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homeowner, tenant, program participant, 
resident, occupant, or guest because of 
criminal activity at the property, including 
domestic violence dating violence, sexual 
assault, and stalking, where the landlord, 
homeowner, tenant, program participant, 
resident, occupant, or guest was a victim 
of such criminal activity.’’. 
(2) ADDITIONAL
AUTHORIZED
USE
OF
COPS 
FUNDS.—Section 1701(b) of part Q of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(b)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (22), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(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)). 
‘‘(25) To develop of statewide databases with 
information on where sexual assault nurse examiners 
are located.’’. 
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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)— 
(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’’. 
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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’’. 
(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’’; 
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(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— 
‘‘(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 
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‘‘(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-
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 
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‘‘(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 
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 
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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. 
(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-
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cide attempts, especially when they have suffered 
physical or sexual violence. 
(7) Studies have found that individuals living in 
rural areas facing intimate partner violence often 
face barriers to accessing resources, ranging from 
health care to the criminal justice system. 
(8) 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. 
(9) Women in the United States are 11 times 
more likely to be murdered with guns than women 
in other high-income countries. Female intimate 
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. 
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(10) 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. 
(11) 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 
experienced domestic violence, and more than 50 
percent of such women cite domestic violence as the 
direct cause for homelessness. Survivors are deprived 
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of their autonomy, liberty, and security, and face 
tremendous threats to their health and safety. 
(12) 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. 
(13) 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-
cause the costs associated with the criminal justice 
system are not included. 
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(14) 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. 
(15) 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. 
(16) 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 
or transportation, and sabotaging their partners’ 
child care arrangements. 
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(17) 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. 
(18) 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 
companies from discriminating against patients for 
preexisting conditions, like domestic violence. 
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(19) 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; or 
(D) prohibit insurers from disclosing infor-
mation about abuse and the location of the sur-
vivors through insurance databases and other 
means. 
(20) 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. 
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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)— 
(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 
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‘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-
serting ‘‘$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2026’’. 
SEC. 703. PROVISIONS RELATED TO UNEMPLOYMENT COM-
PENSATION AND THE TEMPORARY ASSIST-
ANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAM. 
(a) UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.— 
(1) SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—Sec-
tion 3304(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (18), by redesignating paragraph (19) as 
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paragraph (21), and by inserting after paragraph 
(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 survivor of domestic violence;’’. 
(2) VICTIMS
OF
SEXUAL
HARASSMENT
AND 
SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR STALKING.— 
Section 3304(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is further amended by inserting after para-
graph (19), as added by paragraph (1) of this sub-
section, the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(20) 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 harassment or a survivor of 
sexual assault or stalking; and’’. 
(3) 
DOCUMENTATION
REQUIRED.—Section 
3304 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
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‘‘(g) VICTIMS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SUR-
VIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR 
STALKING.— 
‘‘(1) DOCUMENTATION.—For purposes of para-
graphs (19) and (20) of subsection (a), a voluntary 
separation of an individual shall be considered to be 
attributable to such individual being a victim of sex-
ual 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— 
‘‘(A) evidence of such sexual harassment, 
domestic violence, sexual 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 profes-
sional from whom such individual has 
sought assistance, including those associ-
ated with medical, legal, or religious pro-
fessions; and 
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‘‘(B) an attestation that such voluntary 
separation is attributable to such sexual harass-
ment, domestic violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the terms ‘sexual harassment’, ‘domestic vio-
lence’, ‘sexual assault’, ‘stalking’, ‘victim of sexual 
harassment’, and ‘survivor of domestic violence, sex-
ual assault, or stalking’ have the meanings given 
such terms under State law, regulation, or policy.’’. 
(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 and potential applicants for 
unemployment compensation are notified of the 
provisions of paragraphs (19) and (20) of sec-
tion 3304(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986; and 
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‘‘(ii) claims reviewers and hearing per-
sonnel are trained in— 
‘‘(I) the nature and dynamics of sex-
ual harassment, domestic violence, sexual 
assault, and stalking; and 
‘‘(II) methods of ascertaining and en-
suring the confidentiality of personal infor-
mation and documentation related to an 
individual’s claim about possible experi-
ences of sexual harassment, domestic vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the terms 
‘sexual harassment’, ‘domestic violence’, ‘sexual as-
sault’, and ‘stalking’ have the meanings given such 
terms in section 3304(g) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986.’’. 
(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
VICTIMS
OF
SEXUAL 
HARASSMENT
OR
SURVIVORS
OF
DOMESTIC
VIO-
LENCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A certification by the 
chief executive officer of the State that the 
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State has established and is enforcing stand-
ards and procedures to— 
‘‘(i) ensure that applicants and poten-
tial applicants for assistance under the 
State program funded under this part are 
notified of assistance made available by the 
State to victims of sexual harassment and 
survivors of domestic violence; 
‘‘(ii) ensure that case workers and 
other agency personnel responsible for ad-
ministering the State program funded 
under this part are trained in— 
‘‘(I) the nature and dynamics of 
sexual harassment and domestic vio-
lence; 
‘‘(II) State standards and proce-
dures relating to the prevention of, 
and assistance for, individuals who 
are victims of sexual harassment or 
survivors of domestic violence; and 
‘‘(III) methods of ascertaining 
and ensuring the confidentiality of 
personal information and documenta-
tion related to an individual’s claim 
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about possible experiences of sexual 
harassment or domestic violence; and 
‘‘(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) the State program funded 
under this part provides information 
about the options under this part to 
current and potential beneficiaries; 
and 
‘‘(II) case workers and other 
agency personnel responsible for ad-
ministering the State program funded 
under this part are provided with 
training regarding State standards 
and procedures pursuant to paragraph 
(7). 
‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 
paragraph— 
‘‘(i) the term ‘sexual harassment’ has 
the meaning given such term under State 
law, regulation, or policy; and 
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‘‘(ii) the term ‘domestic violence’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 
402(a)(7).’’. 
(d) NATIONAL GRANT PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPING 
A MODEL TRAINING PROGRAM
FOR UNEMPLOYMENT 
COMPENSATION PERSONNEL TRAINING.— 
(1) GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
Labor (in this subsection referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) is authorized to award a grant to a national 
victim service provider in order for such organization 
to— 
(A) develop and disseminate a model train-
ing program (and related materials) for the 
training required under section 303(a)(4)(A)(ii) 
of the Social Security Act, as added by sub-
section (b); and 
(B) provide technical assistance with re-
spect to such model training program to unem-
ployment compensation personnel. 
(2) APPLICATION.—An entity seeking a grant 
under this subsection shall submit an application to 
the Secretary at such time, in such form and man-
ner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary specifies. 
(3) REPORT.— 
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(A) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later 
than 5 years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Finance 
of the Senate a report on the program estab-
lished under this subsection. 
(B) REPORT AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC.—The 
Secretary shall establish procedures for the dis-
semination to the public of the report submitted 
under subparagraph (A) not later than 10 days 
after the submission of such report to Congress 
under such subparagraph. Such procedures 
shall include the use of the internet to dissemi-
nate such report. 
(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated— 
(i) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 to 
carry out the provisions of paragraph 
(1)(A); and 
(ii) $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2026 to carry out the provi-
sions of paragraph (1)(B). 
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(B) THREE-YEAR AVAILABILITY OF GRANT 
FUNDS.—Each recipient of a grant under this 
subsection shall return to the Secretary any un-
used portion of such grant not later than 3 
years after the date the grant was awarded, to-
gether with any earnings on such unused por-
tion. 
(C) AMOUNTS RETURNED.—Any amounts 
returned pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall be 
available without further appropriation to the 
Secretary for the purpose of carrying out the 
provisions of paragraph (1)(B). 
(e) NATIONAL GRANT PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPING A 
MODEL TRAINING PROGRAM FOR TEMPORARY ASSIST-
ANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES PERSONNEL TRAINING.— 
(1) GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
Health and Human Services (in this subsection re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall— 
(A) develop and disseminate a model train-
ing program (and related materials) for the 
training required under 402(a)(8) of the Social 
Security Act, and if the State so elects, section 
402(a)(7) of such Act; and 
(B) provide technical assistance with re-
spect to such model training program to eligible 
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States (as defined in section 402 of the Social 
Security Act). 
In developing the model training program under 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary may award grants 
and contracts and may develop such program in co-
operation with an eligible partner. 
(2) ELIGIBLE
PARTNER
DEFINED.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (1), the term ‘‘eligible partner’’ 
means an entity that is— 
(A) a State or tribal domestic violence coa-
lition or sexual assault coalition; or 
(B) a State or local victim service provider 
with recognized expertise in the dynamics of do-
mestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking 
whose primary mission is to provide services to 
survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking, including a rape crisis center or do-
mestic violence program. 
(3) REPORT.— 
(A) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later 
than 5 years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Finance 
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of the Senate a report on the program estab-
lished under this subsection. 
(B) REPORT AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC.—The 
Secretary shall establish procedures for the dis-
semination to the public of the report submitted 
under subparagraph (A) not later than 10 days 
after the submission of such report to Congress 
under such subparagraph. Such procedures 
shall include the use of the internet to dissemi-
nate such report. 
(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated— 
(A) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 to 
carry out the provisions of paragraph (1)(A); 
and 
(B) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2026 to carry out the provisions 
of paragraph (1)(B). 
(f) CONFORMITY REVIEW; EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(1) UNEMPLOYMENT AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) CONFORMITY REVIEW.— 
(i) INITIAL
GUIDANCE.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall 
issue guidance describing the requirements 
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States must satisfy to conform to the 
amendments made by subsections (a) and 
(b). 
(ii) REQUEST FOR TRANSMITTAL OF 
INFORMATION
FROM
STATES.—Not later 
than 30 days after the issuance of guid-
ance under clause (i), the Secretary of 
Labor shall issue a request for the trans-
mittal of information from States relating 
to the laws, regulations, and policies each 
State identifies to satisfy such require-
ments. 
(iii) DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF 
LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND POLICIES FROM 
STATES.—Not later than 120 days after 
the issuance of the request under clause 
(ii), each State which has an unemploy-
ment compensation law approved by the 
Secretary of Labor under the Federal Un-
employment Tax Act shall submit to the 
Secretary the laws, regulations, and poli-
cies identified pursuant to such clause. 
(iv) NOTIFICATION OF THE RESULTS 
OF REVIEW TO STATES.—Not later than 
60 days after the expiration of the deadline 
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described in clause (iii), the Secretary of 
Labor shall notify each State whether the 
laws, regulations, and policies identified by 
the State under such clause satisfy the re-
quirements described pursuant to clause (i) 
and, to the extent such laws, regulations, 
and policies fail to satisfy such require-
ments, the Secretary of Labor shall inform 
the State of the steps the State may take 
to remedy such failure and provide any 
necessary technical assistance. 
(B) EFFECTIVE
DATES
FOR
UNEMPLOY-
MENT AMENDMENTS.— 
(i) PROVISIONS
RELATING
TO
SUR-
VIVORS
OF
DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE.—The 
amendment made by subsection (a)(1) 
shall apply with respect to weeks of unem-
ployment beginning on or after the date 
that is 60 days after the earlier of— 
(I) the date on which a State is 
notified by the Secretary of Labor 
under subparagraph (A)(iv) that the 
laws, regulations, and policies identi-
fied by the State satisfy the require-
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ments described pursuant to subpara-
graph (A)(i); or 
(II) in the case of a State that is 
notified by the Secretary of Labor 
under subparagraph (A)(iv) that the 
laws, regulations, and policies identi-
fied by the State fail to satisfy such 
requirements, 1 year after the date of 
such notification. 
(ii) PROVISIONS
RELATING
TO
VIC-
TIMS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SUR-
VIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR STALK-
ING.—The amendment made by subsection 
(a)(2) shall apply with respect to weeks of 
unemployment beginning on or after the 
date that is 60 days after the earlier of— 
(I) the date on which a State is 
notified by the Secretary of Labor 
under subparagraph (A)(iv) that the 
laws, regulations, and policies identi-
fied by the State satisfy the require-
ments described pursuant to subpara-
graph (A)(i); or 
(II) in the case of a State that is 
notified by the Secretary of Labor 
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under subparagraph (A)(iv) that the 
laws, regulations, and policies identi-
fied by the State fail to satisfy such 
requirements, 2 years after the date 
of such notification. 
(iii) PROVISIONS RELATING TO DOCU-
MENTATION REQUIRED.—The amendment 
made by subsection (a)(3) shall apply with 
respect to weeks of unemployment begin-
ning on or after the date that is 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) TANF AMENDMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the amendment made by 
subsection (c) shall be applicable in the next 
State plan submitted after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
(B) EXTENSION OF EFFECTIVE DATE FOR 
STATE
LAW
AMENDMENT.—In the case of a 
State plan under part A of title IV of the Social 
Security Act which the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services determines requires State ac-
tion (including legislation, regulation, or other 
administrative action) in order for the plan to 
meet the additional requirements imposed by 
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the amendment made by subsection (c), the 
State plan shall not be regarded as failing to 
comply with the requirements of such amend-
ment on the basis of its failure to meet these 
additional requirements before the first day of 
the first calendar quarter beginning after the 
close of the first regular session of the State 
legislature that begins after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. For purposes of the previous 
sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2- 
year legislative session, each year of the session 
is considered to be a separate regular session of 
the State legislature. 
