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earthquake and post-hurricane recovery and development plan-
ning. 
(3) Assessing the impact of the recovery efforts of the 
United States and the international community in Haiti since 
January 2010. 
(4) Supporting disaster resilience and reconstruction 
efforts. 
(5) Addressing the underlying causes of poverty and 
inequality. 
(6) Improving access to— 
(A) health resources; 
(B) public health technical assistance; and 
(C) clean water, food, and shelter. 
(7) Assessing the impact of the COVID–19 pandemic on 
post-disaster recovery efforts and evaluating United States sup-
port needed to help with the pandemic response in Haiti. 
(8) Supporting— 
(A) the export of additional United States-produced 
COVID–19 vaccine doses to Haiti; and 
(B) the safe storage, transport, and end-to-end distribu-
tion 
of 
United 
States-produced 
COVID–19 
vaccines 
throughout Haiti, in light of ongoing humanitarian access 
challenges presented by Haiti’s security environment. 
SEC. 107. REPORT ON DEVELOPMENTS IN HAITI. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination 
with the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’) and other relevant agencies and departments, shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report on develop-
ments in Haiti. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) A strategy for carrying out sections 104(a), 105, and 
106 of this division, including established baselines, bench-
marks, and indicators to measure outcomes and impact. 
(2) An assessment of major corruption committed among 
the public and private sectors in Haiti, including identification 
of any individual or entity that financed corruption activities, 
and all corruption prosecutions investigated by the judiciary 
of Haiti since January 2015. 
(3) An overview of efforts of the Government of Haiti to 
address corruption, including the Petrocaribe scandal, and 
corrective measures to strengthen and restore trust in the 
public institutions of Haiti. 
(4) A description of efforts of the United States Government 
to consult and engage with officials of the Government of Haiti 
and independent civil society groups focused on monitoring 
corruption and human rights abuses and promoting democracy 
and press freedom in Haiti since January 2015. 
(5) A description of the response by the Government of 
Haiti to civic protests that have taken place since July 2018 
and any allegations of human rights abuses, including attacks 
on journalists. 
(6) An assessment of United States security assistance 
to Haiti, including United States support to the Haitian
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National Police and an assessment of compliance with section 
620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d) 
and section 362 of title 10, United States Code (commonly 
referred to as the ‘‘Leahy Laws’’). 
(7) A description of the efforts of the Government of Haiti 
to support displaced survivors of urban and gang violence. 
(8) An assessment of United States interagency efforts 
to counter kidnapping and armed violence in Haiti. 
(9) An assessment of the impact of presidential decrees 
on the health of Haiti’s democratic institutions and the safe-
guarding of human rights, including decrees relating to— 
(A) reducing the authority of the Superior Court of 
Accounts and Administrative Litigation; 
(B) promulgating an antiterrorism law; 
(C) establishing the National Intelligence Agency; and 
(D) retiring and subsequently appointing judges to the 
Supreme Court of Haiti. 
(10) A review of the alleged coup against President Moı¨se 
on February 7, 2021, and subsequent arrest and jailings of 
alleged perpetrators. 
(11) An analysis, conducted in collaboration with the 
Government of Haiti, of efforts to support development goals 
in Haiti since January 2015, including steps taken— 
(A) to strengthen institutions at the national and local 
levels; and 
(B) to strengthen democratic governance at the 
national and local levels. 
(12) An analysis of the effectiveness and sustainability 
of development projects financed by the United States, including 
the Caracol Industrial Park and supporting infrastructure. 
(13) A description of procurement from Haitian small- and 
medium-sized businesses and nongovernmental organizations 
by the Government of the United States and the Government 
of 
Haiti 
for 
development 
and 
humanitarian 
activities, 
disaggregated by year since 2015, and a description of efforts 
to increase local procurement, including food aid. 
(14) A description of United States efforts since January 
2015 to assist the Haitian people in their pursuits for free, 
fair, and timely democratic elections. 
