 ‘‘except for a court,’’ before ‘‘dem3 onstrate’’; 

4 (iii) in paragraph (4)— 

5 (I) by inserting ‘‘modification, 

6 enforcement, dismissal,’’ after ‘‘reg7 istration,’’ each place it appears; 

8 (II) by inserting ‘‘dating vio9 lence,’’ after ‘‘domestic violence,’’; and 

10 (III) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

11 end; 

12 (iv) in paragraph (5)— 

13 (I) in the matter preceding sub14 paragraph (A), by striking ‘‘, not later 

15 than 3 years after the date of enact16 ment of this section,’’; 

17 (II) by redesignating subpara18 graphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and 

19 (ii), respectively, and adjusting the 

20 margin accordingly; 

21 (III) in clause (ii), as redesig22 nated by subclause (II) of this clause, 

23 by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and 

24 inserting ‘‘clause (i)’’; and 
51 

•HR 4970 EH

1 (IV) by striking the period at the 

2 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

3 (v) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

4 through (5), as amended by this subpara5 graph, as subparagraphs (A) through (E), 

6 respectively, and adjusting the margin ac7 cordingly; 

8 (vi) in the matter preceding subpara9 graph (A), as redesignated by clause (v) of 

10 this subparagraph— 

11 (I) by striking the second 

12 comma; and 

13 (II) by striking ‘‘grantees are 

14 States’’ and inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘grantees are— 

16 ‘‘(1) States’’; and 

17 (vii) by adding at the end the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(2) a State, tribal, or territorial domestic vio20 lence or sexual assault coalition or a victim service 

21 provider that partners with a State, Indian tribal 

22 government, or unit of local government that cer23 tifies that the State, Indian tribal government, or 

24 unit of local government meets the requirements 

25 under paragraph (1).’’; 
52 

•HR 4970 EH

1 (C) in subsection (d)— 

2 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

3 (I) in the matter preceding sub4 paragraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, policy,’’ 

5 after ‘‘law’’; and 

6 (II) in subparagraph (A), by in7 serting ‘‘and the defendant is in cus8 tody or has been served with the in9 formation or indictment’’ before the 

10 semicolon; and 

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

12 and inserting ‘‘its’’; and 

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

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

15 amounts appropriated for purposes of this part for each 

16 fiscal year, not less than 5 percent shall be available for 

17 grants under section 2001(d) of the Omnibus Crime Con18 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg(d)). 

19 ‘‘(g) ALLOCATION FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT.—Of the 

20 amounts appropriated for purposes of this part for each 

21 fiscal year, not less than 25 percent shall be available for 

22 projects that address sexual assault, including stranger 

23 rape, acquaintance rape, alcohol or drug-facilitated rape, 

24 and rape within the context of an intimate partner rela25 tionship.’’; and 
53 

•HR 4970 EH

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

2 1(a))— 

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

4 after ‘‘tribal government,’’; and 

5 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘non6 profit, private sexual assault and domestic vio7 lence programs’’ and inserting ‘‘victim service 

8 providers and, as appropriate, population spe9 cific organizations’’. 

10 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

11 1001(a)(19) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

12 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(19)) is 

13 amended— 

14 (1) by striking ‘‘$75,000,000’’ and all that fol15 lows through ‘‘2011’’ and inserting ‘‘$73,000,000 

16 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017’’; and 

17 (2) by striking the second period. 

18 SEC. 103. LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS. 

19 Section 1201 of the Violence Against Women Act of 

20 2000 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–6) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)— 

22 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘aris23 ing as a consequence of’’ and inserting ‘‘relat24 ing to or arising out of’’; and 
54 

•HR 4970 EH

1 (B) in the second sentence, by inserting 

2 ‘‘or arising out of’’ after ‘‘relating to’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (b)— 

4 (A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND

5 GRANT CONDITIONS’’ after ‘‘DEFINITIONS’’; 

6 and 

7 (B) by inserting ‘‘and grant conditions’’ 

8 after ‘‘definitions’’; 

9 (3) in subsection (c)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘victim 

11 services organizations’’ and inserting ‘‘victim 

12 service providers’’; and 

13 (B) by striking paragraph (3) and insert14 ing the following: 

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

16 and projects to provide competent, supervised pro 

17 bono legal assistance for victims of domestic vio18 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.’’; 

19 (4) in subsection (d)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sub21 section (c) has completed’’ and all that follows 

22 and inserting the following: ‘‘this section— 

23 ‘‘(A) has demonstrated expertise in pro24 viding legal assistance or advocacy to victims of 
55 

•HR 4970 EH

1 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as2 sault, or stalking in the targeted population; or 

3 ‘‘(B)(i) is partnered with an entity or per4 son that has demonstrated expertise described 

5 in subparagraph (A); and 

6 ‘‘(ii) has completed, or will complete, train7 ing in connection with domestic violence, dating 

8 violence, stalking, or sexual assault and related 

9 legal issues, including training on evidence10 based risk factors for domestic and dating vio11 lence homicide;’’; and 

12 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘stalking 

13 organization’’ and inserting ‘‘stalking victim 

14 service provider’’; and 

15 (5) in subsection (f)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘this sec17 tion’’ and all that follows through the period at 

18 the end and inserting ‘‘this section $57,000,000 

19 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017.’’; 

20 and 

21 (B) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end 

22 the following new subparagraph: 

23 ‘‘(D) Of the amount made available under 

24 this subsection in each fiscal year, not more 
56 

•HR 4970 EH

1 than 10 percent may be used for purposes de2 scribed in subsection (c)(3).’’. 

3 SEC. 104. CONSOLIDATION OF GRANTS TO SUPPORT FAMI4 LIES IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of division B of the Vic6 tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 

7 (Public Law 106–386; 114 Stat. 1509) is amended by 

8 striking the section preceding section 1302 (42 U.S.C. 

9 10420), as amended by section 306 of the Violence 

10 Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza11 tion Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3016), 

12 and inserting the following: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 1301. COURT TRAINING AND SUPERVISED VISITATION 

14 IMPROVEMENTS. 

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

16 grants to States, units of local government, courts (includ17 ing juvenile courts), Indian tribal governments, nonprofit 

18 organizations, legal services providers, and victim services 

19 providers to improve the response of all aspects of the civil 

20 and criminal justice system to families with a history of 

21 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk22 ing, or in cases involving allegations of child sexual abuse. 

23 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A grant under this section 

24 may be used to— 
57 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(1) provide supervised visitation and safe visi2 tation exchange of children and youth by and be3 tween parents in situations involving domestic vio4 lence, dating violence, child sexual abuse, sexual as5 sault, or stalking; 

6 ‘‘(2) develop and promote State, local, and trib7 al legislation, policies, and best practices for improv8 ing civil and criminal court functions, responses, 

9 practices, and procedures in cases involving a history 

10 of domestic violence or sexual assault, or in cases in11 volving allegations of child sexual abuse, including 

12 cases in which the victim proceeds pro se; 

13 ‘‘(3) educate court-based and court-related per14 sonnel (including custody evaluators and guardians 

15 ad litem) and child protective services workers on 

16 the dynamics of domestic violence, dating violence, 

17 sexual assault, and stalking, including information 

18 on perpetrator behavior, evidence-based risk factors 

19 for domestic and dating violence homicide, and on 

20 issues relating to the needs of victims, including 

21 safety, security, privacy, and confidentiality, includ22 ing cases in which the victim proceeds pro se; 

23 ‘‘(4) provide adequate resources in juvenile 

24 court matters to respond to domestic violence, dating 

25 violence, sexual assault (including child sexual 
58 

•HR 4970 EH

1 abuse), and stalking and ensure necessary services 

2 dealing with the physical health and mental health 

3 of victims are available; 

4 ‘‘(5) enable courts or court-based or court-re5 lated programs to develop or enhance— 

6 ‘‘(A) court infrastructure (such as special7 ized courts, consolidated courts, dockets, intake 

8 centers, or interpreter services); 

9 ‘‘(B) community-based initiatives within 

10 the court system (such as court watch pro11 grams, victim assistants, pro se victim assist12 ance programs, or community-based supple13 mentary services); 

14 ‘‘(C) offender management, monitoring, 

15 and accountability programs; 

16 ‘‘(D) safe and confidential information17 storage and information-sharing databases 

18 within and between court systems; 

19 ‘‘(E) education and outreach programs to 

20 improve community access, including enhanced 

21 access for underserved populations; and 

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

23 responses to domestic violence, dating violence, 

24 sexual assault, and stalking; 
59 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(6) collect data and provide training and tech2 nical assistance, including developing State, local, 

3 and tribal model codes and policies, to improve the 

4 capacity of grantees and communities to address the 

5 civil justice needs of victims of domestic violence, 

6 dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking who 

7 have legal representation, who are proceeding pro se, 

8 or who are proceeding with the assistance of a legal 

9 advocate; and 

10 ‘‘(7) improve training and education to assist 

11 judges, judicial personnel, attorneys, child welfare 

12 personnel, and legal advocates in the civil justice 

13 system regarding domestic violence, dating violence, 

14 sexual assault, stalking, or child abuse. 

15 ‘‘(c) CONSIDERATIONS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In making grants for pur17 poses described in paragraphs (1) through (6) of 

18 subsection (b), the Attorney General shall consider— 

19 ‘‘(A) the number of families to be served 

20 by the proposed programs and services; 

21 ‘‘(B) the extent to which the proposed pro22 grams and services serve underserved popu23 lations; 

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

25 demonstrates cooperation and collaboration 
60 

•HR 4970 EH

1 with nonprofit, nongovernmental entities in the 

2 local community with demonstrated histories of 

3 effective work on domestic violence, dating vio4 lence, sexual assault, or stalking, including 

5 State or tribal domestic violence coalitions, 

6 State or tribal sexual assault coalitions, local 

7 shelters, and programs for domestic violence 

8 and sexual assault victims; and 

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

10 demonstrates coordination and collaboration 

11 with State, tribal, and local court systems, in12 cluding mechanisms for communication and re13 ferral. 

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

15 subsection (b)(8) the Attorney General shall take 

16 into account the extent to which the grantee has ex17 pertise addressing the judicial system’s handling of 

18 family violence, child custody, child abuse and ne19 glect, adoption, foster care, supervised visitation, di20 vorce, and parentage. 

21 ‘‘(d) APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS.—The Attorney 

22 General may make a grant under this section to an appli23 cant that— 
61 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(1) demonstrates expertise in the areas of do2 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

3 stalking, or child sexual abuse, as appropriate; 

4 ‘‘(2) ensures that any fees charged to individ5 uals for use of supervised visitation programs and 

6 services are based on the income of those individ7 uals, unless otherwise provided by court order; 

8 ‘‘(3) if the applicant proposes to operate super9 vised visitation programs and services or safe visita10 tion exchange, demonstrates that adequate security 

11 measures, including adequate facilities, procedures, 

12 and personnel capable of preventing violence, and 

13 adequate standards are, or will be, in place (includ14 ing the development of protocols or policies to ensure 

15 that confidential information is not shared with 

16 courts, law enforcement agencies, or child welfare 

17 agencies unless necessary to ensure the safety of any 

18 child or adult using the services of a program fund19 ed under this section); 

20 ‘‘(4) certifies that the organizational policies of 

21 the applicant do not require mediation or counseling 

22 involving offenders and victims being physically 

23 present in the same place, in cases where domestic 

24 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 

25 is alleged; 
62 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(5) certifies that any person providing legal 

2 assistance through a program funded under this sec3 tion has completed or will complete training on do4 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

5 stalking, including child sexual abuse, and related 

6 legal issues; and 

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

8 evaluation or guardian ad litem services through a 

9 program funded under this section has completed or 

10 will complete training, developed with input from 

11 and in collaboration with a tribal, State, territorial, 

12 or local domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as13 sault, or stalking victim service provider or coalition, 

14 on the dynamics of domestic violence and sexual as15 sault, including child sexual abuse, that includes 

16 training on how to review evidence of past abuse and 

17 the use of evidenced-based theories to make rec18 ommendations on custody and visitation. 

19 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

20 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 

21 $22,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 through 

22 2017. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection 

23 are authorized to remain available until expended. 

24 ‘‘(f) ALLOTMENT FOR INDIAN TRIBES.— 
63 

•HR 4970 EH

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

2 the total amount available under this section for 

3 each fiscal year shall be available for grants under 

4 the program authorized by section 2015 of title I of 

5 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

6 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–10). 

7 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY OF PART.—The require8 ments of this section shall not apply to funds allo9 cated for the program described in paragraph (1).’’. 

10 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

11 Subtitle J of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 

12 (42 U.S.C. 14043 et seq.) is repealed. 

13 SEC. 105. COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PRO14 GRAM. 

15 Subtitle B of title II of the Crime Control Act of 1990 

16 (42 U.S.C. 13011 et seq.) is amended— 

17 (1) in section 216 (42 U.S.C. 13012), by strik18 ing ‘‘January 1, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 

19 2015’’; 

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

21 (A) in subsection (c)(2)(A), by striking 

22 ‘‘Code of Ethics’’ and inserting ‘‘Standards for 

23 Programs’’; and 

24 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

25 subsection: 
64 

•HR 4970 EH

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

2 grant under this section for a fiscal year shall submit to 

3 the Administrator a report regarding the use of the grant 

4 for the fiscal year, including a discussion of outcome per5 formance measures (which shall be established by the Ad6 ministrator) to determine the effectiveness of the pro7 grams of the organization in meeting the needs of children 

8 in the child welfare system.’’; and 

9 (3) in section 219(a) (42 U.S.C. 13014(a)), by 

10 striking ‘‘fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and in11 serting ‘‘fiscal years 2013 through 2017’’. 

12 SEC. 106. OUTREACH AND SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED 

13 POPULATIONS GRANT. 

14 Section 120 of the Violence Against Women and De15 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 

16 U.S.C. 14045) is amended to read as follows: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 120. GRANTS FOR OUTREACH AND SERVICES TO UN18 DERSERVED POPULATIONS. 

19 ‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts appro21 priated under the grant programs identified in para22 graph (2), the Attorney General shall take 2 percent 

23 of such appropriated amounts and combine them to 

24 award grants to eligible entities described in sub25 section (b) of this section to develop and implement 
65 

•HR 4970 EH

1 outreach strategies targeted at adult or youth vic2 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as3 sault, or stalking in underserved populations and to 

4 provide victim services to meet the needs of adult 

5 and youth victims of domestic violence, dating vio6 lence, sexual assault, and stalking in underserved 

7 populations. The requirements of the grant pro8 grams identified in paragraph (2) shall not apply to 

9 this grant program. 

10 ‘‘(2) PROGRAMS COVERED.—The programs 

11 identified in this paragraph are the programs carried 

12 out under the following provisions: 

13 ‘‘(A) Part T of title I of the Omnibus 

14 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

15 (STOP grants). 

16 ‘‘(B) Part U of title I of the Omnibus 

17 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

18 (Grants to encourage arrest policies). 

19 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Eligible entities under 

20 this section are— 

21 ‘‘(1) population specific organizations that have 

22 demonstrated experience and expertise in providing 

23 population specific services in the relevant under24 served communities, or population specific organiza25 tions working in partnership with a victim service 
66 

•HR 4970 EH

1 provider or domestic violence or sexual assault coali2 tion; 

3 ‘‘(2) victim service providers offering population 

4 specific services for a specific underserved popu5 lation; or 

6 ‘‘(3) victim service providers working in part7 nership with a national, State, or local organization 

8 that has demonstrated experience and expertise in 

9 providing population specific services in the relevant 

10 underserved population. 

11 ‘‘(c) PLANNING GRANTS.—The Attorney General 

12 may use up to 20 percent of funds available under this 

13 section to make one-time planning grants to eligible enti14 ties to support the planning and development of specially 

15 designed and targeted programs for adult and youth vic16 tims in one or more underserved populations, including— 

17 ‘‘(1) identifying, building, and strengthening 

18 partnerships with potential collaborators within un19 derserved populations, Federal, State, tribal, terri20 torial or local government entities, and public and 

21 private organizations; 

22 ‘‘(2) conducting a needs assessment of the com23 munity and the targeted underserved population or 

24 populations to determine what the barriers are to 

25 service access and what factors contribute to those 
67 

•HR 4970 EH

1 barriers, using input from the targeted underserved 

2 population or populations; 

3 ‘‘(3) identifying promising prevention, outreach, 

4 and intervention strategies for victims from a tar5 geted underserved population or populations; and 

6 ‘‘(4) developing a plan, with the input of the 

7 targeted underserved population or populations, 

8 for— 

9 ‘‘(A) implementing prevention, outreach, 

10 and intervention strategies to address the bar11 riers to accessing services; 

12 ‘‘(B) promoting community engagement in 

13 the prevention of domestic violence, dating vio14 lence, sexual assault, and stalking within the 

15 targeted underserved populations; and 

16 ‘‘(C) evaluating the program. 

