or a recipient or subrecipient of an Emergency 
Solutions Grant, means the facilitation of a 
move from a unit of a covered housing provider 
to a unit of a different covered housing provider 
under the same covered housing program. 
‘‘(11) HUD REGIONAL
OFFICE.—The term 
‘HUD regional office’ means a regional office of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development. 
‘‘(12) NATIONAL
VAWA
VICTIMS
RELOCATION 
POOL VOUCHER.—The term ‘National VAWA Vic-
tims Relocation Pool voucher’ means a housing 
voucher provided under section 8(o) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)). 
‘‘(13) PROGRAM PARTICIPANT.—The term ‘pro-
gram participant’ means an individual (including an 
unaccompanied youth) or family who is assisted by 
programs under the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.).’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph 
(1) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A covered housing provider 
shall prioritize the safety of victims when making 
housing and housing-related decisions, including ad-
missions, terminations of assistance, evictions, trans-
fers, referrals, family break-ups, and income deter-
minations.’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)(3)— 
(A) in the paragraph heading, by inserting 
after ‘‘CRIMINAL ACTIVITY’’ the following: ‘‘AND 
FAMILY BREAK-UP’’; 
(B) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(A) DENIAL OF ASSISTANCE, TENANCY, 
AND OCCUPANCY RIGHTS PROHIBITED.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A tenant, program 
participant, or resident of a unit who is an 
unreported member of the household be-
cause of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, dating violence, or stalking 
shall not be denied assistance, tenancy, or 
occupancy rights to housing assisted under 
a covered housing program solely on the 
basis of criminal activity directly relating 
to domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault, or stalking that is engaged in 
by a member of the household of the ten-
ant, program participant, resident, or any 
guest or other person under the control of 
the tenant, program participant, or resi-
dent, if the tenant, program participant, 
resident or an affiliated individual of the 
tenant, program participant, or resident is 
the victim or threatened victim of such do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking. 
‘‘(ii) CRIMINAL ACTIVITY ENGAGED IN 
BY PERPETRATOR OF ABUSE.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—A tenant, 
program participant, or resident of a 
unit who is an unreported member of 
the household because of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
dating violence, or stalking shall not 
be denied assistance, tenancy, or occu-
pancy rights to housing assisted under 
a covered housing program solely on 
the basis of criminal activity, includ-
ing drug-related criminal activity, en-
gaged in by the perpetrator of the do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, or stalking. 
‘‘(II) 
RULE
OF
CONSTRUC-
TION.—Nothing in subclause (I) shall 
be construed to limit the authority to
terminate assistance to a tenant or 
program participant or evict or termi-
nate a tenant or program participant 
from housing assisted under a covered 
housing program if a public housing 
agency or an owner, recipient or sub-
recipient, or a manager of the housing 
demonstrates an actual and imminent 
threat to other tenants, program par-
ticipants, or individuals employed at 
or providing service to the housing if 
the assistance is not terminated or the 
tenant or program participant is not 
evicted. 
‘‘(iii) REVIEW PRIOR TO TERMINATION 
FOR CURRENT PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.— 
Before terminating assistance, tenancy, or 
occupancy rights to housing assisted under 
a covered housing program to a tenant or 
program participant who is a victim of do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking on the basis of criminal 
activity of the tenant or program partici-
pant, including drug-related criminal activ-
ity—
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‘‘(I) the covered housing provider 
shall consider— 
‘‘(aa) the seriousness of the 
case; 
‘‘(bb) the extent of partici-
pation or culpability of the ten-
ant or program participant, in-
cluding whether the tenant or 
program participant was coerced 
by the perpetrator of the domes-
tic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault, or stalking; 
‘‘(cc) whether the criminal 
activity was related to a symptom 
of a disability, including a sub-
stance use disorder; 
‘‘(dd) 
in 
cases 
involving 
drug-related criminal activity or 
criminal activity involving alcohol 
abuse, whether the tenant or pro-
gram participant is participating 
in, or has successfully completed, 
a supervised drug or alcohol re-
habilitation program, or has oth-
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erwise been rehabilitated success-
fully; and 
‘‘(ee) any other relevant 
mitigating circumstances; and 
‘‘(II) the covered housing pro-
gram shall provide the tenant or pro-
gram participant with— 
‘‘(aa) a written summary of 
the review conducted by the cov-
ered housing program; and 
‘‘(bb) an opportunity to in-
voke the applicable grievance pol-
icy of the covered housing pro-
gram to dispute the findings of 
the review.’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘BI-
FURCATION’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘FAMILY 
BREAK-UP’’; 
(ii) by redesignating clauses (i) and 
(ii) as clauses (ii) and (iii), respectively; 
(iii) by inserting before clause (ii), as 
so redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If a family break- 
up results from an occurrence of domestic
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violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking, and the perpetrator no longer re-
sides in the unit and was the sole tenant 
or program participant eligible to receive 
assistance under a covered housing pro-
gram, the covered housing provider shall— 
‘‘(I) provide any other tenant, 
program participant, or resident of 
the unit who is an unreported member 
of the household because of domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, dating violence, or stalking the 
opportunity to establish eligibility for 
the covered housing program; or 
‘‘(II) provide a tenant, program 
participant, or resident described in 
subclause (I) with not less than 180 
days— 
‘‘(aa) to remain in the unit 
under the same terms and condi-
tions as the perpetrator; and 
‘‘(bb) find new housing or 
establish eligibility for another 
covered housing program.’’;
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(iv) in clause (ii), as so redesig-
nated— 
(I) in the heading, by striking 
‘‘IN GENERAL’’ and inserting ‘‘EVIC-
TION’’; and 
(II) by inserting after ‘‘a public 
housing agency’’ the following: ‘‘, par-
ticipating jurisdictions, grantees under 
the Continuum of Care, grantees,’’; 
and 
(v) by striking clause (iii), as so re-
designated; 
(D) in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) in clause (iv), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(v) to be limited by any provision in 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) that provides less 
protection than subparagraph (A) for vic-
tims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking.’’; and
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(E) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 
the following: 
‘‘(D) EARLY TERMINATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A covered housing 
provider shall permit a tenant or program 
participant assisted under the covered 
housing program to terminate the lease at 
any time prior to the end date of the lease, 
without penalty, if the tenant or program 
participant has been a victim of domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking and the tenant or program partici-
pant— 
‘‘(I) sends notice of the early 
lease termination to the landlord in 
writing prior to or within 3 days of 
vacating the premises unless a shorter 
notice period is provided for under 
State law; 
‘‘(II)(aa) reasonably believes that 
the tenant or program participant is 
threatened with imminent harm if the 
tenant or program participant re-
mains within the same dwelling unit 
subject to the lease; or
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‘‘(bb) has experienced a sexual 
assault that occurred on the premises 
during the 90-day period preceding 
the request for lease termination; and 
‘‘(III) provides a form of docu-
mentation consistent with the require-
ments outlined in subsection (c)(3). 
‘‘(ii) 
RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.— 
Nothing in this subparagraph shall be con-
strued to preclude any automatic termi-
nation of a lease by operation of law. 
Nothing in this subparagraph shall be con-
strued to supersede any provision of any 
Federal, State, or local law regarding the 
early termination of leases that provides 
greater protection than this subsection for 
victims of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking.’’; 
(4) in subsection (c)(4), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Any information sub-
mitted to a public housing agency or owner or 
manager’’ and inserting ‘‘Covered housing pro-
viders shall ensure any information submitted’’; 
and
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‘‘(3) TRANSLATION
AND
AVAILABILITY
OF 
STANDARDIZED
DOCUMENTS.—Each 
appropriate 
agency shall ensure that standardized documents re-
lating to the implementation of this title are— 
‘‘(A) translated into and made available in 
multiple languages and are available in formats 
accessible to persons with disabilities; and 
‘‘(B) made accessible to covered housing 
providers within a reasonable time after adop-
tion of the documents by the appropriate agen-
cy.’’; 
(6) by amending subsection (e) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(e) EMERGENCY
TRANSFERS
AND
NATIONAL 
VAWA VICTIMS RELOCATION POOL POLICIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A tenant, program partici-
pant, or resident of a unit who is an unreported 
member of the household because of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, dating vio-
lence, or stalking who is a victim of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 
may apply for an emergency transfer or a National 
VAWA Victims Relocation Pool voucher, or both. 
‘‘(2) RESPONSIBLE ENTITY.—
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‘‘(A) EMERGENCY TRANSFERS.—A covered 
housing provider shall grant an emergency 
transfer to a tenant or program participant de-
scribed in paragraph (1) if— 
‘‘(i) the covered housing provider and 
the tenant or program participant deter-
mine that a safe dwelling unit is available; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the tenant or program partici-
pant meets the eligibility criteria described 
in paragraph (3). 
‘‘(B) VOUCHERS.—The Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development and a covered 
housing provider authorized to determine eligi-
bility for National VAWA Victims Relocation 
Pool vouchers under policies and procedures es-
tablished under subsection (f)(1) shall approve 
a National VAWA Victims Relocation Pool 
voucher for a tenant, program participant, or 
resident of a unit who is an unreported member 
of the household because of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, dating violence, 
or stalking described in paragraph (1) if the 
tenant, program participant, or resident meets
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the eligibility criteria described in paragraph 
(3). 
‘‘(3) CRITERIA.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The applicable respon-
sible entity under paragraph (2) shall approve 
an application submitted by a tenant, program 
participant, or resident described in paragraph 
(1) for an emergency transfer, a National 
VAWA Victims Relocation Pool voucher, or 
both, if— 
‘‘(i) the tenant, program participant, 
or resident expressly requests the emer-
gency transfer or National VAWA Victims 
Relocation Pool voucher, or both, from the 
applicable responsible entity; and 
‘‘(ii)(I) the tenant, program partici-
pant, or resident reasonably believes that 
the tenant or program participant is 
threatened with imminent harm from fur-
ther violence if the tenant or program par-
ticipant remains within the same dwelling 
unit assisted under a covered housing pro-
gram; or 
‘‘(II) the tenant, program participant, 
or resident experienced a sexual assault
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that occurred on the premises during the 
90-day period preceding the request for the 
emergency transfer or National VAWA 
Victims Relocation Pool voucher. 
‘‘(B) GOOD
STANDING.—Regardless of 
whether a tenant, program participant, or resi-
dent is in good standing, the tenant, program 
participant, or resident retains the right to an 
emergency transfer or a National VAWA Vic-
tims Relocation Pool voucher if the tenant, pro-
gram participant, or resident otherwise meets 
the eligibility requirements in this subsection. 
