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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 11 

To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 22, 2013 

Ms. MOORE (for herself, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. BASS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BERA

of California, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. 

BONAMICI, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BRALEY of 

Iowa, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. 

BUSTOS, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. 

CARSON of Indiana, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mrs. 

CHRISTENSEN, Ms. CHU, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. CLAY, Mr. 

CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. COSTA, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. 

CUMMINGS, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, 

Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. DELANEY, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. 

DEUTCH, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. DOYLE, Ms. DUCKWORTH, 

Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. ENYART, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. 

ESTY, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. FARR, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. 

FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. GARCIA, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. HAHN, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. HECK

of Washington, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. HIMES, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. HOLT, Mr. 

HONDA, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. 

JEFFRIES, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of 

Georgia, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KILMER, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, 

Ms. KUSTER, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. LARSON

of Connecticut, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. 

LOEBSACK, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. BEN RAY

LUJA ́N of New Mexico, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, 

Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MAFFEI, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. 

MARKEY, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. MCCOLLUM, 

Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MENG, Mr. 

MICHAUD, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. MORAN, Mr. MURPHY

of Florida, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mrs. NEGRETE MCLEOD, 

Mr. NOLAN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PALLONE, 

Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PETERS of Michigan, Mr. PIERLUISI, Ms. PINGREE

of Maine, Mr. POCAN, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. 

RANGEL, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. 

SABLAN, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ

of California, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. 


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SCHNEIDER, Mr. SCHRADER, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. 

SIRES, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. 

TAKANO, Ms. TITUS, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. 

VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. WATERS, Mr. WAXMAN, 

Mr. WELCH, Ms. WILSON of Florida, and Mr. YARMUTH) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 

in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and 

the Workforce, Financial Services, and Natural Resources, for a period 

to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Women Reauthorization Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. Universal definitions and grant conditions. 

Sec. 4. Effective date. 

TITLE I—ENHANCING JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOLS 

TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 

Sec. 101. Stop grants. 

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

Sec. 103. Legal assistance for victims. 

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

Sec. 105. Sex offender management. 

Sec. 106. Court-appointed special advocate program. 

Sec. 107. Criminal provision relating to stalking, including cyberstalking. 

Sec. 108. Outreach and services to underserved populations grant. 


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Sec. 109. Culturally specific services grant. 

TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC 

VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING 

Sec. 201. Sexual assault services program. 

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

child abuse enforcement assistance. 

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

grants. 

Sec. 204. Enhanced training and services to end abuse in later life. 

TITLE III—SERVICES, PROTECTION, AND JUSTICE FOR YOUNG 

VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE 

Sec. 301. Rape prevention and education grant. 

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

children and youth. 

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

Sec. 304. Campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking education and prevention. 

TITLE IV—VIOLENCE REDUCTION PRACTICES 

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

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

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

ASSAULT, AND STALKING 

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

stalking. 

TITLE VI—SAFE HOMES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 

DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING 

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

sexual assault, and stalking. 

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

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

violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

TITLE VII—ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE 

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

of domestic and sexual violence. 

TITLE VIII—PROTECTION OF BATTERED IMMIGRANTS 

Sec. 801. U nonimmigrant definition. 

Sec. 802. Annual report on immigration applications made by victims of abuse. 

Sec. 803. Protection for children of VAWA self-petitioners. 

Sec. 804. Public charge. 

Sec. 805. Requirements applicable to U visas. 

Sec. 806. Hardship waivers. 


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Sec. 807. Protections for a fiance ́e or fiance ́ of a citizen. 

Sec. 808. Regulation of international marriage brokers. 

Sec. 809. Eligibility of crime and trafficking victims in the Commonwealth of 

the Northern Mariana Islands to adjust status. 

Sec. 810. Disclosure of information for national security purposes. 

TITLE IX—SAFETY FOR INDIAN WOMEN 

Sec. 901. Grants to Indian tribal governments. 

Sec. 902. Grants to Indian tribal coalitions. 

Sec. 903. Consultation. 

Sec. 904. Tribal jurisdiction over crimes of domestic violence. 

Sec. 905. Tribal protection orders. 

Sec. 906. Amendments to the Federal assault statute. 

Sec. 907. Analysis and research on violence against Indian women. 

Sec. 908. Effective dates; pilot project. 

Sec. 909. Indian law and order commission; Report on the Alaska Rural Justice and Law Enforcement Commission. 

Sec. 910. Limitation. 

TITLE X—SAFER ACT 

Sec. 1001. Short title. 

Sec. 1002. Debbie Smith grants for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs. 

Sec. 1003. Reports to congress. 

Sec. 1004. Reducing the rape kit backlog. 

Sec. 1005. Oversight and accountability. 

Sec. 1006. Sunset. 

TITLE XI—OTHER MATTERS 

Sec. 1101. Sexual abuse in custodial settings. 

Sec. 1102. Anonymous online harassment. 

Sec. 1103. Stalker database. 

Sec. 1104. Federal victim assistants reauthorization. 

Sec. 1105. Child abuse training programs for judicial personnel and practitioners reauthorization. 

1 SEC. 3. UNIVERSAL DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS. 

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

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

4 13925(a)) is amended— 

5 (1) by striking paragraphs (5), (17), (18), (23), 

6 (29), (33), (36), and (37); 

7 (2) by redesignating— 

8 (A) paragraphs (34) and (35) as para9 graphs (41) and (42), respectively; 


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1 (B) paragraphs (30), (31), and (32) as 

2 paragraphs (36), (37), and (38), respectively; 

3 (C) paragraphs (24) through (28) as para4 graphs (30) through (34), respectively; 

5 (D) paragraphs (21) and (22) as para6 graphs (26) and (27), respectively; 

7 (E) paragraphs (19) and (20) as para8 graphs (23) and (24), respectively; 

9 (F) paragraphs (10) through (16) as para10 graphs (13) through (19), respectively; 

11 (G) paragraphs (6), (7), (8), and (9) as 

12 paragraphs (8), (9), (10), and (11), respec13 tively; and 

14 (H) paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) as 

15 paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5), respectively; 

16 (3) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redes17 ignated, the following: 

18 ‘‘(1) ALASKA NATIVE VILLAGE.—The term 

19 ‘Alaska Native village’ has the same meaning given 

20 such term in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

21 Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).’’; 

22 (4) in paragraph (3), as redesignated, by strik23 ing ‘‘serious harm.’’ and inserting ‘‘serious harm to 

24 an unemancipated minor.’’; 


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1 (5) in paragraph (4), as redesignated, by strik2 ing ‘‘The term’’ through ‘‘that—’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘The term ‘community-based organization’ means a 

4 nonprofit, nongovernmental, or tribal organization 

5 that serves a specific geographic community that— 

6 ’’; 

7 (6) by inserting after paragraph (5), as redesig8 nated, the following: 

9 ‘‘(6) CULTURALLY SPECIFIC.—The term ‘cul10 turally specific’ means primarily directed toward ra11 cial and ethnic minority groups (as defined in sec12 tion 1707(g) of the Public Health Service Act (42 

13 U.S.C. 300u–6(g))). 

14 ‘‘(7) CULTURALLY SPECIFIC SERVICES.—The 

15 term ‘culturally specific services’ means community16 based services that include culturally relevant and 

17 linguistically specific services and resources to cul18 turally specific communities.’’; 

19 (7) in paragraph (8), as redesignated, by insert20 ing ‘‘or intimate partner’’ after ‘‘former spouse’’ and 

21 ‘‘as a spouse’’; 

22 (8) by inserting after paragraph (11), as redes23 ignated, the following: 

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

25 the meaning provided in section 41403(6).’’; 


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1 (9) in paragraph (18), as redesignated, by in2 serting ‘‘or Village Public Safety Officers’’ after 

3 ‘‘governmental victim services programs’’; 

4 (10) in paragraph (19), as redesignated, by in5 serting at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘Intake or referral, by itself, does not constitute 

7 legal assistance.’’; 

8 (11) by inserting after paragraph (19), as re9 designated, the following: 

10 ‘‘(20) PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION

11 OR PERSONAL INFORMATION.—The term ‘personally 

12 identifying information’ or ‘personal information’ 

13 means individually identifying information for or 

14 about an individual including information likely to 

15 disclose the location of a victim of domestic violence, 

16 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, regard17 less of whether the information is encoded, 

18 encrypted, hashed, or otherwise protected, includ19 ing— 

20 ‘‘(A) a first and last name; 

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

22 ‘‘(C) contact information (including a post23 al, e-mail or Internet protocol address, or tele24 phone or facsimile number); 


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1 ‘‘(D) a social security number, driver li2 cense number, passport number, or student 

3 identification number; and 

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

5 of birth, racial or ethnic background, or reli6 gious affiliation, that would serve to identify 

7 any individual. 

8 ‘‘(21) POPULATION SPECIFIC ORGANIZATION.— 

9 The term ‘population specific organization’ means a 

10 nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that pri11 marily serves members of a specific underserved 

12 population and has demonstrated experience and ex13 pertise providing targeted services to members of 

14 that specific underserved population. 

15 ‘‘(22) POPULATION SPECIFIC SERVICES.—The 

16 term ‘population specific services’ means victim-cen17 tered services that address the safety, health, eco18 nomic, legal, housing, workplace, immigration, con19 fidentiality, or other needs of victims of domestic vi20 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, 

21 and that are designed primarily for and are targeted 

22 to a specific underserved population.’’; 

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

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1 (13) by inserting after paragraph (24), as re2 designated, the following: 

3 ‘‘(25) RAPE CRISIS CENTER.—The term ‘rape 

4 crisis center’ means a nonprofit, nongovernmental, 

5 or tribal organization, or governmental entity in a 

6 State other than a Territory that provides interven7 tion and related assistance, as specified in section 

8 41601(b)(2)(C), to victims of sexual assault without 

9 regard to their age. In the case of a governmental 

10 entity, the entity may not be part of the criminal 

11 justice system (such as a law enforcement agency) 

12 and must be able to offer a comparable level of con13 fidentiality as a nonprofit entity that provides simi14 lar victim services.’’; 

15 (14) in paragraph (26), as redesignated— 

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

17 after the semicolon; 

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

19 period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

20 (C) by inserting at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(C) any federally recognized Indian 

22 tribe.’’; 

23 (15) in paragraph (27), as redesignated— 

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

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

2 ‘‘250,000’’; 

3 (16) by inserting after paragraph (27), as re4 designated, the following: 

5 ‘‘(28) SEX TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘sex traf6 ficking’ means any conduct proscribed by section 

7 1591 of title 18, United States Code, whether or not 

8 the conduct occurs in interstate or foreign commerce 

9 or within the special maritime and territorial juris10 diction of the United States. 

11 ‘‘(29) SEXUAL ASSAULT.—The term ‘sexual as12 sault’ means any nonconsensual sexual act pro13 scribed by Federal, tribal, or State law, including 

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

15 (17) by inserting after paragraph (34), as re16 designated, the following: 

17 ‘‘(35) TRIBAL COALITION.—The term ‘tribal co18 alition’ means an established nonprofit, nongovern19 mental Indian organization, Alaska Native organiza20 tion, or a Native Hawaiian organization that— 

21 ‘‘(A) provides education, support, and tech22 nical assistance to member Indian service pro23 viders in a manner that enables those member 

24 providers to establish and maintain culturally 

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1 crisis services, designed to assist Indian women 

2 and the dependents of those women who are 

3 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

4 sexual assault, and stalking; and 

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

6 members that are representative of— 

7 ‘‘(i) the member service providers de8 scribed in subparagraph (A); and 

9 ‘‘(ii) the tribal communities in which 

10 the services are being provided.’’; 

11 (18) by inserting after paragraph (38), as re12 designated, the following: 

13 ‘‘(39) UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.—The 

14 term ‘underserved populations’ means populations 

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

17 of geographic location, religion, sexual orientation, 

18 gender identity, underserved racial and ethnic popu19 lations, populations underserved because of special 

20 needs (such as language barriers, disabilities, 

21 alienage status, or age), and any other population 

22 determined to be underserved by the Attorney Gen23 eral or by the Secretary of Health and Human Serv24 ices, as appropriate. 


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1 ‘‘(40) UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The 

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

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

4 other general purpose political subdivision of a 

5 State.’’; and 

6 (19) by inserting after paragraph (42), as re7 designated, the following: 

8 ‘‘(43) VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDER.—The term 

9 ‘victim service provider’ means a nonprofit, non10 governmental or tribal organization or rape crisis 

11 center, including a State or tribal coalition, that as12 sists or advocates for domestic violence, dating vio13 lence, sexual assault, or stalking victims, including 

14 domestic violence shelters, faith-based organizations, 

15 and other organizations, with a documented history 

16 of effective work concerning domestic violence, dat17 ing violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

18 ‘‘(44) VICTIM SERVICES OR SERVICES.—The 

19 terms ‘victim services’ and ‘services’ mean services 

20 provided to victims of domestic violence, dating vio21 lence, sexual assault, or stalking, including tele22 phonic or web-based hotlines, legal advocacy, eco23 nomic advocacy, emergency and transitional shelter, 

24 accompaniment and advocacy through medical, civil 

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1 systems, crisis intervention, short-term individual 

2 and group support services, information and refer3 rals, culturally specific services, population specific 

4 services, and other related supportive services. 

5 ‘‘(45) YOUTH.—The term ‘youth’ means a per6 son who is 11 to 24 years old.’’. 

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

8 40002 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 

9 U.S.C. 13925(b)) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

11 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

12 clauses (i) and (ii) and inserting the following: 

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

14 personally identifying information or indi15 vidual information collected in connection 

16 with services requested, utilized, or denied 

17 through grantees’ and subgrantees’ pro18 grams, regardless of whether the informa19 tion has been encoded, encrypted, hashed, 

20 or otherwise protected; or 

21 ‘‘(ii) disclose, reveal, or release indi22 vidual client information without the in23 formed, written, reasonably time-limited 

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

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1 parent or guardian or in the case of legal 

2 incapacity, a court-appointed guardian) 

3 about whom information is sought, wheth4 er for this program or any other Federal, 

5 State, tribal, or territorial grant program, 

6 except that consent for release may not be 

7 given by the abuser of the minor, incapaci8 tated person, or the abuser of the other 

9 parent of the minor. 

10 If a minor or a person with a legally appointed 

11 guardian is permitted by law to receive services 

12 without the parent’s or guardian’s consent, the 

13 minor or person with a guardian may release 

14 information without additional consent.’’; 

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

16 read as follows: 

17 ‘‘(D) INFORMATION SHARING.— 

18 ‘‘(i) Grantees and subgrantees may 

19 share— 

20 ‘‘(I) nonpersonally identifying 

21 data in the aggregate regarding serv22 ices to their clients and nonpersonally 

23 identifying demographic information 

24 in order to comply with Federal, 

25 State, tribal, or territorial reporting, 


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1 evaluation, or data collection require2 ments; 

3 ‘‘(II) court-generated information 

4 and law enforcement-generated infor5 mation contained in secure, govern6 mental registries for protection order 

7 enforcement purposes; and 

8 ‘‘(III) law enforcement-generated 

9 and prosecution-generated information 

10 necessary for law enforcement and 

11 prosecution purposes. 

12 ‘‘(ii) In no circumstances may— 

13 ‘‘(I) an adult, youth, or child vic14 tim of domestic violence, dating vio15 lence, sexual assault, or stalking be 

16 required to provide a consent to re17 lease his or her personally identifying 

18 information as a condition of eligi19 bility for the services provided by the 

20 grantee or subgrantee; 

21 ‘‘(II) any personally identifying 

22 information be shared in order to 

23 comply with Federal, tribal, or State 

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1 program or any other Federal, tribal, 

2 or State grant program.’’; 

3 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 

4 subparagraph (F); 

5 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘(E) STATUTORILY MANDATED REPORTS

8 OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT.—Nothing in this sec9 tion prohibits a grantee or subgrantee from re10 porting suspected abuse or neglect, as those 

11 terms are defined and specifically mandated by 

12 the State or tribe involved.’’; and 

13 (E) by inserting after subparagraph (F), 

14 as redesignated, the following: 

15 ‘‘(G) CONFIDENTIALITY ASSESSMENT AND

16 ASSURANCES.—Grantees and subgrantees must 

17 document their compliance with the confiden18 tiality and privacy provisions required under 

19 this section.’’; 

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

21 following: 

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

23 the activities under this title, grantees and sub24 grantees may collaborate with or provide information 

25 to Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial public 


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1 officials and agencies to develop and implement poli2 cies and develop and promote State, local, or tribal 

3 legislation or model codes designed to reduce or 

4 eliminate domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

5 assault, and stalking.’’; 

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

7 the following: 

8 ‘‘Final reports of such evaluations shall be made 

9 available to the public via the agency’s website.’’; 

10 and 

11 (4) by inserting after paragraph (11) the fol12 lowing: 

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

14 grantee or subgrantee providing legal assistance with 

15 funds awarded under this title shall comply with the 

16 eligibility requirements in section 1201(d) of the Vi17 olence Against Women Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 

18 3796gg–6(d)). 

19 ‘‘(13) CIVIL RIGHTS.— 

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

21 the United States shall, on the basis of actual 

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1 cluded from participation in, be denied the ben2 efits of, or be subjected to discrimination under 

3 any program or activity funded in whole or in 

4 part with funds made available under the Vio5 lence Against Women Act of 1994 (title IV of 

6 Public Law 103–322; 108 Stat. 1902), the Vio7 lence Against Women Act of 2000 (division B 

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

9 Violence Against Women and Department of 

10 Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (title IX of 

11 Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3080), the Vio12 lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 

13 2013, and any other program or activity funded 

14 in whole or in part with funds appropriated for 

15 grants, cooperative agreements, and other as16 sistance administered by the Office on Violence 

17 Against Women. 

18 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—If sex segregation or 

19 sex-specific programming is necessary to the es20 sential operation of a program, nothing in this 

21 paragraph shall prevent any such program or 

22 activity from consideration of an individual’s 

23 sex. In such circumstances, grantees may meet 

24 the requirements of this paragraph by providing 

25 comparable services to individuals who cannot 


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1 be provided with the sex-segregated or sex-spe2 cific programming. 

3 ‘‘(C) DISCRIMINATION.—The authority of 

4 the Attorney General and the Office of Justice 

5 Programs to enforce this paragraph shall be the 

6 same as it is under section 3789d of title 42, 

7 United States Code. 

8 ‘‘(D) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing contained 

9 in this paragraph shall be construed, inter10 preted, or applied to supplant, displace, pre11 empt, or otherwise diminish the responsibilities 

12 and liabilities under other State or Federal civil 

13 rights law, whether statutory or common. 

14 ‘‘(14) CLARIFICATION OF VICTIM SERVICES AND

15 LEGAL ASSISTANCE.—Victim services and legal as16 sistance under this title also include services and as17 sistance to victims of domestic violence, dating vio18 lence, sexual assault, or stalking who are also vic19 tims of severe forms of trafficking in persons as de20 fined by section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Pro21 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 

22 ‘‘(15) CONFERRAL.— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Office on Vio24 lence Against Women shall establish a biennial 

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1 tions and technical assistance providers who re2 ceive funding through grants administered by 

3 the Office on Violence Against Women and au4 thorized by this Act, and other key stake5 holders. 

6 ‘‘(B) AREAS COVERED.—The areas of con7 ferral under this paragraph shall include— 

8 ‘‘(i) the administration of grants; 

9 ‘‘(ii) unmet needs; 

10 ‘‘(iii) promising practices in the field; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(iv) emerging trends. 

13 ‘‘(C) INITIAL CONFERRAL.—The first con14 ferral shall be initiated not later than 6 months 

15 after the date of enactment of the Violence 

16 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013. 

17 ‘‘(D) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 

18 after the conclusion of each conferral period, 

19 the Office on Violence Against Women shall 

20 publish a comprehensive report that— 

21 ‘‘(i) summarizes the issues presented 

22 during conferral and what, if any, policies 

23 it intends to implement to address those 

24 issues; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) is made available to the public on 

2 the Office on Violence Against Women’s 

3 website and submitted to the Committee 

4 on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 

5 Committee on the Judiciary of the House 

6 of Representatives. 

7 ‘‘(16) ACCOUNTABILITY.—All grants awarded 

8 by the Attorney General under this Act shall be sub9 ject to the following accountability provisions: 

10 ‘‘(A) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 

11 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in the 

12 first fiscal year beginning after the date of 

13 the enactment of this Act, and in each fis14 cal year thereafter, the Inspector General 

15 of the Department of Justice shall conduct 

16 audits of recipients of grants under this 

17 Act to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of 

18 funds by grantees. The Inspector General 

19 shall determine the appropriate number of 

20 grantees to be audited each year. 

21 ‘‘(ii) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, 

22 the term ‘unresolved audit finding’ means 

23 a finding in the final audit report of the 

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1 lized grant funds for an unauthorized ex2 penditure or otherwise unallowable cost 

3 that is not closed or resolved within 12 

4 months from the date when the final audit 

5 report is issued. 

6 ‘‘(iii) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A re7 cipient of grant funds under this Act that 

8 is found to have an unresolved audit find9 ing shall not be eligible to receive grant 

10 funds under this Act during the following 

11 2 fiscal years. 

12 ‘‘(iv) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants 

13 under this Act, the Attorney General shall 

14 give priority to eligible entities that did not 

15 have an unresolved audit finding during 

16 the 3 fiscal years prior to submitting an 

17 application for a grant under this Act. 

18 ‘‘(v) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity 

19 is awarded grant funds under this Act dur20 ing the 2-fiscal-year period in which the 

21 entity is barred from receiving grants 

22 under paragraph (2), the Attorney General 

23 shall— 

24 ‘‘(I) deposit an amount equal to 

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1 awarded to the grantee into the Gen2 eral Fund of the Treasury; and 

3 ‘‘(II) seek to recoup the costs of 

4 the repayment to the fund from the 

5 grant recipient that was erroneously 

6 awarded grant funds. 

7 ‘‘(B) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIRE8 MENTS.— 

9 ‘‘(i) DEFINITION.—For purposes of 

10 this paragraph and the grant programs de11 scribed in this Act, the term ‘nonprofit or12 ganization’ means an organization that is 

13 described in section 501(c)(3) of the Inter14 nal Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt 

15 from taxation under section 501(a) of such 

16 Code. 

17 ‘‘(ii) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney 

18 General may not award a grant under any 

19 grant program described in this Act to a 

20 nonprofit organization that holds money in 

21 offshore accounts for the purpose of avoid22 ing paying the tax described in section 

23 511(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

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1 ‘‘(iii) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit 

2 organization that is awarded a grant under 

3 a grant program described in this Act and 

4 uses the procedures prescribed in regula5 tions to create a rebuttable presumption of 

6 reasonableness for the compensation of its 

7 officers, directors, trustees and key em8 ployees, shall disclose to the Attorney Gen9 eral, in the application for the grant, the 

10 process for determining such compensa11 tion, including the independent persons in12 volved in reviewing and approving such 

13 compensation, the comparability data used, 

14 and contemporaneous substantiation of the 

15 deliberation and decision. Upon request, 

16 the Attorney General shall make the infor17 mation disclosed under this subsection 

18 available for public inspection. 

19 ‘‘(C) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

20 ‘‘(i) LIMITATION.—No amounts au21 thorized to be appropriated to the Depart22 ment of Justice under this Act may be 

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1 ment under this Act, to host or support 

2 any expenditure for conferences that uses 

3 more than $20,000 in Department funds, 

4 unless the Deputy Attorney General or 

5 such Assistant Attorney Generals, Direc6 tors, or principal deputies as the Deputy 

7 Attorney General may designate, provides 

8 prior written authorization that the funds 

9 may be expended to host a conference. 

10 ‘‘(ii) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written 

11 approval under clause (i) shall include a 

12 written estimate of all costs associated 

13 with the conference, including the cost of 

14 all food and beverages, audiovisual equip15 ment, honoraria for speakers, and any en16 tertainment. 

17 ‘‘(iii) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney 

18 General shall submit an annual report to 

19 the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

20 Senate and the Committee on the Judici21 ary of the House of Representatives on all 

22 approved conference expenditures ref23 erenced in this paragraph. 

