I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1585 
To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2019 
Ms. BASS (for herself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Ways 
and Means, Education and Labor, Natural Resources, and Veterans’ Af-
fairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Universal definitions and grant conditions. 
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TITLE I—ENHANCING LEGAL TOOLS TO COMBAT DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING 
Sec. 101. STOP grants. 
Sec. 102. Grants to improve the criminal justice response. 
Sec. 103. Legal assistance for victims. 
Sec. 104. Grants to support families in the justice system. 
Sec. 105. Outreach and services to underserved populations grants. 
Sec. 106. Criminal provisions. 
Sec. 107. Rape survivor child custody. 
TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES FOR VICTIMS 
Sec. 201. Sexual Assault Services Program. 
Sec. 202. Rural domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and 
child abuse enforcement assistance program. 
Sec. 203. Training and services to end violence against people with disabilities. 
Sec. 204. Training and services to end abuse in later life. 
TITLE III—SERVICES, PROTECTION, AND JUSTICE FOR YOUNG 
VICTIMS 
Sec. 301. Rape prevention and education grant. 
Sec. 302. Creating hope through outreach, options, services, and education 
(CHOOSE) for children and youth. 
Sec. 303. Grants to combat violent crimes on campuses. 
Sec. 304. Combat online predators. 
TITLE IV—VIOLENCE REDUCTION PRACTICES 
Sec. 401. Study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
Sec. 402. Saving Money and Reducing Tragedies (SMART) through Prevention 
grants. 
TITLE V—STRENGTHENING THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS 
RESPONSE 
Sec. 501. Grants to strengthen the healthcare systems response to domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
TITLE VI—SAFE HOMES FOR VICTIMS 
Sec. 601. Housing protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking. 
Sec. 602. Ensuring compliance and implementation; prohibiting retaliation 
against victims. 
Sec. 603. Protecting the right to report crime from one’s home. 
Sec. 604. Transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
Sec. 605. Addressing the housing needs of victims of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
Sec. 606. United States Housing Act of 1937 amendments. 
TITLE VII—ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR VICTIMS 
Sec. 701. Findings. 
Sec. 702. National Resource Center on workplace responses to assist victims of 
domestic and sexual violence. 
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Sec. 703. Entitlement to unemployment compensation for victims of sexual and 
other harassment and survivors of domestic violence, dating vi-
olence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
Sec. 704. Study and reports on barriers to survivors’ economic security access. 
Sec. 705. GAO Study. 
Sec. 706. Education and information programs for survivors. 
Sec. 707. Severability. 
TITLE VIII—HOMICIDE REDUCTION INITIATIVES 
Sec. 801. Prohibiting persons convicted of misdemeanor crimes against dating 
partners and persons subject to protection orders. 
Sec. 802. Prohibiting stalkers and individuals subject to court order from pos-
sessing a firearm. 
TITLE IX—SAFETY FOR INDIAN WOMEN 
Sec. 901. Findings and purposes. 
Sec. 902. Authorizing funding for the tribal access program. 
Sec. 903. Tribal jurisdiction over crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual violence, sex trafficking, stalking, and violence against 
law enforcement officers. 
TITLE X—OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
Sec. 1001. Establishment of Office on Violence Against Women. 
TITLE XI—IMPROVING CONDITIONS FOR WOMEN IN FEDERAL 
CUSTODY 
Sec. 1101. Improving the treatment of primary caretaker parents and other in-
dividuals in Federal prisons. 
Sec. 1102. Public health and safety of women. 
TITLE XII—LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOLS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC 
SAFETY 
Sec. 1201. Notification to law enforcement agencies of prohibited purchase or 
attempted purchase of a firearm. 
Sec. 1202. Reporting of background check denials to State, local, and tribal au-
thorities. 
Sec. 1203. Special assistant U.S. attorneys and cross-deputized attorneys. 
TITLE XIII—CLOSING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CONSENT 
LOOPHOLE 
Sec. 1301. Short title. 
Sec. 1302. Prohibition on engaging in sexual acts while acting under color of 
law. 
Sec. 1303. Incentives for States. 
Sec. 1304. Reports to Congress. 
Sec. 1305. Definition. 
TITLE XIV—OTHER MATTERS 
Sec. 1401. National stalker and domestic violence reduction. 
Sec. 1402. Federal victim assistants reauthorization. 
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Sec. 1403. Child abuse training programs for judicial personnel and practi-
tioners reauthorization. 
Sec. 1404. Sex offender management. 
Sec. 1405. Court-appointed special advocate program. 
Sec. 1406. Rape kit backlog. 
Sec. 1407. Sexual assault forensic exam program grants. 
SEC. 2. UNIVERSAL DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS. 
Section 40002 of the Violence Against Women Act 
of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘In this title’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘In this title, including for the purpose of 
grants authorized under this Act,’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (34) 
through paragraph (45) as paragraphs (41) 
through (52); 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (33) the 
following: 
‘‘(39) INTERNET ENABLED DEVICE.—The term 
‘internet enabled device’ means devices that have a 
connection the Internet, send and receive informa-
tion and data, and maybe accessed via mobile device 
technology, video technology, or computer tech-
nology, away from the location where the device is 
installed, and may include home automation sys-
tems, door locks, and thermostats. 
