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(iii) by striking the period at the end 
of subparagraph (C) and inserting a semi-
colon; 
(M) by inserting after paragraph (13), as 
so redesignated by subparagraph (G), the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(14) developing and promoting State, local, or 
tribal legislation and policies that enhance best prac-
tices for responding to domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, and stalking; 
‘‘(15) developing, implementing, or enhancing 
Sexual Assault Response Teams, or other similar co-
ordinated community responses to sexual assault; 
‘‘(16) developing and strengthening policies, 
protocols, best practices, and training for law en-
forcement agencies and prosecutors relating to the 
investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases 
and the appropriate treatment of victims; 
‘‘(17) developing, enlarging, or strengthening 
programs addressing sexual assault against men, 
women, and youth in correctional and detention set-
tings; 
‘‘(18) identifying and conducting inventories of 
backlogs of sexual assault evidence collection kits 
and developing protocols and policies for responding 
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to and addressing such backlogs, including protocols 
and policies for notifying and involving victims; and 
‘‘(19) with not more than 5 percent of the total 
amount allocated to a State for this part, developing, 
enhancing, or strengthening prevention and edu-
cational programming to address domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.’’; and 
(N) in the flush text at the end, by strik-
ing ‘‘paragraph (14)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(13)’’; 
(2) in section 2007 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–1)— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘non-
profit nongovernmental victim services pro-
grams’’ and inserting ‘‘victim service pro-
viders’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)(6), by striking ‘‘(not 
including populations of Indian tribes)’’; 
(C) in subsection (c)— 
(i) by amending paragraph (2) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(2) grantees and subgrantees shall develop a 
plan for implementation and may consult and co-
ordinate with— 
‘‘(A) the State sexual assault coalition; 
‘‘(B) the State domestic violence coalition; 
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‘‘(C) the law enforcement entities within 
the State; 
‘‘(D) prosecution offices; 
‘‘(E) State and local courts; 
‘‘(F) tribal governments or tribal coalitions 
in those States with State or federally recog-
nized Indian tribes; 
‘‘(G) representatives from underserved 
populations; 
‘‘(H) victim service providers; 
‘‘(I) population specific organizations; and 
‘‘(J) other entities that the State or the 
Attorney General identifies as necessary for the 
planning process;’’; 
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 
and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respec-
tively; 
(iii) by inserting after paragraph (2) 
the following: 
‘‘(3) grantees shall coordinate the State imple-
mentation plan described in paragraph (2) with the 
State plans described in section 307 of the Family 
Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 
10407) and the plans described in the Victims of 
Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601 et seq.) and 
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section 393A of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 280b–1b); and’’; and 
(iv) in paragraph (4), as so redesig-
nated by clause (ii)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘and not less than 25 percent 
shall be allocated for prosecutors’’; 
(II) by redesignating subpara-
graphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs 
(D) and (E); 
(III) by inserting after subpara-
graph (A), the following: 
‘‘(B) not less than 25 percent shall be allo-
cated for prosecutors; 
‘‘(C) for each fiscal year beginning on or 
after the date that is 2 years after the date of 
enactment of the Violence Against Women Re-
authorization Act of 2012, not less than 20 per-
cent shall be allocated for programs or projects 
that meaningfully address sexual assault, in-
cluding stranger rape, acquaintance rape, alco-
hol or drug-facilitated rape, and rape within the 
context of an intimate partner relationship;’’; 
and 
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(IV) in subparagraph (E), as so 
redesignated by subclause (II), by 
striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe-
riod; 
(D) by amending subsection (d) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—An application 
for a grant under this part shall include— 
‘‘(1) the certifications of qualification required 
under subsection (c); 
‘‘(2) proof of compliance with the requirements 
for the payment of forensic medical exams and judi-
cial notification, described in section 2010; 
‘‘(3) proof of compliance with the requirements 
for paying fees and costs relating to domestic vio-
lence and protection order cases described in section 
2011; 
‘‘(4) proof of compliance with the requirements 
prohibiting polygraph examinations of victims of sex-
ual assault described in section 2013; 
‘‘(5) an implementation plan required under 
subsection (i); and 
‘‘(6) any other documentation that the Attorney 
General may require.’’; 
(E) in subsection (e)— 
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(i) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘domestic violence and sexual as-
sault’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
