emergency assistance or based on criminal activity 
that occurred at a property; and 
‘‘(2) certify that they are in compliance with 
the protections under this subtitle or describe the 
steps they will take within 180 days to come into 
compliance, or to ensure compliance among sub-
grantees. 
‘‘(c) OVERSIGHT.—Oversight and accountability 
mechanisms provided for under title VIII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) shall be avail-
able to address violations of this section. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, 
‘covered governmental entity’ shall mean any municipal, 
county, or State government that receives funding pursu-
ant to section 106 of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306). 
‘‘(e) SUBGRANTEES.—For those covered govern-
mental entities that distribute funds to subgrantees, com-
pliance with subsection (b)(1) includes inquiring about the 
existence of laws and policies adopted by subgrantees that 
impose penalties on landlords, homeowners, residents, oc-
cupants, guests, or housing applicants based on requests 
for law enforcement or emergency assistance or based on 
criminal activity that occurred at a property.’’. 
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(b) SUPPORTING EFFECTIVE, ALTERNATIVE CRIME 
REDUCTION METHODS.— 
(1) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED USE OF BYRNE- 
JAG FUNDS.—Section 501(a)(1) of subpart 1 of part 
E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152(a)(1)) is 
amended by adding after subparagraph (H) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(I) Programs for the development and im-
plementation of alternative methods of reducing 
crime in communities, to supplant punitive pro-
grams or policies. For purposes of this subpara-
graph, a punitive program or policy is a pro-
gram or policy that (i) imposes a penalty on a 
victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault, or stalking, on the basis of a re-
quest by the victim for law enforcement or 
emergency assistance; or (ii) imposes a penalty 
on such a victim because of criminal activity at 
the property in which the victim resides.’’. 
(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— 
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(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 alternative 
methods of reducing crime in communities, to sup-
plant punitive programs or policies (as such term is 
defined in section 501(a)(1)(I)).’’. 
(3) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED USE OF GRANTS 
TO ENCOURAGE ARREST POLICIES.—Section 2101(b) 
of part U of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10461(b)) 
is amended by adding after paragraph (22) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(23) To develop and implement alternative 
methods of reducing crime in communities, to sup-
plant punitive programs or policies. For purposes of 
this paragraph, a punitive program or policy is a 
program or policy that (A) imposes a penalty on a 
victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, or stalking, on the basis of a request by the 
victim for law enforcement or emergency assistance; 
or (B) imposes a penalty on such a victim because 
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of criminal activity at the property in which the vic-
tim resides.’’. 
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 ‘‘2020 through 
2024’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘5 per-
cent’’ and inserting ‘‘8 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— 
(1) in paragraph (6), by inserting after ‘‘cur-
rently residing in permanent housing,’’ the following: 
‘‘who are seeking an external emergency transfer (as 
such term is defined in section 41411 of the Vio-
lence Against Women Act of 1994) pursuant to sec-
tion 41411 of the Violence Against Women Act of 
1994,’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(13) Facilitating and coordinating activities to 
ensure compliance with section 41411(e) of the Vio-
lence Against Women Act of 1994, including, in con-
sultation with the regional office (if applicable) of 
the appropriate agency (as such term is defined in 
section 41411 of the Violence Against Women Act of 
1994), development of external emergency transfer 
memoranda of understanding between covered hous-
ing providers, participating in the local Continua of 
Care, facilitation of external emergency transfers be-
tween those covered housing providers participating 
in the local Continua of Care, and monitoring com-
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pliance with the confidentiality protections of section 
41411(c)(4) of the Violence Against Women Act of 
1994 for reporting to that regional office.’’. 