‘‘(40) 
TECHNOLOGICAL
ABUSE.—The 
term 
‘technological abuse’ means behavior intended to 
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harm, threaten, intimidate, control, stalk, harass, 
impersonate, or monitor, except as otherwise per-
mitted by law, another person, that occurs using the 
Internet, internet enabled devices, social networking 
sites, computers, mobile devices, cellular telephones, 
apps, location tracking devices, instant messages, 
text messages, or other forms of technology. Techno-
logical abuse may include— 
‘‘(A) unwanted, repeated telephone calls, 
text messages, instant messages, or social 
media posts; 
‘‘(B) non-consensual accessing e-mail ac-
counts, texts or instant messaging accounts, so-
cial networking accounts, or cellular telephone 
logs; 
‘‘(C) controlling or restricting a person’s 
ability to access technology with the intent to 
isolate them from support and social connec-
tion; 
‘‘(D) using tracking devices or location 
tracking software for the purpose of monitoring 
or stalking another person’s location; 
‘‘(E) impersonating a person (including 
through the use of spoofing technology in photo 
or video or the creation of accounts under a 
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false name) with the intent to deceive or cause 
harm; or 
‘‘(F) sharing or urging or compelling the 
sharing of another person’s private information, 
photographs, or videos without their consent.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (19)(B), by striking 
‘‘and probation’’ and inserting ‘‘probation, and 
vacatur or expungement’’; 
(E) by redesignating paragraphs (13) 
through (33) as paragraphs (18) through (38); 
(F) by striking paragraph (11) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(13) DIGITAL
SERVICES.—The term ‘digital 
services’ means services, resources, information, sup-
port or referrals provided through electronic commu-
nications platforms and media, whether via mobile 
device technology, video technology, or computer 
technology, including utilizing the internet, as well 
as any other emerging communications technologies 
that are appropriate for the purposes of providing 
services, resources, information, support, or referrals 
for the benefit of victims of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
‘‘(14) ECONOMIC ABUSE.—The term ‘economic 
abuse’, in the context of domestic violence, dating vi-
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olence, and abuse in later life, means behavior that 
is coercive, deceptive, or unreasonably controls or re-
strains a person’s ability to acquire, use, or maintain 
economic resources to which they are entitled, in-
cluding using coercion, fraud, or manipulation to— 
‘‘(A) restrict a person’s access to money, 
assets, credit, or financial information; 
‘‘(B) unfairly use a person’s personal eco-
nomic resources, including money, assets, and 
credit, for one’s own advantage; or 
‘‘(C) exert undue influence over a person’s 
financial and economic behavior or decisions, 
including forcing default on joint or other fi-
nancial obligations, exploiting powers of attor-
ney, guardianship, or conservatorship, or failing 
or neglecting to act in the best interests of a 
person to whom one has a fiduciary duty. 
‘‘(15) ELDER ABUSE.—The term ‘elder abuse’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 2 of the 
Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act. The 
terms ‘abuse’, ‘elder’, and ‘exploitation’ have the 
meanings given those terms in section 2011 of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397j). 
‘‘(16) FORCED
MARRIAGE.—The term ‘forced 
marriage’ means a marriage to which one or both 
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parties do not or cannot consent, and in which one 
or more elements of force, fraud, or coercion is 
present. Forced marriage can be both a cause and 
a consequence of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault or stalking. 
‘‘(17) HOMELESS.—The term ‘homeless’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 41403(6).’’; 
(G) by redesignating paragraphs (9) and 
(10) as paragraphs (11) and (12), respectively; 
(H) by amending paragraph (8) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(10) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘domes-
tic violence’ means a pattern of behavior involving 
the use or attempted use of physical, sexual, verbal, 
emotional, economic, or technological abuse or any 
other coercive behavior committed, enabled, or solic-
ited to gain or maintain power and control over a 
victim, by a person who— 
‘‘(A) is a current or former spouse or dat-
ing partner of the victim, or other person simi-
larly situated to a spouse of the victim under 
the family or domestic violence laws of the ju-
risdiction; 
‘‘(B) 
is 
cohabitating 
with 
or 
has 
cohabitated with the victim as a spouse or dat-
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ing partner, or other person similarly situated 
to a spouse of the victim under the family or 
domestic violence laws of the jurisdiction; 
‘‘(C) shares a child in common with the 
victim; 
‘‘(D) is an adult family member of, or paid 
or nonpaid caregiver for, a victim aged 50 or 
older or an adult victim with disabilities; or 
‘‘(E) commits acts against a youth or adult 
victim who is protected from those acts under 
the family or domestic violence laws of the ju-
risdiction.’’; 
(I) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and 
(7) as paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively; 
(J) by amending paragraph (5) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(7) COURT-BASED AND COURT-RELATED PER-
SONNEL.—The term ‘court-based personnel’ and 
‘court-related personnel’ means persons working in 
the court, whether paid or volunteer, including— 
‘‘(A) clerks, special masters, domestic rela-
tions officers, administrators, mediators, cus-
tody evaluators, guardians ad litem, lawyers, 
