116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1585 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, 

and for other purposes. 

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

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

3 ‘‘Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019’’. 

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

5 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Universal definitions and grant conditions. 

Sec. 3. Reporting on female genital mutilation, female genital cutting, or female 

circumcision. 

Sec. 4. Agency and Department Coordination. 

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. 

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

dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

Sec. 109. Grants for lethality assessment programs. 

TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES FOR VICTIMS 

Sec. 201. Sexual assault services program. 

Sec. 202. Sexual Assault Services Program. 

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

child abuse enforcement assistance program. 

Sec. 204. Training and services to end violence against people with disabilities. 

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

Sec. 206. Demonstration program on trauma-informed training for law enforcement. 

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. 
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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. 

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, 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, 

obstruction of justice, sexual violence, sex trafficking, stalking, 

and assault of a law enforcement officer or corrections officer. 

Sec. 904. Annual reporting requirements. 

Sec. 905. Report on the response of law enforcement agencies to reports of 

missing or murdered Indians. 

TITLE X—OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 

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

Sec. 1002. Report of the Attorney General on the effects of the shutdown. 

TITLE XI—IMPROVING CONDITIONS FOR WOMEN IN FEDERAL 

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

Sec. 1102. Public health and safety of women. 

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

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

TITLE XII—LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOLS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC 

SAFETY 

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

attempted purchase of a firearm. 

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

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

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. 

Sec. 1408. Review on link between substance use and victims of domestic violence dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

Sec. 1409. Interagency working group to study Federal efforts to collect data 

on sexual violence. 

Sec. 1410. National Domestic Violence Hotline. 

Sec. 1411. Rule of construction regarding compliance with immigration laws. 

TITLE XV—CYBERCRIME ENFORCEMENT 

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

Sec. 1502. National Resource Center Grant. 

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

1 SEC. 2. UNIVERSAL DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS. 

2 Section 40002 of the Violence Against Women Act 

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

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘In this title’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘In this title, including for the purpose of 

3 grants authorized under this Act’’; 

4 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (34) 

5 through (45) as paragraphs (42) through (53); 

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

7 following: 

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

9 ‘internet enabled device’ means devices that have a 

10 connection the Internet, send and receive informa11 tion and data, and maybe accessed via mobile device 

12 technology, video technology, or computer tech13 nology, away from the location where the device is 

14 installed, and may include home automation sys15 tems, door locks, and thermostats. 

16 ‘‘(40) TECHNOLOGICAL ABUSE.—The term 

17 ‘technological abuse’ means behavior intended to 

18 harm, threaten, intimidate, control, stalk, harass, 

19 impersonate, or monitor, except as otherwise per20 mitted by law, another person, that occurs using the 

21 Internet, internet enabled devices, social networking 

22 sites, computers, mobile devices, cellular telephones, 

23 apps, location tracking devices, instant messages, 

24 text messages, or other forms of technology. Techno25 logical abuse may include— 
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1 ‘‘(A) unwanted, repeated telephone calls, 

2 text messages, instant messages, or social 

3 media posts; 

4 ‘‘(B) non-consensual accessing e-mail ac5 counts, texts or instant messaging accounts, so6 cial networking accounts, or cellular telephone 

7 logs; 

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

9 ability to access technology with the intent to 

10 isolate them from support and social connec11 tion; 

12 ‘‘(D) using tracking devices or location 

13 tracking software for the purpose of monitoring 

14 or stalking another person’s location; 

15 ‘‘(E) impersonating a person (including 

16 through the use of spoofing technology in photo 

17 or video or the creation of accounts under a 

18 false name) with the intent to deceive or cause 

19 harm; or 

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

21 sharing of another person’s private information, 

22 photographs, or videos without their consent. 

23 ‘‘(41) FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION.—The 

24 terms ‘female genital mutilation’, ‘female genital 

25 cutting’, ‘FGM/C’, or ‘female circumcision’ mean the 
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1 intentional removal or infibulation (or both) of either 

2 the whole or part of the external female genitalia for 

3 non-medical reasons. External female genitalia in4 cludes the pubis, labia minora, labia majora, clitoris, 

5 and urethral and vaginal openings.’’; 

6 (D) in paragraph (19)(B), by striking 

7 ‘‘and probation’’ and inserting ‘‘probation, and 

8 vacatur or expungement’’; 

9 (E) by redesignating paragraphs (13) 

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

11 (F) by striking paragraphs (11) and (12) 

12 and inserting the following: 

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

14 services’ means services, resources, information, sup15 port or referrals provided through electronic commu16 nications platforms and media, whether via mobile 

17 device technology, video technology, or computer 

18 technology, including utilizing the internet, as well 

19 as any other emerging communications technologies 

20 that are appropriate for the purposes of providing 

21 services, resources, information, support, or referrals 

22 for the benefit of victims of domestic violence, dating 

23 violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

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

25 abuse’, in the context of domestic violence, dating vi-
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1 olence, and abuse in later life, means behavior that 

2 is coercive, deceptive, or unreasonably controls or re3 strains a person’s ability to acquire, use, or maintain 

4 economic resources to which they are entitled, in5 cluding using coercion, fraud, or manipulation to— 

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

7 assets, credit, or financial information; 

8 ‘‘(B) unfairly use a person’s personal eco9 nomic resources, including money, assets, and 

10 credit, for one’s own advantage; or 

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

12 financial and economic behavior or decisions, 

13 including forcing default on joint or other fi14 nancial obligations, exploiting powers of attor15 ney, guardianship, or conservatorship, or failing 

16 or neglecting to act in the best interests of a 

17 person to whom one has a fiduciary duty. 

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

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

20 Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act. The 

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

22 meanings given those terms in section 2011 of the 

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

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

25 marriage’ means a marriage to which one or both 
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1 parties do not or cannot consent, and in which one 

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

3 present. Forced marriage can be both a cause and 

4 a consequence of domestic violence, dating violence, 

5 sexual assault or stalking. 

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

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

8 (G) by redesignating paragraphs (9) and 

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

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

11 follows: 

12 ‘‘(10) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘domes13 tic violence’ means a pattern of behavior involving 

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

15 emotional, economic, or technological abuse or any 

16 other coercive behavior committed, enabled, or solic17 ited to gain or maintain power and control over a 

18 victim, by a person who— 

19 ‘‘(A) is a current or former spouse or dat20 ing partner of the victim, or other person simi21 larly situated to a spouse of the victim under 

22 the family or domestic violence laws of the ju23 risdiction; 

24 ‘‘(B) is cohabitating with or has 

25 cohabitated with the victim as a spouse or dat-
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1 ing partner, or other person similarly situated 

2 to a spouse of the victim under the family or 

3 domestic violence laws of the jurisdiction; 

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

5 victim; 

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

7 or nonpaid caregiver for, a victim aged 50 or 

8 older or an adult victim with disabilities; or 

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

10 victim who is protected from those acts under 

11 the family or domestic violence laws of the ju12 risdiction.’’; 

13 (I) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and 

14 (7) as paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively; 

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

16 follows: 

17 ‘‘(7) COURT-BASED AND COURT-RELATED PER18 SONNEL.—The terms ‘court-based personnel’ and 

19 ‘court-related personnel’ mean persons working in 

20 the court, whether paid or volunteer, including— 

21 ‘‘(A) clerks, special masters, domestic rela22 tions officers, administrators, mediators, cus23 tody evaluators, guardians ad litem, lawyers, 

24 negotiators, probation, parole, interpreters, vic25 tim assistants, victim advocates, and judicial, 
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1 administrative, or any other professionals or 

2 personnel similarly involved in the legal process; 

3 ‘‘(B) court security personnel; 

4 ‘‘(C) personnel working in related, supple5 mentary offices or programs (such as child sup6 port enforcement); and 

7 ‘‘(D) any other court-based or community8 based personnel having responsibilities or au9 thority to address domestic violence, dating vio10 lence, sexual assault, or stalking in the court 

11 system.’’; 

12 (K) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 

13 through (4) as paragraphs (4) through (6) re14 spectively; 

15 (L) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

16 following: 

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

18 term ‘alternative justice response’ means a process, 

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

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

21 the extent possible, those who have committed 

22 a specific offense and those who have been 

23 harmed as a result of the offense; 

24 ‘‘(B) has the goal of collectively seeking ac25 countability from the accused, and developing a 
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1 process whereby the accused will take responsi2 bility for his or her actions, and a plan for pro3 viding relief to those harmed, through allocu4 tion, restitution, community service, or other 

5 processes upon which the victim, the accused, 

6 the community, and the court (if court-ordered) 

7 can agree; 

8 ‘‘(C) is conducted in a framework that pro9 tects victim safety and supports victim auton10 omy; and 

11 ‘‘(D) provides that information disclosed 

12 during such process may not be used for any 

13 other law enforcement purpose, including im14 peachment or prosecution, without the express 

15 permission of all participants.’’; 

16 (M) by redesignating paragraph (1) as 

17 paragraph (2); and 

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

19 redesignated in subparagraph (M) of this para20 graph) the following: 

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

22 in later life’ means neglect, abandonment, domestic 

23 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 

24 of an adult over the age of 50 by any person, or eco25 nomic abuse of that adult by a person in an ongoing, 
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1 relationship of trust with the victim. Self-neglect is 

2 not included in this definition.’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (b)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

5 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs 

6 (F) and (G) as subparagraphs (H) and (I); 

7 (ii) by inserting after subparagraph 

8 (E) the following: 

9 ‘‘(G) DEATH OF THE PARTY WHOSE PRI10 VACY HAD BEEN PROTECTED.—In the event of 

11 the death of any victim whose confidentiality 

12 and privacy is required to be protected under 

13 this subsection, such requirement shall continue 

14 to apply, and the right to authorize release of 

15 any confidential or protected information be 

16 vested in the next of kin, except that consent 

17 for release of the deceased victim’s information 

18 may not be given by a person who had per19 petrated abuse against the deceased victim.’’; 

20 (iii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

21 (D) through (E) as subparagraphs (E) 

22 through (F); and 

23 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 

24 (C) the following: 
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1 ‘‘(D) USE OF TECHNOLOGY.—Grantees 

2 and subgrantees may use telephone, internet, 

3 and other technologies to protect the privacy, 

4 location and help-seeking activities of victims 

5 using services. Such technologies may include— 

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

7 block caller ID or conceal IP addresses, in8 cluding instances in which victims use dig9 ital services; or 

10 ‘‘(ii) technologies or protocols that in11 hibit or prevent a perpetrator’s attempts to 

12 use technology or social media to threaten, 

13 harass or harm the victim, the victim’s 

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

15 the program providing services to them.’’; 

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

17 ‘‘designed to reduce or eliminate domestic vio18 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk19 ing’’ the following: ‘‘provided that the confiden20 tiality and privacy requirements of this title are 

21 maintained, and that personally identifying in22 formation about adult, youth, and child victims 

23 of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as24 sault and stalking is not requested or included 
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1 in any such collaboration or information-shar2 ing’’; 

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

4 the following: ‘‘However, such disbursing agen5 cies must ensure that the confidentiality and 

6 privacy requirements of this title are main7 tained in making such reports, and that person8 ally identifying information about adult, youth 

9 and child victims of domestic violence, dating 

10 violence, sexual assault and stalking is not re11 quested or included in any such reports.’’; 

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

13 end the following: ‘‘The Office on Violence 

14 Against Women shall make all technical assist15 ance available as broadly as possible to any ap16 propriate grantees, subgrantees, potential 

17 grantees, or other entities without regard to 

18 whether the entity has received funding from 

19 the Office on Violence Against Women for a 

20 particular program or project.’’; 

21 (E) in paragraph (13)— 

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

23 after ‘‘the Violence Against Women Reau24 thorization Act of 2013’’ the following: 

25 ‘‘(Public Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54)’’; and 
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1 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

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

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

4 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

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

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

7 ‘‘are also victims of’’ the following: ‘‘forced 

8 marriage, or’’; and 

9 (G) in paragraph (16)— 

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

11 ‘‘$20,000 in Department funds, unless the 

12 Deputy Attorney General’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘$100,000 in Department funds, unless 

14 the Director or Principal Deputy Director 

15 of the Office on Violence Against Women, 

16 the Deputy Attorney General,’’; and 

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

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

20 General finds that a recipient of grant funds 

21 under this Act has fraudulently misused such 

22 grant funds, after reasonable notice and oppor23 tunity for a hearing, such recipient shall not be 

24 eligible to receive grant funds under this Act 

25 for up to 5 years. A misuse of grant funds or 
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1 an error that does not rise to the level of fraud 

2 is not grounds for ineligibility.’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—For purposes of this 

5 Act, nothing may be construed to preclude the term ‘do6 mestic violence’ from including economic abuse each place 

7 the term ‘domestic violence’ occurs unless doing so would 

8 trigger an extension of effective date under section 

9 703(f)(1)(B) of the Violence Against Women Reauthoriza10 tion Act of 2019.’’. 

11 SEC. 3. REPORTING ON FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION, FE12 MALE GENITAL CUTTING, OR FEMALE CIR13 CUMCISION. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Federal Bu15 reau of Investigation shall, pursuant to section 534 of title 

16 28, United States Code, classify the offense of female gen17 ital mutilation, female genital cutting, or female circumci18 sion as a part II crime in the Uniform Crime Reports. 

19 (b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the terms ‘‘female 

20 genital mutilation’’, ‘‘female genital cutting’’, ‘‘FGM/C’’, 

21 or ‘‘female circumcision’’ mean the intentional removal or 

22 infibulation (or both) of either the whole or part of the 

23 external female genitalia for non-medical reasons. Exter24 nal female genitalia includes the pubis, labia minora, labia 

25 majora, clitoris, and urethral and vaginal openings. 
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1 SEC. 4. AGENCY AND DEPARTMENT COORDINATION. 

2 The heads of Executive Departments responsible for 

3 carrying out this Act are authorized to coordinate and col4 laborate on the prevention of domestic violence, dating vio5 lence, sexual assault, and stalking, including sharing best 

6 practices and efficient use of resources and technology for 

7 victims and those seeking assistance from the Govern8 ment. 

9 TITLE I—ENHANCING LEGAL 

10 TOOLS TO COMBAT DOMES11 TIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIO12 LENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, 

13 AND STALKING 

14 SEC. 101. STOP GRANTS. 

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

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

17 10441 et seq.) is amended— 

18 (1) in section 2001(b)— 

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

20 the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘includ21 ing implementation of the non-discrimination 

22 requirements in section 40002(b)(13) of the Vi23 olence Against Women Act of 1994’’; 

24 (B) in paragraph (9)— 

25 (i) by striking ‘‘older and disabled 

26 women’’ and inserting ‘‘people 50 years of 
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1 age or over and people with disabilities’’; 

2 and 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘older and disabled in4 dividuals’’ and inserting ‘‘people’’; 

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

6 at the end; 

7 (D) in paragraph (20), by striking the pe8 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(21) developing and implementing laws, poli12 cies, procedures, or training to ensure the lawful re13 covery and storage of any dangerous weapon by the 

14 appropriate law enforcement agency from an adju15 dicated perpetrator of any offense of domestic vio16 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, 

17 and the return of such weapon when appropriate, 

18 where any Federal, State, tribal, or local court 

19 has— 

20 ‘‘(A)(i) issued protective or other restrain21 ing orders against such a perpetrator; or 

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

23 of misdemeanor or felony crimes of domestic vi24 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk25 ing; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) ordered the perpetrator to relinquish 

2 dangerous weapons that the perpetrator pos3 sesses or has used in the commission of at least 

4 one of the aforementioned crimes; 

5 Policies, procedures, protocols, laws, regulations, or 

6 training under this section shall include the safest 

7 means of recovery of, and best practices for storage 

8 of, relinquished and recovered dangerous weapons 

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

10 the individual is no longer prohibited from pos11 sessing such weapons under Federal, State, or Trib12 al law, or posted local ordinances; 

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

14 culturally specific victim services programs to pro15 vide culturally specific victim services regarding, re16 sponses to, and prevention of female genital mutila17 tion, female genital cutting, or female circumcision; 

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

19 local law enforcement agencies, prosecutors’ offices, 

20 and courts and providing supportive services and ad21 vocacy to urban American Indian and Alaska Native 

22 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

23 assault, and stalking.’’; 

24 (2) in section 2007— 

25 (A) in subsection (d)— 
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1 (i) by redesignating paragraphs (5) 

2 and (6) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respec3 tively; and 

4 (ii) by inserting after paragraph (4) 

5 the following: 

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

7 regarding protocols to strongly discourage compel8 ling victim testimony, described in section 2017; 

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

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

11 the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 

12 Act of 1994;’’; 

13 (B) in subsection (i)— 

14 (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting be15 fore the semicolon at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘and the requirements under section 

17 40002(b) of the Violent Crime Control and 

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

19 12291(b))’’; and 

20 (ii) in paragraph (2)(C)(iv), by insert21 ing after ‘‘ethnicity,’’ the following: ‘‘sexual 

22 orientation, gender identity,’’; and 

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

24 ‘‘(k) REVIEWS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH NON25 DISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If allegations of discrimina2 tion in violation of section 40002(b)(13)(A) of the 

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

4 12291(b)(13)(A)) by a potential grantee under this 

5 part have been made to the Attorney General, the 

6 Attorney General shall, prior to awarding a grant 

7 under this part to such potential grantee, conduct a 

8 review of the compliance of the potential grantee 

9 with such section. 

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

11 than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Vio12 lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019, 

13 the Attorney General shall by rule establish proce14 dures for such a review. 

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

16 that is 1 year after the date of enactment of the Vio17 lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019, 

18 the Attorney General shall report to the Committees 

19 on the Judiciary of the Senate and of the House of 

20 Representatives regarding compliance with section 

21 40002(b)(13)(A) of the Violence Against Women Act 

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

23 of grants under this part.’’; and 

24 (3) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 2017. GRANT ELIGIBILITY REGARDING COMPELLING 

2 VICTIM TESTIMONY. 

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

4 a State, Indian tribal government, territorial government, 

5 or unit of local government shall certify that, not later 

6 than 3 years after the date of enactment of this section, 

7 their laws, policies, or practices will include a detailed pro8 tocol to discourage the use of bench warrants, material 

9 witness warrants, perjury charges, or other means of com10 pelling victim-witness testimony in the investigation, pros11 ecution, trial, or sentencing of a crime related to the do12 mestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence or stalking 

13 of the victim.’’. 

14 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

15 1001(a)(18) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

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

17 by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 

18 through 2024’’. 

19 SEC. 102. GRANTS TO IMPROVE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE RE20 SPONSE. 

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

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

23 10461 et seq.) is amended in the heading, by striking 

24 ‘‘GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE ARREST POLICIES’’ and in25 serting ‘‘GRANTS TO IMPROVE THE CRIMINAL JUS26 TICE RESPONSE’’. 
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1 (b) GRANTS.—Section 2101 of the Omnibus Crime 

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

3 is amended— 

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

5 following: 

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

7 this part is to assist States, State and local courts (includ8 ing juvenile courts), Indian tribal governments, tribal 

9 courts, and units of local government to develop and 

10 strengthen effective law enforcement and prosecution 

11 strategies to combat violent crimes against women, and 

12 to develop and strengthen victim services in cases involv13 ing violent crimes against women.’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

16 ‘‘proarrest’’ and inserting ‘‘offender account17 ability and homicide reduction’’; 

18 (B) in paragraph (8)— 

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

20 defined in section 102 of the Older Ameri21 cans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002))’’ and 

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

23 and 

24 (ii) by striking ‘‘individuals with dis25 abilities (as defined in section 3(2) of the 
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1 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 

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

3 ‘‘people with disabilities (as defined in the 

4 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 

5 (42 U.S.C. 12102))’’; 

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

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

8 victims among underserved populations (as de9 fined in section 40002(a)(46) of the Violence 

10 Against Women Act of 1994)’’; and 

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

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

13 justice response (as such term is defined in section 

14 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 

15 1994). 

16 ‘‘(24) To develop and implement policies, proce17 dures, protocols, laws, regulations, or training to en18 sure the lawful recovery and storage of any dan19 gerous weapon by the appropriate law enforcement 

20 agency from an adjudicated perpetrator of any of21 fense of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as22 sault, or stalking, and the return of such weapon 

23 when appropriate, where any Federal, State, tribal, 

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1 ‘‘(A)(i) issued protective or other restrain2 ing orders against such a perpetrator; or 

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

4 of misdemeanor or felony crimes of domestic vi5 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk6 ing; and 

7 ‘‘(B) ordered the perpetrator to relinquish 

8 dangerous weapons that the perpetrator pos9 sesses or has used in the commission of at least 

10 one of the aforementioned crimes. 

11 Policies, procedures, protocols, laws, regulations, or 

12 training under this section shall include the safest 

13 means of recovery of and best practices for storage 

14 of relinquished and recovered dangerous weapons 

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

16 the persons are no longer prohibited from possessing 

17 such weapons under Federal, State, Tribal or munic18 ipal law.’’; and 

19 (3) in subsection (c)(1)— 

20 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

21 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘encour22 age or mandate arrests of domestic vio23 lence offenders’’ and inserting ‘‘encourage 

24 arrests of offenders’’; and 
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1 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘encour2 age or mandate arrest of domestic violence 

3 offenders’’ and inserting ‘‘encourage arrest 

4 of offenders’’; and 

5 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (E) 

6 the following: 

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

8 after the date of the enactment of this subpara9 graph, their laws, policies, or practices will in10 clude a detailed protocol to strongly discourage 

11 the use of bench warrants, material witness 

12 warrants, perjury charges, or other means of 

13 compelling victim-witness testimony in the in14 vestigation, prosecution, trial, or sentencing of 

15 a crime related to the domestic violence, sexual 

16 assault, dating violence or stalking of the vic17 tim; and’’. 

18 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

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

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

21 by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 

22 through 2024’’. 
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1 SEC. 103. LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS. 

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

3 Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 

4 2000 (34 U.S.C. 20121) is amended— 

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

6 to the victims.’’ the following: ‘‘When legal assist7 ance to a dependent is necessary for the safety of a 

8 victim, 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 

21 a victim,’’; and 

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

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

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

25 date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

26 of the United States shall submit to Congress a report 
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1 on the return on investment for legal assistance grants 

2 awarded pursuant to section 1201 of division B of the Vic3 tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 

4 (34 U.S.C. 20121), including an accounting of the amount 

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

6 welfare programs. 

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

8 SYSTEM. 

9 Section 1301 of division B of the Victims of Traf10 ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 

11 12464) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (b)— 

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

14 the end; 

15 (B) in paragraph (8)— 

16 (i) by striking ‘‘to improve’’ and in17 serting ‘‘improve’’; and 

18 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

19 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

20 (C) by inserting after paragraph (8) the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(9) develop and implement an alternative jus23 tice response (as such term is defined in section 

24 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 

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

2 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 

3 SEC. 105. OUTREACH AND SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED 

4 POPULATIONS GRANTS. 

5 Section 120 of the Violence Against Women and De6 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 

7 U.S.C. 20123) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (d)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

10 the end; 

11 (B) in paragraph (5), by striking the pe12 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

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

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

15 culturally specific programs and projects to provide 

16 culturally specific services regarding, responses to, 

17 and prevention of female genital mutilation, female 

18 genital cutting, or female circumcision.’’; and 

19 (2) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘2014 through 

20 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 

21 SEC. 106. CRIMINAL PROVISIONS. 

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

23 amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (d)(3)— 
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘restraining order or in2 junction,’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘The prohibition under this paragraph applies 

5 to all protection orders for the protection of a 

6 person residing within a State, territorial, or 

7 tribal jurisdiction, whether or not the protection 

8 order was issued by that State, territory, or 

9 Tribe.’’; and 

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

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

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

13 Native village associated with the Tribe.’’. 

14 SEC. 107. RAPE SURVIVOR CHILD CUSTODY. 

15 Section 409 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking 

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

17 ‘‘2015 through 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 

18 2024’’. 

