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Calendar No. 1 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 47 

To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 22 (legislative day, JANUARY 3), 2013 

Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. CRAPO, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Ms. MIKULSKI, Ms. 

AYOTTE, Mr. COONS, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. BENNET, Ms. 

KLOBUCHAR, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mrs. MCCASKILL, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, 

Mr. KIRK, Mrs. MURRAY, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. CASEY, Mrs. HAGAN, Mr. 

WHITEHOUSE, Mr. TESTER, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. REED, Mr. FRANKEN, 

Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BEGICH, Mr. KING, Mr. 

WYDEN, Ms. WARREN, Mr. BAUCUS, Ms. HEITKAMP, Mr. PRYOR, Ms. 

STABENOW, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. 

REID, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. BROWN, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. 

HARKIN, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. SANDERS, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. WARNER, 

Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. MANCHIN, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. LEVIN, and Mr. 

LAUTENBERG) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time 

JANUARY 28, 2013 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Women Reauthorization Act of 2013’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. Universal definitions and grant conditions. 

Sec. 4. Effective date. 

TITLE I—ENHANCING JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOLS 

TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 

Sec. 101. Stop grants. 

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

Sec. 103. Legal assistance for victims. 

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

Sec. 105. Sex offender management. 

Sec. 106. Court-appointed special advocate program. 

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

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

Sec. 109. Culturally specific services grant. 

TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC 

VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING 

Sec. 201. Sexual assault services program. 

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

child abuse enforcement assistance. 

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

grants. 

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

TITLE III—SERVICES, PROTECTION, AND JUSTICE FOR YOUNG 

VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE 

Sec. 301. Rape prevention and education grant. 

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

children and youth. 

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

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

TITLE IV—VIOLENCE REDUCTION PRACTICES 

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

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

ASSAULT, AND STALKING 

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

stalking. 

TITLE VI—SAFE HOMES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 

DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING 

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

sexual assault, and stalking. 

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

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

violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

TITLE VII—ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE 

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

of domestic and sexual violence. 

TITLE VIII—PROTECTION OF BATTERED IMMIGRANTS 

Sec. 801. U nonimmigrant definition. 

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

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

Sec. 804. Public charge. 

Sec. 805. Requirements applicable to U visas. 

Sec. 806. Hardship waivers. 

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

Sec. 808. Regulation of international marriage brokers. 

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

the Northern Mariana Islands to adjust status. 

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

TITLE IX—SAFETY FOR INDIAN WOMEN 

Sec. 901. Grants to Indian tribal governments. 

Sec. 902. Grants to Indian tribal coalitions. 

Sec. 903. Consultation. 

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

Sec. 905. Tribal protection orders. 

Sec. 906. Amendments to the Federal assault statute. 

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

Sec. 908. Effective dates; pilot project. 

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

Sec. 910. Limitation. 

TITLE X—SAFER ACT 

Sec. 1001. Short title. 

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

Sec. 1003. Reports to congress. 


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Sec. 1004. Reducing the rape kit backlog. 

Sec. 1005. Oversight and accountability. 

Sec. 1006. Sunset. 

TITLE XI—OTHER MATTERS 

Sec. 1101. Sexual abuse in custodial settings. 

Sec. 1102. Anonymous online harassment. 

Sec. 1103. Stalker database. 

Sec. 1104. Federal victim assistants reauthorization. 

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

1 SEC. 3. UNIVERSAL DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS. 

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

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

4 13925(a)) is amended— 

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

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

7 (2) by redesignating— 

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

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

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

12 (C) paragraphs (24) through (28) as para13 graphs (30) through (34), respectively; 

14 (D) paragraphs (21) and (22) as para15 graphs (26) and (27), respectively; 

16 (E) paragraphs (19) and (20) as para17 graphs (23) and (24), respectively; 

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

2 paragraphs (8), (9), (10), and (11), respec3 tively; and 

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

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

6 (3) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redes7 ignated, the following: 

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

9 ‘Alaska Native village’ has the same meaning given 

10 such term in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

11 Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).’’; 

12 (4) in paragraph (3), as redesignated, by strik13 ing ‘‘serious harm.’’ and inserting ‘‘serious harm to 

14 an unemancipated minor.’’; 

15 (5) in paragraph (4), as redesignated, by strik16 ing ‘‘The term’’ through ‘‘that—’’ and inserting 

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

18 nonprofit, nongovernmental, or tribal organization 

19 that serves a specific geographic community that— 

20 ’’; 

21 (6) by inserting after paragraph (5), as redesig22 nated, the following: 

23 ‘‘(6) CULTURALLY SPECIFIC.—The term ‘cul24 turally specific’ means primarily directed toward ra25 cial and ethnic minority groups (as defined in secVerDate Mar 15 2010 22:43 Jan 28, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S47.PCS S47

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1 tion 1707(g) of the Public Health Service Act (42 

2 U.S.C. 300u–6(g)). 

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

4 term ‘culturally specific services’ means community5 based services that include culturally relevant and 

6 linguistically specific services and resources to cul7 turally specific communities.’’; 

8 (7) in paragraph (8), as redesignated, by insert9 ing ‘‘or intimate partner’’ after ‘‘former spouse’’ and 

10 ‘‘as a spouse’’; 

11 (8) by inserting after paragraph (11), as redes12 ignated, the following: 

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

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

15 (9) in paragraph (18), as redesignated, by in16 serting ‘‘or Village Public Safety Officers’’ after 

17 ‘‘governmental victim services programs’’; 

18 (10) in paragraph (19), as redesignated, by in19 serting at the end the following: 

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

21 legal assistance.’’; 

22 (11) by inserting after paragraph (19), as re23 designated, the following: 

24 ‘‘(20) PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION

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1 identifying information’ or ‘personal information’ 

2 means individually identifying information for or 

3 about an individual including information likely to 

4 disclose the location of a victim of domestic violence, 

5 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, regard6 less of whether the information is encoded, 

7 encrypted, hashed, or otherwise protected, includ8 ing— 

9 ‘‘(A) a first and last name; 

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

11 ‘‘(C) contact information (including a post12 al, e-mail or Internet protocol address, or tele13 phone or facsimile number); 

14 ‘‘(D) a social security number, driver li15 cense number, passport number, or student 

16 identification number; and 

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

18 of birth, racial or ethnic background, or reli19 gious affiliation, that would serve to identify 

20 any individual. 

21 ‘‘(21) POPULATION SPECIFIC ORGANIZATION.— 

22 The term ‘population specific organization’ means a 

23 nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that pri24 marily serves members of a specific underserved 

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1 pertise providing targeted services to members of 

2 that specific underserved population. 

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

4 term ‘population specific services’ means victim-cen5 tered services that address the safety, health, eco6 nomic, legal, housing, workplace, immigration, con7 fidentiality, or other needs of victims of domestic vi8 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, 

9 and that are designed primarily for and are targeted 

10 to a specific underserved population.’’; 

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

12 striking ‘‘services’’ and inserting ‘‘assistance’’; 

13 (13) by inserting after paragraph (24), as re14 designated, the following: 

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

16 crisis center’ means a nonprofit, nongovernmental, 

17 or tribal organization, or governmental entity in a 

18 State other than a Territory that provides interven19 tion and related assistance, as specified in section 

20 41601(b)(2)(C), to victims of sexual assault without 

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

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

23 justice system (such as a law enforcement agency) 

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1 fidentiality as a nonprofit entity that provides simi2 lar victim services.’’; 

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

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

5 after the semicolon; 

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

7 period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

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

9 ‘‘(C) any federally recognized Indian 

10 tribe.’’; 

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

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

13 and 

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

15 ‘‘250,000’’; 

16 (16) by inserting after paragraph (27), as re17 designated, the following: 

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

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

21 the conduct occurs in interstate or foreign commerce 

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

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1 scribed by Federal, tribal, or State law, including 

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

3 (17) by inserting after paragraph (34), as re4 designated, the following: 

5 ‘‘(35) TRIBAL COALITION.—The term ‘tribal co6 alition’ means an established nonprofit, nongovern7 mental Indian organization, Alaska Native organiza8 tion, or a Native Hawaiian organization that— 

9 ‘‘(A) provides education, support, and tech10 nical assistance to member Indian service pro11 viders in a manner that enables those member 

12 providers to establish and maintain culturally 

13 appropriate services, including shelter and rape 

14 crisis services, designed to assist Indian women 

15 and the dependents of those women who are 

16 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

17 sexual assault, and stalking; and 

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

19 members that are representative of— 

20 ‘‘(i) the member service providers de21 scribed in subparagraph (A); and 

22 ‘‘(ii) the tribal communities in which 

23 the services are being provided.’’; 

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1 ‘‘(39) UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.—The 

2 term ‘underserved populations’ means populations 

3 who face barriers in accessing and using victim serv4 ices, and includes populations underserved because 

5 of geographic location, religion, sexual orientation, 

6 gender identity, underserved racial and ethnic popu7 lations, populations underserved because of special 

8 needs (such as language barriers, disabilities, 

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

10 determined to be underserved by the Attorney Gen11 eral or by the Secretary of Health and Human Serv12 ices, as appropriate. 

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

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

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

16 other general purpose political subdivision of a 

17 State.’’; and 

18 (19) by inserting after paragraph (42), as re19 designated, the following: 

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

21 ‘victim service provider’ means a nonprofit, non22 governmental or tribal organization or rape crisis 

23 center, including a State or tribal coalition, that as24 sists or advocates for domestic violence, dating vio25 lence, sexual assault, or stalking victims, including 


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1 domestic violence shelters, faith-based organizations, 

2 and other organizations, with a documented history 

3 of effective work concerning domestic violence, dat4 ing violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

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

6 terms ‘victim services’ and ‘services’ mean services 

7 provided to victims of domestic violence, dating vio8 lence, sexual assault, or stalking, including tele9 phonic or web-based hotlines, legal advocacy, eco10 nomic advocacy, emergency and transitional shelter, 

11 accompaniment and advocacy through medical, civil 

12 or criminal justice, immigration, and social support 

13 systems, crisis intervention, short-term individual 

14 and group support services, information and refer15 rals, culturally specific services, population specific 

16 services, and other related supportive services. 

17 ‘‘(45) YOUTH.—The term ‘youth’ means a per18 son who is 11 to 24 years old.’’. 

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

20 40002 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 

21 U.S.C. 13925(b)) is amended— 

22 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

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

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

2 personally identifying information or indi3 vidual information collected in connection 

4 with services requested, utilized, or denied 

5 through grantees’ and subgrantees’ pro6 grams, regardless of whether the informa7 tion has been encoded, encrypted, hashed, 

8 or otherwise protected; or 

9 ‘‘(ii) disclose, reveal, or release indi10 vidual client information without the in11 formed, written, reasonably time-limited 

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

13 unemancipated minor, the minor and the 

14 parent or guardian or in the case of legal 

15 incapacity, a court-appointed guardian) 

16 about whom information is sought, wheth17 er for this program or any other Federal, 

18 State, tribal, or territorial grant program, 

19 except that consent for release may not be 

20 given by the abuser of the minor, incapaci21 tated person, or the abuser of the other 

22 parent of the minor. 

23 If a minor or a person with a legally appointed 

24 guardian is permitted by law to receive services 

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


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1 minor or person with a guardian may release 

2 information without additional consent.’’; 

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

4 read as follows: 

5 ‘‘(D) INFORMATION SHARING.— 

6 ‘‘(i) Grantees and subgrantees may 

7 share— 

8 ‘‘(I) nonpersonally identifying 

9 data in the aggregate regarding serv10 ices to their clients and nonpersonally 

11 identifying demographic information 

12 in order to comply with Federal, 

13 State, tribal, or territorial reporting, 

14 evaluation, or data collection require15 ments; 

16 ‘‘(II) court-generated information 

17 and law enforcement-generated infor18 mation contained in secure, govern19 mental registries for protection order 

20 enforcement purposes; and 

21 ‘‘(III) law enforcement-generated 

22 and prosecution-generated information 

23 necessary for law enforcement and 

24 prosecution purposes. 

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1 ‘‘(I) an adult, youth, or child vic2 tim of domestic violence, dating vio3 lence, sexual assault, or stalking be 

4 required to provide a consent to re5 lease his or her personally identifying 

6 information as a condition of eligi7 bility for the services provided by the 

8 grantee or subgrantee; 

9 ‘‘(II) any personally identifying 

10 information be shared in order to 

11 comply with Federal, tribal, or State 

12 reporting, evaluation, or data collec13 tion requirements, whether for this 

14 program or any other Federal, tribal, 

15 or State grant program.’’; 

16 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 

17 subparagraph (F); 

18 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 

19 the following: 

20 ‘‘(E) STATUTORILY MANDATED REPORTS

21 OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT.—Nothing in this sec22 tion prohibits a grantee or subgrantee from re23 porting suspected abuse or neglect, as those 

24 terms are defined and specifically mandated by 

25 the State or tribe involved.’’; and 


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

2 as redesignated, the following: 

3 ‘‘(G) CONFIDENTIALITY ASSESSMENT AND

4 ASSURANCES.—Grantees and subgrantees must 

5 document their compliance with the confiden6 tiality and privacy provisions required under 

7 this section.’’; 

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

9 following: 

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

11 the activities under this title, grantees and sub12 grantees may collaborate with or provide information 

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

14 officials and agencies to develop and implement poli15 cies and develop and promote State, local, or tribal 

16 legislation or model codes designed to reduce or 

17 eliminate domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

18 assault, and stalking.’’; 

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

20 the following: 

21 ‘‘Final reports of such evaluations shall be made 

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

23 and 

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

2 grantee or subgrantee providing legal assistance with 

3 funds awarded under this title shall comply with the 

4 eligibility requirements in section 1201(d) of the Vi5 olence Against Women Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 

6 3796gg–6(d)). 

7 ‘‘(13) CIVIL RIGHTS.— 

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

9 the United States shall, on the basis of actual 

10 or perceived race, color, religion, national ori11 gin, sex, gender identity (as defined in para12 graph 249(c)(4) of title 18, United States 

13 Code), sexual orientation, or disability, be ex14 cluded from participation in, be denied the ben15 efits of, or be subjected to discrimination under 

16 any program or activity funded in whole or in 

17 part with funds made available under the Vio18 lence Against Women Act of 1994 (title IV of 

19 Public Law 103–322; 108 Stat. 1902), the Vio20 lence Against Women Act of 2000 (division B 

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

22 Violence Against Women and Department of 

23 Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (title IX of 

24 Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3080), the Vio25 lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 


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1 2013, and any other program or activity funded 

2 in whole or in part with funds appropriated for 

3 grants, cooperative agreements, and other as4 sistance administered by the Office on Violence 

5 Against Women. 

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

7 sex-specific programming is necessary to the es8 sential operation of a program, nothing in this 

9 paragraph shall prevent any such program or 

10 activity from consideration of an individual’s 

11 sex. In such circumstances, grantees may meet 

12 the requirements of this paragraph by providing 

13 comparable services to individuals who cannot 

14 be provided with the sex-segregated or sex-spe15 cific programming. 

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

17 the Attorney General and the Office of Justice 

18 Programs to enforce this paragraph shall be the 

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

20 United States Code. 

21 ‘‘(D) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing contained 

22 in this paragraph shall be construed, inter23 preted, or applied to supplant, displace, pre24 empt, or otherwise diminish the responsibilities 


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1 and liabilities under other State or Federal civil 

2 rights law, whether statutory or common. 

3 ‘‘(14) CLARIFICATION OF VICTIM SERVICES AND

4 LEGAL ASSISTANCE.—Victim services and legal as5 sistance under this title also include services and as6 sistance to victims of domestic violence, dating vio7 lence, sexual assault, or stalking who are also vic8 tims of severe forms of trafficking in persons as de9 fined by section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Pro10 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 

11 ‘‘(15) CONFERRAL.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Office on Vio13 lence Against Women shall establish a biennial 

14 conferral process with State and tribal coali15 tions and technical assistance providers who re16 ceive funding through grants administered by 

17 the Office on Violence Against Women and au18 thorized by this Act, and other key stake19 holders. 

20 ‘‘(B) AREAS COVERED.—The areas of con21 ferral under this paragraph shall include— 

22 ‘‘(i) the administration of grants; 

23 ‘‘(ii) unmet needs; 

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

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1 ‘‘(iv) emerging trends. 

2 ‘‘(C) INITIAL CONFERRAL.—The first con3 ferral shall be initiated not later than 6 months 

4 after the date of enactment of the Violence 

5 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013. 

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

7 after the conclusion of each conferral period, 

8 the Office on Violence Against Women shall 

9 publish a comprehensive report that— 

10 ‘‘(i) summarizes the issues presented 

11 during conferral and what, if any, policies 

12 it intends to implement to address those 

13 issues; 

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

15 the Office on Violence Against Women’s 

16 website and submitted to the Committee 

17 on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 

18 Committee on the Judiciary of the House 

19 of Representatives. 

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

21 by the Attorney General under this Act shall be sub22 ject to the following accountability provisions: 

23 ‘‘(A) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 

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

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1 the enactment of this Act, and in each fis2 cal year thereafter, the Inspector General 

3 of the Department of Justice shall conduct 

4 audits of recipients of grants under this 

5 Act to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of 

6 funds by grantees. The Inspector General 

7 shall determine the appropriate number of 

8 grantees to be audited each year. 

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

10 the term ‘unresolved audit finding’ means 

11 a finding in the final audit report of the 

12 Inspector General of the Department of 

13 Justice that the audited grantee has uti14 lized grant funds for an unauthorized ex15 penditure or otherwise unallowable cost 

16 that is not closed or resolved within 12 

17 months from the date when the final audit 

18 report is issued. 

19 ‘‘(iii) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A re20 cipient of grant funds under this Act that 

21 is found to have an unresolved audit find22 ing shall not be eligible to receive grant 

23 funds under this Act during the following 

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

2 under this Act, the Attorney General shall 

3 give priority to eligible entities that did not 

4 have an unresolved audit finding during 

5 the 3 fiscal years prior to submitting an 

6 application for a grant under this Act. 

7 ‘‘(v) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity 

8 is awarded grant funds under this Act dur9 ing the 2-fiscal-year period in which the 

10 entity is barred from receiving grants 

11 under paragraph (2), the Attorney General 

12 shall— 

13 ‘‘(I) deposit an amount equal to 

14 the grant funds that were improperly 

15 awarded to the grantee into the Gen16 eral Fund of the Treasury; and 

17 ‘‘(II) seek to recoup the costs of 

18 the repayment to the fund from the 

19 grant recipient that was erroneously 

20 awarded grant funds. 

21 ‘‘(B) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIRE22 MENTS.— 

23 ‘‘(i) DEFINITION.—For purposes of 

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1 ganization’ means an organization that is 

2 described in section 501(c)(3) of the Inter3 nal Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt 

4 from taxation under section 501(a) of such 

5 Code. 

6 ‘‘(ii) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney 

7 General may not award a grant under any 

8 grant program described in this Act to a 

9 nonprofit organization that holds money in 

10 offshore accounts for the purpose of avoid11 ing paying the tax described in section 

12 511(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

13 1986. 

14 ‘‘(iii) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit 

15 organization that is awarded a grant under 

16 a grant program described in this Act and 

17 uses the procedures prescribed in regula18 tions to create a rebuttable presumption of 

19 reasonableness for the compensation of its 

20 officers, directors, trustees and key em21 ployees, shall disclose to the Attorney Gen22 eral, in the application for the grant, the 

23 process for determining such compensa24 tion, including the independent persons in25 volved in reviewing and approving such 


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1 compensation, the comparability data used, 

2 and contemporaneous substantiation of the 

3 deliberation and decision. Upon request, 

4 the Attorney General shall make the infor5 mation disclosed under this subsection 

6 available for public inspection. 

7 ‘‘(C) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

8 ‘‘(i) LIMITATION.—No amounts au9 thorized to be appropriated to the Depart10 ment of Justice under this Act may be 

11 used by the Attorney General, or by any 

12 individual or organization awarded discre13 tionary funds through a cooperative agree14 ment under this Act, to host or support 

15 any expenditure for conferences that uses 

16 more than $20,000 in Department funds, 

17 unless the Deputy Attorney General or 

18 such Assistant Attorney Generals, Direc19 tors, or principal deputies as the Deputy 

20 Attorney General may designate, provides 

21 prior written authorization that the funds 

22 may be expended to host a conference. 

23 ‘‘(ii) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written 

24 approval under clause (i) shall include a 

25 written estimate of all costs associated 


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1 with the conference, including the cost of 

2 all food and beverages, audiovisual equip3 ment, honoraria for speakers, and any en4 tertainment. 

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

6 General shall submit an annual report to 

7 the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

8 Senate and the Committee on the Judici9 ary of the House of Representatives on all 

10 approved conference expenditures ref11 erenced in this paragraph. 

12 ‘‘(D) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning 

13 in the first fiscal year beginning after the date 

14 of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen15 eral shall submit, to the Committee on the Ju16 diciary and the Committee on Appropriations of 

17 the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary 

18 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

19 House of Representatives, an annual certifi20 cation that— 

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

22 the Inspector General under paragraph (1) 

23 have been completed and reviewed by the 

24 appropriate Assistant Attorney General or 

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1 ‘‘(ii) all mandatory exclusions required 

2 under subparagraph (A)(iii) have been 

3 issued; 

4 ‘‘(iii) all reimbursements required 

5 under subparagraph (A)(v) have been 

6 made; and 

7 ‘‘(iv) includes a list of any grant re8 cipients excluded under subparagraph (A) 

9 from the previous year.’’. 

10 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

11 Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, 

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

13 602, 901, and 902 of this Act shall not take effect until 

14 the beginning of the fiscal year following the date of enact15 ment of this Act. 