(15) An overview of United States efforts to cooperate with 
diplomatic partners in Latin America, the Caribbean, Canada, 
and Europe to engage with political leaders, civil society, the 
private sector, and underrepresented populations in Haiti to 
support a stable environment conducive to holding free and 
fair elections. 
(16) Quantitative and qualitative indicators to assess 
progress and benchmarks for United States initiatives focused 
on sustainable development in Haiti, including democracy 
assistance, economic revitalization, natural disaster recovery, 
pandemic response, resilience, energy and infrastructure, 
health, and food security. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the report required by sub-
section (a), the Secretary and the Administrator shall consult, as 
appropriate, with— 
(1) nongovernmental organizations and civil society groups 
in Haiti and the United States; and 
(2) the Government of Haiti.
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(d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall make the report 
required by subsection (a) publicly available on the website of 
the Department of State. 
SEC. 108. REPORT ON THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOVENEL 
MOI¨SE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination 
with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, shall submit 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a 
report on the July 7, 2021, assassination of former President of 
Haiti Jovenel Moı¨se. 
(b) UPDATED REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
submission of the report required by subsection (a), the Secretary 
of State, in coordination with the Attorney General, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, and the Director of the Central Intelligence 
Agency, shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives an updated version of the report that includes 
any significant developments related to the assassination of former 
President of Haiti Jovenel Moı¨se. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) and the 
report required by subsection (b) shall each include the following 
elements: 
(1) A detailed description of the events leading up to the 
assassination of former President Jovenel Moı¨se and the subse-
quent investigation of the assassination, including a description 
and identification of key dates and the names of foreign persons 
related to the assassination and the investigation of the assas-
sination. 
(2) A description of United States support for the efforts 
of Haitian authorities to investigate the assassination of former 
President Jovenel Moı¨se. 
(3) An assessment of the independence and capacity of 
Haitian authorities to investigate the assassination of former 
President Jovenel Moı¨se, including analysis of significant 
advances and deficiencies of the investigation. 
(4) A description of any threats and acts of intimidation 
against Haitian law enforcement and judicial authorities 
involved in the investigation of the assassination of former 
President Jovenel Moı¨se, including the identification of foreign 
persons involved in such threats and acts of intimidation. 
(5) A description of any efforts to interfere in or undermine 
the independence and integrity of the investigation of the assas-
sination of former President Jovenel Moı¨se. 
(6) A description of whether any foreign persons previously 
employed by or who served as a contractor or informant for 
the United States Government were involved in the assassina-
tion of former President Jovenel Moı¨se. 
(7) A description and the identification of foreign persons 
involved in the execution and planning of the assassination 
of former President Jovenel Moı¨se and an assessment of the 
intentions of such foreign persons. 
(d) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by subsection (a) 
and the updated report required by subsection (b) shall each be
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submitted in an unclassified form, but each may include a classified 
annex. 
(e) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary of State shall post on the 
public website of the Department of State— 
(1) the unclassified version of the report required by sub-
section (a) not later than 15 days after the date on which 
the report is submitted under such subsection; and 
(2) the unclassified version of the report required by sub-
section (b) not later than 15 days after the date on which 
the report is submitted under such subsection. 
(f) BRIEFING
REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of State, in 
coordination with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, shall 
brief the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives on— 
(1) the contents of the report required by subsection (a) 
not later than 15 days after the date on which the report 
is submitted under such subsection; and 
(2) the contents of the report required by subsection (b) 
not later than 15 days after the date on which the report 
is submitted under such subsection. 
SEC. 109. REPEAL. 
The Assessing Progress in Haiti Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 2151 
note; Public Law 113–162) is repealed. 
SEC. 110. TERMINATION. 
This division shall terminate on December 31, 2025. 
