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ter on workplace responses to assist victims of domes-
tic and sexual violence) and the Attorney General 
(through the Principal Deputy Director 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 violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, and stalking, including outreach and edu-
cation 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 following types of workplace laws 
(federal and/or State): anti-discrimination laws that 
bar treating survivors differently; leave laws, both 
paid and unpaid that are available for use by sur-
vivors; unemployment 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 described in 
paragraph (1), may disseminate information through 
the public outreach and education campaign on the 
resources and rights referred to in this subsection di-
rectly or through arrangements with health agencies, 
professional and nonprofit organizations, consumer 
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groups, labor organizations, institutions 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 
(ii) established in this Act and the Vio-
lence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 
U.S.C.12291 et seq.); 
(B) guidelines and best practices on preven-
tion of domestic violence, dating violence, stalk-
ing, and sexual assault; 
(C) resources that promote healthy relation-
ships and communication skills; 
(D) resources that encourage bystander 
intervention in a situation involving domestic 
violence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual as-
sault; 
(E) resources that promote workplace poli-
cies that support and help maintain the eco-
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nomic security of survivors of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and 
(F) resources and rights that the heads of 
Federal agencies described in paragraph (2) de-
termine are appropriate to include. 
(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 period, 
on a temporary basis, pursuant to a detail, or 
as a participant in a work assignment as a con-
dition of receipt of Federal or State income-based 
public assistance. 
(2) EMPLOYER.—The term ‘‘employer’’— 
(A) means any person engaged in commerce 
or in any industry or activity affecting com-
merce who employs 15 or more individuals; and 
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(B) includes any person acting directly or 
indirectly in the interest of an employer in rela-
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 section 
3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 section 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 domes-
tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 
while employed, in each State and nationally, to improve 
the access of survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking to supportive resources and eco-
nomic security. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, such 
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sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2020 
through 2024. 
SEC. 707. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act, any amendment made by 
this Act, or the application of such provision or amendment 
to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitu-
tional, 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 per-
son, an individual who is a parent of a child of 
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