SEC. 704. STUDY AND REPORTS ON BARRIERS TO SUR-
VIVORS’ ECONOMIC SECURITY ACCESS. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall 
conduct a study on the barriers that survivors of domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 
throughout the United States experience in maintaining 
economic security, including the impact of the COVID– 
19 pandemic on such victims’ ability to maintain economic 
security, as a result of issues related to domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
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(b) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this title, and every 5 years thereafter, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Labor, shall submit a report 
to Congress on the study conducted under subsection (a). 
(c) CONTENTS.—The study and reports under this 
section shall include— 
(1) identification of geographic areas in which 
State laws, regulations, and practices have a strong 
impact on the ability of survivors of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking to 
exercise— 
(A) any rights under this Act without com-
promising personal safety or the safety of oth-
ers, including family members and excluding 
the abuser; and 
(B) other components of economic security, 
including financial empowerment, affordable 
housing, transportation, healthcare access, cred-
it history, and quality education and training 
opportunities; 
(2) identification of geographic areas with 
shortages in resources for such survivors, with an 
accompanying analysis of the extent and impact of 
such shortage; 
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(3) analysis of the unique barriers faced by sur-
vivors living in rural communities; 
(4) analysis of factors related to industries, 
workplace settings, employer practices, trends, and 
other elements that impact the ability of such sur-
vivors to exercise any rights under this Act without 
compromising personal safety or the safety of others, 
including family members; 
(5) the recommendations of the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services and the Secretary of 
Labor with respect to resources, oversight, and en-
forcement tools to ensure successful implementation 
of the provisions of this Act in order to support the 
economic security and safety of survivors of domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 
(6) best practices for States, employers, health 
carriers, insurers, and other private entities in ad-
dressing issues related to domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and 
(7) barriers that impede victims’ ability to pur-
sue legal action, including legal costs and filing fees, 
and complexities of the jurisdiction of law enforce-
ment agencies. 
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SEC. 705. GAO STUDY. 
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the Committee on Education and Labor 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a 
report that examines, with respect to survivors of domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking who 
are, or were, enrolled at institutions of higher education 
and borrowed a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under 
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1070 et seq.) for which the survivors have not repaid the 
total interest and principal due, each of the following: 
(1) The implications of domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, sexual assault, or stalking on a bor-
rower’s ability to repay their Federal student loans. 
(2) The adequacy of policies and procedures re-
garding Federal student loan deferment, forbear-
ance, and grace periods when a survivor has to sus-
pend or terminate the survivor’s enrollment at an in-
stitution of higher education due to domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
(3) The adequacy of institutional policies and 
practices regarding retention or transfer of credits 
when a survivor has to suspend or terminate the 
survivor’s enrollment at an institution of higher edu-
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cation due to domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault, or stalking. 
(4) The availability or any options for a sur-
vivor of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking who attended an institution of 
higher education that committed unfair, deceptive, 
or abusive acts or practices, or otherwise substan-
tially misrepresented information to students, to be 
able to seek a defense to repayment of the survivor’s 
Federal student loan. 
(5) The limitations faced by a survivor of do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking to obtain any relief or restitution on the 
survivor’s Federal student loan debt due to the use 
of forced arbitration, gag orders, or bans on class 
actions. 
SEC. 706. EDUCATION AND INFORMATION PROGRAMS FOR 
SURVIVORS. 
(a) PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor, in 
conjunction with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (though the Director of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention), the Attorney 
General (through the Director of the Office on Vio-
lence Against Women), and the grant recipient 
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under section 41501 of the Violence Against Women 
Act of 1994 that establishes the national resource 
center on workplace responses to assist victims of 
domestic and sexual violence, shall coordinate and 
provide for a national public outreach and education 
campaign to raise public awareness of the workplace 
impact of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, and stalking, including outreach and edu-
cation for employers, service providers, teachers, and 
other key partners. This campaign shall pay special 
attention to ensure that survivors are made aware of 
the existence of the following types of workplace 
laws (Federal and/or State): anti-discrimination laws 
that bar treating survivors differently; leave laws, 
both paid and unpaid that are available for use by 
survivors; unemployment insurance laws and policies 
that address survivor eligibility. The provision of 
outreach and education under this paragraph shall 
be conducted in a manner that is equally effective 
for and accessible to people with disabilities and peo-
ple without disabilities. 
(2) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary of Labor, 
in conjunction with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services and the Attorney General, as de-
scribed in paragraph (1), may disseminate informa-
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tion through the public outreach and education cam-
paign on the resources and rights referred to in this 
subsection directly or through arrangements with 
health agencies, professional and nonprofit organiza-
tions, consumer groups, labor organizations, institu-
tions of higher education, clinics, the media, and 
Federal, State, and local agencies. 
(3) INFORMATION.—The information dissemi-
nated under paragraph (2) shall include, at a min-
imum, a description of— 
(A) the resources and rights that are— 
(i) available to survivors of domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking; and 
(ii) established in this Act and the Vi-
olence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 
U.S.C. 12291 et seq.); 
(B) guidelines and best practices on pre-
vention of domestic violence, dating violence, 
stalking, and sexual assault; 
(C) resources that promote healthy rela-
tionships and communication skills; 
(D) resources that encourage bystander 
intervention in a situation involving domestic vi-
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olence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual as-
sault; 
(E) resources that promote workplace poli-
cies that support and help maintain the eco-
nomic security of survivors of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, in-
cluding guidelines and best practices to promote 
the creation of effective employee assistance 
programs; and 
(F) resources and rights that the heads of 
Federal agencies described in paragraph (2) de-
termine are appropriate to include. 
(4) COMMON
LANGUAGES.—The Secretary of 
Labor shall ensure that the information dissemi-
nated to survivors under paragraph (2) is made 
available in commonly encountered languages. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) EMPLOYEE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘employee’’ 
means any individual employed by an employer. 
In the case of an individual employed by a pub-
lic agency, such term means an individual em-
ployed as described in section 3(e)(2) of the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
203(e)(2)). 
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(B) BASIS.—The term includes a person 
employed as described in subparagraph (A) on 
a full- or part-time basis, for a fixed time pe-
riod, on a temporary basis, pursuant to a detail, 
or as a participant in a work assignment as a 
condition of receipt of Federal or State income- 
based public assistance. 
(2) EMPLOYER.—The term ‘‘employer’’— 
(A) means any person engaged in com-
merce or in any industry or activity affecting 
commerce who employs 15 or more individuals; 
and 
(B) includes any person acting directly or 
indirectly in the interest of an employer in rela-
tion to an employee, and includes a public agen-
cy that employs individuals as described in sec-
tion 3(e)(2) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938, but does not include any labor organiza-
tion (other than when acting as an employer) or 
anyone acting in the capacity of officer or agent 
of such labor organization. 
(3) FLSA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘employ’’ and 
‘‘State’’ have the meanings given the terms in sec-
tion 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 203). 
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(c) STUDY ON WORKPLACE RESPONSES.—The Sec-
retary of Labor, in conjunction with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, shall conduct a study on the 
status of workplace responses to employees who experience 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing while employed, in each State and nationally, to im-
prove the access of survivors of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking to supportive resources 
and economic security. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2026. 
(e) CULTURAL RELEVANCE.—Any outreach or edu-
cation campaign conducted pursuant to this section shall 
be conducted in a culturally relevant manner. 
SEC. 707. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act, any amendment made 
by this Act, or the application of such provision or amend-
ment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconsti-
tutional, the remainder of the provisions of this Act, the 
amendments made by this Act, and the application of such 
provisions or amendments to any person or circumstance 
shall not be affected. 
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SEC. 708. STUDY ON COSTS OF DIVORCE IN DOMESTIC VIO-
LENCE CASES. 
The Attorney General, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, shall— 
(1) conduct a study on the direct and collateral 
economic costs and risks of divorce from an abusive 
partner to a victim of domestic violence, including 
the payment of alimony, legal fees, spousal support, 
or the division of property, disaggregated on the 
basis of whether the individual has higher earnings 
than their partner; and 
(2) include recommendations based on the 
study conducted under paragraph (1). 
TITLE VIII—HOMICIDE 
REDUCTION INITIATIVES 
SEC. 801. PROHIBITING PERSONS CONVICTED OF MIS-
DEMEANOR CRIMES AGAINST DATING PART-
NERS AND PERSONS SUBJECT TO PROTEC-
TION ORDERS. 
Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (32), by striking all that fol-
lows after ‘‘The term ‘intimate partner’ ’’ and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘— 
‘‘(A) means, with respect to a person, the 
spouse of the person, a former spouse of the 
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person, an individual who is a parent of a child 
of the person, and an individual who cohabi-
tates or has cohabited with the person; and 
‘‘(B) includes— 
‘‘(i) a dating partner or former dating 
partner; and 
‘‘(ii) any other person similarly situ-
ated to a spouse. 
Nothing in this paragraph may be construed to 
require that sexual contact between two persons 
have occurred to establish the existence of any 
relationship for purposes of this paragraph. For 
purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘dating 
partner’ means, with respect to person, a per-
son who is or has been in a social relationship 
of a romantic or intimate nature with the per-
son.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (33)(A)— 
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
striking ‘‘Except as provided in subparagraph 
(C), the term’’ and inserting ‘‘The term’’; 
(B) in clause (i), by inserting after ‘‘Fed-
eral, State,’’ the following: ‘‘local,’’; and 
(C) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘intimate 
partner,’’ after ‘‘spouse,’’ each place it appears; 
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(3) by redesignating paragraphs (34) and (35) 
as paragraphs (35) and (36) respectively; and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (33) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(34)(A) The term ‘misdemeanor crime of stalking’ 
means an offense that— 
‘‘(i) is a misdemeanor crime of stalking under 
Federal, State, Tribal, or municipal law; and 
‘‘(ii) is a course of harassment, intimidation, or 
surveillance of another person that— 
‘‘(I) places that person in reasonable fear 
of material harm to the health or safety of— 
‘‘(aa) that person; 
‘‘(bb) an immediate family member 
(as defined in section 115) of that person; 
‘‘(cc) a household member of that per-
son; or 
‘‘(dd) a spouse or intimate partner of 
that person; or 
‘‘(II) causes, attempts to cause, or would 
reasonably be expected to cause emotional dis-
tress to a person described in item (aa), (bb), 
(cc), or (dd) of subclause (I). 
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‘‘(B) A person shall not be considered to have been 
convicted of such an offense for purposes of this chapter, 
unless— 
‘‘(i) the person was represented by counsel in 
the case, or knowingly and intelligently waived the 
right to counsel in the case; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a prosecution for an offense 
described in this paragraph for which a person was 
entitled to a jury trial in the jurisdiction in which 
the case was tried, either— 
‘‘(I) the case was tried by a jury; or 
‘‘(II) the person knowingly and intel-
ligently waived the right to have the case tried 
by a jury, by guilty plea or otherwise. 
‘‘(C) A person shall not be considered to have been 
convicted of such an offense for purposes of this chapter 
if the conviction has been expunged or set aside, or is an 
offense for which the person has been pardoned or has 
had civil rights restored (if the law of the applicable juris-
diction provides for the loss of civil rights under such an 
offense) unless the pardon, expungement, or restoration 
of civil rights expressly provides that the person may not 
ship, transport, possess, or receive firearms.’’. 
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SEC. 802. PROHIBITING STALKERS AND INDIVIDUALS SUB-
JECT TO COURT ORDER FROM POSSESSING A 
FIREARM. 
Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘that re-
strains such person’’ and all that follows, and 
inserting ‘‘described in subsection (g)(8);’’; 
(B) in paragraph (9), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 
following: 
‘‘(10) who has been convicted in any court of 
a misdemeanor crime of stalking.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (8) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(8) who is subject to a court order— 
‘‘(A) that was issued— 
‘‘(i) after a hearing of which such per-
son received actual notice, and at which 
such person had an opportunity to partici-
pate; or 
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‘‘(ii) by its terms explicitly prohibits 
the use, attempted use, or threatened use 
of physical force against such individual 
described in subparagraph (B) that would 
reasonably be expected to cause bodily in-
jury;’’; 
(B) in paragraph (9), by striking the 
comma at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 
following: 
‘‘(10) who has been convicted in any court of 
a misdemeanor crime of stalking,’’. 
TITLE IX—SAFETY FOR INDIAN 
WOMEN 
SEC. 901. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) American Indians and Alaska Natives are 
2.5 times as likely to experience violent crimes—and 
at least 2 times more likely to experience rape or 
sexual assault crimes—compared to all other races. 
(2) More than 4 in 5 American Indian and 
Alaska Native women, or 84.3 percent, have experi-
enced violence in their lifetime. 
