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(10) by inserting after subsection (i) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(j) INDIAN COUNTRY DEFINED.—For purposes of 
the pilot project described in subsection (f)(5), the defini-
tion of ‘Indian country’ shall include— 
‘‘(1) Alaska Native-owned Townsites, Allot-
ments, and former reservation lands acquired in fee 
by Alaska Native Village Corporations pursuant to 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
33) and other lands transferred in fee to Native vil-
lages; and 
‘‘(2) all lands within any Alaska Native village 
with a population that is at least 75 percent Alaska 
Native.’’. 
TITLE X—OFFICE ON VIOLENCE 
AGAINST WOMEN 
SEC. 1001. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE ON VIOLENCE 
AGAINST WOMEN. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
OFFICE
ON
VIOLENCE 
AGAINST WOMEN.—Section 2002 of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10442) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘a Violence 
Against Women Office’’ and inserting ‘‘an Office on 
Violence Against Women’’;
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(2) in subsection (b), by inserting after ‘‘within 
the Department of Justice’’ the following: ‘‘, not 
subsumed by any other office’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994 (title VI of Public Law 
103–322) or the Violence Against Women Act of 
2000 (division B of Public Law 106–386)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (title 
VII 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 (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 Act Reauthorization Act of 2021’’. 
(b) DIRECTOR
OF
THE
OFFICE
ON
VIOLENCE 
AGAINST WOMEN.—Section 2003 of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10443) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 2003. DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE ON VIOLENCE 
AGAINST WOMEN. 
‘‘(a) APPOINTMENT.—The President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a Director 
for the Office on Violence Against Women (in this title
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referred to as the ‘Director’) to be responsible, under the 
general authority of the Attorney General, for the admin-
istration, coordination, and implementation of the pro-
grams and activities of the Office. 
‘‘(b) OTHER
EMPLOYMENT.—The Director shall 
not— 
‘‘(1) engage in any employment other than that 
of serving as Director; or 
‘‘(2) hold any office in, or act in any capacity 
for, any organization, agency, or institution with 
which the Office makes any contract or other agree-
ment 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 
(Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3080), the Violence 
Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public 
Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54), or the Violence Against 
Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021. 
‘‘(c) VACANCY.—In the case of a vacancy, the Presi-
dent may designate an officer or employee who shall act 
as Director during the vacancy. 
‘‘(d) COMPENSATION.—The Director shall be com-
pensated at a rate of pay not to exceed the rate payable
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for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 
of title 5, United States Code.’’. 
(c) DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTOR OF THE 
OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN.—Section 2004 
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (34 U.S.C. 10444) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 2004. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTOR OF THE 
OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. 
‘‘The Director shall have the following duties: 
‘‘(1) Maintaining liaison with the judicial 
branches of the Federal and State Governments on 
matters relating to violence against women. 
‘‘(2) Providing information to the President, 
the Congress, the judiciary, State, local, and Tribal 
governments, and the general public on matters re-
lating to violence against women. 
‘‘(3) Serving, at the request of the Attorney 
General, as the representative of the Department of 
Justice on domestic task forces, committees, or com-
missions addressing policy or issues relating to vio-
lence against women. 
‘‘(4) Serving, at the request of the President, 
acting through the Attorney General, as the rep-
resentative of the United States Government on 
human rights and economic justice matters related
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to violence against women in international fora, in-
cluding, but not limited to, the United Nations. 
‘‘(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 (Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3080), the 
Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 
2013 (Public Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54), and the Vi-
olence Against Women Act 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
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enforce Federal laws relating to violence against 
women, including the litigation of civil and 
criminal actions relating to enforcing such laws; 
‘‘(B) other Federal, State, local, and Trib-
al agencies, in efforts to develop policy, provide 
technical assistance, synchronize Federal defini-
tions and protocols, and improve coordination 
among agencies carrying out efforts to elimi-
nate violence against women, including Indian 
or indigenous women; and 
‘‘(C) grantees, in efforts to combat violence 
against women and to provide support and as-
sistance to victims of such violence. 
‘‘(7) Exercising such other powers and func-
tions as may be vested in the Director pursuant to 
this subchapter or by delegation of the Attorney 
General. 
‘‘(8) Establishing such rules, regulations, guide-
lines, and procedures as are necessary to carry out 
any function of the Office.’’. 
(d) STAFF
OF OFFICE
ON VIOLENCE AGAINST 
WOMEN.—Section 2005 of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10445) is amend-
ed in the heading, by striking ‘‘VIOLENCE AGAINST
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WOMEN
OFFICE’’ and inserting ‘‘OFFICE
ON
VIO-
LENCE AGAINST WOMEN’’. 