negotiators, probation, parole, interpreters, vic-
tim assistants, victim advocates, and judicial, 
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administrative, 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 
system.’’; 
(K) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 
through (4) as paragraphs (4) through (6) re-
spectively; 
(L) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following: 
‘‘(3) ALTERNATIVE JUSTICE RESPONSE.—The 
term ‘alternative justice response’ means a process, 
whether court-ordered or community-based, that— 
‘‘(A) involves, on a voluntary basis, and to 
the extent possible, those who have committed 
a specific offense and those who have been 
harmed as a result of the offense; 
‘‘(B) has the goal of collectively seeking ac-
countability from the accused, and developing a 
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process whereby the accused will take responsi-
bility for his or her actions, and a plan for pro-
viding relief to those harmed, through allocu-
tion, restitution, community service, or other 
processes upon which the victim, the accused, 
the community, and the court (if court-ordered) 
can agree; 
‘‘(C) is conducted in a framework that pro-
tects victim safety and supports victim auton-
omy; and 
‘‘(D) provides that information disclosed 
during such process may not be used for any 
other law enforcement purpose, including im-
peachment or prosecution, without the express 
permission of all participants.’’; 
(M) by redesignating paragraph (1) as 
paragraph (2); and 
(N) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as 
redesignated in subparagraph (O) of this para-
graph) the following: 
‘‘(1) ABUSE IN LATER LIFE.—The term ‘abuse 
in later life’ means neglect, abandonment, domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 
of an adult over the age of 50 by any person, or eco-
nomic abuse of that adult by a person in an ongoing, 
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relationship of trust with the victim. Self-neglect is 
not included in this definition.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(F) and (G) as subparagraphs (H) and (I); 
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(E) the following: 
‘‘(G) DEATH OF THE PARTY WHOSE PRI-
VACY HAD BEEN PROTECTED.—In the event of 
the death of any victim whose confidentiality 
and privacy is required to be protected under 
this subsection, such requirement shall continue 
to apply, and the right to authorize release of 
any confidential or protected information is be 
vested in the next of kin, except that consent 
for release of the deceased victim’s information 
may not be given by a person who had per-
petrated abuse against the deceased victim.’’; 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(D) through (E) as subparagraphs (E) 
through (F); and 
(iv) by inserting after subparagraph 
(C) the following: 
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‘‘(D) USE
OF
TECHNOLOGY.—Grantees 
and subgrantees may use telephone, internet, 
and other technologies to protect the privacy, 
location and help-seeking activities of victims 
using services. Such technologies may include— 
‘‘(i) software, apps or hardware that 
block caller ID or conceal IP addresses, in-
cluding instances in which victims use dig-
ital services; or 
‘‘(ii) technologies or protocols that in-
hibit or prevent a perpetrator’s attempts to 
use technology or social media to threaten, 
harass or harm the victim, the victim’s 
family, friends, neighbors or co-workers, or 
the program providing services to them.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting after 
‘‘designed to reduce or eliminate domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk-
ing’’ the following: ‘‘provided that the confiden-
tiality and privacy requirements of this title are 
maintained, and that personally identifying in-
formation about adult, youth, and child victims 
of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault and stalking is not requested or included 
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in any such collaboration or information-shar-
ing’’; 
(C) in paragraph (6), by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘However, such disbursing agen-
cies must ensure that the confidentiality and 
privacy requirements of this title are main-
tained in making such reports, and that person-
ally identifying information about adult, youth 
and child victims of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault and stalking is not re-
quested or included in any such reports.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (11), by adding at the 
end the following: ‘‘The Office on Violence 
Against Women shall make all technical assist-
ance available as broadly as possible to any ap-
propriate 
grantees, 
subgrantees, 
potential 
grantees, or other entities without regard to 
whether the entity has received funding from 
the Office on Violence Against Women for a 
particular program or project.’’; 
(E) in paragraph (13)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
after ‘‘the Violence Against Women Reau-
thorization Act of 2013’’ the following: 
‘‘(Public Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54)’’; and 
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(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘section 3789d of title 42, United States 
Code’’ and inserting ‘‘section 809 of title I 
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10228)’’; 
(F) in paragraph (14), by inserting after 
‘‘are also victims of’’ the following: ‘‘forced 
marriage, or’’; and 
(G) in paragraph (16)(C)(i), by striking 
‘‘$20,000 in Department funds, unless the Dep-
uty Attorney General’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000 
in Department funds, unless the Director or 
Principal Deputy Director of the Office on Vio-
lence Against Women, the Deputy Attorney 
General,’’. 