19 SEC. 108. ENHANCING CULTURALLY SPECIFIC SERVICES 

20 FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DAT21 ING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND 

22 STALKING. 

23 Section 121(a) of the Violence Against Women and 

24 Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 
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1 U.S.C. 20124(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO4 PRIATIONS.—In addition to the amounts made avail5 able under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be 

6 appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for 

7 each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024.’’. 

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

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

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

12 domestic violence victim service providers, and State or 

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

15 lethality assessment program. 

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

17 assessment program’’ means a program that— 

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

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

24 of local government, identify and respond to possibly 

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1 (3) identifies victims of domestic violence who 

2 are at high risk of being seriously injured or killed 

3 by an intimate partner. 

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

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

8 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

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

10 this section for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 

11 (e) DEFINITIONS.—Terms used in this section have 

12 the meanings given such terms in section 40002 of the 

13 Violence Against Women Act of 1994. 

14 TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES 

15 FOR VICTIMS 

16 SEC. 201. SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM. 

17 Section 41601 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 

18 Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12511) is amend19 ed— 

20 (1) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ‘‘0.25 per21 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘0.5 percent’’; and 

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

23 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 
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1 SEC. 202. SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM. 

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

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

4 is amended by striking ‘‘$40,000,000 to remain available 

5 until expended for each of fiscal years 2014 through 

6 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘$60,000,000 to remain available 

7 until expended for each of fiscal years 2020 through 

8 2024’’. 

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

10 SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING, AND CHILD 

11 ABUSE ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE PRO12 GRAM. 

13 Section 40295 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 

14 Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12341) is amend15 ed— 

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

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

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

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

20 SEC. 204. TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END VIOLENCE 

21 AGAINST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. 

22 Section 1402 of division B of the Victims of Traf23 ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 

24 20122) is amended— 

25 (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 

9 first 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. 205. 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.— 

24 In this section—’’ and all that follows through para25 graph (1) of subsection (b) and inserting the fol-
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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 

4 (5) 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 

19 to better serve victims of abuse in later 

20 life’’ and inserting ‘‘leaders, victim advo21 cates, victim service providers, courts, and 

22 first responders to better serve older vic23 tims’’; 

24 (C) in subparagraph (B)— 
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1 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or other 

2 community-based organizations in recog3 nizing and addressing instances of abuse in 

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

5 organizations, or other professionals who 

6 may identify or respond to abuse in later 

7 life’’; and 

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

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

10 and’’; and 

11 (D) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘sub12 paragraph (B)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

13 (2)(B)’’; 

14 (5) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by para15 graph (3))— 

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

17 50 years of age’’ and inserting ‘‘50 years of age 

18 or over’’; and 

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

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

21 over’’; and 

22 (6) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by para23 graph (3)), by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and 

24 inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 
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1 SEC. 206. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ON TRAUMA-IN2 FORMED TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. 

3 Title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law En4 forcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 10101 note) is amended 

5 by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘Subtitle Q—Trauma-informed 

7 Training for Law Enforcement 

8 ‘‘SEC. 41701. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ON TRAUMA-IN9 FORMED TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. 

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

11 ‘‘(1) the term ‘Attorney General’ means the At12 torney General, acting through the Director of the 

13 Office on Violence Against Women; 

14 ‘‘(2) the term ‘covered individual’ means an in15 dividual who interfaces with victims of domestic vio16 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, 

17 including— 

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

19 of an eligible entity; 

20 ‘‘(B) a school or university administrator; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(C) an emergency services or medical em23 ployee; 

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

25 to an eligible entity that receives a grant under this 

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1 ‘‘(A) if the eligible entity is a law enforce2 ment agency described in paragraph (4)(A), the 

3 area over which the eligible entity has jurisdic4 tion; and 

5 ‘‘(B) if the eligible entity is an organiza6 tion or agency described in paragraph (4)(B), 

7 the area over which a law enforcement agency 

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

9 in collaboration with the eligible entity has ju10 risdiction; and 

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

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

13 law enforcement agency; or 

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

15 services organization or agency working in col16 laboration with a law enforcement agency de17 scribed in subparagraph (A). 

18 ‘‘(b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

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

20 award grants on a competitive basis to eligible enti21 ties to carry out the demonstration program under 

22 this section by implementing evidence-based or 

23 promising policies and practices to incorporate trau24 ma-informed techniques designed to— 
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1 ‘‘(A) prevent re-traumatization of the vic2 tim; 

3 ‘‘(B) ensure that covered individuals use 

4 evidence-based practices to respond to and in5 vestigate cases of domestic violence, dating vio6 lence, sexual assault, and stalking; 

7 ‘‘(C) improve communication between vic8 tims and law enforcement officers in an effort 

9 to increase the likelihood of the successful in10 vestigation and prosecution of the reported 

11 crime in a manner that protects the victim to 

12 the greatest extent possible; 

13 ‘‘(D) increase collaboration among stake14 holders who are part of the coordinated commu15 nity response to domestic violence, dating vio16 lence, sexual assault, and stalking; and 

17 ‘‘(E) evaluate the effectiveness of the 

18 training process and content by measuring— 

19 ‘‘(i) investigative and prosecutorial 

20 practices and outcomes; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) the well-being of victims and 

22 their satisfaction with the criminal justice 

23 process. 

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

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1 cal years beginning after the date of enactment of 

2 this Act. 

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

4 shall award grants under this section to multiple eli5 gible entities for use in a variety of settings and 

6 communities, including— 

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

8 rural areas; 

9 ‘‘(B) college campuses; or 

10 ‘‘(C) traditionally underserved commu11 nities. 

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

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

14 ‘‘(1) train covered individuals within the dem15 onstration site of the eligible entity to use evidence16 based, trauma-informed techniques and knowledge of 

17 crime victims’ rights throughout an investigation 

18 into domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as19 sault, or stalking, including by— 

20 ‘‘(A) conducting victim interviews in a 

21 manner that— 

22 ‘‘(i) elicits valuable information about 

23 the domestic violence, dating violence, sex24 ual assault, or stalking; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) avoids re-traumatization of the 

2 victim; 

3 ‘‘(B) conducting field investigations that 

4 mirror best and promising practices available at 

5 the time of the investigation; 

6 ‘‘(C) customizing investigative approaches 

7 to ensure a culturally and linguistically appro8 priate approach to the community being served; 

9 ‘‘(D) becoming proficient in understanding 

10 and responding to complex cases, including 

11 cases of domestic violence, dating violence, sex12 ual assault, or stalking— 

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

14 ‘‘(ii) involving strangulation; 

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

16 ‘‘(iv) committed by an individual of 

17 the same sex as the victim; 

18 ‘‘(v) involving a victim with a dis19 ability; 

20 ‘‘(vi) involving a male victim; or 

21 ‘‘(vii) involving a lesbian, gay, bisex22 ual, or transgender (commonly referred to 

23 as ‘LGBT’) victim; 

24 ‘‘(E) developing collaborative relationships 

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1 ‘‘(i) law enforcement officers and 

2 other members of the response team; and 

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

4 ‘‘(F) developing an understanding of how 

5 to define, identify, and correctly classify a re6 port of domestic violence, dating violence, sex7 ual assault, or stalking; and 

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

9 improve the response of covered individuals to do10 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

11 stalking through various communication channels, 

12 such as the website of the eligible entity, social 

13 media, print materials, and community meetings, in 

14 order to ensure that all covered individuals within 

15 the demonstration site of the eligible entity are 

16 aware of those efforts and included in trainings, to 

17 the extent practicable. 

18 ‘‘(d) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM TRAININGS ON

19 TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACHES.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IDENTIFICATION OF EXISTING

21 TRAININGS.— 

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

23 shall identify trainings for law enforcement offi24 cers, in existence as of the date on which the 
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1 Attorney General begins to solicit applications 

2 for grants under this section, that— 

3 ‘‘(i) employ a trauma-informed ap4 proach to domestic violence, dating vio5 lence, sexual assault, and stalking; and 

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

7 ‘‘(I) trauma responses; and 

8 ‘‘(II) the impact of trauma on 

9 victims of domestic violence, dating vi10 olence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

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

12 receives a grant under this section shall select 

13 one or more of the approaches employed by a 

14 training identified under subparagraph (A) to 

15 test within the demonstration site of the eligible 

16 entity. 

17 ‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out para18 graph (1), the Attorney General shall consult with 

19 the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime in 

20 order to seek input from and cultivate consensus 

21 among outside practitioners and other stakeholders 

22 through facilitated discussions and focus groups on 

23 best practices in the field of trauma-informed care 

24 for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sex25 ual assault, and stalking. 
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1 ‘‘(e) EVALUATION.—The Attorney General, in con2 sultation with the Director of the National Institute of 

3 Justice, shall require each eligible entity that receives a 

4 grant under this section to identify a research partner, 

5 preferably a local research partner, to— 

6 ‘‘(1) design a system for generating and col7 lecting the appropriate data to facilitate an inde8 pendent process or impact evaluation of the use of 

9 the grant funds; 

10 ‘‘(2) periodically conduct an evaluation de11 scribed in paragraph (1); and 

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

13 the grant period— 

14 ‘‘(A) preliminary results of the evaluations 

15 conducted under paragraph (2); and 

16 ‘‘(B) recommendations for improving the 

17 use of the grant funds. 

18 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The At19 torney General shall carry out this section using amounts 

20 otherwise available to the Attorney General. 

21 ‘‘(g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec22 tion shall be construed to interfere with the due process 

23 rights of any individual.’’. 
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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 dig10 ital 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 trib17 al’’ and inserting ‘‘Indian Tribal’’; 

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 

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

23 and 

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

25 the following: ‘‘Not less than 80 percent of the 
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1 total amount made available under this sub2 section in each fiscal year shall be awarded in 

3 accordance with this paragraph.’’; and 

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

5 ‘‘(e) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

6 of the enactment of the Violence Against Women Reau7 thorization Act of 2019, the Secretary, acting through the 

8 Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven9 tion, shall submit to Congress, the Committee on Appro10 priations and the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

11 of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 

12 Appropriations and the Committee on Health, Education, 

13 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report on the activi14 ties funded by grants awarded under this section and best 

15 practices relating to rape prevention and education.’’. 

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

17 SERVICES, AND EDUCATION (CHOOSE) FOR 

18 CHILDREN AND YOUTH. 

19 Section 41201 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 

20 Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12451) is amend21 ed— 

22 (1) in subsection (a)— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘stalking, or sex traf24 ficking’’ and inserting ‘‘or stalking’’; and 
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1 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘Grants awarded under this section may be 

3 used to address sex trafficking or bullying as 

4 part of a comprehensive program focused pri5 marily on domestic violence, dating violence, 

6 sexual assault, or stalking.’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (b)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

9 (i) in the matter preceding subpara10 graph (A), by striking ‘‘target youth who 

11 are victims of domestic violence, dating vi12 olence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex 

13 trafficking’’ and inserting ‘‘target youth, 

14 including youth in underserved populations 

15 who are victims of domestic violence, dat16 ing violence, sexual assault, stalking, and 

17 sex trafficking’’; 

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

19 ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

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

21 the period at the end and inserting a semi22 colon; and 

23 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 

24 (C) the following: 
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1 ‘‘(D) clarify State or local mandatory re2 porting policies and practices regarding peer-to3 peer dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, 

4 and sex trafficking; or 

5 ‘‘(E) develop, enlarge, or strengthen cul6 turally specific programs and projects to pro7 vide culturally specific services regarding, re8 sponses to, and prevention of female genital 

9 mutilation, female genital cutting, or female cir10 cumcision.’’; and 

11 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

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

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

14 ‘‘stalking, sex trafficking, or female genital 

15 mutilation, female genital cutting, or fe16 male circumcision’’; 

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

18 ‘‘confidential’’ before ‘‘support services’’; 

19 and 

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

21 after ‘‘programming for youth’’ the fol22 lowing: ‘‘, including youth in underserved 

23 populations,’’; 

24 (3) in subsection (c)— 
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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘stalk2 ing, or sex trafficking’’ and inserting ‘‘or stalk3 ing’’; and 

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

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

6 (A) or (B) of paragraph (1)’’; 

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

8 and sex trafficking’’ and inserting ‘‘and stalking, in9 cluding training on working with youth in under10 served populations (and, where intervention or pro11 gramming will include a focus on female genital mu12 tilation, female genital cutting, or female circumci13 sion, or on sex trafficking, sufficient training on 

14 those topics)’’; and 

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

16 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’ and in17 serting ‘‘$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 

18 through 2024’’. 

19 SEC. 303. GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES ON CAM20 PUSES. 

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

22 Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza23 tion Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20125) is amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (b)— 
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1 (A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 

2 follows: 

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

4 campus policies, protocols, and services that more ef5 fectively identify and respond to the crimes of do6 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and 

7 stalking, including the use of technology to commit 

8 these crimes, and to train campus administrators, 

9 campus security personnel, and all participants in 

10 the resolution process, including the Title IX coordi11 nator’s office and student conduct office on campus 

12 disciplinary or judicial boards on such policies, pro13 tocols, and services.’’; 

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

15 follows: 

16 ‘‘(3) To provide prevention and education pro17 gramming about domestic violence, dating violence, 

18 sexual assault, and stalking, including technological 

19 abuse and reproductive and sexual coercion, that is 

20 age-appropriate, culturally relevant, ongoing, deliv21 ered in multiple venues on campus, accessible, pro22 motes respectful nonviolent behavior as a social 

23 norm, and engages men and boys. Such program24 ming should be developed in partnership or collabo-
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1 ratively with experts in intimate partner and sexual 

2 violence prevention and intervention.’’; 

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

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

5 prevention training and’’; 

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

7 provide’’ and inserting ‘‘, provide, and dissemi8 nate’’; 

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

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

11 and 

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

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(11) To train campus health centers and ap15 propriate campus faculty, such as academic advisors 

16 or professionals who deal with students on a daily 

17 basis, on how to recognize and respond to domestic 

18 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk19 ing, including training health providers on how to 

20 provide universal education to all members of the 

21 campus community on the impacts of violence on 

22 health and unhealthy relationships and how pro23 viders can support ongoing outreach efforts. 

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

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1 nique, which means asking questions of a student or 

2 a campus employee who is reported to be a victim 

3 of sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic vio4 lence, dating violence, or stalking, in a manner that 

5 is focused on the experience of the reported victim, 

6 that does not judge or blame the reported victim for 

7 the alleged crime, and that is informed by evidence8 based research on the neurobiology of trauma. To 

9 the extent practicable, campus personnel shall allow 

10 the reported victim to participate in a recorded 

11 interview and to receive a copy of the recorded inter12 view. 

13 ‘‘(13) To develop and implement an alternative 

14 justice response (as such term is defined in section 

15 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 

16 1994).’’; 

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

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

19 (3) in subsection (d)— 

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

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

22 students’’; 

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

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1 ‘‘(D) The grantee shall train all partici2 pants in the resolution process, including the 

3 Title IX coordinator’s office and student con4 duct office, to respond effectively to situations 

5 involving domestic violence, dating violence, sex6 ual assault, or stalking.’’; and 

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

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

9 identity,’’; and 

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

11 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’ and in12 serting ‘‘$16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 

13 through 2024’’. 

14 (b) REPORT ON BEST PRACTICES REGARDING DO15 MESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL AS16 SAULT, AND STALKING ON CAMPUSES.—Not later than 1 

17 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

18 of Education shall submit to Congress a report, which in19 cludes— 

20 (1) an evaluation of programs, events, and edu21 cational materials related to domestic violence, dat22 ing violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and 

23 (2) an assessment of best practices and guid24 ance from the evaluation described in paragraph (1), 
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1 which shall be made publicly available online to uni2 versities and college campuses to use as a resource. 

3 SEC. 304. COMBAT ONLINE PREDATORS. 

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

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

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘§ 2261B. Enhanced penalty for stalkers of children 

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

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

10 under the age of 18 years, the maximum term of imprison11 ment for the offense is 5 years greater than the maximum 

12 term of imprisonment otherwise provided for that offense 

13 in section 2261. 

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

15 a person who violates section 2261A if— 

16 ‘‘(1) the person is subject to a sentence under 

17 section 2261(b)(5); and 

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

19 the time the offense occurred; or 

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

21 15 nor more than 17 years of age and not more 

22 than 3 years younger than the person who com23 mitted the offense at the time the offense oc24 curred.’’. 
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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

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

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

4 section 2261A the following new item: 

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

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

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

7 following paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘section 2261(b) 

8 of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2261(b) or section 

9 2261B, as the case may be’’. 

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

12 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

13 Attorney General shall submit a report to Congress, which 

14 shall— 

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

16 State, and local efforts to enforce laws relating to 

17 stalking; and 

18 (2) identify and describe those elements of such 

19 efforts that constitute the best practices for the en20 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 

7 U.S.C. 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 

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

17 (1) in subsection (b)(1)— 

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

19 ‘‘and’’ 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 

24 addressing the unmet needs of underserved pop25 ulations.’’; 
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1 (2) in subsection (d)(3)— 

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

3 ‘‘and’’ 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 

19 that 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 pe14 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

16 ‘‘(4) the development or enhancement and im17 plementation of training programs to improve the 

18 capacity of early childhood programs to address do19 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

20 stalking 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 

24 ‘‘other forms of violence and abuse’’; 

25 (B) in subparagraph (B)(ii)— 
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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 

7 existing health care professionals, in8 cluding specialists in trauma and in 

9 behavioral health care, and public 

10 health staff to address domestic vio11 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

12 stalking, and children exposed to vio13 lence; 

14 ‘‘(II) contracting with or hiring 

15 advocates for victims of domestic vio16 lence or sexual assault to provide such 

17 services; or 

18 ‘‘(III) providing funding to State 

19 domestic and sexual violence coalitions 

20 to improve the capacity of such coali21 tions to coordinate and support health 

22 advocates and other health system 

23 partnerships;’’; 

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

25 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
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1 (D) in subparagraph (B)(iv) by striking 

2 the period at the end and inserting the fol3 lowing: ‘‘, with priority given to programs ad4 ministered through the Health Resources and 

5 Services Administration, Office of Women’s 

6 Health; and’’; and 

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

8 end the following: 

9 ‘‘(v) the development, implementation, 

10 dissemination, and evaluation of best prac11 tices, tools, and training materials for be12 havioral health professionals to identify 

13 and respond to domestic violence, sexual 

14 violence, stalking, and dating violence.’’; 

15 (3) in subsection (b)(2)(A)— 

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

17 AND ELDER ABUSE’’ and inserting the fol18 lowing: ‘‘CHILD ABUSE AND ABUSE IN LATER

19 LIFE’’; and 

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

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

22 later life’’; 

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

24 abuse’’ and inserting ‘‘abuse in later life’’; 
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1 (5) in subsection (b)(2)(C)(iii), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

2 at the end; 

3 (6) in subsection (b)(2)(C)(iv)— 

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

5 ‘‘dental,’’; and 

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

7 ‘‘exams and certifications;’’; 

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

9 clause (iv) the following: 

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

11 program to— 

12 ‘‘(I) improve the response of sub13 stance use disorder treatment pro14 grams and systems to domestic vio15 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

16 and stalking; and 

17 ‘‘(II) improve the capacity of 

18 substance use disorder treatment pro19 grams and systems to serve survivors 

20 of domestic violence, dating violence, 

21 sexual assault, and stalking dealing 

22 with substance use disorder; or 

23 ‘‘(vi) development and utilization of 

24 existing technical assistance and training 

25 resources to improve the capacity of sub-
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1 stance use disorder treatment programs to 

2 address domestic violence, dating violence, 

3 sexual assault, and stalking among pa4 tients the programs serve.’’; 

5 (8) in subsection (d)(2)(A)— 

6 (A) by inserting ‘‘or behavioral health’’ 

7 after ‘‘of health’’; 

8 (B) by inserting ‘‘behavioral’’ after ‘‘phys9 ical or’’; and 

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

11 care’’; 

12 (9) in subsection (d)(2)(B)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘or health system’’ and in14 serting ‘‘behavioral health treatment system’’; 

15 and 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘mental’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘behavioral’’; 

18 (10) in subsection (f) in the heading, by strik19 ing ‘‘RESEARCH AND EVALUATION’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘RESEARCH, EVALUATION, AND DATA COLLEC21 TION’’; 

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

23 and evaluation’’ and inserting ‘‘research, evaluation, 

24 or data collection’’; 
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1 (12) in subsection (f)(1)(B), by inserting after 

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

3 (13) in subsection (f)(2)— 

4 (A) in the heading, by inserting after ‘‘RE5 SEARCH’’ the following: ‘‘AND DATA COLLEC6 TION’’; 

7 (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

8 (A), by inserting ‘‘or data collection’’ before 

9 ‘‘authorized in paragraph (1)’’; 

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

11 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

13 period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

14 and 

15 (E) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 

16 the following: 

17 ‘‘(E) research on the intersection of sub18 stance use disorder and domestic violence, dat19 ing violence, sexual assault, and stalking, in20 cluding the effect of coerced use and efforts by 

21 an abusive partner or other to interfere with 

22 substance use disorder treatment and recovery; 

23 and 

24 ‘‘(F) improvement of data collection using 

25 existing Federal surveys by including questions 
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1 about domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

2 assault, or stalking and substance use disorder, 

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

4 (14) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘2014 

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

6 and 

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

8 ‘‘provided for’’. 

9 TITLE VI—SAFE HOMES FOR 

10 VICTIMS 

11 SEC. 601. HOUSING PROTECTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMES12 TIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL 

13 ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 

14 Section 41411 of the Violence Against Women Act 

15 of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12491) is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

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

19 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

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

21 before the semicolon at the end the fol22 lowing: ‘‘including the direct loan program 

23 under such section’’; 

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

25 ‘‘the program under subtitle A’’ and in-
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1 serting ‘‘the programs under subtitles A 

2 through D’’; 

3 (iii) in subparagraph (I)— 

4 (I) by striking ‘‘sections 514, 

5 515, 516, 533, and 538 of the Hous6 ing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 

7 1485, 1486, 1490m, and 1490p–2)’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘sections 514, 515, 516, 

9 533, 538, and 542 of the Housing Act 

10 of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 1485, 1486, 

11 1490m, 1490p–2, and 1490r)’’; and 

12 (II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

14 the period at the end and inserting a semi15 colon; and 

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

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

18 Housing Trust Fund as established under sec19 tion 1338 of the Federal Housing Enterprises 

20 Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 

21 (12 U.S.C. 4501); 

22 ‘‘(L) the provision of assistance for hous23 ing under the Comprehensive Service Programs 

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1 chapter II of chapter 20 of title 38, United 

2 States Code (38 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); 

3 ‘‘(M) the provision of assistance for hous4 ing and facilities under the grant program for 

5 homeless veterans with special needs under sec6 tion 2061 of title 38, United States Code; 

7 ‘‘(N) the provision of assistance for perma8 nent housing under the program for financial 

9 assistance for supportive services for very low10 income veteran families in permanent housing 

11 under section 2044 of title 38, United States 

12 Code; and 

13 ‘‘(O) any other Federal housing programs 

14 providing affordable housing to low-income per15 sons by means of restricted rents or rental as16 sistance as identified by the appropriate agen17 cy.’’; and 

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

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

20 ‘covered housing provider’ refers to the individual or 

21 entity under a covered housing program that has re22 sponsibility for the administration or oversight of 

23 housing assisted under a covered housing program 

24 and includes public housing agencies, sponsors, own25 ers, mortgagors, managers, grantee under the Con-
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1 tinuum of Care, State and local governments or 

2 agencies thereof, and nonprofit or for-profit organi3 zations or entities. 

4 ‘‘(5) CONTINUUM OF CARE.—The term ‘Con5 tinuum of Care’ means the Federal program author6 ized under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney7 Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et 

8 seq.). 

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

10 transfer’ means an emergency transfer under sub11 section (e) from a unit of a covered housing provider 

12 to a unit of the same covered housing provider and 

13 under the same covered housing program except for 

14 programs under the McKinney-Vento Homeless As15 sistance Act that can transfer to any unit of the 

16 same covered housing provider. 