17 ‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.—The Attorney 

18 General shall make grants to eligible entities for the pur19 pose of providing or enhancing population specific out20 reach and victim services to adult and youth victims in 

21 one or more underserved populations, including— 

22 ‘‘(1) working with Federal, State, tribal, terri23 torial and local governments, agencies, and organiza24 tions to develop or enhance population specific vic25 tim services; 
68 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(2) strengthening the capacity of underserved 

2 populations to provide population specific services; 

3 ‘‘(3) strengthening the capacity of traditional 

4 victim service providers to provide population spe5 cific services; 

6 ‘‘(4) strengthening the effectiveness of criminal 

7 and civil justice interventions by providing training 

8 for law enforcement, prosecutors, judges and other 

9 court personnel on domestic violence, dating vio10 lence, sexual assault, or stalking in underserved pop11 ulations; or 

12 ‘‘(5) working in cooperation with an under13 served population to develop and implement out14 reach, education, prevention, and intervention strate15 gies that highlight available resources and the spe16 cific issues faced by victims of domestic violence, 

17 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking from un18 derserved populations. 

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

20 grant under this section shall submit an application to the 

21 Director of the Office on Violence Against Women at such 

22 time, in such form, and in such manner as the Director 

23 may prescribe. 

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

25 under this section shall annually submit to the Director 
69 

•HR 4970 EH

1 of the Office on Violence Against Women a report that 

2 describes the activities carried out with grant funds during 

3 the preceding fiscal year. 

4 ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS.—In 

5 this section the definitions and grant conditions in section 

6 40002 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 

7 U.S.C. 13925) shall apply. 

8 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In ad9 dition to the funds identified in subsection (a)(1), there 

10 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

11 $2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 through 

12 2017.’’. 

13 SEC. 107. CULTURALLY SPECIFIC SERVICES GRANT. 

14 Section 121 of the Violence Against Women and De15 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 

16 U.S.C. 14045a) is amended— 

17 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AND

18 LINGUISTICALLY’’; 

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

20 appears; 

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

22 appears; 

23 (4) by amending paragraph (2) of subsection 

24 (a) to read as follows: 
70 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(2) PROGRAMS COVERED.—The programs 

2 identified in this paragraph are the programs carried 

3 out under the following provisions: 

4 ‘‘(A) Part U of title I of the Omnibus 

5 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

6 (42 U.S.C. 3796hh) (Grants to encourage ar7 rest policies). 

8 ‘‘(B) Section 1201 of division B of the Vic9 tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act 

10 of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–6) (Legal assist11 ance for victims). 

12 ‘‘(C) Section 40295 of the Violence 

13 Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13971) 

14 (Rural domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

15 assault, stalking, and child abuse enforcement 

16 assistance). 

17 ‘‘(D) Section 40802 of the Violence 

18 Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 

19 14041a) (Enhanced training and services to 

20 end violence against women later in life). 

21 ‘‘(E) Section 1402 of division B of the Vic22 tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act 

23 of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–7) (Education, 

24 training, and enhanced services to end violence 
71 

•HR 4970 EH

1 against and abuse of women with disabilities).’’; 

2 and 

3 (5) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘linguistic 

4 and’’. 

5 SEC. 108. REDUCTION IN RAPE KIT BACKLOG. 

6 Section 2(c)(3) of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi7 nation Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135(c)(3)), is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘2014’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘2012’’; and 

11 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub12 paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(C) For each of the fiscal years 2013 and 

14 2014, not less than 75 percent of the grant 

15 amounts shall be awarded for purposes under 

16 subsection (a)(2).’’. 

17 SEC. 109. ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT 

18 TRAINING PROGRAMS. 

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

20 of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13941(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘to 

21 carry out this section’’ and all that follows through the 

22 period at the end and inserting ‘‘to carry out this section 

23 $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017.’’. 
72 

•HR 4970 EH

1 SEC. 110. CHILD ABUSE TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR JUDI2 CIAL PERSONNEL AND PRACTITIONERS. 

3 Section 224(a) of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 

4 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13024(a)) is amended by striking 

5 ‘‘$2,300,000’’ and all that follows through the period at 

6 the end and inserting ‘‘$2,300,000 for each of fiscal years 

7 2013 through 2017.’’. 

8 TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES 

9 FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC 

10 VIOLENCE, DATING VIO11 LENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, 

12 AND STALKING 

13 SEC. 201. SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM. 

14 (a) GRANTS TO STATES AND TERRITORIES.—Section 

15 41601(b) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 

16 U.S.C. 14043g(b)) is amended— 

17 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘other pro18 grams’’ and all that follows through the period at 

19 the end and inserting ‘‘other nongovernmental or 

20 tribal programs and projects to assist individuals 

21 who have been victimized by sexual assault, without 

22 regard to the age of the individual.’’; 

23 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

24 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘non25 profit, nongovernmental organizations for pro-
73 

•HR 4970 EH

1 grams and activities’’ and inserting ‘‘nongovern2 mental or tribal programs and activities’’; and 

3 (B) in subparagraph (C)(v), by striking 

4 ‘‘linguistically and’’; and 

5 (3) in paragraph (4)— 

6 (A) in the first sentence— 

7 (i) by inserting ‘‘and territory’’ after 

8 ‘‘each State’’; 

9 (ii) by striking ‘‘1.50 percent’’ and in10 serting ‘‘0.75 percent’’; and 

11 (iii) by striking ‘‘, except that’’ and all 

12 that follows through ‘‘of the total appro13 priations’’; and 

14 (B) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘the 

15 preceding formula’’ and inserting ‘‘this para16 graph’’. 

17 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

18 41601(f)(1) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 

19 (42 U.S.C. 14043g(f)(1)) is amended by striking 

20 ‘‘$50,000,000 to remain available until expended for each 

21 of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘$40,000,000 to remain available until expended for each 

23 of fiscal years 2013 through 2017’’. 
74 

•HR 4970 EH

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

2 SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING, AND CHILD 

3 ABUSE ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE. 

4 Section 40295 of the Violence Against Women Act 

5 of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13971) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a)(1)(H), by inserting ‘‘, in7 cluding sexual assault forensic examiners’’ before the 

8 semicolon; 

9 (2) in subsection (b)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘victim advocacy 

12 groups’’ and inserting ‘‘victim service pro13 viders’’; and 

14 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, including devel15 oping multidisciplinary teams focusing on 

16 high-risk cases with the goal of preventing 

17 domestic and dating violence homicides’’ 

18 before the semicolon; 

19 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘and other long- and 

21 short-term assistance’’ and inserting ‘‘legal 

22 assistance, and other long-term and short23 term victim services and population spe24 cific services’’; and 

25 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
75 

•HR 4970 EH

1 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe2 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘(4) to develop, expand, or strengthen pro5 grams addressing sexual assault, including sexual 

6 assault forensic examiner programs, Sexual Assault 

7 Response Teams, law enforcement training, and pro8 grams addressing rape kit backlogs.’’; and 

9 (3) in subsection (e)(1), by striking 

10 ‘‘$55,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2007 

11 through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000 for each 

12 of fiscal years 2013 through 2017’’. 

13 SEC. 203. TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END VIOLENCE 

14 AGAINST WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES 

15 GRANTS. 

16 Section 1402 of division B of the Victims of Traf17 ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 

18 3796gg–7) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (b)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(in21 cluding using evidence-based indicators to as22 sess the risk of domestic and dating violence 

23 homicide)’’ after ‘‘risk reduction’’; 
76 

•HR 4970 EH

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

2 service organizations’’ and inserting ‘‘victim 

3 service providers’’; and 

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

5 services organizations’’ and inserting ‘‘victim 

6 service providers’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (c)(1)(D), by striking ‘‘non8 profit and nongovernmental victim services organiza9 tion, such as a State’’ and inserting ‘‘victim service 

10 provider, such as a State or tribal’’; and 

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

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

13 inserting ‘‘$9,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 

14 through 2017’’. 

15 SEC. 204. GRANT FOR TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END VI16 OLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN LATER LIFE. 

17 Section 40802 of the Violence Against Women Act 

18 of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14041a) is amended to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 40802. GRANT FOR TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END 

20 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN LATER LIFE. 

21 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

22 ‘‘(1) The term ‘eligible entity’ means an entity 

23 that— 

24 ‘‘(A) is— 

25 ‘‘(i) a State; 
77 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(ii) a unit of local government; 

2 ‘‘(iii) a tribal government or tribal or3 ganization; 

4 ‘‘(iv) a population specific organiza5 tion with demonstrated experience in as6 sisting individuals in later life; 

7 ‘‘(v) a victim service provider; or 

8 ‘‘(vi) a State, tribal, or territorial do9 mestic violence or sexual assault coalition; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(B) is partnered with— 

12 ‘‘(i) a law enforcement agency; 

13 ‘‘(ii) an office of a prosecutor; 

14 ‘‘(iii) a victim service provider; or 

15 ‘‘(iv) a nonprofit program or govern16 ment agency with demonstrated experience 

17 in assisting individuals in later life. 

18 ‘‘(2) The term ‘elder abuse’ means domestic vi19 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 

20 committed against individuals in later life. 

21 ‘‘(3) The term ‘individual in later life’ means an 

22 individual who is 60 years of age or older. 

23 ‘‘(b) GRANT PROGRAM.— 

24 ‘‘(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney 

25 General may make grants to eligible entities to carry 
78 

•HR 4970 EH

1 out the activities described in paragraph (2). In 

2 awarding such grants, the Attorney General shall 

3 consult with the Secretary of Health and Human 

4 Services to ensure that the activities funded under 

5 this section are not duplicative with the activities 

6 funded under the elder abuse prevention programs 

7 of the Department of Health and Human Services. 

8 ‘‘(2) MANDATORY AND PERMISSIBLE ACTIVI9 TIES.— 

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

11 entity receiving a grant under this section shall 

12 use the funds received under the grant to— 

13 ‘‘(i) provide training programs to as14 sist law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, 

15 agencies of States or units of local govern16 ment, population specific organizations, 

17 victim service providers, victim advocates, 

18 and relevant officers in Federal, tribal, 

19 State, territorial, and local courts in recog20 nizing and addressing instances of elder 

21 abuse; 

22 ‘‘(ii) provide or enhance services for 

23 victims of elder abuse; 
79 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(iii) establish or support multidisci2 plinary collaborative community responses 

3 to victims of elder abuse; and 

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

5 enforcement agencies, prosecutors, agen6 cies of States or units of local government, 

7 attorneys, health care providers, population 

8 specific organizations, faith-based advo9 cates, victim service providers, and courts 

10 to better serve victims of elder abuse. 

11 ‘‘(B) PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES.—An eligi12 ble entity receiving a grant under this section 

13 may use not more than 10 percent of the funds 

14 received under the grant to— 

15 ‘‘(i) provide training programs to as16 sist attorneys, health care providers, faith17 based leaders, or other community-based 

18 organizations in recognizing and address19 ing instances of elder abuse; or 

20 ‘‘(ii) conduct outreach activities and 

21 awareness campaigns to ensure that vic22 tims of elder abuse receive appropriate as23 sistance. 

24 ‘‘(3) UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.—In making 

25 grants under this section, the Attorney General shall 
80 

•HR 4970 EH

1 give priority to proposals providing culturally spe2 cific or population specific services. 

3 ‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

4 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

5 this section $9,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 

6 through 2017.’’. 

7 TITLE III—SERVICES, PROTEC8 TION, AND JUSTICE FOR 

9 YOUNG VICTIMS OF VIO10 LENCE 

11 SEC. 301. RAPE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION GRANT. 

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

13 U.S.C. 280b–1b) is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

16 by inserting ‘‘, territorial, or tribal’’ after ‘‘cri17 sis centers, State’’; and 

18 (B) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘and al19 cohol’’ after ‘‘about drugs’’; 

20 (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking 

21 ‘‘$80,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 

22 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000 for each of fiscal 

23 years 2013 through 2017’’; and 

24 (3) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 

25 following new paragraph: 
81 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(3) FUNDING FORMULA.—Amounts provided 

2 under this section shall be allotted to each State, 

3 territory, and the District of Columbia based on 

4 population. If the amounts appropriated under para5 graph (1) exceed $48,000,000 in any fiscal year, a 

6 minimum allocation of $150,000 shall be awarded to 

7 each State and territory and the District of Colum8 bia. Any remaining funds shall be allotted to each 

9 State and territory and the District of Columbia 

10 based on population.’’. 

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

12 SERVICES, AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN 

13 AND YOUTH. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle L of the Violence Against 

15 Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043c et seq.) is amend16 ed by striking sections 41201 through 41204 and insert17 ing the following: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 41201. CREATING HOPE THROUGH OUTREACH, OP19 TIONS, SERVICES, AND EDUCATION FOR 

20 CHILDREN AND YOUTH (CHOOSE CHILDREN 

21 AND YOUTH). 

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

23 working in collaboration with the Secretary of Health and 

24 Human Services and the Secretary of Education, shall 

25 award grants to enhance the safety of youth and children 
82 

•HR 4970 EH

1 who are victims of, or exposed to, domestic violence, dating 

2 violence, sexual assault, or stalking and to prevent future 

3 violence. 

4 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM PURPOSES.—Funds provided under 

5 this section may be used for the following program pur6 pose areas: 

7 ‘‘(1) SERVICES TO ADVOCATE FOR AND RE8 SPOND TO YOUTH.—To develop, expand, and 

9 strengthen victim interventions and services that tar10 get youth who are victims of domestic violence, dat11 ing violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Services 

12 may include victim services, counseling, advocacy, 

13 mentoring, educational support, transportation, legal 

14 assistance in civil, criminal and administrative mat15 ters, such as family law cases, housing cases, child 

16 welfare proceedings, campus administrative pro17 ceedings, and civil protection order proceedings, 

18 services to address sex trafficking, population spe19 cific services, and other activities that support youth 

20 in finding safety, stability, and justice and in ad21 dressing the emotional, cognitive, and physical ef22 fects of trauma on youth. Funds may be used to— 

23 ‘‘(A) assess and analyze available services 

24 for youth victims of domestic violence, dating 

25 violence, sexual assault, and stalking, deter-
83 

•HR 4970 EH

1 mining relevant barriers to such services in a 

2 particular locality, and developing a community 

3 protocol to address such problems collabo4 ratively; 

5 ‘‘(B) develop and implement policies, prac6 tices, and procedures to effectively respond to 

7 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as8 sault, or stalking against youth; or 

9 ‘‘(C) provide technical assistance and 

10 training to enhance the ability of school per11 sonnel, victim service providers, child protective 

12 service workers, staff of law enforcement agen13 cies, prosecutors, court personnel, individuals 

14 who work in after school programs, medical 

15 personnel, social workers, mental health per16 sonnel, and workers in other programs that 

17 serve children and youth to improve their ability 

18 to appropriately respond to the needs of chil19 dren and youth who are victims of domestic vio20 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk21 ing, as well as homeless youth, and to properly 

22 refer such children, youth, and their families to 

23 appropriate services. 

24 ‘‘(2) SUPPORTING YOUTH THROUGH EDU25 CATION AND PROTECTION.—To enable secondary or 
84 

•HR 4970 EH

1 elementary schools that serve students in any of 

2 grades five through twelve and institutions of higher 

3 education to— 

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

5 including health care providers and security 

6 personnel, on the needs of students who are vic7 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, sex8 ual assault, or stalking; 

9 ‘‘(B) develop and implement age-appro10 priate prevention and intervention policies in 

11 accordance with State law in secondary or ele12 mentary schools that serve students in any of 

13 grades five through twelve, including appro14 priate responses to, and identification and re15 ferral procedures for, students who are experi16 encing or perpetrating domestic violence, dating 

17 violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and proce18 dures for handling the requirements of court 

19 protective orders issued to or against students; 

20 ‘‘(C) provide support services for student 

21 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

22 sexual assault, or stalking, such as a resource 

23 person who is either on-site or on-call; 

24 ‘‘(D) provide evidence-based educational 

25 programs for students regarding domestic vio-
85 

•HR 4970 EH

1 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk2 ing; or 

3 ‘‘(E) develop strategies to increase identi4 fication, support, referrals, and prevention pro5 grams for youth who are at high risk of domes6 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

7 stalking. 

8 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.— 

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

10 grant under this section, an entity shall be— 

11 ‘‘(A) a victim service provider, tribal non12 profit organization, population specific organi13 zation, or community-based organization with a 

14 demonstrated history of effective work address15 ing the needs of youth, including runaway or 

16 homeless youth, who are victims of domestic vi17 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk18 ing; or 

19 ‘‘(B) a victim service provider that is 

20 partnered with an entity that has a dem21 onstrated history of effective work addressing 

22 the needs of youth. 

23 ‘‘(2) PARTNERSHIPS.— 

24 ‘‘(A) EDUCATION.—To be eligible to re25 ceive a grant for the purposes described in sub-
86 

•HR 4970 EH

1 section (b)(2), an entity described in paragraph 

2 (1) shall be partnered with an elementary 

3 school or secondary school (as such terms are 

4 defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and 

5 Secondary Education Act of 1965), charter 

6 school (as defined in section 5210 of such Act), 

7 a school that is operated or supported by the 

8 Bureau of Indian Education, or a legally oper9 ating private school, a school administered by 

10 the Department of Defense under section 2164 

11 of title 10, United States Code, or section 1402 

12 of the Defense Dependents’ Education Act of 

13 1978, a group of such schools, a local edu14 cational agency (as defined in section 9101(26) 

15 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

16 Act of 1965), or an institution of higher edu17 cation (as defined in section 101(a) of the 

18 Higher Education Act of 1965). 

19 ‘‘(B) OTHER PARTNERSHIPS.—All appli20 cants under this section are encouraged to work 

21 in partnership with organizations and agencies 

22 that work with the relevant youth population. 