16 TITLE I—ENHANCING JUDICIAL 

17 AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 

18 TOOLS TO COMBAT VIOLENCE 

19 AGAINST WOMEN 

20 SEC. 101. STOP GRANTS. 

21 Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

22 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amend23 ed— 

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

25 3793(a)(18)), by striking ‘‘$225,000,000 for each of 


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1 fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘$222,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 

3 2018’’; 

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

5 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph 

6 (1)— 

7 (i) by striking ‘‘equipment’’ and in8 serting ‘‘resources’’; and 

9 (ii) by inserting ‘‘for the protection 

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

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

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

13 violence’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic violence, dat14 ing violence, sexual assault, and stalking, in15 cluding the appropriate use of nonimmigrant 

16 status under subparagraphs (T) and (U) of sec17 tion 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nation18 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a))’’; 

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

20 assault and domestic violence’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as22 sault, and stalking’’; 

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

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1 sault, and stalking, as well as the appropriate 

2 treatment of victims’’; 

3 (E) in paragraph (4)— 

4 (i) by striking ‘‘sexual assault and do5 mestic violence’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic 

6 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

7 and stalking’’; and 

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

9 ‘‘identifying’’; 

10 (F) in paragraph (5)— 

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

12 after ‘‘victim services’’; 

13 (ii) by striking ‘‘domestic violence and 

14 dating violence’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic 

15 violence, dating violence, and stalking’’; 

16 and 

17 (iii) by striking ‘‘sexual assault and 

18 domestic violence’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic 

19 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

20 and stalking’’; 

21 (G) by striking paragraph (6) and redesig22 nating paragraphs (7) through (14) as para23 graphs (6) through (13), respectively; 

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

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


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1 and domestic violence’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic 

2 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

3 stalking’’; 

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

5 subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘and dating vio6 lence’’ and inserting ‘‘dating violence, and 

7 stalking’’; 

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

9 subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘domestic vio10 lence or sexual assault’’ and inserting ‘‘ domes11 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

12 stalking’’; 

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

14 subparagraph (G)— 

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

16 ‘‘triage protocols to ensure that dangerous 

17 or potentially lethal cases are identified 

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

19 evidence-based indicators to assess the risk 

20 of domestic and dating violence homicide 

21 and prioritize dangerous or potentially le22 thal cases’’; and 

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

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

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1 (i) by striking ‘‘to provide’’ and in2 serting ‘‘providing’’; 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘nonprofit nongovern4 mental’’; 

5 (iii) by striking the comma after 

6 ‘‘local governments’’; 

7 (iv) in the matter following subpara8 graph (C), by striking ‘‘paragraph (14)’’ 

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

10 (v) by striking the period at the end 

11 and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

13 redesignated by subparagraph (G), the fol14 lowing: 

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

16 tribal legislation and policies that enhance best prac17 tices for responding to domestic violence, dating vio18 lence, sexual assault, and stalking; 

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

20 Sexual Assault Response Teams, or other similar co21 ordinated community responses to sexual assault; 

22 ‘‘(16) developing and strengthening policies, 

23 protocols, best practices, and training for law en24 forcement agencies and prosecutors relating to the 


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1 investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases 

2 and the appropriate treatment of victims; 

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

4 programs addressing sexual assault against men, 

5 women, and youth in correctional and detention set6 tings; 

7 ‘‘(18) identifying and conducting inventories of 

8 backlogs of sexual assault evidence collection kits 

9 and developing protocols and policies for responding 

10 to and addressing such backlogs, including protocols 

11 and policies for notifying and involving victims; 

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

13 programs and projects to provide services and re14 sponses targeting male and female victims of domes15 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk16 ing, whose ability to access traditional services and 

17 responses is affected by their sexual orientation or 

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

19 18, United States Code; and 

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

21 prevention and educational programming to address 

22 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

23 stalking, with not more than 5 percent of the 

24 amount allocated to a State to be used for this pur25 pose.’’; 


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

2 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘non3 profit nongovernmental victim service pro4 grams’’ and inserting ‘‘victim service pro5 viders’’; 

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

7 including populations of Indian tribes)’’; 

8 (C) in subsection (c)— 

9 (i) by striking paragraph (2) and in10 serting the following: 

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

12 plan for implementation and shall consult and co13 ordinate with— 

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

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

16 ‘‘(C) the law enforcement entities within 

17 the State; 

18 ‘‘(D) prosecution offices; 

19 ‘‘(E) State and local courts; 

20 ‘‘(F) Tribal governments in those States 

21 with State or federally recognized Indian tribes; 

22 ‘‘(G) representatives from underserved 

23 populations, including culturally specific popu24 lations; 

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1 ‘‘(I) population specific organizations; and 

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

3 Attorney General identifies as needed for the 

4 planning process;’’; 

5 (ii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

6 paragraph (4); 

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

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

9 ‘‘(3) grantees shall coordinate the State imple10 mentation plan described in paragraph (2) with the 

11 State plans described in section 307 of the Family 

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

13 10407) and the programs described in section 1404 

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

15 10603) and section 393A of the Public Health Serv16 ice Act (42 U.S.C. 280b–1b).’’; 

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

18 by clause (ii)— 

19 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik20 ing ‘‘and not less than 25 percent 

21 shall be allocated for prosecutors’’; 

22 (II) by redesignating subpara23 graphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs 

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1 (III) by inserting after subpara2 graph (A), the following: 

3 ‘‘(B) not less than 25 percent shall be allo4 cated for prosecutors;’’; and 

5 (IV) in subparagraph (D) as re6 designated by subclause (II) by strik7 ing ‘‘for’’ and inserting ‘‘to’’; and 

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

9 ‘‘(5) not later than 2 years after the date of en10 actment of this Act, and every year thereafter, not 

11 less than 20 percent of the total amount granted to 

12 a State under this subchapter shall be allocated for 

13 programs or projects in 2 or more allocations listed 

14 in paragraph (4) that meaningfully address sexual 

15 assault, including stranger rape, acquaintance rape, 

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

17 context of an intimate partner relationship.’’; 

18 (D) by striking subsection (d) and insert19 ing the following: 

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

21 for a grant under this section shall include— 

22 ‘‘(1) the certifications of qualification required 

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

2 for the payment of forensic medical exams and judi3 cial notification, described in section 2010; 

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

5 for paying fees and costs relating to domestic vio6 lence and protection order cases, described in section 

7 2011 of this title; 

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

9 prohibiting polygraph examinations of victims of sex10 ual assault, described in section 2013 of this title; 

11 ‘‘(5) an implementation plan required under 

12 subsection (i); and 

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

14 General may require.’’; 

15 (E) in subsection (e)— 

16 (i) in paragraph (2)— 

17 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik18 ing ‘‘domestic violence and sexual as19 sault’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic vio20 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

21 and stalking’’; and 

22 (II) in subparagraph (D), by 

23 striking ‘‘linguistically and’’; and 

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

2 this part, the Attorney General may impose reason3 able conditions on grant awards to ensure that the 

4 States meet statutory, regulatory, and other pro5 gram requirements.’’; 

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

7 at the end and inserting ‘‘, except that, for pur8 poses of this subsection, the costs of the 

9 projects for victim services or tribes for which 

10 there is an exemption under section 

11 40002(b)(1) of the Violence Against Women 

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

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

14 and 

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

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

17 a grant under this part shall— 

18 ‘‘(1) develop an implementation plan in con19 sultation with the entities listed in subsection (c)(2), 

20 that identifies how the State will use the funds 

21 awarded under this part, including how the State 

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

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

24 ‘‘(A) the implementation plan developed 

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1 ‘‘(B) documentation from each member of 

2 the planning committee as to their participation 

3 in the planning process; 

4 ‘‘(C) documentation from the prosecution, 

5 law enforcement, court, and victim services pro6 grams to be assisted, describing— 

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

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

9 funds; 

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

11 funds; and 

12 ‘‘(iv) the demographic characteristics 

13 of the populations to be served, including 

14 age, disability, race, ethnicity, and lan15 guage background; 

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

17 ensure that any subgrantees will consult with 

18 victim service providers during the course of de19 veloping their grant applications in order to en20 sure that the proposed activities are designed to 

21 promote the safety, confidentiality, and eco22 nomic independence of victims; 

23 ‘‘(E) demographic data on the distribution 

24 of underserved populations within the State and 

25 a description of how the State will meet the 


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1 needs of underserved populations, including the 

2 minimum allocation for population specific serv3 ices required under subsection (c)(4)(C); 

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

5 to meet the regulations issued pursuant to sub6 section (e)(2); 

7 ‘‘(G) goals and objectives for reducing do8 mestic violence-related homicides within the 

9 State; and 

10 ‘‘(H) any other information requested by 

11 the Attorney General. 

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

13 any returned or remaining funds for any authorized pur14 pose under this part if— 

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

16 part are returned to the State; or 

17 ‘‘(2) the State does not receive sufficient eligi18 ble applications to award the full funding within the 

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

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

21 (A) in subsection (a), by striking para22 graph (1) and inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State, Indian tribal gov24 ernment, or unit of local government shall not be en25 titled to funds under this subchapter unless the 


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1 State, Indian tribal government, unit of local govern2 ment, or another governmental entity— 

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

4 forensic medical exams described in subsection 

5 (b) for victims of sexual assault; and 

6 ‘‘(B) coordinates with health care providers 

7 in the region to notify victims of sexual assault 

8 of the availability of rape exams at no cost to 

9 the victims.’’; 

10 (B) in subsection (b)— 

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

12 after the semicolon; 

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

14 or’’ and inserting a period; and 

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

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

17 follows: 

18 ‘‘(d) NONCOOPERATION.— 

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

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

21 unit of local government shall comply with sub22 section (b) without regard to whether the victim par23 ticipates in the criminal justice system or cooperates 

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

2 and Indian tribal governments shall have 3 years 

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

4 compliance with this section.’’; and 

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

6 5(a)(1))— 

7 (A) by inserting ‘‘modification, enforce8 ment, dismissal, withdrawal’’ after ‘‘registra9 tion,’’ each place it appears; 

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

11 assault, or stalking’’ after ‘‘felony domestic vio12 lence’’; and 

13 (C) by striking ‘‘victim of domestic vio14 lence’’ and all that follows through ‘‘sexual as15 sault’’ and inserting ‘‘victim of domestic vio16 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk17 ing’’. 

18 SEC. 102. GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE ARREST POLICIES AND 

19 ENFORCEMENT OF PROTECTION ORDERS. 

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

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

22 3796hh et seq.) is amended— 

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

24 (A) in subsection (b)— 


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1 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

2 (1), by striking ‘‘States,’’ and all that fol3 lows through ‘‘units of local government’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘grantees’’; 

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

6 ‘‘and enforcement of protection orders 

7 across State and tribal lines’’ before the 

8 period; 

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

10 ‘‘and training in police departments to im11 prove tracking of cases’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘data collection systems, and training in 

13 police departments to improve tracking of 

14 cases and classification of complaints’’; 

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

16 ‘‘and provide the appropriate training and 

17 education about domestic violence, dating 

18 violence, sexual assault, and stalking’’ after 

19 ‘‘computer tracking systems’’; 

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

21 ‘‘and other victim services’’ after ‘‘legal ad22 vocacy service programs’’; 

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

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

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1 and court-based and court-related per2 sonnel’’; 

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

4 ‘‘and sexual assault’’ and inserting ‘‘dating 

5 violence, sexual assault, and stalking’’; 

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

7 ‘‘non-profit, non-governmental victim serv8 ices organizations,’’ and inserting ‘‘victim 

9 service providers, staff from population 

10 specific organizations,’’; and 

11 (ix) by adding at the end the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(14) To develop and implement training pro14 grams for prosecutors and other prosecution-related 

15 personnel regarding best practices to ensure offender 

16 accountability, victim safety, and victim consultation 

17 in cases involving domestic violence, dating violence, 

18 sexual assault, and stalking. 

19 ‘‘(15) To develop or strengthen policies, proto20 cols, and training for law enforcement, prosecutors, 

21 and the judiciary in recognizing, investigating, and 

22 prosecuting instances of domestic violence, dating vi23 olence, sexual assault, and stalking against immi24 grant victims, including the appropriate use of appli25 cations for nonimmigrant status under subparaVerDate Mar 15 2010 22:43 Jan 28, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S47.PCS S47

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1 graphs (T) and (U) of section 101(a)(15) of the Im2 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

3 1101(a)(15)). 

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

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

8 including the appropriate treatment of victims. 

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

10 assault nurse examiner programs or sexual assault 

11 forensic examiner programs, including the hiring 

12 and training of such examiners. 

13 ‘‘(18) To develop, implement, or enhance Sex14 ual Assault Response Teams or similar coordinated 

15 community responses to sexual assault. 

16 ‘‘(19) To develop and strengthen policies, proto17 cols, and training for law enforcement officers and 

18 prosecutors regarding the investigation and prosecu19 tion of sexual assault cases and the appropriate 

20 treatment of victims. 

21 ‘‘(20) To provide human immunodeficiency 

22 virus testing programs, counseling, and prophylaxis 

23 for victims of sexual assault. 

24 ‘‘(21) To identify and inventory backlogs of sex25 ual assault evidence collection kits and to develop 


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1 protocols for responding to and addressing such 

2 backlogs, including policies and protocols for noti3 fying and involving victims. 

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

5 teams focusing on reducing domestic violence and 

6 dating violence homicides by— 

7 ‘‘(A) using evidence-based indicators to as8 sess the risk of homicide and link high-risk vic9 tims to immediate crisis intervention services; 

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

11 offenders; and 

12 ‘‘(C) providing ongoing victim advocacy 

13 and referrals to comprehensive services includ14 ing legal, housing, health care, and economic 

15 assistance.’’; 

16 (B) in subsection (c)— 

17 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

18 (I) in the matter preceding sub19 paragraph (A), by inserting ‘‘except 

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

21 (II) by redesignating subpara22 graphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and 

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

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

4 (iii) in paragraph (3)— 

5 (I) by striking ‘‘spouses’’ each 

6 place it appears and inserting ‘‘par7 ties’’; and 

8 (II) by striking ‘‘spouse’’ and in9 serting ‘‘party’’; 

10 (iv) in paragraph (4)— 

11 (I) by inserting ‘‘, dating vio12 lence, sexual assault, or stalking’’ 

13 after ‘‘felony domestic violence’’; 

14 (II) by inserting ‘‘modification, 

15 enforcement, dismissal,’’ after ‘‘reg16 istration,’’ each place it appears; 

17 (III) by inserting ‘‘dating vio18 lence,’’ after ‘‘victim of domestic vio19 lence,’’; and 

20 (IV) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

21 end; 

22 (v) in paragraph (5)— 

23 (I) in the matter preceding sub24 paragraph (A), by striking ‘‘, not later 

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1 (II) by inserting ‘‘, trial of, or 

2 sentencing for’’ after ‘‘investigation 

3 of’’ each place it appears; 

4 (III) by redesignating subpara5 graphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and 

6 (ii), and adjusting the margin accord7 ingly; 

8 (IV) in clause (ii), as redesig9 nated by subclause (III) of this 

10 clause, by striking ‘‘subparagraph 

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

12 (V) by striking the period at the 

13 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

14 (vi) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

15 through (5), as amended by this subpara16 graph, as subparagraphs (A) through (E), 

17 respectively; 

18 (vii) in the matter preceding subpara19 graph (A), as redesignated by clause (v) of 

20 this subparagraph— 

21 (I) by striking the comma that 

22 immediately follows another comma; 

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1 (II) by striking ‘‘grantees are 

2 States’’ and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘grantees are— 

4 ‘‘(1) States’’; and 

5 (viii) by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(2) a State, tribal, or territorial domestic vio8 lence or sexual assault coalition or a victim service 

9 provider that partners with a State, Indian tribal 

10 government, or unit of local government that cer11 tifies that the State, Indian tribal government, or 

12 unit of local government meets the requirements 

13 under paragraph (1).’’; 

14 (C) in subsection (d)— 

15 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

16 (I) in the matter preceding sub17 paragraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, policy,’’ 

18 after ‘‘law’’; and 

19 (II) in subparagraph (A), by in20 serting ‘‘and the defendant is in cus21 tody or has been served with the in22 formation or indictment’’ before the 

23 semicolon; and 

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

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

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

3 amounts appropriated for purposes of this part for each 

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

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

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

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

8 amounts appropriated for purposes of this part for each 

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

10 projects that address sexual assault, including stranger 

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

12 and rape within the context of an intimate partner rela13 tionship.’’; and 

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

15 1(a))— 

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

17 after ‘‘tribal government,’’; and 

18 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘non19 profit, private sexual assault and domestic vio20 lence programs’’ and inserting ‘‘victim service 

21 providers and, as appropriate, population spe22 cific organizations’’. 

23 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

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

2 amended— 

3 (1) by striking ‘‘$75,000,000’’ and all that fol4 lows through ‘‘2011.’’ and inserting ‘‘$73,000,000 

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

6 (2) by striking the period that immediately fol7 lows another period. 

8 SEC. 103. LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS. 

9 Section 1201 of the Violence Against Women Act of 

10 2000 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–6) is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (a)— 

12 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘aris13 ing as a consequence of’’ and inserting ‘‘relat14 ing to or arising out of’’; and 

15 (B) in the second sentence, by inserting 

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

17 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

19 GRANT CONDITIONS’’ after ‘‘DEFINITIONS’’; 

20 and 

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

22 after ‘‘definitions’’; 

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

2 services organizations’’ and inserting ‘‘victim 

3 service providers’’; and 

4 (B) by striking paragraph (3) and insert5 ing the following: 

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

7 and projects to provide competent, supervised pro 

8 bono legal assistance for victims of domestic vio9 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, ex10 cept that not more than 10 percent of the funds 

11 awarded under this section may be used for the pur12 pose described in this paragraph.’’; 

13 (4) in subsection (d)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘this sec15 tion has completed’’ and all that follows and in16 serting the following: ‘‘this section—’’ 

17 ‘‘(A) has demonstrated expertise in pro18 viding legal assistance to victims of domestic vi19 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk20 ing in the targeted population; or 

21 ‘‘(B)(i) is partnered with an entity or per22 son that has demonstrated expertise described 

23 in subparagraph (A); and 

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1 violence, stalking, or sexual assault and related 

2 legal issues, including training on evidence3 based risk factors for domestic and dating vio4 lence homicide;’’; and 

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

6 organization’’ and inserting ‘‘stalking victim 

7 service provider’’; and 

8 (5) in subsection (f) in paragraph (1), by strik9 ing ‘‘this section’’ and all that follows and inserting 

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

11 fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’. 

12 SEC. 104. CONSOLIDATION OF GRANTS TO SUPPORT FAMI13 LIES IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of division B of the Vic15 tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 

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

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

18 10420), as amended by section 306 of the Violence 

19 Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza20 tion Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 316), 

21 and inserting the following: 

22 ‘‘SEC. 1301. GRANTS TO SUPPORT FAMILIES IN THE JUS23 TICE SYSTEM. 

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1 ing juvenile courts), Indian tribal governments, nonprofit 

2 organizations, legal services providers, and victim services 

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

4 and criminal justice system to families with a history of 

5 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk6 ing, or in cases involving allegations of child sexual abuse. 

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

8 may be used to— 

9 ‘‘(1) provide supervised visitation and safe visi10 tation exchange of children and youth by and be11 tween parents in situations involving domestic vio12 lence, dating violence, child sexual abuse, sexual as13 sault, or stalking; 

14 ‘‘(2) develop and promote State, local, and trib15 al legislation, policies, and best practices for improv16 ing civil and criminal court functions, responses, 

17 practices, and procedures in cases involving a history 

18 of domestic violence or sexual assault, or in cases in19 volving allegations of child sexual abuse, including 

20 cases in which the victim proceeds pro se; 

21 ‘‘(3) educate court-based and court-related per22 sonnel and court-appointed personnel (including cus23 tody evaluators and guardians ad litem) and child 

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1 stalking, including information on perpetrator behav2 ior, evidence-based risk factors for domestic and dat3 ing violence homicide, and on issues relating to the 

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

5 and confidentiality, including cases in which the vic6 tim proceeds pro se; 

7 ‘‘(4) provide appropriate resources in juvenile 

8 court matters to respond to dating violence, domestic 

9 violence, sexual assault (including child sexual 

10 abuse), and stalking and ensure necessary services 

11 dealing with the health and mental health of victims 

12 are available; 

13 ‘‘(5) enable courts or court-based or court-re14 lated programs to develop or enhance— 

15 ‘‘(A) court infrastructure (such as special16 ized courts, consolidated courts, dockets, intake 

17 centers, or interpreter services); 

18 ‘‘(B) community-based initiatives within 

19 the court system (such as court watch pro20 grams, victim assistants, pro se victim assist21 ance programs, or community-based supple22 mentary services); 

23 ‘‘(C) offender management, monitoring, 

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1 ‘‘(D) safe and confidential information2 storage and information-sharing databases 

3 within and between court systems; 

4 ‘‘(E) education and outreach programs to 

5 improve community access, including enhanced 

6 access for underserved populations; and 

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

8 responses to domestic violence, dating violence, 

9 sexual assault, and stalking; 

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

11 services, including legal information and resources in 

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

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

14 ‘‘(B) nonoffending parents in matters— 

15 ‘‘(i) that involve allegations of child 

16 sexual abuse; 

17 ‘‘(ii) that relate to family matters, in18 cluding civil protection orders, custody, 

19 and divorce; and 

20 ‘‘(iii) in which the other parent is rep21 resented by counsel; 

22 ‘‘(7) collect data and provide training and tech23 nical assistance, including developing State, local, 

24 and tribal model codes and policies, to improve the 

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1 civil justice needs of victims of domestic violence, 

2 dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking who 

3 have legal representation, who are proceeding pro se, 

4 or who are proceeding with the assistance of a legal 

5 advocate; and 

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

7 judges, judicial personnel, attorneys, child welfare 

8 personnel, and legal advocates in the civil justice 

9 system. 

10 ‘‘(c) CONSIDERATIONS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In making grants for pur12 poses described in paragraphs (1) through (7) of 

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

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

15 by the proposed programs and services; 

16 ‘‘(B) the extent to which the proposed pro17 grams and services serve underserved popu18 lations; 

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

20 demonstrates cooperation and collaboration 

21 with nonprofit, nongovernmental entities in the 

22 local community with demonstrated histories of 

23 effective work on domestic violence, dating vio24 lence, sexual assault, or stalking, including 

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1 State or tribal sexual assault coalitions, local 

2 shelters, and programs for domestic violence 

3 and sexual assault victims; and 

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

5 demonstrates coordination and collaboration 

6 with State, tribal, and local court systems, in7 cluding mechanisms for communication and re8 ferral. 

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

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

11 into account the extent to which the grantee has ex12 pertise addressing the judicial system’s handling of 

13 family violence, child custody, child abuse and ne14 glect, adoption, foster care, supervised visitation, di15 vorce, and parentage. 

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

17 General may make a grant under this section to an appli18 cant that— 

19 ‘‘(1) demonstrates expertise in the areas of do20 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

21 stalking, or child sexual abuse, as appropriate; 

22 ‘‘(2) ensures that any fees charged to individ23 uals for use of supervised visitation programs and 

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

2 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

3 assault, or stalking are not charged fees or any 

4 other costs related to the filing, petitioning, modi5 fying, issuance, registration, enforcement, with6 drawal, or dismissal of matters relating to the do7 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

8 stalking; 

9 ‘‘(4) demonstrates that adequate security meas10 ures, including adequate facilities, procedures, and 

11 personnel capable of preventing violence, and ade12 quate standards are, or will be, in place (including 

13 the development of protocols or policies to ensure 

14 that confidential information is not shared with 

15 courts, law enforcement agencies, or child welfare 

16 agencies unless necessary to ensure the safety of any 

17 child or adult using the services of a program fund18 ed under this section), if the applicant proposes to 

19 operate supervised visitation programs and services 

20 or safe visitation exchange; 

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

22 the applicant do not require mediation or counseling 

23 involving offenders and victims being physically 

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1 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 

2 is alleged; 

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

4 assistance through a program funded under this sec5 tion has completed or will complete training on do6 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

7 stalking, including child sexual abuse, and related 

8 legal issues; and 

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

10 evaluation or guardian ad litem services through a 

11 program funded under this section has completed or 

12 will complete training developed with input from and 

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

14 local domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as15 sault, or stalking victim service provider or coalition 

16 on the dynamics of domestic violence and sexual as17 sault, including child sexual abuse, that includes 

18 training on how to review evidence of past abuse and 

19 the use of evidenced-based theories to make rec20 ommendations on custody and visitation. 

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

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

23 $22,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018. 

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

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

3 the total amount available under this section for 

4 each fiscal year shall be available for grants under 

5 the program authorized by section 3796gg–10 of 

6 this title. 

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

10 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

11 Subtitle J of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 

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

13 SEC. 105. SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT. 

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

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

16 ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and all that follows and inserting 

17 ‘‘$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’. 

