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(1) GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
Labor (in this subsection referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) is authorized to award— 
(A) a grant to a national victim service 
provider in order for such organization to— 
(i) develop and disseminate a model 
training program (and related materials) 
for the training required under section 
303(a)(4)(B) of the Social Security Act, as 
added by subsection (b), and under sub-
paragraph (B) and, if applicable, subpara-
graph (C)(ii) of section 402(a)(8) of such 
Act, as added by subsection (c); and 
(ii) provide technical assistance with 
respect to such model training program, 
including technical assistance to the tem-
porary assistance for needy families pro-
gram and unemployment compensation 
personnel; and 
(B) grants to State, Tribal, or local agen-
cies in order for such agencies to contract with 
eligible entities to provide State, Tribal, or local 
caseworkers and other State, Tribal, or local 
agency personnel responsible for administering 
the temporary assistance for needy families pro-
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gram established under part A of title IV of the 
Social Security Act in a State or Indian res-
ervation with the training required under sub-
paragraph (B) and, if applicable, subparagraph 
(C)(ii) of such section 402(a)(8). 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.—For purposes 
of paragraph (1)(B), the term ‘‘eligible entity’’ 
means an entity— 
(A) that is— 
(i) a State or Tribal domestic violence 
coalition or sexual assault coalition; 
(ii) a State or local victim service pro-
vider with recognized expertise in the dy-
namics of domestic violence, sexual assault, 
or stalking whose primary mission is to 
provide services to survivors of domestic vi-
olence, sexual assault, or stalking, includ-
ing a rape crisis center or domestic vio-
lence program; or 
(iii) 
an 
organization 
with 
dem-
onstrated expertise in State or county wel-
fare laws and implementation of such laws 
and experience with disseminating informa-
tion on such laws and implementation, but 
only if such organization will provide the 
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required training in partnership with an 
entity described in clause (i) or (ii); and 
(B) that— 
(i) has demonstrated expertise in the 
dynamics of both domestic violence and 
sexual assault, such as a joint domestic vi-
olence and sexual assault coalition; or 
(ii) will provide the required training 
in partnership with an entity described in 
clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A) in 
order to comply with the dual domestic vio-
lence and sexual assault expertise require-
ment under clause (i). 
(3) APPLICATION.—An entity seeking a grant 
under this subsection shall submit an application to 
the Secretary at such time, in such form and man-
ner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary specifies. 
(4) REPORTS.— 
(A) REPORTS
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later 
than a year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary 
shall submit to Congress a report on the grant 
program established under this subsection. 
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(B) REPORTS
AVAILABLE
TO
PUBLIC.— 
The Secretary shall establish procedures for the 
dissemination to the public of each report sub-
mitted under subparagraph (A). Such proce-
dures shall include the use of the internet to 
disseminate such reports. 
(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated— 
(i) $1,000,000 fo fiscal year 2022 to 
carry out the provisions of paragraph 
(1)(A); and 
(ii) $12,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2022 through 2026 to carry out the 
provisions of paragraph (1)(B). 
(B) THREE-YEAR AVAILABILITY OF GRANT 
FUNDS.—Each recipient of a grant under this 
subsection shall return to the Secretary any un-
used portion of such grant not later than 3 
years after the date the grant was awarded, to-
gether with any earnings on such unused por-
tion. 
(C) AMOUNTS RETURNED.—Any amounts 
returned pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall be 
available without further appropriation to the 
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Secretary for the purpose of carrying out the 
provisions of paragraph (1)(B). 
(e) EFFECT ON EXISTING LAWS, ETC.— 
(1) MORE
PROTECTIVE
LAWS, AGREEMENTS, 
PROGRAMS, AND PLANS.—Nothing in this title shall 
be construed to supersede any provision of any Fed-
eral, State, or local law, collective bargaining agree-
ment, or employment benefits program or plan that 
provides greater unemployment insurance benefits 
for survivors of sexual and other harassment, domes-
tic violence, sexual assault, or stalking than the 
rights established under this title. 