23 Such entities may include— 

24 ‘‘(i) a State, tribe, unit of local gov25 ernment, or territory; 
87 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(ii) a population specific or commu2 nity-based organization; 

3 ‘‘(iii) batterer intervention programs 

4 or sex offender treatment programs with 

5 specialized knowledge and experience work6 ing with youth offenders; or 

7 ‘‘(iv) any other agencies or nonprofit, 

8 nongovernmental organizations with the 

9 capacity to provide effective assistance to 

10 the adult, youth, and child victims served 

11 by the partnership. 

12 ‘‘(d) GRANTEE REQUIREMENTS.—Applicants for 

13 grants under this section shall establish and implement 

14 policies, practices, and procedures that— 

15 ‘‘(1) require and include appropriate referral 

16 systems for child and youth victims; 

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

18 child and youth victim information, particularly in 

19 the context of parental or third-party involvement 

20 and consent, mandatory reporting duties, and work21 ing with other service providers with priority on vic22 tim safety and autonomy; 

23 ‘‘(3) ensure that all individuals providing inter24 vention or prevention programs to children or youth 

25 through a program funded under this section have 
88 

•HR 4970 EH

1 completed, or will complete, sufficient training in 

2 connection with domestic violence, dating violence, 

3 sexual assault, and stalking; and 

4 ‘‘(4) ensure that parents are informed of the 

5 programs funded under this program that are being 

6 offered at their child’s school. 

7 ‘‘(e) PRIORITY.—The Attorney General shall 

8 prioritize grant applications under this section that coordi9 nate with prevention programs in the community. 

10 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS.—In this 

11 section, the definitions and grant conditions provided for 

12 in section 40002 shall apply. 

13 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

14 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 

15 $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 through 

16 2017. 

17 ‘‘(h) ALLOTMENT.— 

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

19 the total amount appropriated under this section for 

20 each fiscal year shall be used for the purposes de21 scribed in subsection (b)(1). 

22 ‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBES.—Not less than 10 percent 

23 of the total amount appropriated under this section 

24 for each fiscal year shall be made available for 

25 grants under the program authorized by section 
89 

•HR 4970 EH

1 2015 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

2 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–10).’’. 

3 (b) VAWA GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—Section 

4 40002(b) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 

5 U.S.C. 13925(b)), as amended by section 3(b)(4), is fur6 ther amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(14) REQUIREMENT FOR EVIDENCE-BASED

8 PROGRAMS.—Any educational programming, train9 ing, or public awareness communications regarding 

10 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

11 stalking that are funded under this title must be evi12 dence-based.’’. 

13 SEC. 303. GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES ON CAM14 PUSES. 

15 Section 304 of the Violence Against Women and De16 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 

17 U.S.C. 14045b) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a)— 

19 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘stalking 

21 on campuses,’’; 

22 (ii) by striking ‘‘crimes against women 

23 on’’ and inserting ‘‘crimes on’’; and 

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

25 strengthen prevention education and 
90 

•HR 4970 EH

1 awareness programs’’ before the period; 

2 and 

3 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking 

4 ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$300,000’’; 

5 (2) in subsection (b)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

7 (i) by inserting ‘‘, strengthen,’’ after 

8 ‘‘To develop’’; and 

9 (ii) by striking ‘‘assault and stalking,’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘assault, and stalking, in11 cluding the use of technology to commit 

12 these crimes,’’; 

13 (B) in paragraph (4)— 

14 (i) by inserting ‘‘and population spe15 cific services’’ after ‘‘strengthen victim 

16 services programs’’; 

17 (ii) by striking ‘‘entities carrying out’’ 

18 and all that follows through ‘‘stalking vic19 tim services programs’’ and inserting ‘‘vic20 tim service providers’’; and 

21 (iii) by inserting ‘‘, regardless of 

22 whether the services provided by such pro23 gram are provided by the institution or in 

24 coordination with community victim service 
91 

•HR 4970 EH

1 providers’’ before the period at the end; 

2 and 

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

4 ‘‘(9) To provide evidence-based educational pro5 gramming for students regarding domestic violence, 

6 dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

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

8 strategies and projects for victims of domestic vio9 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 

10 from underserved populations on campus.’’; 

11 (3) in subsection (c)— 

12 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

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

14 ‘‘any non-profit’’ and all that follows 

15 through the first occurrence of ‘‘victim 

16 services programs’’ and inserting ‘‘victim 

17 service providers’’; 

18 (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

19 (D) through (F) as subparagraphs (E) 

20 through (G), respectively; and 

21 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

22 (C), the following: 

23 ‘‘(D) describe how underserved populations 

24 in the campus community will be adequately 
92 

•HR 4970 EH

1 served, including the provision of relevant popu2 lation specific services;’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘2007 

4 through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘2013 through 

5 2017’’; 

6 (4) in subsection (d)— 

7 (A) by striking paragraph (3); and 

8 (B) by inserting after paragraph (2), the 

9 following: 

10 ‘‘(3) GRANTEE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.— 

11 Each grantee shall comply with the following min12 imum requirements during the grant period: 

13 ‘‘(A) The grantee shall create a coordi14 nated community response including both orga15 nizations external to the institution and rel16 evant divisions of the institution. 

17 ‘‘(B) The grantee shall establish a manda18 tory prevention and education program on do19 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

20 and stalking for all incoming students. 

21 ‘‘(C) The grantee shall train all campus 

22 law enforcement to respond effectively to do23 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

24 and stalking. 
93 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(D) The grantee shall train all members 

2 of campus disciplinary boards to respond effec3 tively to situations involving domestic violence, 

4 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.’’; 

5 and 

6 (5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘$12,000,000’’ 

7 and all that follows through the period and inserting 

8 ‘‘$12,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 

9 through 2017.’’. 

10 SEC. 304. NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFETY. 

11 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime 

12 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 

13 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 

14 new part: 

15 ‘‘PART LL—NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS 

16 PUBLIC SAFETY 

17 ‘‘SEC. 3021. NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFE18 TY. 

19 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE CEN20 TER.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office 

22 of Community Oriented Policing Services is author23 ized to establish and operate a National Center for 

24 Campus Public Safety (referred to in this section as 

25 the ‘Center’). 
94 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(2) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Director of the 

2 Office of Community Oriented Policing Services is 

3 authorized to award grants to institutions of higher 

4 education and other nonprofit organizations to assist 

5 in carrying out the functions of the Center required 

6 under subsection (b). 

7 ‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS OF THE CENTER.—The center 

8 shall— 

9 ‘‘(1) provide quality education and training for 

10 campus public safety agencies of institutions of high11 er education and the agencies’ collaborative part12 ners, including campus mental health agencies; 

13 ‘‘(2) foster quality research to strengthen the 

14 safety and security of institutions of higher edu15 cation; 

16 ‘‘(3) serve as a clearinghouse for the identifica17 tion and dissemination of information, policies, pro18 cedures, and best practices relevant to campus pub19 lic safety, including off-campus housing safety, the 

20 prevention of violence against persons and property, 

21 and emergency response and evacuation procedures; 

22 ‘‘(4) develop protocols, in conjunction with the 

23 Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Secu24 rity, the Secretary of Education, State, local, and 

25 tribal governments and law enforcement agencies, 
95 

•HR 4970 EH

1 private and nonprofit organizations and associations, 

2 and other stakeholders, to prevent, protect against, 

3 respond to, and recover from, natural and man-made 

4 emergencies or dangerous situations involving an im5 mediate threat to the health or safety of the campus 

6 community; 

7 ‘‘(5) promote the development and dissemina8 tion of effective behavioral threat assessment and 

9 management models to prevent campus violence; 

10 ‘‘(6) coordinate campus safety information (in11 cluding ways to increase off-campus housing safety) 

12 and resources available from the Department of Jus13 tice, the Department of Homeland Security, the De14 partment of Education, State, local, and tribal gov15 ernments and law enforcement agencies, and private 

16 and nonprofit organizations and associations; 

17 ‘‘(7) increase cooperation, collaboration, and 

18 consistency in prevention, response, and problem19 solving methods among law enforcement, mental 

20 health, and other agencies and jurisdictions serving 

21 institutions of higher education; 

22 ‘‘(8) develop standardized formats and models 

23 for mutual aid agreements and memoranda of un24 derstanding between campus security agencies and 
96 

•HR 4970 EH

1 other public safety organizations and mental health 

2 agencies; and 

3 ‘‘(9) report annually to Congress and the Attor4 ney General on activities performed by the Center 

5 during the previous 12 months. 

6 ‘‘(c) COORDINATION WITH AVAILABLE RE7 SOURCES.—In establishing the Center, the Director of the 

8 Office of Community Oriented Policing Services shall— 

9 ‘‘(1) consult with the Secretary of Homeland 

10 Security, the Secretary of Education, and the Attor11 ney General of each State; and 

12 ‘‘(2) coordinate the establishment and operation 

13 of the Center with campus public safety resources 

14 that may be available within the Department of 

15 Homeland Security and the Department of Edu16 cation. 

17 ‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU18 CATION.—In this section, the term ‘institution of higher 

19 education’ has the meaning given the term in section 101 

20 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).’’. 

21 (b) JUSTICE PROGRAM CONSOLIDATIONS.—Effective 

22 30 days after the date of enactment of this section, the 

23 Office of Dispute Resolution of the Department of Justice 

24 and the jurisdiction and employees of such office shall 

25 be— 
97 

•HR 4970 EH

1 (1) transferred to the Office of Legal Policy of 

2 the Department of Justice; and 

3 (2) funded through the general administration 

4 appropriation of the Office of Legal Policy. 

5 TITLE IV—VIOLENCE 

6 REDUCTION PRACTICES 

7 SEC. 401. STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE CENTERS FOR DIS8 EASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. 

9 Section 402(c) of the Violence Against Women and 

10 Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 

11 U.S.C. 280b–4(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘$2,000,000 for 

12 each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘$1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 through 

14 2017’’. 

15 SEC. 402. SAVING MONEY AND REDUCING TRAGEDIES 

16 THROUGH PREVENTION GRANTS. 

17 (a) SMART PREVENTION.—Section 41303 of the Vi18 olence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043d– 

19 2) is amended to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 41303. SAVING MONEY AND REDUCING TRAGEDIES 

21 THROUGH PREVENTION (SMART PREVEN22 TION). 

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

24 in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human 

25 Services and the Secretary of Education, is authorized to 
98 

•HR 4970 EH

1 award grants for the purpose of preventing domestic vio2 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by tak3 ing a comprehensive approach that focuses on youth, chil4 dren exposed to violence, and men as leaders and 

5 influencers of social norms. 

6 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds provided under this 

7 section may be used for the following purposes: 

8 ‘‘(1) TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND

9 PREVENTION.—To develop, maintain, or enhance 

10 programs that change attitudes and behaviors 

11 around the acceptability of domestic violence, dating 

12 violence, sexual assault, and stalking and provide 

13 education and skills training to young individuals 

14 and individuals who influence young individuals. The 

15 prevention program may use evidence-based, evi16 dence-informed, or innovative strategies and prac17 tices focused on youth. Such a program should in18 clude— 

19 ‘‘(A) evidence-based age education on do20 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

21 stalking, and sexual coercion, as well as healthy 

22 relationship skills, in school, in the community, 

23 or in health care settings; 

24 ‘‘(B) community-based collaboration and 

25 training for those with influence on youth, such 
99 

•HR 4970 EH

1 as parents, teachers, coaches, health care pro2 viders, faith-leaders, older teens, and mentors; 

3 ‘‘(C) education and outreach to change en4 vironmental factors contributing to domestic vi5 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

6 stalking; and 

7 ‘‘(D) policy development targeted to pre8 vention, including school-based policies and pro9 tocols. 

10 ‘‘(2) CHILDREN EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE AND

11 ABUSE.—To develop, maintain or enhance programs 

12 designed to prevent future incidents of domestic vio13 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 

14 by preventing, reducing and responding to children’s 

15 exposure to violence in the home. Such programs 

16 may include— 

17 ‘‘(A) providing services for children ex18 posed to domestic violence, dating violence, sex19 ual assault or stalking, including direct coun20 seling or advocacy, and support for the non21 abusing parent; and 

22 ‘‘(B) training and coordination for edu23 cational, after-school, and childcare programs 

24 on how to safely and confidentially identify chil25 dren and families experiencing domestic vio-
100 

•HR 4970 EH

1 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk2 ing and properly refer children exposed and 

3 their families to services and violence prevention 

4 programs. 

5 ‘‘(3) ENGAGING MEN AS LEADERS AND ROLE

6 MODELS.—To develop, maintain or enhance pro7 grams that work with men to prevent domestic vio8 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 

9 by helping men to serve as role models and social 

10 influencers of other men and youth at the individual, 

11 school, community or statewide levels. 

12 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive 

13 a grant under this section, an entity shall be— 

14 ‘‘(1) a victim service provider, community-based 

15 organization, tribe or tribal organization, or other 

16 nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that has a 

17 history of effective work preventing domestic vio18 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and 

19 expertise in the specific area for which they are ap20 plying for funds; or 

21 ‘‘(2) a partnership between a victim service pro22 vider, community-based organization, tribe or tribal 

23 organization, or other nonprofit, nongovernmental 

24 organization that has a history of effective work pre25 venting domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
101 

•HR 4970 EH

1 sault, or stalking and at least one of the following 

2 that has expertise in serving children exposed to do3 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

4 stalking, youth domestic violence, dating violence, 

5 sexual assault, or stalking prevention, or engaging 

6 men to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, 

7 sexual assault, or stalking: 

8 ‘‘(A) A public, charter, tribal, or nationally 

9 accredited private middle or high school, a 

10 school administered by the Department of De11 fense under section 2164 of title 10, United 

12 States Code or section 1402 of the Defense De13 pendents’ Education Act of 1978, a group of 

14 schools, or a school district. 

15 ‘‘(B) A local community-based organiza16 tion, population-specific organization, or faith17 based organization that has established exper18 tise in providing services to youth. 

19 ‘‘(C) A community-based organization, 

20 population-specific organization, university or 

21 health care clinic, faith-based organization, or 

22 other nonprofit, nongovernmental organization. 

23 ‘‘(D) A nonprofit, nongovernmental entity 

24 providing services for runaway or homeless 
102 

•HR 4970 EH

1 youth affected by domestic violence, dating vio2 lence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

3 ‘‘(E) Health care entities eligible for reim4 bursement under title XVIII of the Social Secu5 rity Act, including providers that target the 

6 special needs of children and youth. 

7 ‘‘(F) Any other agencies, population-spe8 cific organizations, or nonprofit, nongovern9 mental organizations with the capacity to pro10 vide necessary expertise to meet the goals of the 

11 program. 

12 ‘‘(d) GRANTEE REQUIREMENTS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Applicants for grants 

14 under this section shall prepare and submit to the 

15 Director an application at such time, in such man16 ner, and containing such information as the Director 

17 may require that demonstrates the capacity of the 

18 applicant and partnering organizations to undertake 

19 the project. 

20 ‘‘(2) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—Applicants 

21 under this section shall establish and implement 

22 policies, practices, and procedures that are con23 sistent with the best practices developed under sec24 tion 402 of the Violence Against Women and De-
103 

•HR 4970 EH

1 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 

2 (42 U.S.C. 280b–4) and— 

3 ‘‘(A) include appropriate referral systems 

4 to direct any victim identified during program 

5 activities to highly qualified follow-up care; 

6 ‘‘(B) protect the confidentiality and pri7 vacy of adult and youth victim information, 

8 particularly in the context of parental or third9 party involvement and consent, mandatory re10 porting duties, and working with other service 

11 providers; 

12 ‘‘(C) ensure that all individuals providing 

13 prevention programming through a program 

14 funded under this section have completed or 

15 will complete sufficient training in connection 

16 with domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

17 assault or stalking; and 

18 ‘‘(D) document how prevention programs 

19 are coordinated with service programs in the 

20 community. 

21 ‘‘(3) PREFERENCE.—In selecting grant recipi22 ents under this section, the Attorney General shall 

23 give preference to applicants that— 

24 ‘‘(A) include outcome-based evaluation; 

25 and 
104 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(B) identify any other community, school, 

2 or State-based efforts that are working on do3 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

4 or stalking prevention and explain how the 

5 grantee or partnership will add value, coordi6 nate with other programs, and not duplicate ex7 isting efforts. 

8 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS.—In 

9 this section, the definitions and grant conditions provided 

10 for in section 40002 shall apply. 

11 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

12 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 

13 $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017. 

14 ‘‘(g) ALLOTMENT.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 25 percent of 

16 the total amounts appropriated under this section in 

17 each fiscal year shall be used for each set of pur18 poses described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of 

19 subsection (b). 

20 ‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBES.—Not less than 10 percent 

21 of the total amounts appropriated under this section 

22 in each fiscal year shall be made available for grants 

23 to Indian tribes or tribal organizations.’’. 

