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Union Calendar No. 7 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1585 

[Report No. 116–21, Part I] 

To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 7, 2019 

Ms. BASS (for herself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 

to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Ways 

and Means, Education and Labor, Natural Resources, and Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 

case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 

the committee concerned 

MARCH 27, 2019 

Additional sponsors: Mr. NADLER, Ms. PELOSI, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mrs. 

FLETCHER, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. 

KIND, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. MOORE, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. VELA, Mr. PAPPAS, Ms. GABBARD, Mrs. 

DEMINGS, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, Ms. 

CLARKE of New York, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. SIRES, Ms. 

SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Ms. FRANKEL, Mr. 

DOGGETT, Ms. NORTON, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, 

Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. HIMES, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. 

BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. SPEIER, Mrs. AXNE, Mrs. 

LAWRENCE, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. LEVIN of 

Michigan, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. CLAY, Ms. 

SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. 

DEAN, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. TITUS, Mrs. 

DAVIS of California, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. ROUDA, Mrs. LEE of 

Nevada, Ms. WEXTON, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. 

MENG, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. CASE, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. 

HARDER of California, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. 

WILD, Mr. WELCH, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, 


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Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. HILL of California, 

Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Ms. 

JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. OMAR, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. DEFAZIO, 

Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of 

Georgia, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. CLARK

of Massachusetts, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. KIM, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. 

SLOTKIN, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. COOPER, Mr. 

HORSFORD, Mr. CROW, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. DELGADO, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. 

MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. CORREA, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. AGUILAR, 

Mr. RYAN, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. COHEN, Mr. STANTON, Mr. VISCLOSKY, 

Mr. SCHRADER, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. 

KEATING, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. DELBENE, 

Mr. KILMER, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. 

VAN DREW, Mrs. CRAIG, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, 

Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. TONKO, Ms. ADAMS, Mrs. BUSTOS, Miss 

RICE of New York, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY

of New York, Mr. ROSE of New York, Mr. HECK, Mr. HOYER, Mrs. 

MCBATH, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. PORTER, Mr. TRONE, Mr. 

GREEN of Texas, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. 

PLASKETT, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. BEYER, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, and Ms. 

WATERS

MARCH 27, 2019 

Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

MARCH 27, 2019 

Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, 

Education and Labor, Natural Resources, and Veterans’ Affairs discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 

of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 7, 2019] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, 

and for other purposes. 


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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Vio5 lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019’’. 

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

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Universal definitions and grant conditions. 

TITLE I—ENHANCING LEGAL TOOLS TO COMBAT DOMESTIC 

VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING 

Sec. 101. Stop grants. 

Sec. 102. Grants to improve the criminal justice response. 

Sec. 103. Legal assistance for victims. 

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

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

Sec. 106. Criminal provisions. 

Sec. 107. Rape survivor child custody. 

TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES FOR VICTIMS 

Sec. 201. Sexual assault services program. 

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

child abuse enforcement assistance program. 

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

Sec. 204. Training and services to end abuse in later life. 

TITLE III—SERVICES, PROTECTION, AND JUSTICE FOR YOUNG 

VICTIMS 

Sec. 301. Rape prevention and education grant. 

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

(CHOOSE) for children and youth. 

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

Sec. 304. Combat online predators. 

TITLE IV—VIOLENCE REDUCTION PRACTICES 

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

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

grants. 

TITLE V—STRENGTHENING THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS RESPONSE 

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


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TITLE VI—SAFE HOMES FOR VICTIMS 

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

sexual assault, and stalking. 

Sec. 602. Ensuring compliance and implementation; prohibiting retaliation 

against victims. 

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

Sec. 604. Transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, 

dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

Sec. 605. Addressing the housing needs of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

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

TITLE VII—ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR VICTIMS 

Sec. 701. Findings. 

Sec. 702. National Resource Center on workplace responses to assist victims of domestic and sexual violence. 

Sec. 703. Entitlement to unemployment compensation for victims of sexual and 

other harassment and survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

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

Sec. 705. GAO Study. 

Sec. 706. Education and information programs for survivors. 

Sec. 707. Severability. 

TITLE VIII—HOMICIDE REDUCTION INITIATIVES 

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

partners and persons subject to protection orders. 

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

TITLE IX—SAFETY FOR INDIAN WOMEN 

Sec. 901. Findings and purposes. 

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

Sec. 903. Tribal jurisdiction over crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual violence, sex trafficking, stalking, and violence against law 

enforcement officers. 

Sec. 904. Annual reporting requirements. 

TITLE X—OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 

Sec. 1001. Establishment of Office on Violence Against Women. 

TITLE XI—IMPROVING CONDITIONS FOR WOMEN IN FEDERAL 

CUSTODY 

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

Sec. 1102. Public health and safety of women. 

TITLE XII—LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOLS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC 

SAFETY 

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


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

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

TITLE XIII—CLOSING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CONSENT 

LOOPHOLE 

Sec. 1301. Short title. 

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

Sec. 1303. Incentives for States. 

Sec. 1304. Reports to Congress. 

Sec. 1305. Definition. 

TITLE XIV—OTHER MATTERS 

Sec. 1401. National stalker and domestic violence reduction. 

Sec. 1402. Federal victim assistants reauthorization. 

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

reauthorization. 

Sec. 1404. Sex offender management. 

Sec. 1405. Court-appointed special advocate program. 

Sec. 1406. Rape kit backlog. 

Sec. 1407. Sexual assault forensic exam program grants. 

1 SEC. 2. UNIVERSAL DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS. 

2 Section 40002 of the Violence Against Women Act of 

3 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘In this title’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘In this title, including for the purpose of grants 

7 authorized under this Act,’’; 

8 (B) by redesignating paragraph (34) 

9 through paragraph (45) as paragraphs (41) 

10 through (52); 

11 (C) by inserting after paragraph (33) the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(39) INTERNET ENABLED DEVICE.—The term 

14 ‘internet enabled device’ means devices that have a 

15 connection the Internet, send and receive information 


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1 and data, and maybe accessed via mobile device tech2 nology, video technology, or computer technology, 

3 away from the location where the device is installed, 

4 and may include home automation systems, door 

5 locks, and thermostats. 

6 ‘‘(40) TECHNOLOGICAL ABUSE.—The term ‘tech7 nological abuse’ means behavior intended to harm, 

8 threaten, intimidate, control, stalk, harass, imper9 sonate, or monitor, except as otherwise permitted by 

10 law, another person, that occurs using the Internet, 

11 internet enabled devices, social networking sites, com12 puters, mobile devices, cellular telephones, apps, loca13 tion tracking devices, instant messages, text messages, 

14 or other forms of technology. Technological abuse may 

15 include— 

16 ‘‘(A) unwanted, repeated telephone calls, 

17 text messages, instant messages, or social media 

18 posts; 

19 ‘‘(B) non-consensual accessing e-mail ac20 counts, texts or instant messaging accounts, so21 cial networking accounts, or cellular telephone 

22 logs; 

23 ‘‘(C) controlling or restricting a person’s 

24 ability to access technology with the intent to 

25 isolate them from support and social connection; 


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1 ‘‘(D) using tracking devices or location 

2 tracking software for the purpose of monitoring 

3 or stalking another person’s location; 

4 ‘‘(E) impersonating a person (including 

5 through the use of spoofing technology in photo 

6 or video or the creation of accounts under a false 

7 name) with the intent to deceive or cause harm; 

8 or 

9 ‘‘(F) sharing or urging or compelling the 

10 sharing of another person’s private information, 

11 photographs, or videos without their consent.’’; 

12 (D) in paragraph (19)(B), by striking ‘‘and 

13 probation’’ and inserting ‘‘probation , and 

14 vacatur or expungement’’; 

15 (E) by redesignating paragraphs (13) 

16 through (33) as paragraphs (18) through (38); 

17 (F) by striking paragraph (11) and insert18 ing the following: 

19 ‘‘(13) DIGITAL SERVICES.—The term ‘digital 

20 services’ means services, resources, information, sup21 port or referrals provided through electronic commu22 nications platforms and media, whether via mobile 

23 device technology, video technology, or computer tech24 nology, including utilizing the internet, as well as 

25 any other emerging communications technologies that 


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1 are appropriate for the purposes of providing services, 

2 resources, information, support, or referrals for the 

3 benefit of victims of domestic violence, dating vio4 lence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

5 ‘‘(14) ECONOMIC ABUSE.—The term ‘economic 

6 abuse’, in the context of domestic violence, dating vio7 lence, and abuse in later life, means behavior that is 

8 coercive, deceptive, or unreasonably controls or re9 strains a person’s ability to acquire, use, or maintain 

10 economic resources to which they are entitled, includ11 ing using coercion, fraud, or manipulation to— 

12 ‘‘(A) restrict a person’s access to money, as13 sets, credit, or financial information; 

14 ‘‘(B) unfairly use a person’s personal eco15 nomic resources, including money, assets, and 

16 credit, for one’s own advantage; or 

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

18 financial and economic behavior or decisions, in19 cluding forcing default on joint or other finan20 cial obligations, exploiting powers of attorney, 

21 guardianship, or conservatorship, or failing or 

22 neglecting to act in the best interests of a person 

23 to whom one has a fiduciary duty. 

24 ‘‘(15) ELDER ABUSE.—The term ‘elder abuse’ 

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


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1 Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act. The 

2 terms ‘abuse,’ ‘elder,’ and ‘exploitation’ have the 

3 meanings given those terms in section 2011 of the So4 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397j). 

5 ‘‘(16) FORCED MARRIAGE.—The term ‘forced 

6 marriage’ means a marriage to which one or both 

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

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

9 present. Forced marriage can be both a cause and a 

10 consequence of domestic violence, dating violence, sex11 ual assault or stalking. 

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

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

14 (G) by redesignating paragraphs (9) and 

15 (10) as paragraphs (11) and (12), respectively; 

16 (H) by amending paragraph (8) to read as 

17 follows: 

18 ‘‘(10) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘domestic 

19 violence’ means a pattern of behavior involving the 

20 use or attempted use of physical, sexual, verbal, emo21 tional, economic, or technological abuse or any other 

22 coercive behavior committed, enabled, or solicited to 

23 gain or maintain power and control over a victim, by 

24 a person who— 


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1 ‘‘(A) is a current or former spouse or dating 

2 partner of the victim, or other person similarly 

3 situated to a spouse of the victim under the fam4 ily or domestic violence laws of the jurisdiction; 

5 ‘‘(B) is cohabitating with or has cohabitated 

6 with the victim as a spouse or dating partner, 

7 or other person similarly situated to a spouse of 

8 the victim under the family or domestic violence 

9 laws of the jurisdiction; 

10 ‘‘(C) shares a child in common with the vic11 tim; 

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

13 or nonpaid caregiver for, a victim aged 50 or 

14 older or an adult victim with disabilities; or 

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

16 victim who is protected from those acts under the 

17 family or domestic violence laws of the jurisdic18 tion.’’. 

19 (I) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) 

20 as paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively; 

21 (J) by amending paragraph (5) to read as 

22 follows: 

23 ‘‘(7) COURT-BASED AND COURT-RELATED PER24 SONNEL.—The term ‘court-based personnel’ and 


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1 ‘court-related personnel’ means persons working in 

2 the court, whether paid or volunteer, including— 

3 ‘‘(A) clerks, special masters, domestic rela4 tions officers, administrators, mediators, custody 

5 evaluators, guardians ad litem, lawyers, nego6 tiators, probation, parole, interpreters, victim as7 sistants, victim advocates, and judicial, adminis8 trative, or any other professionals or personnel 

9 similarly involved in the legal process; 

10 ‘‘(B) court security personnel; 

11 ‘‘(C) personnel working in related, supple12 mentary offices or programs (such as child sup13 port enforcement); and 

14 ‘‘(D) any other court-based or community15 based personnel having responsibilities or au16 thority to address domestic violence, dating vio17 lence, sexual assault, or stalking in the court sys18 tem.’’. 

19 (K) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 

20 through (4) as paragraphs (4) through (6) re21 spectively; 

22 (L) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol23 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(3) ALTERNATIVE JUSTICE RESPONSE.—The 

2 term ‘alternative justice response’ means a process, 

3 whether court-ordered or community-based, that— 

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

5 the extent possible, those who have committed a 

6 specific offense and those who have been harmed 

7 as a result of the offense; 

8 ‘‘(B) has the goal of collectively seeking ac9 countability from the accused, and developing a 

10 process whereby the accused will take responsi11 bility for his or her actions, and a plan for pro12 viding relief to those harmed, through allocution, 

13 restitution, community service, or other processes 

14 upon which the victim, the accused, the commu15 nity, and the court (if court-ordered) can agree; 

16 ‘‘(C) is conducted in a framework that pro17 tects victim safety and supports victim auton18 omy; and 

19 ‘‘(D) provides that information disclosed 

20 during such process may not be used for any 

21 other law enforcement purpose, including im22 peachment or prosecution, without the express 

23 permission of all participants.’’. 

24 (M) by redesignating paragraph (1) as 

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1 (N) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as 

2 redesignated in subparagraph (O) of this para3 graph) the following: 

4 ‘‘(1) ABUSE IN LATER LIFE.—The term ‘abuse in 

5 later life’ means neglect, abandonment, domestic vio6 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking of 

7 an adult over the age of 50 by any person, or eco8 nomic abuse of that adult by a person in an ongoing, 

9 relationship of trust with the victim. Self-neglect is 

10 not included in this definition.’’; and 

11 (2) in subsection (b)— 

12 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

13 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) 

14 and (G) as subparagraphs (H) and (I); 

15 (ii) by inserting after subparagraph 

16 (E) the following: 

17 ‘‘(G) DEATH OF THE PARTY WHOSE PRI18 VACY HAD BEEN PROTECTED.—In the event of 

19 the death of any victim whose confidentiality 

20 and privacy is required to be protected under 

21 this subsection, such requirement shall continue 

22 to apply, and the right to authorize release of 

23 any confidential or protected information is be 

24 vested in the next of kin, except that consent for 

25 release of the deceased victim’s information may 


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1 not be given by a person who had perpetrated 

2 abuse against the deceased victim.’’; 

3 (iii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

4 (D) through (E) as subparagraphs (E) 

5 through (F); and 

6 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 

7 (C) the following: 

8 ‘‘(D) USE OF TECHNOLOGY.—Grantees and 

9 subgrantees may use telephone, internet, and 

10 other technologies to protect the privacy, location 

11 and help-seeking activities of victims using serv12 ices. Such technologies may include— 

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

14 block caller ID or conceal IP addresses, in15 cluding instances in which victims use dig16 ital services; or 

17 ‘‘(ii) technologies or protocols that in18 hibit or prevent a perpetrator’s attempts to 

19 use technology or social media to threaten, 

20 harass or harm the victim, the victim’s fam21 ily, friends, neighbors or co-workers, or the 

22 program providing services to them.’’; 

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

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1 ing’’ the following: ‘‘provided that the confiden2 tiality and privacy requirements of this title are 

3 maintained, and that personally identifying in4 formation about adult, youth, and child victims 

5 of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as6 sault and stalking is not requested or included in 

7 any such collaboration or information-sharing’’; 

8 (C) in paragraph (6), by adding at the end 

9 the following: ‘‘However, such disbursing agen10 cies must ensure that the confidentiality and pri11 vacy requirements of this title are maintained in 

12 making such reports, and that personally identi13 fying information about adult, youth and child 

14 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sex15 ual assault and stalking is not requested or in16 cluded in any such reports.’’; 

17 (D) in paragraph (11), by adding at the 

18 end the following: ‘‘The Office on Violence 

19 Against Women shall make all technical assist20 ance available as broadly as possible to any ap21 propriate grantees, subgrantees, potential grant22 ees, or other entities without regard to whether 

23 the entity has received funding from the Office 

24 on Violence Against Women for a particular pro25 gram or project.’’; 


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1 (E) in paragraph (13)— 

2 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

3 after ‘‘the Violence Against Women Reau4 thorization Act of 2013’’ the following: 

5 ‘‘(Public Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54)’’; and 

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

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

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

9 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

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

11 (F) in paragraph (14), by inserting after 

12 ‘‘are also victims of’’ the following: ‘‘forced mar13 riage, or’’; and 

14 (G) in paragraph (16)(C)(i), by striking 

15 ‘‘$20,000 in Department funds, unless the Dep16 uty Attorney General’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000 

17 in Department funds, unless the Director or 

18 Principal Deputy Director of the Office on Vio19 lence Against Women, the Deputy Attorney Gen20 eral,’’. 


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1 TITLE I—ENHANCING LEGAL 

2 TOOLS TO COMBAT DOMESTIC 

3 VIOLENCE, DATING VIO4 LENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, 

5 AND STALKING 

6 SEC. 101. STOP GRANTS. 

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

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

9 10441 et seq.) is amended— 

10 (1) in section 2001(b)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (3), by inserting before 

12 the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘includ13 ing implementation of the non-discrimination 

14 requirements in section 40002(b)(13) of the Vio15 lence Against Women Act of 1994’’; 

16 (B) in paragraph (9)— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘older and disabled 

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

19 age or over and people with disabilities’’; 

20 and 

21 (ii) by striking ‘‘older and disabled in22 dividuals’’ and inserting ‘‘people’’; 

23 (C) in paragraph (19), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

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1 (D) in paragraph (20), by striking the pe2 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

4 following: 

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

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

11 the return of such weapon when appropriate, where 

12 any Federal, State, tribal, or local court has— 

13 ‘‘(A)(i) issued protective or other restrain14 ing orders against such a perpetrator; or 

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

16 of misdemeanor or felony crimes of domestic vio17 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(B) ordered the perpetrator to relinquish 

20 dangerous weapons that the perpetrator possesses 

21 or has used in the commission of at least one of 

22 the aforementioned crimes. 

23 Policies, procedures, protocols, laws, regulations, or 

24 training under this section shall include the safest 

25 means of recovery of, and best practices for storage of, 


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1 relinquished and recovered dangerous weapons and 

2 their return, when applicable, at such time as the in3 dividual is no longer prohibited from possessing such 

4 weapons under Federal, State, or Tribal law, or post5 ed local ordinances.’’; 

6 (2) in section 2007— 

7 (A) in subsection (d)— 

8 (i) by redesignating paragraphs (5) 

9 and (6) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respec10 tively; and 

11 (ii) by inserting after paragraph (4) 

12 the following: 

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

14 regarding protocols to strongly discourage compelling 

15 victim testimony, described in section 2017; 

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

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

18 the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act 

19 of 1994;’’; 

20 (B) in subsection (i)— 

21 (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting be22 fore the semicolon at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘and the requirements under section 

24 40002(b) of the Violent Crime Control and 


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

2 12291(b))’’; and 

3 (ii) in paragraph (2)(C)(iv), by insert4 ing after ‘‘ethnicity,’’ the following: ‘‘sexual 

5 orientation, gender identity,’’; and 

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

7 ‘‘(k) REVIEWS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH NON8 DISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If allegations of discrimina10 tion in violation of section 40002(b)(13)(A) of the Vi11 olence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 

12 12291(b)(13)(A)) by a potential grantee under this 

13 part have been made to the Attorney General, the At14 torney General shall, prior to awarding a grant 

15 under this part to such potential grantee, conduct a 

16 review of the compliance of the potential grantee with 

17 such section. 

18 ‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT OF RULE.—Not later than 

19 1 year after the date of enactment of the Violence 

20 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019, the At21 torney General shall by rule establish procedures for 

22 such a review. 

