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SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR PRO-
GRAMS RELATING TO VIOLENCE AGAINST 
WOMEN. 
Part T of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 is amended by inserting before section 2001 
(42 U.S.C. 3796gg) the following new sections: 
‘‘SEC. 2000A. CLARIFICATION THAT PROGRAMS RELATING 
TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ARE GENDER- 
NEUTRAL. 
‘‘In this part, and in any other Act of Congress, unless 
the context unequivocally requires otherwise, a provision 
authorizing or requiring the Department of Justice to make 
grants, or to carry out other activities, for assistance to vic-
tims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, sexual 
assault, or trafficking in persons, shall be construed to cover 
grants that provide assistance to female victims, male vic-
tims, or both. 
‘‘SEC. 2000B. DEFINITIONS THAT APPLY TO ANY PROVISION 
CARRIED OUT BY VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
OFFICE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In this part, and in any violence 
against women provision, unless the context unequivocally 
requires otherwise, the following definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) COURTS.—The term ‘courts’ means any 
civil or criminal, tribal, and Alaskan Village, Fed-
eral, State, local or territorial court having jurisdic-
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tion to address domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault or stalking, including immigration, fam-
ily, juvenile, and dependency courts, and the judicial 
officers serving in those courts, including judges, mag-
istrate judges, commissioners, justices of the peace, or 
any other person with decisionmaking authority. 
‘‘(2) CHILD
MALTREATMENT.—The term ‘child 
maltreatment’ means the physical or psychological 
abuse or neglect of a child or youth, including sexual 
assault and abuse. 
‘‘(3) COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘community-based organization’ means an orga-
nization that— 
‘‘(A) focuses primarily on domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 
‘‘(B) has established a specialized culturally 
specific program that addresses domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 
‘‘(C) has a primary focus on underserved 
populations (and includes representatives of 
these populations) and domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking; or 
‘‘(D) obtains expertise, or shows dem-
onstrated capacity to work effectively, on domes-
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tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking through collaboration. 
‘‘(4) COURT-BASED AND COURT-RELATED PER-
SONNEL.—The term ‘court-based’ and ‘court-related 
personnel’ mean persons working in the court, wheth-
er paid or volunteer, including— 
‘‘(A) clerks, special masters, domestic rela-
tions officers, administrators, mediators, custody 
evaluators, guardians ad litem, lawyers, nego-
tiators, probation, parole, interpreters, victim as-
sistants, victim advocates, and judicial, adminis-
trative, or any other professionals or personnel 
similarly involved in the legal process; 
‘‘(B) court security personnel; 
‘‘(C) personnel working in related, supple-
mentary offices or programs (such as child sup-
port enforcement); and 
‘‘(D) any other court-based or community- 
based personnel having responsibilities or au-
thority to address domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking in the court sys-
tem. 
‘‘(5) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘domestic 
violence’ includes felony or misdemeanor crimes of vi-
olence committed by a current or former spouse of the
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victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a 
child in common, by a person who is cohabitating 
with or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse, 
by a person similarly situated to a spouse of the vic-
tim under the domestic or family violence laws of the 
jurisdiction receiving grant monies, or by any other 
person against an adult, youth, or minor victim who 
is protected from that person’s acts under the domes-
tic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction receiv-
ing grant monies. 
‘‘(6) DATING PARTNER.—The term ‘dating part-
ner’ refers to a person who is or has been in an ongo-
ing social relationship of a romantic or intimate na-
ture with the abuser, and existence of such a relation-
ship based on a consideration of— 
‘‘(A) the length of the relationship; 
‘‘(B) the type of relationship; and 
‘‘(C) the frequency of interaction between 
the persons involved in the relationship. 
‘‘(7) DATING VIOLENCE.—The term ‘dating vio-
lence’ means violence committed by a person— 
‘‘(A) who is or has been in an ongoing so-
cial relationship of a romantic or intimate na-
ture with the victim; and
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‘‘(B) where the existence of such a relation-
ship shall be determined based on a consider-
ation of the following factors: 
‘‘(i) The length of the relationship. 
‘‘(ii) The type of relationship. 
‘‘(iii) The frequency of interaction be-
tween the persons involved in the relation-
ship. 
‘‘(8) ELDER
ABUSE.—The term ‘elder abuse’ 
means any action against a person who is 60 years 
of age or older that constitutes the willful— 
‘‘(A) infliction of injury, unreasonable con-
finement, intimidation, or cruel punishment 
with resulting physical harm, pain, or mental 
anguish; or 
‘‘(B) deprivation by a person, including a 
caregiver, of goods or services that are necessary 
to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, or men-
tal illness. 
‘‘(9) INDIAN.—The term ‘Indian’ means a mem-
ber of an Indian tribe. 
‘‘(10) INDIAN HOUSING.—The term ‘Indian hous-
ing’ means housing assistance described in the Native 
American Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
(25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq., as amended).