17 ‘‘(7) EXTERNAL TRANSFER.—The term ‘exter18 nal transfer’ means an emergency transfer under 

19 subsection (e) from a unit of a covered housing pro20 vider to a unit of a different covered housing pro21 vider under the same covered housing program.’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (b)(3)— 

23 (A) in the heading, by inserting after 

24 ‘‘CRIMINAL ACTIVITY’’ the following: ‘‘AND FAM25 ILY BREAK-UP’’; 
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1 (B) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 

2 as follows: 

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

4 AND OCCUPANCY RIGHTS PROHIBITED.— 

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

6 be denied assistance, tenancy, or occu7 pancy rights to housing assisted under a 

8 covered housing program solely on the 

9 basis of criminal activity directly relating 

10 to domestic violence, dating violence, sex11 ual assault, or stalking that is engaged in 

12 by a member of the household of the ten13 ant or any guest or other person under the 

14 control of the tenant, if the tenant or an 

15 affiliated individual of the tenant is the 

16 victim or threatened victim of such domes17 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

18 or stalking. 

19 ‘‘(ii) CRIMINAL ACTIVITY ENGAGED IN

20 BY PERPETRATOR OF ABUSE.—A tenant 

21 shall not be denied assistance, tenancy, or 

22 occupancy rights to housing assisted under 

23 a covered housing program solely on the 

24 basis of criminal activity, including drug25 related criminal activity (as such term is 
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1 defined section 3(b)(9) of the United 

2 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

3 1437a(b)(9)), engaged in by the perpe4 trator of the domestic violence, dating vio5 lence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

6 ‘‘(iii) REVIEW PRIOR TO DENIAL OF

7 ASSISTANCE.—Prior to denying assistance, 

8 tenancy, or occupancy rights to housing as9 sisted under a covered housing program to 

10 a tenant on the basis of criminal activity of 

11 the tenant, including drug-related criminal 

12 activity, the covered housing provider must 

13 conduct an individualized review of the to14 tality of the circumstances regarding the 

15 criminal activity at issue if the tenant is a 

16 victim of domestic violence, dating violence, 

17 sexual assault, or stalking. Such review 

18 shall include consideration of— 

19 ‘‘(I) the nature and severity of 

20 the criminal activity; 

21 ‘‘(II) the amount of time that 

22 has elapsed since the occurrence of 

23 the criminal activity; 

24 ‘‘(III) if the tenant engaged in 

25 more than one instance of criminal ac-
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1 tivity, the frequency and duration of 

2 the criminal activity; 

3 ‘‘(IV) whether the criminal activ4 ity was related to a symptom of a dis5 ability, including a substance use dis6 order; 

7 ‘‘(V) whether the victim was co8 erced by the perpetrator of domestic 

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

11 ‘‘(VI) whether the victim has 

12 taken affirmative steps to reduce the 

13 likelihood that the criminal activity 

14 will recur; and 

15 ‘‘(VII) any mitigating factors. 

16 The covered housing program must provide 

17 the tenant with a written summary of its 

18 review and the tenant shall have the oppor19 tunity to invoke the covered housing pro20 gram’s grievance policy to dispute the find21 ings.’’; 

22 (C) in subparagraph (B)— 

23 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘BI24 FURCATION’’ and inserting ‘‘FAMILY

25 BREAK-UP’’; 
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1 (ii) by redesignating clauses (i) and 

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

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

4 redesignated by clause (ii) of this subpara5 graph) the following: 

6 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If a family break7 up results from an occurrence of domestic 

8 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

9 stalking, and the perpetrator no longer re10 sides in the unit and was the sole tenant 

11 eligible to receive assistance under a cov12 ered housing program, the covered housing 

13 provider shall— 

14 ‘‘(I) provide any other tenant or 

15 resident the opportunity to establish 

16 eligibility for the covered housing pro17 gram; or 

18 ‘‘(II) provide that tenant or resi19 dent with at least 180 days to remain 

20 in the unit under the same terms and 

21 conditions as the perpetrator and find 

22 new housing or establish eligibility for 

23 another covered housing program.’’; 

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

25 clause (ii) of this subparagraph)— 
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1 (I) in the heading, by striking 

2 ‘‘IN GENERAL’’ and inserting ‘‘EVIC3 TION’’; and 

4 (II) by inserting after ‘‘a public 

5 housing agency’’ the following: ‘‘, par6 ticipating jurisdictions, grantees under 

7 the Continuum of Care, grantees,’’; 

8 and 

9 (v) by striking clause (iii) (as redesig10 nated by clause (ii) of this subparagraph); 

11 (D) in subparagraph (C)— 

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

13 the end; 

14 (ii) in clause (iv), by striking the pe15 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

16 (iii) by adding at the end the fol17 lowing: 

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

19 procedure otherwise available under the Vi20 olence Against Women Reauthorization Act 

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

22 2960) prior to the date of enactment of the 

23 Violence Against Women Reauthorization 

24 Act of 2019.’’; and 
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1 (E) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(D) EARLY TERMINATION.—A covered 

4 housing provider shall permit a tenant assisted 

5 under the covered housing program to termi6 nate the lease at any time prior to the end date 

7 of the lease, without penalty, if the tenant has 

8 been a victim of domestic violence, dating vio9 lence, sexual assault, or stalking and the ten10 ant— 

11 ‘‘(i) sends notice of the early lease ter12 mination to the landlord in writing prior to 

13 or within 3 days of vacating the premises 

14 unless a shorter notice period is provided 

15 for under State law; 

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

17 tenant is threatened with imminent harm 

18 if the tenant remains within the same 

19 dwelling unit subject to the lease; or 

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

21 sexual assault occurred on the premises 

22 during the 180-day period preceding the 

23 request for lease termination; and 
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1 ‘‘(iii) provides a form of documenta2 tion consistent with the requirements out3 lined in subsection (c)(3). 

4 Nothing in this subparagraph may be construed 

5 to preclude any automatic termination of a 

6 lease by operation of law.’’; 

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

8 subparagraph (A)— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘Any information sub10 mitted to a public housing agency or owner or 

11 manager’’ and inserting ‘‘Covered housing pro12 viders shall ensure any information submitted’’; 

13 and 

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

15 the following: ‘‘of housing assisted under a cov16 ered housing program’’; 

17 (4) by amending subsection (e) to read as fol18 lows: 

19 ‘‘(e) EMERGENCY TRANSFERS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A tenant who is a victim of 

21 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

22 stalking may apply for an emergency transfer to an23 other available and safe dwelling unit assisted under 

24 a covered housing program, and the covered housing 

25 provider shall grant such application if— 
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1 ‘‘(A) the tenant expressly requests the 

2 transfer from the covered housing provider; and 

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

4 the tenant is threatened with imminent harm 

5 from further violence if the tenant remains 

6 within the same dwelling unit assisted under a 

7 covered housing program; or 

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

9 of sexual assault, the sexual assault occurred on 

10 the premises during the 180 day period pre11 ceding the request for transfer. 

12 A tenant who is not in good standing retains the 

13 right to an emergency transfer if they meet the eligi14 bility requirements in this section and the eligibility 

15 requirements of the program to which the tenant in16 tends to transfer. 

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

18 adopt an emergency transfer policy for use by cov19 ered housing programs. Such emergency transfer 

20 policies shall reflect the variations in program oper21 ation and administration by covered housing pro22 gram type. The policies must, at a minimum— 

23 ‘‘(A) describe a process that— 

24 ‘‘(i) permits tenants who are victims 

25 of domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
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1 ual assault, or stalking to move to another 

2 available and safe dwelling quickly through 

3 an internal transfer and by receiving a ten4 ant protection voucher, if eligible, pursuant 

5 to subsection (f); 

6 ‘‘(ii) provides that the victim can 

7 choose between completing an internal 

8 transfer or receiving a tenant protection 

9 voucher, whichever is the safest option for 

10 the victim; and 

11 ‘‘(iii) requires that an internal trans12 fer must occur within 10 days after a cov13 ered housing provider’s approval of a re14 quest for an emergency transfer; 

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

16 who are victims of domestic violence, dating vio17 lence, sexual assault, or stalking to complete an 

18 external transfer; 

19 ‘‘(C) describe a process that allows a vic20 tim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

21 assault, or stalking to temporarily relocate, 

22 while maintaining eligibility for the covered 

23 housing program without the loss of their hous24 ing status, if there are no alternative com25 parable housing program units available, until a 
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1 safe housing unit under the covered housing 

2 program or a tenant protection voucher is avail3 able; 

4 ‘‘(D) prioritize completing internal trans5 fers and receiving tenant protection vouchers 

6 over external transfers, except for Continua of 

7 Care, which shall prioritize completing an inter8 nal transfer or external transfer prior to receiv9 ing a tenant protection voucher; 

10 ‘‘(E) mandate that internal and external 

11 transfers take priority over non-emergency 

12 transfers; 

13 ‘‘(F) mandate that internal and external 

14 transfers are not considered new applicants and 

15 take priority over existing waiting lists for a 

16 covered housing program; 

17 ‘‘(G) incorporate confidentiality measures 

18 to ensure that the appropriate agency and the 

19 covered housing provider do not disclose any in20 formation regarding a tenant who is victim of 

21 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as22 sault, or stalking, including the location of a 

23 new dwelling unit to any person or entity with24 out the written authorization of the tenant; 
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1 ‘‘(H) mandate that if a victim cannot re2 ceive an internal transfer, external transfer, and 

3 a tenant protection voucher, then the covered 

4 housing provider must assist the victim in iden5 tifying other housing providers who may have 

6 safe and available units to which the victim can 

7 move and that the covered housing provider 

8 also assist tenants in contacting local organiza9 tions offering assistance to victims; and 

10 ‘‘(I) mandate a uniform policy for how a 

11 victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sex12 ual assault, or stalking requests an internal or 

13 external transfer. 

14 ‘‘(3) LOCAL SYSTEMS FUNDED BY CONTINUUM

15 OF CARE.—In addition to adopting the policies as 

16 defined in paragraph (2) in an emergency transfer 

17 policy, each grantee under the Continuum of Care 

18 shall designate the entity within its geographic area 

19 that will coordinate and facilitate emergency trans20 fers, and that entity shall also— 

21 ‘‘(A) coordinate external transfers among 

22 all covered housing providers participating in 

23 the Continuum of Care; 

24 ‘‘(B) identify an external transfer, if avail25 able, within 30 days of an approved request; 
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1 ‘‘(C) coordinate emergency transfers with 

2 Continua of Care in other jurisdictions in cases 

3 where the victim requests an out-of-jurisdiction 

4 transfer; and 

5 ‘‘(D) ensure a victim is not required to be 

6 reassessed through the local Continuum of Care 

7 intake process when seeking an emergency 

8 transfer placement. 

9 ‘‘(4) REGIONAL OFFICES.—Each regional office 

10 of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop11 ment (hereinafter in this section referred to as a 

12 ‘HUD regional office’) shall develop and implement 

13 a regional emergency transfer plan in collaboration 

14 with public housing agencies and the entities des15 ignated under paragraph (3). Such a plan shall set 

16 forth how public housing agencies will coordinate 

17 emergency transfers with other public housing agen18 cies regionally. The plans must be submitted to the 

19 Violence Against Women Director and be made pub20 licly available. HUD regional offices shall defer to 

21 any additional emergency transfer policies, priorities 

22 and strategies set by entities designated under para23 graph (3). 

24 ‘‘(5) COVERED HOUSING PROVIDERS.—Each 

25 covered housing provider shall develop and imple-
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1 ment an emergency transfer policy consistent with 

2 the requirements in paragraph (2) or (3).’’; 

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

4 following: ‘‘The Secretary shall establish these poli5 cies and procedures within 60 days after the date of 

6 enactment of the Violence Against Women Reau7 thorization Act of 2019.’’; 

8 (6) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub9 section (k); and 

10 (7) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(g) EMERGENCY TRANSFER POLICIES AND PROCE13 DURES.—The head of each appropriate agency shall estab14 lish the policy required under subsection (e) with respect 

15 to emergency transfers and emergency transfer vouchers 

16 within 180 days after the date of enactment of the Vio17 lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019. 

18 ‘‘(h) EMERGENCY TRANSFER VOUCHERS.—Provision 

19 of emergency transfer vouchers to victims of domestic vio20 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking under 

21 subsection (e), shall be considered an eligible use of any 

22 funding for tenant protection voucher assistance available 

23 under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 

24 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) subject to the availability of 

25 appropriated funds. 
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1 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out emergency 

3 transfers under this section, $20,000,000 under section 

4 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

5 1437f(o)) for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 

6 ‘‘(j) TRAINING AND REFERRALS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) TRAINING FOR STAFF OF COVERED HOUS8 ING PROGRAMS.—The Secretary of Housing and 

9 Urban Development, in partnership with domestic 

10 violence experts, shall develop mandatory training 

11 for staff of covered housing providers to provide a 

12 basic understanding of domestic violence, dating vio13 lence, sexual assault, and stalking, and to facilitate 

14 implementation of this section. All staff of covered 

15 housing providers shall attend the basic under16 standing training once annually; and all staff and 

17 managers engaged in tenant services shall attend 

18 both the basic understanding training and the imple19 mentation training once annually. 

20 ‘‘(2) REFERRALS.—The appropriate agency 

21 with respect to each covered housing program shall 

22 supply all appropriate staff of the covered housing 

23 providers with a referral listing of public contact in24 formation for all domestic violence, dating violence, 
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1 sexual assault, and stalking service providers offer2 ing services in its coverage area.’’. 

3 SEC. 602. ENSURING COMPLIANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION; 

4 PROHIBITING RETALIATION AGAINST VIC5 TIMS. 

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

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

8 is amended by inserting after section 41411 the following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 41412. COMPLIANCE REVIEWS. 

10 ‘‘(a) ANNUAL COMPLIANCE REVIEWS.—Each appro11 priate agency administering a covered housing program 

12 shall establish a process by which to review compliance 

13 with the requirements of this subtitle, on an annual basis, 

14 of the covered housing providers administered by that 

15 agency. Such a review shall examine the following topics: 

16 ‘‘(1) Covered housing provider compliance with 

17 requirements prohibiting the denial of assistance, 

18 tenancy, or occupancy rights on the basis of domes19 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk20 ing. 

21 ‘‘(2) Covered housing provider compliance with 

22 confidentiality provisions set forth in section 

23 41411(c)(4). 
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1 ‘‘(3) Covered housing provider compliance with 

2 the notification requirements set forth in section 

3 41411(d)(2). 

4 ‘‘(4) Covered housing provider compliance with 

5 accepting documentation set forth in section 

6 41411(c). 

7 ‘‘(5) Covered housing provider compliance with 

8 emergency transfer requirements set forth in section 

9 41411(e). 

10 ‘‘(6) Covered housing provider compliance with 

11 the prohibition on retaliation set forth in section 

12 41414. 

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

14 issue regulations to implement subsection (a) not later 

15 than 1 year after the effective date of the Violence Against 

16 Women Reauthorization Act of 2019. These regulations 

17 shall— 

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

19 housing providers; 

20 ‘‘(2) include detailed reporting requirements, in21 cluding the number of emergency transfers re22 quested and granted, as well as the length of time 

23 needed to process emergency transfers, 

24 disaggregated by external and internal transfers; 

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1 ‘‘(3) include standards for corrective action 

2 plans where a covered housing provider has failed to 

3 meet compliance standards. 

4 ‘‘(c) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—Each appropriate agen5 cy shall ensure that an agency-level assessment of the in6 formation collected during the compliance review process 

7 completed pursuant to this subsection is made publicly 

8 available. This agency-level assessment shall include an 

9 evaluation of each topic identified in subsection (a). 

10 ‘‘(d) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

11 section shall be construed— 

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

13 commenced, by the date of enactment of the Vio14 lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019, 

15 with regard to any right, remedy, or procedure oth16 erwise available under the Violence Against Women 

17 Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162, 

18 119 Stat. 2960), as in effect on the day prior to 

19 such date of enactment; or 

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

21 State, or local law that provides greater protection 

22 than this section for victims of domestic violence, 

23 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 41413. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DE2 VELOPMENT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DI3 RECTOR. 

4 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be, within the 

5 Office of the Secretary of the Department of Housing and 

6 Urban Development, a Violence Against Women Director 

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

8 ‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Director shall— 

9 ‘‘(1) support implementation of the provisions 

10 of this subtitle; 

11 ‘‘(2) coordinate development of Federal regula12 tions, policy, protocols, and guidelines on matters re13 lating to the implementation of this subtitle, at each 

14 agency administering a covered housing program; 

15 ‘‘(3) advise and coordinate with designated offi16 cials within the United States Interagency Council 

17 on Homelessness, the Department of Housing and 

18 Urban Development, the Department of the Treas19 ury, the Department of Agriculture, the Department 

20 of Health and Human Services, the Department of 

21 Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Justice 

22 concerning legislation, implementation, and other 

23 issues relating to or affecting the housing provisions 

24 under this subtitle; 

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

26 and support to each appropriate agency regarding 
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1 advancing housing protections and access to housing 

2 for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sex3 ual assault, and stalking, including compliance with 

4 this subtitle; 

5 ‘‘(5) ensure that adequate technical assistance 

6 is made available to covered housing providers re7 garding implementation of this subtitle, as well as 

8 other issues related to advancing housing protections 

9 for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sex10 ual assault, and stalking, including compliance with 

11 this subtitle; 

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

13 of Federal, State, and local governments on matters 

14 relating to the housing needs of victims of domestic 

15 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk16 ing; 

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

18 corrective action plan system for those covered hous19 ing providers that fail to comply with this subtitle, 

20 wherein— 

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

22 developed in partnership with national, State, 

23 or local programs focused on child or adult vic24 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, sex25 ual assault, or stalking; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) such corrective action plans shall in2 clude provisions requiring covered housing pro3 viders to review and develop appropriate no4 tices, procedures, and staff training to improve 

5 compliance with this subtitle, in partnership 

6 with national, state, or local programs focused 

7 on child or adult victims; 

8 ‘‘(8) establish a formal reporting process to re9 ceive individual complaints concerning noncompli10 ance with this subtitle; 

11 ‘‘(9) coordinate the development of interagency 

12 guidelines to ensure that information concerning 

13 available dwelling units is forwarded to the Director 

14 by all covered housing providers for use by the Sec15 retary in facilitating the emergency transfer process; 

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

17 officials at each appropriate agency the development 

18 of Federal regulations, policy, protocols, and guide19 lines regarding uniform timeframes for the comple20 tion of emergency transfers; and 

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

22 victims are distributed in commonly encountered lan23 guages. 

24 ‘‘(c) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

25 section shall be construed— 
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1 ‘‘(1) to limit any claim filed or other proceeding 

2 commenced, by the date of enactment of the Vio3 lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019, 

4 with regard to any right, remedy, or procedure oth5 erwise available under the Violence Against Women 

6 Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162, 

7 119 Stat. 2960), as in effect on the day prior to 

8 such date of enactment; or 

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

10 State, or local law that provides greater protection 

11 than this section for victims of domestic violence, 

12 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

13 ‘‘SEC. 41414. PROHIBITION ON RETALIATION. 

14 ‘‘(a) NONDISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENT.—No cov15 ered housing provider shall discriminate against any per16 son because that person has opposed any act or practice 

17 made unlawful by this subtitle, or because that individual 

18 testified, assisted, or participated in any matter related 

19 to this subtitle. 

20 ‘‘(b) PROHIBITION ON COERCION.—No covered hous21 ing provider shall coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere 

22 with, or retaliate against, any person in the exercise or 

23 enjoyment of, or on account of the person having exercised 

24 or enjoyed, or on account of the person having aided or 

25 encouraged any other individual in the exercise or enjoy-
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1 ment of, any rights or protections under this subtitle, in2 cluding— 

3 ‘‘(1) intimidating or threatening any person be4 cause that person is assisting or encouraging an in5 dividual entitled to claim the rights or protections 

6 under this subtitle; and 

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

8 person has participated in any investigation or ac9 tion to enforce this subtitle. 

10 ‘‘(c) ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY OF THE SEC11 RETARY.—The authority of the Secretary of Housing and 

12 Urban Development and the Office for Fair Housing and 

13 Equal Opportunity to enforce this section shall be the 

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

15 SEC. 603. PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO REPORT CRIME 

16 FROM ONE’S HOME. 

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

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

19 12491 et seq.), as amended by this Act, is further amend20 ed by inserting after section 41414 the following: 

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

22 FROM ONE’S HOME. 

23 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Landlords, homeowners, resi24 dents, occupants, and guests of, and applicants for, hous25 ing assisted under a covered housing program shall have 
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1 the right to seek law enforcement or emergency assistance 

2 on their own behalf or on behalf of another person in need 

3 of assistance, and shall not be penalized based on their 

4 requests for assistance or based on criminal activity of 

5 which they are a victim or otherwise not at fault under 

6 statutes, ordinances, regulations, or policies adopted or en7 forced by covered governmental entities as defined in sub8 section (d). Penalties that are prohibited include— 

9 ‘‘(1) actual or threatened assessment of pen10 alties, fees, or fines; 

11 ‘‘(2) actual or threatened eviction; 

12 ‘‘(3) actual or threatened refusal to rent or 

13 renew tenancy; 

14 ‘‘(4) actual or threatened refusal to issue an oc15 cupancy permit or landlord permit; and 

16 ‘‘(5) actual or threatened closure of the prop17 erty, or designation of the property as a nuisance or 

18 a similarly negative designation. 

19 ‘‘(b) REPORTING.—Consistent with the process pro20 vided for in section 104(b) of the Housing and Community 

21 Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304(b)), covered 

22 governmental entities shall— 

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

24 applicable, the laws or policies adopted by sub25 grantees, that impose penalties on landlords, home-
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1 owners, residents, occupants, guests, or housing ap2 plicants based on requests for law enforcement or 

3 emergency assistance or based on criminal activity 

4 that occurred at a property; and 

5 ‘‘(2) certify that they are in compliance with 

6 the protections under this subtitle or describe the 

7 steps they will take within 180 days to come into 

8 compliance, or to ensure compliance among sub9 grantees. 

10 ‘‘(c) OVERSIGHT.—Oversight and accountability 

11 mechanisms provided for under title VIII of the Civil 

12 Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) shall be avail13 able to address violations of this section. 

14 ‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, 

15 ‘covered governmental entity’ shall mean any municipal, 

16 county, or state government that receives funding pursu17 ant to section 106 of the Housing and Community Devel18 opment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306). 

19 ‘‘(e) SUBGRANTEES.—For those covered govern20 mental entities that distribute funds to subgrantees, com21 pliance with subsection (b)(1) includes inquiring about the 

22 existence of laws and policies adopted by subgrantees that 

23 impose penalties on landlords, homeowners, residents, oc24 cupants, guests, or housing applicants based on requests 
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1 for law enforcement or emergency assistance or based on 

2 criminal activity that occurred at a property.’’. 

3 (b) SUPPORTING EFFECTIVE, ALTERNATIVE CRIME

4 REDUCTION METHODS.— 

5 (1) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED USE OF BYRNE6 JAG FUNDS.—Section 501(a)(1) of subpart 1 of part 

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

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

9 amended by adding after subparagraph (H) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(I) Programs for the development and im12 plementation of alternative methods of reducing 

13 crime in communities, to supplant punitive pro14 grams or policies. For purposes of this subpara15 graph, a punitive program or policy is a pro16 gram or policy that (i) imposes a penalty on a 

17 victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sex18 ual assault, or stalking, on the basis of a re19 quest by the victim for law enforcement or 

20 emergency assistance; or (ii) imposes a penalty 

21 on such a victim because of criminal activity at 

22 the property in which the victim resides.’’. 

23 (2) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED USE OF COPS

24 FUNDS.—Section 1701(b) of part Q of title I of the 
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1 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

2 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(b)) is amended— 

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

4 after the semicolon; 

5 (B) in paragraph (23), by striking the pe6 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

8 ‘‘(24) to develop and implement alternative 

9 methods of reducing crime in communities, to sup10 plant punitive programs or policies (as such term is 

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

12 (3) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED USE OF GRANTS

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

14 of part U of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

15 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10461(b)), 

16 as amended by this Act, is further amended by add17 ing at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(25) To develop and implement alternative 

19 methods of reducing crime in communities, to sup20 plant punitive programs or policies. For purposes of 

21 this paragraph, a punitive program or policy is a 

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

23 victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

24 assault, or stalking, on the basis of a request by the 

25 victim for law enforcement or emergency assistance; 
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1 or (B) imposes a penalty on such a victim because 

2 of criminal activity at the property in which the vic3 tim resides.’’. 