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(3) The vast majority of Native victims—96 
percent of women and 89 percent of male victims— 
report being victimized by a non-Indian. 
(4) Native victims of sexual violence are three 
times as likely to have experienced sexual violence by 
an interracial perpetrator as non-Hispanic White 
victims and Native stalking victims are nearly 4 
times as likely to be stalked by someone of a dif-
ferent race. 
(5) While Tribes exercising jurisdiction over 
non-Indians have reported significant successes, the 
inability to prosecute crimes related to the Special 
Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction crimes con-
tinues to leave Tribes unable to fully hold domestic 
violence offenders accountable. 
(6) Tribal prosecutors report that the majority 
of domestic violence cases involve children either as 
witnesses or victims, and Department of Justice re-
ports that American Indian and Alaska Native chil-
dren suffer exposure to violence at rates higher than 
any other race in the United States. 
(7) Childhood exposure to violence has imme-
diate and long-term effects, including: increased 
rates of altered neurological development, poor phys-
ical and mental health, poor school performance, 
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substance abuse, and overrepresentation in the juve-
nile justice system. 
(8) According to the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention, homicide is the third leading 
cause of death among American Indian and Alaska 
Native women between 10 and 24 years of age and 
the fifth leading cause of death for American Indian 
and Alaska Native women between 25 and 34 years 
of age. 
(9) On some reservations, Indian women are 
murdered at more than 10 times the national aver-
age. 
(10) According to a 2010 Government Account-
ability Office report, United States Attorneys de-
clined to prosecute nearly 52 percent of violent 
crimes that occur in Indian country. 
(11) Investigation into cases of missing and 
murdered Indian women is made difficult for Tribal 
law enforcement agencies due to a lack of resources, 
such as— 
(A) necessary training, equipment, or 
funding; 
(B) a lack of interagency cooperation; 
(C) a lack of appropriate laws in place; 
and 
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(D) a lack of access to Federal, State, and 
local law enforcement databases. 
(12) Domestic violence calls are among the 
most dangerous calls that law enforcement receives. 
(13) The complicated jurisdictional scheme that 
exists in Indian country— 
(A) has a significant negative impact on 
the ability to provide public safety to Indian 
communities; 
(B) has been increasingly exploited by 
criminals; and 
(C) requires a high degree of commitment 
and cooperation among Tribal, Federal, and 
State law enforcement officials. 
(14) Restoring and enhancing local, Tribal ca-
pacity to address violence against women provides 
for greater local control, safety, accountability, and 
transparency. 
(15) In States with restrictive land settlement 
acts such as Alaska, ‘‘Indian country’’ is limited, re-
sources for local Tribal responses either nonexistent 
or insufficient to meet the needs, jurisdiction unnec-
essarily complicated and increases the already high 
levels of victimization of American Indian and Alas-
ka Native women. According to the Tribal Law and 
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Order Act Commission Report, Alaska Native 
women are over-represented in the domestic violence 
victim population by 250 percent; they comprise 19 
percent of the State population, but are 47 percent 
of reported rape victims. And among other Indian 
Tribes, Alaska Native women suffer the highest 
rates of domestic and sexual violence in the country. 
(16) Native Hawaiians experience a dispropor-
tionately high rate of human trafficking with 64 per-
cent of human trafficking victims in the State of 
Hawai’i identifying as at least part Native Hawai-
ian. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this title are— 
(1) to clarify the responsibilities of Federal, 
State, Tribal, and local governments with respect to 
responding to cases of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, stalking, trafficking, sexual violence, crimes 
against children, and assault against Tribal law en-
forcement officers and murdered Indians; 
(2) to increase coordination and communication 
among Federal, State, Tribal, and local law enforce-
ment agencies; 
(3) to empower Tribal governments with the re-
sources and information necessary to effectively re-
spond to cases of domestic violence, dating violence, 
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stalking, sex trafficking, sexual violence, and missing 
and murdered Indians; and 
(4) to increase the collection of data related to 
missing and murdered Indians and the sharing of in-
formation among Federal, State, and Tribal officials 
responsible for responding to and investigating cases 
of missing and murdered Indians. 
SEC. 902. AUTHORIZING FUNDING FOR THE TRIBAL ACCESS 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 534 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2022 through 2026, to remain available until 
expended, for the purposes of enhancing the ability of 
Tribal government entities to access, enter information 
into, and obtain information from, Federal criminal infor-
mation databases, as authorized by this section.’’. 
(b) INDIAN TRIBE AND INDIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT 
INFORMATION SHARING.—Section 534 of title 28, United 
States Code, is further amended by amending subsection 
(d) to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) INDIAN TRIBE AND INDIAN LAW ENFORCE-
MENT INFORMATION SHARING.—The Attorney General 
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shall permit Tribal law enforcement entities (including en-
tities designated by a Tribe as maintaining public safety 
within a Tribe’s territorial jurisdiction that has no Federal 
or State arrest authority) and Bureau of Indian Affairs 
law enforcement agencies— 
‘‘(1) to access and enter information into Fed-
eral criminal information databases; and 
‘‘(2) to obtain information from the data-
bases.’’. 
SEC. 903. TRIBAL JURISDICTION OVER COVERED CRIMES 
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, SEXUAL VIO-
LENCE, SEX TRAFFICKING, STALKING, AND 
ASSAULT OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 
OR CORRECTIONS OFFICER. 
Section 204 of Public Law 90–284 (25 U.S.C. 1304) 
(commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Civil Rights Act of 
1968’’) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CRIMES OF 
DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE’’ and inserting ‘‘CRIMES 
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, 
SEX
TRAFFICKING, STALKING, AND
ASSAULT 
OF
A
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
OR
CORRECTIONS 
OFFICER’’; 
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(2) in subsection (a)(6), in the heading, by 
striking ‘‘SPECIAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRIMINAL 
JURISDICTION’’ and inserting ‘‘SPECIAL
TRIBAL 
CRIMINAL JURISDICTION’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘special domestic violence crimi-
nal jurisdiction’’ each place such term appears and 
inserting ‘‘special Tribal criminal jurisdiction’’; 
(4) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(12) STALKING.—The term ‘stalking’ means 
engaging in a course of conduct directed at a spe-
cific person proscribed by the criminal law of the In-
dian Tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian 
country where the violation occurs that would cause 
a reasonable person to— 
‘‘(A) fear for the person’s safety or the 
safety of others; or 
‘‘(B) suffer substantial emotional dis-
tress.’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and 
(7) as paragraphs (10) and (11); 
(C) by inserting before paragraph (10) (as 
redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(8) SEX TRAFFICKING.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘sex traf-
ficking’ means conduct— 
‘‘(i) consisting of— 
‘‘(I) recruiting, enticing, har-
boring, transporting, providing, ob-
taining, advertising, maintaining, pa-
tronizing, or soliciting by any means a 
person; or 
‘‘(II) benefitting, financially or 
by receiving anything of value, from 
participation in a venture that has en-
gaged in an act described in subclause 
(I); and 
‘‘(ii) carried out with the knowledge, 
or, except where the act constituting the 
violation of clause (i) is advertising, in 
reckless disregard of the fact, that— 
‘‘(I) means of force, threats of 
force, fraud, coercion, or any combina-
tion of such means will be used to 
cause the person to engage in a com-
mercial sex act; or 
‘‘(II) the person has not attained 
the age of 18 years and will be caused 
to engage in a commercial sex act. 
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‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph, 
the terms ‘coercion’ and ‘commercial sex act’ 
have the meanings given the terms in section 
1591(e) of title 18, United States Code. 
‘‘(9) SEXUAL VIOLENCE.—The term ‘sexual vio-
lence’ means any nonconsensual sexual act or con-
tact proscribed by the criminal law of the Indian 
Tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian country 
where the violation occurs, including in any case in 
which the victim lacks the capacity to consent to the 
act.’’; 
(D) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 
(5) as paragraphs (6) and (7); 
(E) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (3) as paragraphs (2) through (4); 
(F) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated), to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(3) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘domes-
tic violence’ means violence— 
‘‘(A) committed by a current or former 
spouse or intimate partner of the victim, by a 
person with whom the victim shares a child in 
common, by a person who is cohabitating with 
or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse 
or intimate partner, or by a person similarly 
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situated to a spouse of the victim under the 
domestic- or family- violence laws of an Indian 
Tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian 
country where the violence occurs; or 
‘‘(B)(i) committed against a victim who is 
a child under the age of 18, or an elder (as 
such term is defined by Tribal law), including 
when an offender recklessly engages in conduct 
that creates a substantial risk of death or seri-
ous bodily injury to the victim, or committed as 
described in subparagraph (A) while the child 
or elder is present; and 
‘‘(ii) the child or elder— 
‘‘(I) resides or has resided in the 
same household as the offender; 
‘‘(II) is related to the offender by 
blood or marriage; 
‘‘(III) is related to another victim of 
the offender by blood or marriage; 
‘‘(IV) is under the care of a victim of 
the offender who is an intimate partner or 
former spouse; or 
‘‘(V) is under the care of a victim of 
the offender who is similarly situated to a 
spouse of the victim under the domestic- or 
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the following: ‘‘, including any participating Tribes 
in the State of Maine,’’; 
(6) in subsection (b)(4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting 
after ‘‘over an alleged offense’’ the following: ‘‘, 
other than obstruction of justice or an act of 
assault of a law enforcement or corrections offi-
cer,’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) in clause (iii)(II), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘; or’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iv) is being prosecuted for a crime 
of sexual violence, stalking, sex trafficking, 
obstructing justice, or assaulting a police 
or corrections officer under the laws of the 
prosecuting Tribe.’’; 
(7) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘domestic violence’’ and inserting 
‘‘Tribal’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘AND DATING VIOLENCE’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘, DATING
VIOLENCE, OBSTRUCTION 
OF
JUSTICE, SEXUAL
VIOLENCE, STALK-
ING, SEX TRAFFICKING, OR ASSAULT OF A 
LAW ENFORCEMENT OR CORRECTIONS OF-
FICER’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘or dating violence’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, dating violence, obstruc-
tion of justice, sexual violence, stalking, 
sex trafficking, or assault of a law enforce-
ment or corrections officer’’; 
(8) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘domestic vio-
lence’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Tribal’’; 
(9) by striking subsections (f), (g), and (h) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(f) GRANTS AND REIMBURSEMENT TO TRIBAL GOV-
ERNMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) REIMBURSEMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General 
is authorized to reimburse Tribal government 
authorities for expenses incurred in exercising 
special Tribal criminal jurisdiction. 
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‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE
EXPENSES.—Eligible ex-
penses for reimbursement shall include— 
‘‘(i) expenses incurred to arrest or 
prosecute offenders and to detain inmates 
(including costs associated with providing 
health care); 
‘‘(ii) expenses related to indigent de-
fense services; and 
‘‘(iii) costs associated with probation 
and rehabilitation services. 
‘‘(C) PROCEDURE.—Reimbursements au-
thorized pursuant to this section shall be in ac-
cordance with rules promulgated by the Attor-
ney General after consultation with Indian 
Tribes and within 1 year after the date of en-
actment of this Act. The rules promulgated by 
the Department shall set a maximum allowable 
reimbursement to any Tribal government in a 
1-year period. 
‘‘(2) GRANTS.—The Attorney General may 
award grants to the governments of Indian Tribes 
(or to authorized designees of those governments)— 
‘‘(A) to strengthen Tribal criminal justice 
systems to assist Indian Tribes in exercising 
special Tribal criminal jurisdiction, including— 
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‘‘(i) law enforcement (including the 
capacity of law enforcement, court per-
sonnel, or other non-law enforcement enti-
ties that have no Federal or State arrest 
authority agencies but have been des-
ignated by a Tribe as responsible for main-
taining public safety within its territorial 
jurisdiction, to enter information into and 
obtain information from national crime in-
formation databases); 
‘‘(ii) prosecution; 
‘‘(iii) trial and appellate courts (in-
cluding facilities construction); 
‘‘(iv) probation systems; 
‘‘(v) detention and correctional facili-
ties (including facilities construction); 
‘‘(vi) alternative rehabilitation centers; 
‘‘(vii) culturally appropriate services 
and assistance for victims and their fami-
lies; and 
‘‘(viii) criminal codes and rules of 
criminal procedure, appellate procedure, 
and evidence; 
‘‘(B) to provide indigent criminal defend-
ants with the effective assistance of licensed de-
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fense counsel, at no cost to the defendant, in 
criminal proceedings in which a participating 
Tribe prosecutes— 
‘‘(i) a crime of domestic violence; 
‘‘(ii) a crime of dating violence; 
‘‘(iii) a criminal violation of a protec-
tion order; 
‘‘(iv) a crime of sexual violence; 
‘‘(v) a crime of stalking; 
‘‘(vi) a crime of sex trafficking; 
‘‘(vii) a crime of obstruction of justice; 
or 
‘‘(viii) a crime of assault of a law en-
forcement or correctional officer; 
‘‘(C) to ensure that, in criminal pro-
ceedings in which a participating Tribe exer-
cises special Tribal criminal jurisdiction, jurors 
are summoned, selected, and instructed in a 
manner consistent with all applicable require-
ments; 
‘‘(D) to accord victims of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual violence, stalking, 
sex trafficking, obstruction of justice, assault of 
a law enforcement or correctional officer, and 
violations of protection orders rights that are 
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similar to the rights of a crime victim described 
in section 3771(a) of title 18, consistent with 
Tribal law and custom; and 
‘‘(E) to create a pilot project to allow up 
to five Indian Tribes in Alaska to implement 
special Tribal criminal jurisdiction. 
