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(A) provides documentation to the Attor-
ney General demonstrating experience working 
directly on issues of cybercrimes against indi-
viduals; and 
(B) includes on the entity’s advisory board 
representatives who have a documented history 
of working directly on issues of cybercrimes 
against individuals and who are geographically 
and culturally diverse. 
SEC. 1503. NATIONAL STRATEGY, CLASSIFICATION, AND RE-
PORTING ON CYBERCRIME. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMPUTER.—The term ‘‘computer’’ in-
cludes a computer network and any interactive elec-
tronic device. 
(2) CYBERCRIME AGAINST INDIVIDUALS.—The 
term ‘‘cybercrime against individuals’’ means a Fed-
eral, State, or local criminal offense that involves the 
use of a computer to cause personal harm to an in-
dividual, such as the use of a computer to harass, 
threaten, stalk, extort, coerce, cause fear, intimidate, 
without consent distribute intimate images of, or vio-
late the privacy of, an individual, except that— 
(A) use of a computer need not be an ele-
ment of the offense; and 
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(B) the term does not include the use of a 
computer to cause harm to a commercial entity, 
government agency, or non-natural person. 
(b) NATIONAL STRATEGY.—The Attorney General 
shall develop a national strategy to— 
(1) reduce the incidence of cybercrimes against 
individuals; 
(2) coordinate investigations of cybercrimes 
against individuals by Federal law enforcement 
agencies; and 
(3) increase the number of Federal prosecutions 
of cybercrimes against individuals. 
(c) CLASSIFICATION OF CYBERCRIMES AGAINST IN-
DIVIDUALS FOR PURPOSES OF CRIME REPORTS.—In ac-
cordance with the authority of the Attorney General under 
section 534 of title 28, United States Code, the Director 
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall— 
(1) design and create within the Uniform Crime 
Reports a category for offenses that constitute 
cybercrimes against individuals; 
(2) to the extent feasible, within the category 
established under paragraph (1), establish subcat-
egories for each type of cybercrime against individ-
uals that is an offense under Federal or State law; 
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(3) classify the category established under para-
graph (1) as a Part I crime in the Uniform Crime 
Reports; and 
(4) classify each type of cybercrime against in-
dividuals that is an offense under Federal or State 
law as a Group A offense for the purpose of the Na-
tional Incident-Based Reporting System. 
(d) ANNUAL SUMMARY.—The Attorney General shall 
publish an annual summary of the information reported 
in the Uniform Crime Reports and the National Incident- 
Based Reporting System relating to cybercrimes against 
individuals. 
TITLE XVI—KEEPING CHILDREN 
SAFE FROM FAMILY VIOLENCE 
SEC. 1601. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Keeping Children Safe 
From Family Violence Act’’ or ‘‘Kayden’s Law’’. 
SEC. 1602. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Approximately 15 million children are ex-
posed each year to domestic violence and/or child 
abuse. 
(2) Most child abuse is perpetrated in the fam-
ily and by a parent. Intimate partner violence and 
child abuse overlap in the same families at rates of 
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30 to 60 percent. A child’s risk of abuse increases 
after a perpetrator of intimate partner violence sepa-
rates from their domestic partner, even when the 
perpetrator had not previously directly abused the 
child. Children who have witnessed intimate partner 
violence are approximately four times more likely to 
experience direct child maltreatment than children 
who have not witnessed intimate partner violence. 
(3) More than 75 percent of child sexual abuse 
is perpetrated by a family member or a person 
known to the child. U.S. Department of Justice data 
shows that family members are almost half (49 per-
cent) of the perpetrators of child sex assault victims 
under age 6. 
(4) Research suggests a child’s exposure to a 
batterer is among the strongest indicators of risk of 
incest victimization. One study found female children 
whose fathers were batterers of the mother were six- 
and-a-half times more likely to experience father- 
daughter incest than female children who do not 
have an abusive father. 
(5) Child abuse is a major public health issue 
in the United States. Total lifetime financial costs 
associated with just one year of confirmed cases of 
child maltreatment (including child physical abuse, 
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sexual abuse, psychological abuse and neglect) re-
sults in $124 billion in annual costs to the U.S. 
economy, or approximately one percent of the gross 
domestic product. 
(6) Empirical research indicates that allegations 
of child physical and sexual abuse are regularly dis-
counted by courts when raised in child custody 
cases, with fewer than one-fourth of claims that a 
father has committed child physical or sexual abuse 
believed; and where the allegedly abusive parent 
claimed the mother was ‘‘alienating’’ the child, only 
1 out of 51 claims of sexual molestation by a father 
were believed. Independent research indicates that 
child sexual abuse allegations are credible 50 to 70 
percent of the time. 
(7) Empirical research shows that alleged or 
known abusive parents are often granted custody or 
unprotected parenting time by courts. Approximately 
one-third of parents alleged to have committed child 
abuse took primary custody from the protective par-
ent reporting the abuse, placing children at ongoing 
risk. 