4 SEC. 604. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 

5 FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DAT6 ING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALK7 ING. 

8 Section 40299 of the Violence Against Women Act 

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

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

11 paragraph (1)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘the Director of the Vio13 lence Against Women Office’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘the Director of the Office on Violence Against 

15 Women’’; and 

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

17 nongovernmental organizations’’ the following: 

18 ‘‘, population-specific organizations’’; and 

19 (2) in subsection (g)— 

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

21 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 

22 2024’’; 

23 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘5 per24 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘8 percent’’; and 
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1 (C) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘0.25 

2 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘0.5 percent’’. 

3 SEC. 605. ADDRESSING THE HOUSING NEEDS OF VICTIMS 

4 OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

5 SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 

6 (a) MCKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

7 GRANTS.—Section 423(a) of the McKinney-Vento Home8 less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11383(a)) is amended by 

9 adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(13) Facilitating and coordinating activities to 

11 ensure compliance with section 41411(e) of the Vio12 lence Against Women Act of 1994, including, in con13 sultation with the regional office (if applicable) of 

14 the appropriate agency (as such term is defined in 

15 section 41411 of the Violence Against Women Act of 

16 1994), development of external transfer memoranda 

17 of understanding between covered housing providers, 

18 participating in the local Continua of Care, facilita19 tion of external transfers between those covered 

20 housing providers participating in the local Continua 

21 of Care, and monitoring compliance with the con22 fidentiality protections of section 41411(c)(4) of the 

23 Violence Against Women Act of 1994 for reporting 

24 to that regional office.’’. 
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1 (b) DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND

2 OTHER DANGEROUS OR LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS

3 AMENDED.—Section 103(b) of the McKinney-Vento 

4 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302(b)) is amend5 ed to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(b) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OTHER DANGEROUS

7 OR LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding 

8 any other provision of this section, the Secretary shall con9 sider to be homeless any individual or family who— 

10 ‘‘(1) is fleeing, or attempting to flee, domestic 

11 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, 

12 and who have no other residence and lack resources 

13 to obtain other permanent housing; or 

14 ‘‘(2) is fleeing or attempting to flee a dangerous 

15 or life-threatening condition in the individual’s or 

16 family’s current housing situation, including where 

17 the health and safety of children are jeopardized and 

18 who have no other residence and lack the resources 

19 or support networks to obtain other permanent 

20 housing.’’. 

21 (c) COLLABORATIVE GRANTS TO INCREASE THE

22 LONG-TERM STABILITY OF VICTIMS.—Section 41404(i) 

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

24 12474(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ 

25 and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 
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1 (d) GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST

2 WOMEN IN PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING.—Section 

3 41405 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 

4 U.S.C. 12475) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the Director 

6 of the Violence Against Women Office’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘the Director of the Office on Violence Against 

8 Women’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (c)(2)(D), by inserting after 

10 ‘‘linguistically and culturally specific service pro11 viders,’’ the following: ‘‘population-specific organiza12 tions,’’; and 

13 (3) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘2014 through 

14 2018’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘2020 through 

15 2024’’. 

16 SEC. 606. UNITED STATES HOUSING ACT OF 1937 AMEND17 MENTS. 

18 Section 5A(d) of the United States Housing Act of 

19 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c–1(d)) is amended— 

20 (1) by amending paragraph (13) to read as fol21 lows: 

22 ‘‘(13) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

23 SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALKING PROGRAMS.— 

24 ‘‘(A) COPIES.—A copy of— 
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1 ‘‘(i) all standardized notices issued 

2 pursuant to the housing protections under 

3 subtitle N of the Violence Against Women 

4 Act of 1994, including the notice required 

5 under section 41411(d) of the Violence 

6 Against Women Act of 1994; 

7 ‘‘(ii) the emergency transfer plan 

8 issued pursuant to section 41411 of the 

9 Violence Against Women Act of 1994; and 

10 ‘‘(iii) any and all memoranda of un11 derstanding with other covered housing 

12 providers developed to facilitate emergency 

13 transfers under section 41411(e) of the Vi14 olence Against Women Act of 1994. 

15 ‘‘(B) DESCRIPTIONS.—A description of— 

16 ‘‘(i) any activities, services, or pro17 grams provided or offered by an agency, ei18 ther directly or in partnership with other 

19 service providers, to child or adult victims 

20 of domestic violence, dating violence, sex21 ual assault, or stalking; 

22 ‘‘(ii) any activities, services, or pro23 grams provided or offered by a public 

24 housing agency that helps child and adult 

25 victims of domestic violence, dating vio-
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1 lence, sexual assault, or stalking, to obtain 

2 or maintain housing; 

3 ‘‘(iii) any activities, services, or pro4 grams provided or offered by a public 

5 housing agency to prevent domestic vio6 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

7 stalking, or to enhance victim safety in as8 sisted families; and 

9 ‘‘(iv) all training and support services 

10 offered to staff of the public housing agen11 cy to provide a basic understanding of do12 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as13 sault, and stalking, and to facilitate imple14 mentation of the housing protections of 

15 section 41411 of the Violence Against 

16 Women Act of 1994.’’; and 

17 (2) in paragraph (16), by inserting ‘‘the Vio18 lence Against Women Act of 1994,’’ before ‘‘the 

19 Fair Housing Act’’. 

20 TITLE VII—ECONOMIC SECURITY 

21 FOR VICTIMS 

22 SEC. 701. FINDINGS. 

23 Congress finds the following: 

24 (1) Over 1 in 3 women experience sexual vio25 lence, and 1 in 5 women have survived completed or 
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1 attempted rape. Such violence has a devastating im2 pact on women’s physical and emotional health, fi3 nancial security, and ability to maintain their jobs, 

4 and thus impacts interstate commerce and economic 

5 security. 

6 (2) The Office on Violence Against Women of 

7 the Department of Justice defines domestic violence 

8 as a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship 

9 that is used by one intimate partner to gain or 

10 maintain power and control over another intimate 

11 partner. Domestic violence can include physical, sex12 ual, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or 

13 threats of actions that influence another person. Do14 mestic violence includes any behaviors that intimi15 date, manipulate, humiliate, isolate, frighten, ter16 rorize, coerce, threaten, blame, hurt, injure, or 

17 wound an individual. 

18 (3) The Centers for Disease Control and Pre19 vention report that domestic violence or intimate 

20 partner violence is a serious public health issue for 

21 millions of individuals in the United States. Nearly 

22 1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men in the United States 

23 have suffered sexual violence, physical violence, or 

24 stalking by an intimate partner. 
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1 (4) Transgender and gender non-conforming 

2 people face extraordinary levels of physical and sex3 ual violence. 

4 (5) More than 1 in 4 transgender people have 

5 faced bias-driven assault, and this rate is higher for 

6 trans women and trans people of color. 

7 (6) The American Foundation for Suicide Pre8 vention has found that transgender and gender non9 conforming people had an elevated prevalence of sui10 cide attempts, especially when they have suffered 

11 physical or sexual violence. 

12 (7) Homicide is one of the leading causes of 

13 death for women on the job. Domestic partners or 

14 relatives commit 43 percent of workplace homicides 

15 against women. One study found that intimate part16 ner violence resulted in 142 homicides among women 

17 at work in the United States from 2003 to 2008, a 

18 figure which represents 22 percent of the 648 work19 place homicides among women during the period. In 

20 fact, in 2010, homicides against women at work in21 creased by 13 percent despite continuous declines in 

22 overall workplace homicides in recent years. 

23 (8) Women in the United States are 11 times 

24 more likely to be murdered with guns than women 

25 in other high-income countries. Female intimate 
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1 partners are more likely to be murdered with a fire2 arm than all other means combined. The presence of 

3 a gun in domestic violence situations increases the 

4 risk of homicide for women by 500 percent. 

5 (9) Violence can have a dramatic impact on the 

6 survivor of such violence. Studies indicate that 44 

7 percent of surveyed employed adults experienced the 

8 effect of domestic violence in the workplace, and 64 

9 percent indicated their workplace performance was 

10 affected by such violence. Another recent survey 

11 found that 78 percent of offenders used workplace 

12 resources to express anger, check up on, pressure, or 

13 threaten a survivor. Sexual assault, whether occur14 ring in or out of the workplace, can impair an em15 ployee’s work performance, require time away from 

16 work, and undermine the employee’s ability to main17 tain a job. Nearly 50 percent of sexual assault sur18 vivors lose their jobs or are forced to quit in the 

19 aftermath of the assaults. 

20 (10) Studies find that 60 percent of single 

21 women lack economic security and 81 percent of 

22 households with single mothers live in economic inse23 curity. Significant barriers that survivors confront 

24 include access to housing, transportation, and child 

25 care. Ninety-two percent of homeless women have 
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1 experienced domestic violence, and more than 50 

2 percent of such women cite domestic violence as the 

3 direct cause for homelessness. Survivors are deprived 

4 of their autonomy, liberty, and security, and face 

5 tremendous threats to their health and safety. 

6 (11) The Centers for Disease Control and Pre7 vention report that survivors of severe intimate part8 ner violence lose nearly 8 million days of paid work, 

9 which is the equivalent of more than 32,000 full10 time jobs and almost 5,600,000 days of household 

11 productivity each year. Therefore, women dispropor12 tionately need time off to care for their health or to 

13 find safety solutions, such as obtaining a restraining 

14 order or finding housing, to avoid or prevent further 

15 violence. 

16 (12) Annual costs of intimate partner violence 

17 are estimated to be more than $8,300,000,000. Ac18 cording to the Centers for Disease Control and Pre19 vention, the costs of intimate partner violence 

20 against women in 1995 exceeded an estimated 

21 $5,800,000,000. These costs included nearly 

22 $4,100,000,000 in the direct costs of medical and 

23 mental health care and nearly $1,800,000,000 in the 

24 indirect costs of lost productivity. These statistics 

25 are generally considered to be underestimated be-
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1 cause the costs associated with the criminal justice 

2 system are not included. 

3 (13) Fifty-five percent of senior executives re4 cently surveyed said domestic violence has a harmful 

5 effect on their company’s productivity, and more 

6 than 70 percent said domestic violence negatively af7 fects attendance. Seventy-eight percent of human re8 sources professionals consider partner violence a 

9 workplace issue. However, more than 70 percent of 

10 United States workplaces have no formal program or 

11 policy that addresses workplace violence, let alone 

12 domestic violence. In fact, only four percent of em13 ployers provided training on domestic violence. 

14 (14) Studies indicate that one of the best pre15 dictors of whether a survivor will be able to stay 

16 away from his or her abuser is the degree of his or 

17 her economic independence. However, domestic vio18 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 

19 often negatively impact a survivor’s ability to main20 tain employment. 

21 (15) Abusers frequently seek to exert financial 

22 control over their partners by actively interfering 

23 with their ability to work, including preventing their 

24 partners from going to work, harassing their part25 ners at work, limiting their partners’ access to cash 
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1 or transportation, and sabotaging their partners’ 

2 child care arrangements. 

3 (16) Economic abuse refers to behaviors that 

4 control an intimate partner’s ability to acquire, use, 

5 and maintain access to, money, credit, ownership of 

6 assets, or access to governmental or private financial 

7 benefits, including defaulting on joint obligations 

8 (such as school loans, credit card debt, mortgages, 

9 or rent). Other forms of such abuse may include pre10 venting someone from attending school, threatening 

11 to or actually terminating employment, controlling 

12 or withholding access to cash, checking, or credit ac13 counts, and attempting to damage or sabotage the 

14 creditworthiness of an intimate partner, including 

15 forcing an intimate partner to write bad checks, 

16 forcing an intimate partner to default on payments 

17 related to household needs, such as housing, or forc18 ing an intimate partner into bankruptcy. 

19 (17) The Patient Protection and Affordable 

20 Care Act (Public Law 111–148), and the amend21 ments made by such Act, ensures that most health 

22 plans must cover preventive services, including 

23 screening and counseling for domestic violence, at no 

24 additional cost. In addition, it prohibits insurance 
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1 companies from discriminating against patients for 

2 preexisting conditions, like domestic violence. 

3 (18) Yet, more can be done to help survivors. 

4 Federal law in effect on the day before the date of 

5 enactment of this Act does not explicitly— 

6 (A) authorize survivors of domestic vio7 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk8 ing to take leave from work to seek legal assist9 ance and redress, counseling, or assistance with 

10 safety planning activities; 

11 (B) address the eligibility of survivors of 

12 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as13 sault, or stalking for unemployment compensa14 tion; 

15 (C) provide job protection to survivors of 

16 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as17 sault, or stalking; 

18 (D) prohibit insurers and employers who 

19 self-insure employee benefits from discrimi20 nating against survivors of domestic violence, 

21 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and 

22 those who help them in determining eligibility, 

23 rates charged, and standards for payment of 

24 claims; or 
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1 (E) prohibit insurers from disclosing infor2 mation about abuse and the location of the sur3 vivors through insurance databases and other 

4 means. 

5 (19) This Act aims to empower survivors of do6 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

7 stalking to be free from violence, hardship, and con8 trol, which restrains basic human rights to freedom 

9 and safety in the United States. 

10 SEC. 702. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ON WORKPLACE 

11 RESPONSES TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF DOMES12 TIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE. 

13 Section 41501 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 

14 Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12501) is amend15 ed— 

16 (1) in subsection (a)— 

17 (A) by inserting ‘‘and sexual harassment’’ 

18 after ‘‘domestic and sexual violence’’; and 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘employers and labor orga20 nizations’’ and inserting ‘‘employers, labor or21 ganizations, and victim service providers’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘and stalk23 ing’’ and inserting ‘‘stalking, and sexual harass24 ment’’; 
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1 (3) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting before the 

2 period at the end ‘‘or sexual harassment’’; 

3 (4) in subsection (c)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘or 

4 sexual harassment’’ after ‘‘sexual violence’’; and 

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

6 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’ and in7 serting ‘‘$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 

8 through 2024’’. 

9 SEC. 703. ENTITLEMENT TO UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSA10 TION FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL AND OTHER 

11 HARASSMENT AND SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC 

12 VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALKING. 

13 (a) UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.— 

14 (1) Section 3304(a) of the Internal Revenue 

15 Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

16 end of paragraph (18), by redesignating paragraph 

17 (19) as paragraph (20), and by inserting after para18 graph (18) the following new paragraph: 

19 ‘‘(19) no person may be denied compensation 

20 under such State law solely on the basis of the indi21 vidual having a voluntary separation from work if 

22 such separation is attributable to such individual 

23 being a victim of sexual or other harassment or a 

24 survivor of domestic violence, sexual assault, or 

25 stalking; and’’. 
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1 (2) Section 3304 of the Internal Revenue Code 

2 of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the fol3 lowing new subsection: 

4 ‘‘(g) SEXUAL OR OTHER HARASSMENT; ETC.— 

5 ‘‘(1) DOCUMENTATION.—For purposes of sub6 section (a)(19), a voluntary separation of an indi7 vidual shall be considered to be attributable to such 

8 individual being a survivor or victim of sexual or 

9 other harassment or a survivor of domestic violence, 

10 sexual assault, or stalking if such individual submits 

11 such evidence as the State deems sufficient. 

12 ‘‘(2) SUFFICIENT DOCUMENTATION.—For pur13 poses of paragraph (1), a State shall deem suffi14 cient, at a minimum— 

15 ‘‘(A) evidence of such harassment, violence, 

16 assault, or stalking in the form of— 

17 ‘‘(i) a sworn statement and a form of 

18 identification; 

19 ‘‘(ii) a police or court record; or 

20 ‘‘(iii) documentation from a victim 

21 service provider, an attorney, a police offi22 cer, a medical professional, a social worker, 

23 an antiviolence counselor, a member of the 

24 clergy, or another professional; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) an attestation that such voluntary 

2 separation is attributable to such harassment, 

3 violence, assault, or stalking. 

4 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec5 tion— 

6 ‘‘(A) The terms ‘domestic violence’, ‘sexual 

7 assault’, ‘stalking’, ‘victim of sexual or other 

8 harassment’, and ‘survivor of domestic violence, 

9 sexual assault, or stalking’ have the meanings 

10 given such terms under State law, regulation, 

11 or policy. 

12 ‘‘(B) The term ‘victim service provider’ has 

13 the meaning given such term in section 40002 

14 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.’’. 

15 (b) UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PERSONNEL

16 TRAINING.—Section 303(a) of the Social Security Act (42 

17 U.S.C. 503(a)) is amended— 

18 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 

19 (12) as paragraphs (5) through (13), respectively; 

20 and 

21 (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol22 lowing new paragraph: 

23 ‘‘(4)(A) Such methods of administration as will 

24 ensure that— 
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1 ‘‘(i) applicants for unemployment com2 pensation and individuals inquiring about such 

3 compensation are notified of the provisions of 

4 section 3304(a)(19) of the Internal Revenue 

5 Code of 1986; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) claims reviewers and hearing per7 sonnel are trained in— 

8 ‘‘(I) the nature and dynamics of sex9 ual and other harassment, domestic vio10 lence, sexual assault, or stalking; and 

11 ‘‘(II) methods of ascertaining and 

12 keeping confidential information about pos13 sible experiences of sexual and other har14 assment, domestic violence, sexual assault, 

15 or stalking to ensure that— 

16 ‘‘(aa) requests for unemployment 

17 compensation based on separations 

18 stemming from sexual and other har19 assment, domestic violence, sexual as20 sault, or stalking are identified and 

21 adjudicated; and 

22 ‘‘(bb) confidentiality is provided 

23 for the individual’s claim and sub24 mitted evidence. 

25 ‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph— 
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1 ‘‘(i) the terms ‘domestic violence’, ‘sexual 

2 assault’, and ‘stalking’ have the meanings given 

3 such terms in section 40002 of the Violence 

4 Against Women Act of 1994; 

5 ‘‘(ii) the term ‘sexual and other harass6 ment’ has the meaning given such term under 

7 State law, regulation, or policy; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) the term ‘survivor of domestic vio9 lence, sexual assault, or stalking’ means— 

10 ‘‘(I) a person who has experienced or 

11 is experiencing domestic violence, sexual 

12 assault, or stalking; and 

13 ‘‘(II) a person whose family or house14 hold member has experienced or is experi15 encing domestic violence, sexual assault, or 

16 stalking.’’. 

17 (c) TANF PERSONNEL TRAINING.—Section 402(a) 

18 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)) is amended 

19 by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

20 ‘‘(8) CERTIFICATION THAT THE STATE WILL

21 PROVIDE INFORMATION TO SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL

22 AND OTHER HARASSMENT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 

23 SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALKING.— 

24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A certification by the 

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1 State has established and is enforcing stand2 ards and procedures to— 

3 ‘‘(i) ensure that applicants for assist4 ance under the State program funded 

5 under this part and individuals inquiring 

6 about such assistance are adequately noti7 fied of— 

8 ‘‘(I) the provisions of section 

9 3304(a)(19) of the Internal Revenue 

10 Code of 1986; and 

11 ‘‘(II) assistance made available 

12 by the State to survivors of sexual 

13 and other harassment, domestic vio14 lence, sexual assault, or stalking; 

15 ‘‘(ii) ensure that case workers and 

16 other agency personnel responsible for ad17 ministering the State program funded 

18 under this part are adequately trained in— 

19 ‘‘(I) the nature and dynamics of 

20 sexual and other harassment, domes21 tic violence, sexual assault, or stalk22 ing; 

23 ‘‘(II) State standards and proce24 dures relating to the prevention of, 

25 and assistance for individuals who are 
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1 survivors of sexual and other harass2 ment, domestic violence, sexual as3 sault, or stalking; and 

4 ‘‘(III) methods of ascertaining 

5 and keeping confidential information 

6 about possible experiences of sexual 

7 and other harassment, domestic vio8 lence, sexual assault, or stalking; 

9 ‘‘(iii) ensure that, if a State has elect10 ed to establish and enforce standards and 

11 procedures regarding the screening for, 

12 and identification of, domestic violence 

13 pursuant to paragraph (7)— 

14 ‘‘(I) applicants for assistance 

15 under the State program funded 

16 under this part and individuals inquir17 ing about such assistance are ade18 quately notified of options available 

19 under such standards and procedures; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(II) case workers and other 

22 agency personnel responsible for ad23 ministering the State program funded 

24 under this part are provided with ade25 quate training regarding such stand-
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1 ards and procedures and options 

2 available under such standards and 

3 procedures; and 

4 ‘‘(iv) ensure that the training required 

5 under subparagraphs (B) and, if applica6 ble, (C)(ii) is provided through a training 

7 program operated by an eligible entity. 

8 ‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 

9 paragraph— 

10 ‘‘(i) the terms ‘domestic violence’, 

11 ‘sexual assault’, and ‘stalking’ have the 

12 meanings given such terms in section 

13 40002 of the Violence Against Women Act 

14 of 1994; 

15 ‘‘(ii) the term ‘sexual and other har16 assment’ has the meaning given such term 

17 under State law, regulation, or policy; and 

18 ‘‘(iii) the term ‘survivor of domestic 

19 violence, sexual assault, or stalking’ 

20 means— 

21 ‘‘(I) a person who has experi22 enced or is experiencing domestic vio23 lence, sexual assault, or stalking; and 

24 ‘‘(II) a person whose family or 

25 household member has experienced or 
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1 is experiencing domestic violence, sex2 ual assault, or stalking.’’. 

3 (d) SEXUAL AND OTHER HARASSMENT, DOMESTIC

4 VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALKING TRAINING

5 GRANT PROGRAM.— 

6 (1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 

7 Labor (in this subsection referred to as the ‘‘Sec8 retary’’) is authorized to award— 

9 (A) a grant to a national victim service 

10 provider in order for such organization to— 

11 (i) develop and disseminate a model 

12 training program (and related materials) 

13 for the training required under section 

14 303(a)(4)(B) of the Social Security Act, as 

15 added by subsection (b), and under sub16 paragraph (B) and, if applicable, subpara17 graph (C)(ii) of section 402(a)(8) of such 

18 Act, as added by subsection (c); and 

19 (ii) provide technical assistance with 

20 respect to such model training program, 

21 including technical assistance to the tem22 porary assistance for needy families pro23 gram and unemployment compensation 

24 personnel; and 
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1 (B) grants to State, tribal, or local agen2 cies in order for such agencies to contract with 

3 eligible entities to provide State, tribal, or local 

4 caseworkers and other State, tribal, or local 

5 agency personnel responsible for administering 

6 the temporary assistance for needy families pro7 gram established under part A of title IV of the 

8 Social Security Act in a State or Indian res9 ervation with the training required under sub10 paragraph (B) and, if applicable, subparagraph 

11 (C)(ii) of such section 402(a)(8). 

12 (2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.—For purposes 

13 of paragraph (1)(B), the term ‘‘eligible entity’’ 

14 means an entity— 

15 (A) that is— 

16 (i) a State or tribal domestic violence 

17 coalition or sexual assault coalition; 

18 (ii) a State or local victim service pro19 vider with recognized expertise in the dy20 namics of domestic violence, sexual assault, 

21 or stalking whose primary mission is to 

22 provide services to survivors of domestic vi23 olence, sexual assault, or stalking, includ24 ing a rape crisis center or domestic vio25 lence program; or 
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1 (iii) an organization with dem2 onstrated expertise in State or county wel3 fare laws and implementation of such laws 

4 and experience with disseminating informa5 tion on such laws and implementation, but 

6 only if such organization will provide the 

7 required training in partnership with an 

8 entity described in clause (i) or (ii); and 

9 (B) that— 

10 (i) has demonstrated expertise in the 

11 dynamics of both domestic violence and 

12 sexual assault, such as a joint domestic vi13 olence and sexual assault coalition; or 

14 (ii) will provide the required training 

15 in partnership with an entity described in 

16 clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A) in 

17 order to comply with the dual domestic vio18 lence and sexual assault expertise require19 ment under clause (i). 

