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(B) in paragraph (23), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(24) to develop and implement methods of re-
ducing crime in communities, to supplant punitive 
programs or policies (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 501(a)(1)(I)).’’. 
(3) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED USE OF GRANTS 
TO
IMPROVE
CRIMINAL
JUSTICE
RESPONSE
POLI-
CIES.—Section 2101(b) of part U of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (34 U.S.C. 10461(b)), as amended by this Act, 
is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(25) To develop and implement methods of re-
ducing crime in communities, to supplant punitive 
programs or policies. For purposes of this para-
graph, a punitive program or policy is a program or 
policy that— 
‘‘(A) imposes a penalty described in section 
41415(b) of the Violence Against Women Act of 
1994 on the basis of a request for law enforce-
ment or emergency assistance; or 
‘‘(B) imposes a penalty described in sec-
tion 41415(b) of the Violence Against Women 
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Act of 1994 on a landlord, homeowner, tenant, 
program participant, resident, occupant, or 
guest because of criminal activity at the prop-
erty, including domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, and stalking, where the 
landlord, homeowner, tenant, program partici-
pant, resident, occupant, or guest was a victim 
of such criminal activity.’’. 
SEC. 604. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DAT-
ING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALK-
ING. 
Section 40299 of the Violence Against Women Act 
of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12351) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the Director of the Vio-
lence Against Women Office’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Director of the Office on Violence Against 
Women’’; and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘, other nonprofit, 
nongovernmental organizations’’ the following: 
‘‘, population-specific organizations’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2014 
through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 
2026’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘5 per-
cent’’ and inserting ‘‘8 percent’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘0.25 
percent’’ and inserting ‘‘0.5 percent’’. 
SEC. 605. ADDRESSING THE HOUSING NEEDS OF VICTIMS 
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 
SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 
(a) 
MCKINNEY-VENTO
HOMELESS
ASSISTANCE 
GRANTS.—Section 423(a) of the McKinney-Vento Home-
less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11383(a)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(13) Facilitating and coordinating activities to 
ensure compliance with subsection (e) of section 
41411 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 
(34 U.S.C. 12491) and monitoring compliance with 
the confidentiality protections of subsection (c)(4) of 
such section.’’. 
(b) COLLABORATIVE GRANTS TO INCREASE
THE 
LONG-TERM STABILITY OF VICTIMS.—Section 41404(i) 
of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 
12474(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2022 through 2026’’. 
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(c) GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
IN PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING.—Section 41405 of 
the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 
12475) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the Director 
of the Violence Against Women Office’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the Director of the Office on Violence Against 
Women’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(2)(D), by inserting after 
‘‘linguistically and culturally specific service pro-
viders,’’ the following: ‘‘population-specific organiza-
tions,’’; and 
(3) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘2014 through 
2018’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘2022 through 
2026’’. 
SEC. 606. UNITED STATES HOUSING ACT OF 1937 AMEND-
MENTS. 
Section 5A(d) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c–1(d)) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (13) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(13) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 
SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALKING PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(A) COPIES.—A copy of— 
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‘‘(i) all standardized notices issued 
pursuant to the housing protections under 
subtitle N of the Violence Against Women 
Act of 1994, including the notice required 
under section 41411(d) of the Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994; 
‘‘(ii) the emergency transfer plan 
issued pursuant to section 41411 of the 
Violence Against Women Act of 1994; and 
‘‘(iii) any and all memoranda of un-
derstanding with other covered housing 
providers developed to facilitate emergency 
transfers under section 41411(e) of the Vi-
olence Against Women Act of 1994. 
‘‘(B) DESCRIPTIONS.—A description of— 
‘‘(i) any activities, services, or pro-
grams provided or offered by an agency, ei-
ther directly or in partnership with other 
service providers, to child or adult victims 
of domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault, or stalking; 
‘‘(ii) any activities, services, or pro-
grams provided or offered by a public 
housing agency that helps child and adult 
victims of domestic violence, dating vio-
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lence, sexual assault, or stalking, to obtain 
or maintain housing; 
‘‘(iii) any activities, services, or pro-
grams provided or offered by a public 
housing agency to prevent domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking, or to enhance victim safety in as-
sisted families; and 
‘‘(iv) all training and support services 
offered to staff of the public housing agen-
cy to provide a basic understanding of do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, and stalking, and to facilitate imple-
mentation of the housing protections of 
section 41411 of the Violence Against 
Women Act of 1994.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (16), by inserting ‘‘the Vio-
lence Against Women Act of 1994,’’ before ‘‘the 
Fair Housing Act’’. 
