‘‘(A) is a current or former spouse or dat-
ing partner of the victim, or other person simi-
larly situated to a spouse of the victim; 
‘‘(B) 
is 
cohabitating 
with 
or 
has 
cohabitated with the victim as a spouse or dat-
ing partner; 
‘‘(C) shares a child in common with the 
victim; 
‘‘(D) is an adult family member of, or paid 
or nonpaid caregiver in an ongoing relationship 
of trust with, a victim aged 50 or older or an 
adult victim with disabilities; or 
‘‘(E) commits acts against a youth or adult 
victim who is protected from those acts under 
the family or domestic violence laws of the ju-
risdiction.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (9)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘consideration of’’ and 
inserting ‘‘consideration of one or more of 
the following factors’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘; and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
and
(iv) by inserting the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) the cultural context of the relation-
ship.’’; 
(E) in the matter following paragraph (9), 
by inserting the following: 
‘‘Sexual contact is not a necessary component of 
such a relationship.’’; 
(F) in paragraph (10)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘person—’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘dating partner.’’; and 
(ii) by striking subparagraphs (A) and 
(B); 
(G) by striking paragraphs (11) and (12); 
(H) by striking paragraph (19) and insert-
ing the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(19) LEGAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(A) The term ‘legal assistance’ means as-
sistance provided by or under the direct super-
vision of a person described in subparagraph 
(B) to a person described in subparagraph (C) 
relating to a matter described in subparagraph 
(D). 
‘‘(B) A person described in this subpara-
graph is—
‘‘(i) a licensed attorney; 
‘‘(ii) in the case of an immigration 
proceeding, a Board of Immigration Ap-
peals accredited representative; 
‘‘(iii) in the case of legal services pro-
vided at a facility operated by the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, a representative 
authorized by the Secretary who is pro-
viding legal services in connection with 
medical services, and other unmet legal 
needs, such as issues related to child cus-
tody, elder law, and landlord-tenant dis-
putes; or 
‘‘(iv) any person who functions as an 
attorney or lay advocate in a Tribal court. 
‘‘(C) A person described in this subpara-
graph is an adult or youth victim of domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking. 
‘‘(D) A matter described in this subpara-
graph is a matter related to— 
‘‘(i) divorce, parental rights, child 
support, Tribal, territorial, immigration, 
employment, administrative agency, hous-
ing, campus, education, healthcare, pri-
vacy, contract, consumer, civil rights, pro-
tection or order or other injunctive pro-
ceedings, related enforcement proceedings, 
and other similar matters; 
‘‘(ii) criminal justice investigations, 
prosecutions and post-conviction matters 
(including sentencing, parole, probation, 
and vacatur or expungement) that impact 
the victim’s safety, privacy, or other inter-
ests as a victim; or 
‘‘(iii) alternative dispute resolution, 
restorative practices, or other processes in-
tended to promote victim safety, privacy, 
and autonomy, and offender accountability, 
regardless of court involvement. 
For purposes of this paragraph, intake or refer-
ral, by itself, does not constitute legal assist-
ance.’’; 
(I) in paragraph (39)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘who cannot access, 
or’’ before ‘‘who face barriers’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and using victim 
services’’ and inserting ‘‘, using, or receiv-
ing appropriate victim services’’; and
(iii) by striking ‘‘alienage’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘immigration’’; and 
(J) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(46) ABUSE IN LATER LIFE.—The term ‘abuse 
in later life’— 
‘‘(A) means— 
‘‘(i) neglect, abandonment, economic 
abuse, or willful harm of an adult aged 50 
or older by an individual in an ongoing re-
lationship of trust with the victim; or 
‘‘(ii) domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking of an 
adult aged 50 or older by any individual; 
and 
‘‘(B) does not include self-neglect. 
