IB 
Union Calendar No. 7 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1585 
[Report No. 116–21, Part I] 
To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2019 
Ms. BASS (for herself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Ways 
and Means, Education and Labor, Natural Resources, and Veterans’ Af-
fairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
MARCH 27, 2019 
Additional sponsors: Mr. NADLER, Ms. PELOSI, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mrs. 
FLETCHER, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. 
KIND, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. MOORE, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. KEN-
NEDY, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. VELA, Mr. PAPPAS, Ms. GABBARD, Mrs. 
DEMINGS, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. 
CLARKE of New York, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. SIRES, Ms. 
SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Ms. FRANKEL, Mr. 
DOGGETT, Ms. NORTON, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, 
Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. HIMES, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. 
BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. SPEIER, Mrs. AXNE, Mrs. 
LAWRENCE, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. LEVIN of 
Michigan, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. CLAY, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. 
DEAN, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. TITUS, Mrs. 
DAVIS of California, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. ROUDA, Mrs. LEE of 
Nevada, Ms. WEXTON, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. 
MENG, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. CASE, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. 
HARDER of California, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. 
WILD, Mr. WELCH, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, 
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Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. HILL of California, 
Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. 
JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. OMAR, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. DEFAZIO, 
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. GRI-
JALVA, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of 
Georgia, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. CLARK 
of Massachusetts, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. KIM, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. BLU-
MENAUER, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. 
SLOTKIN, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. COOPER, Mr. 
HORSFORD, Mr. CROW, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. DELGADO, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. CORREA, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. AGUILAR, 
Mr. RYAN, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. COHEN, Mr. STANTON, Mr. VISCLOSKY, 
Mr. SCHRADER, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. THOMPSON of Cali-
fornia, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. 
KEATING, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. DELBENE, 
Mr. KILMER, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. 
VAN DREW, Mrs. CRAIG, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, 
Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. TONKO, Ms. ADAMS, Mrs. BUSTOS, Miss 
RICE of New York, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY 
of New York, Mr. ROSE of New York, Mr. HECK, Mr. HOYER, Mrs. 
MCBATH, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. PORTER, Mr. TRONE, Mr. 
GREEN of Texas, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. 
PLASKETT, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. BEYER, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, and Ms. 
WATERS 
MARCH 27, 2019 
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
MARCH 27, 2019 
Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, 
Education and Labor, Natural Resources, and Veterans’ Affairs dis-
charged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 
of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 7, 2019] 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, 
and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Vio-
lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Universal definitions and grant conditions. 
TITLE I—ENHANCING LEGAL TOOLS TO COMBAT DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING 
Sec. 101. Stop grants. 
Sec. 102. Grants to improve the criminal justice response. 
Sec. 103. Legal assistance for victims. 
Sec. 104. Grants to support families in the justice system. 
Sec. 105. Outreach and services to underserved populations grants. 
Sec. 106. Criminal provisions. 
Sec. 107. Rape survivor child custody. 
TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES FOR VICTIMS 
Sec. 201. Sexual assault services program. 
Sec. 202. Rural domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and 
child abuse enforcement assistance program. 
Sec. 203. Training and services to end violence against people with disabilities. 
Sec. 204. Training and services to end abuse in later life. 
TITLE III—SERVICES, PROTECTION, AND JUSTICE FOR YOUNG 
VICTIMS 
Sec. 301. Rape prevention and education grant. 
Sec. 302. Creating hope through outreach, options, services, and education 
(CHOOSE) for children and youth. 
Sec. 303. Grants to combat violent crimes on campuses. 
Sec. 304. Combat online predators. 
TITLE IV—VIOLENCE REDUCTION PRACTICES 
Sec. 401. Study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
Sec. 402. Saving Money and Reducing Tragedies (SMART) through Prevention 
grants. 
TITLE V—STRENGTHENING THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS RESPONSE 
Sec. 501. Grants to strengthen the healthcare systems response to domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
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TITLE VI—SAFE HOMES FOR VICTIMS 
Sec. 601. Housing protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking. 
Sec. 602. Ensuring compliance and implementation; prohibiting retaliation 
against victims. 
Sec. 603. Protecting the right to report crime from one’s home. 
Sec. 604. Transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
Sec. 605. Addressing the housing needs of victims of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
Sec. 606. United States Housing Act of 1937 amendments. 