24 ‘‘(D) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning 

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1 of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen2 eral shall submit, to the Committee on the Ju3 diciary and the Committee on Appropriations of 

4 the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary 

5 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

6 House of Representatives, an annual certifi7 cation that— 

8 ‘‘(i) all audits issued by the Office of 

9 the Inspector General under paragraph (1) 

10 have been completed and reviewed by the 

11 appropriate Assistant Attorney General or 

12 Director; 

13 ‘‘(ii) all mandatory exclusions required 

14 under subparagraph (A)(iii) have been 

15 issued; 

16 ‘‘(iii) all reimbursements required 

17 under subparagraph (A)(v) have been 

18 made; and 

19 ‘‘(iv) includes a list of any grant re20 cipients excluded under subparagraph (A) 

21 from the previous year.’’. 

22 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

23 Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, 

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

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1 the beginning of the fiscal year following the date of enact2 ment of this Act. 

3 TITLE I—ENHANCING JUDICIAL 

4 AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 

5 TOOLS TO COMBAT VIOLENCE 

6 AGAINST WOMEN 

7 SEC. 101. STOP GRANTS. 

8 Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

9 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amend10 ed— 

11 (1) in section 1001(a)(18) (42 U.S.C. 

12 3793(a)(18)), by striking ‘‘$225,000,000 for each of 

13 fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘$222,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 

15 2018’’; 

16 (2) in section 2001(b) (42 U.S.C. 3796gg(b))— 

17 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph 

18 (1)— 

19 (i) by striking ‘‘equipment’’ and in20 serting ‘‘resources’’; and 

21 (ii) by inserting ‘‘for the protection 

22 and safety of victims,’’ after ‘‘women,’’; 

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

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1 ing violence, sexual assault, and stalking, in2 cluding the appropriate use of nonimmigrant 

3 status under subparagraphs (T) and (U) of sec4 tion 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nation5 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a))’’; 

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

7 assault and domestic violence’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as9 sault, and stalking’’; 

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

11 assault and domestic violence’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as13 sault, and stalking, as well as the appropriate 

14 treatment of victims’’; 

15 (E) in paragraph (4)— 

16 (i) by striking ‘‘sexual assault and do17 mestic violence’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic 

18 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

19 and stalking’’; and 

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

21 ‘‘identifying’’; 

22 (F) in paragraph (5)— 

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

24 after ‘‘victim services’’; 


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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘domestic violence and 

2 dating violence’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic 

3 violence, dating violence, and stalking’’; 

4 and 

5 (iii) by striking ‘‘sexual assault and 

6 domestic violence’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic 

7 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

8 and stalking’’; 

9 (G) by striking paragraph (6) and redesig10 nating paragraphs (7) through (14) as para11 graphs (6) through (13), respectively; 

12 (H) in paragraph (6), as redesignated by 

13 subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘sexual assault 

14 and domestic violence’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic 

15 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

16 stalking’’; 

17 (I) in paragraph (7), as redesignated by 

18 subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘and dating vio19 lence’’ and inserting ‘‘dating violence, and 

20 stalking’’; 

21 (J) in paragraph (9), as redesignated by 

22 subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘domestic vio23 lence or sexual assault’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic 

24 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

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1 (K) in paragraph (12), as redesignated by 

2 subparagraph (G)— 

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

4 ‘‘triage protocols to ensure that dangerous 

5 or potentially lethal cases are identified 

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

7 evidence-based indicators to assess the risk 

8 of domestic and dating violence homicide 

9 and prioritize dangerous or potentially le10 thal cases’’; and 

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

12 (L) in paragraph (13), as redesignated by 

13 subparagraph (G)— 

14 (i) by striking ‘‘to provide’’ and in15 serting ‘‘providing’’; 

16 (ii) by striking ‘‘nonprofit nongovern17 mental’’; 

18 (iii) by striking the comma after 

19 ‘‘local governments’’; 

20 (iv) in the matter following subpara21 graph (C), by striking ‘‘paragraph (14)’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘paragraph (13)’’; and 

23 (v) by striking the period at the end 

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

2 redesignated by subparagraph (G), the fol3 lowing: 

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

5 tribal legislation and policies that enhance best prac6 tices for responding to domestic violence, dating vio7 lence, sexual assault, and stalking; 

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

9 Sexual Assault Response Teams, or other similar co10 ordinated community responses to sexual assault; 

11 ‘‘(16) developing and strengthening policies, 

12 protocols, best practices, and training for law en13 forcement agencies and prosecutors relating to the 

14 investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases 

15 and the appropriate treatment of victims; 

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

17 programs addressing sexual assault against men, 

18 women, and youth in correctional and detention set19 tings; 

20 ‘‘(18) identifying and conducting inventories of 

21 backlogs of sexual assault evidence collection kits 

22 and developing protocols and policies for responding 

23 to and addressing such backlogs, including protocols 

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

2 programs and projects to provide services and re3 sponses targeting male and female victims of domes4 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk5 ing, whose ability to access traditional services and 

6 responses is affected by their sexual orientation or 

7 gender identity, as defined in section 249(c) of title 

8 18, United States Code; and 

9 ‘‘(20) developing, enhancing, or strengthening 

10 prevention and educational programming to address 

11 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

12 stalking, with not more than 5 percent of the 

13 amount allocated to a State to be used for this pur14 pose.’’; 

15 (3) in section 2007 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–1)— 

16 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘non17 profit nongovernmental victim service pro18 grams’’ and inserting ‘‘victim service pro19 viders’’; 

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

21 including populations of Indian tribes)’’; 

22 (C) in subsection (c)— 

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

2 plan for implementation and shall consult and co3 ordinate with— 

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

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

6 ‘‘(C) the law enforcement entities within 

7 the State; 

8 ‘‘(D) prosecution offices; 

9 ‘‘(E) State and local courts; 

10 ‘‘(F) tribal governments in those States 

11 with State or federally recognized Indian tribes; 

12 ‘‘(G) representatives from underserved 

13 populations, including culturally specific popu14 lations; 

15 ‘‘(H) victim service providers; 

16 ‘‘(I) population specific organizations; and 

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

18 Attorney General identifies as needed for the 

19 planning process;’’; 

20 (ii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

21 paragraph (4); 

22 (iii) by inserting after paragraph (2), 

23 as amended by clause (i), the following: 

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1 State plans described in section 307 of the Family 

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

3 10407) and the programs described in section 1404 

4 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 

5 10603) and section 393A of the Public Health Serv6 ice Act (42 U.S.C. 280b–1b).’’; 

7 (iv) in paragraph (4), as redesignated 

8 by clause (ii)— 

9 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik10 ing ‘‘and not less than 25 percent 

11 shall be allocated for prosecutors’’; 

12 (II) by redesignating subpara13 graphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs 

14 (C) and (D); 

15 (III) by inserting after subpara16 graph (A), the following: 

17 ‘‘(B) not less than 25 percent shall be allo18 cated for prosecutors;’’; and 

19 (IV) in subparagraph (D) as re20 designated by subclause (II) by strik21 ing ‘‘for’’ and inserting ‘‘to’’; and 

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

23 ‘‘(5) not later than 2 years after the date of en24 actment of this Act, and every year thereafter, not 

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1 a State under this subchapter shall be allocated for 

2 programs or projects in 2 or more allocations listed 

3 in paragraph (4) that meaningfully address sexual 

4 assault, including stranger rape, acquaintance rape, 

5 alcohol or drug-facilitated rape, and rape within the 

6 context of an intimate partner relationship.’’; 

7 (D) by striking subsection (d) and insert8 ing the following: 

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

10 for a grant under this section shall include— 

11 ‘‘(1) the certifications of qualification required 

12 under subsection (c); 

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

14 for the payment of forensic medical exams and judi15 cial notification, described in section 2010; 

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

17 for paying fees and costs relating to domestic vio18 lence and protection order cases, described in section 

19 2011 of this title; 

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

21 prohibiting polygraph examinations of victims of sex22 ual assault, described in section 2013 of this title; 

23 ‘‘(5) an implementation plan required under 

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

2 General may require.’’; 

3 (E) in subsection (e)— 

4 (i) in paragraph (2)— 

5 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik6 ing ‘‘domestic violence and sexual as7 sault’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic vio8 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

9 and stalking’’; and 

10 (II) in subparagraph (D), by 

11 striking ‘‘linguistically and’’; and 

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

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

15 this part, the Attorney General may impose reason16 able conditions on grant awards to ensure that the 

17 States meet statutory, regulatory, and other pro18 gram requirements.’’; 

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

20 at the end and inserting ‘‘, except that, for pur21 poses of this subsection, the costs of the 

22 projects for victim services or tribes for which 

23 there is an exemption under section 

24 40002(b)(1) of the Violence Against Women 

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

2 and 

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

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

5 a grant under this part shall— 

6 ‘‘(1) develop an implementation plan in con7 sultation with the entities listed in subsection (c)(2), 

8 that identifies how the State will use the funds 

9 awarded under this part, including how the State 

10 will meet the requirements of subsection (c)(5); and 

11 ‘‘(2) submit to the Attorney General— 

12 ‘‘(A) the implementation plan developed 

13 under paragraph (1); 

14 ‘‘(B) documentation from each member of 

15 the planning committee as to their participation 

16 in the planning process; 

17 ‘‘(C) documentation from the prosecution, 

18 law enforcement, court, and victim services pro19 grams to be assisted, describing— 

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

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

22 funds; 

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

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1 ‘‘(iv) the demographic characteristics 

2 of the populations to be served, including 

3 age, disability, race, ethnicity, and lan4 guage background; 

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

6 ensure that any subgrantees will consult with 

7 victim service providers during the course of de8 veloping their grant applications in order to en9 sure that the proposed activities are designed to 

10 promote the safety, confidentiality, and eco11 nomic independence of victims; 

12 ‘‘(E) demographic data on the distribution 

13 of underserved populations within the State and 

14 a description of how the State will meet the 

15 needs of underserved populations, including the 

16 minimum allocation for population specific serv17 ices required under subsection (c)(4)(C); 

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

19 to meet the regulations issued pursuant to sub20 section (e)(2); 

21 ‘‘(G) goals and objectives for reducing do22 mestic violence-related homicides within the 

23 State; and 

24 ‘‘(H) any other information requested by 

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

2 any returned or remaining funds for any authorized pur3 pose under this part if— 

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

5 part are returned to the State; or 

6 ‘‘(2) the State does not receive sufficient eligi7 ble applications to award the full funding within the 

8 allocations in subsection (c)(4)’’; 

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

10 (A) in subsection (a), by striking para11 graph (1) and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State, Indian tribal gov13 ernment, or unit of local government shall not be en14 titled to funds under this subchapter unless the 

15 State, Indian tribal government, unit of local govern16 ment, or another governmental entity— 

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

18 forensic medical exams described in subsection 

19 (b) for victims of sexual assault; and 

20 ‘‘(B) coordinates with health care providers 

21 in the region to notify victims of sexual assault 

22 of the availability of rape exams at no cost to 

23 the victims.’’; 

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

2 after the semicolon; 

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

4 or’’ and inserting a period; and 

5 (iii) by striking paragraph (3); and 

6 (C) by amending subsection (d) to read as 

7 follows: 

8 ‘‘(d) NONCOOPERATION.— 

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

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

11 unit of local government shall comply with sub12 section (b) without regard to whether the victim par13 ticipates in the criminal justice system or cooperates 

14 with law enforcement. 

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

16 and Indian tribal governments shall have 3 years 

17 from the date of enactment of this Act to come into 

18 compliance with this section.’’; and 

19 (5) in section 2011(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 3796gg– 

20 5(a)(1))— 

21 (A) by inserting ‘‘modification, enforce22 ment, dismissal, withdrawal’’ after ‘‘registra23 tion,’’ each place it appears; 


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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘, dating violence, sexual 

2 assault, or stalking’’ after ‘‘felony domestic vio3 lence’’; and 

4 (C) by striking ‘‘victim of domestic vio5 lence’’ and all that follows through ‘‘sexual as6 sault’’ and inserting ‘‘victim of domestic vio7 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk8 ing’’. 

9 SEC. 102. GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE ARREST POLICIES AND 

10 ENFORCEMENT OF PROTECTION ORDERS. 

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

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

13 3796hh et seq.) is amended— 

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

15 (A) in subsection (b)— 

16 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

17 (1), by striking ‘‘States,’’ and all that fol18 lows through ‘‘units of local government’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘grantees’’; 

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

21 ‘‘and enforcement of protection orders 

22 across State and tribal lines’’ before the 

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1 prove tracking of cases’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘data collection systems, and training in 

3 police departments to improve tracking of 

4 cases and classification of complaints’’; 

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

6 ‘‘and provide the appropriate training and 

7 education about domestic violence, dating 

8 violence, sexual assault, and stalking’’ after 

9 ‘‘computer tracking systems’’; 

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

11 ‘‘and other victim services’’ after ‘‘legal ad12 vocacy service programs’’; 

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

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

15 tribal, territorial, and local judges, courts, 

16 and court-based and court-related per17 sonnel’’; 

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

19 ‘‘and sexual assault’’ and inserting ‘‘dating 

20 violence, sexual assault, and stalking’’; 

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

22 ‘‘non-profit, non-governmental victim serv23 ices organizations,’’ and inserting ‘‘victim 

24 service providers, staff from population 

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1 (ix) by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(14) To develop and implement training pro4 grams for prosecutors and other prosecution-related 

5 personnel regarding best practices to ensure offender 

6 accountability, victim safety, and victim consultation 

7 in cases involving domestic violence, dating violence, 

8 sexual assault, and stalking. 

9 ‘‘(15) To develop or strengthen policies, proto10 cols, and training for law enforcement, prosecutors, 

11 and the judiciary in recognizing, investigating, and 

12 prosecuting instances of domestic violence, dating vi13 olence, sexual assault, and stalking against immi14 grant victims, including the appropriate use of appli15 cations for nonimmigrant status under subpara16 graphs (T) and (U) of section 101(a)(15) of the Im17 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

18 1101(a)(15)). 

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

20 tribal legislation and policies that enhance best prac21 tices for responding to the crimes of domestic vio22 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, 

23 including the appropriate treatment of victims. 

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

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1 forensic examiner programs, including the hiring 

2 and training of such examiners. 

3 ‘‘(18) To develop, implement, or enhance Sex4 ual Assault Response Teams or similar coordinated 

5 community responses to sexual assault. 

6 ‘‘(19) To develop and strengthen policies, proto7 cols, and training for law enforcement officers and 

8 prosecutors regarding the investigation and prosecu9 tion of sexual assault cases and the appropriate 

10 treatment of victims. 

11 ‘‘(20) To provide human immunodeficiency 

12 virus testing programs, counseling, and prophylaxis 

13 for victims of sexual assault. 

14 ‘‘(21) To identify and inventory backlogs of sex15 ual assault evidence collection kits and to develop 

16 protocols for responding to and addressing such 

17 backlogs, including policies and protocols for noti18 fying and involving victims. 

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

20 teams focusing on reducing domestic violence and 

21 dating violence homicides by— 

22 ‘‘(A) using evidence-based indicators to as23 sess the risk of homicide and link high-risk vic24 tims to immediate crisis intervention services; 


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

2 offenders; and 

3 ‘‘(C) providing ongoing victim advocacy 

4 and referrals to comprehensive services includ5 ing legal, housing, health care, and economic 

6 assistance.’’; 

7 (B) in subsection (c)— 

8 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

9 (I) in the matter preceding sub10 paragraph (A), by inserting ‘‘except 

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

12 (II) by redesignating subpara13 graphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and 

14 (ii), and adjusting the margin accord15 ingly; 

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

17 ‘‘except for a court,’’ before ‘‘dem18 onstrate’’; 

19 (iii) in paragraph (3)— 

20 (I) by striking ‘‘spouses’’ each 

21 place it appears and inserting ‘‘par22 ties’’; and 

23 (II) by striking ‘‘spouse’’ and in24 serting ‘‘party’’; 

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1 (I) by inserting ‘‘, dating vio2 lence, sexual assault, or stalking’’ 

3 after ‘‘felony domestic violence’’; 

4 (II) by inserting ‘‘modification, 

5 enforcement, dismissal,’’ after ‘‘reg6 istration,’’ each place it appears; 

7 (III) by inserting ‘‘dating vio8 lence,’’ after ‘‘victim of domestic vio9 lence,’’; and 

10 (IV) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

11 end; 

12 (v) in paragraph (5)— 

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

15 than 3 years after January 5, 2006’’; 

16 (II) by inserting ‘‘, trial of, or 

17 sentencing for’’ after ‘‘investigation 

18 of’’ each place it appears; 

19 (III) by redesignating subpara20 graphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and 

21 (ii), and adjusting the margin accord22 ingly; 

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1 clause, by striking ‘‘subparagraph 

2 (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘clause (i)’’; and 

3 (V) by striking the period at the 

4 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

5 (vi) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

6 through (5), as amended by this subpara7 graph, as subparagraphs (A) through (E), 

8 respectively; 

9 (vii) in the matter preceding subpara10 graph (A), as redesignated by clause (v) of 

11 this subparagraph— 

12 (I) by striking the comma that 

13 immediately follows another comma; 

14 and 

15 (II) by striking ‘‘grantees are 

16 States’’ and inserting the following: 

17 ‘‘grantees are— 

18 ‘‘(1) States’’; and 

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

21 ‘‘(2) a State, tribal, or territorial domestic vio22 lence or sexual assault coalition or a victim service 

23 provider that partners with a State, Indian tribal 

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1 unit of local government meets the requirements 

2 under paragraph (1).’’; 

3 (C) in subsection (d)— 

4 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (I) in the matter preceding sub6 paragraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, policy,’’ 

7 after ‘‘law’’; and 

8 (II) in subparagraph (A), by in9 serting ‘‘and the defendant is in cus10 tody or has been served with the in11 formation or indictment’’ before the 

12 semicolon; and 

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

14 and inserting ‘‘its’’; and 

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

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

17 amounts appropriated for purposes of this part for each 

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

19 grants under section 2001 of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

20 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg). 

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

22 amounts appropriated for purposes of this part for each 

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

24 projects that address sexual assault, including stranger 

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1 and rape within the context of an intimate partner rela2 tionship.’’; and 

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

4 1(a))— 

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

6 after ‘‘tribal government,’’; and 

7 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘non8 profit, private sexual assault and domestic vio9 lence programs’’ and inserting ‘‘victim service 

10 providers and, as appropriate, population spe11 cific organizations’’. 

12 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

13 1001(a)(19) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

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

15 amended— 

16 (1) by striking ‘‘$75,000,000’’ and all that fol17 lows through ‘‘2011.’’ and inserting ‘‘$73,000,000 

18 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’; and 

19 (2) by striking the period that immediately fol20 lows another period. 

21 SEC. 103. LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS. 

22 Section 1201 of the Violence Against Women Act of 

23 2000 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–6) is amended— 

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1 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘aris2 ing as a consequence of’’ and inserting ‘‘relat3 ing to or arising out of’’; and 

4 (B) in the second sentence, by inserting 

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

6 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

8 GRANT CONDITIONS’’ after ‘‘DEFINITIONS’’; 

9 and 

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

11 after ‘‘definitions’’; 

12 (3) in subsection (c)— 

13 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘victims 

14 services organizations’’ and inserting ‘‘victim 

15 service providers’’; and 

16 (B) by striking paragraph (3) and insert17 ing the following: 

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

19 and projects to provide competent, supervised pro 

20 bono legal assistance for victims of domestic vio21 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, ex22 cept that not more than 10 percent of the funds 

23 awarded under this section may be used for the pur24 pose described in this paragraph.’’; 

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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘this sec2 tion has completed’’ and all that follows and in3 serting the following: ‘‘this section—’’ 

4 ‘‘(A) has demonstrated expertise in pro5 viding legal assistance to victims of domestic vi6 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk7 ing in the targeted population; or 

8 ‘‘(B)(i) is partnered with an entity or per9 son that has demonstrated expertise described 

10 in subparagraph (A); and 

11 ‘‘(ii) has completed, or will complete, train12 ing in connection with domestic violence, dating 

13 violence, stalking, or sexual assault and related 

14 legal issues, including training on evidence15 based risk factors for domestic and dating vio16 lence homicide;’’; and 

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

18 organization’’ and inserting ‘‘stalking victim 

19 service provider’’; and 

20 (5) in subsection (f) in paragraph (1), by strik21 ing ‘‘this section’’ and all that follows and inserting 

22 the following: ‘‘this section $57,000,000 for each of 

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1 SEC. 104. CONSOLIDATION OF GRANTS TO SUPPORT FAMI2 LIES IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of division B of the Vic4 tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 

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

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

7 10420), as amended by section 306 of the Violence 

8 Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza9 tion Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 316), 

10 and inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 1301. GRANTS TO SUPPORT FAMILIES IN THE JUS12 TICE SYSTEM. 

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

14 grants to States, units of local government, courts (includ15 ing juvenile courts), Indian tribal governments, nonprofit 

16 organizations, legal services providers, and victim services 

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

18 and criminal justice system to families with a history of 

19 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk20 ing, or in cases involving allegations of child sexual abuse. 

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

22 may be used to— 

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1 lence, dating violence, child sexual abuse, sexual as2 sault, or stalking; 

3 ‘‘(2) develop and promote State, local, and trib4 al legislation, policies, and best practices for improv5 ing civil and criminal court functions, responses, 

6 practices, and procedures in cases involving a history 

7 of domestic violence or sexual assault, or in cases in8 volving allegations of child sexual abuse, including 

9 cases in which the victim proceeds pro se; 

10 ‘‘(3) educate court-based and court-related per11 sonnel and court-appointed personnel (including cus12 tody evaluators and guardians ad litem) and child 

13 protective services workers on the dynamics of do14 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

15 stalking, including information on perpetrator behav16 ior, evidence-based risk factors for domestic and dat17 ing violence homicide, and on issues relating to the 

18 needs of victims, including safety, security, privacy, 

19 and confidentiality, including cases in which the vic20 tim proceeds pro se; 

21 ‘‘(4) provide appropriate resources in juvenile 

22 court matters to respond to dating violence, domestic 

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1 dealing with the health and mental health of victims 

2 are available; 

3 ‘‘(5) enable courts or court-based or court-re4 lated programs to develop or enhance— 

5 ‘‘(A) court infrastructure (such as special6 ized courts, consolidated courts, dockets, intake 

7 centers, or interpreter services); 

8 ‘‘(B) community-based initiatives within 

9 the court system (such as court watch pro10 grams, victim assistants, pro se victim assist11 ance programs, or community-based supple12 mentary services); 

13 ‘‘(C) offender management, monitoring, 

14 and accountability programs; 

15 ‘‘(D) safe and confidential information16 storage and information-sharing databases 

17 within and between court systems; 

18 ‘‘(E) education and outreach programs to 

19 improve community access, including enhanced 

20 access for underserved populations; and 

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

22 responses to domestic violence, dating violence, 

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1 ‘‘(6) provide civil legal assistance and advocacy 

2 services, including legal information and resources in 

3 cases in which the victim proceeds pro se, to— 

4 ‘‘(A) victims of domestic violence; and 

5 ‘‘(B) nonoffending parents in matters— 

6 ‘‘(i) that involve allegations of child 

7 sexual abuse; 

8 ‘‘(ii) that relate to family matters, in9 cluding civil protection orders, custody, 

10 and divorce; and 

11 ‘‘(iii) in which the other parent is rep12 resented by counsel; 

13 ‘‘(7) collect data and provide training and tech14 nical assistance, including developing State, local, 

15 and tribal model codes and policies, to improve the 

16 capacity of grantees and communities to address the 

17 civil justice needs of victims of domestic violence, 

18 dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking who 

19 have legal representation, who are proceeding pro se, 

20 or who are proceeding with the assistance of a legal 

21 advocate; and 

22 ‘‘(8) to improve training and education to assist 

23 judges, judicial personnel, attorneys, child welfare 

24 personnel, and legal advocates in the civil justice 

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1 ‘‘(c) CONSIDERATIONS.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In making grants for pur3 poses described in paragraphs (1) through (7) of 

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

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

6 by the proposed programs and services; 

7 ‘‘(B) the extent to which the proposed pro8 grams and services serve underserved popu9 lations; 

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

11 demonstrates cooperation and collaboration 

12 with nonprofit, nongovernmental entities in the 

13 local community with demonstrated histories of 

14 effective work on domestic violence, dating vio15 lence, sexual assault, or stalking, including 

16 State or tribal domestic violence coalitions, 

17 State or tribal sexual assault coalitions, local 

18 shelters, and programs for domestic violence 

19 and sexual assault victims; and 

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

21 demonstrates coordination and collaboration 

22 with State, tribal, and local court systems, in23 cluding mechanisms for communication and re24 ferral. 


