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Calendar No. 268 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3623 

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

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 9, 2022 

Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Ms. ERNST, Mr. DURBIN, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. 

LEAHY, Ms. COLLINS, Mrs. MURRAY, Mrs. CAPITO, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. 

PORTMAN, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. BROWN, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. 

WYDEN, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. MORAN, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. 

BURR, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, and Mr. BLUNT) introduced the following 

bill; which was read the first time 

FEBRUARY 10, 2022 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, 

and for other purposes. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

3 ‘‘Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 

4 2022’’. 

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

6 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Universal definitions and grant conditions. 

Sec. 3. Agency and Department Coordination. 

Sec. 4. Effective date. 

Sec. 5. Sense of Congress. 

Sec. 6. Severability. 

TITLE I—ENHANCING LEGAL TOOLS TO COMBAT DOMESTIC 

VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING 

Sec. 101. Stop grants. 

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

Sec. 103. Legal assistance for victims. 

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

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

Sec. 106. Criminal provisions. 

Sec. 107. Rape survivor child custody. 

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

dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

Sec. 109. Pilot program on restorative practices. 

TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES FOR VICTIMS 

Sec. 201. Sexual assault services program. 

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

child abuse enforcement assistance program. 

Sec. 203. Grants for training and services to end violence against individuals 

with disabilities and Deaf people. 

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

Sec. 205. Abby Honold Act. 

Sec. 206. LGBT Specific Services Program. 

TITLE III—SERVICES, PROTECTION, AND JUSTICE FOR YOUNG 

VICTIMS 

Sec. 301. Rape prevention and education grant. 

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

(CHOOSE) for children and youth. 

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

Sec. 304. Study on State coverage of forensic examinations and related costs 

following a sexual assault. 

TITLE IV—VIOLENCE REDUCTION PRACTICES 


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

Sec. 402. Saving money and reducing tragedies through prevention (SMART 

Prevention) grants. 

TITLE V—STRENGTHENING THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM’S 

RESPONSE 

Sec. 501. Grants to strengthen the health care system’s response to domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

Sec. 502. Maternal mortality or morbidity study. 

Sec. 503. Understanding sexual assault care in health systems. 

Sec. 504. National report on sexual assault services in our nation’s health system. 

Sec. 505. Improving and strengthening the sexual assault examiner workforce 

clinical and continuing education pilot program. 

Sec. 506. Expanding access to unified care. 

Sec. 507. Expanding access to forensics for victims of interpersonal violence. 

TITLE VI—SAFE HOMES FOR VICTIMS 

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

sexual assault, and stalking. 

Sec. 602. Ensuring compliance and implementation; prohibiting retaliation 

against victims. 

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

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

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

violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

Sec. 606. Study and report on housing and service needs of survivors of trafficking and individuals at risk for trafficking. 

TITLE VII—ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR VICTIMS 

Sec. 701. Findings. 

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

domestic and sexual violence. 

Sec. 703. Provisions related to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 

Program. 

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

Sec. 705. GAO Study. 

TITLE VIII—SAFETY FOR INDIAN WOMEN 

Subtitle A—Tools to Enhance Public Safety for Indian Tribes 

Sec. 801. Findings and purposes. 

Sec. 802. Tribal Access Program. 

Sec. 803. Bureau of Prisons Tribal Prisoner Program. 

Sec. 804. Tribal jurisdiction over covered crimes. 

Subtitle B—Alaska Tribal Public Safety Empowerment 

Sec. 811. Findings; purposes. 

Sec. 812. Definitions. 

Sec. 813. Tribal jurisdiction in Alaska. 

TITLE IX—OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 


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Sec. 901. Establishment of Office on Violence Against Women. 

Sec. 902. Senior Policy Advisor for Culturally Specific Communities of the Office on Violence Against Women. 

TITLE X—IMPROVING CONDITIONS FOR WOMEN IN FEDERAL 

CUSTODY 

Sec. 1001. Improving the treatment of primary caretaker parents and other individuals in Federal prisons. 

Sec. 1002. Health and safety of pregnant women and mothers. 

Sec. 1003. Research and report on women in Federal incarceration. 

Sec. 1004. Reentry planning and services for incarcerated women. 

Sec. 1005. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE XI—LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOLS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC 

SAFETY 

Sec. 1101. NICS Denial Notification Act of 2022. 

Sec. 1102. Annual report to Congress. 

Sec. 1103. Special assistant U.S. attorneys and cross-deputized attorneys. 

Sec. 1104. Review on criminal offenses affecting Native Hawaiians. 

TITLE XII—CLOSING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CONSENT 

LOOPHOLE 

Sec. 1201. Short title. 

Sec. 1202. Penalties for civil rights offenses involving sexual misconduct. 

Sec. 1203. Incentives for States. 

Sec. 1204. Reports to Congress. 

Sec. 1205. Definition. 

TITLE XIII—OTHER MATTERS 

Sec. 1301. National stalker and domestic violence reduction. 

Sec. 1302. Federal victim and witness coordinators reauthorization. 

Sec. 1303. Child abuse training programs for judicial personnel and practitioners reauthorization. 

Sec. 1304. Sex offender management. 

Sec. 1305. Court-appointed special advocate program. 

Sec. 1306. Review of link between substance use and victims of domestic violence dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

Sec. 1307. Interagency working group to study Federal efforts to collect data 

on sexual violence. 

Sec. 1308. National resource center on workplace responses to assist victims of 

domestic and sexual violence assistance for microbusinesses. 

Sec. 1309. Civil action relating to disclosure of intimate images. 

Sec. 1310. Choose Respect Act. 

Sec. 1311. Technical correction to Victims of Crime Act. 

Sec. 1312. Eliminating the marriage defense to statutory rape. 

Sec. 1313. Deputy Assistant Attorney General on Culturally Specific Communities within the Office of Justice programs. 

Sec. 1314. Task Force on Sexual Violence in Education. 

Sec. 1315. Bree’s Law. 

Sec. 1316. Fairness for Rape Kit Backlog Survivors Act of 2022. 

Sec. 1317. Study relating to State actions to prohibit aiding and abetting sexual misconduct in schools. 

Sec. 1318. Supporting access to nurse exams act. 


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TITLE XIV—CYBERCRIME ENFORCEMENT 

Sec. 1401. Local law enforcement grants for enforcement of cybercrimes. 

Sec. 1402. National Resource Center grant. 

Sec. 1403. National strategy, classification, and reporting on cybercrime. 

TITLE XV—KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE FROM FAMILY VIOLENCE 

Sec. 1501. Short title. 

Sec. 1502. Findings. 

Sec. 1503. Purposes. 

Sec. 1504. Increased funding for STOP grants. 

Sec. 1505. Sexual assault survivors’ rights. 

Sec. 1506. Grants to State and Tribal courts to implement protection order 

pilot programs. 

Sec. 1507. Online survey tool for campus safety. 

Sec. 1508. Study on child custody in domestic violence cases. 

1 SEC. 2. UNIVERSAL DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 40002 of the Violence 

3 Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291) is amend4 ed— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

7 by striking ‘‘In this title’’ and inserting ‘‘In this 

8 title, for the purpose of grants authorized under 

9 this title’’; 

10 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (43) 

11 through (45) as paragraphs (50) through (52), 

12 respectively; 

13 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (34) 

14 through (42) as paragraphs (41) through (49), 

15 respectively; 

16 (D) by redesignating paragraphs (26) 

17 through (33) as paragraphs (32) through (39), 

18 respectively; 


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1 (E) by redesignating paragraphs (18) 

2 through (25) as paragraphs (23) through (30), 

3 respectively; 

4 (F) by redesignating paragraphs (16) and 

5 (17) as paragraphs (22) and (21), respectively, 

6 and transferring paragraph (22), as so redesig7 nated, so as to appear before paragraph (23), 

8 as so redesignated; 

9 (G) by redesignating paragraphs (12) 

10 through (15) as paragraphs (17) through (20), 

11 respectively; 

12 (H) by redesignating paragraph (11) as 

13 paragraph (14); 

14 (I) by redesignating paragraphs (9) and 

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

16 (J) by redesignating paragraph (8) as 

17 paragraph (12), and transferring it to appear 

18 after paragraph (11), as so redesignated; 

19 (K) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and 

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

21 (L) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 

22 paragraph (7), and transferring it to appear be23 fore paragraph (8), as so redesignated; 

24 (M) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 

25 (5) as paragraphs (5) and (4), respectively, and 


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1 transferring paragraph (4), as so redesignated, 

2 so as to appear after paragraph (3); 

3 (N) by redesignating paragraph (1) as 

4 paragraph (2); 

5 (O) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 

6 so redesignated, the following: 

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

8 in later life’— 

9 ‘‘(A) means— 

10 ‘‘(i) neglect, abandonment, economic 

11 abuse, or willful harm of an adult aged 50 

12 or older by an individual in an ongoing re13 lationship of trust with the victim; or 

14 ‘‘(ii) domestic violence, dating vio15 lence, sexual assault, or stalking of an 

16 adult aged 50 or older by any individual; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(B) does not include self-neglect.’’; 

19 (P) by inserting after paragraph (5), as so 

20 redesignated, the following: 

21 ‘‘(6) COURT-BASED PERSONNEL; COURT-RE22 LATED PERSONNEL.—The terms ‘court-based per23 sonnel’ and ‘court-related personnel’ mean individ24 uals working in the court, whether paid or volunteer, 

25 including— 


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1 ‘‘(A) clerks, special masters, domestic rela2 tions officers, administrators, mediators, cus3 tody evaluators, guardians ad litem, lawyers, 

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

6 administrative, or any other professionals or 

7 personnel similarly involved in the legal process; 

8 ‘‘(B) court security personnel; 

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

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

16 system.’’; 

17 (Q) in paragraph (12), as so redesignated, 

18 by striking ‘‘includes felony’’ and all that fol19 lows through ‘‘jurisdiction.’’ and inserting the 

20 following: ‘‘includes felony or misdemeanor 

21 crimes committed by a current or former spouse 

22 or intimate partner of the victim under the 

23 family or domestic violence laws of the jurisdic24 tion receiving grant funding and, in the case of 

25 victim services, includes the use or attempted 


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1 use of physical abuse or sexual abuse, or a pat2 tern of any other coercive behavior committed, 

3 enabled, or solicited to gain or maintain power 

4 and control over a victim, including verbal, psy5 chological, economic, or technological abuse that 

6 may or may not constitute criminal behavior, by 

7 a person who— 

8 ‘‘(A) is a current or former spouse or inti9 mate partner of the victim, or person similarly 

10 situated to a spouse of the victim; 

11 ‘‘(B) is cohabitating, or has cohabitated, 

12 with the victim as a spouse or intimate partner; 

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

14 victim; or 

15 ‘‘(D) commits acts against a youth or 

16 adult victim who is protected from those acts 

17 under the family or domestic violence laws of 

18 the jurisdiction.’’; 

19 (R) by inserting after paragraph (12), as 

20 so redesignated, the following: 

21 ‘‘(13) ECONOMIC ABUSE.—The term ‘economic 

22 abuse’, in the context of domestic violence, dating vi23 olence, and abuse in later life, means behavior that 

24 is coercive, deceptive, or unreasonably controls or re25 strains a person’s ability to acquire, use, or maintain 


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1 economic resources to which they are entitled, in2 cluding using coercion, fraud, or manipulation to— 

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

4 assets, credit, or financial information; 

5 ‘‘(B) unfairly use a person’s personal eco6 nomic resources, including money, assets, and 

7 credit, for one’s own advantage; or 

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

9 financial and economic behavior or decisions, 

10 including forcing default on joint or other fi11 nancial obligations, exploiting powers of attor12 ney, guardianship, or conservatorship, or failing 

13 or neglecting to act in the best interests of a 

14 person to whom one has a fiduciary duty.’’; 

15 (S) by inserting after paragraph (14), as 

16 so redesignated, the following: 

17 ‘‘(15) FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION OR CUT18 TING.—The term ‘female genital mutilation or cut19 ting’ has the meaning given such term in section 

20 116 of title 18, United States Code. 

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

22 marriage’ means a marriage to which 1 or both par23 ties do not or cannot consent, and in which 1 or 

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1 sequence of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

2 assault or stalking.’’; 

3 (T) by striking paragraph (17), as so re4 designated, and inserting the following: 

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

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

7 (U) in paragraph (22), as so redesig8 nated— 

9 (i) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘; IN10 DIAN TRIBE’’ after ‘‘TRIBE’’; and 

11 (ii) by striking ‘‘term ‘Indian tribe’ 

12 means’’ and inserting ‘‘terms ‘Indian tribe’ 

13 and ‘Indian Tribe’ mean’’; 

14 (V) by striking paragraph (24), as so re15 designated, and inserting the following: 

16 ‘‘(24) LEGAL ASSISTANCE.— 

17 ‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—The term ‘legal assist18 ance’ means assistance provided by or under 

19 the direct supervision of a person described in 

20 subparagraph (B) to an adult, youth, or child 

21 victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sex22 ual assault, or stalking relating to a matter de23 scribed in subparagraph (C). 

24 ‘‘(B) PERSON DESCRIBED.—A person de25 scribed in this subparagraph is— 


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1 ‘‘(i) a licensed attorney; 

2 ‘‘(ii) in immigration proceedings, a 

3 Board of Immigration Appeals accredited 

4 representative; 

5 ‘‘(iii) in claims of the Department of 

6 Veterans Affairs, a representative author7 ized by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; 

8 or 

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

10 attorney or lay advocate in tribal court. 

11 ‘‘(C) MATTER DESCRIBED.—A matter de12 scribed in this subparagraph is a matter relat13 ing to— 

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

15 support, Tribal, territorial, immigration, 

16 employment, administrative agency, hous17 ing, campus, education, healthcare, pri18 vacy, contract, consumer, civil rights, pro19 tection or other injunctive proceedings, re20 lated enforcement proceedings, and other 

21 similar matters; 

22 ‘‘(ii) criminal justice investigations, 

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1 tion) that impact the victim’s safety, pri2 vacy, or other interests as a victim; 

3 ‘‘(iii) alternative dispute resolution, 

4 restorative practices, or other processes in5 tended to promote victim safety, privacy, 

6 and autonomy, and offender accountability, 

7 regardless of court involvement; or 

8 ‘‘(iv) with respect to a conviction of a 

9 victim relating to or arising from domestic 

10 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

11 stalking, or sex trafficking victimization of 

12 the victim, post-conviction relief pro13 ceedings in State, local, Tribal, or terri14 torial court. 

15 ‘‘(D) INTAKE OR REFERRAL.—For pur16 poses of this paragraph, intake or referral, by 

17 itself, does not constitute legal assistance.’’; 

18 (W) by inserting after paragraph (30), as 

19 so redesignated, the following: 

20 ‘‘(31) RESTORATIVE PRACTICE.—The term ‘re21 storative practice’ means a practice relating to a 

22 specific harm that— 

23 ‘‘(A) is community-based; 

24 ‘‘(B) is initiated voluntarily at the request 

25 of the victim of the harm; 


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1 ‘‘(C) involves (on an ongoing voluntary 

2 basis and without any evidence of coercion or 

3 intimidation of any victim of the harm)— 

4 ‘‘(i) any individual who committed the 

5 harm; 

6 ‘‘(ii) any victim of the harm; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) the community affected by the 

8 harm through 1 or more representatives of 

9 the community; 

10 ‘‘(D) shall include and has the goal of— 

11 ‘‘(i) collectively seeking accountability 

12 from each individual who committed the 

13 harm; 

14 ‘‘(ii) developing a written process 

15 whereby each individual who committed the 

16 harm will take responsibility for the ac17 tions that caused harm to each victim of 

18 the harm; and 

19 ‘‘(iii) developing a written course of 

20 action plan— 

21 ‘‘(I) that is responsive to the 

22 needs of any victim of the harm; and 

23 ‘‘(II) upon which any victim, any 

24 individual who committed the harm, 

25 and the community agree; and 


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1 ‘‘(E) is conducted in a victim services 

2 framework that protects the safety and sup3 ports the autonomy of each victim of the harm 

4 and the community.’’; 

5 (X) by inserting after paragraph (39), as 

6 so redesignated, the following: 

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

8 ‘technological abuse’ means an act or pattern of be9 havior that occurs within domestic violence, sexual 

10 assault, dating violence or stalking and is intended 

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

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

13 otherwise permitted by law, another person, that oc14 curs using any form of technology, including but not 

15 limited to: internet enabled devices, online spaces 

16 and platforms, computers, mobile devices, cameras 

17 and imaging programs, apps, location tracking de18 vices, or communication technologies, or any other 

19 emerging technologies.’’; and 

20 (Y) in paragraph (50), as so redesignated, 

21 by inserting ‘‘legal assistance and’’ before 

22 ‘‘legal advocacy’’; and 

23 (2) in subsection (b)— 

24 (A) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end 

25 the following: 


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1 ‘‘(H) DEATH OF THE PARTY WHOSE PRI2 VACY HAD BEEN PROTECTED.—In the event of 

3 the death of any victim whose confidentiality 

4 and privacy is required to be protected under 

5 this subsection, grantees and subgrantees may 

6 share personally identifying information or indi7 vidual information that is collected about de8 ceased victims being sought for a fatality review 

9 to the extent permitted by their jurisdiction’s 

10 law and only if the following conditions are met: 

11 ‘‘(i) The underlying objectives of the 

12 fatality review are to prevent future 

13 deaths, enhance victim safety, and increase 

14 offender accountability. 

15 ‘‘(ii) The fatality review includes poli16 cies and protocols to protect identifying in17 formation, including identifying informa18 tion about the victim’s children, from fur19 ther release outside the fatality review 

20 team. 

21 ‘‘(iii) The grantee or subgrantee 

22 makes a reasonable effort to get a release 

23 from the victim’s personal representative 

24 (if one has been appointed) and from any 

25 surviving minor children or the guardian of 


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1 such children (but not if the guardian is 

2 the abuser of the deceased parent), if the 

3 children are not capable of knowingly con4 senting. 

5 ‘‘(iv) The information released is lim6 ited to that which is necessary for the pur7 poses of the fatality review.’’; 

8 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe9 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘if— 

10 ‘‘(A) the confidentiality and privacy re11 quirements of this title are maintained; and 

12 ‘‘(B) personally identifying information 

13 about adult, youth, and child victims of domes14 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

15 stalking is not requested or included in any 

16 such collaboration or information-sharing.’’; 

17 (C) in paragraph (11)— 

18 (i) by striking ‘‘Of the total’’ and in19 serting the following: 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the total’’; and 

21 (ii) by adding at the end the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—The Office on Vio24 lence Against Women shall make all technical 

25 assistance available as broadly as possible to 


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1 any appropriate grantees, subgrantees, potential 

2 grantees, or other entities without regard to 

3 whether the entity has received funding from 

4 the Office on Violence Against Women for a 

5 particular program or project, with priority 

6 given to recipients awarded a grant before the 

7 date of enactment of the Violence Against 

8 Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022.’’; 

9 (D) in paragraph (14)— 

10 (i) by striking ‘‘services and assist11 ance to victims’’ and inserting ‘‘services 

12 and assistance to— 

13 ‘‘(A) victims’’; 

14 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

15 and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

18 ‘‘(B) adult survivors of child sexual abuse; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(C) victims of domestic violence, dating 

21 violence, sexual assault, or stalking who are also 

22 victims of female genital mutilation or cutting, 

23 or forced marriage.’’; 

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1 (F) by redesignating paragraph (16) as 

2 paragraph (15); and 

3 (G) in paragraph (15), as so redesig4 nated— 

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

6 clause (iii) and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(iii) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—A re8 cipient of grant funds under this Act that 

9 is found to have an unresolved audit find10 ing shall be eligible to receive prompt, indi11 vidualized technical assistance to resolve 

12 the audit finding and to prevent future 

13 findings, for a period not to exceed the fol14 lowing 2 fiscal years.’’; and 

15 (ii) in subparagraph (C)(i), by strik16 ing ‘‘$20,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000’’ 

17 and by inserting ‘‘the Director or Principal 

18 Deputy Director of the Office on Violence 

19 Against Women or’’ before ‘‘the Deputy 

20 Attorney General’’; and 

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

22 ‘‘(16) INNOVATION FUND.—Of the amounts ap23 propriated to carry out this title, not more than 1 

24 percent shall be made available for pilot projects, 

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1 signed to improve Federal, State, local, Tribal, and 

2 other community responses to gender-based vio3 lence.’’. 

4 (b) DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS.—Section 

5 40002 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 

6 U.S.C. 12291) shall apply to this Act and any grant pro7 gram authorized under this Act. 

8 SEC. 3. AGENCY AND DEPARTMENT COORDINATION. 

9 Each head of an Executive department (as defined 

10 in section 101 of title 5, United States Code) responsible 

11 for carrying out a program under this Act, the Violence 

12 Against Women Act of 1994 (title IV of Public Law 103– 

13 322; 108 Stat. 1902), the Violence Against Women Act 

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

15 1491), the Violence Against Women and Department of 

16 Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (title IX of Public 

17 Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3080), or the Violence Against 

18 Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113– 

19 4; 127 Stat. 54) may coordinate and collaborate on the 

20 prevention of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as21 sault, and stalking, including sharing best practices and 

22 efficient use of resources and technology for victims and 

23 those seeking assistance from the Federal Government. 


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1 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

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

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

4 not take effect until October 1 of the first fiscal year be5 ginning after the date of enactment of this Act. 

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

7 106, 107, 304, 606, 803, and 1306 and any amendments 

8 made by such sections shall take effect on the date of en9 actment of this Act. 

10 SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

11 It is the sense of Congress— 

12 (1) that sex trafficking victims experience sex13 ual violence and assault; and 

14 (2) that Federal recognition of their recovery is 

15 important. 

16 SEC. 6. SEVERABILITY. 

17 If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by 

18 this Act, or the application of such provision or amend19 ment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconsti20 tutional, the remainder of this Act and the amendments 

21 made by this Act, and the application of the provisions 

22 or amendment to any other person or circumstance, shall 

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1 TITLE I—ENHANCING LEGAL 

2 TOOLS TO COMBAT DOMES3 TIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIO4 LENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, 

5 AND STALKING 

6 SEC. 101. STOP GRANTS. 

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

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

9 10441 et seq.) is amended— 

10 (1) in section 2001 (34 U.S.C. 10441)— 

11 (A) in subsection (b)— 

12 (i) in paragraph (3), by inserting be13 fore the semicolon at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘, including implementation of the grant 

15 conditions in section 40002(b) of the Vio16 lence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 

17 U.S.C. 12291(b))’’; 

18 (ii) in paragraph (5), by inserting 

19 ‘‘and legal assistance’’ after ‘‘improving 

20 delivery of victim services’’; and 

21 (iii) in paragraph (9)— 

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1 uals with disabilities, and Deaf indi2 viduals’’; 

3 (II) by inserting ‘‘legal assist4 ance,’’ after ‘‘counseling,’’; and 

5 (III) by striking ‘‘older and dis6 abled individuals’’ and inserting ‘‘indi7 viduals’’; 

8 (iv) in paragraph (11), by inserting 

9 before the semicolon at the end the fol10 lowing: ‘‘, including rehabilitative work 

11 with offenders’’; 

12 (v) in paragraph (19), by striking 

13 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

14 (vi) in paragraph (20)— 

15 (I) by striking ‘‘or stalking’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘stalking, or female genital 

17 mutilation or cutting’’; and 

18 (II) by striking the period at the 

19 end and inserting a semicolon; and 

20 (vii) by inserting after paragraph 

21 (20), the following: 

22 ‘‘(21) developing, enhancing, or strengthening 

23 programs and projects to improve evidence collection 

24 methods for victims of domestic violence, dating vio25 lence, sexual assault, or stalking, including through 


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1 funding for technology that better detects bruising 

2 and injuries across skin tones and related training; 

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

4 culturally specific victim services programs to pro5 vide culturally specific victim services and responses 

6 to female genital mutilation or cutting; 

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

8 local law enforcement agencies, prosecutors’ offices, 

9 and courts to provide supportive services and advo10 cacy to Indian victims of domestic violence, dating 

11 violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and 

12 ‘‘(24) paying any fees charged by any govern13 mental authority for furnishing a victim or the child 

14 of a victim with any of the following documents: 

15 ‘‘(A) A birth certificate or passport of the 

16 individual, as required by law. 

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

18 individual by a State or Tribe, that shows that 

19 the individual is a resident of the State or a 

20 member of the Tribe.’’; and 

21 (B) in subsection (d)(3), in the matter pre22 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘2014 

23 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023 through 

24 2027’’; 

25 (2) in section 2007 (34 U.S.C. 10446)— 


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1 (A) in subsection (d)— 

2 (i) by redesignating paragraphs (5) 

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

5 (ii) by inserting after paragraph (4) 

6 the following: 

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

8 regarding training for victim-centered prosecution 

9 described in section 2017; 

10 ‘‘(6) certification of compliance with the grant 

11 conditions under section 40002(b) of the Violence 

12 Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(b)), 

13 as applicable;’’; 

14 (B) in subsection (i)— 

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

17 ‘‘and the requirements under section 

18 40002(b) of the Violence Against Women 

19 Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(b)), as ap20 plicable’’; and 

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

23 orientation, gender identity,’’; and 

24 (C) in subsection (j)(2), by adding a period 

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

2 ‘‘SEC. 2017. GRANT ELIGIBILITY REGARDING COMPELLING 

3 VICTIM TESTIMONY. 

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

5 receive grant funds under this part, the head of the office 

6 shall certify, to the State, Indian Tribal government, or 

7 territorial government receiving the grant funding, that 

8 the office will, during the 3-year period beginning on the 

9 date on which the grant is awarded, engage in planning, 

10 developing and implementing— 

11 ‘‘(1) training developed by experts in the field 

12 regarding victim-centered approaches in domestic vi13 olence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking 

14 cases; 

15 ‘‘(2) policies that support a victim-centered ap16 proach, informed by such training; and 

17 ‘‘(3) a protocol outlining alternative practices 

18 and procedures for material witness petitions and 

19 bench warrants, consistent with best practices, that 

20 shall be exhausted before employing material witness 

21 petitions and bench warrants to obtain victim-wit22 ness testimony in the investigation, prosecution, and 

23 trial of a crime related to domestic violence, sexual 

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1 order to prevent further victimization and trauma to 

2 the victim.’’. 

3 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

4 1001(a)(18) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

5 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(18)) is 

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

7 ‘‘2023 through 2027’’. 

8 SEC. 102. GRANTS TO IMPROVE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE RE9 SPONSE. 

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

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

12 10461 et seq.) is amended in the heading, by striking 

13 ‘‘GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE ARREST POLICIES’’ and in14 serting ‘‘GRANTS TO IMPROVE THE CRIMINAL JUS15 TICE RESPONSE’’. 

16 (b) GRANTS.—Section 2101 of title I of the Omnibus 

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

18 10461) is amended— 

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

20 following: 

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

22 States, Indian Tribal governments, State and local courts 

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

24 local government to improve the criminal justice response 

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


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1 stalking as serious violations of criminal law, and to seek 

2 safety and autonomy for victims.’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

5 ‘‘proarrest’’ and inserting ‘‘offender account6 ability and homicide reduction’’; 

7 (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘legal 

8 advocacy service programs’’ and inserting ‘‘legal 

9 advocacy and legal assistance programs’’; 

10 (C) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘older in11 dividuals (as defined in section 102 of the Older 

12 Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002))’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘individuals 50 years of age or over 

14 and Deaf individuals’’; 

15 (D) in paragraph (19), by inserting before 

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

17 victims among underserved populations (as de18 fined in section 40002(a) of the Violence 

19 Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 

20 12291(a)))’’; and 

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

22 ‘‘(25) To develop Statewide databases with in23 formation on where sexual assault nurse examiners 

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1 ‘‘(26) To develop and implement alternative 

2 methods of reducing crime in communities, to sup3 plant punitive programs or policies. For purposes of 

4 this paragraph, a punitive program or policy is a 

5 program or policy that— 

6 ‘‘(A) imposes a penalty on a victim of do7 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

8 or stalking, on the basis of a request by the vic9 tim for law enforcement or emergency assist10 ance; or 

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

12 because of criminal activity at the property in 

13 which the victim resides.’’; and 

14 (3) in subsection (c)(1)— 

15 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

16 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘encour17 age or mandate arrests of domestic vio18 lence offenders’’ and inserting ‘‘encourage 

19 arrests of offenders’’; and 

20 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘encour21 age or mandate arrest of domestic violence 

22 offenders’’ and inserting ‘‘encourage arrest 

23 of offenders’’; 

24 (B) in subparagraph (E)(ii), by striking 

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1 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (E) 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(F) except for a court, not later than 3 

4 years after the date on which an eligible grant5 ee receives the first award under this part after 

6 the date of enactment of the Violence Against 

7 Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022, cer8 tify that the laws, policies, and practices of the 

9 State or the jurisdiction in which the eligible 

10 grantee is located ensure that prosecutor’s of11 fices engage in planning, developing, and imple12 menting— 

13 ‘‘(i) training developed by experts in 

14 the field regarding victim-centered ap15 proaches in domestic violence, sexual as16 sault, dating violence, and stalking cases; 

17 ‘‘(ii) policies that support a victim18 centered approach, informed by such train19 ing; and 

20 ‘‘(iii) a protocol outlining alternative 

21 practices and procedures for material wit22 ness petitions and bench warrants, con23 sistent with best practices, that shall be ex24 hausted before employing material witness 

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1 tim-witness testimony in the investigation, 

2 prosecution, and trial of a crime related to 

3 domestic violence, sexual assault, dating vi4 olence, and stalking of the victim in order 

5 to prevent further victimization and trau6 ma to the victim; and 

7 ‘‘(G) except for a court, certify whether the 

8 laws, policies, and practices of the State or the 

9 jurisdiction in which the eligible grantee is lo10 cated prohibits the prosecution of a minor 

11 under the age of 18 with respect to prostitu12 tion; and’’. 

13 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

14 1001(a)(19) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

15 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(19)) is 

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

17 ‘‘2023 through 2027’’. 

18 SEC. 103. LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS. 

19 Section 1201 of division B of the Victims of Traf20 ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 

21 20121) is amended— 

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

23 to the victims.’’ the following: ‘‘When legal assist24 ance to a dependent is necessary for the safety of a 

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1 (2) in subsection (d)— 

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

3 follows: 

4 ‘‘(1) any person providing legal assistance 

5 through a program funded under this section— 

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

7 under the direct supervision of a licensed attor8 ney; 

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

10 Board of Immigration Appeals accredited rep11 resentative; 

12 ‘‘(iii) in Veterans’ Administration claims, 

13 is an accredited representative; or 

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

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

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

22 in clause (i); and 

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

24 training in connection with domestic violence, 

25 dating violence, stalking, or sexual assault and 


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

4 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or 

5 local’’ and insert the following: ‘‘local, or cul6 turally specific’’; 

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

9 (3) in subsection (f)(1)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘$57,000,000’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘$60,000,000’’; and 

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

13 inserting ‘‘2023 through 2027’’. 

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

15 SYSTEM. 

16 Section 1301 of division B of the Victims of Traf17 ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 

18 12464) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (b)(8), by striking ‘‘to im20 prove’’ and inserting ‘‘improve’’; 

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

22 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023 through 2027’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(g) CULTURAL RELEVANCE.—Any services provided 

2 pursuant to a grant funded under this section shall be pro3 vided in a culturally relevant manner.’’. 

4 SEC. 105. OUTREACH AND SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED 

5 POPULATIONS GRANTS. 

6 Section 120 of the Violence Against Women and De7 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 

8 U.S.C. 20123) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (b)(3), by inserting ‘‘Native 

10 Hawaiian,’’ before ‘‘or local organization’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (d)— 

12 (A) in paragraph (4)— 

13 (i) by striking ‘‘effectiveness’’ and in14 serting ‘‘response’’; 

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

16 before ‘‘training’’; and 

17 (iii) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

18 (B) in paragraph (5), by striking the pe19 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

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

22 culturally specific programs and projects to provide 

23 culturally specific services regarding responses to, 

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

2 human services by providing population-specific 

3 training for service providers on domestic violence, 

4 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking in under5 served populations.’’; and 

6 (3) in subsection (g)— 

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

8 ‘‘$6,000,000’’; and 

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

10 inserting ‘‘2023 through 2027’’. 

11 SEC. 106. CRIMINAL PROVISIONS. 

12 Section 2265(d)(3) of title 18, United States Code, 

13 is amended— 

14 (1) by striking ‘‘restraining order or injunc15 tion,’’; and 

16 (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The 

17 prohibition under this paragraph applies to all pro18 tection orders for the protection of a person residing 

19 within a State, territorial, or Tribal jurisdiction, 

20 whether or not the protection order was issued by 

21 that State, territory, or Tribe.’’. 

22 SEC. 107. RAPE SURVIVOR CHILD CUSTODY. 

23 Section 409 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking 

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1 ‘‘2015 through 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2023 through 

2 2027’’. 

3 SEC. 108. ENHANCING CULTURALLY SPECIFIC SERVICES 

4 FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DAT5 ING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND 

6 STALKING. 

7 Section 121 of the Violence Against Women and De8 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 

9 U.S.C. 20124) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘paragraph (a)(2) of 

13 this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

14 (2)’’; and 

15 (ii) by striking ‘‘shall take 5 percent 

16 of such appropriated amounts’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘shall take 15 percent of such appro18 priated amounts for the program under 

19 paragraph (2)(A) and 5 percent of such 

20 appropriated amounts for the programs 

21 under subparagraphs (B) through (E) of 

22 paragraph (2)’’; and 

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

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1 able under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be 

2 appropriated to carry out this section $25,000,000 

3 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027. 

4 ‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the total amount 

6 available for grants under this section, not less 

7 than 40 percent of such funds shall be allocated 

8 for programs or projects that meaningfully ad9 dress non-intimate partner relationship sexual 

10 assault. 

11 ‘‘(B) ALTERNATIVE ALLOCATION.—Not12 withstanding 40002(b)(11) of the Violence 

13 Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 

14 12291(b)(11)), the Director may allocate a por15 tion of funds described in subparagraph (A) to 

16 enhanced technical assistance relating to non17 intimate partner sexual assault if the Office on 

18 Violence Against Women does not receive suffi19 cient qualified applications proposing to address 

20 non-intimate partner relationship sexual as21 sault.’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (b)(3), by adding at the end 

23 the following: ‘‘Not less than 1 such organization 

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1 ganization shall have demonstrated expertise pri2 marily in non-intimate partner sexual assault serv3 ices.’’; 

4 (3) by striking subsection (e); and 

5 (4) by redesignating subsections (f) through (h) 

6 as subsections (e) through (g), respectively. 

7 SEC. 109. PILOT PROGRAM ON RESTORATIVE PRACTICES. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Violence Against Women Act 

9 of 1994 (title IV of Public Law 103–322), as amended 

10 by section 205, is further amended by adding at the end 

11 the following: 

12 ‘‘Subtitle R—Restorative Practices 

13 ‘‘SEC. 41801. PILOT PROGRAM ON RESTORATIVE PRAC14 TICES. 

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

16 ‘‘(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 

17 the Director of the Office on Violence Against 

18 Women. 

19 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en20 tity’ means— 

21 ‘‘(A) a State; 

22 ‘‘(B) a unit of local government; 

23 ‘‘(C) a tribal government; 

24 ‘‘(D) a tribal organization; 

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1 ‘‘(F) an institution of higher education (as 

2 defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Edu3 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)); and 

4 ‘‘(G) a private or public nonprofit organi5 zation, including— 

6 ‘‘(i) a tribal nonprofit organization; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(ii) a faith-based nonprofit organiza9 tion. 

10 ‘‘(3) RESTORATIVE PRACTICE.—The term ‘re11 storative practice’ means a practice relating to a 

12 specific harm that— 

13 ‘‘(A) is community-based and unaffiliated 

14 with any civil or criminal legal process; 

15 ‘‘(B) is initiated by the victim of the harm; 

16 ‘‘(C) involves, on a voluntary basis and 

17 without any evidence of coercion or intimidation 

18 of any victim of the harm by any individual who 

19 committed the harm or anyone associated with 

20 any such individual— 

21 ‘‘(i) any individual who committed the 

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1 ‘‘(iii) the community affected by the 

2 harm through 1 or more representatives of 

3 the community; 

4 ‘‘(D) shall include and has the goal of— 

5 ‘‘(i) collectively seeking accountability 

6 from 1 or more individuals who committed 

7 the harm; 

8 ‘‘(ii) developing a written process 

9 whereby 1 or more individuals who com10 mitted the harm will take responsibility for 

11 the actions that caused harm to each vic12 tim of the harm; and 

13 ‘‘(iii) developing a written course of 

14 action plan— 

15 ‘‘(I) that is responsive to the 

16 needs of any victim of the harm; and 

17 ‘‘(II) upon which any victim, any 

18 individual who committed the harm, 

19 and the community can agree; and 

20 ‘‘(E) is conducted in a victim services 

21 framework that protects the safety and sup22 ports the autonomy of 1 or more victims of the 

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1 ‘‘(b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Director shall 

2 award grants to eligible entities to develop and implement 

3 a program, or to assess best practices, for— 

4 ‘‘(1) restorative practices to prevent or address 

5 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

6 stalking; 

7 ‘‘(2) training by eligible entities, or for eligible 

8 entities, courts, or prosecutors, on restorative prac9 tices and program implementation; and 

10 ‘‘(3) evaluations of a restorative practice de11 scribed in paragraph (1). 

12 ‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under sub13 section (b), the Director shall give priority to eligible enti14 ties that submit proposals that meaningfully address the 

15 needs of culturally specific or underserved populations. 