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 121(a)(1) of 
the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice 
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20124(a)(1)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘the Violence Against Women Of-
fice’’ and inserting ‘‘the Office on Violence Against 
Women’’. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office on 
Violence Against Women shall— 
(1) in consultation with the Substance Abuse 
and Mental Health Services Administration, report 
to Congress on actions taken to prevent suicide 
amongst survivors of sexual assault, domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, and stalking; and 
(2) in consultation with the Substance Abuse 
and Mental Health Services Administration, estab-
lish best practices to prevent suicide amongst sur-
vivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating vi-
olence, and stalking.
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SEC. 1002. OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN A DEP-
UTY DIRECTOR FOR CULTURALLY SPECIFIC 
COMMUNITIES. 
Part T of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act (34 U.S.C. 10441 et seq.) is amended by in-
serting after section 2004 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2004A. DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR CULTURALLY SPE-
CIFIC COMMUNITIES. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Office on Violence Against Women a Deputy Director for 
Culturally Specific Communities. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Deputy Director shall, under the 
guidance and authority of the Director of the Office on 
Violence Against Women— 
‘‘(1) oversee the administration of grants re-
lated to culturally specific services and contracts 
with culturally specific organizations; 
‘‘(2) coordinate development of Federal policy, 
protocols, and guidelines on matters relating to do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking, in culturally specific communities; 
‘‘(3) advise the Director of the Office on Vio-
lence Against Women concerning policies, legislation, 
implementation of laws, and other issues relating to 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
and stalking in culturally specific communities;
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‘‘(4) provide technical assistance, coordination, 
and support to other offices and bureaus in the De-
partment of Justice to develop policy and to enforce 
Federal laws relating to domestic violence, dating vi-
olence, sexual assault, and stalking in culturally spe-
cific communities; 
‘‘(5) ensure that appropriate technical assist-
ance, developed and provided by entities having ex-
pertise in culturally specific communities is made 
available to grantees and potential grantees pro-
posing to serve culturally specific communities; and 
‘‘(6) ensure access to grants and technical as-
sistance for culturally specific organizations and 
analyze the distribution of funding in order to iden-
tify barriers for culturally specific organizations.’’. 
TITLE 
XI—IMPROVING 
CONDI-
TIONS FOR WOMEN IN FED-
ERAL CUSTODY 
SEC. 1101. IMPROVING THE TREATMENT OF PRIMARY 
CARETAKER PARENTS AND OTHER INDIVID-
UALS IN FEDERAL PRISONS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Ramona Brant Improvement of Conditions for Women 
in Federal Custody Act’’.
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(b) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 303 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 4051. Treatment of primary caretaker parents and 
other individuals 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘correctional officer’ means a cor-
rectional officer of the Bureau of Prisons; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘covered institution’ means a 
Federal penal or correctional institution; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘Director’ means the Director of 
the Bureau of Prisons; 
‘‘(4) the term ‘post-partum recovery’ means the 
first 8-week period of post-partum recovery after 
giving birth; 
‘‘(5) the term ‘primary caretaker parent’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 31903 of the 
Family Unity Demonstration Project Act (34 U.S.C. 
12242); 
‘‘(6) the term ‘prisoner’ means an individual 
who is incarcerated in a Federal penal or correc-
tional institution, including a vulnerable person; and 
‘‘(7) the term ‘vulnerable person’ means an in-
dividual who—
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‘‘(A) is under 21 years of age or over 60 
years of age; 
‘‘(B) is pregnant; 
‘‘(C) identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, 
transgender, or intersex; 
‘‘(D) is victim or witness of a crime; 
‘‘(E) has filed a nonfrivolous civil rights 
claim in Federal or State court; 
‘‘(F) has a serious mental or physical ill-
ness or disability; or 
‘‘(G) during the period of incarceration, 
has been determined to have experienced or to 
be experiencing severe trauma or to be the vic-
tim of gender-based violence— 
‘‘(i) by any court or administrative ju-
dicial proceeding; 
‘‘(ii) by any corrections official; 
‘‘(iii) by the individual’s attorney or 
legal service provider; or 
‘‘(iv) by the individual. 
‘‘(b) GEOGRAPHIC PLACEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—The Direc-
tor shall establish within the Bureau of Prisons an 
office that determines the placement of prisoners.