‘‘(g) 
SUPPLEMENT, 
NOT
SUPPLANT.—Amounts 
made available under this section shall supplement and 
not supplant any other Federal, State, Tribal, or local gov-
ernment amounts made available to carry out activities de-
scribed in this section. 
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $7,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to carry out subsection 
(f) and to provide training, technical assistance, data col-
lection, and evaluation of the criminal justice systems of 
participating Tribes. 
‘‘(i) USE OF FUNDS.—Not less than 25 percent of 
the total amount of funds appropriated under this section 
in a given year shall be used for each of the purposes de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (f), with 
remaining funds available to be distributed for either of 
the purposes described in paragraph (1) or (2) of sub-
section (f), or any combination of such purposes, depend-
ing on need and in consultation with Indian Tribes.’’; 
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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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women and mothers in accordance with this 
subsection; 
(B) develop recommendations regarding re-
cidivism reduction programs and productive ac-
tivities in accordance with subsection (c); 
(C) conduct ongoing research and data 
analysis on— 
(i) the best practices relating to the 
use of offender risk and needs assessment 
tools particular to the health and sensitivi-
ties of federally incarcerated pregnant 
women and mothers; 
(ii) the best available risk and needs 
assessment tools particular to the health 
and sensitivities of federally incarcerated 
pregnant women and mothers and the level 
to which they rely on dynamic risk factors 
that could be addressed and changed over 
time, and on measures of risk of recidi-
vism, individual needs, and responsiveness 
to recidivism reduction programs; 
(iii) the most effective and efficient 
uses of such tools in conjunction with re-
cidivism reduction programs, productive 
activities, incentives, and rewards; and 
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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); 
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(B) the availability of trauma treatment at 
each facility (including number of beds, and 
number of trained staff); 
(C) rates of serious mental illness broken 
down by gender and security level and a list of 
residential programs available by site; and 
(D) the availability of vocational education 
and a list of vocational programs provided by 
each facility. 
SEC. 1104. REENTRY PLANNING AND SERVICES FOR INCAR-
CERATED WOMEN. 
The Attorney General, in coordination with the Chief 
of U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services and the Director 
of the Bureau of Prisons (including Women and Special 
Population Branch), shall collaborate on a model of gen-
der responsive transition for incarcerated women, includ-
ing the development of a national standard on prevention 
with respect to domestic and sexual violence. In developing 
the model, the Chief and the Director shall consult with 
such experts within the Federal government (including the 
Office on Violence Against Women of the Department of 
Justice, Indian Tribes (as defined in section 4 of the In-
dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act), 
and Native Hawaiian organizations (as defined in section 
6207 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
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1965)) and in the victim service provider community (in-
cluding sexual and domestic violence and homelessness, 
job training and job placement service providers) as are 
necessary to the completion of a comprehensive plan. 
Issues addressed should include— 
(1) the development by the Bureau of Prisons 
of a contract for gender collaborative services; and 
(2) identification by re-entry affairs coordina-
tors and responsive planning for the needs of re-en-
tering women with respect to— 
(A) housing, including risk of homeless-
ness; 
(B) previous exposure to and risk for do-
mestic and sexual violence; 
(C) the need for parenting classes, assist-
ance securing childcare, or assistance in seeking 
or securing jobs that afford flexibility (as might 
be necessary in the re-entry, parenting or other 
contexts); 
(D) other support tailored to the needs of 
Indigenous women, including American Indian, 
Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women; 
and 
(E) the need to ensure a family-focused re-
entry, by including incarcerated mothers, their 
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children, and their caregivers to create family 
reentry planning and programming; and in-
forming reentry information to visiting families. 
TITLE XII—LAW ENFORCEMENT 
TOOLS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC 
SAFETY 
SEC. 1201. NOTIFICATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN-
CIES OF PROHIBITED PURCHASE OR AT-
TEMPTED PURCHASE OF A FIREARM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the NICS Improvement 
Amendments Act of 2007 (18 U.S.C. 922 note) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 108. NOTIFICATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN-
CIES OF PROHIBITED PURCHASE OF A FIRE-
ARM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a background 
check conducted by the National Instant Criminal Back-
ground Check System pursuant to the request of a li-
censed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer 
of firearms (as such terms are defined in section 921 of 
title 18, United States Code), which background check de-
termines that the receipt of a firearm by a person would 
violate subsection (g)(8), (g)(9), or (g)(10) of section 922 
of title 18, United States Code, and such determination 
is made after 3 business days have elapsed since the li-
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censee contacted the System and a firearm has been trans-
ferred to that person, the System shall notify the law en-
forcement agencies described in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES DESCRIBED.— 
The law enforcement agencies described in this subsection 
are the law enforcement agencies that have jurisdiction 
over the location from which the licensee contacted the 
system and the law enforcement agencies that have juris-
diction over the location of the residence of the person for 
which the background check was conducted, as follows: 
‘‘(1) The field office of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation. 
‘‘(2) The local law enforcement agency. 
‘‘(3) The State law enforcement agency. 
‘‘(4) The Tribal law enforcement agency.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (18 
10 U.S.C. 922 note) is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 107 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 108. Notification to law enforcement agencies of prohibited purchase of 
a firearm.’’. 
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SEC. 1202. REPORTING OF BACKGROUND CHECK DENIALS 
TO STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL AUTHORI-
TIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 925A 
the following: 
‘‘§ 925B. Reporting of background check denials to 
State, local, and Tribal authorities 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If the national instant criminal 
background check system established under section 103 
of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. 
922 note) provides a notice pursuant to section 922(t) of 
this title that the receipt of a firearm by a person would 
violate subsection (g)(8), (g)(9), or (g)(10) of section 922 
of this title or State law, the Attorney General shall, in 
accordance with subsection (b) of this section— 
‘‘(1) report to the law enforcement authorities 
of the State where the person sought to acquire the 
firearm and, if different, the law enforcement au-
thorities of the State of residence of the person— 
‘‘(A) that the notice was provided; 
‘‘(B) of the specific provision of law that 
would have been violated; 
‘‘(C) of the date and time the notice was 
provided; 
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‘‘(D) of the location where the firearm was 
sought to be acquired; and 
‘‘(E) of the identity of the person; and 
‘‘(2) report the incident to local or Tribal law 
enforcement authorities and, where practicable, 
State, Tribal, or local prosecutors, in the jurisdiction 
where the firearm was sought and in the jurisdiction 
where the person resides. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS
FOR REPORT.—A report is 
made in accordance with this subsection if the report is 
made within 24 hours after the provision of the notice de-
scribed in subsection (a), except that the making of the 
report may be delayed for so long as is necessary to avoid 
compromising an ongoing investigation. 
‘‘(c) RULE
OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sub-
section (a) shall be construed to require a report with re-
spect to a person to be made to the same State authorities 
that originally issued the notice with respect to the per-
son.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 925A the following: 
‘‘925B. Reporting of background check denials to State, local, and Tribal au-
thorities.’’. 
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SEC. 1203. SPECIAL ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEYS AND 
CROSS-DEPUTIZED ATTORNEYS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United 
States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended 
by inserting after section 925B the following: 
‘‘§ 925C. Special assistant U.S. attorneys and cross- 
deputized attorneys 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to improve the enforce-
ment of paragraphs (8), (9), and (10) of section 922(g), 
the Attorney General may— 
‘‘(1) appoint, in accordance with section 543 of 
title 28, qualified State, Tribal, territorial and local 
prosecutors and qualified attorneys working for the 
United States government to serve as special assist-
ant United States attorneys for the purpose of pros-
ecuting violations of such paragraphs; 
‘‘(2) deputize State, Tribal, territorial and local 
law enforcement officers for the purpose of enhanc-
ing the capacity of the agents of the Bureau of Alco-
hol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives in respond-
ing to and investigating violations of such para-
graphs; and 
‘‘(3) establish, in order to receive and expedite 
requests for assistance from State, Tribal, territorial 
and local law enforcement agencies responding to in-
timate partner violence cases where such agencies 
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have probable cause to believe that the offenders 
may be in violation of such paragraphs, points of 
contact within— 
‘‘(A) each Field Division of the Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; 
and 
‘‘(B) each District Office of the United 
States Attorneys. 
‘‘(b) IMPROVE INTIMATE PARTNER
AND PUBLIC 
SAFETY.—The Attorney General shall— 
‘‘(1) identify no less than 75 jurisdictions 
among States, territories and Tribes where there are 
high rates of firearms violence and threats of fire-
arms violence against intimate partners and other 
persons protected under paragraphs (8), (9), and 
(10) of section 922(g) and where local authorities 
lack the resources to address such violence; and 
‘‘(2) make such appointments as described in 
subsection (a) in jurisdictions where enhanced en-
forcement of such paragraphs is necessary to reduce 
firearms homicide and injury rates. 
‘‘(c) QUALIFIED DEFINED.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘qualified’ means, with respect to an at-
torney, that the attorney is a licensed attorney in good 
standing with any relevant licensing authority.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 925B the following: 
‘‘925C. Special assistant U.S. attorneys and cross-deputized attorneys.’’. 
SEC. 1204. REVIEW ON NATIVE AMERICAN INTERACTIONS 
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) REVIEW ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFECTING NA-
TIVE HAWAIIANS.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall con-
duct a comprehensive review of law enforcement and other 
crime prevention programs targeting criminal offenses 
that affect Native Hawaiians, including child sexual ex-
ploitation, child abuse, intimate partner violence, human 
trafficking, missing or murdered individuals, and sub-
stance abuse and submit to Congress a report thereon. 
The review shall include for each such program the 
amount of Federal funding for the program that is re-
ceived by Native Hawaiian-serving organizations as a per-
centage of the total amount disbursed by the program. 
The review shall also include recommendations relating 
to— 
(1) social, educational, economic, and any other 
factor that may contribute to a Native Hawaiian be-
coming a missing or murdered Native Hawaiian; and 
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(2) legislation to reduce the likelihood that a 
Native Hawaiian may become a missing or murdered 
Native Hawaiian. 
(b) REVIEW OF NATIVE HAWAIIAN VICTIMS OF VAR-
IOUS CRIMES.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall con-
duct a comprehensive review of programs that provide 
services to victims of criminal offenses affecting Native 
Hawaiians, including child sexual exploitation, child abuse, 
intimate partner violence, human trafficking, and sub-
stance abuse. The report shall include for each such pro-
gram the amount of Federal funding that is received by 
Native Hawaiian-serving organizations as a percentage 
of— 
(1) the total amount disbursed by the program; 
and 
(2) the total amount of Federal funds disbursed 
by the program. 
(c) REPORT ON NATIVE HAWAIIANS IN THE CRIMI-
NAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.— 
(1) CRIMINAL
JUSTICE
SYSTEM.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Attorney General, acting through the Na-
tional Institute of Justice, in coordination with the 
Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall report on the 
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interaction of Native Hawaiians with the criminal 
justice system, including the percentage of persons 
who are Native Hawaiians out of the total of— 
(A) all persons arrested; 
(B) all persons detained in Federal, State, 
and local jails; 
(C) all persons subject to pretrial super-
vision; 
(D) all persons subject to post-conviction 
supervision; 
(E) all persons incarcerated in Federal and 
State prisons; and 
(F) all persons subject to post-release su-
pervision. 
(2) PROGRAMS
AND
SERVICES.—The report 
shall also include the programs and services avail-
able to and used by Native Hawaiians in various ju-
risdictions, including diversion programs, in-prison 
education programs, and reentry services. The re-
port shall also include the number of culturally rel-
evant programs available to Native Hawaiians who 
interact with the criminal justice system. The report 
shall also include data on the number of Native Ha-
waiians who are incarcerated and placed in Federal 
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and private facilities more than 200 miles from their 
place of residence. 
(3) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The report shall also 
include recommendations relating to— 
(A) social, educational, economic, and any 
other factor that may contribute to a Native 
Hawaiian becoming involved in the criminal jus-
tice system; and 
(B) legislation to reduce the likelihood that 
a Native Hawaiian may become involved in the 
criminal justice system. 
