place impact of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, and stalking. This campaign shall pay special at-
tention to ensure that survivors are made aware of the 
existence of the following types of Federal and State work-
place laws: 
(1) Anti-discrimination laws that bar treating 
survivors differently. 
(2) Leave laws, that provide for both paid and 
unpaid leave, that are available for use by survivors. 
(3) Unemployment insurance laws and policies 
that address survivor eligibility. 
(b) 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. 
(c) 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 
2019 through 2023. 
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SEC. 706. 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 
provisions or amendments to any person or circumstance 
shall not be affected. 
TITLE 
VIII—REDUCING 
HOMI-
CIDES AND IMPROVING PUB-
LIC SAFETY 
SEC. 801. INTIMATE PARTNER AND MISDEMEANOR CRIME 
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DEFINED. 
Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (32), by to read as follows: 
‘‘(32) The term ‘intimate partner’— 
‘‘(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 
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‘‘(ii) any other person similarly situ-
ated to a spouse who is protected by the 
domestic or family violence laws of the 
State or tribal jurisdiction in which the in-
jury occurred or where the victim resides.’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (33)(A)— 
(A) in clause (i), by inserting after ‘‘Tribal 
law’’ the following: ‘‘, or under a published local 
ordinance’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘intimate 
partner,’’ after ‘‘spouse,’’ each place it appears. 
SEC. 802. PROHIBITING PERSONS CONVICTED OF STALK-
ING FROM POSSESSING FIREARMS. 
Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(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 
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(2) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(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,’’. 
SEC. 803. UNLAWFUL SALE OF FIREARM TO A PERSON SUB-
JECT TO A PROTECTION ORDER. 
Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(8), by striking ‘‘that re-
strains such person’’ and all that follows, and insert-
ing ‘‘described in subsection (g)(8);’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (g)(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 
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‘‘(ii) after an ex parte hearing, after 
which such person received actual notice 
and had opportunity to participate at a 
subsequent hearing— 
‘‘(I) within the time required for 
such an ex parte order pursuant to 
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) engaging in conduct that would 
put an intimate partner of such person in 
reasonable fear of bodily injury to such in-
timate partner or a child of such intimate 
partner, including an order that was issued 
at the request of an employer on behalf of 
its employee or at the request of an insti-
tution of higher education on behalf of its 
student; 
‘‘(ii) intimidating a witness from testi-
fying in court; or 
‘‘(iii) harassing, stalking, or threat-
ening an intimate partner of such person 
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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; 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;’’. 
SEC. 804. NOTIFICATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES 
OF PROHIBITED PURCHASE OR ATTEMPTED 
PURCHASE OF A FIREARM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the NICS Improvement 
Amendments Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40911 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘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) or (g)(9) of section 922 of title 
18, United States Code, or, if receipt would violate sub-
section (g)(1) of such section, that receipt would violate 
subsection (g)(9) if the crime were a misdemeanor, and 
such determination is made after 3 business days have 
elapsed since the licensee contacted the System and a fire-
arm has been transferred to that person, the System shall 
notify the law enforcement agencies described in sub-
section (b). 
‘‘(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: 
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‘‘(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 
in section 1(b) of the NICS Improvement Amendments 
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180; 121 Stat. 2559) is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
107 the following: 
‘‘108. Notification to law enforcement agencies of prohibited purchase of a fire-
arm.’’. 
SEC. 805. 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: 
‘‘§ 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) or (g)(9) of section 922 of this 
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title, if receipt would violate subsection (g)(1) of such sec-
tion, that receipt would violate subsection (g)(9) if the 
crime were a misdemeanor, 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 
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-
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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. 806. SPECIAL ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS 
AND CROSS-DEPUTIZED ATTORNEYS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to improve the enforce-
ment of paragraphs (8) and (9) subsection (g) of section 
922 of title 18, United States Code, the Attorney General 
is authorized to— 
(1) appoint tribal prosecutors and qualified at-
torneys working for the United States Government 
to serve as Special Assistant United States Attor-
neys for the purpose of prosecuting violations of 
such paragraphs; 
(2) deputize State, tribal, territorial, and local 
prosecutors and law enforcement officers for the 
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purpose of enhancing the capacity of the agents of 
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and 
the United States Attorneys in responding to, inves-
tigating and prosecuting violations of such para-
graphs; 
(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 in cases in which such agen-
cies have probable cause to believe that the offender 
may be in violation of such paragraphs, points of 
contact within— 
(A) each Field Division of the Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; and 
(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 
the various States, territories, and tribes in which 
there are high rates of firearms violence and threats 
of firearms violence against intimate partners and 
other persons protected under paragraphs (8) and 
(9) subsection (g) of section 922 of title 18, United 
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States Code, and in which local authorities lack the 
resources to address such violence; and 
(2) make appointments as described in sub-
section (a) in such jurisdictions. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS.—There is author-
ized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
to carry out this section. 