(b) ALLOCATION OF AMOUNTS AND INCENTIVES FOR 
SPECIFIC ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Section 428 of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11386b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(4) DEVELOPMENT OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES 
AND
COORDINATION
REGARDING
EMERGENCY 
TRANSFERS.—The Secretary shall provide bonuses 
or other incentives to geographic areas for devel-
oping supportive services under section 423(a)(6) 
and facilitating and coordinating activities for emer-
gency transfers under section 423(a)(13) that have 
been proven to be effective at reducing homelessness 
among victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) MINIMUM ALLOCATION FOR MONITORING AND 
FACILITATING COMPLIANCE.—From the amounts made 
available to carry out this part for a fiscal year, a portion 
equal to not less than 5 percent of the sums made avail-
able to carry out part B and this part shall be made avail-
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able to monitor and facilitate compliance with section 
41411 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, in-
cluding supportive services under section 423(a)(6) and 
facilitation and coordination activities under section 
423(a)(13).’’. 
(c) DEFINITION
OF
DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE
AND 
OTHER DANGEROUS OR LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS 
AMENDED.—Section 103(b) of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302(b)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘in the individual’s or family’s current 
housing situation’’. 
(d) 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 ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 
(e) 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: ‘‘2020 through 
2024’’. 
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) in paragraph (13), to read as follows: 
‘‘(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) 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-
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creased by 13 percent despite continuous declines in 
overall workplace homicides in recent years. 
(5) 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. 
(6) 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. 
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(7) 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 
of their autonomy, liberty, and security, and face 
tremendous threats to their health and safety. 
(8) The Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention report that survivors of severe intimate part-
ner violence lose nearly 8,000,000 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. 
(9) 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 
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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. 
(10) 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. 
(11) 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 
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often negatively impact a survivor’s ability to main-
tain employment. 
(12) 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. 
(13) 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. 
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(14) 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. 
(15) Yet, more can be done to help survivors. 
Federal law in effect on the day before the date of 
enactment of this Act does not explicitly— 
(A) authorize survivors of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing to take leave from work to seek legal assist-
ance and redress, counseling, or assistance with 
safety planning activities; 
(B) address the eligibility of survivors of 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking for unemployment compensa-
tion; 
(C) provide job protection to survivors of 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking; 
(D) prohibit insurers and employers who 
self-insure employee benefits from discrimi-
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nating against survivors of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and 
those who help them in determining eligibility, 
rates charged, and standards for payment of 
claims; or 
(E) prohibit insurers from disclosing infor-
mation about abuse and the location of the sur-
vivors through insurance databases and other 
means. 
(16) This Act aims to empower survivors of do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking to be free from violence, hardship, and con-
trol, which restrains basic human rights to freedom 
and safety in the United States. 
SEC. 702. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ON WORKPLACE 
RESPONSES TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF DOMES-
TIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE. 
Section 41501 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12501) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and sexual harassment’’ 
after ‘‘domestic and sexual violence’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘employers and labor orga-
nizations’’ and inserting ‘‘employers, labor or-
ganizations, and victim service providers’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘and stalk-
ing’’ and inserting ‘‘stalking, and sexual harass-
ment’’; 
(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 2020 
through 2024’’. 
SEC. 703. ENTITLEMENT TO UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSA-
TION FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL AND OTHER 
HARASSMENT AND SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL AS-
SAULT, OR STALKING. 
(a) UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.— 
(1) Section 3304(a) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end of paragraph (18), by redesignating paragraph 
(19) as paragraph (20), and by inserting after para-
graph (18) the following new paragraphs: 
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‘‘(19) no person may be denied compensation 
under such State law solely on the basis of the indi-
vidual having a voluntary separation from work if 
such separation is attributable to such individual 
being a victim of sexual or other harassment or a 
survivor of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, or stalking; and’’. 
(2) Section 3304 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(g) SEXUAL OR OTHER HARASSMENT; ETC.— 
‘‘(1) DOCUMENTATION.—For purposes of sub-
section (a)(19), a voluntary separation of an indi-
vidual shall be considered to be attributable to such 
individual being a survivor of victim of sexual or 
other harassment or a survivor of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking if such in-
dividual submits such evidence as the State deems 
sufficient. 