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

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

3 into account the extent to which the grantee has ex4 pertise addressing the judicial system’s handling of 

5 family violence, child custody, child abuse and ne6 glect, adoption, foster care, supervised visitation, di7 vorce, and parentage. 

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

9 General may make a grant under this section to an appli10 cant that— 

11 ‘‘(1) demonstrates expertise in the areas of do12 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

13 stalking, or child sexual abuse, as appropriate; 

14 ‘‘(2) ensures that any fees charged to individ15 uals for use of supervised visitation programs and 

16 services are based on the income of those individ17 uals, unless otherwise provided by court order; 

18 ‘‘(3) for a court-based program, certifies that 

19 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

20 assault, or stalking are not charged fees or any 

21 other costs related to the filing, petitioning, modi22 fying, issuance, registration, enforcement, with23 drawal, or dismissal of matters relating to the do24 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

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1 ‘‘(4) demonstrates that adequate security meas2 ures, including adequate facilities, procedures, and 

3 personnel capable of preventing violence, and ade4 quate standards are, or will be, in place (including 

5 the development of protocols or policies to ensure 

6 that confidential information is not shared with 

7 courts, law enforcement agencies, or child welfare 

8 agencies unless necessary to ensure the safety of any 

9 child or adult using the services of a program fund10 ed under this section), if the applicant proposes to 

11 operate supervised visitation programs and services 

12 or safe visitation exchange; 

13 ‘‘(5) certifies that the organizational policies of 

14 the applicant do not require mediation or counseling 

15 involving offenders and victims being physically 

16 present in the same place, in cases where domestic 

17 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 

18 is alleged; 

19 ‘‘(6) certifies that any person providing legal 

20 assistance through a program funded under this sec21 tion has completed or will complete training on do22 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

23 stalking, including child sexual abuse, and related 

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

2 evaluation or guardian ad litem services through a 

3 program funded under this section has completed or 

4 will complete training developed with input from and 

5 in collaboration with a tribal, State, territorial, or 

6 local domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as7 sault, or stalking victim service provider or coalition 

8 on the dynamics of domestic violence and sexual as9 sault, including child sexual abuse, that includes 

10 training on how to review evidence of past abuse and 

11 the use of evidenced-based theories to make rec12 ommendations on custody and visitation. 

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

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

15 $22,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018. 

16 Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall 

17 remain available until expended. 

18 ‘‘(f) ALLOTMENT FOR INDIAN TRIBES.— 

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

20 the total amount available under this section for 

21 each fiscal year shall be available for grants under 

22 the program authorized by section 3796gg–10 of 

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1 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY OF PART.—The require2 ments of this section shall not apply to funds allo3 cated for the program described in paragraph (1).’’. 

4 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

5 Subtitle J of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 

6 (42 U.S.C. 14043 et seq.) is repealed. 

7 SEC. 105. SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT. 

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

9 of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13941) is amended by striking 

10 ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and all that follows and inserting 

11 ‘‘$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’. 

12 SEC. 106. COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PRO13 GRAM. 

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

15 (42 U.S.C. 13011 et seq.) is amended— 

16 (1) in section 216 (42 U.S.C. 13012), by strik17 ing ‘‘January 1, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 

18 2015’’; 

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

20 (A) by striking ‘‘Code of Ethics’’ in section 

21 (c)(2) and inserting ‘‘Standards for Programs’’; 

22 and 

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

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

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1 the Administrator a report regarding the use of the grant 

2 for the fiscal year, including a discussion of outcome per3 formance measures (which shall be established by the Ad4 ministrator) to determine the effectiveness of the pro5 grams of the organization in meeting the needs of children 

6 in the child welfare system.’’; and 

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

8 striking ‘‘fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and in9 serting ‘‘fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’. 

10 SEC. 107. CRIMINAL PROVISION RELATING TO STALKING, 

11 INCLUDING CYBERSTALKING. 

12 (a) INTERSTATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—Section 

13 2261(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

14 (1) by inserting ‘‘is present’’ after ‘‘Indian 

15 Country or’’; and 

16 (2) by inserting ‘‘or presence’’ after ‘‘as a result 

17 of such travel’’; 

18 (b) STALKING.—Section 2261A of title 18, United 

19 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘§ 2261A. Stalking 

21 ‘‘Whoever— 

22 ‘‘(1) travels in interstate or foreign commerce 

23 or is present within the special maritime and terri24 torial jurisdiction of the United States, or enters or 

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1 harass, intimidate, or place under surveillance with 

2 intent to kill, injure, harass, or intimidate another 

3 person, and in the course of, or as a result of, such 

4 travel or presence engages in conduct that— 

5 ‘‘(A) places that person in reasonable fear 

6 of the death of, or serious bodily injury to— 

7 ‘‘(i) that person; 

8 ‘‘(ii) an immediate family member (as 

9 defined in section 115) of that person; or 

10 ‘‘(iii) a spouse or intimate partner of 

11 that person; or 

12 ‘‘(B) causes, attempts to cause, or would 

13 be reasonably expected to cause substantial 

14 emotional distress to a person described in 

15 clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of subparagraph (A); or 

16 ‘‘(2) with the intent to kill, injure, harass, in17 timidate, or place under surveillance with intent to 

18 kill, injure, harass, or intimidate another person, 

19 uses the mail, any interactive computer service or 

20 electronic communication service or electronic com21 munication system of interstate commerce, or any 

22 other facility of interstate or foreign commerce to 

23 engage in a course of conduct that— 

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1 son described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of para2 graph (1)(A); or 

3 ‘‘(B) causes, attempts to cause, or would 

4 be reasonably expected to cause substantial 

5 emotional distress to a person described in 

6 clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of paragraph (1)(A), 

7 shall be punished as provided in section 2261(b) of 

8 this title.’’. 

9 (c) INTERSTATE VIOLATION OF PROTECTION

10 ORDER.—Section 2262(a)(2) of title 18, United States 

11 Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘is present’’ after ‘‘Indian 

12 Country or’’. 

13 SEC. 108. OUTREACH AND SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED 

14 POPULATIONS GRANT. 

15 Section 120 of the Violence Against Women and De16 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 

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

18 ‘‘SEC. 120. GRANTS FOR OUTREACH AND SERVICES TO UN19 DERSERVED POPULATIONS. 

20 ‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts appro22 priated under the grant programs identified in para23 graph (2), the Attorney General shall take 2 percent 

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1 section (b) of this section to develop and implement 

2 outreach strategies targeted at adult or youth vic3 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as4 sault, or stalking in underserved populations and to 

5 provide victim services to meet the needs of adult 

6 and youth victims of domestic violence, dating vio7 lence, sexual assault, and stalking in underserved 

8 populations. The requirements of the grant pro9 grams identified in paragraph (2) shall not apply to 

10 this grant program. 

11 ‘‘(2) PROGRAMS COVERED.—The programs cov12 ered by paragraph (1) are the programs carried out 

13 under the following provisions: 

14 ‘‘(A) Section 2001 of the Omnibus Crime 

15 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Grants 

16 to Combat Violent Crimes Against Women). 

17 ‘‘(B) Section 2101 of the Omnibus Crime 

18 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Grants 

19 to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement 

20 of Protection Orders Program). 

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

22 this section are— 

23 ‘‘(1) population specific organizations that have 

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1 served communities, or population specific organiza2 tions working in partnership with a victim service 

3 provider or domestic violence or sexual assault coali4 tion; 

5 ‘‘(2) victim service providers offering population 

6 specific services for a specific underserved popu7 lation; or 

8 ‘‘(3) victim service providers working in part9 nership with a national, State, tribal, or local organi10 zation that has demonstrated experience and exper11 tise in providing population specific services in the 

12 relevant underserved population. 

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

14 may use up to 25 percent of funds available under this 

15 section to make one-time planning grants to eligible enti16 ties to support the planning and development of specially 

17 designed and targeted programs for adult and youth vic18 tims in one or more underserved populations, including— 

19 ‘‘(1) identifying, building and strengthening 

20 partnerships with potential collaborators within un21 derserved populations, Federal, State, tribal, terri22 torial or local government entities, and public and 

23 private organizations; 

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1 populations to determine what the barriers are to 

2 service access and what factors contribute to those 

3 barriers, using input from the targeted underserved 

4 population or populations; 

5 ‘‘(3) identifying promising prevention, outreach 

6 and intervention strategies for victims from a tar7 geted underserved population or populations; and 

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

9 targeted underserved population or populations, for 

10 implementing prevention, outreach and intervention 

11 strategies to address the barriers to accessing serv12 ices, promoting community engagement in the pre13 vention of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

14 assault, and stalking within the targeted under15 served populations, and evaluating the program. 

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

17 General shall make grants to eligible entities for the pur18 pose of providing or enhancing population specific out19 reach and services to adult and youth victims in one or 

20 more underserved populations, including— 

21 ‘‘(1) working with Federal, State, tribal, terri22 torial and local governments, agencies, and organiza23 tions to develop or enhance population specific serv24 ices; 


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1 ‘‘(2) strengthening the capacity of underserved 

2 populations to provide population specific services; 

3 ‘‘(3) strengthening the capacity of traditional 

4 victim service providers to provide population spe5 cific services; 

6 ‘‘(4) strengthening the effectiveness of criminal 

7 and civil justice interventions by providing training 

8 for law enforcement, prosecutors, judges and other 

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

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

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

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

20 grant under this section shall submit an application to the 

21 Director of the Office on Violence Against Women at such 

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

23 may prescribe. 

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1 fice on Violence Against Women a report that describes 

2 the activities carried out with grant funds. 

3 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In ad4 dition to the funds identified in subsection (a)(1), there 

5 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

6 $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018. 

7 ‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS.—In 

8 this section the definitions and grant conditions in section 

9 40002 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 

10 U.S.C. 13925) shall apply.’’. 

11 SEC. 109. CULTURALLY SPECIFIC SERVICES GRANT. 

12 Section 121 of the Violence Against Women and De13 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 

14 U.S.C. 14045a) is amended— 

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

16 LINGUISTICALLY’’; 

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

18 appears; 

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

20 appears; 

21 (4) by striking subsection (a)(2) and inserting: 

22 ‘‘(2) PROGRAMS COVERED.—The programs cov23 ered by paragraph (1) are the programs carried out 

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1 ‘‘(A) Section 2101 of the Omnibus Crime 

2 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Grants 

3 to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement 

4 of Protection Orders). 

5 ‘‘(B) Section 14201 of division B of the 

6 Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection 

7 Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–6) (Legal As8 sistance for Victims). 

9 ‘‘(C) Section 40295 of the Violence 

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

11 (Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, 

12 Sexual Assault, Stalking, and Child Abuse En13 forcement Assistance). 

14 ‘‘(D) Section 40802 of the Violence 

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

16 14041a) (Enhanced Training and Services to 

17 End Violence Against Women Later in Life). 

18 ‘‘(E) Section 1402 of division B of the Vic19 tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act 

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

21 Training, and Enhanced Services to End Vio22 lence Against and Abuse of Women with Dis23 abilities).’’; and 

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

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1 TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES 

2 FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC 

3 VIOLENCE, DATING VIO4 LENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, 

5 AND STALKING 

6 SEC. 201. SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM. 

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

8 41601(b) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 

9 U.S.C. 14043g(b)) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘other pro11 grams’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘other 

12 nongovernmental or tribal programs and projects to 

13 assist individuals who have been victimized by sexual 

14 assault, without regard to the age of the indi15 vidual.’’; 

16 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

17 (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or 

18 tribal programs and activities’’ after ‘‘non19 governmental organizations’’; and 

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

21 ‘‘linguistically and’’; and 

22 (3) in paragraph (4)— 

23 (A) by inserting ‘‘(including the District of 

24 Columbia and Puerto Rico)’’ after ‘‘The Attor25 ney General shall allocate to each State’’; 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia, 

2 Puerto Rico,’’ after ‘‘Guam’’; 

3 (C) by striking ‘‘0.125 percent’’ and in4 serting ‘‘0.25 percent’’; and 

5 (D) by striking ‘‘The District of Columbia 

6 shall be treated as a territory for purposes of 

7 calculating its allocation under the preceding 

8 formula.’’. 

9 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

10 41601(f)(1) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 

11 (42 U.S.C. 14043g(f)(1)) is amended by striking 

12 ‘‘$50,000,000 to remain available until expended for each 

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

14 ‘‘$40,000,000 to remain available until expended for each 

15 of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’. 

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

17 SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING, AND CHILD 

18 ABUSE ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE. 

19 Section 40295 of the Violence Against Women Act 

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

21 (1) in subsection (a)(1)(H), by inserting ‘‘, in22 cluding sexual assault forensic examiners’’ before the 

23 semicolon; 

24 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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1 (i) by striking ‘‘victim advocacy 

2 groups’’ and inserting ‘‘victim service pro3 viders’’; and 

4 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, including devel5 oping multidisciplinary teams focusing on 

6 high risk cases with the goal of preventing 

7 domestic and dating violence homicides’’ 

8 before the semicolon; 

9 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

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

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

12 assistance, and other long-term and short13 term victim and population specific serv14 ices’’; and 

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

16 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe17 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

19 ‘‘(4) developing, enlarging, or strengthening 

20 programs addressing sexual assault, including sexual 

21 assault forensic examiner programs, Sexual Assault 

22 Response Teams, law enforcement training, and pro23 grams addressing rape kit backlogs. 

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1 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 

2 who reside in remote rural and geographically iso3 lated areas, including addressing the challenges 

4 posed by the lack of access to shelters and victims 

5 services, and limited law enforcement resources and 

6 training, and providing training and resources to 

7 Community Health Aides involved in the delivery of 

8 Indian Health Service programs.’’; and 

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

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

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

12 of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’. 

13 SEC. 203. TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END VIOLENCE 

14 AGAINST WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES 

15 GRANTS. 

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

18 3796gg–7) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (b)— 

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

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

2 service organizations’’ and inserting ‘‘victim 

3 service providers’’; and 

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

5 services organizations’’ and inserting ‘‘victim 

6 service providers’’; 

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

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

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

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

13 inserting ‘‘$9,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 

14 through 2018’’. 

15 SEC. 204. ENHANCED TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END 

16 ABUSE IN LATER LIFE. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle H of the Violence Against 

18 Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14041 et seq.) is amended 

19 to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘Subtitle H—Enhanced Training 

21 and Services to End Abuse 

22 Later in Life 

23 ‘‘SEC. 40801. ENHANCED TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END 

24 ABUSE IN LATER LIFE. 

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1 ‘‘(1) the term ‘exploitation’ has the meaning 

2 given the term in section 2011 of the Social Security 

3 Act (42 U.S.C. 1397j); 

4 ‘‘(2) the term ‘later life’, relating to an indi5 vidual, means the individual is 50 years of age or 

6 older; and 

7 ‘‘(3) the term ‘neglect’ means the failure of a 

8 caregiver or fiduciary to provide the goods or serv9 ices that are necessary to maintain the health or 

10 safety of an individual in later life. 

11 ‘‘(b) GRANT PROGRAM.— 

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

13 General may make grants to eligible entities to carry 

14 out the activities described in paragraph (2). 

15 ‘‘(2) MANDATORY AND PERMISSIBLE ACTIVI16 TIES.— 

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

18 entity receiving a grant under this section shall 

19 use the funds received under the grant to— 

20 ‘‘(i) provide training programs to as21 sist law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, 

22 agencies of States or units of local govern23 ment, population specific organizations, 

24 victim service providers, victim advocates, 

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1 State, territorial, and local courts in recog2 nizing and addressing instances of elder 

3 abuse; 

4 ‘‘(ii) provide or enhance services for 

5 victims of abuse in later life, including do6 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as7 sault, stalking, exploitation, and neglect; 

8 ‘‘(iii) establish or support multidisci9 plinary collaborative community responses 

10 to victims of abuse in later life, including 

11 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

12 assault, stalking, exploitation, and neglect; 

13 and 

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

15 enforcement agencies, prosecutors, agen16 cies of States or units of local government, 

17 attorneys, health care providers, population 

18 specific organizations, faith-based advo19 cates, victim service providers, and courts 

20 to better serve victims of abuse in later 

21 life, including domestic violence, dating vio22 lence, sexual assault, stalking, exploitation, 

23 and neglect. 

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1 may use the funds received under the grant 

2 to— 

3 ‘‘(i) provide training programs to as4 sist attorneys, health care providers, faith5 based leaders, or other community-based 

6 organizations in recognizing and address7 ing instances of abuse in later life, includ8 ing domestic violence, dating violence, sex9 ual assault, stalking, exploitation, and ne10 glect; or 

11 ‘‘(ii) conduct outreach activities and 

12 awareness campaigns to ensure that vic13 tims of abuse in later life, including domes14 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

15 stalking, exploitation, and neglect receive 

16 appropriate assistance. 

17 ‘‘(C) WAIVER.—The Attorney General may 

18 waive 1 or more of the activities described in 

19 subparagraph (A) upon making a determination 

20 that the activity would duplicate services avail21 able in the community. 

22 ‘‘(D) LIMITATION.—An eligible entity re23 ceiving a grant under this section may use not 

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1 ceived under the grant for an activity described 

2 in subparagraph (B)(ii). 

3 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—An entity shall be 

4 eligible to receive a grant under this section if— 

5 ‘‘(A) the entity is— 

6 ‘‘(i) a State; 

7 ‘‘(ii) a unit of local government; 

8 ‘‘(iii) a tribal government or tribal or9 ganization; 

10 ‘‘(iv) a population specific organiza11 tion with demonstrated experience in as12 sisting individuals over 50 years of age; 

13 ‘‘(v) a victim service provider with 

14 demonstrated experience in addressing do15 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as16 sault, and stalking; or 

17 ‘‘(vi) a State, tribal, or territorial do18 mestic violence or sexual assault coalition; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(B) the entity demonstrates that it is 

21 part of a multidisciplinary partnership that in22 cludes, at a minimum— 

23 ‘‘(i) a law enforcement agency; 

24 ‘‘(ii) a prosecutor’s office; 

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1 ‘‘(iv) a nonprofit program or govern2 ment agency with demonstrated experience 

3 in assisting individuals in later life. 

4 ‘‘(4) UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.—In making 

5 grants under this section, the Attorney General shall 

6 give priority to proposals providing services to cul7 turally specific and underserved populations. 

8 ‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

9 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

10 this section $9,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 

11 through 2018.’’. 

12 TITLE III—SERVICES, PROTEC13 TION, AND JUSTICE FOR 

14 YOUNG VICTIMS OF VIO15 LENCE 

16 SEC. 301. RAPE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION GRANT. 

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

18 U.S.C. 280b–1b) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

21 by inserting ‘‘, territorial or tribal’’ after ‘‘crisis 

22 centers, State’’; and 

23 (B) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘and al24 cohol’’ after ‘‘about drugs’’; and 

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

2 ‘‘$80,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 

3 through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000 for 

4 each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’; and 

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

6 ‘‘(3) BASELINE FUNDING FOR STATES, THE

7 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND PUERTO RICO.—A 

8 minimum allocation of $150,000 shall be awarded in 

9 each fiscal year for each of the States, the District 

10 of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. A minimum alloca11 tion of $35,000 shall be awarded in each fiscal year 

12 for each Territory. Any unused or remaining funds 

13 shall be allotted to each State, the District of Co14 lumbia, and Puerto Rico on the basis of popu15 lation.’’. 

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

17 SERVICES, AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN 

18 AND YOUTH. 

19 Subtitle L of the Violence Against Women Act of 

20 1994 is amended by striking sections 41201 through 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 41201. CREATING HOPE THROUGH OUTREACH, OP2 TIONS, SERVICES, AND EDUCATION FOR 

3 CHILDREN AND YOUTH (‘CHOOSE CHILDREN 

4 & YOUTH’). 

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

6 working in collaboration with the Secretary of Health and 

7 Human Services and the Secretary of Education, shall 

8 award grants to enhance the safety of youth and children 

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

10 violence, sexual assault, or stalking and prevent future vio11 lence. 

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

13 this section may be used for the following program pur14 pose areas: 

15 ‘‘(1) SERVICES TO ADVOCATE FOR AND RE16 SPOND TO YOUTH.—To develop, expand, and 

17 strengthen victim-centered interventions and services 

18 that target youth who are victims of domestic vio19 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

20 Services may include victim services, counseling, ad21 vocacy, mentoring, educational support, transpor22 tation, legal assistance in civil, criminal and admin23 istrative matters, such as family law cases, housing 

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1 trafficking, population-specific services, and other 

2 activities that support youth in finding safety, sta3 bility, and justice and in addressing the emotional, 

4 cognitive, and physical effects of trauma. Funds may 

5 be used to— 

6 ‘‘(A) assess and analyze currently available 

7 services for youth victims of domestic violence, 

8 dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, de9 termining relevant barriers to such services in 

10 a particular locality, and developing a commu11 nity protocol to address such problems collabo12 ratively; 

13 ‘‘(B) develop and implement policies, prac14 tices, and procedures to effectively respond to 

15 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as16 sault, or stalking against youth; or 

17 ‘‘(C) provide technical assistance and 

18 training to enhance the ability of school per19 sonnel, victim service providers, child protective 

20 service workers, staff of law enforcement agen21 cies, prosecutors, court personnel, individuals 

22 who work in after school programs, medical 

23 personnel, social workers, mental health per24 sonnel, and workers in other programs that 

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1 to appropriately respond to the needs of chil2 dren and youth who are victims of domestic vio3 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk4 ing, and to properly refer such children, youth, 

5 and their families to appropriate services. 

6 ‘‘(2) SUPPORTING YOUTH THROUGH EDU7 CATION AND PROTECTION.—To enable middle 

8 schools, high schools, and institutions of higher edu9 cation to— 

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

11 including healthcare providers and security per12 sonnel, on the needs of students who are vic13 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, sex14 ual assault, or stalking; 

15 ‘‘(B) develop and implement prevention 

16 and intervention policies in middle and high 

17 schools, including appropriate responses to, and 

18 identification and referral procedures for, stu19 dents who are experiencing or perpetrating do20 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

21 or stalking, and procedures for handling the re22 quirements of court protective orders issued to 

23 or against students; 

24 ‘‘(C) provide support services for student 

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1 sexual assault or stalking, such as a resource 

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

3 ‘‘(D) implement developmentally appro4 priate educational programming for students re5 garding domestic violence, dating violence, sex6 ual assault, and stalking and the impact of such 

7 violence on youth; or 

8 ‘‘(E) develop strategies to increase identi9 fication, support, referrals, and prevention pro10 gramming for youth who are at high risk of do11 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

12 or stalking. 

13 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.— 

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

15 grant under this section, an entity shall be— 

16 ‘‘(A) a victim service provider, tribal non17 profit, or population-specific or community18 based organization with a demonstrated history 

19 of effective work addressing the needs of youth 

20 who are, including runaway or homeless youth 

21 affected by, victims of domestic violence, dating 

22 violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 

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1 onstrated history of effective work addressing 

2 the needs of youth; or 

3 ‘‘(C) a public, charter, tribal, or nationally 

4 accredited private middle or high school, a 

5 school administered by the Department of De6 fense under section 2164 of title 10, United 

7 States Code or section 1402 of the Defense De8 pendents’ Education Act of 1978, a group of 

9 schools, a school district, or an institution of 

10 higher education. 