The tenant, program participant, or resident 
shall also meet the eligibility requirements of 
the program to which the tenant, program par-
ticipant, or resident intends to transfer unless 
the eligibility requirement is waived by the cov-
ered housing program. 
‘‘(4) POLICIES.—Each appropriate agency shall, 
in the timeframe outlined in subsection (f)(2), adopt 
emergency transfer, external referral, and National 
VAWA Victim Relocation Pool voucher policies for 
use by covered housing programs, which shall— 
‘‘(A) reflect the variations in program op-
eration and administration by covered housing
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program type and are in accordance with the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development’s 
National VAWA Victims Relocation Pool vouch-
ers policies and procedures issued within the 
timeframe outlined in subsection (f)(1); 
‘‘(B) at a minimum, describe a process 
that— 
‘‘(i) permits tenants, program partici-
pants, or residents who are victims of do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking to move to another avail-
able and safe dwelling quickly through an 
emergency transfer, a National VAWA Vic-
tims Relocation Pool voucher, or an exter-
nal referral; and 
‘‘(ii) provides that the tenant, pro-
gram participant, or resident can request 
an emergency transfer or a National 
VAWA Victims Relocation Pool voucher, or 
both, whichever is safe and available for 
the tenant, program participant, or resi-
dent; and 
‘‘(C) with respect to a request for an emer-
gency transfer, provide that—
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‘‘(i) not later than 5 days after the 
date on which a covered housing provider 
receives an emergency transfer request 
from a tenant or program participant, the 
covered housing provider shall determine 
whether the tenant or program participant 
can be transferred to a safe and available 
unit; 
‘‘(ii) if a safe unit is available, an 
emergency transfer shall occur not later 
than 10 days after the date on which the 
covered housing provider approves the re-
quest; 
‘‘(iii) if a safe unit is not available, 
the covered housing provider shall provide 
to the tenant or program participant— 
‘‘(I) a written status report re-
garding the status of the emergency 
transfer request of the tenant or pro-
gram participant; and 
‘‘(II) information about National 
VAWA 
Victims 
Relocation 
Pool 
vouchers; and 
‘‘(iv) if the emergency transfer re-
quest has been denied due to reasons unre-
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lated to the availability of a safe and suit-
able unit, the tenant or program partici-
pant may appeal the decision through the 
applicable grievance or hearing process of 
the covered housing provider; 
‘‘(D) with respect to a request for a Na-
tional VAWA Victims Relocation Pool vouch-
er— 
‘‘(i) the request may be made to the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment by a tenant; program participant; 
resident of the unit who is an unreported 
member of the household because of do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, dating violence, or stalking; a col-
laborative applicant of the local Continuum 
of Care or designee of the collaborative ap-
plicant; Emergency Solutions Grant recipi-
ent or subrecipient; a public housing agen-
cy; or the covered housing provider; and 
‘‘(ii) not later than 10 days after the 
date on which the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development receives a request 
for a National VAWA Victims Relocation 
Pool voucher and the selected relocation
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jurisdiction of the tenant or program par-
ticipant, the Secretary shall process the re-
quest and refer administration of the Na-
tional VAWA Victims Relocation Pool 
voucher to the appropriate public housing 
agency of the selected jurisdiction of the 
tenant; program participant; or resident of 
the unit who is an unreported member of 
the household because of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, dating vio-
lence, or stalking; 
‘‘(E) allow a victim of domestic violence 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking to 
temporarily relocate, while maintaining eligi-
bility for the covered housing program without 
the loss of their housing status, if there are no 
alternative comparable housing program units 
available, until an emergency transfer, a Na-
tional VAWA Victims Relocation Pool voucher, 
or an external referral resulting in comparable 
safe housing is obtained; 
‘‘(F) mandate that emergency transfers 
take priority over non-emergency transfers; 
‘‘(G) mandate that emergency transfers 
are not considered new applicants and take pri-
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ority over existing external waiting lists for a 
covered housing program; 
‘‘(H) incorporate confidentiality measures 
to ensure that the appropriate agency and the 
covered housing provider do not disclose any in-
formation regarding a tenant, program partici-
pant, or resident who is victim of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing, including the location of a new dwelling 
unit to any person or entity without the time- 
limited written authorization of the tenant or 
program participant, and communication by a 
covered housing provider with a victim must be 
in a form and manner that the victim deter-
mines to be safe; and 
‘‘(I) mandate that when a tenant or pro-
gram participant submits an emergency trans-
fer request to a covered housing provider, the 
covered housing provider shall provide contact 
information for— 
‘‘(i) local organizations offering assist-
ance to tenants and other housing pro-
viders who may have safe and available 
housing; or
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‘‘(ii) contact information for the re-
gional HUD office or applicable public 
housing agency. 
‘‘(5) DUTIES OF COLLABORATIVE APPLICANTS 
OF A LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE.—In addition to 
adopting the policies described in paragraph (4) in 
an emergency transfer policy, the collaborative appli-
cant of each local Continuum of Care, or a designee 
of the collaborative applicant, shall— 
‘‘(A) coordinate and facilitate emergency 
transfers and external referrals across projects 
funded under the Continuum of Care; 
‘‘(B) prioritize an external referral across 
projects funded under the Continuum of Care 
for the next available safe housing option for 
which a tenant or program participant may be 
eligible; 
‘‘(C) coordinate external referrals with the 
collaborative applicant of the local Continuum 
of Care, or designee of the collaborative appli-
cant, in other jurisdictions in cases where a ten-
ant or program participant requests an out-of- 
jurisdiction transfer; 
‘‘(D) ensure that a tenant or program par-
ticipant is not required to be reassessed and re-
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tains chronically homeless status, if applicable, 
through the local Continuum of Care intake 
process when seeking an emergency transfer or 
external referral placement; and 
‘‘(E) ensure costs associated with tem-
porary relocations described in paragraph (4) 
are considered eligible costs of supportive serv-
ices under the Continuum of Care program. 
‘‘(6) REGIONAL OFFICES.—Each HUD regional 
office shall— 
‘‘(A) in collaboration with public housing 
agencies and the entities described in paragraph 
(2), develop and implement a regional emer-
gency transfer and external referral plan, which 
shall— 
‘‘(i) set forth how covered housing 
providers shall coordinate external referrals 
with the HUD regional office; 
‘‘(ii) be submitted to the Violence 
Against Women Director described in sec-
tion 41413 and made publicly available; 
and 
‘‘(iii) include any additional policies, 
priorities, and strategies set by the entities 
described in paragraph (5); and
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‘‘(B) in consultation with the Violence 
Against Women Director described in section 
41413, facilitate external referral requests for 
tenants or program participants who are vic-
tims of domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault, or stalking if the tenant or program 
participant cannot obtain an emergency trans-
fer or a National VAWA Victims Relocation 
Pool voucher. 
‘‘(7) COVERED
HOUSING
PROVIDERS.—Each 
covered housing provider shall develop and imple-
ment an emergency transfer and external referral 
plan consistent with the requirements in paragraph 
(4) or (5).’’; 
(7) by amending subsection (f) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(f) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR EMERGENCY 
TRANSFER AND NATIONAL VAWA VICTIMS RELOCATION 
POOL VOUCHERS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of the Violence Against 
Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development shall es-
tablish policies and procedures under which a ten-
ant, program participant, or resident of a unit who
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is an unreported member of the household because 
of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
dating violence, or stalking may receive, under sub-
section (e), subject to the availability of funds, a Na-
tional VAWA Victims Relocation Pool voucher. 
‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE AGENCIES.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of the Violence 
Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021, 
the head of each appropriate agency shall establish 
the policies required under subsection (e) with re-
spect to emergency transfers and external referrals. 
Each appropriate agency shall also establish agency- 
specific policies and procedures in accordance with 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development’s 
National VAWA Victims Relocation Pool vouchers 
policies and procedures.’’; 
(8) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (h); 
(9) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g) TRAINING AND REFERRALS.— 
‘‘(1) TRAINING FOR STAFF OF COVERED HOUS-
ING PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, in partner-
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and stalking service providers offering services in its 
coverage area. 
‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection such sums as may be necessary for 
each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.’’; and 
(10) by inserting after subsection (h), as so re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(i) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed— 
‘‘(1) to limit any right, remedy, or procedure 
otherwise available to enforce the Violence Against 
Women Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162; 119 
Stat. 2960) and subsequent amendments prior to 
the date of enactment of the Violence Against 
Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021; or 
‘‘(2) to supersede any provision of any Federal, 
State, or local law that provides greater protection 
than this section for victims of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.’’. 
(b) NATIONAL VAWA VICTIMS RELOCATION POOL 
VOUCHERS.—Section 8(o) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
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‘‘(21) NATIONAL
VAWA
VICTIMS
RELOCATION 
POOL VOUCHERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
set aside, from amounts made available for 
rental 
assistance 
under 
this 
subsection, 
amounts for use only for providing such assist-
ance for the creation of a National VAWA Vic-
tims Relocation Pool, which shall provide rental 
assistance on behalf of tenants, program par-
ticipants, or residents who are victims of do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
and stalking eligible for assistance under sec-
tion 41411(e) of the Violence Against Women 
Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12491(e)). 
‘‘(B) TERMINATION OF VOUCHERS UPON 
TURNOVER.—A public housing agency shall not 
reissue assistance that is made available from 
appropriated funds under this subsection for a 
tenant, program participant, or resident when 
the assistance for the tenant, program partici-
pant, or resident is lawfully terminated, unless 
specifically authorized by the Secretary. 
‘‘(C) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—Beginning in fiscal year 2022 and each 
fiscal year thereafter, there are authorized to be
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appropriated $20,000,000 to provide vouchers 
for rental assistance under this paragraph.’’. 
SEC. 602. ENSURING COMPLIANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION; 
PROHIBITING RETALIATION AGAINST VIC-
TIMS. 
Chapter 2 of subtitle N of title IV of the Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12491 et seq.) 
is amended by inserting after section 41411 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 41412. COMPLIANCE REVIEWS. 