‘‘(47) RESTORATIVE PRACTICE.—The term ‘re-
storative practice’ means a process, whether court- 
referred or community-based, that— 
‘‘(A) involves, on a voluntary basis, and to 
the extent possible, those who have committed 
a specific offense and those who have been 
harmed as a result of the offense, as well as the 
affected community;
‘‘(B) has the goal of collectively seeking ac-
countability from the accused, and developing a 
process whereby the accused will take responsi-
bility for his or her actions, and a plan for pro-
viding relief to those harmed, through allocu-
tion, restitution, community service or other 
processes upon which the victim, the accused, 
the community, and the court (if court-referred) 
can agree; 
‘‘(C) is conducted in a framework that pro-
tects victim safety and supports victim auton-
omy; and 
‘‘(D) includes protocols to address the use 
of information disclosed during such process for 
other law enforcement purposes. 
‘‘(48) DIGITAL
SERVICES.—The term ‘digital 
services’ means services, resources, information, sup-
port or referrals provided through electronic commu-
nications platforms and media, whether via mobile 
device technology, video technology, or computer 
technology, including utilizing the internet, as well 
as any other emerging communications technologies 
that are appropriate for the purposes of providing 
services, resources, information, support, or referrals
for the benefit of victims of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
‘‘(49) ECONOMIC ABUSE.—The term ‘economic 
abuse’, in the context of domestic violence, dating vi-
olence, and abuse in later life, means behavior that 
is coercive, deceptive, or unreasonably controls or re-
strains a person’s ability to acquire, use, or maintain 
economic resources to which they are entitled, in-
cluding using coercion, fraud, or manipulation to— 
‘‘(A) restrict a person’s access to money, 
assets, credit, or financial information; 
‘‘(B) unfairly use a person’s personal eco-
nomic resources, including money, assets, and 
credit, for one’s own advantage; or 
‘‘(C) exert undue influence over a person’s 
financial and economic behavior or decisions, 
including forcing default on joint or other fi-
nancial obligations, exploiting powers of attor-
ney, guardianship, or conservatorship, or failing 
or neglecting to act in the best interests of a 
person to whom one has a fiduciary duty. 
‘‘(50) INTERNET ENABLED DEVICE.—The term 
‘internet enabled device’ means devices that have a 
connection the Internet, send and receive informa-
tion and data, and may be accessed via mobile device
technology, video technology, or computer tech-
nology, away from the location where the device is 
installed, and may include home automation sys-
tems, door locks, and thermostats. 
‘‘(51) 
TECHNOLOGICAL
ABUSE.—The 
term 
‘technological abuse’ means an act or pattern of be-
havior that occurs within domestic violence, sexual 
assault, dating violence or stalking and is intended 
to harm, threaten, intimidate, control, stalk, harass, 
impersonate, exploit, extort, or monitor, except as 
otherwise permitted by law, another person, that oc-
curs using any form of information technology, in-
cluding: internet enabled devices, online spaces and 
platforms, computers, mobile devices, cameras and 
imaging platforms, apps, location tracking devices, 
communication technologies, or any other emerging 
technologies. 
‘‘(52) FEMALE
GENITAL
MUTILATION.—The 
term ‘female genital mutilation’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 116 of title 18, United 
States Code. 
‘‘(53) ELDER ABUSE.—The term ‘elder abuse’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 2 of the 
Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act. The 
terms ‘abuse,’ ‘elder,’ and ‘exploitation’ have the
meanings given those terms in section 2011 of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397j). 
‘‘(54) FORCED
MARRIAGE.—The term ‘forced 
marriage’ means a marriage to which one or both 
parties do not or cannot consent, and in which one 
or more elements of force, fraud, or coercion is 
present. Forced marriage can be both a cause and 
a consequence of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault or stalking. 
