I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5650 
To direct the Attorney General to make grants to States that have in place 
laws that expand the protections offered to victims of sex offenses who 
are not in a familiar or dating relationship with the perpetrators of 
such offenses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2018 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself and Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the Attorney General to make grants to States 
that have in place laws that expand the protections of-
fered to victims of sex offenses who are not in a familiar 
or dating relationship with the perpetrators of such of-
fenses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Nicole’s Law Act of 
2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITION. 
The term ‘‘covered formula grant’’ means a grant 
under— 
(1) part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10441 
et seq.) (commonly referred to as the ‘‘STOP Vio-
lence Against Women Formula Grant Program’’); or 
(2) section 41601 of the Violence Against 
Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12511) (commonly 
referred to as ‘‘Sexual Assault Services Program’’). 
SEC. 3. INCREASED FUNDING FOR FORMULA GRANTS AU-
THORIZED. 
The Attorney General shall increase the amount pro-
vided to a State under the covered formula grants in ac-
cordance with this Act if the State has in place laws and 
policies that ensure that, with respect to criminal cases 
involving sex offenses (as defined by the State), protec-
tions similar to those offered to a victim of domestic vio-
lence are extended to a victim of a sex offense who is not 
in a familial or dating relationship with the perpetrator 
of such offense, including laws and policies that— 
(1) expressly authorize judges and courts to 
issue, as a condition of bail, parole, probation, or 
other supervised release, protection orders that pro-
hibit a defendant charged with a sex offense from 
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having any contact with the victim or with the vic-
tim’s friends, co-workers, or relatives; 
(2) permit judges and courts, after finding a 
defendant guilty of a sex offense, to order a continu-
ation of a protection order described in paragraph 
(1), or to otherwise restrict a defendant’s contact 
with the victim, as a condition of bail, parole, proba-
tion, or other supervised release; and 
(3) provide judges and courts with the author-
ity to grant or extend a protection order until fur-
ther order of a judge or court, as an alternative to 
issuing protection orders that expire on a specific 
date or upon termination of a sentence or period of 
bail, parole, probation, or other supervised release. 
SEC. 4. APPLICATION. 
A State seeking an increase under this Act in the 
amount provided to the State under the covered formula 
grants shall include in the application of the State for each 
covered formula grant such information as the Attorney 
General may reasonably require, including information 
about a law or policy described in section 2. 
SEC. 5. GRANT INCREASE. 
The amount of the increase provided under this Act 
to a State under the covered formula grants shall be equal 
to not more than 10 percent of the average of the total 
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amount of funding provided to the State under the covered 
formula grants under the 3 most recent awards to the 
State. 
SEC. 6. PERIOD OF INCREASE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall pro-
vide an increase under this Act in the amount provided 
to a State under the covered formula grants for a 2-year 
period. 
(b) LIMIT.—The Attorney General may not provide 
an increase under this Act in the amount provided to a 
State under the covered formula grants more than 4 
times. 
SEC. 7. ALLOCATION OF INCREASED FORMULA GRANT 
FUNDS. 
The Attorney General shall allocate an increase under 
this Act in the amount provided to a State under the cov-
ered formula grants such that— 
(1) 25 percent the amount of the increase is 
provided for the program described in section 2(1); 
and 
(2) 75 percent the amount of the increase is 
provided for the program described in section 2(2). 
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