TITLE 
I—ENHANCING 
LEGAL 
TOOLS TO COMBAT DOMES-
TIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIO-
LENCE, 
SEXUAL 
ASSAULT, 
AND STALKING 
SEC. 101. STOP GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part T of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10441 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 2001(b)— 
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(A) in paragraph (3), by inserting before 
the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘includ-
ing implementation of the nondiscrimination re-
quirements in section 40002(b)(13) of the Vio-
lence Against Women Act of 1994’’; 
(B) in paragraph (9)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘older and disabled 
women’’ and inserting ‘‘people 50 years of 
age or over and people with disabilities’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘older and disabled in-
dividuals’’ and inserting ‘‘people’’; 
(C) in paragraph (19), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(D) in paragraph (20), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(E) by inserting after paragraph (20), the 
following: 
‘‘(21) developing and implementing laws, poli-
cies, procedures, or training to ensure the lawful re-
covery and storage of any dangerous weapon by the 
appropriate law enforcement agency from an adju-
dicated perpetrator of any offense of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, 
and the return of such weapon when appropriate, 
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where any Federal, State, tribal, or local court 
has— 
‘‘(A)(i) issued protective or other restrain-
ing orders against such a perpetrator; or 
‘‘(ii) found such a perpetrator to be guilty 
of misdemeanor or felony crimes of domestic vi-
olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing; and 
‘‘(B) ordered the perpetrator to relinquish 
dangerous weapons that the perpetrator pos-
sesses or has used in the commission of at least 
one of the aforementioned crimes. 
Policies, procedures, protocols, laws, regulations, or 
training under this section shall include the safest 
means of recovery of, and best practices for storage 
of, relinquished and recovered dangerous weapons 
and their return, when applicable, at such time as 
the individual is no longer prohibited from pos-
sessing such weapons under Federal, State, or Trib-
al law, or posted local ordinances.’’; 
(2) in section 2007— 
(A) in subsection (d)— 
(i) by redesignating paragraphs (5) 
and (6) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respec-
tively; and 
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(ii) by inserting after paragraph (4) 
the following: 
‘‘(5) proof of compliance with the requirements 
regarding protocols to strongly discourage compel-
ling victim testimony, described in section 2017; 
‘‘(6) proof of compliance with the requirements 
regarding civil rights under section 40002(b)(13) of 
the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994;’’; 
(B) in subsection (i)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting be-
fore the semicolon at the end the following: 
‘‘and the requirements under section 
40002(b) of the Violent Crime Control and 
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 
12291(b))’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)(C)(iv), by insert-
ing after ‘‘ethnicity,’’ the following: ‘‘sexual 
orientation, gender identity,’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) REVIEWS
FOR
COMPLIANCE
WITH
NON-
DISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If allegations of discrimina-
tion in violation of section 40002(b)(13)(A) of the 
Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 
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12291(b)(13)(A)) by a potential grantee under this 
part have been made to the Attorney General, the 
Attorney General shall, prior to awarding a grant 
under this part to such potential grantee, conduct a 
review of the compliance of the potential grantee 
with such section. 
‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
RULE.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Vio-
lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019, 
the Attorney General shall by rule establish proce-
dures for such a review. 
‘‘(3) ANNUAL REPORT.—Beginning on the date 
that is 1 year after the date of enactment of the Vio-
lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019, 
the Attorney General shall report to the Committees 
on the Judiciary of the Senate and of the House of 
Representatives regarding compliance with section 
40002(b)(13)(A) of the Violence Against Women Act 
of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(b)(13)(A)) by recipients 
of grants under this part.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2017. GRANT ELIGIBILITY REGARDING COMPELLING 
VICTIM TESTIMONY. 
‘‘In order to be eligible for a grant under this part, 
a State, Indian tribal government, territorial government, 
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or unit of local government shall certify that, not later 
than 3 years after the date of enactment of this section, 
their laws, policies, or practices will include a detailed pro-
tocol to discourage the use of bench warrants, material 
witness warrants, perjury charges, or other means of com-
pelling victim-witness testimony in the investigation, pros-
ecution, trial, or sentencing of a crime related to the do-
mestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence or stalking 
of the victim.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
1001(a)(18) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(18)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 
through 2024’’. 
SEC. 102. GRANTS TO IMPROVE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE RE-
SPONSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2101 of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10461) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) GENERAL PROGRAM PURPOSE.—The purpose of 
this part is to assist States, State and local courts (includ-
ing juvenile courts), Indian tribal governments, tribal 
courts, and units of local government to develop and 
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strengthen effective law enforcement and prosecution 
strategies to combat violent crimes against women, and 
to develop and strengthen victim services in cases involv-
ing violent crimes against women.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) 
in 
paragraph 
(1), 
by 
striking 
‘‘proarrest’’ and inserting ‘‘offender account-
ability and homicide reduction’’; 
(B) in paragraph (8)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘older individuals (as 
defined in section 102 of the Older Ameri-
cans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002))’’ and 
inserting ‘‘people 50 years of age or over’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘individuals with dis-
abilities (as defined in section 3(2) of the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12102(2)))’’ and inserting 
‘‘people with disabilities (as defined in the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12102))’’; 
(C) in paragraph (19), by inserting before 
the period at the end the following ‘‘, including 
victims among underserved populations (as de-
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fined in section 40002(a)(46) of the Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994)’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(23) To develop and implement an alternative 
justice response (as such term is defined in section 
40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 
1994). 
‘‘(24) To develop and implement policies, proce-
dures, protocols, laws, regulations, or training to en-
sure the lawful recovery and storage of any dan-
gerous weapon by the appropriate law enforcement 
agency from an adjudicated perpetrator of any of-
fense of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking, and the return of such weapon 
when appropriate, where any Federal, State, tribal, 
or local court has— 
‘‘(A)(i) issued protective or other restrain-
ing orders against such a perpetrator; or 
‘‘(ii) found such a perpetrator to be guilty 
of misdemeanor or felony crimes of domestic vi-
olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing; and 
‘‘(B) ordered the perpetrator to relinquish 
dangerous weapons that the perpetrator pos-
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sesses or has used in the commission of at least 
one of the aforementioned crimes. 