‘‘(55) HOMELESS.—The term ‘homeless’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 41403(6).’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter before paragraph (1), by 
inserting ‘‘For the purpose of all grants author-
ized under this title:’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after 
subparagraph (G) the following: 
‘‘(H) DEATH OF THE PARTY WHOSE PRI-
VACY HAD BEEN PROTECTED.—In the event of 
the death of any victim whose confidentiality 
and privacy is required to be protected under 
this subsection, such requirement shall continue 
to apply, and the right to authorize release of 
any confidential or protected information be 
vested in the next of kin, except that consent
for release of the deceased victim’s information 
may not be given by a person who had per-
petrated abuse against the deceased victim. 
‘‘(I) USE OF TECHNOLOGY.—Grantees and 
subgrantees may use telephone, internet, and 
other technologies to protect the privacy, loca-
tion and help-seeking activities of victims using 
services. Such technologies may include— 
‘‘(i) software, apps or hardware that 
block caller ID or conceal IP addresses, in-
cluding instances in which victims use dig-
ital services; or 
‘‘(ii) technologies or protocols that in-
hibit or prevent a perpetrator’s attempts to 
use technology or social media to threaten, 
harass or harm the victim, the victim’s 
family, friends, neighbors or co-workers, or 
the program providing services to them.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting after 
‘‘designed to reduce or eliminate domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk-
ing’’ the following: ‘‘, provided that the con-
fidentiality and privacy requirements of this 
title are maintained, and that personally identi-
fying information about adult, youth, and child
victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault and stalking is not requested or 
included in any such collaboration or informa-
tion-sharing’’; 
(D) in paragraph (6), by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘Such disbursing agencies must 
ensure that the confidentiality and privacy re-
quirements of this title are maintained in mak-
ing such reports, and that personally identifying 
information about adult, youth and child vic-
tims of domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault and stalking is not requested or in-
cluded in any such reports.’’; 
(E) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘under 
this title’’ and inserting ‘‘under this title. In 
this title, including for the purpose of grants 
authorized under this title, the term ‘violent 
crimes against women’ includes violent crimes 
against a person of any gender.’’; 
(F) in paragraph (11), by adding at the 
end the following: ‘‘The Office on Violence 
Against Women shall make all technical assist-
ance available as broadly as possible to any ap-
propriate 
grantees, 
subgrantees, 
potential 
grantees, or other entities without regard to
whether the entity has received funding from 
the Office on Violence Against Women for a 
particular program or project.’’; 
(G) in paragraph (13)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by inserting after ‘‘the Vio-
lence Against Women Reauthorization 
Act of 2013’’ the following: ‘‘(Public 
Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54)’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘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, 
and any other program or activity 
funded in whole or in part with funds 
appropriated for grants, cooperative 
agreements, and other assistance ad-
ministered by the Office on Violence 
Against Women’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Violence Against Women and Depart-
ment of Justice Reauthorization Act 
of 2005 (Public Law 109–162; 119 
Stat. 3080), the Violence Against
Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, 
the Violence Against Women Act Re-
authorization Act of 2021, and any 
other program or activity funded in 
whole or in part with funds appro-
priated for grants, cooperative agree-
ments, and other assistance adminis-
tered by the Office on Violence 
Against Women’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘section 3789d of title 42, United States 
Code’’ and inserting ‘‘section 809 of title I 
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10228)’’; 
(H) in paragraph (14)— 
(i) by inserting after ‘‘are also victims 
of’’ the following: ‘‘forced marriage, or’’; 
and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, and includes serv-
ices and assistance to adult survivors of 
child sexual assault’’ before the period at 
the end; 
(I) by striking paragraph (15); and 
(J) in paragraph (16)—
(i) by striking paragraph (A)(iii) and 
inserting the following new clause: 
‘‘(iii) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—A re-
cipient of grant funds under this Act that 
is found to have an unresolved audit find-
ing shall be eligible to receive prompt, indi-
vidualized technical assistance to resolve 
the audit finding and to prevent future 
findings, for a period not to exceed the fol-
lowing 2 fiscal years.’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (C)(i) by striking 
‘‘$20,000 in Department funds, unless the 
Deputy Attorney General’’ and inserting 
‘‘$100,000 in Department funds, unless 
the Director or Principal Deputy Director 
of the Office on Violence Against Women, 
the Deputy Attorney General,’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(E) 
INELIGIBILITY.—If 
the 
Attorney 
General finds that a recipient of grant funds 
under this Act has fraudulently misused such 
grant funds, after reasonable notice and oppor-
tunity for a hearing, such recipient shall not be 
eligible to receive grant funds under this Act
for up to 5 years. A misuse of grant funds or 
an error that does not rise to the level of fraud 
is not grounds for ineligibility.’’. 