18 SEC. 106. COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PRO19 GRAM. 

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

21 (42 U.S.C. 13011 et seq.) is amended— 

22 (1) in section 216 (42 U.S.C. 13012), by strik23 ing ‘‘January 1, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 

24 2015’’; 

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

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

3 and 

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

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

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

7 the Administrator a report regarding the use of the grant 

8 for the fiscal year, including a discussion of outcome per9 formance measures (which shall be established by the Ad10 ministrator) to determine the effectiveness of the pro11 grams of the organization in meeting the needs of children 

12 in the child welfare system.’’; and 

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

14 striking ‘‘fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and in15 serting ‘‘fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’. 

16 SEC. 107. CRIMINAL PROVISION RELATING TO STALKING, 

17 INCLUDING CYBERSTALKING. 

18 (a) INTERSTATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—Section 

19 2261(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

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

21 Country or’’; and 

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

23 of such travel’’; 

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

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1 ‘‘§ 2261A. Stalking 

2 ‘‘Whoever— 

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

4 or is present within the special maritime and terri5 torial jurisdiction of the United States, or enters or 

6 leaves Indian country, with the intent to kill, injure, 

7 harass, intimidate, or place under surveillance with 

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

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

10 travel or presence engages in conduct that— 

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

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

13 ‘‘(i) that person; 

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

15 defined in section 115) of that person; or 

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

17 that person; or 

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

19 be reasonably expected to cause substantial 

20 emotional distress to a person described in 

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

22 ‘‘(2) with the intent to kill, injure, harass, in23 timidate, or place under surveillance with intent to 

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

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1 munication system of interstate commerce, or any 

2 other facility of interstate or foreign commerce to 

3 engage in a course of conduct that— 

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

5 of the death of or serious bodily injury to a per6 son described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of para7 graph (1)(A); or 

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

9 be reasonably expected to cause substantial 

10 emotional distress to a person described in 

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

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

13 this title.’’. 

14 (c) INTERSTATE VIOLATION OF PROTECTION

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

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

17 Country or’’. 

18 SEC. 108. OUTREACH AND SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED 

19 POPULATIONS GRANT. 

20 Section 120 of the Violence Against Women and De21 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 

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

23 ‘‘SEC. 120. GRANTS FOR OUTREACH AND SERVICES TO UN24 DERSERVED POPULATIONS. 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts appro2 priated under the grant programs identified in para3 graph (2), the Attorney General shall take 2 percent 

4 of such appropriated amounts and combine them to 

5 award grants to eligible entities described in sub6 section (b) of this section to develop and implement 

7 outreach strategies targeted at adult or youth vic8 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as9 sault, or stalking in underserved populations and to 

10 provide victim services to meet the needs of adult 

11 and youth victims of domestic violence, dating vio12 lence, sexual assault, and stalking in underserved 

13 populations. The requirements of the grant pro14 grams identified in paragraph (2) shall not apply to 

15 this grant program. 

16 ‘‘(2) PROGRAMS COVERED.—The programs cov17 ered by paragraph (1) are the programs carried out 

18 under the following provisions: 

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

20 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Grants 

21 to Combat Violent Crimes Against Women). 

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

23 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Grants 

24 to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement 

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

2 this section are— 

3 ‘‘(1) population specific organizations that have 

4 demonstrated experience and expertise in providing 

5 population specific services in the relevant under6 served communities, or population specific organiza7 tions working in partnership with a victim service 

8 provider or domestic violence or sexual assault coali9 tion; 

10 ‘‘(2) victim service providers offering population 

11 specific services for a specific underserved popu12 lation; or 

13 ‘‘(3) victim service providers working in part14 nership with a national, State, tribal, or local organi15 zation that has demonstrated experience and exper16 tise in providing population specific services in the 

17 relevant underserved population. 

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

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

20 section to make one-time planning grants to eligible enti21 ties to support the planning and development of specially 

22 designed and targeted programs for adult and youth vic23 tims in one or more underserved populations, including— 

24 ‘‘(1) identifying, building and strengthening 

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1 derserved populations, Federal, State, tribal, terri2 torial or local government entities, and public and 

3 private organizations; 

4 ‘‘(2) conducting a needs assessment of the com5 munity and the targeted underserved population or 

6 populations to determine what the barriers are to 

7 service access and what factors contribute to those 

8 barriers, using input from the targeted underserved 

9 population or populations; 

10 ‘‘(3) identifying promising prevention, outreach 

11 and intervention strategies for victims from a tar12 geted underserved population or populations; and 

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

14 targeted underserved population or populations, for 

15 implementing prevention, outreach and intervention 

16 strategies to address the barriers to accessing serv17 ices, promoting community engagement in the pre18 vention of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

19 assault, and stalking within the targeted under20 served populations, and evaluating the program. 

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

22 General shall make grants to eligible entities for the pur23 pose of providing or enhancing population specific out24 reach and services to adult and youth victims in one or 

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1 ‘‘(1) working with Federal, State, tribal, terri2 torial and local governments, agencies, and organiza3 tions to develop or enhance population specific serv4 ices; 

5 ‘‘(2) strengthening the capacity of underserved 

6 populations to provide population specific services; 

7 ‘‘(3) strengthening the capacity of traditional 

8 victim service providers to provide population spe9 cific services; 

10 ‘‘(4) strengthening the effectiveness of criminal 

11 and civil justice interventions by providing training 

12 for law enforcement, prosecutors, judges and other 

13 court personnel on domestic violence, dating vio14 lence, sexual assault, or stalking in underserved pop15 ulations; or 

16 ‘‘(5) working in cooperation with an under17 served population to develop and implement out18 reach, education, prevention, and intervention strate19 gies that highlight available resources and the spe20 cific issues faced by victims of domestic violence, 

21 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking from un22 derserved populations. 

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

24 grant under this section shall submit an application to the 

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

2 may prescribe. 

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

4 under this section shall submit to the Director of the Of5 fice on Violence Against Women a report that describes 

6 the activities carried out with grant funds. 

7 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In ad8 dition to the funds identified in subsection (a)(1), there 

9 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

10 $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018. 

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

12 this section the definitions and grant conditions in section 

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

14 U.S.C. 13925) shall apply.’’. 

15 SEC. 109. CULTURALLY SPECIFIC SERVICES GRANT. 

16 Section 121 of the Violence Against Women and De17 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 

18 U.S.C. 14045a) is amended— 

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

20 LINGUISTICALLY’’; 

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

22 appears; 

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

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1 ‘‘(2) PROGRAMS COVERED.—The programs cov2 ered by paragraph (1) are the programs carried out 

3 under the following provisions: 

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

5 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Grants 

6 to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement 

7 of Protection Orders). 

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

9 Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection 

10 Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–6) (Legal As11 sistance for Victims). 

12 ‘‘(C) Section 40295 of the Violence 

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

14 (Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, 

15 Sexual Assault, Stalking, and Child Abuse En16 forcement Assistance). 

17 ‘‘(D) Section 40802 of the Violence 

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

19 14041a) (Enhanced Training and Services to 

20 End Violence Against Women Later in Life). 

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

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

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1 lence Against and Abuse of Women with Dis2 abilities).’’; and 

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

4 and’’. 

5 TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES 

6 FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC 

7 VIOLENCE, DATING VIO8 LENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, 

9 AND STALKING 

10 SEC. 201. SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM. 

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

12 41601(b) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 

13 U.S.C. 14043g(b)) is amended— 

14 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘other pro15 grams’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘other 

16 nongovernmental or tribal programs and projects to 

17 assist individuals who have been victimized by sexual 

18 assault, without regard to the age of the indi19 vidual.’’; 

20 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

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

22 tribal programs and activities’’ after ‘‘non23 governmental organizations’’; and 

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

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1 (3) in paragraph (4)— 

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

3 Columbia and Puerto Rico)’’ after ‘‘The Attor4 ney General shall allocate to each State’’; 

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

6 Puerto Rico,’’ after ‘‘Guam’’; 

7 (C) by striking ‘‘0.125 percent’’ and in8 serting ‘‘0.25 percent’’; and 

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

10 shall be treated as a territory for purposes of 

11 calculating its allocation under the preceding 

12 formula.’’. 

13 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

14 41601(f)(1) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 

15 (42 U.S.C. 14043g(f)(1)) is amended by striking 

16 ‘‘$50,000,000 to remain available until expended for each 

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

18 ‘‘$40,000,000 to remain available until expended for each 

19 of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’. 

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

21 SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING, AND CHILD 

22 ABUSE ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE. 

23 Section 40295 of the Violence Against Women Act 

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1 (1) in subsection (a)(1)(H), by inserting ‘‘, in2 cluding sexual assault forensic examiners’’ before the 

3 semicolon; 

4 (2) in subsection (b)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

6 (i) by striking ‘‘victim advocacy 

7 groups’’ and inserting ‘‘victim service pro8 viders’’; and 

9 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, including devel10 oping multidisciplinary teams focusing on 

11 high risk cases with the goal of preventing 

12 domestic and dating violence homicides’’ 

13 before the semicolon; 

14 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

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

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

17 assistance, and other long-term and short18 term victim and population specific serv19 ices’’; and 

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

21 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe22 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

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

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1 assault forensic examiner programs, Sexual Assault 

2 Response Teams, law enforcement training, and pro3 grams addressing rape kit backlogs. 

4 ‘‘(5) developing programs and strategies that 

5 focus on the specific needs of victims of domestic vi6 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 

7 who reside in remote rural and geographically iso8 lated areas, including addressing the challenges 

9 posed by the lack of access to shelters and victims 

10 services, and limited law enforcement resources and 

11 training, and providing training and resources to 

12 Community Health Aides involved in the delivery of 

13 Indian Health Service programs.’’; and 

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

15 ‘‘$55,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2007 

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

17 of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’. 

18 SEC. 203. TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END VIOLENCE 

19 AGAINST WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES 

20 GRANTS. 

21 Section 1402 of division B of the Victims of Traf22 ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 

23 3796gg–7) is amended— 

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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(in2 cluding using evidence-based indicators to as3 sess the risk of domestic and dating violence 

4 homicide)’’ after ‘‘risk reduction’’; 

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

6 service organizations’’ and inserting ‘‘victim 

7 service providers’’; and 

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

9 services organizations’’ and inserting ‘‘victim 

10 service providers’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (c)(1)(D), by striking ‘‘non12 profit and nongovernmental victim services organiza13 tion, such as a State’’ and inserting ‘‘victim service 

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

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

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

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

18 through 2018’’. 

19 SEC. 204. ENHANCED TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END 

20 ABUSE IN LATER LIFE. 

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

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

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1 ‘‘Subtitle H—Enhanced Training 

2 and Services to End Abuse 

3 Later in Life 

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

5 ABUSE IN LATER LIFE. 

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

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

8 given the term in section 2011 of the Social Security 

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

10 ‘‘(2) the term ‘later life’, relating to an indi11 vidual, means the individual is 50 years of age or 

12 older; and 

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

14 caregiver or fiduciary to provide the goods or serv15 ices that are necessary to maintain the health or 

16 safety of an individual in later life. 

17 ‘‘(b) GRANT PROGRAM.— 

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

19 General may make grants to eligible entities to carry 

20 out the activities described in paragraph (2). 

21 ‘‘(2) MANDATORY AND PERMISSIBLE ACTIVI22 TIES.— 

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

24 entity receiving a grant under this section shall 

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1 ‘‘(i) provide training programs to as2 sist law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, 

3 agencies of States or units of local govern4 ment, population specific organizations, 

5 victim service providers, victim advocates, 

6 and relevant officers in Federal, tribal, 

7 State, territorial, and local courts in recog8 nizing and addressing instances of elder 

9 abuse; 

10 ‘‘(ii) provide or enhance services for 

11 victims of abuse in later life, including do12 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as13 sault, stalking, exploitation, and neglect; 

14 ‘‘(iii) establish or support multidisci15 plinary collaborative community responses 

16 to victims of abuse in later life, including 

17 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

18 assault, stalking, exploitation, and neglect; 

19 and 

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

21 enforcement agencies, prosecutors, agen22 cies of States or units of local government, 

23 attorneys, health care providers, population 

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1 to better serve victims of abuse in later 

2 life, including domestic violence, dating vio3 lence, sexual assault, stalking, exploitation, 

4 and neglect. 

5 ‘‘(B) PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES.—An eligi6 ble entity receiving a grant under this section 

7 may use the funds received under the grant 

8 to— 

9 ‘‘(i) provide training programs to as10 sist attorneys, health care providers, faith11 based leaders, or other community-based 

12 organizations in recognizing and address13 ing instances of abuse in later life, includ14 ing domestic violence, dating violence, sex15 ual assault, stalking, exploitation, and ne16 glect; or 

17 ‘‘(ii) conduct outreach activities and 

18 awareness campaigns to ensure that vic19 tims of abuse in later life, including domes20 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

21 stalking, exploitation, and neglect receive 

22 appropriate assistance. 

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

24 waive 1 or more of the activities described in 

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1 that the activity would duplicate services avail2 able in the community. 

3 ‘‘(D) LIMITATION.—An eligible entity re4 ceiving a grant under this section may use not 

5 more than 10 percent of the total funds re6 ceived under the grant for an activity described 

7 in subparagraph (B)(ii). 

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

9 eligible to receive a grant under this section if— 

10 ‘‘(A) the entity is— 

11 ‘‘(i) a State; 

12 ‘‘(ii) a unit of local government; 

13 ‘‘(iii) a tribal government or tribal or14 ganization; 

15 ‘‘(iv) a population specific organiza16 tion with demonstrated experience in as17 sisting individuals over 50 years of age; 

18 ‘‘(v) a victim service provider with 

19 demonstrated experience in addressing do20 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as21 sault, and stalking; or 

22 ‘‘(vi) a State, tribal, or territorial do23 mestic violence or sexual assault coalition; 

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

2 part of a multidisciplinary partnership that in3 cludes, at a minimum— 

4 ‘‘(i) a law enforcement agency; 

5 ‘‘(ii) a prosecutor’s office; 

6 ‘‘(iii) a victim service provider; and 

7 ‘‘(iv) a nonprofit program or govern8 ment agency with demonstrated experience 

9 in assisting individuals in later life; 

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

11 grants under this section, the Attorney General shall 

12 give priority to proposals providing services to cul13 turally specific and underserved populations. 

14 ‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

15 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

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

17 through 2018.’’. 

18 TITLE III—SERVICES, PROTEC19 TION, AND JUSTICE FOR 

20 YOUNG VICTIMS OF VIO21 LENCE 

22 SEC. 301. RAPE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION GRANT. 

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

24 U.S.C. 280b–1b) is amended— 

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

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

3 centers, State’’; and 

4 (B) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘and al5 cohol’’ after ‘‘about drugs’’; and 

6 (2) in subsection (c)— 

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

8 ‘‘$80,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 

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

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

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

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

13 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND PUERTO RICO.—A 

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

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

16 of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. A minimum alloca17 tion of $35,000 shall be awarded in each fiscal year 

18 for each Territory. Any unused or remaining funds 

19 shall be allotted to each State, the District of Co20 lumbia, and Puerto Rico on the basis of popu21 lation.’’. 


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

2 SERVICES, AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN 

3 AND YOUTH. 

4 Subtitle L of the Violence Against Women Act of 

5 1994 is amended by striking sections 41201 through 

6 41204 (42 U.S.C. 14043c through 14043c–3) and insert7 ing the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 41201. CREATING HOPE THROUGH OUTREACH, OP9 TIONS, SERVICES, AND EDUCATION FOR 

10 CHILDREN AND YOUTH (‘CHOOSE CHILDREN 

11 & YOUTH’). 

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

13 working in collaboration with the Secretary of Health and 

14 Human Services and the Secretary of Education, shall 

15 award grants to enhance the safety of youth and children 

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

17 violence, sexual assault, or stalking and prevent future vio18 lence. 

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

20 this section may be used for the following program pur21 pose areas: 

22 ‘‘(1) SERVICES TO ADVOCATE FOR AND RE23 SPOND TO YOUTH.—To develop, expand, and 

24 strengthen victim-centered interventions and services 

25 that target youth who are victims of domestic vio26 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 


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1 Services may include victim services, counseling, ad2 vocacy, mentoring, educational support, transpor3 tation, legal assistance in civil, criminal and admin4 istrative matters, such as family law cases, housing 

5 cases, child welfare proceedings, campus administra6 tive proceedings, and civil protection order pro7 ceedings, services to address the co-occurrence of sex 

8 trafficking, population-specific services, and other 

9 activities that support youth in finding safety, sta10 bility, and justice and in addressing the emotional, 

11 cognitive, and physical effects of trauma. Funds may 

12 be used to— 

13 ‘‘(A) assess and analyze currently available 

14 services for youth victims of domestic violence, 

15 dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, de16 termining relevant barriers to such services in 

17 a particular locality, and developing a commu18 nity protocol to address such problems collabo19 ratively; 

20 ‘‘(B) develop and implement policies, prac21 tices, and procedures to effectively respond to 

22 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as23 sault, or stalking against youth; or 

24 ‘‘(C) provide technical assistance and 

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1 sonnel, victim service providers, child protective 

2 service workers, staff of law enforcement agen3 cies, prosecutors, court personnel, individuals 

4 who work in after school programs, medical 

5 personnel, social workers, mental health per6 sonnel, and workers in other programs that 

7 serve children and youth to improve their ability 

8 to appropriately respond to the needs of chil9 dren and youth who are victims of domestic vio10 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk11 ing, and to properly refer such children, youth, 

12 and their families to appropriate services. 

13 ‘‘(2) SUPPORTING YOUTH THROUGH EDU14 CATION AND PROTECTION.—To enable middle 

15 schools, high schools, and institutions of higher edu16 cation to— 

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

18 including healthcare providers and security per19 sonnel, on the needs of students who are vic20 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, sex21 ual assault, or stalking; 

22 ‘‘(B) develop and implement prevention 

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1 dents who are experiencing or perpetrating do2 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

3 or stalking, and procedures for handling the re4 quirements of court protective orders issued to 

5 or against students; 

6 ‘‘(C) provide support services for student 

7 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

8 sexual assault or stalking, such as a resource 

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

10 ‘‘(D) implement developmentally appro11 priate educational programming for students re12 garding domestic violence, dating violence, sex13 ual assault, and stalking and the impact of such 

14 violence on youth; or 

15 ‘‘(E) develop strategies to increase identi16 fication, support, referrals, and prevention pro17 gramming for youth who are at high risk of do18 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

19 or stalking. 

20 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.— 

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

22 grant under this section, an entity shall be— 

23 ‘‘(A) a victim service provider, tribal non24 profit, or population-specific or community25 based organization with a demonstrated history 


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1 of effective work addressing the needs of youth 

2 who are, including runaway or homeless youth 

3 affected by, victims of domestic violence, dating 

4 violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 

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

6 partnered with an entity that has a dem7 onstrated history of effective work addressing 

8 the needs of youth; or 

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

10 accredited private middle or high school, a 

11 school administered by the Department of De12 fense under section 2164 of title 10, United 

13 States Code or section 1402 of the Defense De14 pendents’ Education Act of 1978, a group of 

15 schools, a school district, or an institution of 

16 higher education. 

17 ‘‘(2) PARTNERSHIPS.— 

18 ‘‘(A) EDUCATION.—To be eligible to re19 ceive a grant for the purposes described in sub20 section (b)(2), an entity described in paragraph 

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

22 tribal, or nationally accredited private middle or 

23 high school, a school administered by the De24 partment of Defense under section 2164 of title 

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1 Defense Dependents’ Education Act of 1978, a 

2 group of schools, a school district, or an institu3 tion of higher education. 

4 ‘‘(B) OTHER PARTNERSHIPS.—All appli5 cants under this section are encouraged to work 

6 in partnership with organizations and agencies 

7 that work with the relevant population. Such 

8 entities may include— 

9 ‘‘(i) a State, tribe, unit of local gov10 ernment, or territory; 

11 ‘‘(ii) a population specific or commu12 nity-based organization; 

13 ‘‘(iii) batterer intervention programs 

14 or sex offender treatment programs with 

15 specialized knowledge and experience work16 ing with youth offenders; or 

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

18 nongovernmental organizations with the 

19 capacity to provide effective assistance to 

20 the adult, youth, and child victims served 

21 by the partnership. 

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

23 grants under this section shall establish and implement 

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1 ‘‘(1) require and include appropriate referral 

2 systems for child and youth victims; 

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

4 child and youth victim information, particularly in 

5 the context of parental or third party involvement 

6 and consent, mandatory reporting duties, and work7 ing with other service providers all with priority on 

8 victim safety and autonomy; and 

9 ‘‘(3) ensure that all individuals providing inter10 vention or prevention programming to children or 

11 youth through a program funded under this section 

12 have completed, or will complete, sufficient training 

13 in connection with domestic violence, dating violence, 

14 sexual assault and stalking. 

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

16 this section, the definitions and grant conditions provided 

17 for in section 40002 shall apply. 

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

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

20 $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018. 

21 ‘‘(g) ALLOTMENT.— 

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

23 the total amount appropriated under this section for 

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

2 of the total amount appropriated under this section 

3 for each fiscal year shall be made available for 

4 grants under the program authorized by section 

5 2015 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

6 Streets Act of 1968. The requirements of this sec7 tion shall not apply to funds allocated under this 

8 paragraph. 

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

10 prioritize grant applications under this section that coordi11 nate with prevention programs in the community.’’. 

12 SEC. 303. GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES ON CAM13 PUSES. 

14 Section 304 of the Violence Against Women and De15 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 

16 U.S.C. 14045b) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (a)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

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

20 and’’ and inserting ‘‘stalking on cam21 puses,’’; 

22 (ii) by striking ‘‘crimes against women 

23 on’’ and inserting ‘‘crimes on’’; and 

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

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1 awareness programs’’ before the period; 

2 and 

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

4 ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$300,000’’; 

5 (2) in subsection (b)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

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

8 ‘‘To develop’’; and 

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

10 technology to commit these crimes,’’ after 

11 ‘‘sexual assault and stalking,’’; 

12 (B) in paragraph (4)— 

13 (i) by inserting ‘‘and population spe14 cific services’’ after ‘‘strengthen victim 

15 services programs’’; 

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

17 and all that follows through ‘‘stalking vic18 tim services programs’’ and inserting ‘‘vic19 tim service providers’’; and 

20 (iii) by inserting ‘‘, regardless of 

21 whether the services are provided by the 

22 institution or in coordination with commu23 nity victim service providers’’ before the 

24 period at the end; and 

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1 ‘‘(9) To develop or adapt and provide develop2 mental, culturally appropriate, and linguistically ac3 cessible print or electronic materials to address both 

4 prevention and intervention in domestic violence, 

5 dating violence, sexual violence, and stalking. 

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

7 strategies and projects for victims of domestic vio8 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 

9 from underserved populations on campus.’’; 

10 (3) in subsection (c)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

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

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

14 through ‘‘victim services programs’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘victim service providers’’; 

16 (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

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

18 through (G), respectively; and 

19 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

20 (C), the following: 

21 ‘‘(D) describe how underserved populations 

22 in the campus community will be adequately 

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

2 through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘2014 through 

3 2018’’; 

4 (4) in subsection (d)— 

5 (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

6 paragraph (4); and 

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

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(3) GRANTEE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.— 

10 Each grantee shall comply with the following min11 imum requirements during the grant period: 

12 ‘‘(A) The grantee shall create a coordi13 nated community response including both orga14 nizations external to the institution and rel15 evant divisions of the institution. 

16 ‘‘(B) The grantee shall establish a manda17 tory prevention and education program on do18 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

19 and stalking for all incoming students. 

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

21 law enforcement to respond effectively to do22 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

23 and stalking. 