(8) Researchers have documented nearly 800 
children murdered in the United States since 2008 
by a divorcing or separating parent. More than 100 
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of these child murders are known to have occurred 
after a court ordered the child into contact with the 
dangerous parent over the objection of a safe parent 
or caregiver. 
(9) Scientifically unsound theories that treat 
mothers’ abuse allegations as likely false attempts to 
undermine the father are frequently applied in fam-
ily court to minimize or deny parents’ and children’s 
reports of abuse. Many experts who testify against 
abuse allegations lack expertise in the relevant type 
of alleged abuse, relying instead on unsound and 
unproven theories. 
(10) Judges presiding over custody cases with 
allegations of child abuse, child sexual abuse, and 
domestic violence are rarely required to receive 
training on these subjects, nor have most states es-
tablished standards for such trainings. 
SEC. 1603. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this title are to: 
(1) increase the priority given to child safety in 
any private state court proceeding affecting chil-
dren’s care and custody, excluding child protective 
and social service proceedings; 
(2) strengthen courts’ abilities to recognize and 
adjudicate domestic violence and child abuse allega-
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tions based on valid, admissible evidence, and to 
enter orders which protect and minimize the risk of 
harm to children as the first priority; and 
(3) ensure that professional personnel involved 
in cases containing abuse allegations receive trauma- 
informed and culturally appropriate training on the 
dynamics, signs and impact of domestic violence and 
child abuse, including child sexual abuse. 
SEC. 1604. DEFINITION OF COVERED FORMULA GRANT. 
The term ‘‘covered formula grant’’ means a grant 
under part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10441 et seq.) (com-
monly referred to as the ‘‘STOP Violence Against Women 
Formula Grant Program’’). 
SEC. 1605. INCREASED FUNDING FOR FORMULA GRANTS 
AUTHORIZED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall in-
crease the amount provided to a State under the covered 
formula grants in accordance with this title if— 
(1) EVIDENCE.— 
(A) EXPERTS.—The State has in place a 
law ensuring that, in a custody proceeding 
where a parent has been alleged to have com-
mitted domestic violence or child abuse, includ-
ing child sexual abuse, evidence from court-ap-
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pointed or outside professionals regarding the 
alleged abuse may be admitted only when the 
professional possesses demonstrated expertise 
and clinical, not solely forensic, experience in 
working with victims of domestic violence or 
child abuse, including child sexual abuse. 
(B) NON-EXPERTS.—The State has in 
place a law ensuring that, in a custody pro-
ceeding where a parent has been alleged to have 
committed domestic violence or child abuse, in-
cluding child sexual abuse, evidence of past sex-
ual or physical abuse committed by a party, in-
cluding but not limited to any past or current 
protection from abuse orders, sexual violence 
abuse protection orders, arrests, or convictions, 
must be considered in determining the truth of 
any allegations of family violence. 
(2) EXPERTS.—The State has in place uniform 
required standards of domestic violence and child 
abuse expertise and experience for all court-ap-
pointed neutral professional opinions related to 
abuse, trauma, and the behaviors of victims and per-
petrators, which meet the criteria in paragraph 
(1)(A). 
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(3) REMEDIES FOR A CHILD’S RESISTANCE TO 
CONTACT WITH A PARENT.—The state has in place 
a law ensuring that— 
(A) NO
REMOVAL
OF
CARE
FROM
SAFE 
PARENT.—No child shall be removed from the 
care of a competent protective, non-physically 
or sexually abusive parent or litigating party to 
whom the child is bonded or attached, nor shall 
the child’s contact with such parent be re-
stricted, solely in order to improve a deficient 
relationship with the other parent. 
(B) 
REUNIFICATION
TREATMENT.—No 
‘‘reunification treatment’’ may be ordered by 
the court without scientifically valid and gen-
erally accepted proof of the safety, effectiveness 
and therapeutic value of the particular treat-
ment, nor may any treatment predicated on 
cutting off a child from the parent to whom 
they are bonded or attached be ordered. 
(C) CAUSES OF CHILD RESISTANCE.—Any 
order to remediate a child’s contact resistance 
must address the resisted parent’s behaviors or 
contributions to the child’s resistance first, be-
fore ordering the preferred parent to take steps 
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to potentially improve the child’s relationship 
with the parent they resist. 
(4) TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAM.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The state has in place 
an ongoing education and training program for 
judges and magistrates who hear custody mat-
ters, and relevant court personnel, including 
guardians ad litem, best interest attorneys, 
counsel for children, custody evaluators, mas-
ters, and mediators, focusing solely on domestic 
violence and child abuse, including— 
(i) child sexual abuse; 
(ii) physical abuse; 
(iii) emotional abuse; 
(iv) coercive control; 
(v) implicit and explicit bias; 
(vi) trauma; 
(vii) long and short-term impacts of 
domestic violence and child abuse on chil-
dren; and 
(viii) victim and perpetrator behav-
iors. 
(B) PROVIDERS.—Training must be pro-
vided by — 
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