‘‘(a) REGULAR COMPLIANCE REVIEWS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each appropriate agency 
shall establish a process by which to review compli-
ance with the requirements of this subtitle, which 
shall— 
‘‘(A) in consultation with the Violence 
Against Women Director described in section 
41413 and any other relevant officials of the 
appropriate agency, be incorporated into other 
existing compliance review processes of the ap-
propriate agency; and 
‘‘(B) examine— 
‘‘(i) covered housing provider compli-
ance with requirements prohibiting the de-
nial of assistance, tenancy, or occupancy
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rights on the basis of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 
‘‘(ii) covered housing provider compli-
ance with confidentiality provisions set 
forth in section 41411(c)(4); 
‘‘(iii) covered housing provider compli-
ance with the notification requirements set 
forth in section 41411(d)(2); 
‘‘(iv) covered housing provider compli-
ance with accepting documentation set 
forth in section 41411(c); 
‘‘(v) covered housing provider compli-
ance with emergency transfer, external re-
ferral, and National VAWA Victims Relo-
cation Pool Voucher requirements set forth 
in section 41411(e); and 
‘‘(vi) covered housing provider compli-
ance with the prohibition on retaliation set 
forth in section 41414. 
‘‘(2) FREQUENCY.—Each appropriate agency 
shall conduct the review described in paragraph (1) 
on a regular basis, as determined by the appropriate 
agency. 
‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of the Violence Against Women Act Re-
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authorization Act of 2021, each appropriate agency shall 
issue regulations to implement subsection (a), which 
shall— 
‘‘(1) define standards of compliance for covered 
housing providers; 
‘‘(2) include detailed reporting requirements, in-
cluding the number of emergency transfers, external 
referrals, and National VAWA Victims Relocation 
Pool vouchers requested and granted, as well as the 
length of time needed to process emergency trans-
fers, National VAWA Victims Relocation Pool 
vouchers, and external referrals; and 
‘‘(3) include standards for corrective action 
plans where a covered housing provider has failed to 
meet compliance standards. 
‘‘(c) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—Each appropriate agen-
cy shall ensure that an agency-level assessment of the in-
formation collected during the compliance review process 
completed pursuant to this subsection— 
‘‘(1) includes an evaluation of each topic identi-
fied in subsection (a); and 
‘‘(2) is made publicly available.
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‘‘SEC. 41413. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DE-
VELOPMENT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DI-
RECTOR. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be, within the 
Office of the Secretary of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, a Violence Against Women Director 
(in this section referred to as the ‘Director’). 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Director shall— 
‘‘(1) support implementation of the provisions 
of this subtitle; 
‘‘(2) coordinate development of Federal regula-
tions, policy, protocols, and guidelines on matters re-
lating to the implementation of this subtitle, at each 
agency administering a covered housing program; 
‘‘(3) advise and coordinate with designated offi-
cials within the United States Interagency Council 
on Homelessness, the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, the Department of the Treas-
ury, the Department of Agriculture, the Department 
of Health and Human Services, the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Justice 
concerning legislation, implementation, and other 
issues relating to or affecting the housing provisions 
under this subtitle; 
‘‘(4) provide technical assistance, coordination, 
and support to each appropriate agency regarding
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advancing housing protections and access to housing 
for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault, and stalking, including compliance with 
this subtitle; 
‘‘(5) ensure that adequate technical assistance 
is made available to covered housing providers re-
garding implementation of this subtitle, as well as 
other issues related to advancing housing protections 
for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault, and stalking, including compliance with 
this subtitle; 
‘‘(6) act as a liaison with the judicial branches 
of Federal, State, and local governments on matters 
relating to the housing needs of victims of domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk-
ing; 
‘‘(7) implement a quality control system and a 
corrective action plan system for those covered hous-
ing providers that fail to comply with this subtitle, 
wherein— 
‘‘(A) covered housing providers completing 
corrective action plans shall be required to con-
sult with national, State, or local programs fo-
cused on victims of domestic violence, dating vi-
olence, sexual assault, or stalking; and
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‘‘(B) the corrective action plans shall in-
clude provisions requiring covered housing pro-
viders to review and develop appropriate no-
tices, procedures, and staff training to improve 
compliance with this subtitle, in consultation 
with national, State, or local programs focused 
on victims described in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(8) establish a formal reporting process to re-
ceive individual complaints concerning noncompli-
ance with this subtitle; 
‘‘(9) coordinate the development of interagency 
guidelines to improve the availability of centralized 
information concerning available dwelling units for 
use in facilitating the emergency transfer process; 
‘‘(10) coordinate the process for tracking of re-
quests, notice, and approval of National VAWA Vic-
tims Relocation Pool vouchers, and further imple-
ment, as necessary, any policies or procedures relat-
ing to the National VAWA Victims Relocation Pool 
vouchers; 
‘‘(11) work with HUD regional offices to de-
velop a mechanism to implement regional external 
referral plans and officials at each appropriate agen-
cy relating to the development of Federal regula-
tions, policy, protocols, and guidelines regarding uni-
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form timeframes for the completion of emergency 
transfers, National VAWA Victims Relocation Pool 
vouchers, and external referrals; 
‘‘(12) coordinate with each appropriate agency 
to ensure that standardized documents relating to 
the implementation of this title are translated into 
and made available in multiple languages, are acces-
sible to persons with disabilities, and made acces-
sible to covered housing providers within a reason-
able time upon adoption of the documents by the ap-
propriate agency; 
‘‘(13) ensure that the documents described in 
paragraph (11), including guidance and notices to 
victims, are distributed in commonly encountered 
languages by covered housing providers consistent 
with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 
U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) and any guidance issued by 
the appropriate agencies in accordance with Execu-
tive Order 13166 (42 U.S.C. 2000d–1 note; relating 
to access to services for persons with limited English 
proficiency); and 
‘‘(14) in consultation with each appropriate 
agency, identify existing compliance review processes 
that could incorporate the compliance reviews re-
quired under section 41412(a).
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‘‘(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 
2022 through 2026. 
‘‘SEC. 41414. PROHIBITION ON RETALIATION. 
‘‘(a) NONDISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENT.—No cov-
ered housing provider shall discriminate against any per-
son because that person has opposed any act or practice 
made unlawful by this subtitle, or because that individual 
testified, assisted, or participated in any matter related 
to this subtitle. 
‘‘(b) PROHIBITION ON COERCION.—No covered hous-
ing provider shall coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere 
with, or retaliate against, any person in the exercise or 
enjoyment of, or on account of the person having exercised 
or enjoyed, or on account of the person having aided or 
encouraged any other individual in the exercise or enjoy-
ment of, any rights or protections under this subtitle, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(1) intimidating or threatening any person be-
cause that person is assisting or encouraging an in-
dividual entitled to claim the rights or protections 
under this subtitle; and
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‘‘(2) retaliating against any person because that 
person has participated in any investigation or ac-
tion to enforce this subtitle. 
‘‘(c) ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY OF THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL AND THE SECRETARY.—The authority of the 
Attorney General, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, and the Office for Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity to enforce this section shall be the same as 
the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3610 et seq.).’’. 
SEC. 603. PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO REPORT CRIME 
FROM ONE’S HOME. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 2 of subtitle N of title 
IV of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 
12491 et seq.), as amended by this Act, is further amend-
ed by inserting after section 41414 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 41415. RIGHT TO REPORT CRIME AND EMERGENCIES 
FROM ONE’S HOME. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘covered 
governmental entity’ means any municipal, county, or 
State government that receives funding under section 106 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5306). 
‘‘(b) RIGHT TO REPORT.—
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Landlords, homeowners, 
residents, occupants, and guests of, and applicants 
for, housing— 
‘‘(A) shall have the right to seek law en-
forcement or emergency assistance on their own 
behalf or on behalf of another person in need 
of assistance; and 
‘‘(B) shall not be penalized based on their 
requests for assistance or based on criminal ac-
tivity of which they are a victim or otherwise 
not at fault under statutes, ordinances, regula-
tions, or policies adopted or enforced by covered 
governmental entities. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITED PENALTIES.—Penalties that 
are prohibited under paragraph (1) include— 
‘‘(A) actual or threatened assessment of 
penalties, fees, or fines; 
‘‘(B) actual or threatened eviction; 
‘‘(C) actual or threatened refusal to rent 
or renew tenancy; 
‘‘(D) actual or threatened refusal to issue 
an occupancy permit or landlord permit; and 
‘‘(E) actual or threatened closure of the 
property, or designation of the property as a 
nuisance or a similarly negative designation.
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‘‘(c) REPORTING.—Consistent with the process de-
scribed in section 104(b) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304(b)), covered 
governmental entities shall— 
‘‘(1) report any of their laws or policies, or, as 
applicable, the laws or policies adopted by sub-
grantees, that impose penalties on landlords, home-
owners, residents, occupants, guests, or housing ap-
plicants based on requests for law enforcement or 
emergency assistance or based on criminal activity 
that occurred at a property; and 
‘‘(2) certify that they are in compliance with 
the protections under this subtitle or describe the 
steps the covered governmental entities will take 
within 180 days to come into compliance, or to en-
sure compliance among subgrantees. 
‘‘(d) OVERSIGHT.—Oversight and accountability 
mechanisms provided for under title VIII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) shall be avail-
able to address violations of this section. 
‘‘(e) SUBGRANTEES.—For those covered govern-
mental entities that distribute funds to subgrantees, com-
pliance with subsection (c)(1) includes inquiring about the 
existence of laws and policies adopted by subgrantees that 
impose penalties on landlords, homeowners, residents, oc-
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cupants, guests, or housing applicants based on requests 
for law enforcement or emergency assistance or based on 
criminal activity that occurred at a property.’’. 
(b) SUPPORTING EFFECTIVE CRIME REDUCTION 
METHODS.— 
(1) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED USE OF BYRNE- 
JAG FUNDS.—Section 501(a)(1) of subpart 1 of part 
E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152(a)(1)) is 
amended by adding after subparagraph (H) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(I) Programs for the development and im-
plementation of methods of reducing crime in 
communities, to supplant punitive programs or 
policies. For purposes of this subparagraph, a 
punitive program or policy is a program or pol-
icy that— 
‘‘(i) imposes a penalty described in 
section 
41415(b)(2) 
of 
the 
Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994 on the basis 
of a request for law enforcement or emer-
gency assistance; or 
‘‘(ii) imposes a penalty described in 
section 
41415(b)(2) 
of 
the 
Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994 on a landlord,
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homeowner, tenant, program participant, 
resident, occupant, or guest because of 
criminal activity at the property, including 
domestic violence dating violence, sexual 
assault, and stalking, where the landlord, 
homeowner, tenant, program participant, 
resident, occupant, or guest was a victim 
of such criminal activity.’’. 