23 ‘‘(3) ANNUAL REPORT.—Beginning on the date 

24 that is 1 year after the date of enactment of the Vio25 lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019, 


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1 the Attorney General shall report to the Committees 

2 on the Judiciary of the Senate and of the House of 

3 Representatives regarding compliance with section 

4 40002(b)(13)(A) of the Violence Against Women Act of 

5 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(b)(13)(A)) by recipients of 

6 grants under this part.’’; and 

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

8 ‘‘SEC. 2017. GRANT ELIGIBILITY REGARDING COMPELLING 

9 VICTIM TESTIMONY. 

10 ‘‘In order to be eligible for a grant under this part, 

11 a State, Indian tribal government, territorial government, 

12 or unit of local government shall certify that, not later than 

13 3 years after the date of enactment of this section, their 

14 laws, policies, or practices will include a detailed protocol 

15 to discourage the use of bench warrants, material witness 

16 warrants, perjury charges, or other means of compelling 

17 victim-witness testimony in the investigation, prosecution, 

18 trial, or sentencing of a crime related to the domestic vio19 lence, sexual assault, dating violence or stalking of the vic20 tim.’’. 

21 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

22 1001(a)(18) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

23 Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(18)) is amended by strik24 ing ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 

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1 SEC. 102. GRANTS TO IMPROVE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE RE2 SPONSE. 

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

4 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10461 et 

5 seq.) is amended in the heading, by striking ‘‘GRANTS TO

6 ENCOURAGE ARREST POLICIES’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘GRANTS TO IMPROVE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE RE8 SPONSE’’. 

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

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

11 is amended— 

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

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(a) GENERAL PROGRAM PURPOSE.—The purpose of 

15 this part is to assist States, State and local courts (includ16 ing juvenile courts), Indian tribal governments, tribal 

17 courts, and units of local government to develop and 

18 strengthen effective law enforcement and prosecution strate19 gies to combat violent crimes against women, and to develop 

20 and strengthen victim services in cases involving violent 

21 crimes against women.’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

24 ‘‘proarrest’’ and inserting ‘‘offender account25 ability and homicide reduction’’; 

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

2 defined in section 102 of the Older Ameri3 cans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002))’’ and 

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

5 and 

6 (ii) by striking ‘‘individuals with dis7 abilities (as defined in section 3(2) of the 

8 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 

9 U.S.C. 12102(2)))’’ and inserting ‘‘people 

10 with disabilities (as defined in the Ameri11 cans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 

12 U.S.C. 12102))’’; 

13 (C) in paragraph (19), by inserting before 

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

15 victims among underserved populations (as de16 fined in section 40002(a)(46) of the Violence 

17 Against Women Act of 1994)’’; and 

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

19 ‘‘(23) To develop and implement an alternative 

20 justice response (as such term is defined in section 

21 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994). 

22 ‘‘(24) To develop and implement policies, proce23 dures, protocols, laws, regulations, or training to en24 sure the lawful recovery and storage of any dangerous 

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1 from an adjudicated perpetrator of any offense of do2 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

3 stalking, and the return of such weapon when appro4 priate, where any Federal, State, tribal, or local court 

5 has— 

6 ‘‘(A)(i) issued protective or other restrain7 ing orders against such a perpetrator; or 

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

9 of misdemeanor or felony crimes of domestic vio10 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(B) ordered the perpetrator to relinquish 

13 dangerous weapons that the perpetrator possesses 

14 or has used in the commission of at least one of 

15 the aforementioned crimes. 

16 Policies, procedures, protocols, laws, regulations, or 

17 training under this section shall include the safest 

18 means of recovery of and best practices for storage of 

19 relinquished and recovered dangerous weapons and 

20 their return, when applicable, at such time as the per21 sons are no longer prohibited from possessing such 

22 weapons under Federal, State, Tribal or municipal 

23 law.’’; and 

24 (3) in subsection (c)(1)— 

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1 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘encourage 

2 or mandate arrests of domestic violence of3 fenders’’ and inserting ‘‘encourage arrests of 

4 offenders’’; and 

5 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘encour6 age or mandate arrest of domestic violence 

7 offenders’’ and inserting ‘‘encourage arrest 

8 of offenders’’; and 

9 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the 

10 following: 

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

12 after the date of the enactment of this subpara13 graph, their laws, policies, or practices will in14 clude a detailed protocol to strongly discourage 

15 the use of bench warrants, material witness war16 rants, perjury charges, or other means of compel17 ling victim-witness testimony in the investiga18 tion, prosecution, trial, or sentencing of a crime 

19 related to the domestic violence, sexual assault, 

20 dating violence or stalking of the victim.’’. 

21 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

22 1001(a)(19) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

23 Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(19)) is amended by strik24 ing ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 

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1 SEC. 103. LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS. 

2 Section 1201 of division B of the Victims of Traf3 ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 

4 20121) is amended— 

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

6 to the victims’’ the following: ‘‘. When legal assistance 

7 to a dependent is necessary for the safety of a victim, 

8 such assistance may be provided.’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (c)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting after 

11 ‘‘stalking, and sexual assault’’ the following: ‘‘, 

12 or for dependents when necessary for the safety 

13 of a victim’’; 

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

15 ‘‘stalking, and sexual assault’’ the following: ‘‘, 

16 or for dependents when necessary for the safety 

17 of a victim,’’ and 

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

19 ‘‘sexual assault, or stalking’’ the following: ‘‘, or 

20 for dependents when necessary for the safety of a 

21 victim,’’; and 

22 (3) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘2014 

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1 SEC. 104. GRANTS TO SUPPORT FAMILIES IN THE JUSTICE 

2 SYSTEM. 

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

5 12464) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (b)— 

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

8 the end; 

9 (B) in paragraph (8)— 

10 (i) by striking ‘‘to improve’’ and in11 serting ‘‘improve’’; and 

12 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

13 and inserting ‘‘; and’’ ; and 

14 (C) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(9) develop and implement an alternative 

17 justice response (as such term is defined in sec18 tion 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act 

19 of 1994).’’; and 

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

21 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 

22 SEC. 105. OUTREACH AND SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED 

23 POPULATIONS GRANTS. 

24 Section 120(h) of the Violence Against Women and De25 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 


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1 20123(h)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 

3 SEC. 106. CRIMINAL PROVISIONS. 

4 Section 2265 of title 18, United States Code, is amend5 ed— 

6 (1) in subsection (d)(3)— 

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

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

10 ‘‘The prohibition under this paragraph applies 

11 to all protection orders for the protection of a 

12 person residing within a State, territorial, or 

13 tribal jurisdiction, whether or not the protection 

14 order was issued by that State, territory, or 

15 Tribe.’’; and 

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

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

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

19 Native village associated with the Tribe.’’. 

20 SEC. 107. RAPE SURVIVOR CHILD CUSTODY. 

21 Section 409 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking 

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

23 ‘‘2015 through 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 


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1 TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES 

2 FOR VICTIMS 

3 SEC. 201. SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM. 

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

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

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

7 ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 

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

9 SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING, AND CHILD 

10 ABUSE ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE PRO11 GRAM. 

12 Section 40295 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 

13 Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12341) is amended— 

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

15 and inserting ‘‘adults, youth,’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘2014 

17 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 

18 SEC. 203. TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END VIOLENCE 

19 AGAINST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. 

20 Section 1402 of division B of the Victims of Traf21 ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 

22 20122) is amended— 

23 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘WOMEN’’ and 

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1 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘individuals’’ 

2 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘people’’; 

3 (3) in subsection (b)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘disabled individuals’’ each 

5 place it appears and inserting ‘‘people with dis6 abilities’’; 

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

8 ‘‘law enforcement’’ the following: ‘‘and other first 

9 responders’’; and 

10 (C) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘pro11 viding advocacy and intervention services with12 in’’ and inserting ‘‘to enhance the capacity of’’; 

13 (4) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘disabled indi14 viduals’’ and inserting ‘‘people with disabilities’’; and 

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

16 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 

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

18 LATER LIFE. 

19 Section 40801 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 

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

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

22 TRAINING’’ and inserting ‘‘TRAINING’’; 

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

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1 lowing: ‘‘The Attorney General shall make grants to 

2 eligible entities in accordance with the following:’’; 

3 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) 

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

5 (4) in paragraph (1) (as redesignated by para6 graph (3) of this subsection)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘, including domestic vio8 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, 

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

10 (B) in subparagraph (A)— 

11 (i) in clause (i), by inserting after 

12 ‘‘elder abuse’’ the following: ‘‘and abuse in 

13 later life’’; 

14 (ii) in clauses (ii) and (iii), by insert15 ing after ‘‘victims of’’ the following: ‘‘elder 

16 abuse and’’; and 

17 (iii) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘advo18 cates, victim service providers, and courts to 

19 better serve victims of abuse in later life’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘leaders, victim advocates, 

21 victim service providers, courts, and first 

22 responders to better serve older victims’’; 

23 (C) in subparagraph (B)— 

24 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or other 

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1 nizing and addressing instances of abuse in 

2 later life’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based 

3 organizations, or other professionals who 

4 may identify or respond to abuse in later 

5 life’’; and 

6 (ii) in clause (ii), by inserting after 

7 ‘‘victims of’’ the following: ‘‘elder abuse 

8 and’’; and 

9 (D) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘sub10 paragraph (B)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

11 (2)(B)’’; 

12 (5) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by para13 graph (3))— 

14 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘over 

15 50 years of age’’ and inserting ‘‘50 years of age 

16 or over’’; and 

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

18 later life’’ and inserting ‘‘50 years of age or 

19 over’’; and 

20 (6) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by para21 graph (3)), by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and in22 serting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 


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1 TITLE III—SERVICES, PROTEC2 TION, AND JUSTICE FOR 

3 YOUNG VICTIMS 

4 SEC. 301. RAPE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION GRANT. 

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

6 U.S.C. 280b–1b) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting before 

9 the semicolon at the end the following ‘‘or digital 

10 services (as such term is defined in section 

11 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 

12 1994)’’; and 

13 (B) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘sexual 

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

15 assault, and sexual harassment’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Indian tribal’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘Indian Tribal’’; and 

18 (3) in subsection (c)— 

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

20 ‘‘$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 

21 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘$150,000,000 for 

22 each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024’’; and 

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

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

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1 section in each fiscal year shall be awarded in 

2 accordance with this paragraph.’’. 

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

4 SERVICES, AND EDUCATION (CHOOSE) FOR 

5 CHILDREN AND YOUTH. 

6 Section 41201 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 

7 Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12451) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘stalking, or sex trafficking’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘or stalking’’; and 

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

12 ‘‘Grants awarded under this section may be used 

13 to address sex trafficking or bullying as part of 

14 a comprehensive program focused primarily on 

15 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

16 or stalking.’’; 

17 (2) in subsection (b)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

19 (i) in the matter preceding subpara20 graph (A), by striking ‘‘target youth who 

21 are victims of domestic violence, dating vio22 lence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex traf23 ficking’’ and inserting ‘‘target youth, in24 cluding youth in underserved populations 


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1 who are victims of domestic violence, sexual 

2 assault, and stalking’’; 

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

4 ‘‘stalking, and sex trafficking’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘and stalking’’; 

6 (iii) in subparagraph (B)— 

7 (I) by striking ‘‘stalking, or sex 

8 trafficking’’ and inserting ‘‘or stalk9 ing’’; and 

10 (II) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

11 (iv) in subparagraph (C)— 

12 (I) by striking ‘‘stalking, and sex 

13 trafficking’’ and inserting ‘‘or stalk14 ing’’; and 

15 (II) by striking the period at the 

16 end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

17 (v) by inserting after subparagraph 

18 (C) the following: 

19 ‘‘(D) clarify State or local mandatory re20 porting policies and practices regarding peer-to21 peer dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk22 ing.’’; and 

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1 (i) by striking ‘‘stalking, or sex traf2 ficking’’ each place it appears and inserting 

3 ‘‘or stalking’’; 

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

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

6 (iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

7 ‘‘stalking, and sex trafficking’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘and stalking’’; and 

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

10 after ‘‘programming for youth’’ the fol11 lowing: ‘‘, including youth in underserved 

12 populations,’’; 

13 (3) in subsection (c)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘stalking, 

15 or sex trafficking’’ and inserting ‘‘or stalking’’; 

16 and 

17 (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘para18 graph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A) or 

19 (B) of paragraph (1)’’; 

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

21 and sex trafficking’’ and inserting ‘‘and stalking, in22 cluding training on working with youth in under23 served populations’’; and 

24 (5) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘$15,000,000 

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1 serting ‘‘$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 

2 through 2024’’. 

3 SEC. 303. GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES ON CAM4 PUSES. 

5 Section 304 of the Violence Against Women and De6 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 

7 20125) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (b)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking the second 

10 sentence; 

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

12 follows: 

13 ‘‘(3) To provide prevention and education pro14 gramming about domestic violence, dating violence, 

15 sexual assault, and stalking, including technological 

16 abuse and reproductive and sexual coercion, that is 

17 age-appropriate, culturally relevant, ongoing, deliv18 ered in multiple venues on campus, accessible, pro19 motes respectful nonviolent behavior as a social norm, 

20 and engages men and boys. Such programming 

21 should be developed in partnership or collaboratively 

22 with experts in intimate partner and sexual violence 

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1 (C) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and pro2 vide’’ and inserting ‘‘, provide, and dissemi3 nate’’; 

4 (D) in paragraph (10), by inserting after 

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

6 (E) by inserting after paragraph (10) the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(11) To train campus health centers on how to 

9 recognize and respond to domestic violence, dating vi10 olence, sexual assault, and stalking, including train11 ing health providers on how to provide universal edu12 cation to all members of the campus community on 

13 the impacts of violence on health and unhealthy rela14 tionships and how providers can support ongoing out15 reach efforts.’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘2014 

17 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’; 

18 (3) in subsection (d)— 

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

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

21 students’’; and 

22 (B) in paragraph (4)(C), by inserting after 

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

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

2 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’ and in3 serting ‘‘$16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 

4 through 2024’’. 

5 SEC. 304. COMBAT ONLINE PREDATORS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 110A of title 18, United 

7 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2261A 

8 the following: 

9 ‘‘§ 2261B. Enhanced penalty for stalkers of children 

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

11 (b), if the victim of an offense under section 2261A is under 

12 the age of 18 years, the maximum term of imprisonment 

13 for the offense is 5 years greater than the maximum term 

14 of imprisonment otherwise provided for that offense in sec15 tion 2261. 

16 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 

17 a person who violates section 2261A if— 

18 ‘‘(1) the person is subject to a sentence under sec19 tion 2261(b)(5); and 

20 ‘‘(2)(A) the person is under the age of 18 at the 

21 time the offense occurred; or 

22 ‘‘(B) the victim of the offense is not less than 15 

23 nor more than 17 years of age and not more than 3 

24 years younger than the person who committed the of25 fense at the time the offense occurred.’’. 


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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

2 the beginning of chapter 110A of title 18, United States 

3 Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

4 19 section 2261A the following new item: 

‘‘2261B. Enhanced penalty for stalkers of children.’’. 

5 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2261A of title 

6 18, United States Code, is amended in the matter following 

7 paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘section 2261(b) of this title’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘section 2261(b) or section 2262B, as the case 

9 may be’’. 

10 (d) REPORT ON BEST PRACTICES REGARDING EN11 FORCEMENT OF ANTI-STALKING LAWS.—Not later than 1 

12 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney 

13 General shall submit a report to Congress, which shall— 

14 (1) include an evaluation of Federal, tribal, 

15 State, and local efforts to enforce laws relating to 

16 stalking; and 

17 (2) identify and describe those elements of such 

18 efforts that constitute the best practices for the en19 forcement of such laws. 


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1 TITLE IV—VIOLENCE 

2 REDUCTION PRACTICES 

3 SEC. 401. STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE CENTERS FOR DIS4 EASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. 

5 Section 402 of the Violence Against Women and De6 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

7 280b–4) is amended— 

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

9 against women’’ and inserting ‘‘violence against 

10 adults, youth,’’; and 

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

12 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 

13 SEC. 402. SAVING MONEY AND REDUCING TRAGEDIES 

14 (SMART) THROUGH PREVENTION GRANTS. 

15 Section 41303 of the Violence Against Women Act of 

16 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12463) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (b)(1)— 

18 (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

19 at the end; 

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

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

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

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

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1 (2) in subsection (d)(3)— 

2 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

3 at the end; 

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

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

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

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

8 underserved populations.’’; 

9 (3) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘$15,000,000 

10 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’ and in11 serting ‘‘$45,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 

12 through 2024’’; and 

13 (4) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the 

14 following: 

15 ‘‘(3) REMAINING AMOUNTS.—Any amounts not 

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

17 used for any set of purposes described in paragraphs 

18 (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (b), or for a project that 

19 fulfills two or more of such sets of purposes.’’. 


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1 TITLE V—STRENGTHENING THE 

2 HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS RE3 SPONSE 

4 SEC. 501. GRANTS TO STRENGTHEN THE HEALTHCARE SYS5 TEMS RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 

6 DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND 

7 STALKING. 

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

9 U.S.C. 280g–4) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

12 the end; 

13 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period 

14 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

16 ‘‘(4) the development or enhancement and imple17 mentation of training programs to improve the ca18 pacity of early childhood programs to address domes19 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk20 ing among families they serve.’’; 

21 (2) in subsection (b)(1)— 

22 (A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting ‘‘, 

23 including labor and sex trafficking’’ after ‘‘vio24 lence and abuse’’; 

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

2 (ii) by striking ‘‘patients by increas3 ing’’ and all that follows through the semi4 colon and inserting the following: ‘‘patients 

5 by— 

6 ‘‘(I) increasing the capacity of ex7 isting health care professionals and 

8 public health staff to address domestic 

9 violence, dating violence, sexual as10 sault, and stalking; 

11 ‘‘(II) contracting with or hiring 

12 advocates for victims of domestic vio13 lence or sexual assault to provide such 

14 services; or 

15 ‘‘(III) providing funding to State 

16 domestic and sexual violence coalitions 

17 to improve the capacity of such coali18 tions to coordinate and support health 

19 advocates and other health system 

20 partnerships;’’; 

21 (C) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking 

22 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

23 (D) in subparagraph (B)(iv) by striking the 

24 period at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, 

25 with priority given to programs administered 


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1 through the Health Resources and Services Ad2 ministration, Office of Women’s Health; and’’; 

3 and 

4 (E) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the 

5 end the following: 

6 ‘‘(v) the development, implementation, 

7 dissemination, and evaluation of best prac8 tices, tools, and training materials for be9 havioral health professionals to identify and 

10 respond to domestic violence, sexual vio11 lence, stalking, and dating violence.’’. 

12 (3) in subsection (b)(2)(A)— 

13 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CHILD AND

14 ELDER ABUSE’’ and inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘CHILD ABUSE AND ABUSE IN LATER LIFE’’; and 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘child or elder abuse’’ and 

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

18 later life’’; 

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

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

21 (5) in subsection (b)(2)(C)(iii), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

22 at the end; 

23 (6) in subsection (b)(2)(C)(iv)— 

24 (A) by inserting ‘‘mental health,’’ after 

25 ‘‘dental,’’; and 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘exams.’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘exams and certifications;’’; 

3 (7) in subsection (b)(2)(C), by inserting after 

4 clause (iv) the following: 

5 ‘‘(v) development of a State-level pilot 

6 program to— 

7 ‘‘(I) improve the response of sub8 stance use disorder treatment programs 

9 and systems to domestic violence, dat10 ing violence, sexual assault, and stalk11 ing; and 

12 ‘‘(II) improve the capacity of sub13 stance use disorder treatment programs 

14 and systems to serve survivors of do15 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

16 assault, and stalking dealing with sub17 stance use disorder; or 

18 ‘‘(vi) development and utilization of 

19 existing technical assistance and training 

20 resources to improve the capacity of sub21 stance use disorder treatment programs to 

22 address domestic violence, dating violence, 

23 sexual assault, and stalking among patients 

24 the programs serve.’’ 