TITLE VII—ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR VICTIMS 
Sec. 701. Findings. 
Sec. 702. National Resource Center on workplace responses to assist victims of do-
mestic and sexual violence. 
Sec. 703. Entitlement to unemployment compensation for victims of sexual and 
other harassment and survivors of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
Sec. 704. Study and reports on barriers to survivors’ economic security access. 
Sec. 705. GAO Study. 
Sec. 706. Education and information programs for survivors. 
Sec. 707. Severability. 
TITLE VIII—HOMICIDE REDUCTION INITIATIVES 
Sec. 801. Prohibiting persons convicted of misdemeanor crimes against dating 
partners and persons subject to protection orders. 
Sec. 802. Prohibiting stalkers and individuals subject to court order from pos-
sessing a firearm. 
TITLE IX—SAFETY FOR INDIAN WOMEN 
Sec. 901. Findings and purposes. 
Sec. 902. Authorizing funding for the tribal access program. 
Sec. 903. Tribal jurisdiction over crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual violence, sex trafficking, stalking, and violence against law 
enforcement officers. 
Sec. 904. Annual reporting requirements. 
TITLE X—OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
Sec. 1001. Establishment of Office on Violence Against Women. 
TITLE XI—IMPROVING CONDITIONS FOR WOMEN IN FEDERAL 
CUSTODY 
Sec. 1101. Improving the treatment of primary caretaker parents and other indi-
viduals in federal prisons. 
Sec. 1102. Public health and safety of women. 
TITLE XII—LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOLS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC 
SAFETY 
Sec. 1201. Notification to law enforcement agencies of prohibited purchase or at-
tempted purchase of a firearm. 
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Sec. 1202. Reporting of background check denials to state, local, and tribal au-
thorities. 
Sec. 1203. Special assistant U.S. attorneys and cross-deputized attorneys. 
TITLE XIII—CLOSING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CONSENT 
LOOPHOLE 
Sec. 1301. Short title. 
Sec. 1302. Prohibition on engaging in sexual acts while acting under color of law. 
Sec. 1303. Incentives for States. 
Sec. 1304. Reports to Congress. 
Sec. 1305. Definition. 
TITLE XIV—OTHER MATTERS 
Sec. 1401. National stalker and domestic violence reduction. 
Sec. 1402. Federal victim assistants reauthorization. 
Sec. 1403. Child abuse training programs for judicial personnel and practitioners 
reauthorization. 
Sec. 1404. Sex offender management. 
Sec. 1405. Court-appointed special advocate program. 
Sec. 1406. Rape kit backlog. 
Sec. 1407. Sexual assault forensic exam program grants. 
SEC. 2. UNIVERSAL DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS. 
Section 40002 of the Violence Against Women Act of 
1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘In this title’’ and inserting 
‘‘In this title, including for the purpose of grants 
authorized under this Act,’’; 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraph 
(34) 
through paragraph (45) as paragraphs (41) 
through (52); 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (33) the 
following: 
‘‘(39) INTERNET
ENABLED
DEVICE.—The term 
‘internet enabled device’ means devices that have a 
connection the Internet, send and receive information 
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and data, and maybe accessed via mobile device tech-
nology, video technology, or computer technology, 
away from the location where the device is installed, 
and may include home automation systems, door 
locks, and thermostats. 
‘‘(40) TECHNOLOGICAL ABUSE.—The term ‘tech-
nological abuse’ means behavior intended to harm, 
threaten, intimidate, control, stalk, harass, imper-
sonate, or monitor, except as otherwise permitted by 
law, another person, that occurs using the Internet, 
internet enabled devices, social networking sites, com-
puters, mobile devices, cellular telephones, apps, loca-
tion tracking devices, instant messages, text messages, 
or other forms of technology. Technological abuse may 
include— 
‘‘(A) unwanted, repeated telephone calls, 
text messages, instant messages, or social media 
posts; 
‘‘(B) non-consensual accessing e-mail ac-
counts, texts or instant messaging accounts, so-
cial networking accounts, or cellular telephone 
logs; 
‘‘(C) controlling or restricting a person’s 
ability to access technology with the intent to 
isolate them from support and social connection; 
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‘‘(D) using tracking devices or location 
tracking software for the purpose of monitoring 
or stalking another person’s location; 
‘‘(E) impersonating a person (including 
through the use of spoofing technology in photo 
or video or the creation of accounts under a false 
name) with the intent to deceive or cause harm; 
or 
‘‘(F) sharing or urging or compelling the 
sharing of another person’s private information, 
photographs, or videos without their consent.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (19)(B), by striking ‘‘and 
probation’’ and inserting ‘‘probation , and 
vacatur or expungement’’; 
(E) by redesignating paragraphs (13) 
through (33) as paragraphs (18) through (38); 
(F) by striking paragraph (11) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(13) 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 tech-
nology, including utilizing the internet, as well as 
any other emerging communications technologies that 
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are appropriate for the purposes of providing services, 
resources, information, support, or referrals for the 
benefit of victims of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
‘‘(14) ECONOMIC
ABUSE.—The term ‘economic 
abuse’, in the context of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, 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, includ-
ing using coercion, fraud, or manipulation to— 
‘‘(A) restrict a person’s access to money, as-
sets, 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, in-
cluding forcing default on joint or other finan-
cial obligations, exploiting powers of attorney, 
guardianship, or conservatorship, or failing or 
neglecting to act in the best interests of a person 
to whom one has a fiduciary duty. 