TITLE IX—SAFETY FOR INDIAN 
WOMEN 
SEC. 901. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) On some reservations, Indian women are 
murdered at more than 10 times the national aver-
age. 
(2) American Indians and Alaska Natives are 
2.5 times as likely to experience violent crimes—and 
at least 2 times more likely to experience rape or 
sexual assault crimes—compared to all other races. 
(3) More than 4 in 5 American Indian and 
Alaska Native women, or 84.3 percent, have experi-
enced violence in their lifetime. 
(4) 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 
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the fifth leading cause of death for American Indian 
and Alaska Native women between 25 and 34 years 
of age. 
(5) 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. 
(6) Investigation into cases of missing and mur-
dered Indian women is made difficult for tribal 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. 
(7) 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. 
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(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 missing and murdered Indi-
ans; 
(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 missing and murdered Indians; 
and 
(4) to increase the collection of data related to 
missing and murdered Indian women and the shar-
ing of information among Federal, State, and tribal 
officials responsible for responding to and inves-
tigating cases of missing and murdered Indians. 
SEC. 902. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) FEDERAL DATABASES.—The term ‘‘Federal 
databases’’ means— 
(A) the National Crime Information Center 
database; 
(B) the Combined DNA Index System; 
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(C) the Integrated Automated Fingerprint 
Identification System; 
(D) the Violent Criminal Apprehension 
Program; 
(E) the National Missing and Unidentified 
Persons System; and 
(F) other Federal databases relevant to re-
sponding to cases of missing and murdered In-
dians. 
(2) INDIAN.—The term ‘‘Indian’’ means a 
member of an Indian Tribe. 
(3) INDIAN COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘Indian coun-
try’’ has the meaning given the term in section 1151 
of title 18, United States Code. 
(4) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 
(5) LAW
ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means a Tribal, Federal, 
State, or local law enforcement agency. 
SEC. 903. IMPROVING TRIBAL ACCESS TO FEDERAL CRIME 
INFORMATION DATABASES. 
(a) TRIBAL ENROLLMENT INFORMATION.—Not later 
than 30 days after the date of enactment of this title, the 
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Attorney General shall update the online data entry for-
mat for Federal databases to include a new data field for 
users to input the victim’s Tribal enrollment information 
or affiliation, as appropriate. 
(b) CONSULTATION.— 
(1) INITIAL
CONSULTATION.—Not later than 
120 days after the date of enactment of this title, 
the Attorney General, in cooperation with the Sec-
retary of the Interior, shall complete a formal con-
sultation with Indian Tribes on how to further im-
prove tribal data relevance and access to Federal 
databases, which shall also inform the development 
of law enforcement and justice protocols under sec-
tion 904(a). 
(2) ANNUAL
CONSULTATION.—Section 903(b) 
of the Violence Against Women and Department of 
Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 
20126) is amended— 
(A) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(2) enhancing the safety of Indian women 
from domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, homicide, stalking, and sex trafficking;’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) improving access to local, regional, State, 
and Federal crime information databases and crimi-
nal justice information systems.’’. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall pre-
pare and submit a report to the Committee on Indian Af-
fairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 
and the Committee on Natural Resources and the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 
that includes— 
(1) the results of the formal consultation de-
scribed in subsection (b)(1); 
(2) a description of the outstanding barriers In-
dian Tribes face in acquiring full access to Federal 
databases and related national crime information 
systems; and 
(3) the plan of action of the Department of 
Justice to— 
(A) implement suggestions received from 
Indian Tribes through the consultation process; 
and 
(B) resolve the outstanding barriers de-
scribed under paragraph (2). 
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SEC. 904. STANDARDIZED PROTOCOLS FOR RESPONDING 
TO CASES OF MISSING AND MURDERED INDI-
ANS. 
(a) STANDARDIZED PROTOCOLS FOR MISSING AND 
MURDERED INDIANS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the 
consultation 
process 
described 
in 
section 
903(b)(1), the Attorney General, in cooperation with 
the Secretary of the Interior and in consultation 
with Indian Tribes, shall— 
(A) review existing (as of the date of the 
review) law enforcement and justice protocols 
appropriate to missing and murdered Indians; 
and 
(B) recommend such existing protocols, re-
vise such existing protocols, or develop new pro-
tocols, as necessary, to establish protocols to 
serve as guidelines for law enforcement agencies 
with respect to missing and murdered Indians. 