16 ‘‘(d) QUALIFICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a 

17 grant under this section, an eligible entity shall dem18 onstrate a history of comprehensive training and experi19 ence in working with victims of domestic violence, dating 

20 violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

21 ‘‘(e) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity or a sub23 grantee of an eligible entity that offers a restorative 

24 practices program with funds awarded under this 

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1 ‘‘(A) includes set practices and procedures 

2 for screening the suitability of any individual 

3 who committed a harm based on— 

4 ‘‘(i) the history of civil and criminal 

5 complaints against the individual involving 

6 domestic violence, sexual assault, dating vi7 olence, or stalking; 

8 ‘‘(ii) parole or probation violations of 

9 the individual or whether active parole or 

10 probation supervision of the individual is 

11 being conducted for prior offenses involv12 ing domestic violence, sexual assault, dat13 ing violence, or stalking; 

14 ‘‘(iii) the risk to the safety of any vic15 tim of the harm based on an evidence16 based risk assessment; 

17 ‘‘(iv) the risk to public safety, includ18 ing an evidence-based risk assessment of 

19 the danger to the public; and 

20 ‘‘(v) past participation of any indi21 vidual who committed the harm in restora22 tive practice programing; and 

23 ‘‘(B) denies eligibility to participate in the 

24 program for any individual who committed a 

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1 ‘‘(i) a pending felony or misdemeanor 

2 prosecution for an offense against any vic3 tim of the harm or a dependent of any 

4 such victim; 

5 ‘‘(ii) a restraining order or a protec6 tion order (as defined in section 2266 of 

7 title 18, United States Code) that protects 

8 any victim of the harm or a dependent of 

9 any such victim, unless there is an excep10 tion in the restraining order or protective 

11 order allowing for participation in a restor12 ative practices program; 

13 ‘‘(iii) a pending criminal charge in14 volving or relating to sexual assault, in15 cluding rape, human trafficking, or child 

16 abuse, including child sexual abuse; or 

17 ‘‘(iv) a conviction for child sexual 

18 abuse against the victim or a sibling of the 

19 victim if the victim or sibling of the victim 

20 is currently a minor. 

21 ‘‘(2) REFERRAL.—With respect to a risk as22 sessment described in paragraph (1)(A)(iii) for 

23 which an eligible entity or a subgrantee of an eligible 

24 entity determines that a victim or a dependent of a 

25 victim are at significant risk of subsequent serious 


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1 injury, sexual assault, or death, the eligible entity or 

2 subgrantee shall refer the victim or dependent to 

3 other victim services, instead of restorative practices. 

4 ‘‘(f) NONDISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL OR PRI5 VATE INFORMATION.—For the purpose of section 

6 40002(b)(2), an individual described in subsection 

7 (a)(3)(C) shall be considered a person receiving services. 

8 ‘‘(g) RELATION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE INTERVEN9 TION.—Restorative practices performed with funds award10 ed under this section are not intended to function as a 

11 replacement for criminal justice intervention for a specific 

12 harm. 

13 ‘‘(h) REPORTS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) REPORT TO DIRECTOR.—As a part of the 

15 report required to be submitted under section 

16 40002(b)(6), an eligible entity that receives a grant 

17 under this section shall annually submit to the Di18 rector information relating to the effectiveness of the 

19 restorative practices carried out with amounts from 

20 the grant, including— 

21 ‘‘(A) the number of individuals for whom 

22 the eligible entity supported a restorative prac23 tice; 

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1 ‘‘(i) sought restorative practices from 

2 the eligible entity; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) the eligible entity could not 

4 serve; 

5 ‘‘(C) if applicable, the number of individ6 uals— 

7 ‘‘(i) who sought restorative practice 

8 training; 

9 ‘‘(ii) who received restorative practice 

10 training; 

11 ‘‘(iii) who provided restorative practice 

12 training; and 

13 ‘‘(iv) to whom the eligible entity could 

14 not provide restorative practice training; 

15 ‘‘(D) a victim evaluation component that is 

16 documented through survey or interview, includ17 ing the satisfaction of victims of a harm with 

18 the restorative practice services; 

19 ‘‘(E) if applicable, the number of individ20 uals who committed a harm and— 

21 ‘‘(i) successfully completed and exe22 cuted a written course of action plan; 

23 ‘‘(ii) failed to successfully complete 

24 and execute a written course of action 

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1 ‘‘(iii) were involved in a criminal or 

2 civil complaint involving domestic violence, 

3 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 

4 against the victims or victims during the 

5 course of the restorative practice process; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(F) any other qualitative or quantitative 

8 information determined by the Director. 

9 ‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 

10 years after the date of enactment of this section, 

11 and biennially thereafter, the Director shall submit 

12 to Congress a report that summarizes the reports re13 ceived by the Director under paragraph (1). 

14 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

15 are authorized to be appropriated to the Director such 

16 sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2023 

17 through 2027 to carry out this section.’’. 

18 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

19 in section 2 of the Violent Crime Control and Law En20 forcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) is amended 

21 by inserting after the item relating to section 41601 the 

22 following: 

‘‘Subtitle R—Restorative Practices 

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1 TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES 

2 FOR VICTIMS 

3 SEC. 201. SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM. 

4 Section 41601 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 

5 Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12511) is amend6 ed— 

7 (1) in subsection (b)(2)(C)(iii), by inserting ‘‘di8 rect payments,’’ before ‘‘and comprehensive’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (c)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (4)— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION’’ 

12 and all that follows through ‘‘The Attorney 

13 General’’ and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION.—The Attorney General’’; 

15 and 

16 (ii) by striking subparagraph (B); 

17 (B) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 

18 paragraph (7); and 

19 (C) by inserting after paragraph (5) the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘(6) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Attorney 

22 General shall provide technical assistance to recipi23 ents of grants under this subsection by entering into 

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1 zations whose primary focus and expertise is in ad2 dressing sexual assault within culturally specific 

3 communities.’’; and 

4 (3) in subsection (f)— 

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

6 ‘‘$40,000,000 to remain available until ex7 pended for each of fiscal years 2014 through 

8 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000,000 to remain 

9 available until expended for each of fiscal years 

10 2023 through 2027’’; and 

11 (B) in paragraph (2)(B)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘2.5’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘8’’; and 

14 (ii) by striking the semicolon at the 

15 end and inserting ‘‘of which not less than 

16 20 percent shall be available for technical 

17 assistance to recipients and potential re18 cipients of grants under subsection (c);’’. 

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

20 SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING, AND CHILD 

21 ABUSE ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE PRO22 GRAM. 

23 Section 40295 of the Violence Against Women Act 

24 of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12341) is amended— 

25 (1) in subsection (a)— 


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

2 the end; 

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

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

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

6 ‘‘(4) to develop, expand, implement, and im7 prove the quality of sexual assault forensic medical 

8 examination or sexual assault nurse examiner pro9 grams.’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (b)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe12 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

13 (B) in paragraph (5)— 

14 (i) by inserting after ‘‘by the lack of 

15 access to’’ the following: ‘‘quality forensic 

16 sexual assault examinations by trained 

17 health care providers,’’; and 

18 (ii) by striking ‘‘shelters and’’ and in19 serting ‘‘shelters, and’’; and 

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

21 ‘‘$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 

22 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000,000 for each of fis23 cal years 2023 through 2027’’. 


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1 SEC. 203. GRANTS FOR TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END 

2 VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIVIDUALS WITH DIS3 ABILITIES AND DEAF PEOPLE. 

4 Section 1402 of division B of the Victims of Traf5 ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 

6 20122) is amended— 

7 (1) in the heading— 

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

9 ‘‘INDIVIDUALS’’; and 

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

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

12 (2) in subsection (a)(1)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘and sexual assault’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘sexual assault, and abuse by care15 givers’’; and 

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

17 defined in section 3 of the Americans with Dis18 abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102))’’ the 

19 following: ‘‘and Deaf people’’; 

20 (3) in subsection (b)— 

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

22 place it appears and inserting ‘‘individuals with 

23 disabilities and Deaf people’’; 

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

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

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1 (C) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘pro2 viding advocacy and intervention services with3 in’’ and inserting ‘‘to enhance the capacity of’’; 

4 and 

5 (4) in subsection (e)— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘$9,000,000’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘$15,000,000’’; and 

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

9 inserting ‘‘2023 through 2027’’. 

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

11 LATER LIFE. 

12 Subtitle H of the Violence Against Women Act of 

13 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12421 et seq.) is amended— 

14 (1) in the subtitle heading, by striking ‘‘En15 hanced Training’’ and inserting ‘‘Training’’; 

16 and 

17 (2) in section 40801 (34 U.S.C. 12421)— 

18 (A) in the section heading, by striking 

19 ‘‘ENHANCED TRAINING’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘TRAINING’’; 

21 (B) by striking subsection (a); and 

22 (C) in subsection (b)— 

23 (i) by striking ‘‘(b) GRANT PRO24 GRAM.—’’ and all that follows through 

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1 ‘‘The Attorney General shall make grants 

2 to eligible entities in accordance with the 

3 following:’’; 

4 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 

5 through (5) as paragraphs (1) through (4), 

6 respectively; 

7 (iii) in paragraph (1), as so redesig8 nated— 

9 (I) by striking ‘‘, including do10 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

11 assault, stalking, exploitation, and ne12 glect’’ each place it appears; 

13 (II) in subparagraph (A)— 

14 (aa) in clause (i)— 

15 (AA) by striking ‘‘elder 

16 abuse’’ and inserting ‘‘abuse 

17 in later life’’; and 

18 (BB) by striking ‘‘vic19 tim advocates, and’’ and in20 serting ‘‘victim advocates, 

21 or’’; and 

22 (bb) in clause (iv), by strik23 ing ‘‘advocates, victim service 

24 providers, and courts to better 

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1 life’’ and inserting ‘‘leaders, vic2 tim advocates, victim service pro3 viders, courts, and first respond4 ers to better serve older victims’’; 

5 and 

6 (III) in subparagraph (B)— 

7 (aa) in clause (i), by striking 

8 ‘‘or other community-based orga9 nizations in recognizing and ad10 dressing instances of abuse in 

11 later life’’ and inserting ‘‘commu12 nity-based organizations, or other 

13 professionals who may identify or 

14 respond to abuse in later life’’; 

15 and 

16 (bb) in clause (ii), by strik17 ing ‘‘elder abuse and’’; 

18 (iv) in paragraph (2), as so redesig19 nated— 

20 (I) in subparagraph (A)— 

21 (aa) in clause (iv), by strik22 ing ‘‘with demonstrated experi23 ence in assisting individuals over 

24 50 years of age’’; and 


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1 (bb) in clause (v), by strik2 ing ‘‘with demonstrated experi3 ence in addressing domestic vio4 lence, dating violence, sexual as5 sault, and stalking’’; and 

6 (II) in subparagraph (B)(iv), by 

7 striking ‘‘in later life;’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘50 years of age or over.’’; and 

9 (v) in paragraph (4), as so redesig10 nated— 

11 (I) by striking ‘‘$9,000,000’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘$10,000,000’’; and 

13 (II) by striking ‘‘2014 through 

14 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023 through 

15 2027’’. 

16 SEC. 205. ABBY HONOLD ACT. 

17 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

18 ‘‘Abby Honold Act’’. 

19 (b) AMENDMENT.—Title IV of the Violent Crime 

20 Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 

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1 ‘‘Subtitle Q—Trauma-Informed, 

2 Victim-Centered Training for 

3 Law Enforcement 

4 ‘‘SEC. 41701. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ON TRAUMA-IN5 FORMED, VICTIM-CENTERED TRAINING FOR 

6 LAW ENFORCEMENT. 

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

8 ‘‘(1) the term ‘Attorney General’ means the At9 torney General, acting through the Director of the 

10 Office on Violence Against Women; 

11 ‘‘(2) the term ‘covered individual’ means an in12 dividual who interfaces with victims of domestic vio13 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, 

14 including— 

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

16 of an eligible entity; 

17 ‘‘(B) an administrator or personnel of a 

18 school, university, or other educational program 

19 or activity (including a campus police officer or 

20 a school resource officer); and 

21 ‘‘(C) an emergency services or medical em22 ployee; 

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

24 to an eligible entity that receives a grant under this 

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

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

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

7 the area over which a law enforcement agency 

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

9 in collaboration with the eligible entity has ju10 risdiction. 

11 ‘‘(4) the term ‘eligible entity’ means a State, 

12 local, territorial, or Tribal law enforcement agency; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(5) the term ‘mandatory partner’ means a na15 tional, regional, or local victim services organization 

16 or agency working in collaboration with a law en17 forcement agency described in paragraph (4). 

18 ‘‘(b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

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

20 award grants on a competitive basis to eligible enti21 ties to collaborate with their mandatory partners to 

22 carry out the demonstration program under this sec23 tion by implementing evidence-based or promising 

24 investigative policies and practices to incorporate 


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1 trauma-informed, victim-centered techniques de2 signed to— 

3 ‘‘(A) prevent re-traumatization of the vic4 tim; 

5 ‘‘(B) ensure that covered individuals use 

6 evidence-based practices to respond to and in7 vestigate cases of domestic violence, dating vio8 lence, sexual assault, and stalking; 

9 ‘‘(C) improve communication between vic10 tims and law enforcement officers in an effort 

11 to increase the likelihood of the successful in12 vestigation and prosecution of the reported 

13 crime in a manner that protects the victim to 

14 the greatest extent possible; 

15 ‘‘(D) increase collaboration among stake16 holders who are part of the coordinated commu17 nity response to domestic violence, dating vio18 lence, sexual assault, and stalking; and 

19 ‘‘(E) evaluate the effectiveness of the 

20 training process and content. 

21 ‘‘(2) AWARD BASIS.—The Attorney General 

22 shall award grants under this section to multiple eli23 gible entities for use in a variety of settings and 

24 communities, including— 


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

2 rural areas; 

3 ‘‘(B) college campuses; or 

4 ‘‘(C) traditionally underserved commu5 nities. 

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

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

8 ‘‘(1) train covered individuals within the dem9 onstration site of the eligible entity to use evidence10 based, trauma-informed, and victim-centered tech11 niques and knowledge of crime victims’ rights 

12 throughout an investigation into domestic violence, 

13 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including 

14 by— 

15 ‘‘(A) conducting victim interviews in a 

16 manner that— 

17 ‘‘(i) elicits valuable information about 

18 the domestic violence, dating violence, sex19 ual assault, or stalking; and 

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

21 victim; 

22 ‘‘(B) conducting field investigations that 

23 mirror best and promising practices available at 

24 the time of the investigation; 


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1 ‘‘(C) customizing investigative approaches 

2 to ensure a culturally and linguistically appro3 priate approach to the community being served; 

4 ‘‘(D) becoming proficient in understanding 

5 and responding to complex cases, including 

6 cases of domestic violence, dating violence, sex7 ual assault, or stalking— 

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

9 ‘‘(ii) involving strangulation; 

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

11 ‘‘(iv) committed by an individual of 

12 the same sex as the victim; 

13 ‘‘(v) involving a victim with a dis14 ability; 

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

16 ‘‘(vii) involving a lesbian, gay, bisex17 ual, or transgender (commonly referred to 

18 as ‘LGBT’) victim; 

19 ‘‘(E) developing collaborative relationships 

20 between— 

21 ‘‘(i) law enforcement officers and 

22 other members of the response team; and 

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

24 ‘‘(F) developing an understanding of how 

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1 port of domestic violence, dating violence, sex2 ual assault, or stalking; and 

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

4 improve the response of covered individuals to do5 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

6 stalking through various communication channels, 

7 such as the website of the eligible entity, social 

8 media, print materials, and community meetings, in 

9 order to ensure that all covered individuals within 

10 the demonstration site of the eligible entity are 

11 aware of those efforts and included in trainings, to 

12 the extent practicable. 

13 ‘‘(d) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM TRAININGS ON

14 TRAUMA-INFORMED, VICTIM-CENTERED APPROACHES.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IDENTIFICATION OF EXISTING

16 TRAININGS.— 

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

18 shall identify trainings for law enforcement offi19 cers, in existence as of the date on which the 

20 Attorney General begins to solicit applications 

21 for grants under this section, that— 

22 ‘‘(i) employ a trauma-informed, vic23 tim-centered approach to domestic violence, 

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

2 ‘‘(I) trauma responses; 

3 ‘‘(II) the impact of trauma on 

4 victims of domestic violence, dating vi5 olence, sexual assault, and stalking; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(III) techniques for effectively 

8 investigating domestic violence, dating 

9 violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

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

11 receives a grant under this section shall select 

12 one or more of the approaches employed by a 

13 training identified under subparagraph (A) to 

14 test within the demonstration site of the eligible 

15 entity. 

16 ‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out para17 graph (1), the Attorney General shall consult with 

18 the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime in 

19 order to seek input from and cultivate consensus 

20 among outside practitioners and other stakeholders 

21 through facilitated discussions and focus groups on 

22 best practices in the field of trauma-informed, vic23 tim-centered care for victims of domestic violence, 

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1 ‘‘(e) EVALUATION.—The Attorney General, in con2 sultation with the Director of the National Institute of 

3 Justice, shall require each eligible entity that receives a 

4 grant under this section to identify a research partner, 

5 preferably a local research partner, to— 

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

9 the grant funds; 

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

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

13 the grant period— 

14 ‘‘(A) preliminary results of the evaluations 

15 conducted under paragraph (2); and 

16 ‘‘(B) recommendations for improving the 

17 use of the grant funds. 

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

19 are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General 

20 $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027 

21 to carry out this section. 

22 ‘‘(g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec23 tion shall be construed to interfere with the due process 

24 rights of any individual.’’. 


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1 SEC. 206. LGBT SPECIFIC SERVICES PROGRAM. 

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

3 through the Director of the Violence Against Women Of4 fice (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Director’’), shall 

5 make grants to eligible entities to enhance lesbian, gay, 

6 bisexual, and transgender (referred to in this section as 

7 ‘‘LGBT’’) specific services for victims of domestic violence, 

8 dating violence, sexual assault and stalking. 

9 (b) PURPOSE OF PROGRAM AND GRANTS .— 

10 (1) GENERAL PROGRAM PURPOSE.—The pur11 pose of the program required by this section is to 

12 promote the following: 

13 (A) The maintenance and replication of ex14 isting successful LGBT specific domestic vio15 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk16 ing community-based programs providing serv17 ices and resources for LGBT victims of domes18 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

19 stalking. 

20 (B) The development of innovative LGBT 

21 specific strategies and projects to enhance ac22 cess to services and resources for LGBT victims 

23 of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as24 sault, and stalking who face obstacles to using 

25 more traditional services and resources. 


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1 (2) PURPOSES FOR WHICH GRANTS MAY BE

2 USED.—The Director shall make grants to commu3 nity-based programs for the purpose of enhancing 

4 LGBT specific services for victims of domestic vio5 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

6 Grants under the program shall support community7 based efforts to address distinctive LGBT specific 

8 responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sex9 ual assault, and stalking, including— 

10 (A) providing or enhancing services for 

11 LGBT victims of domestic violence, dating vio12 lence, sexual assault, or stalking, including 

13 services that address the safety, emotional well14 being, economic, housing, legal and workplace 

15 needs of LGBT victims; 

16 (B) supporting programs that specifically 

17 address underserved LGBT communities, in18 cluding culturally specific communities, to pro19 vide specific resources and support for LGBT 

20 underserved victims of domestic violence, dating 

21 violence, sexual assault, and stalking; 

22 (C) working in cooperation with the com23 munity to develop education and prevention 

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

3 (D) conducting outreach activities to en4 sure that LGBT people who are victims of do5 mestic violence, dating violence, stalking, or 

6 sexual assault receive appropriate assistance; 

7 (E) providing training for victim service 

8 providers, governmental agencies, courts, law 

9 enforcement and other first responders, and 

10 nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations serv11 ing the LGBT community about risk reduction, 

12 intervention, prevention, and the nature of do13 mestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and 

14 sexual assault; 

15 (F) developing and implementing LGBT 

16 specific programming that focuses on victim au17 tonomy, agency, and safety in order to provide 

18 resolution and restitution for the victim; and 

19 (G) providing LGBT specific programs for 

20 the non-offending LGBT parents of children ex21 posed to domestic violence, dating violence, sex22 ual assault, and stalking. 

23 (3) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.— 

24 The Director shall provide technical assistance and 

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1 under this Act regarding the development and provi2 sion of effective LGBT specific community-based 

3 services by entering into cooperative agreements or 

4 contracts with an organization or organizations hav5 ing a demonstrated expertise in and whose primary 

6 purpose is addressing the development and provision 

7 of LGBT specific community-based services to vic8 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as9 sault, and stalking. 

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

11 under this section include— 

12 (1) community-based organizations, the primary 

13 purpose of which is providing LGBT specific services 

14 to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sex15 ual assault, and stalking; and 

16 (2) community-based organizations, the primary 

17 purpose of which is providing LGBT specific services 

18 that can partner with a program having dem19 onstrated expertise in serving victims of domestic vi20 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, 

21 and that agrees to receive technical assistance from 

22 a program with LGBT specific expertise. 

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

24 report on the distribution of funding under this section, 

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1 services to LGBT victims of domestic violence, dating vio2 lence, sexual assault, and stalking and the types of LGBT 

3 specific programs, strategies, technical assistance, and 

4 training developed or enhanced through this program. 

5 (e) EVALUATION.—The Director shall award a con6 tract or cooperative agreement to evaluate programs under 

7 this section to an entity with the demonstrated expertise 

8 in and primary goal of providing enhanced access to serv9 ices and resources for victims of domestic violence, dating 

10 violence, sexual assault, and stalking who face obstacles 

11 to using more traditional services and resources. 

12 (f) NON-EXCLUSIVITY.—Nothing in this section shall 

13 be construed to exclude LGBT community-based organiza14 tions from applying to other grant programs authorized 

15 under this Act. 

16 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

17 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

18 $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027, 

19 to remain available until expended. 

20 TITLE III—SERVICES, PROTEC21 TION, AND JUSTICE FOR 

22 YOUNG VICTIMS 

23 SEC. 301. RAPE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION GRANT. 

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

25 U.S.C. 280b–1b) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

3 the semicolon at the end the following ‘‘or utili4 zation of other communication technologies for 

5 purposes related to such a hotline’’; 

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

8 school-based professionals, to identify and refer 

9 students who may have experienced or are at 

10 risk of experiencing sexual violence’’; and 

11 (C) in paragraph (7)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘sexual assault’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘sexual violence, sexual assault, 

14 and sexual harassment’’; and 

15 (ii) by inserting ‘‘and Deaf individ16 uals’’ before the period at the end; 

17 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Indian trib18 al’’ and inserting ‘‘Indian Tribal’’; 

19 (3) by redesignating subsection (c) and (d) as 

20 subsections (d) and (e), respectively; 

21 (4) by inserting the following new subsection 

22 after subsection (b): 

23 ‘‘(c) MEANINGFUL INVOLVEMENT OF STATE SEXUAL

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1 ing funds to States under this section, the Secretary shall 

2 set forth procedures designed to ensure meaningful in3 volvement of sexual assault coalitions, culturally specific 

4 organizations, and representatives from underserved com5 munities of the State or territory in the application for, 

6 and implementation of, funding.’’; 

7 (5) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by para8 graph (3))— 

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

10 ‘‘$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 

11 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000,000 

12 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027’’; 

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

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

15 total amount made available under this sub16 section in each fiscal year shall be awarded in 

17 accordance with this paragraph.’’; and 

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

19 ‘‘(4) STATE, TERRITORIAL, AND TRIBAL SEX20 UAL ASSAULT COALITION ALLOTMENT.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the total amount 

22 appropriated under this subsection for a fiscal 

23 year, not less than 15 percent shall be allocated 

24 to State, territorial, and Tribal sexual assault 

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1 providing prevention activities, providing assist2 ance to prevention programs, and collaborating 

3 and coordinating with applicable Federal, State, 

4 Tribal, and local entities engaged in sexual vio5 lence prevention, in accordance with this para6 graph. 

7 ‘‘(B) ALLOCATIONS.—Of the total amount 

8 appropriated under this subsection and allo9 cated to making awards to sexual assault coali10 tions, as described in subparagraph (A), for a 

11 fiscal year— 

12 ‘‘(i) not less than 10 percent shall be 

13 made available to Tribal sexual assault 

14 coalitions; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) any remaining amounts shall be 

16 made available, in equal amounts, to each 

17 State coalition and each territorial coali18 tion. 

19 ‘‘(C) CLARIFICATION.—Receipt of an 

20 award under this subsection by a sexual assault 

21 coalition shall not preclude the coalition from 

22 receiving additional grants or administering 

23 funds to carry out the purposes described in 

24 subsection (a).’’; and 

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

2 of the enactment of the Violence Against Women Act Re3 authorization Act of 2022, the Secretary, acting through 

4 the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre5 vention, shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations, 

6 the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Com7 mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 

8 and the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on 

9 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the Com10 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report on the ac11 tivities funded by grants awarded under this section and 

12 best practices relating to rape prevention and education.’’. 

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

14 SERVICES, AND EDUCATION (CHOOSE) FOR 

15 CHILDREN AND YOUTH. 

16 Section 41201 of the Violence Against Women Act 

17 of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12451) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (b)— 

19 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

20 (i) in the matter preceding subpara21 graph (A), in the first sentence, by striking 

22 ‘‘target youth who are victims of domestic 

23 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

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1 served populations, who are victims of do2 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as3 sault, stalking, and sex trafficking’’; 

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

5 ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

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

7 the period at the end and inserting a semi8 colon; and 

9 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 

10 (C) the following: 

11 ‘‘(D) clarify State or local mandatory re12 porting policies and practices regarding peer13 on-peer dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, 

14 and sex trafficking; or 

15 ‘‘(E) develop, enlarge, or strengthen cul16 turally specific victim services and responses re17 lated to, and prevention of, female genital muti18 lation or cutting.’’; 

19 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

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

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

22 ‘‘stalking, sex trafficking, or female genital 

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

2 ‘‘confidential’’ before ‘‘support services’’; 

3 and 

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

5 after ‘‘programming for youth’’ the fol6 lowing: ‘‘, including youth in underserved 

7 populations,’’; and 

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

9 ‘‘(3) CHILDREN EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE AND

10 ABUSE.—To develop, maintain, or enhance programs 

11 designed to prevent future incidents of domestic vio12 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 

13 by preventing, reducing and responding to children’s 

14 exposure to violence in the home, including by— 

15 ‘‘(A) providing services for children ex16 posed to domestic violence, dating violence, sex17 ual assault or stalking, including— 

18 ‘‘(i) direct counseling or advocacy; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) support for the non-abusing par20 ent; and 

21 ‘‘(B) training and coordination for edu22 cational, after-school, and childcare programs 

23 on how to— 

24 ‘‘(i) safely and confidentially identity 

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1 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

2 stalking; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) properly refer children exposed 

4 and their families to services and violence 

5 prevention programs. 

6 ‘‘(4) TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND

7 PREVENTION.—To develop, maintain, or enhance 

8 programs that change attitudes and behaviors 

9 around the acceptability of domestic violence, dating 

10 violence, sexual assault, and stalking and provide 

11 education and skills training to young individuals 

12 and individuals who influence young individuals, 

13 which— 

14 ‘‘(A) may include the use evidenced-based, 

15 evidence-informed, or innovative strategies and 

16 practices focused on youth; and 

17 ‘‘(B) shall include— 

18 ‘‘(i) age and developmentally-appro19 priate education on— 

20 ‘‘(I) domestic violence; 

21 ‘‘(II) dating violence; 

22 ‘‘(III) sexual assault; 

23 ‘‘(IV) stalking; 

24 ‘‘(V) sexual coercion; and 


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1 ‘‘(VI) healthy relationship skills, 

2 in school, in the community, or in 

3 health care settings; 

4 ‘‘(ii) community-based collaboration 

5 and training for individuals with influence 

6 on youth, such as parents, teachers, coach7 es, healthcare providers, faith leaders, 

8 older teens, and mentors; 

9 ‘‘(iii) education and outreach to 

10 change environmental factors contributing 

11 to domestic violence, dating violence, sex12 ual assault, and stalking; and 

13 ‘‘(iv) policy development targeted to 

14 prevention, including school-based policies 

15 and protocols.’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (c)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1)(A)— 

18 (i) by inserting ‘‘organization’’ after 

19 ‘‘tribal nonprofit’’; and 

20 (ii) by inserting ‘‘Native Hawaiian or21 ganization, urban Indian organization,’’ be22 fore ‘‘or population-specific community23 based organization’’; and 


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

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

3 (A) or (B) of paragraph (1)’’; 

4 (3) in subsection (d)(3), by striking the period 

5 at the end and inserting ‘‘, including training on 

6 working with youth victims of domestic violence, dat7 ing violence, sexual assault, or sex trafficking in un8 derserved populations, if such youth are among 

9 those being served.’’; and 

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

11 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’ and in12 serting ‘‘$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 

13 through 2027’’. 

14 SEC. 303. GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES ON CAM15 PUSES. 

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

17 Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza18 tion Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20125) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (a)— 

20 (A) by striking paragraph (2); and 

21 (B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

22 paragraph (2); 

23 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

25 follows: 


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

2 campus policies, protocols, and services that more ef3 fectively identify and respond to the crimes of do4 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

5 stalking, including the use of technology to commit 

6 these crimes, and to train campus administrators, 

7 campus security personnel, and all participants in 

8 the resolution process, including personnel from the 

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

10 and campus disciplinary or judicial boards on such 

11 policies, protocols, and services that promote a 

12 prompt, fair, and impartial investigation.’’; 

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

14 follows: 

15 ‘‘(3) To provide prevention and education pro16 gramming about domestic violence, dating violence, 

17 sexual assault, and stalking, including technological 

18 abuse and reproductive and sexual coercion, that is 

19 age-appropriate, culturally relevant, ongoing, deliv20 ered in multiple venues on campus, accessible, pro21 motes respectful nonviolent behavior as a social 

22 norm, and engages men and boys. Such program23 ming should be developed in partnership or collabo24 ratively with experts in intimate partner and sexual 

25 violence prevention and intervention.’’; 


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

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

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

6 and 

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

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(11) To train campus health centers and ap10 propriate campus faculty, such as academic advisors 

11 or professionals who deal with students on a daily 

12 basis, on how to recognize and respond to domestic 

13 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk14 ing, including training health providers on how to 

15 provide universal education to all members of the 

16 campus community on the impacts of violence on 

17 health and unhealthy relationships and how pro18 viders can support ongoing outreach efforts. 

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

20 a victim-centered, trauma-informed interview tech21 nique, which means asking questions of a student or 

22 a campus employee who is reported to be a victim 

23 of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, 

24 or stalking, in a manner that is focused on the expe25 rience of the reported victim, that does not judge or 


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1 blame the reported victim for the alleged crime, and 

2 that is informed by evidence-based research on trau3 ma response. To the extent practicable, campus per4 sonnel shall allow the reported victim to participate 

5 in a recorded interview and to receive a copy of the 

6 recorded interview. 

7 ‘‘(13) To develop and implement restorative 

8 practices (as defined in section 40002(a) of the Vio9 lence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 

10 12291(a))).’’; 

11 (3) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘2014 

12 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023 through 2027’’; 

13 (4) in subsection (d)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (3)— 

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

16 ‘‘for all incoming students’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘for all students’’; and 

18 (ii) by striking subparagraph (D) and 

19 inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(D) The grantee shall train all partici21 pants in the resolution process, including the 

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1 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

2 or stalking.’’; and 

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

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

5 identity,’’; and 

6 (5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘$12,000,000 

7 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’ and in8 serting ‘‘$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 

9 through 2027, of which not less than 10 percent 

10 shall be made available for grants to historically 

11 Black colleges and universities’’. 

12 (b) REPORT ON BEST PRACTICES REGARDING DO13 MESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL AS14 SAULT, AND STALKING ON CAMPUSES.—Not later than 1 

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

16 of Education shall submit to Congress a report, which 

17 shall include— 

18 (1) an evaluation of programs, events, and edu19 cational materials related to domestic violence, dat20 ing violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and 

21 (2) an assessment of best practices and guid22 ance from the evaluation described in paragraph (1), 

23 which shall be made publicly available online to uni24 versities and college campuses to use as a resource. 


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1 SEC. 304. STUDY ON STATE COVERAGE OF FORENSIC EX2 AMINATIONS AND RELATED COSTS FOL3 LOWING A SEXUAL ASSAULT. 

4 Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment 

5 of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 

6 shall issue a report to Congress on requirements and fund7 ing of States for forensic exams conducted after sexual 

8 assaults and any related medical expenses, as applicable, 

9 which shall include, with respect to each State— 

10 (1) the total annual cost of conducting forensic 

11 exams described in section 2010(b) of part T of title 

12 I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

13 Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10449(b)); 

14 (2) each funding source used to pay for the fo15 rensic exams described in section 2010(b) of part T 

16 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

17 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10449(b)); 

18 (3) a description of any laws or policies of the 

19 State to ensure that individuals do not receive bills 

20 for all or part of the cost of forensic exams con21 ducted after sexual assaults, consistent with section 

22 2010(b) of part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

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

24 10449(b)), including any oversight to ensure those 

25 individuals do not receive bills; 


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1 (4) an identification of any best practices imple2 mented by the State to ensure that individuals do 

3 not receive bills for forensic exams conducted after 

4 sexual assaults; 

5 (5) any requirements under laws of the State 

6 relating to payment for medical expenses and ancil7 lary costs relating to a sexual assault, which may in8 clude treatment of injuries associated with the as9 sault, imaging (including x-rays, MRIs, and CAT 

10 scans), and other emergency medical care required 

11 as a result of the sexual assault for which a victim 

12 receives a forensic exam; and 

13 (6) if a law of the State requires the State to 

14 pay for the medical expenses described in paragraph 

15 (5)— 

16 (A) a detailed list of which medical ex17 penses require coverage; 

18 (B) the total annual cost of medical ex19 penses relating to a sexual assault for which a 

20 victim receives a forensic exam outside of the 

21 cost of the forensic exam; and 

22 (C) each funding source the State uses to 

23 pay for medical expenses relating to a sexual 

24 assault for which a victim receives a forensic 

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1 TITLE IV—VIOLENCE 

2 REDUCTION PRACTICES 

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

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

7 U.S.C. 280b–4) is amended— 

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

9 against women’’ and inserting ‘‘violence against 

10 adults, youth,’’; and 

11 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘the fiscal 

12 years 2014 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 

13 years 2023 through 2027’’. 

14 SEC. 402. SAVING MONEY AND REDUCING TRAGEDIES 

15 THROUGH PREVENTION (SMART PREVEN16 TION) GRANTS. 

17 Section 41303 of the Violence Against Women Act 

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

19 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘taking a 

20 comprehensive approach that focuses on youth, chil21 dren exposed to violence, and men’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘focusing on men and youth’’; 

23 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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1 GAGING MEN AS LEADERS AND MODELS.—To 

2 develop’’ and inserting ‘‘to develop’’; and 

3 (B) by inserting ‘‘and youth’’ after ‘‘men’’ 

4 the first 2 times it appears; 

5 (3) in subsection (d)(3)— 

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

7 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

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

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

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

12 underserved populations.’’; 

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

14 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’ and in15 serting ‘‘$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 

16 through 2027’’; and 

17 (5) by striking subsection (g). 