‘‘(15) ELDER
ABUSE.—The term ‘elder abuse’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 2 of the 
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Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act. The 
terms ‘abuse,’ ‘elder,’ and ‘exploitation’ have the 
meanings given those terms in section 2011 of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397j). 
‘‘(16) 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, sex-
ual assault or stalking. 
‘‘(17) HOMELESS.—The term ‘homeless’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 41403(6).’’; 
(G) by redesignating paragraphs (9) and 
(10) as paragraphs (11) and (12), respectively; 
(H) by amending paragraph (8) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(10) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘domestic 
violence’ means a pattern of behavior involving the 
use or attempted use of physical, sexual, verbal, emo-
tional, economic, or technological abuse or any other 
coercive behavior committed, enabled, or solicited to 
gain or maintain power and control over a victim, by 
a person who— 
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‘‘(A) is a current or former spouse or dating 
partner of the victim, or other person similarly 
situated to a spouse of the victim under the fam-
ily or domestic violence laws of the jurisdiction; 
‘‘(B) is cohabitating with or has cohabitated 
with the victim as a spouse or dating partner, 
or other person similarly situated to a spouse of 
the victim under the family or domestic violence 
laws of the jurisdiction; 
‘‘(C) shares a child in common with the vic-
tim; 
‘‘(D) is an adult family member of, or paid 
or nonpaid caregiver for, 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 jurisdic-
tion.’’. 
(I) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) 
as paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively; 
(J) by amending paragraph (5) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(7) COURT-BASED AND COURT-RELATED PER-
SONNEL.—The term ‘court-based personnel’ and 
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‘court-related personnel’ means persons working in 
the court, whether paid or volunteer, including— 
‘‘(A) clerks, special masters, domestic rela-
tions officers, administrators, mediators, custody 
evaluators, guardians ad litem, lawyers, nego-
tiators, probation, parole, interpreters, victim as-
sistants, victim advocates, and judicial, adminis-
trative, or any other professionals or personnel 
similarly involved in the legal process; 
‘‘(B) court security personnel; 
‘‘(C) personnel working in related, supple-
mentary offices or programs (such as child sup-
port enforcement); and 
‘‘(D) any other court-based or community- 
based personnel having responsibilities or au-
thority to address domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking in the court sys-
tem.’’. 
(K) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(2) 
through (4) as paragraphs (4) through (6) re-
spectively; 
(L) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(3) ALTERNATIVE
JUSTICE
RESPONSE.—The 
term ‘alternative justice response’ means a process, 
whether court-ordered 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; 
‘‘(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 allocution, 
restitution, community service, or other processes 
upon which the victim, the accused, the commu-
nity, and the court (if court-ordered) can agree; 
‘‘(C) is conducted in a framework that pro-
tects victim safety and supports victim auton-
omy; and 
‘‘(D) provides that information disclosed 
during such process may not be used for any 
other law enforcement purpose, including im-
peachment or prosecution, without the express 
permission of all participants.’’. 