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‘‘(2) PLACEMENT
OF
PRISONERS.—In deter-
mining the placement of a prisoner, the office estab-
lished under paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) if the prisoner has children, place the 
prisoner as close to the children as possible; 
‘‘(B) in deciding whether to assign a 
transgender or intersex prisoner to a facility for 
male or female prisoners, and in making other 
housing and programming assignments, con-
sider on a case-by-case basis whether a place-
ment would ensure the prisoner’s health and 
safety, including serious consideration of the 
prisoner’s own views with respect to their safe-
ty, and whether the placement would present 
management or security problems; and 
‘‘(C) consider any other factor that the of-
fice determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(c) PROHIBITION ON PLACEMENT OF PREGNANT 
PRISONERS OR PRISONERS IN POST-PARTUM RECOVERY 
IN SEGREGATED HOUSING UNITS.— 
‘‘(1) PLACEMENT
IN
SEGREGATED
HOUSING 
UNITS.—A covered institution may not place a pris-
oner who is pregnant or in post-partum recovery in 
a segregated housing unit unless the prisoner pre-
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sents an immediate risk of harm to the prisoner or 
others. 
‘‘(2) RESTRICTIONS.—Any placement of a pris-
oner described in subparagraph (A) in a segregated 
housing unit shall be limited and temporary. 
‘‘(d) INTAKE
AND ASSESSMENTS.—The Director 
shall administer family-focused programming at intake, 
such as questions about children, gauge interest in par-
enting resources, and concerns about their child or 
caregiving; and administer ongoing assessment to better 
inform, identify, and make recommendations about the 
mother’s parental role and familial needs. 
‘‘(e) PARENTING CLASSES.—The Director shall pro-
vide parenting classes to each prisoner who is a primary 
caretaker parent, and such classes shall be made available 
to prisoners with limited English proficiency in compliance 
with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 
‘‘(f) TRAUMA SCREENING.—The Director shall pro-
vide training, including cultural competency training, to 
each correctional officer and each employee of the Bureau 
of Prisons who regularly interacts with prisoners, includ-
ing each instructor and health care professional, to enable 
those correctional officers and employees to—
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‘‘(1) identify a prisoner who has a mental or 
physical health need relating to trauma the prisoner 
has experienced; and 
‘‘(2) refer a prisoner described in paragraph (1) 
to the proper healthcare professional for treatment. 
‘‘(g) FAMILY NEEDS TRAINING.—The Director shall 
provide training to correctional officers and employees of 
the Bureau of Prisons who engage with prisoners’ families 
on— 
‘‘(1) how to interact with children in an age-ap-
propriate manner, and the children’s caregivers; 
‘‘(2) basic childhood and adolescent develop-
ment information; and 
‘‘(3) basic customer service skills. 
‘‘(h) INMATE HEALTH.— 
‘‘(1) HEALTH
CARE
ACCESS.—The Director 
shall ensure that all prisoners receive adequate 
health care. 
‘‘(2) HYGIENIC PRODUCTS.—The Director shall 
make essential hygienic products, including sham-
poo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, and any other hygien-
ic product that the Director determines appropriate, 
available without charge to prisoners. The Director 
shall make rules—
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‘‘(A) on the distribution and accessibility 
of sanitary products to prisoners, to ensure 
each prisoner who requires these products re-
ceives a quantity the prisoner deems sufficient; 
and 
‘‘(B) providing that no visitor is prohibited 
from visiting a prisoner due to the visitor’s use 
of sanitary products. 
‘‘(3) GYNECOLOGIST
ACCESS.—The Director 
shall ensure that all prisoners have access to a gyne-
cologist as appropriate. 
‘‘(i) USE OF SEX-APPROPRIATE CORRECTIONAL OF-
FICERS.— 
‘‘(1) REGULATIONS.—The Director shall make 
rules under which— 
‘‘(A) a correctional officer may not conduct 
a strip search of a prisoner of the opposite sex 
unless— 
‘‘(i) the prisoner presents a risk of 
immediate harm to the prisoner or others, 
and no other correctional officer of the 
same sex as the prisoner, or medical staff 
is available to assist; or
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‘‘(ii) the prisoner has previously re-
quested that an officer of a different sex 
conduct searches; 
‘‘(B) a correctional officer may not enter a 
restroom reserved for prisoners of the opposite 
sex unless— 
‘‘(i) a prisoner in the restroom pre-
sents a risk of immediate harm to them-
selves or others; or 
‘‘(ii) there is a medical emergency in 
the restroom and no other correctional offi-
cer of the appropriate sex is available to 
assist; 
‘‘(C) a transgender prisoner’s sex is deter-
mined according to the sex with which they 
identify; and 
‘‘(D) a correctional officer may not search 
or physically examine a prisoner for the sole 
purpose of determining the prisoner’s genital 
status or sex. 