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1 TITLE V—STRENGTHENING THE 

2 HEALTH CARE SYSTEM’S RE3 SPONSE 

4 SEC. 501. GRANTS TO STRENGTHEN THE HEALTH CARE 

5 SYSTEM’S RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIO6 LENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, 

7 AND STALKING. 

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

9 U.S.C. 280g–4) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘com12 munity health workers, violence prevention ad13 vocates working with health providers,’’ after 

14 ‘‘health staff,’’; 

15 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘for 

16 medical’’ and all that follows through ‘‘stalking; 

17 and’’ and inserting ‘‘for medical, psychology, 

18 dental, social work, nursing, and other health 

19 profession students, interns, residents, fellows, 

20 or current health care providers (including mid21 wives and doulas);’’; and 

22 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

23 (i) by striking ‘‘response’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘capacity’’; 


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1 (ii) by inserting ‘‘prevent and respond 

2 to’’ after ‘‘(including behavioral and men3 tal health programs) to’’; and 

4 (iii) by striking the period at the end 

5 and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

7 ‘‘(4) the development or enhancement and im8 plementation of training programs to improve the 

9 capacity of early childhood programs to address do10 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

11 stalking among families they serve; and 

12 ‘‘(5) the development or enhancement and im13 plementation of comprehensive statewide strategies 

14 for health and violence prevention programs to work 

15 together to promote primary prevention of domestic 

16 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk17 ing.’’; 

18 (2) in subsection (b)(1)— 

19 (A) in subparagraph (A)(i)— 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘to identify and pro21 vide’’ and inserting ‘‘to provide universal 

22 education on healthy relationships and pro23 vide trauma-informed’’; and 

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

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1 (i) by striking ‘‘culturally competent 

2 clinical training components’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘training components that center the expe4 riences of, and are developed in collabora5 tion with, culturally specific individuals 

6 and American Indians and Alaska Natives, 

7 and include community-defined practices 

8 such as the use of doulas, midwives, and 

9 traditional healers,’’; 

10 (ii) by inserting ‘‘(including labor and 

11 sex trafficking)’’ after ‘‘other forms of vio12 lence and abuse’’; and 

13 (iii) by striking ‘‘disparities’’ and in14 serting ‘‘inequities’’; 

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

16 clause (ii) the following: 

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

18 the experiences of all individuals, including 

19 LGBT individuals, and include training on 

20 improving equity and reducing disparities 

21 in access to health care services and pre22 vention resources; and 

23 ‘‘(iv) include training on the use of a 

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1 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

2 stalking in health care settings;’’; 

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

4 preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘response of 

5 the health care system’’ and inserting ‘‘capacity 

6 of the health care system to prevent and re7 spond’’; 

8 (E) in subparagraph (B)(i)— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘identifying and re10 sponding to’’ inserting ‘‘identifying, re11 sponding to, and promoting prevention of’’; 

12 (ii) by inserting ‘‘during in-person or 

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

14 (iii) by inserting ‘‘and to maximize 

15 victim choice on the use and sharing of 

16 their health information’’ before the semi17 colon at the end; 

18 (F) in subparagraph (B)(ii)— 

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

20 all that follows through the semicolon at 

21 the end and inserting the following: ‘‘serv22 ices to address the safety, medical, and 

23 mental health needs of patients by— 

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1 cluding professionals who specialize in 

2 trauma or in substance use disorders) 

3 in behavioral and mental health care, 

4 community health workers, and public 

5 health staff to address domestic vio6 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

7 stalking, and children exposed to vio8 lence; 

9 ‘‘(II) contracting with or hiring 

10 advocates for victims of domestic vio11 lence or sexual assault to provide such 

12 services; or 

13 ‘‘(III) providing funding to State 

14 domestic and sexual violence coalitions 

15 to improve the capacity of such coali16 tions to coordinate and support health 

17 advocates and other health system 

18 partnerships;’’; 

19 (G) in subparagraph (B)(iii)— 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘of identification’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘of prevention’’; 

22 (ii) by inserting ‘‘during in-person or 

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

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

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1 (i) by inserting ‘‘and promote preven2 tion during in-person or virtual visits,’’ 

3 after ‘‘or stalking,’’; and 

4 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

5 and inserting a semicolon; 

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

7 end the following: 

8 ‘‘(v) the development, implementation, 

9 dissemination, and evaluation of best prac10 tices, tools, and training materials, includ11 ing culturally relevant tools, for mental 

12 health, behavioral health, and substance 

13 use disorder professionals to identify and 

14 respond to domestic violence, sexual vio15 lence, stalking, and dating violence; and 

16 ‘‘(vi) the development and provision of 

17 culturally relevant training and follow-up 

18 technical assistance to health care profes19 sionals, and public health staff, and allied 

20 health professionals to identify, assess, 

21 treat, and refer clients who are victims of 

22 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

23 assault, or stalking from culturally specific 

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1 oped by and for culturally specific commu2 nities, with priority given to trainings pro3 vided by culturally specific organizations; 

4 and’’; and 

5 (J) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘(C) design and implement comprehensive 

8 strategies to prevent domestic or sexual violence 

9 including through the use of universal education 

10 in clinical and public health settings, hospitals, 

11 clinics and other health settings.’’; 

12 (3) in subsection (b)(2)(A)— 

13 (A) in the subparagraph heading, by strik14 ing ‘‘CHILD AND ELDER ABUSE’’ and inserting 

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

16 and 

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

18 inserting ‘‘child abuse or abuse in later life’’; 

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

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

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

22 ‘‘programs that promote the prevention of sexual as23 sault as well as’’ after ‘‘implementation of’’; 

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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘and exposure to violence 

2 across generations’’ after ‘‘abuse’’; and 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

4 (7) in subsection (b)(2)(C)(iv)— 

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

6 ‘‘dental,’’; and 

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

8 ‘‘exams and certifications;’’; 

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

10 clause (iv) the following: 

11 ‘‘(v) providing funding to culturally 

12 specific organizations to improve the ca13 pacity of such organizations to engage and 

14 partner with health care providers to sup15 port victims and meet increased referrals 

16 from health systems; 

17 ‘‘(vi) developing a State-level pilot 

18 program to— 

19 ‘‘(I) improve the response of sub20 stance use disorder treatment pro21 grams, harm reduction programs for 

22 people who use substances, and sys23 tems to domestic violence, dating vio24 lence, sexual assault, and stalking; 


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1 ‘‘(II) improve the capacity of 

2 substance use disorder treatment pro3 grams, harm reduction programs for 

4 people who use substances, and sys5 tems to serve survivors of domestic vi6 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

7 and stalking dealing with substance 

8 use disorder; and 

9 ‘‘(III) improve the capacity of do10 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

11 assault, and stalking programs to 

12 serve survivors who have substance 

13 use history; or 

14 ‘‘(vii) developing and utilizing existing 

15 technical assistance and training resources 

16 to improve the capacity of substance use 

17 disorder treatment programs and harm re18 duction programs for people who use sub19 stances to address domestic violence, dat20 ing violence, sexual assault, and stalking 

21 among patients the programs serve.’’; 

22 (9) in subsection (c)(3)(A), by striking ‘‘given 

23 to outcome based evaluations.’’ and inserting the fol24 lowing: ‘‘given to— 

25 ‘‘(i) outcome based evaluations; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) culturally specific and population 

2 specific organizations; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) programs developing and imple4 menting community-driven solutions to ad5 dress domestic violence, dating violence, 

6 sexual assault, or stalking.’’; 

7 (10) in subsection (c)(3)(B)(i)(III), by inserting 

8 ‘‘, including a culturally specific organization or 

9 community-based organization working to address 

10 the social determinants of health,’’ after ‘‘nonprofit 

11 entity’’; 

12 (11) in subsection (c)(3)(C)(ii)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘strategies for’’ and insert14 ing the following: ‘‘strategies— 

15 ‘‘(I) for’’; 

16 (B) by inserting ‘‘and generations’’ after 

17 ‘‘lifespan’’; 

18 (C) by striking ‘‘settings;’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘settings; and’’; and 

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

21 ‘‘(II) to address primary preven22 tion of domestic violence, dating vio23 lence, sexual assault, and stalking 

24 over the lifespan and generations, in25 cluding strategies that address related 


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1 social determinants of health, eco2 nomic justice, and equity issues, and 

3 that are inclusive of LGBT individ4 uals;’’; 

5 (12) in subsection (c)(3)(C)(iii), by striking 

6 ‘‘State or tribal law enforcement task forces (where 

7 appropriate)’’ and inserting ‘‘culturally specific orga8 nizations’’; 

9 (13) in subsection (c)(3)(C)(iv), by inserting 

10 ‘‘(including culturally specific organizations)’’ after 

11 ‘‘service providers’’; 

12 (14) in subsection (d)(2)(A)— 

13 (A) by inserting ‘‘(including mental health 

14 or substance abuse agencies)’’ after ‘‘of health’’; 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘or mental’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘or behavioral’’; and 

17 (C) by inserting ‘‘and substance use dis18 order prevention and treatment’’ before the 

19 semicolon at the end; 

20 (15) in subsection (d)(2)(B)— 

21 (A) by inserting ‘‘behavioral health treat22 ment system,’’ after ‘‘hospital,’’; 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘or any other community24 based’’ and inserting ‘‘a community-based’’; and 


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1 (C) by inserting ‘‘or substance use disorder 

2 prevention and treatment, or a community3 based organization with a history of partnership 

4 with programs in the field of domestic violence, 

5 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and 

6 health care, including physical or mental health 

7 care or substance use disorder prevention and 

8 treatment’’ after ‘‘mental health care’’; 

9 (16) in subsection (g)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘$20,000,000’’; and 

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

13 inserting ‘‘2023 through 2027’’; and 

14 (17) in subsection (h)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘herein’’; and 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘provided for’’. 

17 SEC. 502. MATERNAL MORTALITY OR MORBIDITY STUDY. 

18 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human 

19 Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for 

20 Disease Control and Prevention and in consultation with 

21 the Attorney General, the Director of the Indian Health 

22 Service, and other stakeholders (including community 

23 based organizations), shall conduct a study on the leading 

24 causes of pregnancy-associated morbidity and mortality 

25 and the extent which domestic violence, dating violence, 


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1 sexual assault, or stalking throughout the United States 

2 contribute to the risk of maternal mortality or morbidity. 

3 (b) REPORTS.—Not later than 3 years after the date 

4 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 

5 Human Services, in consultation with the Attorney Gen6 eral, the Director of the Indian Health Service, and other 

7 stakeholders (including community based organizations), 

8 shall report to Congress on the study conducted under 

9 subsection (a), which shall include the following: 

10 (1) An analysis of the extent to which domestic 

11 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 

12 contribute to pregnancy-associated morbidity and 

13 mortality. 

14 (2) An analysis of the impact of domestic vio15 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking on 

16 access to health care. 

17 (3) A breakdown of individuals particularly im18 pacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

19 assault, or stalking, by race and ethnicity, disability 

20 status, and sexual orientation and gender identity. 

21 (4) An analysis of the impact of domestic vio22 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking on 

23 Tribal communities and among Indians. 

24 (5) An assessment of the factors that increase 

25 risks for infant and maternal mortality or morbidity 


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1 among victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

2 sexual assault, or stalking. 

3 (6) Recommendations for legislative or policy 

4 changes to help reduce infant and maternal mor5 tality rates. 

6 (7) Best practices to reduce pregnancy-related 

7 deaths among survivors of domestic violence, dating 

8 violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

9 (8) Any other information on maternal mor10 tality or morbidity the Secretary determines appro11 priate to include in the report. 

12 SEC. 503. UNDERSTANDING SEXUAL ASSAULT CARE IN 

13 HEALTH SYSTEMS. 

14 (a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 

15 identify areas for improvement in health care delivery sys16 tems providing forensic examinations to survivors of sex17 ual assault. 

18 (b) GRANTS.—The Secretary of Health and Human 

19 Services (referred to in this section as ‘‘the Secretary’’) 

20 shall award grants to States and Indian Tribes to develop 

21 and implement State and Tribal surveys to identify— 

22 (1) the availability of, and patient access to, 

23 medical forensic examinations; 

24 (2) the training level of the health care pro25 viders who perform medical forensic examinations; 


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1 (3) the hospitals or clinics that offer medical fo2 rensic examinations and whether each hospital or 

3 clinic has full-time, part-time, or on-call coverage; 

4 (4) barriers to medical forensic examinations 

5 provided through sexual assault care and services; 

6 (5) billing and reimbursement practices for 

7 medical forensic examinations; 

8 (6) State and Tribal requirements, minimum 

9 standards, and protocols for training sexual assault 

10 examiners for sexual assault forensic examiners and 

11 for other personnel involved in medical forensic ex12 aminations; 

13 (7) the availability of sexual assault forensic ex14 aminer training, the frequency of such training, the 

15 providers of such training, the State’s or Indian 

16 Tribe’s role in such training, and the processes or 

17 procedures in place for continuing education of such 

18 examiners; and 

19 (8) the dedicated Federal and State funding 

20 available to support sexual assault forensic examiner 

21 training. 

22 (c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

23 under this section, a State or Indian Tribe shall submit 

24 to the Secretary an application through a competitive 

25 process to be determined by the Secretary. 


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1 (d) PUBLIC DISSEMINATION AND CAMPAIGN.— 

2 (1) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The results of the 

3 surveys conducted under grants awarded under this 

4 section shall be published by the Secretary on the 

5 website of the Department of Health and Human 

6 Services on a biennial basis. 

7 (2) CAMPAIGNS.—A State or Indian Tribe that 

8 receives a grant under this section shall carry out 

9 the following activities: 

10 (A) Make the findings of the survey con11 ducted using amounts received under the grant 

12 public, including a map showing health care 

13 providers who perform medical forensic exami14 nations, based on the findings from the State 

15 and Tribal surveys under subsection (b)(3). 

16 (B) Use the findings to develop a strategic 

17 action plan to increase the number of trained 

18 medical forensic examiners available in the 

19 State or Tribal community and create policies 

20 to increase survivor access to trained exam21 iners. 

22 (C) Use the findings to develop and imple23 ment a public awareness campaign that in24 cludes the following: 


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1 (i) An online toolkit describing how 

2 and where sexual assault survivors can ob3 tain assistance and care, including medical 

4 forensic examinations, in the State or 

5 Tribal community. 

6 (ii) A model standard response pro7 tocol for health care providers to imple8 ment upon arrival of a patient seeking care 

9 for sexual assault. 

10 (iii) A model sexual assault response 

11 team protocol incorporating interdiscipli12 nary community coordination between hos13 pitals, emergency departments, hospital 

14 administration, local rape crisis programs, 

15 law enforcement, prosecuting attorneys, 

16 and other health and human service agen17 cies and stakeholders with respect to deliv18 ering survivor-centered sexual assault care 

19 and medical forensic examinations. 

20 (iv) A notice of applicable laws pro21 hibiting charging or billing survivors of 

22 sexual assault for care and services related 

23 to sexual assault. 


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1 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

3 $7,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027. 

4 SEC. 504. NATIONAL REPORT ON SEXUAL ASSAULT SERV5 ICES IN OUR NATION’S HEALTH SYSTEM. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

7 date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 

8 the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, in con9 sultation with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Serv10 ices, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the 

11 Health Resources and Services Administration, the Indian 

12 Health Service, the Office for Victims of Crime of the De13 partment of Justice, the Office on Women’s Health of the 

14 Department of Health and Human Services, and the Of15 fice of Violence Against Women of the Department of Jus16 tice (collectively referred to in this section as the ‘‘Agen17 cies’’), shall submit to the Secretary of Health and Human 

18 Services (referred to in this section as ‘‘the Secretary’’) 

19 a report of existing Federal, Indian Tribe, and State prac20 tices relating to medical forensic examinations which may 

21 include the findings of the surveys developed under section 

22 503. 

23 (b) CORE COMPETENCIES.—In conducting activities 

24 under this section, the Agencies shall address sexual as25 sault forensic examination competencies, including— 


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1 (1) providing medical care to sexual assault pa2 tients; 

3 (2) demonstrating the ability to conduct a med4 ical forensic examination, including an evaluation for 

5 evidence collection; 

6 (3) showing compassion and sensitivity towards 

7 survivors of sexual assault; 

8 (4) testifying in Federal, State, local, and Trib9 al courts; and 

10 (5) other competencies, as the Agencies deter11 mine appropriate. 

12 (c) PUBLICATION.—The Agency for Healthcare Re13 search and Quality shall establish, maintain, and publish 

14 on the website of the Department of Health and Human 

15 Services an online public map of availability of sexual as16 sault forensic examinations. Such maps shall clarify if 

17 there is full-time, part-time, or on-call coverage. 

18 (d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 60 days 

19 after receiving the report described in subsection (a), the 

20 Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Health, Edu21 cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Com22 mittee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on 

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1 ination competencies based on the report described in sub2 section (a). 

3 SEC. 505. IMPROVING AND STRENGTHENING THE SEXUAL 

4 ASSAULT EXAMINER WORKFORCE CLINICAL 

5 AND CONTINUING EDUCATION PILOT PRO6 GRAM. 

7 (a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 

8 establish a pilot program to develop, test, and implement 

9 training and continuing education that expands and sup10 ports the availability of medical forensic examination serv11 ices for survivors of sexual assault. 

12 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

14 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

15 Health and Human Services (referred to in this sec16 tion as ‘‘the Secretary’’) shall establish a National 

17 Continuing and Clinical Education Pilot Program 

18 for sexual assault forensic examiners, sexual assault 

19 nurse examiners, and other individuals who perform 

20 medical forensic examinations. 

21 (2) CONSULTATION.—In establishing such pro22 gram, the Secretary shall consult with the Centers 

23 for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Centers for 

24 Disease Control and Prevention, the Health Re25 sources and Services Administration, the Indian 


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1 Health Service, the Office for Victims of Crime of 

2 the Department of Justice, the Office on Violence 

3 Against Women of the Department of Justice, and 

4 the Office on Women’s Health of the Department of 

5 Health and Human Services, and shall solicit input 

6 from regional, national, and Tribal organizations 

7 with expertise in forensic nursing, rape trauma or 

8 crisis counseling, investigating rape and gender vio9 lence cases, survivors’ advocacy and support, sexual 

10 assault prevention education, rural health, and re11 sponding to sexual violence in Tribal communities. 

12 (c) FUNCTIONS.—The pilot program established 

13 under subsection (b) shall develop, pilot, implement, and 

14 update, as appropriate, continuing and clinical education 

15 program modules, webinars, and programs for all hos16 pitals and providers to increase access to medical forensic 

17 examination services and address ongoing competency 

18 issues in medical forensic examination services, includ19 ing— 

20 (1) training and continuing education to help 

21 support sexual assault forensic examiners practicing 

22 in rural or underserved areas; 

23 (2) training to help connect sexual assault sur24 vivors who are Indian with sexual assault forensic 

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1 referrals, culturally competent support, and forensic 

2 evidence collection in rural communities; 

3 (3) replication of successful sexual assault fo4 rensic examination programs to help develop and im5 prove the evidence base for medical forensic exami6 nations; and 

7 (4) training to increase the number of medical 

8 professionals who are considered sexual assault fo9 rensic examiners based on the recommendations of 

10 the National Sexual Assault Forensic Examination 

11 Training Standards issued by the Office on Violence 

12 Against Women of the Department of Justice. 

13 (d) ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN PILOT PRO14 GRAMS.—The Secretary shall ensure that medical forensic 

15 examination services provided under the pilot program es16 tablished under subsection (b), and other medical forensic 

17 examiner services under the pilot program are provided 

18 by health care providers who are also one of the following: 

19 (1) A physician, including a resident physician. 

20 (2) A nurse practitioner. 

21 (3) A nurse midwife. 

22 (4) A physician assistant. 

23 (5) A certified nurse specialist. 

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1 (7) A community health practitioner or a com2 munity health aide who has completed level III or 

3 level IV certification and training requirements. 

4 (e) NATURE OF TRAINING.—The continuing edu5 cation program established under this section shall incor6 porate and reflect current best practices and standards on 

7 medical forensic examination services consistent with the 

8 purpose of this section. 

9 (f) AVAILABILITY.—After termination of the pilot 

10 program established under subsection (b)(1), the training 

11 and continuing education program established under such 

12 program shall be available to all sexual assault forensic 

13 examiners and other providers employed by, or any indi14 vidual providing services through, facilities that receive 

15 Federal funding. 

16 (g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The pilot program estab17 lished under this section shall terminate on the date that 

18 is 2 years after the date of such establishment. 

19 (h) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap20 propriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each 

21 of fiscal years 2023 through 2025. 

22 SEC. 506. EXPANDING ACCESS TO UNIFIED CARE. 

23 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary 

24 of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section 

25 as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall establish a program (referred to 


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1 in this section as the ‘‘program’’) to award grants to eligi2 ble entities for the clinical training of sexual assault foren3 sic examiners (including registered nurses, nurse practi4 tioners, nurse midwives, clinical nurse specialists, physi5 cian assistants, and physicians) to administer medical fo6 rensic examinations and treatments to survivors of sexual 

7 assault. 

8 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the program is to en9 able each grant recipient to expand access to medical fo10 rensic examination services by providing new providers 

11 with the clinical training necessary to establish and main12 tain competency in such services and to test the provisions 

13 of such services at new facilities in expanded health care 

14 settings. 

15 (c) GRANTS.—Under the program, the Secretary 

16 shall award 3-year grants to eligible entities that meet the 

17 requirements established by the Secretary. 

18 (d) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive a 

19 grant under this section, an entity shall— 

20 (1) be— 

21 (A) a safety net clinic acting in partner22 ship with a high-volume emergency services pro23 vider or a hospital currently providing sexual 

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1 formed by sexual assault forensic examiners, 

2 that will use grant funds to— 

3 (i) assign rural health care service 

4 providers to the high-volume hospitals for 

5 clinical practicum hours to qualify such 

6 providers as sexual assault forensic exam7 iners; or 

8 (ii) assign practitioners at high-vol9 ume hospitals to rural health care services 

10 providers to instruct, oversee, and approve 

11 clinical practicum hours in the community 

12 to be served; 

13 (B) an organization described in section 

14 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

15 and exempt from taxation under 501(a) of such 

16 Code, that provides legal training and technical 

17 assistance to Tribal communities and to organi18 zations and agencies serving Indians; or 

19 (C) an Indian Tribe (as defined in section 

20 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu21 cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)); and 

22 (2) submit to the Secretary an application at 

23 such time, in such manner, and containing such in24 formation as the Secretary may require, including a 

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1 services described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of 

2 paragraph (1). 

3 (e) GRANT AMOUNT.—Each grant awarded under 

4 this section shall be in an amount not to exceed $400,000 

5 per year. A grant recipient may carry over funds from one 

6 fiscal year to the next without obtaining approval from 

7 the Secretary. 

8 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

10 appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 

11 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027. 

12 (2) SET-ASIDE.—Of the amount appropriated 

13 under this subsection for a fiscal year, the Secretary 

14 shall reserve 15 percent of such amount for purposes 

15 of making grants to entities that are affiliated with 

16 Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations (as defined in 

17 section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu18 cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)), or Urban 

19 Indian organizations (as defined in section 4 of the 

20 Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 

21 1603)). Amounts reserved may be used to support 

22 referrals and the delivery of emergency first aid, cul23 turally competent support, and forensic evidence col24 lection training. 


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1 SEC. 507. EXPANDING ACCESS TO FORENSICS FOR VICTIMS 

2 OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE. 

3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDE; COMMUNITY

5 HEALTH PRACTITIONER.—The terms ‘‘community 

6 health aide’’ and ‘‘community health practitioner’’ 

7 have the meanings given such terms for purposes of 

8 section 119 of the Indian Health Care Improvement 

9 Act (25 U.S.C. 1616l). 

10 (2) HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.—The term 

11 ‘‘health care provider’’ has the meaning given such 

12 term by the Secretary, and includes registered 

13 nurses, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, clinical 

14 nurse specialists, physician assistants, and physi15 cians. 

16 (3) INDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.— 

17 The terms ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ and ‘‘Tribal organiza18 tion’’ shall have the meanings given such terms in 

19 section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu20 cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 

21 (4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

22 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

23 meaning given such term in section 101 of the High24 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 

25 (5) INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE.—The term 

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1 that is emotional and trauma-inducing for victims, 

2 families of victims, perpetrators, and communities. 

3 (6) NATIVE HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATION.—The 

4 term ‘‘Native Hawaiian organization’’ has the mean5 ing given such term in section 12 of the Native Ha6 waiian Health Care Improvement Act (42 U.S.C. 

7 11711). 

8 (7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

9 the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

10 (8) TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE.—The term 

11 ‘‘trauma-informed care’’ means care received by 

12 trauma survivors that is culturally competent in ac13 cordance with professional standards of practice and 

14 accounting for patients’ experiences and preferences 

15 in order to eliminate or mitigate triggers that may 

16 cause re-traumatization of the patient. 

17 (9) URBAN INDIAN ORGANIZATION.—The term 

18 ‘‘Urban Indian organization’’ has the meaning given 

19 such term in section 4 of the Indian Health Care 

20 Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1603). 

21 (b) DEMONSTRATION GRANTS FOR COMPREHENSIVE

22 FORENSIC TRAINING.— 

23 (1) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Sec24 retary shall establish a demonstration program to 

25 award grants to eligible entities for the clinical 


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1 training of health care providers to provide gener2 alist forensic services and trauma-informed care to 

3 survivors of interpersonal violence of all ages. 

4 (2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the demonstra5 tion program under this subsection is to develop 

6 training and curriculum to provide health care pro7 viders with the skills to support the provision of fo8 rensic assessment and trauma-informed care to indi9 viduals, families, and communities that have experi10 enced violence or trauma and to be available to col11 laborate with members of an inter-professional fo12 rensic team. 

13 (3) TERM.—Grants under this subsection shall 

14 be for a term of 5 years. 

15 (4) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to re16 ceive a grant under this subsection, an entity shall— 

17 (A) be an institute of higher education, in18 cluding a minority serving institution as de19 scribed in section 371 of the Higher Education 

20 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q); and 

21 (B) submit to the Secretary an application 

22 at such time, in such manner, and containing 

23 such information as the Secretary may require. 

24 (5) GRANT AMOUNT.—Each grant awarded 

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1 does not exceed $400,000 per year. A grant recipi2 ent may carry over funds from one fiscal year to the 

3 next without obtaining approval from the Secretary. 

4 (6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to 

6 be appropriated to carry out this subsection 

7 $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 

8 through 2027. 

9 (B) SET-ASIDE.—Of the amount appro10 priated under this paragraph for a fiscal year, 

11 the Secretary shall reserve 10 percent for pur12 poses of making grants to support training and 

13 curricula that addresses the unique needs of In14 dian Tribes, Tribal organizations, Urban Indian 

15 organizations, and Native Hawaiian organiza16 tions. Amounts so reserved may be used to sup17 port training, referrals, and the delivery of 

18 emergency first aid, culturally competent sup19 port, and forensic evidence collection training. 

20 (c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS AND LEARNING

21 COLLECTIVES.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 

23 a State and Tribal forensic provider technical re24 source center to provide technical assistance and 

25 support collaboration and best practices for health 


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1 care providers, community health aides, and commu2 nity health practitioners to improve the quality of, 

3 and increase access to, forensic services for all sur4 vivors of interpersonal violence. The Secretary may 

5 enter into contracts with national experts for pur6 poses of carrying out this subsection. 

7 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

8 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

9 this subsection, $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

10 2023 through 2027. 

11 (d) NATIONAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 

12 the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 

13 the Office for Victims of Crime of the Department of Jus14 tice, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the 

15 Health Resources and Services Administration, the Indian 

16 Health Service, the Office on Women’s Health of the De17 partment of Health and Human Services, and the Office 

18 on Violence Against Women of the Department of Justice 

19 shall jointly submit to the Secretary a report on the need 

20 for, throughout the States, Indian Tribes, and terri21 tories— 

22 (1) access to generalist medical forensic serv23 ices, evidence collection, and documentation that 

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1 improves future law enforcement investigation and 

2 prosecution; and 

3 (2) data for research to support the response to 

4 and prevention of interpersonal violence, improved 

5 ability of health care providers to adequately re6 spond to patients who exhibit signs of victimization, 

7 and address the unique needs of Tribal communities. 

8 TITLE VI—SAFE HOMES FOR 

9 VICTIMS 

10 SEC. 601. HOUSING PROTECTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMES11 TIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL 

12 ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 

13 Section 41411(a) of the Violence Against Women Act 

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

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

16 sister,’’ and inserting ‘‘sibling,’’; and 

17 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

18 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting be19 fore the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, 

20 including the direct loan program under such 

21 section’’; 

22 (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘the 

23 program under subtitle A of’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘the programs under’’; 

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1 (i) by striking ‘‘sections 514, 515, 

2 516, 533, and 538 of the Housing Act of 

3 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 1485, 1486, 

4 1490m, and 1490p–2)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec5 tions 514, 515, 516, 533, 538, and 542 of 

6 the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 

7 1485, 1486, 1490m, 1490p–2, 1490r)’’; 

8 and 

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

10 (D) in subparagraph (J), by striking the 

11 period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

12 and 

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

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

15 Housing Trust Fund established under section 

16 1338 of the Federal Housing Enterprises Fi17 nancial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 

18 U.S.C. 4501); 

19 ‘‘(L) the provision of assistance for hous20 ing under the Comprehensive Service Programs 

21 for Homeless Veterans program under sub22 chapter II of chapter 20 of title 38, United 

23 States Code; 

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1 homeless veterans with special needs under sec2 tion 2061 of title 38, United States Code; 

3 ‘‘(N) the provision of assistance for perma4 nent housing under the program for financial 

5 assistance for supportive services for very low6 income veteran families in permanent housing 

7 under section 2044 of title 38, United States 

8 Code; 

9 ‘‘(O) the provision of transitional housing 

10 assistance for victims of domestic violence, dat11 ing violence, sexual assault, or stalking under 

12 the grant program under chapter 11 of subtitle 

13 B; and 

14 ‘‘(P) any other Federal housing programs 

15 providing affordable housing to low- and mod16 erate-income persons by means of restricted 

17 rents or rental assistance, or more generally 

18 providing affordable housing opportunities, as 

19 identified by the appropriate agency through 

20 regulations, notices, or any other means.’’. 


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1 SEC. 602. ENSURING COMPLIANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION; 

2 PROHIBITING RETALIATION AGAINST VIC3 TIMS. 

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

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

6 is amended by inserting after section 41411 the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 41412. COMPLIANCE REVIEWS. 

8 ‘‘(a) REGULAR COMPLIANCE REVIEWS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each appropriate agency 

10 shall establish a process by which to review compli11 ance with the requirements of this subtitle, which 

12 shall— 

13 ‘‘(A) where possible, be incorporated into 

14 other existing compliance review processes of 

15 the appropriate agency, in consultation with the 

16 Gender-based Violence Prevention Office and 

17 Violence Against Women Act Director described 

18 in section 41413 and any other relevant offi19 cials of the appropriate agency; and 

20 ‘‘(B) examine— 

21 ‘‘(i) compliance with requirements 

22 prohibiting the denial of assistance, ten23 ancy, or occupancy rights on the basis of 

24 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

25 assault, or stalking; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) compliance with confidentiality 

2 provisions set forth in section 41411(c)(4); 

3 ‘‘(iii) compliance with the notification 

4 requirements set forth in section 

5 41411(d)(2); 

6 ‘‘(iv) compliance with the provisions 

7 for accepting documentation set forth in 

8 section 41411(c); 

9 ‘‘(v) compliance with emergency trans10 fer requirements set forth in section 

11 41411(e); and 

12 ‘‘(vi) compliance with the prohibition 

13 on retaliation set forth in section 41414. 

14 ‘‘(2) FREQUENCY.—Each appropriate agency 

15 shall conduct the review described in paragraph (1) 

16 on a regular basis, as determined by the appropriate 

17 agency. 

18 ‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 

20 after the date of enactment of the Violence Against 

21 Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022, each ap22 propriate agency shall issue regulations in accord23 ance with section 553 of title 5, United States Code, 

24 to implement subsection (a) of this section, which 

25 shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) define standards of compliance under 

2 covered housing programs; 

3 ‘‘(B) include detailed reporting require4 ments, including the number of emergency 

5 transfers requested and granted, as well as the 

6 length of time needed to process emergency 

7 transfers; and 

8 ‘‘(C) include standards for corrective ac9 tion plans where compliance standards have not 

10 been met. 

11 ‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—In developing the regu12 lations under paragraph (1), an appropriate agency 

13 shall engage in additional consultation with appro14 priate stakeholders including, as appropriate— 

15 ‘‘(A) individuals and organizations with ex16 pertise in the housing needs and experiences of 

17 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

18 sexual assault and stalking; and 

19 ‘‘(B) individuals and organizations with ex20 pertise in the administration or management of 

21 covered housing programs, including industry 

22 stakeholders and public housing agencies. 

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1 formation collected during the compliance review process 

2 completed pursuant to this subsection— 

3 ‘‘(1) includes an evaluation of each topic identi4 fied in subsection (a); and 

5 ‘‘(2) is made publicly available. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 41413. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DE7 VELOPMENT GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE PRE8 VENTION OFFICE AND VIOLENCE AGAINST 

9 WOMEN ACT DIRECTOR. 

10 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Housing 

11 and Urban Development shall establish a Gender-based 

12 Violence Prevention Office with a Violence Against 

13 Women Act Director (in this section referred to as the 

14 ‘Director’). 

15 ‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Director shall, among other du16 ties— 

17 ‘‘(1) support implementation of this chapter; 

18 ‘‘(2) coordinate with Federal agencies on legis19 lation, implementation, and other issues affecting 

20 the housing provisions under this subtitle, as well as 

21 other issues related to advancing housing protections 

22 for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sex23 ual assault, and stalking; 

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1 agencies, regarding advancing housing protections 

2 and access to housing for victims of domestic vio3 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; 

4 ‘‘(4) ensure that technical assistance and sup5 port are provided to each appropriate agency and 

6 housing providers regarding implementation of this 

7 subtitle, as well as other issues related to advancing 

8 housing protections for victims of domestic violence, 

9 dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, includ10 ing compliance with this subtitle; 

11 ‘‘(5) implement internal systems to track, mon12 itor, and address compliance failures; and 

13 ‘‘(6) address the housing needs and barriers 

14 faced by victims of sexual assault, as well as sexual 

15 coercion and sexual harassment by a public housing 

16 agency or owner or manager of housing assisted 

17 under a covered housing program. 

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

19 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

20 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2023 

21 through 2027. 

22 ‘‘SEC. 41414. PROHIBITION ON RETALIATION. 

23 ‘‘(a) NON-RETALIATION REQUIREMENT.—No public 

24 housing agency or owner or manager of housing assisted 

25 under a covered housing program shall discriminate 


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1 against any person because that person has opposed any 

2 act or practice made unlawful by this subtitle, or because 

3 that person testified, assisted, or participated in any mat4 ter related to this chapter. 

5 ‘‘(b) PROHIBITION ON COERCION.—No public hous6 ing agency or owner or manager of housing assisted under 

7 a covered housing program shall coerce, intimidate, threat8 en, or interfere with, or retaliate against, any person in 

9 the exercise or enjoyment of, on account of the person hav10 ing exercised or enjoyed, or on account of the person hav11 ing aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise 

12 or enjoyment of, any rights or protections under this chap13 ter, including— 

14 ‘‘(1) intimidating or threatening any person be15 cause that person is assisting or encouraging a per16 son entitled to claim the rights or protections under 

17 this chapter; and 

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

19 person has participated in any investigation or ac20 tion to enforce this chapter. 

21 ‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of Housing 

22 and Urban Development and the Attorney General shall 

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1 vided for in title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 

2 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.).’’. 

3 SEC. 603. PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO REPORT CRIME 

4 FROM ONE’S HOME. 

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

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

7 as amended by this Act, is further amended by inserting 

8 after section 41414 the following: 

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

10 FROM ONE’S HOME. 

11 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘covered 

12 governmental entity’ means any municipal, county, or 

13 State government that receives funding under section 106 

14 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 

15 (42 U.S.C. 5306). 

16 ‘‘(b) RIGHT TO REPORT.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Landlords, homeowners, 

18 tenants, residents, occupants, and guests of, and ap19 plicants for, housing— 

20 ‘‘(A) shall have the right to seek law en21 forcement or emergency assistance on their own 

22 behalf or on behalf of another person in need 

23 of assistance; and 

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1 tivity of which they are a victim or otherwise 

2 not at fault under statutes, ordinances, regula3 tions, or policies adopted or enforced by covered 

4 governmental entities. 

5 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITED PENALTIES.—Penalties that 

6 are prohibited under paragraph (1) include— 

7 ‘‘(A) actual or threatened assessment of 

8 monetary or criminal penalties, fines, or fees; 

9 ‘‘(B) actual or threatened eviction; 

10 ‘‘(C) actual or threatened refusal to rent 

11 or renew tenancy; 

12 ‘‘(D) actual or threatened refusal to issue 

13 an occupancy permit or landlord permit; and 

14 ‘‘(E) actual or threatened closure of the 

15 property, or designation of the property as a 

16 nuisance or a similarly negative designation. 

17 ‘‘(c) REPORTING.—Consistent with the process de18 scribed in section 104(b) of the Housing and Community 

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

20 governmental entities shall— 

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

22 applicable, the laws or policies adopted by sub23 grantees, that impose penalties on landlords, home24 owners, tenants, residents, occupants, guests, or 

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1 forcement or emergency assistance or based on 

2 criminal activity that occurred at a property; and 

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

4 the protections under this subtitle or describe the 

5 steps the covered governmental entities will take 

6 within 180 days to come into compliance, or to en7 sure compliance among subgrantees. 

8 ‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of Housing 

9 and Urban Development and the Attorney General shall 

10 implement and enforce this chapter consistent with, and 

11 in a manner that provides, the same rights and remedies 

12 as those provided for in title VIII of the Civil Rights Act 

13 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.). 

14 ‘‘(e) SUBGRANTEES.—For those covered govern15 mental entities that distribute funds to subgrantees, com16 pliance with subsection (c)(1) includes inquiring about the 

17 existence of laws and policies adopted by subgrantees that 

18 impose penalties on landlords, homeowners, tenants, resi19 dents, occupants, guests, or housing applicants based on 

20 requests for law enforcement or emergency assistance or 

21 based on criminal activity that occurred at a property.’’. 


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1 SEC. 604. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 

2 FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DAT3 ING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALK4 ING. 

5 Section 40299 of the Violence Against Women Act 

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

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

8 paragraph (1)— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘the Director of the Vio10 lence Against Women Office’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘the Director of the Office on Violence Against 

12 Women’’; and 

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

14 nongovernmental organizations’’ the following: 

15 ‘‘, population-specific organizations’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (g)— 

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

18 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023 through 

19 2027’’; 

20 (B) by striking paragraph (2); 

21 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

22 paragraph (2); and 

23 (D) in paragraph (2)(B), as so redesig24 nated, by striking ‘‘0.25 percent’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘0.5 percent’’. 


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1 SEC. 605. ADDRESSING THE HOUSING NEEDS OF VICTIMS 

2 OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

3 SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 

4 (a) MCKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

5 GRANTS.—The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 

6 (42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.) is amended— 

7 (1) in section 103 (42 U.S.C. 11302), by 

8 amending subsection (b) to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(b) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEX10 UAL ASSAULT, STALKING, AND OTHER DANGEROUS, 

11 TRAUMATIC, OR LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS RELAT12 ING TO SUCH VIOLENCE.—Notwithstanding any other 

13 provision of this section, the Secretary shall consider to 

14 be homeless any individual or family who— 

15 ‘‘(1) is experiencing trauma or a lack of safety 

16 related to, or fleeing or attempting to flee, domestic 

17 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or 

18 other dangerous, traumatic, or life-threatening con19 ditions related to the violence against the individual 

20 or a family member in the individual’s or family’s 

21 current housing situation, including where the health 

22 and safety of children are jeopardized; 

23 ‘‘(2) has no other safe residence; and 

24 ‘‘(3) lacks the resources to obtain other safe 

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1 (2) in section 423(a) (42 U.S.C. 11383(a)), by 

2 adding at the end the following: 

3 ‘‘(13) Facilitating and coordinating activities to 

4 ensure compliance with subsection (e) of section 

5 41411 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 

6 (34 U.S.C. 12491) and monitoring compliance with 

7 the confidentiality protections of subsection (c)(4) of 

8 such section.’’. 

9 (b) COLLABORATIVE GRANTS TO INCREASE THE

10 LONG-TERM STABILITY OF VICTIMS.—Section 41404(i) of 

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

12 12474(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘2023 through 2027’’. 

14 (c) GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

15 IN PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING.—Section 41405 of 

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

17 12475) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘the Direc19 tor of the Violence Against Women Office’’ and in20 serting ‘‘the Director of the Office on Violence 

21 Against Women’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (c)(2)(D), by inserting after 

23 ‘‘linguistically and culturally specific service pro24 viders,’’ the following: ‘‘population-specific organiza25 tions,’’; and 


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1 (3) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘2014 through 

2 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023 through 2027’’. 

3 (d) VAWA TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

4 GRANTS.—Chapter 2 of subtitle N of title IV of the Vio5 lence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12491 et 

6 seq.), as amended by this Act, is further amended by in7 serting after section 41415 the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 41416. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 

9 GRANTS. 

10 ‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec11 retary of Housing and Urban Development such sums as 

12 may be necessary for fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to 

13 be used for training and technical assistance to support 

14 the implementation of this chapter, including technical as15 sistance agreements with entities whose primary purpose 

16 and expertise is assisting survivors of sexual assault and 

17 domestic violence or providing culturally specific services 

18 to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as19 sault, and stalking.’’. 