20 (3) APPLICATION.—An entity seeking a grant 

21 under this subsection shall submit an application to 

22 the Secretary at such time, in such form and man23 ner, and containing such information as the Sec24 retary specifies. 

25 (4) REPORTS.— 
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1 (A) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later 

2 than a year after the date of the enactment of 

3 this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary 

4 shall submit to Congress a report on the grant 

5 program established under this subsection. 

6 (B) REPORTS AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC.— 

7 The Secretary shall establish procedures for the 

8 dissemination to the public of each report sub9 mitted under subparagraph (A). Such proce10 dures shall include the use of the internet to 

11 disseminate such reports. 

12 (5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to 

14 be appropriated— 

15 (i) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 to 

16 carry out the provisions of paragraph 

17 (1)(A); and 

18 (ii) $12,000,000 for each of fiscal 

19 years 2020 through 2024 to carry out the 

20 provisions of paragraph (1)(B). 

21 (B) THREE-YEAR AVAILABILITY OF GRANT

22 FUNDS.—Each recipient of a grant under this 

23 subsection shall return to the Secretary any un24 used portion of such grant not later than 3 

25 years after the date the grant was awarded, to-
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1 gether with any earnings on such unused por2 tion. 

3 (C) AMOUNTS RETURNED.—Any amounts 

4 returned pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall be 

5 available without further appropriation to the 

6 Secretary for the purpose of carrying out the 

7 provisions of paragraph (1)(B). 

8 (e) EFFECT ON EXISTING LAWS, ETC.— 

9 (1) MORE PROTECTIVE LAWS, AGREEMENTS, 

10 PROGRAMS, AND PLANS.—Nothing in this title shall 

11 be construed to supersede any provision of any Fed12 eral, State, or local law, collective bargaining agree13 ment, or employment benefits program or plan that 

14 provides greater unemployment insurance benefits 

15 for survivors of sexual and other harassment, domes16 tic violence, sexual assault, or stalking than the 

17 rights established under this title. 

18 (2) LESS PROTECTIVE LAWS, AGREEMENTS, 

19 PROGRAMS, AND PLANS.—Any law, collective bar20 gaining agreement, or employment benefits program 

21 or plan of a State or unit of local government is pre22 empted to the extent that such law, agreement, or 

23 program or plan would impair the exercise of any 

24 right established under this title or the amendments 

25 made by this title. 
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1 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

2 (1) UNEMPLOYMENT AMENDMENTS.— 

3 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

4 subparagraph (B) and paragraph (2), the 

5 amendments made by this section shall apply in 

6 the case of compensation paid for weeks begin7 ning on or after the expiration of the 180-day 

8 period beginning on the date of enactment of 

9 this Act. 

10 (B) EXTENSION OF EFFECTIVE DATE FOR

11 STATE LAW AMENDMENT.— 

12 (i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 

13 in paragraph (2), in a case in which the 

14 Secretary of Labor identifies a State as re15 quiring a change to its statutes, regula16 tions, or policies in order to comply with 

17 the amendments made by this section, such 

18 amendments shall apply in the case of 

19 compensation paid for weeks beginning 

20 after the earlier of— 

21 (I) the date the State changes its 

22 statutes, regulations, or policies in 

23 order to comply with such amend24 ments; or 
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1 (II) the end of the first session of 

2 the State legislature which begins 

3 after the date of enactment of this 

4 Act or which began prior to such date 

5 and remained in session for at least 

6 25 calendar days after such date, ex7 cept that in no case shall such amend8 ments apply before the date that is 

9 180 days after the date of enactment 

10 of this Act. 

11 (ii) SESSION DEFINED.—In this sub12 paragraph, the term ‘‘session’’ means a 

13 regular, special, budget, or other session of 

14 a State legislature. 

15 (2) TANF AMENDMENT.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

17 subparagraph (B), the amendment made by 

18 subsection (c) shall take effect on the date of 

19 enactment of this Act. 

20 (B) EXTENSION OF EFFECTIVE DATE FOR

21 STATE LAW AMENDMENT.—In the case of a 

22 State plan under part A of title IV of the Social 

23 Security Act which the Secretary of Health and 

24 Human Services determines requires State ac25 tion (including legislation, regulation, or other 
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1 administrative action) in order for the plan to 

2 meet the additional requirements imposed by 

3 the amendment made by subsection (c), the 

4 State plan shall not be regarded as failing to 

5 comply with the requirements of such amend6 ment on the basis of its failure to meet these 

7 additional requirements before the first day of 

8 the first calendar quarter beginning after the 

9 close of the first regular session of the State 

10 legislature that begins after the date of enact11 ment of this Act. For purposes of the previous 

12 sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2- 

13 year legislative session, each year of the session 

14 is considered to be a separate regular session of 

15 the State legislature. 

16 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘do17 mestic violence’’, ‘‘sexual assault’’, ‘‘stalking’’, ‘‘survivor 

18 of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking’’, and ‘‘vic19 tim service provider’’ have the meanings given such terms 

20 in section 3304(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

21 SEC. 704. STUDY AND REPORTS ON BARRIERS TO SUR22 VIVORS’ ECONOMIC SECURITY ACCESS. 

23 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human 

24 Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall 

25 conduct a study on the barriers that survivors of domestic 
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1 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 

2 throughout the United States experience in maintaining 

3 economic security as a result of issues related to domestic 

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

5 (b) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

6 of enactment of this title, and every 5 years thereafter, 

7 the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consulta8 tion with the Secretary of Labor, shall submit a report 

9 to Congress on the study conducted under subsection (a). 

10 (c) CONTENTS.—The study and reports under this 

11 section shall include— 

12 (1) identification of geographic areas in which 

13 State laws, regulations, and practices have a strong 

14 impact on the ability of survivors of domestic vio15 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking to 

16 exercise— 

17 (A) any rights under this Act without com18 promising personal safety or the safety of oth19 ers, including family members and excluding 

20 the abuser; and 

21 (B) other components of economic security, 

22 including financial empowerment, affordable 

23 housing, transportation, healthcare access, and 

24 quality education and training opportunities; 
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1 (2) identification of geographic areas with 

2 shortages in resources for such survivors, with an 

3 accompanying analysis of the extent and impact of 

4 such shortage; 

5 (3) analysis of factors related to industries, 

6 workplace settings, employer practices, trends, and 

7 other elements that impact the ability of such sur8 vivors to exercise any rights under this Act without 

9 compromising personal safety or the safety of others, 

10 including family members; 

11 (4) the recommendations of the Secretary of 

12 Health and Human Services and the Secretary of 

13 Labor with respect to resources, oversight, and en14 forcement tools to ensure successful implementation 

15 of the provisions of this Act in order to support the 

16 economic security and safety of survivors of domestic 

17 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 

18 and 

19 (5) best practices for States, employers, health 

20 carriers, insurers, and other private entities in ad21 dressing issues related to domestic violence, dating 

22 violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

23 SEC. 705. GAO STUDY. 

24 Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 

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1 shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, 

2 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report that examines, 

3 with respect to survivors of domestic violence, dating vio4 lence, sexual assault, or stalking who are, or were, enrolled 

5 at institutions of higher education and borrowed a loan 

6 made, insured, or guaranteed under title IV of the Higher 

7 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) for which 

8 the survivors have not repaid the total interest and prin9 cipal due, each of the following: 

10 (1) The implications of domestic violence, dat11 ing violence, sexual assault, or stalking on a bor12 rower’s ability to repay their Federal student loans. 

13 (2) The adequacy of policies and procedures re14 garding Federal student loan deferment, forbear15 ance, and grace periods when a survivor has to sus16 pend or terminate the survivor’s enrollment at an in17 stitution of higher education due to domestic vio18 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

19 (3) The adequacy of institutional policies and 

20 practices regarding retention or transfer of credits 

21 when a survivor has to suspend or terminate the 

22 survivor’s enrollment at an institution of higher edu23 cation due to domestic violence, dating violence, sex24 ual assault, or stalking. 
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1 (4) The availability or any options for a sur2 vivor of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as3 sault, or stalking who attended an institution of 

4 higher education that committed unfair, deceptive, 

5 or abusive acts or practices, or otherwise substan6 tially misrepresented information to students, to be 

7 able to seek a defense to repayment of the survivor’s 

8 Federal student loan. 

9 (5) The limitations faced by a survivor of do10 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

11 stalking to obtain any relief or restitution on the 

12 survivor’s Federal student loan debt due to the use 

13 of forced arbitration, gag orders, or bans on class 

14 actions. 

15 SEC. 706. EDUCATION AND INFORMATION PROGRAMS FOR 

16 SURVIVORS. 

17 (a) PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor, in 

19 conjunction with the Secretary of Health and 

20 Human Services (through the Director of the Cen21 ters for Disease Control and Prevention and the 

22 grant recipient under section 41501 of the Violence 

23 Against Women Act of 1994 that establishes the na24 tional resource center on workplace responses to as25 sist victims of domestic and sexual violence) and the 
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1 Attorney General (through the Principal Deputy Di2 rector of the Office on Violence Against Women), 

3 shall coordinate and provide for a national public 

4 outreach and education campaign to raise public 

5 awareness of the workplace impact of domestic vio6 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, 

7 including outreach and education for employers, 

8 service providers, teachers, and other key partners. 

9 This campaign shall pay special attention to ensure 

10 that survivors are made aware of the existence of the 

11 following types of workplace laws (federal and/or 

12 State): anti-discrimination laws that bar treating 

13 survivors differently; leave laws, both paid and un14 paid that are available for use by survivors; unem15 ployment insurance laws and policies that address 

16 survivor eligibility. 

17 (2) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary of Labor, 

18 in conjunction with the Secretary of Health and 

19 Human Services and the Attorney General, as de20 scribed in paragraph (1), may disseminate informa21 tion through the public outreach and education cam22 paign on the resources and rights referred to in this 

23 subsection directly or through arrangements with 

24 health agencies, professional and nonprofit organiza25 tions, consumer groups, labor organizations, institu-
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1 tions of higher education, clinics, the media, and 

2 Federal, State, and local agencies. 

3 (3) INFORMATION.—The information dissemi4 nated under paragraph (2) shall include, at a min5 imum, a description of— 

6 (A) the resources and rights that are— 

7 (i) available to survivors of domestic 

8 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

9 stalking; and 

10 (ii) established in this Act and the Vi11 olence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 

12 U.S.C. 12291 et seq.); 

13 (B) guidelines and best practices on pre14 vention of domestic violence, dating violence, 

15 stalking, and sexual assault; 

16 (C) resources that promote healthy rela17 tionships and communication skills; 

18 (D) resources that encourage bystander 

19 intervention in a situation involving domestic vi20 olence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual as21 sault; 

22 (E) resources that promote workplace poli23 cies that support and help maintain the eco24 nomic security of survivors of domestic violence, 

25 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, in-
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1 cluding guidelines and best practices to promote 

2 the creation of effective employee assistance 

3 programs; and 

4 (F) resources and rights that the heads of 

5 Federal agencies described in paragraph (2) de6 termine are appropriate to include. 

7 (4) COMMON LANGUAGES.—The Secretary of 

8 Labor shall ensure that the information dissemi9 nated to survivors under paragraph (2) is made 

10 available in commonly encountered languages. 

11 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) EMPLOYEE.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘employee’’ 

14 means any individual employed by an employer. 

15 In the case of an individual employed by a pub16 lic agency, such term means an individual em17 ployed as described in section 3(e)(2) of the 

18 Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 

19 203(e)(2)). 

20 (B) BASIS.—The term includes a person 

21 employed as described in subparagraph (A) on 

22 a full- or part-time basis, for a fixed time pe23 riod, on a temporary basis, pursuant to a detail, 

24 or as a participant in a work assignment as a 
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1 condition of receipt of Federal or State income2 based public assistance. 

3 (2) EMPLOYER.—The term ‘‘employer’’— 

4 (A) means any person engaged in com5 merce or in any industry or activity affecting 

6 commerce who employs 15 or more individuals; 

7 and 

8 (B) includes any person acting directly or 

9 indirectly in the interest of an employer in rela10 tion to an employee, and includes a public agen11 cy that employs individuals as described in sec12 tion 3(e)(2) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 

13 1938, but does not include any labor organiza14 tion (other than when acting as an employer) or 

15 anyone acting in the capacity of officer or agent 

16 of such labor organization. 

17 (3) FLSA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘employ’’ and 

18 ‘‘State’’ have the meanings given the terms in sec19 tion 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 

20 U.S.C. 203). 

21 (c) STUDY ON WORKPLACE RESPONSES.—The Sec22 retary of Labor, in conjunction with the Secretary of 

23 Health and Human Services, shall conduct a study on the 

24 status of workplace responses to employees who experience 

25 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
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1 ing while employed, in each State and nationally, to im2 prove the access of survivors of domestic violence, dating 

3 violence, sexual assault, or stalking to supportive resources 

4 and economic security. 

5 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

6 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 

7 such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 

8 2020 through 2024. 

9 SEC. 707. SEVERABILITY. 

10 If any provision of this Act, any amendment made 

11 by this Act, or the application of such provision or amend12 ment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconsti13 tutional, the remainder of the provisions of this Act, the 

14 amendments made by this Act, and the application of such 

15 provisions or amendments to any person or circumstance 

16 shall not be affected. 

17 TITLE VIII—HOMICIDE 

18 REDUCTION INITIATIVES 

19 SEC. 801. PROHIBITING PERSONS CONVICTED OF MIS20 DEMEANOR CRIMES AGAINST DATING PART21 NERS AND PERSONS SUBJECT TO PROTEC22 TION ORDERS. 

23 Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 

24 amended— 
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1 (1) in paragraph (32), by striking all that fol2 lows after ‘‘The term ‘intimate partner’ ’’ and insert3 ing the following: ‘‘— 

4 ‘‘(A) means, with respect to a person, the 

5 spouse of the person, a former spouse of the 

6 person, an individual who is a parent of a child 

7 of the person, and an individual who cohabi8 tates or has cohabited with the person; and 

9 ‘‘(B) includes— 

10 ‘‘(i) a dating partner or former dating 

11 partner (as defined in section 2266); and 

12 ‘‘(ii) any other person similarly situ13 ated to a spouse who is protected by the 

14 domestic or family violence laws of the 

15 State or tribal jurisdiction in which the in16 jury occurred or where the victim resides.’’; 

17 (2) in paragraph (33)(A)— 

18 (A) in clause (i), by inserting after ‘‘Fed19 eral, State,’’ the following: ‘‘municipal,’’; and 

20 (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘intimate 

21 partner,’’ after ‘‘spouse,’’ each place it appears; 

22 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (34) and (35) 

23 as paragraphs (35) and (36) respectively; and 

24 (4) by inserting after paragraph (33) the fol25 lowing: 
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1 ‘‘(34)(A) The term ‘misdemeanor crime of stalking’ 

2 means an offense that— 

3 ‘‘(i) is a misdemeanor crime of stalking under 

4 Federal, State, Tribal, or municipal law; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) is a course of harassment, intimidation, or 

6 surveillance of another person that— 

7 ‘‘(I) places that person in reasonable fear 

8 of material harm to the health or safety of— 

9 ‘‘(aa) that person; 

10 ‘‘(bb) an immediate family member 

11 (as defined in section 115) of that person; 

12 ‘‘(cc) a household member of that per13 son; or 

14 ‘‘(dd) a spouse or intimate partner of 

15 that person; or 

16 ‘‘(II) causes, attempts to cause, or would 

17 reasonably be expected to cause emotional dis18 tress to a person described in item (aa), (bb), 

19 (cc), or (dd) of subclause (I). 

20 ‘‘(B) A person shall not be considered to have been 

21 convicted of such an offense for purposes of this chapter, 

22 unless— 

23 ‘‘(i) the person was represented by counsel in 

24 the case, or knowingly and intelligently waived the 

25 right to counsel in the case; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a prosecution for an offense 

2 described in this paragraph for which a person was 

3 entitled to a jury trial in the jurisdiction in which 

4 the case was tried, either— 

5 ‘‘(I) the case was tried by a jury; or 

6 ‘‘(II) the person knowingly and intel7 ligently waived the right to have the case tried 

8 by a jury, by guilty plea or otherwise. 

9 ‘‘(C) A person shall not be considered to have been 

10 convicted of such an offense for purposes of this chapter 

11 if the conviction has been expunged or set aside, or is an 

12 offense for which the person has been pardoned or has 

13 had civil rights restored (if the law of the applicable juris14 diction provides for the loss of civil rights under such an 

15 offense) unless the pardon, expungement, or restoration 

16 of civil rights expressly provides that the person may not 

17 ship, transport, possess, or receive firearms.’’. 

18 SEC. 802. PROHIBITING STALKERS AND INDIVIDUALS SUB19 JECT TO COURT ORDER FROM POSSESSING A 

20 FIREARM. 

21 Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 

22 amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (d)— 
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1 (A) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘that re2 strains such person’’ and all that follows, and 

3 inserting ‘‘described in subsection (g)(8);’’; 

4 (B) in paragraph (9), by striking the pe5 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

6 (C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(10) who has been convicted in any court of 

9 a misdemeanor crime of stalking.’’; and 

10 (2) in subsection (g)— 

11 (A) by amending paragraph (8) to read as 

12 follows: 

13 ‘‘(8) who is subject to a court order— 

14 ‘‘(A) that was issued— 

15 ‘‘(i) after a hearing of which such per16 son received actual notice, and at which 

17 such person had an opportunity to partici18 pate; or 

19 ‘‘(ii) in the case of an ex parte order, 

20 relative to which notice and opportunity to 

21 be heard are provided— 

22 ‘‘(I) within the time required by 

23 State, tribal, or territorial law; and 

24 ‘‘(II) in any event within a rea25 sonable time after the order is issued, 
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1 sufficient to protect the due process 

2 rights of the person; 

3 ‘‘(B) that restrains such person from— 

4 ‘‘(i) harassing, stalking, or threat5 ening an intimate partner of such person 

6 or child of such intimate partner or person, 

7 or engaging in other conduct that would 

8 place an intimate partner in reasonable 

9 fear of bodily injury to the partner or 

10 child; or 

11 ‘‘(ii) intimidating or dissuading a wit12 ness from testifying in court; and 

13 ‘‘(C) that— 

14 ‘‘(i) includes a finding that such per15 son represents a credible threat to the 

16 physical safety of such individual described 

17 in subparagraph (B); or 

18 ‘‘(ii) by its terms explicitly prohibits 

19 the use, attempted use, or threatened use 

20 of physical force against such individual 

21 described in subparagraph (B) that would 

22 reasonably be expected to cause bodily in23 jury;’’; 

24 (B) in paragraph (9), by striking the 

25 comma at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
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1 (C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(10) who has been convicted in any court of 

4 a misdemeanor crime of stalking,’’. 

5 TITLE IX—SAFETY FOR INDIAN 

6 WOMEN 

7 SEC. 901. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

8 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

9 (1) American Indians and Alaska Natives are 

10 2.5 times as likely to experience violent crimes—and 

11 at least 2 times more likely to experience rape or 

12 sexual assault crimes—compared to all other races. 

13 (2) More than 4 in 5 American Indian and 

14 Alaska Native women, or 84.3 percent, have experi15 enced violence in their lifetime. 

16 (3) The vast majority of Native victims—96 

17 percent of women and 89 percent of male victims— 

18 report being victimized by a non-Indian. 

19 (4) Native victims of sexual violence are three 

20 times as likely to have experienced sexual violence by 

21 an interracial perpetrator as non-Hispanic White 

22 victims and Native stalking victims are nearly 4 

23 times as likely to be stalked by someone of a dif24 ferent race. 
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1 (5) While tribes exercising jurisdiction over 

2 non-Indians have reported significant successes, the 

3 inability to prosecute crimes related to the Special 

4 Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction crimes con5 tinues to leave Tribes unable to fully hold domestic 

6 violence offenders accountable. 

7 (6) Tribal prosecutors report that the majority 

8 of domestic violence cases involve children either as 

9 witnesses or victims, and Department of Justice re10 ports that American Indian and Alaska Native chil11 dren suffer exposure to violence at rates higher than 

12 any other race in the United States. 

13 (7) Childhood exposure to violence has imme14 diate and long-term effects, including: increased 

15 rates of altered neurological development, poor phys16 ical and mental health, poor school performance, 

17 substance abuse, and overrepresentation in the juve18 nile justice system. 

19 (8) According to the Centers for Disease Con20 trol and Prevention, homicide is the third leading 

21 cause of death among American Indian and Alaska 

22 Native women between 10 and 24 years of age and 

23 the fifth leading cause of death for American Indian 

24 and Alaska Native women between 25 and 34 years 

25 of age. 
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1 (9) On some reservations, Indian women are 

2 murdered at more than 10 times the national aver3 age. 

4 (10) According to a 2010 Government Account5 ability Office report, United States Attorneys de6 clined to prosecute nearly 52 percent of violent 

7 crimes that occur in Indian country. 

8 (11) Investigation into cases of missing and 

9 murdered Indian women is made difficult for tribal 

10 law enforcement agencies due to a lack of resources, 

11 such as— 

12 (A) necessary training, equipment, or 

13 funding; 

14 (B) a lack of interagency cooperation; and 

15 (C) a lack of appropriate laws in place. 

16 (12) Domestic violence calls are among the 

17 most dangerous calls that law enforcement receives. 

18 (13) The complicated jurisdictional scheme that 

19 exists in Indian country— 

20 (A) has a significant negative impact on 

21 the ability to provide public safety to Indian 

22 communities; 

23 (B) has been increasingly exploited by 

24 criminals; and 
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1 (C) requires a high degree of commitment 

2 and cooperation among tribal, Federal, and 

3 State law enforcement officials. 

4 (14) Restoring and enhancing local, tribal ca5 pacity to address violence against women provides 

6 for greater local control, safety, accountability, and 

7 transparency. 

8 (15) In States with restrictive land settlement 

9 acts such as Alaska, ‘‘Indian country’’ is limited, re10 sources for local tribal responses either nonexistent 

11 or insufficient to meet the needs, jurisdiction unnec12 essarily complicated and increases the already high 

13 levels of victimization of American Indian and Alas14 ka Native women. According to the Tribal Law and 

15 Order Act Commission Report, Alaska Native 

16 women are over-represented in the domestic violence 

17 victim population by 250 percent; they comprise 19 

18 percent of the State population, but are 47 percent 

19 of reported rape victims. And among other Indian 

20 Tribes, Alaska Native women suffer the highest 

21 rates of domestic and sexual violence in the country. 

22 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this title are— 

23 (1) to clarify the responsibilities of Federal, 

24 State, tribal, and local governments with respect to 

25 responding to cases of domestic violence, dating vio-
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1 lence, stalking, trafficking, sexual violence, crimes 

2 against children, and assault against tribal law en3 forcement officers and murdered Indians; 

4 (2) to increase coordination and communication 

5 among Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforce6 ment agencies; 

7 (3) to empower tribal governments with the re8 sources and information necessary to effectively re9 spond to cases of domestic violence, dating violence, 

10 stalking, sex trafficking, sexual violence, and missing 

11 and murdered Indians; and 

12 (4) to increase the collection of data related to 

13 missing and murdered Indians and the sharing of in14 formation among Federal, State, and tribal officials 

15 responsible for responding to and investigating cases 

16 of missing and murdered Indians. 

17 SEC. 902. AUTHORIZING FUNDING FOR THE TRIBAL ACCESS 

18 PROGRAM. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 534 of title 28, United 

20 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol21 lowing: 

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

23 is authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for each of 

24 fiscal years 2020 through 2024, to remain available until 

25 expended, for the purposes of enhancing the ability of trib-
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1 al government entities to access, enter information into, 

2 and obtain information from, Federal criminal informa3 tion databases, as authorized by this section.’’. 