(2) LESS
PROTECTIVE
LAWS, AGREEMENTS, 
PROGRAMS, AND
PLANS.—Any law, collective bar-
gaining agreement, or employment benefits program 
or plan of a State or unit of local government is pre-
empted to the extent that such law, agreement, or 
program or plan would impair the exercise of any 
right established under this title or the amendments 
made by this title. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to weeks of unemployment 
beginning on or after the earlier of— 
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(A) the date the State changes its statutes, 
regulations, or policies in order to comply with 
such amendments; or 
(B) January 1, 2023. 
(2) TANF AMENDMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the amendment made by 
subsection (c) shall take effect on the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
(B) EXTENSION OF EFFECTIVE DATE FOR 
STATE
LAW
AMENDMENT.—In the case of a 
State plan under part A of title IV of the Social 
Security Act which the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services determines requires State ac-
tion (including legislation, regulation, or other 
administrative action) in order for the plan to 
meet the additional requirements imposed by 
the amendment made by subsection (c), the 
State plan shall not be regarded as failing to 
comply with the requirements of such amend-
ment on the basis of its failure to meet these 
additional requirements before the first day of 
the first calendar quarter beginning after the 
close of the first regular session of the State 
legislature that begins after the date of enact-
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ment of this Act. For purposes of the previous 
sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2- 
year legislative session, each year of the session 
is considered to be a separate regular session of 
the State legislature. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘do-
mestic violence’’, ‘‘sexual assault’’, ‘‘stalking’’, ‘‘survivor 
of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking’’, and ‘‘vic-
tim service provider’’ have the meanings given such terms 
in section 3304(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
SEC. 704. STUDY AND REPORTS ON BARRIERS TO SUR-
VIVORS’ ECONOMIC SECURITY ACCESS. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall 
conduct a study on the barriers that survivors of domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 
throughout the United States experience in maintaining 
economic security as a result of issues related to domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
(b) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this title, and every 5 years thereafter, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Labor, shall submit a report 
to Congress on the study conducted under subsection (a). 
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(c) CONTENTS.—The study and reports under this 
section shall include— 
(1) identification of geographic areas in which 
State laws, regulations, and practices have a strong 
impact on the ability of survivors of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking to 
exercise— 
(A) any rights under this Act without com-
promising personal safety or the safety of oth-
ers, including family members and excluding 
the abuser; and 
(B) other components of economic security, 
including financial empowerment, affordable 
housing, transportation, healthcare access, and 
quality education and training opportunities; 
(2) identification of geographic areas with 
shortages in resources for such survivors, with an 
accompanying analysis of the extent and impact of 
such shortage; 
(3) analysis of factors related to industries, 
workplace settings, employer practices, trends, and 
other elements that impact the ability of such sur-
vivors to exercise any rights under this Act without 
compromising personal safety or the safety of others, 
including family members; 
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(4) the recommendations of the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services and the Secretary of 
Labor with respect to resources, oversight, and en-
forcement tools to ensure successful implementation 
of the provisions of this Act in order to support the 
economic security and safety of survivors of domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 
and 
(5) best practices for States, employers, health 
carriers, insurers, and other private entities in ad-
dressing issues related to domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
SEC. 705. GAO STUDY. 
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report that examines, 
with respect to survivors of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking who are, or were, enrolled 
at institutions of higher education and borrowed a loan 
made, insured, or guaranteed under title IV of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) for which 
the survivors have not repaid the total interest and prin-
cipal due, each of the following: 
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(1) The implications of domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, sexual assault, or stalking on a bor-
rower’s ability to repay their Federal student loans. 