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1 tively to situations involving domestic violence, 

2 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.’’; 

3 and 

4 (5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘there are’’ 

5 and all that follows through the period and inserting 

6 ‘‘there is authorized to be appropriated $12,000,000 

7 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’. 

8 SEC. 304. CAMPUS SEXUAL VIOLENCE, DOMESTIC VIO9 LENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, AND STALKING 

10 EDUCATION AND PREVENTION. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 485(f) of the Higher Edu12 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)) is amended— 

13 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

14 (A) in subparagraph (C)(iii), by striking 

15 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘, when the 

16 victim of such crime elects or is unable to make 

17 such a report.’’; and 

18 (B) in subparagraph (F)— 

19 (i) in clause (i)(VIII), by striking 

20 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

21 (ii) in clause (ii)— 

22 (I) by striking ‘‘sexual orienta23 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘ national origin, 

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1 (II) by striking the period and 

2 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

3 (iii) by adding at the end the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(iii) of domestic violence, dating vio6 lence, and stalking incidents that were re7 ported to campus security authorities or 

8 local police agencies.’’; 

9 (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, that with10 holds the names of victims as confidential,’’ after 

11 ‘‘that is timely’’; 

12 (3) in paragraph (6)(A)— 

13 (A) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), and 

14 (iii) as clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv), respectively; 

15 (B) by inserting before clause (ii), as re16 designated by subparagraph (A), the following: 

17 ‘‘(i) The terms ‘dating violence’, ‘domestic vio18 lence’, and ‘stalking’ have the meaning given such 

19 terms in section 40002(a) of the Violence Against 

20 Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925(a)).’’; and 

21 (C) by inserting after clause (iv), as redes22 ignated by subparagraph (A), the following: 

23 ‘‘(v) The term ‘sexual assault’ means an offense 

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1 under the uniform crime reporting system of the 

2 Federal Bureau of Investigation.’’; 

3 (4) in paragraph (7)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(F)’’ and in5 serting ‘‘clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph 

6 (1)(F)’’; and 

7 (B) by inserting after ‘‘Hate Crime Statis8 tics Act.’’ the following: ‘‘For the offenses of 

9 domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, 

10 such statistics shall be compiled in accordance 

11 with the definitions used in section 40002(a) of 

12 the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 

13 U.S.C. 13925(a)).’’; 

14 (5) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(8)(A) Each institution of higher education partici17 pating in any program under this title and title IV of the 

18 Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, other than a foreign 

19 institution of higher education, shall develop and dis20 tribute as part of the report described in paragraph (1) 

21 a statement of policy regarding— 

22 ‘‘(i) such institution’s programs to prevent do23 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

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1 ‘‘(ii) the procedures that such institution will 

2 follow once an incident of domestic violence, dating 

3 violence, sexual assault, or stalking has been re4 ported, including a statement of the standard of evi5 dence that will be used during any institutional con6 duct proceeding arising from such a report. 

7 ‘‘(B) The policy described in subparagraph (A) shall 

8 address the following areas: 

9 ‘‘(i) Education programs to promote the aware10 ness of rape, acquaintance rape, domestic violence, 

11 dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, which 

12 shall include— 

13 ‘‘(I) primary prevention and awareness 

14 programs for all incoming students and new 

15 employees, which shall include— 

16 ‘‘(aa) a statement that the institution 

17 of higher education prohibits the offenses 

18 of domestic violence, dating violence, sex19 ual assault, and stalking; 

20 ‘‘(bb) the definition of domestic vio21 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

22 stalking in the applicable jurisdiction; 

23 ‘‘(cc) the definition of consent, in ref24 erence to sexual activity, in the applicable 

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1 ‘‘(dd) safe and positive options for by2 stander intervention that may be carried 

3 out by an individual to prevent harm or in4 tervene when there is a risk of domestic vi5 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

6 stalking against a person other than such 

7 individual; 

8 ‘‘(ee) information on risk reduction to 

9 recognize warning signs of abusive behav10 ior and how to avoid potential attacks; and 

11 ‘‘(ff) the information described in 

12 clauses (ii) through (vii); and 

13 ‘‘(II) ongoing prevention and awareness 

14 campaigns for students and faculty, including 

15 information described in items (aa) through (ff) 

16 of subclause (I). 

17 ‘‘(ii) Possible sanctions or protective measures 

18 that such institution may impose following a final 

19 determination of an institutional disciplinary proce20 dure regarding rape, acquaintance rape, domestic vi21 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

22 ‘‘(iii) Procedures victims should follow if a sex 

23 offense, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as24 sault, or stalking has occurred, including informa25 tion in writing about— 


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1 ‘‘(I) the importance of preserving evidence 

2 as may be necessary to the proof of criminal do3 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

4 or stalking, or in obtaining a protection order; 

5 ‘‘(II) to whom the alleged offense should 

6 be reported; 

7 ‘‘(III) options regarding law enforcement 

8 and campus authorities, including notification 

9 of the victim’s option to— 

10 ‘‘(aa) notify proper law enforcement 

11 authorities, including on-campus and local 

12 police; 

13 ‘‘(bb) be assisted by campus authori14 ties in notifying law enforcement authori15 ties if the victim so chooses; and 

16 ‘‘(cc) decline to notify such authori17 ties; and 

18 ‘‘(IV) where applicable, the rights of vic19 tims and the institution’s responsibilities re20 garding orders of protection, no contact orders, 

21 restraining orders, or similar lawful orders 

22 issued by a criminal, civil, or tribal court. 

23 ‘‘(iv) Procedures for institutional disciplinary 

24 action in cases of alleged domestic violence, dating 


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1 violence, sexual assault, or stalking, which shall in2 clude a clear statement that— 

3 ‘‘(I) such proceedings shall— 

4 ‘‘(aa) provide a prompt, fair, and im5 partial investigation and resolution; and 

6 ‘‘(bb) be conducted by officials who 

7 receive annual training on the issues re8 lated to domestic violence, dating violence, 

9 sexual assault, and stalking and how to 

10 conduct an investigation and hearing proc11 ess that protects the safety of victims and 

12 promotes accountability; 

13 ‘‘(II) the accuser and the accused are enti14 tled to the same opportunities to have others 

15 present during an institutional disciplinary pro16 ceeding, including the opportunity to be accom17 panied to any related meeting or proceeding by 

18 an advisor of their choice; and 

19 ‘‘(III) both the accuser and the accused 

20 shall be simultaneously informed, in writing, 

21 of— 

22 ‘‘(aa) the outcome of any institutional 

23 disciplinary proceeding that arises from an 

24 allegation of domestic violence, dating vio25 lence, sexual assault, or stalking; 


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1 ‘‘(bb) the institution’s procedures for 

2 the accused and the victim to appeal the 

3 results of the institutional disciplinary pro4 ceeding; 

5 ‘‘(cc) of any change to the results that 

6 occurs prior to the time that such results 

7 become final; and 

8 ‘‘(dd) when such results become final. 

9 ‘‘(v) Information about how the institution will 

10 protect the confidentiality of victims, including how 

11 publicly-available recordkeeping will be accomplished 

12 without the inclusion of identifying information 

13 about the victim, to the extent permissible by law. 

14 ‘‘(vi) Written notification of students and em15 ployees about existing counseling, health, mental 

16 health, victim advocacy, legal assistance, and other 

17 services available for victims both on-campus and in 

18 the community. 

19 ‘‘(vii) Written notification of victims about op20 tions for, and available assistance in, changing aca21 demic, living, transportation, and working situations, 

22 if so requested by the victim and if such accom23 modations are reasonably available, regardless of 

24 whether the victim chooses to report the crime to 

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1 ‘‘(C) A student or employee who reports to an institu2 tion of higher education that the student or employee has 

3 been a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

4 assault, or stalking, whether the offense occurred on or 

5 off campus, shall be provided with a written explanation 

6 of the student or employee’s rights and options, as de7 scribed in clauses (ii) through (vii) of subparagraph (B).’’; 

8 (6) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘The Sec9 retary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary, in consulta10 tion with the Attorney General of the United 

11 States,’’; 

12 (7) by striking paragraph (16) and inserting 

13 the following: 

14 ‘‘(16)(A) The Secretary shall seek the advice and 

15 counsel of the Attorney General of the United States con16 cerning the development, and dissemination to institutions 

17 of higher education, of best practices information about 

18 campus safety and emergencies. 

19 ‘‘(B) The Secretary shall seek the advice and counsel 

20 of the Attorney General of the United States and the Sec21 retary of Health and Human Services concerning the de22 velopment, and dissemination to institutions of higher 

23 education, of best practices information about preventing 

24 and responding to incidents of domestic violence, dating 

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1 of institutional policies that have proven successful based 

2 on evidence-based outcome measurements.’’; and 

3 (8) by striking paragraph (17) and inserting 

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘(17) No officer, employee, or agent of an institution 

6 participating in any program under this title shall retali7 ate, intimidate, threaten, coerce, or otherwise discriminate 

8 against any individual for exercising their rights or re9 sponsibilities under any provision of this subsection.’’. 

10 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

11 this section shall take effect with respect to the annual 

12 security report under section 485(f)(1) of the Higher Edu13 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(1)) prepared by 

14 an institution of higher education 1 calendar year after 

15 the date of enactment of this Act, and each subsequent 

16 calendar year. 

17 TITLE IV—VIOLENCE 

18 REDUCTION PRACTICES 

19 SEC. 401. STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE CENTERS FOR DIS20 EASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. 

21 Section 402(c) of the Violence Against Women and 

22 Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 

23 U.S.C. 280b–4(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘$2,000,000 for 

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1 ‘‘$1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2014 through 

2 2018’’. 

3 SEC. 402. SAVING MONEY AND REDUCING TRAGEDIES 

4 THROUGH PREVENTION GRANTS. 

5 (a) SMART PREVENTION.—Section 41303 of the Vi6 olence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043d– 

7 2) is amended to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 41303. SAVING MONEY AND REDUCING TRAGEDIES 

9 THROUGH PREVENTION (SMART PREVEN10 TION). 

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

12 in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human 

13 Services and the Secretary of Education, is authorized to 

14 award grants for the purpose of preventing domestic vio15 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by tak16 ing a comprehensive approach that focuses on youth, chil17 dren exposed to violence, and men as leaders and 

18 influencers of social norms. 

19 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds provided under this 

20 section may be used for the following purposes: 

21 ‘‘(1) TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND

22 PREVENTION.—To develop, maintain, or enhance 

23 programs that change attitudes and behaviors 

24 around the acceptability of domestic violence, dating 

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1 education and skills training to young individuals 

2 and individuals who influence young individuals. The 

3 prevention program may use evidence-based, evi4 dence-informed, or innovative strategies and prac5 tices focused on youth. Such a program should in6 clude— 

7 ‘‘(A) age and developmentally-appropriate 

8 education on domestic violence, dating violence, 

9 sexual assault, stalking, and sexual coercion, as 

10 well as healthy relationship skills, in school, in 

11 the community, or in health care settings; 

12 ‘‘(B) community-based collaboration and 

13 training for those with influence on youth, such 

14 as parents, teachers, coaches, healthcare pro15 viders, faith-leaders, older teens, and mentors; 

16 ‘‘(C) education and outreach to change en17 vironmental factors contributing to domestic vi18 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

19 stalking; and 

20 ‘‘(D) policy development targeted to pre21 vention, including school-based policies and pro22 tocols. 

23 ‘‘(2) CHILDREN EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE AND

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1 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 

2 by preventing, reducing and responding to children’s 

3 exposure to violence in the home. Such programs 

4 may include— 

5 ‘‘(A) providing services for children ex6 posed to domestic violence, dating violence, sex7 ual assault or stalking, including direct coun8 seling or advocacy, and support for the non9 abusing parent; and 

10 ‘‘(B) training and coordination for edu11 cational, after-school, and childcare programs 

12 on how to safely and confidentially identify chil13 dren and families experiencing domestic vio14 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk15 ing and properly refer children exposed and 

16 their families to services and violence prevention 

17 programs. 

18 ‘‘(3) ENGAGING MEN AS LEADERS AND ROLE

19 MODELS.—To develop, maintain or enhance pro20 grams that work with men to prevent domestic vio21 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 

22 by helping men to serve as role models and social 

23 influencers of other men and youth at the individual, 

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1 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive 

2 a grant under this section, an entity shall be— 

3 ‘‘(1) a victim service provider, community-based 

4 organization, tribe or tribal organization, or other 

5 non-profit, nongovernmental organization that has a 

6 history of effective work preventing domestic vio7 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and 

8 expertise in the specific area for which they are ap9 plying for funds; or 

10 ‘‘(2) a partnership between a victim service pro11 vider, community-based organization, tribe or tribal 

12 organization, or other non-profit, nongovernmental 

13 organization that has a history of effective work pre14 venting domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as15 sault, or stalking and at least one of the following 

16 that has expertise in serving children exposed to do17 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

18 stalking, youth domestic violence, dating violence, 

19 sexual assault, or stalking prevention, or engaging 

20 men to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, 

21 sexual assault, or stalking: 

22 ‘‘(A) A public, charter, tribal, or nationally 

23 accredited private middle or high school, a 

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1 States Code or section 1402 of the Defense De2 pendents’ Education Act of 1978, a group of 

3 schools, or a school district. 

4 ‘‘(B) A local community-based organiza5 tion, population-specific organization, or faith6 based organization that has established exper7 tise in providing services to youth. 

8 ‘‘(C) A community-based organization, 

9 population-specific organization, university or 

10 health care clinic, faith-based organization, or 

11 other non-profit, nongovernmental organization 

12 with a demonstrated history of effective work 

13 addressing the needs of children exposed to do14 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

15 or stalking. 

16 ‘‘(D) A nonprofit, nongovernmental entity 

17 providing services for runaway or homeless 

18 youth affected by domestic violence, dating vio19 lence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

20 ‘‘(E) Healthcare entities eligible for reim21 bursement under title XVIII of the Social Secu22 rity Act, including providers that target the 

23 special needs of children and youth. 

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1 mental organizations with the capacity to pro2 vide necessary expertise to meet the goals of the 

3 program; or 

4 ‘‘(3) a public, charter, tribal, or nationally ac5 credited private middle or high school, a school ad6 ministered by the Department of Defense under sec7 tion 2164 of title 10, United States Code or section 

8 1402 of the Defense Dependents’ Education Act of 

9 1978, a group of schools, a school district, or an in10 stitution of higher education. 

11 ‘‘(d) GRANTEE REQUIREMENTS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Applicants for grants 

13 under this section shall prepare and submit to the 

14 Director an application at such time, in such man15 ner, and containing such information as the Director 

16 may require that demonstrates the capacity of the 

17 applicant and partnering organizations to undertake 

18 the project. 

19 ‘‘(2) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—Applicants 

20 under this section shall establish and implement 

21 policies, practices, and procedures that— 

22 ‘‘(A) include appropriate referral systems 

23 to direct any victim identified during program 

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1 ‘‘(B) protect the confidentiality and pri2 vacy of adult and youth victim information, 

3 particularly in the context of parental or third 

4 party involvement and consent, mandatory re5 porting duties, and working with other service 

6 providers; 

7 ‘‘(C) ensure that all individuals providing 

8 prevention programming through a program 

9 funded under this section have completed or 

10 will complete sufficient training in connection 

11 with domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

12 assault or stalking; and 

13 ‘‘(D) document how prevention programs 

14 are coordinated with service programs in the 

15 community. 

16 ‘‘(3) PREFERENCE.—In selecting grant recipi17 ents under this section, the Attorney General shall 

18 give preference to applicants that— 

19 ‘‘(A) include outcome-based evaluation; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(B) identify any other community, school, 

22 or State-based efforts that are working on do23 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

24 or stalking prevention and explain how the 

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1 nate with other programs, and not duplicate ex2 isting efforts. 

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

4 this section, the definitions and grant conditions provided 

5 for in section 40002 shall apply. 

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

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

8 $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018. 

9 Amounts appropriated under this section may only be used 

10 for programs and activities described under this section. 

11 ‘‘(g) ALLOTMENT.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 25 percent of 

13 the total amounts appropriated under this section in 

14 each fiscal year shall be used for each set of pur15 poses described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of 

16 subsection (b). 

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

18 of the total amounts appropriated under this section 

19 in each fiscal year shall be made available for grants 

20 to Indian tribes or tribal organizations. If an insuffi21 cient number of applications are received from In22 dian tribes or tribal organizations, such funds shall 

23 be allotted to other population-specific programs.’’. 

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1 (1) Sections 41304 and 41305 of the Violence 

2 Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043d–3 

3 and 14043d–4). 

4 (2) Section 403 of the Violence Against Women 

5 and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 

6 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14045c). 

7 TITLE V—STRENGTHENING THE 

8 HEALTHCARE SYSTEM’S RE9 SPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIO10 LENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

11 SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND 

12 STALKING 

13 SEC. 501. CONSOLIDATION OF GRANTS TO STRENGTHEN 

14 THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM’S RESPONSE TO 

15 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

16 SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 

17 (a) GRANTS.—Section 399P of the Public Health 

18 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g–4) is amended to read as 

19 follows: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 399P. GRANTS TO STRENGTHEN THE HEALTHCARE 

21 SYSTEM’S RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIO22 LENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, 

23 AND STALKING. 

24 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 

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1 ‘‘(1) the development or enhancement and im2 plementation of interdisciplinary training for health 

3 professionals, public health staff, and allied health 

4 professionals; 

5 ‘‘(2) the development or enhancement and im6 plementation of education programs for medical, 

7 nursing, dental, and other health profession students 

8 and residents to prevent and respond to domestic vi9 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(3) the development or enhancement and im12 plementation of comprehensive statewide strategies 

13 to improve the response of clinics, public health fa14 cilities, hospitals, and other health settings (includ15 ing behavioral and mental health programs) to do16 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

17 stalking. 

18 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) REQUIRED USES.—Amounts provided 

20 under a grant under this section shall be used to— 

21 ‘‘(A) fund interdisciplinary training and 

22 education programs under paragraphs (1) and 

23 (2) of subsection (a) that— 

24 ‘‘(i) are designed to train medical, 

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1 and other health profession students, in2 terns, residents, fellows, or current health 

3 care providers to identify and provide 

4 health care services (including mental or 

5 behavioral health care services and refer6 rals to appropriate community services) to 

7 individuals who are or who have been vic8 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

9 sexual assault, or stalking; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) plan and develop culturally com11 petent clinical training components for in12 tegration into approved internship, resi13 dency, and fellowship training or con14 tinuing medical or other health education 

15 training that address physical, mental, and 

16 behavioral health issues, including protec17 tive factors, related to domestic violence, 

18 dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, 

19 and other forms of violence and abuse, 

20 focus on reducing health disparities and 

21 preventing violence and abuse, and include 

22 the primacy of victim safety and confiden23 tiality; 

24 ‘‘(B) design and implement comprehensive 

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1 care system to domestic or sexual violence in 

2 clinical and public health settings, hospitals, 

3 clinics, and other health settings (including be4 havioral and mental health), under subsection 

5 (a)(3) through— 

6 ‘‘(i) the implementation, dissemina7 tion, and evaluation of policies and proce8 dures to guide health professionals and 

9 public health staff in identifying and re10 sponding to domestic violence, dating vio11 lence, sexual assault, and stalking, includ12 ing strategies to ensure that health infor13 mation is maintained in a manner that 

14 protects the patient’s privacy and safety, 

15 and safely uses health information tech16 nology to improve documentation, identi17 fication, assessment, treatment, and follow18 up care; 

19 ‘‘(ii) the development of on-site access 

20 to services to address the safety, medical, 

21 and mental health needs of patients by in22 creasing the capacity of existing health 

23 care professionals and public health staff 

24 to address domestic violence, dating vio25 lence, sexual assault, and stalking, or by 


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1 contracting with or hiring domestic or sex2 ual assault advocates to provide such serv3 ices or to model other services appropriate 

4 to the geographic and cultural needs of a 

5 site; 

6 ‘‘(iii) the development of measures 

7 and methods for the evaluation of the 

8 practice of identification, intervention, and 

9 documentation regarding victims of domes10 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

11 and stalking, including the development 

12 and testing of quality improvement meas13 urements, in accordance with the multi14 stakeholder and quality measurement proc15 esses established under paragraphs (7) and 

16 (8) of section 1890(b) and section 1890A 

17 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

18 1395aaa(b)(7) and (8); 42 U.S.C. 1890A); 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(iv) the provision of training and fol21 low-up technical assistance to health care 

22 professionals, and public health staff, and 

23 allied health professionals to identify, as24 sess, treat, and refer clients who are vic25 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, 


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1 sexual assault, or stalking, including using 

2 tools and training materials already devel3 oped. 

4 ‘‘(2) PERMISSIBLE USES.— 

5 ‘‘(A) CHILD AND ELDER ABUSE.—To the 

6 extent consistent with the purpose of this sec7 tion, a grantee may use amounts received under 

8 this section to address, as part of a comprehen9 sive programmatic approach implemented under 

10 the grant, issues relating to child or elder 

11 abuse. 

12 ‘‘(B) RURAL AREAS.—Grants funded 

13 under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) 

14 may be used to offer to rural areas community15 based training opportunities, which may include 

16 the use of distance learning networks and other 

17 available technologies needed to reach isolated 

18 rural areas, for medical, nursing, and other 

19 health profession students and residents on do20 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

21 stalking, and, as appropriate, other forms of vi22 olence and abuse. 

23 ‘‘(C) OTHER USES.—Grants funded under 

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1 ‘‘(i) the development of training mod2 ules and policies that address the overlap 

3 of child abuse, domestic violence, dating vi4 olence, sexual assault, and stalking and 

5 elder abuse, as well as childhood exposure 

6 to domestic and sexual violence; 

7 ‘‘(ii) the development, expansion, and 

8 implementation of sexual assault forensic 

9 medical examination or sexual assault 

10 nurse examiner programs; 

11 ‘‘(iii) the inclusion of the health ef12 fects of lifetime exposure to violence and 

13 abuse as well as related protective factors 

14 and behavioral risk factors in health pro15 fessional training schools including med16 ical, dental, nursing, social work, and men17 tal and behavioral health curricula, and al18 lied health service training courses; or 

19 ‘‘(iv) the integration of knowledge of 

20 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

21 assault, and stalking into health care ac22 creditation and professional licensing ex23 aminations, such as medical, dental, social 

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1 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTEES.— 

2 ‘‘(1) CONFIDENTIALITY AND SAFETY.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Grantees under this 

4 section shall ensure that all programs developed 

5 with grant funds address issues of confiden6 tiality and patient safety and comply with appli7 cable confidentiality and nondisclosure require8 ments under section 40002(b)(2) of the Vio9 lence Against Women Act of 1994 and the 

10 Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, 

11 and that faculty and staff associated with deliv12 ering educational components are fully trained 

13 in procedures that will protect the immediate 

14 and ongoing security and confidentiality of the 

15 patients, patient records, and staff. Such grant16 ees shall consult entities with demonstrated ex17 pertise in the confidentiality and safety needs of 

18 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

19 sexual assault, and stalking on the development 

20 and adequacy of confidentially and security pro21 cedures, and provide documentation of such 

22 consultation. 

23 ‘‘(B) ADVANCE NOTICE OF INFORMATION

24 DISCLOSURE.—Grantees under this section shall 

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1 circumstances under which information may be 

2 disclosed, such as mandatory reporting laws, 

3 and shall give patients the option to receive in4 formation and referrals without affirmatively 

5 disclosing abuse. 