TITLE XIII—CLOSING THE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
CONSENT 
LOOPHOLE 
SEC. 1301. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Closing the Law En-
forcement Consent Loophole Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 1302. PROHIBITION ON ENGAGING IN SEXUAL ACTS 
WHILE ACTING UNDER COLOR OF LAW. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2243 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘or by any person acting 
under color of law’’; 
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(2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (d) and (e), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) OF AN INDIVIDUAL BY ANY PERSON ACTING 
UNDER COLOR OF LAW.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Whoever, acting under 
color of law, knowingly engages in a sexual act with 
an individual, including an individual who is under 
arrest, in detention, or otherwise in the actual cus-
tody of any Federal law enforcement officer, shall be 
fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 15 
years, or both. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘sexual act’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 2246.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) In a prosecution under subsection (c), it is not 
a defense that the other individual consented to the sexual 
act.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION.—Section 2246 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
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(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(7) the term ‘Federal law enforcement officer’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 115.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 109A of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by amending the item related to section 2243 
to read as follows: 
‘‘2243. Sexual abuse of a minor or ward or by any person acting under color 
of law.’’. 
SEC. 1303. INCENTIVES FOR STATES. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—The Attorney 
General is authorized to make grants to States that have 
in effect a law that— 
(1) makes it a criminal offense for any person 
acting under color of law of the State to engage in 
a sexual act with an individual, including an indi-
vidual who is under arrest, in detention, or otherwise 
in the actual custody of any law enforcement officer; 
and 
(2) prohibits a person charged with an offense 
described in paragraph (1) from asserting the con-
sent of the other individual as a defense. 
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(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—A State that re-
ceives a grant under this section shall submit to the Attor-
ney General, on an annual basis, information on— 
(1) the number of reports made to law enforce-
ment agencies in that State regarding persons en-
gaging in a sexual act while acting under color of 
law during the previous year; and 
(2) the disposition of each case in which sexual 
misconduct by a person acting under color of law 
was reported during the previous year. 
(c) APPLICATION.—A State seeking a grant under 
this section shall submit an application to the Attorney 
General at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Attorney General may reasonably 
require, including information about the law described in 
subsection (a). 
(d) GRANT AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant to a 
State under this section shall be in an amount that is not 
greater than 10 percent of the average of the total amount 
of funding of the 3 most recent awards that the State re-
ceived under the following grant programs: 
(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’’). 
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(2) Section 41601 of the Violence Against 
Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12511) (commonly 
referred to as the ‘‘Sexual Assault Services Pro-
gram’’). 
(e) GRANT TERM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 
provide an increase in the amount provided to a 
State under the grant programs described in sub-
section (d) for a 2-year period. 
(2) RENEWAL.—A State that receives a grant 
under this section may submit an application for a 
renewal of such grant at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the Attorney 
General may reasonably require. 
(3) LIMIT.—A State may not receive a grant 
under this section for more than 4 years. 
(f) USES OF FUNDS.—A State that receives a grant 
under this section shall use— 
(1) 25 percent of such funds for any of the per-
missible uses of funds under the grant program de-
scribed in paragraph (1) of subsection (d); and 
(2) 75 percent of such funds for any of the per-
missible uses of funds under the grant program de-
scribed in paragraph (2) of subsection (d). 
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(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this chapter 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
(h) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several States and the 
District of Columbia, Indian Tribes, and the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Vir-
gin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. 
SEC. 1304. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
(a) REPORT
BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
each year thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit 
to Congress and make publicly available on the Depart-
ment of Justice website a report containing— 
(1) the information required to be reported to 
the Attorney General under section 3(b); and 
(2) information on— 
(A) the number of reports made, during 
the previous year, to Federal law enforcement 
agencies regarding persons engaging in a sexual 
act while acting under color of law; and 
(B) the disposition of each case in which 
sexual misconduct by a person acting under 
color of law was reported. 
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(b) REPORT BY GAO.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and each year there-
after, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
submit to Congress a report on any violations of section 
2243(c) of title 18, United States Code, as amended by 
section 2, committed during the 1-year period covered by 
the report. 
SEC. 1305. DEFINITION. 
In this title, the term ‘‘sexual act’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 2246 of title 18, United States 
Code. 
TITLE XIV—OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 1401. NATIONAL STALKER AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 
REDUCTION. 
Section 40603 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12402) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 
through 2026’’. 
SEC. 1402. FEDERAL VICTIM ASSISTANTS REAUTHORIZA-
TION. 
Section 40114 of the Violence Against Women Act 
of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
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‘‘SEC. 40114. AUTHORIZATION FOR FEDERAL VICTIM’S CO-
ORDINATORS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated for the 
United States Attorneys for the purpose of appointing vic-
tim/witness coordinators for the prosecution of sex crimes 
and domestic violence crimes where applicable (such as the 
District of Columbia), $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2026.’’. 
SEC. 1403. CHILD ABUSE TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR JUDI-
CIAL PERSONNEL AND PRACTITIONERS RE-
AUTHORIZATION. 
Section 224(a) of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (34 
U.S.C. 20334(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014 through 
2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 2026’’. 
SEC. 1404. SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT. 
Section 40152(c) of the Violent Crime Control and 
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12311(c)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and inserting 
‘‘2022 through 2026’’. 
SEC. 1405. COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 219(a) of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (34 
U.S.C. 20324(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014 through 
2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 2026’’. 
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SEC. 1406. SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAM PROGRAM 
GRANTS. 
Section 304(d) of the DNA Sexual Assault Justice 
Act of 2004 (34 U.S.C. 40723(d)) is amended by striking 
‘‘2019 through 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 
2026’’. 
SEC. 1406A. STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE COORDINATION OF 
SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC NURSE EXAM 
TRAINING AND PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General and Secretary of the De-
partment of Health and Human Services shall issue and 
disseminate guidance and best practices to improve sexual 
assault forensic nurse exam training and program sustain-
ability. Such guidance shall include technical assistance 
and best practices with respect to— 
(1) aspects of performing the medical forensic 
exam, including anogenital photography, other pho-
tographic documentation, photographic documenta-
tion record management, and quality assurance peer 
review; 
(2) training and certification; 
(3) leadership development; 
(4) examiner program sustainability and exam-
iner retention; 
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(5) education of community stakeholders, in-
cluding law enforcement officials, victim advocates, 
and prosecutors; and 
(6) use of telehealth for both training exam-
iners and conducting the exams, including the 
Project ECHO model and other models. 
SEC. 1407. REVIEW ON LINK BETWEEN SUBSTANCE USE 
AND VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DAT-
ING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALK-
ING. 
Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Department of Health 
and Human Services shall complete a review and submit 
a report to Congress on whether being a victim of domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking in-
creases the likelihood of having a substance use disorder. 
SEC. 1408. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP TO STUDY FED-
ERAL EFFORTS TO COLLECT DATA ON SEX-
UAL VIOLENCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall establish an interagency working group (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Working Group’’) to study Fed-
eral efforts to collect data on sexual violence and to make 
recommendations on the harmonization of such efforts. 
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(b) COMPOSITION.—The Working Group shall be 
comprised of at least one representative from the following 
agencies, who shall be selected by the head of that agency: 
(1) The Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention. 
(2) The Department of Education. 
(3) The Department of Health and Human 
Services. 
(4) The Department of Justice. 
(5) The Equal Employment Opportunity Com-
mission. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Working Group shall consider the 
following: 
(1) What activity constitutes different acts of 
sexual violence. 
(2) Whether reports that use the same terms 
for acts of sexual violence are collecting the same 
data on these acts. 
(3) Whether the context which led to an act of 
sexual violence should impact how that act is ac-
counted for in reports. 
(4) Whether the data collected is presented in 
a way that allows the general public to understand 
what acts of sexual violence are included in each 
measurement. 
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(5) Steps that agencies that compile reports re-
lating to sexual violence can take to avoid double 
counting incidents of sexual violence. 
(d) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Working 
Group shall publish and submit to Congress a report on 
the following: 
(1) The activities of the Working Group. 
(2) Recommendations to harmonize Federal ef-
forts to collect data on sexual violence. 
(3) Actions Federal agencies can take to imple-
ment the recommendations described in paragraph 
(2). 
(4) Recommendations, if any, for congressional 
action to implement the recommendations described 
in paragraph (2). 
(e) TERMINATION.—The Working Group shall termi-
nate 30 days after the date on which the report is sub-
mitted pursuant to subsection (d). 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) HARMONIZE.—The term ‘‘harmonize’’ in-
cludes efforts to coordinate sexual violence data col-
lection to produce complementary information, as 
appropriate, without compromising programmatic 
needs. 
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(2) SEXUAL VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘sexual vio-
lence’’ includes an unwanted sexual act (including 
both contact and non-contact) about which the Fed-
eral Government collects information. 
SEC. 1409. NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE. 
Not later than 3 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, a national domestic violence hotline for which 
a grant is provided under section 313 of the Family Vio-
lence Prevention and Services Act shall include the vol-
untary feature of texting via telephone to ensure all meth-
ods of communication are available for victims and those 
seeking assistance. 
SEC. 1410. DEPUTY ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL ON 
CULTURALLY SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES WITH-
IN THE OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS. 
There shall be a Deputy Assistant Attorney General 
on Culturally Specific Communities within the Office of 
Justice Programs who shall, under the guidance and au-
thority of the Assistant Attorney General Office of Justice 
Programs— 
(1) oversee the administration of grants related 
to culturally specific services and contracts with cul-
turally specific organizations; 
(2) coordinate development of Federal policy, 
protocols, and guidelines on matters relating to do-
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mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and 
stalking, in culturally specific communities; 
(3) advise the Assistant Attorney General of the 
Office of Justice Programs concerning policies, legis-
lation, implementation of laws, and other issues re-
lating to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault and stalking in culturally specific commu-
nities; 
(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 assistance, 
developed and provided by entities having expertise 
in culturally specific is made available to grantees 
and potential grantees proposing to serve culturally 
specific communities; and 
(6) ensure access to grants and technical assist-
ance for culturally specific organizations and analyze 
the distribution of funding in order to identify bar-
riers for culturally specific organizations. 
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SEC. 1411. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ON WORKPLACE 
RESPONSES TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF DOMES-
TIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE ASSISTANCE FOR 
MICROBUSINESSES. 
Section 41501(b) of the Violent Crime Control and 
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12501(b)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting after ‘‘State 
and local governments’’ the following: ‘‘, and em-
ployers with fewer than 20 employees’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end the following: ‘‘, which materials 
shall include a website with resources for employers 
with fewer than 20 employees, including live training 
materials’’. 
SEC. 1412. CIVIL ACTION RELATING TO DISCLOSURE OF IN-
TIMATE IMAGES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CONSENT.—The term ‘‘consent’’ means, 
with respect to an individual, an affirmative, con-
scious, and voluntary authorization made by the in-
dividual free from force, fraud, misrepresentation, or 
coercion of the depicted individual. 
(2) COMMERCIAL PORNOGRAPHIC CONTENT.— 
The term ‘‘commercial pornographic content’’ means 
any material that is subject to the record keeping re-
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quirements under section 2257 of title 18, United 
States Code. 
(3) DEPICTED
INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘de-
picted individual’’ means an individual whose body is 
disclosed in whole or in part in an intimate image. 
(4) DISCLOSE.—The term ‘‘disclose’’ means to 
transfer, publish, distribute, or make accessible an 
intimate image. 
(5) IDENTIFIABLE.—The term ‘‘identifiable’’ 
means recognizable by an individual other than the 
depicted individual from— 
(A) the intimate image itself; or 
(B) information or text displayed in con-
nection with the intimate image. 
(6) INTIMATE
IMAGE.—The term ‘‘intimate 
image’’— 
(A) means a photograph, film, video re-
cording, or digital recording that shows— 
(i) the uncovered genitals, pubic area, 
anus, or female nipple of an individual; 
(ii) the display or transfer of bodily 
sexual fluids on to any part of the body of 
an individual; 
(iii) an individual engaging in sexually 
explicit conduct; or 
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(iv) an individual being subjected to 
sexually explicit conduct; and 
(B) includes any image described in sub-
paragraph (A) captured or recorded while the 
depicted individual was in a public place if— 
(i) the depicted individual did not vol-
untarily display the content depicted in the 
image; or 
(ii) the depicted individual did not 
consent to the sexual conduct depicted in 
the image. 
(7) SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT.—The term 
‘‘sexually explicit conduct’’ has the meaning given 
the term in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 
2256(2) of title 18, United States Code. 
(b) CIVIL ACTION.— 
(1) RIGHT OF ACTION.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (4), a depicted individual, or in the case 
of a depicted individual who is a minor, the parent 
of the depicted individual, whose intimate image is 
disclosed, in or through interstate or foreign com-
merce or using a means of interstate or foreign com-
merce (including the internet), without the consent 
of the depicted individual, and such disclosure was 
made by a person who acted knowingly without, or 
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with reckless disregard for, the consent of the de-
picted individual to such disclosure, may bring a civil 
action against that person in an appropriate district 
court of the United States for appropriate relief. 
(2) CONSENT.—For purposes of an action 
under paragraph (1)— 
(A) evidence that the depicted individual 
provided consent to the capture or recording of 
the intimate image shall not, by itself, con-
stitute evidence that the depicted individual 
provided consent to the disclosure of the inti-
mate image; and 
(B) evidence that the depicted individual 
disclosed the image to the person alleged to 
have violated paragraph (1) shall not, by itself, 
constitute evidence that the depicted individual 
provided consent to the further disclosure of the 
intimate image. 