‘‘(2) RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in 
paragraph (1) shall be construed to affect the re-
quirements under the Prison Rape Elimination Act 
of 2003 (42 U.S.C. 15601 et seq.).’’.
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(c) 
SUBSTANCE
ABUSE
TREATMENT.—Section 
3621(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) ELIGIBILITY
OF
PRIMARY
CARETAKER 
PARENTS AND PREGNANT WOMEN.—The Director of 
the Bureau of Prisons may not prohibit an eligible 
prisoner who is a primary caretaker parent (as de-
fined in section 4051) or pregnant from partici-
pating in a program of residential substance abuse 
treatment provided under paragraph (1) on the basis 
of a failure by the eligible prisoner, before being 
committed to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons, 
to disclose to any official of the Bureau of Prisons 
that the prisoner had a substance abuse problem on 
or before the date on which the eligible prisoner was 
committed to the custody of the Bureau of Pris-
ons.’’. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 
the Bureau of Prisons shall implement this section 
and the amendments made by this section. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the 
Bureau of Prisons shall submit to the Committee on
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the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a re-
port on the implementation of this section and the 
amendments made by this section. 
(e) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of sections for chapter 303 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘4051. Treatment of primary caretaker parents and other individuals.’’. 
SEC. 1102. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY OF WOMEN. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Stop Infant Mortality And Recidivism Reduction Act’’ or 
the ‘‘SIMARRA Act’’. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 270 days after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the Director of 
the Federal Bureau of Prisons (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘Director’’) shall establish a pilot program (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘Program’’) in accordance 
with this section to permit women incarcerated in Federal 
prisons and the children born to such women during incar-
ceration to reside together while the inmate serves a term 
of imprisonment in a separate housing wing of the prison. 
(c) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are 
to— 
(1) prevent infant mortality among infants born 
to incarcerated mothers and greatly reduce the trau-
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ma and stress experienced by the unborn fetuses of 
pregnant inmates; 
(2) reduce the recidivism rates of federally in-
carcerated women and mothers, and enhance public 
safety by improving the effectiveness of the Federal 
prison system for women as a population with spe-
cial needs; 
(3) establish female offender risk and needs as-
sessment as the cornerstones of a more effective and 
efficient Federal prison system; 
(4) implement a validated post-sentencing risk 
and needs assessment system that relies on dynamic 
risk factors to provide Federal prison officials with 
a roadmap to address the pre- and post-natal needs 
of Federal pregnant offenders, manage limited re-
sources, and enhance public safety; 
(5) perform regular outcome evaluations of the 
effectiveness of programs and interventions for fed-
erally incarcerated pregnant women and mothers to 
assure that such programs and interventions are evi-
dence-based and to suggest changes, deletions, and 
expansions based on the results of such evaluations; 
and 
(6) assist the Department of Justice to address 
the underlying cost structure of the Federal prison
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system and ensure that the Department can con-
tinue to run prison nurseries safely and securely 
without compromising the scope or quality of the 
Department’s critical health, safety and law enforce-
ment missions. 
(d) DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR OF BUREAU OF PRIS-
ONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall carry out 
this section in consultation with— 
(A) a licensed and board-certified gyne-
cologist or obstetrician; 
(B) the Director of the Administrative Of-
fice of the United States Courts; 
(C) the Director of the Office of Probation 
and Pretrial Services; 
(D) the Director of the National Institute 
of Justice; and 
(E) the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services. 
(2) DUTIES.—The Director shall, in accordance 
with paragraph (3)— 
(A) develop an offender risk and needs as-
sessment system particular to the health and 
sensitivities of federally incarcerated pregnant
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(iv) which recidivism reduction pro-
grams are the most effective— 
(I) 
for 
federally 
incarcerated 
pregnant women and mothers classi-
fied at different recidivism risk levels; 
and 
(II) for addressing the specific 
needs of federally incarcerated preg-
nant women and mothers; 
(D) on a biennial basis, review the system 
developed under subparagraph (A) and the rec-
ommendations developed under subparagraph 
(B), using the research conducted under sub-
paragraph (C), to determine whether any revi-
sions or updates should be made, and if so, 
make such revisions or updates; 
(E) hold periodic meetings with the indi-
viduals listed in paragraph (1) at intervals to be 
determined by the Director; 
(F) develop tools to communicate par-
enting program availability and eligibility cri-
teria to each employee of the Bureau of Prisons 
and each pregnant inmate to ensure that each 
pregnant inmate in the custody of a Bureau of
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Prisons facility understands the resources avail-
able to such inmate; and 
(G) report to Congress in accordance with 
subsection (i). 