TITLE VII—ECONOMIC SECURITY 
FOR VICTIMS 
SEC. 701. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Over 1 in 3 women experience sexual vio-
lence, and 1 in 5 women have survived completed or 
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attempted rape. Such violence has a devastating im-
pact on women’s physical and emotional health, fi-
nancial security, and ability to maintain their jobs, 
and thus impacts interstate commerce and economic 
security. 
(2) The Office on Violence Against Women of 
the Department of Justice defines domestic violence 
as a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship 
that is used by one intimate partner to gain or 
maintain power and control over another intimate 
partner. Domestic violence can include physical, sex-
ual, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or 
threats of actions that influence another person. Do-
mestic violence includes any behaviors that intimi-
date, manipulate, humiliate, isolate, frighten, ter-
rorize, coerce, threaten, blame, hurt, injure, or 
wound an individual. 
(3) The Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention report that domestic violence or intimate 
partner violence is a serious public health issue for 
millions of individuals in the United States. Nearly 
1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men in the United States 
have suffered sexual violence, physical violence, or 
stalking by an intimate partner. 
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(4) Transgender and gender non-conforming 
people face extraordinary levels of physical and sex-
ual violence. 
(5) More than 1 in 4 transgender people have 
faced bias-driven assault, and this rate is higher for 
trans women and trans people of color. 
(6) The American Foundation for Suicide Pre-
vention has found that transgender and gender non- 
conforming people had an elevated prevalence of sui-
cide attempts, especially when they have suffered 
physical or sexual violence. 
(7) Homicide is one of the leading causes of 
death for women on the job. Domestic partners or 
relatives commit 43 percent of workplace homicides 
against women. One study found that intimate part-
ner violence resulted in 142 homicides among women 
at work in the United States from 2003 to 2008, a 
figure which represents 22 percent of the 648 work-
place homicides among women during the period. In 
fact, in 2010, homicides against women at work in-
creased by 13 percent despite continuous declines in 
overall workplace homicides in recent years. 
(8) Women in the United States are 11 times 
more likely to be murdered with guns than women 
in other high-income countries. Female intimate 
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partners are more likely to be murdered with a fire-
arm than all other means combined. The presence of 
a gun in domestic violence situations increases the 
risk of homicide for women by 500 percent. 
(9) Violence can have a dramatic impact on the 
survivor of such violence. Studies indicate that 44 
percent of surveyed employed adults experienced the 
effect of domestic violence in the workplace, and 64 
percent indicated their workplace performance was 
affected by such violence. Another recent survey 
found that 78 percent of offenders used workplace 
resources to express anger, check up on, pressure, or 
threaten a survivor. Sexual assault, whether occur-
ring in or out of the workplace, can impair an em-
ployee’s work performance, require time away from 
work, and undermine the employee’s ability to main-
tain a job. Nearly 50 percent of sexual assault sur-
vivors lose their jobs or are forced to quit in the 
aftermath of the assaults. 
(10) Studies find that 60 percent of single 
women lack economic security and 81 percent of 
households with single mothers live in economic inse-
curity. Significant barriers that survivors confront 
include access to housing, transportation, and child 
care. Ninety-two percent of homeless women have 
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experienced domestic violence, and more than 50 
percent of such women cite domestic violence as the 
direct cause for homelessness. Survivors are deprived 
of their autonomy, liberty, and security, and face 
tremendous threats to their health and safety. 
(11) The Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention report that survivors of severe intimate part-
ner violence lose nearly 8 million days of paid work, 
which is the equivalent of more than 32,000 full- 
time jobs and almost 5,600,000 days of household 
productivity each year. Therefore, women dispropor-
tionately need time off to care for their health or to 
find safety solutions, such as obtaining a restraining 
order or finding housing, to avoid or prevent further 
violence. 
(12) Annual costs of intimate partner violence 
are estimated to be more than $8,300,000,000. Ac-
cording to the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention, the costs of intimate partner violence 
against women in 1995 exceeded an estimated 
$5,800,000,000. 
These 
costs 
included 
nearly 
$4,100,000,000 in the direct costs of medical and 
mental health care and nearly $1,800,000,000 in the 
indirect costs of lost productivity. These statistics 
are generally considered to be underestimated be-
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cause the costs associated with the criminal justice 
system are not included. 
(13) Fifty-five percent of senior executives re-
cently surveyed said domestic violence has a harmful 
effect on their company’s productivity, and more 
than 70 percent said domestic violence negatively af-
fects attendance. Seventy-eight percent of human re-
sources professionals consider partner violence a 
workplace issue. However, more than 70 percent of 
United States workplaces have no formal program or 
policy that addresses workplace violence, let alone 
domestic violence. In fact, only four percent of em-
ployers provided training on domestic violence. 
(14) Studies indicate that one of the best pre-
dictors of whether a survivor will be able to stay 
away from his or her abuser is the degree of his or 
her economic independence. However, domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 
often negatively impact a survivor’s ability to main-
tain employment. 
