mail or in person, provided that the court may 
stay proceedings in such civil action pending 
the termination of State or local enforcement 
proceedings. 
(D)(i) CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964.—Sec-
tion 601 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 
U.S.C. 2000d) is amended— 
(I) by striking ‘‘No’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(a) No’’; and 
(II) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b)(1)(A) Discrimination (including exclusion from 
participation and denial of benefits) based on disparate 
impact is established under this title only if— 
‘‘(i) a person aggrieved by discrimination 
on the basis of race, color, or national origin 
(referred to in this title as an ‘aggrieved per-
son’) demonstrates that an entity subject to 
this title (referred to in this title as a ‘covered 
entity’) has a policy or practice that causes a 
disparate impact on the basis of race, color, or 
national origin and the covered entity fails to 
demonstrate that the challenged policy or prac-
tice is related to and necessary to achieve the 
nondiscriminatory goals of the program or ac-
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tivity alleged to have been operated in a dis-
criminatory manner; or 
‘‘(ii) the aggrieved person demonstrates 
(consistent with the demonstration required 
under title VII with respect to an ‘alternative 
employment practice’) that a less discriminatory 
alternative policy or practice exists, and the 
covered entity refuses to adopt such alternative 
policy or practice.’’. 
(2) CIVIL
ACTIONS
BY
THE
ATTORNEY
GEN-
ERAL.— 
(A) COMPLAINT.—Whenever the Attorney 
General has reasonable cause to believe that a 
Federal, State or local government entity or 
any employee or group of employees is engaged 
in a pattern or practice of denying access to 
programs, activities, or services provided to vic-
tims under the Violence Against Women’s Act 
of 1994 or under any other State or Federal 
law, on the basis of their limited English Pro-
ficiency and in violation of title VI of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964, and that the pattern or 
practice is of such a nature and is intended to 
deny access to programs, activities, or services 
provided to victims on the basis of their limited 
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English Proficiency and in violation of title VI 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Attorney 
General may bring a civil action in the appro-
priate district court of the United States by fil-
ing with it a complaint— 
(i) signed by the Attorney General (or 
in the Attorney General’s absence the Act-
ing Attorney General); 
(ii) setting forth facts pertaining to 
such pattern or practice; and 
(iii) requesting such relief, including 
an application for a permanent or tem-
porary injunction, restraining order or 
other order against the person or persons 
responsible for such pattern or practice, as 
he deems necessary to insure the full avail-
ability of programs, activities, and services 
provided under the to limited English pro-
ficient victims. 
(B) In order to ensure full enforcement 
under this section, the provisions of this section 
do not limit the ability of the Attorney General 
to use existing authority to bring litigation and 
to enforce Title VI by any another other means 
available to him or her under the law. 
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(3) JURISDICTION; 
THREE-JUDGE
DISTRICT 
COURT
FOR
CASES
OF
GENERAL
PUBLIC
IMPOR-
TANCE: HEARING, DETERMINATION, EXPEDITION OF 
ACTION, 
REVIEW
BY
SUPREME
COURT; 
SINGLE 
JUDGE DISTRICT COURT: HEARING, DETERMINATION, 
EXPEDITION OF ACTION.— 
(A) The district courts of the United 
States shall have and shall exercise jurisdiction 
in proceedings instituted pursuant to this sec-
tion, and in any such proceeding the Attorney 
General may file with the clerk of such court a 
request that a court of three judges be con-
vened to hear and determine the case. Such re-
quest by the Attorney General shall be accom-
panied by a certificate that, in his opinion, the 
case is of general public importance. A copy of 
the certificate and request for a three-judge 
court shall be immediately furnished by such 
clerk to the chief judge of the circuit (or in his 
absence, the presiding circuit judge of the cir-
cuit) in which the case is pending. Upon receipt 
of such request it shall be the duty of the chief 
judge of the circuit or the presiding circuit 
judge, as the case may be, to designate imme-
diately three judges in such circuit, of whom at 
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least one shall be a circuit judge and another 
of whom shall be a district judge of the court 
in which the proceeding was instituted, to hear 
and determine such case, and it shall be the 
duty of the judges so designated to assign the 
case for hearing at the earliest practicable date, 
to participate in the hearing and determination 
thereof, and to cause the case to be in every 
way expedited. An appeal from the final judg-
ment of such court will lie to the Supreme 
Court. 
(B) If no three-judge panel has been re-
quested, the handling of the case shall be expe-
dited. It shall be the duty of the chief judge of 
the district (or in his absence, the acting chief 
judge) in which the case is pending to imme-
diately designate a judge in such district to 
hear and determine the case. In the event that 
no judge in the district is available to hear and 
determine the case, the chief judge of the dis-
trict, or the acting chief judge, as the case may 
be, shall certify this fact to the chief judge of 
the circuit (or in his absence, the acting chief 
judge) who shall then designate a district or 
circuit judge of the circuit to hear and deter-
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mine the case. It shall be the duty of the judge 
designated pursuant to this section to assign 
the case for hearing at the earliest practicable 
date and to cause the case to be in every way 
expedited. 