SEC. 3. AGENCY AND DEPARTMENT COORDINATION. 
The heads of Executive Departments responsible for 
carrying out this Act are authorized to coordinate and col-
laborate on the prevention of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, and stalking, including sharing best 
practices and efficient use of resources and technology for 
victims and those seeking assistance from the Govern-
ment. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
not take effect until October 1 of the first fiscal year be-
ginning after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) EFFECTIVE ON DATE OF ENACTMENT.—Sections 
106, 107, 205, 304, 606, 702, 801, 802, 903, and 1406 
and any amendments made by such sections shall take ef-
fect on the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 
Any funds appropriated pursuant to an authorization 
of appropriations under this Act or an amendment made 
by this Act shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress— 
(1) that sex trafficking victims experience sex-
ual violence and assault; and 
(2) that Federal recognition of their recovery is 
important. 
SEC. 7. INCLUSION OF DISPARATE IMPACT IN STUDIES. 
Any study conducted under this Act or an amend-
ment made by this Act shall include an assessment, to the 
extent practicable, of any disparate impacts of the matter 
studied, by race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, and 
gender identity. 
TITLE 
I—ENHANCING 
LEGAL 
TOOLS TO COMBAT DOMES-
TIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIO-
LENCE, 
SEXUAL 
ASSAULT, 
AND STALKING 
SEC. 101. STOP GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part T of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10441 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 2001(b)— 
(A) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘prosecution policies’’ 
and inserting ‘‘prosecution policies, such as
implementing a vertical prosecution sys-
tem,’’; and 
(ii) by inserting before the semicolon 
at the end the following: ‘‘including imple-
mentation of the non-discrimination re-
quirements in section 40002(b)(13) of the 
Violence Against Women Act of 1994’’; 
(B) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘and 
legal assistance’’ after ‘‘improving delivery of 
victim services’’; 
(C) in paragraph (9)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘older and disabled 
women’’ and inserting ‘‘people 50 years of 
age or over, people with disabilities, and 
Deaf people’’; 
(ii) inserting ‘‘legal assistance,’’ after 
‘‘counseling,’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘older and disabled 
individuals’’ and inserting ‘‘people’’; 
(D) in paragraph (11), by inserting before 
the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, in-
cluding rehabilitative work with offenders, re-
storative practices, and similar initiatives’’; 
(E) in paragraph (19), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end;
(F) in paragraph (20), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(G) by inserting after paragraph (20), the 
following: 
‘‘(21) developing and implementing laws, poli-
cies, procedures, or training to ensure the lawful re-
covery and storage of any dangerous weapon by the 
appropriate law enforcement agency from an adju-
dicated perpetrator of any offense of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, 
and the return of such weapon when appropriate, 
where any Federal, State, Tribal, or local court 
has— 
‘‘(A)(i) issued protective or other restrain-
ing orders against such a perpetrator; or 
‘‘(ii) found such a perpetrator to be guilty 
of misdemeanor or felony crimes of domestic vi-
olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing; and 
‘‘(B) ordered the perpetrator to relinquish 
dangerous weapons that the perpetrator pos-
sesses or has used in the commission of at least 
one of the aforementioned crimes; 
Policies, procedures, protocols, laws, regulations, or 
training under this section shall include the safest
means of recovery of, and best practices for storage 
of, relinquished and recovered dangerous weapons 
and their return, when applicable, at such time as 
the individual is no longer prohibited from pos-
sessing such weapons under Federal, State, or Trib-
al law, or posted local ordinances; 
‘‘(22) developing, enlarging, or strengthening 
culturally specific victim services programs to pro-
vide culturally specific victim services regarding, re-
sponses to, and prevention of female genital mutila-
tion; 
‘‘(23) providing victim advocates in State or 
local law enforcement agencies, prosecutors’ offices, 
and courts and providing supportive services and ad-
vocacy to urban American Indian and Alaska Native 
victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, and stalking; and 
‘‘(24) paying any fees charged by any govern-
mental authority for furnishing a victim or the child 
of a victim with any of the following documents: 
‘‘(A) A birth certificate of the person. 