Policies, procedures, protocols, laws, regulations, or 
training under this section shall include the safest 
means of recovery of and best practices for storage 
of relinquished and recovered dangerous weapons 
and their return, when applicable, at such time as 
the persons are no longer prohibited from possessing 
such weapons under Federal, State, Tribal or munic-
ipal law.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘encour-
age or mandate arrests of domestic vio-
lence offenders’’ and inserting ‘‘encourage 
arrests of offenders’’; and 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘encour-
age or mandate arrest of domestic violence 
offenders’’ and inserting ‘‘encourage arrest 
of offenders’’; and 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (E) 
the following: 
‘‘(F) certify that, not later than 3 years 
after the date of the enactment of this subpara-
graph, their laws, policies, or practices will in-
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clude a detailed protocol to strongly discourage 
the use of bench warrants, material witness 
warrants, perjury charges, or other means of 
compelling victim-witness testimony in the in-
vestigation, prosecution, trial, or sentencing of 
a crime related to the domestic violence, sexual 
assault, dating violence or stalking of the vic-
tim.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
1001(a)(19) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(19)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 
through 2024’’. 
SEC. 103. LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS. 
Section 1201 of division B of the Victims of Traf-
ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 
20121) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting after ‘‘no cost 
to the victims’’ the following: ‘‘. When legal assist-
ance to a dependent is necessary for the safety of a 
victim, such assistance may be provided.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting after 
‘‘stalking, and sexual assault’’ the following: ‘‘, 
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or for dependents when necessary for the safety 
of a victim’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after 
‘‘stalking, and sexual assault’’ the following: ‘‘, 
or for dependents when necessary for the safety 
of a victim,’’ and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting after 
‘‘sexual assault, or stalking’’ the following: ‘‘, or 
for dependents when necessary for the safety of 
a victim,’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘2014 
through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 
SEC. 104. GRANTS TO SUPPORT FAMILIES IN THE JUSTICE 
SYSTEM. 
Section 1301 of division B of the Victims of Traf-
ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 
12464) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (8)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘to improve’’ and in-
serting ‘‘improve’’; and 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting a semicolon; and 
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(C) by inserting after paragraph (8) the 
following: 
‘‘(9) develop and implement an alternative jus-
tice response (as such term is defined in section 
40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 
1994); and 
‘‘(10) develop and implement laws, policies, pro-
cedures, or training to ensure the lawful recovery 
and storage of any dangerous weapon by the appro-
priate law enforcement agency from an adjudicated 
perpetrator of any offense of domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and the re-
turn of such weapon when appropriate, where any 
Federal, State, tribal, or local court has— 
‘‘(A)(i) issued protective or other restrain-
ing orders against such a perpetrator; or 
‘‘(ii) found such a perpetrator to be guilty 
of misdemeanor or felony crimes of domestic vi-
olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing; and 
‘‘(B) ordered the perpetrator to relinquish 
dangerous weapons that the perpetrator pos-
sesses or has used in the commission of at least 
one of the aforementioned crimes. 
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Policies, procedures, protocols, laws, regulations, or 
training under this section shall include the safest 
means of recovery of, and best practices for storage 
of, relinquished and recovered dangerous weapons 
and their return, when applicable, at such time as 
the individual is no longer prohibited from pos-
sessing such weapons under Federal, State, or Trib-
al law, or posted local ordinances.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2014 through 
2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 
SEC. 105. OUTREACH AND SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED 
POPULATIONS GRANTS. 
Section 120(h) of the Violence Against Women and 
Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 
U.S.C. 20123(h)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014 through 
2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 
SEC. 106. CRIMINAL PROVISIONS. 
Section 2265 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘restraining order or in-
junction,’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘The prohibition under this paragraph applies 
to all protection orders for the protection of a 
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person residing within a State, territorial, or 
tribal jurisdiction, whether or not the protection 
order was issued by that State, territory, or 
Tribe.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘This applies to all Alaska tribes without 
respect to ‘Indian country’ or the population of the 
Native village associated with the Tribe.’’. 
SEC. 107. RAPE SURVIVOR CHILD CUSTODY. 
Section 409 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking 
Act of 2015 (34 U.S.C. 21308) is amended by striking 
‘‘2015 through 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 
2024’’. 
TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES 
FOR VICTIMS 
SEC. 201. SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM. 
Section 41601(f)(1) of the Violent Crime Control and 
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12511(f)(1)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 
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SEC. 202. RURAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 
SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING, AND CHILD 
ABUSE 
ENFORCEMENT 
ASSISTANCE 
PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 40295 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12341) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘women’’ 
and inserting ‘‘adults, youth,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘2014 
through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 
SEC. 203. TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END VIOLENCE 
AGAINST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. 