(2) ADDITIONAL
AUTHORIZED
USE
OF
COPS 
FUNDS.—Section 1701(b) of part Q of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(b)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (22), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (23), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(24) to develop and implement methods of re-
ducing crime in communities, to supplant punitive 
programs or policies (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 501(a)(1)(I)). 
‘‘(25) To develop of statewide databases with 
information on where sexual assault nurse examiners 
are located.’’.
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SEC. 604. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DAT-
ING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALK-
ING. 
Section 40299 of the Violence Against Women Act 
of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12351) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the Director of the Vio-
lence Against Women Office’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Director of the Office on Violence Against 
Women’’; and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘, other nonprofit, 
nongovernmental organizations’’ the following: 
‘‘, population-specific organizations’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2014 
through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 
2026’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘5 per-
cent’’ and inserting ‘‘8 percent’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘0.25 
percent’’ and inserting ‘‘0.5 percent’’.
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SEC. 605. ADDRESSING THE HOUSING NEEDS OF VICTIMS 
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 
SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 
(a) 
MCKINNEY-VENTO
HOMELESS
ASSISTANCE 
GRANTS.—Section 423(a) of the McKinney-Vento Home-
less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11383(a)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(13) Facilitating and coordinating activities to 
ensure compliance with subsection (e) of section 
41411 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 
(34 U.S.C. 12491) and monitoring compliance with 
the confidentiality protections of subsection (c)(4) of 
such section.’’. 
(b) COLLABORATIVE GRANTS TO INCREASE
THE 
LONG-TERM STABILITY OF VICTIMS.—Section 41404(i) 
of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 
12474(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2022 through 2026’’. 
(c) GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
IN PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING.—Section 41405 of 
the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 
12475) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the Director 
of the Violence Against Women Office’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the Director of the Office on Violence Against 
Women’’;
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(2) in subsection (c)(2)(D), by inserting after 
‘‘linguistically and culturally specific service pro-
viders,’’ the following: ‘‘population-specific organiza-
tions,’’; and 
(3) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘2014 through 
2018’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘2022 through 
2026’’. 
SEC. 606. UNITED STATES HOUSING ACT OF 1937 AMEND-
MENTS. 
Section 5A(d) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c–1(d)) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (13) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(13) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 
SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALKING PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(A) COPIES.—A copy of— 
‘‘(i) all standardized notices issued 
pursuant to the housing protections under 
subtitle N of the Violence Against Women 
Act of 1994, including the notice required 
under section 41411(d) of the Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994; 
‘‘(ii) the emergency transfer plan 
issued pursuant to section 41411 of the 
Violence Against Women Act of 1994; and
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‘‘(iii) any and all memoranda of un-
derstanding with other covered housing 
providers developed to facilitate emergency 
transfers under section 41411(e) of the Vi-
olence Against Women Act of 1994. 
‘‘(B) DESCRIPTIONS.—A description of— 
‘‘(i) any activities, services, or pro-
grams provided or offered by an agency, ei-
ther directly or in partnership with other 
service providers, to child or adult victims 
of domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault, or stalking; 
‘‘(ii) any activities, services, or pro-
grams provided or offered by a public 
housing agency that helps child and adult 
victims of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking, to obtain 
or maintain housing; 
‘‘(iii) any activities, services, or pro-
grams provided or offered by a public 
housing agency to prevent domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking, or to enhance victim safety in as-
sisted families; and
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‘‘(iv) all training and support services 
offered to staff of the public housing agen-
cy to provide a basic understanding of do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, and stalking, and to facilitate imple-
mentation of the housing protections of 
section 41411 of the Violence Against 
Women Act of 1994.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (16), by inserting ‘‘the Vio-
lence Against Women Act of 1994,’’ before ‘‘the 
Fair Housing Act’’. 
TITLE VII—ECONOMIC SECURITY 
FOR VICTIMS 
SEC. 701. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Over 1 in 3 women experience sexual vio-
lence, and 1 in 5 women have survived completed or 
attempted rape. Such violence has a devastating im-
pact on women’s physical and emotional health, fi-
nancial security, and ability to maintain their jobs, 
and thus impacts interstate commerce and economic 
security. 
(2) The Office on Violence Against Women of 
the Department of Justice defines domestic violence 
as a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship
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that is used by one intimate partner to gain or 
maintain power and control over another intimate 
partner. Domestic violence can include physical, sex-
ual, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or 
threats of actions that influence another person. Do-
mestic violence includes any behaviors that intimi-
date, manipulate, humiliate, isolate, frighten, ter-
rorize, coerce, threaten, blame, hurt, injure, or 
wound an individual. 
(3) The Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention report that domestic violence or intimate 
partner violence is a serious public health issue for 
millions of individuals in the United States. Nearly 
1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men in the United States 
have suffered sexual violence, physical violence, or 
stalking by an intimate partner. 
(4) Transgender and gender non-conforming 
people face extraordinary levels of physical and sex-
ual violence. 
(5) More than 1 in 4 transgender people have 
faced bias-driven assault, and this rate is higher for 
trans women and trans people of color. 
(6) The American Foundation for Suicide Pre-
vention has found that transgender and gender non- 
conforming people had an elevated prevalence of sui-
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cide attempts, especially when they have suffered 
physical or sexual violence. 
(7) Studies have found that individuals living in 
rural areas facing intimate partner violence often 
face barriers to accessing resources, ranging from 
health care to the criminal justice system. 
(8) Homicide is one of the leading causes of 
death for women on the job. Domestic partners or 
relatives commit 43 percent of workplace homicides 
against women. One study found that intimate part-
ner violence resulted in 142 homicides among women 
at work in the United States from 2003 to 2008, a 
figure which represents 22 percent of the 648 work-
place homicides among women during the period. In 
fact, in 2010, homicides against women at work in-
creased by 13 percent despite continuous declines in 
overall workplace homicides in recent years. 
(9) Women in the United States are 11 times 
more likely to be murdered with guns than women 
in other high-income countries. Female intimate 
partners are more likely to be murdered with a fire-
arm than all other means combined. The presence of 
a gun in domestic violence situations increases the 
risk of homicide for women by 500 percent.
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(10) Violence can have a dramatic impact on 
the survivor of such violence. Studies indicate that 
44 percent of surveyed employed adults experienced 
the effect of domestic violence in the workplace, and 
64 percent indicated their workplace performance 
was affected by such violence. Another recent survey 
found that 78 percent of offenders used workplace 
resources to express anger, check up on, pressure, or 
threaten a survivor. Sexual assault, whether occur-
ring in or out of the workplace, can impair an em-
ployee’s work performance, require time away from 
work, and undermine the employee’s ability to main-
tain a job. Nearly 50 percent of sexual assault sur-
vivors lose their jobs or are forced to quit in the 
aftermath of the assaults. 
(11) Studies find that 60 percent of single 
women lack economic security and 81 percent of 
households with single mothers live in economic inse-
curity. Significant barriers that survivors confront 
include access to housing, transportation, and child 
care. Ninety-two percent of homeless women have 
experienced domestic violence, and more than 50 
percent of such women cite domestic violence as the 
direct cause for homelessness. Survivors are deprived
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of their autonomy, liberty, and security, and face 
tremendous threats to their health and safety. 
(12) The Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention report that survivors of severe intimate part-
ner violence lose nearly 8 million days of paid work, 
which is the equivalent of more than 32,000 full- 
time jobs and almost 5,600,000 days of household 
productivity each year. Therefore, women dispropor-
tionately need time off to care for their health or to 
find safety solutions, such as obtaining a restraining 
order or finding housing, to avoid or prevent further 
violence. 
(13) Annual costs of intimate partner violence 
are estimated to be more than $8,300,000,000. Ac-
cording to the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention, the costs of intimate partner violence 
against women in 1995 exceeded an estimated 
$5,800,000,000. 
These 
costs 
included 
nearly 
$4,100,000,000 in the direct costs of medical and 
mental health care and nearly $1,800,000,000 in the 
indirect costs of lost productivity. These statistics 
are generally considered to be underestimated be-
cause the costs associated with the criminal justice 
system are not included.
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(14) Fifty-five percent of senior executives re-
cently surveyed said domestic violence has a harmful 
effect on their company’s productivity, and more 
than 70 percent said domestic violence negatively af-
fects attendance. Seventy-eight percent of human re-
sources professionals consider partner violence a 
workplace issue. However, more than 70 percent of 
United States workplaces have no formal program or 
policy that addresses workplace violence, let alone 
domestic violence. In fact, only four percent of em-
ployers provided training on domestic violence. 
(15) Studies indicate that one of the best pre-
dictors of whether a survivor will be able to stay 
away from his or her abuser is the degree of his or 
her economic independence. However, domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 
often negatively impact a survivor’s ability to main-
tain employment. 
(16) Abusers frequently seek to exert financial 
control over their partners by actively interfering 
with their ability to work, including preventing their 
partners from going to work, harassing their part-
ners at work, limiting their partners’ access to cash 
or transportation, and sabotaging their partners’ 
child care arrangements.
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(17) Economic abuse refers to behaviors that 
control an intimate partner’s ability to acquire, use, 
and maintain access to, money, credit, ownership of 
assets, or access to governmental or private financial 
benefits, including defaulting on joint obligations 
(such as school loans, credit card debt, mortgages, 
or rent). Other forms of such abuse may include pre-
venting someone from attending school, threatening 
to or actually terminating employment, controlling 
or withholding access to cash, checking, or credit ac-
counts, and attempting to damage or sabotage the 
creditworthiness of an intimate partner, including 
forcing an intimate partner to write bad checks, 
forcing an intimate partner to default on payments 
related to household needs, such as housing, or forc-
ing an intimate partner into bankruptcy. 
(18) The Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act (Public Law 111–148), and the amend-
ments made by such Act, ensures that most health 
plans must cover preventive services, including 
screening and counseling for domestic violence, at no 
additional cost. In addition, it prohibits insurance 
companies from discriminating against patients for 
preexisting conditions, like domestic violence.
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(19) Yet, more can be done to help survivors. 
Federal law in effect on the day before the date of 
enactment of this Act does not explicitly— 
(A) authorize survivors of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing to take leave from work to seek legal assist-
ance and redress, counseling, or assistance with 
safety planning activities; 
(B) address the eligibility of survivors of 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking for unemployment compensa-
tion; 
(C) provide job protection to survivors of 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking; or 
(D) prohibit insurers from disclosing infor-
mation about abuse and the location of the sur-
vivors through insurance databases and other 
means. 