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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘or behavioral health,’’ 

2 after ‘‘of health’’; 

3 (B) by inserting ‘‘behavioral’’ after ‘‘phys4 ical or’’; and 

5 (C) by striking ‘‘mental’’ before ‘‘health 

6 care’’; 

7 (9) in subsection (d)(2)(B)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘or health system’’ and in9 serting ‘‘behavioral health treatment system,’’; 

10 and 

11 (B) after ‘‘physical or’’ by striking ‘‘men12 tal’’ and inserting ‘‘behavioral’’; 

13 (10) in subsection (f) in the heading, by striking 

14 ‘‘RESEARCH AND EVALUATION’’ and inserting ‘‘RE15 SEARCH, EVALUATION, AND DATA COLLECTION’’; 

16 (11) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘research 

17 and evaluation’’ and inserting ‘‘research, evaluation, 

18 or data collection’’; 

19 (12) in subsection (f)(1)(B), by inserting after 

20 ‘‘health care’’ the following: ‘‘or behavioral health’’; 

21 (13) in subsection (f)(2)— 

22 (A) in the heading, by inserting after ‘‘RE23 SEARCH’’ the following: ‘‘AND DATA COLLEC24 TION’’; 


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1 (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

2 (A), by inserting ‘‘or data collection’’ before ‘‘au3 thorized in paragraph (1)’’; 

4 (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

5 at the end; 

6 (D) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 

7 period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

8 (E) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the 

9 following: 

10 ‘‘(E) research on the intersection of sub11 stance use disorder and domestic violence, dating 

12 violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including 

13 the effect of coerced use and efforts by an abusive 

14 partner or other to interfere with substance use 

15 disorder treatment and recovery; and 

16 ‘‘(F) improvement of data collection using 

17 existing Federal surveys by including questions 

18 about domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

19 assault, or stalking and substance use disorder, 

20 coerced use, and mental or behavioral health.’’; 

21 (14) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘2014 through 

22 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’; and 

23 (15) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘herein’’ and 

24 ‘‘provided for’’. 


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1 TITLE VI—SAFE HOMES FOR 

2 VICTIMS 

3 SEC. 601. HOUSING PROTECTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMES4 TIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL 

5 ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 

6 Section 41411 of the Violence Against Women Act of 

7 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12491) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

10 ‘‘brother, sister,’’ and inserting ‘‘sibling,’’; and 

11 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

12 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

13 before the semicolon at the end the fol14 lowing: ‘‘including the direct loan program 

15 under such section’’; 

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

17 ‘‘the program under subtitle A’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘the programs under subtitles A 

19 through D’’; 

20 (iii) in subparagraph (I)— 

21 (I) by inserting after ‘‘sections 

22 514, 515, 516, 533,’’ the following: 

23 ‘‘542,’’; and 

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1 (iv) in subparagraph (J), by striking 

2 the period at the end and inserting a semi3 colon; and 

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

5 ‘‘(K) the provision of assistance from the 

6 Housing Trust Fund as established under section 

7 1338 of the Federal Housing Enterprises Finan8 cial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 

9 U.S.C. 4501); 

10 ‘‘(L) the provision of assistance for housing 

11 under the Comprehensive Service Programs for 

12 Homeless Veterans program under subchapter II 

13 of chapter 20 of title 38, United States Code (38 

14 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); 

15 ‘‘(M) the provision of assistance for housing 

16 and facilities under the grant program for home17 less veterans with special needs under section 

18 2061 of title 38, United States Code; 

19 ‘‘(N) the provision of assistance for perma20 nent housing under the program for financial as21 sistance for supportive services for very low-in22 come veteran families in permanent housing 

23 under section 2044 of title 38, United States 

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1 ‘‘(O) any other Federal housing programs 

2 providing affordable housing to low-income per3 sons by means of restricted rents or rental assist4 ance as identified by the appropriate agency.’’; 

5 and 

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

7 ‘‘(4) COVERED HOUSING PROVIDER.—The term 

8 ‘covered housing provider’ refers to the individual or 

9 entity under a covered housing program that has re10 sponsibility for the administration or oversight of 

11 housing assisted under a covered housing program 

12 and includes public housing agencies, sponsors, own13 ers, mortgagors, managers, Continuums of Care, State 

14 and local governments or agencies thereof, and non15 profit or for-profit organizations or entities. 

16 ‘‘(5) CONTINUUM OF CARE.—The term ‘Con17 tinuum of Care’ means an entity receiving a grant 

18 under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 

19 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.). 

20 ‘‘(6) INTERNAL TRANSFER.—The term ‘internal 

21 transfer’ means a transfer to a unit of the same cov22 ered housing provider and under the same covered 

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1 ‘‘(7) EXTERNAL TRANSFER.—The term ‘external 

2 transfer’ means a transfer to a unit of a different cov3 ered housing provider under any covered housing pro4 gram.’’; 

5 (2) in subsection (b)(3)— 

6 (A) in the heading, by inserting after 

7 ‘‘CRIMINAL ACTIVITY’’ the following: ‘‘AND FAM8 ILY BREAK-UP’’; 

9 (B) in subparagraph (A), to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(A) DENIAL OF ASSISTANCE, TENANCY, 

11 AND OCCUPANCY RIGHTS PROHIBITED.— 

12 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A tenant shall not 

13 be denied assistance, tenancy, or occupancy 

14 rights to housing assisted under a covered 

15 housing program solely on the basis of 

16 criminal activity directly relating to domes17 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

18 or stalking that is engaged in by a member 

19 of the household of the tenant or any guest 

20 or other person under the control of the ten21 ant, if the tenant or an affiliated individual 

22 of the tenant is the victim or threatened vic23 tim of such domestic violence, dating vio24 lence, sexual assault, or stalking. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) CRIMINAL ACTIVITY ENGAGED IN

2 BY PERPETRATOR OF ABUSE.—A tenant 

3 shall not be denied assistance, tenancy, or 

4 occupancy rights to housing assisted under 

5 a covered housing program solely on the 

6 basis of criminal activity, including drug7 related criminal activity (as such term is 

8 defined section 3(b)(9) of the United States 

9 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

10 1437a(b)(9)), engaged in by the perpetrator 

11 of the domestic violence, dating violence, 

12 sexual assault, or stalking. 

13 ‘‘(iii) REVIEW PRIOR TO DENIAL OF

14 ASSISTANCE.—Prior to denying assistance, 

15 tenancy, or occupancy rights to housing as16 sisted under a covered housing program to 

17 a tenant on the basis of criminal activity of 

18 the tenant, including drug-related criminal 

19 activity, the covered housing provider must 

20 conduct an individualized review of the to21 tality of the circumstances regarding the 

22 criminal activity at issue if the tenant is a 

23 victim of domestic violence, dating violence, 

24 sexual assault, or stalking. Such review 

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1 ‘‘(I) the nature and severity of the 

2 criminal activity; 

3 ‘‘(II) the amount of time that has 

4 elapsed since the occurrence of the 

5 criminal activity; 

6 ‘‘(III) if the tenant engaged in 

7 more than one instance of criminal ac8 tivity, the frequency and duration of 

9 the criminal activity; 

10 ‘‘(IV) whether the criminal activ11 ity was related to a symptom of a dis12 ability, including a substance use dis13 order; 

14 ‘‘(V) whether the victim was co15 erced by the perpetrator of domestic vi16 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

17 or stalking; 

18 ‘‘(VI) whether the victim has 

19 taken affirmative steps to reduce the 

20 likelihood that the criminal activity 

21 will recur; and 

22 ‘‘(VII) any mitigating factors. 

23 The covered housing program must provide 

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1 tunity to invoke the covered housing pro2 gram’s grievance policy to dispute the find3 ings.’’; 

4 (C) in subparagraph (B)— 

5 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘BIFUR6 CATION’’ and inserting ‘‘FAMILY BREAK7 UP’’; 

8 (ii) by redesignating clauses (i) and 

9 (ii) as clauses (ii) and (iii) respectively; 

10 (iii) by inserting before clause (ii) (as 

11 redesignated by clause (ii) of this subpara12 graph) the following: 

13 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If a family break14 up results from an occurrence of domestic 

15 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

16 stalking, and the perpetrator no longer re17 sides in the unit and was the sole tenant el18 igible to receive assistance under a covered 

19 housing program, the covered housing pro20 vider shall— 

21 ‘‘(I) provide any other tenant or 

22 resident the opportunity to establish 

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1 ‘‘(II) provide that tenant or resi2 dent with at least 180 days to remain 

3 in the unit under the same terms and 

4 conditions as the perpetrator and find 

5 new housing or establish eligibility for 

6 another covered housing program.’’. 

7 (iv) in clause (ii) (as redesignated by 

8 clause (ii) of this subparagraph)— 

9 (I) in the heading, by striking ‘‘IN

10 GENERAL’’ and inserting ‘‘EVICTION’’ ; 

11 and 

12 (II) by inserting after ‘‘a public 

13 housing agency’’ the following: ‘‘, par14 ticipating jurisdictions, Continuums of 

15 Care, grantees,’’; and 

16 (v) by striking clause (iii) (as redesig17 nated by clause (ii) of this subparagraph); 

18 (D) in subparagraph (C)— 

19 (i) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

20 the end; 

21 (ii) in clause (iv), by striking the pe22 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(v) to limit any right, remedy, or 

2 procedure otherwise available under the Vio3 lence Against Women Reauthorization Act 

4 of 2005 (Public Law 109–162, 119 Stat. 

5 2960) prior to the date of enactment of the 

6 Violence Against Women Reauthorization 

7 Act of 2019.’’; and 

8 (E) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the 

9 following: 

10 ‘‘(D) EARLY TERMINATION.—A covered 

11 housing provider shall permit a tenant assisted 

12 under the covered housing program to terminate 

13 the lease at any time prior to the end date of the 

14 lease, without penalty, if the tenant has been a 

15 victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sex16 ual assault, or stalking and the tenant— 

17 ‘‘(i) sends notice of the early lease ter18 mination to the landlord in writing prior 

19 to or within 3 days of vacating the premises 

20 unless a shorter notice period is provided 

21 for under State law; 

22 ‘‘(ii)(I) reasonably believes that the 

23 tenant is threatened with imminent harm if 

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1 ‘‘(II) is a victim of sexual assault, the 

2 sexual assault occurred on the premises dur3 ing the 180-day period preceding the re4 quest for lease termination; and 

5 ‘‘(iii) provides a form of documenta6 tion consistent with the requirements out7 lined in subsection (c)(3). 

8 Nothing in this subparagraph may be construed 

9 to preclude any automatic termination of a lease 

10 by operation of law.’’; 

11 (3) in subsection (c)(4), in the matter preceding 

12 subparagraph (A)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘Any information submitted 

14 to a public housing agency or owner or man15 ager’’ and inserting ‘‘Covered housing providers 

16 shall ensure any information submitted’’; and 

17 (B) by inserting after ‘‘owner or manager’’ 

18 the following: ‘‘of housing assisted under a cov19 ered housing program’’; 

20 (4) by amending subsection (e) to read as fol21 lows: 

22 ‘‘(e) EMERGENCY TRANSFERS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Tenants who are victims of 

24 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

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1 safe dwelling unit assisted under a covered housing 

2 program if— 

3 ‘‘(A) the tenant expressly requests the trans4 fer from the covered housing provider; and 

5 ‘‘(B)(i) the tenant reasonably believes that 

6 the tenant is threatened with imminent harm 

7 from further violence if the tenant remains with8 in the same dwelling unit assisted under a cov9 ered housing program; or 

10 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a tenant who is a victim 

11 of sexual assault, the sexual assault occurred on 

12 the premises during the 180 day period pre13 ceding the request for transfer. 

14 A tenant who is not in good standing retains the 

15 right to an emergency transfer if they meet the 

16 eligibility requirements in this section and the 

17 eligibility requirements of the program to which 

18 the tenant intends to transfer. 

19 ‘‘(2) POLICIES.—Each appropriate agency shall 

20 adopt an emergency transfer policy to be overseen by 

21 the Department for Housing and Urban Development 

22 for use by the covered housing programs within the 

23 jurisdiction of a regional office of the Department. 

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1 covered housing program type. The policies must, at 

2 a minimum— 

3 ‘‘(A) describe a process to permit tenants 

4 who are victims of domestic violence, dating vio5 lence, sexual assault, or stalking an internal 

6 transfer to another available and safe dwelling 

7 unit assisted under the same covered housing 

8 program; 

9 ‘‘(B) describe a process to permit tenants 

10 who are victims of domestic violence, dating vio11 lence, sexual assault, or stalking to complete an 

12 emergency external transfer to another available 

13 and safe dwelling unit of a covered housing pro14 vider; 

15 ‘‘(C) mandate that emergency internal and 

16 external transfers take priority over non-emer17 gency transfers; 

18 ‘‘(D) mandate that emergency internal and 

19 external transfers take priority over existing 

20 waiting lists for a covered housing program; 

21 ‘‘(E) ensure a victim of domestic violence, 

22 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking is 

23 transferred into a comparable covered housing 

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1 ‘‘(F) incorporate confidentiality measures to 

2 ensure that the appropriate regional office of the 

3 Department of Housing and Urban Development 

4 (hereinafter in this section referred to as a ‘HUD 

5 regional office’) and the covered housing provider 

6 do not disclose any information regarding a ten7 ant who is victim of domestic violence, dating vi8 olence, sexual assault, or stalking, including the 

9 location of a new dwelling unit to any person or 

10 entity without the written authorization of the 

11 tenant; and 

12 ‘‘(G) mandate a uniform policy for how a 

13 victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sex14 ual assault, or stalking requests an emergency 

15 internal or external transfer. 

16 ‘‘(3) REGIONAL OFFICES.—Each HUD regional 

17 office shall develop and implement an external emer18 gency transfer plan for all covered housing providers 

19 within the regional office’s jurisdictional reach. HUD 

20 regional offices shall develop and implement such 

21 plans in collaboration with the local Continua of 

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1 cies as defined by paragraph (2), the plan shall, at 

2 a minimum— 

3 ‘‘(A) set forth policies and procedures to 

4 identify an emergency external transfer a com5 parable covered housing program, if available, 

6 within 30 days of an approved request; and 

7 ‘‘(B) set forth policies and procedures for 

8 the local Continua of Care to— 

9 ‘‘(i) coordinate emergency external 

10 transfers among all covered housing pro11 viders participating in the Continuum of 

12 Care; 

13 ‘‘(ii) coordinate emergency transfers 

14 with Continua of Care in other jurisdictions 

15 in cases where the victim requests an out16 of-jurisdiction transfer; and 

17 ‘‘(iii) ensure a victim is not required 

18 to be reassessed through the local Con19 tinuum of Care intake process when seeking 

20 an emergency transfer placement. 

21 ‘‘(4) COVERED HOUSING PROVIDERS.—Each cov22 ered housing provider shall— 

23 ‘‘(A) provide a victim of domestic violence, 

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1 housing program an internal transfer to another 

2 safe dwelling unit assisted under the same cov3 ered housing program, if available, not later 

4 than 10 days after an approved request for an 

5 emergency transfer; 

6 ‘‘(B) if an internal transfer described under 

7 subparagraph (A) is unavailable or if the victim 

8 of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as9 sault, or stalking determines that a dwelling unit 

10 provided by an internal transfer described under 

11 subparagraph (A), contact the regional office of 

12 the appropriate agency within 10 days of an ap13 proved request for an emergency transfer for an 

14 external emergency transfer under paragraph 

15 (3); and 

16 ‘‘(C) allow a victim of domestic violence, 

17 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking to 

18 temporarily relocate, and maintain eligibility 

19 for the covered housing program without the loss 

20 of their housing status, to housing not eligible for 

21 assistance under a covered housing program or 

22 to housing assisted under another covered hous23 ing program if there are no alternative com24 parable housing program units available until a 


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1 safe internal or external housing unit under the 

2 covered housing program is available.’’; 

3 (5) in subsection (f), by adding at the end the 

4 following: ‘‘The Secretary shall establish these policies 

5 and procedures within 60 days after passage of the 

6 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 

7 2019.’’; 

8 (6) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection 

9 (j); and 

10 (7) by inserting after subsection (f) the following: 

11 ‘‘(g) EMERGENCY TRANSFER VOUCHERS.—Provision 

12 of emergency transfer vouchers to victims of domestic vio13 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking under sub14 section (e), shall be considered an eligible use of any fund15 ing for tenant protection voucher assistance available under 

16 section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

17 U.S.C. 1437f(o)). 

18 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

19 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out emergency 

20 transfers under this section, $20,000,000 under section 8(o) 

21 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

22 1437f(o)) for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 

23 ‘‘(i) IMPLEMENTATION.— 

24 ‘‘(1) TRAINING FOR STAFF OF COVERED HOUSING

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1 Development, in partnership with domestic violence 

2 experts, shall develop mandatory training for staff of 

3 covered housing providers to provide a basic under4 standing of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

5 assault, and stalking, and to facilitate implementa6 tion of this section. All staff of covered housing pro7 viders shall attend the basic understanding training 

8 once annually; and all staff and managers engaged in 

9 tenant services shall attend both the basic under10 standing training and the implementation training 

11 once annually. 

12 ‘‘(2) REFERRALS.—The appropriate agency with 

13 respect to each covered housing program shall supply 

14 all appropriate staff of the covered housing providers 

15 with a referral listing of public contact information 

16 for all domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as17 sault, and stalking service providers offering services 

18 in its coverage area. 

19 ‘‘(3) IMPLEMENTATION.—The appropriate agen20 cy with respect to each covered housing program shall 

21 implement this section, as this section applies to the 

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1 SEC. 602. ENSURING COMPLIANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION; 

2 PROHIBITING RETALIATION AGAINST VIC3 TIMS. 

4 Chapter 2 of subtitle N of title IV of the Violence 

5 Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12491 et seq.) is 

6 amended by inserting after section 41411 the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 41412. COMPLIANCE REVIEWS. 

8 ‘‘(a) ANNUAL COMPLIANCE REVIEWS.—Each appro9 priate agency administering a covered housing program 

10 shall establish a process by which to review compliance with 

11 the requirements of this subtitle, on an annual basis, of the 

12 covered housing providers administered by that agency. 

13 Such a review shall examine the following topics: 

14 ‘‘(1) Covered housing provider compliance with 

15 requirements prohibiting the denial of assistance, ten16 ancy, or occupancy rights on the basis of domestic vi17 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

18 ‘‘(2) Covered housing provider compliance with 

19 confidentiality provisions set forth in section 

20 41411(c)(4). 

21 ‘‘(3) Covered housing provider compliance with 

22 the notification requirements set forth in section 

23 41411(d)(2). 

24 ‘‘(4) Covered housing provider compliance with 

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1 ‘‘(5) Covered housing provider compliance with 

2 emergency transfer requirements set forth in section 

3 41411(e). 

4 ‘‘(6) Covered housing provider compliance with 

5 the prohibition on retaliation set forth in section 

6 41414. 

7 ‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—Each appropriate agency shall 

8 issue regulations to implement subsection (a) not later than 

9 one year after the effective date of the Violence Against 

10 Women Reauthorization Act of 2019. These regulations 

11 shall— 

12 ‘‘(1) define standards of compliance for covered 

13 housing providers; 

14 ‘‘(2) include detailed reporting requirements, in15 cluding the number of emergency transfers requested 

16 and granted, as well as the length of time needed to 

17 process emergency transfers, disaggregated by external 

18 and internal transfers; and 

19 ‘‘(3) include standards for corrective action 

20 plans where a covered housing provider has failed to 

21 meet compliance standards. 