‘‘(2) SUFFICIENT DOCUMENTATION.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (1), a State shall deem suffi-
cient, at a minimum— 
‘‘(A) evidence of such harassment, violence, 
assault, or stalking in the form of— 
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‘‘(i) a sworn statement and a form of 
identification, 
‘‘(ii) a police or court record, or 
‘‘(iii) documentation from a survivor 
services organization, an attorney, a police 
officer, a medical professional, a social 
worker, an antiviolence counselor, a mem-
ber of the clergy, or another professional, 
and 
‘‘(B) an attestation that such voluntary 
separation is attributable to such harassment, 
violence, assault, or stalking. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec-
tion— 
‘‘(A) The terms ‘domestic violence’, ‘dating 
violence’, ‘sexual assault’, and ‘stalking’ have 
the meanings given such terms in section 40002 
of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘survivor of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing’ has the meaning given such term in section 
41502 of the Violence Against Women Act of 
1994. 
‘‘(C) The term ‘survivor services organiza-
tion’ means an organization exempt from tax 
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under section 501(a) that provides assistance to 
or advocates for survivors of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.’’. 
(b) UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PERSONNEL 
TRAINING.—Section 303(a) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 503(a)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 
(12) as paragraphs (5) through (13), respectively; 
and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4)(A) Such methods of administration as will 
ensure that— 
‘‘(i) applicants for unemployment com-
pensation and individuals inquiring about such 
compensation are notified of the provisions of 
section 3304(a)(19) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986; and 
‘‘(ii) claims reviewers and hearing per-
sonnel are trained in— 
‘‘(I) the nature and dynamics of sex-
ual and other harassment, domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking; and 
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‘‘(II) methods of ascertaining and 
keeping confidential information about pos-
sible experiences of sexual and other har-
assment, domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking to ensure that— 
‘‘(aa) requests for unemployment 
compensation based on separations 
stemming from sexual and other har-
assment, domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking are 
identified and adjudicated; and 
‘‘(bb) confidentiality is provided 
for the individual’s claim and sub-
mitted evidence. 
‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) the terms ‘domestic violence’, ‘dating 
violence’, ‘sexual assault’, and ‘stalking’ have 
the meanings given such terms in section 40002 
of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994; 
‘‘(ii) the term ‘sexual and other harass-
ment’ has the meaning given such term under 
State law, regulation, or policy; and 
‘‘(iii) the term ‘survivor of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing’ means— 
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‘‘(I) a person who has experienced or 
is experiencing domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and 
‘‘(II) a person whose family or house-
hold member has experienced or is experi-
encing domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking.’’. 
(c) TANF PERSONNEL TRAINING.—Section 402(a) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) CERTIFICATION THAT THE STATE WILL PRO-
VIDE INFORMATION
TO SURVIVORS
OF SEXUAL
AND 
OTHER HARASSMENT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VI-
OLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALKING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A certification by the chief 
executive officer of the State that the State has es-
tablished and is enforcing standards and procedures 
to— 
‘‘(i) ensure that applicants for assistance 
under State program funded under this part 
and individuals inquiring about such assistance 
are adequately notified of— 
‘‘(I) 
the 
provisions 
of 
section 
3304(a)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986; and 
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regarding the screening for, and identification 
of, domestic violence pursuant to paragraph 
(7)— 
‘‘(I) applicants for assistance under 
the State program funded under this part 
and individuals inquiring about such as-
sistance are adequately notified of options 
available under such standards and proce-
dures; and 
‘‘(II) case workers and other agency 
personnel responsible for administering the 
State program funded under this part are 
provided with adequate training regarding 
such standards and procedures and options 
available under such standards and proce-
dures; and 
‘‘(iv) ensure that the training required 
under subparagraphs (B) and, if applicable, 
(C)(ii) is provided through a training program 
operated by an eligible entity. 
‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this para-
graph— 
‘‘(i) the terms ‘domestic violence’, ‘dating 
violence’, ‘sexual assault’, and ‘stalking’ have 
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the meanings given such terms in section 40002 
of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994; 
‘‘(ii) the term ‘sexual and other harass-
ment’ has the meaning given such term under 
State law, regulation, or policy; and 
‘‘(iii) the term ‘survivor of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing’ means— 
‘‘(I) a person who has experienced or 
is experiencing domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and 
‘‘(II) a person whose family or house-
hold member has experienced or is experi-
encing domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking.’’. 