(3) METHODS.—In carrying out the duties 
under paragraph (2), the Director shall— 
(A) consult relevant stakeholders; and 
(B) make decisions using data that is 
based on the best available statistical and em-
pirical evidence. 
(e) ELIGIBILITY.—An inmate may apply to partici-
pate in the Program if the inmate— 
(1) is pregnant at the beginning of or during 
the term of imprisonment; and 
(2) is in the custody or control of the Federal 
Bureau of Prisons. 
(f) PROGRAM TERMS.— 
(1) TERM OF PARTICIPATION.—To correspond 
with the purposes and goals of the Program to pro-
mote bonding during the critical stages of child de-
velopment, an eligible inmate selected for the Pro-
gram may participate in the Program, subject to 
subsection (g), until the earliest of— 
(A) the date that the inmate’s term of im-
prisonment terminates;
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(B) the date the infant fails to meet any 
medical criteria established by the Director or 
the Director’s designee along with a collective 
determination of the persons listed in sub-
section (d)(1); or 
(C) 30 months. 
(2) INMATE REQUIREMENTS.—For the duration 
of an inmate’s participation in the Program, the in-
mate shall agree to— 
(A) take substantive steps towards acting 
in the role of a parent or guardian to any child 
of that inmate; 
(B) participate in any educational or coun-
seling opportunities established by the Director, 
including topics such as child development, par-
enting skills, domestic violence, vocational train-
ing, or substance abuse, as appropriate; 
(C) abide by any court decision regarding 
the legal or physical custody of the child; 
(D) transfer to the Federal Bureau of 
Prisons any child support payments for the in-
fant of the participating inmate from any per-
son or governmental entity; and 
(E) specify a person who has agreed to 
take at least temporary custody of the child if
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the inmate’s participation in the Program ter-
minates before the inmate’s release. 
(g) CONTINUITY OF CARE.—The Director shall take 
appropriate actions to prevent detachment or disruption 
of either an inmate’s or infant’s health and bonding-based 
well-being due to termination of the Program. 
(h) REPORTING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of the enactment of this section and 
once each year thereafter for 5 years, the Director 
shall submit a report to the Congress with regards 
to progress in implementing the Program. 
(2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 6 months 
after the termination of the Program, the Director 
shall issue a final report to the Congress that con-
tains a detailed statement of the Director’s findings 
and conclusions, including recommendations for leg-
islation, administrative actions, and regulations the 
Director considers appropriate. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.
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SEC. 1103. RESEARCH AND REPORT ON WOMEN IN FED-
ERAL INCARCERATION. 
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and thereafter, every other year, the National 
Institutes of Justice, in consultation with the Bureau of 
Justice Statistics and the Bureau of Prisons (including 
the Women and Special Population Branch) shall prepare 
a report on the status of women in Federal incarceration. 
Depending on the topic to be addressed, and the facility, 
data shall be collected from Bureau of Prisons personnel 
and a sample that is representative of the population of 
incarcerated women. The report shall include: 
(1) With regard to Federal facilities wherein 
women are incarcerated— 
(A) responses by such women to questions 
from 
the 
Adverse 
Childhood 
Experience 
(ACES) questionnaire; 
(B) demographic data of such women, in-
cluding sexual orientation, gender identity, and 
status as an American Indian, Alaska Native, 
or Native Hawaiian; 
(C) data on the number of women who are 
incarcerated and placed in Federal and private 
facilities more than 200 miles from their place 
of residence;
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(D) responses by such women to questions 
about the extent of exposure to sexual victim-
ization, sexual violence and domestic violence 
(both inside and outside of incarceration); 
(E) the number of such women were preg-
nant at the time that they entered incarcer-
ation; 
(F) the number of such women who have 
children age 18 or under, and if so, how many; 
and 
(G) the crimes for which such women are 
incarcerated and the length of their sentence 
and to the extent practicable, any information 
on the connection between the crime of which 
they were convicted & their experience of do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
or stalking. 
(2) With regard to all Federal facilities where 
persons are incarcerated— 
(A) a list of best practices with respect to 
women’s incarceration and transition, including 
staff led programs, services and management 
practices (including making sanitary products 
readily available and easily accessible, and ac-
cess to and provision of healthcare);