(D) The National Indian Women’s Re-
source Center (NIWRC) is dedicated to restor-
ing sovereignty to Native nations and safe-
guarding Native survivors and families from do-
mestic, sexual, and intersecting violence. 
(E) The NRCDV believes that domestic vi-
olence is preventable. NRCDV builds the capac-
ity of individuals, organizations, systems, and 
communities to strengthen and transform their 
efforts to end domestic violence through com-
prehensive technical assistance, training, re-
source development, and research. 
(F) The Special Issue Resource Centers 
are national in scope and enhance domestic vio-
lence and dating violence intervention and pre-
vention efforts in: 
(i) Criminal and civil justice systems. 
(ii) Child protective services and child 
custody. 
(iii) Health care systems. 
(iv) Mental health systems. 
(G) The Culturally Specific Special Issue 
Resource Centers enhance intervention and pre-
vention efforts for victims of domestic violence 
for members of racial and ethnic minority 
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groups, including: African American, Asian 
American/Pacific Islander, and Latino/Latina. 
(H) FVPSA’s emerging issue resource cen-
ters expand the capacity of domestic violence 
organizations, Tribes and Tribal organizations, 
and other professionals to provide evidence in-
formed promising practices, policy changes, re-
sources, and research to ensure effective serv-
ices to victims of domestic violence and their 
dependents at the intersections of housing, gen-
der identity and sexual orientation, organiza-
tional capacity building, and children’s exposure 
to trauma. 
(I) The statewide Alaska Native Women’s 
Resource Center strengthens local Tribal gov-
ernments’ responses through community orga-
nizing efforts to advocate for the safety of 
women and children in their communities and 
homes through the voices, languages, and 
teachings of Tribes at statewide, national, and 
international levels for life-saving changes need-
ed in laws, policies, and social norms. 
(J) The national hotlines are vital services 
designed to provide healthy relationship edu-
cation, tools, and support to help survivors of 
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domestic violence live their lives free of abuse— 
24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days 
a year, including a helpline for American Indi-
ans and Alaska Natives, offering culturally ap-
propriate support and advocacy. 
(17) Many Federal agencies respond to domes-
tic violence by providing formula-based and discre-
tionary grants to local, State, and Tribal govern-
ments, courts, nonprofits organizations, community- 
based organizations, schools, institutions of higher 
education, special-issue resource centers and State 
and Tribal coalitions for the purpose of supporting 
victims and holding perpetrators accountable for 
their actions associated with domestic violence. 
These Federal agencies include the following: 
(A) The Department of Defense admin-
isters the congressionally mandated Family Ad-
vocacy Program (FAP) which is devoted to pro-
viding clinical assessment, supportive services, 
and treatment in response to domestic violence, 
as well as reporting domestic abuse in military 
families annually to Congress. 
(B) The Department of State supports nu-
merous programs that address domestic vio-
lence globally through its human rights and hu-
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manitarian activities, including those housed in 
the Office of Global Women’s Issues that sup-
ports anti-gender-based violence (GBV) pro-
grams and promotes awareness. 
(C) Through their agency-wide efforts to 
address gender inequality and gender-based vio-
lence, the U.S. Agency for International Devel-
opment (USAID) supports programs that aim 
to prevent and respond to domestic violence 
globally through its work in development, global 
health, and humanitarian assistance. 
(D) The Indian Country Crimes Unit 
(ICCU) at the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
(FBI) is responsible for developing and imple-
menting strategies, programs, and policies to 
address identified crimes problems in Indian 
country, including but not limited to, initiatives 
related to domestic violence and sex offenses, 
program management, and support for the Safe 
Trails Task Force. 
(E) The Office of Justice Services at the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA–OJS), the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Tribal 
governments share jurisdiction in handling 
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crimes, including domestic violence, on Tribal 
lands. 
(F) The FBI collects data on victim-of-
fender relationships, including through the Na-
tional-Incident Based Reporting System. 
(G) The Department of Education admin-
isters the Student Support and Academic En-
richment Grant program, authorized under 
Title IV–A of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act, which provides formula grants 
to State educational agencies and local edu-
cational agencies that may be used to support 
violence prevention programs and activities. 