20 SEC. 606. STUDY AND REPORT ON HOUSING AND SERVICE 

21 NEEDS OF SURVIVORS OF TRAFFICKING AND 

22 INDIVIDUALS AT RISK FOR TRAFFICKING. 

23 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

24 (1) SURVIVOR OF A SEVERE FORM OF TRAF25 FICKING.—The term ‘‘survivor of a severe form of 


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1 trafficking’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘victim 

2 of a severe form of trafficking’’ in section 103 of the 

3 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

4 U.S.C. 7102). 

5 (2) SURVIVOR OF TRAFFICKING.—The term 

6 ‘‘survivor of trafficking’’ has the meaning given the 

7 term ‘‘victim of trafficking’’ in section 103 of the 

8 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

9 U.S.C. 7102). 

10 (b) STUDY.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing 

12 and Urban Development shall conduct a study as13 sessing the availability and accessibility of housing 

14 and services for individuals experiencing homeless15 ness or housing instability who are— 

16 (A) survivors of trafficking, including sur17 vivors of a severe form of trafficking; or 

18 (B) at risk of being trafficked. 

19 (2) COORDINATION AND CONSULTATION.—In 

20 conducting the study required under paragraph (1), 

21 the Secretary shall— 

22 (A) coordinate with— 

23 (i) the Interagency Task Force to 

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1 Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

2 7103); 

3 (ii) the United States Advisory Coun4 cil on Human Trafficking; 

5 (iii) the Secretary of Health and 

6 Human Services; and 

7 (iv) the Attorney General; and 

8 (B) consult with— 

9 (i) the National Advisory Committee 

10 on the Sex Trafficking of Children and 

11 Youth in the United States; 

12 (ii) survivors of trafficking; 

13 (iii) direct service providers, includ14 ing— 

15 (I) organizations serving runaway 

16 and homeless youth; 

17 (II) organizations serving sur18 vivors of trafficking through commu19 nity-based programs; and 

20 (III) organizations providing 

21 housing services to survivors of traf22 ficking; and 

23 (iv) housing and homelessness assist24 ance providers, including recipients of 

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1 (I) the Continuum of Care pro2 gram authorized under subtitle C of 

3 title IV of the McKinney-Vento Home4 less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 

5 et seq.); and 

6 (II) the Emergency Solutions 

7 Grants program authorized under 

8 subtitle B of title IV of the McKin9 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 

10 (42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.). 

11 (3) CONTENTS.—The study conducted pursuant 

12 to paragraph (1) shall include— 

13 (A) with respect to the individuals de14 scribed in such paragraph— 

15 (i) an evaluation of formal assess16 ments and outreach methods used to iden17 tify and assess the housing and service 

18 needs of such individuals, including out19 reach methods— 

20 (I) to ensure effective commu21 nication with individuals with disabil22 ities; and 

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1 (ii) a review of the availability and ac2 cessibility of homelessness or housing serv3 ices for such individuals, including the 

4 family members of such individuals who 

5 are minors involved in foster care systems, 

6 that identifies the disability-related needs 

7 of such individuals, including the need for 

8 housing with accessibility features; 

9 (iii) an analysis of the effect of any 

10 policies and procedures of mainstream 

11 homelessness or housing services that fa12 cilitate or limit the availability of such 

13 services and accessibility for such individ14 uals, including those such individuals who 

15 are involved in the legal system, as such 

16 services are in effect as of the date on 

17 which the study is conducted; 

18 (iv) a determination of the best prac19 tices in meeting the housing and service 

20 needs of such individuals; and 

21 (v) an assessment of barriers to fair 

22 housing and housing discrimination against 

23 survivors of trafficking who are members 

24 of a protected class under the Fair Hous25 ing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.); 


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1 (B) an assessment of the ability of main2 stream homelessness or housing services to 

3 meet the specialized needs of survivors of traf4 ficking, including trauma responsive approaches 

5 specific to labor and sex trafficking survivors; 

6 and 

7 (C) an evaluation of the effectiveness of, 

8 and infrastructure considerations for, housing 

9 and service-delivery models that are specific to 

10 survivors of trafficking, including survivors of 

11 severe forms of trafficking, including emergency 

12 rental assistance models. 

13 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 

14 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Hous15 ing and Urban Development shall— 

16 (1) submit a report to the Committee on Bank17 ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and 

18 the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 

19 Representatives that contains the information de20 scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of sub21 section (b)(3); and 

22 (2) make the report submitted pursuant to 

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1 TITLE VII—ECONOMIC SECURITY 

2 FOR VICTIMS 

3 SEC. 701. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) Over 1 in 3 women experience sexual vio6 lence, and 1 in 5 women have survived completed or 

7 attempted rape. Such violence has a devastating im8 pact on women’s physical and emotional health, fi9 nancial security, and ability to maintain their jobs, 

10 and thus impacts interstate commerce and economic 

11 security. 

12 (2) Homicide is one of the leading causes of 

13 death for women on the job. Domestic partners or 

14 relatives commit 43 percent of workplace homicides 

15 against women. One study found that intimate part16 ner violence resulted in 142 homicides among women 

17 at work in the United States from 2003 to 2008, a 

18 figure which represents 22 percent of the 648 work19 place homicides among women during the period. In 

20 fact, in 2010, homicides against women at work in21 creased by 13 percent despite continuous declines in 

22 overall workplace homicides in recent years. 

23 (3) Violence can have a dramatic impact on the 

24 survivor of such violence. Studies indicate that 44 

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1 effect of domestic violence in the workplace, and 64 

2 percent indicated their workplace performance was 

3 affected by such violence. Another recent survey 

4 found that 78 percent of offenders used workplace 

5 resources to express anger, check up on, pressure, or 

6 threaten a survivor. Sexual assault, whether occur7 ring in or out of the workplace, can impair an em8 ployee’s work performance, require time away from 

9 work, and undermine the employee’s ability to main10 tain a job. Nearly 50 percent of sexual assault sur11 vivors lose their jobs or are forced to quit in the 

12 aftermath of the assaults. 

13 (4) Studies find that 60 percent of single 

14 women lack economic security and 81 percent of 

15 households with single mothers live in economic inse16 curity. Significant barriers that survivors confront 

17 include access to housing, transportation, and child 

18 care. Ninety-two percent of homeless women have 

19 experienced domestic violence, and more than 50 

20 percent of such women cite domestic violence as the 

21 direct cause for homelessness. Survivors are deprived 

22 of their autonomy, liberty, and security, and face 

23 tremendous threats to their health and safety. 

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1 ner violence lose nearly 8,000,000 days of paid work, 

2 which is the equivalent of more than 32,000 full3 time jobs and almost 5,600,000 days of household 

4 productivity each year. Therefore, women dispropor5 tionately need time off to care for their health or to 

6 find safety solutions, such as obtaining a restraining 

7 order or finding housing, to avoid or prevent further 

8 violence. 

9 (6) Annual costs of intimate partner violence 

10 are estimated to be more than $8,300,000,000. Ac11 cording to the Centers for Disease Control and Pre12 vention, the costs of intimate partner violence 

13 against women in 1995 exceeded an estimated 

14 $5,800,000,000. These costs included nearly 

15 $4,100,000,000 in the direct costs of medical and 

16 mental health care and nearly $1,800,000,000 in the 

17 indirect costs of lost productivity. These statistics 

18 are generally considered to be underestimated be19 cause the costs associated with the criminal justice 

20 system are not included. 

21 (7) Fifty-five percent of senior executives re22 cently surveyed said domestic violence has a harmful 

23 effect on their company’s productivity, and more 

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1 sources professionals consider partner violence a 

2 workplace issue. However, more than 70 percent of 

3 United States workplaces have no formal program or 

4 policy that addresses workplace violence, let alone 

5 domestic violence. In fact, only 4 percent of employ6 ers provided training on domestic violence. 

7 (8) Harassment is a persistent and significant 

8 problem in the workplace in the United States, and 

9 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 

10 found that not less than 25 percent, and as many 

11 as 85 percent, of women surveyed report having ex12 perienced sexual harassment at work. 

13 (9) For decades, survivors of sexual violence 

14 have come forward to seek justice and demand their 

15 right to be free from violence, harassment, and other 

16 forms of discrimination. These calls for change 

17 reached a tipping point after October 2017 as a re18 sult of Tarana Burke’s work and #MeToo going 

19 viral. Thousands of courageous individuals, from 

20 Hollywood to the halls of Congress and the military, 

21 to restaurants, agricultural fields, and factory floors, 

22 shined a light on the pervasive and insidious nature 

23 of workplace harassment and sexual assault. 


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1 (10) Working people can be subjected to mul2 tiple forms of harassment in the workplace at the 

3 same time. 

4 (11) According to the Equal Employment Op5 portunity Commission, approximately 3 out of 4 in6 dividuals who experience harassment never talked to 

7 a supervisor, manager, or union representative about 

8 the harassing conduct. 

9 (12) The impact of domestic violence, dating vi10 olence, sexual assault, and stalking on the workplace 

11 is a part of the challenge of workplace harassment. 

12 (13) Studies indicate that one of the best pre13 dictors of whether a survivor will be able to stay 

14 away from his or her abuser is the degree of his or 

15 her economic independence. However, domestic vio16 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 

17 often negatively impact a survivor’s ability to main18 tain employment. 

19 (14) Abusers frequently seek to exert financial 

20 control over their partners by actively interfering 

21 with their ability to work, including preventing their 

22 partners from going to work, harassing their part23 ners at work, limiting their partners’ access to cash 

24 or transportation, and sabotaging their partners’ 

25 child care arrangements. 


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1 (15) Economic abuse refers to behaviors that 

2 control an intimate partner’s ability to acquire, use, 

3 and maintain access to money, credit, ownership of 

4 assets, or governmental or private financial benefits, 

5 including defaulting on joint obligations (such as 

6 school loans, credit card debt, mortgages, or rent). 

7 Other forms of such abuse may include preventing 

8 someone from attending school, threatening to or ac9 tually terminating employment, controlling or with10 holding access to cash, checking, or credit accounts, 

11 and attempting to damage or sabotage the credit12 worthiness of an intimate partner, including forcing 

13 an intimate partner to write bad checks, forcing an 

14 intimate partner to default on payments related to 

15 household needs, such as housing, or forcing an inti16 mate partner into bankruptcy. 

17 (16) This title aims to empower survivors of do18 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

19 stalking to be free from violence, hardship, and con20 trol, which restrains basic human rights to freedom 

21 and safety in the United States. 


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1 SEC. 702. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ON WORKPLACE 

2 RESPONSES TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF DOMES3 TIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE. 

4 Section 41501 of the Violence Against Women Act 

5 of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12501) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a)— 

7 (A) by inserting ‘‘and sexual harassment’’ 

8 after ‘‘domestic and sexual violence’’; and 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘employers and labor orga10 nizations’’ and inserting ‘‘employers, labor or11 ganizations, and victim service providers’’; and 

12 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

14 the end; 

15 (B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘and 

16 stalking’’ and inserting ‘‘stalking, and sexual 

17 harassment’’; 

18 (3) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘or sexual 

19 harassment’’ before the period at the end; 

20 (4) in subsection (c)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘or 

21 sexual harassment’’ after ‘‘sexual violence’’; 

22 (5) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 

23 subsections (f) and (g), respectively; 

24 (6) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol25 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(e) PATHWAYS TO OPPORTUNITY PILOT

2 PROJECT.—An eligible nonprofit nongovernmental entity 

3 or tribal organization that receives a grant under this sec4 tion may develop a plan to enhance the capacity of sur5 vivors to obtain and maintain employment, including 

6 through the implementation of a demonstration pilot pro7 gram to be known as ‘Pathways to Opportunity’, which 

8 shall— 

9 ‘‘(1) build collaborations between and among 

10 victim service providers, workforce development pro11 grams, and educational and vocational institutions to 

12 provide trauma informed programming to support 

13 survivors seeking employment; and 

14 ‘‘(2) be centered around culturally specific orga15 nizations or organizations that primarily serve popu16 lations traditionally marginalized in the workplace.’’; 

17 (7) in subsection (f), as so redesignated, by 

18 striking ‘‘$1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 

19 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000 for each 

20 of fiscal years 2023 through 2027’’. 

21 SEC. 703. PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE TEMPORARY AS22 SISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAM. 

23 (a) TANF PERSONNEL TRAINING.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 402(a) of the Social 

2 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)) is amended by add3 ing at the end the following new paragraph: 

4 ‘‘(8) CERTIFICATION THAT THE STATE WILL

5 PROVIDE INFORMATION TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL

6 HARASSMENT OR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIO7 LENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALKING.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A certification by the 

9 chief executive officer of the State that the 

10 State has established and is enforcing stand11 ards and procedures to— 

12 ‘‘(i) ensure that applicants and poten13 tial applicants for assistance under the 

14 State program funded under this part are 

15 notified of assistance made available by the 

16 State to victims of sexual harassment and 

17 survivors of domestic violence, sexual as18 sault, or stalking; 

19 ‘‘(ii) ensure that case workers and 

20 other agency personnel responsible for ad21 ministering the State program funded 

22 under this part are trained in— 

23 ‘‘(I) the nature and dynamics of 

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1 ‘‘(II) State standards and proce2 dures relating to the prevention of, 

3 and assistance for, individuals who 

4 are victims of sexual harassment or 

5 survivors of domestic violence, sexual 

6 assault, or stalking; and 

7 ‘‘(III) methods of ascertaining 

8 and ensuring the confidentiality of 

9 personal information and documenta10 tion related to applicants for assist11 ance and their children who have pro12 vided notice about their experiences of 

13 sexual harassment, domestic violence, 

14 sexual assault, or stalking; and 

15 ‘‘(iii) ensure that, if a State has elect16 ed to establish and enforce standards and 

17 procedures regarding the screening for, 

18 and identification of, domestic violence, 

19 sexual assault, or stalking pursuant to 

20 paragraph (7)— 

21 ‘‘(I) the State program funded 

22 under this part provides information 

23 about the options under this part to 

24 current and potential beneficiaries; 

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1 ‘‘(II) case workers and other 

2 agency personnel responsible for ad3 ministering the State program funded 

4 under this part are provided with 

5 training regarding State standards 

6 and procedures pursuant to paragraph 

7 (7). 

8 ‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 

9 paragraph— 

10 ‘‘(i) the term ‘sexual harassment’ 

11 means hostile, intimidating, or oppressive 

12 behavior based on sex that creates an of13 fensive work environment; 

14 ‘‘(ii) the term ‘domestic violence’ has 

15 the meaning given such term in paragraph 

16 (7); and 

17 ‘‘(iii) the terms ‘sexual assault’ and 

18 ‘stalking’ have the meanings given such 

19 terms in section 40002 of the Violence 

20 Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 

21 12291).’’. 

22 (2) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 1 year 

23 after the date of enactment of this Act, each State 

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1 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 602), as added by para2 graph (1), in the form of an amendment to the 

3 State’s plan submitted under such section. A State 

4 shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the 

5 requirement of such paragraph (8) before the date 

6 that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this 

7 Act. 

8 (b) NATIONAL GRANT PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPING

9 A MODEL TRAINING PROGRAM FOR TANF PERSONNEL

10 TRAINING.— 

11 (1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

12 (A) MODEL TRAINING PROGRAM.—The 

13 Secretary of Health and Human Services (in 

14 this subsection referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

15 shall— 

16 (i) develop and disseminate a model 

17 training program (and related materials) 

18 for the training required under section 

19 402(a)(8) of the Social Security Act, and 

20 if the State so elects, section 402(a)(7) of 

21 such Act; and 

22 (ii) provide technical assistance with 

23 respect to such model training program to 

24 eligible States (as defined in section 402 of 

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1 (B) GRANTS.—In developing the model 

2 training program under subparagraph (A)(i), 

3 the Secretary may award grants and contracts 

4 and may develop such program in cooperation 

5 with an eligible partner. 

6 (2) ELIGIBLE PARTNER DEFINED.—For pur7 poses of paragraph (1), the term ‘‘eligible partner’’ 

8 means an entity that is— 

9 (A) a State or tribal domestic violence coa10 lition or sexual assault coalition; or 

11 (B) a State or local victim service provider 

12 with recognized expertise in the dynamics of do13 mestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking 

14 whose primary mission is to provide services to 

15 survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, or 

16 stalking, including a rape crisis center or do17 mestic violence program. 

18 (3) REPORT.— 

19 (A) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later 

20 than 5 years after the date of the enactment of 

21 this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Com22 mittee on Ways and Means of the House of 

23 Representatives and the Committee on Finance 

24 of the Senate a report on the program estab25 lished under this subsection. 


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1 (B) REPORT AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC.—The 

2 Secretary shall establish procedures for the dis3 semination to the public of the report submitted 

4 under subparagraph (A) not later than 10 days 

5 after the submission of such report to Congress 

6 under such subparagraph. Such procedures 

7 shall include the use of the internet to dissemi8 nate such report. 

9 (4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

10 There are authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 

11 to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 

12 2023 through 2027. 

13 SEC. 704. STUDY AND REPORTS ON BARRIERS TO SUR14 VIVORS’ ECONOMIC SECURITY ACCESS. 

15 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human 

16 Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall 

17 conduct a study on the barriers that survivors of domestic 

18 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 

19 throughout the United States experience in maintaining 

20 economic security, including the impact of the COVID– 

21 19 pandemic on such victims’ ability to maintain economic 

22 security, as a result of issues related to domestic violence, 

23 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

24 (b) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

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1 the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consulta2 tion with the Secretary of Labor, shall submit a report 

3 to Congress on the study conducted under subsection (a). 

4 (c) CONTENTS.—The study and reports under this 

5 section shall include— 

6 (1) identification of geographic areas in which 

7 State laws, regulations, and practices have a strong 

8 impact on the ability of survivors of domestic vio9 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking to 

10 exercise— 

11 (A) any rights under this title (including 

12 any amendments made by this title) without 

13 compromising personal safety or the safety of 

14 others, including family members and excluding 

15 the abuser; and 

16 (B) other components of economic security, 

17 including financial empowerment, affordable 

18 housing, transportation, health care access, 

19 credit history, and quality education and train20 ing opportunities; 

21 (2) identification of geographic areas with 

22 shortages in resources for such survivors, with an 

23 accompanying analysis of the extent and impact of 

24 such shortage; 


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1 (3) analysis of the unique barriers faced by 

2 such survivors living in rural communities; 

3 (4) analysis of factors related to industries, 

4 workplace settings, employer practices, trends, and 

5 other elements that impact the ability of such sur6 vivors to exercise any rights under this Act (includ7 ing any amendments made by this Act) without com8 promising personal safety or the safety of others, in9 cluding family members; 

10 (5) the recommendations of the Secretary of 

11 Health and Human Services and the Secretary of 

12 Labor with respect to resources, oversight, and en13 forcement tools to ensure successful implementation 

14 of the provisions of this Act in order to support the 

15 economic security and safety of survivors of domestic 

16 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 

17 (6) best practices for States, employers, health 

18 carriers, insurers, and other private entities in ad19 dressing issues related to domestic violence, dating 

20 violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and 

21 (7) barriers that impede victims’ ability to pur22 sue legal action, including legal costs and filing fees, 

23 and complexities of the jurisdiction of law enforce24 ment agencies. 


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1 SEC. 705. GAO STUDY. 

2 Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 

3 of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 

4 shall submit to the Committee on Education and Labor 

5 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

6 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a 

7 report that examines, with respect to survivors of domestic 

8 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking who 

9 are, or were, enrolled at institutions of higher education 

10 and borrowed a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under 

11 title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

12 1070 et seq.) for which the survivors have not repaid the 

13 total interest and principal due, each of the following: 

14 (1) The implications of domestic violence, dat15 ing violence, sexual assault, or stalking on a bor16 rower’s ability to repay their Federal student loans. 

17 (2) The adequacy of policies and procedures re18 garding Federal student loan deferment, forbear19 ance, and grace periods when a survivor has to sus20 pend or terminate the survivor’s enrollment at an in21 stitution of higher education due to domestic vio22 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

23 (3) The adequacy of institutional policies and 

24 practices regarding retention or transfer of credits 

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1 cation due to domestic violence, dating violence, sex2 ual assault, or stalking. 

3 (4) The availability or any options for a sur4 vivor of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as5 sault, or stalking who attended an institution of 

6 higher education that committed unfair, deceptive, 

7 or abusive acts or practices, or otherwise substan8 tially misrepresented information to students, to be 

9 able to seek a defense to repayment of the survivor’s 

10 Federal student loan. 

11 (5) The limitations faced by a survivor of do12 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

13 stalking to obtain any relief or restitution on the 

14 survivor’s Federal student loan debt due to the use 

15 of forced arbitration, gag orders, or bans on class 

16 actions. 

17 TITLE VIII—SAFETY FOR INDIAN 

18 WOMEN 

19 Subtitle A—Tools to Enhance 

20 Public Safety for Indian Tribes 

21 SEC. 801. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

22 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

23 (1) American Indians and Alaska Natives are— 

24 (A) 2.5 times as likely to experience violent 

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1 (B) at least 2 times more likely to experi2 ence rape or sexual assault crimes; 

3 (2) more than 4 in 5 American Indian and 

4 Alaska Native women have experienced violence in 

5 their lifetime; 

6 (3) the vast majority of American Indian and 

7 Alaska Native victims of violence—96 percent of 

8 women victims and 89 percent of male victims—have 

9 experienced sexual violence by a non-Indian perpe10 trator at least once in their lifetime; 

11 (4) Indian Tribes exercising special domestic vi12 olence criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians pursu13 ant to section 204 of Public Law 90–284 (25 U.S.C. 

14 1304) (commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Civil Rights 

15 Act of 1968’’), restored by section 904 of the Vio16 lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 

17 (Public Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 120), have reported 

18 significant success holding violent offenders account19 able for crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, 

20 and civil protection order violations; 

21 (5) Tribal prosecutors for Indian Tribes exer22 cising special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction 

23 report that the majority of domestic violence cases 

24 involve children either as witnesses or victims, and 

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1 dian and Alaska Native children suffer exposure to 

2 violence at one of the highest rates in the United 

3 States; 

4 (6) childhood exposure to violence can have im5 mediate and long-term effects, including increased 

6 rates of altered neurological development, poor phys7 ical and mental health, poor school performance, 

8 substance abuse, and overrepresentation in the juve9 nile justice system; 

10 (7) according to the Centers for Disease Con11 trol and Prevention, homicide is— 

12 (A) the third leading cause of death among 

13 American Indian and Alaska Native women be14 tween 10 and 24 years of age; and 

15 (B) the fifth leading cause of death for 

16 American Indian and Alaska Native women be17 tween 25 and 34 years of age; 

18 (8) in some areas of the United States, Native 

19 American women are murdered at rates more than 

20 10 times the national average; 

21 (9) according to a 2017 report by the Depart22 ment of Justice, 66 percent of criminal prosecutions 

23 for crimes in Indian country that United States At24 torneys declined to prosecute involved assault, mur25 der, or sexual assault; 


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1 (10) investigation into cases of missing or mur2 dered Indigenous women is made difficult for Tribal 

3 law enforcement agencies due to a lack of resources, 

4 including a lack of— 

5 (A) necessary personnel, training, equip6 ment, or funding; 

7 (B) interagency cooperation; 

8 (C) appropriate laws in place; and 

9 (D) access to Federal law enforcement 

10 databases; 

11 (11) domestic violence calls are among the most 

12 dangerous calls that law enforcement receives; 

13 (12) the complicated jurisdictional scheme that 

14 exists in Indian country— 

15 (A) has a significant impact on public safe16 ty in Indian communities; 

17 (B) according to Tribal justice officials, 

18 has been increasingly exploited by criminals; 

19 and 

20 (C) requires a high degree of commitment 

21 and cooperation among Tribal, Federal, and 

22 State law enforcement officials; 

23 (13) restoring and enhancing Tribal capacity to 

24 address violence against women provides for greater 


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1 local control, safety, accountability, and trans2 parency; 

3 (14) Indian Tribes with restrictive settlement 

4 Acts, such as Indian Tribes in the State of Maine, 

5 and Indian Tribes located in States with concurrent 

6 authority to prosecute crimes in Indian country 

7 under the amendments made by the Act of August 

8 15, 1953 (67 Stat. 590, chapter 506), face unique 

9 public safety challenges; and 

10 (15) Native Hawaiians experience a dispropor11 tionately high rate of human trafficking, with 64 

12 percent of human trafficking victims in the State of 

13 Hawai’i identifying as at least part Native Hawai14 ian. 

15 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this subtitle are— 

16 (1) to clarify the responsibilities of Federal, 

17 State, Tribal, and local law enforcement agencies 

18 with respect to responding to cases of domestic vio19 lence, dating violence, stalking, sex trafficking, sex20 ual violence, crimes against children, and assault 

21 against Tribal law enforcement officers; 

22 (2) to increase coordination and communication 

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1 (3) to empower Tribal governments and Native 

2 American communities, including urban Indian com3 munities and Native Hawaiian communities, with 

4 the resources and information necessary to effec5 tively respond to cases of domestic violence, dating 

6 violence, stalking, sex trafficking, sexual violence, 

7 and missing or murdered Native Americans; and 

8 (4) to increase the collection of data related to 

9 missing or murdered Native Americans and the 

10 sharing of information among Federal, State, Tribal, 

11 and local officials responsible for responding to and 

12 investigating crimes impacting Indian Tribes and 

13 Native American communities, including urban In14 dian communities and Native Hawaiian commu15 nities, especially crimes relating to cases of missing 

16 or murdered Native Americans. 

17 SEC. 802. TRIBAL ACCESS PROGRAM. 

18 (a) ACCESS TO NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION

19 DATABASES BY INDIAN TRIBES.—Section 233(b) of the 

20 Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 (34 U.S.C. 41107) 

21 is amended— 

22 (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 

23 following: 

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

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1 ‘‘(A) tribal law enforcement officials that 

2 meet applicable Federal or State requirements 

3 shall be permitted access to national crime in4 formation databases; and 

5 ‘‘(B) technical assistance and training is 

6 provided to Bureau of Indian Affairs and tribal 

7 law enforcement agencies to gain access to, and 

8 the ability to use and input information into, 

9 the National Crime Information Center and 

10 other national crime information databases pur11 suant to section 534 of title 28, United States 

12 Code.’’; and 

13 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘with criminal 

14 jurisdiction over Indian country’’. 

15 (b) ACQUISITION, PRESERVATION, AND EXCHANGE

16 OF IDENTIFICATION RECORDS AND INFORMATION.—Sec17 tion 534(d) of title 28, United States Code, is amended— 

18 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 

19 subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indent20 ing appropriately; 

21 (2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) 

22 (as so redesignated) by striking ‘‘The Attorney Gen23 eral’’ and inserting the following: 

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

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

2 ‘‘(2) TRIBAL ACCESS PROGRAM.— 

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

4 shall establish a program, to be known as the 

5 ‘Tribal Access Program’, to enhance the ability 

6 of tribal governments and their authorized 

7 agencies to access, enter information into, and 

8 obtain information from national criminal infor9 mation databases under this section. 

10 ‘‘(B) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA11 TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 

12 to carry out the Tribal Access Program under 

13 subparagraph (A) $6,000,000 for each of fiscal 

14 years 2023 through 2027, to remain available 

15 until expended. 

16 ‘‘(3) INFORMATION SHARING.—To the extent 

17 otherwise permitted by law, any report issued as a 

18 result of the analysis of information entered into na19 tional criminal information databases or obtained 

20 from Federal criminal databases shall be shared 

21 with each Indian tribe of jurisdiction, including In22 dian tribes located in the State of Maine.’’. 

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1 VESTIGATION’’ of the Department of Justice Appropria2 tion Act, 1973 (34 U.S.C. 41101) is amended— 

3 (1) by inserting ‘‘or Tribal’’ after ‘‘if authorized 

4 by State’’; and 

5 (2) by inserting ‘‘, Tribal,’’ before ‘‘and local 

6 governments’’. 

7 SEC. 803. BUREAU OF PRISONS TRIBAL PRISONER PRO8 GRAM. 

9 Section 234(c) of the Tribal Law and Order Act of 

10 2010 (25 U.S.C. 1302 note; Public Law 111–211) is 

11 amended— 

12 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking 

13 ‘‘PILOT’’; 

14 (2) by striking ‘‘pilot’’ each place it appears; 

15 (3) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Not later 

16 than 120 days after the date of enactment of this 

17 title’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 120 days after 

18 the date of enactment of the Violence Against 

19 Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022’’; 

20 (4) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘2 or more 

21 years’’ and inserting ‘‘1 or more years’’; and 

22 (5) by striking paragraphs (5) and (6). 


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1 SEC. 804. TRIBAL JURISDICTION OVER COVERED CRIMES. 

2 Section 204 of Public Law 90–284 (25 U.S.C. 1304) 

3 (commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Civil Rights Act of 

4 1968’’) is amended— 

5 (1) in the section heading, by striking 

6 ‘‘CRIMES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘COVERED CRIMES’’; 

8 (2) by striking ‘‘special domestic violence crimi9 nal jurisdiction’’ each place it appears and inserting 

10 ‘‘special Tribal criminal jurisdiction’’; 

11 (3) in subsection (a)— 

12 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), 

13 (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (6), 

14 (7), (8), (10), (11), (14), and (15), respectively; 

15 (B) by inserting before paragraph (6) (as 

16 so redesignated) the following: 

17 ‘‘(1) ASSAULT OF TRIBAL JUSTICE PER18 SONNEL.—The term ‘assault of Tribal justice per19 sonnel’ means any violation of the criminal law of 

20 the Indian tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian 

21 country where the violation occurs that involves the 

22 use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical 

23 force against an individual authorized to act for, or 

24 on behalf of, that Indian tribe or serving that Indian 

25 tribe during, or because of, the performance or du26 ties of that individual in— 


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1 ‘‘(A) preventing, detecting, investigating, 

2 making arrests relating to, making apprehen3 sions for, or prosecuting a covered crime; 

4 ‘‘(B) adjudicating, participating in the ad5 judication of, or supporting the adjudication of 

6 a covered crime; 

7 ‘‘(C) detaining, providing supervision for, 

8 or providing services for persons charged with 

9 a covered crime; or 

10 ‘‘(D) incarcerating, supervising, providing 

11 treatment for, providing rehabilitation services 

12 for, or providing reentry services for persons 

13 convicted of a covered crime. 

14 ‘‘(2) CHILD.—The term ‘child’ means a person 

15 who has not attained the lesser of— 

16 ‘‘(A) the age of 18; and 

17 ‘‘(B) except in the case of sexual abuse, 

18 the age specified by the criminal law of the In19 dian tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian 

20 country where the violation occurs. 

21 ‘‘(3) CHILD VIOLENCE.—The term ‘child vio22 lence’ means the use, threatened use, or attempted 

23 use of violence against a child proscribed by the 

24 criminal law of the Indian tribe that has jurisdiction 

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1 ‘‘(4) COERCION; COMMERCIAL SEX ACT.—The 

2 terms ‘coercion’ and ‘commercial sex act’ have the 

3 meanings given the terms in section 1591(e) of title 

4 18, United States Code. 

5 ‘‘(5) COVERED CRIME.—The term ‘covered 

6 crime’ means— 

7 ‘‘(A) assault of Tribal justice personnel; 

8 ‘‘(B) child violence; 

9 ‘‘(C) dating violence; 

10 ‘‘(D) domestic violence; 

11 ‘‘(E) obstruction of justice; 

12 ‘‘(F) sexual violence; 

13 ‘‘(G) sex trafficking; 

14 ‘‘(H) stalking; and 

15 ‘‘(I) a violation of a protection order.’’; 

16 (C) in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated), 

17 by striking ‘‘violence committed’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘any violation of the criminal law of the Indian 

19 tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian coun20 try where the violation occurs that is com21 mitted’’; 

22 (D) by striking paragraph (7) (as so redes23 ignated) and inserting the following: 

24 ‘‘(7) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘domes25 tic violence’ means any violation of the criminal law 


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1 of the Indian tribe that has jurisdiction over the In2 dian country where the violation occurs that is com3 mitted by— 

4 ‘‘(A) a current or former spouse or inti5 mate partner of the victim; 

6 ‘‘(B) a person with whom the victim shares 

7 a child in common; 

8 ‘‘(C) a person who is cohabitating with or 

9 who has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse 

10 or intimate partner; or 

11 ‘‘(D) a person similarly situated to a 

12 spouse of the victim under the domestic- or 

13 family-violence laws of the Indian tribe that has 

14 jurisdiction over the Indian country where the 

15 violation occurs.’’; 

16 (E) by inserting after paragraph (8) (as so 

17 redesignated) the following: 

18 ‘‘(9) OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.—The term 

19 ‘obstruction of justice’ means any violation of the 

20 criminal law of the Indian tribe that has jurisdiction 

21 over the Indian country where the violation occurs 

22 that involves interfering with the administration or 

23 due process of the laws of the Indian tribe, including 

24 any Tribal criminal proceeding or investigation of a 

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1 (F) by inserting after paragraph (11) (as 

2 so redesignated) the following: 

3 ‘‘(12) SEX TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘sex traf4 ficking’ means conduct within the meaning of sec5 tion 1591(a) of title 18, United States Code. 

6 ‘‘(13) SEXUAL VIOLENCE.—The term ‘sexual vi7 olence’ means any nonconsensual sexual act or con8 tact proscribed by the criminal law of the Indian 

9 tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian country 

10 where the violation occurs, including in any case in 

11 which the victim lacks the capacity to consent to the 

12 act.’’; 

13 (G) in paragraph (14) (as so redesig14 nated), in the paragraph heading, by striking 

15 ‘‘SPECIAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRIMINAL JU16 RISDICTION’’ and inserting ‘‘SPECIAL TRIBAL

17 CRIMINAL JURISDICTION’’; and 

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

19 ‘‘(16) STALKING.—The term ‘stalking’ means 

20 engaging in a course of conduct directed at a spe21 cific person proscribed by the criminal law of the In22 dian tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian coun23 try where the violation occurs that would cause a 

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1 ‘‘(A) to fear for the person’s safety or the 

2 safety of others; or 

3 ‘‘(B) to suffer substantial emotional dis4 tress. 

5 ‘‘(17) VIOLATION OF A PROTECTION ORDER.— 

6 The term ‘violation of a protection order’ means an 

7 act that— 

8 ‘‘(A) occurs in the Indian country of a par9 ticipating tribe; and 

10 ‘‘(B) violates a provision of a protection 

11 order that— 

12 ‘‘(i) prohibits or provides protection 

13 against violent or threatening acts or har14 assment against, sexual violence against, 

15 contact or communication with, or physical 

16 proximity to, another person; 

17 ‘‘(ii) was issued against the defend18 ant; 

19 ‘‘(iii) is enforceable by the partici20 pating tribe; and 

21 ‘‘(iv) is consistent with section 

22 2265(b) of title 18, United States Code.’’; 

23 (4) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting after ‘‘the 

24 powers of self-government of a participating tribe’’ 


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1 the following: ‘‘, including any participating tribes in 

2 the State of Maine,’’; 

3 (5) in subsection (b)(4)— 

4 (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

5 ‘‘EXCEPTIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘EXCEPTION IF

6 VICTIM AND DEFENDANT ARE BOTH NON-INDI7 ANS’’; 

8 (B) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting ‘‘, 

9 other than obstruction of justice or assault of 

10 Tribal justice personnel,’’ after ‘‘over an alleged 

11 offense’’; 

12 (C) by striking subparagraph (B); 

13 (D) in subparagraph (A)— 

14 (i) by striking the subparagraph des15 ignation and heading and all that follows 

16 through ‘‘A participating’’ in clause (i) and 

17 inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A participating’’; and 

19 (ii) by redesignating clause (ii) as 

20 subparagraph (B) and indenting appro21 priately; and 

22 (E) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesig23 nated), by striking ‘‘subparagraph’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘paragraph’’; 


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1 (6) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(c) CRIMINAL CONDUCT.—A participating tribe may 

4 exercise special Tribal criminal jurisdiction over a defend5 ant for a covered crime that occurs in the Indian country 

6 of the participating tribe.’’; 

7 (7) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (3); 

8 and 

9 (8) by striking subsections (f), (g), and (h) and 

10 inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘(f) PETITIONS FOR WRITS OF HABEAS CORPUS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—After a defendant has been 

13 sentenced by a participating tribe, the defendant 

14 may file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in a 

15 court of the United States under section 203. 

16 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—An application for a writ 

17 of habeas corpus on behalf of a person in custody 

18 pursuant to an order of a Tribal court shall not be 

19 granted unless — 

20 ‘‘(A) the applicant has exhausted the rem21 edies available in the Tribal court system; 

22 ‘‘(B) there is an absence of an available 

23 Tribal corrective process; or 


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1 ‘‘(C) circumstances exist that render the 

2 Tribal corrective process ineffective to protect 

3 the rights of the applicant. 

4 ‘‘(g) NOTICE; HABEAS CORPUS PETITIONS.—A par5 ticipating tribe that has ordered the detention of any per6 son has a duty to timely notify in writing such person of 

7 their rights and privileges under this section and under 

8 section 203. 

9 ‘‘(h) REIMBURSEMENT AND GRANTS TO TRIBAL

10 GOVERNMENTS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) REIMBURSEMENT.— 

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

13 may reimburse Tribal government authorities 

14 (or an authorized designee of a Tribal govern15 ment) for expenses incurred in exercising spe16 cial Tribal criminal jurisdiction. 

17 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE EXPENSES.—Eligible ex18 penses for reimbursement under subparagraph 

19 (A) shall include expenses and costs incurred 

20 in, relating to, or associated with— 

21 ‘‘(i) investigating, making arrests re22 lating to, making apprehensions for, or 

23 prosecuting covered crimes (including costs 

24 involving the purchasing, collecting, and 


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1 processing of sexual assault forensic mate2 rials); 

3 ‘‘(ii) detaining, providing supervision 

4 of, or providing services for persons 

5 charged with covered crimes (including 

6 costs associated with providing health 

7 care); 

8 ‘‘(iii) providing indigent defense serv9 ices for 1 or more persons charged with 1 

10 or more covered crimes; and 

11 ‘‘(iv) incarcerating, supervising, or 

12 providing treatment, rehabilitation, or re13 entry services for 1 or more persons 

14 charged with 1 or more covered crimes. 