(d) SEXUAL AND OTHER HARASSMENT, DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR 
STALKING TRAINING GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
Labor (in this subsection referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) is authorized to award— 
(A) a grant to a national survivor services 
organization in order for such organization to— 
(i) develop and disseminate a model 
training program (and related materials) 
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for the training required under section 
303(a)(4)(B) of the Social Security Act, as 
added by subsection (b), and under sub-
paragraph (B) and, if applicable, subpara-
graph (C)(ii) of section 402(a)(8) of such 
Act, as added by subsection (c); and 
(ii) provide technical assistance with 
respect to such model training program, 
including technical assistance to the tem-
porary assistance for needy families pro-
gram and unemployment compensation 
personnel; and 
(B) grants to State, tribal, or local agen-
cies in order for such agencies to contract with 
eligible entities to provide State, tribal, or local 
caseworkers and other State, tribal, or local 
agency personnel responsible for administering 
the temporary assistance for needy families pro-
gram established under part A of title IV of the 
Social Security Act in a State or Indian res-
ervation with the training required under sub-
paragraph (B) and, if applicable, subparagraph 
(C)(ii) of such section 402(a)(8). 
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(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.—For purposes 
of paragraph (1)(B), the term ‘‘eligible entity’’ 
means an entity— 
(A) that is— 
(i) a State or tribal domestic violence 
coalition or sexual assault coalition; 
(ii) a State or local survivor services 
organization with recognized expertise in 
the dynamics of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking whose 
primary mission is to provide services to 
survivors of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking, including 
a rape crisis center or domestic violence 
program; or 
(iii) 
an 
organization 
with 
dem-
onstrated expertise in State or county wel-
fare laws and implementation of such laws 
and experience with disseminating informa-
tion on such laws and implementation, but 
only if such organization will provide the 
required training in partnership with an 
entity described in clause (i) or (ii); and 
(B) that— 
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(i) has demonstrated expertise in the 
dynamics of both domestic violence and 
sexual assault, such as a joint domestic vi-
olence and sexual assault coalition; or 
(ii) will provide the required training 
in partnership with an entity described in 
clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A) in 
order to comply with the dual domestic vio-
lence and sexual assault expertise require-
ment under clause (i). 
(3) 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. 
(4) REPORTS.— 
(A) REPORTS
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later 
than a year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary 
shall submit to Congress a report on the grant 
program established under this subsection. 
(B) REPORTS
AVAILABLE
TO
PUBLIC.— 
The Secretary shall establish procedures for the 
dissemination to the public of each report sub-
mitted under subparagraph (A). Such proce-
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dures shall include the use of the internet to 
disseminate such reports. 
(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated— 
(i) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 to 
carry out the provisions of paragraph 
(1)(A); and 
(ii) $12,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2020 through 2024 to carry out the 
provisions of paragraph (1)(B). 
(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) EFFECT ON EXISTING LAWS, ETC.— 
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(1) MORE
PROTECTIVE
LAWS, AGREEMENTS, 
PROGRAMS, AND PLANS.—Nothing in this title shall 
be construed to supersede any provision of any Fed-
eral, State, or local law, collective bargaining agree-
ment, or employment benefits program or plan that 
provides greater unemployment insurance benefits 
for survivors of sexual and other harassment, domes-
tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing than the rights established under this title. 