6 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EX7 PENSES.—A grantee shall use not more than 10 per8 cent of the amounts received under a grant under 

9 this section for administrative expenses. 

10 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION.— 

11 ‘‘(A) PREFERENCE.—In selecting grant re12 cipients under this section, the Secretary shall 

13 give preference to applicants based on the 

14 strength of their evaluation strategies, with pri15 ority given to outcome based evaluations. 

16 ‘‘(B) SUBSECTION (A)(1) AND (2) GRANT17 EES.—Applications for grants under para18 graphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) shall in19 clude— 

20 ‘‘(i) documentation that the applicant 

21 represents a team of entities working col22 laboratively to strengthen the response of 

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1 stalking, and which includes at least one of 

2 each of— 

3 ‘‘(I) an accredited school of 

4 allopathic or osteopathic medicine, 

5 psychology, nursing, dentistry, social 

6 work, or other health field; 

7 ‘‘(II) a health care facility or sys8 tem; or 

9 ‘‘(III) a government or nonprofit 

10 entity with a history of effective work 

11 in the fields of domestic violence, dat12 ing violence, sexual assault, or stalk13 ing; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) strategies for the dissemination 

15 and sharing of curricula and other edu16 cational materials developed under the 

17 grant, if any, with other interested health 

18 professions schools and national resource 

19 repositories for materials on domestic vio20 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

21 stalking. 

22 ‘‘(C) SUBSECTION (A)(3) GRANTEES.—An 

23 entity desiring a grant under subsection (a)(3) 

24 shall submit an application to the Secretary at 

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1 such information and assurances as the Sec2 retary may require, including— 

3 ‘‘(i) documentation that all training, 

4 education, screening, assessment, services, 

5 treatment, and any other approach to pa6 tient care will be informed by an under7 standing of violence and abuse victimiza8 tion and trauma-specific approaches that 

9 will be integrated into prevention, interven10 tion, and treatment activities; 

11 ‘‘(ii) strategies for the development 

12 and implementation of policies to prevent 

13 and address domestic violence, dating vio14 lence, sexual assault, and stalking over the 

15 lifespan in health care settings; 

16 ‘‘(iii) a plan for consulting with State 

17 and tribal domestic violence or sexual as18 sault coalitions, national nonprofit victim 

19 advocacy organizations, State or tribal law 

20 enforcement task forces (where appro21 priate), and population specific organiza22 tions with demonstrated expertise in do23 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as24 sault, or stalking; 


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1 ‘‘(iv) with respect to an application 

2 for a grant under which the grantee will 

3 have contact with patients, a plan, devel4 oped in collaboration with local victim serv5 ice providers, to respond appropriately to 

6 and make correct referrals for individuals 

7 who disclose that they are victims of do8 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as9 sault, stalking, or other types of violence, 

10 and documentation provided by the grantee 

11 of an ongoing collaborative relationship 

12 with a local victim service provider; and 

13 ‘‘(v) with respect to an application for 

14 a grant proposing to fund a program de15 scribed in subsection (b)(2)(C)(ii), a cer16 tification that any sexual assault forensic 

17 medical examination and sexual assault 

18 nurse examiner programs supported with 

19 such grant funds will adhere to the guide20 lines set forth by the Attorney General. 

21 ‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 

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

23 funding under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection 

24 (a), an entity shall be— 


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1 ‘‘(A) a nonprofit organization with a his2 tory of effective work in the field of training 

3 health professionals with an understanding of, 

4 and clinical skills pertinent to, domestic vio5 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk6 ing, and lifetime exposure to violence and 

7 abuse; 

8 ‘‘(B) an accredited school of allopathic or 

9 osteopathic medicine, psychology, nursing, den10 tistry, social work, or allied health; 

11 ‘‘(C) a health care provider membership or 

12 professional organization, or a health care sys13 tem; or 

14 ‘‘(D) a State, tribal, territorial, or local en15 tity. 

16 ‘‘(2) SUBSECTION (A)(3) GRANTEES.—To be eli17 gible to receive funding under subsection (a)(3), an 

18 entity shall be— 

19 ‘‘(A) a State department (or other divi20 sion) of health, a State, tribal, or territorial do21 mestic violence or sexual assault coalition or 

22 victim service provider, or any other nonprofit, 

23 nongovernmental organization with a history of 

24 effective work in the fields of domestic violence, 

25 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and 


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1 health care, including physical or mental health 

2 care; or 

3 ‘‘(B) a local victim service provider, a local 

4 department (or other division) of health, a local 

5 health clinic, hospital, or health system, or any 

6 other community-based organization with a his7 tory of effective work in the field of domestic vi8 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk9 ing and health care, including physical or men10 tal health care. 

11 ‘‘(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made avail13 able to carry out this section for any fiscal year, the 

14 Secretary may make grants or enter into contracts 

15 to provide technical assistance with respect to the 

16 planning, development, and operation of any pro17 gram, activity or service carried out pursuant to this 

18 section. Not more than 8 percent of the funds ap19 propriated under this section in each fiscal year may 

20 be used to fund technical assistance under this sub21 section. 

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1 rials on training, best practices, and research and 

2 evaluation. 

3 ‘‘(3) REPORTING.—The Secretary shall publish 

4 a biennial report on— 

5 ‘‘(A) the distribution of funds under this 

6 section; and 

7 ‘‘(B) the programs and activities supported 

8 by such funds. 

9 ‘‘(f) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made avail11 able to carry out this section for any fiscal year, the 

12 Secretary may use not more than 20 percent to 

13 make a grant or enter into a contract for research 

14 and evaluation of— 

15 ‘‘(A) grants awarded under this section; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(B) other training for health professionals 

18 and effective interventions in the health care 

19 setting that prevent domestic violence, dating 

20 violence, and sexual assault across the lifespan, 

21 prevent the health effects of such violence, and 

22 improve the safety and health of individuals 

23 who are currently being victimized. 

24 ‘‘(2) RESEARCH.—Research authorized in para25 graph (1) may include— 


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1 ‘‘(A) research on the effects of domestic vi2 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

3 childhood exposure to domestic, dating or sex4 ual violence on health behaviors, health condi5 tions, and health status of individuals, families, 

6 and populations, including underserved popu7 lations; 

8 ‘‘(B) research to determine effective health 

9 care interventions to respond to and prevent do10 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

11 and stalking; 

12 ‘‘(C) research on the impact of domestic, 

13 dating and sexual violence, childhood exposure 

14 to such violence, and stalking on the health care 

15 system, health care utilization, health care 

16 costs, and health status; and 

17 ‘‘(D) research on the impact of adverse 

18 childhood experiences on adult experience with 

19 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as20 sault, stalking, and adult health outcomes, in21 cluding how to reduce or prevent the impact of 

22 adverse childhood experiences through the 

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

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

3 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018. 

4 ‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—Except as otherwise provided 

5 herein, the definitions provided for in section 40002 of the 

6 Violence Against Women Act of 1994 shall apply to this 

7 section.’’. 

8 (b) REPEALS.—The following provisions are repealed: 

9 (1) Section 40297 of the Violence Against 

10 Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13973). 

11 (2) Section 758 of the Public Health Service 

12 Act (42 U.S.C. 294h). 

13 TITLE VI—SAFE HOMES FOR VIC14 TIMS OF DOMESTIC VIO15 LENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

16 SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND 

17 STALKING 

18 SEC. 601. HOUSING PROTECTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMES19 TIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL 

20 ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 

21 (a) AMENDMENT.—Subtitle N of the Violence 

22 Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043e et seq.) 

23 is amended— 

24 (1) by inserting after the subtitle heading the 

25 following: 


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1 ‘‘CHAPTER 1—GRANT PROGRAMS’’; 

2 (2) in section 41402 (42 U.S.C. 14043e–1), in 

3 the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 

4 ‘‘subtitle’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter’’; 

5 (3) in section 41403 (42 U.S.C. 14043e–2), in 

6 the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 

7 ‘‘subtitle’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter’’; and 

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

9 ‘‘CHAPTER 2—HOUSING RIGHTS 

10 ‘‘SEC. 41411. HOUSING PROTECTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF DO11 MESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEX12 UAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 

13 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this chapter: 

14 ‘‘(1) AFFILIATED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘af15 filiated individual’ means, with respect to an indi16 vidual— 

17 ‘‘(A) a spouse, parent, brother, sister, or 

18 child of that individual, or an individual to 

19 whom that individual stands in loco parentis; or 

20 ‘‘(B) any individual, tenant, or lawful occu21 pant living in the household of that individual. 

22 ‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE AGENCY.—The term ‘appro23 priate agency’ means, with respect to a covered 

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1 fined in section 101 of title 5, United States Code) 

2 that carries out the covered housing program. 

3 ‘‘(3) COVERED HOUSING PROGRAM.—The term 

4 ‘covered housing program’ means— 

5 ‘‘(A) the program under section 202 of the 

6 Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); 

7 ‘‘(B) the program under section 811 of the 

8 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous9 ing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013); 

10 ‘‘(C) the program under subtitle D of title 

11 VIII of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford12 able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.); 

13 ‘‘(D) the program under subtitle A of title 

14 IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 

15 Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.); 

16 ‘‘(E) the program under subtitle A of title 

17 II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford18 able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12741 et seq.); 

19 ‘‘(F) the program under paragraph (3) of 

20 section 221(d) of the National Housing Act (12 

21 U.S.C. 1715l(d)) that bears interest at a rate 

22 determined under the proviso under paragraph 

23 (5) of such section 221(d); 

24 ‘‘(G) the program under section 236 of the 

25 National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1); 


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1 ‘‘(H) the programs under sections 6 and 8 

2 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

3 U.S.C. 1437d and 1437f); 

4 ‘‘(I) rural housing assistance provided 

5 under sections 514, 515, 516, 533, and 538 of 

6 the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 

7 1485, 1486, 1490m, and 1490p–2); and 

8 ‘‘(J) the low income housing tax credit 

9 program under section 42 of the Internal Rev10 enue Code of 1986. 

11 ‘‘(b) PROHIBITED BASIS FOR DENIAL OR TERMI12 NATION OF ASSISTANCE OR EVICTION.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An applicant for or tenant 

14 of housing assisted under a covered housing program 

15 may not be denied admission to, denied assistance 

16 under, terminated from participation in, or evicted 

17 from the housing on the basis that the applicant or 

18 tenant is or has been a victim of domestic violence, 

19 dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, if the ap20 plicant or tenant otherwise qualifies for admission, 

21 assistance, participation, or occupancy. 

22 ‘‘(2) CONSTRUCTION OF LEASE TERMS.—An in23 cident of actual or threatened domestic violence, dat24 ing violence, sexual assault, or stalking shall not be 

25 construed as— 


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1 ‘‘(A) a serious or repeated violation of a 

2 lease for housing assisted under a covered hous3 ing program by the victim or threatened victim 

4 of such incident; or 

5 ‘‘(B) good cause for terminating the assist6 ance, tenancy, or occupancy rights to housing 

7 assisted under a covered housing program of 

8 the victim or threatened victim of such incident. 

9 ‘‘(3) TERMINATION ON THE BASIS OF CRIMINAL

10 ACTIVITY.— 

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

12 AND OCCUPANCY RIGHTS PROHIBITED.—No 

13 person may deny assistance, tenancy, or occu14 pancy rights to housing assisted under a cov15 ered housing program to a tenant solely on the 

16 basis of criminal activity directly relating to do17 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

18 or stalking that is engaged in by a member of 

19 the household of the tenant or any guest or 

20 other person under the control of the tenant, if 

21 the tenant or an affiliated individual of the ten22 ant is the victim or threatened victim of such 

23 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as24 sault, or stalking. 

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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 

2 subparagraph (A), a public housing agency 

3 or owner or manager of housing assisted 

4 under a covered housing program may bi5 furcate a lease for the housing in order to 

6 evict, remove, or terminate assistance to 

7 any individual who is a tenant or lawful oc8 cupant of the housing and who engages in 

9 criminal activity directly relating to domes10 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

11 or stalking against an affiliated individual 

12 or other individual, without evicting, re13 moving, terminating assistance to, or oth14 erwise penalizing a victim of such criminal 

15 activity who is also a tenant or lawful oc16 cupant of the housing. 

17 ‘‘(ii) EFFECT OF EVICTION ON OTHER

18 TENANTS.—If public housing agency or 

19 owner or manager of housing assisted 

20 under a covered housing program evicts, 

21 removes, or terminates assistance to an in22 dividual under clause (i), and the indi23 vidual is the sole tenant eligible to receive 

24 assistance under a covered housing pro25 gram, the public housing agency or owner 


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1 or manager of housing assisted under the 

2 covered housing program shall provide any 

3 remaining tenant an opportunity to estab4 lish eligibility for the covered housing pro5 gram. If a tenant described in the pre6 ceding sentence cannot establish eligibility, 

7 the public housing agency or owner or 

8 manager of the housing shall provide the 

9 tenant a reasonable time, as determined by 

10 the appropriate agency, to find new hous11 ing or to establish eligibility for housing 

12 under another covered housing program. 

13 ‘‘(C) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 

14 in subparagraph (A) shall be construed— 

15 ‘‘(i) to limit the authority of a public 

16 housing agency or owner or manager of 

17 housing assisted under a covered housing 

18 program, when notified of a court order, to 

19 comply with a court order with respect 

20 to— 

21 ‘‘(I) the rights of access to or 

22 control of property, including civil 

23 protection orders issued to protect a 

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1 ‘‘(II) the distribution or posses2 sion of property among members of a 

3 household in a case; 

4 ‘‘(ii) to limit any otherwise available 

5 authority of a public housing agency or 

6 owner or manager of housing assisted 

7 under a covered housing program to evict 

8 or terminate assistance to a tenant for any 

9 violation of a lease not premised on the act 

10 of violence in question against the tenant 

11 or an affiliated person of the tenant, if the 

12 public housing agency or owner or man13 ager does not subject an individual who is 

14 or has been a victim of domestic violence, 

15 dating violence, or stalking to a more de16 manding standard than other tenants in 

17 determining whether to evict or terminate; 

18 ‘‘(iii) to limit the authority to termi19 nate assistance to a tenant or evict a ten20 ant from housing assisted under a covered 

21 housing program if a public housing agen22 cy or owner or manager of the housing can 

23 demonstrate that an actual and imminent 

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1 erty would be present if the assistance is 

2 not terminated or the tenant is not evicted; 

3 or 

4 ‘‘(iv) to supersede any provision of 

5 any Federal, State, or local law that pro6 vides greater protection than this section 

7 for victims of domestic violence, dating vio8 lence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

9 ‘‘(c) DOCUMENTATION.— 

10 ‘‘(1) REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTATION.—If an 

11 applicant for, or tenant of, housing assisted under a 

12 covered housing program represents to a public 

13 housing agency or owner or manager of the housing 

14 that the individual is entitled to protection under 

15 subsection (b), the public housing agency or owner 

16 or manager may request, in writing, that the appli17 cant or tenant submit to the public housing agency 

18 or owner or manager a form of documentation de19 scribed in paragraph (3). 

20 ‘‘(2) FAILURE TO PROVIDE CERTIFICATION.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If an applicant or ten22 ant does not provide the documentation re23 quested under paragraph (1) within 14 business 

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1 agency or owner or manager of housing assisted 

2 under a covered housing program, nothing in 

3 this chapter may be construed to limit the au4 thority of the public housing agency or owner or 

5 manager to— 

6 ‘‘(i) deny admission by the applicant 

7 or tenant to the covered program; 

8 ‘‘(ii) deny assistance under the cov9 ered program to the applicant or tenant; 

10 ‘‘(iii) terminate the participation of 

11 the applicant or tenant in the covered pro12 gram; or 

13 ‘‘(iv) evict the applicant, the tenant, 

14 or a lawful occupant that commits viola15 tions of a lease. 

16 ‘‘(B) EXTENSION.—A public housing agen17 cy or owner or manager of housing may extend 

18 the 14-day deadline under subparagraph (A) at 

19 its discretion. 

20 ‘‘(3) FORM OF DOCUMENTATION.—A form of 

21 documentation described in this paragraph is— 

22 ‘‘(A) a certification form approved by the 

23 appropriate agency that— 


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1 ‘‘(i) states that an applicant or tenant 

2 is a victim of domestic violence, dating vio3 lence, sexual assault, or stalking; 

4 ‘‘(ii) states that the incident of domes5 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

6 or stalking that is the ground for protec7 tion under subsection (b) meets the re8 quirements under subsection (b); and 

9 ‘‘(iii) includes the name of the indi10 vidual who committed the domestic vio11 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

12 stalking, if the name is known and safe to 

13 provide; 

14 ‘‘(B) a document that— 

15 ‘‘(i) is signed by— 

16 ‘‘(I) an employee, agent, or vol17 unteer of a victim service provider, an 

18 attorney, a medical professional, or a 

19 mental health professional from whom 

20 an applicant or tenant has sought as21 sistance relating to domestic violence, 

22 dating violence, sexual assault, or 

23 stalking, or the effects of the abuse; 

24 and 

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1 ‘‘(ii) states under penalty of perjury 

2 that the individual described in clause 

3 (i)(I) believes that the incident of domestic 

4 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

5 stalking that is the ground for protection 

6 under subsection (b) meets the require7 ments under subsection (b); 

8 ‘‘(C) a record of a Federal, State, tribal, 

9 territorial, or local law enforcement agency, 

10 court, or administrative agency; or 

11 ‘‘(D) at the discretion of a public housing 

12 agency or owner or manager of housing assisted 

13 under a covered housing program, a statement 

14 or other evidence provided by an applicant or 

15 tenant. 

16 ‘‘(4) CONFIDENTIALITY.—Any information sub17 mitted to a public housing agency or owner or man18 ager under this subsection, including the fact that 

19 an individual is a victim of domestic violence, dating 

20 violence, sexual assault, or stalking shall be main21 tained in confidence by the public housing agency or 

22 owner or manager and may not be entered into any 

23 shared database or disclosed to any other entity or 

24 individual, except to the extent that the disclosure 

25 is— 


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1 ‘‘(A) requested or consented to by the indi2 vidual in writing; 

3 ‘‘(B) required for use in an eviction pro4 ceeding under subsection (b); or 

5 ‘‘(C) otherwise required by applicable law. 

6 ‘‘(5) DOCUMENTATION NOT REQUIRED.—Noth7 ing in this subsection shall be construed to require 

8 a public housing agency or owner or manager of 

9 housing assisted under a covered housing program 

10 to request that an individual submit documentation 

11 of the status of the individual as a victim of domes12 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk13 ing. 

14 ‘‘(6) COMPLIANCE NOT SUFFICIENT TO CON15 STITUTE EVIDENCE OF UNREASONABLE ACT.—Com16 pliance with subsection (b) by a public housing agen17 cy or owner or manager of housing assisted under 

18 a covered housing program based on documentation 

19 received under this subsection, shall not be sufficient 

20 to constitute evidence of an unreasonable act or 

21 omission by the public housing agency or owner or 

22 manager or an employee or agent of the public hous23 ing agency or owner or manager. Nothing in this 

24 paragraph shall be construed to limit the liability of 

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1 housing assisted under a covered housing program 

2 for failure to comply with subsection (b). 

3 ‘‘(7) RESPONSE TO CONFLICTING CERTIFI4 CATION.—If a public housing agency or owner or 

5 manager of housing assisted under a covered hous6 ing program receives documentation under this sub7 section that contains conflicting information, the 

8 public housing agency or owner or manager may re9 quire an applicant or tenant to submit third-party 

10 documentation, as described in subparagraph (B), 

11 (C), or (D) of paragraph (3). 

12 ‘‘(8) PREEMPTION.—Nothing in this subsection 

13 shall be construed to supersede any provision of any 

14 Federal, State, or local law that provides greater 

15 protection than this subsection for victims of domes16 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk17 ing. 

18 ‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION.— 

19 ‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary of Hous20 ing and Urban Development shall develop a notice of 

21 the rights of individuals under this section, including 

22 the right to confidentiality and the limits thereof. 

23 ‘‘(2) PROVISION.—Each public housing agency 

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1 veloped under paragraph (1), together with the form 

2 described in subsection (c)(3)(A), to an applicant for 

3 or tenants of housing assisted under a covered hous4 ing program— 

5 ‘‘(A) at the time the applicant is denied 

6 residency in a dwelling unit assisted under the 

7 covered housing program; 

8 ‘‘(B) at the time the individual is admitted 

9 to a dwelling unit assisted under the covered 

10 housing program; 

11 ‘‘(C) with any notification of eviction or 

12 notification of termination of assistance; and 

13 ‘‘(D) in multiple languages, consistent with 

14 guidance issued by the Secretary of Housing 

15 and Urban Development in accordance with Ex16 ecutive Order 13166 (42 U.S.C. 2000d–1 note; 

17 relating to access to services for persons with 

18 limited English proficiency). 

19 ‘‘(e) EMERGENCY TRANSFERS.—Each appropriate 

20 agency shall adopt a model emergency transfer plan for 

21 use by public housing agencies and owners or managers 

22 of housing assisted under covered housing programs 

23 that— 

24 ‘‘(1) allows tenants who are victims of domestic 

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1 to transfer to another available and safe dwelling 

2 unit assisted under a covered housing program if— 

3 ‘‘(A) the tenant expressly requests the 

4 transfer; and 

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

6 the tenant is threatened with imminent harm 

7 from further violence if the tenant remains 

8 within the same dwelling unit assisted under a 

9 covered housing program; or 

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

11 of sexual assault, the sexual assault occurred on 

12 the premises during the 90 day period pre13 ceding the request for transfer; and 

14 ‘‘(2) incorporates reasonable confidentiality 

15 measures to ensure that the public housing agency 

16 or owner or manager does not disclose the location 

17 of the dwelling unit of a tenant to a person that 

18 commits an act of domestic violence, dating violence, 

19 sexual assault, or stalking against the tenant. 

20 ‘‘(f) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR EMERGENCY

21 TRANSFER.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel22 opment shall establish policies and procedures under 

23 which a victim requesting an emergency transfer under 

24 subsection (e) may receive, subject to the availability of 

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

2 1437f(o)). 

3 ‘‘(g) IMPLEMENTATION.—The appropriate agency 

4 with respect to each covered housing program shall imple5 ment this section, as this section applies to the covered 

6 housing program.’’. 

7 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

8 (1) SECTION 6.—Section 6 of the United States 

9 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d) is amend10 ed— 

11 (A) in subsection (c)— 

12 (i) by striking paragraph (3); and 

13 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (4) 

14 and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respec15 tively; 

16 (B) in subsection (l)— 

17 (i) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘, 

18 and that an incident or incidents of actual 

19 or threatened domestic violence, dating vio20 lence, or stalking will not be construed as 

21 a serious or repeated violation of the lease 

22 by the victim or threatened victim of that 

23 violence and will not be good cause for ter24 minating the tenancy or occupancy rights 

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1 (ii) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘; 

2 except that’’ and all that follows through 

3 ‘‘stalking.’’; and 

4 (C) by striking subsection (u). 