DIVISION 
W—VIOLENCE 
AGAINST 
WOMEN ACT REAUTHORIZATION ACT 
OF 2022 
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Violence Against Women Act 
Reauthorization Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. UNIVERSAL DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 40002 of the Violence Against Women 
Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘In this title’’ and inserting ‘‘In this title, for the purpose 
of grants authorized under this title’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (43) through (45) as 
paragraphs (50) through (52), respectively; 
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (34) through (42) as 
paragraphs (41) through (49), respectively; 
(D) by redesignating paragraphs (26) through (33) as 
paragraphs (32) through (39), respectively; 
(E) by redesignating paragraphs (18) through (25) as 
paragraphs (23) through (30), respectively; 
(F) by redesignating paragraphs (16) and (17) as para-
graphs (22) and (21), respectively, and transferring para-
graph (22), as so redesignated, so as to appear before 
paragraph (23), as so redesignated;
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(G) by redesignating paragraphs (12) through (15) as 
paragraphs (17) through (20), respectively; 
(H) by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (14); 
(I) by redesignating paragraphs (9) and (10) as para-
graphs (10) and (11), respectively; 
(J) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (12), 
and transferring it to appear after paragraph (11), as so 
redesignated; 
(K) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as para-
graphs (8) and (9), respectively; 
(L) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (7), 
and transferring it to appear before paragraph (8), as so 
redesignated; 
(M) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as para-
graphs (5) and (4), respectively, and transferring paragraph 
(4), as so redesignated, so as to appear after paragraph 
(3); 
(N) by redesignating paragraph (1) as paragraph (2); 
(O) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesig-
nated, the following: 
‘‘(1) ABUSE IN LATER LIFE .—The term ‘abuse in later life’— 
‘‘(A) means— 
‘‘(i) neglect, abandonment, economic abuse, or will-
ful harm of an adult aged 50 or older by an individual 
in an ongoing relationship of trust with the victim; 
or 
‘‘(ii) domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, or stalking of an adult aged 50 or older by 
any individual; and 
‘‘(B) does not include self-neglect.’’; 
(P) by inserting after paragraph (5), as so redesignated, 
the following: 
‘‘(6) 
COURT-BASED
PERSONNEL; 
COURT-RELATED
PER-
SONNEL.—The terms ‘court-based personnel’ and ‘court-related 
personnel’ mean individuals working in the court, whether paid 
or volunteer, including— 
‘‘(A) clerks, special masters, domestic relations officers, 
administrators, mediators, custody evaluators, guardians 
ad litem, lawyers, negotiators, probation, parole, inter-
preters, victim assistants, victim advocates, and judicial, 
administrative, or any other professionals or personnel 
similarly involved in the legal process; 
‘‘(B) court security personnel; 
‘‘(C) personnel working in related supplementary offices 
or programs (such as child support enforcement); and 
‘‘(D) any other court-based or community-based per-
sonnel having responsibilities or authority to address 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking in the court system.’’; 
(Q) in paragraph (12), as so redesignated, by striking 
‘‘includes felony’’ and all that follows through ‘‘jurisdiction.’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘includes felony or mis-
demeanor crimes committed by a current or former spouse 
or intimate partner of the victim under the family or 
domestic violence laws of the jurisdiction receiving grant 
funding and, in the case of victim services, includes the 
use or attempted use of physical abuse or sexual abuse,
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or a pattern of any other coercive behavior committed, 
enabled, or solicited to gain or maintain power and control 
over a victim, including verbal, psychological, economic, 
or technological abuse that may or may not constitute 
criminal behavior, by a person who— 
‘‘(A) is a current or former spouse or intimate partner 
of the victim, or person similarly situated to a spouse 
of the victim; 
‘‘(B) is cohabitating, or has cohabitated, with the victim 
as a spouse or intimate partner; 
‘‘(C) shares a child in common with the victim; or 
‘‘(D) commits acts against a youth or adult victim who 
is protected from those acts under the family or domestic 
violence laws of the jurisdiction.’’; 
(R) by inserting after paragraph (12), as so redesig-
nated, the following: 
‘‘(13) ECONOMIC ABUSE.—The term ‘economic abuse’, in the 
context of domestic violence, dating violence, and abuse in 
later life, means behavior that is coercive, deceptive, or 
unreasonably controls or restrains a person’s ability to acquire, 
use, or maintain economic resources to which they are entitled, 
including 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 economic 
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 financial obligations, exploiting 
powers of attorney, guardianship, or conservatorship, or 
failing or neglecting to act in the best interests of a person 
to whom one has a fiduciary duty.’’; 
(S) by inserting after paragraph (14), as so redesig-
nated, the following: 
‘‘(15) FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION OR CUTTING.—The term 
‘female genital mutilation or cutting’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 116 of title 18, United States Code. 