Section 1402 of division B of the Victims of Traf-
ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 
20122) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘WOMEN’’ and 
inserting ‘‘PEOPLE’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘individuals’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘people’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘disabled individuals’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘people with dis-
abilities’’; 
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(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting after 
‘‘law enforcement’’ the following: ‘‘and other 
first responders’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘pro-
viding advocacy and intervention services with-
in’’ and inserting ‘‘to enhance the capacity of’’; 
(4) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘disabled indi-
viduals’’ and inserting ‘‘people with disabilities’’; and 
(5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2014 through 
2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 
SEC. 204. TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END ABUSE IN 
LATER LIFE. 
Section 40801 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12421)— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘ENHANCED 
TRAINING’’ and inserting ‘‘TRAINING’’; 
(2) by striking subsection ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.— 
In this section—’’ and all that follows through para-
graph (1) of subsection (b) and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘The Attorney General shall make grants to 
eligible entities in accordance with the following:’’; 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 
(5) of subsection (b) as paragraphs (1) through (4); 
(4) in paragraph (1) (as redesignated by para-
graph (3) of this subsection)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘, including domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, 
exploitation, and neglect’’ each place it appears; 
(B) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in clause (i), by inserting after 
‘‘elder abuse’’ the following: ‘‘and abuse in 
later life’’; 
(ii) in clauses (ii) and (iii), by insert-
ing after ‘‘victims of’’ the following: ‘‘elder 
abuse and’’; and 
(iii) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘advo-
cates, victim service providers, and courts 
to better serve victims of abuse in later 
life’’ and inserting ‘‘leaders, victim advo-
cates, victim service providers, courts, and 
first responders to better serve older vic-
tims’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or other 
community-based organizations in recog-
nizing and addressing instances of abuse in 
later life’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based 
organizations, or other professionals who 
may identify or respond to abuse in later 
life’’; and 
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(ii) in clause (ii), by inserting after 
‘‘victims of’’ the following: ‘‘elder abuse 
and’’; and 
(D) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘sub-
paragraph (B)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(2)(B)’’; 
(5) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by para-
graph (3))— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘over 
50 years of age’’ and inserting ‘‘50 years of age 
or over’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘in 
later life’’ and inserting ‘‘50 years of age or 
over’’; and 
(6) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by para-
graph (3)), by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 
TITLE III—SERVICES, PROTEC-
TION, 
AND 
JUSTICE 
FOR 
YOUNG VICTIMS 
SEC. 301. RAPE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION GRANT. 
Section 393A of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 280b–1b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting before 
the semicolon at the end the following ‘‘or dig-
ital services (as such term is defined in section 
40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 
1994)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘sexual 
assault’’ and inserting ‘‘sexual violence, sexual 
assault, and sexual harassment’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Indian trib-
al’’ and inserting ‘‘Indian Tribal’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) 
in 
paragraph 
(1), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘$150,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘Not less than 80 percent of the 
total amount made available under this sub-
section in each fiscal year shall be awarded in 
accordance with this paragraph.’’. 
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SEC. 302. CREATING HOPE THROUGH OUTREACH, OPTIONS, 
SERVICES, AND EDUCATION (CHOOSE) FOR 
CHILDREN AND YOUTH. 
Section 41201 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12451) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘stalking, or sex traf-
ficking’’ and inserting ‘‘or stalking’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Grants awarded under this section may be 
used to address sex trafficking or bullying as 
part of a comprehensive program focused pri-
marily on domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘target youth who 
are victims of domestic violence, dating vi-
olence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex 
trafficking’’ and inserting ‘‘target youth, 
including youth in underserved populations 
who are victims of domestic violence, sex-
ual assault, and stalking’’; 
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(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘stalking, and sex trafficking’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘and stalking’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘stalking, or sex 
trafficking’’ and inserting ‘‘or stalk-
ing’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(iv) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘stalking, and sex 
trafficking’’ and inserting ‘‘or stalk-
ing’’; and 
(II) by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(v) by inserting after subparagraph 
(C) the following: 
‘‘(D) clarify State or local mandatory re-
porting policies and practices regarding peer-to- 
peer dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk-
ing.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘stalking, or sex traf-
ficking’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘or stalking’’; 
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(ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 
‘‘confidential’’ before ‘‘support services’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘stalking, and sex trafficking’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘and stalking’’; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (E), by inserting 
after ‘‘programming for youth’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, including youth in underserved 
populations,’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘stalk-
ing, or sex trafficking’’ and inserting ‘‘or stalk-
ing’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 
‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph 
(A) or (B) of paragraph (1)’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘stalking, 
and sex trafficking’’ and inserting ‘‘and stalking, in-
cluding training on working with youth in under-
served populations’’; and 
(5) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘$15,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 
through 2024’’. 
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SEC. 303. GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES ON CAM-
PUSES. 