24 (b) REPEALS.—The following provisions are repealed: 
105 

•HR 4970 EH

1 (1) Sections 41304 and 41305 of the Violence 

2 Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043d–3 

3 and 14043d–4). 

4 (2) Section 403 of the Violence Against Women 

5 and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 

6 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14045c). 

7 TITLE V—STRENGTHENING THE 

8 HEALTH CARE SYSTEM’S RE9 SPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIO10 LENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

11 SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND 

12 STALKING 

13 SEC. 501. CONSOLIDATION OF GRANTS TO STRENGTHEN 

14 THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM’S RESPONSE TO 

15 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

16 SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 

17 (a) GRANTS.—Section 399P of the Public Health 

18 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g–4) is amended to read as 

19 follows: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 399P. GRANTS TO STRENGTHEN THE HEALTH CARE 

21 SYSTEM’S RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIO22 LENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, 

23 AND STALKING. 

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

25 grants for— 
106 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(1) the development or enhancement and im2 plementation of interdisciplinary training for health 

3 professionals, public health staff, and allied health 

4 professionals; 

5 ‘‘(2) the development or enhancement and im6 plementation of education programs for medical, 

7 nursing, dental, and other health profession students 

8 and residents to prevent and respond to domestic vi9 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(3) the development or enhancement and im12 plementation of comprehensive statewide strategies 

13 to improve the response of clinics, public health fa14 cilities, hospitals, and other health settings (includ15 ing behavioral and mental health programs) to do16 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

17 stalking. 

18 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) REQUIRED USES.—Amounts provided 

20 under a grant under this section shall be used to— 

21 ‘‘(A) fund interdisciplinary training and 

22 education programs under paragraphs (1) and 

23 (2) of subsection (a) that— 

24 ‘‘(i) are designed to train medical, 

25 psychology, dental, social work, nursing, 
107 

•HR 4970 EH

1 and other health profession students, in2 terns, residents, fellows, or current health 

3 care providers to identify and provide 

4 health care services (including mental or 

5 behavioral health care services and refer6 rals to appropriate community services) to 

7 individuals who are or who have been vic8 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

9 sexual assault, or stalking; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) plan and develop clinical training 

11 components for integration into approved 

12 internship, residency, and fellowship train13 ing or continuing medical or other health 

14 education training that address physical, 

15 mental, and behavioral health issues, in16 cluding protective factors, related to do17 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as18 sault, stalking, and other forms of violence 

19 and abuse, focus on reducing health dis20 parities and preventing violence and abuse, 

21 and include the primacy of victim safety 

22 and confidentiality; and 

23 ‘‘(B) design and implement comprehensive 

24 strategies to improve the response of the health 

25 care system to domestic or sexual violence in 
108 

•HR 4970 EH

1 clinical and public health settings, hospitals, 

2 clinics, and other health settings (including be3 havioral and mental health), under subsection 

4 (a)(3) through— 

5 ‘‘(i) the implementation, dissemina6 tion, and evaluation of policies and proce7 dures to guide health professionals and 

8 public health staff in identifying and re9 sponding to domestic violence, dating vio10 lence, sexual assault, and stalking, includ11 ing strategies to ensure that health infor12 mation is maintained in a manner that 

13 protects the patient’s privacy and safety, 

14 and safely uses health information tech15 nology to improve documentation, identi16 fication, assessment, treatment, and follow17 up care; 

18 ‘‘(ii) the development of on-site access 

19 to services to address the safety, medical, 

20 and mental health needs of patients by in21 creasing the capacity of existing health 

22 care professionals and public health staff 

23 to address domestic violence, dating vio24 lence, sexual assault, and stalking, or by 

25 contracting with or hiring domestic or sex-
109 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ual assault advocates to provide such serv2 ices or to model other services appropriate 

3 to the geographic and cultural needs of a 

4 site; 

5 ‘‘(iii) the development of measures 

6 and methods for the evaluation of the 

7 practice of identification, intervention, and 

8 documentation regarding victims of domes9 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

10 and stalking, including the development 

11 and testing of quality improvement meas12 urements; and 

13 ‘‘(iv) the provision of training and fol14 lowup technical assistance to health care 

15 professionals, and public health staff, and 

16 allied health professionals to identify, as17 sess, treat, and refer clients who are vic18 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

19 sexual assault, or stalking, including using 

20 tools and training materials already devel21 oped. 

22 ‘‘(2) PERMISSIBLE USES.— 

23 ‘‘(A) CHILD AND ELDER ABUSE.—To the 

24 extent consistent with the purpose of this sec25 tion, a grantee may use amounts received under 
110 

•HR 4970 EH

1 this section to address, as part of a comprehen2 sive programmatic approach implemented under 

3 the grant, issues relating to child or elder 

4 abuse. 

5 ‘‘(B) RURAL AREAS.—Grants funded 

6 under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) 

7 may be used to offer to rural areas community8 based training opportunities (which may include 

9 the use of distance learning networks and other 

10 available technologies needed to reach isolated 

11 rural areas) for medical, nursing, and other 

12 health profession students and residents on do13 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

14 stalking, and, as appropriate, other forms of vi15 olence and abuse. 

16 ‘‘(C) OTHER USES.—Grants funded under 

17 subsection (a)(3) may be used for— 

18 ‘‘(i) the development of training mod19 ules and policies that address the overlap 

20 of child abuse, domestic violence, dating vi21 olence, sexual assault, and stalking and 

22 elder abuse, as well as childhood exposure 

23 to domestic and sexual violence; 

24 ‘‘(ii) the development, expansion, and 

25 implementation of sexual assault forensic 
111 

•HR 4970 EH

1 medical examination or sexual assault 

2 nurse examiner programs; 

3 ‘‘(iii) the inclusion of the health ef4 fects of lifetime exposure to violence and 

5 abuse as well as related protective factors 

6 and behavioral risk factors in health pro7 fessional training schools, including med8 ical, dental, nursing, social work, and men9 tal and behavioral health curricula, and al10 lied health service training courses; or 

11 ‘‘(iv) the integration of knowledge of 

12 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

13 assault, and stalking into health care ac14 creditation and professional licensing ex15 aminations, such as medical, dental, social 

16 work, and nursing boards, and where ap17 propriate, other allied health exams. 

18 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTEES.— 

19 ‘‘(1) CONFIDENTIALITY AND SAFETY.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Grantees under this 

21 section shall ensure that all programs developed 

22 with grant funds address issues of confiden23 tiality and patient safety and comply with appli24 cable confidentiality and nondisclosure require25 ments under section 40002(b)(2) of the Vio-
112 

•HR 4970 EH

1 lence Against Women Act of 1994 and the 

2 Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, 

3 and that faculty and staff associated with deliv4 ering educational components are fully trained 

5 in procedures that will protect the immediate 

6 and ongoing security and confidentiality of the 

7 patients, patient records, and staff. Such grant8 ees shall consult entities with demonstrated ex9 pertise in the confidentiality and safety needs of 

10 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

11 sexual assault, and stalking on the development 

12 and adequacy of confidentially and security pro13 cedures, and provide documentation of such 

14 consultation. 

15 ‘‘(B) ADVANCE NOTICE OF INFORMATION

16 DISCLOSURE.—Grantees under this section shall 

17 provide to patients advance notice about any 

18 circumstances under which information may be 

19 disclosed, such as mandatory reporting laws, 

20 and shall give patients the option to receive in21 formation and referrals without affirmatively 

22 disclosing abuse. 

23 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EX24 PENSES.—A grantee shall use not more than 10 per-
113 

•HR 4970 EH

1 cent of the amounts received under a grant under 

2 this section for administrative expenses. 

3 ‘‘(3) PREFERENCE.—In selecting grant recipi4 ents under this section, the Secretary shall give pref5 erence to applicants based on the strength of their 

6 evaluation strategies, with priority given to outcome7 based evaluations. 

8 ‘‘(4) APPLICATION.— 

9 ‘‘(A) SUBSECTION (a) (1) AND (2) GRANT10 EES.—An entity desiring a grant under para11 graph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) shall submit 

12 an application to the Secretary at such time, in 

13 such manner, and containing such information 

14 and assurances as the Secretary may require, 

15 including— 

16 ‘‘(i) documentation that the applicant 

17 represents a team of entities working col18 laboratively to strengthen the response of 

19 the health care system to domestic vio20 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

21 stalking, and which includes at least one of 

22 each of— 

23 ‘‘(I) an accredited school of 

24 allopathic or osteopathic medicine, 
114 

•HR 4970 EH

1 psychology, nursing, dentistry, social 

2 work, or other health field; 

3 ‘‘(II) a health care facility or sys4 tem; or 

5 ‘‘(III) a government or nonprofit 

6 entity with a history of effective work 

7 in the fields of domestic violence, dat8 ing violence, sexual assault, or stalk9 ing; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) strategies for the dissemination 

11 and sharing of curricula and other edu12 cational materials developed under the 

13 grant, if any, with other interested health 

14 professions schools and national resource 

15 repositories for materials on domestic vio16 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

17 stalking. 

18 ‘‘(B) SUBSECTION (a)(3) GRANTEES.—An 

19 entity desiring a grant under subsection (a)(3) 

20 shall submit an application to the Secretary at 

21 such time, in such manner, and containing such 

22 information and assurances as the Secretary 

23 may require, including— 

24 ‘‘(i) documentation that all training, 

25 education, screening, assessment, services, 
115 

•HR 4970 EH

1 treatment, and any other approach to pa2 tient care will be informed by an under3 standing of violence and abuse victimiza4 tion and trauma-specific approaches that 

5 will be integrated into prevention, interven6 tion, and treatment activities; 

7 ‘‘(ii) strategies for the development 

8 and implementation of policies to prevent 

9 and address domestic violence, dating vio10 lence, sexual assault, and stalking over the 

11 lifespan in health care settings; 

12 ‘‘(iii) a plan for consulting with State 

13 and tribal domestic violence or sexual as14 sault coalitions, national nonprofit victim 

15 advocacy organizations, State or tribal law 

16 enforcement task forces (where appro17 priate), and population-specific organiza18 tions with demonstrated expertise in ad19 dressing domestic violence, dating violence, 

20 sexual assault, or stalking; 

21 ‘‘(iv) with respect to an application 

22 for a grant under which the grantee will 

23 have contact with patients, a plan, devel24 oped in collaboration with local victim serv25 ice providers, to respond appropriately to 
116 

•HR 4970 EH

1 and make correct referrals for individuals 

2 who disclose that they are victims of do3 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as4 sault, stalking, or other types of violence, 

5 and documentation provided by the grantee 

6 of an ongoing collaborative relationship 

7 with a local victim service provider; and 

8 ‘‘(v) with respect to an application for 

9 a grant proposing to fund a program de10 scribed in subsection (b)(2)(C)(ii), a cer11 tification that any sexual assault forensic 

12 medical examination and sexual assault 

13 nurse examiner programs supported with 

14 such grant funds will adhere to the guide15 lines set forth by the Attorney General. 

16 ‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive 

18 funding under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection 

19 (a), an entity shall be— 

20 ‘‘(A) a nonprofit organization with a his21 tory of effective work in the field of training 

22 health professionals with an understanding of, 

23 and clinical skills pertinent to, domestic vio24 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
117 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ing, and lifetime exposure to violence and 

2 abuse; 

3 ‘‘(B) an accredited school of allopathic or 

4 osteopathic medicine, psychology, nursing, den5 tistry, social work, or allied health; 

6 ‘‘(C) a health care provider membership or 

7 professional organization, or a health care sys8 tem; or 

9 ‘‘(D) a State, tribal, territorial, or local en10 tity. 

11 ‘‘(2) SUBSECTION (a)(3) GRANTEES.—To be eli12 gible to receive funding under subsection (a)(3), an 

13 entity shall be— 

14 ‘‘(A) a State department (or other divi15 sion) of health, a State, tribal, or territorial do16 mestic violence or sexual assault coalition or 

17 victim service provider, or any other nonprofit, 

18 nongovernmental organization with a history of 

19 effective work in the fields of domestic violence, 

20 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and 

21 health care, including physical or mental health 

22 care; or 

23 ‘‘(B) a local victim service provider, a local 

24 department (or other division) of health, a local 

25 health clinic, hospital, or health system, or any 
118 

•HR 4970 EH

1 other community-based organization with a his2 tory of effective work in the field of domestic vi3 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk4 ing and health care, including physical or men5 tal health care. 

6 ‘‘(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made avail8 able to carry out this section for any fiscal year, the 

9 Secretary may make grants or enter into contracts 

10 to provide technical assistance with respect to the 

11 planning, development, and operation of any pro12 gram, activity or service carried out pursuant to this 

13 section. Not more than 8 percent of the funds ap14 propriated under this section in each fiscal year may 

15 be used to fund technical assistance under this sub16 section. 

17 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF MATERIALS.—The Sec18 retary shall make publicly available materials devel19 oped by grantees under this section, including mate20 rials on training, best practices, and research and 

21 evaluation. 

22 ‘‘(3) REPORTING.—The Secretary shall publish 

23 a biennial report on— 

24 ‘‘(A) the distribution of funds under this 

25 section; and 
119 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(B) the programs and activities supported 

2 by such funds. 

3 ‘‘(f) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made avail5 able to carry out this section for any fiscal year, the 

6 Secretary may use not more than 20 percent to 

7 make a grant or enter into a contract for research 

8 and evaluation of— 

9 ‘‘(A) grants awarded under this section; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(B) other training for health professionals 

12 and effective interventions in the health care 

13 setting that prevent domestic violence, dating 

14 violence, and sexual assault across the lifespan, 

15 prevent the health effects of such violence, and 

16 improve the safety and health of individuals 

17 who are currently being victimized. 

18 ‘‘(2) RESEARCH.—Research authorized in para19 graph (1) may include— 

20 ‘‘(A) research on the effects of domestic vi21 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

22 childhood exposure to domestic violence, dating 

23 violence, or sexual assault on health behaviors, 

24 health conditions, and health status of individ-
120 

•HR 4970 EH

1 uals, families, and populations, including under2 served populations; 

3 ‘‘(B) research to determine effective health 

4 care interventions to respond to and prevent do5 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

6 and stalking; 

7 ‘‘(C) research on the impact of domestic, 

8 dating, and sexual violence, childhood exposure 

9 to such violence, and stalking on the health care 

10 system, health care utilization, health care 

11 costs, and health status; and 

12 ‘‘(D) research on the impact of adverse 

13 childhood experiences on adult experience with 

14 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as15 sault, stalking, and adult health outcomes, in16 cluding how to reduce or prevent the impact of 

17 adverse childhood experiences through the 

18 health care setting. 

19 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

20 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

21 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017. 

22 ‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—Except as otherwise provided in 

23 this section, the definitions in section 40002 of the Vio24 lence Against Women Act of 1994 apply to this section.’’. 

25 (b) REPEALS.—The following provisions are repealed: 
121 

•HR 4970 EH

1 (1) Chapter 11 of subtitle B of the Violence 

2 Against Women Act of 1994 (relating to research on 

3 effective interventions to address violence; 42 U.S.C. 

4 13973; as added by section 505 of Public Law 109– 

5 162 (119 Stat. 3028)). 

6 (2) Section 758 of the Public Health Service 

7 Act (42 U.S.C. 294h). 

8 TITLE VI—SAFE HOMES FOR VIC9 TIMS OF DOMESTIC VIO10 LENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

11 SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND 

12 STALKING 

13 SEC. 601. HOUSING PROTECTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMES14 TIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL 

15 ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 

16 (a) AMENDMENT.—Subtitle N of the Violence 

17 Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043e et seq.) 

18 is amended— 

19 (1) by inserting after the subtitle heading the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘CHAPTER 1—GRANT PROGRAMS’’; 

22 (2) in section 41402 (42 U.S.C. 14043e–1), in 

23 the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 

24 ‘‘subtitle’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter’’; 
122 

•HR 4970 EH

1 (3) in section 41403 (42 U.S.C. 14043e–2), in 

2 the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 

3 ‘‘subtitle’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter’’; and 

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

5 ‘‘CHAPTER 2—HOUSING RIGHTS 

6 ‘‘SEC. 41411. HOUSING PROTECTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF DO7 MESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEX8 UAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 

9 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this chapter: 

10 ‘‘(1) AFFILIATED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘af11 filiated individual’ means, with respect to an indi12 vidual— 

13 ‘‘(A) a spouse, parent, brother, sister, or 

14 child of that individual, or an individual to 

15 whom that individual stands in loco parentis; or 

16 ‘‘(B) any individual, tenant, or lawful occu17 pant living in the household of that individual. 

18 ‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE AGENCY.—The term ‘appro19 priate agency’ means, with respect to a covered 

20 housing program, the Executive department (as de21 fined in section 101 of title 5, United States Code) 

22 that carries out the covered housing program. 