(d) ENFORCEMENT WITH REGARD
TO GOVERN-
MENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.— 
(1) Language access plans required— 
(A) all recipients of Federal grant funding 
shall provide a copy of the agency’s language 
access plan to the Federal agency that provided 
their grant no later than one year after receipt 
of funding; and 
(B) a copy of the agencies language access 
plan shall be submitted as an attachment along 
with the first grant report due to the Federal 
grant maker falling after the date of the six- 
month anniversary of the grant award. 
(2) Language access plan must address at a 
minimum the following: 
(A) The types of language services avail-
able. 
(B) How staff can obtain those services. 
(C) How to respond to LEP callers. 
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(D) How to respond to written communica-
tions from LEP individuals. 
(E) How to respond to LEP individuals 
who have in-person contact with recipient staff. 
(F) How to ensure competency of inter-
preter and translation services. 
(G) How staff will receive training on the 
requirements of the policy. 
(H) How the agency provides outreach and 
notice of the language services available. 
(I) How to respond to complaints by LEP 
individuals. 
(J) How the plan will be monitored and 
updated. 
(3) REVOCATION OF FUNDING.— 
(A) Whenever the Department of Justice 
(DOJ) or the Department of Health and 
Human Services (HHS) has reasonable cause 
to believe that any grant recipient is engaged in 
a pattern or practice of denying access to pro-
grams, activities, or services provided to victims 
on the basis of their limited English Proficiency 
and in violation of title VI of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964, the DOJ or HHS shall require the 
grant recipient to prepare a plan demonstrating 
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how it to improve access to its government- 
funded programs, activities, and services for 
victims with limited English Proficiency. Each 
plan shall include the steps the grant recipient 
will take to ensure that eligible limited English 
Proficiency persons can meaningfully access the 
grantee’s programs, activities, and services. If 
such a grantee fails to develop an acceptable 
plan with 120 days of the request, the DOJ or 
HHS may revoke that grantee’s funding. 
(B) The requirement provided by sub-
section (1) are in addition to the requirements 
set forth in 42 U.S.C. 2000d–1. 
(4) All recipients and subrecipients of Federal 
grants shall comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964 (prohibiting race, color, and national or-
igin discrimination including language access for 
limited English proficient persons and for persons 
without regard to their alienage status. 
(e) NONDISCRIMINATION.—All relief and assistance 
activities, including justice system assistance and immi-
gration relief, offered to victims of domestic violence, sex-
ual assault, dating violence, stalking, elder abuse and 
human trafficking shall be accomplished in an equitable 
and impartial manner, without discrimination on the 
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grounds of race, ethnicity, or, religion, nationality, sex, 
age, disability, English proficiency, alienage status, or eco-
nomic status. 
(f) INTERPRETERS
FOR
COURT
PROCEEDINGS 
UNDER THIS SECTION.— 
(1) CIVIL ACTIONS.—In any civil action brought 
pursuant to this section, the court shall be required 
to provide a foreign language interpreter. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—The Court 
Interpreters Act of 1978, 28 U.S.C. 1827 is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Interpreters 
shall be provided in court proceedings brought to en-
force section 404 of the Violence Against Women 
Act of 2011 for civil actions brought by an indi-
vidual or the United States.’’. 
TITLE V—ACCESS TO SERVICES 
SEC. 501. ENSURING ISSUANCE OF U- AND T-VISA CERTIFI-
CATIONS AND ACCESS TO SERVICES. 
(a) GRANT CONDITIONS.—Section 40002 of the Vio-
lence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925) is 
amended in subsection (b) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(12) CIVIL RIGHTS.— 
‘‘(A) NONDISCRIMINATION.—No person in 
the United States shall on the basis of actual 
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or perceived race, color, religion, national ori-
gin, alienage status, sex, gender identity (as de-
fined in paragraph 249(c)(4) of title 18, United 
States Code), sexual orientation, age, or dis-
ability be excluded from participation in, be de-
nied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimi-
nation under any program or activity funded in 
whole or in part with funds made available 
under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 
(title IV of Public Law 103–322; 108 Stat. 
1902), the Violence Against Women Act of 
2000 (division B of Public Law 106–386; 114 
Stat. 1491), the Violence Against Women and 
Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 
2005 (title IX of Public Law 109–162; 119 
Stat. 3080), the Violence Against Women Reau-
thorization Act of 2011, and any other program 
or activity funded in whole or in part with 
funds appropriated for grants, cooperative 
agreements, and other assistance administered 
by the Office on Violence Against Women. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—If gender segregation 
or gender-specific programming is necessary to 
the essential operation of a program, nothing in 
this paragraph shall prevent any such program 
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or activity from consideration of an individual’s 
gender. In such circumstances, alternative rea-
sonable accommodations are sufficient to meet 
the requirements of this paragraph. 