(2) The adequacy of policies and procedures re-
garding Federal student loan deferment, forbear-
ance, and grace periods when a survivor has to sus-
pend or terminate the survivor’s enrollment at an in-
stitution of higher education due to domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
(3) The adequacy of institutional policies and 
practices regarding retention or transfer of credits 
when a survivor has to suspend or terminate the 
survivor’s enrollment at an institution of higher edu-
cation due to domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault, or stalking. 
(4) The availability or any options for a sur-
vivor of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking who attended an institution of 
higher education that committed unfair, deceptive, 
or abusive acts or practices, or otherwise substan-
tially misrepresented information to students, to be 
able to seek a defense to repayment of the survivor’s 
Federal student loan. 
(5) The limitations faced by a survivor of do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
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stalking to obtain any relief or restitution on the 
survivor’s Federal student loan debt due to the use 
of forced arbitration, gag orders, or bans on class 
actions. 
SEC. 706. EDUCATION AND INFORMATION PROGRAMS FOR 
SURVIVORS. 
(a) PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor, in 
conjunction with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (through the Director of the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention and the 
grant recipient under section 41501 of the Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994 that establishes the na-
tional resource center on workplace responses to as-
sist victims of domestic and sexual violence) and the 
Attorney General (through the Principal Deputy Di-
rector of the Office on Violence Against Women), 
shall coordinate and provide for a national public 
outreach and education campaign to raise public 
awareness of the workplace impact of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, 
including outreach and education for employers, 
service providers, teachers, and other key partners. 
This campaign shall pay special attention to ensure 
that survivors are made aware of the existence of the 
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following types of workplace laws (federal and/or 
State): anti-discrimination laws that bar treating 
survivors differently; leave laws, both paid and un-
paid that are available for use by survivors; unem-
ployment insurance laws and policies that address 
survivor eligibility. 
(2) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary of Labor, 
in conjunction with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services and the Attorney General, as de-
scribed in paragraph (1), may disseminate informa-
tion through the public outreach and education cam-
paign on the resources and rights referred to in this 
subsection directly or through arrangements with 
health agencies, professional and nonprofit organiza-
tions, consumer groups, labor organizations, institu-
tions of higher education, clinics, the media, and 
Federal, State, and local agencies. 
(3) INFORMATION.—The information dissemi-
nated under paragraph (2) shall include, at a min-
imum, a description of— 
(A) the resources and rights that are— 
(i) available to survivors of domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking; and 
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(ii) established in this Act and the Vi-
olence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 
U.S.C. 12291 et seq.); 
(B) guidelines and best practices on pre-
vention of domestic violence, dating violence, 
stalking, and sexual assault; 
(C) resources that promote healthy rela-
tionships and communication skills; 
(D) resources that encourage bystander 
intervention in a situation involving domestic vi-
olence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual as-
sault; 
(E) resources that promote workplace poli-
cies that support and help maintain the eco-
nomic security of survivors of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, in-
cluding guidelines and best practices to promote 
the creation of effective employee assistance 
programs; and 
(F) resources and rights that the heads of 
Federal agencies described in paragraph (2) de-
termine are appropriate to include. 
(4) COMMON
LANGUAGES.—The Secretary of 
Labor shall ensure that the information dissemi-
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nated to survivors under paragraph (2) is made 
available in commonly encountered languages. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) EMPLOYEE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘employee’’ 
means any individual employed by an employer. 
In the case of an individual employed by a pub-
lic agency, such term means an individual em-
ployed as described in section 3(e)(2) of the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
203(e)(2)). 
(B) BASIS.—The term includes a person 
employed as described in subparagraph (A) on 
a full- or part-time basis, for a fixed time pe-
riod, on a temporary basis, pursuant to a detail, 
or as a participant in a work assignment as a 
condition of receipt of Federal or State income- 
based public assistance. 
(2) EMPLOYER.—The term ‘‘employer’’— 
(A) means any person engaged in com-
merce or in any industry or activity affecting 
commerce who employs 15 or more individuals; 
and 
(B) includes any person acting directly or 
indirectly in the interest of an employer in rela-
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tion to an employee, and includes a public agen-
cy that employs individuals as described in sec-
tion 3(e)(2) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938, but does not include any labor organiza-
tion (other than when acting as an employer) or 
anyone acting in the capacity of officer or agent 
of such labor organization. 