22 ‘‘(c) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—Each appropriate agency 

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1 able. This agency-level assessment shall include an evalua2 tion of each topic identified in subsection (a). 

3 ‘‘(d) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec4 tion shall be construed— 

5 ‘‘(1) to limit any claim filed or other proceeding 

6 commenced, by the date of enactment of the Violence 

7 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019, with re8 gard to any right, remedy, or procedure otherwise 

9 available under the Violence Against Women Reau10 thorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162, 119 

11 Stat. 2960), as in effect on the day prior to such date 

12 of enactment; or 

13 ‘‘(2) to supersede any provision of any Federal, 

14 State, or local law that provides greater protection 

15 than this subsection for victims of domestic violence, 

16 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 41413. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DE18 VELOPMENT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DI19 RECTOR. 

20 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be, within the Of21 fice of the Secretary of the Department of Housing and 

22 Urban Development, a Violence Against Women Director 

23 (in this section referred to as the ‘Director’). 

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1 ‘‘(1) support implementation of the provisions of 

2 this subtitle; 

3 ‘‘(2) coordinate development of Federal regula4 tions, policy, protocols, and guidelines on matters re5 lating to the implementation of this subtitle, at each 

6 agency administering a covered housing program; 

7 ‘‘(3) advise and coordinate with designated offi8 cials within the United States Interagency Council on 

9 Homelessness, the Department of Housing and Urban 

10 Development, the Department of the Treasury, the De11 partment of Agriculture, the Department of Health 

12 and Human Services, Department of Veterans Affairs, 

13 and the Department of Justice concerning legislation, 

14 implementation, and other issues relating to or affect15 ing the housing provisions under this subtitle; 

16 ‘‘(4) provide technical assistance, coordination, 

17 and support to each appropriate agency regarding 

18 advancing housing protections and access to housing 

19 for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sex20 ual assault, and stalking, including compliance with 

21 this subtitle; 

22 ‘‘(5) ensure that adequate technical assistance is 

23 made available to covered housing providers regard24 ing implementation of this subtitle, as well as other 

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1 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

2 assault, and stalking, including compliance with this 

3 subtitle; 

4 ‘‘(6) act as a liaison with the judicial branches 

5 of Federal, State, and local governments on matters 

6 relating to the housing needs of victims of domestic 

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

8 ‘‘(7) implement a quality control system and a 

9 corrective action plan system for those covered hous10 ing providers that fail to comply with this subtitle, 

11 wherein— 

12 ‘‘(A) such corrective action plans shall be 

13 developed in partnership with national, State, or 

14 local programs focused on child or adult victims 

15 of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as16 sault, or stalking; and 

17 ‘‘(B) such corrective action plans shall in18 clude provisions requiring covered housing pro19 viders to review and develop appropriate notices, 

20 procedures, and staff training to improve com21 pliance with this subtitle, in partnership with 

22 national, state, or local programs focused on 

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1 ‘‘(8) establish a formal reporting process to re2 ceive individual complaints concerning noncompli3 ance with this subtitle; 

4 ‘‘(9) coordinate the development of interagency 

5 guidelines to ensure that information concerning 

6 available dwelling units is forwarded to the Director 

7 by all covered housing providers for use by the Sec8 retary in facilitating the emergency transfer process; 

9 ‘‘(10) coordinate with HUD regional offices and 

10 officials at each appropriate agency the development 

11 of Federal regulations, policy, protocols, and guide12 lines regarding uniform timeframes for the comple13 tion of emergency transfers; and 

14 ‘‘(11) ensure that the guidance and notices to 

15 victims are distributed in commonly encountered lan16 guages. 

17 ‘‘(c) EMERGENCY TRANSFER DATABASE.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall maintain 

19 a database of information about dwelling units that 

20 are available for occupancy or that will be available 

21 for occupancy for tenants who are transferred under 

22 section 41411(e) and establish the format for its use. 

23 The emergency transfer database may be a new sys24 tem or a modification of an existing database. The 


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1 database shall incorporate information from all cov2 ered housing providers. 

3 ‘‘(2) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Not later 

4 than 3 business days after a covered housing provider 

5 becomes aware of an available dwelling or a dwelling 

6 that will imminently become available, the covered 

7 housing provider shall report information about that 

8 dwelling to the Director, including the following: 

9 ‘‘(A) Project name, if applicable. 

10 ‘‘(B) Dwelling address. 

11 ‘‘(C) Date of availability. 

12 ‘‘(D) Number of bedrooms. 

13 ‘‘(E) Restrictions on eligibility of potential 

14 tenants under the covered housing program for 

15 that dwelling. 

16 ‘‘(F) Accessibility, including whether the 

17 dwelling is accessible by elevator. 

18 ‘‘(G) Smoking policy. 

19 ‘‘(H) Pet policy. 

20 ‘‘(I) Monthly rent and estimated utilities. 

21 ‘‘(J) Eligibility of the dwelling for assist22 ance under other covered housing programs. 

23 ‘‘(K) Property manager contact informa24 tion. 

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1 ‘‘(3) DATA ACCESS.—The Director shall have ac2 cess to all information in the database and shall regu3 larly monitor its usage. The Director shall determine 

4 how covered housing providers shall have access to the 

5 database, and establish policies for the coordination of 

6 emergency transfers across jurisdictions. 

7 ‘‘(d) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec8 tion shall be construed— 

9 ‘‘(1) to limit any claim filed or other proceeding 

10 commenced, by the date of enactment of the Violence 

11 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019, with re12 gard to any right, remedy, or procedure otherwise 

13 available under the Violence Against Women Reau14 thorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162, 119 

15 Stat. 2960), as in effect on the day prior to such date 

16 of enactment; or 

17 ‘‘(2) to supersede any provision of any Federal, 

18 State, or local law that provides greater protection 

19 than this subsection for victims of domestic violence, 

20 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

21 ‘‘SEC. 41414. PROHIBITION ON RETALIATION. 

22 ‘‘(a) NONDISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENT.—No covered 

23 housing provider shall discriminate against any person be24 cause that person has opposed any act or practice made 

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1 fied, assisted, or participated in any matter related to this 

2 subtitle. 

3 ‘‘(b) PROHIBITION ON COERCION.—No covered housing 

4 provider shall coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with, 

5 or retaliate against, any person in the exercise or enjoyment 

6 of, or on account of the person having exercised or enjoyed, 

7 or on account of the person having aided or encouraged any 

8 other individual in the exercise or enjoyment of, any rights 

9 or protections under this subtitle, including— 

10 ‘‘(1) intimidating or threatening any person be11 cause that person is assisting or encouraging an indi12 vidual entitled to claim the rights or protections 

13 under this subtitle; and 

14 ‘‘(2) retaliating against any person because that 

15 person has participated in any investigation or ac16 tion to enforce this subtitle. 

17 ‘‘(c) ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY OF THE SEC18 RETARY.—The authority of the Secretary of Housing and 

19 Urban Development and the Office for Fair Housing and 

20 Equal Opportunity to enforce this section shall be the same 

21 as the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3610 et seq.).’’. 

22 SEC. 603. PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO REPORT CRIME 

23 FROM ONE’S HOME. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 2 of subtitle N of title IV 

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1 12491 et seq.), as amended by this Act, is further amended 

2 by inserting after section 41414 the following: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 41415. RIGHT TO REPORT CRIME AND EMERGENCIES 

4 FROM ONE’S HOME. 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Landlords, homeowners, residents, 

6 occupants, and guests of, and applicants for, housing as7 sisted under a covered housing program shall have the right 

8 to seek law enforcement or emergency assistance on their 

9 own behalf or on behalf of another person in need of assist10 ance, and shall not be penalized based on their requests for 

11 assistance or based on criminal activity of which they are 

12 a victim or otherwise not at fault under statutes, ordi13 nances, regulations, or policies adopted or enforced by cov14 ered governmental entities as defined in subsection (d). Pen15 alties that are prohibited include— 

16 ‘‘(1) actual or threatened assessment of penalties, 

17 fees, or fines; 

18 ‘‘(2) actual or threatened eviction; 

19 ‘‘(3) actual or threatened refusal to rent or renew 

20 tenancy; 

21 ‘‘(4) actual or threatened refusal to issue an oc22 cupancy permit or landlord permit; and 

23 ‘‘(5) actual or threatened closure of the property, 

24 or designation of the property as a nuisance or a 

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1 ‘‘(b) REPORTING.—Consistent with the process pro2 vided for in section 104(b) of the Housing and Community 

3 Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304(b)), covered gov4 ernmental entities shall— 

5 ‘‘(1) report any of their laws or policies, or, as 

6 applicable, the laws or policies adopted by sub7 grantees, that impose penalties on landlords, home8 owners, residents, occupants, guests, or housing appli9 cants based on requests for law enforcement or emer10 gency assistance or based on criminal activity that 

11 occurred at a property; and 

12 ‘‘(2) certify that they are in compliance with the 

13 protections under this subtitle or describe the steps 

14 they will take within 180 days to come into compli15 ance, or to ensure compliance among subgrantees. 

16 ‘‘(c) OVERSIGHT.—Oversight and accountability mech17 anisms provided for under title VIII of the Civil Rights Act 

18 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) shall be available to address 

19 violations of this section. 

20 ‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, ‘cov21 ered governmental entity’ shall mean any municipal, coun22 ty, or state government that receives funding pursuant to 

23 section 106 of the Housing and Community Development 

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1 ‘‘(e) SUBGRANTEES.—For those covered governmental 

2 entities that distribute funds to subgrantees, compliance 

3 with subsection (b)(1) includes inquiring about the existence 

4 of laws and policies adopted by subgrantees that impose 

5 penalties on landlords, homeowners, residents, occupants, 

6 guests, or housing applicants based on requests for law en7 forcement or emergency assistance or based on criminal ac8 tivity that occurred at a property.’’. 

9 (b) SUPPORTING EFFECTIVE, ALTERNATIVE CRIME

10 REDUCTION METHODS.— 

11 (1) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED USE OF BYRNE12 JAG FUNDS.—Section 501(a)(1) of subpart 1 of part 

13 E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

14 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152(a)(1)) is 

15 amended by adding after subparagraph (H) the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(I) Programs for the development and im18 plementation of alternative methods of reducing 

19 crime in communities, to supplant punitive pro20 grams or policies. For purposes of this subpara21 graph, a punitive program or policy is a pro22 gram or policy that (i) imposes a penalty on a 

23 victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sex24 ual assault, or stalking, on the basis of a request 

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1 assistance; or (ii) imposes a penalty on such a 

2 victim because of criminal activity at the prop3 erty in which the victim resides.’’. 

4 (2) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED USE OF COPS

5 FUNDS.—Section 1701(b) of part Q of title I of the 

6 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

7 (34 U.S.C. 10381(b)) is amended— 

8 (A) in paragraph (22), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

9 after the semicolon; 

10 (B) in paragraph (23), by striking the pe11 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

13 ‘‘(24) to develop and implement alternative 

14 methods of reducing crime in communities, to sup15 plant punitive programs or policies (as such term is 

16 defined in section 501(a)(1)(I)).’’. 

17 (3) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED USE OF GRANTS

18 TO ENCOURAGE ARREST POLICIES.—Section 2101(b) 

19 of part U of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

20 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10461(b)) is 

21 amended by adding after paragraph (22) the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(23) To develop and implement alternative 

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1 this paragraph, a punitive program or policy is a 

2 program or policy that (A) imposes a penalty on a 

3 victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as4 sault, or stalking, on the basis of a request by the vic5 tim for law enforcement or emergency assistance; or 

6 (B) imposes a penalty on such a victim because of 

7 criminal activity at the property in which the victim 

8 resides.’’. 

9 SEC. 604. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 

10 FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DAT11 ING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALK12 ING. 

13 Section 40299 of the Violence Against Women Act of 

14 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12351) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 

16 paragraph (1)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘the Director of the Violence 

18 Against Women Office’’ and inserting ‘‘the Di19 rector of the Office on Violence Against Women’’; 

20 and 

21 (B) by inserting after ‘‘, other nonprofit, 

22 nongovernmental organizations’’ the following: ‘‘, 

23 population-specific organizations’’; and 

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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2014 

2 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 

3 2024’’; and 

4 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘5 per5 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘8 percent’’. 

6 SEC. 605. ADDRESSING THE HOUSING NEEDS OF VICTIMS 

7 OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

8 SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 

9 (a) MCKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

10 GRANTS.—Section 423(a) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 

11 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11383(a)) is amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (6), by inserting after ‘‘cur13 rently residing in permanent housing,’’ the following: 

14 ‘‘who are seeking an external emergency transfer (as 

15 such term is defined in section 41411 of the Violence 

16 Against Women Act of 1994) pursuant to section 

17 41411 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994,’’; 

18 and 

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

20 ‘‘(13) Facilitating and coordinating activities to 

21 ensure compliance with section 41411(e) of the Vio22 lence Against Women Act of 1994, including, in con23 sultation with the regional office (if applicable) of the 

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1 1994), development of external emergency transfer 

2 memoranda of understanding between covered housing 

3 providers, participating in the local Continua of 

4 Care, facilitation of external emergency transfers be5 tween those covered housing providers participating 

6 in the local Continua of Care, and monitoring com7 pliance with the confidentiality protections of section 

8 41411(c)(4) of the Violence Against Women Act of 

9 1994 for reporting to that regional office.’’. 

10 (b) ALLOCATION OF AMOUNTS AND INCENTIVES FOR

11 SPECIFIC ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Section 428 of the 

12 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

13 11386b) is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(4) DEVELOPMENT OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES

17 AND COORDINATION REGARDING EMERGENCY TRANS18 FERS.—The Secretary shall provide bonuses or other 

19 incentives to geographic areas for developing sup20 portive services under section 423(a)(6) and facili21 tating and coordinating activities for emergency 

22 transfers under section 423(a)(13) that have been 

23 proven to be effective at reducing homelessness among 

24 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

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1 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(f) MINIMUM ALLOCATION FOR MONITORING AND FA3 CILITATING COMPLIANCE.—From the amounts made avail4 able to carry out this part for a fiscal year, a portion equal 

5 to not less than 5 percent of the sums made available to 

6 carry out part B and this part shall be made available to 

7 monitor and facilitate compliance with section 41411 of the 

8 Violence Against Women Act of 1994, including supportive 

9 services under section 423(a)(6) and facilitation and co10 ordination activities under section 423(a)(13).’’. 

11 (c) DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OTHER

12 DANGEROUS OR LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS AMEND13 ED.—Section 103(b) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As14 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302(b)) is amended by striking 

15 ‘‘in the individual’s or family’s current housing situation’’. 

16 (d) COLLABORATIVE GRANTS TO INCREASE THE

17 LONG-TERM STABILITY OF VICTIMS.—Section 41404(i) of 

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

19 12474(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 

21 (e) GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

22 IN PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING.—Section 41405 of the 

23 Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12475) is 

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1 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the Director of 

2 the Violence Against Women Office’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘the Director of the Office on Violence Against 

4 Women’’; 

5 (2) in subsection (c)(2)(D), by inserting after 

6 ‘‘linguistically and culturally specific service pro7 viders,’’ the following: ‘‘population-specific organiza8 tions,’’; and 

9 (3) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘2014 through 

10 2018’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘2020 through 

11 2024’’. 

12 SEC. 606. UNITED STATES HOUSING ACT OF 1937 AMEND13 MENTS. 

14 Section 5A(d) of the United States Housing Act of 

15 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c–1(d)) is amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (13), to read as follows: 

17 ‘‘(13) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

18 SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALKING PROGRAMS.— 

19 ‘‘(A) COPIES.—A copy of— 

20 ‘‘(i) all standardized notices issued 

21 pursuant to the housing protections under 

22 subtitle N of the Violence Against Women 

23 Act of 1994, including the notice required 

24 under section 41411(d) of the Violence 

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1 ‘‘(ii) the emergency transfer plan 

2 issued pursuant to section 41411 of the Vio3 lence Against Women Act of 1994; and 

4 ‘‘(iii) any and all memoranda of un5 derstanding with other covered housing pro6 viders developed to facilitate emergency 

7 transfers under section 41411(e) of the Vio8 lence Against Women Act of 1994. 

9 ‘‘(B) DESCRIPTIONS.—A description of— 

10 ‘‘(i) any activities, services, or pro11 grams provided or offered by an agency, ei12 ther directly or in partnership with other 

13 service providers, to child or adult victims 

14 of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

15 assault, or stalking; 

16 ‘‘(ii) any activities, services, or pro17 grams provided or offered by a public hous18 ing agency that helps child and adult vic19 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

20 sexual assault, or stalking, to obtain or 

21 maintain housing; 

22 ‘‘(iii) any activities, services, or pro23 grams provided or offered by a public hous24 ing agency to prevent domestic violence, 

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1 ing, or to enhance victim safety in assisted 

2 families; and 

3 ‘‘(iv) all training and support services 

4 offered to staff of the public housing agency 

5 to provide a basic understanding of domes6 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

7 and stalking, and to facilitate implementa8 tion of the housing protections of section 

9 41411 of the Violence Against Women Act of 

10 1994.’’; and 

11 (2) in pararaph (16), by inserting ‘‘the Violence 

12 Against Women Act of 1994,’’ before ‘‘the Fair Hous13 ing Act’’. 

14 TITLE VII—ECONOMIC SECURITY 

15 FOR VICTIMS 

16 SEC. 701. FINDINGS. 

17 Congress finds the following: 

18 (1) Over 1 in 3 women experience sexual vio19 lence, and 1 in 5 women have survived completed or 

20 attempted rape. Such violence has a devastating im21 pact on women’s physical and emotional health, fi22 nancial security, and ability to maintain their jobs, 

23 and thus impacts interstate commerce and economic 

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1 (2) The Office on Violence Against Women of the 

2 Department of Justice defines domestic violence as a 

3 pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that 

4 is used by one intimate partner to gain or maintain 

5 power and control over another intimate partner. Do6 mestic violence can include physical, sexual, emo7 tional, economic, or psychological actions or threats of 

8 actions that influence another person. Domestic vio9 lence includes any behaviors that intimidate, manip10 ulate, humiliate, isolate, frighten, terrorize, coerce, 

11 threaten, blame, hurt, injure, or wound an indi12 vidual. 

13 (3) The Centers for Disease Control and Preven14 tion report that domestic violence or intimate partner 

15 violence is a serious public health issue for millions 

16 of individuals in the United States. Nearly 1 in 4 

17 women and 1 in 9 men in the United States have suf18 fered sexual violence, physical violence, or stalking by 

19 an intimate partner. 

20 (4) Homicide is one of the leading causes of 

21 death for women on the job. Domestic partners or rel22 atives commit 43 percent of workplace homicides 

23 against women. One study found that intimate part24 ner violence resulted in 142 homicides among women 

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1 figure which represents 22 percent of the 648 work2 place homicides among women during the period. In 

3 fact, in 2010, homicides against women at work in4 creased by 13 percent despite continuous declines in 

5 overall workplace homicides in recent years. 

6 (5) Women in the United States are 11 times 

7 more likely to be murdered with guns than women in 

8 other high-income countries. Female intimate part9 ners are more likely to be murdered with a firearm 

10 than all other means combined. The presence of a gun 

11 in domestic violence situations increases the risk of 

12 homicide for women by 500 percent. 