(2) LESS
PROTECTIVE
LAWS, AGREEMENTS, 
PROGRAMS, AND
PLANS.—Any law, collective bar-
gaining agreement, or employment benefits program 
or plan of a State or unit of local government is pre-
empted to the extent that such law, agreement, or 
program or plan would impair the exercise of any 
right established under this title or the amendments 
made by this title. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) UNEMPLOYMENT AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B) and paragraph (2), the 
amendments made by this section shall apply in 
the case of compensation paid for weeks begin-
ning on or after the expiration of 180-day pe-
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riod beginning on the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
(B) EXTENSION OF EFFECTIVE DATE FOR 
STATE LAW AMENDMENT.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in paragraph (2), in a case in which the 
Secretary of Labor identifies a State as re-
quiring a change to its statutes, regula-
tions, or policies in order to comply with 
the amendments made by this section, such 
amendments shall apply in the case of 
compensation paid for weeks beginning 
after the earlier of— 
(I) the date the State changes its 
statutes, regulations, or policies in 
order to comply with such amend-
ments; or 
(II) the end of the first session of 
the State legislature which begins 
after the date of enactment of this 
Act or which began prior to such date 
and remained in session for at least 
25 calendar days after such date, ex-
cept that in no case shall such amend-
ments apply before the date that is 
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180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(ii) SESSION DEFINED.—In this sub-
paragraph, the term ‘‘session’’ means a 
regular, special, budget, or other session of 
a State legislature. 
(2) TANF AMENDMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the amendment made by 
subsection (c) shall take effect on the date of 
enactment 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 
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 
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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 two- 
year legislative session, each year of the session 
is considered to be a separate regular session of 
the State legislature. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘sexual 
and other harassment’’, ‘‘domestic violence’’, ‘‘dating vio-
lence’’, ‘‘sexual assault’’, ‘‘stalking’’, ‘‘survivor of sexual 
and other harassment, domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking’’, and ‘‘survivor services organi-
zation’’ have the meanings given such terms in section 
3304(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
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 as a result of issues related to domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
(b) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this title, and every 5 years thereafter, 
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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; 
(2) identification of geographic areas with 
shortages in resources for such survivors, with an 
accompanying analysis of the extent and impact of 
such shortage; 
(3) 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; 
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(4) 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; 
and 
(5) 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. 
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 Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report that examines, 
with respect to survivors of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, 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 prin-
cipal due, each of the following: 
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(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-
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 
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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 (through the Director of the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention and the 
grant recipient under section 41501 of the Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994 that establishes the na-
tional resource center on workplace responses to as-
sist victims of domestic and sexual violence) and the 
Attorney General (through the Principal Deputy Di-
rector of the Office on Violence Against Women), 
shall coordinate and provide for a national public 
outreach and education campaign to raise public 
awareness of the workplace impact of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, 
including outreach and education 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 
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following types of workplace laws (Federal and/or 
State): anti-discrimination laws that bar treating 
survivors differently; leave laws, both paid and un-
paid that are available for use by survivors; unem-
ployment insurance laws and policies that address 
survivor eligibility. 
(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-
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 
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(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-
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; and 
(F) resources and rights that the heads of 
Federal agencies described in paragraph (2) de-
termine are appropriate to include. 
(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-
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ployed as described in section 3(e)(2) of the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
203(e)(2)). 
(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. 
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(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 sec-
tion 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 203). 
(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 
2020 through 2024. 
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 
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provisions or amendments to any person or circumstance 
shall not be affected. 
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 
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 (as defined in section 2266); and 
‘‘(ii) any other person similarly situ-
ated to a spouse who is protected by the 
domestic or family violence laws of the 
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State or tribal jurisdiction in which the in-
jury occurred or where the victim resides.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (33)(A)— 
(A) in clause (i), by inserting after ‘‘Fed-
eral, State,’’ the following: ‘‘municipal,’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘intimate 
partner,’’ after ‘‘spouse,’’ each place it appears; 
(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 stalk-
ing’ 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, intimida-
tion, or surveillance of another person that— 
‘‘(I) places that person in reasonable 
fear of material harm to the health or safe-
ty of— 
‘‘(aa) that person; 
‘‘(bb) an immediate family mem-
ber (as defined in section 115) of that 
person; 
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‘‘(cc) a household member of that 
person; or 
‘‘(dd) a spouse or intimate part-
ner of that person; or 
‘‘(II) causes, attempts to cause, or 
would reasonably be expected to cause 
emotional distress to a person described in 
item (aa), (bb), (cc), or (dd) of subclause 
(I). 