(20) This Act aims to empower survivors of do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking to be free from violence, hardship, and con-
trol, which restrains basic human rights to freedom 
and safety in the United States.
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SEC. 702. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ON WORKPLACE 
RESPONSES TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF DOMES-
TIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE. 
Section 41501 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12501) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and sexual harassment’’ 
after ‘‘domestic and sexual violence’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘employers and labor orga-
nizations’’ and inserting ‘‘employers, labor or-
ganizations, and victim service providers’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and stalking’’ and in-
serting ‘‘stalking, and sexual harassment’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(C) by adding the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) a plan to enhance the capacity of survivors 
to obtain and maintain employment to include the 
implementation of a demonstration pilot program
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‘Pathways to Opportunity’ which builds collabora-
tions between and among victim service providers, 
workforce development programs, and educational 
and vocational institutions to provide trauma in-
formed programming to support survivors seeking 
employment and centered around culturally specific 
organizations or organizations that primarily serve 
populations traditionally marginalized in the work-
place.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting before the 
period at the end ‘‘or sexual harassment’’; 
(4) in subsection (c)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘or 
sexual harassment’’ after ‘‘sexual violence’’; and 
(5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘$1,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2026’’. 
SEC. 703. PROVISIONS RELATED TO UNEMPLOYMENT COM-
PENSATION AND THE TEMPORARY ASSIST-
ANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAM. 
(a) UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.— 
(1) SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—Sec-
tion 3304(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (18), by redesignating paragraph (19) as
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paragraph (21), and by inserting after paragraph 
(18) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(19) no person may be denied compensation 
under such State law solely on the basis of the indi-
vidual having a voluntary separation from work if 
such separation is attributable to such individual 
being a survivor of domestic violence;’’. 
(2) VICTIMS
OF
SEXUAL
HARASSMENT
AND 
SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR STALKING.— 
Section 3304(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is further amended by inserting after para-
graph (19), as added by paragraph (1) of this sub-
section, the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(20) no person may be denied compensation 
under such State law solely on the basis of the indi-
vidual having a voluntary separation from work if 
such separation is attributable to such individual 
being a victim of sexual harassment or a survivor of 
sexual assault or stalking; and’’. 
(3) 
DOCUMENTATION
REQUIRED.—Section 
3304 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
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‘‘(g) VICTIMS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SUR-
VIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR 
STALKING.— 
‘‘(1) DOCUMENTATION.—For purposes of para-
graphs (19) and (20) of subsection (a), a voluntary 
separation of an individual shall be considered to be 
attributable to such individual being a victim of sex-
ual harassment or a survivor of domestic violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking if such individual submits 
such evidence as the State deems sufficient. 
‘‘(2) SUFFICIENT DOCUMENTATION.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (1), a State shall deem suffi-
cient— 
‘‘(A) evidence of such sexual harassment, 
domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking in 
the form of— 
‘‘(i) a sworn statement and a form of 
identification; 
‘‘(ii) a police or court record; or 
‘‘(iii) documentation from a profes-
sional from whom such individual has 
sought assistance, including those associ-
ated with medical, legal, or religious pro-
fessions; and
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‘‘(B) an attestation that such voluntary 
separation is attributable to such sexual harass-
ment, domestic violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the terms ‘sexual harassment’, ‘domestic vio-
lence’, ‘sexual assault’, ‘stalking’, ‘victim of sexual 
harassment’, and ‘survivor of domestic violence, sex-
ual assault, or stalking’ have the meanings given 
such terms under State law, regulation, or policy.’’. 
(b) UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PERSONNEL 
TRAINING.—Section 303(a) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 503(a)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 
(12) as paragraphs (5) through (13), respectively; 
and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4)(A) Such methods of administration as will 
ensure that— 
‘‘(i) applicants and potential applicants for 
unemployment compensation are notified of the 
provisions of paragraphs (19) and (20) of sec-
tion 3304(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986; and
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‘‘(ii) claims reviewers and hearing per-
sonnel are trained in— 
‘‘(I) the nature and dynamics of sex-
ual harassment, domestic violence, sexual 
assault, and stalking; and 
‘‘(II) methods of ascertaining and en-
suring the confidentiality of personal infor-
mation and documentation related to an 
individual’s claim about possible experi-
ences of sexual harassment, domestic vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the terms 
‘sexual harassment’, ‘domestic violence’, ‘sexual as-
sault’, and ‘stalking’ have the meanings given such 
terms in section 3304(g) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986.’’. 
(c) TANF PERSONNEL TRAINING.—Section 402(a) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) CERTIFICATION
THAT
THE
STATE
WILL 
PROVIDE
INFORMATION
TO
VICTIMS
OF
SEXUAL 
HARASSMENT
OR
SURVIVORS
OF
DOMESTIC
VIO-
LENCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A certification by the 
chief executive officer of the State that the
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State has established and is enforcing stand-
ards and procedures to— 
‘‘(i) ensure that applicants and poten-
tial applicants for assistance under the 
State program funded under this part are 
notified of assistance made available by the 
State to victims of sexual harassment and 
survivors of domestic violence; 
‘‘(ii) ensure that case workers and 
other agency personnel responsible for ad-
ministering the State program funded 
under this part are trained in— 
‘‘(I) the nature and dynamics of 
sexual harassment and domestic vio-
lence; 
‘‘(II) State standards and proce-
dures relating to the prevention of, 
and assistance for, individuals who 
are victims of sexual harassment or 
survivors of domestic violence; and 
‘‘(III) methods of ascertaining 
and ensuring the confidentiality of 
personal information and documenta-
tion related to an individual’s claim
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about possible experiences of sexual 
harassment or domestic violence; and 
‘‘(iii) ensure that, if a State has elect-
ed to establish and enforce standards and 
procedures regarding the screening for, 
and identification of, domestic violence 
pursuant to paragraph (7)— 
‘‘(I) the State program funded 
under this part provides information 
about the options under this part to 
current and potential beneficiaries; 
and 
‘‘(II) case workers and other 
agency personnel responsible for ad-
ministering the State program funded 
under this part are provided with 
training regarding State standards 
and procedures pursuant to paragraph 
(7). 
‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 
paragraph— 
‘‘(i) the term ‘sexual harassment’ has 
the meaning given such term under State 
law, regulation, or policy; and
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‘‘(ii) the term ‘domestic violence’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 
402(a)(7).’’. 
(d) NATIONAL GRANT PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPING 
A MODEL TRAINING PROGRAM
FOR UNEMPLOYMENT 
COMPENSATION PERSONNEL TRAINING.— 
(1) GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
Labor (in this subsection referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) is authorized to award a grant to a national 
victim service provider in order for such organization 
to— 
(A) develop and disseminate a model train-
ing program (and related materials) for the 
training required under section 303(a)(4)(A)(ii) 
of the Social Security Act, as added by sub-
section (b); and 
(B) provide technical assistance with re-
spect to such model training program to unem-
ployment compensation personnel. 
(2) APPLICATION.—An entity seeking a grant 
under this subsection shall submit an application to 
the Secretary at such time, in such form and man-
ner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary specifies. 
(3) REPORT.—
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(A) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later 
than 5 years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Finance 
of the Senate a report on the program estab-
lished under this subsection. 
(B) REPORT AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC.—The 
Secretary shall establish procedures for the dis-
semination to the public of the report submitted 
under subparagraph (A) not later than 10 days 
after the submission of such report to Congress 
under such subparagraph. Such procedures 
shall include the use of the internet to dissemi-
nate such report. 
(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated— 
(i) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 to 
carry out the provisions of paragraph 
(1)(A); and 
(ii) $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2026 to carry out the provi-
sions of paragraph (1)(B).
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(B) THREE-YEAR AVAILABILITY OF GRANT 
FUNDS.—Each recipient of a grant under this 
subsection shall return to the Secretary any un-
used portion of such grant not later than 3 
years after the date the grant was awarded, to-
gether with any earnings on such unused por-
tion. 
(C) AMOUNTS RETURNED.—Any amounts 
returned pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall be 
available without further appropriation to the 
Secretary for the purpose of carrying out the 
provisions of paragraph (1)(B). 
(e) NATIONAL GRANT PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPING A 
MODEL TRAINING PROGRAM FOR TEMPORARY ASSIST-
ANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES PERSONNEL TRAINING.— 
(1) GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
Health and Human Services (in this subsection re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall— 
(A) develop and disseminate a model train-
ing program (and related materials) for the 
training required under 402(a)(8) of the Social 
Security Act, and if the State so elects, section 
402(a)(7) of such Act; and 
(B) provide technical assistance with re-
spect to such model training program to eligible
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States (as defined in section 402 of the Social 
Security Act). 
In developing the model training program under 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary may award grants 
and contracts and may develop such program in co-
operation with an eligible partner. 
(2) ELIGIBLE
PARTNER
DEFINED.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (1), the term ‘‘eligible partner’’ 
means an entity that is— 
(A) a State or tribal domestic violence coa-
lition or sexual assault coalition; or 
(B) a State or local victim service provider 
with recognized expertise in the dynamics of do-
mestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking 
whose primary mission is to provide services to 
survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking, including a rape crisis center or do-
mestic violence program. 
(3) REPORT.— 
(A) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later 
than 5 years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Finance
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of the Senate a report on the program estab-
lished under this subsection. 
(B) REPORT AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC.—The 
Secretary shall establish procedures for the dis-
semination to the public of the report submitted 
under subparagraph (A) not later than 10 days 
after the submission of such report to Congress 
under such subparagraph. Such procedures 
shall include the use of the internet to dissemi-
nate such report. 
(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated— 
(A) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 to 
carry out the provisions of paragraph (1)(A); 
and 
(B) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2026 to carry out the provisions 
of paragraph (1)(B). 
(f) CONFORMITY REVIEW; EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(1) UNEMPLOYMENT AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) CONFORMITY REVIEW.— 
(i) INITIAL
GUIDANCE.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall 
issue guidance describing the requirements
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States must satisfy to conform to the 
amendments made by subsections (a) and 
(b). 
(ii) REQUEST FOR TRANSMITTAL OF 
INFORMATION
FROM
STATES.—Not later 
than 30 days after the issuance of guid-
ance under clause (i), the Secretary of 
Labor shall issue a request for the trans-
mittal of information from States relating 
to the laws, regulations, and policies each 
State identifies to satisfy such require-
ments. 