13 (6) Violence can have a dramatic impact on the 

14 survivor of such violence. Studies indicate that 44 

15 percent of surveyed employed adults experienced the 

16 effect of domestic violence in the workplace, and 64 

17 percent indicated their workplace performance was 

18 affected by such violence. Another recent survey found 

19 that 78 percent of offenders used workplace resources 

20 to express anger, check up on, pressure, or threaten a 

21 survivor. Sexual assault, whether occurring in or out 

22 of the workplace, can impair an employee’s work per23 formance, require time away from work, and under24 mine the employee’s ability to maintain a job. Nearly 


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1 50 percent of sexual assault survivors lose their jobs 

2 or are forced to quit in the aftermath of the assaults. 

3 (7) Studies find that 60 percent of single women 

4 lack economic security and 81 percent of households 

5 with single mothers live in economic insecurity. Sig6 nificant barriers that survivors confront include ac7 cess to housing, transportation, and child care. Nine8 ty-two percent of homeless women have experienced 

9 domestic violence, and more than 50 percent of such 

10 women cite domestic violence as the direct cause for 

11 homelessness. Survivors are deprived of their auton12 omy, liberty, and security, and face tremendous 

13 threats to their health and safety. 

14 (8) The Centers for Disease Control and Preven15 tion report that survivors of severe intimate partner 

16 violence lose nearly 8,000,000 days of paid work, 

17 which is the equivalent of more than 32,000 full-time 

18 jobs and almost 5,600,000 days of household produc19 tivity each year. Therefore, women disproportionately 

20 need time off to care for their health or to find safety 

21 solutions, such as obtaining a restraining order or 

22 finding housing, to avoid or prevent further violence. 

23 (9) Annual costs of intimate partner violence are 

24 estimated to be more than $8,300,000,000. According 

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1 costs of intimate partner violence against women in 

2 1995 exceeded an estimated $5,800,000,000. These 

3 costs included nearly $4,100,000,000 in the direct 

4 costs of medical and mental health care and nearly 

5 $1,800,000,000 in the indirect costs of lost produc6 tivity. These statistics are generally considered to be 

7 underestimated because the costs associated with the 

8 criminal justice system are not included. 

9 (10) Fifty-five percent of senior executives re10 cently surveyed said domestic violence has a harmful 

11 effect on their company’s productivity, and more than 

12 70 percent said domestic violence negatively affects 

13 attendance. Seventy-eight percent of human resources 

14 professionals consider partner violence a workplace 

15 issue. However, more than 70 percent of United 

16 States workplaces have no formal program or policy 

17 that addresses workplace violence, let alone domestic 

18 violence. In fact, only four percent of employers pro19 vided training on domestic violence. 

20 (11) Studies indicate that one of the best predic21 tors of whether a survivor will be able to stay away 

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1 tively impact a survivor’s ability to maintain em2 ployment. 

3 (12) Abusers frequently seek to exert financial 

4 control over their partners by actively interfering 

5 with their ability to work, including preventing their 

6 partners from going to work, harassing their partners 

7 at work, limiting their partners’ access to cash or 

8 transportation, and sabotaging their partners’ child 

9 care arrangements. 

10 (13) Economic abuse refers to behaviors that con11 trol an intimate partner’s ability to acquire, use, and 

12 maintain access to, money, credit, ownership of as13 sets, or access to governmental or private financial 

14 benefits, including defaulting on joint obligations 

15 (such as school loans, credit card debt, mortgages, or 

16 rent). Other forms of such abuse may include pre17 venting someone from attending school, threatening to 

18 or actually terminating employment, controlling or 

19 withholding access to cash, checking, or credit ac20 counts, and attempting to damage or sabotage the 

21 creditworthiness of an intimate partner, including 

22 forcing an intimate partner to write bad checks, forc23 ing an intimate partner to default on payments re24 lated to household needs, such as housing, or forcing 

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1 (14) The Patient Protection and Affordable Care 

2 Act (Public Law 111–148), and the amendments 

3 made by such Act, ensures that most health plans 

4 must cover preventive services, including screening 

5 and counseling for domestic violence, at no additional 

6 cost. In addition, it prohibits insurance companies 

7 from discriminating against patients for preexisting 

8 conditions, like domestic violence. 

9 (15) Yet, more can be done to help survivors. 

10 Federal law in effect on the day before the date of en11 actment of this Act does not explicitly— 

12 (A) authorize survivors of domestic violence, 

13 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking to 

14 take leave from work to seek legal assistance and 

15 redress, counseling, or assistance with safety 

16 planning activities; 

17 (B) address the eligibility of survivors of do18 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

19 or stalking for unemployment compensation; 

20 (C) provide job protection to survivors of 

21 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

22 or stalking; 

23 (D) prohibit insurers and employers who 

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1 olence, sexual assault, or stalking and those who 

2 help them in determining eligibility, rates 

3 charged, and standards for payment of claims; 

4 or 

5 (E) prohibit insurers from disclosing infor6 mation about abuse and the location of the sur7 vivors through insurance databases and other 

8 means. 

9 (16) This Act aims to empower survivors of do10 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

11 stalking to be free from violence, hardship, and con12 trol, which restrains basic human rights to freedom 

13 and safety in the United States. 

14 SEC. 702. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ON WORKPLACE 

15 RESPONSES TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF DOMES16 TIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE. 

17 Section 41501 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 

18 Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12501) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (a)— 

20 (A) by inserting ‘‘and sexual harassment’’ 

21 after ‘‘domestic and sexual violence’’; and 

22 (B) by striking ‘‘employers and labor orga23 nizations’’ and inserting ‘‘employers, labor orga24 nizations, and victim service providers’’; 


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1 (2) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘and stalk2 ing’’ and inserting ‘‘stalking, and sexual harass3 ment’’; 

4 (3) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting before the 

5 period at the end ‘‘or sexual harassment’’; 

6 (4) in subsection (c)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘or sex7 ual harassment;’’ after ‘‘sexual violence’’; and 

8 (5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘$1,000,000 for 

9 each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 

11 2024’’. 

12 SEC. 703. ENTITLEMENT TO UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSA13 TION FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL AND OTHER 

14 HARASSMENT AND SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC 

15 VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL AS16 SAULT, OR STALKING. 

17 (a) UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.— 

18 (1) Section 3304(a) of the Internal Revenue Code 

19 of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 

20 paragraph (18), by redesignating paragraph (19) as 

21 paragraph (20), and by inserting after paragraph 

22 (18) the following new paragraphs: 

23 ‘‘(19) no person may be denied compensation 

24 under such State law solely on the basis of the indi25 vidual having a voluntary separation from work if 


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1 such separation is attributable to such individual 

2 being a victim of sexual or other harassment or a sur3 vivor of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as4 sault, or stalking; and’’. 

5 (2) Section 3304 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

6 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following 

7 new subsection: 

8 ‘‘(g) SEXUAL OR OTHER HARASSMENT; ETC.— 

9 ‘‘(1) DOCUMENTATION.—For purposes of sub10 section (a)(19), a voluntary separation of an indi11 vidual shall be considered to be attributable to such 

12 individual being a survivor of victim of sexual or 

13 other harassment or a survivor of domestic violence, 

14 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking if such in15 dividual submits such evidence as the State deems 

16 sufficient. 

17 ‘‘(2) SUFFICIENT DOCUMENTATION.—For pur18 poses of paragraph (1), a State shall deem sufficient, 

19 at a minimum— 

20 ‘‘(A) evidence of such harassment, violence, 

21 assault, or stalking in the form of— 

22 ‘‘(i) a sworn statement and a form of 

23 identification, 

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1 ‘‘(iii) documentation from a survivor 

2 services organization, an attorney, a police 

3 officer, a medical professional, a social 

4 worker, an antiviolence counselor, a member 

5 of the clergy, or another professional, and 

6 ‘‘(B) an attestation that such voluntary sep7 aration is attributable to such harassment, vio8 lence, assault, or stalking. 

9 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec10 tion— 

11 ‘‘(A) The terms ‘domestic violence’, ‘dating 

12 violence’, ‘sexual assault’, and ‘stalking’ have the 

13 meanings given such terms in section 40002 of 

14 the Violence Against Women Act of 1994. 

15 ‘‘(B) The term ‘survivor of domestic vio16 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking’ 

17 has the meaning given such term in section 

18 41502 of the Violence Against Women Act of 

19 1994. 

20 ‘‘(C) The term ‘survivor services organiza21 tion’ means an organization exempt from tax 

22 under section 501(a) that provides assistance to 

23 or advocates for survivors of domestic violence, 

24 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.’’. 


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1 (b) UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PERSONNEL

2 TRAINING.—Section 303(a) of the Social Security Act (42 

3 U.S.C. 503(a)) is amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (12) 

5 as paragraphs (5) through (13), respectively; and 

6 (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol7 lowing new paragraph: 

8 ‘‘(4)(A) Such methods of administration as will 

9 ensure that— 

10 ‘‘(i) applicants for unemployment com11 pensation and individuals inquiring about such 

12 compensation are notified of the provisions of 

13 section 3304(a)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code 

14 of 1986; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) claims reviewers and hearing per16 sonnel are trained in— 

17 ‘‘(I) the nature and dynamics of sexual 

18 and other harassment, domestic violence, 

19 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(II) methods of ascertaining and 

22 keeping confidential information about pos23 sible experiences of sexual and other harass24 ment, domestic violence, dating violence, 

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1 ‘‘(aa) requests for unemployment 

2 compensation based on separations 

3 stemming from sexual and other har4 assment, domestic violence, dating vio5 lence, sexual assault, or stalking are 

6 identified and adjudicated; and 

7 ‘‘(bb) confidentiality is provided 

8 for the individual’s claim and sub9 mitted evidence. 

10 ‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph— 

11 ‘‘(i) the terms ‘domestic violence’, ‘dating 

12 violence’, ‘sexual assault’, ‘stalking’ have the 

13 meanings given such terms in section 40002 of 

14 the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 ; 

15 ‘‘(ii) the term ‘sexual and other harassment’ 

16 has the meaning given such term under State 

17 law, regulation, or policy; and 

18 ‘‘(iii) the term ‘survivor of domestic vio19 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking’ 

20 means— 

21 ‘‘(I) a person who has experienced or is 

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1 encing domestic violence, dating violence, 

2 sexual assault, or stalking.’’. 

3 (c) TANF PERSONNEL TRAINING.—Section 402(a) of 

4 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)) is amended by 

5 adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

6 ‘‘(8) CERTIFICATION THAT THE STATE WILL PROVIDE

7 INFORMATION TO SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL AND OTHER HAR8 ASSMENT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEX9 UAL ASSAULT, OR STALKING.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A certification by the chief 

11 executive officer of the State that the State has estab12 lished and is enforcing standards and procedures to— 

13 ‘‘(i) ensure that applicants for assistance 

14 under State program funded under this part and 

15 individuals inquiring about such assistance are 

16 adequately notified of— 

17 ‘‘(I) the provisions of section 

18 3304(a)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

19 1986; and 

20 ‘‘(II) assistance made available by the 

21 State to survivors of sexual and other har22 assment, domestic violence, dating violence, 

23 sexual assault, or stalking; 

24 ‘‘(ii) ensure that case workers and other 

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1 the State program funded under this part are 

2 adequately trained in— 

3 ‘‘(I) the nature and dynamics of sexual 

4 and other harassment, domestic violence, 

5 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 

6 ‘‘(II) State standards and procedures 

7 relating to the prevention of, and assistance 

8 for individuals who are survivors of sexual 

9 and other harassment, domestic violence, 

10 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(III) methods of ascertaining and 

13 keeping confidential information about pos14 sible experiences of sexual and other harass15 ment, domestic violence, dating violence, 

16 sexual assault, or stalking; 

17 ‘‘(iii) ensure that, if a State has elected to 

18 establish and enforce standards and procedures 

19 regarding the screening for, and identification of, 

20 domestic violence pursuant to paragraph (7)— 

21 ‘‘(I) applicants for assistance under the 

22 State program funded under this part and 

23 individuals inquiring about such assistance 

24 are adequately notified of options available 

25 under such standards and procedures; and 


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1 ‘‘(II) case workers and other agency 

2 personnel responsible for administering the 

3 State program funded under this part are 

4 provided with adequate training regarding 

5 such standards and procedures and options 

6 available under such standards and proce7 dures; and 

8 ‘‘(iv) ensure that the training required 

9 under subparagraphs (B) and, if applicable, 

10 (C)(ii) is provided through a training program 

11 operated by an eligible entity. 

12 ‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this para13 graph— 

14 ‘‘(i) the terms ‘domestic violence’, ‘dating 

15 violence’, ‘sexual assault’, ‘stalking’ have the 

16 meanings given such terms in section 40002 of 

17 the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 ; 

18 ‘‘(ii) the term ‘sexual and other harassment’ 

19 has the meaning given such term under State 

20 law, regulation, or policy; and 

21 ‘‘(iii) the term ‘survivor of domestic vio22 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking’ 

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1 ‘‘(I) a person who has experienced or is 

2 experiencing domestic violence, dating vio3 lence, sexual assault, or stalking; and 

4 ‘‘(II) a person whose family or house5 hold member has experienced or is experi6 encing domestic violence, dating violence, 

7 sexual assault, or stalking.’’. 

8 (d) SEXUAL AND OTHER HARASSMENT, DOMESTIC VI9 OLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALK10 ING TRAINING GRANT PROGRAM.— 

11 (1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 

12 Labor (in this subsection referred to as the ‘‘Sec13 retary’’) is authorized to award— 

14 (A) a grant to a national survivor services 

15 organization in order for such organization to— 

16 (i) develop and disseminate a model 

17 training program (and related materials) 

18 for the training required under section 

19 303(a)(4)(B) of the Social Security Act, as 

20 added by subsection (b), and under sub21 paragraph (B) and, if applicable, subpara22 graph (C)(ii) of section 402(a)(8) of such 

23 Act, as added by subsection (c); and 

24 (ii) provide technical assistance with 

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1 cluding technical assistance to the tem2 porary assistance for needy families pro3 gram and unemployment compensation per4 sonnel; and 

5 (B) grants to State, tribal, or local agencies 

6 in order for such agencies to contract with eligi7 ble entities to provide State, tribal, or local case8 workers and other State, tribal, or local agency 

9 personnel responsible for administering the tem10 porary assistance for needy families program es11 tablished under part A of title IV of the Social 

12 Security Act in a State or Indian reservation 

13 with the training required under subparagraph 

14 (B) and, if applicable, subparagraph (C)(ii) of 

15 such section 402(a)(8). 

16 (2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.—For purposes 

17 of paragraph (1)(B), the term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means 

18 an entity— 

19 (A) that is— 

20 (i) a State or tribal domestic violence 

21 coalition or sexual assault coalition; 

22 (ii) a State or local survivor services 

23 organization with recognized expertise in 

24 the dynamics of domestic violence, dating 

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1 primary mission is to provide services to 

2 survivors of domestic violence, dating vio3 lence, sexual assault, or stalking, including 

4 a rape crisis center or domestic violence 

5 program; or 

6 (iii) an organization with dem7 onstrated expertise in State or county wel8 fare laws and implementation of such laws 

9 and experience with disseminating informa10 tion on such laws and implementation, but 

11 only if such organization will provide the 

12 required training in partnership with an 

13 entity described in clause (i) or (ii); and 

14 (B) that— 

15 (i) has demonstrated expertise in the 

16 dynamics of both domestic violence and sex17 ual assault, such as a joint domestic vio18 lence and sexual assault coalition; or 

19 (ii) will provide the required training 

20 in partnership with an entity described in 

21 clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A) in 

22 order to comply with the dual domestic vio23 lence and sexual assault expertise require24 ment under clause (i). 


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1 (3) APPLICATION.—An entity seeking a grant 

2 under this subsection shall submit an application to 

3 the Secretary at such time, in such form and manner, 

4 and containing such information as the Secretary 

5 specifies. 

6 (4) REPORTS.— 

7 (A) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later 

8 than a year after the date of the enactment of 

9 this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary 

10 shall submit to Congress a report on the grant 

11 program established under this subsection. 

12 (B) REPORTS AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC.—The 

13 Secretary shall establish procedures for the dis14 semination to the public of each report submitted 

15 under subparagraph (A). Such procedures shall 

16 include the use of the internet to disseminate 

17 such reports. 

18 (5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to 

20 be appropriated— 

21 (i) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 to 

22 carry out the provisions of paragraph 

23 (1)(A); and 


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1 (ii) $12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

2 2020 through 2024 to carry out the provi3 sions of paragraph (1)(B). 

4 (B) THREE-YEAR AVAILABILITY OF GRANT

5 FUNDS.—Each recipient of a grant under this 

6 subsection shall return to the Secretary any un7 used portion of such grant not later than 3 years 

8 after the date the grant was awarded, together 

9 with any earnings on such unused portion. 

10 (C) AMOUNTS RETURNED.—Any amounts 

11 returned pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall be 

12 available without further appropriation to the 

13 Secretary for the purpose of carrying out the 

14 provisions of paragraph (1)(B). 

15 (e) EFFECT ON EXISTING LAWS, ETC.— 

16 (1) MORE PROTECTIVE LAWS, AGREEMENTS, 

17 PROGRAMS, AND PLANS.—Nothing in this title shall be 

18 construed to supersede any provision of any Federal, 

19 State, or local law, collective bargaining agreement, 

20 or employment benefits program or plan that provides 

21 greater unemployment insurance benefits for survivors 

22 of sexual and other harassment, domestic violence, 

23 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking than the 

24 rights established under this title. 


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1 (2) LESS PROTECTIVE LAWS, AGREEMENTS, PRO2 GRAMS, AND PLANS.—Any law, collective bargaining 

3 agreement, or employment benefits program or plan 

4 of a State or unit of local government is preempted 

5 to the extent that such law, agreement, or program or 

6 plan would impair the exercise of any right estab7 lished under this title or the amendments made by 

8 this title. 

9 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

10 (1) UNEMPLOYMENT AMENDMENTS.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

12 subparagraph (B) and paragraph (2), the 

13 amendments made by this section shall apply in 

14 the case of compensation paid for weeks begin15 ning on or after the expiration of 180-day period 

16 beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. 

17 (B) EXTENSION OF EFFECTIVE DATE FOR

18 STATE LAW AMENDMENT.— 

19 (i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 

20 in paragraph (2), in a case in which the 

21 Secretary of Labor identifies a State as re22 quiring a change to its statutes, regulations, 

23 or policies in order to comply with the 

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1 pensation paid for weeks beginning after the 

2 earlier of— 

3 (I) the date the State changes its 

4 statutes, regulations, or policies in 

5 order to comply with such amend6 ments; or 

7 (II) the end of the first session of 

8 the State legislature which begins after 

9 the date of enactment of this Act or 

10 which began prior to such date and re11 mained in session for at least 25 cal12 endar days after such date, except that 

13 in no case shall such amendments 

14 apply before the date that is 180 days 

15 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

16 (ii) SESSION DEFINED.—In this sub17 paragraph, the term ‘‘session’’ means a reg18 ular, special, budget, or other session of a 

19 State legislature. 

20 (2) TANF AMENDMENT.— 

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

22 subparagraph (B), the amendment made by sub23 section (c) shall take effect on the date of enact24 ment of this Act. 


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1 (B) EXTENSION OF EFFECTIVE DATE FOR

2 STATE LAW AMENDMENT.—In the case of a State 

3 plan under part A of title IV of the Social Secu4 rity Act which the Secretary of Health and 

5 Human Services determines requires State ac6 tion (including legislation, regulation, or other 

7 administrative action) in order for the plan to 

8 meet the additional requirements imposed by the 

9 amendment made by subsection (c), the State 

10 plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply 

11 with the requirements of such amendment on the 

12 basis of its failure to meet these additional re13 quirements before the first day of the first cal14 endar quarter beginning after the close of the 

15 first regular session of the State legislature that 

16 begins after the date of enactment of this Act. 