11 ‘‘(2) PARTNERSHIPS.— 

12 ‘‘(A) EDUCATION.—To be eligible to re13 ceive a grant for the purposes described in sub14 section (b)(2), an entity described in paragraph 

15 (1) shall be partnered with a public, charter, 

16 tribal, or nationally accredited private middle or 

17 high school, a school administered by the De18 partment of Defense under section 2164 of title 

19 10, United States Code or section 1402 of the 

20 Defense Dependents’ Education Act of 1978, a 

21 group of schools, a school district, or an institu22 tion of higher education. 

23 ‘‘(B) OTHER PARTNERSHIPS.—All appli24 cants under this section are encouraged to work 

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1 that work with the relevant population. Such 

2 entities may include— 

3 ‘‘(i) a State, tribe, unit of local gov4 ernment, or territory; 

5 ‘‘(ii) a population specific or commu6 nity-based organization; 

7 ‘‘(iii) batterer intervention programs 

8 or sex offender treatment programs with 

9 specialized knowledge and experience work10 ing with youth offenders; or 

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

12 nongovernmental organizations with the 

13 capacity to provide effective assistance to 

14 the adult, youth, and child victims served 

15 by the partnership. 

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

17 grants under this section shall establish and implement 

18 policies, practices, and procedures that— 

19 ‘‘(1) require and include appropriate referral 

20 systems for child and youth victims; 

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

22 child and youth victim information, particularly in 

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1 ing with other service providers all with priority on 

2 victim safety and autonomy; and 

3 ‘‘(3) ensure that all individuals providing inter4 vention or prevention programming to children or 

5 youth through a program funded under this section 

6 have completed, or will complete, sufficient training 

7 in connection with domestic violence, dating violence, 

8 sexual assault and stalking. 

9 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS.—In 

10 this section, the definitions and grant conditions provided 

11 for in section 40002 shall apply. 

12 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

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

14 $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018. 

15 ‘‘(g) ALLOTMENT.— 

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

17 the total amount appropriated under this section for 

18 each fiscal year shall be used for the purposes de19 scribed in subsection (b)(1). 

20 ‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBES.—Not less than 10 percent 

21 of the total amount appropriated under this section 

22 for each fiscal year shall be made available for 

23 grants under the program authorized by section 

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1 tion shall not apply to funds allocated under this 

2 paragraph. 

3 ‘‘(h) PRIORITY.—The Attorney General shall 

4 prioritize grant applications under this section that coordi5 nate with prevention programs in the community.’’. 

6 SEC. 303. GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES ON CAM7 PUSES. 

8 Section 304 of the Violence Against Women and De9 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 

10 U.S.C. 14045b) is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (a)— 

12 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

13 (i) by striking ‘‘stalking on campuses, 

14 and’’ and inserting ‘‘stalking on cam15 puses,’’; 

16 (ii) by striking ‘‘crimes against women 

17 on’’ and inserting ‘‘crimes on’’; and 

18 (iii) by inserting ‘‘, and to develop and 

19 strengthen prevention education and 

20 awareness programs’’ before the period; 

21 and 

22 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking 

23 ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$300,000’’; 

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1 (i) by inserting ‘‘, strengthen,’’ after 

2 ‘‘To develop’’; and 

3 (ii) by inserting ‘‘including the use of 

4 technology to commit these crimes,’’ after 

5 ‘‘sexual assault and stalking,’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (4)— 

7 (i) by inserting ‘‘and population spe8 cific services’’ after ‘‘strengthen victim 

9 services programs’’; 

10 (ii) by striking ‘‘entities carrying out’’ 

11 and all that follows through ‘‘stalking vic12 tim services programs’’ and inserting ‘‘vic13 tim service providers’’; and 

14 (iii) by inserting ‘‘, regardless of 

15 whether the services are provided by the 

16 institution or in coordination with commu17 nity victim service providers’’ before the 

18 period at the end; and 

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

20 ‘‘(9) To develop or adapt and provide develop21 mental, culturally appropriate, and linguistically ac22 cessible print or electronic materials to address both 

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1 ‘‘(10) To develop or adapt population specific 

2 strategies and projects for victims of domestic vio3 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 

4 from underserved populations on campus.’’; 

5 (3) in subsection (c)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

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

8 ‘‘any non-profit’’ and all that follows 

9 through ‘‘victim services programs’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘victim service providers’’; 

11 (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

12 (D) through (F) as subparagraphs (E) 

13 through (G), respectively; and 

14 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

15 (C), the following: 

16 ‘‘(D) describe how underserved populations 

17 in the campus community will be adequately 

18 served, including the provision of relevant popu19 lation specific services;’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘2007 

21 through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘2014 through 

22 2018’’; 

23 (4) in subsection (d)— 

24 (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

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

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(3) GRANTEE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.— 

4 Each grantee shall comply with the following min5 imum requirements during the grant period: 

6 ‘‘(A) The grantee shall create a coordi7 nated community response including both orga8 nizations external to the institution and rel9 evant divisions of the institution. 

10 ‘‘(B) The grantee shall establish a manda11 tory prevention and education program on do12 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

13 and stalking for all incoming students. 

14 ‘‘(C) The grantee shall train all campus 

15 law enforcement to respond effectively to do16 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

17 and stalking. 

18 ‘‘(D) The grantee shall train all members 

19 of campus disciplinary boards to respond effec20 tively to situations involving domestic violence, 

21 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.’’; 

22 and 

23 (5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘there are’’ 

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1 ‘‘there is authorized to be appropriated $12,000,000 

2 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’. 

3 SEC. 304. CAMPUS SEXUAL VIOLENCE, DOMESTIC VIO4 LENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, AND STALKING 

5 EDUCATION AND PREVENTION. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 485(f) of the Higher Edu7 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)) is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

9 (A) in subparagraph (C)(iii), by striking 

10 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘, when the 

11 victim of such crime elects or is unable to make 

12 such a report.’’; and 

13 (B) in subparagraph (F)— 

14 (i) in clause (i)(VIII), by striking 

15 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

16 (ii) in clause (ii)— 

17 (I) by striking ‘‘sexual orienta18 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘national origin, 

19 sexual orientation, gender identity,’’; 

20 and 

21 (II) by striking the period and 

22 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(iii) of domestic violence, dating vio2 lence, and stalking incidents that were re3 ported to campus security authorities or 

4 local police agencies.’’; 

5 (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, that with6 holds the names of victims as confidential,’’ after 

7 ‘‘that is timely’’; 

8 (3) in paragraph (6)(A)— 

9 (A) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), and 

10 (iii) as clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv), respectively; 

11 (B) by inserting before clause (ii), as re12 designated by subparagraph (A), the following: 

13 ‘‘(i) The terms ‘dating violence’, ‘domestic vio14 lence’, and ‘stalking’ have the meaning given such 

15 terms in section 40002(a) of the Violence Against 

16 Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925(a)).’’; and 

17 (C) by inserting after clause (iv), as redes18 ignated by subparagraph (A), the following: 

19 ‘‘(v) The term ‘sexual assault’ means an offense 

20 classified as a forcible or nonforcible sex offense 

21 under the uniform crime reporting system of the 

22 Federal Bureau of Investigation.’’; 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(F)’’ and in2 serting ‘‘clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph 

3 (1)(F)’’; and 

4 (B) by inserting after ‘‘Hate Crime Statis5 tics Act.’’ the following: ‘‘For the offenses of 

6 domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, 

7 such statistics shall be compiled in accordance 

8 with the definitions used in section 40002(a) of 

9 the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 

10 U.S.C. 13925(a)).’’; 

11 (5) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(8)(A) Each institution of higher education partici14 pating in any program under this title and title IV of the 

15 Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, other than a foreign 

16 institution of higher education, shall develop and dis17 tribute as part of the report described in paragraph (1) 

18 a statement of policy regarding— 

19 ‘‘(i) such institution’s programs to prevent do20 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

21 stalking; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) the procedures that such institution will 

23 follow once an incident of domestic violence, dating 

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1 dence that will be used during any institutional con2 duct proceeding arising from such a report. 

3 ‘‘(B) The policy described in subparagraph (A) shall 

4 address the following areas: 

5 ‘‘(i) Education programs to promote the aware6 ness of rape, acquaintance rape, domestic violence, 

7 dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, which 

8 shall include— 

9 ‘‘(I) primary prevention and awareness 

10 programs for all incoming students and new 

11 employees, which shall include— 

12 ‘‘(aa) a statement that the institution 

13 of higher education prohibits the offenses 

14 of domestic violence, dating violence, sex15 ual assault, and stalking; 

16 ‘‘(bb) the definition of domestic vio17 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

18 stalking in the applicable jurisdiction; 

19 ‘‘(cc) the definition of consent, in ref20 erence to sexual activity, in the applicable 

21 jurisdiction; 

22 ‘‘(dd) safe and positive options for by23 stander intervention that may be carried 

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1 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

2 stalking against a person other than such 

3 individual; 

4 ‘‘(ee) information on risk reduction to 

5 recognize warning signs of abusive behav6 ior and how to avoid potential attacks; and 

7 ‘‘(ff) the information described in 

8 clauses (ii) through (vii); and 

9 ‘‘(II) ongoing prevention and awareness 

10 campaigns for students and faculty, including 

11 information described in items (aa) through (ff) 

12 of subclause (I). 

13 ‘‘(ii) Possible sanctions or protective measures 

14 that such institution may impose following a final 

15 determination of an institutional disciplinary proce16 dure regarding rape, acquaintance rape, domestic vi17 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

18 ‘‘(iii) Procedures victims should follow if a sex 

19 offense, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as20 sault, or stalking has occurred, including informa21 tion in writing about— 

22 ‘‘(I) the importance of preserving evidence 

23 as may be necessary to the proof of criminal do24 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

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1 ‘‘(II) to whom the alleged offense should 

2 be reported; 

3 ‘‘(III) options regarding law enforcement 

4 and campus authorities, including notification 

5 of the victim’s option to— 

6 ‘‘(aa) notify proper law enforcement 

7 authorities, including on-campus and local 

8 police; 

9 ‘‘(bb) be assisted by campus authori10 ties in notifying law enforcement authori11 ties if the victim so chooses; and 

12 ‘‘(cc) decline to notify such authori13 ties; and 

14 ‘‘(IV) where applicable, the rights of vic15 tims and the institution’s responsibilities re16 garding orders of protection, no contact orders, 

17 restraining orders, or similar lawful orders 

18 issued by a criminal, civil, or tribal court. 

19 ‘‘(iv) Procedures for institutional disciplinary 

20 action in cases of alleged domestic violence, dating 

21 violence, sexual assault, or stalking, which shall in22 clude a clear statement that— 

23 ‘‘(I) such proceedings shall— 

24 ‘‘(aa) provide a prompt, fair, and im25 partial investigation and resolution; and 


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1 ‘‘(bb) be conducted by officials who 

2 receive annual training on the issues re3 lated to domestic violence, dating violence, 

4 sexual assault, and stalking and how to 

5 conduct an investigation and hearing proc6 ess that protects the safety of victims and 

7 promotes accountability; 

8 ‘‘(II) the accuser and the accused are enti9 tled to the same opportunities to have others 

10 present during an institutional disciplinary pro11 ceeding, including the opportunity to be accom12 panied to any related meeting or proceeding by 

13 an advisor of their choice; and 

14 ‘‘(III) both the accuser and the accused 

15 shall be simultaneously informed, in writing, 

16 of— 

17 ‘‘(aa) the outcome of any institutional 

18 disciplinary proceeding that arises from an 

19 allegation of domestic violence, dating vio20 lence, sexual assault, or stalking; 

21 ‘‘(bb) the institution’s procedures for 

22 the accused and the victim to appeal the 

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1 ‘‘(cc) of any change to the results that 

2 occurs prior to the time that such results 

3 become final; and 

4 ‘‘(dd) when such results become final. 

5 ‘‘(v) Information about how the institution will 

6 protect the confidentiality of victims, including how 

7 publicly available recordkeeping will be accomplished 

8 without the inclusion of identifying information 

9 about the victim, to the extent permissible by law. 

10 ‘‘(vi) Written notification of students and em11 ployees about existing counseling, health, mental 

12 health, victim advocacy, legal assistance, and other 

13 services available for victims both on-campus and in 

14 the community. 

15 ‘‘(vii) Written notification of victims about op16 tions for, and available assistance in, changing aca17 demic, living, transportation, and working situations, 

18 if so requested by the victim and if such accom19 modations are reasonably available, regardless of 

20 whether the victim chooses to report the crime to 

21 campus police or local law enforcement. 

22 ‘‘(C) A student or employee who reports to an institu23 tion of higher education that the student or employee has 

24 been a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

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1 off campus, shall be provided with a written explanation 

2 of the student or employee’s rights and options, as de3 scribed in clauses (ii) through (vii) of subparagraph (B).’’; 

4 (6) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘The Sec5 retary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary, in consulta6 tion with the Attorney General of the United 

7 States,’’; 

8 (7) by striking paragraph (16) and inserting 

9 the following: 

10 ‘‘(16)(A) The Secretary shall seek the advice and 

11 counsel of the Attorney General of the United States con12 cerning the development, and dissemination to institutions 

13 of higher education, of best practices information about 

14 campus safety and emergencies. 

15 ‘‘(B) The Secretary shall seek the advice and counsel 

16 of the Attorney General of the United States and the Sec17 retary of Health and Human Services concerning the de18 velopment, and dissemination to institutions of higher 

19 education, of best practices information about preventing 

20 and responding to incidents of domestic violence, dating 

21 violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including elements 

22 of institutional policies that have proven successful based 

23 on evidence-based outcome measurements.’’; and 

24 (8) by striking paragraph (17) and inserting 

25 the following: 


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1 ‘‘(17) No officer, employee, or agent of an institution 

2 participating in any program under this title shall retali3 ate, intimidate, threaten, coerce, or otherwise discriminate 

4 against any individual for exercising their rights or re5 sponsibilities under any provision of this subsection.’’. 

6 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

7 this section shall take effect with respect to the annual 

8 security report under section 485(f)(1) of the Higher Edu9 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(1)) prepared by 

10 an institution of higher education 1 calendar year after 

11 the date of enactment of this Act, and each subsequent 

12 calendar year. 

13 TITLE IV—VIOLENCE 

14 REDUCTION PRACTICES 

15 SEC. 401. STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE CENTERS FOR DIS16 EASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. 

17 Section 402(c) of the Violence Against Women and 

18 Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 

19 U.S.C. 280b–4(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘$2,000,000 for 

20 each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘$1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2014 through 

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1 SEC. 402. SAVING MONEY AND REDUCING TRAGEDIES 

2 THROUGH PREVENTION GRANTS. 

3 (a) SMART PREVENTION.—Section 41303 of the Vi4 olence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043d– 

5 2) is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 41303. SAVING MONEY AND REDUCING TRAGEDIES 

7 THROUGH PREVENTION (SMART PREVEN8 TION). 

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

10 in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human 

11 Services and the Secretary of Education, is authorized to 

12 award grants for the purpose of preventing domestic vio13 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by tak14 ing a comprehensive approach that focuses on youth, chil15 dren exposed to violence, and men as leaders and 

16 influencers of social norms. 

17 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds provided under this 

18 section may be used for the following purposes: 

19 ‘‘(1) TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND

20 PREVENTION.—To develop, maintain, or enhance 

21 programs that change attitudes and behaviors 

22 around the acceptability of domestic violence, dating 

23 violence, sexual assault, and stalking and provide 

24 education and skills training to young individuals 

25 and individuals who influence young individuals. The 

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1 dence-informed, or innovative strategies and prac2 tices focused on youth. Such a program should in3 clude— 

4 ‘‘(A) age and developmentally appropriate 

5 education on domestic violence, dating violence, 

6 sexual assault, stalking, and sexual coercion, as 

7 well as healthy relationship skills, in school, in 

8 the community, or in health care settings; 

9 ‘‘(B) community-based collaboration and 

10 training for those with influence on youth, such 

11 as parents, teachers, coaches, healthcare pro12 viders, faith-leaders, older teens, and mentors; 

13 ‘‘(C) education and outreach to change en14 vironmental factors contributing to domestic vi15 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

16 stalking; and 

17 ‘‘(D) policy development targeted to pre18 vention, including school-based policies and pro19 tocols. 

20 ‘‘(2) CHILDREN EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE AND

21 ABUSE.—To develop, maintain or enhance programs 

22 designed to prevent future incidents of domestic vio23 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 

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1 exposure to violence in the home. Such programs 

2 may include— 

3 ‘‘(A) providing services for children ex4 posed to domestic violence, dating violence, sex5 ual assault or stalking, including direct coun6 seling or advocacy, and support for the non7 abusing parent; and 

8 ‘‘(B) training and coordination for edu9 cational, after-school, and childcare programs 

10 on how to safely and confidentially identify chil11 dren and families experiencing domestic vio12 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk13 ing and properly refer children exposed and 

14 their families to services and violence prevention 

15 programs. 

16 ‘‘(3) ENGAGING MEN AS LEADERS AND ROLE

17 MODELS.—To develop, maintain or enhance pro18 grams that work with men to prevent domestic vio19 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 

20 by helping men to serve as role models and social 

21 influencers of other men and youth at the individual, 

22 school, community or statewide levels. 

23 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive 

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1 ‘‘(1) a victim service provider, community-based 

2 organization, tribe or tribal organization, or other 

3 non-profit, nongovernmental organization that has a 

4 history of effective work preventing domestic vio5 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and 

6 expertise in the specific area for which they are ap7 plying for funds; or 

8 ‘‘(2) a partnership between a victim service pro9 vider, community-based organization, tribe or tribal 

10 organization, or other non-profit, nongovernmental 

11 organization that has a history of effective work pre12 venting domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as13 sault, or stalking and at least one of the following 

14 that has expertise in serving children exposed to do15 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

16 stalking, youth domestic violence, dating violence, 

17 sexual assault, or stalking prevention, or engaging 

18 men to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, 

19 sexual assault, or stalking: 

20 ‘‘(A) A public, charter, tribal, or nationally 

21 accredited private middle or high school, a 

22 school administered by the Department of De23 fense under section 2164 of title 10, United 

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1 pendents’ Education Act of 1978, a group of 

2 schools, or a school district. 

3 ‘‘(B) A local community-based organiza4 tion, population-specific organization, or faith5 based organization that has established exper6 tise in providing services to youth. 

7 ‘‘(C) A community-based organization, 

8 population-specific organization, university or 

9 health care clinic, faith-based organization, or 

10 other non-profit, nongovernmental organization 

11 with a demonstrated history of effective work 

12 addressing the needs of children exposed to do13 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

14 or stalking. 

15 ‘‘(D) A nonprofit, nongovernmental entity 

16 providing services for runaway or homeless 

17 youth affected by domestic violence, dating vio18 lence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

19 ‘‘(E) Healthcare entities eligible for reim20 bursement under title XVIII of the Social Secu21 rity Act, including providers that target the 

22 special needs of children and youth. 

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1 vide necessary expertise to meet the goals of the 

2 program; or 

3 ‘‘(3) a public, charter, tribal, or nationally ac4 credited private middle or high school, a school ad5 ministered by the Department of Defense under sec6 tion 2164 of title 10, United States Code or section 

7 1402 of the Defense Dependents’ Education Act of 

8 1978, a group of schools, a school district, or an in9 stitution of higher education. 

10 ‘‘(d) GRANTEE REQUIREMENTS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Applicants for grants 

12 under this section shall prepare and submit to the 

13 Director an application at such time, in such man14 ner, and containing such information as the Director 

15 may require that demonstrates the capacity of the 

16 applicant and partnering organizations to undertake 

17 the project. 

18 ‘‘(2) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—Applicants 

19 under this section shall establish and implement 

20 policies, practices, and procedures that— 

21 ‘‘(A) include appropriate referral systems 

22 to direct any victim identified during program 

23 activities to highly qualified follow-up care; 

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1 particularly in the context of parental or third 

2 party involvement and consent, mandatory re3 porting duties, and working with other service 

4 providers; 

5 ‘‘(C) ensure that all individuals providing 

6 prevention programming through a program 

7 funded under this section have completed or 

8 will complete sufficient training in connection 

9 with domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

10 assault or stalking; and 

11 ‘‘(D) document how prevention programs 

12 are coordinated with service programs in the 

13 community. 

14 ‘‘(3) PREFERENCE.—In selecting grant recipi15 ents under this section, the Attorney General shall 

16 give preference to applicants that— 

17 ‘‘(A) include outcome-based evaluation; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(B) identify any other community, school, 

20 or State-based efforts that are working on do21 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

22 or stalking prevention and explain how the 

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1 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS.—In 

2 this section, the definitions and grant conditions provided 

3 for in section 40002 shall apply. 

4 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

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

6 $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018. 

7 Amounts appropriated under this section may only be used 

8 for programs and activities described under this section. 

9 ‘‘(g) ALLOTMENT.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 25 percent of 

11 the total amounts appropriated under this section in 

12 each fiscal year shall be used for each set of pur13 poses described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of 

14 subsection (b). 

15 ‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBES.—Not less than 10 percent 

16 of the total amounts appropriated under this section 

17 in each fiscal year shall be made available for grants 

18 to Indian tribes or tribal organizations. If an insuffi19 cient number of applications are received from In20 dian tribes or tribal organizations, such funds shall 

21 be allotted to other population-specific programs.’’. 

22 (b) REPEALS.—The following provisions are repealed: 

23 (1) Sections 41304 and 41305 of the Violence 

24 Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043d–3 

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1 (2) Section 403 of the Violence Against Women 

2 and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 

3 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14045c). 

4 TITLE V—STRENGTHENING THE 

5 HEALTHCARE SYSTEM’S RE6 SPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIO7 LENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

8 SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND 

9 STALKING 

10 SEC. 501. CONSOLIDATION OF GRANTS TO STRENGTHEN 

11 THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM’S RESPONSE TO 

12 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

13 SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 

14 (a) GRANTS.—Section 399P of the Public Health 

15 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g–4) is amended to read as 

16 follows: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 399P. GRANTS TO STRENGTHEN THE HEALTHCARE 

18 SYSTEM’S RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIO19 LENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, 

20 AND STALKING. 

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

22 grants for— 

23 ‘‘(1) the development or enhancement and im24 plementation of interdisciplinary training for health 


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1 professionals, public health staff, and allied health 

2 professionals; 

3 ‘‘(2) the development or enhancement and im4 plementation of education programs for medical, 

5 nursing, dental, and other health profession students 

6 and residents to prevent and respond to domestic vi7 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(3) the development or enhancement and im10 plementation of comprehensive statewide strategies 

11 to improve the response of clinics, public health fa12 cilities, hospitals, and other health settings (includ13 ing behavioral and mental health programs) to do14 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

15 stalking. 

16 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) REQUIRED USES.—Amounts provided 

18 under a grant under this section shall be used to— 

19 ‘‘(A) fund interdisciplinary training and 

20 education programs under paragraphs (1) and 

21 (2) of subsection (a) that— 

22 ‘‘(i) are designed to train medical, 

23 psychology, dental, social work, nursing, 

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1 care providers to identify and provide 

2 health care services (including mental or 

3 behavioral health care services and refer4 rals to appropriate community services) to 

5 individuals who are or who have been vic6 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

7 sexual assault, or stalking; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) plan and develop culturally com9 petent clinical training components for in10 tegration into approved internship, resi11 dency, and fellowship training or con12 tinuing medical or other health education 

13 training that address physical, mental, and 

14 behavioral health issues, including protec15 tive factors, related to domestic violence, 

16 dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, 

17 and other forms of violence and abuse, 

18 focus on reducing health disparities and 

19 preventing violence and abuse, and include 

20 the primacy of victim safety and confiden21 tiality; 

22 ‘‘(B) design and implement comprehensive 

23 strategies to improve the response of the health 

24 care system to domestic or sexual violence in 

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1 clinics, and other health settings (including be2 havioral and mental health), under subsection 

3 (a)(3) through— 

4 ‘‘(i) the implementation, dissemina5 tion, and evaluation of policies and proce6 dures to guide health professionals and 

7 public health staff in identifying and re8 sponding to domestic violence, dating vio9 lence, sexual assault, and stalking, includ10 ing strategies to ensure that health infor11 mation is maintained in a manner that 

12 protects the patient’s privacy and safety, 

13 and safely uses health information tech14 nology to improve documentation, identi15 fication, assessment, treatment, and follow16 up care; 

17 ‘‘(ii) the development of on-site access 

18 to services to address the safety, medical, 

19 and mental health needs of patients by in20 creasing the capacity of existing health 

21 care professionals and public health staff 

22 to address domestic violence, dating vio23 lence, sexual assault, and stalking, or by 

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1 ices or to model other services appropriate 

2 to the geographic and cultural needs of a 

3 site; 

4 ‘‘(iii) the development of measures 

5 and methods for the evaluation of the 

6 practice of identification, intervention, and 

7 documentation regarding victims of domes8 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

9 and stalking, including the development 

10 and testing of quality improvement meas11 urements, in accordance with the multi12 stakeholder and quality measurement proc13 esses established under paragraphs (7) and 

14 (8) of section 1890(b) and section 1890A 

15 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

16 1395aaa(b)(7) and (8); 42 U.S.C. 1890A); 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(iv) the provision of training and fol19 low-up technical assistance to health care 

20 professionals, and public health staff, and 

21 allied health professionals to identify, as22 sess, treat, and refer clients who are vic23 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

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1 tools and training materials already devel2 oped. 