(3) FLSA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘employ’’ and 
‘‘State’’ have the meanings given the terms in sec-
tion 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 203). 
(c) STUDY ON WORKPLACE RESPONSES.—The Sec-
retary of Labor, in conjunction with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, shall conduct a study on the 
status of workplace responses to employees who experience 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing while employed, in each State and nationally, to im-
prove the access of survivors of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking to supportive resources 
and economic security. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2026. 
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SEC. 707. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act, any amendment made 
by this Act, or the application of such provision or amend-
ment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconsti-
tutional, the remainder of the provisions of this Act, the 
amendments made by this Act, and the application of such 
provisions or amendments to any person or circumstance 
shall not be affected. 
TITLE VIII—HOMICIDE 
REDUCTION INITIATIVES 
SEC. 801. PROHIBITING PERSONS CONVICTED OF MIS-
DEMEANOR CRIMES AGAINST DATING PART-
NERS AND PERSONS SUBJECT TO PROTEC-
TION ORDERS. 
Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (32), by striking all that fol-
lows after ‘‘The term ‘intimate partner’ ’’ and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘— 
‘‘(A) means, with respect to a person, the 
spouse of the person, a former spouse of the 
person, an individual who is a parent of a child 
of the person, and an individual who cohabi-
tates or has cohabited with the person; and 
‘‘(B) includes— 
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‘‘(i) a dating partner or former dating 
partner (as defined in section 2266); and 
‘‘(ii) any other person similarly situ-
ated to a spouse who is protected by the 
domestic or family violence laws of the 
State or Tribal jurisdiction in which the 
injury occurred or where the victim re-
sides.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (33)(A)— 
(A) in clause (i), by inserting after ‘‘Fed-
eral, State,’’ the following: ‘‘municipal,’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘intimate 
partner,’’ after ‘‘spouse,’’ each place it appears; 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (34) and (35) 
as paragraphs (35) and (36) respectively; and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (33) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(34)(A) The term ‘misdemeanor crime of stalking’ 
means an offense that— 
‘‘(i) is a misdemeanor crime of stalking under 
Federal, State, Tribal, or municipal law; and 
‘‘(ii) is a course of harassment, intimidation, or 
surveillance of another person that— 
‘‘(I) places that person in reasonable fear 
of material harm to the health or safety of— 
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‘‘(aa) that person; 
‘‘(bb) an immediate family member 
(as defined in section 115) of that person; 
‘‘(cc) a household member of that per-
son; or 
‘‘(dd) a spouse or intimate partner of 
that person; or 
‘‘(II) causes, attempts to cause, or would 
reasonably be expected to cause emotional dis-
tress to a person described in item (aa), (bb), 
(cc), or (dd) of subclause (I). 
‘‘(B) A person shall not be considered to have been 
convicted of such an offense for purposes of this chapter, 
unless— 
‘‘(i) the person was represented by counsel in 
the case, or knowingly and intelligently waived the 
right to counsel in the case; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a prosecution for an offense 
described in this paragraph for which a person was 
entitled to a jury trial in the jurisdiction in which 
the case was tried, either— 
‘‘(I) the case was tried by a jury; or 
‘‘(II) the person knowingly and intel-
ligently waived the right to have the case tried 
by a jury, by guilty plea or otherwise. 
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‘‘(C) A person shall not be considered to have been 
convicted of such an offense for purposes of this chapter 
if the conviction has been expunged or set aside, or is an 
offense for which the person has been pardoned or has 
had civil rights restored (if the law of the applicable juris-
diction provides for the loss of civil rights under such an 
offense) unless the pardon, expungement, or restoration 
of civil rights expressly provides that the person may not 
ship, transport, possess, or receive firearms.’’. 