17 For purposes of the previous sentence, in the case 

18 of a State that has a two-year legislative session, 

19 each year of the session is considered to be a sep20 arate regular session of the State legislature. 

21 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘sexual 

22 and other harassment’’, ‘‘domestic violence’’, ‘‘dating vio23 lence’’, ‘‘sexual assault’’, ‘‘stalking’’, ‘‘survivor of sexual and 

24 other harassment, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

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1 have the meanings given such terms in section 3304(g) of 

2 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

3 SEC. 704. STUDY AND REPORTS ON BARRIERS TO SUR4 VIVORS’ ECONOMIC SECURITY ACCESS. 

5 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human 

6 Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall 

7 conduct a study on the barriers that survivors of domestic 

8 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 

9 throughout the United States experience in maintaining 

10 economic security as a result of issues related to domestic 

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

12 (b) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

13 of enactment of this title, and every 5 years thereafter, the 

14 Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation 

15 with the Secretary of Labor, shall submit a report to Con16 gress on the study conducted under subsection (a). 

17 (c) CONTENTS.—The study and reports under this sec18 tion shall include— 

19 (1) identification of geographic areas in which 

20 State laws, regulations, and practices have a strong 

21 impact on the ability of survivors of domestic vio22 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking to 

23 exercise— 

24 (A) any rights under this Act without com25 promising personal safety or the safety of others, 


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1 including family members and excluding the 

2 abuser; and 

3 (B) other components of economic security; 

4 (2) identification of geographic areas with short5 ages in resources for such survivors, with an accom6 panying analysis of the extent and impact of such 

7 shortage; 

8 (3) analysis of factors related to industries, 

9 workplace settings, employer practices, trends, and 

10 other elements that impact the ability of such sur11 vivors to exercise any rights under this Act without 

12 compromising personal safety or the safety of others, 

13 including family members; 

14 (4) the recommendations of the Secretary of 

15 Health and Human Services and the Secretary of 

16 Labor with respect to resources, oversight, and en17 forcement tools to ensure successful implementation of 

18 the provisions of this Act in order to support the eco19 nomic security and safety of survivors of domestic vi20 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 

21 and 

22 (5) best practices for States, employers, health 

23 carriers, insurers, and other private entities in ad24 dressing issues related to domestic violence, dating vi25 olence, sexual assault, or stalking. 


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1 SEC. 705. GAO STUDY. 

2 Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 

3 of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 

4 shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

5 and Pensions of the Senate a report that examines, with 

6 respect to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, 

7 sexual assault, or stalking who are, or were, enrolled at in8 stitutions of higher education and borrowed a loan made, 

9 insured, or guaranteed under title IV of the Higher Edu10 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) for which the 

11 survivors have not repaid the total interest and principal 

12 due, each of the following: 

13 (1) The implications of domestic violence, dating 

14 violence, sexual assault, or stalking on a borrower’s 

15 ability to repay their Federal student loans. 

16 (2) The adequacy of policies and procedures re17 garding Federal student loan deferment, forbearance, 

18 and grace periods when a survivor has to suspend or 

19 terminate the survivor’s enrollment at an institution 

20 of higher education due to domestic violence, dating 

21 violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

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23 practices regarding retention or transfer of credits 

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1 cation due to domestic violence, dating violence, sex2 ual assault, or stalking. 

3 (4) The availability or any options for a sur4 vivor of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as5 sault, or stalking who attended an institution of high6 er education that committed unfair, deceptive, or abu7 sive acts or practices, or otherwise substantially mis8 represented information to students, to be able to seek 

9 a defense to repayment of the survivor’s Federal stu10 dent loan. 

11 (5) The limitations faced by a survivor of domes12 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk13 ing to obtain any relief or restitution on the sur14 vivor’s Federal student loan debt due to the use of 

15 forced arbitration, gag orders, or bans on class ac16 tions. 

17 SEC. 706. EDUCATION AND INFORMATION PROGRAMS FOR 

18 SURVIVORS. 

19 (a) PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor, in 

21 conjunction with the Secretary of Health and Human 

22 Services (through the Director of the Centers for Dis23 ease Control and Prevention and the grant recipient 

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1 ter on workplace responses to assist victims of domes2 tic and sexual violence) and the Attorney General 

3 (through the Principal Deputy Director of the Office 

4 on Violence Against Women), shall coordinate and 

5 provide for a national public outreach and education 

6 campaign to raise public awareness of the workplace 

7 impact of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

8 assault, and stalking, including outreach and edu9 cation for employers, service providers, teachers, and 

10 other key partners. This campaign shall pay special 

11 attention to ensure that survivors are made aware of 

12 the existence of the following types of workplace laws 

13 (federal and/or State): anti-discrimination laws that 

14 bar treating survivors differently; leave laws, both 

15 paid and unpaid that are available for use by sur16 vivors; unemployment insurance laws and policies 

17 that address survivor eligibility. 

18 (2) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary of Labor, in 

19 conjunction with the Secretary of Health and Human 

20 Services and the Attorney General, as described in 

21 paragraph (1), may disseminate information through 

22 the public outreach and education campaign on the 

23 resources and rights referred to in this subsection di24 rectly or through arrangements with health agencies, 

25 professional and nonprofit organizations, consumer 


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1 groups, labor organizations, institutions of higher 

2 education, clinics, the media, and Federal, State, and 

3 local agencies. 

4 (3) INFORMATION.—The information dissemi5 nated under paragraph (2) shall include, at a min6 imum, a description of— 

7 (A) the resources and rights that are— 

8 (i) available to survivors of domestic 

9 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

10 stalking; and 

11 (ii) established in this Act and the Vio12 lence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 

13 U.S.C.12291 et seq.); 

14 (B) guidelines and best practices on preven15 tion of domestic violence, dating violence, stalk16 ing, and sexual assault; 

17 (C) resources that promote healthy relation18 ships and communication skills; 

19 (D) resources that encourage bystander 

20 intervention in a situation involving domestic 

21 violence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual as22 sault; 

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1 nomic security of survivors of domestic violence, 

2 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and 

3 (F) resources and rights that the heads of 

4 Federal agencies described in paragraph (2) de5 termine are appropriate to include. 

6 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 (1) EMPLOYEE.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘employee’’ 

9 means any individual employed by an employer. 

10 In the case of an individual employed by a pub11 lic agency, such term means an individual em12 ployed as described in section 3(e)(2) of the Fair 

13 Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 

14 203(e)(2)). 

15 (B) BASIS.—The term includes a person 

16 employed as described in subparagraph (A) on a 

17 full- or part-time basis, for a fixed time period, 

18 on a temporary basis, pursuant to a detail, or 

19 as a participant in a work assignment as a con20 dition of receipt of Federal or State income-based 

21 public assistance. 

22 (2) EMPLOYER.—The term ‘‘employer’’— 

23 (A) means any person engaged in commerce 

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1 (B) includes any person acting directly or 

2 indirectly in the interest of an employer in rela3 tion to an employee, and includes a public agen4 cy that employs individuals as described in sec5 tion 3(e)(2) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 

6 1938, but does not include any labor organiza7 tion (other than when acting as an employer) or 

8 anyone acting in the capacity of officer or agent 

9 of such labor organization. 

10 (3) FLSA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘employ’’ and 

11 ‘‘State’’ have the meanings given the terms in section 

12 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 section 3 

13 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 

14 203). 

15 (c) STUDY ON WORKPLACE RESPONSES.—The Sec16 retary of Labor, in conjunction with the Secretary of Health 

17 and Human Services, shall conduct a study on the status 

18 of workplace responses to employees who experience domes19 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 

20 while employed, in each State and nationally, to improve 

21 the access of survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, 

22 sexual assault, or stalking to supportive resources and eco23 nomic security. 

24 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

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1 sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2020 

2 through 2024. 

3 SEC. 707. SEVERABILITY. 

4 If any provision of this Act, any amendment made by 

5 this Act, or the application of such provision or amendment 

6 to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitu7 tional, the remainder of the provisions of this Act, the 

8 amendments made by this Act, and the application of such 

9 provisions or amendments to any person or circumstance 

10 shall not be affected. 

11 TITLE VIII—HOMICIDE 

12 REDUCTION INITIATIVES 

13 SEC. 801. PROHIBITING PERSONS CONVICTED OF MIS14 DEMEANOR CRIMES AGAINST DATING PART15 NERS AND PERSONS SUBJECT TO PROTEC16 TION ORDERS. 

17 Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 

18 amended— 

19 (1) in paragraph (32), by striking all that fol20 lows after ‘‘The term ‘intimate partner’ ’’ and insert21 ing the following: ‘‘— 

22 ‘‘(A) means, with respect to a person, the 

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1 the person, and an individual who cohabitates or 

2 has cohabited with the person; and 

3 ‘‘(B) includes— 

4 ‘‘(i) a dating partner or former dating 

5 partner (as defined in section 2266); and 

6 ‘‘(ii) any other person similarly situ7 ated to a spouse who is protected by the do8 mestic or family violence laws of the State 

9 or tribal jurisdiction in which the injury 

10 occurred or where the victim resides.’’; 

11 (2) in paragraph (33)(A)— 

12 (A) in clause (i), by inserting after ‘‘Fed13 eral, State,’’ the following: ‘‘municipal,’’; and 

14 (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘intimate 

15 partner,’’ after ‘‘spouse,’’ each place it appears; 

16 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (34) and (35) 

17 as paragraphs (35) and (36) respectively; and 

18 (4) by inserting after paragraph (33) the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(34)(A) the term ‘misdemeanor crime of stalk21 ing’ means an offense that— 

22 ‘‘(i) is a misdemeanor crime of stalking 

23 under Federal, State, Tribal, or municipal law; 

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1 ‘‘(ii) is a course of harassment, intimida2 tion, or surveillance of another person that— 

3 ‘‘(I) places that person in reasonable 

4 fear of material harm to the health or safety 

5 of— 

6 ‘‘(aa) that person; 

7 ‘‘(bb) an immediate family mem8 ber (as defined in section 115) of that 

9 person; 

10 ‘‘(cc) a household member of that 

11 person; or 

12 ‘‘(dd) a spouse or intimate part13 ner of that person; or 

14 ‘‘(II) causes, attempts to cause, or 

15 would reasonably be expected to cause emo16 tional distress to a person described in item 

17 (aa), (bb), (cc), or (dd) of subclause (I). 

18 ‘‘(B) A person shall not be considered to have 

19 been convicted of such an offense for purposes of this 

20 chapter, unless— 

21 ‘‘(i) the person was represented by counsel 

22 in the case, or knowingly and intelligently 

23 waived the right to counsel in the case; and 

24 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a prosecution for an of25 fense described in this paragraph for which a 


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1 person was entitled to a jury trial in the juris2 diction in which the case was tried, either— 

3 ‘‘(I) the case was tried by a jury; or 

4 ‘‘(II) the person knowingly and intel5 ligently waived the right to have the case 

6 tried by a jury, by guilty plea or otherwise. 

7 ‘‘(C) A person shall not be considered to have 

8 been convicted of such an offense for purposes of this 

9 chapter if the conviction has been expunged or set 

10 aside, or is an offense for which the person has been 

11 pardoned or has had civil rights restored (if the law 

12 of the applicable jurisdiction provides for the loss of 

13 civil rights under such an offense) unless the pardon, 

14 expungement, or restoration of civil rights expressly 

15 provides that the person may not ship, transport, pos16 sess, or receive firearms.’’. 

17 SEC. 802. PROHIBITING STALKERS AND INDIVIDUALS SUB18 JECT TO COURT ORDER FROM POSSESSING A 

19 FIREARM. 

20 Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amend21 ed— 

22 (1) in subsection (d)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘that re24 strains such person’’ and all that follows, and 

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1 (B) in paragraph (9), by striking the period 

2 at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 

3 (C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(10) who has been convicted in any court of a 

6 misdemeanor crime of stalking.’’; and 

7 (2) in subsection (g)— 

8 (A) by amending paragraph (8) to read as 

9 follows: 

10 ‘‘(8) who is subject to a court order— 

11 ‘‘(A) that was issued— 

12 ‘‘(i) after a hearing of which such per13 son received actual notice, and at which 

14 such person had an opportunity to partici15 pate; or 

16 ‘‘(ii) in the case of an ex parte order, 

17 relative to which notice and opportunity to 

18 be heard are provided— 

19 ‘‘(I) within the time required by 

20 State, tribal, or territorial law; and 

21 ‘‘(II) in any event within a rea22 sonable time after the order is issued, 

23 sufficient to protect the due process 

24 rights of the person; 

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1 ‘‘(i) harassing, stalking, or threatening 

2 an intimate partner of such person or child 

3 of such intimate partner or person, or en4 gaging in other conduct that would place an 

5 intimate partner in reasonable fear of bod6 ily injury to the partner or child; or 

7 ‘‘(ii) intimidating or dissuading a wit8 ness from testifying in court; and 

9 ‘‘(C) that— 

10 ‘‘(i) includes a finding that such per11 son represents a credible threat to the phys12 ical safety of such individual described in 

13 subparagraph (B); or 

14 ‘‘(ii) by its terms explicitly prohibits 

15 the use, attempted use, or threatened use of 

16 physical force against such individual de17 scribed in subparagraph (B) that would 

18 reasonably be expected to cause bodily in19 jury;’’; 

20 (B) in paragraph (9), by striking the 

21 comma at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

22 (C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(10) who has been convicted in any court of a 

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1 TITLE IX—SAFETY FOR INDIAN 

2 WOMEN 

3 SEC. 901. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) American Indians and Alaska Natives are 

6 2.5 times as likely to experience violent crimes—and 

7 at least 2 times more likely to experience rape or sex8 ual assault crimes—compared to all other races. 

9 (2) More than 4 in 5 American Indian and 

10 Alaska Native women, or 84.3 percent, have experi11 enced violence in their lifetime. 

12 (3) The vast majority of Native victims—96% of 

13 women and 89% of male victims—report being vic14 timized by a non-Indian. 

15 (4) Native victims of sexual violence are three 

16 times as likely to have experienced sexual violence by 

17 an interracial perpetrator as non-Hispanic White 

18 victims and Native stalking victims are nearly 4 

19 times as likely to be stalked by someone of a different 

20 race. 

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1 tinues to leave Tribes unable to fully hold domestic vi2 olence offenders accountable. 

3 (6) Tribal prosecutors report that the majority of 

4 domestic violence cases involve children either as wit5 nesses or victims, and Department of Justice reports 

6 that American Indian and Alaska Native children 

7 suffer exposure to violence at rates higher than any 

8 other race in the United States. 

9 (7) Childhood exposure to violence has immediate 

10 and long-term effects, including: increased rates of al11 tered neurological development, poor physical and 

12 mental health, poor school performance, substance 

13 abuse, and overrepresentation in the juvenile justice 

14 system. 

15 (8) According to the Centers for Disease Control 

16 and Prevention, homicide is the third leading cause 

17 of death among American Indian and Alaska Native 

18 women between 10 and 24 years of age and the fifth 

19 leading cause of death for American Indian and Alas20 ka Native women between 25 and 34 years of age. 

21 (9) On some reservations, Indian women are 

22 murdered at more than 10 times the national average. 

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1 to prosecute nearly 52 percent of violent crimes that 

2 occur in Indian country. 

3 (11) Investigation into cases of missing and 

4 murdered Indian women is made difficult for tribal 

5 law enforcement agencies due to a lack of resources, 

6 such as— 

7 (A) necessary training, equipment, or fund8 ing; 

9 (B) a lack of interagency cooperation; and 

10 (C) a lack of appropriate laws in place. 

11 (12) Domestic violence calls are among the most 

12 dangerous calls that law enforcement receives. 

13 (13) The complicated jurisdictional scheme that 

14 exists in Indian country— 

15 (A) has a significant negative impact on the 

16 ability to provide public safety to Indian com17 munities; 

18 (B) has been increasingly exploited by 

19 criminals; and 

20 (C) requires a high degree of commitment 

21 and cooperation among tribal, Federal, and 

22 State law enforcement officials. 

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1 greater local control, safety, accountability, and 

2 transparency. 

3 (15) In States with restrictive land settlement 

4 acts such as Alaska, ‘‘Indian country’’ is limited, re5 sources for local tribal responses either nonexistent or 

6 insufficient to meet the needs, jurisdiction unneces7 sarily complicated and increases the already high lev8 els of victimization of American Indian and Alaska 

9 Native women. According to the Tribal Law and 

10 Order Act Commission Report, Alaska Native women 

11 are over-represented in the domestic violence victim 

12 population by 250 percent; they comprise 19 percent 

13 of the State population, but are 47 percent of reported 

14 rape victims. And among other Indian Tribes, Alaska 

15 Native women suffer the highest rates of domestic and 

16 sexual violence in the country. 

17 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this title are— 

18 (1) to clarify the responsibilities of Federal, 

19 State, tribal, and local governments with respect to 

20 responding to cases of domestic violence, dating vio21 lence, stalking, trafficking, sexual violence, crimes 

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1 (2) to increase coordination and communication 

2 among Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforce3 ment agencies; and 

4 (3) to empower tribal governments with the re5 sources and information necessary to effectively re6 spond to cases of domestic violence, dating violence, 

7 stalking, sex trafficking, sexual violence, and missing 

8 and murdered Indians; and 

9 (4) to increase the collection of data related to 

10 missing and murdered Indians and the sharing of in11 formation among Federal, State, and tribal officials 

12 responsible for responding to and investigating cases 

13 of missing and murdered Indians. 

14 SEC. 902. AUTHORIZING FUNDING FOR THE TRIBAL ACCESS 

15 PROGRAM. 

16 Section 534 of title 28, United States Code, is amended 

17 by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

19 authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for each of fiscal 

20 years 2020 through 2024, to remain available until ex21 pended, for the purposes of enhancing the ability of tribal 

22 government entities to access, enter information into, and 

23 obtain information from, Federal criminal information 

24 databases, as authorized by this section.’’. 


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1 SEC. 903. TRIBAL JURISDICTION OVER CRIMES OF DOMES2 TIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, OBSTRUC3 TION OF JUSTICE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, SEX 

4 TRAFFICKING, STALKING, AND ASSAULT OF A 

5 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR CORREC6 TIONS OFFICER. 

7 Section 204 of Public Law 90–284 (25 U.S.C. 1304) 

8 (commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Civil Rights Act of 

9 1968’’) is amended— 

10 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CRIMES OF

11 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE’’ and inserting ‘‘CRIMES OF

12 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, OB13 STRUCTION OF JUSTICE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, 

14 SEX TRAFFICKING, STALKING, AND ASSAULT

15 OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OR CORRECTIONS

16 OFFICER’’; 

17 (2) in paragraph (6), in the heading, by striking 

18 ‘‘SPECIAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRIMINAL JURISDIC19 TION’’ and inserting ‘‘SPECIAL TRIBAL CRIMINAL JU20 RISDICTION’’; 

21 (3) by striking ‘‘special domestic violence crimi22 nal jurisdiction’’ each place such term appears and 

23 inserting ‘‘special tribal criminal jurisdiction’’; 

24 (4) in subsection (a)— 

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1 ‘‘(12) STALKING.—The term ‘stalking’ means en2 gaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific 

3 person proscribed by the criminal law of the Indian 

4 tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian country 

5 where the violation occurs that would cause a reason6 able person to— 

7 ‘‘(A) fear for the person’s safety or the safe8 ty of others; or 

9 ‘‘(B) suffer substantial emotional distress.’’; 

10 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and 

11 (7) as paragraphs (10) and (11); 

12 (C) by inserting before paragraph (10) (as 

13 redesignated) the following: 

14 ‘‘(8) SEX TRAFFICKING.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘sex traf16 ficking’ means conduct— 

17 ‘‘(i) consisting of— 

18 ‘‘(I) recruiting, enticing, har19 boring, transporting, providing, ob20 taining, advertising, maintaining, pa21 tronizing, or soliciting by any means a 

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1 gaged in an act described in subclause 

2 (I); and 

3 ‘‘(ii) carried out with the knowledge, 

4 or, except where the act constituting the vio5 lation of clause (i) is advertising, in reckless 

6 disregard of the fact, that— 

7 ‘‘(I) means of force, threats of 

8 force, fraud, coercion, or any combina9 tion of such means will be used to 

10 cause the person to engage in a com11 mercial sex act; or 

12 ‘‘(II) the person has not attained 

13 the age of 18 years and will be caused 

14 to engage in a commercial sex act. 