3 ‘‘(2) PERMISSIBLE USES.— 

4 ‘‘(A) CHILD AND ELDER ABUSE.—To the 

5 extent consistent with the purpose of this sec6 tion, a grantee may use amounts received under 

7 this section to address, as part of a comprehen8 sive programmatic approach implemented under 

9 the grant, issues relating to child or elder 

10 abuse. 

11 ‘‘(B) RURAL AREAS.—Grants funded 

12 under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) 

13 may be used to offer to rural areas community14 based training opportunities, which may include 

15 the use of distance learning networks and other 

16 available technologies needed to reach isolated 

17 rural areas, for medical, nursing, and other 

18 health profession students and residents on do19 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

20 stalking, and, as appropriate, other forms of vi21 olence and abuse. 

22 ‘‘(C) OTHER USES.—Grants funded under 

23 subsection (a)(3) may be used for— 

24 ‘‘(i) the development of training mod25 ules and policies that address the overlap 


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1 of child abuse, domestic violence, dating vi2 olence, sexual assault, and stalking and 

3 elder abuse, as well as childhood exposure 

4 to domestic and sexual violence; 

5 ‘‘(ii) the development, expansion, and 

6 implementation of sexual assault forensic 

7 medical examination or sexual assault 

8 nurse examiner programs; 

9 ‘‘(iii) the inclusion of the health ef10 fects of lifetime exposure to violence and 

11 abuse as well as related protective factors 

12 and behavioral risk factors in health pro13 fessional training schools including med14 ical, dental, nursing, social work, and men15 tal and behavioral health curricula, and al16 lied health service training courses; or 

17 ‘‘(iv) the integration of knowledge of 

18 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

19 assault, and stalking into health care ac20 creditation and professional licensing ex21 aminations, such as medical, dental, social 

22 work, and nursing boards, and where ap23 propriate, other allied health exams. 

24 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTEES.— 

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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Grantees under this 

2 section shall ensure that all programs developed 

3 with grant funds address issues of confiden4 tiality and patient safety and comply with appli5 cable confidentiality and nondisclosure require6 ments under section 40002(b)(2) of the Vio7 lence Against Women Act of 1994 and the 

8 Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, 

9 and that faculty and staff associated with deliv10 ering educational components are fully trained 

11 in procedures that will protect the immediate 

12 and ongoing security and confidentiality of the 

13 patients, patient records, and staff. Such grant14 ees shall consult entities with demonstrated ex15 pertise in the confidentiality and safety needs of 

16 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

17 sexual assault, and stalking on the development 

18 and adequacy of confidentially and security pro19 cedures, and provide documentation of such 

20 consultation. 

21 ‘‘(B) ADVANCE NOTICE OF INFORMATION

22 DISCLOSURE.—Grantees under this section shall 

23 provide to patients advance notice about any 

24 circumstances under which information may be 

25 disclosed, such as mandatory reporting laws, 


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1 and shall give patients the option to receive in2 formation and referrals without affirmatively 

3 disclosing abuse. 

4 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EX5 PENSES.—A grantee shall use not more than 10 per6 cent of the amounts received under a grant under 

7 this section for administrative expenses. 

8 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION.— 

9 ‘‘(A) PREFERENCE.—In selecting grant re10 cipients under this section, the Secretary shall 

11 give preference to applicants based on the 

12 strength of their evaluation strategies, with pri13 ority given to outcome based evaluations. 

14 ‘‘(B) SUBSECTION (a)(1) AND (2) GRANT15 EES.—Applications for grants under para16 graphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) shall in17 clude— 

18 ‘‘(i) documentation that the applicant 

19 represents a team of entities working col20 laboratively to strengthen the response of 

21 the health care system to domestic vio22 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

23 stalking, and which includes at least one of 

24 each of— 


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1 ‘‘(I) an accredited school of 

2 allopathic or osteopathic medicine, 

3 psychology, nursing, dentistry, social 

4 work, or other health field; 

5 ‘‘(II) a health care facility or sys6 tem; or 

7 ‘‘(III) a government or nonprofit 

8 entity with a history of effective work 

9 in the fields of domestic violence, dat10 ing violence, sexual assault, or stalk11 ing; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) strategies for the dissemination 

13 and sharing of curricula and other edu14 cational materials developed under the 

15 grant, if any, with other interested health 

16 professions schools and national resource 

17 repositories for materials on domestic vio18 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

19 stalking. 

20 ‘‘(C) SUBSECTION (a)(3) GRANTEES.—An 

21 entity desiring a grant under subsection (a)(3) 

22 shall submit an application to the Secretary at 

23 such time, in such a manner, and containing 

24 such information and assurances as the Sec25 retary may require, including— 


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1 ‘‘(i) documentation that all training, 

2 education, screening, assessment, services, 

3 treatment, and any other approach to pa4 tient care will be informed by an under5 standing of violence and abuse victimiza6 tion and trauma-specific approaches that 

7 will be integrated into prevention, interven8 tion, and treatment activities; 

9 ‘‘(ii) strategies for the development 

10 and implementation of policies to prevent 

11 and address domestic violence, dating vio12 lence, sexual assault, and stalking over the 

13 lifespan in health care settings; 

14 ‘‘(iii) a plan for consulting with State 

15 and tribal domestic violence or sexual as16 sault coalitions, national nonprofit victim 

17 advocacy organizations, State or tribal law 

18 enforcement task forces (where appro19 priate), and population specific organiza20 tions with demonstrated expertise in do21 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as22 sault, or stalking; 

23 ‘‘(iv) with respect to an application 

24 for a grant under which the grantee will 

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1 oped in collaboration with local victim serv2 ice providers, to respond appropriately to 

3 and make correct referrals for individuals 

4 who disclose that they are victims of do5 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as6 sault, stalking, or other types of violence, 

7 and documentation provided by the grantee 

8 of an ongoing collaborative relationship 

9 with a local victim service provider; and 

10 ‘‘(v) with respect to an application for 

11 a grant proposing to fund a program de12 scribed in subsection (b)(2)(C)(ii), a cer13 tification that any sexual assault forensic 

14 medical examination and sexual assault 

15 nurse examiner programs supported with 

16 such grant funds will adhere to the guide17 lines set forth by the Attorney General. 

18 ‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 

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

20 funding under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection 

21 (a), an entity shall be— 

22 ‘‘(A) a nonprofit organization with a his23 tory of effective work in the field of training 

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1 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk2 ing, and lifetime exposure to violence and 

3 abuse; 

4 ‘‘(B) an accredited school of allopathic or 

5 osteopathic medicine, psychology, nursing, den6 tistry, social work, or allied health; 

7 ‘‘(C) a health care provider membership or 

8 professional organization, or a health care sys9 tem; or 

10 ‘‘(D) a State, tribal, territorial, or local en11 tity. 

12 ‘‘(2) SUBSECTION (a)(3) GRANTEES.—To be eli13 gible to receive funding under subsection (a)(3), an 

14 entity shall be— 

15 ‘‘(A) a State department (or other divi16 sion) of health, a State, tribal, or territorial do17 mestic violence or sexual assault coalition or 

18 victim service provider, or any other nonprofit, 

19 nongovernmental organization with a history of 

20 effective work in the fields of domestic violence, 

21 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and 

22 health care, including physical or mental health 

23 care; or 

24 ‘‘(B) a local victim service provider, a local 

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1 health clinic, hospital, or health system, or any 

2 other community-based organization with a his3 tory of effective work in the field of domestic vi4 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk5 ing and health care, including physical or men6 tal health care. 

7 ‘‘(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made avail9 able to carry out this section for any fiscal year, the 

10 Secretary may make grants or enter into contracts 

11 to provide technical assistance with respect to the 

12 planning, development, and operation of any pro13 gram, activity or service carried out pursuant to this 

14 section. Not more than 8 percent of the funds ap15 propriated under this section in each fiscal year may 

16 be used to fund technical assistance under this sub17 section. 

18 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF MATERIALS.—The Sec19 retary shall make publicly available materials devel20 oped by grantees under this section, including mate21 rials on training, best practices, and research and 

22 evaluation. 

23 ‘‘(3) REPORTING.—The Secretary shall publish 

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1 ‘‘(A) the distribution of funds under this 

2 section; and 

3 ‘‘(B) the programs and activities supported 

4 by such funds. 

5 ‘‘(f) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made avail7 able to carry out this section for any fiscal year, the 

8 Secretary may use not more than 20 percent to 

9 make a grant or enter into a contract for research 

10 and evaluation of— 

11 ‘‘(A) grants awarded under this section; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(B) other training for health professionals 

14 and effective interventions in the health care 

15 setting that prevent domestic violence, dating 

16 violence, and sexual assault across the lifespan, 

17 prevent the health effects of such violence, and 

18 improve the safety and health of individuals 

19 who are currently being victimized. 

20 ‘‘(2) RESEARCH.—Research authorized in para21 graph (1) may include— 

22 ‘‘(A) research on the effects of domestic vi23 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

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1 tions, and health status of individuals, families, 

2 and populations, including underserved popu3 lations; 

4 ‘‘(B) research to determine effective health 

5 care interventions to respond to and prevent do6 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

7 and stalking; 

8 ‘‘(C) research on the impact of domestic, 

9 dating and sexual violence, childhood exposure 

10 to such violence, and stalking on the health care 

11 system, health care utilization, health care 

12 costs, and health status; and 

13 ‘‘(D) research on the impact of adverse 

14 childhood experiences on adult experience with 

15 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as16 sault, stalking, and adult health outcomes, in17 cluding how to reduce or prevent the impact of 

18 adverse childhood experiences through the 

19 health care setting. 

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

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

22 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018. 

23 ‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—Except as otherwise provided 

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1 Violence Against Women Act of 1994 shall apply to this 

2 section.’’. 

3 (b) REPEALS.—The following provisions are repealed: 

4 (1) Section 40297 of the Violence Against 

5 Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13973). 

6 (2) Section 758 of the Public Health Service 

7 Act (42 U.S.C. 294h). 

8 TITLE VI—SAFE HOMES FOR VIC9 TIMS OF DOMESTIC VIO10 LENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

11 SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND 

12 STALKING 

13 SEC. 601. HOUSING PROTECTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMES14 TIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL 

15 ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 

16 (a) AMENDMENT.—Subtitle N of the Violence 

17 Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043e et seq.) 

18 is amended— 

19 (1) by inserting after the subtitle heading the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘CHAPTER 1—GRANT PROGRAMS’’; 

22 (2) in section 41402 (42 U.S.C. 14043e–1), in 

23 the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 

24 ‘‘subtitle’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter’’; 


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1 (3) in section 41403 (42 U.S.C. 14043e–2), in 

2 the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 

3 ‘‘subtitle’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter’’; and 

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

5 ‘‘CHAPTER 2—HOUSING RIGHTS 

6 ‘‘SEC. 41411. HOUSING PROTECTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF DO7 MESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEX8 UAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 

9 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this chapter: 

10 ‘‘(1) AFFILIATED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘af11 filiated individual’ means, with respect to an indi12 vidual— 

13 ‘‘(A) a spouse, parent, brother, sister, or 

14 child of that individual, or an individual to 

15 whom that individual stands in loco parentis; or 

16 ‘‘(B) any individual, tenant, or lawful occu17 pant living in the household of that individual. 

18 ‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE AGENCY.—The term ‘appro19 priate agency’ means, with respect to a covered 

20 housing program, the Executive department (as de21 fined in section 101 of title 5, United States Code) 

22 that carries out the covered housing program. 

23 ‘‘(3) COVERED HOUSING PROGRAM.—The term 

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1 ‘‘(A) the program under section 202 of the 

2 Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); 

3 ‘‘(B) the program under section 811 of the 

4 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous5 ing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013); 

6 ‘‘(C) the program under subtitle D of title 

7 VIII of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford8 able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.); 

9 ‘‘(D) the program under subtitle A of title 

10 IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 

11 Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.); 

12 ‘‘(E) the program under subtitle A of title 

13 II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford14 able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12741 et seq.); 

15 ‘‘(F) the program under paragraph (3) of 

16 section 221(d) of the National Housing Act (12 

17 U.S.C. 1715l(d)) that bears interest at a rate 

18 determined under the proviso under paragraph 

19 (5) of such section 221(d); 

20 ‘‘(G) the program under section 236 of the 

21 National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1); 

22 ‘‘(H) the programs under sections 6 and 8 

23 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

24 U.S.C. 1437d and 1437f); 


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1 ‘‘(I) rural housing assistance provided 

2 under sections 514, 515, 516, 533, and 538 of 

3 the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 

4 1485, 1486, 1490m, and 1490p–2); and 

5 ‘‘(J) the low income housing tax credit 

6 program under section 42 of the Internal Rev7 enue Code of 1986. 

8 ‘‘(b) PROHIBITED BASIS FOR DENIAL OR TERMI9 NATION OF ASSISTANCE OR EVICTION.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An applicant for or tenant 

11 of housing assisted under a covered housing program 

12 may not be denied admission to, denied assistance 

13 under, terminated from participation in, or evicted 

14 from the housing on the basis that the applicant or 

15 tenant is or has been a victim of domestic violence, 

16 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, if the ap17 plicant or tenant otherwise qualifies for admission, 

18 assistance, participation, or occupancy. 

19 ‘‘(2) CONSTRUCTION OF LEASE TERMS.—An in20 cident of actual or threatened domestic violence, dat21 ing violence, sexual assault, or stalking shall not be 

22 construed as— 

23 ‘‘(A) a serious or repeated violation of a 

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1 ing program by the victim or threatened victim 

2 of such incident; or 

3 ‘‘(B) good cause for terminating the assist4 ance, tenancy, or occupancy rights to housing 

5 assisted under a covered housing program of 

6 the victim or threatened victim of such incident. 

7 ‘‘(3) TERMINATION ON THE BASIS OF CRIMINAL

8 ACTIVITY.— 

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

10 AND OCCUPANCY RIGHTS PROHIBITED.—No 

11 person may deny assistance, tenancy, or occu12 pancy rights to housing assisted under a cov13 ered housing program to a tenant solely on the 

14 basis of criminal activity directly relating to do15 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

16 or stalking that is engaged in by a member of 

17 the household of the tenant or any guest or 

18 other person under the control of the tenant, if 

19 the tenant or an affiliated individual of the ten20 ant is the victim or threatened victim of such 

21 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as22 sault, or stalking. 

23 ‘‘(B) BIFURCATION.— 

24 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 

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1 or owner or manager of housing assisted 

2 under a covered housing program may bi3 furcate a lease for the housing in order to 

4 evict, remove, or terminate assistance to 

5 any individual who is a tenant or lawful oc6 cupant of the housing and who engages in 

7 criminal activity directly relating to domes8 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

9 or stalking against an affiliated individual 

10 or other individual, without evicting, re11 moving, terminating assistance to, or oth12 erwise penalizing a victim of such criminal 

13 activity who is also a tenant or lawful oc14 cupant of the housing. 

15 ‘‘(ii) EFFECT OF EVICTION ON OTHER

16 TENANTS.—If public housing agency or 

17 owner or manager of housing assisted 

18 under a covered housing program evicts, 

19 removes, or terminates assistance to an in20 dividual under clause (i), and the indi21 vidual is the sole tenant eligible to receive 

22 assistance under a covered housing pro23 gram, the public housing agency or owner 

24 or manager of housing assisted under the 

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1 remaining tenant an opportunity to estab2 lish eligibility for the covered housing pro3 gram. If a tenant described in the pre4 ceding sentence cannot establish eligibility, 

5 the public housing agency or owner or 

6 manager of the housing shall provide the 

7 tenant a reasonable time, as determined by 

8 the appropriate agency, to find new hous9 ing or to establish eligibility for housing 

10 under another covered housing program. 

11 ‘‘(C) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 

12 in subparagraph (A) shall be construed— 

13 ‘‘(i) to limit the authority of a public 

14 housing agency or owner or manager of 

15 housing assisted under a covered housing 

16 program, when notified of a court order, to 

17 comply with a court order with respect 

18 to— 

19 ‘‘(I) the rights of access to or 

20 control of property, including civil 

21 protection orders issued to protect a 

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1 ‘‘(II) the distribution or posses2 sion of property among members of a 

3 household in a case; 

4 ‘‘(ii) to limit any otherwise available 

5 authority of a public housing agency or 

6 owner or manager of housing assisted 

7 under a covered housing program to evict 

8 or terminate assistance to a tenant for any 

9 violation of a lease not premised on the act 

10 of violence in question against the tenant 

11 or an affiliated person of the tenant, if the 

12 public housing agency or owner or man13 ager does not subject an individual who is 

14 or has been a victim of domestic violence, 

15 dating violence, or stalking to a more de16 manding standard than other tenants in 

17 determining whether to evict or terminate; 

18 ‘‘(iii) to limit the authority to termi19 nate assistance to a tenant or evict a ten20 ant from housing assisted under a covered 

21 housing program if a public housing agen22 cy or owner or manager of the housing can 

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1 erty would be present if the assistance is 

2 not terminated or the tenant is not evicted; 

3 or 

4 ‘‘(iv) to supersede any provision of 

5 any Federal, State, or local law that pro6 vides greater protection than this section 

7 for victims of domestic violence, dating vio8 lence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

9 ‘‘(c) DOCUMENTATION.— 

10 ‘‘(1) REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTATION.—If an 

11 applicant for, or tenant of, housing assisted under a 

12 covered housing program represents to a public 

13 housing agency or owner or manager of the housing 

14 that the individual is entitled to protection under 

15 subsection (b), the public housing agency or owner 

16 or manager may request, in writing, that the appli17 cant or tenant submit to the public housing agency 

18 or owner or manager a form of documentation de19 scribed in paragraph (3). 

20 ‘‘(2) FAILURE TO PROVIDE CERTIFICATION.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If an applicant or ten22 ant does not provide the documentation re23 quested under paragraph (1) within 14 business 

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1 agency or owner or manager of housing assisted 

2 under a covered housing program, nothing in 

3 this chapter may be construed to limit the au4 thority of the public housing agency or owner or 

5 manager to— 

6 ‘‘(i) deny admission by the applicant 

7 or tenant to the covered program; 

8 ‘‘(ii) deny assistance under the cov9 ered program to the applicant or tenant; 

10 ‘‘(iii) terminate the participation of 

11 the applicant or tenant in the covered pro12 gram; or 

13 ‘‘(iv) evict the applicant, the tenant, 

14 or a lawful occupant that commits viola15 tions of a lease. 

16 ‘‘(B) EXTENSION.—A public housing agen17 cy or owner or manager of housing may extend 

18 the 14-day deadline under subparagraph (A) at 

19 its discretion. 

20 ‘‘(3) FORM OF DOCUMENTATION.—A form of 

21 documentation described in this paragraph is— 

22 ‘‘(A) a certification form approved by the 

23 appropriate agency that— 


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1 ‘‘(i) states that an applicant or tenant 

2 is a victim of domestic violence, dating vio3 lence, sexual assault, or stalking; 

4 ‘‘(ii) states that the incident of domes5 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

6 or stalking that is the ground for protec7 tion under subsection (b) meets the re8 quirements under subsection (b); and 

9 ‘‘(iii) includes the name of the indi10 vidual who committed the domestic vio11 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

12 stalking, if the name is known and safe to 

13 provide; 

14 ‘‘(B) a document that— 

15 ‘‘(i) is signed by— 

16 ‘‘(I) an employee, agent, or vol17 unteer of a victim service provider, an 

18 attorney, a medical professional, or a 

19 mental health professional from whom 

20 an applicant or tenant has sought as21 sistance relating to domestic violence, 

22 dating violence, sexual assault, or 

23 stalking, or the effects of the abuse; 

24 and 

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1 ‘‘(ii) states under penalty of perjury 

2 that the individual described in clause 

3 (i)(I) believes that the incident of domestic 

4 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

5 stalking that is the ground for protection 

6 under subsection (b) meets the require7 ments under subsection (b); 

8 ‘‘(C) a record of a Federal, State, tribal, 

9 territorial, or local law enforcement agency, 

10 court, or administrative agency; or 

11 ‘‘(D) at the discretion of a public housing 

12 agency or owner or manager of housing assisted 

13 under a covered housing program, a statement 

14 or other evidence provided by an applicant or 

15 tenant. 

16 ‘‘(4) CONFIDENTIALITY.—Any information sub17 mitted to a public housing agency or owner or man18 ager under this subsection, including the fact that 

19 an individual is a victim of domestic violence, dating 

20 violence, sexual assault, or stalking shall be main21 tained in confidence by the public housing agency or 

22 owner or manager and may not be entered into any 

23 shared database or disclosed to any other entity or 

24 individual, except to the extent that the disclosure 

25 is— 


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1 ‘‘(A) requested or consented to by the indi2 vidual in writing; 

3 ‘‘(B) required for use in an eviction pro4 ceeding under subsection (b); or 

5 ‘‘(C) otherwise required by applicable law. 

6 ‘‘(5) DOCUMENTATION NOT REQUIRED.—Noth7 ing in this subsection shall be construed to require 

8 a public housing agency or owner or manager of 

9 housing assisted under a covered housing program 

10 to request that an individual submit documentation 

11 of the status of the individual as a victim of domes12 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk13 ing. 

14 ‘‘(6) COMPLIANCE NOT SUFFICIENT TO CON15 STITUTE EVIDENCE OF UNREASONABLE ACT.—Com16 pliance with subsection (b) by a public housing agen17 cy or owner or manager of housing assisted under 

18 a covered housing program based on documentation 

19 received under this subsection, shall not be sufficient 

20 to constitute evidence of an unreasonable act or 

21 omission by the public housing agency or owner or 

22 manager or an employee or agent of the public hous23 ing agency or owner or manager. Nothing in this 

24 paragraph shall be construed to limit the liability of 

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1 housing assisted under a covered housing program 

2 for failure to comply with subsection (b). 

3 ‘‘(7) RESPONSE TO CONFLICTING CERTIFI4 CATION.—If a public housing agency or owner or 

5 manager of housing assisted under a covered hous6 ing program receives documentation under this sub7 section that contains conflicting information, the 

8 public housing agency or owner or manager may re9 quire an applicant or tenant to submit third-party 

10 documentation, as described in subparagraph (B), 

11 (C), or (D) of paragraph (3). 

12 ‘‘(8) PREEMPTION.—Nothing in this subsection 

13 shall be construed to supersede any provision of any 

14 Federal, State, or local law that provides greater 

15 protection than this subsection for victims of domes16 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk17 ing. 

18 ‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION.— 

19 ‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary of Hous20 ing and Urban Development shall develop a notice of 

21 the rights of individuals under this section, including 

22 the right to confidentiality and the limits thereof. 