5 (2) SECTION 8.—Section 8 of the United States 

6 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) is amend7 ed— 

8 (A) in subsection (c), by striking para9 graph (9); 

10 (B) in subsection (d)(1)— 

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

12 ‘‘and that an applicant or participant is or 

13 has been a victim of domestic violence, dat14 ing violence, or stalking is not an appro15 priate basis for denial of program assist16 ance or for denial of admission if the appli17 cant otherwise qualifies for assistance or 

18 admission’’; and 

19 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

20 (I) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘, 

21 and that an incident or incidents of 

22 actual or threatened domestic vio23 lence, dating violence, or stalking will 

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1 victim or threatened victim of that vi2 olence and will not be good cause for 

3 terminating the tenancy or occupancy 

4 rights of the victim of such violence’’; 

5 and 

6 (II) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘, 

7 except that:’’ and all that follows 

8 through ‘‘stalking.’’; 

9 (C) in subsection (f)— 

10 (i) in paragraph (6), by adding ‘‘and’’ 

11 at the end; 

12 (ii) in paragraph (7), by striking the 

13 semicolon at the end and inserting a pe14 riod; and 

15 (iii) by striking paragraphs (8), (9), 

16 (10), and (11); 

17 (D) in subsection (o)— 

18 (i) in paragraph (6)(B), by striking 

19 the last sentence; 

20 (ii) in paragraph (7)— 

21 (I) in subparagraph (C), by strik22 ing ‘‘and that an incident or incidents 

23 of actual or threatened domestic vio24 lence, dating violence, or stalking shall 

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1 peated violation of the lease by the 

2 victim or threatened victim of that vi3 olence and shall not be good cause for 

4 terminating the tenancy or occupancy 

5 rights of the victim of such violence’’; 

6 and 

7 (II) in subparagraph (D), by 

8 striking ‘‘; except that’’ and all that 

9 follows through ‘‘stalking.’’; and 

10 (iii) by striking paragraph (20); and 

11 (E) by striking subsection (ee). 

12 (3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

13 Act, or the amendments made by this Act, shall be 

14 construed— 

15 (A) to limit the rights or remedies avail16 able to any person under section 6 or 8 of the 

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

18 1437d and 1437f), as in effect on the day be19 fore the date of enactment of this Act; 

20 (B) to limit any right, remedy, or proce21 dure otherwise available under any provision of 

22 part 5, 91, 880, 882, 883, 884, 886, 891, 903, 

23 960, 966, 982, or 983 of title 24, Code of Fed24 eral Regulations, that— 


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1 (i) was issued under the Violence 

2 Against Women and Department of Jus3 tice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 

4 Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 2960) or an 

5 amendment made by that Act; and 

6 (ii) provides greater protection for vic7 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

8 sexual assault, and stalking than this Act; 

9 or 

10 (C) to disqualify an owner, manager, or 

11 other individual from participating in or receiv12 ing the benefits of the low income housing tax 

13 credit program under section 42 of the Internal 

14 Revenue Code of 1986 because of noncompli15 ance with the provisions of this Act. 

16 SEC. 602. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 

17 FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DAT18 ING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND 

19 STALKING. 

20 Chapter 11 of subtitle B of the Violence Against 

21 Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13975 et seq.) is amend22 ed— 

23 (1) in the chapter heading, by striking 

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1 SAULT’’ and inserting ‘‘VICTIMS OF DO2 MESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIO3 LENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALK4 ING’’; and 

5 (2) in section 40299 (42 U.S.C. 13975)— 

6 (A) in the header, by striking ‘‘CHILD

7 VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, STALK8 ING, OR SEXUAL ASSAULT’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DAT10 ING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR

11 STALKING’’; 

12 (B) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘flee13 ing’’; 

14 (C) in subsection (b)(3)— 

15 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘ 

16 and’’ at the end; 

17 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph 

18 (B) as subparagraph (C); 

19 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

20 (A) the following: 

21 ‘‘(B) secure employment, including obtain22 ing employment counseling, occupational train23 ing, job retention counseling, and counseling 

24 concerning re-entry in to the workforce; and’’; 

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1 (iv) in subparagraph (C), as redesig2 nated by clause (ii), by striking ‘‘ employ3 ment counseling,’’; and 

4 (D) in subsection (g)— 

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

6 ‘‘$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 

7 through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘$35,000,000 

8 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 

9 2018’’; and 

10 (ii) in paragraph (3)— 

11 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik12 ing ‘‘eligible’’ and inserting ‘‘quali13 fied’’; and 

14 (II) by adding at the end the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(D) QUALIFIED APPLICATION DE17 FINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘qualified 

18 application’ means an application that— 

19 ‘‘(i) has been submitted by an eligible 

20 applicant; 

21 ‘‘(ii) does not propose any activities 

22 that may compromise victim safety, includ23 ing— 

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1 ‘‘(II) clinical evaluations to deter2 mine eligibility for services; 

3 ‘‘(iii) reflects an understanding of the 

4 dynamics of domestic violence, dating vio5 lence, sexual assault, or stalking; and 

6 ‘‘(iv) does not propose prohibited ac7 tivities, including mandatory services for 

8 victims.’’. 

9 SEC. 603. ADDRESSING THE HOUSING NEEDS OF VICTIMS 

10 OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

11 SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 

12 Subtitle N of the Violence Against Women Act of 

13 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043e et seq.) is amended— 

14 (1) in section 41404(i) (42 U.S.C. 14043e– 

15 3(i)), by striking ‘‘$10,000,000 for each of fiscal 

16 years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘$4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 

18 2018’’; and 

19 (2) in section 41405(g) (42 U.S.C. 14043e– 

20 4(g)), by striking ‘‘$10,000,000 for each of fiscal 

21 years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘$4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 

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1 TITLE VII—ECONOMIC SECURITY 

2 FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE 

3 SEC. 701. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ON WORKPLACE 

4 RESPONSES TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF DOMES5 TIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE. 

6 Section 41501(e) of the Violence Against Women Act 

7 of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043f(e)) is amended by striking 

8 ‘‘fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 

9 years 2014 through 2018’’. 

10 TITLE VIII—PROTECTION OF 

11 BATTERED IMMIGRANTS 

12 SEC. 801. U NONIMMIGRANT DEFINITION. 

13 Section 101(a)(15)(U)(iii) of the Immigration and 

14 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)(iii)) is amended 

15 by inserting ‘‘stalking;’’ after ‘‘sexual exploitation;’’. 

16 SEC. 802. ANNUAL REPORT ON IMMIGRATION APPLICA17 TIONS MADE BY VICTIMS OF ABUSE. 

18 Not later than December 1, 2014, and annually 

19 thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall sub20 mit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and 

21 the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep22 resentatives a report that includes the following: 

23 (1) The number of aliens who— 

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1 (15)(U)(i), or (51) of section 101(a) of the Im2 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

3 1101(a)) during the preceding fiscal year; 

4 (B) were granted such nonimmigrant sta5 tus during such fiscal year; or 

6 (C) were denied such nonimmigrant status 

7 during such fiscal year. 

8 (2) The mean amount of time and median 

9 amount of time to adjudicate an application for such 

10 nonimmigrant status during such fiscal year. 

11 (3) The mean amount of time and median 

12 amount of time between the receipt of an application 

13 for such nonimmigrant status and the issuance of 

14 work authorization to an eligible applicant during 

15 the preceding fiscal year. 

16 (4) The number of aliens granted continued 

17 presence in the United States under section 

18 107(c)(3) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

19 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(c)(3)) during the pre20 ceding fiscal year. 

21 (5) A description of any actions being taken to 

22 reduce the adjudication and processing time, while 

23 ensuring the safe and competent processing, of an 

24 application described in paragraph (1) or a request 

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1 SEC. 803. PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN OF VAWA SELF-PE2 TITIONERS. 

3 Section 204(l)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 

4 Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(l)(2)) is amended— 

5 (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

6 the end; 

7 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub8 paragraph (G); and 

9 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(F) a child of an alien who filed a pend12 ing or approved petition for classification or ap13 plication for adjustment of status or other ben14 efit specified in section 101(a)(51) as a VAWA 

15 self-petitioner; or’’. 

16 SEC. 804. PUBLIC CHARGE. 

17 Section 212(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality 

18 Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(4)) is amended by adding at the 

19 end the following: 

20 ‘‘(E) SPECIAL RULE FOR QUALIFIED

21 ALIEN VICTIMS.—Subparagraphs (A), (B), and 

22 (C) shall not apply to an alien who— 

23 ‘‘(i) is a VAWA self-petitioner; 

24 ‘‘(ii) is an applicant for, or is granted, 

25 nonimmigrant status under section 

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1 ‘‘(iii) is a qualified alien described in 

2 section 431(c) of the Personal Responsi3 bility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 

4 Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641(c)).’’. 

5 SEC. 805. REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO U VISAS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 214(p) of the Immigra7 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(p)) is amended 

8 by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(7) AGE DETERMINATIONS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) CHILDREN.—An unmarried alien who 

11 seeks to accompany, or follow to join, a parent 

12 granted status under section 101(a)(15)(U)(i), 

13 and who was under 21 years of age on the date 

14 on which such parent petitioned for such status, 

15 shall continue to be classified as a child for pur16 poses of section 101(a)(15)(U)(ii), if the alien 

17 attains 21 years of age after such parent’s peti18 tion was filed but while it was pending. 

19 ‘‘(B) PRINCIPAL ALIENS.—An alien de20 scribed in clause (i) of section 101(a)(15)(U) 

21 shall continue to be treated as an alien de22 scribed in clause (ii)(I) of such section if the 

23 alien attains 21 years of age after the alien’s 

24 application for status under such clause (i) is 

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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

2 subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted as part of 

3 the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 

4 2000 (Public Law 106–386; 114 Stat. 1464). 

5 SEC. 806. HARDSHIP WAIVERS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 216(c)(4) of the Immigra7 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1186a(c)(4)) is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking the comma 

10 at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

11 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘(1), or’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘(1); or’’; 

13 (3) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 

14 at the end and inserting a semicolon and ‘‘or’’; and 

15 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(D) the alien meets the requirements 

18 under section 204(a)(1)(A)(iii)(II)(aa)(BB) and 

19 following the marriage ceremony was battered 

20 by or subject to extreme cruelty perpetrated by 

21 the alien’s intended spouse and was not at fault 

22 in failing to meet the requirements of para23 graph (1).’’. 

24 (b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 216(c)(4) of 

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1 1186a(c)(4)), as amended by subsection (a), is further 

2 amended— 

3 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

4 by striking ‘‘The Attorney General, in the Attorney 

5 General’s’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary of Home6 land Security, in the Secretary’s’’; and 

7 (2) in the undesignated paragraph at the end— 

8 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘At9 torney General’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of 

10 Homeland Security’’; 

11 (B) in the second sentence, by striking 

12 ‘‘Attorney General’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; 

13 (C) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘At14 torney General.’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary.’’; 

15 and 

16 (D) in the fourth sentence, by striking 

17 ‘‘Attorney General’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’. 

18 SEC. 807. PROTECTIONS FOR A FIANCE ́ E OR FIANCE ́ OF A 

19 CITIZEN. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 214 of the Immigration 

21 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (d)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘crime.’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘crime described in paragraph 

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1 tection or restraining order issued against the 

2 petitioner related to any specified crime de3 scribed in paragraph (3)(B)(i).’’; 

4 (B) in paragraph (2)(A), in the matter 

5 preceding clause (i)— 

6 (i) by striking ‘‘a consular officer’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Homeland 

8 Security’’; and 

9 (ii) by striking ‘‘the officer’’ and in10 serting ‘‘the Secretary’’; and 

11 (C) in paragraph (3)(B)(i), by striking 

12 ‘‘abuse, and stalking.’’ and inserting ‘‘abuse, 

13 stalking, or an attempt to commit any such 

14 crime.’’; and 

15 (2) in subsection (r)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘crime.’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘crime described in paragraph 

18 (5)(B) and information on any permanent pro19 tection or restraining order issued against the 

20 petitioner related to any specified crime de21 scribed in subsection (5)(B)(i).’’; and 

22 (B) by amending paragraph (4)(B)(ii) to 

23 read as follows: 

24 ‘‘(ii) To notify the beneficiary as required by clause 

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1 notice to the Secretary of State for inclusion in the mailing 

2 to the beneficiary described in section 833(a)(5)(A)(i) of 

3 the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005 

4 (8 U.S.C. 1375a(a)(5)(A)(i)).’’; and 

5 (3) in paragraph (5)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘abuse, 

6 and stalking.’’ and inserting ‘‘abuse, stalking, or an 

7 attempt to commit any such crime.’’. 

8 (b) PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO K NON9 IMMIGRANTS.—Section 833 of the International Marriage 

10 Broker Regulation Act of 2005 (8 U.S.C. 1375a) is 

11 amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a)(5)(A)— 

13 (A) in clause (iii)— 

14 (i) by striking ‘‘State any’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘State, for inclusion in the mailing de16 scribed in clause (i), any’’; and 

17 (ii) by striking the last sentence; and 

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

19 ‘‘(iv) The Secretary of Homeland Se20 curity shall conduct a background check of 

21 the National Crime Information Center’s 

22 Protection Order Database on each peti23 tioner for a visa under subsection (d) or 

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1 propriate information obtained from such 

2 background check— 

3 ‘‘(I) shall accompany the criminal 

4 background information provided by 

5 the Secretary of Homeland Security 

6 to the Secretary of State and shared 

7 by the Secretary of State with a bene8 ficiary of a petition referred to in 

9 clause (iii); and 

10 ‘‘(II) shall not be used or dis11 closed for any other purpose unless 

12 expressly authorized by law. 

13 ‘‘(v) The Secretary of Homeland Se14 curity shall create a cover sheet or other 

15 mechanism to accompany the information 

16 required to be provided to an applicant for 

17 a visa under subsection (d) or (r) of sec18 tion 214 of the Immigration and Nation19 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) by clauses (i) 

20 through (iv) of this paragraph or by 

21 clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection (r)(4)(B) 

22 of such section 214, that calls to the appli23 cant’s attention— 

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1 ing order, or criminal history informa2 tion on the visa petition; 

3 ‘‘(II) the criminal background in4 formation and information about any 

5 protection order obtained by the Sec6 retary of Homeland Security regard7 ing the petitioner in the course of ad8 judicating the petition; and 

9 ‘‘(III) whether the information 

10 the petitioner disclosed on the visa pe11 tition regarding any previous petitions 

12 filed under subsection (d) or (r) of 

13 such section 214 is consistent with the 

14 information in the multiple visa track15 ing database of the Department of 

16 Homeland Security, as described in 

17 subsection (r)(4)(A) of such section 

18 214.’’; and 

19 (2) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

20 after ‘‘orders’’ and inserting ‘‘and’’. 

21 SEC. 808. REGULATION OF INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE 

22 BROKERS. 

23 (a) IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MAR24 RIAGE BROKER ACT OF 2005.— 

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1 (A) The International Marriage Broker 

2 Act of 2005 (subtitle D of Public Law 109– 

3 162; 119 Stat. 3066) has not been fully imple4 mented with regard to investigating and pros5 ecuting violations of the law, and for other pur6 poses. 

7 (B) Six years after Congress enacted the 

8 International Marriage Broker Act of 2005 to 

9 regulate the activities of the hundreds of for10 profit international marriage brokers operating 

11 in the United States, the Attorney General has 

12 not determined which component of the Depart13 ment of Justice will investigate and prosecute 

14 violations of such Act. 

15 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen17 eral shall submit to Congress a report that includes 

18 the following: 

19 (A) The name of the component of the De20 partment of Justice responsible for inves21 tigating and prosecuting violations of the Inter22 national Marriage Broker Act of 2005 (subtitle 

23 D of Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3066) and 

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1 (B) A description of the policies and proce2 dures of the Attorney General for consultation 

3 with the Secretary of Homeland Security and 

4 the Secretary of State in investigating and 

5 prosecuting such violations. 

6 (b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 833(a)(2)(H) 

7 of the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 

8 2005 (8 U.S.C. 1375a(a)(2)(H)) is amended by striking 

9 ‘‘Federal and State sex offender public registries’’ and in10 serting ‘‘the National Sex Offender Public Website’’. 

11 (c) REGULATION OF INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE

12 BROKERS.—Section 833(d) of the International Marriage 

13 Broker Regulation Act of 2005 (8 U.S.C. 1375a(d)) is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol16 lows: 

17 ‘‘(1) PROHIBITION ON MARKETING OF OR TO

18 CHILDREN.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An international mar20 riage broker shall not provide any individual or 

21 entity with the personal contact information, 

22 photograph, or general information about the 

23 background or interests of any individual under 

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1 ‘‘(B) COMPLIANCE.—To comply with the 

2 requirements of subparagraph (A), an inter3 national marriage broker shall— 

4 ‘‘(i) obtain a valid copy of each for5 eign national client’s birth certificate or 

6 other proof of age document issued by an 

7 appropriate government entity; 

8 ‘‘(ii) indicate on such certificate or 

9 document the date it was received by the 

10 international marriage broker; 

11 ‘‘(iii) retain the original of such cer12 tificate or document for 7 years after such 

13 date of receipt; and 

14 ‘‘(iv) produce such certificate or docu15 ment upon request to an appropriate au16 thority charged with the enforcement of 

17 this paragraph.’’; 

18 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

19 (A) in subparagraph (A)(i)— 

20 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘REG21 ISTRIES.—’’ and inserting ‘‘WEBSITE.—’’; 

22 and 

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘Registry or State sex 

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

2 ‘‘or stalking.’’ and inserting ‘‘stalking, or an at3 tempt to commit any such crime.’’; 

4 (3) in paragraph (3)— 

5 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

6 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘Registry, 

7 or of the relevant State sex offender public 

8 registry for any State not yet participating 

9 in the National Sex Offender Public Reg10 istry, in which the United States client has 

11 resided during the previous 20 years,’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘Website’’; and 

13 (ii) in clause (iii)(II), by striking 

14 ‘‘background information collected by the 

15 international marriage broker under para16 graph (2)(B);’’ and inserting ‘‘signed cer17 tification and accompanying documentation 

18 or attestation regarding the background in19 formation collected under paragraph 

20 (2)(B);’’; and 

21 (B) by striking subparagraph (C); 

22 (4) in paragraph (5)— 

23 (A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ‘‘A 

24 penalty may be imposed under clause (i) by the 

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1 discretion of the Attorney General, a penalty 

2 may be imposed under clause (i) either by a 

3 Federal judge, or by the Attorney General’’; 

4 (B) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 

5 as follows: 

6 ‘‘(B) FEDERAL CRIMINAL PENALTIES.— 

7 ‘‘(i) FAILURE OF INTERNATIONAL

8 MARRIAGE BROKERS TO COMPLY WITH OB9 LIGATIONS.—Except as provided in clause 

10 (ii), an international marriage broker that, 

11 in circumstances in or affecting interstate 

12 or foreign commerce, or within the special 

13 maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the 

14 United States— 

15 ‘‘(I) except as provided in sub16 clause (II), violates (or attempts to 

17 violate) paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) 

18 shall be fined in accordance with title 

19 18, United States Code, or imprisoned 

20 for not more than 1 year, or both; or 

21 ‘‘(II) knowingly violates or at22 tempts to violate paragraphs (1), (2), 

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1 Code, or imprisoned for not more 

2 than 5 years, or both. 

3 ‘‘(ii) MISUSE OF INFORMATION.—A 

4 person who knowingly discloses, uses, or 

5 causes to be used any information obtained 

6 by an international marriage broker as a 

7 result of a requirement under paragraph 

8 (2) or (3) for any purpose other than the 

9 disclosures required under paragraph (3) 

10 shall be fined in accordance with title 18, 

11 United States Code, or imprisoned for not 

12 more than 1 year, or both. 

13 ‘‘(iii) FRAUDULENT FAILURES OF

14 UNITED STATES CLIENTS TO MAKE RE15 QUIRED SELF-DISCLOSURES.—A person 

16 who knowingly and with intent to defraud 

17 another person outside the United States 

18 in order to recruit, solicit, entice, or induce 

19 that other person into entering a dating or 

20 matrimonial relationship, makes false or 

21 fraudulent representations regarding the 

22 disclosures described in clause (i), (ii), (iii), 

23 or (iv) of subsection (d)(2)(B), including 

24 by failing to make any such disclosures, 

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1 United States Code, imprisoned for not 

2 more than 1 year, or both. 

3 ‘‘(iv) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PEN4 ALTIES.—The penalties provided in clauses 

5 (i), (ii), and (iii) are in addition to any 

6 other civil or criminal liability under Fed7 eral or State law to which a person may be 

8 subject for the misuse of information, in9 cluding misuse to threaten, intimidate, or 

10 harass any individual. 

11 ‘‘(v) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

12 this paragraph or paragraph (3) or (4) 

13 may be construed to prevent the disclosure 

14 of information to law enforcement or pur15 suant to a court order.’’; and 

16 (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 

17 period at the end and inserting ‘‘including equi18 table remedies.’’; 

19 (5) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as 

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

21 (6) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(6) ENFORCEMENT.— 

24 ‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—The Attorney General 

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1 provisions of this section, including the prosecu2 tion of civil and criminal penalties provided for 

3 by this section. 

4 ‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—The Attorney Gen5 eral shall consult with the Director of the Office 

6 on Violence Against Women of the Department 

7 of Justice to develop policies and public edu8 cation designed to promote enforcement of this 

9 section.’’. 

10 (d) GAO STUDY AND REPORT.—Section 833(f) of 

11 the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005 

12 (8 U.S.C. 1375a(f)) is amended— 

13 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking 

14 ‘‘STUDY AND REPORT.—’’ and inserting ‘‘STUDIES

15 AND REPORTS.—’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘(4) CONTINUING IMPACT STUDY AND RE18 PORT.— 

19 ‘‘(A) STUDY.—The Comptroller General 

20 shall conduct a study on the continuing impact 

21 of the implementation of this section and of sec22 tion of 214 of the Immigration and Nationality 

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1 a study of the items described in subparagraphs 

2 (A) through (E) of paragraph (1). 

3 ‘‘(B) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years 

4 after the date of the enactment of the Violence 

5 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, 

6 the Comptroller General shall submit to the 

7 Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and 

8 the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 

9 Representatives a report setting forth the re10 sults of the study conducted under subpara11 graph (A). 

12 ‘‘(C) DATA COLLECTION.—The Attorney 

13 General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

14 and the Secretary of State shall collect and 

15 maintain the data necessary for the Comptroller 

16 General to conduct the study required by para17 graph (1)(A).’’. 

18 SEC. 809. ELIGIBILITY OF CRIME AND TRAFFICKING VIC19 TIMS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE 

20 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS TO ADJUST 

21 STATUS. 

22 Section 705(c) of the Consolidated Natural Resources 

23 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–229; 48 U.S.C. 1806 note), 

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1 through the end, and inserting the following: ‘‘except 

2 that— 

3 ‘‘(1) for the purpose of determining whether an 

4 alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence (as 

5 defined in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration 

6 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20)) has 

7 abandoned or lost such status by reason of absence 

8 from the United States, such alien’s presence in the 

9 Commonwealth, before, on or after November 28, 

10 2009, shall be considered to be presence in the 

11 United States; and 

12 ‘‘(2) for the purpose of determining whether an 

13 alien whose application for status under subpara14 graph (T) or (U) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immi15 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) 

16 was granted is subsequently eligible for adjustment 

17 under subsection (l) or (m) of section 245 of such 

18 Act (8 U.S.C. 1255), such alien’s physical presence 

19 in the Commonwealth before, on, or after November 

20 28, 2009, and subsequent to the grant of the appli21 cation, shall be considered as equivalent to presence 

22 in the United States pursuant to a nonimmigrant 

23 admission in such status.’’. 