SEC. 802. PROHIBITING STALKERS AND INDIVIDUALS SUB-
JECT TO COURT ORDER FROM POSSESSING A 
FIREARM. 
Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘that re-
strains such person’’ and all that follows, and 
inserting ‘‘described in subsection (g)(8);’’; 
(B) in paragraph (9), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 
following: 
‘‘(10) who has been convicted in any court of 
a misdemeanor crime of stalking.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g)— 
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(A) by amending paragraph (8) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(8) who is subject to a court order— 
‘‘(A) that was issued— 
‘‘(i) after a hearing of which such per-
son received actual notice, and at which 
such person had an opportunity to partici-
pate; or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of an ex parte order, 
relative to which notice and opportunity to 
be heard are provided— 
‘‘(I) within the time required by 
State, Tribal, or territorial law; and 
‘‘(II) in any event within a rea-
sonable time after the order is issued, 
sufficient to protect the due process 
rights of the person; 
‘‘(B) that restrains such person from— 
‘‘(i) harassing, stalking, or threat-
ening an intimate partner of such person 
or child of such intimate partner or person, 
or engaging in other conduct that would 
place an intimate partner in reasonable 
fear of bodily injury to the partner or 
child; or 
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‘‘(ii) intimidating or dissuading a wit-
ness from testifying in court; and 
‘‘(C) that— 
‘‘(i) includes a finding that such per-
son represents a credible threat to the 
physical safety of such individual described 
in subparagraph (B); or 
‘‘(ii) by its terms explicitly prohibits 
the use, attempted use, or threatened use 
of physical force against such individual 
described in subparagraph (B) that would 
reasonably be expected to cause bodily in-
jury;’’; 
(B) in paragraph (9), by striking the 
comma at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 
following: 
‘‘(10) who has been convicted in any court of 
a misdemeanor crime of stalking,’’. 
TITLE IX—SAFETY FOR INDIAN 
WOMEN 
SEC. 901. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) American Indians and Alaska Natives are 
2.5 times as likely to experience violent crimes—and 
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at least 2 times more likely to experience rape or 
sexual assault crimes—compared to all other races. 
(2) More than 4 in 5 American Indian and 
Alaska Native women, or 84.3 percent, have experi-
enced violence in their lifetime. 
(3) The vast majority of Native victims—96 
percent of women and 89 percent of male victims— 
report being victimized by a non-Indian. 
(4) Native victims of sexual violence are three 
times as likely to have experienced sexual violence by 
an interracial perpetrator as non-Hispanic White 
victims and Native stalking victims are nearly 4 
times as likely to be stalked by someone of a dif-
ferent race. 
(5) While Tribes exercising jurisdiction over 
non-Indians have reported significant successes, the 
inability to prosecute crimes related to the Special 
Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction crimes con-
tinues to leave Tribes unable to fully hold domestic 
violence offenders accountable. 
(6) Tribal prosecutors report that the majority 
of domestic violence cases involve children either as 
witnesses or victims, and Department of Justice re-
ports that American Indian and Alaska Native chil-
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dren suffer exposure to violence at rates higher than 
any other race in the United States. 
(7) Childhood exposure to violence has imme-
diate and long-term effects, including: increased 
rates of altered neurological development, poor phys-
ical and mental health, poor school performance, 
substance abuse, and overrepresentation in the juve-
nile justice system. 
(8) According to the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention, homicide is the third leading 
cause of death among American Indian and Alaska 
Native women between 10 and 24 years of age and 
the fifth leading cause of death for American Indian 
and Alaska Native women between 25 and 34 years 
of age. 
(9) On some reservations, Indian women are 
murdered at more than 10 times the national aver-
age. 
(10) According to a 2010 Government Account-
ability Office report, United States Attorneys de-
clined to prosecute nearly 52 percent of violent 
crimes that occur in Indian country. 