Section 304 of the Violence Against Women and De-
partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 
U.S.C. 20125) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking the sec-
ond sentence; 
(B) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(3) To provide prevention and education pro-
gramming about domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking, including technological 
abuse and reproductive and sexual coercion, that is 
age-appropriate, culturally relevant, ongoing, deliv-
ered in multiple venues on campus, accessible, pro-
motes respectful nonviolent behavior as a social 
norm, and engages men and boys. Such program-
ming should be developed in partnership or collabo-
ratively with experts in intimate partner and sexual 
violence prevention and intervention.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and pro-
vide’’ and inserting ‘‘, provide, and dissemi-
nate’’; 
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(D) in paragraph (10), by inserting after 
‘‘or adapt’’ the following ‘‘and disseminate’’; 
and 
(E) by inserting after paragraph (10) the 
following: 
‘‘(11) To train campus health centers on how to 
recognize and respond to domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including 
training health providers on how to provide universal 
education to all members of the campus community 
on the impacts of violence on health and unhealthy 
relationships and how providers can support ongoing 
outreach efforts.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘2014 
through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘for 
all incoming students’’ and inserting ‘‘for all 
students’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4)(C), by inserting after 
‘‘sex,’’ the following: ‘‘sexual orientation, gender 
identity,’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘$12,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’ and in-
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serting ‘‘$16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 
through 2024’’. 
SEC. 304. COMBAT ONLINE PREDATORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 110A of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2261A 
the following: 
‘‘§ 2261B. Enhanced penalty for stalkers of children 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), if the victim of an offense under section 2261A is 
under the age of 18 years, the maximum term of imprison-
ment for the offense is 5 years greater than the maximum 
term of imprisonment otherwise provided for that offense 
in section 2261. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 
a person who violates section 2261A if— 
‘‘(1) the person is subject to a sentence under 
section 2261(b)(5); and 
‘‘(2)(A) the person is under the age of 18 at 
the time the offense occurred; or 
‘‘(B) the victim of the offense is not less than 
15 nor more than 17 years of age and not more 
than 3 years younger than the person who com-
mitted the offense at the time the offense oc-
curred.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 110A of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
19 section 2261A the following new item: 
‘‘2261B. Enhanced penalty for stalkers of children.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2261A of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended in the matter 
following paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘section 2261(b) 
of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2261(b) or section 
2262B, as the case may be’’. 
(d) REPORT ON BEST PRACTICES REGARDING EN-
FORCEMENT OF ANTI-STALKING LAWS.—Not later than 
1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Attorney General shall submit a report to Congress, which 
shall— 
(1) include an evaluation of Federal, tribal, 
State, and local efforts to enforce laws relating to 
stalking; and 
(2) identify and describe those elements of such 
efforts that constitute the best practices for the en-
forcement of such laws. 
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TITLE IV—VIOLENCE 
REDUCTION PRACTICES 
SEC. 401. STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE CENTERS FOR DIS-
EASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. 
Section 402 of the Violence Against Women and De-
partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 280b–4) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘violence 
against women’’ and inserting ‘‘violence against 
adults, youth,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘2014 through 
2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 
SEC. 402. SAVING MONEY AND REDUCING TRAGEDIES 
(SMART) THROUGH PREVENTION GRANTS. 
Section 41303 of the Violence Against Women Act 
of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12463) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) strategies within each of these areas 
addressing the unmet needs of underserved pop-
ulations.’’; 
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(2) in subsection (d)(3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) include a focus on the unmet needs of 
underserved populations.’’; 
(3) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘$15,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$45,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 
through 2024’’; and 
(4) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) REMAINING AMOUNTS.—Any amounts not 
made available under paragraphs (1) and (2) may be 
used for any set of purposes described in paragraph 
(1), (2), or (3) of subsection (b), or for a project 
that fulfills two or more of such sets of purposes.’’. 
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TITLE V—STRENGTHENING THE 
HEALTHCARE 
SYSTEMS 
RE-
SPONSE 
SEC. 501. GRANTS TO STRENGTHEN THE HEALTHCARE SYS-
TEMS RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 
DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND 
STALKING. 
Section 399P of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 280g–4) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) the development or enhancement and im-
plementation of training programs to improve the 
capacity of early childhood programs to address do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking among families they serve.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting ‘‘, 
including labor and sex trafficking’’ after ‘‘vio-
lence and abuse’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)(ii)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘on-site access to’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘patients by increas-
ing’’ and all that follows through the semi-
colon and inserting the following: ‘‘patients 
by— 
‘‘(I) increasing the capacity of 
existing health care professionals and 
public health staff to address domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, and stalking; 
‘‘(II) contracting with or hiring 
advocates for victims of domestic vio-
lence or sexual assault to provide such 
services; or 
‘‘(III) providing funding to State 
domestic and sexual violence coalitions 
to improve the capacity of such coali-
tions to coordinate and support health 
advocates and other health system 
partnerships;’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(D) in subparagraph (B)(iv) by striking 
the period at the end and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, with priority given to programs ad-
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sexual assault, and stalking among pa-
tients the programs serve.’’; 
(8) in subsection (d)(2)(A)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or behavioral health,’’ 
after ‘‘of health’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘behavioral’’ after ‘‘phys-
ical or’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘mental’’ before ‘‘health 
care’’; 
(9) in subsection (d)(2)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or health system’’ and in-
serting ‘‘behavioral health treatment system,’’; 
and 
(B) after ‘‘physical or’’ by striking ‘‘men-
tal’’ and inserting ‘‘behavioral’’; 
(10) in subsection (f) in the heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘RESEARCH AND EVALUATION’’ and inserting 
‘‘RESEARCH, EVALUATION, AND
DATA
COLLEC-
TION’’; 
(11) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘research 
and evaluation’’ and inserting ‘‘research, evaluation, 
or data collection’’; 
(12) in subsection (f)(1)(B), by inserting after 
‘‘health care’’ the following: ‘‘or behavioral health’’; 
(13) in subsection (f)(2)— 
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(A) in the heading, by inserting after ‘‘RE-
SEARCH’’ the following: ‘‘AND
DATA
COLLEC-
TION’’; 
(B) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by inserting ‘‘or data collection’’ before 
‘‘authorized in paragraph (1)’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(D) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(E) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 
the following: 
‘‘(E) research on the intersection of sub-
stance use disorder and domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, sexual assault, and stalking, in-
cluding the effect of coerced use and efforts by 
an abusive partner or other to interfere with 
substance use disorder treatment and recovery; 
and 
‘‘(F) improvement of data collection using 
existing Federal surveys by including questions 
about domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, or stalking and substance use disorder, 
coerced use, and mental or behavioral health.’’; 
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(14) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘2014 
through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’; 
and 
(15) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘herein’’ and 
‘‘provided for’’. 