4 (b) INDIAN TRIBE AND INDIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT

5 INFORMATION SHARING.—Section 534 of title 28, United 

6 States Code, is further amended by amending subsection 

7 (d) to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘(d) INDIAN TRIBE AND INDIAN LAW ENFORCE9 MENT INFORMATION SHARING.—The Attorney General 

10 shall permit tribal law enforcement entities (including en11 tities designated by a tribe as maintaining public safety 

12 within a tribe’s territorial jurisdiction that has no federal 

13 or state arrest authority) and Bureau of Indian Affairs 

14 law enforcement agencies— 

15 ‘‘(1) to access and enter information into Fed16 eral criminal information databases; and 

17 ‘‘(2) to obtain information from the data18 bases.’’. 
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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

12 OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

13 OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, 

14 SEX TRAFFICKING, STALKING, AND ASSAULT

15 OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OR CORRECTIONS

16 OFFICER’’; 

17 (2) in subsection (a)(6), in the heading, by 

18 striking ‘‘SPECIAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRIMINAL

19 JURISDICTION’’ and inserting ‘‘SPECIAL TRIBAL

20 CRIMINAL JURISDICTION’’; 

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)— 

25 (A) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(12) STALKING.—The term ‘stalking’ means 

2 engaging in a course of conduct directed at a spe3 cific person proscribed by the criminal law of the In4 dian tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian coun5 try where the violation occurs that would cause a 

6 reasonable person to— 

7 ‘‘(A) fear for the person’s safety or the 

8 safety of others; or 

9 ‘‘(B) suffer substantial emotional dis10 tress.’’; 

11 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and 

12 (7) as paragraphs (10) and (11); 

13 (C) by inserting before paragraph (10) (as 

14 redesignated) the following: 

15 ‘‘(8) SEX TRAFFICKING.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘sex traf17 ficking’ means conduct— 

18 ‘‘(i) consisting of— 

19 ‘‘(I) recruiting, enticing, har20 boring, transporting, providing, ob21 taining, advertising, maintaining, pa22 tronizing, or soliciting by any means a 

23 person; or 

24 ‘‘(II) benefitting, financially or 

25 by receiving anything of value, from 
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1 participation in a venture that has en2 gaged in an act described in subclause 

3 (I); and 

4 ‘‘(ii) carried out with the knowledge, 

5 or, except where the act constituting the 

6 violation of clause (i) is advertising, in 

7 reckless disregard of the fact, that— 

8 ‘‘(I) means of force, threats of 

9 force, fraud, coercion, or any combina10 tion of such means will be used to 

11 cause the person to engage in a com12 mercial sex act; or 

13 ‘‘(II) the person has not attained 

14 the age of 18 years and will be caused 

15 to engage in a commercial sex act. 

16 ‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph, 

17 the terms ‘coercion’ and ‘commercial sex act’ 

18 have the meanings given the terms in section 

19 1591(e) of title 18, United States Code. 

20 ‘‘(9) SEXUAL VIOLENCE.—The term ‘sexual vio21 lence’ means any nonconsensual sexual act or con22 tact proscribed by the criminal law of the Indian 

23 tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian country 

24 where the violation occurs, including in any case in 
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1 which the victim lacks the capacity to consent to the 

2 act.’’; 

3 (D) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 

4 (5) as paragraphs (6) and (7); 

5 (E) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

6 through (3) as paragraphs (2) through (4); 

7 (F) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated), to 

8 read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(3) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘domes10 tic violence’ means violence— 

11 ‘‘(A) committed by a current or former 

12 spouse or intimate partner of the victim, by a 

13 person with whom the victim shares a child in 

14 common, by a person who is cohabitating with 

15 or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse 

16 or intimate partner, or by a person similarly 

17 situated to a spouse of the victim under the 

18 domestic- or family- violence laws of an Indian 

19 tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian coun20 try where the violence occurs; or 

21 ‘‘(B)(i) committed against a victim who is 

22 a child under the age of 18, or an elder (as 

23 such term is defined by tribal law), including 

24 when an offender recklessly engages in conduct 

25 that creates a substantial risk of death or seri-
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1 ous bodily injury to the victim, or committed as 

2 described in subparagraph (A) while the child 

3 or elder is present; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) the child or elder— 

5 ‘‘(I) resides or has resided in the 

6 same household as the offender; 

7 ‘‘(II) is related to the offender by 

8 blood or marriage; 

9 ‘‘(III) is related to another victim of 

10 the offender by blood or marriage; 

11 ‘‘(IV) is under the care of a victim of 

12 the offender who is an intimate partner or 

13 former spouse; or 

14 ‘‘(V) is under the care of a victim of 

15 the offender who is similarly situated to a 

16 spouse of the victim under the domestic- or 

17 family- violence laws of an Indian tribe 

18 that has jurisdiction over the Indian coun19 try where the violence occurs.’’; 

20 (G) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as 

21 redesignated), the following: 

22 ‘‘(1) ASSAULT OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OR

23 CORRECTIONAL OFFICER.—The term ‘assault of a 

24 law enforcement or correctional officer’ means any 

25 criminal violation of the law of the Indian tribe that 
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1 has jurisdiction over the Indian country where the 

2 violation occurs that involves the threatened, at3 tempted, or actual harmful or offensive touching of 

4 a law enforcement or correctional officer.’’; and 

5 (H) by inserting after paragraph (4) (as 

6 redesignated), the following: 

7 ‘‘(5) OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.—The term 

8 ‘obstruction of justice’ means any violation of the 

9 criminal law of the Indian tribe that has jurisdiction 

10 over the Indian country where the violation occurs, 

11 and the violation involves interfering with the ad12 ministration or due process of the tribe’s laws in13 cluding any tribal criminal proceeding or investiga14 tion of a crime.’’; 

15 (5) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting after ‘‘the 

16 powers of self-government of a participating tribe’’ 

17 the following: ‘‘, including any participating tribes in 

18 the State of Maine,’’; 

19 (6) in subsection (b)(4)— 

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

21 after ‘‘over an alleged offense’’ the following: ‘‘, 

22 other than obstruction of justice or an act of 

23 assault of a law enforcement or corrections offi24 cer,’’; and 

25 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 
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1 (i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

2 the end; 

3 (ii) in clause (iii)(II), by striking the 

4 period at the end and inserting the fol5 lowing: ‘‘; or’’; and 

6 (iii) by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(iv) is being prosecuted for a crime 

9 of sexual violence, stalking, sex trafficking, 

10 obstructing justice, or assaulting a police 

11 or corrections officer under the laws of the 

12 prosecuting tribe.’’; 

13 (7) in subsection (c)— 

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

15 by striking ‘‘domestic violence’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘tribal’’; and 

17 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

18 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik19 ing ‘‘AND DATING VIOLENCE’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘, DATING VIOLENCE, OBSTRUCTION

21 OF JUSTICE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, STALK22 ING, SEX TRAFFICKING, OR ASSAULT OF A

23 LAW ENFORCEMENT OR CORRECTIONS OF24 FICER’’; and 
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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘or dating violence’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘, dating violence, obstruc3 tion of justice, sexual violence, stalking, 

4 sex trafficking, or assault of a law enforce5 ment or corrections officer’’; 

6 (8) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘domestic vio7 lence’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘tribal’’; 

8 (9) by striking subsections (f), (g), and (h) and 

9 inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘(f) GRANTS AND REIMBURSEMENT TO TRIBAL GOV11 ERNMENTS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) REIMBURSEMENT.— 

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

14 is authorized to reimburse tribal government 

15 authorities for expenses incurred in exercising 

16 special tribal criminal jurisdiction. 

17 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE EXPENSES.—Eligible ex18 penses for reimbursement shall include— 

19 ‘‘(i) expenses incurred to arrest or 

20 prosecute offenders and to detain inmates 

21 (including costs associated with providing 

22 health care); 

23 ‘‘(ii) expenses related to indigent de24 fense services; and 
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1 ‘‘(iii) costs associated with probation 

2 and rehabilitation services. 

3 ‘‘(C) PROCEDURE.—Reimbursements au4 thorized pursuant to this section shall be in ac5 cordance with rules promulgated by the Attor6 ney General after consultation with Indian 

7 tribes and within 1 year after the date of enact8 ment of this Act. The rules promulgated by the 

9 Department shall set a maximum allowable re10 imbursement to any tribal government in a 1- 

11 year period. 

12 ‘‘(2) GRANTS.—The Attorney General may 

13 award grants to the governments of Indian tribes (or 

14 to authorized designees of those governments)— 

15 ‘‘(A) to strengthen tribal criminal justice 

16 systems to assist Indian tribes in exercising 

17 special tribal criminal jurisdiction, including— 

18 ‘‘(i) law enforcement (including the 

19 capacity of law enforcement, court per20 sonnel, or other non-law enforcement enti21 ties that have no Federal or State arrest 

22 authority agencies but have been des23 ignated by a tribe as responsible for main24 taining public safety within its territorial 

25 jurisdiction, to enter information into and 
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1 obtain information from national crime in2 formation databases); 

3 ‘‘(ii) prosecution; 

4 ‘‘(iii) trial and appellate courts (in5 cluding facilities construction); 

6 ‘‘(iv) probation systems; 

7 ‘‘(v) detention and correctional facili8 ties (including facilities construction); 

9 ‘‘(vi) alternative rehabilitation centers; 

10 ‘‘(vii) culturally appropriate services 

11 and assistance for victims and their fami12 lies; and 

13 ‘‘(viii) criminal codes and rules of 

14 criminal procedure, appellate procedure, 

15 and evidence; 

16 ‘‘(B) to provide indigent criminal defend17 ants with the effective assistance of licensed de18 fense counsel, at no cost to the defendant, in 

19 criminal proceedings in which a participating 

20 tribe prosecutes— 

21 ‘‘(i) a crime of domestic violence; 

22 ‘‘(ii) a crime of dating violence; 

23 ‘‘(iii) a criminal violation of a protec24 tion order; 

25 ‘‘(iv) a crime of sexual violence; 
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1 ‘‘(v) a crime of stalking; 

2 ‘‘(vi) a crime of sex trafficking; 

3 ‘‘(vii) a crime of obstruction of justice; 

4 or 

5 ‘‘(viii) a crime of assault of a law en6 forcement or correctional officer; 

7 ‘‘(C) to ensure that, in criminal pro8 ceedings in which a participating tribe exercises 

9 special tribal criminal jurisdiction, jurors are 

10 summoned, selected, and instructed in a man11 ner consistent with all applicable requirements; 

12 ‘‘(D) to accord victims of domestic vio13 lence, dating violence, sexual violence, stalking, 

14 sex trafficking, obstruction of justice, assault of 

15 a law enforcement or correctional officer, and 

16 violations of protection orders rights that are 

17 similar to the rights of a crime victim described 

18 in section 3771(a) of title 18, consistent with 

19 tribal law and custom; and 

20 ‘‘(E) to create a pilot project to allow up 

21 to five Indian tribes in Alaska to implement 

22 special tribal criminal jurisdiction. 

23 ‘‘(g) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts 

24 made available under this section shall supplement and 

25 not supplant any other Federal, State, tribal, or local gov-
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1 ernment amounts made available to carry out activities de2 scribed in this section. 

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

4 are authorized to be appropriated $7,000,000 for each of 

5 fiscal years 2020 through 2024 to carry out subsection 

6 (f) and to provide training, technical assistance, data col7 lection, and evaluation of the criminal justice systems of 

8 participating tribes. 

9 ‘‘(i) USE OF FUNDS.—Not less than 25 percent of 

10 the total amount of funds appropriated under this section 

11 in a given year shall be used for each of the purposes de12 scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (f), with 

13 remaining funds available to be distributed for either of 

14 the purposes described in paragraph (1) or (2) of sub15 section (f), or any combination of such purposes, depend16 ing on need and in consultation with Indian tribes.’’; 

17 (10) by inserting after subsection (i) the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(j) INDIAN COUNTRY DEFINED.—For purposes of 

20 the pilot project described in subsection (f)(5), the defini21 tion of ‘Indian country’ shall include— 

22 ‘‘(1) Alaska Native-owned Townsites, Allot23 ments, and former reservation lands acquired in fee 

24 by Alaska Native Village Corporations pursuant to 

25 the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
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1 33) and other lands transferred in fee to Native vil2 lages; and 

3 ‘‘(2) all lands within any Alaska Native village 

4 with a population that is at least 75 percent Alaska 

5 Native.’’. 

6 SEC. 904. ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

7 Beginning in the first fiscal year after the date of 

8 enactment of this title, and annually thereafter, the Attor9 ney General and the Secretary of the Interior shall jointly 

10 prepare and submit a report, to the Committee on Indian 

11 Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 

12 and the Committee on Natural Resources and the Com13 mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, 

14 that— 

15 (1) includes known statistics on missing and 

16 murdered Indian women in the United States, in17 cluding statistics relating to incidents of sexual 

18 abuse or sexual assault suffered by the victims; and 

19 (2) provides recommendations regarding how to 

20 improve data collection on missing and murdered In21 dian women. 

22 SEC. 905. REPORT ON THE RESPONSE OF LAW ENFORCE23 MENT AGENCIES TO REPORTS OF MISSING 

24 OR MURDERED INDIANS. 

25 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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1 (1) COVERED DATABASE.—The term ‘‘covered 

2 database’’ means— 

3 (A) the database of the National Crime In4 formation Center; 

5 (B) the Combined DNA Index System; 

6 (C) the Next Generation Identification 

7 System; and 

8 (D) any other database or system of a law 

9 enforcement agency under which a report of a 

10 missing or murdered Indian may be submitted, 

11 including— 

12 (i) the Violent Criminal Apprehension 

13 Program; or 

14 (ii) the National Missing and Uniden15 tified Persons System. 

16 (2) INDIAN.—The term ‘‘Indian’’ has the mean17 ing given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self18 Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 

19 U.S.C. 5304). 

20 (3) INDIAN COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘Indian coun21 try’’ has the meaning given the term in section 1151 

22 of title 18, United States Code. 

23 (4) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—The term 

24 ‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means a Federal, State, 

25 local, or Tribal law enforcement agency. 
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1 (5) MISSING OR MURDERED INDIAN.—The term 

2 ‘‘missing or murdered Indian’’ means any Indian 

3 who is— 

4 (A) reported missing in Indian country or 

5 any other location; or 

6 (B) murdered in Indian country or any 

7 other location. 

8 (6) NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘notifi9 cation system’’ means— 

10 (A) the Criminal Justice Information Net11 work; 

12 (B) the AMBER Alert communications 

13 network established under subtitle A of title III 

14 of the PROTECT Act (34 U.S.C. 20501 et 

15 seq.); and 

16 (C) any other system or public notification 

17 system that relates to a report of a missing or 

18 murdered Indian, including any State, local, or 

19 Tribal notification system. 

20 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

21 of enactment of this section, the Comptroller General of 

22 the United States shall submit to the Committee on Indian 

23 Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Re24 sources of the House of Representatives a comprehensive 

25 report that includes— 
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1 (1) a review of— 

2 (A) each law enforcement agency that has 

3 jurisdiction over missing or murdered Indians 

4 and the basis for that jurisdiction; 

5 (B) the response procedures, with respect 

6 to a report of a missing or murdered Indian, 

7 of— 

8 (i) the Federal Bureau of Investiga9 tion; 

10 (ii) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and 

11 (iii) any other Federal law enforce12 ment agency responsible for responding to 

13 or investigating a report of a missing or 

14 murdered Indian; 

15 (C) each covered database and notification 

16 system; 

17 (D) Federal interagency cooperation and 

18 notification policies and procedures related to 

19 missing or murdered Indians; 

20 (E) the requirements of each Federal law 

21 enforcement agency relating to notifying State, 

22 local, or Tribal law enforcement agencies after 

23 the Federal law enforcement agency receives a 

24 report of a missing or murdered Indian; and 
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1 (F) the public notification requirements of 

2 law enforcement agencies relating to missing or 

3 murdered Indians; 

4 (2) recommendations and best practices relating 

5 to improving cooperation between and response poli6 cies of law enforcement agencies relating to missing 

7 and murdered Indians; and 

8 (3) recommendations relating to— 

9 (A) improving how— 

10 (i) covered databases address in11 stances of missing or murdered Indians, 

12 including by improving access to, inte13 grating, and improving the sharing of in14 formation between covered databases; and 

15 (ii) notification systems address in16 stances of missing or murdered Indians, 

17 including by improving access to, inte18 grating, and improving the sharing of in19 formation between notification systems; 

20 (B) social, educational, economic, and any 

21 other factor that may contribute to an Indian 

22 becoming a missing or murdered Indian; and 

23 (C) legislation to reduce the likelihood that 

24 an Indian may become a missing or murdered 

25 Indian. 
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1 TITLE X—OFFICE ON VIOLENCE 

2 AGAINST WOMEN 

3 SEC. 1001. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE ON VIOLENCE 

4 AGAINST WOMEN. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE ON VIOLENCE

6 AGAINST WOMEN.—Section 2002 of title I of the Omnibus 

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

8 10442) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘a Violence 

10 Against Women Office’’ and inserting ‘‘an Office on 

11 Violence Against Women’’; 

12 (2) in subsection (b), by inserting after ‘‘within 

13 the Department of Justice’’ the following: ‘‘, not 

14 subsumed by any other office’’; 

15 (3) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘Violence 

16 Against Women Act of 1994 (title VI of Public Law 

17 103–322) and the Violence Against Women Act of 

18 2000 (division B of Public Law 106–386)’’ and in19 serting ‘‘Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (title 

20 VII of Public Law 103–322), the Violence Against 

21 Women Act of 2000 (division B of Public Law 106– 

22 386), the Violence Against Women and Department 

23 of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (title IX of 

24 Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3080), the Violence 

25 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public 
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1 Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54), and the Violence Against 

2 Women Reauthorization Act of 2019’’. 

3 (b) DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE ON VIOLENCE

4 AGAINST WOMEN.—Section 2003 of the Omnibus Crime 

5 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10443) 

6 is amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 2003. DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE ON VIOLENCE 

8 AGAINST WOMEN. 

9 ‘‘(a) APPOINTMENT.—The President, by and with the 

10 advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a Director 

11 for the Office on Violence Against Women (in this title 

12 referred to as the ‘Director’) to be responsible, under the 

13 general authority of the Attorney General, for the admin14 istration, coordination, and implementation of the pro15 grams and activities of the Office. 

16 ‘‘(b) OTHER EMPLOYMENT.—The Director shall 

17 not— 

18 ‘‘(1) engage in any employment other than that 

19 of serving as Director; or 

20 ‘‘(2) hold any office in, or act in any capacity 

21 for, any organization, agency, or institution with 

22 which the Office makes any contract or other agree23 ment under the Violence Against Women Act of 

24 1994 (title IV of Public Law 103–322), the Violence 

25 Against Women Act of 2000 (division B of Public 
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1 Law 106–386), the Violence Against Women and 

2 Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 

3 (title IX of Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3080), 

4 the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 

5 2013 (Public Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54), or the Vio6 lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019. 

7 ‘‘(c) VACANCY.—In the case of a vacancy, the Presi8 dent may designate an officer or employee who shall act 

9 as Director during the vacancy. 

10 ‘‘(d) COMPENSATION.—The Director shall be com11 pensated at a rate of pay not to exceed the rate payable 

12 for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 

13 of title 5, United States Code.’’. 

14 (c) DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTOR OF THE

15 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN.—Section 2004 

16 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

17 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10444) is amended to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 2004. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTOR OF THE 

19 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. 

20 ‘‘The Director shall have the following duties: 

21 ‘‘(1) Maintaining liaison with the judicial 

22 branches of the Federal and State Governments on 

23 matters relating to violence against women. 

24 ‘‘(2) Providing information to the President, 

25 the Congress, the judiciary, State, local, and tribal 
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1 governments, and the general public on matters re2 lating to violence against women. 

3 ‘‘(3) Serving, at the request of the Attorney 

4 General, as the representative of the Department of 

5 Justice on domestic task forces, committees, or com6 missions addressing policy or issues relating to vio7 lence against women. 

8 ‘‘(4) Serving, at the request of the President, 

9 acting through the Attorney General, as the rep10 resentative of the United States Government on 

11 human rights and economic justice matters related 

12 to violence against women in international fora, in13 cluding, but not limited to, the United Nations. 

14 ‘‘(5) Carrying out the functions of the Depart15 ment of Justice under the Violence Against Women 

16 Act of 1994 (title IV of Public Law 103–322), the 

17 Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (division B of 

18 Public Law 106–386), the Violence Against Women 

19 and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 

20 2005 (title IX of Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 

21 3080), the Violence Against Women Reauthorization 

22 Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54), and 

23 the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 

24 2019, including with respect to those functions— 
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1 ‘‘(A) the development of policy, protocols, 

2 and guidelines; 

3 ‘‘(B) the development and management of 

4 grant programs and other programs, and the 

5 provision of technical assistance under such 

6 programs; and 

7 ‘‘(C) the awarding and termination of 

8 grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts. 

9 ‘‘(6) Providing technical assistance, coordina10 tion, and support to— 

11 ‘‘(A) other components of the Department 

12 of Justice, in efforts to develop policy and to 

13 enforce Federal laws relating to violence against 

14 women, including the litigation of civil and 

15 criminal actions relating to enforcing such laws; 

16 ‘‘(B) other Federal, State, local, and tribal 

17 agencies, in efforts to develop policy, provide 

18 technical assistance, synchronize federal defini19 tions and protocols, and improve coordination 

20 among agencies carrying out efforts to elimi21 nate violence against women, including Indian 

22 or indigenous women; and 

23 ‘‘(C) grantees, in efforts to combat violence 

24 against women and to provide support and as25 sistance to victims of such violence. 
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1 ‘‘(7) Exercising such other powers and func2 tions as may be vested in the Director pursuant to 

3 this subchapter or by delegation of the Attorney 

4 General. 

5 ‘‘(8) Establishing such rules, regulations, guide6 lines, and procedures as are necessary to carry out 

7 any function of the Office.’’. 

8 (d) STAFF OF OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST

9 WOMEN.—Section 2005 of the Omnibus Crime Control 

10 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10445) is amend11 ed in the heading, by striking ‘‘VIOLENCE AGAINST

12 WOMEN OFFICE’’ and inserting ‘‘OFFICE ON VIO13 LENCE AGAINST WOMEN’’. 

14 (e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 121(a)(1) of 

15 the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice 

16 Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20124(a)(1)) is 

17 amended by striking ‘‘the Violence Against Women Of18 fice’’ and inserting ‘‘the Office on Violence Against 

19 Women’’. 

20 SEC. 1002. REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ON THE 

21 EFFECTS OF THE SHUTDOWN. 

22 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

23 of this title, the Attorney General shall submit a report 

24 to Congress on the effects of the Federal Government 

25 shutdown that lasted from December 22, 2018 to January 
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1 25, 2019, evaluating and detailing the extent of the effect 

2 of the shutdown on the ability of the Department of Jus3 tice to disperse funding and services under the Violence 

4 Against Women Act of 1994, the Violence Against Women 

5 and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005, 

6 and the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, to victims of do7 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk8 ing. 

9 TITLE XI—IMPROVING CONDI10 TIONS FOR WOMEN IN FED11 ERAL CUSTODY 

12 SEC. 1101. IMPROVING THE TREATMENT OF PRIMARY 

13 CARETAKER PARENTS AND OTHER INDIVID14 UALS IN FEDERAL PRISONS. 

15 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

16 ‘‘Ramona Brant Improvement of Conditions for Women 

17 in Federal Custody Act’’. 