23 ‘‘(2) PROVISION.—Each public housing agency 

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1 veloped under paragraph (1), together with the form 

2 described in subsection (c)(3)(A), to an applicant for 

3 or tenants of housing assisted under a covered hous4 ing program— 

5 ‘‘(A) at the time the applicant is denied 

6 residency in a dwelling unit assisted under the 

7 covered housing program; 

8 ‘‘(B) at the time the individual is admitted 

9 to a dwelling unit assisted under the covered 

10 housing program; 

11 ‘‘(C) with any notification of eviction or 

12 notification of termination of assistance; and 

13 ‘‘(D) in multiple languages, consistent with 

14 guidance issued by the Secretary of Housing 

15 and Urban Development in accordance with Ex16 ecutive Order 13166 (42 U.S.C. 2000d–1 note; 

17 relating to access to services for persons with 

18 limited English proficiency). 

19 ‘‘(e) EMERGENCY TRANSFERS.—Each appropriate 

20 agency shall adopt a model emergency transfer plan for 

21 use by public housing agencies and owners or managers 

22 of housing assisted under covered housing programs 

23 that— 

24 ‘‘(1) allows tenants who are victims of domestic 

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1 to transfer to another available and safe dwelling 

2 unit assisted under a covered housing program if— 

3 ‘‘(A) the tenant expressly requests the 

4 transfer; and 

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

6 the tenant is threatened with imminent harm 

7 from further violence if the tenant remains 

8 within the same dwelling unit assisted under a 

9 covered housing program; or 

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

11 of sexual assault, the sexual assault occurred on 

12 the premises during the 90-day period pre13 ceding the request for transfer; and 

14 ‘‘(2) incorporates reasonable confidentiality 

15 measures to ensure that the public housing agency 

16 or owner or manager does not disclose the location 

17 of the dwelling unit of a tenant to a person that 

18 commits an act of domestic violence, dating violence, 

19 sexual assault, or stalking against the tenant. 

20 ‘‘(f) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR EMERGENCY

21 TRANSFER.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel22 opment shall establish policies and procedures under 

23 which a victim requesting an emergency transfer under 

24 subsection (e) may receive, subject to the availability of 

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

2 1437f(o)). 

3 ‘‘(g) IMPLEMENTATION.—The appropriate agency 

4 with respect to each covered housing program shall imple5 ment this section, as this section applies to the covered 

6 housing program.’’. 

7 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

8 (1) SECTION 6.—Section 6 of the United States 

9 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d) is amend10 ed— 

11 (A) in subsection (c)— 

12 (i) by striking paragraph (3); and 

13 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (4) 

14 and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respec15 tively; 

16 (B) in subsection (l)— 

17 (i) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘, 

18 and that an incident or incidents of actual 

19 or threatened domestic violence, dating vio20 lence, or stalking will not be construed as 

21 a serious or repeated violation of the lease 

22 by the victim or threatened victim of that 

23 violence and will not be good cause for ter24 minating the tenancy or occupancy rights 

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1 (ii) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘; 

2 except that’’ and all that follows through 

3 ‘‘stalking.’’; and 

4 (C) by striking subsection (u). 

5 (2) SECTION 8.—Section 8 of the United States 

6 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) is amend7 ed— 

8 (A) in subsection (c), by striking para9 graph (9); 

10 (B) in subsection (d)(1)— 

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

12 ‘‘and that an applicant or participant is or 

13 has been a victim of domestic violence, dat14 ing violence, or stalking is not an appro15 priate basis for denial of program assist16 ance or for denial of admission if the appli17 cant otherwise qualifies for assistance or 

18 admission’’; and 

19 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

20 (I) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘, 

21 and that an incident or incidents of 

22 actual or threatened domestic vio23 lence, dating violence, or stalking will 

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1 victim or threatened victim of that vi2 olence and will not be good cause for 

3 terminating the tenancy or occupancy 

4 rights of the victim of such violence’’; 

5 and 

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

7 except that:’’ and all that follows 

8 through ‘‘stalking.’’; 

9 (C) in subsection (f)— 

10 (i) in paragraph (6), by adding ‘‘and’’ 

11 at the end; 

12 (ii) in paragraph (7), by striking the 

13 semicolon at the end and inserting a pe14 riod; and 

15 (iii) by striking paragraphs (8), (9), 

16 (10), and (11); 

17 (D) in subsection (o)— 

18 (i) in paragraph (6)(B), by striking 

19 the last sentence; 

20 (ii) in paragraph (7)— 

21 (I) in subparagraph (C), by strik22 ing ‘‘and that an incident or incidents 

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1 peated violation of the lease by the 

2 victim or threatened victim of that vi3 olence and shall not be good cause for 

4 terminating the tenancy or occupancy 

5 rights of the victim of such violence’’; 

6 and 

7 (II) in subparagraph (D), by 

8 striking ‘‘; except that’’ and all that 

9 follows through ‘‘stalking.’’; and 

10 (iii) by striking paragraph (20); and 

11 (E) by striking subsection (ee). 

12 (3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

13 Act, or the amendments made by this Act, shall be 

14 construed— 

15 (A) to limit the rights or remedies avail16 able to any person under section 6 or 8 of the 

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

18 1437d and 1437f), as in effect on the day be19 fore the date of enactment of this Act; 

20 (B) to limit any right, remedy, or proce21 dure otherwise available under any provision of 

22 part 5, 91, 880, 882, 883, 884, 886, 891, 903, 

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1 (i) was issued under the Violence 

2 Against Women and Department of Jus3 tice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 

4 Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 2960) or an 

5 amendment made by that Act; and 

6 (ii) provides greater protection for vic7 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

8 sexual assault, and stalking than this Act; 

9 or 

10 (C) to disqualify an owner, manager, or 

11 other individual from participating in or receiv12 ing the benefits of the low income housing tax 

13 credit program under section 42 of the Internal 

14 Revenue Code of 1986 because of noncompli15 ance with the provisions of this Act. 

16 SEC. 602. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 

17 FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DAT18 ING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND 

19 STALKING. 

20 Chapter 11 of subtitle B of the Violence Against 

21 Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13975 et seq.) is amend22 ed— 

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1 SAULT’’ and inserting ‘‘VICTIMS OF DO2 MESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIO3 LENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALK4 ING’’; and 

5 (2) in section 40299 (42 U.S.C. 13975)— 

6 (A) in the header, by striking ‘‘CHILD

7 VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, STALK8 ING, OR SEXUAL ASSAULT’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DAT10 ING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR

11 STALKING’’; 

12 (B) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘flee13 ing’’; 

14 (C) in subsection (b)(3)— 

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

16 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

17 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph 

18 (B) as subparagraph (C); 

19 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

20 (A) the following: 

21 ‘‘(B) secure employment, including obtain22 ing employment counseling, occupational train23 ing, job retention counseling, and counseling 

24 concerning re-entry in to the workforce; and’’; 

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1 (iv) in subparagraph (C), as redesig2 nated by clause (ii), by striking ‘‘employ3 ment counseling,’’; and 

4 (D) in subsection (g)— 

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

6 ‘‘$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 

7 through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘$35,000,000 

8 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 

9 2018’’; and 

10 (ii) in paragraph (3)— 

11 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik12 ing ‘‘eligible’’ and inserting ‘‘quali13 fied’’; and 

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

16 ‘‘(D) QUALIFIED APPLICATION DE17 FINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘qualified 

18 application’ means an application that— 

19 ‘‘(i) has been submitted by an eligible 

20 applicant; 

21 ‘‘(ii) does not propose any activities 

22 that may compromise victim safety, includ23 ing— 

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1 ‘‘(II) clinical evaluations to deter2 mine eligibility for services; 

3 ‘‘(iii) reflects an understanding of the 

4 dynamics of domestic violence, dating vio5 lence, sexual assault, or stalking; and 

6 ‘‘(iv) does not propose prohibited ac7 tivities, including mandatory services for 

8 victims.’’. 

9 SEC. 603. ADDRESSING THE HOUSING NEEDS OF VICTIMS 

10 OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

11 SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 

12 Subtitle N of the Violence Against Women Act of 

13 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043e et seq.) is amended— 

14 (1) in section 41404(i) (42 U.S.C. 14043e– 

15 3(i)), by striking ‘‘$10,000,000 for each of fiscal 

16 years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘$4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 

18 2018’’; and 

19 (2) in section 41405(g) (42 U.S.C. 14043e– 

20 4(g)), by striking ‘‘$10,000,000 for each of fiscal 

21 years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘$4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 

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1 TITLE VII—ECONOMIC SECURITY 

2 FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE 

3 SEC. 701. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ON WORKPLACE 

4 RESPONSES TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF DOMES5 TIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE. 

6 Section 41501(e) of the Violence Against Women Act 

7 of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043f(e)) is amended by striking 

8 ‘‘fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 

9 years 2014 through 2018’’. 

10 TITLE VIII—PROTECTION OF 

11 BATTERED IMMIGRANTS 

12 SEC. 801. U NONIMMIGRANT DEFINITION. 

13 Section 101(a)(15)(U)(iii) of the Immigration and 

14 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)(iii)) is amended 

15 by inserting ‘‘stalking;’’ after ‘‘sexual exploitation;’’. 

16 SEC. 802. ANNUAL REPORT ON IMMIGRATION APPLICA17 TIONS MADE BY VICTIMS OF ABUSE. 

18 Not later than December 1, 2014, and annually 

19 thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall sub20 mit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and 

21 the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep22 resentatives a report that includes the following: 

23 (1) The number of aliens who— 

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1 (15)(U)(i), or (51) of section 101(a) of the Im2 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

3 1101(a)) during the preceding fiscal year; 

4 (B) were granted such nonimmigrant sta5 tus during such fiscal year; or 

6 (C) were denied such nonimmigrant status 

7 during such fiscal year. 

8 (2) The mean amount of time and median 

9 amount of time to adjudicate an application for such 

10 nonimmigrant status during such fiscal year. 

11 (3) The mean amount of time and median 

12 amount of time between the receipt of an application 

13 for such nonimmigrant status and the issuance of 

14 work authorization to an eligible applicant during 

15 the preceding fiscal year. 

16 (4) The number of aliens granted continued 

17 presence in the United States under section 

18 107(c)(3) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

19 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(c)(3)) during the pre20 ceding fiscal year. 

21 (5) A description of any actions being taken to 

22 reduce the adjudication and processing time, while 

23 ensuring the safe and competent processing, of an 

24 application described in paragraph (1) or a request 

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1 SEC. 803. PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN OF VAWA SELF-PE2 TITIONERS. 

3 Section 204(l)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 

4 Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(l)(2)) is amended— 

5 (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

6 the end; 

7 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub8 paragraph (G); and 

9 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(F) a child of an alien who filed a pend12 ing or approved petition for classification or ap13 plication for adjustment of status or other ben14 efit specified in section 101(a)(51) as a VAWA 

15 self-petitioner; or’’. 

16 SEC. 804. PUBLIC CHARGE. 

17 Section 212(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality 

18 Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(4)) is amended by adding at the 

19 end the following: 

20 ‘‘(E) SPECIAL RULE FOR QUALIFIED

21 ALIEN VICTIMS.—Subparagraphs (A), (B), and 

22 (C) shall not apply to an alien who— 

23 ‘‘(i) is a VAWA self-petitioner; 

24 ‘‘(ii) is an applicant for, or is granted, 

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1 ‘‘(iii) is a qualified alien described in 

2 section 431(c) of the Personal Responsi3 bility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 

4 Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641(c)).’’. 

5 SEC. 805. REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO U VISAS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 214(p) of the Immigra7 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(p)) is amended 

8 by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(7) AGE DETERMINATIONS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) CHILDREN.—An unmarried alien who 

11 seeks to accompany, or follow to join, a parent 

12 granted status under section 101(a)(15)(U)(i), 

13 and who was under 21 years of age on the date 

14 on which such parent petitioned for such status, 

15 shall continue to be classified as a child for pur16 poses of section 101(a)(15)(U)(ii), if the alien 

17 attains 21 years of age after such parent’s peti18 tion was filed but while it was pending. 

19 ‘‘(B) PRINCIPAL ALIENS.—An alien de20 scribed in clause (i) of section 101(a)(15)(U) 

21 shall continue to be treated as an alien de22 scribed in clause (ii)(I) of such section if the 

23 alien attains 21 years of age after the alien’s 

24 application for status under such clause (i) is 

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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

2 subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted as part of 

3 the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 

4 2000 (Public Law 106–386; 114 Stat. 1464). 

5 SEC. 806. HARDSHIP WAIVERS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 216(c)(4) of the Immigra7 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1186a(c)(4)) is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking the comma 

10 at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

11 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘(1), or’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘(1); or’’; 

13 (3) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 

14 at the end and inserting a semicolon and ‘‘or’’; and 

15 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(D) the alien meets the requirements 

18 under section 204(a)(1)(A)(iii)(II)(aa)(BB) and 

19 following the marriage ceremony was battered 

20 by or subject to extreme cruelty perpetrated by 

21 the alien’s intended spouse and was not at fault 

22 in failing to meet the requirements of para23 graph (1).’’. 

24 (b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 216(c)(4) of 

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1 1186a(c)(4)), as amended by subsection (a), is further 

2 amended— 

3 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

4 by striking ‘‘The Attorney General, in the Attorney 

5 General’s’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary of Home6 land Security, in the Secretary’s’’; and 

7 (2) in the undesignated paragraph at the end— 

8 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘At9 torney General’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of 

10 Homeland Security’’; 

11 (B) in the second sentence, by striking 

12 ‘‘Attorney General’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; 

13 (C) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘At14 torney General.’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary.’’; 

15 and 

16 (D) in the fourth sentence, by striking 

17 ‘‘Attorney General’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’. 

18 SEC. 807. PROTECTIONS FOR A FIANCE ́ E OR FIANCE ́ OF A 

19 CITIZEN. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 214 of the Immigration 

21 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (d)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘crime.’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘crime described in paragraph 

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1 tection or restraining order issued against the 

2 petitioner related to any specified crime de3 scribed in paragraph (3)(B)(i).’’; 

4 (B) in paragraph (2)(A), in the matter 

5 preceding clause (i)— 

6 (i) by striking ‘‘a consular officer’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Homeland 

8 Security’’; and 

9 (ii) by striking ‘‘the officer’’ and in10 serting ‘‘the Secretary’’; and 

11 (C) in paragraph (3)(B)(i), by striking 

12 ‘‘abuse, and stalking.’’ and inserting ‘‘abuse, 

13 stalking, or an attempt to commit any such 

14 crime.’’; and 

15 (2) in subsection (r)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘crime.’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘crime described in paragraph 

18 (5)(B) and information on any permanent pro19 tection or restraining order issued against the 

20 petitioner related to any specified crime de21 scribed in subsection (5)(B)(i).’’; and 

22 (B) by amending paragraph (4)(B)(ii) to 

23 read as follows: 

24 ‘‘(ii) To notify the beneficiary as required by clause 

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1 notice to the Secretary of State for inclusion in the mailing 

2 to the beneficiary described in section 833(a)(5)(A)(i) of 

3 the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005 

4 (8 U.S.C. 1375a(a)(5)(A)(i)).’’; and 

5 (3) in paragraph (5)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘abuse, 

6 and stalking.’’ and inserting ‘‘abuse, stalking, or an 

7 attempt to commit any such crime.’’. 

8 (b) PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO K NON9 IMMIGRANTS.—Section 833 of the International Marriage 

10 Broker Regulation Act of 2005 (8 U.S.C. 1375a) is 

11 amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a)(5)(A)— 

13 (A) in clause (iii)— 

14 (i) by striking ‘‘State any’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘State, for inclusion in the mailing de16 scribed in clause (i), any’’; and 

17 (ii) by striking the last sentence; and 

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

19 ‘‘(iv) The Secretary of Homeland Se20 curity shall conduct a background check of 

21 the National Crime Information Center’s 

22 Protection Order Database on each peti23 tioner for a visa under subsection (d) or 

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1 propriate information obtained from such 

2 background check— 

3 ‘‘(I) shall accompany the criminal 

4 background information provided by 

5 the Secretary of Homeland Security 

6 to the Secretary of State and shared 

7 by the Secretary of State with a bene8 ficiary of a petition referred to in 

9 clause (iii); and 

10 ‘‘(II) shall not be used or dis11 closed for any other purpose unless 

12 expressly authorized by law. 

13 ‘‘(v) The Secretary of Homeland Se14 curity shall create a cover sheet or other 

15 mechanism to accompany the information 

16 required to be provided to an applicant for 

17 a visa under subsection (d) or (r) of sec18 tion 214 of the Immigration and Nation19 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) by clauses (i) 

20 through (iv) of this paragraph or by 

21 clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection (r)(4)(B) 

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1 ing order, or criminal history informa2 tion on the visa petition; 

3 ‘‘(II) the criminal background in4 formation and information about any 

5 protection order obtained by the Sec6 retary of Homeland Security regard7 ing the petitioner in the course of ad8 judicating the petition; and 

9 ‘‘(III) whether the information 

10 the petitioner disclosed on the visa pe11 tition regarding any previous petitions 

12 filed under subsection (d) or (r) of 

13 such section 214 is consistent with the 

14 information in the multiple visa track15 ing database of the Department of 

16 Homeland Security, as described in 

17 subsection (r)(4)(A) of such section 

18 214.’’; and 

19 (2) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

20 after ‘‘orders’’ and inserting ‘‘and’’. 

21 SEC. 808. REGULATION OF INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE 

22 BROKERS. 

23 (a) IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MAR24 RIAGE BROKER ACT OF 2005.— 

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1 (A) The International Marriage Broker 

2 Act of 2005 (subtitle D of Public Law 109– 

3 162; 119 Stat. 3066) has not been fully imple4 mented with regard to investigating and pros5 ecuting violations of the law, and for other pur6 poses. 

7 (B) Six years after Congress enacted the 

8 International Marriage Broker Act of 2005 to 

9 regulate the activities of the hundreds of for10 profit international marriage brokers operating 

11 in the United States, the Attorney General has 

12 not determined which component of the Depart13 ment of Justice will investigate and prosecute 

14 violations of such Act. 

15 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen17 eral shall submit to Congress a report that includes 

18 the following: 

19 (A) The name of the component of the De20 partment of Justice responsible for inves21 tigating and prosecuting violations of the Inter22 national Marriage Broker Act of 2005 (subtitle 

23 D of Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3066) and 

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1 (B) A description of the policies and proce2 dures of the Attorney General for consultation 

3 with the Secretary of Homeland Security and 

4 the Secretary of State in investigating and 

5 prosecuting such violations. 

6 (b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 833(a)(2)(H) 

7 of the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 

8 2005 (8 U.S.C. 1375a(a)(2)(H)) is amended by striking 

9 ‘‘Federal and State sex offender public registries’’ and in10 serting ‘‘the National Sex Offender Public Website’’. 

11 (c) REGULATION OF INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE

12 BROKERS.—Section 833(d) of the International Marriage 

13 Broker Regulation Act of 2005 (8 U.S.C. 1375a(d)) is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol16 lows: 

17 ‘‘(1) PROHIBITION ON MARKETING OF OR TO

18 CHILDREN.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An international mar20 riage broker shall not provide any individual or 

21 entity with the personal contact information, 

22 photograph, or general information about the 

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1 ‘‘(B) COMPLIANCE.—To comply with the 

2 requirements of subparagraph (A), an inter3 national marriage broker shall— 

4 ‘‘(i) obtain a valid copy of each for5 eign national client’s birth certificate or 

6 other proof of age document issued by an 

7 appropriate government entity; 

8 ‘‘(ii) indicate on such certificate or 

9 document the date it was received by the 

10 international marriage broker; 

11 ‘‘(iii) retain the original of such cer12 tificate or document for 7 years after such 

13 date of receipt; and 

14 ‘‘(iv) produce such certificate or docu15 ment upon request to an appropriate au16 thority charged with the enforcement of 

17 this paragraph.’’; 

18 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

19 (A) in subparagraph (A)(i)— 

20 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘REG21 ISTRIES.—’’ and inserting ‘‘WEBSITE.—’’; 

22 and 

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘Registry or State sex 

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

2 ‘‘or stalking.’’ and inserting ‘‘stalking, or an at3 tempt to commit any such crime.’’; 

4 (3) in paragraph (3)— 

5 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

6 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘Registry, 

7 or of the relevant State sex offender public 

8 registry for any State not yet participating 

9 in the National Sex Offender Public Reg10 istry, in which the United States client has 

11 resided during the previous 20 years,’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘Website’’; and 

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

14 ‘‘background information collected by the 

15 international marriage broker under para16 graph (2)(B);’’ and inserting ‘‘signed cer17 tification and accompanying documentation 

18 or attestation regarding the background in19 formation collected under paragraph 

20 (2)(B);’’; and 

21 (B) by striking subparagraph (C); 

22 (4) in paragraph (5)— 

23 (A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ‘‘A 

24 penalty may be imposed under clause (i) by the 

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1 discretion of the Attorney General, a penalty 

2 may be imposed under clause (i) either by a 

3 Federal judge, or by the Attorney General’’; 

4 (B) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 

5 as follows: 

6 ‘‘(B) FEDERAL CRIMINAL PENALTIES.— 

7 ‘‘(i) FAILURE OF INTERNATIONAL

8 MARRIAGE BROKERS TO COMPLY WITH OB9 LIGATIONS.—Except as provided in clause 

10 (ii), an international marriage broker that, 

11 in circumstances in or affecting interstate 

12 or foreign commerce, or within the special 

13 maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the 

14 United States— 

15 ‘‘(I) except as provided in sub16 clause (II), violates (or attempts to 

17 violate) paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) 

18 shall be fined in accordance with title 

19 18, United States Code, or imprisoned 

20 for not more than 1 year, or both; or 

21 ‘‘(II) knowingly violates or at22 tempts to violate paragraphs (1), (2), 

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1 Code, or imprisoned for not more 

2 than 5 years, or both. 

3 ‘‘(ii) MISUSE OF INFORMATION.—A 

4 person who knowingly discloses, uses, or 

5 causes to be used any information obtained 

6 by an international marriage broker as a 

7 result of a requirement under paragraph 

8 (2) or (3) for any purpose other than the 

9 disclosures required under paragraph (3) 

10 shall be fined in accordance with title 18, 

11 United States Code, or imprisoned for not 

12 more than 1 year, or both. 

13 ‘‘(iii) FRAUDULENT FAILURES OF

14 UNITED STATES CLIENTS TO MAKE RE15 QUIRED SELF-DISCLOSURES.—A person 

16 who knowingly and with intent to defraud 

17 another person outside the United States 

18 in order to recruit, solicit, entice, or induce 

19 that other person into entering a dating or 

20 matrimonial relationship, makes false or 

21 fraudulent representations regarding the 

22 disclosures described in clause (i), (ii), (iii), 

23 or (iv) of subsection (d)(2)(B), including 

24 by failing to make any such disclosures, 

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1 United States Code, imprisoned for not 

2 more than 1 year, or both. 

3 ‘‘(iv) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PEN4 ALTIES.—The penalties provided in clauses 

5 (i), (ii), and (iii) are in addition to any 

6 other civil or criminal liability under Fed7 eral or State law to which a person may be 

8 subject for the misuse of information, in9 cluding misuse to threaten, intimidate, or 

10 harass any individual. 

11 ‘‘(v) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

12 this paragraph or paragraph (3) or (4) 

13 may be construed to prevent the disclosure 

14 of information to law enforcement or pur15 suant to a court order.’’; and 

16 (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 

17 period at the end and inserting ‘‘including equi18 table remedies.’’; 

19 (5) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as 

20 paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively; and 

21 (6) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(6) ENFORCEMENT.— 

24 ‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—The Attorney General 

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1 provisions of this section, including the prosecu2 tion of civil and criminal penalties provided for 

3 by this section. 

4 ‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—The Attorney Gen5 eral shall consult with the Director of the Office 

6 on Violence Against Women of the Department 

7 of Justice to develop policies and public edu8 cation designed to promote enforcement of this 

9 section.’’. 

10 (d) GAO STUDY AND REPORT.—Section 833(f) of 

11 the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005 

12 (8 U.S.C. 1375a(f)) is amended— 

13 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking 

14 ‘‘STUDY AND REPORT.—’’ and inserting ‘‘STUDIES

15 AND REPORTS.—’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘(4) CONTINUING IMPACT STUDY AND RE18 PORT.— 

19 ‘‘(A) STUDY.—The Comptroller General 

20 shall conduct a study on the continuing impact 

21 of the implementation of this section and of sec22 tion of 214 of the Immigration and Nationality 

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1 a study of the items described in subparagraphs 

2 (A) through (E) of paragraph (1). 