(3) RELIEF.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In a civil action filed 
under this section— 
(i) an individual may recover the ac-
tual damages sustained by the individual 
or liquidated damages in the amount of 
$150,000, and the cost of the action, in-
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cluding reasonable attorney’s fees and 
other litigation costs reasonably incurred; 
and 
(ii) the court may, in addition to any 
other relief available at law, order equi-
table relief, including a temporary restrain-
ing order, a preliminary injunction, or a 
permanent injunction ordering the defend-
ant to cease display or disclosure of the 
image. 
(B) PRESERVATION
OF
ANONYMITY.—In 
ordering relief under subparagraph (A), the 
court may grant injunctive relief maintaining 
the confidentiality of a plaintiff using a pseu-
donym. 
(4) EXCEPTIONS.—A depicted individual may 
not bring an action for relief under this section re-
lating to— 
(A) an intimate image that is commercial 
pornographic content unless— 
(i) the content was produced by force, 
fraud, misrepresentation, or coercion of the 
depicted individual; and 
(ii) the claim of force, fraud, mis-
representation, or coercion under clause (i) 
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is demonstrated through a preponderance 
of evidence; 
(B) a disclosure made in good faith— 
(i) to a law enforcement officer or 
agency; 
(ii) as part of a legal proceeding; 
(iii) as part of medical education, di-
agnosis, or treatment; or 
(iv) in the reporting or investigation 
of— 
(I) unlawful content; or 
(II) unsolicited or unwelcome 
conduct; 
(C) a matter of public concern or public in-
terest; or 
(D) a disclosure reasonably intended to as-
sist the depicted individual. 
SEC. 1413. CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELATING TO INTIMATE 
VISUAL DEPICTIONS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Dis-
tribution Act of 2021’’ or the ‘‘SHIELD Act of 2021’’. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 88 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘§ 1802. Certain activities relating to intimate visual 
depictions 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COMMUNICATIONS
SERVICE.—The term 
‘communications service’ means— 
‘‘(A) a service provided by a person that is 
a common carrier, as that term is defined in 
section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 
(47 U.S.C. 153), insofar as the person is acting 
as a common carrier; 
‘‘(B) an electronic communication service, 
as that term is defined in section 2510; 
‘‘(C) an information service, as that term 
is defined in section 3 of the Communications 
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153); and 
‘‘(D) an interactive computer service, as 
that term is defined in section 230(f) of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
230(f)). 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION CONTENT PROVIDER.—The 
term ‘information content provider’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 230(f) of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(f)). 
‘‘(3) INTIMATE VISUAL DEPICTION.—The term 
‘intimate visual depiction’ means any visual depic-
tion (as that term is defined in section 2256(5))— 
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‘‘(A) of an individual who is reasonably 
identifiable from the visual depiction itself or 
information displayed in connection with the 
visual depiction; 
‘‘(B) in which— 
‘‘(i) the individual has obtained 18 
years of age and is engaging in sexually 
explicit conduct; or 
‘‘(ii) the naked genitals, anus, pubic 
area or post-pubescent female nipple of the 
individual are visible; 
‘‘(C) in which the content described in sub-
paragraph (B) is not simulated; and 
‘‘(D) in original or modified format. 
‘‘(4) SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT.—The term 
‘sexually explicit conduct’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 2256(2)(A). 
‘‘(b) OFFENSE.—Except as provided in subsection 
(d), it shall be unlawful to knowingly use any means or 
facility of interstate or foreign commerce to distribute an 
intimate visual depiction of an individual— 
‘‘(1) with knowledge of or reckless disregard 
for— 
‘‘(A) the lack of consent of the individual 
to the distribution; and 
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‘‘(B) the reasonable expectation of the in-
dividual that the depiction would remain pri-
vate; and 
‘‘(2) without an objectively reasonable belief 
that such distribution touches upon a matter of pub-
lic concern. 
‘‘(c) PENALTY.—Any person who violates subsection 
(b) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more 
than 2 years, for each individual victim depicted, or both. 
‘‘(d) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) LAW ENFORCEMENT, LAWFUL REPORTING, 
AND OTHER LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.—This section— 
‘‘(A) does not prohibit any lawful law en-
forcement, correctional, or intelligence activity; 
‘‘(B) shall not apply in the case of an indi-
vidual acting in good faith to report unlawful 
activity or in pursuance of a legal or profes-
sional or other lawful obligation; and 
‘‘(C) shall not apply in the case of a docu-
ment production or filing associated with a legal 
proceeding. 
‘‘(2) SERVICE PROVIDERS.—This section shall 
not apply to any provider of a communications serv-
ice with regard to content provided by another infor-
mation content provider unless the provider of the 
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communications service intentionally solicits, or 
knowingly and predominantly distributes, content 
that the provider of the communications service ac-
tually knows is in violation of this section. 
‘‘(e) THREATS.—Any person who intentionally 
threatens to commit an offense under subsection (b) shall 
be punished as provided in subsection (c). 
‘‘(f) VENUE AND EXTRATERRITORIALITY.—A pros-
ecution under this section may be brought in a district 
where the defendant or the depicted individual resides or 
in a district where the intimate visual depictions are dis-
tributed. There is extraterritorial Federal jurisdiction over 
an offense under this section if the defendant or the de-
picted individual is a citizen or permanent resident of the 
United States.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
of chapter 88 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 1801 the 
following: 
‘‘1802. Certain activities relating to intimate visual depictions.’’. 
SEC. 1414. TASK FORCE ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN EDU-
CATION. 
(a) TASK FORCE ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN EDU-
CATION.—Not later than September 1, 2022, the Sec-
retary of Education, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, and the Attorney General shall establish a joint 
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interagency task force to be known as the ‘‘Task Force 
on Sexual Violence in Education’’ that shall— 
(1) provide pertinent information to the Sec-
retary of Education, Attorney General, Congress, 
and the public with respect to campus sexual vio-
lence prevention, investigations, and responses, in-
cluding the creation of consistent, public complaint 
processes for violations of title IX of the Education 
Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) and 
section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1092(f)); 
(2) provide recommendations to educational in-
stitutions for establishing sexual assault prevention 
and response teams; 
(3) develop recommendations for educational in-
stitutions on providing survivor resources, including 
healthcare, sexual assault kits, sexual assault nurse 
examiners, culturally responsive and inclusive stand-
ards of care, trauma-informed services, and access to 
confidential advocacy and support services; 
(4) develop recommendations in conjunction 
with student groups at greater statistical risk of per-
petuating rape culture such as fraternities and ath-
letic departments for best practices for responses 
and prevention with respect to sexual violence and 
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dating violence for educational institutions, taking 
into consideration an institution’s size and resources; 
(5) develop recommendations for educational in-
stitutions on sex education, as appropriate, training 
for school staff, and various equitable discipline 
models; 
(6) develop recommendations on culturally re-
sponsive and inclusive approaches to supporting sur-
vivors, which include consideration of race, ethnicity, 
national origin, immigrant status, gender identity, 
sexual orientation, ability, disability, socio-economic 
status, exposure to trauma, and other compounding 
factors; 
(7) solicit periodic input from a diverse group 
of survivors, trauma specialists, advocates from na-
tional, State, and local anti-sexual violence advocacy 
organizations, institutions of higher education, and 
other public stakeholders; 
(8) assess the Department of Education’s abil-
ity under section 902 of the Education Amendments 
of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1682) to levy intermediate fines 
for noncompliance with title IX of the Education 
Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) and 
the advisability of additional remedies for such non-
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compliance, in addition to the remedies already 
available under Federal law; and 
(9) create a plan described in subsection (c). 
(b) PERSONNEL DETAILS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY TO DETAIL.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the head of a component 
of any Federal agency that is funded under the Vio-
lence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925 
et seq.) may detail an officer or employee of such 
component to the Task Force on Sexual Violence in 
Education or to the Secretary of Education to assist 
the Task Force with the duties described in sub-
section (a), as jointly agreed to by the head of such 
component and the Task Force. 
(2) BASIS
FOR
DETAIL.—A personnel detail 
made under paragraph (1) may be made— 
(A) for a period of not more than 3 years; 
and 
(B) on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable 
basis. 
(c) ADDITIONAL PLAN.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date on which the Task Force on Sexual Violence in 
Education is established under subsection (a), the Task 
Force shall submit to Congress recommendations for re-
cruiting, retaining, and training a highly-qualified work-
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force employed by the Department of Education to carry 
out investigation of complaints alleging a violation of title 
IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 
1681 et seq.) or section 485(f) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)), and enforcement of such 
title IX (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) or such section 485(f) 
(20 U.S.C. 1092(f)), with respect to sexual violence in 
education. Such plan shall include— 
(1) an assessment to identify current gaps or 
challenges carrying out such investigation and en-
forcement, which may include surveying current in-
vestigative workforce to solicit feedback on areas in 
need of improvement; 
(2) an examination of issues of recruiting, re-
tention, and the professional development of such 
workforce, including the possibility of providing re-
tention bonuses or other forms of compensation for 
the purpose of ensuring the Department of Edu-
cation has the capacity, in both personnel and skills, 
needed to properly perform its mission and provide 
adequate oversight of educational institutions; 
(3) an assessment of the benefits of outreach 
and training with both law enforcement agencies and 
educational institutions with respect to such work-
force; 
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(4) an examination of best practices for making 
educational institutions aware of the most effective 
campus sexual violence prevention, investigation, and 
response practices and identifying areas where more 
research should be conducted; and 
(5) strategies for addressing such other matters 
as the Secretary of Education considers necessary to 
sexual violence prevention, investigation, and re-
sponses. 
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Task Force on Sexual 
Violence in Education shall report to Congress on an an-
nual basis, and make publicly available, a report of its ac-
tivities and any update of the plan required under sub-
section (c), including the number of complaints received 
regarding sexual violence (including violence on the basis 
of sexual orientation and gender identity), the number of 
open investigations, the number of complaints that contin-
ued to resolution, the number of complaints resolved using 
informal resolution, the average time to complete an inves-
tigation, the number of investigations initiated based on 
complaints, and the number of investigations initiated by 
the Department of Education. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) The term ‘‘educational institution’’ includes 
an institution of higher education, an elementary 
school, or a secondary school. 
(2) The terms ‘‘elementary school’’ and ‘‘sec-
ondary school’’ have the meanings given the terms 
in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(3) The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 
SEC. 1415. SURVIVORS’ BILL OF RIGHTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall make 
grants to States that have in place a law that provides 
to sexual assault survivors the rights, at a minimum, 
under section 3772 of title 18, United States Code. 
(b) GRANT AMOUNT.—Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, a grant to a State under this section shall 
be equal to 10 percent of the average of the amount of 
funding of the 3 most recent awards that the State re-
ceived under 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 Violence 
Against Women Formula Grant Program’’). 
(c) APPLICATION.—A State seeking a grant under 
this section shall submit an application to the Attorney 
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General at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Attorney General may reasonably 
require, including information about the law described in 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 1416. REPORT ON SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE TEAMS 
AT HOSPITALS. 
In order to be eligible for funds made available by 
the Department of Justice under this Act or an amend-
ment made by this Act, a State or unit of local government 
shall submit to the Attorney General a report, on an an-
nual basis, which contains the following: 
(1) The number of hospitals in the jurisdiction 
that have sexual assault response teams (or their 
equivalent). 
(2) The average response time of each such 
team in responding to the needs, including the emo-
tional needs, of rape and sexual assault victims in 
the emergency room. 
TITLE XV—CYBERCRIME 
ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 1501. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS FOR EN-
FORCEMENT OF CYBERCRIMES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-
propriations, the Attorney General shall award grants 
under this section to States and units of local government 
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for the prevention, enforcement, and prosecution of 
cybercrimes against individuals. 
(b) APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To request a grant under 
this section, the chief executive officer of a State or 
unit of local government shall submit an application 
to the Attorney General within 90 days after the 
date on which funds to carry out this section are ap-
propriated for a fiscal year, in such form as the At-
torney General may require. Such application shall 
include the following: 
(A) A certification that Federal funds 
made available under this section will not be 
used to supplant State or local funds, but will 
be used to increase the amounts of such funds 
that would, in the absence of Federal funds, be 
made available for law enforcement activities. 
(B) An assurance that, not fewer than 30 
days before the application (or any amendment 
to the application) was submitted to the Attor-
ney General, the application (or amendment) 
was submitted for review to the governing body 
of the State or unit of local government (or to 
an organization designated by that governing 
body). 
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(C) An assurance that, before the applica-
tion (or any amendment to the application) was 
submitted to the Attorney General— 
(i) the application (or amendment) 
was made public; and 
(ii) an opportunity to comment on the 
application (or amendment) was provided 
to citizens and to neighborhood or commu-
nity-based organizations, to the extent ap-
plicable law or established procedure 
makes such an opportunity available. 
(D) An assurance that, for each fiscal year 
covered by an application, the applicant shall 
maintain and report such data, records, and in-
formation (programmatic and financial) as the 
Attorney General may reasonably require. 