(11) Investigation into cases of missing and 
murdered Indian women is made difficult for Tribal 
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law enforcement agencies due to a lack of resources, 
such as— 
(A) necessary training, equipment, or 
funding; 
(B) a lack of interagency cooperation; and 
(C) a lack of appropriate laws in place. 
(12) Domestic violence calls are among the 
most dangerous calls that law enforcement receives. 
(13) The complicated jurisdictional scheme that 
exists in Indian country— 
(A) has a significant negative impact on 
the ability to provide public safety to Indian 
communities; 
(B) has been increasingly exploited by 
criminals; and 
(C) requires a high degree of commitment 
and cooperation among Tribal, Federal, and 
State law enforcement officials. 
(14) Restoring and enhancing local, Tribal ca-
pacity to address violence against women provides 
for greater local control, safety, accountability, and 
transparency. 
(15) In States with restrictive land settlement 
acts such as Alaska, ‘‘Indian country’’ is limited, re-
sources for local Tribal responses either nonexistent 
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or insufficient to meet the needs, jurisdiction unnec-
essarily complicated and increases the already high 
levels of victimization of American Indian and Alas-
ka Native women. According to the Tribal Law and 
Order Act Commission Report, Alaska Native 
women are over-represented in the domestic violence 
victim population by 250 percent; they comprise 19 
percent of the State population, but are 47 percent 
of reported rape victims. And among other Indian 
Tribes, Alaska Native women suffer the highest 
rates of domestic and sexual violence in the country. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this title are— 
(1) to clarify the responsibilities of Federal, 
State, Tribal, and local governments with respect to 
responding to cases of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, stalking, trafficking, sexual violence, crimes 
against children, and assault against Tribal law en-
forcement officers and murdered Indians; 
(2) to increase coordination and communication 
among Federal, State, Tribal, and local law enforce-
ment agencies; 
(3) to empower Tribal governments with the re-
sources and information necessary to effectively re-
spond to cases of domestic violence, dating violence, 
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stalking, sex trafficking, sexual violence, and missing 
and murdered Indians; and 
(4) to increase the collection of data related to 
missing and murdered Indians and the sharing of in-
formation among Federal, State, and Tribal officials 
responsible for responding to and investigating cases 
of missing and murdered Indians. 
SEC. 902. AUTHORIZING FUNDING FOR THE TRIBAL ACCESS 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 534 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2022 through 2026, to remain available until 
expended, for the purposes of enhancing the ability of 
Tribal government entities to access, enter information 
into, and obtain information from, Federal criminal infor-
mation databases, as authorized by this section.’’. 
(b) INDIAN TRIBE AND INDIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT 
INFORMATION SHARING.—Section 534 of title 28, United 
States Code, is further amended by amending subsection 
(d) to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) INDIAN TRIBE AND INDIAN LAW ENFORCE-
MENT INFORMATION SHARING.—The Attorney General 
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shall permit Tribal law enforcement entities (including en-
tities designated by a Tribe as maintaining public safety 
within a Tribe’s territorial jurisdiction that has no federal 
or state arrest authority) and Bureau of Indian Affairs 
law enforcement agencies— 
‘‘(1) to access and enter information into Fed-
eral criminal information databases; and 
‘‘(2) to obtain information from the data-
bases.’’. 
SEC. 903. TRIBAL JURISDICTION OVER COVERED CRIMES 
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, SEXUAL VIO-
LENCE, SEX TRAFFICKING, STALKING, AND 
ASSAULT OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 
OR CORRECTIONS OFFICER. 