(H) The Higher Education Act (HEA) re-
quires institutions of higher education (IHE) to 
include in their annual security report (ASR) a 
statement of policy regarding the IHE’s pro-
grams to prevent domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, and other related crimes, and procedures 
that the IHE will follow once an incident of do-
mestic or dating violence has been reported. 
(I) The Department of Housing and Urban 
Development (HUD), in conjunction with the 
Department of Health and Human Services 
(HHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), 
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funds housing programs for individuals and 
families who are fleeing or attempting to flee 
their home due to domestic violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking, as well as oversees the Do-
mestic Violence Housing Technical Assistance 
Consortium through the Safe Housing Partner-
ship that provides technical assistance to com-
munity providers on housing and domestic vio-
lence. 
(J) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services (USCIS) at the Department of Home-
land Security (DHS) accepts applications and 
assist survivors of domestic violence in becom-
ing lawful permanent residents through VAWA 
self-petitions. 
(18) Survivors of domestic violence are affected 
by the programs of all Federal agencies, even if 
those agencies have not currently put into place spe-
cific programs to support survivors. 
(19) Responses to domestic violence have fo-
cused, to date, primarily on intervention after the 
problem has already been identified and harm has 
occurred. However, there are prevention strategies 
and prevention approaches from the public health 
field that can serve as models for further develop-
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ment of domestic violence prevention, such as a pub-
lic health campaign that identifies and addresses the 
underlying causes of the issues. 
(20) Domestic violence prevention should be ad-
dressed along a continuum of possible harm: 
(A) Primary prevention to reduce the inci-
dence of domestic violence before it occurs. 
(B) Secondary prevention to decrease the 
prevalence of domestic violence after early signs 
of such violence. 
(C) Tertiary prevention to intervene once 
domestic violence is already clearly evident and 
causing harm. 
(21) Early evaluations of existing prevention 
programs show promise, but results are still prelimi-
nary and programs remain small, locally based, and 
scattered throughout the United States. 
(22) The United States needs a broadly based, 
comprehensive prevention strategy that is supported 
by sound research and evaluation, receives adequate 
public backing, and is based on a policy of zero tol-
erance for domestic violence. 
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SEC. 3. NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION AC-
TION PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall establish a national do-
mestic violence prevention action plan steering committee 
(referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Steering Committee’’). 
(b) DUTIES.—The Steering Committee shall— 
(1) create the ‘‘National Domestic Violence 
Prevention Action Plan’’ (referred to in this Act as 
the ‘‘Action Plan’’) to expand, intensify, and coordi-
nate domestic violence prevention efforts among 
Federal, State, local, and Tribal government agen-
cies and with other relevant stakeholders to ensure 
a whole-of-government, goal-oriented, community-in-
formed, forward-looking approach in addressing do-
mestic violence prevention pursuant to section 4; 
(2) develop methods and recommendations of 
programs needed to effectively implement the Action 
Plan; 
(3) establish goals for implementation of the 
Action Plan and evaluation methods for ensuring 
that such goals are met; 
(4) identify resources needed from Congress 
necessary to implement the Action Plan; 
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(5) coordinate stakeholders pursuant to sub-
section (d); 
(6) as necessary, develop a program of activities 
pursuant to section 4(c); and 
(7) develop a national media campaign pursu-
ant to section 4(d), to be included in the Action 
Plan, to promote a whole-of-government, goal-ori-
ented, community-informed, forward-looking ap-
proach toward domestic violence prevention in the 
United States. 
(c) CHAIR; COMPOSITION.— 
(1) CHAIR.—The Steering Committee shall be 
chaired by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services. The Chair of the Steering Committee— 
(A) shall convene and preside over any 
meeting of the Steering Committee; 
(B) shall set the meeting agenda for the 
Steering Committee; 
(C) shall coordinate the Steering Commit-
tee’s work; 
(D) may appoint subject matter experts, 
including experts from nongovernmental organi-
zations, as determined necessary to carry out 
the duties of the Steering Committee; and 
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(E) may as appropriate to deal with par-
ticular subject matters, establish subcommittees 
of the Steering Committee. 