‘‘(16) FORCED
MARRIAGE.—The term ‘forced marriage’ 
means a marriage to which 1 or both parties do not or cannot 
consent, and in which 1 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.’’; 
(T) by striking paragraph (17), as so redesignated, 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(17) HOMELESS.— The term ‘homeless’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 41403.’’; 
(U) in paragraph (22), as so redesignated— 
(i) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘; INDIAN TRIBE’’ 
after ‘‘TRIBE’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘term ‘Indian tribe’ means’’ and 
inserting ‘‘terms ‘Indian tribe’ and ‘Indian Tribe’ 
mean’’; 
(V) by striking paragraph (24), as so redesignated, 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(24) LEGAL ASSISTANCE.—
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‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—The term ‘legal assistance’ means 
assistance provided by or under the direct supervision of 
a person described in subparagraph (B) to an adult, youth, 
or child victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, or stalking relating to a matter described in 
subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(B) PERSON DESCRIBED.—A person described in this 
subparagraph is— 
‘‘(i) a licensed attorney; 
‘‘(ii) in immigration proceedings, a Board of 
Immigration Appeals accredited representative; 
‘‘(iii) in claims of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, a representative authorized by the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs; or 
‘‘(iv) any person who functions as an attorney or 
lay advocate in tribal court. 
‘‘(C) MATTER DESCRIBED.—A matter described in this 
subparagraph is a matter relating to— 
‘‘(i) divorce, parental rights, child support, Tribal, 
territorial, immigration, employment, administrative 
agency, housing, campus, education, healthcare, pri-
vacy, contract, consumer, civil rights, protection or 
other injunctive proceedings, related enforcement pro-
ceedings, and other similar matters; 
‘‘(ii) criminal justice investigations, prosecutions, 
and post-conviction matters (including sentencing, 
parole, and probation) that impact the victim’s safety, 
privacy, or other interests as a victim; 
‘‘(iii) alternative dispute resolution, restorative 
practices, or other processes intended to promote victim 
safety, privacy, and autonomy, and offender account-
ability, regardless of court involvement; or 
‘‘(iv) with respect to a conviction of a victim 
relating to or arising from domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, stalking, or sex trafficking 
victimization of the victim, post-conviction relief pro-
ceedings in State, local, Tribal, or territorial court. 
‘‘(D) INTAKE OR REFERRAL.—For purposes of this para-
graph, intake or referral, by itself, does not constitute 
legal assistance.’’; 
(W) by inserting after paragraph (30), as so redesig-
nated, the following: 
‘‘(31) RESTORATIVE PRACTICE.—The term ‘restorative prac-
tice’ means a practice relating to a specific harm that— 
‘‘(A) is community-based and unaffiliated with any civil 
or criminal legal process; 
‘‘(B) is initiated by a victim of the harm; 
‘‘(C) involves, on a voluntary basis and without any 
evidence of coercion or intimidation of any victim of the 
harm by any individual who committed the harm or anyone 
associated with any such individual— 
‘‘(i) 1 or more individuals who committed the harm; 
‘‘(ii) 1 or more victims of the harm; and 
‘‘(iii) the community affected by the harm through 
1 or more representatives of the community; 
‘‘(D) shall include and has the goal of—
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‘‘(i) collectively seeking accountability from 1 or 
more individuals who committed the harm; 
‘‘(ii) developing a written process whereby 1 or 
more individuals who committed the harm will take 
responsibility for the actions that caused harm to 1 
or more victims of the harm; and 
‘‘(iii) developing a written course of action plan— 
‘‘(I) that is responsive to the needs of 1 or 
more victims of the harm; and 
‘‘(II) upon which 1 or more victims, 1 or more 
individuals who committed the harm, and the 
community can agree; and 
‘‘(E) is conducted in a victim services framework that 
protects the safety and supports the autonomy of 1 or 
more victims of the harm and the community.’’; 
(X) by inserting after paragraph (39), as so redesig-
nated, the following: 
‘‘(40) TECHNOLOGICAL
ABUSE.—The term ‘technological 
abuse’ means an act or pattern of behavior that occurs within 
domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence or stalking 