and stalking’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (D), by 
striking ‘‘linguistically and’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) CONDITIONS.—In disbursing grants under 
this part, the Attorney General may impose reason-
able conditions on grant awards disbursed after the 
date of enactment of the Violence Against Women 
Reauthorization Act of 2012 to ensure that the 
States meet statutory, regulatory, and other pro-
grams requirements.’’; 
(F) in subsection (f), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘, except that, for pur-
poses of this subsection, the costs of the 
projects for victim services or tribes for which 
there 
is 
an 
exemption 
under 
section 
40002(b)(1) of the Violence Against Women 
Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925(b)(1)) shall not 
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count toward the total costs of the projects.’’; 
and 
(G) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) IMPLEMENTATION PLANS.—A State applying for 
a grant under this part shall— 
‘‘(1) develop an implementation plan in con-
sultation with representatives of the entities listed in 
subsection (c)(2), that identifies how the State will 
use the funds awarded under this part; and 
‘‘(2) submit to the Attorney General as part of 
the application submitted in accordance with sub-
section (d)— 
‘‘(A) the implementation plan developed 
under paragraph (1); 
‘‘(B) documentation from each member of 
the planning committee with respect to the 
member’s participation in the planning process; 
‘‘(C) documentation from the prosecution, 
law enforcement, court, and victim services pro-
grams to be assisted, describing— 
‘‘(i) the need for the grant funds; 
‘‘(ii) the intended use of the grant 
funds; 
‘‘(iii) the expected result of the grant 
funds; and 
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‘‘(iv) the demographic characteristics 
of the populations to be served, including 
age, disability, race, ethnicity, and lan-
guage background; 
‘‘(D) a description of how the State will 
ensure that any subgrantees will consult with 
victim service providers during the course of de-
veloping their grant applications to ensure that 
the proposed activities are designed to promote 
the safety, confidentiality, and economic inde-
pendence of victims; 
‘‘(E) demographic data on the distribution 
of underserved populations within the State and 
a description of how the State will meet the 
needs of underserved populations, including the 
minimum allocation for population specific serv-
ices required under subsection (c)(4)(C); 
‘‘(F) a description of how the State plans 
to meet the requirements pursuant to regula-
tions issued under subsection (e)(2); 
‘‘(G) goals and objectives for reducing do-
mestic and dating violence-related homicides 
within the State; and 
‘‘(H) any other information requested by 
the Attorney General. 
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‘‘(j) REALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—A State may use 
any returned or remaining funds for any authorized pur-
pose under this part if— 
‘‘(1) funds from a subgrant awarded under this 
part are returned to the State; or 
‘‘(2) the State does not receive sufficient eligi-
ble applications to award the full funding within the 
allocations under subsection (c)(4).’’; 
(3) in section 2010 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–4)— 
(A) in subsection (a), by amending para-
graph (1) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State, Indian tribal gov-
ernment, or unit of local government shall not be en-
titled to funds under this subchapter unless the 
State, Indian tribal government, unit of local govern-
ment, or another governmental entity— 
‘‘(A) incurs the full out-of-pocket cost of 
forensic medical exams described in subsection 
(b) for victims of sexual assault; and 
‘‘(B) coordinates with health care providers 
in the region to notify victims of sexual assault 
of the availability of rape exams at no cost to 
the victims.’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
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(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; 
or’’ and inserting a period; and 
(iii) by striking paragraph (3); 
(C) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘, except 
that such funds’’ and all that follows and in-
serting a period; and 
(D) by amending subsection (d) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(d) NONCOOPERATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be in compliance with 
this section, a State, Indian tribal government, or 
unit of local government shall comply with sub-
section (b) without regard to whether the victim par-
ticipates in the criminal justice system or cooperates 
with law enforcement. 
‘‘(2) COMPLIANCE PERIOD.—States, territories, 
and Indian tribal governments shall have 3 years 
from the date of enactment of the Violence Against 
Women Reauthorization Act of 2012 to come into 
compliance with this subsection.’’; and 
(4) in section 2011(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 3796gg– 
5(a)(1))— 
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(A) by inserting ‘‘modification, enforce-
ment, dismissal,’’ after ‘‘registration,’’ each 
place it appears; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘domestic violence, stalk-
ing, or sexual assault’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
1001(a)(18) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(18)), is 
amended by striking ‘‘$225,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘$222,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017’’. 
SEC. 102. GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE ARREST POLICIES AND 
ENFORCEMENT OF PROTECTION ORDERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part U of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3796hh et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 2101 (42 U.S.C. 3796hh)— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by striking ‘‘States,’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘units of local government’’ 
and inserting ‘‘grantees’’; 
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(ii) in paragraph (1), by inserting 
‘‘and enforcement of protection orders 
across State and tribal lines’’ before the 
period; 
(iii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘and training in police departments to im-
prove tracking of cases’’ and inserting 
‘‘data collection systems, and training in 
police departments to improve tracking of 
cases and classification of complaints’’; 
(iv) in paragraph (4), by inserting 
‘‘and provide the appropriate training and 
education about domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, and stalking’’ after 
‘‘computer tracking systems’’; 
(v) in paragraph (5), by inserting 
‘‘and other victim services’’ after ‘‘legal ad-
vocacy service programs’’; 
(vi) in paragraph (6), by striking 
‘‘judges’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal, State, 
tribal, territorial, and local judges, and 
court-based and court-related personnel’’; 
(vii) in paragraph (8), by striking 
‘‘and sexual assault’’ and inserting ‘‘, dat-
ing violence, sexual assault, and stalking’’; 
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(viii) in paragraph (10), by striking 
‘‘non-profit, non-governmental victim serv-
ices organizations,’’ and inserting ‘‘victim 
service providers, population specific orga-
nizations,’’; and 
(ix) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(14) To develop and implement training pro-
grams for prosecutors and other prosecution-related 
personnel regarding best practices to ensure offender 
accountability, victim safety, and victim consultation 
in cases involving domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking. 
‘‘(15) To develop or strengthen policies, proto-
cols, and training for law enforcement officers, pros-
ecutors, and the judiciary in recognizing, inves-
tigating, and prosecuting instances of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
‘‘(16) To develop and promote State, local, or 
tribal legislation and policies that enhance best prac-
tices for responding to the crimes of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, 
including the appropriate treatment of victims. 
‘‘(17) To develop, implement, or enhance sexual 
assault nurse examiner programs or sexual assault 
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forensic examiner programs, including the hiring 
and training of such examiners. 
‘‘(18) To develop, implement, or enhance Sex-
ual Assault Response Teams or similar coordinated 
community responses to sexual assault. 
‘‘(19) To develop and strengthen policies, proto-
cols, and training for law enforcement officers and 
prosecutors regarding the investigation and prosecu-
tion of sexual assault cases and the appropriate 
treatment of victims of sexual assault. 
‘‘(20) To provide the following human immuno-
deficiency virus services for victims of sexual assault: 
‘‘(A) Testing. 
‘‘(B) Counseling. 
‘‘(C) Prophylaxis. 
‘‘(21) To identify and inventory backlogs of sex-
ual assault evidence collection kits and to develop 
protocols for responding to and addressing such 
backlogs, including policies and protocols for noti-
fying and involving victims. 
‘‘(22) To develop multidisciplinary high-risk 
teams focusing on reducing domestic violence and 
dating violence homicides by— 
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‘‘(A) using evidence-based indicators to as-
sess the risk of homicide and link high-risk vic-
tims to immediate crisis intervention services; 
‘‘(B) identifying and managing high-risk 
offenders; and 
‘‘(C) providing ongoing victim advocacy 
and referrals to comprehensive services includ-
ing legal, housing, health care, and economic 
assistance.’’; 
(B) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) in the matter preceding sub-
paragraph (A), by inserting ‘‘except 
for a court,’’ before ‘‘certify’’; and 
(II) by redesignating subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and 
(ii), respectively, and adjusting the 
margin accordingly; 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting 
‘‘except 
for 
a 
court,’’ 
before 
‘‘dem-
onstrate’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (4)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘modification, 
enforcement, dismissal,’’ after ‘‘reg-
istration,’’ each place it appears; 
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(II) by inserting ‘‘dating vio-
lence,’’ after ‘‘domestic violence,’’; and 
(III) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(iv) in paragraph (5)— 
(I) in the matter preceding sub-
paragraph (A), by striking ‘‘, not later 
than 3 years after the date of enact-
ment of this section,’’; 
(II) by redesignating subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and 
(ii), respectively, and adjusting the 
margin accordingly; 
(III) in clause (ii), as redesig-
nated by subclause (II) of this clause, 
by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘clause (i)’’; and 
(IV) by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(v) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 
through (5), as amended by this subpara-
graph, as subparagraphs (A) through (E), 
respectively, and adjusting the margin ac-
cordingly; 
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(vi) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), as redesignated by clause (v) of 
this subparagraph— 
(I) 
by 
striking 
the 
second 
comma; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘grantees are 
States’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘grantees are— 
‘‘(1) States’’; and 
(vii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) a State, tribal, or territorial domestic vio-
lence or sexual assault coalition or a victim service 
provider that partners with a State, Indian tribal 
government, or unit of local government that cer-
tifies that the State, Indian tribal government, or 
unit of local government meets the requirements 
under paragraph (1).’’; 
(C) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) in the matter preceding sub-
paragraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, policy,’’ 
after ‘‘law’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (A), by in-
serting ‘‘and the defendant is in cus-
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tody or has been served with the in-
formation or indictment’’ before the 
semicolon; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘it’’ 
and inserting ‘‘its’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) ALLOCATION FOR TRIBAL COALITIONS.—Of the 
amounts appropriated for purposes of this part for each 
fiscal year, not less than 5 percent shall be available for 
grants under section 2001(d) of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg(d)). 
‘‘(g) ALLOCATION FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT.—Of the 
amounts appropriated for purposes of this part for each 
fiscal year, not less than 25 percent shall be available for 
projects that address sexual assault, including stranger 
rape, acquaintance rape, alcohol or drug-facilitated rape, 
and rape within the context of an intimate partner rela-
tionship.’’; and 
(2) in section 2102(a) (42 U.S.C. 3796hh– 
1(a))— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘court,’’ 
after ‘‘tribal government,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘non-
profit, private sexual assault and domestic vio-
lence programs’’ and inserting ‘‘victim service 
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providers and, as appropriate, population spe-
cific organizations’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
1001(a)(19) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(19)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$75,000,000’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘2011’’ and inserting ‘‘$73,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017’’; and 
(2) by striking the second period. 
SEC. 103. LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS. 
Section 1201 of the Violence Against Women Act of 
2000 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–6) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘aris-
ing as a consequence of’’ and inserting ‘‘relat-
ing to or arising out of’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence, by inserting 
‘‘or arising out of’’ after ‘‘relating to’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND 
GRANT
CONDITIONS’’ after ‘‘DEFINITIONS’’; 
and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and grant conditions’’ 
after ‘‘definitions’’; 
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(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘victim 
services organizations’’ and inserting ‘‘victim 
service providers’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (3) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(3) to implement, expand, and establish efforts 
and projects to provide competent, supervised pro 
bono legal assistance for victims of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (c) has completed’’ and all that follows 
and inserting the following: ‘‘this section— 
‘‘(A) has demonstrated expertise in pro-
viding legal assistance or advocacy to victims of 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking in the targeted population; or 
‘‘(B)(i) is partnered with an entity or per-
son that has demonstrated expertise described 
in subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(ii) has completed, or will complete, train-
ing in connection with domestic violence, dating 
violence, stalking, or sexual assault and related 
legal issues, including training on evidence- 
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based risk factors for domestic and dating vio-
lence homicide;’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘stalking 
organization’’ and inserting ‘‘stalking victim 
service provider’’; and 
(5) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘this sec-
tion’’ and all that follows through the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘this section $57,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017.’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) Of the amount made available under 
this subsection in each fiscal year, not more 
than 10 percent may be used for purposes de-
scribed in subsection (c)(3).’’. 
SEC. 104. CONSOLIDATION OF GRANTS TO SUPPORT FAMI-
LIES IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of division B of the Vic-
tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 
(Public Law 106–386; 114 Stat. 1509) is amended by 
striking the section preceding section 1302 (42 U.S.C. 
10420), as amended by section 306 of the Violence 
Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza-
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tion Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3016), 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1301. COURT TRAINING AND SUPERVISED VISITATION 
IMPROVEMENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may make 
grants to States, units of local government, courts (includ-
ing juvenile courts), Indian tribal governments, nonprofit 
organizations, legal services providers, and victim services 
providers to improve the response of all aspects of the civil 
and criminal justice system to families with a history of 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing, or in cases involving allegations of child sexual abuse. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A grant under this section 
may be used to— 
‘‘(1) provide supervised visitation and safe visi-
tation exchange of children and youth by and be-
tween parents in situations involving domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, child sexual abuse, sexual as-
sault, or stalking; 
‘‘(2) develop and promote State, local, and trib-
al legislation, policies, and best practices for improv-
ing civil and criminal court functions, responses, 
practices, and procedures in cases involving a history 
of domestic violence or sexual assault, or in cases in-
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volving allegations of child sexual abuse, including 
cases in which the victim proceeds pro se; 
‘‘(3) educate court-based and court-related per-
sonnel (including custody evaluators and guardians 
ad litem) and child protective services workers on 
the dynamics of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking, including information 
on perpetrator behavior, evidence-based risk factors 
for domestic and dating violence homicide, and on 
issues relating to the needs of victims, including 
safety, security, privacy, and confidentiality, includ-
ing cases in which the victim proceeds pro se; 
‘‘(4) provide adequate resources in juvenile 
court matters to respond to domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault (including child sexual 
abuse), and stalking and ensure necessary services 
dealing with the physical health and mental health 
of victims are available; 
‘‘(5) enable courts or court-based or court-re-
lated programs to develop or enhance— 
‘‘(A) court infrastructure (such as special-
ized courts, consolidated courts, dockets, intake 
centers, or interpreter services); 
‘‘(B) community-based initiatives within 
the court system (such as court watch pro-
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grams, victim assistants, pro se victim assist-
ance programs, or community-based supple-
mentary services); 
‘‘(C) offender management, monitoring, 
and accountability programs; 
‘‘(D) safe and confidential information- 
storage 
and 
information-sharing 
databases 
within and between court systems; 
‘‘(E) education and outreach programs to 
improve community access, including enhanced 
access for underserved populations; and 
‘‘(F) other projects likely to improve court 
responses to domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking; 
‘‘(6) collect data and provide training and tech-
nical assistance, including developing State, local, 
and tribal model codes and policies, to improve the 
capacity of grantees and communities to address the 
civil justice needs of victims of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking who 
have legal representation, who are proceeding pro se, 
or who are proceeding with the assistance of a legal 
advocate; and 
‘‘(7) improve training and education to assist 
judges, judicial personnel, attorneys, child welfare 
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personnel, and legal advocates in the civil justice 
system regarding domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, stalking, or child abuse. 
‘‘(c) CONSIDERATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In making grants for pur-
poses described in paragraphs (1) through (6) of 
subsection (b), the Attorney General shall consider— 
‘‘(A) the number of families to be served 
by the proposed programs and services; 
‘‘(B) the extent to which the proposed pro-
grams and services serve underserved popu-
lations; 
‘‘(C) the extent to which the applicant 
demonstrates cooperation and collaboration 
with nonprofit, nongovernmental entities in the 
local community with demonstrated histories of 
effective work on domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking, including 
State or tribal domestic violence coalitions, 
State or tribal sexual assault coalitions, local 
shelters, and programs for domestic violence 
and sexual assault victims; and 
‘‘(D) the extent to which the applicant 
demonstrates coordination and collaboration 
with State, tribal, and local court systems, in-
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cluding mechanisms for communication and re-
ferral. 
‘‘(2) OTHER GRANTS.—In making grants under 
subsection (b)(8) the Attorney General shall take 
into account the extent to which the grantee has ex-
pertise addressing the judicial system’s handling of 
family violence, child custody, child abuse and ne-
glect, adoption, foster care, supervised visitation, di-
vorce, and parentage. 
‘‘(d) APPLICANT
REQUIREMENTS.—The Attorney 
General may make a grant under this section to an appli-
cant that— 
‘‘(1) demonstrates expertise in the areas of do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
stalking, or child sexual abuse, as appropriate; 
‘‘(2) ensures that any fees charged to individ-
uals for use of supervised visitation programs and 
services are based on the income of those individ-
uals, unless otherwise provided by court order; 
‘‘(3) if the applicant proposes to operate super-
vised visitation programs and services or safe visita-
tion exchange, demonstrates that adequate security 
measures, including adequate facilities, procedures, 
and personnel capable of preventing violence, and 
adequate standards are, or will be, in place (includ-
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ing the development of protocols or policies to ensure 
that confidential information is not shared with 
courts, law enforcement agencies, or child welfare 
agencies unless necessary to ensure the safety of any 
child or adult using the services of a program fund-
ed under this section); 
‘‘(4) certifies that the organizational policies of 
the applicant do not require mediation or counseling 
involving offenders and victims being physically 
present in the same place, in cases where domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 
is alleged; 
‘‘(5) certifies that any person providing legal 
assistance through a program funded under this sec-
tion has completed or will complete training on do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking, including child sexual abuse, and related 
legal issues; and 
‘‘(6) certifies that any person providing custody 
evaluation or guardian ad litem services through a 
program funded under this section has completed or 
will complete training, developed with input from 
and in collaboration with a tribal, State, territorial, 
or local domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking victim service provider or coalition, 
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on the dynamics of domestic violence and sexual as-
sault, including child sexual abuse, that includes 
training on how to review evidence of past abuse and 
the use of evidenced-based theories to make rec-
ommendations on custody and visitation. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$22,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 through 
2017. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection 
are authorized to remain available until expended. 
‘‘(f) ALLOTMENT FOR INDIAN TRIBES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 10 percent of 
the total amount available under this section for 
each fiscal year shall be available for grants under 
the program authorized by section 2015 of title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–10). 
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY
OF
PART.—The require-
ments of this section shall not apply to funds allo-
cated for the program described in paragraph (1).’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
Subtitle J of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 
(42 U.S.C. 14043 et seq.) is repealed. 
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SEC. 105. COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PRO-
GRAM. 
Subtitle B of title II of the Crime Control Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 13011 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 216 (42 U.S.C. 13012), by strik-
ing ‘‘January 1, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 
2015’’; 
(2) in section 217 (42 U.S.C. 13013)— 
(A) in subsection (c)(2)(A), by striking 
‘‘Code of Ethics’’ and inserting ‘‘Standards for 
Programs’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(e) REPORTING.—An organization that receives a 
grant under this section for a fiscal year shall submit to 
the Administrator a report regarding the use of the grant 
for the fiscal year, including a discussion of outcome per-
formance measures (which shall be established by the Ad-
ministrator) to determine the effectiveness of the pro-
grams of the organization in meeting the needs of children 
in the child welfare system.’’; and 
(3) in section 219(a) (42 U.S.C. 13014(a)), by 
striking ‘‘fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and in-
serting ‘‘fiscal years 2013 through 2017’’. 
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SEC. 106. OUTREACH AND SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED 
POPULATIONS GRANT. 
Section 120 of the Violence Against Women and De-
partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 14045) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 120. GRANTS FOR OUTREACH AND SERVICES TO UN-
DERSERVED POPULATIONS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Of the amounts appro-
priated under the grant programs identified in para-
graph (2), the Attorney General shall take 2 percent 
of such appropriated amounts and combine them to 
award grants to eligible entities described in sub-
section (b) of this section to develop and implement 
outreach strategies targeted at adult or youth vic-
tims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking in underserved populations and to 
provide victim services to meet the needs of adult 
and youth victims of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, and stalking in underserved 
populations. The requirements of the grant pro-
grams identified in paragraph (2) shall not apply to 
this grant program. 
‘‘(2) PROGRAMS
COVERED.—The programs 
identified in this paragraph are the programs carried 
out under the following provisions: 
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‘‘(A) Part T of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(STOP grants). 
‘‘(B) Part U of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(Grants to encourage arrest policies). 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Eligible entities under 
this section are— 
‘‘(1) population specific organizations that have 
demonstrated experience and expertise in providing 
population specific services in the relevant under-
served communities, or population specific organiza-
tions working in partnership with a victim service 
provider or domestic violence or sexual assault coali-
tion; 
‘‘(2) victim service providers offering population 
specific services for a specific underserved popu-
lation; or 
‘‘(3) victim service providers working in part-
nership with a national, State, or local organization 
that has demonstrated experience and expertise in 
providing population specific services in the relevant 
underserved population. 