(M) by redesignating paragraph (1) as 
paragraph (2); and 
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(N) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as 
redesignated in subparagraph (O) of this para-
graph) the following: 
‘‘(1) ABUSE IN LATER LIFE.—The term ‘abuse in 
later life’ means neglect, abandonment, domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking of 
an adult over the age of 50 by any person, or eco-
nomic abuse of that adult by a person in an ongoing, 
relationship of trust with the victim. Self-neglect is 
not included in this definition.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) 
and (G) as subparagraphs (H) and (I); 
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(E) the following: 
‘‘(G) 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 is be 
vested in the next of kin, except that consent for 
release of the deceased victim’s information may 
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not be given by a person who had perpetrated 
abuse against the deceased victim.’’; 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(D) through (E) as subparagraphs (E) 
through (F); and 
(iv) by inserting after subparagraph 
(C) the following: 
‘‘(D) USE OF TECHNOLOGY.—Grantees and 
subgrantees may use telephone, internet, and 
other technologies to protect the privacy, location 
and help-seeking activities of victims using serv-
ices. 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 fam-
ily, friends, neighbors or co-workers, or the 
program providing services to them.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting after 
‘‘designed to reduce or eliminate domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk-
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ing’’ the following: ‘‘provided that the confiden-
tiality and privacy requirements of this title are 
maintained, and that personally identifying in-
formation about adult, youth, and child victims 
of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault and stalking is not requested or included in 
any such collaboration or information-sharing’’; 
(C) in paragraph (6), by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘However, such disbursing agen-
cies must ensure that the confidentiality and pri-
vacy requirements of this title are maintained in 
making such reports, and that personally identi-
fying information about adult, youth and child 
victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault and stalking is not requested or in-
cluded in any such reports.’’; 
(D) 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 grant-
ees, or other entities without regard to whether 
the entity has received funding from the Office 
on Violence Against Women for a particular pro-
gram or project.’’; 
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(E) in paragraph (13)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
after ‘‘the Violence Against Women Reau-
thorization Act of 2013’’ the following: 
‘‘(Public Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54)’’; 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)’’; 
(F) in paragraph (14), by inserting after 
‘‘are also victims of’’ the following: ‘‘forced mar-
riage, or’’; and 
(G) in paragraph (16)(C)(i), by striking 
‘‘$20,000 in Department funds, unless the Dep-
uty Attorney General’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000 
in Department funds, unless the Director or 
Principal Deputy Director of the Office on Vio-
lence Against Women, the Deputy Attorney Gen-
eral,’’. 
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TITLE 
I—ENHANCING 
LEGAL 
TOOLS TO COMBAT DOMESTIC 
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), by inserting before 
the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘includ-
ing implementation of the non-discrimination 
requirements in section 40002(b)(13) of the Vio-
lence Against Women Act of 1994’’; 
(B) in paragraph (9)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘older and disabled 
women’’ and inserting ‘‘people 50 years of 
age or over and people with disabilities’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘older and disabled in-
dividuals’’ and inserting ‘‘people’’; 
(C) in paragraph (19), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
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(D) in paragraph (20), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(E) 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 vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 
and 
‘‘(B) ordered the perpetrator to relinquish 
dangerous weapons that the perpetrator possesses 
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, 
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relinquished and recovered dangerous weapons and 
their return, when applicable, at such time as the in-
dividual is no longer prohibited from possessing such 
weapons under Federal, State, or Tribal law, or post-
ed local ordinances.’’; 
(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 protocols to strongly discourage compelling 
victim testimony, 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 
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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 Vi-
olence 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 At-
torney General shall, prior to awarding a grant 
under this part to such potential grantee, conduct a 
review of 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 Violence 
Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019, the At-
torney General shall by rule establish procedures for 
such a review. 
‘‘(3) ANNUAL REPORT.—Beginning on the date 
that is 1 year after the date of enactment of the Vio-
lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019, 
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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.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2017. GRANT ELIGIBILITY REGARDING COMPELLING 
VICTIM TESTIMONY. 
‘‘In order to be eligible for a grant under this part, 
a State, Indian tribal government, territorial government, 
or unit of local government shall certify that, not later than 
3 years after the date of enactment of this section, their 
laws, policies, or practices will include a detailed protocol 
to discourage the use of bench warrants, material witness 
warrants, perjury charges, or other means of compelling 
victim-witness testimony in the investigation, prosecution, 
trial, or sentencing of a crime related to the domestic vio-
lence, sexual assault, dating violence or stalking of the vic-
tim.’’. 
(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 strik-
ing ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 
2024’’. 
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SEC. 102. GRANTS TO IMPROVE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE RE-
SPONSE. 