15 ‘‘(C) PROCEDURE.— 

16 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Reimbursements 

17 authorized under subparagraph (A) shall 

18 be in accordance with rules promulgated by 

19 the Attorney General, after consultation 

20 with Indian tribes, and within 1 year after 

21 the date of enactment of the Violence 

22 Against Women Act Reauthorization Act 

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1 ‘‘(ii) MAXIMUM REIMBURSEMENT.— 

2 The rules promulgated by the Attorney 

3 General under clause (i)— 

4 ‘‘(I) shall set a maximum allow5 able reimbursement to any Tribal gov6 ernment (or an authorized designee of 

7 any Tribal government) in a 1-year 

8 period; and 

9 ‘‘(II) may allow the Attorney 

10 General— 

11 ‘‘(aa) to establish conditions 

12 under which a Tribal government 

13 (or an authorized designee of a 

14 Tribal government) may seek a 

15 waiver to the maximum allowable 

16 reimbursement requirement es17 tablished under subclause (I); 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(bb) to waive the maximum 

20 allowable reimbursement require21 ments established under sub22 clause (I) for a Tribal govern23 ment (or an authorized designee 

24 of a Tribal government) if the 

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1 torney General under item (aa) 

2 are met by that Tribal govern3 ment (or authorized designee). 

4 ‘‘(iii) TIMELINESS OF REIMBURSE5 MENTS.—To the maximum extent prac6 ticable, the Attorney General shall— 

7 ‘‘(I) not later than 90 days after 

8 the date on which the Attorney Gen9 eral receives a qualifying reimburse10 ment request from a Tribal govern11 ment (or an authorized designee of a 

12 Tribal government)— 

13 ‘‘(aa) reimburse the Tribal 

14 government (or authorized des15 ignee); or 

16 ‘‘(bb) notify the Tribal gov17 ernment (or authorized designee) 

18 of the reason by which the Attor19 ney General was unable to issue 

20 the reimbursement; and 

21 ‘‘(II) not later than 30 days after 

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1 ment for the Tribal government (or 

2 an authorized designee) established by 

3 the Attorney General under clause 

4 (ii)(I), notify the Tribal government 

5 (or authorized designee) that the 

6 Tribal government has reached its an7 nual maximum allowable reimburse8 ment. 

9 ‘‘(D) ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATING

10 TRIBES IN ALASKA.—A Tribal government (or 

11 an authorized designee of a Tribal Government) 

12 of an Indian tribe designated as a participating 

13 Tribe under subtitle B of title VIII of the Vio14 lence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act 

15 of 2022 shall be eligible for reimbursement, in 

16 accordance with this paragraph, of expenses in17 curred in exercising special Tribal criminal ju18 risdiction under that subtitle. 

19 ‘‘(2) GRANTS.—The Attorney General may 

20 award grants to Tribal governments (or authorized 

21 designees of Tribal governments), including a Tribal 

22 government (or an authorized designee of a Tribal 

23 government) of an Indian tribe designated as a par24 ticipating Tribe under subtitle B of title VIII of the 


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1 Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 

2 2022— 

3 ‘‘(A) to strengthen Tribal criminal justice 

4 systems to assist Indian tribes in exercising 

5 special Tribal criminal jurisdiction, including 

6 for— 

7 ‘‘(i) law enforcement (including the 

8 capacity of law enforcement, court per9 sonnel, or other non-law enforcement enti10 ties that have no Federal or State arrest 

11 authority agencies but have been des12 ignated by an Indian tribe as responsible 

13 for maintaining public safety within the 

14 territorial jurisdiction of the Indian tribe, 

15 to enter information into and obtain infor16 mation from national crime information 

17 databases); 

18 ‘‘(ii) prosecution; 

19 ‘‘(iii) trial and appellate courts (in20 cluding facilities maintenance, renovation, 

21 and rehabilitation); 

22 ‘‘(iv) supervision systems; 

23 ‘‘(v) detention and corrections (includ24 ing facilities maintenance, renovation, and 

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1 ‘‘(vi) treatment, rehabilitation, and re2 entry programs and services; 

3 ‘‘(vii) culturally appropriate services 

4 and assistance for victims and their fami5 lies; and 

6 ‘‘(viii) criminal codes and rules of 

7 criminal procedure, appellate procedure, 

8 and evidence; 

9 ‘‘(B) to provide indigent criminal defend10 ants with licensed defense counsel, at no cost to 

11 the defendant, in criminal proceedings in which 

12 a participating tribe prosecutes covered crimes; 

13 ‘‘(C) to ensure that, in criminal pro14 ceedings in which a participating tribe exercises 

15 special Tribal criminal jurisdiction, jurors are 

16 summoned, selected, and instructed in a man17 ner consistent with all applicable requirements; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(D) to accord victims of covered crimes 

20 rights that are similar to the rights of a crime 

21 victim described in section 3771(a) of title 18, 

22 United States Code, consistent with Tribal law 

23 and custom. 

24 ‘‘(i) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts made 

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1 plant any other Federal, State, or local government 

2 amounts made available to carry out activities described 

3 in this section. 

4 ‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

6 appropriated $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

7 2023 through 2027— 

8 ‘‘(A) to carry out subsection (h); and 

9 ‘‘(B) to provide training, technical assist10 ance, data collection, and evaluation of the 

11 criminal justice systems of participating tribes. 

12 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—Of the total amount made 

13 available under paragraph (1) for each fiscal year, 

14 not more than 40 percent shall be used for reim15 bursements under subsection (h)(1).’’. 

16 Subtitle B—Alaska Tribal Public 

17 Safety Empowerment 

18 SEC. 811. FINDINGS; PURPOSES. 

19 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

20 (1) according to the report of the Indian Law 

21 and Order Commission established by section 15 of 

22 the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act (25 U.S.C. 

23 2812), Alaska Native women— 

24 (A) are overrepresented in the domestic vi25 olence victim population by 250 percent; 


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1 (B) in the State of Alaska, comprise— 

2 (i) 19 percent of the population of the 

3 State; but 

4 (ii) 47 percent of reported rape vic5 tims in the State; and 

6 (C) as compared to the populations of 

7 other Indian Tribes, suffer the highest rates of 

8 domestic and sexual violence; 

9 (2) most Alaska Native villages are located in 

10 remote areas that— 

11 (A) are often inaccessible by road; and 

12 (B) have no local law enforcement pres13 ence; 

14 (3) the Commission referred to in paragraph 

15 (1)— 

16 (A) determined that the Alaska Depart17 ment of Public Safety— 

18 (i) has primary responsibility for law 

19 enforcement in rural Alaska; but 

20 (ii) provides only 1 to 1.4 field officers 

21 per 1,000,000 acres; and 

22 (B) recommended that ‘‘devolving author23 ity to Alaska Native communities is essential 

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1 ecute, and punish, and they should have the au2 thority to do so-or to work out voluntary agree3 ments with each other, and with local govern4 ments and the State on mutually beneficial 

5 terms’’; and 

6 (4) the unique legal relationship of the United 

7 States to Indian Tribes creates a Federal trust re8 sponsibility to assist Tribal governments in safe9 guarding the lives of Indian women. 

10 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this subtitle are— 

11 (1) to increase coordination and communication 

12 among Federal, State, Tribal, and local law enforce13 ment agencies; and 

14 (2) to empower Indian Tribes to effectively re15 spond to cases of domestic violence, dating violence, 

16 stalking, sex trafficking, sexual violence, and missing 

17 or murdered Alaska Natives through the exercise of 

18 special Tribal criminal jurisdiction. 

19 SEC. 812. DEFINITIONS. 

20 In this subtitle: 

21 (1) ASSAULT OF TRIBAL JUSTICE PERSONNEL; 

22 COVERED CRIME; OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE; PRO23 TECTION ORDER; VIOLATION OF A PROTECTION

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The terms ‘‘assault of 

2 Tribal justice personnel’’, ‘‘covered crime’’, ‘‘ob3 struction of justice’’, ‘‘protection order’’, and 

4 ‘‘violation of a protection order’’ have the mean5 ings given the terms in section 204(a) of Public 

6 Law 90–284 (25 U.S.C. 1304(a)) (commonly 

7 known as the ‘‘Indian Civil Rights Act of 

8 1968’’). 

9 (B) APPLICATION.—For purposes of the 

10 application of the definitions of ‘‘assault of 

11 Tribal justice personnel’’, ‘‘obstruction of jus12 tice’’, and ‘‘violation of a protection order’’, and 

13 for purposes of the application of the defined 

14 terms contained in the definition of ‘‘covered 

15 crime’’, under section 204(a) of Public Law 90– 

16 284 (25 U.S.C. 1304(a)) (commonly known as 

17 the ‘‘Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968’’) to the 

18 pilot program, the Attorney General shall mod19 ify any reference to ‘‘Indian country’’ to mean 

20 the Village of a participating Tribe. 

21 (2) INDIAN; INDIAN COURT; INDIAN TRIBE; 

22 POWERS OF SELF-GOVERNMENT.—The terms ‘‘In23 dian’’, ‘‘Indian court’’, ‘‘Indian tribe’’, and ‘‘powers 

24 of self-government’’ have the meanings given the 

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1 U.S.C. 1301) (commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Civil 

2 Rights Act of 1968’’). 

3 (3) PARTICIPATING TRIBE.— The term ‘‘par4 ticipating Tribe’’ means an Indian tribe that is des5 ignated under section 813(d)(1) as a participating 

6 Tribe to exercise special Tribal criminal jurisdiction. 

7 (4) PILOT PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘pilot pro8 gram’’ means the pilot program established by sec9 tion 813(d)(1). 

10 (5) SPECIAL TRIBAL CRIMINAL JURISDIC11 TION.—The term ‘‘special Tribal criminal jurisdic12 tion’’ means the criminal jurisdiction that a partici13 pating Tribe may exercise under this subtitle but 

14 could not otherwise exercise. 

15 (6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

16 of Alaska. 

17 (7) VILLAGE.—The term ‘‘Village’’ means the 

18 Alaska Native Village Statistical Area covering all or 

19 any portion of a Native village (as defined in section 

20 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 

21 U.S.C. 1602)), as depicted on the applicable Tribal 

22 Statistical Area Program Verification map of the 

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1 SEC. 813. TRIBAL JURISDICTION IN ALASKA. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to title II of Public Law 

3 90–284 (25 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) (commonly known as the 

4 ‘‘Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968’’), Congress recognizes 

5 and affirms the inherent authority of any Indian tribe oc6 cupying a Village in the State to exercise criminal and civil 

7 jurisdiction over all Indians present in the Village. 

8 (b) TRIBAL CIVIL JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE PRO9 TECTION ORDERS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—A court of any Indian tribe 

11 in the State shall have full civil jurisdiction to issue 

12 and enforce protection orders involving any person 

13 in matters— 

14 (A) arising within the Village of the Indian 

15 tribe; or 

16 (B) otherwise within the authority of the 

17 Indian tribe. 

18 (2) INCLUSIONS.—The full civil jurisdiction to 

19 issue and enforce protection orders under paragraph 

20 (1) includes the authority to enforce protection or21 ders through— 

22 (A) civil contempt proceedings; 

23 (B) exclusion of violators from the Village 

24 of the Indian tribe; and 

25 (C) other appropriate mechanisms. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

2 provision of law, in addition to all powers of self-gov3 ernment recognized and affirmed under subsection 

4 (a), the powers of self-government of a participating 

5 Tribe include the inherent power of the participating 

6 Tribe, which is hereby recognized and affirmed, to 

7 exercise special Tribal criminal jurisdiction over a 

8 defendant for a covered crime that occurs in the Vil9 lage of the participating Tribe. 

10 (2) CONCURRENT JURISDICTION.—The exercise 

11 of special Tribal criminal jurisdiction by a partici12 pating Tribe shall be concurrent with the jurisdic13 tion of the United States, the State, or both. 

14 (3) EXCEPTION IF VICTIM AND DEFENDANT

15 ARE BOTH NON-INDIANS.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—A participating Tribe 

17 may not exercise special Tribal criminal juris18 diction over an alleged offense of a covered 

19 crime, other than obstruction of justice or as20 sault of Tribal justice personnel, if neither the 

21 defendant nor the alleged victim is an Indian. 

22 (B) DEFINITION OF VICTIM.—In this para23 graph and with respect to a criminal proceeding 

24 in which a participating Tribe exercises special 

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1 of a protection order, the term ‘‘victim’’ means 

2 a person specifically protected by the protection 

3 order that the defendant allegedly violated. 

4 (d) PILOT PROGRAM FOR SPECIAL TRIBAL CRIMINAL

5 JURISDICTION OVER PERSONS WHO ARE NOT INDI6 ANS.— 

7 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to title II of 

8 Public Law 90–284 (25 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) (com9 monly known as the ‘‘Indian Civil Rights Act of 

10 1968’’), there is established a pilot program under 

11 which the Attorney General, subject to paragraph 

12 (5), shall designate not more than 5 Indian tribes 

13 per calendar year as participating Tribes to exercise 

14 the special Tribal criminal jurisdiction described in 

15 paragraph (6) over all persons present in the Village 

16 of the Indian tribe. 

17 (2) PROCEDURE.—At any time during the 1- 

18 year period beginning on the date of enactment of 

19 this Act, and annually thereafter, an Indian tribe 

20 may request the Attorney General to designate the 

21 Indian tribe as a participating Tribe under para22 graph (1). 

23 (3) DESIGNATION OF PARTICIPATING TRIBES.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, 

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1 rior and affected Indian tribes, shall establish a 

2 process to designate Indian tribes to participate 

3 in the pilot program, which process shall— 

4 (i) require that preference shall be 

5 given to Indian tribes occupying Villages— 

6 (I) the populations of which are 

7 predominantly Indian; or 

8 (II) that lack a permanent State 

9 law enforcement physical presence; 

10 (ii) require that for each Indian tribe 

11 requesting to be designated as a partici12 pating Tribe, the Attorney General makes 

13 a determination that the criminal justice 

14 system of the Indian tribe has adequate 

15 safeguards in place to protect defendants’ 

16 rights, consistent with section 204(d) of 

17 Public Law 90–284 (25 U.S.C. 1304(d)) 

18 (commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Civil 

19 Rights Act of 1968’’); and 

20 (iii) be subject to such other criteria 

21 as the Attorney General considers to be 

22 appropriate to achieve the purposes of this 

23 subtitle. 

24 (B) DESIGNATION.—The Attorney General 

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1 the pilot program under paragraph (1) using 

2 the process established under subparagraph 

3 (A). 

4 (4) INTERTRIBAL PARTICIPATION.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—2 or more participating 

6 Tribes (or the Tribal organization (as defined 

7 in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 

8 and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 

9 5304)) of the participating Tribe, if the Tribal 

10 organization is exercising delegated authority 

11 from the participating Tribe)— 

12 (i) may elect to participate jointly in 

13 the pilot program by providing shared re14 sources to carry out the purposes of the 

15 pilot program; and 

16 (ii) on making an election pursuant to 

17 clause (i), shall be considered to be a single 

18 participating Tribe for purposes of the 

19 maximum number of participating Tribes 

20 under paragraphs (1) and (5). 

21 (B) ADDITIONAL PARTICIPATING

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1 paragraph (A) at any time after the inter2 tribal partnership is established. 

3 (ii) APPLICATION.—An intertribal 

4 partnership that additional participating 

5 Tribes elect to join pursuant to clause (i) 

6 shall be considered to be a single partici7 pating Tribe for purposes of the maximum 

8 number of participating Tribes under para9 graphs (1) and (5). 

10 (5) MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING

11 TRIBES.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

13 subparagraph (B), the Attorney General may 

14 designate not more than 30 Indian tribes to 

15 participate in the pilot program. 

16 (B) EXCEPTION.—The limitation under 

17 subparagraph (A) shall not apply if the Attor18 ney General submits to the Committee on In19 dian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 

20 on Natural Resources of the House of Rep21 resentatives, and publishes in the Federal Reg22 ister, a written notice of the intention to des23 ignate additional Indian tribes as participating 

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1 tion, by not later than the date that is 180 days 

2 before the date of designation. 

3 (6) DESCRIPTION OF JURISDICTION.—Congress 

4 recognizes and affirms that an Indian tribe selected 

5 to participate in the pilot program as a participating 

6 Tribe may exercise, subject to paragraph (7), special 

7 Tribal criminal jurisdiction with respect to covered 

8 crimes. 

9 (7) RIGHTS OF DEFENDANTS.—In exercising 

10 special Tribal criminal jurisdiction under the pilot 

11 program, a participating Tribe shall provide to each 

12 defendant all rights described in section 204(d) of 

13 Public Law 90–284 (25 U.S.C. 1304(d)) (commonly 

14 known as the ‘‘Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968’’). 

15 (e) SENTENCES.—In a criminal proceeding in which 

16 an Indian court of a participating Tribe, in exercising spe17 cial Tribal criminal jurisdiction with respect to a covered 

18 crime, imposes a sentence of imprisonment of more than 

19 1 year on a defendant pursuant to section 202(b) of Public 

20 Law 90–284 (25 U.S.C. 1302(b)) (commonly known as 

21 the ‘‘Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968’’), the Indian court 

22 may require the defendant— 

23 (1) to serve a sentence— 

24 (A) in a Tribal correctional center that has 

25 been approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs 


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1 for long-term incarceration, in accordance with 

2 guidelines set by the Bureau of Indian Affairs; 

3 (B) at the expense of the United States, in 

4 the nearest appropriate Federal facility pursu5 ant to the Bureau of Prisons Tribal Prisoner 

6 Program established under section 234(c)(1) of 

7 the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 (25 

8 U.S.C. 1302 note; Public Law 111–211); or 

9 (C) at the expense of the participating 

10 Tribe and, subject to section 204(f)(1) of Public 

11 Law 90–284 (25 U.S.C. 1304(f)(1)) (commonly 

12 known as the ‘‘Indian Civil Rights Act of 

13 1968’’), reimbursable by the Attorney General, 

14 in a detention or correctional center approved 

15 by the State or a local government of the State 

16 pursuant to a memorandum of agreement be17 tween the participating Tribe and the State or 

18 local government of the State; or 

19 (2) to serve another alternative form of punish20 ment, as determined by the Indian court pursuant to 

21 Tribal law. 

22 (f) MEMORANDA OF AGREEMENT.—The Attorney 

23 General and the Secretary of the Interior may enter into 

24 such memoranda of agreement with participating Tribes 

25 and the State as are necessary and appropriate— 


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1 (1) to coordinate respective law enforcement ac2 tivities; 

3 (2) to share equipment and other resources; 

4 (3) to establish cross-deputization arrange5 ments; 

6 (4) to coordinate appropriate training activities; 

7 and 

8 (5) to address any other matters that will facili9 tate the successful implementation of the pilot pro10 gram, including intergovernmental agreements re11 garding— 

12 (A) the incarceration of convicted persons; 

13 and 

14 (B) cooperation in the investigation and 

15 prosecution of crimes. 

16 (g) ALASKA TRIBAL PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COM17 MITTEE.— 

18 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year 

19 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney 

20 General, in consultation with the Secretary of the 

21 Interior, affected Indian tribes, and the State, shall 

22 establish a committee, to be known as the ‘‘Alaska 

23 Tribal Public Safety Advisory Committee’’ (referred 

24 to in this subsection as the ‘‘Committee’’). 


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1 (2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Committee shall con2 sist of 1 or more representatives from— 

3 (A) participating Tribes and Indian tribes 

4 aspiring to participate in the pilot program; 

5 (B) Federal, Tribal, State, and local law 

6 enforcement; and 

7 (C) Tribal nonprofit organizations pro8 viding victim services. 

9 (3) DUTIES.—The Committee shall focus on— 

10 (A) improving the justice systems, crime 

11 prevention, and victim services of Indian tribes 

12 and the State; and 

13 (B) increasing coordination and commu14 nication among Federal, Tribal, State, and local 

15 law enforcement agencies. 

16 (4) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—A member of the 

17 Committee shall be allowed travel expenses, includ18 ing per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates author19 ized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of 

20 chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while 

21 away from their homes or regular places of business 

22 in the performance of services for the Committee. 

23 (5) NONAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The Federal 

24 Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not 

25 apply to the Committee. 


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1 (6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

2 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

3 this subsection such sums as may be necessary for 

4 the period of fiscal years 2023 through 2027, to re5 main available until expended. 

6 (h) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 5 years 

7 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen8 eral, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and 

9 affected Indian tribes, shall submit to Congress a report 

10 describing the results of the pilot program, including an 

11 explanation of any modifications to law necessary to facili12 tate improved law enforcement in Villages. 

13 (i) APPLICABILITY.—Nothing in this subtitle— 

14 (1) limits, alters, expands, or diminishes the 

15 civil or criminal jurisdiction of the United States, 

16 the State, any subdivision of the State, or any In17 dian tribe in the State; 

18 (2) creates or eliminates any Federal or State 

19 criminal jurisdiction over a Village; or 

20 (3) affects the authority of the United States or 

21 any authority delegated by the United States to the 

22 State to investigate and prosecute a criminal viola23 tion in a Village. 


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1 TITLE IX—OFFICE ON VIOLENCE 

2 AGAINST WOMEN 

3 SEC. 901. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE ON VIOLENCE 

4 AGAINST WOMEN. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE ON VIOLENCE

6 AGAINST WOMEN.—Section 2002 of title I of the Omnibus 

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

8 10442) is amended— 

9 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘VIO10 LENCE AGAINST WOMEN OFFICE’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN’’; 

12 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘a Violence 

13 Against Women Office’’ and inserting ‘‘an Office on 

14 Violence Against Women’’; 

15 (3) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘, not sub16 sumed by any other office’’ after ‘‘within the De17 partment of Justice’’; and 

18 (4) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘authorized 

19 or undertaken under the’’ and that follows and in20 serting ‘‘authorized or undertaken under— 

21 ‘‘(A) the Violence Against Women Act of 

22 1994 (title IV of Public Law 103–322); 

23 ‘‘(B) the Violence Against Women Act of 

24 2000 (division B of Public Law 106–386); 


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1 ‘‘(C) the Violence Against Women and De2 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 

3 2005 (Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 2960); 

4 ‘‘(D) the Violence Against Women Reau5 thorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4; 

6 127 Stat. 54); and 

7 ‘‘(E) the Violence Against Women Act Re8 authorization Act of 2022.’’. 

9 (b) DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE ON VIOLENCE

10 AGAINST WOMEN.—Section 2003 of title I of the Omnibus 

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

12 10443) is amended— 

13 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘VIO14 LENCE AGAINST WOMEN OFFICE’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (a)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘the Violence Against 

18 Women Office’’ and inserting ‘‘the Office on Vi19 olence Against Women’’; and 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘in this title referred to’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘in this part referred to’’; 

22 (3) in subsection (b)(2)— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘or the Violence’’ and in24 serting ‘‘, the Violence’’; and 


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1 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

2 inserting ‘‘, the Violence Against Women and 

3 Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 

4 2005 (Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 2960), 

5 the Violence Against Women Reauthorization 

6 Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54), 

7 or the Violence Against Women Act Reauthor8 ization Act of 2022.’’. 

9 (c) DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTOR OF THE

10 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN.—Section 2004 

11 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

12 Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10444) is amended— 

13 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘VIO14 LENCE AGAINST WOMEN OFFICE’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN’’; 

16 (2) in paragraph (5), in the matter preceding 

17 subparagraph (A)— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘and the Violence’’ and in19 serting ‘‘, the Violence’’; and 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘, including with’’ and in21 serting ‘‘, the Violence Against Women and De22 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 

23 2005 (Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 2960), 

24 the Violence Against Women Reauthorization 

25 Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54), 


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1 and the Violence Against Women Act Reauthor2 ization Act of 2022, including with’’; and 

3 (3) in paragraph (6)(B), by inserting ‘‘syn4 chronize Federal definitions and protocols,’’ before 

5 ‘‘and improve coordination’’. 

6 (d) STAFF OF OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST

7 WOMEN.—Section 2005 of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

8 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10445) 

9 is amended in the section heading, by striking ‘‘VIO10 LENCE AGAINST WOMEN OFFICE’’ and inserting ‘‘OF11 FICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN’’. 

12 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 121(a)(1) 

13 of the Violence Against Women and Department of Jus14 tice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20124(a)(1)) 

15 is amended by striking ‘‘the Violence Against Women Of16 fice’’ and inserting ‘‘the Office on Violence Against 

17 Women’’. 

18 SEC. 902. SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR FOR CULTURALLY SPE19 CIFIC COMMUNITIES OF THE OFFICE ON VIO20 LENCE AGAINST WOMEN. 

21 Part T of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

22 Streets Act (34 U.S.C. 10441 et seq.), as amended by sec23 tion 101, is further amended by adding at the end the 

24 following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 2018. SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR FOR CULTURALLY 

2 SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES. 

3 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

4 Office on Violence Against Women a Senior Policy Advisor 

5 for Culturally Specific Communities. 

6 ‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Senior Policy Advisor for Cul7 turally Specific Communities, under the guidance and au8 thority of the Director, shall— 

9 ‘‘(1) advise on the administration of grants re10 lated to culturally specific services and contracts 

11 with culturally specific organizations; 

12 ‘‘(2) coordinate development of Federal policy, 

13 protocols, and guidelines on matters relating to do14 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

15 stalking in culturally specific communities; 

16 ‘‘(3) advise the Director on policies, legislation, 

17 implementation of laws, and other issues relating to 

18 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

19 and stalking in culturally specific communities; 

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

21 and support to other offices and bureaus in the De22 partment of Justice to develop policy and to enforce 

23 Federal laws relating to domestic violence, dating vi24 olence, sexual assault, and stalking in culturally spe25 cific communities; 


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1 ‘‘(5) ensure that appropriate technical assist2 ance, developed and provided by entities with exper3 tise in culturally specific communities, is made avail4 able to grantees and potential grantees proposing to 

5 serve culturally specific communities; 

6 ‘‘(6) ensure access to grants and technical as7 sistance for culturally specific organizations; and 

8 ‘‘(7) analyze the distribution of grant funding 

9 in order to identify barriers for culturally specific or10 ganizations. 

11 ‘‘(c) QUALIFICATIONS.—Not later than 120 days 

12 after the date of enactment of this section, the Director 

13 shall hire for the position established under subsection (a) 

14 an individual with personal, lived, and work experience 

15 from a culturally specific community, and a demonstrated 

16 history and expertise addressing domestic violence or sex17 ual assault in a nongovernmental agency.’’. 


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1 TITLE X—IMPROVING CONDI2 TIONS FOR WOMEN IN FED3 ERAL CUSTODY 

4 SEC. 1001. IMPROVING THE TREATMENT OF PRIMARY 

5 CARETAKER PARENTS AND OTHER INDIVID6 UALS IN FEDERAL PRISONS. 

7 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

8 ‘‘Ramona Brant Improvement of Conditions for Women 

9 in Federal Custody Act’’. 

10 (b) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 303 of title 18, United 

11 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘§ 4051. Treatment of primary caretaker parents and 

14 other individuals 

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

16 ‘‘(1) the term ‘correctional officer’ means a cor17 rectional officer of the Bureau of Prisons; 

18 ‘‘(2) the term ‘covered institution’ means a 

19 Federal penal or correctional institution; 

20 ‘‘(3) the term ‘Director’ means the Director of 

21 the Bureau of Prisons; 

22 ‘‘(4) the term ‘post-partum recovery’ means the 

23 first 12-week period of post-partum recovery after 

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1 ‘‘(5) the term ‘primary caretaker parent’ has 

2 the meaning given the term in section 31903 of the 

3 Family Unity Demonstration Project Act (34 U.S.C. 

4 12242); 

5 ‘‘(6) the term ‘prisoner’ means an individual 

6 who is incarcerated in a Federal penal or correc7 tional institution, including a vulnerable person; and 

8 ‘‘(7) the term ‘vulnerable person’ means an in9 dividual who— 

10 ‘‘(A) is under 21 years of age or over 60 

11 years of age; 

12 ‘‘(B) is pregnant; 

13 ‘‘(C) is victim or witness of a crime; 

14 ‘‘(D) has filed a nonfrivolous civil rights 

15 claim in Federal or State court; or 

16 ‘‘(E) during the period of incarceration, 

17 has been determined to have experienced or to 

18 be experiencing severe trauma or to be the vic19 tim of gender-based violence— 

20 ‘‘(i) by any court or administrative ju21 dicial proceeding; 

22 ‘‘(ii) by any corrections official; 

23 ‘‘(iii) by the individual’s attorney or 

24 legal service provider; or 

25 ‘‘(iv) by the individual. 


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1 ‘‘(b) GEOGRAPHIC PLACEMENT.— 

2 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—The Direc3 tor shall establish within the Bureau of Prisons an 

4 office that determines the placement of prisoners. 

5 ‘‘(2) PLACEMENT OF PRISONERS.—In deter6 mining the placement of a prisoner, the office estab7 lished under paragraph (1) shall— 

8 ‘‘(A) if the prisoner has children, consider 

9 placing the prisoner as close to the children as 

10 possible; and 

11 ‘‘(B) consider any other factor that the of12 fice determines to be appropriate. 

13 ‘‘(c) PROHIBITION ON PLACEMENT OF PREGNANT

14 PRISONERS OR PRISONERS IN POST-PARTUM RECOVERY

15 IN SEGREGATED HOUSING UNITS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) PLACEMENT IN SEGREGATED HOUSING

17 UNITS.—A covered institution may not place a pris18 oner who is pregnant or in post-partum recovery in 

19 a segregated housing unit unless the prisoner pre20 sents an immediate risk of harm to the prisoner or 

21 others. 

22 ‘‘(2) RESTRICTIONS.—Any placement of a pris23 oner described in paragraph (1) in a segregated 

24 housing unit shall be limited and temporary. 


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1 ‘‘(d) INTAKE AND ASSESSMENTS.—The Director 

2 shall assess the need for family-focused programming at 

3 intake, such as questions about children, gauge interest 

4 in parenting resources, and concerns about their child or 

5 caregiving, and administer ongoing assessment to better 

6 inform, identify, and make recommendations about the 

7 mother’s parental role and familial needs. 

8 ‘‘(e) PARENTING CLASSES.—The Director shall pro9 vide parenting classes to each prisoner who is a primary 

10 caretaker parent, and such classes shall be made available 

11 to prisoners with limited English proficiency in compliance 

12 with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 

13 2000d et seq.). 

14 ‘‘(f) TRAUMA SCREENING.—The Director shall pro15 vide training, including cultural competency training, to 

16 each correctional officer and each employee of the Bureau 

17 of Prisons who regularly interacts with prisoners, includ18 ing each instructor and health care professional, to enable 

19 those correctional officers and employees to— 

20 ‘‘(1) identify a prisoner who may have a mental 

21 or physical health need relating to trauma the pris22 oner has experienced; and 

23 ‘‘(2) refer a prisoner described in paragraph (1) 

24 to the proper health care professional for diagnosis 

25 and treatment. 


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1 ‘‘(g) FAMILY NEEDS TRAINING.—The Director shall 

2 provide training to correctional officers and employees of 

3 the Bureau of Prisons who engage with prisoners’ families 

4 on— 

5 ‘‘(1) how to interact with children in an age-ap6 propriate manner, and the children’s caregivers; 

7 ‘‘(2) basic childhood and adolescent develop8 ment information; and 

9 ‘‘(3) basic customer service skills. 

10 ‘‘(h) INMATE HEALTH.— 

11 ‘‘(1) HEALTH CARE ACCESS.—The Director 

12 shall ensure that all prisoners receive adequate 

13 health care. 

14 ‘‘(2) HYGIENIC PRODUCTS.—The Director shall 

15 make essential hygienic products, including sham16 poo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, and any other hygien17 ic product that the Director determines appropriate, 

18 available without charge to prisoners. The Director 

19 shall make rules— 

20 ‘‘(A) on the distribution and accessibility 

21 of sanitary products to prisoners, to ensure 

22 each prisoner who requires these products re23 ceives a quantity the prisoner deems sufficient; 

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1 ‘‘(B) providing that no visitor is prohibited 

2 from visiting a prisoner due to the visitor’s use 

3 of sanitary products. 

4 ‘‘(3) GYNECOLOGIST ACCESS.—The Director 

5 shall ensure that all prisoners have access to a gyne6 cologist as appropriate. 

7 ‘‘(4) RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in 

8 paragraph (1) shall be construed to affect the re9 quirements under the Prison Rape Elimination Act 

10 of 2003 (34 U.S.C. 30301 et seq.).’’. 

11 (c) SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT.—Section 

12 3621(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 

13 adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(7) ELIGIBILITY OF PRIMARY CARETAKER

15 PARENTS AND PREGNANT WOMEN.—The Director of 

16 the Bureau of Prisons may not prohibit an eligible 

17 prisoner who is a primary caretaker parent (as de18 fined in section 4051) or pregnant from partici19 pating in a program of residential substance abuse 

20 treatment provided under paragraph (1) on the basis 

21 of a failure by the eligible prisoner, before being 

22 committed to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons, 

23 to disclose to any official of the Bureau of Prisons 

24 that the prisoner had a substance abuse problem on 

25 or before the date on which the eligible prisoner was 


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1 committed to the custody of the Bureau of Pris2 ons.’’. 

3 (d) IMPLEMENTATION DATE.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 

5 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 

6 the Bureau of Prisons shall implement this section 

7 and the amendments made by this section. 

8 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 

9 date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the 

10 Bureau of Prisons shall submit to the Committee on 

11 the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on 

12 the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a 

13 progress report on the implementation of this section 

14 and the amendments made by this section. 

15 (e) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

16 The table of sections for chapter 303 of title 18, United 

17 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol18 lowing: 

‘‘4051. Treatment of primary caretaker parents and other individuals.’’. 

19 SEC. 1002. HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PREGNANT WOMEN 

20 AND MOTHERS. 

21 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

22 ‘‘Stop Infant Mortality And Recidivism Reduction Act’’ or 

23 the ‘‘SIMARRA Act’’. 

24 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 270 days after 

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1 reau of Prisons (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Direc2 tor’’) shall establish a pilot program (in this section re3 ferred to as the ‘‘Program’’) in accordance with this sec4 tion to permit women incarcerated in Federal prisons and 

5 the children born to such women during incarceration to 

6 reside together while the inmate serves a term of imprison7 ment. 

8 (c) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are 

9 to— 

10 (1) prevent infant mortality among infants born 

11 to incarcerated mothers and greatly reduce the trau12 ma and stress experienced by pregnant inmates; 

13 (2) reduce the recidivism rates of federally in14 carcerated women and mothers, and enhance public 

15 safety by improving the effectiveness of the Federal 

16 prison system for women as a population with spe17 cial needs; 

18 (3) utilize a female offender risk and needs as19 sessment to encourage a more effective and efficient 

20 Federal prison system; 

21 (4) utilize a validated post-sentencing risk and 

22 needs assessment system that relies on dynamic fac23 tors to provide Federal prison officials with informa24 tion regarding needs of Federal pregnant offenders 

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1 (5) perform regular outcome evaluations of the 

2 effectiveness of programs and interventions for fed3 erally incarcerated pregnant women and mothers to 

4 assure that such programs and interventions are evi5 dence-based and to suggest changes, deletions, and 

6 expansions based on the results of such evaluations; 

7 and 

8 (6) assist the Department of Justice to address 

9 the underlying cost structure of the Federal prison 

10 system and ensure that the Department can con11 tinue to run parenting programming safely and se12 curely without compromising the scope or quality of 

13 the Department’s critical health, safety and law en14 forcement missions. 

15 (d) DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR OF BUREAU OF PRIS16 ONS.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall carry out 

18 this section in consultation with— 

19 (A) the Director of the Administrative Of20 fice of the United States Courts; 

21 (B) the Director of the Office of Probation 

22 and Pretrial Services; and 

23 (C) the Director of the National Institute 

24 of Justice. 


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1 (2) DUTIES.—The Director shall, in accordance 

2 with paragraph (3), and in addition to the mandates 

3 under section 3631 of title 18, United States Code— 

4 (A) evaluate the female offender risk and 

5 needs assessment for its ability to address the 

6 particular health and sensitivities of federally 

7 incarcerated pregnant women and mothers in 

8 accordance with this subsection; 

9 (B) develop recommendations regarding re10 cidivism reduction programs and productive ac11 tivities in accordance with subsection (c); 

12 (C) conduct ongoing research and data 

13 analysis on— 

14 (i) the best practices relating to the 

15 use of offender risk and needs assessment 

16 tools for female offenders with a particular 

17 emphasis on how those tools address the 

18 health and sensitivities of federally incar19 cerated pregnant women and mothers; 

20 (ii) potential improvements to risk 

21 and needs assessment tools for female of22 fenders to address the health and sensitivi23 ties of federally incarcerated pregnant 

24 women and mothers; and 


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1 (iii) which recidivism reduction pro2 grams are the most effective— 

3 (I) for federally incarcerated 

4 pregnant women and mothers classi5 fied at different recidivism risk levels; 

6 and 

7 (II) for addressing the specific 

8 needs of federally incarcerated preg9 nant women and mothers; 

10 (D) on a biennial basis, review any find11 ings related to evaluations conducted under 

12 subparagraph (A) and the recommendations de13 veloped under subparagraph (B), using the re14 search conducted under subparagraph (C), to 

15 determine whether any revisions or updates 

16 should be made to female offender risk and 

17 needs assessment systems, and if so, make such 

18 revisions or updates; 

19 (E) hold periodic meetings with the indi20 viduals listed in paragraph (1) at intervals to be 

21 determined by the Director; 

22 (F) develop tools to communicate par23 enting program availability and eligibility cri24 teria to each employee of the Bureau of Prisons 

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1 pregnant inmate in the custody of a Bureau of 

2 Prisons facility understands the resources avail3 able to such inmate; and 

4 (G) report to Congress in accordance with 

5 subsection (h). 

6 (3) METHODS.—In carrying out the duties 

7 under paragraph (2), the Director shall— 

8 (A) consult relevant stakeholders; and 

9 (B) make decisions using data that is 

10 based on available statistical and empirical evi11 dence. 

12 (e) ELIGIBILITY.—An inmate may apply to partici13 pate in the Program if the inmate— 

14 (1) is pregnant at the beginning of or during 

15 the term of imprisonment; and 

16 (2) is in the custody or control of the Bureau 

17 of Prisons. 

18 (f) PROGRAM TERMS.— 

19 (1) TERM OF PARTICIPATION.—To correspond 

20 with the purposes and goals of the Program to pro21 mote bonding during the critical stages of child de22 velopment, an eligible inmate selected for the Pro23 gram may participate in the Program, subject to 

24 subsection (g), until the earliest of— 


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1 (A) the date that the inmate’s term of im2 prisonment terminates; or 

3 (B) the date the infant fails to meet any 

4 medical criteria established by the Director. 