18 (b) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 303 of title 18, United 

19 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘§ 4051. Treatment of primary caretaker parents and 

22 other individuals 

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

24 ‘‘(1) the term ‘correctional officer’ means a cor25 rectional officer of the Bureau of Prisons; 
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1 ‘‘(2) the term ‘covered institution’ means a 

2 Federal penal or correctional institution; 

3 ‘‘(3) the term ‘Director’ means the Director of 

4 the Bureau of Prisons; 

5 ‘‘(4) the term ‘post-partum recovery’ means the 

6 first 8-week period of post-partum recovery after 

7 giving birth; 

8 ‘‘(5) the term ‘primary caretaker parent’ has 

9 the meaning given the term in section 31903 of the 

10 Family Unity Demonstration Project Act (34 U.S.C. 

11 12242); 

12 ‘‘(6) the term ‘prisoner’ means an individual 

13 who is incarcerated in a Federal penal or correc14 tional institution, including a vulnerable person; and 

15 ‘‘(7) the term ‘vulnerable person’ means an in16 dividual who— 

17 ‘‘(A) is under 21 years of age or over 60 

18 years of age; 

19 ‘‘(B) is pregnant; 

20 ‘‘(C) identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, 

21 transgender, or intersex; 

22 ‘‘(D) is victim or witness of a crime; 

23 ‘‘(E) has filed a nonfrivolous civil rights 

24 claim in Federal or State court; 
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1 ‘‘(F) has a serious mental or physical ill2 ness or disability; or 

3 ‘‘(G) during the period of incarceration, 

4 has been determined to have experienced or to 

5 be experiencing severe trauma or to be the vic6 tim of gender-based violence— 

7 ‘‘(i) by any court or administrative ju8 dicial proceeding; 

9 ‘‘(ii) by any corrections official; 

10 ‘‘(iii) by the individual’s attorney or 

11 legal service provider; or 

12 ‘‘(iv) by the individual. 

13 ‘‘(b) GEOGRAPHIC PLACEMENT.— 

14 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—The Direc15 tor shall establish within the Bureau of Prisons an 

16 office that determines the placement of prisoners. 

17 ‘‘(2) PLACEMENT OF PRISONERS.—In deter18 mining the placement of a prisoner, the office estab19 lished under paragraph (1) shall— 

20 ‘‘(A) if the prisoner has children, place the 

21 prisoner as close to the children as possible; 

22 ‘‘(B) in deciding whether to assign a 

23 transgender or intersex prisoner to a facility for 

24 male or female prisoners, and in making other 

25 housing and programming assignments, con-
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1 sider on a case-by-case basis whether a place2 ment would ensure the prisoner’s health and 

3 safety, including serious consideration of the 

4 prisoner’s own views with respect to their safe5 ty, and whether the placement would present 

6 management or security problems; and 

7 ‘‘(C) consider any other factor that the of8 fice determines to be appropriate. 

9 ‘‘(c) PROHIBITION ON PLACEMENT OF PREGNANT

10 PRISONERS OR PRISONERS IN POST-PARTUM RECOVERY

11 IN SEGREGATED HOUSING UNITS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) PLACEMENT IN SEGREGATED HOUSING

13 UNITS.—A covered institution may not place a pris14 oner who is pregnant or in post-partum recovery in 

15 a segregated housing unit unless the prisoner pre16 sents an immediate risk of harm to the prisoner or 

17 others. 

18 ‘‘(2) RESTRICTIONS.—Any placement of a pris19 oner described in subparagraph (A) in a segregated 

20 housing unit shall be limited and temporary. 

21 ‘‘(d) PARENTING CLASSES.—The Director shall pro22 vide parenting classes to each prisoner who is a primary 

23 caretaker parent, and such classes shall be made available 

24 to prisoners with limited English proficiency in compliance 

25 with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 
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1 ‘‘(e) TRAUMA SCREENING.—The Director shall pro2 vide training, including cultural competency training, to 

3 each correctional officer and each employee of the Bureau 

4 of Prisons who regularly interacts with prisoners, includ5 ing each instructor and health care professional, to enable 

6 those correctional officers and employees to— 

7 ‘‘(1) identify a prisoner who has a mental or 

8 physical health need relating to trauma the prisoner 

9 has experienced; and 

10 ‘‘(2) refer a prisoner described in paragraph (1) 

11 to the proper healthcare professional for treatment. 

12 ‘‘(f) INMATE HEALTH.— 

13 ‘‘(1) HEALTH CARE ACCESS.—The Director 

14 shall ensure that all prisoners receive adequate 

15 health care. 

16 ‘‘(2) HYGIENIC PRODUCTS.—The Director shall 

17 make essential hygienic products, including sham18 poo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, and any other hygien19 ic product that the Director determines appropriate, 

20 available without charge to prisoners. 

21 ‘‘(3) GYNECOLOGIST ACCESS.—The Director 

22 shall ensure that all prisoners have access to a gyne23 cologist as appropriate. 

24 ‘‘(g) USE OF SEX-APPROPRIATE CORRECTIONAL OF25 FICERS.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) REGULATIONS.—The Director shall make 

2 rules under which— 

3 ‘‘(A) a correctional officer may not conduct 

4 a strip search of a prisoner of the opposite sex 

5 unless— 

6 ‘‘(i) the prisoner presents a risk of 

7 immediate harm to the prisoner or others, 

8 and no other correctional officer of the 

9 same sex as the prisoner, or medical staff 

10 is available to assist; or 

11 ‘‘(ii) the prisoner has previously re12 quested that an officer of a different sex 

13 conduct searches; 

14 ‘‘(B) a correctional officer may not enter a 

15 restroom reserved for prisoners of the opposite 

16 sex unless— 

17 ‘‘(i) a prisoner in the restroom pre18 sents a risk of immediate harm to them19 selves or others; or 

20 ‘‘(ii) there is a medical emergency in 

21 the restroom and no other correctional offi22 cer of the appropriate sex is available to 

23 assist; 
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1 ‘‘(C) a transgender prisoner’s sex is deter2 mined according to the sex with which they 

3 identify; and 

4 ‘‘(D) a correctional officer may not search 

5 or physically examine a prisoner for the sole 

6 purpose of determining the prisoner’s genital 

7 status or sex. 

8 ‘‘(2) RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in 

9 paragraph (1) shall be construed to affect the re10 quirements under the Prison Rape Elimination Act 

11 of 2003 (42 U.S.C. 15601 et seq.).’’. 

12 (c) SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT.—Section 

13 3621(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 

14 adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(7) ELIGIBILITY OF PRIMARY CARETAKER

16 PARENTS AND PREGNANT WOMEN.—The Director of 

17 the Bureau of Prisons may not prohibit an eligible 

18 prisoner who is a primary caretaker parent (as de19 fined in section 4051) or pregnant from partici20 pating in a program of residential substance abuse 

21 treatment provided under paragraph (1) on the basis 

22 of a failure by the eligible prisoner, before being 

23 committed to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons, 

24 to disclose to any official of the Bureau of Prisons 

25 that the prisoner had a substance abuse problem on 
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1 or before the date on which the eligible prisoner was 

2 committed to the custody of the Bureau of Pris3 ons.’’. 

4 (d) IMPLEMENTATION DATE.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 

6 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 

7 the Bureau of Prisons shall implement this section 

8 and the amendments made by this section. 

9 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 

10 date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the 

11 Bureau of Prisons shall submit to the Committee on 

12 the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on 

13 the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a re14 port on the implementation of this section and the 

15 amendments made by this section. 

16 (e) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

17 The table of sections for chapter 303 of title 18, United 

18 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol19 lowing: 

‘‘4051. Treatment of primary caretaker parents and other individuals.’’. 

20 SEC. 1102. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY OF WOMEN. 

21 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

22 ‘‘Stop Infant Mortality And Recidivism Reduction Act’’ or 

23 the ‘‘SIMARRA Act’’. 

24 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 270 days after 

25 the date of the enactment of this section, the Director of 
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1 the Federal Bureau of Prisons (in this section referred 

2 to as the ‘‘Director’’) shall establish a pilot program (in 

3 this section referred to as the ‘‘Program’’) in accordance 

4 with this section to permit women incarcerated in Federal 

5 prisons and the children born to such women during incar6 ceration to reside together while the inmate serves a term 

7 of imprisonment in a separate housing wing of the prison. 

8 (c) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are 

9 to— 

10 (1) prevent infant mortality among infants born 

11 to incarcerated mothers and greatly reduce the trau12 ma and stress experienced by the unborn fetuses of 

13 pregnant inmates; 

14 (2) reduce the recidivism rates of federally in15 carcerated women and mothers, and enhance public 

16 safety by improving the effectiveness of the Federal 

17 prison system for women as a population with spe18 cial needs; 

19 (3) establish female offender risk and needs as20 sessment as the cornerstones of a more effective and 

21 efficient Federal prison system; 

22 (4) implement a validated post-sentencing risk 

23 and needs assessment system that relies on dynamic 

24 risk factors to provide Federal prison officials with 

25 a roadmap to address the pre- and post-natal needs 
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1 of Federal pregnant offenders, manage limited re2 sources, and enhance public safety; 

3 (5) perform regular outcome evaluations of the 

4 effectiveness of programs and interventions for fed5 erally incarcerated pregnant women and mothers to 

6 assure that such programs and interventions are evi7 dence-based and to suggest changes, deletions, and 

8 expansions based on the results of such evaluations; 

9 and 

10 (6) assist the Department of Justice to address 

11 the underlying cost structure of the Federal prison 

12 system and ensure that the Department can con13 tinue to run prison nurseries safely and securely 

14 without compromising the scope or quality of the 

15 Department’s critical health, safety and law enforce16 ment missions. 

17 (d) DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR OF BUREAU OF PRIS18 ONS.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall carry out 

20 this section in consultation with— 

21 (A) a licensed and board-certified gyne22 cologist or obstetrician; 

23 (B) the Director of the Administrative Of24 fice of the United States Courts; 
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1 (C) the Director of the Office of Probation 

2 and Pretrial Services; 

3 (D) the Director of the National Institute 

4 of Justice; and 

5 (E) the Secretary of Health and Human 

6 Services. 

7 (2) DUTIES.—The Director shall, in accordance 

8 with paragraph (3)— 

9 (A) develop an offender risk and needs as10 sessment system particular to the health and 

11 sensitivities of Federally incarcerated pregnant 

12 women and mothers in accordance with this 

13 subsection; 

14 (B) develop recommendations regarding re15 cidivism reduction programs and productive ac16 tivities in accordance with subsection (c); 

17 (C) conduct ongoing research and data 

18 analysis on— 

19 (i) the best practices relating to the 

20 use of offender risk and needs assessment 

21 tools particular to the health and sensitivi22 ties of federally incarcerated pregnant 

23 women and mothers; 

24 (ii) the best available risk and needs 

25 assessment tools particular to the health 
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1 and sensitivities of Federally incarcerated 

2 pregnant women and mothers and the level 

3 to which they rely on dynamic risk factors 

4 that could be addressed and changed over 

5 time, and on measures of risk of recidi6 vism, individual needs, and responsiveness 

7 to recidivism reduction programs; 

8 (iii) the most effective and efficient 

9 uses of such tools in conjunction with re10 cidivism reduction programs, productive 

11 activities, incentives, and rewards; and 

12 (iv) which recidivism reduction pro13 grams are the most effective— 

14 (I) for Federally incarcerated 

15 pregnant women and mothers classi16 fied at different recidivism risk levels; 

17 and 

18 (II) for addressing the specific 

19 needs of Federally incarcerated preg20 nant women and mothers; 

21 (D) on a biennial basis, review the system 

22 developed under subparagraph (A) and the rec23 ommendations developed under subparagraph 

24 (B), using the research conducted under sub25 paragraph (C), to determine whether any revi-
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1 sions or updates should be made, and if so, 

2 make such revisions or updates; 

3 (E) hold periodic meetings with the indi4 viduals listed in paragraph (1) at intervals to be 

5 determined by the Director; 

6 (F) develop tools to communicate par7 enting program availability and eligibility cri8 teria to each employee of the Bureau of Prisons 

9 and each pregnant inmate to ensure that each 

10 pregnant inmate in the custody of a Bureau of 

11 Prisons facility understands the resources avail12 able to such inmate; and 

13 (G) report to Congress in accordance with 

14 subsection (i). 

15 (3) METHODS.—In carrying out the duties 

16 under paragraph (2), the Director shall— 

17 (A) consult relevant stakeholders; and 

18 (B) make decisions using data that is 

19 based on the best available statistical and em20 pirical evidence. 

21 (e) ELIGIBILITY.—An inmate may apply to partici22 pate in the Program if the inmate— 

23 (1) is pregnant at the beginning of or during 

24 the term of imprisonment; and 
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1 (2) is in the custody or control of the Federal 

2 Bureau of Prisons. 

3 (f) PROGRAM TERMS.— 

4 (1) TERM OF PARTICIPATION.—To correspond 

5 with the purposes and goals of the Program to pro6 mote bonding during the critical stages of child de7 velopment, an eligible inmate selected for the Pro8 gram may participate in the Program, subject to 

9 subsection (g), until the earliest of— 

10 (A) the date that the inmate’s term of im11 prisonment terminates; 

12 (B) the date the infant fails to meet any 

13 medical criteria established by the Director or 

14 the Director’s designee along with a collective 

15 determination of the persons listed in sub16 section (d)(1); or 

17 (C) 30 months. 

18 (2) INMATE REQUIREMENTS.—For the duration 

19 of an inmate’s participation in the Program, the in20 mate shall agree to— 

21 (A) take substantive steps towards acting 

22 in the role of a parent or guardian to any child 

23 of that inmate; 

24 (B) participate in any educational or coun25 seling opportunities established by the Director, 
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1 including topics such as child development, par2 enting skills, domestic violence, vocational train3 ing, or substance abuse, as appropriate; 

4 (C) abide by any court decision regarding 

5 the legal or physical custody of the child; 

6 (D) transfer to the Federal Bureau of 

7 Prisons any child support payments for the in8 fant of the participating inmate from any per9 son or governmental entity; and 

10 (E) specify a person who has agreed to 

11 take at least temporary custody of the child if 

12 the inmate’s participation in the Program ter13 minates before the inmate’s release. 

14 (g) CONTINUITY OF CARE.—The Director shall take 

15 appropriate actions to prevent detachment or disruption 

16 of either an inmate’s or infant’s health and bonding-based 

17 well-being due to termination of the Program. 

18 (h) REPORTING.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months 

20 after the date of the enactment of this section and 

21 once each year thereafter for 5 years, the Director 

22 shall submit a report to the Congress with regards 

23 to progress in implementing the Program. 

24 (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 6 months 

25 after the termination of the Program, the Director 
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1 shall issue a final report to the Congress that con2 tains a detailed statement of the Director’s findings 

3 and conclusions, including recommendations for leg4 islation, administrative actions, and regulations the 

5 Director considers appropriate. 

6 (i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 

7 out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 

8 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 

9 SEC. 1103. RESEARCH AND REPORT ON WOMEN IN FED10 ERAL INCARCERATION. 

11 Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 

12 of this Act, and thereafter, every other year, the National 

13 Institutes of Justice, in consultation with the Bureau of 

14 Justice Statistics and the Bureau of Prisons (including 

15 the Women and Special Population Branch) shall prepare 

16 a report on the status of women in federal incarceration. 

17 Depending on the topic to be addressed, and the facility, 

18 data shall be collected from Bureau of Prisons personnel 

19 and a sample that is representative of the population of 

20 incarcerated women. The report shall include: 

21 (1) With regard to federal facilities wherein 

22 women are incarcerated— 

23 (A) responses by such women to questions 

24 from the Adverse Childhood Experience 

25 (ACES) questionnaire; 
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1 (B) demographic data of such women, in2 cluding sexual orientation and gender identity; 

3 (C) responses by such women to questions 

4 about the extent of exposure to sexual victim5 ization, sexual violence and domestic violence 

6 (both inside and outside of incarceration); 

7 (D) the number of such women were preg8 nant at the time that they entered incarcer9 ation; 

10 (E) the number of such women who have 

11 children age 18 or under, and if so, how many; 

12 and 

13 (F) the crimes for which such women are 

14 incarcerated and the length of their sentence. 

15 (2) With regard to all federal facilities where 

16 persons are incarcerated— 

17 (A) a list of best practices with respect to 

18 women’s incarceration and transition, including 

19 staff led programs, services and management 

20 practices (including making sanitary products 

21 readily available and easily accessible, and ac22 cess to and provision of healthcare); 

23 (B) the availability of trauma treatment at 

24 each facility (including number of beds, and 

25 number of trained staff); 
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1 (C) rates of serious mental illness broken 

2 down by gender and security level and a list of 

3 residential programs available by site; and 

4 (D) the availability of vocational education 

5 and a list of vocational programs provided by 

6 each facility. 

7 SEC. 1104. REENTRY PLANNING AND SERVICES FOR INCAR8 CERATED WOMEN. 

9 The Attorney General, in coordination with the Chief 

10 of U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services and the Director 

11 of the Bureau of Prisons (including Women and Special 

12 Population Branch), shall collaborate on a model of gen13 der responsive transition for incarcerated women, includ14 ing the development of a national standard on prevention 

15 with respect to domestic and sexual violence. In developing 

16 the model, the Chief and the Director shall consult with 

17 such experts within the federal government (including the 

18 Office on Violence Against Women of the Department of 

19 Justice) and in the victim service provider community (in20 cluding sexual and domestic violence and homelessness, 

21 job training and job placement service providers) as are 

22 necessary to the completion of a comprehensive plan. 

23 Issues addressed should include— 

24 (1) the development by the Bureau of Prisons 

25 of a contract for gender collaborative services; and 
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1 (2) identification by re-entry affairs coordina2 tors and responsive planning for the needs of re-en3 tering women with respect to— 

4 (A) housing, including risk of homeless5 ness; 

6 (B) previous exposure to and risk for do7 mestic and sexual violence; and 

8 (C) the need for parenting classes, assist9 ance securing childcare, or assistance in seeking 

10 or securing jobs that afford flexibility (as might 

11 be necessary in the re-entry, parenting or other 

12 contexts). 

13 TITLE XII—LAW ENFORCEMENT 

14 TOOLS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC 

15 SAFETY 

16 SEC. 1201. NOTIFICATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN17 CIES OF PROHIBITED PURCHASE OR AT18 TEMPTED PURCHASE OF A FIREARM. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the NICS Improvement 

20 Amendments Act of 2007 (18 U.S.C. 922 note) is amend21 ed 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 

5 check conducted by the National Instant Criminal Back6 ground Check System pursuant to the request of a li7 censed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer 

8 of firearms (as such terms are defined in section 921 of 

9 title 18, United States Code), which background check de10 termines that the receipt of a firearm by a person would 

11 violate subsection (g)(8), (g)(9), or (g)(10) of section 922 

12 of title 18, United States Code, and such determination 

13 is made after 3 business days have elapsed since the li14 censee contacted the System and a firearm has been trans15 ferred to that person, the System shall notify the law en16 forcement agencies described 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 

20 over the location from which the licensee contacted the 

21 system and the law enforcement agencies that have juris22 diction over the location of the residence of the person for 

23 which the background check was conducted, as follows: 

24 ‘‘(1) The field office of the Federal Bureau of 

25 Investigation. 

26 ‘‘(2) The local law enforcement agency. 
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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 

4 of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (18 

5 10 U.S.C. 922 note) is amended by inserting after the 

6 item relating to section 107 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 AUTHORI9 TIES. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United 

11 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 925A 

12 the following: 

13 ‘‘§ 925B. Reporting of background check denials to 

14 State, local, and tribal authorities 

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If the national instant criminal 

16 background check system established under section 103 

17 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. 

18 922 note) provides a notice pursuant to section 922(t) of 

19 this title that the receipt of a firearm by a person would 

20 violate subsection (g)(8), (g)(9), or (g)(10) of section 922 

21 of this title or State law, the Attorney General shall, in 

22 accordance with subsection (b) of this section— 

23 ‘‘(1) report to the law enforcement authorities 

24 of the State where the person sought to acquire the 
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1 firearm and, if different, the law enforcement au2 thorities 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 

12 enforcement authorities and, where practicable, 

13 State, tribal, or local prosecutors, in the jurisdiction 

14 where the firearm was sought and in the jurisdiction 

15 where the person resides. 

16 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORT.—A report is 

17 made in accordance with this subsection if the report is 

18 made within 24 hours after the provision of the notice de19 scribed in subsection (a), except that the making of the 

20 report may be delayed for so long as is necessary to avoid 

21 compromising an ongoing investigation. 

22 ‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sub23 section (a) shall be construed to require a report with re24 spect to a person to be made to the same State authorities 
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1 that originally issued the notice with respect to the per2 son.’’. 

3 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

4 for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item 

5 relating to section 925A the following: 

‘‘925B. Reporting of background check denials to State, local, and tribal authorities.’’. 

6 SEC. 1203. SPECIAL ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEYS AND 

7 CROSS-DEPUTIZED ATTORNEYS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United 

9 States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended 

10 by inserting after section 925B the following: 

11 ‘‘§ 925C. Special assistant U.S. attorneys and cross12 deputized attorneys 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to improve the enforce14 ment of paragraphs (8), (9), and (10) of section 922(g), 

15 the Attorney General may— 

16 ‘‘(1) appoint, in accordance with section 543 of 

17 title 28, qualified State, tribal, territorial and local 

18 prosecutors and qualified attorneys working for the 

19 United States government to serve as special assist20 ant United States attorneys for the purpose of pros21 ecuting violations of such paragraphs; 

22 ‘‘(2) deputize State, tribal, territorial and local 

23 law enforcement officers for the purpose of enhanc24 ing the capacity of the agents of the Bureau of Alco-
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1 hol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives in respond2 ing to and investigating violations of such para3 graphs; and 

4 ‘‘(3) establish, in order to receive and expedite 

5 requests for assistance from State, tribal, territorial 

6 and local law enforcement agencies responding to in7 timate partner violence cases where such agencies 

8 have probable cause to believe that the offenders 

9 may be in violation of such paragraphs, points of 

10 contact within— 

11 ‘‘(A) each Field Division of the Bureau of 

12 Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(B) each District Office of the United 

15 States Attorneys. 

16 ‘‘(b) IMPROVE INTIMATE PARTNER AND PUBLIC

17 SAFETY.—The Attorney General shall— 

18 ‘‘(1) identify no less than 75 jurisdictions 

19 among States, territories and tribes where there are 

20 high rates of firearms violence and threats of fire21 arms violence against intimate partners and other 

22 persons protected under paragraphs (8), (9), and 

23 (10) of section 922(g) and where local authorities 

24 lack the resources to address such violence; and 
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1 ‘‘(2) make such appointments as described in 

2 subsection (a) in jurisdictions where enhanced en3 forcement of such paragraphs is necessary to reduce 

4 firearms homicide and injury rates. 

5 ‘‘(c) QUALIFIED DEFINED.—For purposes of this 

6 section, the term ‘qualified’ means, with respect to an at7 torney, that the attorney is a licensed attorney in good 

8 standing with any relevant licensing authority.’’. 

9 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

10 for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item 

11 relating to section 925B the following: 

‘‘925C. Special assistant U.S. attorneys and cross-deputized attorneys.’’. 

12 TITLE XIII—CLOSING THE LAW 

13 ENFORCEMENT CONSENT 

14 LOOPHOLE 

15 SEC. 1301. SHORT TITLE. 

16 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Closing the Law En17 forcement Consent Loophole Act of 2019’’. 

18 SEC. 1302. PROHIBITION ON ENGAGING IN SEXUAL ACTS 

19 WHILE ACTING UNDER COLOR OF LAW. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2243 of title 18, United 

21 States Code, is amended— 

22 (1) in the section heading, by adding at the end 

23 the following: ‘‘or by any person acting 

24 under color of law’’; 
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1 (2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

2 subsections (d) and (e), respectively; 

3 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(c) OF AN INDIVIDUAL BY ANY PERSON ACTING

6 UNDER COLOR OF LAW.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Whoever, acting under 

8 color of law, knowingly engages in a sexual act with 

9 an individual, including an individual who is under 

10 arrest, in detention, or otherwise in the actual cus11 tody of any Federal law enforcement officer, shall be 

12 fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 15 

13 years, or both. 

14 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

15 ‘sexual act’ has the meaning given the term in sec16 tion 2246.’’; and 

17 (4) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by 

18 adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(3) In a prosecution under subsection (c), it is not 

20 a defense that the other individual consented to the sexual 

21 act.’’. 

22 (b) DEFINITION.—Section 2246 of title 18, United 

23 States Code, is amended— 

24 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

25 end; 
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1 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at 

2 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

3 (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(7) the term ‘Federal law enforcement officer’ 

6 has the meaning given the term in section 115.’’. 