(a) HEADING.—Part U of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10461 et 
seq.) is amended in the heading, by striking ‘‘GRANTS TO 
ENCOURAGE
ARREST
POLICIES’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘GRANTS TO IMPROVE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE RE-
SPONSE’’. 
(b) GRANTS.—Section 2101 of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10461) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) GENERAL PROGRAM PURPOSE.—The purpose of 
this part is to assist States, State and local courts (includ-
ing juvenile courts), Indian tribal governments, tribal 
courts, and units of local government to develop and 
strengthen effective law enforcement and prosecution strate-
gies to combat violent crimes against women, and to develop 
and strengthen victim services in cases involving violent 
crimes against women.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) 
in 
paragraph 
(1), 
by 
striking 
‘‘proarrest’’ and inserting ‘‘offender account-
ability and homicide reduction’’; 
(B) in paragraph (8)— 
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from an adjudicated perpetrator of any offense of do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking, and the return of such weapon when appro-
priate, 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 vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 
and 
‘‘(B) ordered the perpetrator to relinquish 
dangerous weapons that the perpetrator possesses 
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 per-
sons are no longer prohibited from possessing such 
weapons under Federal, State, Tribal or municipal 
law.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
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(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘encourage 
or mandate arrests of domestic violence of-
fenders’’ and inserting ‘‘encourage arrests of 
offenders’’; and 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘encour-
age or mandate arrest of domestic violence 
offenders’’ and inserting ‘‘encourage arrest 
of offenders’’; and 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the 
following: 
‘‘(F) certify that, not later than 3 years 
after the date of the enactment of this subpara-
graph, their laws, policies, or practices will in-
clude a detailed protocol to strongly discourage 
the use of bench warrants, material witness war-
rants, perjury charges, or other means of compel-
ling victim-witness testimony in the investiga-
tion, prosecution, trial, or sentencing of a crime 
related to the domestic violence, sexual assault, 
dating violence or stalking of the victim.’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
1001(a)(19) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(19)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 
2024’’. 
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SEC. 103. LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS. 
Section 1201 of division B of the Victims of Traf-
ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 
20121) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting after ‘‘no cost 
to the victims’’ the following: ‘‘. When legal assistance 
to a dependent is necessary for the safety of a victim, 
such assistance may be provided.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting after 
‘‘stalking, and sexual assault’’ the following: ‘‘, 
or for dependents when necessary for the safety 
of a victim’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after 
‘‘stalking, and sexual assault’’ the following: ‘‘, 
or for dependents when necessary for the safety 
of a victim,’’ and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting after 
‘‘sexual assault, or stalking’’ the following: ‘‘, or 
for dependents when necessary for the safety of a 
victim,’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘2014 
through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 
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SEC. 104. GRANTS TO SUPPORT FAMILIES IN THE JUSTICE 
SYSTEM. 
Section 1301 of division B of the Victims of Traf-
ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 
12464) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (8)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘to improve’’ and in-
serting ‘‘improve’’; and 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’ ; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(9) develop and implement an alternative 
justice response (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act 
of 1994).’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2014 through 
2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 
SEC. 105. OUTREACH AND SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED 
POPULATIONS GRANTS. 
Section 120(h) of the Violence Against Women and De-
partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 
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20123(h)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 
SEC. 106. CRIMINAL PROVISIONS. 
Section 2265 of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (d)(3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘restraining order or in-
junction,’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘The prohibition under this paragraph applies 
to all protection orders for the protection of a 
person residing within a State, territorial, or 
tribal jurisdiction, whether or not the protection 
order was issued by that State, territory, or 
Tribe.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘This applies to all Alaska tribes without 
respect to ‘Indian country’ or the population of the 
Native village associated with the Tribe.’’. 
SEC. 107. RAPE SURVIVOR CHILD CUSTODY. 
Section 409 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking 
Act of 2015 (34 U.S.C. 21308) is amended by striking 
‘‘2015 through 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 
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TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES 
FOR VICTIMS 
SEC. 201. SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM. 
Section 41601(f)(1) of the Violent Crime Control and 
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12511(f)(1)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and inserting 
‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 
SEC. 202. RURAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 
SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING, AND CHILD 
ABUSE 
ENFORCEMENT 
ASSISTANCE 
PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 40295 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12341) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘women’’ 
and inserting ‘‘adults, youth,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘2014 
through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 
SEC. 203. TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END VIOLENCE 
AGAINST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. 