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1 SEC. 810. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION FOR NATIONAL 

2 SECURITY PURPOSES. 

3 (a) INFORMATION SHARING.—Section 384(b) of the 

4 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 

5 Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1367(b)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (A) by inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland 

8 Security or the’’ before ‘‘Attorney General 

9 may’’; and 

10 (B) by inserting ‘‘Secretary’s or the’’ be11 fore ‘‘Attorney General’s discretion’’; 

12 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

13 (A) by inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland 

14 Security or the’’ before ‘‘Attorney General 

15 may’’; 

16 (B) by inserting ‘‘Secretary or the’’ before 

17 ‘‘Attorney General for’’; and 

18 (C) by inserting ‘‘in a manner that pro19 tects the confidentiality of such information’’ 

20 after ‘‘law enforcement purpose’’; 

21 (3) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘Attorney 

22 General is’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland 

23 Security and the Attorney General are’’; and 

24 (4) by adding at the end a new paragraph as 

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1 ‘‘(8) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), the 

2 Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of 

3 State, or the Attorney General may provide in the 

4 discretion of either such Secretary or the Attorney 

5 General for the disclosure of information to national 

6 security officials to be used solely for a national se7 curity purpose in a manner that protects the con8 fidentiality of such information.’’. 

9 (b) GUIDELINES.—Section 384(d) of the Illegal Im10 migration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 

11 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1367(d)) is amended— 

12 (1) by inserting ‘‘, Secretary of State,’’ after 

13 ‘‘The Attorney General’’; 

14 (2) by inserting ‘‘, Department of State,’’ after 

15 ‘‘Department of Justice’’; and 

16 (3) by inserting ‘‘and severe forms of traf17 ficking in persons or criminal activity listed in sec18 tion 101(a)(15)(U) of the Immigration and Nation19 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(u))’’ after ‘‘domestic 

20 violence’’. 

21 (c) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 180 days 

22 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney 

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1 grant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1367(d)), con2 sistent with the amendments made by subsections (a) and 

3 (b). 

4 (d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 384(a)(1) of 

5 the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsi6 bility Act of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘241(a)(2)’’ in 

7 the matter following subparagraph (F) and inserting 

8 ‘‘237(a)(2)’’. 

9 TITLE IX—SAFETY FOR INDIAN 

10 WOMEN 

11 SEC. 901. GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS. 

12 Section 2015(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con13 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg– 

14 10(a)) is amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘sex traf16 ficking,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’; 

17 (2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘sex traf18 ficking,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’; 

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

20 and all that follows and inserting ‘‘sexual assault, 

21 sex trafficking, and stalking;’’; 

22 (4) in paragraph (7)— 

23 (A) by inserting ‘‘sex trafficking,’’ after 

24 ‘‘sexual assault,’’ each place it appears; and 

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1 (5) in paragraph (8)— 

2 (A) by inserting ‘‘sex trafficking,’’ after 

3 ‘‘stalking,’’; and 

4 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

5 inserting a semicolon; and 

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

7 ‘‘(9) provide services to address the needs of 

8 youth who are victims of domestic violence, dating 

9 violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, or stalking 

10 and the needs of youth and children exposed to do11 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

12 stalking, including support for the nonabusing par13 ent or the caretaker of the youth or child; and 

14 ‘‘(10) develop and promote legislation and poli15 cies that enhance best practices for responding to 

16 violent crimes against Indian women, including the 

17 crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

18 assault, sex trafficking, and stalking.’’. 

19 SEC. 902. GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBAL COALITIONS. 

20 Section 2001 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

21 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg) is 

22 amended by striking subsection (d) and inserting the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(d) TRIBAL COALITION GRANTS.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) PURPOSE.—The Attorney General shall 

2 award a grant to tribal coalitions for purposes of— 

3 ‘‘(A) increasing awareness of domestic vio4 lence and sexual assault against Indian women; 

5 ‘‘(B) enhancing the response to violence 

6 against Indian women at the Federal, State, 

7 and tribal levels; 

8 ‘‘(C) identifying and providing technical 

9 assistance to coalition membership and tribal 

10 communities to enhance access to essential serv11 ices to Indian women victimized by domestic 

12 and sexual violence, including sex trafficking; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(D) assisting Indian tribes in developing 

15 and promoting State, local, and tribal legisla16 tion and policies that enhance best practices for 

17 responding to violent crimes against Indian 

18 women, including the crimes of domestic vio19 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex traf20 ficking, and stalking. 

21 ‘‘(2) GRANTS.—The Attorney General shall 

22 award grants on an annual basis under paragraph 

23 (1) to— 

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1 ‘‘(i) meets the criteria of a tribal coa2 lition under section 40002(a) of the Vio3 lence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 

4 U.S.C. 13925(a)); 

5 ‘‘(ii) is recognized by the Office on Vi6 olence Against Women; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) provides services to Indian 

8 tribes; and 

9 ‘‘(B) organizations that propose to incor10 porate and operate a tribal coalition in areas 

11 where Indian tribes are located but no tribal co12 alition exists. 

13 ‘‘(3) USE OF AMOUNTS.—For each of fiscal 

14 years 2014 through 2018, of the amounts appro15 priated to carry out this subsection— 

16 ‘‘(A) not more than 10 percent shall be 

17 made available to organizations described in 

18 paragraph (2)(B), provided that 1 or more or19 ganizations determined by the Attorney General 

20 to be qualified apply; 

21 ‘‘(B) not less than 90 percent shall be 

22 made available to tribal coalitions described in 

23 paragraph (2)(A), which amounts shall be dis24 tributed equally among each eligible tribal coali25 tion for the applicable fiscal year. 


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1 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBILITY FOR OTHER GRANTS.—Re2 ceipt of an award under this subsection by a tribal 

3 coalition shall not preclude the tribal coalition from 

4 receiving additional grants under this title to carry 

5 out the purposes described in paragraph (1). 

6 ‘‘(5) MULTIPLE PURPOSE APPLICATIONS.— 

7 Nothing in this subsection prohibits any tribal coali8 tion or organization described in paragraph (2) from 

9 applying for funding to address sexual assault or do10 mestic violence needs in the same application.’’. 

11 SEC. 903. CONSULTATION. 

12 Section 903 of the Violence Against Women and De13 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 

14 U.S.C. 14045d) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (a)— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘and the Violence Against 

17 Women Act of 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Vio18 lence Against Women Act of 2000’’; and 

19 (B) by inserting ‘‘, and the Violence 

20 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013’’ 

21 before the period at the end; 

22 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

24 by striking ‘‘Secretary of the Department of 

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1 ‘‘Secretary of Health and Human Services, the 

2 Secretary of the Interior,’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and 

4 stalking’’ and inserting ‘‘stalking, and sex traf5 ficking’’; and 

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

7 ‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Attorney General shall 

8 submit to Congress an annual report on the annual con9 sultations required under subsection (a) that— 

10 ‘‘(1) contains the recommendations made under 

11 subsection (b) by Indian tribes during the year cov12 ered by the report; 

13 ‘‘(2) describes actions taken during the year 

14 covered by the report to respond to recommenda15 tions made under subsection (b) during the year or 

16 a previous year; and 

17 ‘‘(3) describes how the Attorney General will 

18 work in coordination and collaboration with Indian 

19 tribes, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 

20 and the Secretary of the Interior to address the rec21 ommendations made under subsection (b). 

22 ‘‘(d) NOTICE.—Not later than 120 days before the 

23 date of a consultation under subsection (a), the Attorney 

24 General shall notify tribal leaders of the date, time, and 

25 location of the consultation.’’. 


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1 SEC. 904. TRIBAL JURISDICTION OVER CRIMES OF DOMES2 TIC VIOLENCE. 

3 Title II of Public Law 90–284 (25 U.S.C. 1301 et 

4 seq.) (commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Civil Rights Act 

5 of 1968’’) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 204. TRIBAL JURISDICTION OVER CRIMES OF DOMES7 TIC VIOLENCE. 

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

9 ‘‘(1) DATING VIOLENCE.—The term ‘dating vio10 lence’ means violence committed by a person who is 

11 or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or 

12 intimate nature with the victim, as determined by 

13 the length of the relationship, the type of relation14 ship, and the frequency of interaction between the 

15 persons involved in the relationship. 

16 ‘‘(2) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘domes17 tic violence’ means violence committed by a current 

18 or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim, 

19 by a person with whom the victim shares a child in 

20 common, by a person who is cohabitating with or 

21 has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse or inti22 mate partner, or by a person similarly situated to a 

23 spouse of the victim under the domestic- or family24 violence laws of an Indian tribe that has jurisdiction 

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1 ‘‘(3) INDIAN COUNTRY.—The term ‘Indian 

2 country’ has the meaning given the term in section 

3 1151 of title 18, United States Code. 

4 ‘‘(4) PARTICIPATING TRIBE.—The term ‘partici5 pating tribe’ means an Indian tribe that elects to ex6 ercise special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction 

7 over the Indian country of that Indian tribe. 

8 ‘‘(5) PROTECTION ORDER.—The term ‘protec9 tion order’— 

10 ‘‘(A) means any injunction, restraining 

11 order, or other order issued by a civil or crimi12 nal court for the purpose of preventing violent 

13 or threatening acts or harassment against, sex14 ual violence against, contact or communication 

15 with, or physical proximity to, another person; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(B) includes any temporary or final order 

18 issued by a civil or criminal court, whether ob19 tained by filing an independent action or as a 

20 pendent lite order in another proceeding, if the 

21 civil or criminal order was issued in response to 

22 a complaint, petition, or motion filed by or on 

23 behalf of a person seeking protection. 

24 ‘‘(6) SPECIAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRIMINAL

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1 criminal jurisdiction’ means the criminal jurisdiction 

2 that a participating tribe may exercise under this 

3 section but could not otherwise exercise. 

4 ‘‘(7) SPOUSE OR INTIMATE PARTNER.—The 

5 term ‘spouse or intimate partner’ has the meaning 

6 given the term in section 2266 of title 18, United 

7 States Code. 

8 ‘‘(b) NATURE OF THE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

10 provision of law, in addition to all powers of self-gov11 ernment recognized and affirmed by sections 201 

12 and 203, the powers of self-government of a partici13 pating tribe include the inherent power of that tribe, 

14 which is hereby recognized and affirmed, to exercise 

15 special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction over 

16 all persons. 

17 ‘‘(2) CONCURRENT JURISDICTION.—The exer18 cise of special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction 

19 by a participating tribe shall be concurrent with the 

20 jurisdiction of the United States, of a State, or of 

21 both. 

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1 ‘‘(A) creates or eliminates any Federal or 

2 State criminal jurisdiction over Indian country; 

3 or 

4 ‘‘(B) affects the authority of the United 

5 States or any State government that has been 

6 delegated authority by the United States to in7 vestigate and prosecute a criminal violation in 

8 Indian country. 

9 ‘‘(4) EXCEPTIONS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) VICTIM AND DEFENDANT ARE BOTH

11 NON-INDIANS.— 

12 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A participating 

13 tribe may not exercise special domestic vio14 lence criminal jurisdiction over an alleged 

15 offense if neither the defendant nor the al16 leged victim is an Indian. 

17 ‘‘(ii) DEFINITION OF VICTIM.—In this 

18 subparagraph and with respect to a crimi19 nal proceeding in which a participating 

20 tribe exercises special domestic violence 

21 criminal jurisdiction based on a violation of 

22 a protection order, the term ‘victim’ means 

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1 ‘‘(B) DEFENDANT LACKS TIES TO THE IN2 DIAN TRIBE.—A participating tribe may exer3 cise special domestic violence criminal jurisdic4 tion over a defendant only if the defendant— 

5 ‘‘(i) resides in the Indian country of 

6 the participating tribe; 

7 ‘‘(ii) is employed in the Indian coun8 try of the participating tribe; or 

9 ‘‘(iii) is a spouse, intimate partner, or 

10 dating partner of— 

11 ‘‘(I) a member of the partici12 pating tribe; or 

13 ‘‘(II) an Indian who resides in 

14 the Indian country of the partici15 pating tribe. 

16 ‘‘(c) CRIMINAL CONDUCT.—A participating tribe may 

17 exercise special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction over 

18 a defendant for criminal conduct that falls into one or 

19 more of the following categories: 

20 ‘‘(1) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND DATING VIO21 LENCE.—An act of domestic violence or dating vio22 lence that occurs in the Indian country of the par23 ticipating tribe. 

24 ‘‘(2) VIOLATIONS OF PROTECTION ORDERS.— 

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1 ‘‘(A) occurs in the Indian country of the 

2 participating tribe; and 

3 ‘‘(B) violates the portion of a protection 

4 order that— 

5 ‘‘(i) prohibits or provides protection 

6 against violent or threatening acts or har7 assment against, sexual violence against, 

8 contact or communication with, or physical 

9 proximity to, another person; 

10 ‘‘(ii) was issued against the defend11 ant; 

12 ‘‘(iii) is enforceable by the partici13 pating tribe; and 

14 ‘‘(iv) is consistent with section 

15 2265(b) of title 18, United States Code. 

16 ‘‘(d) RIGHTS OF DEFENDANTS.—In a criminal pro17 ceeding in which a participating tribe exercises special do18 mestic violence criminal jurisdiction, the participating 

19 tribe shall provide to the defendant— 

20 ‘‘(1) all applicable rights under this Act; 

21 ‘‘(2) if a term of imprisonment of any length 

22 may be imposed, all rights described in section 

23 202(c); 

24 ‘‘(3) the right to a trial by an impartial jury 

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1 ‘‘(A) reflect a fair cross section of the com2 munity; and 

3 ‘‘(B) do not systematically exclude any dis4 tinctive group in the community, including non5 Indians; and 

6 ‘‘(4) all other rights whose protection is nec7 essary under the Constitution of the United States 

8 in order for Congress to recognize and affirm the in9 herent power of the participating tribe to exercise 

10 special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction over 

11 the defendant. 

12 ‘‘(e) PETITIONS TO STAY DETENTION.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person who has filed a 

14 petition for a writ of habeas corpus in a court of the 

15 United States under section 203 may petition that 

16 court to stay further detention of that person by the 

17 participating tribe. 

18 ‘‘(2) GRANT OF STAY.—A court shall grant a 

19 stay described in paragraph (1) if the court— 

20 ‘‘(A) finds that there is a substantial likeli21 hood that the habeas corpus petition will be 

22 granted; and 

23 ‘‘(B) after giving each alleged victim in the 

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1 tions imposed by the court, the petitioner is not 

2 likely to flee or pose a danger to any person or 

3 the community if released. 

4 ‘‘(3) NOTICE.—An Indian tribe that has or5 dered the detention of any person has a duty to 

6 timely notify such person of his rights and privileges 

7 under this subsection and under section 203. 

8 ‘‘(f) GRANTS TO TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.—The At9 torney General may award grants to the governments of 

10 Indian tribes (or to authorized designees of those govern11 ments)— 

12 ‘‘(1) to strengthen tribal criminal justice sys13 tems to assist Indian tribes in exercising special do14 mestic violence criminal jurisdiction, including— 

15 ‘‘(A) law enforcement (including the capac16 ity of law enforcement or court personnel to 

17 enter information into and obtain information 

18 from national crime information databases); 

19 ‘‘(B) prosecution; 

20 ‘‘(C) trial and appellate courts; 

21 ‘‘(D) probation systems; 

22 ‘‘(E) detention and correctional facilities; 

23 ‘‘(F) alternative rehabilitation centers; 

24 ‘‘(G) culturally appropriate services and 

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1 ‘‘(H) criminal codes and rules of criminal 

2 procedure, appellate procedure, and evidence; 

3 ‘‘(2) to provide indigent criminal defendants 

4 with the effective assistance of licensed defense 

5 counsel, at no cost to the defendant, in criminal pro6 ceedings in which a participating tribe prosecutes a 

7 crime of domestic violence or dating violence or a 

8 criminal violation of a protection order; 

9 ‘‘(3) to ensure that, in criminal proceedings in 

10 which a participating tribe exercises special domestic 

11 violence criminal jurisdiction, jurors are summoned, 

12 selected, and instructed in a manner consistent with 

13 all applicable requirements; and 

14 ‘‘(4) to accord victims of domestic violence, dat15 ing violence, and violations of protection orders 

16 rights that are similar to the rights of a crime victim 

17 described in section 3771(a) of title 18, United 

18 States Code, consistent with tribal law and custom. 

19 ‘‘(g) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts 

20 made available under this section shall supplement and 

21 not supplant any other Federal, State, tribal, or local gov22 ernment amounts made available to carry out activities de23 scribed in this section. 

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

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1 fiscal years 2014 through 2018 to carry out subsection 

2 (f) and to provide training, technical assistance, data col3 lection, and evaluation of the criminal justice systems of 

4 participating tribes.’’. 

5 SEC. 905. TRIBAL PROTECTION ORDERS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2265 of title 18, United 

7 States Code, is amended by striking subsection (e) and 

8 inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(e) TRIBAL COURT JURISDICTION.—For purposes 

10 of this section, a court of an Indian tribe shall have full 

11 civil jurisdiction to issue and enforce protection orders in12 volving any person, including the authority to enforce any 

13 orders through civil contempt proceedings, to exclude vio14 lators from Indian land, and to use other appropriate 

15 mechanisms, in matters arising anywhere in the Indian 

16 country of the Indian tribe (as defined in section 1151) 

17 or otherwise within the authority of the Indian tribe.’’. 

18 (b) APPLICABILITY.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para20 graph (2), nothing in this Act, including an amend21 ment made by this Act, alters or modifies the juris22 diction or authority of an Indian tribe in the State 

23 of Alaska under section 2265(e) of title 18, United 

24 States Code (as in effect on the day before the date 

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1 (2) STATE OF ALASKA.—In the State of Alaska, 

2 subsection (a) shall apply only to the Metlakatla In3 dian Community, Annette Island Reserve. 

4 SEC. 906. AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL ASSAULT STAT5 UTE. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 113 of title 18, United 

7 States Code, is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)— 

9 (A) by striking paragraph (1) and insert10 ing the following: 

11 ‘‘(1) Assault with intent to commit murder or 

12 a violation of section 2241 or 2242, by a fine under 

13 this title, imprisonment for not more than 20 years, 

14 or both.’’; 

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

16 under chapter 109A’’ and inserting ‘‘violation 

17 of section 2241 or 2242’’; 

18 (C) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘and 

19 without just cause or excuse,’’; 

20 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘six 

21 months’’ and inserting ‘‘1 year’’; 

22 (E) in paragraph (7)— 

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1 stantial bodily injury to a spouse or inti2 mate partner, a dating partner, or an indi3 vidual who has not attained the age of 16 

4 years’’; and 

5 (ii) by striking ‘‘fine’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘a fine’’; and 

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

8 ‘‘(8) Assault of a spouse, intimate partner, or 

9 dating partner by strangling, suffocating, or at10 tempting to strangle or suffocate, by a fine under 

11 this title, imprisonment for not more than 10 years, 

12 or both.’’; and 

13 (2) in subsection (b)— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘(b) As used in this sub15 section—’’ and inserting the following: 

16 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—’’; 

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

18 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

19 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe20 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

22 ‘‘(3) the terms ‘dating partner’ and ‘spouse or 

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1 ‘‘(4) the term ‘strangling’ means intentionally, 

2 knowingly, or recklessly impeding the normal breath3 ing or circulation of the blood of a person by apply4 ing pressure to the throat or neck, regardless of 

5 whether that conduct results in any visible injury or 

6 whether there is any intent to kill or protractedly in7 jure the victim; and 

8 ‘‘(5) the term ‘suffocating’ means intentionally, 

9 knowingly, or recklessly impeding the normal breath10 ing of a person by covering the mouth of the person, 

11 the nose of the person, or both, regardless of wheth12 er that conduct results in any visible injury or 

13 whether there is any intent to kill or protractedly in14 jure the victim.’’. 

15 (b) INDIAN MAJOR CRIMES.—Section 1153(a) of title 

16 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘assault 

17 with intent to commit murder, assault with a dangerous 

18 weapon, assault resulting in serious bodily injury (as de19 fined in section 1365 of this title)’’ and inserting ‘‘a felony 

20 assault under section 113’’. 

21 (c) REPEAT OFFENDERS.—Section 2265A(b)(1)(B) 

22 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting 

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1 SEC. 907. ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH ON VIOLENCE AGAINST 

2 INDIAN WOMEN. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 904(a) of the Violence 

4 Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza5 tion Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–10 note) is amend6 ed— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘The National’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘Not later than 2 years after the date of 

10 enactment of the Violence Against Women Re11 authorization Act of 2013, the National’’; and 

12 (B) by inserting ‘‘and in Native villages 

13 (as defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native 

14 Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602))’’ be15 fore the period at the end; 

16 (2) in paragraph (2)(A)— 

17 (A) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

18 end; 

19 (B) in clause (v), by striking the period at 

20 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

22 ‘‘(vi) sex trafficking.’’; 

23 (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and 

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1 (4) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘this section 

2 $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 and 2008’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘this subsection $1,000,000 for each 

4 of fiscal years 2014 and 2015’’. 

5 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

6 905(b)(2) of the Violence Against Women and Depart7 ment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (28 U.S.C. 

8 534 note) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2007 

9 through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2014 through 

10 2018’’. 

11 SEC. 908. EFFECTIVE DATES; PILOT PROJECT. 

12 (a) GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as pro13 vided in section 4 and subsection (b) of this section, the 

14 amendments made by this title shall take effect on the 

15 date of enactment of this Act. 

16 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE FOR SPECIAL DOMESTIC-VIO17 LENCE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para19 graph (2), subsections (b) through (d) of section 204 

20 of Public Law 90–284 (as added by section 904) 

21 shall take effect on the date that is 2 years after the 

22 date of enactment of this Act. 

23 (2) PILOT PROJECT.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—At any time during the 

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1 ment of this Act, an Indian tribe may ask the 

2 Attorney General to designate the tribe as a 

3 participating tribe under section 204(a) of Pub4 lic Law 90–284 on an accelerated basis. 

5 (B) PROCEDURE.—The Attorney General 

6 may grant a request under subparagraph (A) 

7 after coordinating with the Secretary of the In8 terior, consulting with affected Indian tribes, 

9 and concluding that the criminal justice system 

10 of the requesting tribe has adequate safeguards 

11 in place to protect defendants’ rights, consistent 

12 with section 204 of Public Law 90–284. 

13 (C) EFFECTIVE DATES FOR PILOT

14 PROJECTS.—An Indian tribe designated as a 

15 participating tribe under this paragraph may 

16 commence exercising special domestic violence 

17 criminal jurisdiction pursuant to subsections (b) 

18 through (d) of section 204 of Public Law 90– 

19 284 on a date established by the Attorney Gen20 eral, after consultation with that Indian tribe, 

21 but in no event later than the date that is 2 

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1 SEC. 909. INDIAN LAW AND ORDER COMMISSION; REPORT 

2 ON THE ALASKA RURAL JUSTICE AND LAW 

3 ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 15(f) of the Indian Law 

5 Enforcement Reform Act (25 U.S.C. 2812(f)) is amended 

6 by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and inserting ‘‘3 years’’. 

7 (b) REPORT.—The Attorney General, in consultation 

8 with the Attorney General of the State of Alaska, the 

9 Commissioner of Public Safety of the State of Alaska, the 

10 Alaska Federation of Natives and Federally recognized In11 dian tribes in the State of Alaska, shall report to Congress 

12 not later than one year after enactment of this Act with 

13 respect to whether the Alaska Rural Justice and Law En14 forcement Commission established under Section 

15 112(a)(1) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 

16 should be continued and appropriations authorized for the 

17 continued work of the commission. The report may con18 tain recommendations for legislation with respect to the 

19 scope of work and composition of the commission. 