(15) Abusers frequently seek to exert financial 
control over their partners by actively interfering 
with their ability to work, including preventing their 
partners from going to work, harassing their part-
ners at work, limiting their partners’ access to cash 
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or transportation, and sabotaging their partners’ 
child care arrangements. 
(16) Economic abuse refers to behaviors that 
control an intimate partner’s ability to acquire, use, 
and maintain access to, money, credit, ownership of 
assets, or access to governmental or private financial 
benefits, including defaulting on joint obligations 
(such as school loans, credit card debt, mortgages, 
or rent). Other forms of such abuse may include pre-
venting someone from attending school, threatening 
to or actually terminating employment, controlling 
or withholding access to cash, checking, or credit ac-
counts, and attempting to damage or sabotage the 
creditworthiness of an intimate partner, including 
forcing an intimate partner to write bad checks, 
forcing an intimate partner to default on payments 
related to household needs, such as housing, or forc-
ing an intimate partner into bankruptcy. 
(17) The Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act (Public Law 111–148), and the amend-
ments made by such Act, ensures that most health 
plans must cover preventive services, including 
screening and counseling for domestic violence, at no 
additional cost. In addition, it prohibits insurance 
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companies from discriminating against patients for 
preexisting conditions, like domestic violence. 
(18) Yet, more can be done to help survivors. 
Federal law in effect on the day before the date of 
enactment of this Act does not explicitly— 
(A) authorize survivors of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing to take leave from work to seek legal assist-
ance and redress, counseling, or assistance with 
safety planning activities; 
(B) address the eligibility of survivors of 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking for unemployment compensa-
tion; 
(C) provide job protection to survivors of 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking; 
(D) prohibit insurers and employers who 
self-insure employee benefits from discrimi-
nating against survivors of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and 
those who help them in determining eligibility, 
rates charged, and standards for payment of 
claims; or 
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(E) prohibit insurers from disclosing infor-
mation about abuse and the location of the sur-
vivors through insurance databases and other 
means. 
(19) This Act aims to empower survivors of do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking to be free from violence, hardship, and con-
trol, which restrains basic human rights to freedom 
and safety in the United States. 
SEC. 702. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ON WORKPLACE 
RESPONSES TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF DOMES-
TIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE. 
Section 41501 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12501) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and sexual harassment’’ 
after ‘‘domestic and sexual violence’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘employers and labor orga-
nizations’’ and inserting ‘‘employers, labor or-
ganizations, and victim service providers’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘and stalking’’ and in-
serting ‘‘stalking, and sexual harassment’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(C) by adding the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) a plan to enhance the capacity of survivors 
to obtain and maintain employment to include the 
implementation of a demonstration pilot program 
‘Pathways to Opportunity’ which builds collabora-
tions between and among victim service providers, 
workforce development programs, and educational 
and vocational institutions to provide trauma in-
formed programming to support survivors seeking 
employment and centered around culturally specific 
organizations or organizations that primarily serve 
populations traditionally marginalized in the work-
place.’’. 
(3) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting before the 
period at the end ‘‘or sexual harassment’’; 
(4) in subsection (c)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘or 
sexual harassment’’ after ‘‘sexual violence’’; and 
(5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘$1,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’ and in-
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serting ‘‘$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2026’’. 
SEC. 703. ENTITLEMENT TO UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSA-
TION FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL AND OTHER 
HARASSMENT AND SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALKING. 
(a) UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.— 
(1) Section 3304(a) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end of paragraph (18), by redesignating paragraph 
(19) as paragraph (20), and by inserting after para-
graph (18) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(19) no person may be denied compensation 
under such State law solely on the basis of the indi-
vidual having a voluntary separation from work if 
such separation is attributable to such individual 
being a victim of sexual or other harassment or a 
survivor of domestic violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking; and’’. 
(2) Section 3304 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(g) SEXUAL OR OTHER HARASSMENT; ETC.— 
‘‘(1) DOCUMENTATION.—For purposes of sub-
section (a)(19), a voluntary separation of an indi-
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vidual shall be considered to be attributable to such 
individual being a survivor or victim of sexual or 
other harassment or a survivor of domestic violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking if such individual submits 
such evidence as the State deems sufficient. 
‘‘(2) SUFFICIENT DOCUMENTATION.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (1), a State shall deem suffi-
cient, at a minimum— 
‘‘(A) evidence of such harassment, violence, 
assault, or stalking in the form of— 
‘‘(i) a sworn statement and a form of 
identification; 
‘‘(ii) a police or court record; or 
‘‘(iii) documentation from a victim 
service provider, an attorney, a police offi-
cer, a medical professional, a social worker, 
an antiviolence counselor, a member of the 
clergy, or another professional; and 
‘‘(B) an attestation that such voluntary 
separation is attributable to such harassment, 
violence, assault, or stalking. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec-
tion— 
‘‘(A) The terms ‘domestic violence’, ‘sexual 
assault’, ‘stalking’, ‘victim of sexual or other 
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harassment’, and ‘survivor of domestic violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking’ have the meanings 
given such terms under State law, regulation, 
or policy. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘victim service provider’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 40002 
of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.’’. 