23 ‘‘(3) COVERED HOUSING PROGRAM.—The term 

24 ‘covered housing program’ means— 
123 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(A) the program under section 202 of the 

2 Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); 

3 ‘‘(B) the program under section 811 of the 

4 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous5 ing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013); 

6 ‘‘(C) the program under subtitle D of title 

7 VIII of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford8 able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.); 

9 ‘‘(D) each of the programs under title IV 

10 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 

11 Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.); 

12 ‘‘(E) the program under subtitle A of title 

13 II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford14 able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12741 et seq.); 

15 ‘‘(F) the program under paragraph (3) of 

16 section 221(d) of the National Housing Act (12 

17 U.S.C. 1715l(d)) for insurance of mortgages 

18 that bear interest at a rate determined under 

19 the proviso under paragraph (5) of such section 

20 221(d); 

21 ‘‘(G) the program under section 236 of the 

22 National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1); 

23 ‘‘(H) the programs under sections 6 and 8 

24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

25 U.S.C. 1437d and 1437f); 
124 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(I) rural housing assistance provided 

2 under sections 514, 515, 516, 533, and 538 of 

3 the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 

4 1485, 1486, 1490m, and 1490p–2); and 

5 ‘‘(J) the low-income housing tax credit 

6 program under section 42 of the Internal Rev7 enue Code of 1986. 

8 ‘‘(b) PROHIBITED BASIS FOR DENIAL OR TERMI9 NATION OF ASSISTANCE OR EVICTION.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An applicant for or tenant 

11 of housing assisted under a covered housing program 

12 may not be denied admission to, denied assistance 

13 under, terminated from participation in, or evicted 

14 from the housing program or housing on the basis 

15 that the applicant or tenant is or has been a victim 

16 of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

17 or stalking, if the applicant or tenant otherwise 

18 qualifies for admission, assistance, participation, or 

19 occupancy. 

20 ‘‘(2) CONSTRUCTION OF LEASE TERMS.—An in21 cident of actual or threatened domestic violence, dat22 ing violence, sexual assault, or stalking shall not be 

23 construed as— 

24 ‘‘(A) a serious or repeated violation of a 

25 lease for housing assisted under a covered hous-
125 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ing program by the victim or threatened victim 

2 of such incident; or 

3 ‘‘(B) good cause for terminating the assist4 ance, tenancy, or occupancy rights to housing 

5 assisted under a covered housing program of 

6 the victim or threatened victim of such incident. 

7 ‘‘(3) TERMINATION ON THE BASIS OF CRIMINAL

8 ACTIVITY.— 

9 ‘‘(A) DENIAL OF ASSISTANCE, TENANCY, 

10 AND OCCUPANCY RIGHTS PROHIBITED.—No 

11 person may deny assistance, tenancy, or occu12 pancy rights to housing assisted under a cov13 ered housing program to a tenant solely on the 

14 basis of criminal activity directly relating to do15 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

16 or stalking that is engaged in by a member of 

17 the household of the tenant or any guest or 

18 other person under the control of the tenant, if 

19 the tenant or an affiliated individual of the ten20 ant is the victim or threatened victim of such 

21 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as22 sault, or stalking. 

23 ‘‘(B) BIFURCATION.— 

24 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 

25 subparagraph (A), a public housing agency 
126 

•HR 4970 EH

1 or owner or manager of housing assisted 

2 under a covered housing program may bi3 furcate a lease for the housing in order to 

4 evict, remove, or terminate assistance to 

5 any individual who is a tenant or lawful oc6 cupant of the housing and who engages in 

7 criminal activity directly relating to domes8 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

9 or stalking against an affiliated individual 

10 or other individual, without evicting, re11 moving, terminating assistance to, or oth12 erwise penalizing a victim of such criminal 

13 activity who is also a tenant or lawful oc14 cupant of the housing. 

15 ‘‘(ii) EFFECT OF EVICTION ON OTHER

16 TENANTS.—If a public housing agency or 

17 owner or manager of housing assisted 

18 under a covered housing program evicts, 

19 removes, or terminates assistance to an in20 dividual under clause (i), and the indi21 vidual is the sole tenant eligible to receive 

22 assistance under a covered housing pro23 gram, the public housing agency or owner 

24 or manager of housing assisted under the 

25 covered housing program shall provide any 
127 

•HR 4970 EH

1 remaining tenant an opportunity to estab2 lish eligibility for the covered housing pro3 gram. If a tenant described in the pre4 ceding sentence cannot establish eligibility, 

5 the public housing agency or owner or 

6 manager of the housing shall provide the 

7 tenant a reasonable time, as determined by 

8 the appropriate agency, to find new hous9 ing or to establish eligibility for housing 

10 under another covered housing program. 

11 ‘‘(C) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 

12 in subparagraph (A) shall be construed— 

13 ‘‘(i) to limit the authority of a public 

14 housing agency or owner or manager of 

15 housing assisted under a covered housing 

16 program, when notified of a court order, to 

17 comply with a court order with respect 

18 to— 

19 ‘‘(I) the rights of access to or 

20 control of property, including civil 

21 protection orders issued to protect a 

22 victim of domestic violence, dating vio23 lence, sexual assault, or stalking; or 
128 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(II) the distribution or posses2 sion of property among members of a 

3 household in a case; 

4 ‘‘(ii) to limit any otherwise available 

5 authority of a public housing agency or 

6 owner or manager of housing assisted 

7 under a covered housing program to evict 

8 or terminate assistance to a tenant for any 

9 violation of a lease not premised on the act 

10 of violence in question against the tenant 

11 or an affiliated person of the tenant, if the 

12 public housing agency or owner or man13 ager does not subject an individual who is 

14 or has been a victim of domestic violence, 

15 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 

16 to a more demanding standard than other 

17 tenants in determining whether to evict or 

18 terminate; 

19 ‘‘(iii) to limit the authority to termi20 nate assistance to a tenant or evict a ten21 ant from housing assisted under a covered 

22 housing program if a public housing agen23 cy or owner or manager of the housing can 

24 demonstrate that an actual and imminent 

25 threat to other tenants or individuals em-
129 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ployed at or providing service to the prop2 erty would be present if the assistance is 

3 not terminated or the tenant is not evicted; 

4 or 

5 ‘‘(iv) to supersede any provision of 

6 any Federal, State, or local law that pro7 vides greater protection than this section 

8 for victims of domestic violence, dating vio9 lence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

10 ‘‘(c) DOCUMENTATION.— 

11 ‘‘(1) REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTATION.—If an 

12 applicant for, or tenant of, housing assisted under a 

13 covered housing program represents to a public 

14 housing agency or owner or manager of the housing 

15 that the individual is entitled to protection under 

16 subsection (b), the public housing agency or owner 

17 or manager may request, in writing, that the appli18 cant or tenant submit to the public housing agency 

19 or owner or manager a form of documentation de20 scribed in paragraph (3). 

21 ‘‘(2) FAILURE TO PROVIDE CERTIFICATION.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If an applicant or ten23 ant does not provide the documentation re24 quested under paragraph (1) within 14 business 

25 days after the tenant receives a request in writ-
130 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ing for such certification from a public housing 

2 agency or owner or manager of housing assisted 

3 under a covered housing program, nothing in 

4 this chapter may be construed to limit the au5 thority of the public housing agency or owner or 

6 manager to— 

7 ‘‘(i) deny admission by the applicant 

8 or tenant to the covered program; 

9 ‘‘(ii) deny assistance under the cov10 ered program to the applicant or tenant; 

11 ‘‘(iii) terminate the participation of 

12 the applicant or tenant in the covered pro13 gram; or 

14 ‘‘(iv) evict the applicant, the tenant, 

15 or a lawful occupant that commits viola16 tions of a lease. 

17 ‘‘(B) EXTENSION.—A public housing agen18 cy or owner or manager of housing may extend 

19 the 14-day deadline under subparagraph (A) at 

20 its discretion. 

21 ‘‘(3) FORM OF DOCUMENTATION.—A form of 

22 documentation described in this paragraph is— 

23 ‘‘(A) a certification form approved by the 

24 appropriate agency that— 
131 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(i) states that an applicant or tenant 

2 is a victim of domestic violence, dating vio3 lence, sexual assault, or stalking; 

4 ‘‘(ii) states that the incident of domes5 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

6 or stalking that is the ground for protec7 tion under subsection (b) meets the re8 quirements under subsection (b); and 

9 ‘‘(iii) includes the name of the indi10 vidual who committed the domestic vio11 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

12 stalking, if the name is known and safe to 

13 provide; 

14 ‘‘(B) a document that— 

15 ‘‘(i) is signed by— 

16 ‘‘(I) an employee, agent, or vol17 unteer of a victim service provider, an 

18 attorney, a medical professional, or a 

19 mental health professional from whom 

20 an applicant or tenant has sought as21 sistance relating to domestic violence, 

22 dating violence, sexual assault, or 

23 stalking, or the effects of the abuse; 

24 and 

25 ‘‘(II) the applicant or tenant; and 
132 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(ii) states under penalty of perjury 

2 that the individual described in clause 

3 (i)(I) believes that the incident of domestic 

4 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

5 stalking that is the ground for protection 

6 under subsection (b) meets the require7 ments under subsection (b); 

8 ‘‘(C) a record of a Federal, State, tribal, 

9 territorial, or local law enforcement agency, 

10 court, or administrative agency; or 

11 ‘‘(D) at the discretion of a public housing 

12 agency or owner or manager of housing assisted 

13 under a covered housing program, a statement 

14 or other evidence provided by an applicant or 

15 tenant. 

16 ‘‘(4) CONFIDENTIALITY.—Any information sub17 mitted to a public housing agency or owner or man18 ager under this subsection, including the fact that 

19 an individual is a victim of domestic violence, dating 

20 violence, sexual assault, or stalking shall be main21 tained in confidence by the public housing agency or 

22 owner or manager and may not be entered into any 

23 shared database or disclosed to any other entity or 

24 individual, except to the extent that the disclosure 

25 is— 
133 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(A) requested or consented to by the indi2 vidual in writing; 

3 ‘‘(B) required for use in an eviction pro4 ceeding under subsection (b); or 

5 ‘‘(C) otherwise required by applicable law. 

6 ‘‘(5) DOCUMENTATION NOT REQUIRED.—Noth7 ing in this subsection shall be construed to require 

8 a public housing agency or owner or manager of 

9 housing assisted under a covered housing program 

10 to request that an individual submit documentation 

11 of the status of the individual as a victim of domes12 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk13 ing. 

14 ‘‘(6) COMPLIANCE NOT SUFFICIENT TO CON15 STITUTE EVIDENCE OF UNREASONABLE ACT.—Com16 pliance with subsection (b) by a public housing agen17 cy or owner or manager of housing assisted under 

18 a covered housing program based on documentation 

19 received under this subsection, shall not be sufficient 

20 to constitute evidence of an unreasonable act or 

21 omission by the public housing agency or owner or 

22 manager or an employee or agent of the public hous23 ing agency or owner or manager. Nothing in this 

24 paragraph shall be construed to limit the liability of 

25 a public housing agency or owner or manager of 
134 

•HR 4970 EH

1 housing assisted under a covered housing program 

2 for failure to comply with subsection (b). 

3 ‘‘(7) RESPONSE TO CONFLICTING CERTIFI4 CATION.—If a public housing agency or owner or 

5 manager of housing assisted under a covered hous6 ing program receives documentation under this sub7 section that contains conflicting information, the 

8 public housing agency or owner or manager may re9 quire an applicant or tenant to submit third-party 

10 documentation, as described in subparagraph (B), 

11 (C), or (D) of paragraph (3). 

12 ‘‘(8) PREEMPTION.—Nothing in this subsection 

13 shall be construed to supersede any provision of any 

14 Federal, State, or local law that provides greater 

15 protection than this subsection for victims of domes16 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk17 ing. 

18 ‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION.— 

19 ‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary of Hous20 ing and Urban Development shall develop a notice of 

21 the rights of individuals under this section, including 

22 the right to confidentiality and the limits thereof, 

23 and include such notice in documents required by 

24 law to be provided to tenants assisted under a cov25 ered housing program. 
135 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(2) PROVISION.—The applicable public hous2 ing agency or owner or manager of housing assisted 

3 under a covered housing program shall provide the 

4 notice developed under paragraph (1) to an appli5 cant for or tenant of housing assisted under a cov6 ered housing program— 

7 ‘‘(A) at the time the applicant is denied 

8 residency in a dwelling unit assisted under the 

9 covered housing program; 

10 ‘‘(B) at the time the individual is admitted 

11 to a dwelling unit assisted under the covered 

12 housing program; and 

13 ‘‘(C) in multiple languages, consistent with 

14 guidance issued by the Secretary of Housing 

15 and Urban Development in accordance with Ex16 ecutive Order No. 13166 (42 U.S.C. 2000d–1 

17 note; relating to access to services for persons 

18 with limited English proficiency). 

19 ‘‘(e) EMERGENCY RELOCATION AND TRANSFERS.— 

20 Each appropriate agency shall develop a model emergency 

21 relocation and transfer plan for voluntary use by public 

22 housing agencies and owners or managers of housing as23 sisted under a covered housing program that— 

24 ‘‘(1) allows tenants who are victims of domestic 

25 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 
136 

•HR 4970 EH

1 to relocate or transfer to another available and safe 

2 dwelling unit assisted under a covered housing pro3 gram and retain their status as tenants under the 

4 covered housing program if— 

5 ‘‘(A) the tenant expressly requests to 

6 move; 

7 ‘‘(B)(i) the tenant reasonably believes that 

8 the tenant is threatened with imminent harm 

9 from further violence if the tenant remains 

10 within the same dwelling unit assisted under a 

11 covered housing program; or 

12 ‘‘(ii) the sexual assault, domestic violence, 

13 dating violence, or stalking occurred on the 

14 premises during the 90-day period preceding 

15 the request to move; and 

16 ‘‘(C) the tenant has provided documenta17 tion as described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C) 

18 or (D) of subsection (c)(3) if requested by a 

19 public housing agency or owner or manager; 

20 ‘‘(2) incorporates reasonable confidentiality 

21 measures to ensure that the public housing agency 

22 or owner or manager does not disclose the location 

23 of the dwelling unit of a tenant to a person that 

24 commits an act of domestic violence, dating violence, 

25 sexual assault, or stalking against the tenant; 
137 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(3) describes how the appropriate agency will 

2 coordinate relocations or transfers between dwelling 

3 units assisted under a covered housing program; 

4 ‘‘(4) takes into consideration the existing rules 

5 and regulations of the covered housing program; 

6 ‘‘(5) is tailored to the specific type of the cov7 ered housing program based on the volume and 

8 availability of dwelling units under the control or 

9 management of the public housing agency, owner, or 

10 manager; and 

11 ‘‘(6) provides guidance for use in situations in 

12 which it is not feasible for an individual public hous13 ing agency, owner, or manager to effectuate a trans14 fer. 

15 ‘‘(f) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR EMERGENCY

16 TRANSFER.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel17 opment shall establish policies and procedures under 

18 which a victim requesting an emergency transfer under 

19 subsection (e) may receive, subject to the availability of 

20 tenant protection vouchers for assistance under section 

21 8(o)(16) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

22 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(16)), assistance under such section. 

23 ‘‘(g) IMPLEMENTATION.—The appropriate agency 

24 with respect to each covered housing program shall imple-
138 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ment this section, as this section applies to the covered 

2 housing program.’’. 

3 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

4 (1) SECTION 6.—Section 6 of the United States 

5 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d) is amend6 ed— 

7 (A) in subsection (c)— 

8 (i) by striking paragraph (3); and 

9 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (4) 

10 and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respec11 tively; 

12 (B) in subsection (l)— 

13 (i) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘, 

14 and that an incident’’ and all that follows 

15 through ‘‘victim of such violence’’; and 

16 (ii) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘; 

17 except that’’ and all that follows through 

18 ‘‘stalking.’’; and 

19 (C) by striking subsection (u). 

20 (2) SECTION 8.—Section 8 of the United States 

21 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) is amend22 ed— 

23 (A) in subsection (c), by striking para24 graph (9); 

25 (B) in subsection (d)(1)— 
139 

•HR 4970 EH

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

2 ‘‘and that an applicant’’ and all that fol3 lows through ‘‘assistance or admission’’; 

4 and 

5 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

6 (I) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘, 

7 and that an incident’’ and all that fol8 lows through ‘‘victim of such vio9 lence’’; and 

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

11 except that:’’ and all that follows 

12 through ‘‘stalking.’’; 

13 (C) in subsection (f)— 

14 (i) in paragraph (6), by adding ‘‘and’’ 

15 at the end; 

16 (ii) in paragraph (7), by striking the 

17 semicolon at the end and inserting a pe18 riod; and 

19 (iii) by striking paragraphs (8), (9), 

20 (10), and (11); 

21 (D) in subsection (o)— 

22 (i) in paragraph (6)(B), by striking 

23 the last sentence; 

24 (ii) in paragraph (7)— 
140 

•HR 4970 EH

1 (I) in subparagraph (C), by strik2 ing ‘‘and that an incident’’ and all 

3 that follows through ‘‘victim of such 

4 violence’’; and 

5 (II) in subparagraph (D), by 

6 striking ‘‘; except that’’ and all that 

7 follows through ‘‘stalking.’’; and 

8 (iii) by striking paragraph (20); and 

9 (E) by striking subsection (ee). 