20 SEC. 910. LIMITATION. 

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

22 (b), nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this 

23 Act limits, alters, expands, or diminishes the civil or crimi24 nal jurisdiction of the State of Alaska, any subdivision of 

25 the State of Alaska, or any Indian tribe in the State of 

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1 (b) STATE OF ALASKA.—In the State of Alaska, sec2 tions 904 and 905(a) shall apply only to the Metlakatla 

3 Indian Community, Annette Island Reserve. 

4 TITLE X—SAFER ACT 

5 SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE. 

6 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Sexual Assault Foren7 sic Evidence Reporting Act of 2013’’ or the ‘‘SAFER Act 

8 of 2013’’. 

9 SEC. 1002. DEBBIE SMITH GRANTS FOR AUDITING SEXUAL 

10 ASSAULT EVIDENCE BACKLOGS. 

11 Section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination 

12 Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135) is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 

14 following new paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(7) To conduct an audit consistent with sub16 section (n) of the samples of sexual assault evidence 

17 that are in the possession of the State or unit of 

18 local government and are awaiting testing. 

19 ‘‘(8) To ensure that the collection and proc20 essing of DNA evidence by law enforcement agencies 

21 from crimes, including sexual assault and other vio22 lent crimes against persons, is carried out in an ap23 propriate and timely manner and in accordance with 

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1 (2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 

2 following new paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(4) ALLOCATION OF GRANT AWARDS FOR AU4 DITS.—For each of fiscal years 2014 through 2017, 

5 not less than 5 percent, but not more than 7 per6 cent, of the grant amounts distributed under para7 graph (1) shall, if sufficient applications to justify 

8 such amounts are received by the Attorney General, 

9 be awarded for purposes described in subsection 

10 (a)(7), provided that none of the funds required to 

11 be distributed under this paragraph shall decrease or 

12 otherwise limit the availability of funds required to 

13 be awarded to States or units of local government 

14 under paragraph (3).’’; and 

15 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub16 sections: 

17 ‘‘(n) USE OF FUNDS FOR AUDITING SEXUAL AS18 SAULT EVIDENCE BACKLOGS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—The Attorney General may 

20 award a grant under this section to a State or unit 

21 of local government for the purpose described in 

22 subsection (a)(7) only if the State or unit of local 

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1 ‘‘(A) submits a plan for performing the 

2 audit of samples described in such subsection; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(B) includes in such plan a good-faith es5 timate of the number of such samples. 

6 ‘‘(2) GRANT CONDITIONS.—A State or unit of 

7 local government receiving a grant for the purpose 

8 described in subsection (a)(7)— 

9 ‘‘(A) may not enter into any contract or 

10 agreement with any non-governmental vendor 

11 laboratory to conduct an audit described in sub12 section (a)(7); and 

13 ‘‘(B) shall— 

14 ‘‘(i) not later than 1 year after receiv15 ing the grant, complete the audit referred 

16 to in paragraph (1)(A) in accordance with 

17 the plan submitted under such paragraph; 

18 ‘‘(ii) not later than 60 days after re19 ceiving possession of a sample of sexual as20 sault evidence that was not in the posses21 sion of the State or unit of local govern22 ment at the time of the initiation of an 

23 audit under paragraph (1)(A), subject to 

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1 reports under clause (v), the information 

2 listed under paragraph (4)(B); 

3 ‘‘(iii) for each sample of sexual as4 sault evidence that is identified as awaiting 

5 testing as part of the audit referred to in 

6 paragraph (1)(A)— 

7 ‘‘(I) assign a unique numeric or 

8 alphanumeric identifier to each sam9 ple of sexual assault evidence that is 

10 in the possession of the State or unit 

11 of local government and is awaiting 

12 testing; and 

13 ‘‘(II) identify the date or dates 

14 after which the State or unit of local 

15 government would be barred by any 

16 applicable statutes of limitations from 

17 prosecuting a perpetrator of the sex18 ual assault to which the sample re19 lates; 

20 ‘‘(iv) provide that— 

21 ‘‘(I) the chief law enforcement of22 ficer of the State or unit of local gov23 ernment, respectively, is the individual 

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1 spectively, with the reporting require2 ments described in clause (v); or 

3 ‘‘(II) the designee of such officer 

4 may fulfill the responsibility described 

5 in subclause (I) so long as such des6 ignee is an employee of the State or 

7 unit of local government, respectively, 

8 and is not an employee of any govern9 mental laboratory or non-govern10 mental vendor laboratory; and 

11 ‘‘(v) comply with all grantee reporting 

12 requirements described in paragraph (4). 

13 ‘‘(3) EXTENSION OF INITIAL DEADLINE.—The 

14 Attorney General may grant an extension of the 

15 deadline under paragraph (2)(B)(i) to a State or 

16 unit of local government that demonstrates that 

17 more time is required for compliance with such para18 graph. 

19 ‘‘(4) SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EVIDENCE

20 REPORTS.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For not less than 12 

22 months after the completion of an initial count 

23 of sexual assault evidence that is awaiting test24 ing during an audit referred to in paragraph 

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1 receives a grant award under subsection (a)(7) 

2 shall, not less than every 60 days, submit a re3 port to the Department of Justice, on a form 

4 prescribed by the Attorney General, which shall 

5 contain the information required under sub6 paragraph (B). 

7 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—A report 

8 under this paragraph shall contain the following 

9 information: 

10 ‘‘(i) The name of the State or unit of 

11 local government filing the report. 

12 ‘‘(ii) The period of dates covered by 

13 the report. 

14 ‘‘(iii) The cumulative total number of 

15 samples of sexual assault evidence that, at 

16 the end of the reporting period— 

17 ‘‘(I) are in the possession of the 

18 State or unit of local government at 

19 the reporting period; 

20 ‘‘(II) are awaiting testing; and 

21 ‘‘(III) the State or unit of local 

22 government has determined should 

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1 ‘‘(iv) The cumulative total number of 

2 samples of sexual assault evidence in the 

3 possession of the State or unit of local gov4 ernment that, at the end of the reporting 

5 period, the State or unit of local govern6 ment has determined should not undergo 

7 DNA or other appropriate forensic anal8 yses, provided that the reporting form shall 

9 allow for the State or unit of local govern10 ment, at its sole discretion, to explain the 

11 reasoning for this determination in some 

12 or all cases. 

13 ‘‘(v) The cumulative total number of 

14 samples of sexual assault evidence in a 

15 total under clause (iii) that have been sub16 mitted to a laboratory for DNA or other 

17 appropriate forensic analyses. 

18 ‘‘(vi) The cumulative total number of 

19 samples of sexual assault evidence identi20 fied by an audit referred to in paragraph 

21 (1)(A) or under paragraph (2)(B)(ii) for 

22 which DNA or other appropriate forensic 

23 analysis has been completed at the end of 

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1 ‘‘(vii) The total number of samples of 

2 sexual assault evidence identified by the 

3 State or unit of local government under 

4 paragraph (2)(B)(ii), since the previous re5 porting period. 

6 ‘‘(viii) The cumulative total number of 

7 samples of sexual assault evidence de8 scribed under clause (iii) for which the 

9 State or unit of local government will be 

10 barred within 12 months by any applicable 

11 statute of limitations from prosecuting a 

12 perpetrator of the sexual assault to which 

13 the sample relates. 

14 ‘‘(C) PUBLICATION OF REPORTS.—Not 

15 later than 7 days after the submission of a re16 port under this paragraph by a State or unit of 

17 local government, the Attorney General shall, 

18 subject to subparagraph (D), publish and dis19 seminate a facsimile of the full contents of such 

20 report on an appropriate internet website. 

21 ‘‘(D) PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFOR22 MATION.—The Attorney General shall ensure 

23 that any information published and dissemi24 nated as part of a report under this paragraph, 

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1 section, does not include personally identifiable 

2 information or details about a sexual assault 

3 that might lead to the identification of the indi4 viduals involved. 

5 ‘‘(E) OPTIONAL REPORTING.—The Attor6 ney General shall— 

7 ‘‘(i) at the discretion of a State or 

8 unit of local government required to file a 

9 report under subparagraph (A), allow such 

10 State or unit of local government, at their 

11 sole discretion, to submit such reports on 

12 a more frequent basis; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) make available to all States and 

14 units of local government the reporting 

15 form created pursuant to subparagraph 

16 (A), whether or not they are required to 

17 submit such reports, and allow such States 

18 or units of local government, at their sole 

19 discretion, to submit such reports for pub20 lication. 

21 ‘‘(F) SAMPLES EXEMPT FROM REPORTING

22 REQUIREMENT.—The reporting requirements 

23 described in paragraph (2) shall not apply to a 

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1 ‘‘(i) is not considered criminal evi2 dence (such as a sample collected anony3 mously from a victim who is unwilling to 

4 make a criminal complaint); or 

5 ‘‘(ii) relates to a sexual assault for 

6 which the prosecution of each perpetrator 

7 is barred by a statute of limitations. 

8 ‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

9 ‘‘(A) AWAITING TESTING.—The term 

10 ‘awaiting testing’ means, with respect to a sam11 ple of sexual assault evidence, that— 

12 ‘‘(i) the sample has been collected and 

13 is in the possession of a State or unit of 

14 local government; 

15 ‘‘(ii) DNA and other appropriate fo16 rensic analyses have not been performed on 

17 such sample; and 

18 ‘‘(iii) the sample is related to a crimi19 nal case or investigation in which final dis20 position has not yet been reached. 

21 ‘‘(B) FINAL DISPOSITION.—The term ‘final 

22 disposition’ means, with respect to a criminal 

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1 ‘‘(i) the conviction or acquittal of all 

2 suspected perpetrators of the crime in3 volved; 

4 ‘‘(ii) a determination by the State or 

5 unit of local government in possession of 

6 the sample that the case is unfounded; or 

7 ‘‘(iii) a declaration by the victim of 

8 the crime involved that the act constituting 

9 the basis of the crime was not committed. 

10 ‘‘(C) POSSESSION.— 

11 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘posses12 sion’, used with respect to possession of a 

13 sample of sexual assault evidence by a 

14 State or unit of local government, includes 

15 possession by an individual who is acting 

16 as an agent of the State or unit of local 

17 government for the collection of the sam18 ple. 

19 ‘‘(ii) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.— 

20 Nothing in clause (i) shall be construed to 

21 create or amend any Federal rights or 

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1 Identification Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 

2 14131). 

3 ‘‘(o) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROTOCOLS, TECHNICAL

4 ASSISTANCE, AND DEFINITIONS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) PROTOCOLS AND PRACTICES.—Not later 

6 than 18 months after the date of enactment of the 

7 SAFER Act of 2013, the Director, in consultation 

8 with Federal, State, and local law enforcement agen9 cies and government laboratories, shall develop and 

10 publish a description of protocols and practices the 

11 Director considers appropriate for the accurate, 

12 timely, and effective collection and processing of 

13 DNA evidence, including protocols and practices spe14 cific to sexual assault cases, which shall address ap15 propriate steps in the investigation of cases that 

16 might involve DNA evidence, including— 

17 ‘‘(A) how to determine— 

18 ‘‘(i) which evidence is to be collected 

19 by law enforcement personnel and for20 warded for testing; 

21 ‘‘(ii) the preferred order in which evi22 dence from the same case is to be tested; 

23 and 

24 ‘‘(iii) what information to take into 

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1 which evidence from different cases is to be 

2 tested; 

3 ‘‘(B) the establishment of a reasonable pe4 riod of time in which evidence is to be for5 warded by emergency response providers, law 

6 enforcement personnel, and prosecutors to a 

7 laboratory for testing; 

8 ‘‘(C) the establishment of reasonable peri9 ods of time in which each stage of analytical 

10 laboratory testing is to be completed; 

11 ‘‘(D) systems to encourage communication 

12 within a State or unit of local government 

13 among emergency response providers, law en14 forcement personnel, prosecutors, courts, de15 fense counsel, crime laboratory personnel, and 

16 crime victims regarding the status of crime 

17 scene evidence to be tested; and 

18 ‘‘(E) standards for conducting the audit of 

19 the backlog for DNA case work in sexual as20 sault cases required under subsection (n). 

21 ‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.— 

22 The Director shall make available technical assist23 ance and training to support States and units of 

24 local government in adopting and implementing the 

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1 (1) on and after the date on which the protocols and 

2 practices are published. 

3 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 

4 terms ‘awaiting testing’ and ‘possession’ have the 

5 meanings given those terms in subsection (n).’’. 

6 SEC. 1003. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

7 Not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal 

8 year for which a grant is made for the purpose described 

9 in section 2(a)(7) of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi10 nation Act of 2000, as amended by section 1002, the At11 torney General shall submit to Congress a report that— 

12 (1) lists the States and units of local govern13 ment that have been awarded such grants and the 

14 amount of the grant received by each such State or 

15 unit of local government; 

16 (2) states the number of extensions granted by 

17 the Attorney General under section 2(n)(3) of the 

18 DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000, as 

19 added by section 1002; and 

20 (3) summarizes the processing status of the 

21 samples of sexual assault evidence identified in Sex22 ual Assault Forensic Evidence Reports established 

23 under section 2(n)(4) of the DNA Analysis Backlog 

24 Elimination Act of 2000, including the number of 

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1 SEC. 1004. REDUCING THE RAPE KIT BACKLOG. 

2 Section 2(c)(3) of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi3 nation Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135(c)(3)) is amended— 

4 (a) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘2014’’ and in5 serting ‘‘2018’’; and 

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

7 ‘‘(C) For each of fiscal years 2014 through 

8 2018, not less than 75 percent of the total 

9 grant amounts shall be awarded for a combina10 tion of purposes under paragraphs (1), (2), and 

11 (3) of subsection (a).’’. 

12 SEC. 1005. OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 

13 All grants awarded by the Department of Justice that 

14 are authorized under this title shall be subject to the fol15 lowing: 

16 (1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.—Beginning in fiscal 

17 year 2013, and each fiscal year thereafter, the In18 spector General of the Department of Justice shall 

19 conduct audits of recipients of grants under this title 

20 to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by 

21 grantees. The Inspector General shall determine the 

22 appropriate number of grantees to be audited each 

23 year. 

24 (2) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipient of 

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1 ceive grant funds under this title during the 2 fiscal 

2 years beginning after the 12-month period described 

3 in paragraph (5). 

4 (3) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 

5 title, the Attorney General shall give priority to eligi6 ble entities that, during the 3 fiscal years before 

7 submitting an application for a grant under this 

8 title, did not have an unresolved audit finding show9 ing a violation in the terms or conditions of a De10 partment of Justice grant program. 

11 (4) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is awarded 

12 grant funds under this Act during the 2-fiscal-year 

13 period in which the entity is barred from receiving 

14 grants under paragraph (2), the Attorney General 

15 shall— 

16 (A) deposit an amount equal to the grant 

17 funds that were improperly awarded to the 

18 grantee into the General Fund of the Treasury; 

19 and 

20 (B) seek to recoup the costs of the repay21 ment to the fund from the grant recipient that 

22 was erroneously awarded grant funds. 

23 (5) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term 

24 ‘‘unresolved audit finding’’ means an audit report 

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1 General of the Department of Justice that the 

2 grantee has utilized grant funds for an unauthorized 

3 expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost that is not 

4 closed or resolved within a 12-month period begin5 ning on the date when the final audit report is 

6 issued. 

7 (6) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIRE8 MENTS.— 

9 (A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 

10 section and the grant programs described in 

11 this title, the term ‘‘ ‘nonprofit organization’ ’’ 

12 means an organization that is described in sec13 tion 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

14 1986 and is exempt from taxation under section 

15 501(a) of such Code. 

16 (B) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney General 

17 shall not award a grant under any grant pro18 gram described in this title to a nonprofit orga19 nization that holds money in offshore accounts 

20 for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax de21 scribed in section 511(a) of the Internal Rev22 enue Code of 1986. 

23 (C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organi24 zation that is awarded a grant under a grant 

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1 procedures prescribed in regulations to create a 

2 rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for 

3 the compensation of its officers, directors, trust4 ees and key employees, shall disclose to the At5 torney General, in the application for the grant, 

6 the process for determining such compensation, 

7 including the independent persons involved in 

8 reviewing and approving such compensation, the 

9 comparability data used, and contemporaneous 

10 substantiation of the deliberation and decision. 

11 Upon request, the Attorney General shall make 

12 the information disclosed under this subsection 

13 available for public inspection. 

14 (7) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Unless oth15 erwise explicitly provided in authorizing legislation, 

16 not more than 7.5 percent of the amounts author17 ized to be appropriated under this title may be used 

18 by the Attorney General for salaries and administra19 tive expenses of the Department of Justice. 

20 (8) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

21 (A) LIMITATION.—No amounts authorized 

22 to be appropriated to the Department of Justice 

23 under this title may be used by the Attorney 

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1 tive agreement under this Act, to host or sup2 port any expenditure for conferences that uses 

3 more than $20,000 in Department funds, un4 less the Deputy Attorney General or the appro5 priate Assistant Attorney General, Director, or 

6 principal deputy as the Deputy Attorney Gen7 eral may designate, provides prior written au8 thorization that the funds may be expended to 

9 host a conference. 

10 (B) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written ap11 proval under subparagraph (A) shall include a 

12 written estimate of all costs associated with the 

13 conference, including the cost of all food and 

14 beverages, audio/visual equipment, honoraria 

15 for speakers, and any entertainment. 

16 (C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney Gen17 eral shall submit an annual report to the Com18 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 

19 Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 

20 Representatives on all conference expenditures 

21 approved by operation of this paragraph. 

22 (9) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITY.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts authorized to 

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1 (i) lobby any representative of the De2 partment of Justice regarding the award of 

3 grant funding; or 

4 (ii) lobby any representative of a Fed5 eral, state, local, or tribal government re6 garding the award of grant funding. 

7 (B) PENALTY.—If the Attorney General 

8 determines that any recipient of a grant under 

9 this title has violated subparagraph (A), the At10 torney General shall— 

11 (i) require the grant recipient to repay 

12 the grant in full; and 

13 (ii) prohibit the grant recipient from 

14 receiving another grant under this title for 

15 not less than 5 years. 

16 SEC. 1006. SUNSET. 

17 Effective on December 31, 2018, subsections (a)(6) 

18 and (n) of section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi19 nation Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135(a)(6) and (n)) are 

20 repealed. 

21 TITLE XI—OTHER MATTERS 

22 SEC. 1101. SEXUAL ABUSE IN CUSTODIAL SETTINGS. 

23 (a) SUITS BY PRISONERS.—Section 7(e) of the Civil 

24 Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (42 U.S.C. 

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1 end the following: ‘‘or the commission of a sexual act (as 

2 defined in section 2246 of title 18, United States Code)’’. 

3 (b) UNITED STATES AS DEFENDANT.—Section 

4 1346(b)(2) of title 28, United States Code, is amended 

5 by inserting before the period at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘or the commission of a sexual act (as defined in section 

7 2246 of title 18)’’. 

8 (c) ADOPTION AND EFFECT OF NATIONAL STAND9 ARDS.—Section 8 of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 

10 2003 (42 U.S.C. 15607) is amended— 

11 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub12 section (e); and 

13 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(c) APPLICABILITY TO DETENTION FACILITIES OP16 ERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECU17 RITY.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

19 after the date of enactment of the Violence Against 

20 Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, the Secretary 

21 of Homeland Security shall publish a final rule 

22 adopting national standards for the detection, pre23 vention, reduction, and punishment of rape and sex24 ual assault in facilities that maintain custody of 


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1 aliens detained for a violation of the immigrations 

2 laws of the United States. 

3 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—The standards adopted 

4 under paragraph (1) shall apply to detention facili5 ties operated by the Department of Homeland Secu6 rity and to detention facilities operated under con7 tract with the Department. 

8 ‘‘(3) COMPLIANCE.—The Secretary of Home9 land Security shall— 

10 ‘‘(A) assess compliance with the standards 

11 adopted under paragraph (1) on a regular 

12 basis; and 

13 ‘‘(B) include the results of the assessments 

14 in performance evaluations of facilities com15 pleted by the Department of Homeland Secu16 rity. 

17 ‘‘(4) CONSIDERATIONS.—In adopting standards 

18 under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Homeland Se19 curity shall give due consideration to the rec20 ommended national standards provided by the Com21 mission under section 7(e). 

22 ‘‘(5) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the 

23 term ‘detention facilities operated under contract 

24 with the Department’ includes, but is not limited to 

25 contract detention facilities and detention facilities 


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1 operated through an intergovernmental service 

2 agreement with the Department of Homeland Secu3 rity. 

4 ‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY TO CUSTODIAL FACILITIES OP5 ERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

6 SERVICES.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

8 after the date of enactment of the Violence Against 

9 Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, the Secretary 

10 of Health and Human Services shall publish a final 

11 rule adopting national standards for the detection, 

12 prevention, reduction, and punishment of rape and 

13 sexual assault in facilities that maintain custody of 

14 unaccompanied alien children (as defined in section 

15 462(g) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

16 U.S.C. 279(g))). 

17 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—The standards adopted 

18 under paragraph (1) shall apply to facilities operated 

19 by the Department of Health and Human Services 

20 and to facilities operated under contract with the 

21 Department. 

22 ‘‘(3) COMPLIANCE.—The Secretary of Health 

23 and Human Services shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) assess compliance with the standards 

2 adopted under paragraph (1) on a regular 

3 basis; and 

4 ‘‘(B) include the results of the assessments 

5 in performance evaluations of facilities com6 pleted by the Department of Health and 

7 Human Services. 

8 ‘‘(4) CONSIDERATIONS.—In adopting standards 

9 under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Health and 

10 Human Services shall give due consideration to the 

11 recommended national standards provided by the 

12 Commission under section 7(e).’’. 

13 SEC. 1102. ANONYMOUS ONLINE HARASSMENT. 

14 Section 223(a)(1) of the Communications Act of 

15 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223(a)(1)) is amended— 

16 (1) in subparagraph (A), in the undesignated 

17 matter following clause (ii), by striking ‘‘annoy,’’; 

18 (2) in subparagraph (C)— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘annoy,’’; and 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘harass any person at the 

21 called number or who receives the communica22 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘harass any specific per23 son’’; and 

24 (3) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘harass 

25 any person at the called number or who receives the 


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1 communication’’ and inserting ‘‘harass any specific 

2 person’’. 

3 SEC. 1103. STALKER DATABASE. 

4 Section 40603 of the Violence Against Women Act 

5 of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14032) is amended by striking 

6 ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and all that follows and inserting 

7 ‘‘$3,000,000 for fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’. 

8 SEC. 1104. FEDERAL VICTIM ASSISTANTS REAUTHORIZA9 TION. 

10 Section 40114 of the Violence Against Women Act 

11 of 1994 (Public Law 103–322; 108 Stat. 1910) is amend12 ed by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and in13 serting ‘‘fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’. 

14 SEC. 1105. CHILD ABUSE TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR JUDI15 CIAL PERSONNEL AND PRACTITIONERS RE16 AUTHORIZATION. 

17 Subtitle C of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 

18 (42 U.S.C. 13024) is amended in subsection (a) by strik19 ing ‘‘$2,300,000’’ and all that follows and inserting 

20 ‘‘$2,300,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’. 


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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 47 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 

1994. 

JANUARY 28, 2013 

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