Section 1402 of division B of the Victims of Traf-
ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 
20122) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘WOMEN’’ and 
inserting ‘‘PEOPLE’’; 
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(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘individuals’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘people’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘disabled individuals’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘people with dis-
abilities’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting after 
‘‘law enforcement’’ the following: ‘‘and other first 
responders’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘pro-
viding advocacy and intervention services with-
in’’ and inserting ‘‘to enhance the capacity of’’; 
(4) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘disabled indi-
viduals’’ and inserting ‘‘people with disabilities’’; and 
(5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2014 through 
2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 
SEC. 204. TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END ABUSE IN 
LATER LIFE. 
Section 40801 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12421)— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘ENHANCED 
TRAINING’’ and inserting ‘‘TRAINING’’; 
(2) by striking subsection ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.— 
In this section—’’ and all that follows through para-
graph (1) of subsection (b) and inserting the fol-
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nizing and addressing instances of abuse in 
later life’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based 
organizations, or other professionals who 
may identify or respond to abuse in later 
life’’; and 
(ii) in clause (ii), by inserting after 
‘‘victims of’’ the following: ‘‘elder abuse 
and’’; and 
(D) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘sub-
paragraph (B)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(2)(B)’’; 
(5) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by para-
graph (3))— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘over 
50 years of age’’ and inserting ‘‘50 years of age 
or over’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘in 
later life’’ and inserting ‘‘50 years of age or 
over’’; and 
(6) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by para-
graph (3)), by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 
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TITLE 
III—SERVICES, 
PROTEC-
TION, 
AND 
JUSTICE 
FOR 
YOUNG VICTIMS 
SEC. 301. RAPE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION GRANT. 
Section 393A of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 280b–1b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting before 
the semicolon at the end the following ‘‘or digital 
services (as such term is defined in section 
40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 
1994)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘sexual 
assault’’ and inserting ‘‘sexual violence, sexual 
assault, and sexual harassment’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Indian tribal’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Indian Tribal’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) 
in 
paragraph 
(1), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘$150,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘Not less than 80 percent of the 
total amount made available under this sub-
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section in each fiscal year shall be awarded in 
accordance with this paragraph.’’. 
SEC. 302. CREATING HOPE THROUGH OUTREACH, OPTIONS, 
SERVICES, AND EDUCATION (CHOOSE) FOR 
CHILDREN AND YOUTH. 
Section 41201 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12451) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘stalking, or sex trafficking’’ 
and inserting ‘‘or stalking’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Grants awarded under this section may be used 
to address sex trafficking or bullying as part of 
a comprehensive program focused primarily on 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
or stalking.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘target youth who 
are victims of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex traf-
ficking’’ and inserting ‘‘target youth, in-
cluding youth in underserved populations 
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who are victims of domestic violence, sexual 
assault, and stalking’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘stalking, and sex trafficking’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘and stalking’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘stalking, or sex 
trafficking’’ and inserting ‘‘or stalk-
ing’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(iv) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘stalking, and sex 
trafficking’’ and inserting ‘‘or stalk-
ing’’; and 
(II) by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(v) by inserting after subparagraph 
(C) the following: 
‘‘(D) clarify State or local mandatory re-
porting policies and practices regarding peer-to- 
peer dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk-
ing.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘stalking, or sex traf-
ficking’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘or stalking’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 
‘‘confidential’’ before ‘‘support services’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘stalking, and sex trafficking’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘and stalking’’; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (E), by inserting 
after ‘‘programming for youth’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, including youth in underserved 
populations,’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘stalking, 
or sex trafficking’’ and inserting ‘‘or stalking’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A) or 
(B) of paragraph (1)’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘stalking, 
and sex trafficking’’ and inserting ‘‘and stalking, in-
cluding training on working with youth in under-
served populations’’; and 
(5) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘$15,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’ and in-
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serting ‘‘$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 
through 2024’’. 
SEC. 303. GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES ON CAM-
PUSES. 