(E) A certification, made in a form accept-
able to the Attorney General and executed by 
the chief executive officer of the applicant (or 
by another officer of the applicant, if qualified 
under regulations promulgated by the Attorney 
General), that— 
(i) the programs to be funded by the 
grant meet all the requirements of this sec-
tion; 
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(ii) all the information contained in 
the application is correct; 
(iii) there has been appropriate co-
ordination with affected agencies; and 
(iv) the applicant will comply with all 
provisions of this section and all other ap-
plicable Federal laws. 
(F) A certification that the State or in the 
case of a unit of local government, the State in 
which the unit of local government is located, 
has in effect criminal laws which prohibit 
cybercrimes against individuals. 
(G) A certification that any equipment de-
scribed in subsection (c)(7) purchased using 
grant funds awarded under this section will be 
used primarily for investigations and forensic 
analysis of evidence in matters involving 
cybercrimes against individuals. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec-
tion may only be used for programs that provide— 
(1) training for State or local law enforcement 
personnel relating to cybercrimes against individuals, 
including— 
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(A) training such personnel to identify and 
protect victims of cybercrimes against individ-
uals; 
(B) training such personnel to utilize Fed-
eral, State, local, and other resources to assist 
victims of cybercrimes against individuals; 
(C) training such personnel to identify and 
investigate cybercrimes against individuals; 
(D) training such personnel to enforce and 
utilize the laws that prohibit cybercrimes 
against individuals; 
(E) training such personnel to utilize tech-
nology to assist in the investigation of 
cybercrimes against individuals and enforce-
ment of laws that prohibit such crimes; and 
(F) the payment of overtime incurred as a 
result of such training; 
(2) training for State or local prosecutors, 
judges, 
and 
judicial 
personnel, 
relating 
to 
cybercrimes against individuals, including— 
(A) training such personnel to identify, in-
vestigate, prosecute, or adjudicate cybercrimes 
against individuals; 
(B) training such personnel to utilize laws 
that prohibit cybercrimes against individuals; 
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(C) training such personnel to utilize Fed-
eral, State, local, and other resources to assist 
victims of cybercrimes against individuals; and 
(D) training such personnel to utilize tech-
nology to assist in the prosecution or adjudica-
tion of acts of cybercrimes against individuals, 
including the use of technology to protect vic-
tims of such crimes; 
(3) training for State or local emergency dis-
patch personnel relating to cybercrimes against indi-
viduals, including— 
(A) training such personnel to identify and 
protect victims of cybercrimes against individ-
uals; 
(B) training such personnel to utilize Fed-
eral, State, local, and other resources to assist 
victims of cybercrimes against individuals; 
(C) training such personnel to utilize tech-
nology to assist in the identification of and re-
sponse to cybercrimes against individuals; and 
(D) the payment of overtime incurred as a 
result of such training; 
(4) assistance to State or local law enforcement 
agencies in enforcing laws that prohibit cybercrimes 
against individuals, including expenses incurred in 
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performing enforcement operations, such as overtime 
payments; 
(5) assistance to State or local law enforcement 
agencies in educating the public in order to prevent, 
deter, and identify violations of laws that prohibit 
cybercrimes against individuals; 
(6) assistance to State or local law enforcement 
agencies to establish task forces that operate solely 
to conduct investigations, forensic analyses of evi-
dence, and prosecutions in matters involving 
cybercrimes against individuals; 
(7) assistance to State or local law enforcement 
and prosecutors in acquiring computers, computer 
equipment, and other equipment necessary to con-
duct investigations and forensic analysis of evidence 
in matters involving cybercrimes against individuals, 
including expenses incurred in the training, mainte-
nance, or acquisition of technical updates necessary 
for the use of such equipment for the duration of a 
reasonable period of use of such equipment; 
(8) assistance in the facilitation and promotion 
of sharing, with State and local law enforcement of-
ficers and prosecutors, of the expertise and informa-
tion of Federal law enforcement agencies about the 
investigation, analysis, and prosecution of matters 
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involving laws that prohibit cybercrimes against indi-
viduals, including the use of multijurisdictional task 
forces; or 
(9) assistance to State and local law enforce-
ment and prosecutors in processing interstate extra-
dition requests for violations of laws involving 
cybercrimes against individuals, including expenses 
incurred in the extradition of an offender from one 
State to another. 
(d) REPORT TO THE SECRETARY.—On the date that 
is 1 year after the date on which a State or unit of local 
government receives a grant under this section, and annu-
ally thereafter, the chief executive of such State or unit 
of local government shall submit to the Attorney General 
a report which contains— 
(1) a summary of the activities carried out dur-
ing the previous year with any grant received by 
such State or unit of local government; 
(2) an evaluation of the results of such activi-
ties; and 
(3) such other information as the Attorney 
General may reasonably require. 
(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Novem-
ber 1 of each even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney 
General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 
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of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the Senate a report that contains a com-
pilation of the information contained in the report sub-
mitted under subsection (d). 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
(2) LIMITATION.—Of the amount made avail-
able under paragraph (1) in any fiscal year, not 
more than 5 percent may be used for evaluation, 
monitoring, technical assistance, salaries, and ad-
ministrative expenses. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘cybercrimes against individuals’’ 
means the criminal offenses applicable in the rel-
evant State or unit of local government that involve 
the use of a computer to cause personal harm to an 
individual, such as the use of a computer to harass, 
threaten, stalk, extort, coerce, cause fear, intimidate, 
without consent distribute intimate images of, or vio-
late the privacy of, an individual, except that— 
(A) use of a computer need not be an ele-
ment of such an offense; and 
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(B) such term does not include the use of 
a computer to cause harm to a commercial enti-
ty, government agency, or any non-natural per-
sons. 
(2) The term ‘‘computer’’ includes a computer 
network and an interactive electronic device. 
SEC. 1502. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER GRANT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-
propriations, the Attorney General shall award a grant 
under this section to an eligible entity for the purpose of 
the establishment and maintenance of a National Re-
source Center on Cybercrimes Against Individuals to pro-
vide resource information, training, and technical assist-
ance to improve the capacity of individuals, organizations, 
governmental entities, and communities to prevent, en-
force, and prosecute cybercrimes against individuals. 
(b) APPLICATION.—To request a grant under this 
section, an eligible entity shall submit an application to 
the Attorney General not later than 90 days after the date 
on which funds to carry out this section are appropriated 
for fiscal year 2022 in such form as the Attorney General 
may require. Such application shall include the following: 
(1) An assurance that, for each fiscal year cov-
ered by an application, the applicant shall maintain 
and report such data, records, and information (pro-
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grammatic and financial) as the Attorney General 
may reasonably require. 
(2) A certification, made in a form acceptable 
to the Attorney General, that— 
(A) the programs funded by the grant 
meet all the requirements of this section; 
(B) all the information contained in the 
application is correct; and 
(C) the applicant will comply with all pro-
visions of this section and all other applicable 
Federal laws. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—The eligible entity awarded a 
grant under this section shall use such amounts for the 
establishment and maintenance of a National Resource 
Center on Cybercrimes Against Individuals, which shall— 
(1) offer a comprehensive array of technical as-
sistance and training resources to Federal, State, 
and local governmental agencies, community-based 
organizations, and other professionals and interested 
parties, related to cybercrimes against individuals, 
including programs and research related to victims; 
(2) maintain a resource library which shall col-
lect, prepare, analyze, and disseminate information 
and statistics related to— 
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(A) the incidence of cybercrimes against 
individuals; 
(B) the enforcement, and prosecution of 
laws relating to cybercrimes against individuals; 
and 
(C) the provision of supportive services and 
resources for victims of cybercrimes against in-
dividuals; and 
(3) conduct research related to— 
(A) the causes of cybercrimes against indi-
viduals; 
(B) the effect of cybercrimes against indi-
viduals on victims of such crimes; and 
(C) model solutions to prevent or deter 
cybercrimes against individuals or to enforce 
the laws relating to cybercrimes against individ-
uals. 
(d) DURATION OF GRANT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The grant awarded under 
this section shall be awarded for a period of 5 years. 
(2) RENEWAL.—A grant under this section may 
be renewed for additional 5-year periods if the At-
torney General determines that the funds made 
available to the recipient were used in a manner de-
scribed in subsection (c), and if the recipient resub-
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mits an application described in subsection (b) in 
such form, and at such time as the Attorney General 
may reasonably require. 
(e) SUBGRANTS.—The eligible entity awarded a grant 
under this section may make subgrants to other nonprofit 
private organizations with relevant subject matter exper-
tise in order to establish and maintain the National Re-
source Center on Cybercrimes Against Individuals in ac-
cordance with subsection (c). 
(f) REPORT TO THE SECRETARY.—On the date that 
is 1 year after the date on which an eligible entity receives 
a grant under this section, and annually thereafter for the 
duration of the grant period, the entity shall submit to 
the Attorney General a report which contains— 
(1) a summary of the activities carried out 
under the grant program during the previous year; 
(2) an evaluation of the results of such activi-
ties; and 
(3) such other information as the Attorney 
General may reasonably require. 
(g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Novem-
ber 1 of each even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney 
General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the Senate a report that contains a com-
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pilation of the information contained in the report sub-
mitted under subsection (d). 
(h) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CYBERCRIMES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS.—The 
term ‘‘cybercrimes against individuals’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 1501(g). 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a nonprofit private organization that fo-
cuses on cybercrimes against individuals and that— 
(A) provides documentation to the Attor-
ney General demonstrating experience working 
directly on issues of cybercrimes against indi-
viduals; and 
(B) includes on the entity’s advisory board 
representatives who have a documented history 
of working directly on issues of cybercrimes 
against individuals and who are geographically 
and culturally diverse. 
SEC. 1503. NATIONAL STRATEGY, CLASSIFICATION, AND RE-
PORTING ON CYBERCRIME. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) COMPUTER.—The term ‘‘computer’’ in-
cludes a computer network and any interactive elec-
tronic device. 
(2) CYBERCRIME AGAINST INDIVIDUALS.—The 
term ‘‘cybercrime against individuals’’ means a Fed-
eral, State, or local criminal offense that involves the 
use of a computer to cause personal harm to an in-
dividual, such as the use of a computer to harass, 
threaten, stalk, extort, coerce, cause fear, intimidate, 
without consent distribute intimate images of, or vio-
late the privacy of, an individual, except that— 
(A) use of a computer need not be an ele-
ment of the offense; and 
(B) the term does not include the use of a 
computer to cause harm to a commercial entity, 
government agency, or non-natural person. 
(b) NATIONAL STRATEGY.—The Attorney General 
shall develop a national strategy to— 
(1) reduce the incidence of cybercrimes against 
individuals; 
(2) coordinate investigations of cybercrimes 
against individuals by Federal law enforcement 
agencies; and 
(3) increase the number of Federal prosecutions 
of cybercrimes against individuals. 
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(c) CLASSIFICATION OF CYBERCRIMES AGAINST IN-
DIVIDUALS FOR PURPOSES OF CRIME REPORTS.—In ac-
cordance with the authority of the Attorney General under 
section 534 of title 28, United States Code, the Director 
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall— 
(1) design and create within the Uniform Crime 
Reports a category for offenses that constitute 
cybercrimes against individuals; 
(2) to the extent feasible, within the category 
established under paragraph (1), establish subcat-
egories for each type of cybercrime against individ-
uals that is an offense under Federal or State law; 
(3) classify the category established under para-
graph (1) as a Part I crime in the Uniform Crime 
Reports; and 
(4) classify each type of cybercrime against in-
dividuals that is an offense under Federal or State 
law as a Group A offense for the purpose of the Na-
tional Incident-Based Reporting System. 
(d) ANNUAL SUMMARY.—The Attorney General shall 
publish an annual summary of the information reported 
in the Uniform Crime Reports and the National Incident- 
Based Reporting System relating to cybercrimes against 
individuals. 
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TITLE XVI—KEEPING CHILDREN 
SAFE FROM FAMILY VIOLENCE 
SEC. 1601. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Keeping Children Safe 
From Family Violence Act’’ or ‘‘Kayden’s Law’’. 
SEC. 1602. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Approximately one in 15 children are ex-
posed each year to domestic violence. 
(2) Most child abuse is perpetrated in the fam-
ily and by a parent. Intimate partner violence and 
child abuse overlap in the same families at rates of 
30 to 60 percent. A child’s risk of abuse increases 
after a perpetrator of intimate partner violence sepa-
rates from their domestic partner, even when the 
perpetrator had not previously directly abused the 
child. Children who have witnessed intimate partner 
violence are approximately four times more likely to 
experience direct child maltreatment than children 
who have not witnessed intimate partner violence. 
(3) More than 75 percent of child sexual abuse 
is perpetrated by a family member or a person 
known to the child. U.S. Department of Justice data 
shows that family members are almost half (49 per-
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cent) of the perpetrators of child sex assault victims 
under age 6. 
(4) Research suggests a child’s exposure to a 
batterer is among the strongest indicators of risk of 
incest victimization. One study found female children 
whose fathers were batterers of the mother were six- 
and-a-half times more likely to experience father- 
daughter incest than female children who do not 
have an abusive father. 