(iii) DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF 
LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND POLICIES FROM 
STATES.—Not later than 120 days after 
the issuance of the request under clause 
(ii), each State which has an unemploy-
ment compensation law approved by the 
Secretary of Labor under the Federal Un-
employment Tax Act shall submit to the 
Secretary the laws, regulations, and poli-
cies identified pursuant to such clause. 
(iv) NOTIFICATION OF THE RESULTS 
OF REVIEW TO STATES.—Not later than 
60 days after the expiration of the deadline
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described in clause (iii), the Secretary of 
Labor shall notify each State whether the 
laws, regulations, and policies identified by 
the State under such clause satisfy the re-
quirements described pursuant to clause (i) 
and, to the extent such laws, regulations, 
and policies fail to satisfy such require-
ments, the Secretary of Labor shall inform 
the State of the steps the State may take 
to remedy such failure and provide any 
necessary technical assistance. 
(B) EFFECTIVE
DATES
FOR
UNEMPLOY-
MENT AMENDMENTS.— 
(i) PROVISIONS
RELATING
TO
SUR-
VIVORS
OF
DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE.—The 
amendment made by subsection (a)(1) 
shall apply with respect to weeks of unem-
ployment beginning on or after the date 
that is 60 days after the earlier of— 
(I) the date on which a State is 
notified by the Secretary of Labor 
under subparagraph (A)(iv) that the 
laws, regulations, and policies identi-
fied by the State satisfy the require-
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ments described pursuant to subpara-
graph (A)(i); or 
(II) in the case of a State that is 
notified by the Secretary of Labor 
under subparagraph (A)(iv) that the 
laws, regulations, and policies identi-
fied by the State fail to satisfy such 
requirements, 1 year after the date of 
such notification. 
(ii) PROVISIONS
RELATING
TO
VIC-
TIMS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SUR-
VIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR STALK-
ING.—The amendment made by subsection 
(a)(2) shall apply with respect to weeks of 
unemployment beginning on or after the 
date that is 60 days after the earlier of— 
(I) the date on which a State is 
notified by the Secretary of Labor 
under subparagraph (A)(iv) that the 
laws, regulations, and policies identi-
fied by the State satisfy the require-
ments described pursuant to subpara-
graph (A)(i); or 
(II) in the case of a State that is 
notified by the Secretary of Labor
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under subparagraph (A)(iv) that the 
laws, regulations, and policies identi-
fied by the State fail to satisfy such 
requirements, 2 years after the date 
of such notification. 
(iii) PROVISIONS RELATING TO DOCU-
MENTATION REQUIRED.—The amendment 
made by subsection (a)(3) shall apply with 
respect to weeks of unemployment begin-
ning on or after the date that is 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) TANF AMENDMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the amendment made by 
subsection (c) shall be applicable in the next 
State plan submitted after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
(B) EXTENSION OF EFFECTIVE DATE FOR 
STATE
LAW
AMENDMENT.—In the case of a 
State plan under part A of title IV of the Social 
Security Act which the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services determines requires State ac-
tion (including legislation, regulation, or other 
administrative action) in order for the plan to 
meet the additional requirements imposed by
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the amendment made by subsection (c), the 
State plan shall not be regarded as failing to 
comply with the requirements of such amend-
ment on the basis of its failure to meet these 
additional requirements before the first day of 
the first calendar quarter beginning after the 
close of the first regular session of the State 
legislature that begins after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. For purposes of the previous 
sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2- 
year legislative session, each year of the session 
is considered to be a separate regular session of 
the State legislature. 
SEC. 704. STUDY AND REPORTS ON BARRIERS TO SUR-
VIVORS’ ECONOMIC SECURITY ACCESS. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall 
conduct a study on the barriers that survivors of domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 
throughout the United States experience in maintaining 
economic security, including the impact of the COVID– 
19 pandemic on such victims’ ability to maintain economic 
security, as a result of issues related to domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
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(b) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this title, and every 5 years thereafter, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Labor, shall submit a report 
to Congress on the study conducted under subsection (a). 
(c) CONTENTS.—The study and reports under this 
section shall include— 
(1) identification of geographic areas in which 
State laws, regulations, and practices have a strong 
impact on the ability of survivors of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking to 
exercise— 
(A) any rights under this Act without com-
promising personal safety or the safety of oth-
ers, including family members and excluding 
the abuser; and 
(B) other components of economic security, 
including financial empowerment, affordable 
housing, transportation, healthcare access, cred-
it history, and quality education and training 
opportunities; 
(2) identification of geographic areas with 
shortages in resources for such survivors, with an 
accompanying analysis of the extent and impact of 
such shortage;
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(3) analysis of the unique barriers faced by sur-
vivors living in rural communities; 
(4) analysis of factors related to industries, 
workplace settings, employer practices, trends, and 
other elements that impact the ability of such sur-
vivors to exercise any rights under this Act without 
compromising personal safety or the safety of others, 
including family members; 
(5) the recommendations of the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services and the Secretary of 
Labor with respect to resources, oversight, and en-
forcement tools to ensure successful implementation 
of the provisions of this Act in order to support the 
economic security and safety of survivors of domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 
(6) best practices for States, employers, health 
carriers, insurers, and other private entities in ad-
dressing issues related to domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and 
(7) barriers that impede victims’ ability to pur-
sue legal action, including legal costs and filing fees, 
and complexities of the jurisdiction of law enforce-
ment agencies.
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SEC. 705. GAO STUDY. 
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the Committee on Education and Labor 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a 
report that examines, with respect to survivors of domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking who 
are, or were, enrolled at institutions of higher education 
and borrowed a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under 
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1070 et seq.) for which the survivors have not repaid the 
total interest and principal due, each of the following: 
(1) The implications of domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, sexual assault, or stalking on a bor-
rower’s ability to repay their Federal student loans. 
(2) The adequacy of policies and procedures re-
garding Federal student loan deferment, forbear-
ance, and grace periods when a survivor has to sus-
pend or terminate the survivor’s enrollment at an in-
stitution of higher education due to domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
(3) The adequacy of institutional policies and 
practices regarding retention or transfer of credits 
when a survivor has to suspend or terminate the 
survivor’s enrollment at an institution of higher edu-
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cation due to domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault, or stalking. 
(4) The availability or any options for a sur-
vivor of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking who attended an institution of 
higher education that committed unfair, deceptive, 
or abusive acts or practices, or otherwise substan-
tially misrepresented information to students, to be 
able to seek a defense to repayment of the survivor’s 
Federal student loan. 
(5) The limitations faced by a survivor of do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking to obtain any relief or restitution on the 
survivor’s Federal student loan debt due to the use 
of forced arbitration, gag orders, or bans on class 
actions. 
SEC. 706. EDUCATION AND INFORMATION PROGRAMS FOR 
SURVIVORS. 
(a) PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor, in 
conjunction with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (though the Director of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention), the Attorney 
General (through the Director of the Office on Vio-
lence Against Women), and the grant recipient
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under section 41501 of the Violence Against Women 
Act of 1994 that establishes the national resource 
center on workplace responses to assist victims of 
domestic and sexual violence, shall coordinate and 
provide for a national public outreach and education 
campaign to raise public awareness of the workplace 
impact of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, and stalking, including outreach and edu-
cation for employers, service providers, teachers, and 
other key partners. This campaign shall pay special 
attention to ensure that survivors are made aware of 
the existence of the following types of workplace 
laws (Federal and/or State): anti-discrimination laws 
that bar treating survivors differently; leave laws, 
both paid and unpaid that are available for use by 
survivors; unemployment insurance laws and policies 
that address survivor eligibility. The provision of 
outreach and education under this paragraph shall 
be conducted in a manner that is equally effective 
for and accessible to people with disabilities and peo-
ple without disabilities. 
(2) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary of Labor, 
in conjunction with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services and the Attorney General, as de-
scribed in paragraph (1), may disseminate informa-
171 
tion through the public outreach and education cam-
paign on the resources and rights referred to in this 
subsection directly or through arrangements with 
health agencies, professional and nonprofit organiza-
tions, consumer groups, labor organizations, institu-
tions of higher education, clinics, the media, and 
Federal, State, and local agencies. 
(3) INFORMATION.—The information dissemi-
nated under paragraph (2) shall include, at a min-
imum, a description of— 
(A) the resources and rights that are— 
(i) available to survivors of domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking; and 
(ii) established in this Act and the Vi-
olence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 
U.S.C. 12291 et seq.); 
(B) guidelines and best practices on pre-
vention of domestic violence, dating violence, 
stalking, and sexual assault; 
(C) resources that promote healthy rela-
tionships and communication skills; 
(D) resources that encourage bystander 
intervention in a situation involving domestic vi-
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olence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual as-
sault; 
(E) resources that promote workplace poli-
cies that support and help maintain the eco-
nomic security of survivors of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, in-
cluding guidelines and best practices to promote 
the creation of effective employee assistance 
programs; and 
(F) resources and rights that the heads of 
Federal agencies described in paragraph (2) de-
termine are appropriate to include. 
(4) COMMON
LANGUAGES.—The Secretary of 
Labor shall ensure that the information dissemi-
nated to survivors under paragraph (2) is made 
available in commonly encountered languages. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) EMPLOYEE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘employee’’ 
means any individual employed by an employer. 
In the case of an individual employed by a pub-
lic agency, such term means an individual em-
ployed as described in section 3(e)(2) of the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
203(e)(2)).
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(B) BASIS.—The term includes a person 
employed as described in subparagraph (A) on 
a full- or part-time basis, for a fixed time pe-
riod, on a temporary basis, pursuant to a detail, 
or as a participant in a work assignment as a 
condition of receipt of Federal or State income- 
based public assistance. 
(2) EMPLOYER.—The term ‘‘employer’’— 
(A) means any person engaged in com-
merce or in any industry or activity affecting 
commerce who employs 15 or more individuals; 
and 
(B) includes any person acting directly or 
indirectly in the interest of an employer in rela-
tion to an employee, and includes a public agen-
cy that employs individuals as described in sec-
tion 3(e)(2) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938, but does not include any labor organiza-
tion (other than when acting as an employer) or 
anyone acting in the capacity of officer or agent 
of such labor organization. 
(3) FLSA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘employ’’ and 
‘‘State’’ have the meanings given the terms in sec-
tion 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 203).
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(c) STUDY ON WORKPLACE RESPONSES.—The Sec-
retary of Labor, in conjunction with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, shall conduct a study on the 
status of workplace responses to employees who experience 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing while employed, in each State and nationally, to im-
prove the access of survivors of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking to supportive resources 
and economic security. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2026. 