5 (2) INMATE REQUIREMENTS.—For the duration 

6 of an inmate’s participation in the Program, the in7 mate shall agree to— 

8 (A) take substantive steps towards acting 

9 in the role of a parent or guardian to any child 

10 of that inmate; 

11 (B) participate in any recommended edu12 cational or counseling opportunities, including 

13 topics such as child development, parenting 

14 skills, domestic violence, vocational training, or 

15 substance abuse, as appropriate; 

16 (C) abide by any court decision regarding 

17 the legal or physical custody of the child; and 

18 (D) specify a person who has agreed to 

19 take at least temporary custody of the child if 

20 the inmate’s participation in the Program ter21 minates before the inmate’s release. 

22 (g) CONTINUITY OF CARE.—The Director shall take 

23 appropriate actions to prevent detachment or disruption 

24 of either an inmate’s or infant’s health and bonding-based 

25 well-being due to termination of the Program. 


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1 (h) REPORTING.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months 

3 after the date of enactment of this Act, and once 

4 each year thereafter for 5 years, the Director shall 

5 submit a progress report to the Congress with re6 gards to implementing the Program. 

7 (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 6 months 

8 after the termination of the Program, the Director 

9 shall issue a final report to the Congress that con10 tains a detailed statement of the Director’s findings 

11 and conclusions, including recommendations for leg12 islation, administrative actions, and regulations the 

13 Director considers appropriate. 

14 SEC. 1003. RESEARCH AND REPORT ON WOMEN IN FED15 ERAL INCARCERATION. 

16 Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 

17 of this Act, and thereafter, every other year, the National 

18 Institute of Justice, in consultation with the Bureau of 

19 Justice Statistics and the Bureau of Prisons (including 

20 the Women and Special Population Branch) shall prepare 

21 a report on the status of women in Federal incarceration. 

22 Depending on the topic to be addressed, and the facility, 

23 data shall be collected from Bureau of Prisons personnel 

24 and a sample that is representative of the population of 

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1 (1) with regard to Federal facilities wherein 

2 women are incarcerated— 

3 (A) responses by such women to questions 

4 from the Adverse Childhood Experience 

5 (ACES) questionnaire; 

6 (B) demographic data of such women; 

7 (C) data on the number of women who are 

8 incarcerated and placed in Federal and private 

9 facilities more than 200 miles from their place 

10 of residence; 

11 (D) responses by such women to questions 

12 about the extent of exposure to sexual victim13 ization, sexual violence and domestic violence 

14 (both inside and outside of incarceration); 

15 (E) the number of such women were preg16 nant at the time that they entered incarcer17 ation; 

18 (F) the number of such women who have 

19 children age 18 or under, and if so, how many; 

20 and 

21 (G) the crimes for which such women are 

22 incarcerated and the length of their sentence 

23 and to the extent practicable, any information 

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1 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

2 or stalking; and 

3 (2) with regard to all Federal facilities where 

4 persons are incarcerated— 

5 (A) a list of best practices with respect to 

6 women’s incarceration and transition, including 

7 staff led programs, services, and management 

8 practices (including making sanitary products 

9 readily available and easily accessible, and ac10 cess to and provision of healthcare); 

11 (B) the availability of trauma treatment at 

12 each facility (including number of beds, and 

13 number of trained staff); 

14 (C) rates of serious mental illness broken 

15 down by gender and security level and a list of 

16 residential programs available by site; and 

17 (D) the availability of vocational education 

18 and a list of vocational programs provided by 

19 each facility. 

20 SEC. 1004. REENTRY PLANNING AND SERVICES FOR INCAR21 CERATED WOMEN. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, in coordi23 nation with the Director of the Office of Probation and 

24 Pretrial Services and the Director of the Bureau of Pris25 ons (including the Women and Special Population 


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1 Branch), shall collaborate on a model of gender responsive 

2 transition for incarcerated women, including the develop3 ment of a national standard on prevention with respect 

4 to domestic and sexual violence. 

5 (b) REQUIRED CONSULTATION.—In developing the 

6 model required under subsection (a), the Attorney General 

7 shall consult with such experts within the Federal govern8 ment (including the Office on Violence Against Women of 

9 the Department of Justice), within Indian Tribes (as de10 fined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and 

11 Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)), within Na12 tive Hawaiian organizations (as defined in section 6207 

13 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

14 (20 U.S.C. 7517)), and in the victim service provider com15 munity (including sexual and domestic violence and home16 lessness, job training and job placement service providers) 

17 as are necessary to the completion of a comprehensive 

18 plan. 

19 (c) CONTENTS.—The model required under sub20 section (a) shall address, at a minimum— 

21 (1) the development by the Bureau of Prisons 

22 of a contract for gender collaborative services; and 

23 (2) identification by re-entry affairs coordina24 tors and responsive planning for the needs of re-en25 tering women with respect to— 


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1 (A) housing, including risk of homeless2 ness; 

3 (B) previous exposure to and risk for do4 mestic and sexual violence; 

5 (C) the need for parenting classes, assist6 ance securing childcare, or assistance in seeking 

7 or securing jobs that afford flexibility (as might 

8 be necessary in the re-entry, parenting or other 

9 contexts); 

10 (D) other support tailored to the needs of 

11 Indigenous women, including American Indian, 

12 Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women; 

13 and 

14 (E) the need to ensure a family-focused re15 entry, by— 

16 (i) including incarcerated mothers, 

17 their children, and their caregivers to cre18 ate family reentry planning and program19 ming; and 

20 (ii) informing reentry information to 

21 visiting families. 

22 SEC. 1005. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

23 To carry out this title, there are authorized to be ap24 propriated $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 

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1 TITLE XI—LAW ENFORCEMENT 

2 TOOLS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC 

3 SAFETY 

4 SEC. 1101. NICS DENIAL NOTIFICATION ACT OF 2022. 

5 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

6 ‘‘NICS Denial Notification Act of 2022’’. 

7 (b) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United 

8 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 925A 

9 the following: 

10 ‘‘§ 925B. Reporting of background check denials to 

11 State or Tribal authorities 

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If the national instant criminal 

13 background check system established under section 103 

14 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 

15 40901) (commonly referred to as ‘NICS’) provides a no16 tice pursuant to section 922(t) that the receipt of a fire17 arm by a person would violate subsection (g) or (n) of 

18 section 922 or State or Tribal law, the Attorney General 

19 shall, in accordance with subsection (b) of this section— 

20 ‘‘(1) report to the law enforcement authorities 

21 of the State or Tribe where the person sought to ac22 quire the firearm and, if different, the law enforce23 ment authorities of the State or Tribe of residence 

24 of the person— 

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1 ‘‘(B) the specific provision of law that 

2 would have been violated; 

3 ‘‘(C) the date and time the notice was pro4 vided; 

5 ‘‘(D) the location where the firearm was 

6 sought to be acquired; and 

7 ‘‘(E) the identity of the person; and 

8 ‘‘(2) where practicable, report the incident to 

9 local law enforcement authorities and State and local 

10 prosecutors or Tribal prosecutors in the jurisdiction 

11 where the firearm was sought and in the jurisdiction 

12 where the person resides. 

13 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORT.—A report is 

14 made in accordance with this subsection if the report is 

15 made within 24 hours after the provision of the notice de16 scribed in subsection (a), except that the making of the 

17 report may be delayed for so long as is necessary to avoid 

18 compromising an ongoing investigation. 

19 ‘‘(c) AMENDMENT OF REPORT.—If a report is made 

20 in accordance with this subsection and, after such report 

21 is made, the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the Bu22 reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives deter23 mines that the receipt of a firearm by a person for whom 

24 the report was made would not violate subsection (g) or 

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1 General shall, in accordance with subsection (b), notify 

2 any law enforcement authority and any prosecutor to 

3 whom the report was made of that determination. 

4 ‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sub5 section (a) shall be construed to require a report with re6 spect to a person to be made to the same State or Tribal 

7 authorities that originally issued the notice with respect 

8 to the person.’’. 

9 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

10 for chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 

11 by inserting after the item relating to section 925A the 

12 following: 

‘‘925B. Reporting of background check denials to State authorities.’’. 

13 SEC. 1102. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United 

15 States Code, as amended by section 1101, is amended by 

16 inserting after section 925B the following: 

17 ‘‘§ 925C. Annual report to Congress 

18 ‘‘Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

19 of this section, and annually thereafter, the Attorney Gen20 eral shall submit to Congress a report detailing the fol21 lowing, broken down by Federal judicial district: 

22 ‘‘(1) With respect to each category of persons 

23 prohibited by subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 or 

24 State or Tribal law from receiving or possessing a 

25 firearm who are so denied a firearm— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the number of denials; 

2 ‘‘(B) the number of denials referred to the 

3 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Ex4 plosives; 

5 ‘‘(C) the number of denials for which the 

6 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Ex7 plosives determines that the person denied was 

8 not prohibited by subsection (g) or (n) of sec9 tion 922 or State law from receiving or pos10 sessing a firearm; 

11 ‘‘(D) the number of denials overturned 

12 through the national instant criminal back13 ground check system appeals process and the 

14 reasons for overturning the denials; 

15 ‘‘(E) the number of denials with respect to 

16 which an investigation was opened by a field di17 vision of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire18 arms, and Explosives; 

19 ‘‘(F) the number of persons charged with 

20 a Federal criminal offense in connection with a 

21 denial; and 

22 ‘‘(G) the number of convictions obtained 

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1 ‘‘(2) The number of background check notices 

2 reported to State or Tribal authorities pursuant to 

3 section 925B (including the number of the notices 

4 that would have been so reported but for section 

5 925B(c)).’’. 

6 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

7 for chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, as amended 

8 by section 1101, is amended by inserting after the item 

9 relating to section 925B the following: 

‘‘925C. Annual report to Congress.’’. 

10 SEC. 1103. SPECIAL ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEYS AND 

11 CROSS-DEPUTIZED ATTORNEYS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United 

13 States Code, as amended by section 1102, is further 

14 amended by inserting after section 925C the following: 

15 ‘‘§ 925D. Special assistant U.S. attorneys and cross16 deputized attorneys 

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to improve the enforce18 ment of paragraphs (8) and (9) of section 922(g), the At19 torney General may— 

20 ‘‘(1) appoint, in accordance with section 543 of 

21 title 28, qualified State, Tribal, territorial and local 

22 prosecutors and qualified attorneys working for the 

23 United States government to serve as special assist24 ant United States attorneys for the purpose of pros25 ecuting violations of such paragraphs; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) deputize State, Tribal, territorial and local 

2 law enforcement officers for the purpose of enhanc3 ing the capacity of the agents of the Bureau of Alco4 hol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives in respond5 ing to and investigating violations of such para6 graphs. 

7 ‘‘(b) IMPROVE INTIMATE PARTNER AND PUBLIC

8 SAFETY.—The Attorney General shall— 

9 ‘‘(1) identify not fewer than 75 jurisdictions 

10 among States, territories and Tribes where there are 

11 high rates of firearms violence and threats of fire12 arms violence against intimate partners and other 

13 persons protected under paragraphs (8) and (9) of 

14 section 922(g) and where local authorities lack the 

15 resources to address such violence; 

16 ‘‘(2) make such appointments as described in 

17 subsection (a) in jurisdictions where enhanced en18 forcement of such paragraphs is necessary to reduce 

19 firearms homicide and injury rates; and 

20 ‘‘(3) establish, in order to receive and expedite 

21 requests for assistance from State, Tribal, terri22 torial, and local law enforcement agencies respond23 ing to intimate partner violence cases where such 

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1 fenders may be in violation of such paragraphs, 

2 points of contact within— 

3 ‘‘(A) each Field Division of the Bureau of 

4 Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(B) each District Office of the United 

7 States Attorneys. 

8 ‘‘(c) QUALIFIED DEFINED.—For purposes of this 

9 section, the term ‘qualified’ means, with respect to an at10 torney, that the attorney is a licensed attorney in good 

11 standing with any relevant licensing authority.’’. 

12 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

13 for chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, as amended 

14 by this Act, is further amended by inserting after the item 

15 relating to section 925C the following: 

‘‘925D. Special assistant U.S. attorneys and cross-deputized attorneys.’’. 

16 SEC. 1104. REVIEW ON CRIMINAL OFFENSES AFFECTING 

17 NATIVE HAWAIIANS. 

18 (a) NATIVE HAWAIIAN DEFINED.—In this section, 

19 the term ‘‘Native Hawaiian’’ has the meaning given the 

20 term in section 801 of the Native American Housing As21 sistance and Self-Determination Act (25 U.S.C. 4221). 

22 (b) REVIEW OF RELEVANT FEDERAL CRIME PRE23 VENTION, VICTIM SERVICE, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE PRO24 GRAMS SERVING NATIVE HAWAIIANS.— 


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1 (1) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after 

2 the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen3 eral shall submit a report to Congress containing the 

4 following: 

5 (A) The results and findings of the com6 prehensive review required to be conducted 

7 under paragraph (2). 

8 (B) The amount of Federal funding re9 ceived by Native Hawaiian-serving organiza10 tions from relevant Federal programs, including 

11 the percentage of each such amount of funding 

12 received by Native Hawaiian-serving organiza13 tions relative to the total amount of funding 

14 dispersed for each relevant Federal program. 

15 (C) Recommendations and legislative pro16 posals to— 

17 (i) improve how relevant Federal pro18 grams address the needs of Native Hawai19 ians; 

20 (ii) improve responses to and inves21 tigation of incidences of missing or mur22 dered Native Hawaiians; 

23 (iii) reduce the likelihood that a Na24 tive Hawaiian may become involved in the 

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1 (iv) address any other relevant mat2 ters deemed necessary by the Attorney 

3 General. 

4 (2) COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW.—The Attorney 

5 General shall conduct a comprehensive review of rel6 evant Federal programs. 

7 (3) RELEVANT FEDERAL PROGRAM.—In this 

8 subsection, the term ‘‘relevant Federal program’’ 

9 means any— 

10 (A) law enforcement or other crime preven11 tion program targeting criminal offenses that 

12 affect Native Hawaiians, including child sexual 

13 exploitation, child abuse, intimate partner vio14 lence, human trafficking, missing or murdered 

15 individuals, and substance abuse; 

16 (B) any program that provide services to 

17 victims of criminal offenses affecting Native 

18 Hawaiians, including child sexual exploitation, 

19 child abuse, intimate partner violence, human 

20 trafficking, and substance abuse; and 

21 (C) any criminal justice system program or 

22 service available to and used by Native Hawai23 ians in various jurisdictions, including diversion 

24 programs, in-prison education programs, and 

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1 (c) REPORT ON NATIVE HAWAIIANS IN THE CRIMI2 NAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

4 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney 

5 General, acting through the National Institute of 

6 Justice, in coordination with the Bureau of Justice 

7 Statistics, shall prepare a report on the interaction 

8 of Native Hawaiians with the criminal justice sys9 tem. 

10 (2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report re11 quired under this subsection shall include— 

12 (A) known statistics related to the percent13 age of persons who are Native Hawaiians out of 

14 the total of— 

15 (i) all persons arrested; 

16 (ii) all persons detained in Federal, 

17 State, and local jails; 

18 (iii) all persons subject to pretrial su19 pervision; 

20 (iv) all persons subject to post-convic21 tion supervision; 

22 (v) all persons incarcerated in Federal 

23 and State prisons; and 

24 (vi) all persons subject to post-release 

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1 (B) an explanation of why the statistics de2 scribed in subparagraph (A) may not be com3 prehensive; 

4 (C) recommendations on how data collec5 tion related to the statistics described in sub6 paragraph (A) could be improved; 

7 (D) a description of any culturally relevant 

8 programs available to Native Hawaiians who 

9 interact with the Federal criminal justice sys10 tem; and 

11 (E) a summary of any available data on 

12 the number of Native Hawaiians who are incar13 cerated and placed in Federal and private cor14 rectional facilities more than 200 miles from 

15 their place of residence. 

16 TITLE XII—CLOSING THE LAW 

17 ENFORCEMENT CONSENT 

18 LOOPHOLE 

19 SEC. 1201. SHORT TITLE. 

20 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Closing the Law En21 forcement Consent Loophole Act of 2022’’. 

22 SEC. 1202. PENALTIES FOR CIVIL RIGHTS OFFENSES IN23 VOLVING SEXUAL MISCONDUCT. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 13 of title 18, 

2 United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

3 end the following: 

4 ‘‘§ 250. Penalties for civil rights offenses involving 

5 sexual misconduct 

6 ‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—It shall be unlawful for any person 

7 to, in the course of committing an offense under this chap8 ter or under section 901 of the Fair Housing Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 3631), engage in, or cause another to engage in, 

10 sexual misconduct. 

11 ‘‘(b) PENALTIES.—Any person who violates sub12 section (a) shall be— 

13 ‘‘(1) in the case of an offense involving aggra14 vated sexual abuse, as defined in section 2241, or if 

15 the offense involved sexual abuse, as defined in sec16 tion 2242, or if the offense involved an attempt to 

17 commit such aggravated sexual abuse or sexual 

18 abuse, fined under this title and imprisoned for any 

19 term of years or for life; 

20 ‘‘(2) in the case of an offense involving abusive 

21 sexual contact of a child who has not attained the 

22 age of 16, of the type prohibited by section 

23 2244(a)(5), fined under this title and imprisoned for 

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1 ‘‘(3) in the case of an offense involving a sexual 

2 act, as defined in section 2246, with another person 

3 without the other person’s permission, and it does 

4 not amount to sexual abuse or aggravated sexual 

5 abuse, be fined under this title and imprisoned for 

6 not more than 40 years; 

7 ‘‘(4) in the case of an offense involving abusive 

8 sexual contact of the type prohibited by subsection 

9 (a)(1) or (b) of section 2244, but excluding abusive 

10 sexual contact through the clothing— 

11 ‘‘(A) fined under this title and imprisoned 

12 for not more than 10 years; and 

13 ‘‘(B) if the offense involves a child who has 

14 not attained the age of 12 years, imprisoned for 

15 not more than 30 years; 

16 ‘‘(5) in the case of an offense involving abusive 

17 sexual contact of the type prohibited by section 

18 2244(a)(2)— 

19 ‘‘(A) fined under this title and imprisoned 

20 for not more than 3 years; and 

21 ‘‘(B) if the offense involves a child under 

22 the age of 12, imprisoned for not more than 20 

23 years; and 

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1 hibited by subsection (a)(3), (a)(4), or (b) of section 

2 2244— 

3 ‘‘(A) fined under this title and imprisoned 

4 for not more than 2 years; and 

5 ‘‘(B) if the offense involves a child under 

6 the age of 12, imprisoned for not more than 10 

7 years.’’. 

8 (2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND9 MENT.—The table of sections for chapter 13 of title 

10 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting 

11 after the item relating to section 249 the following: 

‘‘250. Penalties for civil rights offenses involving sexual misconduct.’’. 

12 (b) SEXUAL ABUSE.—Section 2242 of title 18, 

13 United States Code, is amended— 

14 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

15 end; 

16 (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ‘‘or’’ after 

17 the semicolon; and 

18 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(3) engages in a sexual act with another per21 son without that other person’s consent, to include 

22 doing so through coercion;’’. 

23 (c) SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR, A WARD, OR AN

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2243 of title 18, 

2 United States Code, is amended— 

3 (A) by striking the section heading and in4 serting ‘‘Sexual abuse of a minor, a 

5 ward, or an individual in Federal cus6 tody’’; 

7 (B) by redesignating subsections (c) and 

8 (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and 

9 (C) by adding after subsection (b) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(c) OF AN INDIVIDUAL IN FEDERAL CUSTODY.— 

12 Whoever, while acting in their capacity as a Federal law 

13 enforcement officer, knowingly engages in a sexual act 

14 with an individual who is under arrest, under supervision, 

15 in detention, or in Federal custody, shall be fined under 

16 this title, imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both.’’. 

17 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec18 tions for chapter 109A of title 18, United States 

19 Code, is amended by striking the item relating to 

20 section 2243 and inserting the following: 

‘‘2243. Sexual abuse of a minor, a ward, or an individual in Federal custody.’’. 

21 (d) ABUSIVE SEXUAL CONTACT.—Section 2244(a) of 

22 title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

23 (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

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1 (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at 

2 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘(6) subsection (c) of section 2243 of this title 

5 had the sexual contact been a sexual act, shall be 

6 fined under this title, imprisoned not more than two 

7 years, or both;’’; 

8 (e) DEFINITION.—Section 2246 of title 18, United 

9 States Code, is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

11 end; 

12 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at 

13 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

14 (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(7) the term ‘Federal law enforcement officer’ 

17 has the meaning given the term in section 115.’’. 

18 SEC. 1203. INCENTIVES FOR STATES. 

19 (a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—The Attorney 

20 General is authorized to make grants to States that have 

21 in effect a law that— 

22 (1) makes it a criminal offense for any person 

23 acting under color of law of the State to knowingly 

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1 under arrest, in detention, or otherwise in the actual 

2 custody of any law enforcement officer; and 

3 (2) prohibits a person charged with an offense 

4 described in paragraph (1) from asserting the con5 sent of the other individual as a defense. 

6 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—A State that re7 ceives a grant under this section shall submit to the Attor8 ney General, on an annual basis, information on— 

9 (1) the number of reports made to law enforce10 ment agencies in that State regarding persons en11 gaging in a sexual act while acting under color of 

12 law during the previous year; and 

13 (2) the disposition of each case in which sexual 

14 misconduct by a person acting under color of law 

15 was reported during the previous year. 

16 (c) APPLICATION.—A State seeking a grant under 

17 this section shall submit an application to the Attorney 

18 General at such time, in such manner, and containing 

19 such information as the Attorney General may reasonably 

20 require, including information about the law described in 

21 subsection (a). 

22 (d) GRANT AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant to a 

23 State under this section shall be in an amount that is not 

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1 of funding of the 3 most recent awards that the State re2 ceived under the following grant programs: 

3 (1) Part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con4 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10441 

5 et seq.) (commonly referred to as the ‘‘STOP Vio6 lence Against Women Formula Grant Program’’). 

7 (2) Section 41601 of the Violence Against 

8 Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12511) (commonly 

9 referred to as the ‘‘Sexual Assault Services Pro10 gram’’). 

11 (e) GRANT TERM.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 

13 provide an increase in the amount provided to a 

14 State under the grant programs described in sub15 section (d) for a 2-year period. 

16 (2) RENEWAL.—A State that receives a grant 

17 under this section may submit an application for a 

18 renewal of such grant at such time, in such manner, 

19 and containing such information as the Attorney 

20 General may reasonably require. 

21 (3) LIMIT.—A State may not receive a grant 

22 under this section for more than 4 years. 

23 (f) USES OF FUNDS.—A State that receives a grant 

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1 (1) 25 percent of such funds for any of the per2 missible uses of funds under the grant program de3 scribed in paragraph (1) of subsection (d); and 

4 (2) 75 percent of such funds for any of the per5 missible uses of funds under the grant program de6 scribed in paragraph (2) of subsection (d). 

7 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

8 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

9 $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027. 

10 (h) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 

11 term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several States and the 

12 District of Columbia, Indian Tribes, and the Common13 wealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Vir14 gin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. 

15 SEC. 1204. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

16 (a) REPORT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Not later 

17 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and 

18 each year thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit 

19 to Congress and make publicly available on the Depart20 ment of Justice website a report containing— 

21 (1) the information required to be reported to 

22 the Attorney General under section 1203(b); and 

23 (2) information on— 

24 (A) the number of reports made, during 

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1 agencies regarding persons engaging in a sexual 

2 act while acting under color of law; and 

3 (B) the disposition of each case in which 

4 sexual misconduct by a person acting under 

5 color of law was reported. 

6 (b) REPORT BY GAO.—Not later than 1 year after 

7 the date of enactment of this Act, and each year there8 after, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 

9 submit to Congress a report on any violations of section 

10 2243(c) of title 18, United States Code, as amended by 

11 section 1302, committed during the 1-year period covered 

12 by the report. 

13 (c) REPORT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL ON CONFLICTS

14 BETWEEN STATE’S MARRIAGE-AGE AND AGE-BASED SEX

15 OFFENSES.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enact16 ment of this Act, and each year thereafter, the Attorney 

17 General shall submit to Congress a report that examines 

18 inconsistencies between State laws on marriage-age and 

19 State laws on age-based sex offenses and, in particular, 

20 States with laws that— 

21 (1) provide an exception to definitions of age22 based sex offenses (including statutory rape), or a 

23 defense to prosecution for such offenses, based on 

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1 (2) allow marriages between parties at ages, or 

2 with age differences between them, such that sexual 

3 acts between those parties outside of marriage would 

4 constitute an age-based sex offense (including statu5 tory rape). 

6 SEC. 1205. DEFINITION. 

7 In this title, the term ‘‘sexual act’’ has the meaning 

8 given the term in section 2246 of title 18, United States 

9 Code. 

10 TITLE XIII—OTHER MATTERS 

11 SEC. 1301. NATIONAL STALKER AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 

12 REDUCTION. 

13 Section 40603 of the Violence Against Women Act 

14 of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12402) is amended by striking ‘‘2014 

15 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023 through 2027’’. 

16 SEC. 1302. FEDERAL VICTIM AND WITNESS COORDINATORS 

17 REAUTHORIZATION. 

18 Section 40114 of the Violence Against Women Act 

19 of 1994 (Public Law 103–322; 108 Stat. 1910) is amend20 ed to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 40114. AUTHORIZATION FOR FEDERAL VICTIM AND 

22 WITNESS COORDINATORS. 

23 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated for the 

24 United States attorneys for the purpose of appointing vic25 tim and witness coordinators for the prosecution of sex 


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1 crimes and domestic violence crimes where applicable 

2 (such as the District of Columbia), $1,000,000 for each 

3 of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.’’. 

4 SEC. 1303. CHILD ABUSE TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR JUDI5 CIAL PERSONNEL AND PRACTITIONERS RE6 AUTHORIZATION. 

7 Section 224(a) of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (34 

8 U.S.C. 20334(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘subtitle’’ and 

9 all that follows and inserting ‘‘subtitle $2,300,000 for each 

10 of fiscal years 2023 through 2027’’. 

11 SEC. 1304. SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT. 

12 Section 40152(c) of the Violent Crime Control and 

13 Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12311(c)) is 

14 amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

16 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

17 $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.’’. 

18 SEC. 1305. COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PRO19 GRAM. 

20 Section 219(a) of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (34 

21 U.S.C. 20324(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014 through 

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1 SEC. 1306. REVIEW OF LINK BETWEEN SUBSTANCE USE 

2 AND VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DAT3 ING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALK4 ING. 

5 Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 

6 of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

7 shall complete a review and submit to Congress a report 

8 on whether being a victim of domestic violence, dating vio9 lence, sexual assault, or stalking increases the likelihood 

10 of having a substance use disorder. 

11 SEC. 1307. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP TO STUDY FED12 ERAL EFFORTS TO COLLECT DATA ON SEX13 UAL VIOLENCE. 

14 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

15 the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 

16 shall establish an interagency working group to study Fed17 eral efforts to collect data on sexual violence and to make 

18 recommendations on the harmonization of such efforts. 

19 (b) COMPOSITION.—The Working Group shall be 

20 comprised of at least one representative from each of the 

21 following agencies, who shall be selected by the head of 

22 that agency: 

23 (1) The Centers for Disease Control and Pre24 vention. 

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1 (3) The Department of Health and Human 

2 Services. 

3 (4) The Department of Justice. 

4 (5) The Equal Employment Opportunity Com5 mission. 

6 (c) DUTIES.—The Working Group shall consider the 

7 following: 

8 (1) What activity constitutes different acts of 

9 sexual violence. 

10 (2) Whether reports that use the same terms 

11 for acts of sexual violence are collecting the same 

12 data on these acts. 

13 (3) Whether the context which led to an act of 

14 sexual violence should impact how that act is ac15 counted for in reports. 

16 (4) Whether the data collected is presented in 

17 a way that allows the general public to understand 

18 what acts of sexual violence are included in each 

19 measurement. 

20 (5) Steps that agencies that compile reports re21 lating to sexual violence can take to avoid double 

22 counting incidents of sexual violence. 

23 (d) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 2 years 

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1 Group shall publish and submit to Congress a report on 

2 the following: 

3 (1) The activities of the Working Group. 

4 (2) Recommendations to harmonize Federal ef5 forts to collect data on sexual violence. 

6 (3) Actions Federal agencies can take to imple7 ment the recommendations described in paragraph 

8 (2). 

9 (4) Recommendations, if any, for congressional 

10 action to implement the recommendations described 

11 in paragraph (2). 

12 (e) TERMINATION.—The Working Group shall termi13 nate 30 days after the date on which the report is sub14 mitted pursuant to subsection (d). 

15 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 (1) HARMONIZE.—The term ‘‘harmonize’’ in17 cludes efforts to coordinate sexual violence data col18 lection to produce complementary information, as 

19 appropriate, without compromising programmatic 

20 needs. 

21 (2) SEXUAL VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘sexual vio22 lence’’ includes an unwanted sexual act (including 

23 both contact and non-contact) about which the Fed24 eral Government collects information. 


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1 (3) WORKING GROUP.—The term ‘‘Working 

2 Group’’ means the interagency working group estab3 lished under subsection (a). 

4 SEC. 1308. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ON WORKPLACE 

5 RESPONSES TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF DOMES6 TIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE ASSISTANCE FOR 

7 MICROBUSINESSES. 

8 Section 41501(b) of the Violence Against Women Act 

9 of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12501(b)) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘companies and public en12 tities’’ and inserting ‘‘companies, public enti13 ties’’; and 

14 (B) by inserting ‘‘, and employers with 

15 fewer than 20 employees’’ after ‘‘State and 

16 local governments’’; and 

17 (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the pe18 riod at the end the following: ‘‘, which materials 

19 shall include a website with resources for employers 

20 with fewer than 20 employees, including live training 

21 materials’’. 

22 SEC. 1309. CIVIL ACTION RELATING TO DISCLOSURE OF IN23 TIMATE IMAGES. 

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1 (1 COMMERCIAL PORNOGRAPHIC CONTENT.— 

2 The term ‘‘commercial pornographic content’’ means 

3 any material that is subject to the record keeping re4 quirements under section 2257 of title 18, United 

5 States Code. 

6 (2) CONSENT.—The term ‘‘consent’’ means an 

7 affirmative, conscious, and voluntary authorization 

8 made by the individual free from force, fraud, mis9 representation, or coercion. 

10 (3) DEPICTED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘de11 picted individual’’ means an individual whose body 

12 appears in whole or in part in an intimate visual de13 piction and who is identifiable by virtue of the per14 son’s face, likeness, or other distinguishing char15 acteristic, such as a unique birthmark or other rec16 ognizable feature, or from information displayed in 

17 connection with the visual depiction. 

18 (4) DISCLOSE.—The term ‘‘disclose’’ means to 

19 transfer, publish, distribute, or make accessible. 

20 (5) INTIMATE VISUAL DEPICTION.—The term 

21 ‘‘intimate visual depiction’’— 

22 (A) means a visual depiction, as that term 

23 is defined in section 2256(5) of title 18, United 

24 States Code, that depicts— 


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1 (i) the uncovered genitals, pubic area, 

2 anus, or post-pubescent female nipple of an 

3 identifiable individual; or 

4 (ii) the display or transfer of bodily 

5 sexual fluids— 

6 (I) on to any part of the body of 

7 an identifiable individual; 

8 (II) from the body of an identifi9 able individual; or 

10 (III) an identifiable individual 

11 engaging in sexually explicit conduct 

12 and 

13 (B) includes any visual depictions de14 scribed in subparagraph (A) produced while the 

15 identifiable individual was in a public place only 

16 if the individual did not— 

17 (i) voluntarily display the content de18 picted; or 

19 (ii) consent to the sexual conduct de20 picted. 

21 (6) SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT.—The term 

22 ‘‘sexually explicit conduct’’ has the meaning given 

23 the term in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 

24 2256(2) of title 18, United States Code. 

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1 (1) RIGHT OF ACTION.— 

2 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

3 paragraph (4), an individual whose intimate vis4 ual depiction is disclosed, in or affecting inter5 state or foreign commerce or using any means 

6 or facility of interstate or foreign commerce, 

7 without the consent of the individual, where 

8 such disclosure was made by a person who 

9 knows that, or recklessly disregards whether, 

10 the individual has not consented to such disclo11 sure, may bring a civil action against that per12 son in an appropriate district court of the 

13 United States for relief as set forth in para14 graph (3). 

15 (B) RIGHTS ON BEHALF OF CERTAIN INDI16 VIDUALS.—In the case of an individual who is 

17 under 18 years of age, incompetent, incapaci18 tated, or deceased, the legal guardian of the in19 dividual or representative of the identifiable in20 dividual’s estate, another family member, or 

21 any other person appointed as suitable by the 

22 court, may assume the identifiable individual’s’ 

23 rights under this section, but in no event shall 

24 the defendant be named as such representative 

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1 (2) CONSENT.—For purposes of an action 

2 under paragraph (1)— 

3 (A) the fact that the individual consented 

4 to the creation of the depiction shall not estab5 lish that the person consented to its distribu6 tion; and 

7 (B) the fact that the individual disclosed 

8 the intimate visual depiction to someone else 

9 shall not establish that the person consented to 

10 the further disclosure of the intimate visual de11 piction by the person alleged to have violated 

12 paragraph (1). 

13 (3) RELIEF.— 

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—In a civil action filed 

15 under this section— 

16 (i) an individual may recover the ac17 tual damages sustained by the individual 

18 or liquidated damages in the amount of 

19 $150,000, and the cost of the action, in20 cluding reasonable attorney’s fees and 

21 other litigation costs reasonably incurred; 

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1 ing order, a preliminary injunction, or a 

2 permanent injunction ordering the defend3 ant to cease display or disclosure of the 

4 visual depiction. 

5 (B) PRESERVATION OF ANONYMITY.—In 

6 ordering relief under subparagraph (A), the 

7 court may grant injunctive relief maintaining 

8 the confidentiality of a plaintiff using a pseu9 donym. 

10 (4) EXCEPTIONS.—An identifiable individual 

11 may not bring an action for relief under this section 

12 relating to— 

13 (A) an intimate image that is commercial 

14 pornographic content, unless that content was 

15 produced by force, fraud, misrepresentation, or 

16 coercion of the depicted individual; 

17 (B) a disclosure made in good faith— 

18 (i) to a law enforcement officer or 

19 agency; 

20 (ii) as part of a legal proceeding; 

21 (iii) as part of medical education, di22 agnosis, or treatment; or 

23 (iv) in the reporting or investigation 

24 of— 

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1 (II) unsolicited or unwelcome 

2 conduct; 

3 (C) a matter of public concern or public in4 terest; or 

5 (D) a disclosure reasonably intended to as6 sist the identifiable individual. 

7 SEC. 1310. CHOOSE RESPECT ACT. 

8 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

9 ‘‘Choose Respect Act’’. 

10 (b) DESIGNATION.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 36, United 

12 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘§ 146. Choose Respect Day 

15 ‘‘(a) DESIGNATION.—October 1 is Choose Respect 

16 Day. 

17 ‘‘(b) RECOGNITION.—All private citizens, organiza18 tions, and Federal, State, and local governmental and leg19 islative entities are encouraged to recognize Choose Re20 spect Day through proclamations, activities, and edu21 cational efforts in furtherance of changing the culture 

22 around the tolerance of violence against women.’’. 

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1 36, United States Code, is amended by adding at 

2 the end the following: 

‘‘146. Choose Respect Day.’’. 

3 (c) MEDIA CAMPAIGN.— 

4 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

5 (A) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ 

6 means the Director of the Office on Violence 

7 Against Women. 

8 (B) NATIONAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN.—The 

9 term ‘‘national media campaign’’ means the na10 tional ‘‘Choose Respect’’ media campaign de11 scribed in paragraph (2). 

12 (2) MEDIA CAMPAIGN.—The Director shall, to 

13 the extent feasible and appropriate, conduct a na14 tional ‘‘Choose Respect’’ media campaign in accord15 ance with this section for the purposes of— 

16 (A) preventing and discouraging violence 

17 against women, including domestic violence, 

18 dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by 

19 targeting the attitudes, perceptions, and beliefs 

20 of individuals who have or are likely to commit 

21 such crimes; 

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1 tive by the most current evidence available, in2 cluding seeking legal representation; and 

3 (C) informing the public about the help 

4 available to victims of the crimes described in 

5 subparagraph (A). 

6 (3) USE OF FUNDS.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made avail8 able to carry out this section for the national 

9 media campaign may only be used for the fol10 lowing: 

11 (i) The purchase of media time and 

12 space, including the strategic planning for, 

13 tracking, and accounting of, such pur14 chases. 

15 (ii) Creative and talent costs, con16 sistent with subparagraph (B). 

17 (iii) Advertising production costs, 

18 which may include television, radio, inter19 net, social media, and other commercial 

20 marketing venues. 

21 (iv) Testing and evaluation of adver22 tising. 

23 (v) Evaluation of the effectiveness of 

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1 (vi) Costs of contracts to carry out ac2 tivities authorized by this subsection. 

3 (vii) Partnerships with professional 

4 and civic groups, community-based organi5 zations, including faith-based organizations 

6 and culturally specific organizations, and 

7 government organizations related to the 

8 national media campaign. 

9 (viii) Entertainment industry out10 reach, interactive outreach, media projects 

11 and activities, public information, news 

12 media outreach, corporate sponsorship and 

13 participation, and professional sports asso14 ciations and military branch participation. 

15 (ix) Operational and management ex16 penses. 

17 (B) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.— 

18 (i) CREATIVE SERVICES.—In using 

19 amounts for creative and talent costs 

20 under subparagraph (A), the Director shall 

21 use creative services donated at no cost to 

22 the Government wherever feasible and may 

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1 (I) responding to high-priority or 

2 emergent campaign needs that cannot 

3 timely be obtained at no cost; or 

4 (II) intended to reach a minority, 

5 ethnic, or other special audience that 

6 cannot reasonably be obtained at no 

7 cost. 