(5) Child abuse is a major public health issue 
in the United States. Total lifetime financial costs 
associated with just 1 year of confirmed cases of 
child maltreatment (including child physical abuse, 
sexual abuse, psychological abuse and neglect) re-
sults in $124 billion in annual costs to the U.S. 
economy, or approximately one percent of the gross 
domestic product. 
(6) Empirical research indicates that allegations 
of child physical and sexual abuse are regularly dis-
counted by courts when raised in child custody 
cases, with fewer than one-fourth of claims that a 
father has committed child physical or sexual abuse 
believed; and where the allegedly abusive parent 
claimed the mother was ‘‘alienating’’ the child, only 
1 out of 51 claims of sexual molestation by a father 
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were believed. Independent research indicates that 
child sexual abuse allegations are credible 50 to 70 
percent of the time. 
(7) Empirical research shows that alleged or 
known abusive parents are often granted custody or 
unprotected parenting time by courts. Approximately 
one-third of parents alleged to have committed child 
abuse took primary custody from the protective par-
ent reporting the abuse, placing children at ongoing 
risk. 
(8) Researchers have documented nearly 800 
children murdered in the United States since 2008 
by a divorcing or separating parent. More than 100 
of these child murders are known to have occurred 
after a court ordered the child into contact with the 
dangerous parent over the objection of a safe parent 
or caregiver. 
(9) Scientifically unsound theories that treat 
mothers’ abuse allegations as likely false attempts to 
undermine the father are frequently applied in fam-
ily court to minimize or deny parents’ and children’s 
reports of abuse. Many experts who testify against 
abuse allegations lack expertise in the relevant type 
of alleged abuse, relying instead on unsound and 
unproven theories. 
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(10) Judges presiding over custody cases with 
allegations of child abuse, child sexual abuse, and 
domestic violence are rarely required to receive 
training on these subjects, nor have most States es-
tablished standards for such trainings. 
SEC. 1603. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this title are to: 
(1) increase the priority given to child safety in 
any private State court proceeding affecting chil-
dren’s care and custody, excluding child protective 
and social service proceedings; 
(2) strengthen courts’ abilities to recognize and 
adjudicate domestic violence and child abuse allega-
tions based on valid, admissible evidence, and to 
enter orders which protect and minimize the risk of 
harm to children as the first priority; and 
(3) ensure that professional personnel involved 
in cases containing abuse allegations receive trauma- 
informed and culturally appropriate training on the 
dynamics, signs and impact of domestic violence and 
child abuse, including child sexual abuse. 
SEC. 1604. DEFINITION OF COVERED FORMULA GRANT. 
The term ‘‘covered formula grant’’ means a grant 
under part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10441 et seq.) (com-
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monly referred to as the ‘‘STOP Violence Against Women 
Formula Grant Program’’). 
SEC. 1605. INCREASED FUNDING FOR FORMULA GRANTS 
AUTHORIZED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall in-
crease the amount provided to a State under the covered 
formula grants in accordance with this title if— 
(1) EVIDENCE.— 
(A) EXPERTS.—The State has in place a 
law ensuring that, in a custody proceeding 
where a parent has been alleged to have com-
mitted domestic violence or child abuse, includ-
ing child sexual abuse, evidence from court-ap-
pointed or outside professionals regarding the 
alleged abuse may be admitted only when the 
professional possesses demonstrated expertise 
and clinical, not solely forensic, experience in 
working with victims of domestic violence or 
child abuse, including child sexual abuse. 
(B) NON-EXPERTS.—The State has in 
place a law ensuring that, in a custody pro-
ceeding where a parent has been alleged to have 
committed domestic violence or child abuse, in-
cluding child sexual abuse, evidence of past sex-
ual or physical abuse committed by a party, in-
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cluding but not limited to any past or current 
protection from abuse orders, sexual violence 
abuse protection orders, arrests, or convictions, 
must be considered in determining the truth of 
any allegations of family violence. 
(2) EXPERTS.—The State has in place uniform 
required standards of domestic violence and child 
abuse expertise and experience for all court-ap-
pointed neutral professional opinions related to 
abuse, trauma, and the behaviors of victims and per-
petrators, which meet the criteria in paragraph 
(1)(A). 
(3) REMEDIES FOR A CHILD’S RESISTANCE TO 
CONTACT WITH A PARENT.—The State has in place 
a law ensuring that— 
(A) NO
REMOVAL
OF
CARE
FROM
SAFE 
PARENT.—No child shall be removed from the 
care of a competent protective, non-physically 
or sexually abusive parent or litigating party to 
whom the child is bonded or attached, nor shall 
the child’s contact with such parent be re-
stricted, solely in order to improve a deficient 
relationship with the other parent. 
(B) 
REUNIFICATION
TREATMENT.—No 
‘‘reunification treatment’’ may be ordered by 
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the court without scientifically valid and gen-
erally accepted proof of the safety, effectiveness 
and therapeutic value of the particular treat-
ment, nor may any treatment predicated on 
cutting off a child from the parent to whom 
they are bonded or attached be ordered. 
(C) CAUSES OF CHILD RESISTANCE.—Any 
order to remediate a child’s contact resistance 
must address the resisted parent’s behaviors or 
contributions to the child’s resistance first, be-
fore ordering the preferred parent to take steps 
to potentially improve the child’s relationship 
with the parent they resist. 
(4) TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAM.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The State has in place 
an ongoing education and training program for 
judges and magistrates who hear custody mat-
ters, and relevant court personnel, including 
guardians ad litem, best interest attorneys, 
counsel for children, custody evaluators, mas-
ters, and mediators, focusing solely on domestic 
violence and child abuse, including— 
(i) child sexual abuse; 
(ii) physical abuse; 
(iii) emotional abuse; 
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(iv) coercive control; 
(v) implicit and explicit bias; 
(vi) trauma; 
(vii) long and short-term impacts of 
domestic violence and child abuse on chil-
dren; and 
(viii) victim and perpetrator behav-
iors. 
(B) PROVIDERS.—Training must be pro-
vided by— 
(i) professionals with substantial expe-
rience in assisting survivors of domestic vi-
olence or child abuse, such as a victim 
service provider; and 
(ii) where possible, survivors of do-
mestic violence, or child physical or sexual 
abuse. 
(C) EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The education and 
training program in subparagraph (A) 
shall rely on evidence-based and peer-re-
viewed research by recognized experts in 
the types of abuse designated under this 
section. 
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(ii) EXCLUSION.—The education and 
training program shall not include theories, 
concepts, and belief systems unsupported 
by valid, credible scientific research. 
(D) 
OBJECTIVE
OF
EDUCATION
AND 
TRAINING PROGRAM.—The education and train-
ing program shall be designed to improve the 
ability of courts to recognize and respond to 
child physical abuse, child sexual abuse, domes-
tic violence, and trauma on all family victims, 
particularly children, and make appropriate 
custody decisions that prioritize child safety and 
well-being, and shall be culturally sensitive and 
appropriate for diverse communities. 
(E) TRAINING
REQUIREMENTS.—Judges 
and all other personnel identified in subpara-
graph (A) must receive at least 60 hours of ini-
tial training on these identified topics, and at 
least 20 hours of this ongoing training every 2 
years. 
(F) 
CUSTODY
EVALUATOR
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Prior to being appointed in a case, a 
custody evaluator shall, at a minimum, hold a 
Master’s degree in a relevant field and must 
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have completed the training requirements of 
subparagraph (E). 
(4) LEGAL REPRESENTATION.—The State shall 
notify parties of the importance of legal representa-
tion and shall direct the parties to appropriate re-
sources. 
(b) GRANT INCREASE.—The amount of the increase 
provided to a State under the covered formula grant under 
this title shall be equal to not more than 10 percent of 
the average of the total amount of funding provided to 
the State under the covered formula grant under the 3 
most recent awards to the State. 
SEC. 1606. APPLICATION. 
A State seeking a grant under this title shall submit 
an application to the Attorney General at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as the At-
torney General may reasonably require, including informa-
tion regarding the law described in section 1605. 
SEC. 1607. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this title shall be interpreted to discourage 
States from adopting additional provisions to increase safe 
outcomes for children; additional protective provisions are 
encouraged. 
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SEC. 1608. GRANT TERM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The term of a covered grant shall 
be for 1 year. 
(b) RENEWAL.—A State that receives a covered grant 
may submit an application for a renewal of such grant 
at such time, in such manner, and containing such infor-
mation as the Attorney General may reasonably require. 
(c) LIMIT.—A State shall not receive a covered grant 
for more than 4 years. 
SEC. 1609. USES OF FUNDS. 
A State that receives an increase under the covered 
formula grants under this title shall use the amount of 
the 
increase 
for 
subgrants 
pursuant 
to 
section 
2007(c)(4)(C) or (D) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10446(c)(4)). 
SEC. 1610. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this title $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 
2026. 
SEC. 1611. SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS’ RIGHTS. 
Section 3772(a)(2) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
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(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(D) be informed of the status and loca-
tion of a sexual assault evidence collection kit.’’. 
SEC. 1612. GRANTS TO STATE AND TRIBAL COURTS TO IM-
PLEMENT PROTECTION ORDER PILOT PRO-
GRAMS. 
Part U of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10461 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 2103, 2104, and 
2105 as sections 2104, 2105, and 2106, respectively; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 2102 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 2103. GRANTS TO STATE AND TRIBAL COURTS TO IM-
PLEMENT PROTECTION ORDER PILOT PRO-
GRAMS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘eligible entity’ means a State or Tribal 
court that is part of a multidisciplinary partnership that 
includes, to the extent practicable— 
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‘‘(1) State, Tribal, or local law enforcement 
agency; 
‘‘(2) a State, Tribal, or local prosecutor advo-
cate group; 
‘‘(3) a victim service provider or State or Tribal 
domestic violence coalition; 
‘‘(4) a nonprofit program or government agency 
with demonstrated experience in providing legal as-
sistance or legal advice to victims of domestic vio-
lence and sexual assault; 
‘‘(5) the bar association of the applicable State 
or Indian Tribe; 
‘‘(6) the State or Tribal association of court 
clerks; 
‘‘(7) a State, Tribal, or local association of 
criminal defense attorneys; 
‘‘(8) not fewer than 2 individuals with expertise 
in the design and management of court case man-
agement systems and systems of integration; 
‘‘(9) not fewer than 2 State or Tribal court 
judges with experience in— 
‘‘(A) the field of domestic violence; and 
‘‘(B) issuing protective orders; and 
‘‘(10) a judge assigned to the criminal docket of 
the State or Tribal court. 
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‘‘(b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to grants au-
thorized under section 2101, the Attorney General 
shall make grants to eligible entities to carry out the 
activities described in subsection (c) of this section. 
‘‘(2) NUMBER.—The Attorney General may 
award not more than 10 grants under paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(3) AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant award-
ed under paragraph (1) may be not more than 
$1,500,000. 
‘‘(c) MANDATORY ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that re-
ceives a grant under this section shall use the grant 
funds, in consultation with the partners required 
under subsection (a), to— 
‘‘(A) develop and implement a program for 
properly and legally serving protection orders 
through electronic communication methods to— 
‘‘(i) modernize the service process and 
make the process more effective and effi-
cient; 
‘‘(ii) provide for improved safety of 
victims; and 
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‘‘(iii) make protection orders enforce-
able as quickly as possible; 
‘‘(B) develop best practices relating to the 
service of protection orders through electronic 
communication methods; 
‘‘(C) ensure that the program developed 
under subparagraph (A) complies with due 
process requirements and any other procedures 
required by law or by a court; and 
‘‘(D) implement any technology necessary 
to carry out the program developed under sub-
paragraph (A), such as technology to verify and 
track the receipt of a protection order by the 
intended party. 
‘‘(2) TIMELINE.—An eligible entity that re-
ceives a grant under this section shall— 
‘‘(A) implement the program required 
under paragraph (1)(A) not later than 2 years 
after receiving the grant; and 
‘‘(B) carry out the program for not fewer 
than 3 years. 
‘‘(d) DIVERSITY
OF RECIPIENTS.—The Attorney 
General shall award grants under this section to eligible 
entities in a variety of areas and situations, including— 
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‘‘(1) a State court that serves a population of 
not fewer than 1,000,000 individuals; 
‘‘(2) a State court that— 
‘‘(A) serves a State that is among the 7 
States with the lowest population density in the 
United States; and 
‘‘(B) has a relatively low rate of successful 
service with respect to protection orders, as de-
termined by the Attorney General; 
‘‘(3) a State court that— 
‘‘(A) serves a State that is among the 7 
States with the highest population density in 
the United States; and 
‘‘(B) has a relatively low rate of successful 
service with respect to protection orders, as de-
termined by the Attorney General; 
‘‘(4) a court that uses an integrated, statewide 
case management system; 
‘‘(5) a court that uses a standalone case man-
agement system; 
‘‘(6) a Tribal court; and 
‘‘(7) a court that serves a culturally specific 
and underserved population. 
‘‘(e) APPLICATION.— 
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