3 ‘‘(B) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years 

4 after the date of the enactment of the Violence 

5 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, 

6 the Comptroller General shall submit to the 

7 Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and 

8 the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 

9 Representatives a report setting forth the re10 sults of the study conducted under subpara11 graph (A). 

12 ‘‘(C) DATA COLLECTION.—The Attorney 

13 General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

14 and the Secretary of State shall collect and 

15 maintain the data necessary for the Comptroller 

16 General to conduct the study required by para17 graph (1)(A).’’. 

18 SEC. 809. ELIGIBILITY OF CRIME AND TRAFFICKING VIC19 TIMS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE 

20 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS TO ADJUST 

21 STATUS. 

22 Section 705(c) of the Consolidated Natural Resources 

23 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–229; 48 U.S.C. 1806 note), 

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1 through the end, and inserting the following: ‘‘except 

2 that— 

3 ‘‘(1) for the purpose of determining whether an 

4 alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence (as 

5 defined in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration 

6 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20))) has 

7 abandoned or lost such status by reason of absence 

8 from the United States, such alien’s presence in the 

9 Commonwealth, before, on or after November 28, 

10 2009, shall be considered to be presence in the 

11 United States; and 

12 ‘‘(2) for the purpose of determining whether an 

13 alien whose application for status under subpara14 graph (T) or (U) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immi15 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) 

16 was granted is subsequently eligible for adjustment 

17 under subsection (l) or (m) of section 245 of such 

18 Act (8 U.S.C. 1255), such alien’s physical presence 

19 in the Commonwealth before, on, or after November 

20 28, 2009, and subsequent to the grant of the appli21 cation, shall be considered as equivalent to presence 

22 in the United States pursuant to a nonimmigrant 

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1 SEC. 810. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION FOR NATIONAL 

2 SECURITY PURPOSES. 

3 (a) INFORMATION SHARING.—Section 384(b) of the 

4 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 

5 Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1367(b)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (A) by inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland 

8 Security or the’’ before ‘‘Attorney General 

9 may’’; and 

10 (B) by inserting ‘‘Secretary’s or the’’ be11 fore ‘‘Attorney General’s discretion’’; 

12 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

13 (A) by inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland 

14 Security or the’’ before ‘‘Attorney General 

15 may’’; 

16 (B) by inserting ‘‘Secretary or the’’ before 

17 ‘‘Attorney General for’’; and 

18 (C) by inserting ‘‘in a manner that pro19 tects the confidentiality of such information’’ 

20 after ‘‘law enforcement purpose’’; 

21 (3) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘Attorney 

22 General is’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland 

23 Security and the Attorney General are’’; and 

24 (4) by adding at the end a new paragraph as 

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1 ‘‘(8) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), the 

2 Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of 

3 State, or the Attorney General may provide in the 

4 discretion of either such Secretary or the Attorney 

5 General for the disclosure of information to national 

6 security officials to be used solely for a national se7 curity purpose in a manner that protects the con8 fidentiality of such information.’’. 

9 (b) GUIDELINES.—Section 384(d) of the Illegal Im10 migration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 

11 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1367(d)) is amended— 

12 (1) by inserting ‘‘, Secretary of State,’’ after 

13 ‘‘The Attorney General’’; 

14 (2) by inserting ‘‘, Department of State,’’ after 

15 ‘‘Department of Justice’’; and 

16 (3) by inserting ‘‘and severe forms of traf17 ficking in persons or criminal activity listed in sec18 tion 101(a)(15)(U) of the Immigration and Nation19 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(u))’’ after ‘‘domestic 

20 violence’’. 

21 (c) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 180 days 

22 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney 

23 General, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of 

24 Homeland Security shall provide the guidance required by 

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1 migrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1367(d)), 

2 consistent with the amendments made by subsections (a) 

3 and (b). 

4 (d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 384(a)(1) of 

5 the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsi6 bility Act of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘241(a)(2)’’ in 

7 the matter following subparagraph (F) and inserting 

8 ‘‘237(a)(2)’’. 

9 TITLE IX—SAFETY FOR INDIAN 

10 WOMEN 

11 SEC. 901. GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS. 

12 Section 2015(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con13 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg– 

14 10(a)) is amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘sex traf16 ficking,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’; 

17 (2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘sex traf18 ficking,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’; 

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

20 and all that follows and inserting ‘‘sexual assault, 

21 sex trafficking, and stalking;’’; 

22 (4) in paragraph (7)— 

23 (A) by inserting ‘‘sex trafficking,’’ after 

24 ‘‘sexual assault,’’ each place it appears; and 

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1 (5) in paragraph (8)— 

2 (A) by inserting ‘‘sex trafficking,’’ after 

3 ‘‘stalking,’’; and 

4 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

5 inserting a semicolon; and 

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

7 ‘‘(9) provide services to address the needs of 

8 youth who are victims of domestic violence, dating 

9 violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, or stalking 

10 and the needs of youth and children exposed to do11 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

12 stalking, including support for the nonabusing par13 ent or the caretaker of the youth or child; and 

14 ‘‘(10) develop and promote legislation and poli15 cies that enhance best practices for responding to 

16 violent crimes against Indian women, including the 

17 crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

18 assault, sex trafficking, and stalking.’’. 

19 SEC. 902. GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBAL COALITIONS. 

20 Section 2001 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

21 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg) is 

22 amended by striking subsection (d) and inserting the fol23 lowing: 

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1 ‘‘(1) PURPOSE.—The Attorney General shall 

2 award a grant to tribal coalitions for purposes of— 

3 ‘‘(A) increasing awareness of domestic vio4 lence and sexual assault against Indian women; 

5 ‘‘(B) enhancing the response to violence 

6 against Indian women at the Federal, State, 

7 and tribal levels; 

8 ‘‘(C) identifying and providing technical 

9 assistance to coalition membership and tribal 

10 communities to enhance access to essential serv11 ices to Indian women victimized by domestic 

12 and sexual violence, including sex trafficking; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(D) assisting Indian tribes in developing 

15 and promoting State, local, and tribal legisla16 tion and policies that enhance best practices for 

17 responding to violent crimes against Indian 

18 women, including the crimes of domestic vio19 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex traf20 ficking, and stalking. 

21 ‘‘(2) GRANTS.—The Attorney General shall 

22 award grants on an annual basis under paragraph 

23 (1) to— 

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1 ‘‘(i) meets the criteria of a tribal coa2 lition under section 40002(a) of the Vio3 lence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 

4 U.S.C. 13925(a)); 

5 ‘‘(ii) is recognized by the Office on Vi6 olence Against Women; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) provides services to Indian 

8 tribes; and 

9 ‘‘(B) organizations that propose to incor10 porate and operate a tribal coalition in areas 

11 where Indian tribes are located but no tribal co12 alition exists. 

13 ‘‘(3) USE OF AMOUNTS.—For each of fiscal 

14 years 2014 through 2018, of the amounts appro15 priated to carry out this subsection— 

16 ‘‘(A) not more than 10 percent shall be 

17 made available to organizations described in 

18 paragraph (2)(B), provided that 1 or more or19 ganizations determined by the Attorney General 

20 to be qualified apply; 

21 ‘‘(B) not less than 90 percent shall be 

22 made available to tribal coalitions described in 

23 paragraph (2)(A), which amounts shall be dis24 tributed equally among each eligible tribal coali25 tion for the applicable fiscal year. 


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1 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBILITY FOR OTHER GRANTS.—Re2 ceipt of an award under this subsection by a tribal 

3 coalition shall not preclude the tribal coalition from 

4 receiving additional grants under this title to carry 

5 out the purposes described in paragraph (1). 

6 ‘‘(5) MULTIPLE PURPOSE APPLICATIONS.— 

7 Nothing in this subsection prohibits any tribal coali8 tion or organization described in paragraph (2) from 

9 applying for funding to address sexual assault or do10 mestic violence needs in the same application.’’. 

11 SEC. 903. CONSULTATION. 

12 Section 903 of the Violence Against Women and De13 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 

14 U.S.C. 14045d) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (a)— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘and the Violence Against 

17 Women Act of 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Vio18 lence Against Women Act of 2000’’; and 

19 (B) by inserting ‘‘, and the Violence 

20 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013’’ 

21 before the period at the end; 

22 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

24 by striking ‘‘Secretary of the Department of 

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1 ‘‘Secretary of Health and Human Services, the 

2 Secretary of the Interior,’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and 

4 stalking’’ and inserting ‘‘stalking, and sex traf5 ficking’’; and 

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

7 ‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Attorney General shall 

8 submit to Congress an annual report on the annual con9 sultations required under subsection (a) that— 

10 ‘‘(1) contains the recommendations made under 

11 subsection (b) by Indian tribes during the year cov12 ered by the report; 

13 ‘‘(2) describes actions taken during the year 

14 covered by the report to respond to recommenda15 tions made under subsection (b) during the year or 

16 a previous year; and 

17 ‘‘(3) describes how the Attorney General will 

18 work in coordination and collaboration with Indian 

19 tribes, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 

20 and the Secretary of the Interior to address the rec21 ommendations made under subsection (b). 

22 ‘‘(d) NOTICE.—Not later than 120 days before the 

23 date of a consultation under subsection (a), the Attorney 

24 General shall notify tribal leaders of the date, time, and 

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1 SEC. 904. TRIBAL JURISDICTION OVER CRIMES OF DOMES2 TIC VIOLENCE. 

3 Title II of Public Law 90–284 (25 U.S.C. 1301 et 

4 seq.) (commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Civil Rights Act 

5 of 1968’’) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 204. TRIBAL JURISDICTION OVER CRIMES OF DOMES7 TIC VIOLENCE. 

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

9 ‘‘(1) DATING VIOLENCE.—The term ‘dating vio10 lence’ means violence committed by a person who is 

11 or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or 

12 intimate nature with the victim, as determined by 

13 the length of the relationship, the type of relation14 ship, and the frequency of interaction between the 

15 persons involved in the relationship. 

16 ‘‘(2) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘domes17 tic violence’ means violence committed by a current 

18 or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim, 

19 by a person with whom the victim shares a child in 

20 common, by a person who is cohabitating with or 

21 has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse or inti22 mate partner, or by a person similarly situated to a 

23 spouse of the victim under the domestic- or family24 violence laws of an Indian tribe that has jurisdiction 

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1 ‘‘(3) INDIAN COUNTRY.—The term ‘Indian 

2 country’ has the meaning given the term in section 

3 1151 of title 18, United States Code. 

4 ‘‘(4) PARTICIPATING TRIBE.—The term ‘partici5 pating tribe’ means an Indian tribe that elects to ex6 ercise special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction 

7 over the Indian country of that Indian tribe. 

8 ‘‘(5) PROTECTION ORDER.—The term ‘protec9 tion order’— 

10 ‘‘(A) means any injunction, restraining 

11 order, or other order issued by a civil or crimi12 nal court for the purpose of preventing violent 

13 or threatening acts or harassment against, sex14 ual violence against, contact or communication 

15 with, or physical proximity to, another person; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(B) includes any temporary or final order 

18 issued by a civil or criminal court, whether ob19 tained by filing an independent action or as a 

20 pendent lite order in another proceeding, if the 

21 civil or criminal order was issued in response to 

22 a complaint, petition, or motion filed by or on 

23 behalf of a person seeking protection. 

24 ‘‘(6) SPECIAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRIMINAL

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1 criminal jurisdiction’ means the criminal jurisdiction 

2 that a participating tribe may exercise under this 

3 section but could not otherwise exercise. 

4 ‘‘(7) SPOUSE OR INTIMATE PARTNER.—The 

5 term ‘spouse or intimate partner’ has the meaning 

6 given the term in section 2266 of title 18, United 

7 States Code. 

8 ‘‘(b) NATURE OF THE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

10 provision of law, in addition to all powers of self-gov11 ernment recognized and affirmed by sections 201 

12 and 203, the powers of self-government of a partici13 pating tribe include the inherent power of that tribe, 

14 which is hereby recognized and affirmed, to exercise 

15 special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction over 

16 all persons. 

17 ‘‘(2) CONCURRENT JURISDICTION.—The exer18 cise of special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction 

19 by a participating tribe shall be concurrent with the 

20 jurisdiction of the United States, of a State, or of 

21 both. 

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1 ‘‘(A) creates or eliminates any Federal or 

2 State criminal jurisdiction over Indian country; 

3 or 

4 ‘‘(B) affects the authority of the United 

5 States or any State government that has been 

6 delegated authority by the United States to in7 vestigate and prosecute a criminal violation in 

8 Indian country. 

9 ‘‘(4) EXCEPTIONS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) VICTIM AND DEFENDANT ARE BOTH

11 NON-INDIANS.— 

12 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A participating 

13 tribe may not exercise special domestic vio14 lence criminal jurisdiction over an alleged 

15 offense if neither the defendant nor the al16 leged victim is an Indian. 

17 ‘‘(ii) DEFINITION OF VICTIM.—In this 

18 subparagraph and with respect to a crimi19 nal proceeding in which a participating 

20 tribe exercises special domestic violence 

21 criminal jurisdiction based on a violation of 

22 a protection order, the term ‘victim’ means 

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1 ‘‘(B) DEFENDANT LACKS TIES TO THE IN2 DIAN TRIBE.—A participating tribe may exer3 cise special domestic violence criminal jurisdic4 tion over a defendant only if the defendant— 

5 ‘‘(i) resides in the Indian country of 

6 the participating tribe; 

7 ‘‘(ii) is employed in the Indian coun8 try of the participating tribe; or 

9 ‘‘(iii) is a spouse, intimate partner, or 

10 dating partner of— 

11 ‘‘(I) a member of the partici12 pating tribe; or 

13 ‘‘(II) an Indian who resides in 

14 the Indian country of the partici15 pating tribe. 

16 ‘‘(c) CRIMINAL CONDUCT.—A participating tribe may 

17 exercise special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction over 

18 a defendant for criminal conduct that falls into one or 

19 more of the following categories: 

20 ‘‘(1) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND DATING VIO21 LENCE.—An act of domestic violence or dating vio22 lence that occurs in the Indian country of the par23 ticipating tribe. 

24 ‘‘(2) VIOLATIONS OF PROTECTION ORDERS.— 

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1 ‘‘(A) occurs in the Indian country of the 

2 participating tribe; and 

3 ‘‘(B) violates the portion of a protection 

4 order that— 

5 ‘‘(i) prohibits or provides protection 

6 against violent or threatening acts or har7 assment against, sexual violence against, 

8 contact or communication with, or physical 

9 proximity to, another person; 

10 ‘‘(ii) was issued against the defend11 ant; 

12 ‘‘(iii) is enforceable by the partici13 pating tribe; and 

14 ‘‘(iv) is consistent with section 

15 2265(b) of title 18, United States Code. 

16 ‘‘(d) RIGHTS OF DEFENDANTS.—In a criminal pro17 ceeding in which a participating tribe exercises special do18 mestic violence criminal jurisdiction, the participating 

19 tribe shall provide to the defendant— 

20 ‘‘(1) all applicable rights under this Act; 

21 ‘‘(2) if a term of imprisonment of any length 

22 may be imposed, all rights described in section 

23 202(c); 

24 ‘‘(3) the right to a trial by an impartial jury 

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1 ‘‘(A) reflect a fair cross section of the com2 munity; and 

3 ‘‘(B) do not systematically exclude any dis4 tinctive group in the community, including non5 Indians; and 

6 ‘‘(4) all other rights whose protection is nec7 essary under the Constitution of the United States 

8 in order for Congress to recognize and affirm the in9 herent power of the participating tribe to exercise 

10 special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction over 

11 the defendant. 

12 ‘‘(e) PETITIONS TO STAY DETENTION.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person who has filed a 

14 petition for a writ of habeas corpus in a court of the 

15 United States under section 203 may petition that 

16 court to stay further detention of that person by the 

17 participating tribe. 

18 ‘‘(2) GRANT OF STAY.—A court shall grant a 

19 stay described in paragraph (1) if the court— 

20 ‘‘(A) finds that there is a substantial likeli21 hood that the habeas corpus petition will be 

22 granted; and 

23 ‘‘(B) after giving each alleged victim in the 

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1 tions imposed by the court, the petitioner is not 

2 likely to flee or pose a danger to any person or 

3 the community if released. 

4 ‘‘(3) NOTICE.—An Indian tribe that has or5 dered the detention of any person has a duty to 

6 timely notify such person of his rights and privileges 

7 under this subsection and under section 203. 

8 ‘‘(f) GRANTS TO TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.—The At9 torney General may award grants to the governments of 

10 Indian tribes (or to authorized designees of those govern11 ments)— 

12 ‘‘(1) to strengthen tribal criminal justice sys13 tems to assist Indian tribes in exercising special do14 mestic violence criminal jurisdiction, including— 

15 ‘‘(A) law enforcement (including the capac16 ity of law enforcement or court personnel to 

17 enter information into and obtain information 

18 from national crime information databases); 

19 ‘‘(B) prosecution; 

20 ‘‘(C) trial and appellate courts; 

21 ‘‘(D) probation systems; 

22 ‘‘(E) detention and correctional facilities; 

23 ‘‘(F) alternative rehabilitation centers; 

24 ‘‘(G) culturally appropriate services and 

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1 ‘‘(H) criminal codes and rules of criminal 

2 procedure, appellate procedure, and evidence; 

3 ‘‘(2) to provide indigent criminal defendants 

4 with the effective assistance of licensed defense 

5 counsel, at no cost to the defendant, in criminal pro6 ceedings in which a participating tribe prosecutes a 

7 crime of domestic violence or dating violence or a 

8 criminal violation of a protection order; 

9 ‘‘(3) to ensure that, in criminal proceedings in 

10 which a participating tribe exercises special domestic 

11 violence criminal jurisdiction, jurors are summoned, 

12 selected, and instructed in a manner consistent with 

13 all applicable requirements; and 

14 ‘‘(4) to accord victims of domestic violence, dat15 ing violence, and violations of protection orders 

16 rights that are similar to the rights of a crime victim 

17 described in section 3771(a) of title 18, United 

18 States Code, consistent with tribal law and custom. 

19 ‘‘(g) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts 

20 made available under this section shall supplement and 

21 not supplant any other Federal, State, tribal, or local gov22 ernment amounts made available to carry out activities de23 scribed in this section. 

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

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1 fiscal years 2014 through 2018 to carry out subsection 

2 (f) and to provide training, technical assistance, data col3 lection, and evaluation of the criminal justice systems of 

4 participating tribes.’’. 

5 SEC. 905. TRIBAL PROTECTION ORDERS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2265 of title 18, United 

7 States Code, is amended by striking subsection (e) and 

8 inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(e) TRIBAL COURT JURISDICTION.—For purposes 

10 of this section, a court of an Indian tribe shall have full 

11 civil jurisdiction to issue and enforce protection orders in12 volving any person, including the authority to enforce any 

13 orders through civil contempt proceedings, to exclude vio14 lators from Indian land, and to use other appropriate 

15 mechanisms, in matters arising anywhere in the Indian 

16 country of the Indian tribe (as defined in section 1151) 

17 or otherwise within the authority of the Indian tribe.’’. 

18 (b) APPLICABILITY.—Nothing in this Act, including 

19 an amendment made by this Act, alters or modifies the 

20 jurisdiction or authority of an Indian tribe in the State 

21 of Alaska under section 2265(e) of title 18, United States 

22 Code (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment 

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1 SEC. 906. AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL ASSAULT STAT2 UTE. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 113 of title 18, United 

4 States Code, is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)— 

6 (A) by striking paragraph (1) and insert7 ing the following: 

8 ‘‘(1) Assault with intent to commit murder or 

9 a violation of section 2241 or 2242, by a fine under 

10 this title, imprisonment for not more than 20 years, 

11 or both.’’; 

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

13 under chapter 109A’’ and inserting ‘‘violation 

14 of section 2241 or 2242’’; 

15 (C) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘and 

16 without just cause or excuse,’’; 

17 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘six 

18 months’’ and inserting ‘‘1 year’’; 

19 (E) in paragraph (7)— 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘substantial bodily in21 jury to an individual who has not attained 

22 the age of 16 years’’ and inserting ‘‘sub23 stantial bodily injury to a spouse or inti24 mate partner, a dating partner, or an indi25 vidual who has not attained the age of 16 

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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘fine’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘a fine’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘(8) Assault of a spouse, intimate partner, or 

5 dating partner by strangling, suffocating, or at6 tempting to strangle or suffocate, by a fine under 

7 this title, imprisonment for not more than 10 years, 

8 or both.’’; and 

9 (2) in subsection (b)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘(b) As used in this sub11 section—’’ and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—’’; 

13 (B) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking 

14 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

15 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe16 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

18 ‘‘(3) the terms ‘dating partner’ and ‘spouse or 

19 intimate partner’ have the meanings given those 

20 terms in section 2266; 

21 ‘‘(4) the term ‘strangling’ means intentionally, 

22 knowingly, or recklessly impeding the normal breath23 ing or circulation of the blood of a person by apply24 ing pressure to the throat or neck, regardless of 

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1 whether there is any intent to kill or protractedly in2 jure the victim; and 

3 ‘‘(5) the term ‘suffocating’ means intentionally, 

4 knowingly, or recklessly impeding the normal breath5 ing of a person by covering the mouth of the person, 

6 the nose of the person, or both, regardless of wheth7 er that conduct results in any visible injury or 

8 whether there is any intent to kill or protractedly in9 jure the victim.’’. 

10 (b) INDIAN MAJOR CRIMES.—Section 1153(a) of title 

11 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘assault 

12 with intent to commit murder, assault with a dangerous 

13 weapon, assault resulting in serious bodily injury (as de14 fined in section 1365 of this title)’’ and inserting ‘‘a felony 

15 assault under section 113’’. 

16 (c) REPEAT OFFENDERS.—Section 2265A(b)(1)(B) 

17 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting 

18 ‘‘or tribal’’ after ‘‘State’’. 

19 SEC. 907. ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH ON VIOLENCE AGAINST 

20 INDIAN WOMEN. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 904(a) of the Violence 

22 Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza23 tion Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–10 note) is amend24 ed— 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘The National’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘Not later than 2 years after the date of 

3 enactment of the Violence Against Women Re4 authorization Act of 2013, the National’’; and 

5 (B) by inserting ‘‘and in Native villages 

6 (as defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native 

7 Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602))’’ be8 fore the period at the end; 

9 (2) in paragraph (2)(A)— 

10 (A) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

11 end; 

12 (B) in clause (v), by striking the period at 

13 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

15 ‘‘(vi) sex trafficking.’’; 

16 (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘the Violence Against Women Reauthoriza18 tion Act of 2013’’; and 

19 (4) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘this section 

20 $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 and 2008’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘this subsection $1,000,000 for each 

22 of fiscal years 2014 and 2015’’. 

23 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

24 905(b)(2) of the Violence Against Women and Depart25 ment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (28 U.S.C. 


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1 534 note) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2007 

2 through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2014 through 

3 2018’’. 

4 SEC. 908. EFFECTIVE DATES; PILOT PROJECT. 

5 (a) GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as pro6 vided in section 4 and subsection (b) of this section, the 

7 amendments made by this title shall take effect on the 

8 date of enactment of this Act. 

9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE FOR SPECIAL DOMESTIC-VIO10 LENCE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para12 graph (2), subsections (b) through (d) of section 204 

13 of Public Law 90–284 (as added by section 904) 

14 shall take effect on the date that is 2 years after the 

15 date of enactment of this Act. 

16 (2) PILOT PROJECT.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—At any time during the 

18 2-year period beginning on the date of enact19 ment of this Act, an Indian tribe may ask the 

20 Attorney General to designate the tribe as a 

21 participating tribe under section 204(a) of Pub22 lic Law 90–284 on an accelerated basis. 

23 (B) PROCEDURE.—The Attorney General 

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1 terior, consulting with affected Indian tribes, 

2 and concluding that the criminal justice system 

3 of the requesting tribe has adequate safeguards 

4 in place to protect defendants’ rights, consistent 

5 with section 204 of Public Law 90–284. 