8 (ii) TESTING AND EVALUATION OF

9 ADVERTISING.—In using amounts for test10 ing and evaluation of advertising under 

11 subparagraph (A)(iv), the Director shall 

12 test all advertisements prior to use in the 

13 national media campaign to ensure that 

14 the advertisements are effective with the 

15 target audience and meet industry-accept16 ed standards. The Director may waive this 

17 requirement for advertisements using not 

18 more than 10 percent of the purchase of 

19 advertising time purchased under this sec20 tion in a fiscal year and not more than 10 

21 percent of the advertising space purchased 

22 under this section in a fiscal year, if the 

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1 vertisements will not be widely utilized in 

2 the national media campaign. 

3 (iii) CONSULTATION.—For the plan4 ning of the campaign under paragraph (2), 

5 the Director may consult with— 

6 (I) the Office for Victims of 

7 Crime, the Administration on Chil8 dren, Youth and Families, and other 

9 related Federal Government entities; 

10 (II) State, local, and Indian Trib11 al governments; 

12 (III) the prevention of domestic 

13 violence, dating violence, sexual as14 sault, or stalking, including national 

15 and local non-profits; and 

16 (IV) communications profes17 sionals. 

18 (iv) EVALUATION OF EFFECTIVENESS

19 OF NATIONAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN.—In using 

20 amounts for the evaluation of the effective21 ness of the national media campaign under 

22 subparagraph (A)(v), the Attorney General 

23 shall— 

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1 year the effectiveness of the national 

2 media campaign based on data from 

3 any relevant studies or publications, 

4 as determined by the Attorney Gen5 eral, including tracking and evaluation 

6 data collected according to marketing 

7 and advertising industry standards; 

8 and 

9 (II) ensure that the effectiveness 

10 of the national media campaign is 

11 evaluated in a manner that enables 

12 consideration of whether the national 

13 media campaign has contributed to 

14 changes in attitude or behaviors 

15 among the target audience with re16 spect to violence against women and 

17 such other measures of evaluation as 

18 the Attorney General determines are 

19 appropriate. 

20 (4) ADVERTISING.—In carrying out this sub21 section, the Director shall ensure that sufficient 

22 funds are allocated to meet the stated goals of the 

23 national media campaign. 

24 (5) RESPONSIBILITIES AND FUNCTIONS UNDER

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall de2 termine the overall purposes and strategy of the 

3 national media campaign. 

4 (B) DIRECTOR.— 

5 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall 

6 approve— 

7 (I) the strategy of the national 

8 media campaign; 

9 (II) all advertising and pro10 motional material used in the national 

11 media campaign; and 

12 (III) the plan for the purchase of 

13 advertising time and space for the na14 tional media campaign. 

15 (ii) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Director 

16 shall be responsible for implementing a fo17 cused national media campaign to meet the 

18 purposes described in paragraph (2) and 

19 shall ensure— 

20 (I) information disseminated 

21 through the campaign is accurate and 

22 scientifically valid; and 

23 (II) the campaign is designed 

24 using strategies demonstrated to be 

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1 goals and requirements of paragraph 

2 (2), which may include— 

3 (aa) a media campaign, as 

4 described in paragraph (3); 

5 (bb) local, regional, or popu6 lation specific messaging; 

7 (cc) the development of 

8 websites to publicize and dissemi9 nate information; 

10 (dd) conducting outreach 

11 and providing educational re12 sources for women; 

13 (ee) collaborating with law 

14 enforcement agencies; and 

15 (ff) providing support for 

16 school-based public health edu17 cation classes to improve teen 

18 knowledge about the effects of vi19 olence against women. 

20 (6) PROHIBITIONS.—None of the amounts 

21 made available under paragraph (3) may be obli22 gated or expended for any of the following: 

23 (A) To supplant current antiviolence 

24 against women campaigns by community-based 

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1 (B) To supplant pro bono public service 

2 time donated by national and local broadcasting 

3 networks for other public service campaigns. 

4 (C) For partisan political purposes, or to 

5 express advocacy in support of or to defeat any 

6 clearly identified candidate, clearly identified 

7 ballot initiative, or clearly identified legislative 

8 or regulatory proposal. 

9 (D) To fund advertising that features any 

10 elected officials, persons seeking elected office, 

11 cabinet level officials, or other Federal officials 

12 employed pursuant to schedule C of subpart C 

13 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations. 

14 (E) To fund advertising that does not con15 tain a primary message intended to reduce or 

16 prevent violence against women. 

17 (F) To fund advertising containing a pri18 mary message intended to promote support for 

19 the national media campaign or private sector 

20 contributions to the national media campaign. 

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1 (A) audits and reviews of costs of the na2 tional media campaign pursuant to section 

3 4706 of title 41, United States Code; and 

4 (B) an audit to determine whether the 

5 costs of the national media campaign are allow6 able under chapter 43 of title 41, United States 

7 Code. 

8 (8) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director shall 

9 submit on an annual basis a report to Congress that 

10 describes— 

11 (A) the strategy of the national media 

12 campaign and whether specific objectives of the 

13 national media campaign were accomplished; 

14 (B) steps taken to ensure that the national 

15 media campaign operates in an effective and ef16 ficient manner consistent with the overall strat17 egy and focus of the national media campaign; 

18 (C) plans to purchase advertising time and 

19 space; 

20 (D) policies and practices implemented to 

21 ensure that Federal funds are used responsibly 

22 to purchase advertising time and space and 

23 eliminate the potential for waste, fraud, and 

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1 (E) all contracts entered into with a cor2 poration, partnership, or individual working on 

3 behalf of the national media campaign; 

4 (F) the results of any financial audit of the 

5 national media campaign; 

6 (G) a description of any evidence used to 

7 develop the national media campaign; 

8 (H) specific policies and steps implemented 

9 to ensure compliance with this subsection; 

10 (I) a detailed accounting of the amount of 

11 funds obligated during the previous fiscal year 

12 for carrying out the national media campaign, 

13 including each recipient of funds, the purpose 

14 of each expenditure, the amount of each ex15 penditure, any available outcome information, 

16 and any other information necessary to provide 

17 a complete accounting of the funds expended; 

18 and 

19 (J) a review and evaluation of the effec20 tiveness of the national media campaign strat21 egy for the previous year. 

22 (9) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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1 of fiscal years 2023 through 2027, to remain avail2 able until expended. 

3 SEC. 1311. TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO VICTIMS OF CRIME 

4 ACT. 

5 Section 1403(a)(1) of the Victims of Crime Act of 

6 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20102(a)(1)) is amended by striking 

7 ‘‘paragraph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (4)’’. 

8 SEC. 1312. ELIMINATING THE MARRIAGE DEFENSE TO 

9 STATUTORY RAPE. 

10 Section 2243(c) of title 18, United States Code, is 

11 amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(1) In a’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘In a’’; and 

14 (2) by striking paragraph (2). 

15 SEC. 1313. DEPUTY ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL ON 

16 CULTURALLY SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES WITH17 IN THE OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS. 

18 (a) ESTABLISHMENT; DUTIES.—There shall be a 

19 Deputy Assistant Attorney General on Culturally Specific 

20 Communities within the Office of Justice Programs who 

21 shall, under the guidance and authority of the Director 

22 of the Office of Justice Programs— 

23 (1) advise on the administration of grants re24 lated to culturally specific (as defined in section 

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1 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a))) services and contracts 

2 with culturally specific organizations; 

3 (2) coordinate development of Federal policy, 

4 protocols, and guidelines on matters relating to do5 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

6 stalking (as those terms are defined in section 

7 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 

8 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)), in culturally specific 

9 communities; 

10 (3) advise the Assistant Attorney General for 

11 the Office of Justice Programs concerning policies, 

12 legislation, implementation of laws, and other issues 

13 relating to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

14 assault, and stalking in culturally specific commu15 nities; 

16 (4) provide technical assistance, coordination, 

17 and support to other offices and bureaus in the De18 partment of Justice to develop policy and to enforce 

19 Federal laws relating to domestic violence, dating vi20 olence, sexual assault, and stalking in culturally spe21 cific communities; 

22 (5) ensure that appropriate technical assistance, 

23 developed and provided by entities having expertise 

24 in culturally specific communities, is made available 


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1 to grantees and potential grantees proposing to serve 

2 culturally specific communities; and 

3 (6) ensure access to grants and technical assist4 ance for culturally specific organizations and analyze 

5 the distribution of funding in order to identify bar6 riers for culturally specific organizations. 

7 (b) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Deputy Assistant Attor8 ney General on Culturally Specific Communities shall be 

9 an individual with— 

10 (1) personal, lived, and work experience from a 

11 culturally specific community; and 

12 (2) a demonstrated history of and expertise in 

13 addressing domestic violence or sexual assault in a 

14 nongovernmental agency. 

15 (c) INITIAL APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 120 days 

16 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 

17 the Office of Justice Programs shall appoint an individual 

18 as Deputy Assistant Attorney General on Culturally Spe19 cific Communities. 

20 SEC. 1314. TASK FORCE ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN EDU21 CATION. 

22 (a) TASK FORCE ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN EDU23 CATION.—Not later than September 1, 2022, the Sec24 retary of Education, the Secretary of Health and Human 

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1 interagency task force to be known as the ‘‘Task Force 

2 on Sexual Violence in Education’’ that shall— 

3 (1) provide pertinent information to the Sec4 retary of Education, the Attorney General, Congress, 

5 and the public with respect to campus sexual vio6 lence prevention, investigations, and responses, in7 cluding the creation of consistent, public complaint 

8 processes for violations of title IX of the Education 

9 Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) and 

10 section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

11 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)); 

12 (2) provide recommendations to educational in13 stitutions for establishing sexual assault prevention 

14 and response teams; 

15 (3) develop recommendations for educational in16 stitutions on providing survivor resources, including 

17 health care, sexual assault kits, sexual assault nurse 

18 examiners, culturally responsive and inclusive stand19 ards of care, trauma-informed services, and access to 

20 confidential advocacy and support services; 

21 (4) develop recommendations in conjunction 

22 with student groups for best practices for responses 

23 to and prevention of sexual violence and dating vio24 lence for educational institutions, taking into consid25 eration an institution’s size and resources; 


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1 (5) develop recommendations for educational in2 stitutions on sex education, as appropriate, training 

3 for school staff, and various equitable discipline 

4 models; 

5 (6) develop recommendations on culturally re6 sponsive and inclusive approaches to supporting sur7 vivors, which include consideration of race, ethnicity, 

8 national origin, religion, immigrant status, lesbian, 

9 gay, bisexual, or transgender (commonly referred to 

10 as ‘‘LGBT’’) status, ability, disability, socio-eco11 nomic status, exposure to trauma, and other 

12 compounding factors; 

13 (7) solicit periodic input from a diverse group 

14 of survivors, trauma specialists, advocates from na15 tional, State, and local anti-sexual violence advocacy 

16 organizations, institutions of higher education, and 

17 other public stakeholders; 

18 (8) assess the Department of Education’s abil19 ity under section 902 of the Education Amendments 

20 of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1682) to levy intermediate fines 

21 for noncompliance with title IX of the Education 

22 Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) and 

23 the advisability of additional remedies for such non24 compliance, in addition to the remedies already 

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1 (9) create a plan described in subsection (c). 

2 (b) PERSONNEL DETAILS.— 

3 (1) AUTHORITY TO DETAIL.—Notwithstanding 

4 any other provision of law, the head of a component 

5 of any Federal agency for which appropriations are 

6 authorized under the Violence Against Women Act 

7 of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 13925 et seq.), or any amend8 ments made by that Act, may detail an officer or 

9 employee of such component to the Task Force on 

10 Sexual Violence in Education or to the Secretary of 

11 Education to assist the Task Force with the duties 

12 described in subsection (a), as jointly agreed to by 

13 the head of such component and the Task Force. 

14 (2) TERMS OF DETAIL.—A personnel detail 

15 made under paragraph (1) may be made— 

16 (A) for a period of not more than 3 years; 

17 and 

18 (B) on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable 

19 basis. 

20 (c) ADDITIONAL PLAN.—Not later than 90 days after 

21 the date on which the Task Force on Sexual Violence in 

22 Education is established under subsection (a), the Task 

23 Force shall submit to Congress recommendations for re24 cruiting, retaining, and training a highly-qualified work25 force employed by the Department of Education to carry 


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1 out investigation of complaints alleging a violation of title 

2 IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 

3 1681 et seq.) or section 485(f) of the Higher Education 

4 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)), and enforcement of such 

5 title IX (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) or such section 485(f) 

6 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)), with respect to sexual violence in 

7 education, which shall include— 

8 (1) an assessment to identify gaps or challenges 

9 in carrying out such investigation and enforcement, 

10 which may include surveying the current investiga11 tive workforce to solicit feedback on areas in need of 

12 improvement; 

13 (2) an examination of issues of recruiting, re14 tention, and the professional development of the cur15 rent investigative workforce, including the possibility 

16 of providing retention bonuses or other forms of 

17 compensation for the purpose of ensuring the De18 partment of Education has the capacity, in both per19 sonnel and skills, needed to properly perform its 

20 mission and provide adequate oversight of edu21 cational institutions; 

22 (3) an assessment of the benefits of outreach 

23 and training with both law enforcement agencies and 

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1 (4) an examination of best practices for making 

2 educational institutions aware of the most effective 

3 campus sexual violence prevention, investigation, and 

4 response practices and identifying areas where more 

5 research should be conducted; and 

6 (5) strategies for addressing such other matters 

7 as the Secretary of Education considers necessary to 

8 sexual violence prevention, investigation, and re9 sponses. 

10 (d) ANNUAL REPORTING.—The Task Force on Sex11 ual Violence in Education shall submit to Congress, and 

12 make publicly available, an annual report of its activities 

13 and any update of the plan required under subsection (c), 

14 including— 

15 (1) the number of complaints received regard16 ing sexual violence at educational institutions; 

17 (2) the number of open investigations of sexual 

18 violence at educational institutions; 

19 (3) the number of such complaints that contin20 ued to resolution; 

21 (4) the number of such complaints resolved 

22 using informal resolution; 

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1 (6) the number of such investigations initiated 

2 based on complaints; and 

3 (7) the number of such investigations initiated 

4 by the Department of Education. 

5 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.—The term 

7 ‘‘educational institution’’ includes an institution of 

8 higher education, an elementary school, or a sec9 ondary school. 

10 (2) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; SECONDARY

11 SCHOOL.—The terms ‘‘elementary school’’ and ‘‘sec12 ondary school’’ have the meanings given the terms 

13 in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary 

14 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

15 (3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

16 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

17 meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher 

18 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 

19 SEC. 1315. BREE’S LAW. 

20 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as 

21 ‘‘Bree’s Law’’. 

22 (b) TEEN DATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION.—Section 

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1 (1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(c) CERTAIN DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out subsection 

5 (b)(3), the Secretary may make grants to carry out 

6 demonstration projects for the purpose of improving 

7 adolescent health, including— 

8 ‘‘(A) projects to train health care providers 

9 in providing services to adolescents; and 

10 ‘‘(B) projects to reduce the incidence of vi11 olence among adolescents, particularly violence 

12 related to teen dating, which shall include 

13 projects to develop and implement educational 

14 program to increase abuse awareness and pre15 vention. 

16 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

17 For the purpose of carrying out paragraph (1), there 

18 are authorized to be appropriated $8,000,000 for 

19 each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.’’; and 

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

21 ‘‘(g) INTERAGENCY WORK GROUP.— 

22 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es23 tablish the Federal Interagency Work Group on 

24 Teen Dating Violence (referred to in this section as 

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1 ‘‘(2) IN GENERAL.— 

2 ‘‘(A) COMPOSITION.—Not later than 120 

3 days after the date of enactment of Bree’s Law, 

4 the Secretary shall appoint representatives to 

5 the Work Group from the Administration for 

6 Children and Families, the Centers for Disease 

7 Control and Prevention, the Health Resources 

8 and Services Administration, the Department of 

9 Education, the Department of Justice, and 

10 other Federal agencies as determined appro11 priate by the Secretary. 

12 ‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—The Work Group 

13 shall consult with— 

14 ‘‘(i) experts at the State, Tribal, and 

15 local levels with relevant backgrounds in 

16 reducing and preventing the incidence of 

17 teen dating violence; 

18 ‘‘(ii) victims of teen dating violence; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(iii) family members of teens who 

21 were killed by a dating partner. 

22 ‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The Work Group shall— 

23 ‘‘(A) examine all Federal efforts directed 

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1 ‘‘(B) identify strategies, resources, and 

2 supports to improve State, Tribal, and local re3 sponses to the incidence of teen dating violence; 

4 ‘‘(C) make recommendations to Congress 

5 for improving Federal programs and efforts and 

6 coordination across such programs and efforts 

7 to reduce and prevent teen dating violence; and 

8 ‘‘(D) make recommendations for educating 

9 middle and high school students on teen dating 

10 violence. 

11 ‘‘(4) ANNUAL REPORT TO SECRETARY.—The 

12 Work Group shall annually prepare and submit to 

13 the Secretary, the Committee on Health, Education, 

14 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and the Com15 mittee on Education and Labor of the House of 

16 Representatives, a report on the activities carried 

17 out by the Work Group under subsection (c), includ18 ing recommendations to reduce and prevent teen 

19 dating violence.’’. 

20 SEC. 1316. FAIRNESS FOR RAPE KIT BACKLOG SURVIVORS 

21 ACT OF 2022. 

22 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

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1 (b) CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION.—Section 

2 1403(b) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 

3 20102(b)) is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

5 end; 

6 (2) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para7 graph (10); and 

8 (3) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(9) beginning not later than 3 years after the 

11 date of enactment of this paragraph, such pro12 gram— 

13 ‘‘(A) provides a waiver for any application 

14 filing deadline imposed by the program for a 

15 crime victim if— 

16 ‘‘(i) the crime victim is otherwise eligi17 ble for compensation; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) the delay in filing the application 

19 was a result of a delay in the testing of, 

20 or a delay in the DNA profile matching 

21 from, a sexual assault forensic examination 

22 kit or biological material collected as evi23 dence related to a sexual offense; and 

24 ‘‘(B) does not require the crime victim to 

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1 tion of the crime victim considered for a filing 

2 deadline waiver under subparagraph (A); and’’. 

3 SEC. 1317. STUDY RELATING TO STATE ACTIONS TO PRO4 HIBIT AIDING AND ABETTING SEXUAL MIS5 CONDUCT IN SCHOOLS. 

6 Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 

7 of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall publish in 

8 the Federal Register the findings of the Department of 

9 Education’s study, as described in the notice published in 

10 the Federal Register entitled ‘‘Agency Information Collec11 tion Activities; Comment Request; Study of State Policies 

12 to Prohibit Aiding and Abetting Sexual Misconduct in 

13 Schools’’ (84 Fed. Reg. 57708 (October 28, 2019)), re14 viewing State actions to prohibit, in accordance with sec15 tion 8546 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

16 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7926), the aiding and abetting 

17 of sexual misconduct in schools. 

18 SEC. 1318. SUPPORTING ACCESS TO NURSE EXAMS ACT. 

19 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

20 ‘‘Supporting Access to Nurse Exams Act’’ or the ‘‘SANE 

21 Act’’. 

22 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 304 of the DNA Sexual 

23 Assault Justice Act of 2004 (34 U.S.C. 40723) is amend24 ed by striking subsections (a), (b), and (c) and inserting 

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

2 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en3 tity’ includes— 

4 ‘‘(A) a Tribal government or hospital; 

5 ‘‘(B) a sexual assault examination pro6 gram, including— 

7 ‘‘(i) a SANE program; 

8 ‘‘(ii) a SAFE program; 

9 ‘‘(iii) a SART program; 

10 ‘‘(iv) medical personnel, including a 

11 doctor or nurse, involved in treating vic12 tims of sexual assault; and 

13 ‘‘(v) a victim service provider involved 

14 in treating victims of sexual assault; 

15 ‘‘(C) a State sexual assault coalition; 

16 ‘‘(D) a health care facility, including a hos17 pital that provides sexual assault forensic ex18 aminations by a qualified or certified SANE or 

19 SAFE; 

20 ‘‘(E) a sexual assault examination program 

21 that provides SANE or SAFE training; and 

22 ‘‘(F) a community-based program that pro23 vides sexual assault forensic examinations, in24 cluding pediatric forensic exams in a multidisci25 plinary setting, by a qualified or certified 


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1 SANE or SAFE outside of a traditional health 

2 care setting. 

3 ‘‘(2) HEALTH CARE FACILITY.—The term 

4 ‘health care facility’ means any State, local, Tribal, 

5 community, free, nonprofit, academic, or private 

6 medical facility, including a hospital, that provides 

7 emergency medical care to patients. 

8 ‘‘(3) MEDICAL FORENSIC EXAMINATION; 

9 MFE.—The term ‘medical forensic examination’ or 

10 ‘MFE’ means an examination of a sexual assault pa11 tient by a health care provider, who has specialized 

12 education and clinical experience in the collection of 

13 forensic evidence and treatment of these patients, 

14 which includes— 

15 ‘‘(A) gathering information from the pa16 tient for the medical forensic history; 

17 ‘‘(B) an examination; 

18 ‘‘(C) coordinating treatment of injuries, 

19 documentation of biological and physical find20 ings, and collection of evidence from the pa21 tient; 

22 ‘‘(D) documentation of findings; 

23 ‘‘(E) providing information, treatment, and 

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1 stance abuse, and other non-acute medical con2 cerns; and 

3 ‘‘(F) providing follow-up as needed to pro4 vide additional healing, treatment, or collection 

5 of evidence. 

6 ‘‘(4) PEDIATRIC SANE AND SAFE.—The term 

7 ‘pediatric SANE and SAFE’ means a SANE or 

8 SAFE who is trained to conduct sexual assault fo9 rensic examinations on children and youth between 

10 the ages of 0 and 18. 

11 ‘‘(5) QUALIFIED PERSONNEL.—The term 

12 ‘qualified personnel’ includes a registered or ad13 vanced practice nurse, physician, doctor of osteop14 athy, or physician assistant who has specialized 

15 training conducting medical forensic examinations. 

16 ‘‘(6) QUALIFIED SANE AND SAFE TRAINING

17 PROGRAM.—The term ‘qualified SANE and SAFE 

18 training program’ means a program that— 

19 ‘‘(A) is qualified to prepare current and fu20 ture sexual assault nurse examiners to be pro21 fession-ready and meet the applicable State and 

22 National certification and licensure require23 ments, through didactic, clinical, preceptor, or 

24 capstone programs that include longer-term 

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1 ‘‘(B) provides that preparation under a 

2 health care model that uses trauma-informed 

3 techniques; and 

4 ‘‘(C) is approved as meeting the most re5 cent National Training Standards for Sexual 

6 Assault Medical Forensic Examiners. 

7 ‘‘(7) RURAL AREA.—The term ‘rural area’ has 

8 the meaning given the term in section 40002 of the 

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

10 12291). 

11 ‘‘(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 

12 the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

13 ‘‘(9) SEXUAL ASSAULT.—The term ‘sexual as14 sault’ means any nonconsensual sexual act or sexual 

15 contact proscribed by Federal, Tribal, or State law, 

16 including when the individual lacks capacity to con17 sent. 

18 ‘‘(10) SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAMINER; 

19 SAFE.—The term ‘sexual assault forensic examiner’ 

20 or ‘SAFE’ means an individual who has specialized 

21 forensic training in treating sexual assault survivors 

22 and conducting medical forensic examinations. 

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1 tient by a health care provider, who has specialized 

2 education and clinical experience in the collection of 

3 forensic evidence and treatment of these patients, 

4 which includes— 

5 ‘‘(A) gathering information from the pa6 tient for the medical forensic history; 

7 ‘‘(B) an examination; 

8 ‘‘(C) coordinating treatment of injuries, 

9 documentation of biological and physical find10 ings, and collection of evidence from the pa11 tient; 

12 ‘‘(D) documentation of findings; 

13 ‘‘(E) providing information, treatment, and 

14 referrals for sexually transmitted infections, 

15 pregnancy, suicidal ideation, alcohol and sub16 stance abuse, and other non-acute medical con17 cerns; and 

18 ‘‘(F) providing follow-up as needed to pro19 vide additional healing, treatment, or collection 

20 of evidence. 

21 ‘‘(12) SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINER; 

22 SANE.—The term ‘sexual assault nurse examiner’ or 

23 ‘SANE’ means a registered or advanced practice 

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1 ‘‘(13) SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE TEAM; 

2 SART.—The term ‘sexual assault response team’ or 

3 ‘SART’ means a multidisciplinary team that— 

4 ‘‘(A) provides a specialized and immediate 

5 response to survivors of sexual assault; and 

6 ‘‘(B) may include health care personnel, 

7 law enforcement representatives, community8 based survivor advocates, prosecutors, and fo9 rensic scientists. 

10 ‘‘(14) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means any 

11 State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 

12 and any territory or possession of the United States. 

13 ‘‘(15) TRAUMA-INFORMED.—The term ‘trauma14 informed’ means, with respect to services or train15 ing, services or training that— 

16 ‘‘(A) use a patient-centered approach to 

17 providing services or care; 

18 ‘‘(B) promote the dignity, strength, and 

19 empowerment of patients who have experienced 

20 trauma; and 

21 ‘‘(C) incorporate evidence-based practices 

22 based on knowledge about the impact of trauma 

23 on patients’ lives. 

24 ‘‘(16) UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.—The 

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1 given the term in section 40002 of the Violence 

2 Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291).’’. 

3 (c) SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINER GRANTS.— 

4 Section 304 of the DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act of 

5 2004 (34 U.S.C. 40723) is amended by inserting after 

6 subsection (a), as amended by subsection (b) of this sec7 tion, the following: 

8 ‘‘(b) SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINER TRAINING

9 PROGRAM GRANTS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION FOR GRANTS.—The At11 torney General, in consultation with the Secretary, 

12 shall make grants to eligible entities for the fol13 lowing purposes: 

14 ‘‘(A) To establish qualified regional SANE 

15 training programs— 

16 ‘‘(i) to provide clinical education for 

17 SANE students; 

18 ‘‘(ii) to provide salaries for full and 

19 part-time SANE instructors, including 

20 those specializing in pediatrics and work21 ing in a multidisciplinary team setting, to 

22 help with the clinical training of SANEs; 

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1 ‘‘(iii) to provide access to simulation 

2 laboratories and other resources necessary 

3 for clinical education. 

4 ‘‘(B) To provide full and part time salaries 

5 for SANEs and SAFEs, including pediatric 

6 SANEs and SAFEs. 

7 ‘‘(C) To increase access to SANEs and 

8 SAFEs by otherwise providing training, edu9 cation, or technical assistance relating to the 

10 collection, preservation, analysis, and use of 

11 DNA samples and DNA evidence by SANEs, 

12 SAFEs, and other qualified personnel. 

13 ‘‘(2) PREFERENCE FOR GRANTS.—In reviewing 

14 applications for grants under this section, the Attor15 ney General shall give preference to any eligible enti16 ty that certifies in the grant application that the en17 tity will coordinate with a rape crisis center or the 

18 State sexual assault coalition to facilitate sexual as19 sault advocacy to support sexual assault survivors 

20 and use the grant funds to— 

21 ‘‘(A) establish qualified SANE training 

22 programs in localities with a high volume of fo23 rensic trauma cases, including adult and child 

24 sexual assault, domestic violence, elder abuse, 

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1 ‘‘(B) increase the local and regional avail2 ability of full and part time sexual assault 

3 nurse examiners in a rural area, Tribal area, an 

4 area with a health professional shortage, or for 

5 an underserved population, including efforts to 

6 provide culturally competent services; or 

7 ‘‘(C) establish or sustain sexual assault 

8 mobile teams or units or otherwise enhance 

9 SANE and SAFE access through telehealth.’’. 

10 (d) DIRECTIVE.—Section 304 of the DNA Sexual As11 sault Justice Act of 2004 (34 U.S.C. 40723) is amend12 ed— 

13 (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub14 section (e); and 

15 (2) by inserting after subsection (b), as added 

16 by subsection (c) of this section, the following: 

17 ‘‘(c) DIRECTIVE TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the begin19 ning of fiscal year 2022, the Attorney General shall 

20 coordinate with the Secretary to inform health care 

21 facilities, including Federally qualified health centers 

22 and hospitals, colleges and universities, and other 

23 appropriate health-related entities about— 

24 ‘‘(A) the availability of grant funding 

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1 ‘‘(B) the role of sexual assault nurse exam2 iners, both adult and pediatric, and available 

3 resources of the Department of Justice and the 

4 Department of Health and Human Services to 

5 train or employ sexual assault nurses examiners 

6 to address the needs of communities dealing 

7 with sexual assault, domestic violence, sex traf8 ficking, elder abuse, strangulation, and, in par9 ticular, the need for pediatric SANEs, including 

10 such nurse examiners working in the multidisci11 plinary setting, in responding to abuse of both 

12 children and adolescents. 

13 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—In carrying out para14 graph (1), the Attorney General shall collaborate 

15 with nongovernmental organizations representing 

16 SANEs. 

17 ‘‘(d) PUBLIC INFORMATION ON ACCESS TO SEXUAL

18 ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAMINATIONS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 

20 after the date of enactment of the Supporting Access 

21 to Nurse Exams Act, the Attorney General, in con22 sultation with the Secretary, shall establish, and up23 date annually, a public website on the access to fo24 rensic nurse examiners. 


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1 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The website required under 

2 paragraph (1) shall with specificity describe, by 

3 State— 

4 ‘‘(A) funding opportunities for SANE 

5 training and continuing education; and 

6 ‘‘(B) the availability of sexual assault ad7 vocates at locations providing sexual assault fo8 rensic exams. 

9 ‘‘(3) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 4 

10 years after the date of enactment of the Supporting 

11 Access to Nurse Exams Act, the Attorney General, 

12 in consultation with the Secretary, shall submit to 

13 the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, the 

14 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen15 sions of the Senate, the Committee on the Judiciary 

16 of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 

17 on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep18 resentatives a report on— 

19 ‘‘(A) the availability of, and patient access 

20 to, trained SANEs and other providers who 

21 perform MFEs or sexual assault forensic exami22 nations; 

23 ‘‘(B) the health care facilities, including 

24 hospitals or clinics, that offer SANEs and sex25 ual assault forensic examinations and whether 


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1 each health care facility, including a hospital or 

2 clinic, has full-time, part-time, or on-call cov3 erage; 

4 ‘‘(C) regional, provider, or other barriers 

5 to access for SANE care and services, including 

6 MFEs and sexual assault forensic examinations; 

7 ‘‘(D) State requirements, minimum stand8 ards, and protocols for training SANEs, includ9 ing trauma-informed and culturally competent 

10 training standards; 

11 ‘‘(E) State requirements, minimum stand12 ards, and protocols for training emergency serv13 ices personnel involved in MFEs and sexual as14 sault forensic examinations; 

15 ‘‘(F) the availability of sexual assault 

16 nurse examiner training, frequency of when 

17 training is convened, the providers of such 

18 training, the State’s role in such training, and 

19 what process or procedures are in place for con20 tinuing education of such examiners; 

21 ‘‘(G) the dedicated Federal and State 

22 funding to support SANE training; 

23 ‘‘(H) funding opportunities for SANE 

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1 ‘‘(I) the availability of sexual assault advo2 cates at locations providing MFEs and sexual 

3 assault forensic exams; and 

4 ‘‘(J) the total annual cost of conducting 

5 sexual assault forensic exams described in sec6 tion 2010(b) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

7 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 

8 U.S.C. 10449(b)).’’. 

9 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub10 section (e) of section 304 of the DNA Sexual Assault Jus11 tice Act of 2004 (34 U.S.C. 40723), as redesignated by 

12 subsection (d) of this section, is amended to read as fol13 lows: 

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

15 are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for each 

16 of fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to carry out this sec17 tion.’’. 

18 TITLE XIV—CYBERCRIME 

19 ENFORCEMENT 

20 SEC. 1401. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS FOR EN21 FORCEMENT OF CYBERCRIMES. 

22 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 (1) COMPUTER.—The term ‘‘computer’’ in24 cludes a computer network and an interactive elec25 tronic device. 


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1 (2) CYBERCRIME AGAINST INDIVIDUALS.—The 

2 term ‘‘cybercrime against individuals’’— 

3 (A) means a criminal offense applicable in 

4 the area under the jurisdiction of the relevant 

5 State, Indian Tribe, or unit of local government 

6 that involves the use of a computer to harass, 

7 threaten, stalk, extort, coerce, cause fear to, or 

8 intimidate an individual, or without consent dis9 tribute intimate images of an adult, except that 

10 use of a computer need not be an element of 

11 such an offense; and 

12 (B) does not include the use of a computer 

13 to cause harm to a commercial entity, govern14 ment agency, or non-natural person. 

15 (3) INDIAN TRIBE; STATE; TRIBAL GOVERN16 MENT; UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The terms 

17 ‘‘Indian Tribe’’, ‘‘State’’, ‘‘Tribal government’’, and 

18 ‘‘unit of local government’’ have the meanings given 

19 such terms in section 40002(a) of the Violence 

20 Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)), 

21 as amended by this Act. 

22 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF GRANT PROGRAM.—Subject 

23 to the availability of appropriations, the Attorney General 

24 shall award grants under this section to States, Indian 

25 Tribes, and units of local government for the prevention, 


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1 enforcement, and prosecution of cybercrimes against indi2 viduals. 

3 (c) APPLICATION.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—To request a grant under 

5 this section, the chief executive officer of a State, 

6 Tribal government, or unit of local government shall 

7 submit an application to the Attorney General not 

8 later than 90 days after the date on which funds to 

9 carry out this section are appropriated for a fiscal 

10 year, in such form as the Attorney General may re11 quire. 

12 (2) CONTENTS.—An application submitted 

13 under paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

14 (A) A certification that Federal funds 

15 made available under this section will not be 

16 used to supplant State, Tribal, or local funds, 

17 but will be used to increase the amounts of 

18 such funds that would, in the absence of Fed19 eral funds, be made available for law enforce20 ment activities. 

21 (B) An assurance that, not later than 30 

22 days before the application (or any amendment 

23 to the application) was submitted to the Attor24 ney General, the application (or amendment) 

25 was submitted for review to the governing body 


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1 of the State, Tribe, or unit of local government 

2 (or to an organization designated by that gov3 erning body). 

4 (C) An assurance that, before the applica5 tion (or any amendment to the application) was 

6 submitted to the Attorney General— 

7 (i) the application (or amendment) 

8 was made public; and 

9 (ii) an opportunity to comment on the 

10 application (or amendment) was provided 

11 to citizens, to neighborhood or community12 based organizations, and to victim service 

13 providers, to the extent applicable law or 

14 established procedure makes such an op15 portunity available; 

16 (D) An assurance that, for each fiscal year 

17 covered by an application, the applicant shall 

18 maintain and report such data, records, and in19 formation (programmatic and financial) as the 

20 Attorney General may reasonably require. 

21 (E) A certification, made in a form accept22 able to the Attorney General and executed by 

23 the chief executive officer of the applicant (or 

24 by another officer of the applicant, if qualified 


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1 under regulations promulgated by the Attorney 

2 General), that— 

3 (i) the programs to be funded by the 

4 grant meet all the requirements of this sec5 tion; 

6 (ii) all the information contained in 

7 the application is correct; 

8 (iii) there has been appropriate co9 ordination with affected agencies; and 

10 (iv) the applicant will comply with all 

11 provisions of this section and all other ap12 plicable Federal laws. 

13 (F) A certification that the State, Tribe, or 

14 in the case of a unit of local government, the 

15 State in which the unit of local government is 

16 located, has in effect criminal laws which pro17 hibit cybercrimes against individuals. 

18 (G) A certification that any equipment de19 scribed in subsection (d)(8) purchased using 

20 grant funds awarded under this section will be 

21 used primarily for investigations and forensic 

22 analysis of evidence in matters involving 

23 cybercrimes against individuals. 

24 (d) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec25 tion may be used only for programs that provide— 


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1 (1) training for State, Tribal, or local law en2 forcement personnel relating to cybercrimes against 

3 individuals, including— 

4 (A) training such personnel to identify and 

5 protect victims of cybercrimes against individ6 uals, provided that the training is developed in 

7 collaboration with victim service providers; 

8 (B) training such personnel to utilize Fed9 eral, State, Tribal, local, and other resources to 

10 assist victims of cybercrimes against individ11 uals; 

12 (C) training such personnel to identify and 

13 investigate cybercrimes against individuals; 

14 (D) training such personnel to enforce and 

15 utilize the laws that prohibit cybercrimes 

16 against individuals; 

17 (E) training such personnel to utilize tech18 nology to assist in the investigation of 

19 cybercrimes against individuals and enforce20 ment of laws that prohibit such crimes; and 

21 (F) the payment of overtime incurred as a 

22 result of such training; 

23 (2) training for State, Tribal, or local prosecu24 tors, judges, and judicial personnel relating to 

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1 (A) training such personnel to identify, in2 vestigate, prosecute, or adjudicate cybercrimes 

3 against individuals; 

4 (B) training such personnel to utilize laws 

5 that prohibit cybercrimes against individuals; 

6 (C) training such personnel to utilize Fed7 eral, State, Tribal, local, and other resources to 

8 assist victims of cybercrimes against individ9 uals; and 

10 (D) training such personnel to utilize tech11 nology to assist in the prosecution or adjudica12 tion of acts of cybercrimes against individuals, 

13 including the use of technology to protect vic14 tims of such crimes; 

15 (3) training for State, Tribal, or local emer16 gency dispatch personnel relating to cybercrimes 

17 against individuals, including— 

18 (A) training such personnel to identify and 

19 protect victims of cybercrimes against individ20 uals; 

21 (B) training such personnel to utilize Fed22 eral, State, Tribal, local, and other resources to 

23 assist victims of cybercrimes against individ24 uals; 


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1 (C) training such personnel to utilize tech2 nology to assist in the identification of and re3 sponse to cybercrimes against individuals; and 

4 (D) the payment of overtime incurred as a 

5 result of such training; 

6 (4) assistance to State, Tribal, or local law en7 forcement agencies in enforcing laws that prohibit 

8 cybercrimes against individuals, including expenses 

9 incurred in performing enforcement operations, such 

10 as overtime payments; 

11 (5) assistance to State, Tribal, or local law en12 forcement agencies in educating the public in order 

13 to prevent, deter, and identify violations of laws that 

14 prohibit cybercrimes against individuals; 

15 (6) assistance to State, Tribal, or local law en16 forcement agencies to support the placement of vic17 tim assistants to serve as liaisons between victims of 

18 cybercrimes against individuals and personnel of law 

19 enforcement agencies; 

20 (7) assistance to State, Tribal, or local law en21 forcement agencies to establish task forces that op22 erate solely to conduct investigations, forensic anal23 yses of evidence, and prosecutions in matters involv24 ing cybercrimes against individuals; 


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1 (8) assistance to State, Tribal, or local law en2 forcement agencies and prosecutors in acquiring 

3 computers, computer equipment, and other equip4 ment necessary to conduct investigations and foren5 sic analysis of evidence in matters involving 

6 cybercrimes against individuals, including expenses 

7 incurred in the training, maintenance, or acquisition 

8 of technical updates necessary for the use of such 

9 equipment for the duration of a reasonable period of 

10 use of such equipment; 

11 (9) assistance in the facilitation and promotion 

12 of sharing, with State, Tribal, and local law enforce13 ment agencies and prosecutors, of the expertise and 

14 information of Federal law enforcement agencies 

15 about the investigation, analysis, and prosecution of 

16 matters involving laws that prohibit cybercrimes 

17 against individuals, including the use of multijuris18 dictional task forces; or 

19 (10) assistance to State, Tribal, and local law 

20 enforcement and prosecutors in processing interstate 

21 extradition requests for violations of laws involving 

22 cybercrimes against individuals, including expenses 

23 incurred in the extradition of an offender from one 

24 State to another. 


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1 (e) REPORTS TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.—On the 

2 date that is 1 year after the date on which a State, Indian 

3 Tribe, or unit of local government receives a grant under 

4 this section, and annually thereafter, the chief executive 

5 officer of the State, Tribal government, or unit of local 

6 government shall submit to the Attorney General a report 

7 which contains— 

8 (1) a summary of the activities carried out dur9 ing the previous year with any grant received under 

10 this section by such State, Indian Tribe, or unit of 

11 local government; 

12 (2) an evaluation of the results of such activi13 ties; and 

14 (3) such other information as the Attorney 

15 General may reasonably require. 

16 (f) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Novem17 ber 1 of each even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney 

18 General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 

19 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

20 the Judiciary of the Senate a report that contains a com21 pilation of the information contained in the reports sub22 mitted under subsection (e). 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

2 appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 

3 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027. 