(e) CULTURAL RELEVANCE.—Any outreach or edu-
cation campaign conducted pursuant to this section shall 
be conducted in a culturally relevant manner. 
SEC. 707. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act, any amendment made 
by this Act, or the application of such provision or amend-
ment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconsti-
tutional, the remainder of the provisions of this Act, the 
amendments made by this Act, and the application of such 
provisions or amendments to any person or circumstance 
shall not be affected.
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SEC. 708. STUDY ON COSTS OF DIVORCE IN DOMESTIC VIO-
LENCE CASES. 
The Attorney General, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, shall— 
(1) conduct a study on the direct and collateral 
economic costs and risks of divorce from an abusive 
partner to a victim of domestic violence, including 
the payment of alimony, legal fees, spousal support, 
or the division of property, disaggregated on the 
basis of whether the individual has higher earnings 
than their partner; and 
(2) include recommendations based on the 
study conducted under paragraph (1). 
TITLE VIII—HOMICIDE 
REDUCTION INITIATIVES 
SEC. 801. PROHIBITING PERSONS CONVICTED OF MIS-
DEMEANOR CRIMES AGAINST DATING PART-
NERS AND PERSONS SUBJECT TO PROTEC-
TION ORDERS. 
Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (32), by striking all that fol-
lows after ‘‘The term ‘intimate partner’ ’’ and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘— 
‘‘(A) means, with respect to a person, the 
spouse of the person, a former spouse of the
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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; and 
‘‘(ii) any other person similarly situ-
ated to a spouse. 
Nothing in this paragraph may be construed to 
require that sexual contact between two persons 
have occurred to establish the existence of any 
relationship for purposes of this paragraph. For 
purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘dating 
partner’ means, with respect to person, a per-
son who is or has been in a social relationship 
of a romantic or intimate nature with the per-
son.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (33)(A)— 
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
striking ‘‘Except as provided in subparagraph 
(C), the term’’ and inserting ‘‘The term’’; 
(B) in clause (i), by inserting after ‘‘Fed-
eral, State,’’ the following: ‘‘local,’’; and 
(C) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘intimate 
partner,’’ after ‘‘spouse,’’ each place it appears;
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(3) by redesignating paragraphs (34) and (35) 
as paragraphs (35) and (36) respectively; and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (33) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(34)(A) The term ‘misdemeanor crime of stalking’ 
means an offense that— 
‘‘(i) is a misdemeanor crime of stalking under 
Federal, State, Tribal, or municipal law; and 
‘‘(ii) is a course of harassment, intimidation, or 
surveillance of another person that— 
‘‘(I) places that person in reasonable fear 
of material harm to the health or safety of— 
‘‘(aa) that person; 
‘‘(bb) an immediate family member 
(as defined in section 115) of that person; 
‘‘(cc) a household member of that per-
son; or 
‘‘(dd) a spouse or intimate partner of 
that person; or 
‘‘(II) causes, attempts to cause, or would 
reasonably be expected to cause emotional dis-
tress to a person described in item (aa), (bb), 
(cc), or (dd) of subclause (I).
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‘‘(B) A person shall not be considered to have been 
convicted of such an offense for purposes of this chapter, 
unless— 
‘‘(i) the person was represented by counsel in 
the case, or knowingly and intelligently waived the 
right to counsel in the case; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a prosecution for an offense 
described in this paragraph for which a person was 
entitled to a jury trial in the jurisdiction in which 
the case was tried, either— 
‘‘(I) the case was tried by a jury; or 
‘‘(II) the person knowingly and intel-
ligently waived the right to have the case tried 
by a jury, by guilty plea or otherwise. 
‘‘(C) A person shall not be considered to have been 
convicted of such an offense for purposes of this chapter 
if the conviction has been expunged or set aside, or is an 
offense for which the person has been pardoned or has 
had civil rights restored (if the law of the applicable juris-
diction provides for the loss of civil rights under such an 
offense) unless the pardon, expungement, or restoration 
of civil rights expressly provides that the person may not 
ship, transport, possess, or receive firearms.’’.
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SEC. 802. PROHIBITING STALKERS AND INDIVIDUALS SUB-
JECT TO COURT ORDER FROM POSSESSING A 
FIREARM. 
Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘that re-
strains such person’’ and all that follows, and 
inserting ‘‘described in subsection (g)(8);’’; 
(B) in paragraph (9), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 
following: 
‘‘(10) who has been convicted in any court of 
a misdemeanor crime of stalking.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (8) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(8) who is subject to a court order— 
‘‘(A) that was issued— 
‘‘(i) after a hearing of which such per-
son received actual notice, and at which 
such person had an opportunity to partici-
pate; or
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‘‘(ii) in the case of an ex parte order, 
relative to which notice and opportunity to 
be heard are provided— 
‘‘(I) within the time required by 
State, Tribal, or territorial law; and 
‘‘(II) in any event within a rea-
sonable time after the order is issued, 
sufficient to protect the due process 
rights of the person; 
‘‘(B) that restrains such person from— 
‘‘(i) harassing, stalking, or threat-
ening an intimate partner of such person 
or child of such intimate partner or person, 
or engaging in other conduct that would 
place an intimate partner in reasonable 
fear of bodily injury to the partner or 
child; or 
‘‘(ii) intimidating or dissuading a wit-
ness from testifying in court; and 
‘‘(C) that— 
‘‘(i) includes a finding that such per-
son represents a credible threat to the 
physical safety of such individual described 
in subparagraph (B); or
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‘‘(ii) by its terms explicitly prohibits 
the use, attempted use, or threatened use 
of physical force against such individual 
described in subparagraph (B) that would 
reasonably be expected to cause bodily in-
jury;’’; 
(B) in paragraph (9), by striking the 
comma at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 
following: 
‘‘(10) who has been convicted in any court of 
a misdemeanor crime of stalking,’’. 
TITLE IX—SAFETY FOR INDIAN 
WOMEN 
SEC. 901. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) American Indians and Alaska Natives are 
2.5 times as likely to experience violent crimes—and 
at least 2 times more likely to experience rape or 
sexual assault crimes—compared to all other races. 
(2) More than 4 in 5 American Indian and 
Alaska Native women, or 84.3 percent, have experi-
enced violence in their lifetime.
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(3) The vast majority of Native victims—96 
percent of women and 89 percent of male victims— 
report being victimized by a non-Indian. 
(4) Native victims of sexual violence are three 
times as likely to have experienced sexual violence by 
an interracial perpetrator as non-Hispanic White 
victims and Native stalking victims are nearly 4 
times as likely to be stalked by someone of a dif-
ferent race. 
(5) While Tribes exercising jurisdiction over 
non-Indians have reported significant successes, the 
inability to prosecute crimes related to the Special 
Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction crimes con-
tinues to leave Tribes unable to fully hold domestic 
violence offenders accountable. 
(6) Tribal prosecutors report that the majority 
of domestic violence cases involve children either as 
witnesses or victims, and Department of Justice re-
ports that American Indian and Alaska Native chil-
dren suffer exposure to violence at rates higher than 
any other race in the United States. 
(7) Childhood exposure to violence has imme-
diate and long-term effects, including: increased 
rates of altered neurological development, poor phys-
ical and mental health, poor school performance,
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substance abuse, and overrepresentation in the juve-
nile justice system. 
(8) According to the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention, homicide is the third leading 
cause of death among American Indian and Alaska 
Native women between 10 and 24 years of age and 
the fifth leading cause of death for American Indian 
and Alaska Native women between 25 and 34 years 
of age. 
(9) On some reservations, Indian women are 
murdered at more than 10 times the national aver-
age. 
(10) According to a 2010 Government Account-
ability Office report, United States Attorneys de-
clined to prosecute nearly 52 percent of violent 
crimes that occur in Indian country. 
(11) Investigation into cases of missing and 
murdered Indian women is made difficult for Tribal 
law enforcement agencies due to a lack of resources, 
such as— 
(A) necessary training, equipment, or 
funding; 
(B) a lack of interagency cooperation; 
(C) a lack of appropriate laws in place; 
and
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(D) a lack of access to Federal, State, and 
local law enforcement databases. 
(12) Domestic violence calls are among the 
most dangerous calls that law enforcement receives. 
(13) The complicated jurisdictional scheme that 
exists in Indian country— 
(A) has a significant negative impact on 
the ability to provide public safety to Indian 
communities; 
(B) has been increasingly exploited by 
criminals; and 
(C) requires a high degree of commitment 
and cooperation among Tribal, Federal, and 
State law enforcement officials. 
(14) Restoring and enhancing local, Tribal ca-
pacity to address violence against women provides 
for greater local control, safety, accountability, and 
transparency. 
(15) In States with restrictive land settlement 
acts such as Alaska, ‘‘Indian country’’ is limited, re-
sources for local Tribal responses either nonexistent 
or insufficient to meet the needs, jurisdiction unnec-
essarily complicated and increases the already high 
levels of victimization of American Indian and Alas-
ka Native women. According to the Tribal Law and
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Order Act Commission Report, Alaska Native 
women are over-represented in the domestic violence 
victim population by 250 percent; they comprise 19 
percent of the State population, but are 47 percent 
of reported rape victims. And among other Indian 
Tribes, Alaska Native women suffer the highest 
rates of domestic and sexual violence in the country. 
(16) Native Hawaiians experience a dispropor-
tionately high rate of human trafficking with 64 per-
cent of human trafficking victims in the State of 
Hawai’i identifying as at least part Native Hawai-
ian. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this title are— 
(1) to clarify the responsibilities of Federal, 
State, Tribal, and local governments with respect to 
responding to cases of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, stalking, trafficking, sexual violence, crimes 
against children, and assault against Tribal law en-
forcement officers and murdered Indians; 
(2) to increase coordination and communication 
among Federal, State, Tribal, and local law enforce-
ment agencies; 
(3) to empower Tribal governments with the re-
sources and information necessary to effectively re-
spond to cases of domestic violence, dating violence,
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stalking, sex trafficking, sexual violence, and missing 
and murdered Indians; and 
(4) to increase the collection of data related to 
missing and murdered Indians and the sharing of in-
formation among Federal, State, and Tribal officials 
responsible for responding to and investigating cases 
of missing and murdered Indians. 