‘‘(B) An identification card issued to the 
person by a State, that shows that the person 
is a resident of the State.’’; 
(2) in section 2007—
(A) in subsection (d)— 
(i) by redesignating paragraphs (5) 
and (6) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respec-
tively; and 
(ii) by inserting after paragraph (4) 
the following: 
‘‘(5) proof of compliance with the requirements 
regarding training for victim-centered prosecution, 
described in section 2017; 
‘‘(6) proof of compliance with the requirements 
regarding civil rights under section 40002(b)(13) of 
the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994;’’; 
(B) in subsection (i)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting be-
fore the semicolon at the end the following: 
‘‘and the requirements under section 
40002(b) of the Violent Crime Control and 
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 
12291(b))’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)(C)(iv), by insert-
ing after ‘‘ethnicity,’’ the following: ‘‘sexual 
orientation, gender identity,’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(k) REVIEWS
FOR
COMPLIANCE
WITH
NON-
DISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If allegations of discrimina-
tion in violation of section 40002(b)(13)(A) of the 
Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 
12291(b)(13)(A)) by a potential grantee under this 
part have been made to the Attorney General, the 
Attorney General shall, prior to awarding a grant 
under this part to such potential grantee, conduct a 
review and take steps to ensure the compliance of 
the potential grantee with such section. 
‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
RULE.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Vio-
lence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 
2021, the Attorney General shall by rule establish 
procedures for such a review. 
‘‘(3) BIENNIAL
REPORT.—Beginning on the 
date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of 
the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization 
Act of 2021, and once every 2 years thereafter, the 
Attorney General shall report to the Committees on 
the Judiciary of the Senate and of the House of 
Representatives regarding compliance with section 
40002(b)(13)(A) of the Violence Against Women Act 
of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(b)(13)(A)) by recipients
of grants under this part, including a report on the 
number of complaints filed and the resolution of 
those complaints.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2017. GRANT ELIGIBILITY REGARDING COMPELLING 
VICTIM TESTIMONY. 
‘‘In order for a prosecutor’s office to be eligible to 
receive funds under this part, the head of the office shall 
certify to the State, Indian Tribal government, or terri-
torial government receiving a grant under this part, and 
from which the office will receive funds, that the office 
implemented and trained its personnel regarding victim- 
centered approaches in domestic violence, sexual assault, 
dating violence, and stalking cases, including policies ad-
dressing the use of bench warrants, body attachments, and 
material witness warrants for victims who fail to appear. 
The training shall be developed by experts in the fields 
of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, stalk-
ing, and prosecution.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
1001(a)(18) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(18)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 
through 2026’’.
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(B) by inserting after ‘‘owner or manager’’ 
the following: ‘‘of housing assisted under a cov-
ered housing program’’; 
(5) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘an applicant for or 
tenants of’’ and inserting ‘‘all individuals 
and families seeking housing or services 
from programs under title IV of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.), all program 
participants of, all adult members of appli-
cant households for, and all adult tenants 
of’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘guidance issued by the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development’’ and in-
serting ‘‘title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) and any 
guidance issued by the appropriate agen-
cies related to language access for persons 
with limited English proficiency’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: