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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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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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