10 (3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

11 Act, or the amendments made by this Act, shall be 

12 construed— 

13 (A) to limit the rights or remedies avail14 able to any person under section 6 or 8 of the 

15 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

16 1437d and 1437f), as in effect on the day be17 fore the date of enactment of this Act; 

18 (B) to limit any right, remedy, or proce19 dure otherwise available under any provision of 

20 part 5, 91, 880, 882, 883, 884, 886, 891, 903, 

21 960, 966, 982, or 983 of title 24, Code of Fed22 eral Regulations, that— 

23 (i) was issued under the Violence 

24 Against Women and Department of Jus25 tice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 
141 

•HR 4970 EH

1 Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 2960) or an 

2 amendment made by that Act; and 

3 (ii) provides greater protection for vic4 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

5 sexual assault, and stalking than this Act 

6 or the amendments made by this Act; or 

7 (C) to disqualify an owner, manager, or 

8 other individual from participating in or receiv9 ing the benefits of the low-income housing tax 

10 credit program under section 42 of the Internal 

11 Revenue Code of 1986 because of noncompli12 ance with the provisions of this Act or the 

13 amendments made by this Act. 

14 SEC. 602. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 

15 FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DAT16 ING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND 

17 STALKING. 

18 Chapter 11 of subtitle B of the Violence Against 

19 Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13975; as added by sec20 tion 611 of Public Law 108–21 (117 Stat. 693)) is amend21 ed— 

22 (1) in the chapter heading, by striking 

23 ‘‘CHILD VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIO24 LENCE, STALKING, OR SEXUAL AS25 SAULT’’ and inserting ‘‘VICTIMS OF DO-
142 

•HR 4970 EH

1 MESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIO2 LENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALK3 ING’’; and 

4 (2) in section 40299 (42 U.S.C. 13975)— 

5 (A) in the header, by striking ‘‘CHILD

6 VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, STALK7 ING, OR SEXUAL ASSAULT’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DAT9 ING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR

10 STALKING’’; 

11 (B) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘flee12 ing’’; 

13 (C) by striking subsection (f); and 

14 (D) in subsection (g)— 

15 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 

16 ‘‘$40,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 

17 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘$35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 

19 through 2017’’; and 

20 (ii) in paragraph (3)— 

21 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik22 ing ‘‘eligible’’ and inserting ‘‘quali23 fied’’; and 

24 (II) by adding at the end the fol25 lowing: 
143 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(D) QUALIFIED APPLICATION DE2 FINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘qualified 

3 application’ means an application that— 

4 ‘‘(i) has been submitted by an eligible 

5 applicant; 

6 ‘‘(ii) does not propose any significant 

7 activities that may compromise victim safe8 ty; 

9 ‘‘(iii) reflects an understanding of the 

10 dynamics of domestic violence, dating vio11 lence, sexual assault, or stalking; and 

12 ‘‘(iv) does not propose prohibited ac13 tivities, including mandatory services for 

14 victims, background checks of victims, or 

15 clinical evaluations to determine eligibility 

16 for services.’’. 

17 SEC. 603. ADDRESSING THE HOUSING NEEDS OF VICTIMS 

18 OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

19 SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 

20 Subtitle N of the Violence Against Women Act of 

21 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043e et seq.) is amended— 

22 (1) in section 41404(i) (42 U.S.C. 14043e– 

23 3(i)), by striking ‘‘$10,000,000 for each of fiscal 

24 years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting 
144 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘$4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 

2 2017’’; and 

3 (2) in section 41405(g) (42 U.S.C. 14043e– 

4 4(g)), by striking ‘‘$10,000,000 for each of fiscal 

5 years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘$4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 

7 2017’’. 

8 TITLE VII—ECONOMIC SECURITY 

9 FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE 

10 SEC. 701. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ON WORKPLACE 

11 RESPONSES TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF DOMES12 TIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE. 

13 Section 41501(e) of the Violence Against Women Act 

14 of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043f(e)) is amended by striking 

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

16 years 2013 through 2017’’. 

17 TITLE VIII—IMMIGRATION 

18 PROVISIONS 

19 SEC. 801. FRAUD PREVENTION INITIATIVES. 

20 (a) CREDIBLE EVIDENCE CONSIDERED.—Section 

21 240A(b)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

22 U.S.C. 1229b) is amended by striking subparagraph (D) 

23 and inserting the following: 

24 ‘‘(D) CREDIBLE EVIDENCE CONSID25 ERED.—In acting on applications under this 
145 

•HR 4970 EH

1 paragraph, the Attorney General shall consider 

2 any credible evidence relevant to the applica3 tion, including credible evidence submitted by a 

4 national of the United States or an alien law5 fully admitted for permanent residence accused 

6 of the conduct described in subparagraph (A)(i) 

7 so long as this evidence is not gathered in viola8 tion of section 384 of the Illegal Immigration 

9 Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 

10 1996.’’. 

11 (b) APPLICATION OF SPECIAL RULE FOR BATTERED

12 SPOUSE, PARENT, OR CHILD.—Section 204(a)(1) of the 

13 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)) 

14 is amended— 

15 (1) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by inserting after 

16 subclause (II) the following: 

17 ‘‘(III)(aa) Upon filing, each petition under 

18 this clause shall be assigned to an investigative 

19 officer for adjudication and final determination 

20 of eligibility. 

21 ‘‘(bb) During the adjudication of each peti22 tion under this paragraph, an investigative offi23 cer from a local office of United States Citizen24 ship and Immigration Services shall conduct an 

25 in-person interview of the alien who filed the 
146 

•HR 4970 EH

1 petition. The investigative officer may also 

2 gather other evidence so long as this evidence is 

3 not gathered in violation of section 384 of the 

4 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Re5 sponsibility Act of 1996. The investigative offi6 cer who conducted the in-person interview shall 

7 provide to the investigative officer who is re8 sponsible for the adjudication and final deter9 mination of eligibility a summary of the inter10 view and any other evidence gathered and a de11 termination of the credibility of the interviewee 

12 and other evidence gathered. 

13 ‘‘(cc) All interviews under this clause shall 

14 be conducted under oath and subject to applica15 ble penalties for perjury. 

16 ‘‘(dd) The investigative officer who is re17 sponsible for the adjudication and final deter18 mination of eligibility shall determine whether 

19 the petitioner had filed previous applications or 

20 petitions for immigration benefits that had been 

21 denied and whether the petitioner had been the 

22 beneficiary of a previous petition filed pursuant 

23 to this section that had been denied. If either 

24 was the case, the investigative officer shall con-
147 

•HR 4970 EH

1 sider the denials and the reasons for the denials 

2 as part of the adjudication of the petition. 

3 ‘‘(ee) The investigative officer who is re4 sponsible for the adjudication and final deter5 mination of eligibility shall as part of the adju6 dication of the petition consult with the inves7 tigative officer at the local office of United 

8 States Citizenship and Immigration Services 

9 who had conducted the in-person interview of 

10 the alien who filed the petition. 

11 ‘‘(ff) Upon the conclusion of the adjudica12 tion process under this subparagraph, the inves13 tigative officer who is responsible for the adju14 dication and final determination of eligibility 

15 shall issue a final written determination to ap16 prove or deny the petition. The investigative of17 ficer shall not approve the petition unless the 

18 officer finds, in writing and with particularity, 

19 that all requirements under this paragraph, in20 cluding proof that the alien is a victim of the 

21 conduct described in clause (iii)(I)(bb), have 

22 been proven by a preponderance of the evidence. 

23 ‘‘(IV) During the adjudication of a petition 

24 under this clause— 
148 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(aa) the petition shall not be granted 

2 unless the petition is supported by a pre3 ponderance of the evidence; and 

4 ‘‘(bb) all credible evidence submitted 

5 by an accused national of the United 

6 States or alien lawfully admitted for per7 manent residence shall be considered so 

8 long as this evidence was not gathered in 

9 violation of section 384 of the Illegal Im10 migration Reform and Immigrant Respon11 sibility Act of 1996. 

12 ‘‘(V)(aa) During the adjudication of a peti13 tion under this paragraph, the investigative offi14 cer who is responsible for the adjudication and 

15 final determination of eligibility shall determine 

16 whether any Federal, State, territorial, tribal, 

17 or local law enforcement agency has undertaken 

18 an investigation or prosecution of the abusive 

19 conduct alleged by the petitioning alien. 

20 ‘‘(bb) If an investigation or prosecution 

21 was commenced, the investigative officer shall— 

22 ‘‘(AA) obtain as much information as 

23 possible about the investigation or prosecu24 tion; and 
149 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(BB) consider that information as 

2 part of the adjudication of the petition. 

3 ‘‘(cc) If an investigation or prosecution is 

4 pending, the adjudication of the petition shall 

5 be stayed pending the conclusion of the inves6 tigation or prosecution. If no investigation has 

7 been undertaken or if a prosecutor’s office has 

8 not commenced a prosecution after the matter 

9 was referred to it, that fact shall be considered 

10 by the investigative officer as part of the adju11 dication of the petition. 

12 ‘‘(VI) If a petition filed under this para13 graph is denied, any obligations under an un14 derlying affidavit of support previously filed by 

15 the accused national of the United States or 

16 alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 

17 shall be terminated.’’; 

18 (2) in subparagraph (A)(iv), by adding at the 

19 end the following: ‘‘The petition shall be adjudicated 

20 according to the procedures that apply to self-peti21 tioners under clause (iii).’’; 

22 (3) in subparagraph (A)(vii), by adding at the 

23 end the following continuation text: 

24 ‘‘The petition shall be adjudicated according to the proce25 dures that apply to self-petitioners under clause (iii).’’. 
150 

•HR 4970 EH

1 (4) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting after 

2 subclause (II) the following: 

3 ‘‘(III)(aa) Upon filing, each petition under 

4 this clause shall be assigned to an investigative 

5 officer for adjudication and final determination 

6 of eligibility. 

7 ‘‘(bb) During the adjudication of each peti8 tion under this paragraph, an investigative offi9 cer from a local office of United States Citizen10 ship and Immigration Services shall conduct an 

11 in-person interview of the alien who filed the 

12 petition. The investigative officer may also 

13 gather other evidence so long as this evidence is 

14 not gathered in violation of section 384 of the 

15 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Re16 sponsibility Act of 1996. The investigative offi17 cer who conducted the in-person interview shall 

18 provide to the investigative officer who is re19 sponsible for the adjudication and final deter20 mination of eligibility a summary of the inter21 view and any other evidence gathered and a de22 termination of the credibility of the interviewee 

23 and other evidence gathered. 
151 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(cc) All interviews under this clause shall 

2 be conducted under oath and subject to applica3 ble penalties for perjury. 

4 ‘‘(dd) The investigative officer who is re5 sponsible for the adjudication and final deter6 mination of eligibility shall determine whether 

7 the petitioner had filed previous applications or 

8 petitions for immigration benefits that had been 

9 denied and whether the petitioner had been the 

10 beneficiary of a previous petition filed pursuant 

11 to this section that had been denied. If either 

12 was the case, the investigative officer shall con13 sider the denials and the reasons for the denials 

14 as part of the adjudication of the petition. 

15 ‘‘(ee) The investigative officer who is re16 sponsible for the adjudication and final deter17 mination of eligibility shall as part of the adju18 dication of the petition consult with the inves19 tigative officer at the local office of United 

20 States Citizenship and Immigration Services 

21 who had conducted the in-person interview of 

22 the alien who filed the petition. 

23 ‘‘(ff) Upon the conclusion of the adjudica24 tion process under this subparagraph, the inves25 tigative officer who is responsible for the adju-
152 

•HR 4970 EH

1 dication and final determination of eligibility 

2 shall issue a final written determination to ap3 prove or deny the petition. The investigative of4 ficer shall not approve the petition unless the 

5 officer finds, in writing and with particularity, 

6 that all requirements under this paragraph, in7 cluding proof that the alien is a victim of the 

8 conduct described in clause (ii)(I)(bb), have 

9 been proven by a preponderance of the evidence. 

10 ‘‘(IV) During the adjudication of a petition 

11 under this clause— 

12 ‘‘(aa) the petition shall not be granted 

13 unless the petition is supported by a pre14 ponderance of the evidence; and 

15 ‘‘(bb) all credible evidence submitted 

16 by an accused national of the United 

17 States or alien lawfully admitted for per18 manent residence shall be considered so 

19 long as this evidence was not gathered in 

20 violation of section 384 of the Illegal Im21 migration Reform and Immigrant Respon22 sibility Act of 1996. 

23 ‘‘(V)(aa) During the adjudication of a peti24 tion under this clause, the investigative officer 

25 who is responsible for the adjudication and final 
153 

•HR 4970 EH

1 determination of eligibility shall determine 

2 whether any Federal, State, territorial, tribal, 

3 or local law enforcement agency has undertaken 

4 an investigation or prosecution of the abusive 

5 conduct alleged by the petitioning alien. 

6 ‘‘(bb) If an investigation or prosecution 

7 was commenced, the investigative officer shall— 

8 ‘‘(AA) obtain as much information as 

9 possible about the investigation or prosecu10 tion; and 

11 ‘‘(BB) consider that information as 

12 part of the adjudication of the petition. 

13 ‘‘(cc) If an investigation or prosecution is 

14 pending, the adjudication of the petition shall 

15 be stayed pending the conclusion of the inves16 tigation or prosecution. If no investigation has 

17 been undertaken or if a prosecutor’s office has 

18 not commenced a prosecution after the matter 

19 was referred to it, that fact shall be considered 

20 by the investigative officer as part of the adju21 dication of the petition. 

22 ‘‘(VI) If a petition filed under this clause 

23 is denied, any obligations under an underlying 

24 affidavit of support previously filed by the ac25 cused national of the United States or alien 
154 

•HR 4970 EH

1 lawfully admitted for permanent residence shall 

2 be terminated.’’; and 

3 (5) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by adding at the 

4 end the following: ‘‘The petition shall be adjudicated 

5 according to the procedures that apply to self-peti6 tioners under clause (ii).’’. 

7 SEC. 802. CLARIFICATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS APPLI8 CABLE TO U VISAS. 

9 Section 214(p)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality 

10 Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(p)(1)) is amended as follows: 

11 (1) By striking ‘‘The petition’’ and inserting 

12 the following: 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The petition’’. 

14 (2) By adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(B) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

16 Each certification submitted under subpara17 graph (A) shall confirm under oath that— 

18 ‘‘(i) the criminal activity is actively 

19 under investigation or a prosecution has 

20 been commenced; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) the petitioner has provided to law 

22 enforcement information that will assist in 

23 identifying the perpetrator of the criminal 

24 activity or the perpetrator’s identity is 

25 known. 
155 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(C) REQUIREMENT FOR CERTIFI2 CATION.—No application for a visa under sec3 tion 101(a)(15)(U) may be granted unless ac4 companied by the certification as described in 

5 this paragraph.’’. 

6 SEC. 803. PROTECTIONS FOR A FIANCE ́ E OR FIANCE ́ OF A 

7 CITIZEN. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 214 of the Immigration 

9 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (d)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘crime.’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘crime described in paragraph 

13 (3)(B) and information on any permanent pro14 tection or restraining order issued against the 

15 petitioner related to any specified crime de16 scribed in paragraph (3)(B)(i).’’; and 

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

18 ‘‘abuse, and stalking.’’ and inserting ‘‘abuse, 

19 stalking, or an attempt to commit any such 

20 crime.’’; and 

21 (2) in subsection (r)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘crime.’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘crime described in paragraph 

24 (5)(B) and information on any permanent pro25 tection or restraining order issued against the 
156 

•HR 4970 EH

1 petitioner related to any specified crime de2 scribed in subsection (5)(B)(i).’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (5)(B)(i), by striking 

4 ‘‘abuse, and stalking.’’ and inserting ‘‘abuse, 

5 stalking, or an attempt to commit any such 

6 crime.’’. 

7 (b) PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO K NON8 IMMIGRANTS.—Section 833 of the International Marriage 

9 Broker Regulation Act of 2005 (8 U.S.C. 1375a) is 

10 amended in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘or’’ after 

11 ‘‘orders’’ and inserting ‘‘and’’. 

12 SEC. 804. REGULATION OF INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE 

13 BROKERS. 

14 (a) IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MAR15 RIAGE BROKER ACT OF 2005.—Not later than 90 days 

16 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney 

17 General shall submit to Congress a report that includes 

18 the name of the component of the Department of Justice 

19 responsible for prosecuting violations of the International 

20 Marriage Broker Act of 2005 (subtitle D of Public Law 

21 109–162; 119 Stat. 3066) and the amendments made by 

22 this title. 

23 (b) REGULATION OF INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE

24 BROKERS.—Section 833(d) of the International Marriage 
157 

•HR 4970 EH

1 Broker Regulation Act of 2005 (8 U.S.C. 1375a(d)) is 

2 amended as follows: 

3 (1) By amending paragraph (1) to read as fol4 lows: 

5 ‘‘(1) PROHIBITION ON MARKETING OF OR TO

6 CHILDREN.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An international mar8 riage broker shall not provide any individual or 

9 entity with personal contact information, photo10 graph, or general information about the back11 ground or interests of any individual under the 

12 age of 18. 