(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Attorney Gen-
eral shall make the protocols under paragraph (1) 
publicly available and shall distribute them to law 
enforcement agencies. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The standardized protocols 
under subsection (a) shall include the following: 
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(1) Guidance on inter-jurisdictional cooperation 
among law enforcement agencies at the Tribal, Fed-
eral, State, and local levels. 
(2) Standards on the collection, reporting, and 
analysis of data and information on missing persons 
and unidentified human remains appropriate to Indi-
ans, including standards on entering information to 
Federal databases on missing persons within a cer-
tain timeframe after receiving the missing persons 
report. 
(3) Guidance on improving law enforcement re-
sponse rates and follow-up to cases of missing and 
murdered Indians. 
(4) Methods to ensure access to victim services 
for Indian victims and their families. 
(c) DIRECTIONS TO UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS.— 
(1) DIRECTIONS.—Not later than 240 days 
after the date of enactment of this title, the Attor-
ney General shall direct United States attorneys 
with jurisdiction to prosecute crimes in Indian coun-
try under sections 1152 and 1153 of title 18, United 
States Code, to develop written standard protocols to 
investigate cases of missing and murdered Indians 
that— 
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(A) are guided by the standardized proto-
cols under subsection (a); 
(B) are developed in consultation with In-
dian Tribes and other Federal partners, includ-
ing— 
(i) the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion; 
(ii) the Department of the Interior; 
(iii) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and 
(iv) the Indian Health Service; 
(C) detail specific responsibilities of each 
Federal partner; and 
(D) shall be implemented not later than 60 
days after the direction is issued. 
(2) ADDITIONAL DIRECTIONS.—Not later than 
240 days after the date of enactment of this title, 
the Attorney General shall direct United States at-
torneys with jurisdiction to prosecute crimes in In-
dian Country from an authority other than section 
1152 or 1153 of title 18, United States Code, to dis-
cuss the Federal response to cases of missing and 
murdered Indians with their Tribal partners and 
Federal partners as appropriate during annual con-
sultations. 
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(d) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The 
Attorney General shall provide Indian Tribes and law en-
forcement agencies with training and technical assistance 
relating to the development and implementation of the law 
enforcement and justice protocols of the Indian Tribes and 
agencies, respectively, in accordance with the standardized 
protocols under subsection (a). 
(e) COMPLIANCE.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of enactment of this title, Federal law enforce-
ment agencies with jurisdiction to investigate and pros-
ecute crimes relating to missing and murdered Indians 
shall modify the law enforcement and justice protocols of 
the agency to satisfactorily comply with the standardized 
protocols under subsection (a). 
SEC. 905. ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
Beginning in the first fiscal year after the date of 
enactment of this title, and annually thereafter, the Attor-
ney General and the Secretary of the Interior shall jointly 
prepare and submit a report, to the Committee on Indian 
Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 
and the Committee on Natural Resources and the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, 
that— 
(1) includes known statistics on missing and 
murdered Indian women in the United States; 
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(2) provides recommendations regarding how to 
improve data collection on missing and murdered In-
dian women; and 
(3) includes information relevant to the imple-
mentation of the standardized protocols developed 
under section 904(a). 
SEC. 906. TRIBAL JURISDICTION OVER CRIMES OF DOMES-
TIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, SEX TRAF-
FICKING, STALKING, CHILD VIOLENCE, AND 
VIOLENCE AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OF-
FICERS. 
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) by striking ‘‘special tribal domestic violence 
criminal jurisdiction’’ each place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘special tribal criminal jurisdiction’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(16) STALKING.—The term ‘stalking’ means 
engaging in a course of conduct directed at a spe-
cific person that would cause a reasonable person— 
‘‘(A) to fear for his or her safety or the 
safety of others; or 
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‘‘(B) to suffer substantial emotional dis-
tress.’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and 
(7) as paragraphs (14) and (15); 
(C) by inserting before paragraph (14) (as 
redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(11) RELATED CONDUCT.—The term ‘related 
conduct’ means a violation of the criminal law of an 
Indian tribe that is committed— 
‘‘(A) against a covered individual; 
‘‘(B) by a person— 
‘‘(i) who is subject to special tribal 
criminal jurisdiction; and 
‘‘(ii) has committed criminal conduct 
that falls into one or more of the cat-
egories described in paragraphs (1) and 
(2) of subsection (c); and 
‘‘(C) in the course of resisting or inter-
fering with the prevention, detection, investiga-
tion, arrest, pretrial detention, prosecution, ad-
judication, or sentencing, including the proba-
tion, parole, incarceration, or rehabilitation, of 
that person relating to that criminal conduct. 
‘‘(12) SEX TRAFFICKING.— 
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‘‘(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-
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. 
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‘‘(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. 