TITLE VI—SAFE HOMES FOR 
VICTIMS 
SEC. 601. HOUSING PROTECTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMES-
TIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL 
ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 
Section 41411 of the Violence Against Women Act 
of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12491) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 
‘‘brother, sister,’’ and inserting ‘‘sibling,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
before the semicolon at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘including the direct loan program 
under such section’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘the program under subtitle A’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the programs under subtitles A 
through D’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (I)— 
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(I) by inserting after ‘‘sections 
514, 515, 516, 533,’’ the following: 
‘‘542,’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(iv) in subparagraph (J), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting a semi-
colon; and 
(v) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(K) the provision of assistance from the 
Housing Trust Fund as established under sec-
tion 1338 of the Federal Housing Enterprises 
Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 
(12 U.S.C. 4501); 
‘‘(L) the provision of assistance for hous-
ing under the Comprehensive Service Programs 
for Homeless Veterans program under sub-
chapter II of chapter 20 of title 38, United 
States Code (38 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); 
‘‘(M) the provision of assistance for hous-
ing and facilities under the grant program for 
homeless veterans with special needs under sec-
tion 2061 of title 38, United States Code; 
‘‘(N) the provision of assistance for perma-
nent housing under the program for financial 
assistance for supportive services for very low- 
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income veteran families in permanent housing 
under section 2044 of title 38, United States 
Code; and 
‘‘(O) any other Federal housing programs 
providing affordable housing to low-income per-
sons by means of restricted rents or rental as-
sistance as identified by the appropriate agen-
cy.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) COVERED HOUSING PROVIDER.—The term 
‘covered housing provider’ refers to the individual or 
entity under a covered housing program that has re-
sponsibility for the administration or oversight of 
housing assisted under a covered housing program 
and includes public housing agencies, sponsors, own-
ers, mortgagors, managers, Continuums of Care, 
State and local governments or agencies thereof, and 
nonprofit or for-profit organizations or entities. 
‘‘(5) CONTINUUM OF CARE.—The term ‘Con-
tinuum of Care’ means an entity receiving a grant 
under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.). 
‘‘(6) INTERNAL TRANSFER.—The term ‘internal 
transfer’ means a transfer to a unit of the same cov-
ered housing provider and under the same covered 
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housing program except for programs under McKin-
ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. 
‘‘(7) EXTERNAL TRANSFER.—The term ‘exter-
nal transfer’ means a transfer to a unit of a dif-
ferent covered housing provider under any covered 
housing program.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(3)— 
(A) in the heading, by inserting after 
‘‘CRIMINAL ACTIVITY’’ the following: ‘‘AND FAM-
ILY BREAK-UP’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(A) DENIAL OF ASSISTANCE, TENANCY, 
AND OCCUPANCY RIGHTS PROHIBITED.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A tenant shall not 
be denied assistance, tenancy, or occu-
pancy rights to housing assisted under a 
covered housing program solely on the 
basis of criminal activity directly relating 
to domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault, or stalking that is engaged in 
by a member of the household of the ten-
ant or any guest or other person under the 
control of the tenant, if the tenant or an 
affiliated individual of the tenant is the 
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victim or threatened victim of such domes-
tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
or stalking. 
‘‘(ii) CRIMINAL ACTIVITY ENGAGED IN 
BY
PERPETRATOR
OF
ABUSE.—A tenant 
shall not be denied assistance, tenancy, or 
occupancy rights to housing assisted under 
a covered housing program solely on the 
basis of criminal activity, including drug- 
related criminal activity (as such term is 
defined section 3(b)(9) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437a(b)(9))), engaged in by the perpe-
trator of the domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
‘‘(iii) REVIEW PRIOR TO DENIAL OF 
ASSISTANCE.—Prior to denying assistance, 
tenancy, or occupancy rights to housing as-
sisted under a covered housing program to 
a tenant on the basis of criminal activity of 
the tenant, including drug-related criminal 
activity, the covered housing provider must 
conduct an individualized review of the to-
tality of the circumstances regarding the 
criminal activity at issue if the tenant is a 
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