13 ‘‘(B) COMPLIANCE.—To comply with the 

14 requirements of subparagraph (A), an inter15 national marriage broker shall— 

16 ‘‘(i) obtain a valid copy of each for17 eign national client’s birth certificate or 

18 other proof of age document issued by an 

19 appropriate government entity; 

20 ‘‘(ii) indicate on such certificate or 

21 document the date it was received by the 

22 international marriage broker; 

23 ‘‘(iii) retain the original of such cer24 tificate or document for 5 years after such 

25 date of receipt; and 
158 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(iv) produce such certificate or docu2 ment upon request to an appropriate au3 thority charged with the enforcement of 

4 this paragraph.’’. 

5 (2) In paragraph (2)(B)(ii), by striking ‘‘or 

6 stalking.’’ and inserting ‘‘stalking, or an attempt to 

7 commit any such crime.’’. 

8 SEC. 805. GAO REPORT. 

9 (a) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT.—Not later than 1 

10 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comp11 troller General of the United States shall submit to the 

12 Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Com13 mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 

14 a report regarding the adjudication of petitions and appli15 cations under section 101(a)(15)(U) of the Immigration 

16 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)) and the 

17 self-petitioning process for VAWA self-petitioners (as that 

18 term is defined in section 101(a)(51) of the Immigration 

19 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(51)). 

20 (b) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection 

21 (a) shall— 

22 (1) assess the efficiency and reliability of the 

23 process for reviewing such petitions and applications, 

24 including whether the process includes adequate 

25 safeguards against fraud and abuse; and 
159 

•HR 4970 EH

1 (2) identify possible improvements to the adju2 dications of petitions and applications in order to re3 duce fraud and abuse. 

4 SEC. 806. TEMPORARY NATURE OF U VISA STATUS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 245(m) of the Immigra6 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255(m)) is amended 

7 by striking ‘‘the alien is not described’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

8 individual who was convicted of the criminal activity re9 ferred to in section 101(a)(15)(U)(i)(I) that was the basis 

10 for the alien being admitted into the United States (or 

11 otherwise provided nonimmigrant status) under section 

12 101(a)(15)(U) was himself or herself an alien and has 

13 been physically removed to the foreign state of which the 

14 alien with nonimmigrant status under section 

15 101(a)(15)(U) is a national, and if the alien with non16 immigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(U) is not de17 scribed’’. 

18 (b) DURATION OF NONIMMIGRANT STATUS.—Section 

19 214(p)(6) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(p)(6)) is amended 

20 by striking ‘‘if the alien is eligible for relief under section 

21 245(m) and is unable to obtain such relief because regula22 tions have not been issued to implement such section and 

23 shall be extended’’. 

24 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

25 this section shall apply to applications for adjustment of 
160 

•HR 4970 EH

1 status submitted on or after the date of the enactment 

2 of this Act, and to previously filed applications that are 

3 pending on the date of enactment of this Act. 

4 SEC. 807. ANNUAL REPORT ON IMMIGRATION APPLICA5 TIONS MADE BY VICTIMS OF ABUSE. 

6 Not later than December 1, 2012, and annually 

7 thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall sub8 mit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and 

9 the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep10 resentatives a report that includes the following: 

11 (1) The number of aliens who— 

12 (A) submitted an application for non13 immigrant status under paragraph (15)(T)(i), 

14 (15)(U)(i), or (51) of section 101(a) of the Im15 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

16 1101(a)) during the preceding fiscal year; 

17 (B) were granted such nonimmigrant sta18 tus during such fiscal year; or 

19 (C) were denied such nonimmigrant status 

20 during such fiscal year. 

21 (2) The mean amount of time and median 

22 amount of time to adjudicate an application for such 

23 nonimmigrant status during such fiscal year. 

24 (3) The mean amount of time and median 

25 amount of time between the receipt of an application 
161 

•HR 4970 EH

1 for such nonimmigrant status and the issuance of 

2 work authorization to an eligible applicant during 

3 the preceding fiscal year. 

4 (4) The number of aliens granted continued 

5 presence in the United States under section 

6 107(c)(3) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

7 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(c)(3)) during the pre8 ceding fiscal year. 

9 (5) A description of any actions being taken to 

10 reduce the adjudication and processing time, while 

11 ensuring the safe and competent processing, of an 

12 application described in paragraph (1) or a request 

13 for continued presence referred to in paragraph (4). 

14 (6) The actions being taken to combat fraud 

15 and to ensure program integrity. 

16 (7) Each type of criminal activity by reason of 

17 which an alien received nonimmigrant status under 

18 section 101(a)(15)(U) of the Immigration and Na19 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)) during the 

20 preceding fiscal year and the number of occurrences 

21 of that criminal activity that resulted in such aliens 

22 receiving such status. 
162 

•HR 4970 EH

1 SEC. 808. PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN OF VAWA SELF-PE2 TITIONERS. 

3 Section 204(l)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 

4 Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(l)(2)) is amended— 

5 (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

6 the end; 

7 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub8 paragraph (G); and 

9 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(F) a child of an alien who filed a pend12 ing or approved petition for classification or ap13 plication for adjustment of status or other ben14 efit specified in section 101(a)(51) as a VAWA 

15 self-petitioner; or’’. 

16 SEC. 809. PUBLIC CHARGE. 

17 Section 212(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality 

18 Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(4)) is amended by adding at the 

19 end the following: 

20 ‘‘(E) SPECIAL RULE FOR QUALIFIED

21 ALIEN VICTIMS.—Subparagraphs (A), (B), and 

22 (C) shall not apply to an alien who— 

23 ‘‘(i) is a VAWA self-petitioner; 

24 ‘‘(ii) is an applicant for, or is granted, 

25 nonimmigrant status under section 

26 101(a)(15)(U); or 
163 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(iii) is a qualified alien described in 

2 section 431(c) of the Personal Responsi3 bility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 

4 Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641(c)).’’. 

5 SEC. 810. AGE-OUT PROTECTION FOR U VISA APPLICANTS. 

6 Section 214(p) of the Immigration and Nationality 

7 Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(p)) is amended by adding at the end 

8 the following: 

9 ‘‘(7) AGE DETERMINATIONS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) CHILDREN.—An unmarried alien who 

11 seeks to accompany, or follow to join, a parent 

12 granted status under section 101(a)(15)(U)(i), 

13 and who was under 21 years of age on the date 

14 on which such parent petitioned for such status, 

15 shall continue to be classified as a child for pur16 poses of section 101(a)(15)(U)(ii), if the alien 

17 attains 21 years of age after such parent’s peti18 tion was filed but while it was pending. 

19 ‘‘(B) PRINCIPAL ALIENS.—An alien de20 scribed in clause (i) of section 101(a)(15)(U) 

21 shall continue to be treated as an alien de22 scribed in clause (ii)(I) of such section if the 

23 alien attains 21 years of age after the alien’s 

24 application for status under such clause (i) is 

25 filed but while it is pending.’’. 
164 

•HR 4970 EH

1 SEC. 811. HARDSHIP WAIVERS. 

2 Section 216(c)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality 

3 Act (8 U.S.C. 1186a(c)(4)) is amended— 

4 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking the comma 

5 at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

6 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘(1), or’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘(1); or’’; 

8 (3) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 

9 at the end and inserting a semicolon and ‘‘or’’; and 

10 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(D) the alien meets the requirements 

13 under section 204(a)(1)(A)(iii)(II)(aa)(BB) and 

14 following the marriage ceremony was battered 

15 by or subject to extreme cruelty perpetrated by 

16 the alien’s intended spouse and was not at fault 

17 in failing to meet the requirements of para18 graph (1).’’. 

19 SEC. 812. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION FOR NATIONAL 

20 SECURITY PURPOSE. 

21 (a) INFORMATION SHARING.—Section 384(b) of the 

22 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 

23 Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1367(b)) is amended— 

24 (1) in paragraph (1)— 
165 

•HR 4970 EH

1 (A) by inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland 

2 Security or the’’ before ‘‘Attorney General 

3 may’’; and 

4 (B) by inserting ‘‘Secretary’s or the’’ be5 fore ‘‘Attorney General’s discretion’’; 

6 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

7 (A) by inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland 

8 Security or the’’ before ‘‘Attorney General 

9 may’’; 

10 (B) by inserting ‘‘Secretary or the’’ before 

11 ‘‘Attorney General for’’; and 

12 (C) by inserting ‘‘in a manner that pro13 tects the confidentiality of such information’’ 

14 after ‘‘law enforcement purpose’’; 

15 (3) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘Attorney 

16 General is’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland 

17 Security and the Attorney General are’’; and 

18 (4) by adding at the end a new paragraph as 

19 follows: 

20 ‘‘(8) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), the 

21 Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of 

22 State, or the Attorney General may provide in the 

23 discretion of either such Secretary or the Attorney 

24 General for the disclosure of information to national 

25 security officials to be used solely for a national se-
166 

•HR 4970 EH

1 curity purpose in a manner that protects the con2 fidentiality of such information.’’. 

3 (b) GUIDELINES.—Subsection (d) (as added by sec4 tion 817(4) of the Violence Against Women and Depart5 ment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005) of section 

6 384 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Re7 sponsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1367(d)) is amended 

8 by inserting ‘‘and severe forms of trafficking in persons 

9 or criminal activity listed in section 101(a)(15)(U) of the 

10 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

11 1101(a)(15)(u))’’ after ‘‘domestic violence’’. 

12 (c) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 180 days 

13 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen14 eral and Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide the 

15 guidance required by section 384(d) of the Illegal Immi16 gration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 

17 (8 U.S.C. 1367(d)), consistent with the amendments made 

18 by subsections (a) and (b). 

19 (d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 384(a)(1) of 

20 the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsi21 bility Act of 1996 is amended by striking ‘‘241(a)(2)’’ in 

22 the matter following subparagraph (F) and inserting 

23 ‘‘237(a)(2)’’. 
167 

•HR 4970 EH

1 SEC. 813. GAO REPORT ON REQUIREMENTS TO COOPERATE 

2 WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. 

3 (a) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT.—Not later than 3 

4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp5 troller General of the United States shall submit a report 

6 to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 

7 Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa8 tives a report regarding the adjudication of petitions and 

9 applications under section 101(a)(15)(U) of the Immigra10 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)). 

11 (b) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection 

12 (a) shall— 

13 (1) assess the effectiveness of the requirements 

14 set out in Section 802 of this Act in ensuring that 

15 potential U visa recipients aid in the investigation, 

16 apprehension, and prosecution of criminals; 

17 (2) determine the effect of the requirements set 

18 out in Section 802 of this Act, on the number of U 

19 visas issued annually; and 

20 (3) determine the effect of the requirements set 

21 out in Section 802 of this Act, on the number of in22 dividuals seeking U visas. 

23 SEC. 814. CONSIDERATION OF OTHER EVIDENCE. 

24 Section 237(a)(2)(E)(i) of the Immigration and Na25 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)(E)(i)) is amended by 

26 adding at the end the following: ‘‘If the conviction records 
168 

•HR 4970 EH

1 do not conclusively establish whether a crime of domestic 

2 violence constitutes a crime of violence (as defined in sec3 tion 16 of title 18, United States Code), the Attorney Gen4 eral may consider any other evidence that the Attorney 

5 General determines to be reliable in making this deter6 mination, including sentencing reports and police re7 ports.’’. 

8 TITLE IX—SAFETY FOR INDIAN 

9 WOMEN 

10 SEC. 901. GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS. 

11 Section 2015(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con12 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg– 

13 10(a)) is amended— 

14 (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘sex traf15 ficking,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’; 

16 (2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘sex traf17 ficking,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’; 

18 (3) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and stalking’’ 

19 and all that follows and inserting ‘‘sexual assault, 

20 sex trafficking, and stalking;’’; 

21 (4) in paragraph (7)— 

22 (A) by inserting ‘‘sex trafficking,’’ after 

23 ‘‘sexual assault,’’ each place it appears; and 

24 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

25 (5) in paragraph (8)— 
169 

•HR 4970 EH

1 (A) by inserting ‘‘sex trafficking,’’ after 

2 ‘‘stalking,’’; and 

3 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

4 inserting a semicolon; and 

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

6 ‘‘(9) provide services to address the needs of 

7 youth who are victims of domestic violence, dating 

8 violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, or stalking 

9 and the needs of children exposed to domestic vio10 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, in11 cluding support for the nonabusing parent or the 

12 caretaker of the child; and 

13 ‘‘(10) develop and promote legislation and poli14 cies that enhance best practices for responding to 

15 violent crimes against Indian women, including the 

16 crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

17 assault, sex trafficking, and stalking.’’. 

18 SEC. 902. GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBAL COALITIONS. 

19 Section 2001(d) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con20 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg(d)) 

21 is amended— 

22 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

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

24 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
170 

•HR 4970 EH

1 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 

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

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

4 ‘‘(D) developing and promoting State, 

5 local, or tribal legislation and policies that en6 hance best practices for responding to violent 

7 crimes against Indian women, including the 

8 crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, 

9 sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking.’’; 

10 and 

11 (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘individ12 uals or’’. 

13 SEC. 903. CONSULTATION. 

14 Section 903 of the Violence Against Women and De15 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 

16 U.S.C. 14045d) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (a)— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘and the Violence Against 

19 Women Act of 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Vio20 lence Against Women Act of 2000’’; and 

21 (B) by inserting ‘‘, and the Violence 

22 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012’’ 

23 before the period at the end; 

24 (2) in subsection (b)— 
171 

•HR 4970 EH

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

2 by striking ‘‘Secretary of the Department of 

3 Health and Human Services’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘Secretary of Health and Human Services, the 

5 Secretary of the Interior,’’; and 

6 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and 

7 stalking’’ and inserting ‘‘stalking, and sex traf8 ficking’’; and 

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

10 ‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Attorney General shall 

11 submit to Congress an annual report on the annual con12 sultations required under subsection (a) that— 

13 ‘‘(1) contains the recommendations made under 

14 subsection (b) by Indian tribes during the year cov15 ered by the report; 

16 ‘‘(2) describes actions taken during the year 

17 covered by the report to respond to recommenda18 tions made under subsection (b) during the year or 

19 a previous year; and 

20 ‘‘(3) describes how the Attorney General will 

21 work in coordination and collaboration with Indian 

22 tribes, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 

23 and the Secretary of the Interior to address the rec24 ommendations made under subsection (b). 
172 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(d) NOTICE.—Not later than 120 days before the 

2 date of a consultation under subsection (a), the Attorney 

3 General shall notify tribal leaders of the date, time, and 

4 location of the consultation.’’. 

5 SEC. 904. ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH ON VIOLENCE AGAINST 

6 INDIAN WOMEN. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 904(a) of the Violence 

8 Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza9 tion Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–10 note) is amend10 ed— 

11 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘The National’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘Not later than 2 years after the date of 

14 enactment of the Violence Against Women Re15 authorization Act of 2012, the National’’; and 

16 (B) by inserting ‘‘and in Native villages 

17 (as defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native 

18 Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602))’’ be19 fore the period at the end; 

20 (2) in paragraph (2)(A)— 

21 (A) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

22 end; 

23 (B) in clause (v), by striking the period at 

24 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

25 (C) by adding at the end the following: 
173 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(vi) sex trafficking.’’; 

2 (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘the Violence Against Women Reauthoriza4 tion Act of 2012’’; and 

5 (4) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘this section 

6 $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 and 2008’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘this subsection $1,000,000 for each 

8 of fiscal years 2013 and 2014’’. 

9 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

10 905(b)(2) of the Violence Against Women and Depart11 ment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (28 U.S.C. 

12 534 note) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2007 

13 through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2013 through 

14 2017’’. 

15 SEC. 905. ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY DOMES16 TIC VIOLENCE TRIBAL LIAISONS. 

17 (a) APPOINTMENT.—The Attorney General is author18 ized and encouraged to appoint the Assistant United 

19 States Attorney Tribal Liaison appointed in each judicial 

20 district that includes Indian country to also serve as a do21 mestic violence tribal liaison. 

22 (b) DUTIES.—The duties of a domestic violence tribal 

23 liaison appointed under this section shall include the fol24 lowing: 
174 

•HR 4970 EH

1 (1) Encouraging and assisting in arrests and 

2 Federal prosecution for crimes, including mis3 demeanor crimes, of domestic violence, dating vio4 lence, sexual assault, and stalking that occur in In5 dian country. 

6 (2) Conducting training sessions for tribal law 

7 enforcement officers and other individuals and enti8 ties responsible for responding to crimes in Indian 

9 country to ensure that such officers, individuals, and 

10 entities understand their arrest authority over non11 Indian offenders. 

12 (3) Developing multidisciplinary teams to com13 bat domestic and sexual violence offenses against In14 dians by non-Indians. 

15 (4) Consulting and coordinating with tribal jus16 tice officials and victims’ advocates to address any 

17 backlog in the prosecution of crimes, including mis18 demeanor crimes, of domestic violence, dating vio19 lence, sexual assault, and stalking that occur in In20 dian country. 

21 (5) Developing working relationships and main22 taining communication with tribal leaders, tribal 

23 community and victims’ advocates, and tribal justice 

24 officials to gather information from, and share ap25 propriate information with, tribal justice officials. 
175 

•HR 4970 EH

1 (c) INDIAN COUNTRY.—In this section, the term ‘‘In2 dian country’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

3 1151 of title 18. 

4 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

5 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 

6 necessary to carry out this section. 