(b) UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PERSONNEL 
TRAINING.—Section 303(a) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 503(a)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 
(12) as paragraphs (5) through (13), respectively; 
and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4)(A) Such methods of administration as will 
ensure that— 
‘‘(i) applicants for unemployment com-
pensation and individuals inquiring about such 
compensation are notified of the provisions of 
section 3304(a)(19) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986; and 
‘‘(ii) claims reviewers and hearing per-
sonnel are trained in— 
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‘‘(I) the nature and dynamics of sex-
ual and other harassment, domestic vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking; and 
‘‘(II) methods of ascertaining and 
keeping confidential information about pos-
sible experiences of sexual and other har-
assment, domestic violence, sexual assault, 
or stalking to ensure that— 
‘‘(aa) requests for unemployment 
compensation based on separations 
stemming from sexual and other har-
assment, domestic violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking are identified and 
adjudicated; and 
‘‘(bb) confidentiality is provided 
for the individual’s claim and sub-
mitted evidence. 
‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) the terms ‘domestic violence’, ‘sexual 
assault’, and ‘stalking’ have the meanings given 
such terms in section 40002 of the Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994; 
‘‘(ii) the term ‘sexual and other harass-
ment’ has the meaning given such term under 
State law, regulation, or policy; and 
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‘‘(iii) the term ‘survivor of domestic vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking’ means— 
‘‘(I) a person who has experienced or 
is experiencing domestic violence, sexual 
assault, or stalking; and 
‘‘(II) a person whose family or house-
hold member has experienced or is experi-
encing domestic violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking.’’. 
(c) TANF PERSONNEL TRAINING.—Section 402(a) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) CERTIFICATION
THAT
THE
STATE
WILL 
PROVIDE INFORMATION TO SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL 
AND
OTHER
HARASSMENT, DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, 
SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALKING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A certification by the 
chief executive officer of the State that the 
State has established and is enforcing stand-
ards and procedures to— 
‘‘(i) ensure that applicants for assist-
ance under the State program funded 
under this part and individuals inquiring 
about such assistance are adequately noti-
fied of— 
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‘‘(I) the provisions of section 
3304(a)(19) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986; and 
‘‘(II) assistance made available 
by the State to survivors of sexual 
and other harassment, domestic vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking; 
‘‘(ii) ensure that case workers and 
other agency personnel responsible for ad-
ministering the State program funded 
under this part are adequately trained in— 
‘‘(I) the nature and dynamics of 
sexual and other harassment, domes-
tic violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing; 
‘‘(II) State standards and proce-
dures relating to the prevention of, 
and assistance for individuals who are 
survivors of sexual and other harass-
ment, domestic violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking; and 
‘‘(III) methods of ascertaining 
and keeping confidential information 
about possible experiences of sexual 
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and other harassment, domestic vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking; 
‘‘(iii) ensure that, if a State has elect-
ed to establish and enforce standards and 
procedures regarding the screening for, 
and identification of, domestic violence 
pursuant to paragraph (7)— 
‘‘(I) applicants for assistance 
under the State program funded 
under this part and individuals inquir-
ing about such assistance are ade-
quately notified of options available 
under such standards and procedures; 
and 
‘‘(II) case workers and other 
agency personnel responsible for ad-
ministering the State program funded 
under this part are provided with ade-
quate training regarding such stand-
ards and procedures and options 
available under such standards and 
procedures; and 
‘‘(iv) ensure that the training required 
under subparagraphs (B) and, if applica-
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ble, (C)(ii) is provided through a training 
program operated by an eligible entity. 
‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 
paragraph— 
‘‘(i) the terms ‘domestic violence’, 
‘sexual assault’, and ‘stalking’ have the 
meanings given such terms in section 
40002 of the Violence Against Women Act 
of 1994; 
‘‘(ii) the term ‘sexual and other har-
assment’ has the meaning given such term 
under State law, regulation, or policy; and 
‘‘(iii) the term ‘survivor of domestic 
violence, 
sexual 
assault, 
or 
stalking’ 
means— 
‘‘(I) a person who has experi-
enced or is experiencing domestic vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking; and 
‘‘(II) a person whose family or 
household member has experienced or 
is experiencing domestic violence, sex-
ual assault, or stalking.’’. 
(d) SEXUAL AND OTHER HARASSMENT, DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALKING TRAINING 
GRANT PROGRAM.— 
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