SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 
2021’’. 
(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. 
Sec. 3. Agency and Department Coordination. 
Sec. 4. Effective date. 
Sec. 5. Availability of funds. 
Sec. 6. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 7. Inclusion of disparate impact in studies. 
TITLE I—ENHANCING LEGAL TOOLS TO COMBAT DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING 
Sec. 101. Stop grants. 
Sec. 102. Grants to encourage improvements and alternatives to 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. 
Sec. 108. Enhancing culturally specific services for victims of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
Sec. 109. Grants for lethality assessment programs authorization. 
TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES FOR VICTIMS 
Sec. 201. Sexual assault services program. 
Sec. 202. Sexual Assault Services Program. 
Sec. 203. Rural domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and 
child abuse enforcement assistance program. 
Sec. 204. Grants for training and services to end violence against people with 
disabilities and Deaf people. 
Sec. 205. Training and services to end abuse in later life. 
Sec. 206. Demonstration program on trauma-informed, victim-centered training 
for law enforcement. 
Sec. 207. Authorization of the FAST Initiative. 
Sec. 208. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Specific Services Program. 
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.
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. 
Sec. 502. Maternal mortality or morbidity study. 
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 vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
Sec. 605. Addressing the housing needs of victims of domestic violence, dating 
violence, 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 
domestic and sexual violence. 
Sec. 703. Provisions related to Unemployment Compensation and the Tem-
porary Assistance for Needy Families Program. 
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. 
Sec. 708. Study on costs of divorce in domestic violence cases. 
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 covered crimes of domestic violence, dating vi-
olence, obstruction of justice, sexual violence, sex trafficking, 
stalking, and assault of a law enforcement officer or correc-
tions officer. 
TITLE X—OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
Sec. 1001. Establishment of Office on Violence Against Women.
Sec. 1002. Office on Violence Against Women a Deputy Director for Culturally 
Specific Communities. 
TITLE XI—IMPROVING CONDITIONS FOR WOMEN IN FEDERAL 
CUSTODY 
Sec. 1101. Improving the treatment of primary caretaker parents and other in-
dividuals in federal prisons. 
Sec. 1102. Public health and safety of women. 
Sec. 1103. Research and report on women in federal incarceration. 
Sec. 1104. Reentry planning and services for incarcerated women. 
TITLE XII—LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOLS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC 
SAFETY 
Sec. 1201. Notification to law enforcement agencies of prohibited purchase or 
attempted purchase of a firearm. 
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. 
Sec. 1204. Review on Native American interactions with law enforcement. 
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 practi-
tioners reauthorization. 
Sec. 1404. Sex offender management. 
Sec. 1405. Court-appointed special advocate program. 
Sec. 1406. Sexual assault forensic exam program grants. 
Sec. 1406A. Strategies to improve coordination of sexual assault forensic nurse 
exam training and program sustainability. 
Sec. 1407. Review on link between substance use and victims of domestic vio-
lence dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
Sec. 1408. Interagency working group to study Federal efforts to collect data 
on sexual violence. 
Sec. 1409. National Domestic Violence Hotline. 
Sec. 1410. Deputy Assistant Attorney General on Culturally Specific Commu-
nities within the Office of Justice Programs. 
Sec. 1411. National resource center on workplace responses to assist victims of 
domestic and sexual violence assistance for microbusinesses. 
Sec. 1412. Civil action relating to disclosure of intimate images. 
Sec. 1413. Certain activities relating to intimate visual depictions. 
Sec. 1414. Task force on sexual violence in education. 
Sec. 1415. Survivors’ bill of rights. 
Sec. 1416. Report on sexual assault response teams at hospitals.
TITLE XV—CYBERCRIME ENFORCEMENT 
Sec. 1501. Local law enforcement grants for enforcement of cybercrimes. 
Sec. 1502. National Resource Center Grant. 
Sec. 1503. National strategy, classification, and reporting on cybercrime. 
TITLE XVI—KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE FROM FAMILY VIOLENCE 
Sec. 1601. Short title. 
Sec. 1602. Findings. 
Sec. 1603. Purposes. 
Sec. 1604. Definition of covered formula grant. 
Sec. 1605. Increased funding for formula grants authorized. 
Sec. 1606. Application. 
Sec. 1607. Rule of construction. 
Sec. 1608. Grant term. 
Sec. 1609. Uses of funds. 
Sec. 1610. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 1611. Sexual assault survivors’ rights. 
Sec. 1612. Grants to State and Tribal courts to implement protection order 
pilot programs. 
Sec. 1613. Online survey tool for campus safety. 
Sec. 1614. Study on child custody in domestic violence cases. 
TITLE XVII—PROTECTIONS FOR CERTAIN IMMIGRANT WOMEN 
Sec. 1701. Pilot program to provide additional protections. 
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 insert-
ing ‘‘In this title, and for the purpose of all 
grants authorized under this title’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (5) and insert-
ing the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) COURT-BASED AND COURT-RELATED PER-
SONNEL.—The terms ‘court-based personnel’ and 
‘court-related personnel’ mean persons working in 
the court, whether paid or volunteer, including—
‘‘(A) clerks, special masters, domestic rela-
tions officers, administrators, mediators, cus-
tody evaluators, guardians ad litem, lawyers, 
negotiators, probation, parole, interpreters, vic-
tim assistants, victim advocates, and judicial, 
administrative, 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 
system.’’; 
(C) by striking paragraph (8) and insert-
ing the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘domes-
tic violence’ means a pattern of behavior involving 
the use or attempted use of physical, sexual, verbal, 
psychological, 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—