‘‘(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 of-
fense described in this paragraph for which a 
person was entitled to a jury trial in the juris-
diction 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 
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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 jurisdiction 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.’’. 
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)— 
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(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 
‘‘(ii) in the case of an ex parte order, 
relative to which notice and opportunity to 
be heard are provided— 
‘‘(I) within the time required by 
State, tribal, or territorial law; and 
‘‘(II) in any event within a rea-
sonable time after the order is issued, 
sufficient to protect the due process 
rights of the person; 
‘‘(B) that restrains such person from— 
‘‘(i) harassing, stalking, or threat-
ening an intimate partner of such person 
or child of such intimate partner or person, 
or engaging in other conduct that would 
place an intimate partner in reasonable 
fear of bodily injury to the partner or 
child; or 
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‘‘(ii) intimidating or dissuading a wit-
ness from testifying in court; and 
‘‘(C) that— 
‘‘(i) includes a finding that such per-
son represents a credible threat to the 
physical safety of such individual described 
in subparagraph (B); or 
‘‘(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 
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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. 
(3) The vast majority of Native victims—96% 
of women and 89% 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-
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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, 
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 
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law enforcement agencies due to a lack of resources, 
such as— 
(A) necessary training, equipment, or 
funding; 
(B) a lack of interagency cooperation; and 
(C) a lack of appropriate laws in place. 
(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 
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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 
Order Act Commission Report, Alaska Native 
women are overrepresented 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. 
(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. 
Section 534 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2020 through 2024, to remain available until 
expended, for the purposes of enhancing the ability of trib-
al government entities to access, enter information into, 
and obtain information from, Federal criminal informa-
tion databases, as authorized by this section.’’. 
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SEC. 903. TRIBAL JURISDICTION OVER CRIMES OF DOMES-
TIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, OBSTRUC-
TION OF JUSTICE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, SEX 
TRAFFICKING, STALKING, AND ASSAULT OF A 
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR CORREC-
TIONS 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’’; 
(2) in paragraph (6), in the heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘SPECIAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRIMINAL JURIS-
DICTION’’ 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: 
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‘‘(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 coun-
try 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.— 
‘‘(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) benefiting, financially or by 
receiving anything of value, from par-
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ticipation 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. 
‘‘(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 
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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 
situated to a spouse of the victim under the 
domestic- or family-violence laws of an Indian 
tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian coun-
try where the violence occurs; or 
‘‘(B) committed against a victim who is a 
child under the age of 18, or an elder (as such 
term is defined by tribal law) who resides or 
has resided in the same household as the de-
fendant.’’; 
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(G) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as 
redesignated), the following: 
‘‘(1) ASSAULT
OF
A
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
OR 
CORRECTIONAL OFFICER.—The term ‘assault of a 
law enforcement or correctional officer’ means any 
criminal violation of the law of the Indian tribe that 
has jurisdiction over the Indian country where the 
violation occurs that involves the threatened, at-
tempted, or actual harmful or offensive touching of 
a law enforcement or correctional officer.’’; and 
(H) by inserting after paragraph (4) (as 
redesignated), the following: 
‘‘(5) OBSTRUCTION
OF
JUSTICE.—The term 
‘obstruction of justice’ means any violation of the 
criminal law of the Indian tribe that has jurisdiction 
over the Indian country where the violation occurs, 
and the violation involves interfering with the ad-
ministration or due process of the tribe’s laws in-
cluding any tribal criminal proceeding or investiga-
tion of a crime.’’; 
(5) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting after ‘‘the 
powers of self-government of a participating tribe’’ 
the following: ‘‘, including any participating tribes in 
the State of Maine,’’; 
(6) in subsection (b)(4)— 
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(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 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘AND DATING VIOLENCE’’ and insert-
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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) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘special domestic violence’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘special 
tribal’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘pros-
ecutes’’ and all that follows through the semi-
colon at the end and inserting the following: 
‘‘prosecutes— 
‘‘(A) a crime of domestic violence; 
‘‘(B) a crime of dating violence; 
‘‘(C) a criminal violation of a protection 
order; 
‘‘(D) a crime of sexual violence; 
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‘‘(E) a crime of stalking; 
‘‘(F) a crime of sex trafficking; 
‘‘(G) a crime of obstruction of justice; or 
‘‘(H) a crime of assault of a law enforce-
ment or correctional officer.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘sexual 
violence, stalking, sex trafficking, assault of a 
law enforcement or correctional officer,’’ after 
‘‘dating violence,’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) to create a pilot project to allow up to five 
Indian tribes in Alaska to implement special tribal 
criminal jurisdiction.’’; 
(10) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as 
subsections (h) and (i), respectively; 
(11) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g) INDIAN COUNTRY DEFINED.—For purposes of 
the pilot project described in subsection (f)(5), the defini-
tion of ‘Indian country’ shall include Alaska Native-owned 
Townsites, Allotments, and former reservation lands ac-
quired in fee by Alaska Native Village Corporations pursu-
ant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 33) and other lands transferred in fee to Native 
villages.’’; and 
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Reauthorization Act of 2005 (title IX of 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 Reauthorization Act of 2019’’. 