Section 304 of the Violence Against Women and De-
partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 
20125) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking the second 
sentence; 
(B) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(3) To provide prevention and education pro-
gramming about domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking, including technological 
abuse and reproductive and sexual coercion, that is 
age-appropriate, culturally relevant, ongoing, deliv-
ered in multiple venues on campus, accessible, pro-
motes respectful nonviolent behavior as a social norm, 
and engages men and boys. Such programming 
should be developed in partnership or collaboratively 
with experts in intimate partner and sexual violence 
prevention and intervention.’’; 
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(C) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and pro-
vide’’ and inserting ‘‘, provide, and dissemi-
nate’’; 
(D) in paragraph (10), by inserting after 
‘‘or adapt’’ the following ‘‘and disseminate’’; and 
(E) by inserting after paragraph (10) the 
following: 
‘‘(11) To train campus health centers on how to 
recognize and respond to domestic violence, dating vi-
olence, sexual assault, and stalking, including train-
ing health providers on how to provide universal edu-
cation to all members of the campus community on 
the impacts of violence on health and unhealthy rela-
tionships and how providers can support ongoing out-
reach efforts.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘2014 
through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘for 
all incoming students’’ and inserting ‘‘for all 
students’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4)(C), by inserting after 
‘‘sex,’’ the following: ‘‘sexual orientation, gender 
identity,’’; and 
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(4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘$12,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 
through 2024’’. 
SEC. 304. COMBAT ONLINE PREDATORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 110A of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2261A 
the following: 
‘‘§ 2261B. Enhanced penalty for stalkers of children 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), if the victim of an offense under section 2261A is under 
the age of 18 years, the maximum term of imprisonment 
for the offense is 5 years greater than the maximum term 
of imprisonment otherwise provided for that offense in sec-
tion 2261. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 
a person who violates section 2261A if— 
‘‘(1) the person is subject to a sentence under sec-
tion 2261(b)(5); and 
‘‘(2)(A) the person is under the age of 18 at the 
time the offense occurred; or 
‘‘(B) the victim of the offense is not less than 15 
nor more than 17 years of age and not more than 3 
years younger than the person who committed the of-
fense at the time the offense occurred.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 110A of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
19 section 2261A the following new item: 
‘‘2261B. Enhanced penalty for stalkers of children.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2261A of title 
18, United States Code, is amended in the matter following 
paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘section 2261(b) of this title’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 2261(b) or section 2262B, as the case 
may be’’. 
(d) REPORT ON BEST PRACTICES REGARDING EN-
FORCEMENT OF ANTI-STALKING LAWS.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney 
General shall submit a report to Congress, which shall— 
(1) include an evaluation of Federal, tribal, 
State, and local efforts to enforce laws relating to 
stalking; and 
(2) identify and describe those elements of such 
efforts that constitute the best practices for the en-
forcement of such laws. 
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TITLE IV—VIOLENCE 
REDUCTION PRACTICES 
SEC. 401. STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE CENTERS FOR DIS-
EASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. 
Section 402 of the Violence Against Women and De-
partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
280b–4) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘violence 
against women’’ and inserting ‘‘violence against 
adults, youth,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘2014 through 
2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 
SEC. 402. SAVING MONEY AND REDUCING TRAGEDIES 
(SMART) THROUGH PREVENTION GRANTS. 
Section 41303 of the Violence Against Women Act of 
1994 (34 U.S.C. 12463) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) strategies within each of these areas 
addressing the unmet needs of underserved popu-
lations.’’; 
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(2) in subsection (d)(3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) include a focus on the unmet needs of 
underserved populations.’’; 
(3) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘$15,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$45,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 
through 2024’’; and 
(4) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) REMAINING AMOUNTS.—Any amounts not 
made available under paragraphs (1) and (2) may be 
used for any set of purposes described in paragraphs 
(1), (2), or (3) of subsection (b), or for a project that 
fulfills two or more of such sets of purposes.’’. 
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TITLE V—STRENGTHENING THE 
HEALTHCARE 
SYSTEMS 
RE-
SPONSE 
SEC. 501. GRANTS TO STRENGTHEN THE HEALTHCARE SYS-
TEMS RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 
DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND 
STALKING. 