Section 204 of Public Law 90–284 (25 U.S.C. 1304) 
(commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Civil Rights Act of 
1968’’) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CRIMES OF 
DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE’’ and inserting ‘‘CRIMES 
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, 
SEX
TRAFFICKING, STALKING, AND
ASSAULT 
OF
A
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
OR
CORRECTIONS 
OFFICER’’; 
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(2) in subsection (a)(6), in the heading, by 
striking ‘‘SPECIAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRIMINAL 
JURISDICTION’’ and inserting ‘‘SPECIAL
TRIBAL 
CRIMINAL JURISDICTION’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘special domestic violence crimi-
nal jurisdiction’’ each place such term appears and 
inserting ‘‘special Tribal criminal jurisdiction’’; 
(4) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(12) STALKING.—The term ‘stalking’ means 
engaging in a course of conduct directed at a spe-
cific person proscribed by the criminal law of the In-
dian Tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian 
country where the violation occurs that would cause 
a reasonable person to— 
‘‘(A) fear for the person’s safety or the 
safety of others; or 
‘‘(B) suffer substantial emotional dis-
tress.’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and 
(7) as paragraphs (10) and (11); 
(C) by inserting before paragraph (10) (as 
redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(8) SEX TRAFFICKING.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘sex traf-
ficking’ means conduct— 
‘‘(i) consisting of— 
‘‘(I) recruiting, enticing, har-
boring, transporting, providing, ob-
taining, advertising, maintaining, pa-
tronizing, or soliciting by any means a 
person; or 
‘‘(II) benefitting, financially or 
by receiving anything of value, from 
participation in a venture that has en-
gaged in an act described in subclause 
(I); and 
‘‘(ii) carried out with the knowledge, 
or, except where the act constituting the 
violation of clause (i) is advertising, in 
reckless disregard of the fact, that— 
‘‘(I) means of force, threats of 
force, fraud, coercion, or any combina-
tion of such means will be used to 
cause the person to engage in a com-
mercial sex act; or 
‘‘(II) the person has not attained 
the age of 18 years and will be caused 
to engage in a commercial sex act. 
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‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph, 
the terms ‘coercion’ and ‘commercial sex act’ 
have the meanings given the terms in section 
1591(e) of title 18, United States Code. 
‘‘(9) SEXUAL VIOLENCE.—The term ‘sexual vio-
lence’ means any nonconsensual sexual act or con-
tact proscribed by the criminal law of the Indian 
Tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian country 
where the violation occurs, including in any case in 
which the victim lacks the capacity to consent to the 
act.’’; 
(D) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 
(5) as paragraphs (6) and (7); 
(E) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (3) as paragraphs (2) through (4); 
(F) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated), to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(3) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘domes-
tic violence’ means violence— 
‘‘(A) committed by a current or former 
spouse or intimate partner of the 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 
or intimate partner, or by a person similarly 
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situated to a spouse of the victim under the 
domestic- or family- violence laws of an Indian 
Tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian 
country where the violence occurs; or 
‘‘(B)(i) committed against a victim who is 
a child under the age of 18, or an elder (as 
such term is defined by Tribal law), including 
when an offender recklessly engages in conduct 
that creates a substantial risk of death or seri-
ous bodily injury to the victim, or committed as 
described in subparagraph (A) while the child 
or elder is present; and 
‘‘(ii) the child or elder— 
‘‘(I) resides or has resided in the 
same household as the offender; 
‘‘(II) is related to the offender by 
blood or marriage; 
‘‘(III) is related to another victim of 
the offender by blood or marriage; 
‘‘(IV) is under the care of a victim of 
the offender who is an intimate partner or 
former spouse; or 
‘‘(V) is under the care of a victim of 
the offender who is similarly situated to a 
spouse of the victim under the domestic- or 
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family- violence laws of an Indian Tribe 
that has jurisdiction over the Indian coun-
try where the violence occurs.’’; 
(G) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as 
redesignated), the following: 
‘‘(1) ASSAULT
OF
A
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
OR 
CORRECTIONAL OFFICER.—The term ‘assault of a 
law enforcement or correctional officer’ means any 