7 TITLE X—CRIMINAL PROVISIONS 

8 SEC. 1001. CRIMINAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO SEXUAL 

9 ABUSE. 

10 (a) SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR OR WARD.—Section 

11 2243(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to 

12 read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(b) OF A WARD.— 

14 ‘‘(1) OFFENSES.—It shall be unlawful for any 

15 person to knowingly engage, or knowingly attempt to 

16 engage, in a sexual act with another person who is— 

17 ‘‘(A) in official detention or supervised by, 

18 or otherwise under the control of, the United 

19 States— 

20 ‘‘(i) during arrest; 

21 ‘‘(ii) during pretrial release; 

22 ‘‘(iii) while in official detention or cus23 tody; or 

24 ‘‘(iv) while on probation, supervised 

25 release, or parole; 
176 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(B) under the professional custodial, su2 pervisory, or disciplinary control or authority of 

3 the person engaging or attempting to engage in 

4 the sexual act; and 

5 ‘‘(C) at the time of the sexual act— 

6 ‘‘(i) in the special maritime and terri7 torial jurisdiction of the United States; 

8 ‘‘(ii) in a Federal prison, or in any 

9 prison, institution, or facility in which per10 sons are held in custody by direction of, or 

11 pursuant to a contract or agreement with, 

12 the United States; or 

13 ‘‘(iii) under supervision or other con14 trol by the United States, or by direction 

15 of, or pursuant to a contract or agreement 

16 with, the United States. 

17 ‘‘(2) PENALTIES.—Whoever violates paragraph 

18 (1)(A) shall— 

19 ‘‘(A) be fined under this title, imprisoned 

20 for not more than 15 years, or both; and 

21 ‘‘(B) if, in the course of committing the 

22 violation of paragraph (1), the person engages 

23 in conduct that would constitute an offense 

24 under section 2241 or 2242 if committed in the 

25 special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of 
177 

•HR 4970 EH

1 the United States, be subject to the penalties 

2 provided for under section 2241 or 2242, re3 spectively.’’. 

4 (b) PENALTIES FOR SEXUAL ABUSE.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 13 of title 18, 

6 United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

7 end the following: 

8 ‘‘§ 250. Penalties for sexual abuse 

9 ‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—It shall be unlawful for any person, 

10 in the course of committing an offense under this chapter 

11 or under section 901 of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 

12 3631) to engage in conduct that would constitute an of13 fense under chapter 109A if committed in the special mar14 itime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States. 

15 ‘‘(b) PENALTIES.—A person that violates subsection 

16 (a) shall be subject to the penalties under the provision 

17 of chapter 109A that would have been violated if the con18 duct was committed in the special maritime and territorial 

19 jurisdiction of the United States, unless a greater penalty 

20 is otherwise authorized by law.’’. 

21 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec22 tions for chapter 13 of title 18, United States Code, 

23 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘250. Penalties for sexual abuse.’’. 
178 

•HR 4970 EH

1 SEC. 1002. SEXUAL ABUSE IN CUSTODIAL SETTINGS. 

2 (a) SUITS BY PRISONERS.—Section 7(e) of the Civil 

3 Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (42 U.S.C. 

4 1997e(e)) is amended by inserting before the period at the 

5 end the following: ‘‘or the commission of a sexual act (as 

6 defined in section 2246 of title 18, United States Code)’’. 

7 (b) UNITED STATES AS DEFENDANT.—Section 

8 1346(b)(2) of title 28, United States Code, is amended 

9 by inserting before the period at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘or the commission of a sexual act (as defined in section 

11 2246 of title 18)’’. 

12 (c) ADOPTION AND EFFECT OF NATIONAL STAND13 ARDS.—Section 8 of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 

14 2003 (42 U.S.C. 15607) is amended— 

15 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub16 section (e); and 

17 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(c) APPLICABILITY TO DETENTION FACILITIES OP20 ERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECU21 RITY.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

23 after the date of enactment of the Violence Against 

24 Women Reauthorization Act of 2012, the Secretary 

25 of Homeland Security shall publish a final rule 

26 adopting national standards for the detection, pre-
179 

•HR 4970 EH

1 vention, reduction, and punishment of rape and sex2 ual assault in facilities that maintain custody of 

3 aliens detained for a violation of the immigrations 

4 laws of the United States. 

5 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—The standards adopted 

6 under paragraph (1) shall apply to detention facili7 ties operated by the Department of Homeland Secu8 rity and to detention facilities operated under con9 tract with, or pursuant to an intergovernmental 

10 service agreement with, the Department. 

11 ‘‘(3) COMPLIANCE.—The Secretary of Home12 land Security shall— 

13 ‘‘(A) assess compliance with the standards 

14 adopted under paragraph (1) on a regular 

15 basis; and 

16 ‘‘(B) include the results of the assessments 

17 in performance evaluations of facilities com18 pleted by the Department of Homeland Secu19 rity. 

20 ‘‘(4) CONSIDERATIONS.—In adopting standards 

21 under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Homeland Se22 curity shall give due consideration to the rec23 ommended national standards provided by the Com24 mission under section 7(e). 
180 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY TO CUSTODIAL FACILITIES OP2 ERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

3 SERVICES.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

5 after the date of enactment of the Violence Against 

6 Women Reauthorization Act of 2012, the Secretary 

7 of Health and Human Services shall publish a final 

8 rule adopting national standards for the detection, 

9 prevention, reduction, and punishment of rape and 

10 sexual assault in facilities that maintain custody of 

11 unaccompanied alien children (as defined in section 

12 462(g) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

13 U.S.C. 279(g))). 

14 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—The standards adopted 

15 under paragraph (1) shall apply to facilities operated 

16 by the Department of Health and Human Services 

17 and to facilities operated under contract with the 

18 Department. 

19 ‘‘(3) COMPLIANCE.—The Secretary of Health 

20 and Human Services shall— 

21 ‘‘(A) assess compliance with the standards 

22 adopted under paragraph (1) on a regular 

23 basis; and 

24 ‘‘(B) include the results of the assessments 

25 in performance evaluations of facilities com-
181 

•HR 4970 EH

1 pleted by the Department of Health and 

2 Human Services. 

3 ‘‘(4) CONSIDERATIONS.—In adopting standards 

4 under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Health and 

5 Human Services shall give due consideration to the 

6 recommended national standards provided by the 

7 Commission under section 7(e).’’. 

8 SEC. 1003. CRIMINAL PROVISION RELATING TO STALKING, 

9 INCLUDING CYBERSTALKING. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2261A of title 18, United 

11 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘§ 2261A. Stalking 

13 ‘‘(a) Whoever uses the mail, any interactive computer 

14 service, or any facility of interstate or foreign commerce 

15 to engage in a course of conduct or travels in interstate 

16 or foreign commerce or within the special maritime and 

17 territorial jurisdiction of the United States, or enters or 

18 leaves Indian country, with the intent to kill, injure, har19 ass, or intimidate another person, or place another person 

20 under surveillance with the intent to kill, injure, harass, 

21 or intimidate such person and in the course of, or as a 

22 result of, such travel or course of conduct— 

23 ‘‘(1) places that person in reasonable fear of 

24 the death of, or serious bodily injury to such person, 
182 

•HR 4970 EH

1 a member of their immediate family (as defined in 

2 section 115), or their spouse or intimate partner; or 

3 ‘‘(2) causes or attempts to cause serious bodily 

4 injury or serious emotional distress to such person, 

5 a member of their immediate family (as defined in 

6 section 115), or their spouse or intimate partner; 

7 shall be punished as provided in subsection (b). 

8 ‘‘(b) The punishment for an offense under this sec9 tion is the same as that for an offense under section 2261, 

10 except that if— 

11 ‘‘(1) the offense involves conduct in violation of 

12 a protection order; or 

13 ‘‘(2) the victim of the offense is under the age 

14 of 18 years or over the age of 65 years, the offender 

15 has reached the age of 18 years at the time the of16 fense was committed, and the offender knew or 

17 should have known that the victim was under the 

18 age of 18 years or over the age of 65 years; 

19 the maximum term of imprisonment that may be imposed 

20 is increased by 5 years over the term of imprisonment oth21 erwise provided for that offense in section 2261.’’. 

22 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to 

23 section 2261A in the table of sections at the beginning 

24 of chapter 110A of title 18, United States Code, is amend25 ed to read as follows: 

‘‘2261A. Stalking.’’. 
183 

•HR 4970 EH

1 SEC. 1004. AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL ASSAULT STAT2 UTE. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 113 of title 18, United 

4 States Code, is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)— 

6 (A) by striking paragraph (1) and insert7 ing the following: 

8 ‘‘(1) Assault with intent to commit murder or 

9 a violation of section 2241 or 2242, by a fine under 

10 this title, imprisonment for not more than 20 years, 

11 or both.’’; 

12 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘felony 

13 under chapter 109A’’ and inserting ‘‘violation 

14 of section 2241 or 2242’’; 

15 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and 

16 without just cause or excuse,’’; 

17 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘six 

18 months’’ and inserting ‘‘1 year’’; 

19 (E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘1 year’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘5 years’’; 

21 (F) in paragraph (7)— 

22 (i) by striking ‘‘substantial bodily in23 jury to an individual who has not attained 

24 the age of 16 years’’ and inserting ‘‘sub25 stantial bodily injury to a spouse or inti26 mate partner, a dating partner, or an indi-
184 

•HR 4970 EH

1 vidual who has not attained the age of 16 

2 years’’; and 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘fine’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘a fine’’; and 

5 (G) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(8) Assault of a spouse, intimate partner, or 

7 dating partner by strangling, suffocating, or at8 tempting to strangle or suffocate, by a fine under 

9 this title, imprisonment for not more than 10 years, 

10 or both.’’; and 

11 (2) in subsection (b)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘(b) As used in this sub13 section—’’ and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(b) In this section—’’; 

15 (B) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking 

16 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

17 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe18 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

20 ‘‘(3) the terms ‘dating partner’ and ‘spouse or 

21 intimate partner’ have the meanings given those 

22 terms in section 2266; 

23 ‘‘(4) the term ‘strangling’ means knowingly or 

24 recklessly impeding the normal breathing or circula25 tion of the blood of a person by applying pressure 
185 

•HR 4970 EH

1 to the throat or neck, regardless of whether that 

2 conduct results in any visible injury or whether there 

3 is any intent to kill or protractedly injure the victim; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(5) the term ‘suffocating’ means knowingly or 

6 recklessly impeding the normal breathing of a person 

7 by covering the mouth of the person, the nose of the 

8 person, or both, regardless of whether that conduct 

9 results in any visible injury or whether there is any 

10 intent to kill or protractedly injure the victim.’’. 

11 (b) INDIAN MAJOR CRIMES.—Section 1153(a) of title 

12 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘assault 

13 with intent to commit murder, assault with a dangerous 

14 weapon, assault resulting in serious bodily injury (as de15 fined in section 1365 of this title)’’ and inserting ‘‘a felony 

16 assault under section 113’’. 

17 SEC. 1005. MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCE. 

18 Section 2241 of title 18, United States Code, is 

19 amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a), in the undesignated mat21 ter following paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘any term 

22 of years or life’’ and inserting ‘‘not less than 10 

23 years or imprisoned for life’’; and 

24 (2) in subsection (b), in the undesignated mat25 ter following paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘any term 
186 

•HR 4970 EH

1 of years or life’’ and inserting ‘‘not less than 5 years 

2 or imprisoned for life’’. 

3 SEC. 1006. FEDERAL PROTECTION ORDERS. 

4 (a) FEDERAL PROTECTION ORDERS.—Chapter 110A 

5 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting 

6 after section 2262 the following: 

7 ‘‘§ 2262A. Federal domestic violence protection orders 

8 involving Indians and Indian country 

9 ‘‘(a) PETITION FOR PROTECTION ORDER.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A victim of an act of do11 mestic violence, or an Indian tribe as parens patriae 

12 on behalf of the victim of an act of domestic vio13 lence, may petition a district court of the United 

14 States to issue a protection order against the person 

15 (whether an Indian or a non-Indian) who is alleged 

16 to have committed the act of domestic violence if— 

17 ‘‘(A) the victim is an Indian or a minor 

18 who resides with or is in the care and custody 

19 of an Indian; 

20 ‘‘(B) the victim resides or is employed at 

21 a place located in the Indian country of the In22 dian tribe that files the petition; and 

23 ‘‘(C) the person against whom the order is 

24 sought is alleged to have committed an act of 

25 domestic violence in the Indian country. 
187 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF PETITION.—A petition filed 

2 under this section shall contain— 

3 ‘‘(A) the facts that meet the requirements 

4 under paragraph (1); 

5 ‘‘(B) the name of each victim on whose be6 half the protection order is sought; 

7 ‘‘(C) the name and, if known, the residen8 tial address of the person against whom the 

9 order is sought; 

10 ‘‘(D) a detailed description of the alleged 

11 act of domestic violence, including the date or 

12 approximate date and the location of the act of 

13 domestic violence; and 

14 ‘‘(E) the relief sought. 

15 ‘‘(3) ISSUANCE OF PROTECTION ORDER.—The 

16 court may issue a protection order in accordance 

17 with this section and subsections (b) and (c) of sec18 tion 2265 and Rule 65(d)(1) of the Federal Rules 

19 of Civil Procedure if the court finds that such order 

20 is reasonably necessary to provide protection against 

21 violence, threats, or harassment against, contact or 

22 communication with, or physical proximity to— 

23 ‘‘(A) a spouse or intimate partner who re24 sides or is employed at a location in the Indian 
188 

•HR 4970 EH

1 country of the Indian tribe involved in the pro2 ceeding; or 

3 ‘‘(B) a minor who resides with or is in the 

4 care or custody of a spouse or intimate partner 

5 who resides or is employed at a location in the 

6 Indian country. 

7 ‘‘(4) SCOPE OF PROTECTION ORDERS.—Any 

8 protection order under this section may— 

9 ‘‘(A) prohibit the person against whom the 

10 order is sought from— 

11 ‘‘(i) threatening to commit or commit12 ting an act of domestic violence against or 

13 otherwise harassing the spouse or intimate 

14 partner or minor who resides with or is in 

15 the care or custody of the spouse or inti16 mate partner; 

17 ‘‘(ii) communicating, directly or indi18 rectly, with the spouse or intimate partner 

19 or minor who resides with or is in the care 

20 or custody of the spouse or intimate part21 ner; and 

22 ‘‘(iii) knowingly coming within a spec23 ified distance from the spouse or intimate 

24 partner or minor who resides with or is in 
189 

•HR 4970 EH

1 the care or custody of the spouse or inti2 mate partner; 

3 ‘‘(B) direct the person against whom the 

4 order is sought to stay away from the residence, 

5 school, or place of employment of the spouse or 

6 intimate partner, or any other specified place 

7 frequented by the spouse or intimate partner, 

8 regardless of whether the residence, school, 

9 place of employment, or other specified place is 

10 located in Indian country; and 

11 ‘‘(C) exclude or bar the person against 

12 whom the order is sought from the Indian coun13 try of the Indian tribe involved in the pro14 ceeding or any portion or area of that Indian 

15 country. 

16 ‘‘(5) EMERGENCY EX PARTE ORDERS.—If a pe17 tition requests an emergency ex-parte protection 

18 order and from the facts alleged in the petition there 

19 appears to be a danger of a further, imminent act 

20 of domestic violence against a victim, the court may 

21 grant an emergency ex-parte protection order 

22 against the person against whom the order is sought 

23 in accordance with the requirements of section 

24 2265(b)(2). 
190 

•HR 4970 EH

1 ‘‘(6) DURATION OF PROTECTION ORDER.—A 

2 protection order under this section may be perma3 nent or of such other shorter duration as the court 

4 determines necessary to protect a victim from a fur5 ther act of domestic violence by the person against 

6 whom the order is sought. 

7 ‘‘(b) VIOLATION OF PROTECTION ORDER.—A person 

8 who intentionally violates a protection order under this 

9 section shall be punished as provided in section 2262(b).’’. 

10 (b) VIOLATION OF FEDERAL PROTECTION ORDER.— 

11 Section 2262(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amend12 ed in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 

13 ‘‘this section’’ and inserting ‘‘this section or a protection 

14 order issued under section 2262A’’. 

15 (c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2266 of title 18, United 

16 States Code, is amended by inserting after paragraph (10) 

17 the following: 

18 ‘‘(11) ACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term 

19 ‘act of domestic violence’ means an act or attempted 

20 act of violence or stalking, or a threatened act of vi21 olence, by a person against a spouse or intimate 

22 partner, or a minor residing with or in the care or 

23 custody of the spouse or intimate partner. 

24 ‘‘(12) INDIAN.—The term ‘Indian’ means a per25 son who is a member of any Indian tribe, regardless 
191 

•HR 4970 EH

1 of whether that Indian tribe is the plaintiff Indian 

2 tribe under section 2262A. 

3 ‘‘(13) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian tribe’ 

4 has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the 

5 Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 

6 (25 U.S.C. 479a). 

7 ‘‘(14) MINOR.—The term ‘minor’ means a per8 son under the age of 18 years.’’. 

9 (d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

10 The table of sections for chapter 110A of title 18, United 

11 States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat12 ing to section 2262 the following: 

‘‘2262A. Federal domestic violence protection orders involving Indians and Indian country.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 16, 2012. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4970 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 

1994.