and is intended to harm, threaten, intimidate, control, stalk, 
harass, impersonate, exploit, extort, or monitor, except as other-
wise permitted by law, another person, that occurs using any 
form of technology, including but not limited to: internet 
enabled devices, online spaces and platforms, computers, mobile 
devices, cameras and imaging programs, apps, location tracking 
devices, or communication technologies, or any other emerging 
technologies.’’; and 
(Y) in paragraph (51), as so redesignated, by inserting 
‘‘legal assistance and’’ before ‘‘legal advocacy’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(H) DEATH OF THE PARTY WHOSE PRIVACY HAD BEEN 
PROTECTED.—In the event of the death of any victim whose 
confidentiality and privacy is required to be protected under 
this subsection, grantees and subgrantees may share 
personally identifying information or individual informa-
tion that is collected about deceased victims being sought 
for a fatality review to the extent permitted by their juris-
diction’s law and only if the following conditions are met: 
‘‘(i) The underlying objectives of the fatality review 
are to prevent future deaths, enhance victim safety, 
and increase offender accountability. 
‘‘(ii) The fatality review includes policies and proto-
cols to protect identifying information, including identi-
fying information about the victim’s children, from fur-
ther release outside the fatality review team. 
‘‘(iii) The grantee or subgrantee makes a reason-
able effort to get a release from the victim’s personal 
representative (if one has been appointed) and from 
any surviving minor children or the guardian of such 
children (but not if the guardian is the abuser of the 
deceased parent), if the children are not capable of 
knowingly consenting. 
‘‘(iv) The information released is limited to that 
which is necessary for the purposes of the fatality 
review.’’;
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(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘if— 
‘‘(A) the confidentiality and privacy requirements of 
this title are maintained; and 
‘‘(B) personally identifying information about adult, 
youth, and child victims of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, and stalking is not requested or 
included in any such collaboration or information-sharing.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (11)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Of the total’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the total’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—The Office on Violence Against 
Women shall make all technical assistance available as 
broadly as possible to any appropriate grantees, sub-
grantees, 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, with priority given to recipients 
awarded a grant before the date of enactment of the 
Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (14)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘services and assistance to victims’’ 
and inserting ‘‘services and assistance to— 
‘‘(A) victims’’; 
(ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
a semicolon; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) adult survivors of child sexual abuse; and 
‘‘(C) victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking who are also victims of female 
genital mutilation or cutting, or forced marriage.’’; 
(E) by striking paragraph (15); 
(F) by redesignating paragraph (16) as paragraph (15); 
and 
(G) in paragraph (15), as so redesignated— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking clause (iii) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(iii) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—A recipient of grant 
funds under this Act that is found to have an unre-
solved audit finding shall be eligible to receive prompt, 
individualized technical assistance to resolve the audit 
finding and to prevent future findings, for a period 
not to exceed the following 2 fiscal years.’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking ‘‘$20,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$100,000’’ and by inserting ‘‘the Director 
or Principal Deputy Director of the Office on Violence 
Against Women or’’ before ‘‘the Deputy Attorney Gen-
eral’’; and 
(H) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(16) INNOVATION FUND.—Of the amounts appropriated to 
carry out this title, not more than 1 percent shall be made 
available for pilot projects, demonstration projects, and special 
initiatives designed to improve Federal, State, local, Tribal, 
and other community responses to gender-based violence.’’.