7 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

8 for chapter 109A of title 18, United States Code, is 

9 amended by amending the item related to section 2243 

10 to read as follows: 

‘‘2243. Sexual abuse of a minor or ward or by any person acting under color 

of law.’’. 

11 SEC. 1303. INCENTIVES FOR STATES. 

12 (a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—The Attorney 

13 General is authorized to make grants to States that have 

14 in effect a law that— 

15 (1) makes it a criminal offense for any person 

16 acting under color of law of the State to engage in 

17 a sexual act with an individual, including an indi18 vidual who is under arrest, in detention, or otherwise 

19 in the actual custody of any law enforcement officer; 

20 and 

21 (2) prohibits a person charged with an offense 

22 described in paragraph (1) from asserting the con23 sent of the other individual as a defense. 
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1 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—A State that re2 ceives a grant under this section shall submit to the Attor3 ney General, on an annual basis, information on— 

4 (1) the number of reports made to law enforce5 ment agencies in that State regarding persons en6 gaging in a sexual act while acting under color of 

7 law during the previous year; and 

8 (2) the disposition of each case in which sexual 

9 misconduct by a person acting under color of law 

10 was reported during the previous year. 

11 (c) APPLICATION.—A State seeking a grant under 

12 this section shall submit an application to the Attorney 

13 General at such time, in such manner, and containing 

14 such information as the Attorney General may reasonably 

15 require, including information about the law described in 

16 subsection (a). 

17 (d) GRANT AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant to a 

18 State under this section shall be in an amount that is not 

19 greater than 10 percent of the average of the total amount 

20 of funding of the 3 most recent awards that the State re21 ceived under the following grant programs: 

22 (1) Part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con23 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10441 

24 et seq.) (commonly referred to as the ‘‘STOP Vio25 lence Against Women Formula Grant Program’’). 
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1 (2) Section 41601 of the Violence Against 

2 Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12511) (commonly 

3 referred to as the ‘‘Sexual Assault Services Pro4 gram’’). 

5 (e) GRANT TERM.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 

7 provide an increase in the amount provided to a 

8 State under the grant programs described in sub9 section (d) for a 2-year period. 

10 (2) RENEWAL.—A State that receives a grant 

11 under this section may submit an application for a 

12 renewal of such grant at such time, in such manner, 

13 and containing such information as the Attorney 

14 General may reasonably require. 

15 (3) LIMIT.—A State may not receive a grant 

16 under this section for more than 4 years. 

17 (f) USES OF FUNDS.—A State that receives a grant 

18 under this section shall use— 

19 (1) 25 percent of such funds for any of the per20 missible uses of funds under the grant program de21 scribed in paragraph (1) of subsection (d); and 

22 (2) 75 percent of such funds for any of the per23 missible uses of funds under the grant program de24 scribed in paragraph (2) of subsection (d). 
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1 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this chapter 

3 $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 

4 (h) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 

5 term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several States and the 

6 District of Columbia, Indian Tribes, and the Common7 wealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Vir8 gin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. 

9 SEC. 1304. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

10 (a) REPORT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Not later 

11 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and 

12 each year thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit 

13 to Congress a report containing— 

14 (1) the information required to be reported to 

15 the Attorney General under section 3(b); and 

16 (2) information on— 

17 (A) the number of reports made, during 

18 the previous year, to Federal law enforcement 

19 agencies regarding persons engaging in a sexual 

20 act while acting under color of law; and 

21 (B) the disposition of each case in which 

22 sexual misconduct by a person acting under 

23 color of law was reported. 

24 (b) REPORT BY GAO.—Not later than 1 year after 

25 the date of enactment of this Act, and each year there-
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1 after, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 

2 submit to Congress a report on any violations of section 

3 2243(c) of title 18, United States Code, as amended by 

4 section 2, committed during the 1-year period covered by 

5 the report. 

6 SEC. 1305. DEFINITION. 

7 In this title, the term ‘‘sexual act’’ has the meaning 

8 given the term in section 2246 of title 18, United States 

9 Code. 

10 TITLE XIV—OTHER MATTERS 

11 SEC. 1401. NATIONAL STALKER AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 

12 REDUCTION. 

13 Section 40603 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 

14 Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12402) is amended 

15 by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 

16 through 2024’’. 

17 SEC. 1402. FEDERAL VICTIM ASSISTANTS REAUTHORIZA18 TION. 

19 Section 40114 of the Violence Against Women Act 

20 of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) is amended to read as fol21 lows: 

22 ‘‘SEC. 40114. AUTHORIZATION FOR FEDERAL VICTIM’S 

23 COUNSELORS. 

24 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated for the 

25 United States Attorneys for the purpose of appointing vic-
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1 tim/witness counselors for the prosecution of sex crimes 

2 and domestic violence crimes where applicable (such as the 

3 District of Columbia), $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

4 2020 through 2024.’’. 

5 SEC. 1403. CHILD ABUSE TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR JUDI6 CIAL PERSONNEL AND PRACTITIONERS RE7 AUTHORIZATION. 

8 Section 224(a) of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (34 

9 U.S.C. 20334(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014 through 

10 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 

11 SEC. 1404. SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT. 

12 Section 40152(c) of the Violent Crime Control and 

13 Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12311(c)) is 

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

15 ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 

16 SEC. 1405. COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PRO17 GRAM. 

18 Section 219(a) of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (34 

19 U.S.C. 20324(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014 through 

20 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 

21 SEC. 1406. RAPE KIT BACKLOG. 

22 Section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination 

23 Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 40701) is amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (f)— 
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1 (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

2 the end; 

3 (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 

4 paragraph (3); and 

5 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(2) information on best practices for state and 

8 local governments to reduce the backlog of DNA evi9 dence’’; and 

10 (2) in subsection (j), by striking ‘‘2015 through 

11 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 

12 SEC. 1407. SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAM PROGRAM 

13 GRANTS. 

14 Section 304(d) of the DNA Sexual Assault Justice 

15 Act of 2004 (34 U.S.C. 40723(d)) is amended by striking 

16 ‘‘2015 through 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 

17 2024’’. 

18 SEC. 1408. REVIEW ON LINK BETWEEN SUBSTANCE USE 

19 AND VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DAT20 ING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALK21 ING. 

22 Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment 

23 of this Act, the Secretary of the Department of Health 

24 and Human Services shall complete a review and submit 

25 a report to Congress on whether being a victim of domestic 
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1 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking in2 creases the likelihood of having a substance use disorder. 

3 SEC. 1409. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP TO STUDY FED4 ERAL EFFORTS TO COLLECT DATA ON SEX5 UAL VIOLENCE. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

7 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen8 eral shall establish an interagency working group (in this 

9 section referred to as the ‘‘Working Group’’) to study Fed10 eral efforts to collect data on sexual violence and to make 

11 recommendations on the harmonization of such efforts. 

12 (b) COMPOSITION.—The Working Group shall be 

13 comprised of at least one representative from the following 

14 agencies, who shall be selected by the head of that agency: 

15 (1) The Centers for Disease Control and Pre16 vention. 

17 (2) The Department of Education. 

18 (3) The Department of Health and Human 

19 Services. 

20 (4) The Department of Justice. 

21 (c) DUTIES.—The Working Group shall consider the 

22 following: 

23 (1) What activity constitutes different acts of 

24 sexual violence. 
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1 (2) Whether reports that use the same terms 

2 for acts of sexual violence are collecting the same 

3 data on these acts. 

4 (3) Whether the context which led to an act of 

5 sexual violence should impact how that act is ac6 counted for in reports. 

7 (4) Whether the data collected is presented in 

8 a way that allows the general public to understand 

9 what acts of sexual violence are included in each 

10 measurement. 

11 (5) Steps that agencies that compile reports re12 lating to sexual violence can take to avoid double 

13 counting incidents of sexual violence. 

14 (d) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 2 years 

15 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Working 

16 Group shall publish and submit to Congress a report on 

17 the following: 

18 (1) The activities of the Working Group. 

19 (2) Recommendations to harmonize Federal ef20 forts to collect data on sexual violence. 

21 (3) Actions Federal agencies can take to imple22 ment the recommendations described in paragraph 

23 (2). 
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1 (4) Recommendations for congressional action 

2 to implement the recommendations described in 

3 paragraph (2). 

4 (e) TERMINATION.—The Working Group shall termi5 nate 30 days after the date on which the report is sub6 mitted pursuant to subsection (d). 

7 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) HARMONIZE.—The term ‘‘harmonize’’ in9 cludes efforts to coordinate sexual violence data col10 lection to produce complementary information, as 

11 appropriate, without compromising programmatic 

12 needs. 

13 (2) SEXUAL VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘sexual vio14 lence’’ includes an unwanted sexual act (including 

15 both contact and non-contact) about which the Fed16 eral Government collects information. 

17 SEC. 1410. NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE. 

18 Not later than 3 months after the date of enactment 

19 of this Act, a national domestic violence hotline for which 

20 a grant is provided under section 313 of the Family Vio21 lence Prevention and Services Act shall include the vol22 untary feature of texting via telephone to ensure all meth23 ods of communication are available for victims and those 

24 seeking assistance. 
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1 SEC. 1411. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING COMPLI2 ANCE WITH IMMIGRATION LAWS. 

3 Nothing in this Act, or in any amendments made by 

4 this Act, shall affect the obligation to fully comply with 

5 the immigration laws. 

6 TITLE XV—CYBERCRIME 

7 ENFORCEMENT 

8 SEC. 1501. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS FOR EN9 FORCEMENT OF CYBERCRIMES. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap11 propriations, the Attorney General shall award grants 

12 under this section to States and units of local government 

13 for the prevention, enforcement, and prosecution of 

14 cybercrimes against individuals. 

15 (b) APPLICATION.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—To request a grant under 

17 this section, the chief executive officer of a State or 

18 unit of local government shall submit an application 

19 to the Attorney General within 90 days after the 

20 date on which funds to carry out this section are ap21 propriated for a fiscal year, in such form as the At22 torney General may require. Such application shall 

23 include the following: 

24 (A) A certification that Federal funds 

25 made available under this section will not be 

26 used to supplant State or local funds, but will 
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1 be used to increase the amounts of such funds 

2 that would, in the absence of Federal funds, be 

3 made available for law enforcement activities. 

4 (B) An assurance that, not fewer than 30 

5 days before the application (or any amendment 

6 to the application) was submitted to the Attor7 ney General, the application (or amendment) 

8 was submitted for review to the governing body 

9 of the State or unit of local government (or to 

10 an organization designated by that governing 

11 body). 

12 (C) An assurance that, before the applica13 tion (or any amendment to the application) was 

14 submitted to the Attorney General— 

15 (i) the application (or amendment) 

16 was made public; and 

17 (ii) an opportunity to comment on the 

18 application (or amendment) was provided 

19 to citizens and to neighborhood or commu20 nity-based organizations, to the extent ap21 plicable law or established procedure 

22 makes such an opportunity available. 

23 (D) An assurance that, for each fiscal year 

24 covered by an application, the applicant shall 

25 maintain and report such data, records, and in-
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1 formation (programmatic and financial) as the 

2 Attorney General may reasonably require. 

3 (E) A certification, made in a form accept4 able to the Attorney General and executed by 

5 the chief executive officer of the applicant (or 

6 by another officer of the applicant, if qualified 

7 under regulations promulgated by the Attorney 

8 General), that— 

9 (i) the programs to be funded by the 

10 grant meet all the requirements of this sec11 tion; 

12 (ii) all the information contained in 

13 the application is correct; 

14 (iii) there has been appropriate co15 ordination with affected agencies; and 

16 (iv) the applicant will comply with all 

17 provisions of this section and all other ap18 plicable Federal laws. 

19 (F) A certification that the State or in the 

20 case of a unit of local government, the State in 

21 which the unit of local government is located, 

22 has in effect criminal laws which prohibit 

23 cybercrimes against individuals. 

24 (G) A certification that any equipment de25 scribed in subsection (c)(7) purchased using 
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1 grant funds awarded under this section will be 

2 used primarily for investigations and forensic 

3 analysis of evidence in matters involving 

4 cybercrimes against individuals. 

5 (c) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec6 tion may only be used for programs that provide— 

7 (1) training for State or local law enforcement 

8 personnel relating to cybercrimes against individuals, 

9 including— 

10 (A) training such personnel to identify and 

11 protect victims of cybercrimes against individ12 uals; 

13 (B) training such personnel to utilize Fed14 eral, State, local, and other resources to assist 

15 victims of cybercrimes against individuals; 

16 (C) training such personnel to identify and 

17 investigate cybercrimes against individuals; 

18 (D) training such personnel to enforce and 

19 utilize the laws that prohibit cybercrimes 

20 against individuals; 

21 (E) training such personnel to utilize tech22 nology to assist in the investigation of 

23 cybercrimes against individuals and enforce24 ment of laws that prohibit such crimes; and 
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1 (F) the payment of overtime incurred as a 

2 result of such training; 

3 (2) training for State or local prosecutors, 

4 judges, and judicial personnel, relating to 

5 cybercrimes against individuals, including— 

6 (A) training such personnel to identify, in7 vestigate, prosecute, or adjudicate cybercrimes 

8 against individuals; 

9 (B) training such personnel to utilize laws 

10 that prohibit cybercrimes against individuals; 

11 (C) training such personnel to utilize Fed12 eral, State, local, and other resources to assist 

13 victims of cybercrimes against individuals; and 

14 (D) training such personnel to utilize tech15 nology to assist in the prosecution or adjudica16 tion of acts of cybercrimes against individuals, 

17 including the use of technology to protect vic18 tims of such crimes; 

19 (3) training for State or local emergency dis20 patch personnel relating to cybercrimes against indi21 viduals, including— 

22 (A) training such personnel to identify and 

23 protect victims of cybercrimes against individ24 uals; 
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1 (B) training such personnel to utilize Fed2 eral, State, local, and other resources to assist 

3 victims of cybercrimes against individuals; 

4 (C) training such personnel to utilize tech5 nology to assist in the identification of and re6 sponse to cybercrimes against individuals; and 

7 (D) the payment of overtime incurred as a 

8 result of such training; 

9 (4) assistance to State or local law enforcement 

10 agencies in enforcing laws that prohibit cybercrimes 

11 against individuals, including expenses incurred in 

12 performing enforcement operations, such as overtime 

13 payments; 

14 (5) assistance to State or local law enforcement 

15 agencies in educating the public in order to prevent, 

16 deter, and identify violations of laws that prohibit 

17 cybercrimes against individuals; 

18 (6) assistance to State or local law enforcement 

19 agencies to establish task forces that operate solely 

20 to conduct investigations, forensic analyses of evi21 dence, and prosecutions in matters involving 

22 cybercrimes against individuals; 

23 (7) assistance to State or local law enforcement 

24 and prosecutors in acquiring computers, computer 

25 equipment, and other equipment necessary to con-
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1 duct investigations and forensic analysis of evidence 

2 in matters involving cybercrimes against individuals, 

3 including expenses incurred in the training, mainte4 nance, or acquisition of technical updates necessary 

5 for the use of such equipment for the duration of a 

6 reasonable period of use of such equipment; 

7 (8) assistance in the facilitation and promotion 

8 of sharing, with State and local law enforcement of9 ficers and prosecutors, of the expertise and informa10 tion of Federal law enforcement agencies about the 

11 investigation, analysis, and prosecution of matters 

12 involving laws that prohibit cybercrimes against indi13 viduals, including the use of multijurisdictional task 

14 forces; or 

15 (9) assistance to State and local law enforce16 ment and prosecutors in processing interstate extra17 dition requests for violations of laws involving 

18 cybercrimes against individuals, including expenses 

19 incurred in the extradition of an offender from one 

20 State to another. 

21 (d) REPORT TO THE SECRETARY.—On the date that 

22 is 1 year after the date on which a State or unit of local 

23 government receives a grant under this section, and annu24 ally thereafter, the chief executive of such State or unit 
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1 of local government shall submit to the Attorney General 

2 a report which contains— 

3 (1) a summary of the activities carried out dur4 ing the previous year with any grant received by 

5 such State or unit of local government; 

6 (2) an evaluation of the results of such activi7 ties; and 

8 (3) such other information as the Attorney 

9 General may reasonably require. 

10 (e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Novem11 ber 1 of each even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney 

12 General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 

13 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

14 the Judiciary of the Senate a report that contains a com15 pilation of the information contained in the report sub16 mitted under subsection (d). 

17 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

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

20 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 

21 (2) LIMITATION.—Of the amount made avail22 able under paragraph (1) in any fiscal year, not 

23 more than 5 percent may be used for evaluation, 

24 monitoring, technical assistance, salaries, and ad25 ministrative expenses. 
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1 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 (1) The term ‘‘cybercrimes against individuals’’ 

3 means the criminal offenses applicable in the rel4 evant State or unit of local government that involve 

5 the use of a computer to cause personal harm to an 

6 individual, such as the use of a computer to harass, 

7 threaten, stalk, extort, coerce, cause fear, intimidate, 

8 without consent distribute intimate images of, or vio9 late the privacy of, an individual, except that— 

10 (A) use of a computer need not be an ele11 ment of such an offense; and 

12 (B) such term does not include the use of 

13 a computer to cause harm to a commercial enti14 ty, government agency, or any non-natural per15 sons. 

16 (2) The term ‘‘computer’’ includes a computer 

17 network and an interactive electronic device. 

18 SEC. 1502. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER GRANT. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap20 propriations, the Attorney General shall award a grant 

21 under this section to an eligible entity for the purpose of 

22 the establishment and maintenance of a National Re23 source Center on Cybercrimes Against Individuals to pro24 vide resource information, training, and technical assist25 ance to improve the capacity of individuals, organizations, 
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1 governmental entities, and communities to prevent, en2 force, and prosecute cybercrimes against individuals. 

3 (b) APPLICATION.—To request a grant under this 

4 section, an eligible entity shall submit an application to 

5 the Attorney General not later than 90 days after the date 

6 on which funds to carry out this section are appropriated 

7 for fiscal year 2020 in such form as the Attorney General 

8 may require. Such application shall include the following: 

9 (1) An assurance that, for each fiscal year cov10 ered by an application, the applicant shall maintain 

11 and report such data, records, and information (pro12 grammatic and financial) as the Attorney General 

13 may reasonably require. 

14 (2) A certification, made in a form acceptable 

15 to the Attorney General, that— 

16 (A) the programs funded by the grant 

17 meet all the requirements of this section; 

18 (B) all the information contained in the 

19 application is correct; and 

20 (C) the applicant will comply with all pro21 visions of this section and all other applicable 

22 Federal laws. 

23 (c) USE OF FUNDS.—The eligible entity awarded a 

24 grant under this section shall use such amounts for the 
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1 establishment and maintenance of a National Resource 

2 Center on Cybercrimes Against Individuals, which shall— 

3 (1) offer a comprehensive array of technical as4 sistance and training resources to Federal, State, 

5 and local governmental agencies, community-based 

6 organizations, and other professionals and interested 

7 parties, related to cybercrimes against individuals, 

8 including programs and research related to victims; 

9 (2) maintain a resource library which shall col10 lect, prepare, analyze, and disseminate information 

11 and statistics related to— 

12 (A) the incidence of cybercrimes against 

13 individuals; 

14 (B) the enforcement, and prosecution of 

15 laws relating to cybercrimes against individuals; 

16 and 

17 (C) the provision of supportive services and 

18 resources for victims of cybercrimes against in19 dividuals; and 

20 (3) conduct research related to— 

21 (A) the causes of cybercrimes against indi22 viduals; 

23 (B) the effect of cybercrimes against indi24 viduals on victims of such crimes; and 
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1 (C) model solutions to prevent or deter 

2 cybercrimes against individuals or to enforce 

3 the laws relating to cybercrimes against individ4 uals. 

5 (d) DURATION OF GRANT.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The grant awarded under 

7 this section shall be awarded for a period of 5 years. 

8 (2) RENEWAL.—A grant under this section may 

9 be renewed for additional 5-year periods if the At10 torney General determines that the funds made 

11 available to the recipient were used in a manner de12 scribed in subsection (c), and if the recipient resub13 mits an application described in subsection (b) in 

14 such form, and at such time as the Attorney General 

15 may reasonably require. 

16 (e) SUBGRANTS.—The eligible entity awarded a grant 

17 under this section may make subgrants to other nonprofit 

18 private organizations with relevant subject matter exper19 tise in order to establish and maintain the National Re20 source Center on Cybercrimes Against Individuals in ac21 cordance with subsection (c). 

22 (f) REPORT TO THE SECRETARY.—On the date that 

23 is 1 year after the date on which an eligible entity receives 

24 a grant under this section, and annually thereafter for the 
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1 duration of the grant period, the entity shall submit to 

2 the Attorney General a report which contains— 

3 (1) a summary of the activities carried out 

4 under the grant program during the previous year; 

5 (2) an evaluation of the results of such activi6 ties; and 

7 (3) such other information as the Attorney 

8 General may reasonably require. 

9 (g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Novem10 ber 1 of each even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney 

11 General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 

12 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

13 the Judiciary of the Senate a report that contains a com14 pilation of the information contained in the report sub15 mitted under subsection (d). 

16 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

17 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

18 $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 

19 (i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 (1) CYBERCRIMES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS.—The 

21 term ‘‘cybercrimes against individuals’’ has the 

22 meaning given such term in section 1501(g). 

23 (2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti24 ty’’ means a nonprofit private organization that fo25 cuses on cybercrimes against individuals and that— 
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1 (A) provides documentation to the Attor2 ney General demonstrating experience working 

3 directly on issues of cybercrimes against indi4 viduals; and 

5 (B) includes on the entity’s advisory board 

6 representatives who have a documented history 

7 of working directly on issues of cybercrimes 

8 against individuals and who are geographically 

9 and culturally diverse. 

10 SEC. 1503. NATIONAL STRATEGY, CLASSIFICATION, AND RE11 PORTING ON CYBERCRIME. 

12 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

13 (1) COMPUTER.—The term ‘‘computer’’ in14 cludes a computer network and any interactive elec15 tronic device. 

16 (2) CYBERCRIME AGAINST INDIVIDUALS.—The 

17 term ‘‘cybercrime against individuals’’ means a Fed18 eral, State, or local criminal offense that involves the 

19 use of a computer to cause personal harm to an in20 dividual, such as the use of a computer to harass, 

21 threaten, stalk, extort, coerce, cause fear, intimidate, 

22 without consent distribute intimate images of, or vio23 late the privacy of, an individual, except that— 

24 (A) use of a computer need not be an ele25 ment of the offense; and 
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1 (B) the term does not include the use of a 

2 computer to cause harm to a commercial entity, 

3 government agency, or non-natural person. 

4 (b) NATIONAL STRATEGY.—The Attorney General 

5 shall develop a national strategy to— 

6 (1) reduce the incidence of cybercrimes against 

7 individuals; 

8 (2) coordinate investigations of cybercrimes 

9 against individuals by Federal law enforcement 

10 agencies; and 

11 (3) increase the number of Federal prosecutions 

12 of cybercrimes against individuals. 

13 (c) CLASSIFICATION OF CYBERCRIMES AGAINST IN14 DIVIDUALS FOR PURPOSES OF CRIME REPORTS.—In ac15 cordance with the authority of the Attorney General under 

16 section 534 of title 28, United States Code, the Director 

17 of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall— 

18 (1) design and create within the Uniform Crime 

19 Reports a category for offenses that constitute 

20 cybercrimes against individuals; 

21 (2) to the extent feasible, within the category 

22 established under paragraph (1), establish subcat23 egories for each type of cybercrime against individ24 uals that is an offense under Federal or State law; 
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1 (3) classify the category established under para2 graph (1) as a Part I crime in the Uniform Crime 

3 Reports; and 

4 (4) classify each type of cybercrime against in5 dividuals that is an offense under Federal or State 

6 law as a Group A offense for the purpose of the Na7 tional Incident-Based Reporting System. 

8 (d) ANNUAL SUMMARY.—The Attorney General shall 

9 publish an annual summary of the information reported 

10 in the Uniform Crime Reports and the National Incident11 Based Reporting System relating to cybercrimes against 

12 individuals. 

Passed the House of Representatives April 4, 2019. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1585 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 

1994, and for other purposes.