(2) COMPOSITION.—The Steering Committee 
shall be composed of the following individuals or a 
designee made by such individual: 
(A) The Attorney General. 
(B) The Assistant Secretary for Planning 
and Evaluation at the Department of Health 
and Human Services. 
(C) The Director of the Office on Women’s 
Health at the Department of Health and 
Human Services. 
(D) The Administrator of the Office on Vi-
olence Against Women at the Department of 
Justice. 
(E) The Administrator of the Division of 
Violence Prevention at the Center for Disease 
Control and Prevention. 
(F) The Administrator of the Division of 
Injury Prevention at the Center for Disease 
Control and Prevention. 
(G) The Administrator of the Office of Ju-
venile Justice and Delinquency Prevention at 
the Department of Justice. 
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(H) The Administrator of the Office of 
Victim of Crimes at the Department of Justice. 
(I) The Secretary of Education at the De-
partment of Education. 
(J) The Deputy Bureau Director for Jus-
tice Service at the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
within the Department of Interior. 
(K) Any other subject matter experts, in-
cluding experts from nongovernmental organiza-
tions, the Chair determines necessary to carry 
out the duties of the Steering Committee. 
(d) COORDINATION OF STAKEHOLDERS.—In creating 
the Action Plan, the Steering Committee shall identify and 
collaborate with government and non-government stake-
holders to create the Action Plan. Stakeholders shall in-
clude those who may be affected by the Action Plan, in-
cluding Federal, State, local, Tribal government officials, 
public health agencies, health care providers, early child-
hood and child care providers, domestic violence advocacy 
groups, faith-based organizations, educational agencies, 
military branches, community-based and culturally specific 
child, and family serving organizations. 
(e) EXISTING
AUTHORITIES
AND
RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.—The duties of the Steering Committee shall not 
be construed to diminish, supersede, or replace any other 
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responsibility, authority, or role of any member of the 
Steering Committee. 
SEC. 4. NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION AC-
TION PLAN. 
(a) CREATION
OF ACTION PLAN.—The Steering 
Committee shall create the Action Plan, setting forth a 
comprehensive plan to expand, intensify, and coordinate 
domestic violence prevention efforts among Federal, State, 
local, and Tribal government agencies and with other rel-
evant stakeholders to ensure a whole-of-government, goal- 
oriented, community-informed, forward-looking approach 
in addressing domestic violence prevention in the United 
States. 
(b) CONTENT OF ACTION PLAN.—The Action Plan 
shall include: 
(1) A mission statement detailing the desired 
outcome and goals of major objectives of the Action 
Plan. 
(2) A list of objectives to: 
(A) Expand, intensify, and coordinate do-
mestic violence prevention efforts among Fed-
eral, State, local, and Tribal government agen-
cies and with other relevant stakeholders to en-
sure a whole-of-government, goal-oriented, com-
munity-informed, forward-looking approach in 
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addressing domestic violence prevention in the 
United States. 
(B) Intensify domestic violence prevention 
efforts by addressing the continuum of possible 
harm, including encouraging recognition of the 
following: 
(I) Primary prevention to reduce the 
incidence of domestic violence before it oc-
curs. 
(ii) Secondary prevention to decrease 
the prevalence of domestic violence after 
early signs of such violence. 
(iii) Tertiary prevention to intervene 
once domestic violence is already clearly 
evident and causing harm. 
(C) Encourage the implementation of exist-
ing 
domestic 
violence 
prevention 
efforts 
throughout Federal, State, local, and Tribal 
government agencies, as well as public health 
agencies, health care providers, early childhood 
and child care providers, domestic violence ad-
vocacy groups, faith-based organizations, edu-
cational agencies, military branches, and com-
munity-based and culturally specific child and 
family serving organizations. 
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(D) Improve the methods of evaluation for 
domestic violence prevention through targeted 
data collection and analysis of such data. 