6 (C) EFFECTIVE DATES FOR PILOT

7 PROJECTS.—An Indian tribe designated as a 

8 participating tribe under this paragraph may 

9 commence exercising special domestic violence 

10 criminal jurisdiction pursuant to subsections (b) 

11 through (d) of section 204 of Public Law 90– 

12 284 on a date established by the Attorney Gen13 eral, after consultation with that Indian tribe, 

14 but in no event later than the date that is 2 

15 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 

16 SEC. 909. INDIAN LAW AND ORDER COMMISSION; REPORT 

17 ON THE ALASKA RURAL JUSTICE AND LAW 

18 ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 15(f) of the Indian Law 

20 Enforcement Reform Act (25 U.S.C. 2812(f)) is amended 

21 by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and inserting ‘‘3 years’’. 

22 (b) REPORT.—The Attorney General, in consultation 

23 with the Attorney General of the State of Alaska, the 

24 Commissioner of Public Safety of the State of Alaska, the 

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1 dian tribes in the State of Alaska, shall report to Congress 

2 not later than one year after enactment of this Act with 

3 respect to whether the Alaska Rural Justice and Law En4 forcement Commission established under Section 

5 112(a)(1) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 

6 should be continued and appropriations authorized for the 

7 continued work of the commission. The report may con8 tain recommendations for legislation with respect to the 

9 scope of work and composition of the commission. 

10 SEC. 910. LIMITATION. 

11 Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this 

12 Act limits, alters, expands, or diminishes the civil or crimi13 nal jurisdiction of the State of Alaska, any subdivision of 

14 the State of Alaska, or any Indian tribe in the State of 

15 Alaska. 

16 TITLE X—SAFER ACT 

17 SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE. 

18 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Sexual Assault Foren19 sic Evidence Reporting Act of 2013’’ or the ‘‘SAFER Act 

20 of 2013’’. 

21 SEC. 1002. DEBBIE SMITH GRANTS FOR AUDITING SEXUAL 

22 ASSAULT EVIDENCE BACKLOGS. 

23 Section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination 

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

2 following new paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(6) To conduct an audit consistent with sub4 section (n) of the samples of sexual assault evidence 

5 that are in the possession of the State or unit of 

6 local government and are awaiting testing. 

7 ‘‘(7) To ensure that the collection and proc8 essing of DNA evidence by law enforcement agencies 

9 from crimes, including sexual assault and other vio10 lent crimes against persons, is carried out in an ap11 propriate and timely manner and in accordance with 

12 the protocols and practices developed under sub13 section (o)(1).’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 

15 following new paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(4) ALLOCATION OF GRANT AWARDS FOR AU17 DITS.—For each of fiscal years 2014 through 2017, 

18 not less than 5 percent, but not more than 7 per19 cent, of the grant amounts distributed under para20 graph (1) shall, if sufficient applications to justify 

21 such amounts are received by the Attorney General, 

22 be awarded for purposes described in subsection 

23 (a)(6), provided that none of the funds required to 

24 be distributed under this paragraph shall decrease or 

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1 be awarded to States or units of local government 

2 under paragraph (3).’’; and 

3 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub4 sections: 

5 ‘‘(n) USE OF FUNDS FOR AUDITING SEXUAL AS6 SAULT EVIDENCE BACKLOGS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—The Attorney General may 

8 award a grant under this section to a State or unit 

9 of local government for the purpose described in 

10 subsection (a)(6) only if the State or unit of local 

11 government— 

12 ‘‘(A) submits a plan for performing the 

13 audit of samples described in such subsection; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(B) includes in such plan a good-faith es16 timate of the number of such samples. 

17 ‘‘(2) GRANT CONDITIONS.—A State or unit of 

18 local government receiving a grant for the purpose 

19 described in subsection (a)(6)— 

20 ‘‘(A) may not enter into any contract or 

21 agreement with any non-governmental vendor 

22 laboratory to conduct an audit described in sub23 section (a)(6); and 

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1 ‘‘(i) not later than 1 year after receiv2 ing the grant, complete the audit referred 

3 to in paragraph (1)(A) in accordance with 

4 the plan submitted under such paragraph; 

5 ‘‘(ii) not later than 60 days after re6 ceiving possession of a sample of sexual as7 sault evidence that was not in the posses8 sion of the State or unit of local govern9 ment at the time of the initiation of an 

10 audit under paragraph (1)(A), subject to 

11 paragraph (4)(F), include in any required 

12 reports under clause (v), the information 

13 listed under paragraph (4)(B); 

14 ‘‘(iii) for each sample of sexual as15 sault evidence that is identified as awaiting 

16 testing as part of the audit referred to in 

17 paragraph (1)(A)— 

18 ‘‘(I) assign a unique numeric or 

19 alphanumeric identifier to each sam20 ple of sexual assault evidence that is 

21 in the possession of the State or unit 

22 of local government and is awaiting 

23 testing; and 

24 ‘‘(II) identify the date or dates 

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1 government would be barred by any 

2 applicable statutes of limitations from 

3 prosecuting a perpetrator of the sex4 ual assault to which the sample re5 lates; 

6 ‘‘(iv) provide that— 

7 ‘‘(I) the chief law enforcement of8 ficer of the State or unit of local gov9 ernment, respectively, is the individual 

10 responsible for the compliance of the 

11 State or unit of local government, re12 spectively, with the reporting require13 ments described in clause (v); or 

14 ‘‘(II) the designee of such officer 

15 may fulfill the responsibility described 

16 in subclause (I) so long as such des17 ignee is an employee of the State or 

18 unit of local government, respectively, 

19 and is not an employee of any govern20 mental laboratory or non-govern21 mental vendor laboratory; and 

22 ‘‘(v) comply with all grantee reporting 

23 requirements described in paragraph (4). 

24 ‘‘(3) EXTENSION OF INITIAL DEADLINE.—The 

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1 deadline under paragraph (2)(B)(i) to a State or 

2 unit of local government that demonstrates that 

3 more time is required for compliance with such para4 graph. 

5 ‘‘(4) SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EVIDENCE

6 REPORTS.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For not less than 12 

8 months after the completion of an initial count 

9 of sexual assault evidence that is awaiting test10 ing during an audit referred to in paragraph 

11 (1)(A), a State or unit of local government that 

12 receives a grant award under subsection (a)(6) 

13 shall, not less than every 60 days, submit a re14 port to the Department of Justice, on a form 

15 prescribed by the Attorney General, which shall 

16 contain the information required under sub17 paragraph (B). 

18 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—A report 

19 under this paragraph shall contain the following 

20 information: 

21 ‘‘(i) The name of the State or unit of 

22 local government filing the report. 

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1 ‘‘(iii) The cumulative total number of 

2 samples of sexual assault evidence that, at 

3 the end of the reporting period— 

4 ‘‘(I) are in the possession of the 

5 State or unit of local government at 

6 the reporting period; 

7 ‘‘(II) are awaiting testing; and 

8 ‘‘(III) the State or unit of local 

9 government has determined should 

10 undergo DNA or other appropriate fo11 rensic analyses. 

12 ‘‘(iv) The cumulative total number of 

13 samples of sexual assault evidence in the 

14 possession of the State or unit of local gov15 ernment that, at the end of the reporting 

16 period, the State or unit of local govern17 ment has determined should not undergo 

18 DNA or other appropriate forensic anal19 yses, provided that the reporting form shall 

20 allow for the State or unit of local govern21 ment, at its sole discretion, to explain the 

22 reasoning for this determination in some 

23 or all cases. 

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1 total under clause (iii) that have been sub2 mitted to a laboratory for DNA or other 

3 appropriate forensic analyses. 

4 ‘‘(vi) The cumulative total number of 

5 samples of sexual assault evidence identi6 fied by an audit referred to in paragraph 

7 (1)(A) or under paragraph (2)(B)(ii) for 

8 which DNA or other appropriate forensic 

9 analysis has been completed at the end of 

10 the reporting period. 

11 ‘‘(vii) The total number of samples of 

12 sexual assault evidence identified by the 

13 State or unit of local government under 

14 paragraph (2)(B)(ii), since the previous re15 porting period. 

16 ‘‘(viii) The cumulative total number of 

17 samples of sexual assault evidence de18 scribed under clause (iii) for which the 

19 State or unit of local government will be 

20 barred within 12 months by any applicable 

21 statute of limitations from prosecuting a 

22 perpetrator of the sexual assault to which 

23 the sample relates. 

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1 port under this paragraph by a State or unit of 

2 local government, the Attorney General shall, 

3 subject to subparagraph (D), publish and dis4 seminate a facsimile of the full contents of such 

5 report on an appropriate internet website. 

6 ‘‘(D) PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFOR7 MATION.—The Attorney General shall ensure 

8 that any information published and dissemi9 nated as part of a report under this paragraph, 

10 which reports information under this sub11 section, does not include personally identifiable 

12 information or details about a sexual assault 

13 that might lead to the identification of the indi14 viduals involved. 

15 ‘‘(E) OPTIONAL REPORTING.—The Attor16 ney General shall— 

17 ‘‘(i) at the discretion of a State or 

18 unit of local government required to file a 

19 report under subparagraph (A), allow such 

20 State or unit of local government, at their 

21 sole discretion, to submit such reports on 

22 a more frequent basis; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) make available to all States and 

24 units of local government the reporting 

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1 (A), whether or not they are required to 

2 submit such reports, and allow such States 

3 or units of local government, at their sole 

4 discretion, to submit such reports for pub5 lication. 

6 ‘‘(F) SAMPLES EXEMPT FROM REPORTING

7 REQUIREMENT.—The reporting requirements 

8 described in paragraph (2) shall not apply to a 

9 sample of sexual assault evidence that— 

10 ‘‘(i) is not considered criminal evi11 dence (such as a sample collected anony12 mously from a victim who is unwilling to 

13 make a criminal complaint); or 

14 ‘‘(ii) relates to a sexual assault for 

15 which the prosecution of each perpetrator 

16 is barred by a statute of limitations. 

17 ‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

18 ‘‘(A) AWAITING TESTING.—The term 

19 ‘awaiting testing’ means, with respect to a sam20 ple of sexual assault evidence, that— 

21 ‘‘(i) the sample has been collected and 

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1 ‘‘(ii) DNA and other appropriate fo2 rensic analyses have not been performed on 

3 such sample; and 

4 ‘‘(iii) the sample is related to a crimi5 nal case or investigation in which final dis6 position has not yet been reached. 

7 ‘‘(B) FINAL DISPOSITION.—The term ‘final 

8 disposition’ means, with respect to a criminal 

9 case or investigation to which a sample of sex10 ual assault evidence relates— 

11 ‘‘(i) the conviction or acquittal of all 

12 suspected perpetrators of the crime in13 volved; 

14 ‘‘(ii) a determination by the State or 

15 unit of local government in possession of 

16 the sample that the case is unfounded; or 

17 ‘‘(iii) a declaration by the victim of 

18 the crime involved that the act constituting 

19 the basis of the crime was not committed. 

20 ‘‘(C) POSSESSION.— 

21 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘posses22 sion’, used with respect to possession of a 

23 sample of sexual assault evidence by a 

24 State or unit of local government, includes 

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1 as an agent of the State or unit of local 

2 government for the collection of the sam3 ple. 

4 ‘‘(ii) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.— 

5 Nothing in clause (i) shall be construed to 

6 create or amend any Federal rights or 

7 privileges for non-governmental vendor lab8 oratories described in regulations promul9 gated under section 210303 of the DNA 

10 Identification Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 

11 14131). 

12 ‘‘(o) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROTOCOLS, TECHNICAL

13 ASSISTANCE, AND DEFINITIONS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) PROTOCOLS AND PRACTICES.—Not later 

15 than 18 months after the date of enactment of the 

16 SAFER Act of 2013, the Director, in consultation 

17 with Federal, State, and local law enforcement agen18 cies and government laboratories, shall develop and 

19 publish a description of protocols and practices the 

20 Director considers appropriate for the accurate, 

21 timely, and effective collection and processing of 

22 DNA evidence, including protocols and practices spe23 cific to sexual assault cases, which shall address ap24 propriate steps in the investigation of cases that 

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1 ‘‘(A) how to determine— 

2 ‘‘(i) which evidence is to be collected 

3 by law enforcement personnel and for4 warded for testing; 

5 ‘‘(ii) the preferred order in which evi6 dence from the same case is to be tested; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(iii) what information to take into 

9 account when establishing the order in 

10 which evidence from different cases is to be 

11 tested; 

12 ‘‘(B) the establishment of a reasonable pe13 riod of time in which evidence is to be for14 warded by emergency response providers, law 

15 enforcement personnel, and prosecutors to a 

16 laboratory for testing; 

17 ‘‘(C) the establishment of reasonable peri18 ods of time in which each stage of analytical 

19 laboratory testing is to be completed; 

20 ‘‘(D) systems to encourage communication 

21 within a State or unit of local government 

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1 crime victims regarding the status of crime 

2 scene evidence to be tested; and 

3 ‘‘(E) standards for conducting the audit of 

4 the backlog for DNA case work in sexual as5 sault cases required under subsection (n). 

6 ‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.— 

7 The Director shall make available technical assist8 ance and training to support States and units of 

9 local government in adopting and implementing the 

10 protocols and practices developed under paragraph 

11 (1) on and after the date on which the protocols and 

12 practices are published. 

13 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 

14 terms ‘awaiting testing’ and ‘possession’ have the 

15 meanings given those terms in subsection (n).’’. 

16 SEC. 1003. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

17 Not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal 

18 year for which a grant is made for the purpose described 

19 in section 2(a)(6) of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi20 nation Act of 2000, as amended by section 1002, the At21 torney General shall submit to Congress a report that— 

22 (1) lists the States and units of local govern23 ment that have been awarded such grants and the 

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1 (2) states the number of extensions granted by 

2 the Attorney General under section 2(n)(3) of the 

3 DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000, as 

4 added by section 1002; and 

5 (3) summarizes the processing status of the 

6 samples of sexual assault evidence identified in Sex7 ual Assault Forensic Evidence Reports established 

8 under section 2(o)(4) of the DNA Analysis Backlog 

9 Act of 2000, including the number of samples that 

10 have not been tested. 

11 SEC. 1004. REDUCING THE RAPE KIT BACKLOG. 

12 Section 2(c)(3) of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi13 nation Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135(c)(3)) is amended— 

14 (a) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘2014’’ and in15 serting ‘‘2018’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘(3) For each of fiscal years 2014 through 

18 2018, not less than 75 percent of the total grant 

19 amounts shall be awarded for a combination of pur20 poses under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of sub21 section (a).’’. 

22 SEC. 1005. OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 

23 All grants awarded by the Department of Justice that 

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1 (1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.—Beginning in fiscal 

2 year 2013, and each fiscal year thereafter, the In3 spector General of the Department of Justice shall 

4 conduct audits of recipients of grants under this title 

5 to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by 

6 grantees. The Inspector General shall determine the 

7 appropriate number of grantees to be audited each 

8 year. 

9 (2) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipient of 

10 grant funds under this title that is found to have an 

11 unresolved audit finding shall not be eligible to re12 ceive grant funds under this title during the 2 fiscal 

13 years beginning after the 12-month period described 

14 in paragraph (5). 

15 (3) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 

16 title, the Attorney General shall give priority to eligi17 ble entities that, during the 3 fiscal years before 

18 submitting an application for a grant under this 

19 title, did not have an unresolved audit finding show20 ing a violation in the terms or conditions of a De21 partment of Justice grant program. 

22 (4) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is awarded 

23 grant funds under this Act during the 2-fiscal-year 

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1 grants under paragraph (2), the Attorney General 

2 shall— 

3 (A) deposit an amount equal to the grant 

4 funds that were improperly awarded to the 

5 grantee into the General Fund of the Treasury; 

6 and 

7 (B) seek to recoup the costs of the repay8 ment to the fund from the grant recipient that 

9 was erroneously awarded grant funds. 

10 (5) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term 

11 ‘‘unresolved audit finding’’ means an audit report 

12 finding in the final audit report of the Inspector 

13 General of the Department of Justice that the 

14 grantee has utilized grant funds for an unauthorized 

15 expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost that is not 

16 closed or resolved within a 12-month period begin17 ning on the date when the final audit report is 

18 issued. 

19 (6) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIRE20 MENTS.— 

21 (A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 

22 section and the grant programs described in 

23 this title, the term ‘‘nonprofit organization’’ 

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1 1986 and is exempt from taxation under section 

2 501(a) of such Code. 

3 (B) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney General 

4 shall not award a grant under any grant pro5 gram described in this title to a nonprofit orga6 nization that holds money in offshore accounts 

7 for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax de8 scribed in section 511(a) of the Internal Rev9 enue Code of 1986. 

10 (C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organi11 zation that is awarded a grant under a grant 

12 program described in this title and uses the 

13 procedures prescribed in regulations to create a 

14 rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for 

15 the compensation of its officers, directors, trust16 ees and key employees, shall disclose to the At17 torney General, in the application for the grant, 

18 the process for determining such compensation, 

19 including the independent persons involved in 

20 reviewing and approving such compensation, the 

21 comparability data used, and contemporaneous 

22 substantiation of the deliberation and decision. 

23 Upon request, the Attorney General shall make 

24 the information disclosed under this subsection 

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1 (7) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Unless oth2 erwise explicitly provided in authorizing legislation, 

3 not more than 7.5 percent of the amounts author4 ized to be appropriated under this title may be used 

5 by the Attorney General for salaries and administra6 tive expenses of the Department of Justice. 

7 (8) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

8 (A) LIMITATION.—No amounts authorized 

9 to be appropriated to the Department of Justice 

10 under this title may be used by the Attorney 

11 General or by any individual or organization 

12 awarded discretionary funds through a coopera13 tive agreement under this Act, to host or sup14 port any expenditure for conferences that uses 

15 more than $20,000 in Department funds, un16 less the Deputy Attorney General or the appro17 priate Assistant Attorney General, Director, or 

18 principal deputy as the Deputy Attorney Gen19 eral may designate, provides prior written au20 thorization that the funds may be expended to 

21 host a conference. 

22 (B) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written ap23 proval under subparagraph (A) shall include a 

24 written estimate of all costs associated with the 

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1 beverages, audio/visual equipment, honoraria 

2 for speakers, and any entertainment. 

3 (C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney Gen4 eral shall submit an annual report to the Com5 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 

6 Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 

7 Representatives on all conference expenditures 

8 approved by operation of this paragraph. 

9 (9) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITY.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts authorized to 

11 be appropriated under this title may not be uti12 lized by any grant recipient to— 

13 (i) lobby any representative of the De14 partment of Justice regarding the award of 

15 grant funding; or 

16 (ii) lobby any representative of a Fed17 eral, State, local, or tribal government re18 garding the award of grant funding. 

19 (B) PENALTY.—If the Attorney General 

20 determines that any recipient of a grant under 

21 this title has violated subparagraph (A), the At22 torney General shall— 

23 (i) require the grant recipient to repay 

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1 (ii) prohibit the grant recipient from 

2 receiving another grant under this title for 

3 not less than 5 years. 

4 SEC. 1006. SUNSET. 

5 Effective on December 31, 2018, subsections (a)(6) 

6 and (n) of section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi7 nation Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135(a)(6) and (n)) are 

8 repealed. 

9 TITLE XI—OTHER MATTERS 

10 SEC. 1101. SEXUAL ABUSE IN CUSTODIAL SETTINGS. 

11 (a) SUITS BY PRISONERS.—Section 7(e) of the Civil 

12 Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (42 U.S.C. 

13 1997e(e)) is amended by inserting before the period at the 

14 end the following: ‘‘or the commission of a sexual act (as 

15 defined in section 2246 of title 18, United States Code)’’. 

16 (b) UNITED STATES AS DEFENDANT.—Section 

17 1346(b)(2) of title 28, United States Code, is amended 

18 by inserting before the period at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘or the commission of a sexual act (as defined in section 

20 2246 of title 18)’’. 

21 (c) ADOPTION AND EFFECT OF NATIONAL STAND22 ARDS.—Section 8 of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 

23 2003 (42 U.S.C. 15607) is amended— 

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1 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(c) APPLICABILITY TO DETENTION FACILITIES OP4 ERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECU5 RITY.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

7 after the date of enactment of the Violence Against 

8 Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, the Secretary 

9 of Homeland Security shall publish a final rule 

10 adopting national standards for the detection, pre11 vention, reduction, and punishment of rape and sex12 ual assault in facilities that maintain custody of 

13 aliens detained for a violation of the immigrations 

14 laws of the United States. 

15 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—The standards adopted 

16 under paragraph (1) shall apply to detention facili17 ties operated by the Department of Homeland Secu18 rity and to detention facilities operated under con19 tract with the Department. 

20 ‘‘(3) COMPLIANCE.—The Secretary of Home21 land Security shall— 

22 ‘‘(A) assess compliance with the standards 

23 adopted under paragraph (1) on a regular 

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1 ‘‘(B) include the results of the assessments 

2 in performance evaluations of facilities com3 pleted by the Department of Homeland Secu4 rity. 

5 ‘‘(4) CONSIDERATIONS.—In adopting standards 

6 under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Homeland Se7 curity shall give due consideration to the rec8 ommended national standards provided by the Com9 mission under section 7(e). 

10 ‘‘(5) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the 

11 term ‘detention facilities operated under contract 

12 with the Department’ includes, but is not limited to 

13 contract detention facilities and detention facilities 

14 operated through an intergovernmental service 

15 agreement with the Department of Homeland Secu16 rity. 

17 ‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY TO CUSTODIAL FACILITIES OP18 ERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

19 SERVICES.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

21 after the date of enactment of the Violence Against 

22 Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, the Secretary 

23 of Health and Human Services shall publish a final 

24 rule adopting national standards for the detection, 

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1 sexual assault in facilities that maintain custody of 

2 unaccompanied alien children (as defined in section 

3 462(g) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

4 U.S.C. 279(g))). 

5 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—The standards adopted 

6 under paragraph (1) shall apply to facilities operated 

7 by the Department of Health and Human Services 

8 and to facilities operated under contract with the 

9 Department. 

10 ‘‘(3) COMPLIANCE.—The Secretary of Health 

11 and Human Services shall— 

12 ‘‘(A) assess compliance with the standards 

13 adopted under paragraph (1) on a regular 

14 basis; and 

15 ‘‘(B) include the results of the assessments 

16 in performance evaluations of facilities com17 pleted by the Department of Health and 

18 Human Services. 

19 ‘‘(4) CONSIDERATIONS.—In adopting standards 

20 under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Health and 

21 Human Services shall give due consideration to the 

22 recommended national standards provided by the 

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1 SEC. 1102. ANONYMOUS ONLINE HARASSMENT. 

2 Section 223(a)(1) of the Communications Act of 

3 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223(a)(1)) is amended— 

4 (1) in subparagraph (A), in the undesignated 

5 matter following clause (ii), by striking ‘‘annoy,’’; 

6 (2) in subparagraph (C)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘annoy,’’; and 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘harass any person at the 

9 called number or who receives the communica10 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘harass any specific per11 son’’; and 

12 (3) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘harass 

13 any person at the called number or who receives the 

14 communication’’ and inserting ‘‘harass any specific 

15 person’’. 

16 SEC. 1103. STALKER DATABASE. 

17 Section 40603 of the Violence Against Women Act 

18 of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14032) is amended by striking 

19 ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and all that follows and inserting 

20 ‘‘$3,000,000 for fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’. 

21 SEC. 1104. FEDERAL VICTIM ASSISTANTS REAUTHORIZA22 TION. 

23 Section 40114 of the Violence Against Women Act 

24 of 1994 (Public Law 103–322; 108 Stat. 1910) is amend25 ed by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and in26 serting ‘‘fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’. 


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1 SEC. 1105. CHILD ABUSE TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR JUDI2 CIAL PERSONNEL AND PRACTITIONERS RE3 AUTHORIZATION. 

4 Subtitle C of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 

5 (42 U.S.C. 13024) is amended in subsection (a) by strik6 ing ‘‘$2,300,000’’ and all that follows and inserting 

7 ‘‘$2,300,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’. 

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