15 ‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph, the 

16 terms ‘coercion’ and ‘commercial sex act’ have 

17 the meanings given the terms in section 1591(e) 

18 of title 18, United States Code. 

19 ‘‘(9) SEXUAL VIOLENCE.—The term ‘sexual vio20 lence’ means any nonconsensual sexual act or contact 

21 proscribed by the criminal law of the Indian tribe 

22 that has jurisdiction over the Indian country where 

23 the violation occurs, including in any case in which 

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1 (D) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 

2 (5) as paragraphs (6) and (7); 

3 (E) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

4 through (3) as paragraphs (2) through (4); 

5 (F) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated), to 

6 read as follows: 

7 ‘‘(3) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘domestic 

8 violence’ means violence— 

9 ‘‘(A) committed by a current or former 

10 spouse or intimate partner of the victim, by a 

11 person with whom the victim shares a child in 

12 common, by a person who is cohabitating with 

13 or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse 

14 or intimate partner, or by a person similarly 

15 situated to a spouse of the victim under the 

16 domestic- or family- violence laws of an Indian 

17 tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian coun18 try where the violence occurs; or 

19 ‘‘(B) committed against a victim who is a 

20 child under the age of 18, or an elder (as such 

21 term is defined by tribal law) who resides or has 

22 resided in the same household as the defendant.’’; 

23 (G) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as 

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1 ‘‘(1) ASSAULT OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OR COR2 RECTIONAL OFFICER.—The term ‘assault of a law en3 forcement or correctional officer’ means any criminal 

4 violation of the law of the Indian tribe that has juris5 diction over the Indian country where the violation 

6 occurs that involves the threatened, attempted, or ac7 tual harmful or offensive touching of a law enforce8 ment or correctional officer.’’; 

9 (H) by inserting after paragraph (4) (as re10 designated), the following: 

11 ‘‘(5) OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.—The term ‘ob12 struction of justice’ means any violation of the crimi13 nal law of the Indian tribe that has jurisdiction over 

14 the Indian country where the violation occurs, and 

15 the violation involves interfering with the administra16 tion or due process of the tribe’s laws including any 

17 tribal criminal proceeding or investigation of a 

18 crime.’’; 

19 (5) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting after ‘‘the 

20 powers of self-government of a participating tribe’’ 

21 the following: ‘‘, including any participating tribes in 

22 the State of Maine,’’ 

23 (6) in subsection (b)(4)— 

24 (A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting 

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1 other than obstruction of justice or an act of as2 sault of a law enforcement or corrections offi3 cer,’’; and 

4 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

5 (i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

6 the end; 

7 (ii) in clause (iii)(II), by striking the 

8 period at the end and inserting the fol9 lowing: ‘‘; or’’; and 

10 (iii) by adding at the end the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(iv) is being prosecuted for a crime of 

13 sexual violence, stalking, sex trafficking, ob14 structing justice, or assaulting a police or 

15 corrections officer under the laws of the 

16 prosecuting tribe.’’; 

17 (7) in subsection (c)— 

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

19 by striking ‘‘domestic violence’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘tribal’’; and 

21 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

22 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik23 ing ‘‘AND DATING VIOLENCE’’ and inserting 

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1 TRAFFICKING, OR ASSAULT OF A LAW EN2 FORCEMENT OR CORRECTIONS OFFICER’’; 

3 and 

4 (ii) by striking ‘‘or dating violence’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘, dating violence, obstruction 

6 of justice, sexual violence, stalking, sex traf7 ficking, or assault of a law enforcement or 

8 corrections officer’’; 

9 (8) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘domestic vio10 lence’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘tribal’’; 

11 (9) in subsection (f)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘special domestic violence’’ 

13 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘special trib14 al’’; 

15 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘pros16 ecutes’’ and all that follows through the semi17 colon at the end and inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘prosecutes— 

19 ‘‘(A) a crime of domestic violence; 

20 ‘‘(B) a crime of dating violence; 

21 ‘‘(C) a criminal violation of a protection 

22 order; 

23 ‘‘(D) a crime of sexual violence; 

24 ‘‘(E) a crime of stalking; 

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1 ‘‘(G) a crime of obstruction of justice; or 

2 ‘‘(H) a crime of assault of a law enforce3 ment or correctional officer.’’; 

4 (C) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘sexual 

5 violence, stalking, sex trafficking, assault of a 

6 law enforcement or correctional officer,’’ after 

7 ‘‘dating violence,’’; and 

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

9 ‘‘(5) to create a pilot project to allow up to five 

10 Indian tribes in Alaska to implement special tribal 

11 criminal jurisdiction.’’; 

12 (10) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as 

13 subsections (h) and (i), respectively; 

14 (11) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol15 lowing:; and 

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

17 pilot project described in subsection (f)(5), the definition of 

18 ‘Indian country’ shall include Alaska Native-owned Town19 sites, Allotments, and former reservation lands acquired in 

20 fee by Alaska Native Village Corporations pursuant to the 

21 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 33) and 

22 other lands transferred in fee to Native villages.’’. 

23 (12) in subsection (i) (as redesignated) by strik24 ing ‘‘fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’ and inserting 

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1 SEC. 904. ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

2 Beginning in the first fiscal year after the date of en3 actment of this title, and annually thereafter, the Attorney 

4 General and the Secretary of the Interior shall jointly pre5 pare and submit a report, to the Committee on Indian Af6 fairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and 

7 the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on 

8 the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, that— 

9 (1) includes known statistics on missing and 

10 murdered Indian women in the United States, includ11 ing statistics relating to incidents of sexual abuse or 

12 sexual assault suffered by the victims; and 

13 (2) provides recommendations regarding how to 

14 improve data collection on missing and murdered In15 dian women. 

16 TITLE X—OFFICE ON VIOLENCE 

17 AGAINST WOMEN 

18 SEC. 1001. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE ON VIOLENCE 

19 AGAINST WOMEN. 

20 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE ON VIOLENCE

21 AGAINST WOMEN.—Section 2002 of title I of the Omnibus 

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

23 10442) is amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘a Violence 

25 Against Women Office’’ and inserting ‘‘an Office on 

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1 (2) in subsection (b), by inserting after ‘‘within 

2 the Department of Justice’’ the following: ‘‘, not sub3 sumed by any other office’’; 

4 (3) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘Violence 

5 Against Women Act of 1994 (title VI of Public 103– 

6 322) and the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 

7 (Division B of Public Law 106–386)’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (title VI1 of 

9 Public 103–322), the Violence Against Women Act of 

10 2000 (Division B of Public Law 106–386), the Vio11 lence Against Women and Department of Justice Re12 authorization Act of 2005 (title IX of Public Law 

13 109–162; 119 Stat. 3080), the Violence Against 

14 Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 

15 113–4; 127 Stat. 54); and the Violence Against 

16 Women Reauthorization Act of 2019’’. 

17 (b) DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST

18 WOMEN.—Section 2003 of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

19 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10443) is amended to 

20 read as follows: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 2003. DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE ON VIOLENCE 

22 AGAINST WOMEN. 

23 ‘‘(a) APPOINTMENT.—The President, by and with the 

24 advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a Director 

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1 ferred to as the ‘Director’) to be responsible, under the gen2 eral authority of the Attorney General, for the administra3 tion, coordination, and implementation of the programs 

4 and activities of the Office. 

5 ‘‘(b) OTHER EMPLOYMENT.—The Director shall not— 

6 ‘‘(1) engage in any employment other than that 

7 of serving as Director; or 

8 ‘‘(2) hold any office in, or act in any capacity 

9 for, any organization, agency, or institution with 

10 which the Office makes any contract or other agree11 ment under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 

12 (title IV of Public Law 103–322), the Violence 

13 Against Women Act of 2000 (division B of Public 

14 Law 106–386), the Violence Against Women and De15 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (title 

16 IX of Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3080), the Vio17 lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 

18 (Public Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54); or the Violence 

19 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019. 

20 ‘‘(c) VACANCY.—In the case of a vacancy, the President 

21 may designate an officer or employee who shall act as Di22 rector during the vacancy. 

23 ‘‘(d) COMPENSATION.—The Director shall be com24 pensated at a rate of pay not to exceed the rate payable 


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1 for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 

2 of title 5, United States Code.’’. 

3 (c) DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTOR OF THE OF4 FICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN.—Section 2004 of the 

5 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 

6 U.S.C. 10444) is amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 2004. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTOR OF THE 

8 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. 

9 ‘‘The Director shall have the following duties: 

10 ‘‘(1) Maintaining liaison with the judicial 

11 branches of the Federal and State Governments on 

12 matters relating to violence against women. 

13 ‘‘(2) Providing information to the President, the 

14 Congress, the judiciary, State, local, and tribal gov15 ernments, and the general public on matters relating 

16 to violence against women. 

17 ‘‘(3) Serving, at the request of the Attorney Gen18 eral, as the representative of the Department of Jus19 tice on domestic task forces, committees, or commis20 sions addressing policy or issues relating to violence 

21 against women. 

22 ‘‘(4) Serving, at the request of the President, act23 ing through the Attorney General, as the representa24 tive of the United States Government on human 

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1 against women in international fora, including, but 

2 not limited to, the United Nations. 

3 ‘‘(5) Carrying out the functions of the Depart4 ment of Justice under the Violence Against Women 

5 Act of 1994 (title IV of Public Law 103–322), the Vio6 lence Against Women Act of 2000 (division B of Pub7 lic Law 106–386), the Violence Against Women and 

8 Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 

9 (title IX of Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3080), the 

10 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 

11 (Public Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54); and the Violence 

12 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019, includ13 ing with respect to those functions— 

14 ‘‘(A) the development of policy, protocols, 

15 and guidelines; 

16 ‘‘(B) the development and management of 

17 grant programs and other programs, and the 

18 provision of technical assistance under such pro19 grams; and 

20 ‘‘(C) the award and termination of grants, 

21 cooperative agreements, and contracts. 

22 ‘‘(6) Providing technical assistance, coordina23 tion, and support to— 

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1 force Federal laws relating to violence against 

2 women, including the litigation of civil and 

3 criminal actions relating to enforcing such laws; 

4 ‘‘(B) other Federal, State, local, and tribal 

5 agencies, in efforts to develop policy, provide 

6 technical assistance, synchronize federal defini7 tions and protocols, and improve coordination 

8 among agencies carrying out efforts to eliminate 

9 violence against women, including Indian or in10 digenous women; and 

11 ‘‘(C) grantees, in efforts to combat violence 

12 against women and to provide support and as13 sistance to victims of such violence. 

14 ‘‘(7) Exercising such other powers and functions 

15 as may be vested in the Director pursuant to this sub16 chapter or by delegation of the Attorney General. 

17 ‘‘(8) Establishing such rules, regulations, guide18 lines, and procedures as are necessary to carry out 

19 any function of the Office.’’. 

20 (d) STAFF OF OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST

21 WOMEN.—Section 2005 of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

22 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10445) is amended in 

23 the heading, by striking ‘‘VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

24 OFFICE’’ and inserting ‘‘OFFICE ON VIOLENCE

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1 (e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 121(a)(1) of the 

2 Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reau3 thorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20124(a)(1)) is amended 

4 by striking ‘‘the Violence Against Women Office’’ and in5 serting ‘‘the Office on Violence Against Women’’. 

6 TITLE XI—IMPROVING CONDI7 TIONS FOR WOMEN IN FED8 ERAL CUSTODY 

9 SEC. 1101. IMPROVING THE TREATMENT OF PRIMARY CARE10 TAKER PARENTS AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN 

11 FEDERAL PRISONS. 

12 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

13 ‘‘Ramona Brant Improvement of Conditions for Women in 

14 Federal Custody Act’’. 

15 (b) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 303 of title 18, United 

16 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘§ 4050. Treatment of primary caretaker parents and 

18 other individuals 

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

20 ‘‘(1) the term ‘correctional officer’ means a cor21 rectional officer of the Bureau of Prisons; 

22 ‘‘(2) the term ‘covered institution’ means a Fed23 eral penal or correctional institution; 

24 ‘‘(3) the term ‘Director’ means the Director of the 

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1 ‘‘(4) the term ‘post-partum recovery’ means the 

2 first 8-week period of post-partum recovery after giv3 ing birth; 

4 ‘‘(5) the term ‘primary caretaker parent’ has the 

5 meaning given the term in section 31903 of the Fam6 ily Unity Demonstration Project Act (34 U.S.C. 

7 12242); 

8 ‘‘(6) the term ‘prisoner’ means an individual 

9 who is incarcerated in a Federal penal or correctional 

10 institution, including a vulnerable person; and 

11 ‘‘(7) the term ‘vulnerable person’ means an indi12 vidual who— 

13 ‘‘(A) is under 21 years of age or over 60 

14 years of age; 

15 ‘‘(B) is pregnant; 

16 ‘‘(C) identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, 

17 transgender, or intersex; 

18 ‘‘(D) is victim or witness of a crime; 

19 ‘‘(E) has filed a nonfrivolous civil rights 

20 claim in Federal or State court; 

21 ‘‘(F) has a serious mental or physical ill22 ness or disability; or 

23 ‘‘(G) during the period of incarceration, has 

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1 periencing severe trauma or to be the victim of 

2 gender-based violence— 

3 ‘‘(i) by any court or administrative ju4 dicial proceeding; 

5 ‘‘(ii) by any corrections official; 

6 ‘‘(iii) by the individual’s attorney or 

7 legal service provider; or 

8 ‘‘(iv) by the individual. 

9 ‘‘(b) GEOGRAPHIC PLACEMENT.— 

10 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—The Director 

11 shall establish within the Bureau of Prisons an office 

12 that determines the placement of prisoners. 

13 ‘‘(2) PLACEMENT OF PRISONERS.—In deter14 mining the placement of a prisoner, the office estab15 lished under paragraph (1) shall— 

16 ‘‘(A) if the prisoner has children, place the 

17 prisoner as close to the children as possible; 

18 ‘‘(B) in deciding whether to assign a 

19 transgender or intersex prisoner to a facility for 

20 male or female prisoners, and in making other 

21 housing and programming assignments, consider 

22 on a case-by-case basis whether a placement 

23 would ensure the prisoner’s health and safety, in24 cluding serious consideration of the prisoner’s 

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1 whether the placement would present manage2 ment or security problems; and 

3 ‘‘(C) consider any other factor that the of4 fice determines to be appropriate. 

5 ‘‘(c) PROHIBITION ON PLACEMENT OF PREGNANT

6 PRISONERS OR PRISONERS IN POST-PARTUM RECOVERY IN

7 SEGREGATED HOUSING UNITS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) PLACEMENT IN SEGREGATED HOUSING

9 UNITS.—A covered institution may not place a pris10 oner who is pregnant or in post-partum recovery in 

11 a segregated housing unit unless the prisoner presents 

12 an immediate risk of harm to the prisoner or others. 

13 ‘‘(2) RESTRICTIONS.—Any placement of a pris14 oner described in subparagraph (A) in a segregated 

15 housing unit shall be limited and temporary. 

16 ‘‘(d) PARENTING CLASSES.—The Director shall pro17 vide parenting classes to each prisoner who is a primary 

18 caretaker parent. 

19 ‘‘(e) TRAUMA SCREENING.—The Director shall provide 

20 training to each correctional officer and each employee of 

21 the Bureau of Prisons who regularly interacts with pris22 oners, including each instructor and health care profes23 sional, to enable those correctional officers and employees 

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1 ‘‘(1) identify a prisoner who has a mental or 

2 physical health need relating to trauma the prisoner 

3 has experienced; and 

4 ‘‘(2) refer a prisoner described in paragraph (1) 

5 to the proper healthcare professional for treatment. 

6 ‘‘(f) INMATE HEALTH.— 

7 ‘‘(1) HEALTH CARE ACCESS.—The Director shall 

8 ensure that all prisoners receive adequate health care. 

9 ‘‘(2) HYGIENIC PRODUCTS.—The Director shall 

10 make essential hygienic products, including shampoo, 

11 toothpaste, toothbrushes, and any other hygienic prod12 uct that the Director determines appropriate, avail13 able without charge to prisoners. 

14 ‘‘(3) GYNECOLOGIST ACCESS.—The Director shall 

15 ensure that all prisoners have access to a gynecologist 

16 as appropriate. 

17 ‘‘(g) USE OF SEX-APPROPRIATE CORRECTIONAL OFFI18 CERS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) REGULATIONS.—The Director shall make 

20 rules under which— 

21 ‘‘(A) a correctional officer may not conduct 

22 a strip search of a prisoner of the opposite sex 

23 unless— 

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1 no other correctional officer of the same sex 

2 as the prisoner, or medical staff is available 

3 to assist; or 

4 ‘‘(ii) the prisoner has previously re5 quested that an officer of a different sex con6 duct searches; 

7 ‘‘(B) a correctional officer may not enter a 

8 restroom reserved for prisoners of the opposite 

9 sex unless— 

10 ‘‘(i) a prisoner in the restroom presents 

11 a risk of immediate harm to themselves or 

12 others; or 

13 ‘‘(ii) there is a medical emergency in 

14 the restroom and no other correctional offi15 cer of the appropriate sex is available to as16 sist; 

17 ‘‘(C) a transgender prisoner’s sex is deter18 mined according to the sex with which they iden19 tify; and 

20 ‘‘(D) a correctional officer may not search 

21 or physically examine a prisoner for the sole 

22 purpose of determining the prisoner’s genital sta23 tus or sex. 

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1 ments under the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 

2 2003 (42 U.S.C. 15601 et seq.).’’. 

3 (c) SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT.—Section 3621(e) 

4 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at 

5 the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(7) ELIGIBILITY OF PRIMARY CARETAKER PAR7 ENTS AND PREGNANT WOMEN.—The Director of the 

8 Bureau of Prisons may not prohibit an eligible pris9 oner who is a primary caretaker parent (as defined 

10 in section 4050) or pregnant from participating in a 

11 program of residential substance abuse treatment pro12 vided under paragraph (1) on the basis of a failure 

13 by the eligible prisoner, before being committed to the 

14 custody of the Bureau of Prisons, to disclose to any 

15 official of the Bureau of Prisons that the prisoner had 

16 a substance abuse problem on or before the date on 

17 which the eligible prisoner was committed to the cus18 tody of the Bureau of Prisons.’’. 

19 (d) IMPLEMENTATION DATE.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 

21 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the 

22 Bureau of Prisons shall implement this section and 

23 the amendments made by this section. 

24 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 

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1 reau of Prisons shall submit to the Committee on the 

2 Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Ju3 diciary of the House of Representatives a report on 

4 the implementation of this section and the amend5 ments made by this section. 

6 (e) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The 

7 table of sections for chapter 303 of title 18, United States 

8 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘4050. Treatment of primary caretaker parents and other individuals.’’. 

9 SEC. 1102. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY OF WOMEN. 

10 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

11 ‘‘Stop Infant Mortality And Recidivism Reduction Act’’ or 

12 the ‘‘SIMARRA Act’’. 