(E) Increase research opportunities to en-
hance the effectiveness and long-term benefits 
of domestic violence prevention programs and 
efforts. 
(F) Enhance public awareness of domestic 
violence prevention programs by establishing a 
national media awareness campaign focused pri-
marily on education and prevention. 
(3) A description of the current prevalence and 
severity of any and all forms of domestic violence in 
the United States. 
(4) A description of the current prevalence of 
domestic violence prevention programs in the United 
States. 
(5) A description of other statistical data and 
information as the Steering Committee considers ap-
propriate to demonstrate and assess trends relating 
to any and all forms of domestic violence and domes-
tic violence prevention, and the implementation of 
the Action Plan. 
(6) Comprehensive, research-based, long-term, 
quantifiable goals for expanding, intensifying, and 
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coordinating domestic violence prevention efforts 
among Federal, State, local, and Tribal government 
agencies and with other relevant stakeholders to en-
sure a whole-of-government, goal-oriented, commu-
nity-informed, forward-looking approach in address-
ing domestic violence prevention in the United 
States. 
(7) Five-year projections and recommendations 
for Federal funding needed to achieve the objectives 
of the Action Plan. 
(8) Clear descriptions of the role of the Steer-
ing Committee and the role of each member of the 
Steering Committee in facilitating the development 
and fulfilling the objectives of the Action Plan. 
(9) A review of international, Federal, State, 
local, Tribal, and private sector domestic violence 
prevention programs and activities to ensure that 
the United States pursues coordinated and effective 
domestic violence prevention programs and activities 
at all levels of government. 
(10) A description of how each objective under 
paragraph (2) was determined, including the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A description of each required con-
sultation pursuant to Section 3(d) and a de-
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scription of how such consultation was incor-
porated. 
(B) Provision of data, research, or other 
information used to inform the determination to 
establish each goal. 
(11) A description of how each objective under 
paragraph (2) will be achieved, including for each 
goal the following: 
(A) A list of relevant professional groups, 
such as public health leaders, health care pro-
viders, early childhood and child care providers, 
domestic violence service providers and preven-
tion specialists, faith-based leaders, educators, 
leaders of the Armed Forces, and community- 
based and culturally specific child and family 
serving organizations, and related programs, ac-
tivities, that each group operates. 
(B) A list of relevant Federal, State, local, 
and Tribal programs and activities with respect 
to domestic violence prevention. 
(C) A list of the role that programs and 
activities identified in subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) have in meeting the objectives under para-
graph (2). 
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(D) An estimate of Federal funding and 
other resources needed to achieve each objec-
tive. 
(E) A list of each existing or needed co-
ordination between government and nongovern-
ment stakeholders for each objective. 
(F) A description of the Steering Commit-
tee’s role in facilitating the achievement of each 
objective. 
(12) A list identifying existing data sources, 
and a description of data collection needed to evalu-
ate the effectiveness of domestic violence prevention 
efforts, including a description of how the Steering 
Committee will obtain such data. 
(13) A list of any anticipated challenges to 
achieving the goals of the Action Plan and planned 
actions to address such challenges. 
(14) Identification of methods to implement the 
Action Plan. 
(15) Recommendations on research, programs, 
activities, and resources necessary to achieve the 
goals of the Action Plan. 