4 (2) LIMITATION.—Of the amount made avail5 able under paragraph (1) in any fiscal year, not 

6 more than 5 percent may be used for evaluation, 

7 monitoring, technical assistance, salaries, and ad8 ministrative expenses. 

9 SEC. 1402. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER GRANT. 

10 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

11 (1) CYBERCRIME AGAINST INDIVIDUALS.—The 

12 term ‘‘cybercrime against individuals’’ has the mean13 ing given such term in section 1401. 

14 (2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti15 ty’’ means a nonprofit private organization that— 

16 (A) focuses on cybercrimes against individ17 uals; 

18 (B) provides documentation to the Attor19 ney General demonstrating experience working 

20 directly on issues of cybercrimes against indi21 viduals; and 

22 (C) includes on the organization’s advisory 

23 board representatives who— 


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1 (i) have a documented history of 

2 working directly on issues of cybercrimes 

3 against individuals; 

4 (ii) have a history of working directly 

5 with victims of cybercrimes against individ6 uals; and 

7 (iii) are geographically and culturally 

8 diverse. 

9 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF GRANT PROGRAM.—Subject 

10 to the availability of appropriations, the Attorney General 

11 shall award a grant under this section to an eligible entity 

12 for the purpose of the establishment and maintenance of 

13 a National Resource Center on Cybercrimes Against Indi14 viduals to provide resource information, training, and 

15 technical assistance to improve the capacity of individuals, 

16 organizations, governmental entities, and communities to 

17 prevent, enforce, and prosecute cybercrimes against indi18 viduals. 

19 (c) APPLICATION.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—To request a grant under 

21 this section, an eligible entity shall submit an appli22 cation to the Attorney General not later than 90 

23 days after the date on which funds to carry out this 

24 section are appropriated for fiscal year 2022 in such 

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1 (2) CONTENTS.—An application submitted 

2 under paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

3 (A) An assurance that, for each fiscal year 

4 covered by the application, the applicant will 

5 maintain and report such data, records, and in6 formation (programmatic and financial) as the 

7 Attorney General may reasonably require. 

8 (B) A certification, made in a form accept9 able to the Attorney General, that— 

10 (i) the programs funded by the grant 

11 meet all the requirements of this section; 

12 (ii) all the information contained in 

13 the application is correct; and 

14 (iii) the applicant will comply with all 

15 provisions of this section and all other ap16 plicable Federal laws. 

17 (d) USE OF FUNDS.—The eligible entity awarded a 

18 grant under this section shall use such amounts for the 

19 establishment and maintenance of a National Resource 

20 Center on Cybercrimes Against Individuals, which shall— 

21 (1) offer a comprehensive array of technical as22 sistance and training resources to Federal, State, 

23 and local governmental agencies, community-based 

24 organizations, and other professionals and interested 


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1 parties related to cybercrimes against individuals, in2 cluding programs and research related to victims; 

3 (2) maintain a resource library which shall col4 lect, prepare, analyze, and disseminate information 

5 and statistics related to— 

6 (A) the incidence of cybercrimes against 

7 individuals; 

8 (B) the enforcement and prosecution of 

9 laws relating to cybercrimes against individuals; 

10 and 

11 (C) the provision of supportive services and 

12 resources for victims, including victims from 

13 underserved populations, of cybercrimes against 

14 individuals; and 

15 (3) conduct research related to— 

16 (A) the causes of cybercrimes against indi17 viduals; 

18 (B) the effect of cybercrimes against indi19 viduals on victims of such crimes; and 

20 (C) model solutions to prevent or deter 

21 cybercrimes against individuals or to enforce 

22 the laws relating to cybercrimes against individ23 uals. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—A grant awarded under this 

2 section shall be awarded for a period of 5 years. 

3 (2) RENEWAL.—A grant under this section may 

4 be renewed for additional 5-year periods if the At5 torney General determines that the funds made 

6 available to the recipient were used in a manner de7 scribed in subsection (d), and if the recipient resub8 mits an application described in subsection (c) in 

9 such form, and at such time, as the Attorney Gen10 eral may reasonably require. 

11 (f) SUBGRANTS.—The eligible entity awarded a grant 

12 under this section may make subgrants to other nonprofit 

13 private organizations with relevant subject matter exper14 tise in order to establish and maintain the National Re15 source Center on Cybercrimes Against Individuals in ac16 cordance with subsection (d). 

17 (g) REPORTS TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.—On the 

18 date that is 1 year after the date on which an eligible enti19 ty receives a grant under this section, and annually there20 after for the duration of the grant period, the entity shall 

21 submit to the Attorney General a report which contains— 

22 (1) a summary of the activities carried out 

23 under the grant program during the previous year; 

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1 (3) such other information as the Attorney 

2 General may reasonably require. 

3 (h) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Novem4 ber 1 of each even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney 

5 General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 

6 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

7 the Judiciary of the Senate a report that contains a com8 pilation of the information contained in the reports sub9 mitted under subsection (g). 

10 (i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

11 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

12 $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027. 

13 SEC. 1403. NATIONAL STRATEGY, CLASSIFICATION, AND RE14 PORTING ON CYBERCRIME. 

15 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 (1) COMPUTER.—The term ‘‘computer’’ in17 cludes a computer network and any interactive elec18 tronic device. 

19 (2) CYBERCRIME AGAINST INDIVIDUALS.—The 

20 term ‘‘cybercrime against individuals’’ has the mean21 ing given the term in section 1401. 

22 (b) NATIONAL STRATEGY.—The Attorney General 

23 shall develop a national strategy to— 

24 (1) reduce the incidence of cybercrimes against 

25 individuals; 


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1 (2) coordinate investigations of cybercrimes 

2 against individuals by Federal law enforcement 

3 agencies; 

4 (3) increase the number of Federal prosecutions 

5 of cybercrimes against individuals; and 

6 (4) develop an evaluation process that measures 

7 rates of cybercrime victimization and prosecutorial 

8 rates among Tribal and culturally specific commu9 nities. 

10 (c) CLASSIFICATION OF CYBERCRIMES AGAINST IN11 DIVIDUALS FOR PURPOSES OF CRIME REPORTS.—In ac12 cordance with the authority of the Attorney General under 

13 section 534 of title 28, United States Code, the Director 

14 of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall— 

15 (1) design and create within the Uniform Crime 

16 Reports a category for offenses that constitute 

17 cybercrimes against individuals; 

18 (2) to the extent feasible, within the category 

19 established under paragraph (1), establish subcat20 egories for each type of cybercrime against individ21 uals that is an offense under Federal or State law; 

22 (3) classify the category established under para23 graph (1) as a Part I crime in the Uniform Crime 

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1 (4) classify each type of cybercrime against in2 dividuals that is an offense under Federal or State 

3 law as a Group A offense for the purpose of the Na4 tional Incident-Based Reporting System. 

5 (d) ANNUAL SUMMARY.—The Attorney General shall 

6 publish an annual summary of the information reported 

7 in the Uniform Crime Reports and the National Incident8 Based Reporting System relating to cybercrimes against 

9 individuals, including an evaluation of the implementation 

10 process for the national strategy developed under sub11 section (b) and outcome measurements on its impact on 

12 Tribal and culturally specific communities. 

13 TITLE XV—KEEPING CHILDREN 

14 SAFE FROM FAMILY VIOLENCE 

15 SEC. 1501. SHORT TITLE. 

16 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Keeping Children Safe 

17 From Family Violence Act’’ or ‘‘Kayden’s Law’’. 

18 SEC. 1502. FINDINGS. 

19 Congress finds the following: 

20 (1) Approximately 1 in 15 children is exposed 

21 to domestic violence each year. 

22 (2) Most child abuse is perpetrated in the fam23 ily and by a parent. Intimate partner violence and 

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1 creases after a perpetrator of intimate partner vio2 lence separates from a domestic partner, even when 

3 the perpetrator has not previously directly abused 

4 the child. Children who have witnessed intimate 

5 partner violence are approximately 4 times more 

6 likely to experience direct child maltreatment than 

7 children who have not witnessed intimate partner vi8 olence. 

9 (3) More than 75 percent of child sexual abuse 

10 is perpetrated by a family member or a person 

11 known to the child. Data of the Department of Jus12 tice shows that family members are 49 percent, or 

13 almost half, of the perpetrators of crimes against 

14 child sex assault victims younger than 6 years of 

15 age. 

16 (4) Research suggests a child’s exposure to a 

17 batterer is among the strongest indicators of risk of 

18 incest victimization. One study found that female 

19 children with fathers who are batterers of their 

20 mothers were 6.5 times more likely to experience fa21 ther-daughter incest than female children who do 

22 not have abusive fathers. 

23 (5) Child abuse is a major public health issue 

24 in the United States. Total lifetime financial costs 

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1 child maltreatment, including child physical abuse, 

2 sexual abuse, psychological abuse, and neglect, result 

3 in $124,000,000,000 in annual costs to the economy 

4 of the United States, or approximately 1 percent of 

5 the gross domestic product of the United States. 

6 (6) Empirical research indicates that courts 

7 regularly discount allegations of child physical and 

8 sexual abuse when those allegations are raised in 

child custody cases. Courts believed less than 1 9 ⁄4 of 

10 claims that a father has committed child physical or 

11 sexual abuse. With respect to cases in which an al12 legedly abusive parent claimed the mother ‘‘alien13 ated’’ the child, courts believed only 1 out of 51 

14 claims of sexual molestation by a father. Inde15 pendent research indicates that child sexual abuse 

16 allegations are credible between 50 and 70 percent 

17 of the time. 

18 (7) Empirical research shows that alleged or 

19 known abusive parents are often granted custody or 

20 unprotected parenting time by courts. Approximately 

1 21 ⁄3 of parents alleged to have committed child abuse 

22 took primary custody from the protective parent re23 porting the abuse, placing children at ongoing risk. 

24 (8) Researchers have documented nearly 800 

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1 mitted by a divorcing or separating parent. More 

2 than 100 of these child murders are known to have 

3 occurred after a court ordered the child to have con4 tact with the dangerous parent over the objection of 

5 a safe parent or caregiver. 

6 (9) Scientifically unsound theories that treat 

7 abuse allegations of mothers as likely false attempts 

8 to undermine fathers are frequently applied in fam9 ily court to minimize or deny reports of abuse of 

10 parents and children. Many experts who testify 

11 against abuse allegations lack expertise in the rel12 evant type of alleged abuse, relying instead on un13 sound and unproven theories. 

14 (10) Judges presiding over custody cases involv15 ing allegations of child abuse, child sexual abuse, 

16 and domestic violence are rarely required to receive 

17 training on these subjects, and most States have not 

18 established standards for such training. 

19 SEC. 1503. PURPOSES. 

20 The purposes of this title are to— 

21 (1) increase the priority given to child safety in 

22 any State court divorce, separation, visitation, pater23 nity, child support, civil protection order, or family 

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1 care of children, excluding child protective, abuse, or 

2 neglect proceedings and juvenile justice proceedings; 

3 (2) strengthen the abilities of courts to— 

4 (A) recognize and adjudicate domestic vio5 lence and child abuse allegations based on valid, 

6 admissible evidence; and 

7 (B) enter orders that protect and minimize 

8 the risk of harm to children; and 

9 (3) ensure that professional personnel involved 

10 in cases containing domestic violence or child abuse 

11 allegations receive trauma-informed and culturally 

12 appropriate training on the dynamics, signs, and im13 pact of domestic violence and child abuse, including 

14 child sexual abuse. 

15 SEC. 1504. INCREASED FUNDING FOR STOP GRANTS. 

16 Section 2007 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

17 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10446) is amend18 ed by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(k) GRANT INCREASES FOR STATES WITH CERTAIN

20 CHILD CUSTODY PROCEEDING LAWS AND STANDARDS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

22 ‘‘(A) CHILD CUSTODY PROCEEDING.—The 

23 term ‘child custody proceeding’— 

24 ‘‘(i) means a private family court pro25 ceeding in State or local court that, with 


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1 respect to a child, involves the care or cus2 tody of the child in a private divorce, sepa3 ration, visitation, paternity, child support, 

4 legal or physical custody, or civil protection 

5 order proceeding between the parents of 

6 the child; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) does not include— 

8 ‘‘(I) any child protective, abuse, 

9 or neglect proceeding; 

10 ‘‘(II) a juvenile justice pro11 ceeding; or 

12 ‘‘(III) any child placement pro13 ceeding in which a State, local, or 

14 Tribal government, a designee of such 

15 a government, or any contracted child 

16 welfare agency or child protective 

17 services agency of such a government 

18 is a party to the proceeding. 

19 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE STATE.—The term ‘eligible 

20 State’ means a State that— 

21 ‘‘(i) receives a grant under subsection 

22 (a); and 

23 ‘‘(ii) has in effect— 

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2 paragraph (4); and 

3 ‘‘(III) the training program de4 scribed in paragraph (5). 

5 ‘‘(C) REUNIFICATION TREATMENT.—The 

6 term ‘reunification treatment’ means a treat7 ment or therapy aimed at reuniting or reestab8 lishing a relationship between a child and an es9 tranged or rejected parent or other family mem10 ber of the child. 

11 ‘‘(2) INCREASE.— 

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

13 shall increase the amount of a grant awarded 

14 under subsection (a) to an eligible State that 

15 submits an application under paragraph (6) by 

16 an amount that is not more than 10 percent of 

17 the average of the total amount of funding pro18 vided to the State under subsection (a) under 

19 the 3 most recent awards to the State. 

20 ‘‘(B) TERM OF INCREASE.—An increase of 

21 a grant under subparagraph (A) shall be for 1 

22 fiscal year. 

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1 crease at such time, in such manner, and con2 taining such information as the Attorney Gen3 eral may reasonably require. 

4 ‘‘(D) LIMIT.—An eligible State may not 

5 receive an increase under subparagraph (A) for 

6 more than 4 fiscal years. 

7 ‘‘(3) LAWS.—The laws described in this para8 graph are the following: 

9 ‘‘(A) A law that ensures that, with respect 

10 to a child custody proceeding in which a parent 

11 has been alleged to have committed domestic vi12 olence or child abuse, including child sexual 

13 abuse— 

14 ‘‘(i) expert evidence from a court-ap15 pointed or outside professional relating to 

16 the alleged abuse may be admitted only if 

17 the professional possesses demonstrated 

18 expertise and clinical experience in working 

19 with victims of domestic violence or child 

20 abuse, including child sexual abuse, that is 

21 not solely of a forensic nature; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) in making a finding regarding 

23 any allegation of domestic violence or child 

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1 dence, evidence of past sexual or physical 

2 abuse committed by the accused parent 

3 shall be considered, including— 

4 ‘‘(I) any past or current protec5 tion or restraining orders against the 

6 accused parent; 

7 ‘‘(II) sexual violence abuse pro8 tection orders against the accused 

9 parent; 

10 ‘‘(III) arrests of the accused par11 ent for domestic violence, sexual vio12 lence, or child abuse; or 

13 ‘‘(IV) convictions of the accused 

14 parent for domestic violence, sexual 

15 violence, or child abuse. 

16 ‘‘(B) A law that ensures that, during a 

17 child custody proceeding— 

18 ‘‘(i) a court may not, solely in order 

19 to improve a deficient relationship with the 

20 other parent of a child, remove the child 

21 from a parent or litigating party— 

22 ‘‘(I) who is competent, protective, 

23 and not physically or sexually abusive; 

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1 ‘‘(II) with whom the child is 

2 bonded or to whom the child is at3 tached; 

4 ‘‘(ii) a court may not, solely in order 

5 to improve a deficient relationship with the 

6 other parent of a child, restrict contact be7 tween the child and a parent or litigating 

8 party— 

9 ‘‘(I) who is competent, protective, 

10 and not physically or sexually abusive; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(II) with whom the child is 

13 bonded or to whom the child is at14 tached; 

15 ‘‘(iii) a court may not order a reunifi16 cation treatment, unless there is generally 

17 accepted and scientifically valid proof of 

18 the safety, effectiveness, and therapeutic 

19 value of the reunification treatment; 

20 ‘‘(iv) a court may not order a reunifi21 cation treatment that is predicated on cut22 ting off a child from a parent with whom 

23 the child is bonded or to whom the child is 

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1 ‘‘(v) any order to remediate the resist2 ance of a child to have contact with a vio3 lent or abusive parent primarily addresses 

4 the behavior of that parent or the con5 tributions of that parent to the resistance 

6 of the child before ordering the other par7 ent of the child to take steps to potentially 

8 improve the relationship of the child with 

9 the parent with whom the child resists con10 tact. 

11 ‘‘(C) A law that requires judges and mag12 istrates who hear child custody proceedings and 

13 other relevant court personnel involved in child 

14 custody proceedings, including guardians ad 

15 litem, best interest attorneys, counsel for chil16 dren, custody evaluators, masters, and medi17 ators to complete, with respect to the training 

18 program described in paragraph (5)— 

19 ‘‘(i) not less than 20 hours of initial 

20 training; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) not less than 15 hours of ongo22 ing training every 5 years. 

23 ‘‘(4) UNIFORM REQUIRED STANDARDS.—The 

24 standards described in this paragraph are uniform 

25 required standards that— 


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1 ‘‘(A) apply to any neutral professional ap2 pointed by a court during a child custody pro3 ceeding to express an opinion relating to abuse, 

4 trauma, or the behaviors of victims and per5 petrators of abuse and trauma; and 

6 ‘‘(B) require that a professional described 

7 in subparagraph (A) possess demonstrated ex8 pertise and clinical experience in working with 

9 victims of domestic violence or child abuse, in10 cluding child sexual abuse, that is not solely of 

11 a forensic nature. 

12 ‘‘(5) TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAM.— 

13 The training program described in this paragraph is 

14 an ongoing training and education program that— 

15 ‘‘(A) focuses solely on domestic and sexual 

16 violence and child abuse, including— 

17 ‘‘(i) child sexual abuse; 

18 ‘‘(ii) physical abuse; 

19 ‘‘(iii) emotional abuse; 

20 ‘‘(iv) coercive control; 

21 ‘‘(v) implicit and explicit bias, includ22 ing biases relating to parents with disabil23 ities; 

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1 ‘‘(vii) long- and short-term impacts of 

2 domestic violence and child abuse on chil3 dren; and 

4 ‘‘(viii) victim and perpetrator behavior 

5 patterns and relationship dynamics within 

6 the cycle of violence; 

7 ‘‘(B) is provided by— 

8 ‘‘(i) a professional with substantial ex9 perience in assisting survivors of domestic 

10 violence or child abuse, including a victim 

11 service provider (as defined in section 

12 40002 of the Violence Against Women Act 

13 of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291)); and 

14 ‘‘(ii) if possible, a survivor of domestic 

15 violence or child physical or sexual abuse; 

16 ‘‘(C) relies on evidence-based and peer-re17 viewed research by recognized experts in the 

18 types of abuse described in subparagraph (A); 

19 ‘‘(D) does not include theories, concepts, 

20 or belief systems unsupported by the research 

21 described in subparagraph (C); and 

22 ‘‘(E) is designed to improve the ability of 

23 courts to— 

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1 tic violence, and trauma in all family vic2 tims, particularly children; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) make appropriate custody deci4 sions that— 

5 ‘‘(I) prioritize child safety and 

6 well-being; and 

7 ‘‘(II) are culturally sensitive and 

8 appropriate for diverse communities. 

9 ‘‘(6) APPLICATION.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible State de11 siring a grant increase under this subsection 

12 shall submit an application to the Attorney 

13 General at such time, in such manner, and con14 taining such information as the Attorney Gen15 eral may reasonably require. 

16 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—An application sub17 mitted by an eligible State under subparagraph 

18 (A) shall include information relating to— 

19 ‘‘(i) the laws described paragraph (3); 

20 ‘‘(ii) the standards described in para21 graph (4); and 

22 ‘‘(iii) the training program described 

23 in paragraph (5). 

24 ‘‘(7) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible State that re25 ceives a grant increase under paragraph (2)(A) shall 


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1 use the total amount of the increase for the purposes 

2 described in subparagraph (C) or (D) of subsection 

3 (c)(4). 

4 ‘‘(8) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

5 this subsection shall be interpreted as discouraging 

6 States from adopting additional provisions to in7 crease safe outcomes for children. Additional protec8 tive provisions are encouraged. 

9 ‘‘(9) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

10 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

11 this subsection $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

12 2023 through 2027.’’. 

13 SEC. 1505. SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS’ RIGHTS. 

14 Section 3772(a)(2) of title 18, United States Code, 

15 is amended— 

16 (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

17 and inserting a semicolon; 

18 (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 

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

20 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub21 paragraph: 

22 ‘‘(D) be informed of the status and loca23 tion of a sexual assault evidence collection kit.’’. 


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1 SEC. 1506. GRANTS TO STATE AND TRIBAL COURTS TO IM2 PLEMENT PROTECTION ORDER PILOT PRO3 GRAMS. 

4 Part U of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

5 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10461 et seq.) is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating sections 2103, 2104, and 

8 2105 as sections 2104, 2105, and 2106, respectively; 

9 and 

10 (2) by inserting after section 2102 the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 2103. GRANTS TO STATE AND TRIBAL COURTS TO IM13 PLEMENT PROTECTION ORDER PILOT PRO14 GRAMS. 

15 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this sec16 tion, the term ‘eligible entity’ means a State or Tribal 

17 court that is part of a multidisciplinary partnership that 

18 includes, to the extent practicable— 

19 ‘‘(1) a State, Tribal, or local law enforcement 

20 agency; 

21 ‘‘(2) a State, Tribal, or local prosecutor’s office; 

22 ‘‘(3) a victim service provider or State or Tribal 

23 domestic violence coalition; 

24 ‘‘(4) a provider of culturally specific services; 

25 ‘‘(5) a nonprofit program or government agency 

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1 sistance or legal advice to victims of domestic vio2 lence and sexual assault; 

3 ‘‘(6) the bar association of the applicable State 

4 or Indian Tribe; 

5 ‘‘(7) the State or Tribal association of court 

6 clerks; 

7 ‘‘(8) a State, Tribal, or local association of 

8 criminal defense attorneys; 

9 ‘‘(9) not fewer than 2 individuals with expertise 

10 in the design and management of court case man11 agement systems and systems of integration; 

12 ‘‘(10) not fewer than 2 State or Tribal court 

13 judges with experience in— 

14 ‘‘(A) the field of domestic violence; and 

15 ‘‘(B) issuing protective orders; and 

16 ‘‘(11) a judge assigned to the criminal docket of 

17 the State or Tribal court. 

18 ‘‘(b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

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

20 make grants to eligible entities to carry out the ac21 tivities described in subsection (c) of this section. 

22 ‘‘(2) NUMBER.—The Attorney General may 

23 award not more than 10 grants under paragraph 

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1 ‘‘(3) AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant award2 ed under paragraph (1) may be not more than 

3 $1,500,000. 

4 ‘‘(c) MANDATORY ACTIVITIES.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that re6 ceives a grant under this section shall use the grant 

7 funds, in consultation with the partners of the eligi8 ble entity described in subsection (a), to— 

9 ‘‘(A) develop and implement a program for 

10 properly and legally serving protection orders 

11 through electronic communication methods to— 

12 ‘‘(i) modernize the service process and 

13 make the process more effective and effi14 cient; 

15 ‘‘(ii) provide for improved safety of 

16 victims; and 

17 ‘‘(iii) make protection orders enforce18 able as quickly as possible; 

19 ‘‘(B) develop best practices relating to the 

20 service of protection orders through electronic 

21 communication methods; 

22 ‘‘(C) ensure that the program developed 

23 under subparagraph (A) complies with due 

24 process requirements and any other procedures 

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1 ‘‘(D) implement any technology necessary 

2 to carry out the program developed under sub3 paragraph (A), such as technology to verify and 

4 track the receipt of a protection order by the 

5 intended party. 

6 ‘‘(2) TIMELINE.—An eligible entity that re7 ceives a grant under this section shall— 

8 ‘‘(A) implement the program required 

9 under paragraph (1)(A) not later than 2 years 

10 after the date on which the eligible entity re11 ceives the grant; and 

12 ‘‘(B) carry out the program required under 

13 paragraph (1)(A) for not fewer than 3 years. 

14 ‘‘(d) DIVERSITY OF RECIPIENTS.—The Attorney 

15 General shall award grants under this section to eligible 

16 entities in a variety of areas and situations, including, to 

17 the extent practicable— 

18 ‘‘(1) a State court that serves a population of 

19 not fewer than 1,000,000 individuals; 

20 ‘‘(2) a State court that— 

21 ‘‘(A) serves a State that is among the 7 

22 States with the lowest population density in the 

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1 ‘‘(B) has a relatively low rate of successful 

2 service with respect to protection orders, as de3 termined by the Attorney General; 

4 ‘‘(3) a State court that— 

5 ‘‘(A) serves a State that is among the 7 

6 States with the highest population density in 

7 the United States; and 

8 ‘‘(B) has a relatively low rate of successful 

9 service with respect to protection orders, as de10 termined by the Attorney General; 

11 ‘‘(4) a court that uses an integrated, statewide 

12 case management system; 

13 ‘‘(5) a court that uses a standalone case man14 agement system; 

15 ‘‘(6) a Tribal court; and 

16 ‘‘(7) a court that primarily serves a culturally 

17 specific and underserved population. 

18 ‘‘(e) APPLICATION.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity desiring a 

20 grant under this section shall submit to the Attorney 

21 General an application that includes— 

22 ‘‘(A) a description of the process that the 

23 eligible entity uses for service of protection or24 ders at the time of submission of the applica25 tion; 


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1 ‘‘(B) to the extent practicable, statistics re2 lating to protection orders during the 3 cal3 endar years preceding the date of submission of 

4 the application, including rates of— 

5 ‘‘(i) successful service; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) enforcement; 

7 ‘‘(C) an initial list of the entities serving as 

8 the partners of the eligible entity described in 

9 subsection (a); and 

10 ‘‘(D) any other information the Attorney 

11 General may reasonably require. 

12 ‘‘(2) NO OTHER APPLICATION REQUIRED.—An 

13 eligible entity shall not be required to submit an ap14 plication under section 2102 to receive a grant 

15 under this section. 

16 ‘‘(f) REPORT TO ATTORNEY GENERAL.— 

17 ‘‘(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 2 years 

18 after the date on which an eligible entity receives a 

19 grant under this section, the eligible entity shall sub20 mit to the Attorney General a report that details the 

21 plan of the eligible entity for implementation of the 

22 program under subsection (c). 

23 ‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.— 

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1 ments a program under subsection (c), and not 

2 later than 2 years thereafter, the eligible entity 

3 shall submit to the Attorney General a report 

4 that describes the program, including, with re5 spect to the program— 

6 ‘‘(i) the viability; 

7 ‘‘(ii) the cost; 

8 ‘‘(iii) service statistics; 

9 ‘‘(iv) the challenges; 

10 ‘‘(v) an analysis of the technology 

11 used to fulfill the goals of the program; 

12 ‘‘(vi) an analysis of any legal or due 

13 process issues resulting from the electronic 

14 service method described in subsection 

15 (c)(1)(A); and 

16 ‘‘(vii) best practices for implementing 

17 such a program in other similarly situated 

18 locations. 

19 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS OF FINAL REPORT.—An 

20 eligible entity shall include in the second report 

21 submitted under subparagraph (A) rec22 ommendations for— 

23 ‘‘(i) future nationwide implementation 

24 of the program implemented by the eligible 

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1 ‘‘(ii) usage of electronic service, simi2 lar to the service used by the eligible enti3 ty, for other commonly used court orders, 

4 including with respect to viability and cost. 

5 ‘‘(g) NO REGULATIONS OR GUIDELINES RE6 QUIRED.—Notwithstanding section 2105, the Attorney 

7 General shall not be required to publish regulations or 

8 guidelines implementing this section. 

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

10 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

11 $10,000,000 for fiscal years 2023 through 2027.’’. 

12 SEC. 1507. ONLINE SURVEY TOOL FOR CAMPUS SAFETY. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education, in 

14 consultation with the Attorney General, the Director of 

15 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Sec16 retary of Health and Human Services, and experts in do17 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sexual har18 assment, and stalking, shall develop, design, and make 

19 available through a secure and accessible online portal, a 

20 standardized online survey tool regarding postsecondary 

21 student experiences with domestic violence, dating vio22 lence, sexual assault, sexual harassment, and stalking. 

23 (b) DEVELOPMENT OF SURVEY TOOL.—In devel24 oping the survey tool required under subsection (a), the 

25 Secretary of Education shall— 


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1 (1) use best practices from peer-reviewed re2 search measuring domestic violence, dating violence, 

3 sexual assault, sexual harassment, and stalking; 

4 (2) consult with the higher education commu5 nity, experts in survey research related to domestic 

6 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sexual har7 assment, and stalking, and organizations engaged in 

8 the prevention of and response to, and advocacy on 

9 behalf of victims of, domestic violence, dating vio10 lence, sexual assault, sexual harassment, and stalk11 ing, including victims from culturally specific popu12 lations and victims with disabilities, regarding the 

13 development and design of such survey tool and the 

14 methodology for administration of such survey tool; 

15 and 

16 (3) ensure that the survey tool is readily acces17 sible to and usable by individuals with disabilities. 

18 (c) ELEMENTS.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The survey tool developed 

20 pursuant to this section shall be fair and unbiased, 

21 be scientifically valid and reliable, meet the highest 

22 standards of survey research, and notify the partici23 pant that anonymized results of the survey may be 

24 published. 


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1 (2) SURVEY QUESTIONS.—Survey questions in2 cluded in the survey tool developed pursuant to this 

3 section shall— 

4 (A) be designed to gather information on 

5 student experiences with domestic violence, dat6 ing violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment, 

7 and stalking, including the experiences of vic8 tims of such incidents; 

9 (B) use trauma-informed language to pre10 vent re-traumatization; and 

11 (C) include— 

12 (i) questions that give students the 

13 option to report their demographic infor14 mation; 

15 (ii) questions designed to determine 

16 the incidence and prevalence of domestic 

17 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

18 sexual harassment, and stalking; 

19 (iii) questions regarding whether stu20 dents know about institutional policies and 

21 procedures related to domestic violence, 

22 dating violence, sexual assault, sexual har23 assment, and stalking; 

24 (iv) questions designed to determine, 

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1 ing violence, sexual assault, sexual harass2 ment, or stalking— 

3 (I) to whom the incident was re4 ported and what response the victim 

5 may have received; 

6 (II) whether the victim was in7 formed of, or referred to, national, 

8 State, local, Tribal, or on-campus re9 sources; and 

10 (III) whether the entity to whom 

11 the victim reported the incident con12 ducted an investigation and the dura13 tion and final resolution of such an 

14 investigation; 

15 (v) questions regarding contextual fac16 tors, such as whether force, incapacitation, 

17 or coercion was involved; 

18 (vi) questions to determine whether an 

19 accused individual was a student at the in20 stitution; 

21 (vii) questions to determine whether a 

22 victim reported an incident to Federal, 

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1 (viii) questions to determine why the 

2 victim chose to report or not report an in3 cident to the institution or State, local, or 

4 campus law enforcement; 

5 (ix) questions to determine the impact 

6 of domestic violence, dating violence, sex7 ual assault, sexual harassment, and stalk8 ing on the victim’s education, including di9 minished grades, dropped classes, leaves of 

10 absence, and negative financial con11 sequences (such as costs associated with 

12 loss in paid tuition due to leaves of ab13 sence, loss in scholarship awards due to di14 minished grades, loss of foreign-student 

15 visas, and costs associated with counseling, 

16 medical services, or housing changes); 

17 (x) questions to determine the impact 

18 and effectiveness of prevention and aware19 ness programs and complaints processes; 

20 (xi) questions to determine attitudes 

21 toward sexual violence and harassment, in22 cluding the willingness of individuals to in23 tervene as a bystander to sex-based (in24 cluding against lesbian, gay, bisexual, or 

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1 ‘‘LGBT’’) individuals), race-based, na2 tional origin-based, and disability-based 

3 discrimination, harassment, assault, do4 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as5 sault, sexual harassment, and stalking; and 

6 (xii) other questions, as determined by 

7 the Secretary of Education. 

8 (3) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS.—In addition to 

9 the standardized questions developed by the Sec10 retary of Education under paragraph (2), subject to 

11 the review and approval of the Secretary of Edu12 cation, an institution of higher education may re13 quest additional information from students that 

14 would increase the understanding of the institution 

15 of school climate factors unique to the campuses af16 filiated with the institution. 

17 (4) RESPONSES.—The responses to the survey 

18 questions described in paragraph (2) shall— 

19 (A) be submitted confidentially; 

20 (B) not be included in crime statistics; and 

21 (C) in the case of such responses being in22 cluded in a report, not include personally identi23 fiable information. 

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1 (1) FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.—The Sec2 retary of Education, in consultation with the Attor3 ney General, the Director of the Centers for Disease 

4 Control and Prevention, and the Secretary of Health 

5 and Human Services, shall develop a mechanism by 

6 which institutions of higher education may, with re7 spect to the survey tool developed pursuant to this 

8 section— 

9 (A) administer such survey tool; and 

10 (B) modify such survey tool to include ad11 ditional elements or requirements, as deter12 mined by the institution, subject to the review 

13 and approval of the Secretary of Education. 

14 (2) COSTS.—The Secretary of Education may 

15 not require an institution of higher education to pay 

16 to modify the survey tool in accordance with para17 graph (1)(B). 

18 (3) ACCESSIBILITY.—The Secretary of Edu19 cation shall ensure that the survey tool is adminis20 tered in such a way as to be readily accessible to 

21 and usable by individuals with disabilities. 

22 (4) INSTITUTIONAL ADMINISTRATION.—Begin23 ning not later than 1 year after the date on which 

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1 and every 2 years thereafter, each institution of 

2 higher education that receives Federal educational 

3 assistance shall administer the survey tool developed 

4 pursuant to this section. 

5 (e) COMPLETED SURVEYS.—The Secretary of Edu6 cation shall require each institution of higher education 

7 that administers the survey tool developed pursuant to this 

8 section to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that 

9 an adequate, random, and representative sample size of 

10 students (as determined by the Secretary) enrolled at the 

11 institution complete the survey tool developed pursuant to 

12 this section. 

13 (f) REPORT.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 2 

15 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

16 Secretary of Education shall— 

17 (A) prepare a biennial report on the infor18 mation gained from the standardized elements 

19 of the survey under this section and publish 

20 such report in an accessible format on the 

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1 tutions, such as the College Scorecard or any 

2 successor or similar tool; and 

3 (B) submit such report to Congress. 

4 (2) INCLUSIONS AND EXCLUSIONS.—The report 

5 required to be prepared under paragraph (1)— 

6 (A) shall include campus-level data for 

7 each institution and attributed by name of each 

8 campus in a manner that permits comparisons 

9 across institutions and campuses; and 

10 (B) shall not publish any individual survey 

11 responses. 

12 (g) PUBLICATION.—Each institution of higher edu13 cation shall publish, in a manner that is readily accessible 

14 and usable by individuals, including individuals with dis15 abilities— 

16 (1) the campus-level results of the standardized 

17 elements of the survey under this section on the 

18 website of the institution and in the biennial report 

19 required under subsection (f) for the campuses affili20 ated with the institution; and 

21 (2) the campus-level results of the additional 

22 elements modifying the survey by the institution, if 

23 any, on the website of the institution. 


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1 SEC. 1508. STUDY ON CHILD CUSTODY IN DOMESTIC VIO2 LENCE CASES. 

3 The Attorney General, in consultation with the Sec4 retary of Health and Human Services, shall conduct a 

5 study that shall— 

6 (1) provide a review of State laws, regulations, 

7 and practices on how child neglect and custody situ8 ations are handled in domestic violence situations; 

9 and 

10 (2) include a list of recommendations on how to 

11 restructure State laws, regulations, and practices to 

12 better protect victims of domestic violence and their 

13 children. 


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Calendar No. 268 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3623 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 

1994, and for other purposes. 

FEBRUARY 10, 2022 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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