(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 
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-
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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 
(title IX of Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3080), 
the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 
2013 (Public Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54), or the Vio-
lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019. 
‘‘(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 
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: 
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‘‘(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 
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 (title IX of Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 
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3080), the Violence Against Women Reauthorization 
Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54), and 
the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 
2019, 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 award 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 
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 tribal 
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-
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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 
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’’. 
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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’’. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 303 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 4050. 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; 
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‘‘(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— 
‘‘(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; 
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‘‘(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. 
‘‘(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. 
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‘‘(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-
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) PARENTING CLASSES.—The Director shall pro-
vide parenting classes to each prisoner who is a primary 
caretaker parent. 
‘‘(e) TRAUMA SCREENING.—The Director shall pro-
vide training to each correctional officer and each em-
ployee of the Bureau of Prisons who regularly interacts 
with prisoners, including each instructor and health care 
professional, to enable those correctional officers and em-
ployees to— 
‘‘(1) identify a prisoner who has a mental or 
physical health need relating to trauma the prisoner 
has experienced; and 
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‘‘(2) refer a prisoner described in paragraph (1) 
to the proper healthcare professional for treatment. 
‘‘(f) 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. 
‘‘(3) GYNECOLOGIST
ACCESS.—The Director 
shall ensure that all prisoners have access to a gyne-
cologist as appropriate. 
‘‘(g) 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 
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same sex as the prisoner, or medical staff 
is available to assist; or 
‘‘(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-
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quirements under the Prison Rape Elimination Act 
of 2003 (42 U.S.C. 15601 et seq.).’’. 
(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 4050) 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. 
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(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 
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: 
‘‘4050. 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. 
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(c) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are 
to— 
(1) prevent infant mortality among infants born 
to incarcerated mothers and greatly reduce the trau-
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 
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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 
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 THE BUREAU OF 
PRISONS.— 
(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)— 
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(A) develop an offender risk and needs as-
sessment system particular to the health and 
sensitivities of federally incarcerated pregnant 
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; 
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(iii) the most effective and efficient 
uses of such tools in conjunction with re-
cidivism reduction programs, productive 
activities, incentives, and rewards; and 
(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; and 
(F) report to Congress in accordance with 
subsection (i). 
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(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; 
(B) the date the infant fails to meet any 
medical criteria established by the Director or 
the Director’s designee along with a collective 
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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 
the inmate’s participation in the Program ter-
minates before the inmate’s release. 
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(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 2020 through 2024. 
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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-
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). 
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‘‘(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 106 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 108. Notification to law enforcement agencies of prohibited purchase of 
a firearm.’’. 
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: 
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‘‘§ 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; 
‘‘(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 
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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.’’. 
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: 
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‘‘§ 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 responding 
to and investigating violations of such paragraphs; 
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 
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 
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‘‘(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.’’. 
(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.’’. 
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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 2019’’. 
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’’; 
(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 
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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; 
(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.’’. 
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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. 
(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 
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