criminal violation of the law of the Indian Tribe that 
has jurisdiction over the Indian country where the 
violation occurs that involves the threatened, at-
tempted, or actual harmful or offensive touching of 
a law enforcement or correctional officer.’’; and 
(H) by inserting after paragraph (4) (as 
redesignated), the following: 
‘‘(5) OBSTRUCTION
OF
JUSTICE.—The term 
‘obstruction of justice’ means any violation of the 
criminal law of the Indian Tribe that has jurisdic-
tion over the Indian country where the violation oc-
curs, and the violation involves interfering with the 
administration or due process of the Tribe’s laws in-
cluding any Tribal criminal proceeding or investiga-
tion of a crime.’’; 
(5) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting after ‘‘the 
powers of self-government of a participating Tribe’’ 
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the following: ‘‘, including any participating Tribes 
in the State of Maine,’’; 
(6) in subsection (b)(4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting 
after ‘‘over an alleged offense’’ the following: ‘‘, 
other than obstruction of justice or an act of 
assault of a law enforcement or corrections offi-
cer,’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) in clause (iii)(II), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘; or’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iv) is being prosecuted for a crime 
of sexual violence, stalking, sex trafficking, 
obstructing justice, or assaulting a police 
or corrections officer under the laws of the 
prosecuting Tribe.’’; 
(7) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘domestic violence’’ and inserting 
‘‘Tribal’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘AND DATING VIOLENCE’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘, DATING
VIOLENCE, OBSTRUCTION 
OF
JUSTICE, SEXUAL
VIOLENCE, STALK-
ING, SEX TRAFFICKING, OR ASSAULT OF A 
LAW ENFORCEMENT OR CORRECTIONS OF-
FICER’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘or dating violence’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, dating violence, obstruc-
tion of justice, sexual violence, stalking, 
sex trafficking, or assault of a law enforce-
ment or corrections officer’’; 
(8) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘domestic vio-
lence’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Tribal’’; 
(9) by striking subsections (f), (g), and (h) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(f) GRANTS AND REIMBURSEMENT TO TRIBAL GOV-
ERNMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) REIMBURSEMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General 
is authorized to reimburse Tribal government 
authorities for expenses incurred in exercising 
special Tribal criminal jurisdiction. 
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‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE
EXPENSES.—Eligible ex-
penses for reimbursement shall include— 
‘‘(i) expenses incurred to arrest or 
prosecute offenders and to detain inmates 
(including costs associated with providing 
health care); 
‘‘(ii) expenses related to indigent de-
fense services; and 
‘‘(iii) costs associated with probation 
and rehabilitation services. 
‘‘(C) PROCEDURE.—Reimbursements au-
thorized pursuant to this section shall be in ac-
cordance with rules promulgated by the Attor-
ney General after consultation with Indian 
Tribes and within 1 year after the date of en-
actment of this Act. The rules promulgated by 
the Department shall set a maximum allowable 
reimbursement to any Tribal government in a 
1-year period. 
‘‘(2) GRANTS.—The Attorney General may 
award grants to the governments of Indian Tribes 
(or to authorized designees of those governments)— 
‘‘(A) to strengthen Tribal criminal justice 
systems to assist Indian Tribes in exercising 
special Tribal criminal jurisdiction, including— 
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‘‘(5) Carrying out the functions of the Depart-
ment of Justice under the Violence Against Women 
Act of 1994 (title IV of Public Law 103–322), the 
Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (division B of 
Public Law 106–386), the Violence Against Women 
and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 
2005 (title IX of Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 
3080), the Violence Against Women Reauthorization 
Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54), and 
the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 
2021, including with respect to those functions— 
‘‘(A) the development of policy, protocols, 
and guidelines; 
‘‘(B) the development and management of 
grant programs and other programs, and the 
provision of technical assistance under such 
programs; and 
‘‘(C) the awarding and termination of 
grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts. 
‘‘(6) Providing technical assistance, coordina-
tion, and support to— 
‘‘(A) other components of the Department 
of Justice, in efforts to develop policy and to 
enforce Federal laws relating to violence against 
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