‘‘(13) SEXUAL VIOLENCE.—The term ‘sexual vi-
olence’ means any nonconsensual sexual act or con-
tact proscribed by Federal, tribal, or State law, in-
cluding in any case in which the victim lacks the ca-
pacity to consent to the act.’’; 
(D) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 
through (5) as paragraphs (6) through (10); 
(E) in paragraph (6) (as redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘violence’’ and inserting ‘‘covered con-
duct’’; 
(F) in paragraph (7) (as redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘violence’’ each place such term ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘covered conduct’’; and 
(G) by inserting before paragraph (6) (as 
redesignated), the following: 
‘‘(1) 
CAREGIVER.—The 
term 
‘caregiver’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) the parent, guardian, or legal custo-
dian of the child; 
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‘‘(B) the spouse or intimate partner of a 
parent, guardian, or legal custodian of the 
child; 
‘‘(C) any relative of the child, including a 
parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, step- 
parent, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, 
half-brother, or half-sister; 
‘‘(D) a person who resides or has resided 
regularly or intermittently in the same dwelling 
as the child; 
‘‘(E) a person who provides or has pro-
vided care for the child in or out of the home 
of the child; 
‘‘(F) any person who exercises or has exer-
cised temporary or permanent control over the 
child; or 
‘‘(G) any person who temporarily or per-
manently supervises or has supervised the child. 
‘‘(2) CHILD.—The term ‘child’ means a person 
who has not attained the lesser of— 
‘‘(A) the age of 18; or 
‘‘(B) except in the case of sexual abuse, 
the age specified by the child protection law of 
the participating tribe that has jurisdiction over 
the Indian country where the child resides. 
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‘‘(3) CHILD VIOLENCE.—The term ‘child vio-
lence’ means covered conduct committed against a 
child by a caregiver of the child. 
‘‘(4) COVERED CONDUCT.—The term ‘covered 
conduct’ means conduct that— 
‘‘(A) involves the use, attempted use, or 
threatened use of force against the person or 
property of another; and 
‘‘(B) violates the criminal law of the In-
dian tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian 
country where the conduct occurs. 
‘‘(5) COVERED
INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘cov-
ered individual’ means an officer or employee of an 
Indian tribe, or an individual authorized to act for 
or on behalf of an Indian tribe or serving an Indian 
tribe— 
‘‘(A) who is— 
‘‘(i) authorized under law to engage in 
or supervise the prevention, detection, in-
vestigation, arrest, pretrial detention, pros-
ecution, or adjudication of an offense or 
the sentencing, including the probation, 
parole, incarceration, or rehabilitation, of 
an individual; or 
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‘‘(ii) serves as a probation or pretrial 
services officer; and 
‘‘(B) who is carrying out an activity de-
scribed in paragraph (11)(C).’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)(4), by striking subpara-
graph (B); 
(4) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘domestic violence’’ and inserting 
‘‘tribal’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘AND DATING VIOLENCE’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘, DATING
VIOLENCE, SEXUAL
VIO-
LENCE, 
STALKING, 
TRAFFICKING, 
AND 
CHILD VIOLENCE’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘or dating violence’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, dating violence, sexual vio-
lence, stalking, trafficking, or child vio-
lence’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) RELATED CONDUCT.—An act of related 
conduct that occurs in the Indian country of the 
participating tribe.’’; 
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(5) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘domestic vio-
lence’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘tribal’’; 
(6) 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; 
‘‘(E) a crime of stalking; 
‘‘(F) a crime of trafficking; or 
‘‘(G) a crime of related conduct;’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘child 
violence, sexual violence, stalking, trafficking, 
related conduct’’ after ‘‘dating violence’’; and 
(7) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 
2014 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 
2019 through 2023’’. 
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SEC. 907. AUTHORIZING FUNDING FOR THE TRIBAL ACCESS 
PROGRAM. 
Section 534 of title 28, united States Code, is amend-
ed 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 2019 to 2023, to remain available until ex-
pended, for the purposes of enhancing the ability of tribal 
government entities to access, enter information into, and 
obtain information from, Federal criminal information 
databases, as authorized by this section.’’. 
SEC. 908. CRIMINAL TRESPASS ON INDIAN LAND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1165 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 1165. Criminal trespass on Indian land 
‘‘(a) HUNTING, TRAPPING OR FISHING ON INDIAN 
LAND.—Whoever, without lawful authority or permission, 
willfully and knowingly goes upon any land that belongs 
to any Indian or Indian tribe, band, or group and either 
are held by the United States in trust or are subject to 
a restriction against alienation imposed by the United 
States, or upon any lands of the United States that are 
reserved for Indian use (referred to in this section as ‘trib-
al land’), for the purpose of hunting, trapping, or fishing 
thereon, or for the removal of game, peltries, or fish there-
from, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not 
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