(c) PROGRAM
OF ACTIVITIES.—As necessary, the 
Steering Committee may include in the Action Plan a co-
herent, comprehensive, and sustained program of activities 
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that includes actions to expand, intensify, and coordinate 
domestic violence prevention efforts among Federal, State, 
local, and Tribal government agencies and all States and 
Tribal communities to ensure a whole-of-government, goal- 
oriented, community-informed, forward-looking approach 
in addressing domestic violence prevention in the United 
States. Such programs may— 
(1) embrace a human rights-based approach 
that acknowledges that domestic violence is a viola-
tion of human rights and accounts for the disparate 
impact of domestic violence on marginalized commu-
nities; 
(2) address prevention of any and all forms of 
domestic violence, including all violence that happens 
across the life course, including violence in public 
and private spheres, violence in the workplace, in-
cluding within the Armed Forces of the United 
States, and violence in other contexts; 
(3) address the root causes, prevalence, and im-
pact of any and all forms of domestic violence, in-
cluding social and cultural norms and other associ-
ated factors; 
(4) tailor strategies to address factors, includ-
ing but not limited to, race, color, religion, national 
or social origin, marital status, housing status, sex-
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ual orientation, HIV/AIDS status, migrant or ref-
ugee status, age, disability, or any other relevant 
characteristics and any of these in combination that 
contribute to higher rates of any and all forms of 
domestic violence; 
(5) identify gaps in any and all existing domes-
tic violence prevention programs with the goal of ad-
dressing the gaps in future work; 
(6) support government and non-government 
organizations and community networks to drive ac-
tivity at the State and local level and ensure coordi-
nated action across all States and localities; 
(7) support independent research on emerging 
issues that impact any and all forms of domestic vio-
lence; 
(8) collect, analyze, and communicate com-
prehensive 
qualitative 
and 
quantitative 
data, 
disaggregated by sex, race, age, ethnicity, and other 
relevant characteristics, on the nature, prevalence, 
and impact of any and all forms of domestic vio-
lence; 
(9) increase the number and quality of profes-
sional relationships involved in the prevention of any 
and all forms of domestic violence; and 
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(10) support broader efforts to ensure gender 
equality and engage people of all genders and 
sexualities in combating any and all forms of domes-
tic violence. 
(d) MEDIA CAMPAIGN.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Steering Committee 
shall include in the action plan a media campaign to 
facilitate and direct an ongoing and meaningful en-
gagement with the public with respect to domestic 
violence prevention. 
(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the media cam-
paign shall be to: 
(A) Educate the public on prevention of 
any and all forms of domestic violence. 
(B) Engage with the public on bystander 
empowerment and education. 
(C) Teach safe and healthy relationship 
skills through social-emotional learning. 
(D) 
Create 
protective 
environments 
through improved school climate, workplace cli-
mate, community climate, as well as Federal, 
State, local, and Tribal policies. 
(E) Disrupt the developmental pathways 
towards domestic violence through parenting 
and family relationship programs, treatment for 
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at-risk children, faith-based programs, and 
other culturally specific programming. 
(F) Combat the stigmas associated with 
any and all forms of domestic violence. 
(3) CONTENT
OF
MEDIA
CAMPAIGN.—The 
media campaign shall include: 
(A) The development of national, local, re-
gional, or population specific messaging, includ-
ing messaging specific to professional groups, 
such as public health leaders, health care pro-
viders, early childhood and child care providers, 
domestic violence providers, faith-based leaders, 
educators, military leaders, and community- 
based and culturally specific child and family 
serving organizations. 
(B) The development of social media cam-
paigns to reach targeted populations. 
(C) The development of a website to pub-
licize and disseminate information. 
(D) The development of informational and 
educational pamphlets and brochures. 
(E) The development of webinars to edu-
cate and provide support. 
(e) REPORTING.—Not later than the first Monday in 
October two years after the date of enactment, and bian-
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nually thereafter, the Steering Committee shall submit to 
Congress in written form the Action Plan and as applica-
ble any updates of the implementation of the Action Plan. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated $25 million 
for each of the fiscal years 2021 through 2025 to the De-
partment of Health and Human Services, of which— 
(1) $20 million, each fiscal year, to carry out 
this Act; and 
(2) $5 million, each fiscal year, for administra-
tive services, facilities, staff, and other support serv-
ices necessary to complete the duties of the Steering 
Committee. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘domestic 
violence’’ includes felony or misdemeanor crimes of 
violence 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 per-
son who is cohabitation with or has cohabitated with 
the victim as a spouse or intimate partner, by a per-
son similarly situated to a spouse of the victim 
under the domestic or family violence laws of the ju-
risdiction receiving grant monies, or by any other 
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person against an adult or youth victim who is pro-
tected from that person’s acts under the domestic or 
family violence laws of the jurisdiction. 
(2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States and the District of Columbia, and 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American 
Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mar-
iana Islands. 
Æ 
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