‘‘(C) DISCRIMINATION.—The provisions of 
paragraphs (2) through (4) of section 809(c) of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3789d(c)) apply to vio-
lations of subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(D) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing contained 
in this paragraph shall be construed, inter-
preted, or applied to supplant, displace, pre-
empt, or otherwise diminish the responsibilities 
and liabilities under other State or Federal civil 
rights law, whether statutory or common. 
‘‘(13) COMPLIANCE
WITH
TITLE
VI
OF
THE 
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964.—An entity applying for 
funding under this title shall certify to the Office on 
Violence Against Women that the entity will comply 
with their obligations under Title VI of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964, including taking reasonable 
steps to ensure meaningful access to its programs 
and activities by persons who are limited in their 
English proficiency, in order to avoid discrimination 
on the basis of national origin. 
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‘‘(14) CONTENT OF APPLICATIONS.—All grant 
applications submitted for funding shall contain doc-
umentation in the text of the grant application and 
a line item in the budget that provides for language 
access to the services being provided or documenta-
tion about local demographics justifying why the 
budget does not address language access.’’. 
(b) STOP GRANTS.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT
OF
TRAINING.—Section 
2001(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg(b)) is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end of subparagraph (D); 
(B) in paragraph (14), by striking the pe-
riod at the end of subparagraph (C) and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding after paragraph (14) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(15) the development and implementation of 
procedures, policies, or protocols and training within 
courts, prosecutors’ offices, and law enforcement 
agencies to ensure that agency personnel have re-
ceived training on and are not encouraging, pro-
moting or facilitating the violation of Section 384 of 
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the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Re-
sponsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1367) and that 
agencies receiving funding are issuing certifications 
in U-visa and T-visa cases for victims applying for 
relief under Section 101(a)(15)(T) and (U) of Immi-
gration and Nationality Act.’’. 
(2) FUNDING
PRIORITY.—Section 2001(d) of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg(d)) is amended by insert-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) Priority in funding shall be given to pro-
grams whose applications demonstrate that the ap-
plicant has or is willing to implement within 6 
month after receipt of funding protocols, policies, or 
practices that— 
‘‘(A) ensure compliance with Title VI of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Executive 
Order 13166; 
‘‘(B) ensure that the agency does not vio-
late, facilitate or encourage the violation of 
VAWA confidentiality as defined in section 387 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1367); and 
‘‘(C) result in the agency issuing certifi-
cations for noncitizen victims applying for relief 
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under sections 101(a)(15)(U) or 101(a)(15)(T) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act if the 
applicant agency is eligible to sign certifications 
in T- or U-visa cases.’’. 
(c) GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE ARREST POLICIES.— 
(1) GRANT
AUTHORITY.—Section 2101(b) of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796hh(b)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(14) To develop or strengthen policies, proto-
cols and training for law enforcement, prosecutors, 
and the judiciary in recognizing, detecting, inves-
tigating, and prosecuting instances of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 
against immigrant victims, including the appropriate 
use of T and U visas (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15) (T) and 
(U)) and providing training on and are not encour-
aging, promoting or facilitating the violation of Sec-
tion 384 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Im-
migrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1367). 
‘‘(15) To develop or strengthen policies, proto-
cols, and training for law enforcement, prosecutors 
and the judiciary on language access under Execu-
tive Order No. 13166 65 Fed. Reg. 50, 121 (Aug. 
16, 2000).’’. 
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(2) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 2101(c) of the Om-
nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 3796hh(c)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) Priority in funding shall be given to pro-
grams whose applications demonstrate that the ap-
plicant has or is willing to implement within 6 
months after receipt of funding protocols, policies, or 
practices that— 
‘‘(A) ensure compliance with Title VI of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Executive 
Order 13166; 
‘‘(B) ensure that the agency does not vio-
late, facilitate or encourage the violation of 
VAWA confidentiality as defined in section 387 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1367); and 
‘‘(C) result in the agency issuing certifi-
cations for noncitizen victims applying for relief 
under sections 101(a)(15)(U) or 101(a)(15)(T) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act if the 
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100 
applicant agency is eligible to sign certifications 
in T- or U-visa cases.’’. 
(d) 
TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING
ASSISTANCE 
GRANTS.—Section 40299 of the Violence Against Women 
Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13975) is amended in subsection 
(d)(2)(B) by— 
(1) inserting ‘‘— (i)’’ after ‘‘provide assurances 
that’’; and 
(2) adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) applicants are able to prove eligi-
bility for the housing program funded 
under this grant using any credible evi-
dence (as defined in section 204(a)(1)(J) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(J))); and 
‘‘(iii) the program serves underserved 
victims and is compliant with title VI of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Execu-
tive Order 13166 (65 Fed. Reg. 50, 
121).’’. 
(e) CAMPUS GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR VICTIMS WITH 
LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY.—Section 304 of the Vi-
olence Against Women and Department of Justice Reau-
thorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14045b) is amended— 
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