13 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 270 days after 

14 the date of the enactment of this section, the Director of 

15 the Federal Bureau of Prisons (in this section referred to 

16 as the ‘‘Director’’) shall establish a pilot program (in this 

17 section referred to as the ‘‘Program’’) in accordance with 

18 this section to permit women incarcerated in Federal pris19 ons and the children born to such women during incarcer20 ation to reside together while the inmate serves a term of 

21 imprisonment in a separate housing wing of the prison. 

22 (c) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are to— 

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1 ma and stress experienced by the unborn fetuses of 

2 pregnant inmates; 

3 (2) reduce the recidivism rates of federally incar4 cerated women and mothers, and enhance public safe5 ty by improving the effectiveness of the Federal prison 

6 system for women as a population with special needs; 

7 (3) establish female offender risk and needs as8 sessment as the cornerstones of a more effective and 

9 efficient Federal prison system; 

10 (4) implement a validated post-sentencing risk 

11 and needs assessment system that relies on dynamic 

12 risk factors to provide Federal prison officials with a 

13 roadmap to address the pre- and post-natal needs of 

14 Federal pregnant offenders, manage limited resources, 

15 and enhance public safety; 

16 (5) perform regular outcome evaluations of the 

17 effectiveness of programs and interventions for feder18 ally incarcerated pregnant women and mothers to as19 sure that such programs and interventions are evi20 dence-based and to suggest changes, deletions, and ex21 pansions based on the results of such evaluations; and 

22 (6) assist the Department of Justice to address 

23 the underlying cost structure of the Federal prison 

24 system and ensure that the Department can continue 

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1 compromising the scope or quality of the Depart2 ment’s critical health, safety and law enforcement 

3 missions. 

4 (d) DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR OF BUREAU OF PRIS5 ONS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall carry out 

7 this section in consultation with— 

8 (A) a licensed and board-certified gyne9 cologist or obstetrician; 

10 (B) the Director of the Administrative Of11 fice of the United States Courts; 

12 (C) the Director of the Office of Probation 

13 and Pretrial Services; 

14 (D) the Director of the National Institute of 

15 Justice; and 

16 (E) the Secretary of Health and Human 

17 Services. 

18 (2) DUTIES.—The Director shall, in accordance 

19 with paragraph (3)— 

20 (A) develop an offender risk and needs as21 sessment system particular to the health and sen22 sitivities of Federally incarcerated pregnant 

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1 (B) develop recommendations regarding re2 cidivism reduction programs and productive ac3 tivities in accordance with subsection (c); 

4 (C) conduct ongoing research and data 

5 analysis on— 

6 (i) the best practices relating to the use 

7 of offender risk and needs assessment tools 

8 particular to the health and sensitivities of 

9 federally incarcerated pregnant women and 

10 mothers; 

11 (ii) the best available risk and needs 

12 assessment tools particular to the health 

13 and sensitivities of Federally incarcerated 

14 pregnant women and mothers and the level 

15 to which they rely on dynamic risk factors 

16 that could be addressed and changed over 

17 time, and on measures of risk of recidivism, 

18 individual needs, and responsiveness to re19 cidivism reduction programs; 

20 (iii) the most effective and efficient 

21 uses of such tools in conjunction with re22 cidivism reduction programs, productive ac23 tivities, incentives, and rewards; and 

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1 (I) for Federally incarcerated 

2 pregnant women and mothers classified 

3 at different recidivism risk levels; and 

4 (II) for addressing the specific 

5 needs of Federally incarcerated preg6 nant women and mothers; 

7 (D) on a biennial basis, review the system 

8 developed under subparagraph (A) and the rec9 ommendations developed under subparagraph 

10 (B), using the research conducted under subpara11 graph (C), to determine whether any revisions or 

12 updates should be made, and if so, make such re13 visions or updates; 

14 (E) hold periodic meetings with the individ15 uals listed in paragraph (1) at intervals to be 

16 determined by the Director; and 

17 (F) report to Congress in accordance with 

18 subsection (i). 

19 (3) METHODS.—In carrying out the duties under 

20 paragraph (2), the Director shall— 

21 (A) consult relevant stakeholders; and 

22 (B) make decisions using data that is based 

23 on the best available statistical and empirical 

24 evidence. 


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1 (e) ELIGIBILITY.—An inmate may apply to partici2 pate in the Program if the inmate— 

3 (1) is pregnant at the beginning of or during the 

4 term of imprisonment; and 

5 (2) is in the custody or control of the Federal 

6 Bureau of Prisons. 

7 (f) PROGRAM TERMS.— 

8 (1) TERM OF PARTICIPATION.—To correspond 

9 with the purposes and goals of the Program to pro10 mote bonding during the critical stages of child devel11 opment, an eligible inmate selected for the Program 

12 may participate in the Program, subject to subsection 

13 (g), until the earliest of— 

14 (A) the date that the inmate’s term of im15 prisonment terminates; 

16 (B) the date the infant fails to meet any 

17 medical criteria established by the Director or 

18 the Director’s designee along with a collective de19 termination of the persons listed in subsection 

20 (d)(1); or 

21 (C) 30 months. 

22 (2) INMATE REQUIREMENTS.—For the duration 

23 of an inmate’s participation in the Program, the in24 mate shall agree to— 


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1 (A) take substantive steps towards acting in 

2 the role of a parent or guardian to any child of 

3 that inmate; 

4 (B) participate in any educational or coun5 seling opportunities established by the Director, 

6 including topics such as child development, par7 enting skills, domestic violence, vocational train8 ing, or substance abuse, as appropriate; 

9 (C) abide by any court decision regarding 

10 the legal or physical custody of the child; 

11 (D) transfer to the Federal Bureau of Pris12 ons any child support payments for the infant of 

13 the participating inmate from any person or 

14 governmental entity; and 

15 (E) specify a person who has agreed to take 

16 at least temporary custody of the child if the in17 mate’s participation in the Program terminates 

18 before the inmate’s release. 

19 (g) CONTINUITY OF CARE.—The Director shall take 

20 appropriate actions to prevent detachment or disruption of 

21 either an inmate’s or infant’s health and bonding-based 

22 well-being due to termination of the Program. 

23 (h) REPORTING.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after 

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1 year thereafter for 5 years, the Director shall submit 

2 a report to the Congress with regards to progress in 

3 implementing the Program. 

4 (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 6 months 

5 after the termination of the Program, the Director 

6 shall issue a final report to the Congress that contains 

7 a detailed statement of the Director’s findings and 

8 conclusions, including recommendations for legisla9 tion, administrative actions, and regulations the Di10 rector considers appropriate. 

11 (i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 

12 out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 

13 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 

14 TITLE XII—LAW ENFORCEMENT 

15 TOOLS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC 

16 SAFETY 

17 SEC. 1201. NOTIFICATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN18 CIES OF PROHIBITED PURCHASE OR AT19 TEMPTED PURCHASE OF A FIREARM. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the NICS Improvement 

21 Amendments Act of 2007 (18 U.S.C. 922 note) is amended 

22 by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 108. NOTIFICATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN2 CIES OF PROHIBITED PURCHASE OF A FIRE3 ARM. 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a background check 

5 conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background 

6 Check System pursuant to the request of a licensed im7 porter, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer of firearms 

8 (as such terms are defined in section 921 of title 18, United 

9 States Code), which background check determines that the 

10 receipt of a firearm by a person would violate subsection 

11 (g)(8), (g)(9), or (g)(10) of section 922 of title 18, United 

12 States Code, and such determination is made after 3 busi13 ness days have elapsed since the licensee contacted the Sys14 tem and a firearm has been transferred to that person, the 

15 System shall notify the law enforcement agencies described 

16 in subsection (b). 

17 ‘‘(b) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES DESCRIBED.— 

18 The law enforcement agencies described in this subsection 

19 are the law enforcement agencies that have jurisdiction over 

20 the location from which the licensee contacted the system 

21 and the law enforcement agencies that have jurisdiction 

22 over the location of the residence of the person for which 

23 the background check was conducted, as follows: 

24 ‘‘(1) The field office of the Federal Bureau of In25 vestigation. 

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1 ‘‘(3) The State law enforcement agency. 

2 ‘‘(4) The Tribal law enforcement agency.’’. 

3 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents of 

4 the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (18 10 

5 U.S.C. 922 note) is amended by inserting after the item 

6 relating to section 106 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 108. Notification to law enforcement agencies of prohibited purchase of a 

firearm.’’. 

7 SEC. 1202. REPORTING OF BACKGROUND CHECK DENIALS 

8 TO STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL AUTHORITIES. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United 

10 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 925A the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘§ 925B. Reporting of background check denials to 

13 State, local, and tribal authorities 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If the national instant criminal 

15 background check system established under section 103 of 

16 the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. 

17 922 note) provides a notice pursuant to section 922(t) of 

18 this title that the receipt of a firearm by a person would 

19 violate subsection (g)(8), (g)(9), or (g)(10) of section 922 

20 of this title or State law, the Attorney General shall, in 

21 accordance with subsection (b) of this section— 

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1 arm and, if different, the law enforcement authorities 

2 of the State of residence of the person— 

3 ‘‘(A) that the notice was provided; 

4 ‘‘(B) of the specific provision of law that 

5 would have been violated; 

6 ‘‘(C) of the date and time the notice was 

7 provided; 

8 ‘‘(D) of the location where the firearm was 

9 sought to be acquired; and 

10 ‘‘(E) of the identity of the person; and 

11 ‘‘(2) report the incident to local or tribal law en12 forcement authorities and, where practicable, State, 

13 tribal, or local prosecutors, in the jurisdiction where 

14 the firearm was sought and in the jurisdiction where 

15 the person resides. 

16 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORT.—A report is made 

17 in accordance with this subsection if the report is made 

18 within 24 hours after the provision of the notice described 

19 in subsection (a), except that the making of the report may 

20 be delayed for so long as is necessary to avoid compromising 

21 an ongoing investigation. 

22 ‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in subsection 

23 (a) shall be construed to require a report with respect to 

24 a person to be made to the same State authorities that origi25 nally issued the notice with respect to the person.’’. 


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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 

2 such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating 

3 to section 925A the following: 

‘‘925B. Reporting of background check denials to state, local, and tribal authorities.’’. 

4 SEC. 1203. SPECIAL ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEYS AND 

5 CROSS-DEPUTIZED ATTORNEYS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United 

7 States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended 

8 by inserting after section 925B the following: 

9 ‘‘§ 925C. Special assistant U.S. attorneys and cross10 deputized attorneys 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to improve the enforce12 ment of paragraphs (8), (9), and (10) of section 922(g), the 

13 Attorney General may— 

14 ‘‘(1) appoint, in accordance with section 543 of 

15 title 28, qualified State, tribal, territorial and local 

16 prosecutors and qualified attorneys working for the 

17 United States government to serve as special assistant 

18 United States attorneys for the purpose of prosecuting 

19 violations of such paragraphs; 

20 ‘‘(2) deputize State, tribal, territorial and local 

21 law enforcement officers for the purpose of enhancing 

22 the capacity of the agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, 

23 Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives in responding to 

24 and investigating violations of such paragraphs; and 


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1 ‘‘(3) establish, in order to receive and expedite 

2 requests for assistance from State, tribal, territorial 

3 and local law enforcement agencies responding to in4 timate partner violence cases where such agencies 

5 have probable cause to believe that the offenders may 

6 be in violation of such paragraphs, points of contact 

7 within— 

8 ‘‘(A) each Field Division of the Bureau of 

9 Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; and 

10 ‘‘(B) each District Office of the United 

11 States Attorneys. 

12 ‘‘(b) IMPROVE INTIMATE PARTNER AND PUBLIC SAFE13 TY.—The Attorney General shall— 

14 ‘‘(1) identify no less than 75 jurisdictions among 

15 States, territories and tribes where there are high 

16 rates of firearms violence and threats of firearms vio17 lence against intimate partners and other persons 

18 protected under paragraphs (8), (9), and (10) of sec19 tion 922(g) and where local authorities lack the re20 sources to address such violence; and 

21 ‘‘(2) make such appointments as described in 

22 subsection (a) in jurisdictions where enhanced en23 forcement of such paragraphs is necessary to reduce 

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1 ‘‘(c) QUALIFIED DEFINED.—For purposes of this sec2 tion, the term ‘qualified’ means, with respect to an attorney, 

3 that the attorney is a licensed attorney in good standing 

4 with any relevant licensing authority.’’. 

5 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 

6 such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating 

7 to section 925B the following: 

‘‘925C. Special assistant U.S. attorneys and cross-deputized attorneys.’’. 

8 TITLE XIII—CLOSING THE LAW 

9 ENFORCEMENT CONSENT 

10 LOOPHOLE 

11 SEC. 1301. SHORT TITLE. 

12 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Closing the Law En13 forcement Consent Loophole Act of 2019’’. 

14 SEC. 1302. PROHIBITION ON ENGAGING IN SEXUAL ACTS 

15 WHILE ACTING UNDER COLOR OF LAW. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2243 of title 18, United 

17 States Code, is amended— 

18 (1) in the section heading, by adding at the end 

19 the following: ‘‘or by any person acting under 

20 color of law’’; 

21 (2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

22 subsections (d) and (e), respectively; 

23 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol24 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(c) OF AN INDIVIDUAL BY ANY PERSON ACTING

2 UNDER COLOR OF LAW.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Whoever, acting under color 

4 of law, knowingly engages in a sexual act with an in5 dividual, including an individual who is under ar6 rest, in detention, or otherwise in the actual custody 

7 of any Federal law enforcement officer, shall be fined 

8 under this title, imprisoned not more than 15 years, 

9 or both. 

10 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

11 ‘sexual act’ has the meaning given the term in section 

12 2246.’’; and 

13 (4) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by add14 ing at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(3) In a prosecution under subsection (c), it is not 

16 a defense that the other individual consented to the sexual 

17 act.’’. 

18 (b) DEFINITION.—Section 2246 of title 18, United 

19 States Code, is amended— 

20 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

21 end; 

22 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at 

23 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(7) the term ‘Federal law enforcement officer’ 

2 has the meaning given the term in section 115.’’. 

3 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 

4 chapter 109A of title 18, United States Code, is amended 

5 by amending the item related to section 2243 to read as 

6 follows: 

‘‘2243. Sexual abuse of a minor or ward or by any person acting under color of 

law.’’. 

7 SEC. 1303. INCENTIVES FOR STATES. 

8 (a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—The Attorney 

9 General is authorized to make grants to States that have 

10 in effect a law that— 

11 (1) makes it a criminal offense for any person 

12 acting under color of law of the State to engage in a 

13 sexual act with an individual, including an indi14 vidual who is under arrest, in detention, or otherwise 

15 in the actual custody of any law enforcement officer; 

16 and 

17 (2) prohibits a person charged with an offense 

18 described in paragraph (1) from asserting the consent 

19 of the other individual as a defense. 

20 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—A State that receives 

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1 ing in a sexual act while acting under color of law 

2 during the previous year; and 

3 (2) the disposition of each case in which sexual 

4 misconduct by a person acting under color of law was 

5 reported during the previous year. 

6 (c) APPLICATION.—A State seeking a grant under this 

7 section shall submit an application to the Attorney General 

8 at such time, in such manner, and containing such infor9 mation as the Attorney General may reasonably require, 

10 including information about the law described in subsection 

11 (a). 

12 (d) GRANT AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant to a 

13 State under this section shall be in an amount that is not 

14 greater than 10 percent of the average of the total amount 

15 of funding of the 3 most recent awards that the State re16 ceived under the following grant programs: 

17 (1) Part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con18 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10441 

19 et seq.) (commonly referred to as the ‘‘STOP Violence 

20 Against Women Formula Grant Program’’). 

21 (2) Section 41601 of the Violence Against Women 

22 Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12511) (commonly referred to 

23 as the ‘‘Sexual Assault Services Program’’). 

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

2 provide an increase in the amount provided to a 

3 State under the grant programs described in sub4 section (d) for a 2-year period. 

5 (2) RENEWAL.—A State that receives a grant 

6 under this section may submit an application for a 

7 renewal of such grant at such time, in such manner, 

8 and containing such information as the Attorney 

9 General may reasonably require. 

10 (3) LIMIT.—A State may not receive a grant 

11 under this section for more than 4 years. 

12 (f) USES OF FUNDS.—A State that receives a grant 

13 under this section shall use— 

14 (1) 25 percent of such funds for any of the per15 missible uses of funds under the grant program de16 scribed in paragraph (1) of subsection (d); and 

17 (2) 75 percent of such funds for any of the per18 missible uses of funds under the grant program de19 scribed in paragraph (2) of subsection (d). 

20 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

21 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this chapter 

22 $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 

23 (h) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 

24 term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several States and the Dis25 trict of Columbia, Indian Tribes, and the Commonwealth 


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1 of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Is2 lands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. 

3 SEC. 1304. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

4 (a) REPORT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Not later than 

5 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and each 

6 year thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to Con7 gress a report containing— 

8 (1) the information required to be reported to the 

9 Attorney General under section 3(b); and 

10 (2) information on— 

11 (A) the number of reports made, during the 

12 previous year, to Federal law enforcement agen13 cies regarding persons engaging in a sexual act 

14 while acting under color of law; and 

15 (B) the disposition of each case in which 

16 sexual misconduct by a person acting under 

17 color of law was reported. 

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

19 date of enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, the 

20 Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 

21 Congress a report on any violations of section 2243(c) of 

22 title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 2, com23 mitted during the 1-year period covered by the report. 


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1 SEC. 1305. DEFINITION. 

2 In this title, the term ‘‘sexual act’’ has the meaning 

3 given the term in section 2246 of title 18, United States 

4 Code. 

5 TITLE XIV—OTHER MATTERS 

6 SEC. 1401. NATIONAL STALKER AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 

7 REDUCTION. 

8 Section 40603 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 

9 Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12402) is amended by 

10 striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 

11 2024’’. 

12 SEC. 1402. FEDERAL VICTIM ASSISTANTS REAUTHORIZA13 TION. 

14 Section 40114 of the Violence Against Women Act of 

15 1994 (Public Law 103–322) is amended to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 40114. AUTHORIZATION FOR FEDERAL VICTIM’S 

17 COUNSELORS. 

18 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated for the 

19 United States Attorneys for the purpose of appointing vic20 tim/witness counselors for the prosecution of sex crimes and 

21 domestic violence crimes where applicable (such as the Dis22 trict of Columbia), $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 

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1 SEC. 1403. CHILD ABUSE TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR JUDI2 CIAL PERSONNEL AND PRACTITIONERS RE3 AUTHORIZATION. 

4 Section 224(a) of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (34 

5 U.S.C. 20334(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014 through 

6 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 

7 SEC. 1404. SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT. 

8 Section 40152(c) of the Violent Crime Control and 

9 Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12311(c)) is 

10 amended by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 

12 SEC. 1405. COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PRO13 GRAM. 

14 Section 219(a) of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (34 

15 U.S.C. 20324(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014 through 

16 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 

17 SEC. 1406. RAPE KIT BACKLOG. 

18 Section 2(j) of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination 

19 Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 40701) is amended by striking 

20 ‘‘2015 through 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 

21 SEC. 1407. SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAM PROGRAM 

22 GRANTS. 

23 Section 304(d) of the DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act 

24 of 2004 (34 U.S.C. 40723(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘2015 

25 through 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 7 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1585 

[Report No. 116–21, Part I] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 

1994, and for other purposes. 

MARCH 27, 2019 

Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an 

amendment 

MARCH 27, 2019 

Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial ServState of the Union and ordered to be printed mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the Resources, and Veterans’ Affairs discharged; com- ices, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Natural 


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