SEC. 902. AUTHORIZING FUNDING FOR THE TRIBAL ACCESS 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 534 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2022 through 2026, to remain available until 
expended, for the purposes of enhancing the ability of 
Tribal government entities to access, enter information 
into, and obtain information from, Federal criminal infor-
mation databases, as authorized by this section.’’. 
(b) INDIAN TRIBE AND INDIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT 
INFORMATION SHARING.—Section 534 of title 28, United 
States Code, is further amended by amending subsection 
(d) to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) INDIAN TRIBE AND INDIAN LAW ENFORCE-
MENT INFORMATION SHARING.—The Attorney General
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shall permit Tribal law enforcement entities (including en-
tities designated by a Tribe as maintaining public safety 
within a Tribe’s territorial jurisdiction that has no Federal 
or State arrest authority) and Bureau of Indian Affairs 
law enforcement agencies— 
‘‘(1) to access and enter information into Fed-
eral criminal information databases; and 
‘‘(2) to obtain information from the data-
bases.’’. 
SEC. 903. TRIBAL JURISDICTION OVER COVERED CRIMES 
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, SEXUAL VIO-
LENCE, SEX TRAFFICKING, STALKING, AND 
ASSAULT OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 
OR CORRECTIONS OFFICER. 
Section 204 of Public Law 90–284 (25 U.S.C. 1304) 
(commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Civil Rights Act of 
1968’’) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CRIMES OF 
DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE’’ and inserting ‘‘CRIMES 
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, 
SEX
TRAFFICKING, STALKING, AND
ASSAULT 
OF
A
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
OR
CORRECTIONS 
OFFICER’’;
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(2) in subsection (a)(6), in the heading, by 
striking ‘‘SPECIAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRIMINAL 
JURISDICTION’’ and inserting ‘‘SPECIAL
TRIBAL 
CRIMINAL JURISDICTION’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘special domestic violence crimi-
nal jurisdiction’’ each place such term appears and 
inserting ‘‘special Tribal criminal jurisdiction’’; 
(4) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(12) STALKING.—The term ‘stalking’ means 
engaging in a course of conduct directed at a spe-
cific person proscribed by the criminal law of the In-
dian Tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian 
country where the violation occurs that would cause 
a reasonable person to— 
‘‘(A) fear for the person’s safety or the 
safety of others; or 
‘‘(B) suffer substantial emotional dis-
tress.’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and 
(7) as paragraphs (10) and (11); 
(C) by inserting before paragraph (10) (as 
redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(8) SEX TRAFFICKING.—
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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) benefitting, financially or 
by receiving anything of value, from 
participation 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. 
‘‘(9) SEXUAL VIOLENCE.—The term ‘sexual vio-
lence’ means any nonconsensual sexual act or con-
tact proscribed by the criminal law of the Indian 
Tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian country 
where the violation occurs, including in any case in 
which the victim lacks the capacity to consent to the 
act.’’; 
(D) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 
(5) as paragraphs (6) and (7); 
(E) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (3) as paragraphs (2) through (4); 
(F) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated), to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(3) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘domes-
tic violence’ means violence— 
‘‘(A) committed by a current or former 
spouse or intimate partner of the victim, by a 
person with whom the victim shares a child in 
common, by a person who is cohabitating with 
or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse 
or intimate partner, or by a person similarly
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situated to a spouse of the victim under the 
domestic- or family- violence laws of an Indian 
Tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian 
country where the violence occurs; or 
‘‘(B)(i) committed against a victim who is 
a child under the age of 18, or an elder (as 
such term is defined by Tribal law), including 
when an offender recklessly engages in conduct 
that creates a substantial risk of death or seri-
ous bodily injury to the victim, or committed as 
described in subparagraph (A) while the child 
or elder is present; and 
‘‘(ii) the child or elder— 
‘‘(I) resides or has resided in the 
same household as the offender; 
‘‘(II) is related to the offender by 
blood or marriage; 
‘‘(III) is related to another victim of 
the offender by blood or marriage; 
‘‘(IV) is under the care of a victim of 
the offender who is an intimate partner or 
former spouse; or 
‘‘(V) is under the care of a victim of 
the offender who is similarly situated to a 
spouse of the victim under the domestic- or
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family- violence laws of an Indian Tribe 
that has jurisdiction over the Indian coun-
try where the violence occurs.’’; 
(G) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as 
redesignated), the following: 
‘‘(1) ASSAULT
OF
A
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
OR 
CORRECTIONAL OFFICER.—The term ‘assault of a 
law enforcement or correctional officer’ means any 
criminal violation of the law of the Indian Tribe that 
has jurisdiction over the Indian country where the 
violation occurs that involves the threatened, at-
tempted, or actual harmful or offensive touching of 
a law enforcement or correctional officer.’’; and 
(H) by inserting after paragraph (4) (as 
redesignated), the following: 
‘‘(5) OBSTRUCTION
OF
JUSTICE.—The term 
‘obstruction of justice’ means any violation of the 
criminal law of the Indian Tribe that has jurisdic-
tion over the Indian country where the violation oc-
curs, and the violation involves interfering with the 
administration or due process of the Tribe’s laws in-
cluding any Tribal criminal proceeding or investiga-
tion of a crime.’’; 
(5) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting after ‘‘the 
powers of self-government of a participating Tribe’’
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the following: ‘‘, including any participating Tribes 
in the State of Maine,’’; 
(6) in subsection (b)(4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting 
after ‘‘over an alleged offense’’ the following: ‘‘, 
other than obstruction of justice or an act of 
assault of a law enforcement or corrections offi-
cer,’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) in clause (iii)(II), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘; or’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iv) is being prosecuted for a crime 
of sexual violence, stalking, sex trafficking, 
obstructing justice, or assaulting a police 
or corrections officer under the laws of the 
prosecuting Tribe.’’; 
(7) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘domestic violence’’ and inserting 
‘‘Tribal’’; and
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(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘AND DATING VIOLENCE’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘, DATING
VIOLENCE, OBSTRUCTION 
OF
JUSTICE, SEXUAL
VIOLENCE, STALK-
ING, SEX TRAFFICKING, OR ASSAULT OF A 
LAW ENFORCEMENT OR CORRECTIONS OF-
FICER’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘or dating violence’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, dating violence, obstruc-
tion of justice, sexual violence, stalking, 
sex trafficking, or assault of a law enforce-
ment or corrections officer’’; 
(8) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘domestic vio-
lence’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Tribal’’; 
(9) by striking subsections (f), (g), and (h) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(f) GRANTS AND REIMBURSEMENT TO TRIBAL GOV-
ERNMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) REIMBURSEMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General 
is authorized to reimburse Tribal government 
authorities for expenses incurred in exercising 
special Tribal criminal jurisdiction.
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‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE
EXPENSES.—Eligible ex-
penses for reimbursement shall include— 
‘‘(i) expenses incurred to arrest or 
prosecute offenders and to detain inmates 
(including costs associated with providing 
health care); 
‘‘(ii) expenses related to indigent de-
fense services; and 
‘‘(iii) costs associated with probation 
and rehabilitation services. 
‘‘(C) PROCEDURE.—Reimbursements au-
thorized pursuant to this section shall be in ac-
cordance with rules promulgated by the Attor-
ney General after consultation with Indian 
Tribes and within 1 year after the date of en-
actment of this Act. The rules promulgated by 
the Department shall set a maximum allowable 
reimbursement to any Tribal government in a 
1-year period. 
‘‘(2) GRANTS.—The Attorney General may 
award grants to the governments of Indian Tribes 
(or to authorized designees of those governments)— 
‘‘(A) to strengthen Tribal criminal justice 
systems to assist Indian Tribes in exercising 
special Tribal criminal jurisdiction, including—
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‘‘(i) law enforcement (including the 
capacity of law enforcement, court per-
sonnel, or other non-law enforcement enti-
ties that have no Federal or State arrest 
authority agencies but have been des-
ignated by a Tribe as responsible for main-
taining public safety within its territorial 
jurisdiction, to enter information into and 
obtain information from national crime in-
formation databases); 
‘‘(ii) prosecution; 
‘‘(iii) trial and appellate courts (in-
cluding facilities construction); 
‘‘(iv) probation systems; 
‘‘(v) detention and correctional facili-
ties (including facilities construction); 
‘‘(vi) alternative rehabilitation centers; 
‘‘(vii) culturally appropriate services 
and assistance for victims and their fami-
lies; and 
‘‘(viii) criminal codes and rules of 
criminal procedure, appellate procedure, 
and evidence; 
‘‘(B) to provide indigent criminal defend-
ants with the effective assistance of licensed de-
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fense counsel, at no cost to the defendant, in 
criminal proceedings in which a participating 
Tribe prosecutes— 
‘‘(i) a crime of domestic violence; 
‘‘(ii) a crime of dating violence; 
‘‘(iii) a criminal violation of a protec-
tion order; 
‘‘(iv) a crime of sexual violence; 
‘‘(v) a crime of stalking; 
‘‘(vi) a crime of sex trafficking; 
‘‘(vii) a crime of obstruction of justice; 
or 
‘‘(viii) a crime of assault of a law en-
forcement or correctional officer; 
‘‘(C) to ensure that, in criminal pro-
ceedings in which a participating Tribe exer-
cises special Tribal criminal jurisdiction, jurors 
are summoned, selected, and instructed in a 
manner consistent with all applicable require-
ments; 
‘‘(D) to accord victims of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual violence, stalking, 
sex trafficking, obstruction of justice, assault of 
a law enforcement or correctional officer, and 
violations of protection orders rights that are
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similar to the rights of a crime victim described 
in section 3771(a) of title 18, consistent with 
Tribal law and custom; and 
‘‘(E) to create a pilot project to allow up 
to five Indian Tribes in Alaska to implement 
special Tribal criminal jurisdiction. 
‘‘(g) 
SUPPLEMENT, 
NOT
SUPPLANT.—Amounts 
made available under this section shall supplement and 
not supplant any other Federal, State, Tribal, or local gov-
ernment amounts made available to carry out activities de-
scribed in this section. 
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $7,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to carry out subsection 
(f) and to provide training, technical assistance, data col-
lection, and evaluation of the criminal justice systems of 
participating Tribes. 
‘‘(i) USE OF FUNDS.—Not less than 25 percent of 
the total amount of funds appropriated under this section 
in a given year shall be used for each of the purposes de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (f), with 
remaining funds available to be distributed for either of 
the purposes described in paragraph (1) or (2) of sub-
section (f), or any combination of such purposes, depend-
ing on need and in consultation with Indian Tribes.’’;