Section 399P of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 280g–4) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) the development or enhancement and imple-
mentation of training programs to improve the ca-
pacity of early childhood programs to address domes-
tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk-
ing among families they serve.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting ‘‘, 
including labor and sex trafficking’’ after ‘‘vio-
lence and abuse’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)(ii)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘on-site access to’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘patients by increas-
ing’’ and all that follows through the semi-
colon and inserting the following: ‘‘patients 
by— 
‘‘(I) increasing the capacity of ex-
isting health care professionals and 
public health staff to address domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, and stalking; 
‘‘(II) contracting with or hiring 
advocates for victims of domestic vio-
lence or sexual assault to provide such 
services; or 
‘‘(III) providing funding to State 
domestic and sexual violence coalitions 
to improve the capacity of such coali-
tions to coordinate and support health 
advocates and other health system 
partnerships;’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(D) in subparagraph (B)(iv) by striking the 
period at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, 
with priority given to programs administered 
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through the Health Resources and Services Ad-
ministration, Office of Women’s Health; and’’; 
and 
(E) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(v) the development, implementation, 
dissemination, and evaluation of best prac-
tices, tools, and training materials for be-
havioral health professionals to identify and 
respond to domestic violence, sexual vio-
lence, stalking, and dating violence.’’. 
(3) in subsection (b)(2)(A)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CHILD AND 
ELDER
ABUSE’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘CHILD ABUSE AND ABUSE IN LATER LIFE’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘child or elder abuse’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘child abuse or abuse in 
later life’’; 
(4) in subsection (b)(2)(C)(i), by striking ‘‘elder 
abuse’’ and inserting ‘‘abuse in later life’’; 
(5) in subsection (b)(2)(C)(iii), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; 
(6) in subsection (b)(2)(C)(iv)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘mental health,’’ after 
‘‘dental,’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘exams.’’ and inserting 
‘‘exams and certifications;’’; 
(7) in subsection (b)(2)(C), by inserting after 
clause (iv) the following: 
‘‘(v) development of a State-level pilot 
program to— 
‘‘(I) improve the response of sub-
stance use disorder treatment programs 
and systems to domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, sexual assault, and stalk-
ing; and 
‘‘(II) improve the capacity of sub-
stance use disorder treatment programs 
and systems to serve survivors of do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, and stalking dealing with sub-
stance use disorder; or 
‘‘(vi) development and utilization of 
existing technical assistance and training 
resources to improve the capacity of sub-
stance use disorder treatment programs to 
address domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking among patients 
the programs serve.’’ 
(8) in subsection (d)(2)(A)— 
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(A) by inserting ‘‘or behavioral health,’’ 
after ‘‘of health’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘behavioral’’ after ‘‘phys-
ical or’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘mental’’ before ‘‘health 
care’’; 
(9) in subsection (d)(2)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or health system’’ and in-
serting ‘‘behavioral health treatment system,’’; 
and 
(B) after ‘‘physical or’’ by striking ‘‘men-
tal’’ and inserting ‘‘behavioral’’; 
(10) in subsection (f) in the heading, by striking 
‘‘RESEARCH AND EVALUATION’’ and inserting ‘‘RE-
SEARCH, EVALUATION, AND DATA COLLECTION’’; 
(11) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘research 
and evaluation’’ and inserting ‘‘research, evaluation, 
or data collection’’; 
(12) in subsection (f)(1)(B), by inserting after 
‘‘health care’’ the following: ‘‘or behavioral health’’; 
(13) in subsection (f)(2)— 
(A) in the heading, by inserting after ‘‘RE-
SEARCH’’ the following: ‘‘AND
DATA
COLLEC-
TION’’; 
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(B) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by inserting ‘‘or data collection’’ before ‘‘au-
thorized in paragraph (1)’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(D) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(E) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the 
following: 
‘‘(E) research on the intersection of sub-
stance use disorder and domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including 
the effect of coerced use and efforts by an abusive 
partner or other to interfere with substance use 
disorder treatment and recovery; and 
‘‘(F) improvement of data collection using 
existing Federal surveys by including questions 
about domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, or stalking and substance use disorder, 
coerced use, and mental or behavioral health.’’; 
(14) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘2014 through 
2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’; and 
(15) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘herein’’ and 
‘‘provided for’’. 
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TITLE VI—SAFE HOMES FOR 
VICTIMS 
SEC. 601. HOUSING PROTECTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMES-
TIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL 
ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 
Section 41411 of the Violence Against Women Act of 
1994 (34 U.S.C. 12491) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 
‘‘brother, sister,’’ and inserting ‘‘sibling,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
before the semicolon at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘including the direct loan program 
under such section’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘the program under subtitle A’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the programs under subtitles A 
through D’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (I)— 
(I) by inserting after ‘‘sections 
514, 515, 516, 533,’’ the following: 
‘‘542,’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
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