‘‘(c) PLANNING GRANTS.—The Attorney General 
may use up to 20 percent of funds available under this 
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section to make one-time planning grants to eligible enti-
ties to support the planning and development of specially 
designed and targeted programs for adult and youth vic-
tims in one or more underserved populations, including— 
‘‘(1) identifying, building, and strengthening 
partnerships with potential collaborators within un-
derserved populations, Federal, State, tribal, terri-
torial or local government entities, and public and 
private organizations; 
‘‘(2) conducting a needs assessment of the com-
munity and the targeted underserved population or 
populations to determine what the barriers are to 
service access and what factors contribute to those 
barriers, using input from the targeted underserved 
population or populations; 
‘‘(3) identifying promising prevention, outreach, 
and intervention strategies for victims from a tar-
geted underserved population or populations; and 
‘‘(4) developing a plan, with the input of the 
targeted underserved population or populations, 
for— 
‘‘(A) implementing prevention, outreach, 
and intervention strategies to address the bar-
riers to accessing services; 
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‘‘(B) promoting community engagement in 
the prevention of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, and stalking within the 
targeted underserved populations; and 
‘‘(C) evaluating the program. 
‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION
GRANTS.—The Attorney 
General shall make grants to eligible entities for the pur-
pose of providing or enhancing population specific out-
reach and victim services to adult and youth victims in 
one or more underserved populations, including— 
‘‘(1) working with Federal, State, tribal, terri-
torial and local governments, agencies, and organiza-
tions to develop or enhance population specific vic-
tim services; 
‘‘(2) strengthening the capacity of underserved 
populations to provide population specific services; 
‘‘(3) strengthening the capacity of traditional 
victim service providers to provide population spe-
cific services; 
‘‘(4) strengthening the effectiveness of criminal 
and civil justice interventions by providing training 
for law enforcement, prosecutors, judges and other 
court personnel on domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking in underserved pop-
ulations; or 
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‘‘(5) working in cooperation with an under-
served population to develop and implement out-
reach, education, prevention, and intervention strate-
gies that highlight available resources and the spe-
cific issues faced by victims of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking from un-
derserved populations. 
‘‘(e) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity desiring a 
grant under this section shall submit an application to the 
Director of the Office on Violence Against Women at such 
time, in such form, and in such manner as the Director 
may prescribe. 
‘‘(f) REPORTS.—Each eligible entity receiving a grant 
under this section shall annually submit to the Director 
of the Office on Violence Against Women a report that 
describes the activities carried out with grant funds during 
the preceding fiscal year. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS
AND GRANT CONDITIONS.—In 
this section the definitions and grant conditions in section 
40002 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 
U.S.C. 13925) shall apply. 
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In ad-
dition to the funds identified in subsection (a)(1), there 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
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$2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 through 
2017.’’. 
SEC. 107. CULTURALLY SPECIFIC SERVICES GRANT. 
Section 121 of the Violence Against Women and De-
partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 14045a) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AND 
LINGUISTICALLY’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and linguistically’’ each place it 
appears; 
(3) by striking ‘‘and linguistic’’ each place it 
appears; 
(4) by amending paragraph (2) of subsection 
(a) to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) PROGRAMS
COVERED.—The programs 
identified in this paragraph are the programs carried 
out under the following provisions: 
‘‘(A) Part U of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 3796hh) (Grants to encourage ar-
rest policies). 
‘‘(B) Section 1201 of division B of the Vic-
tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act 
of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–6) (Legal assist-
ance for victims). 
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‘‘(C) Section 40295 of the Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13971) 
(Rural domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, stalking, and child abuse enforcement 
assistance). 
‘‘(D) Section 40802 of the Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 
14041a) (Enhanced training and services to 
end violence against women later in life). 
‘‘(E) Section 1402 of division B of the Vic-
tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act 
of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–7) (Education, 
training, and enhanced services to end violence 
against and abuse of women with disabilities).’’; 
and 
(5) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘linguistic 
and’’. 
SEC. 108. REDUCTION IN RAPE KIT BACKLOG. 
Section 2(c)(3) of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi-
nation Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135(c)(3)), is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘2014’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2012’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
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‘‘(C) For each of the fiscal years 2013 and 
2014, not less than 75 percent of the grant 
amounts shall be awarded for purposes under 
subsection (a)(2).’’. 
SEC. 109. ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT 
TRAINING PROGRAMS. 
Section 40152(c) of the Violence Against Women Act 
of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13941(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘to 
carry out this section’’ and all that follows through the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘to carry out this section 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017.’’. 
SEC. 110. CHILD ABUSE TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR JUDI-
CIAL PERSONNEL AND PRACTITIONERS. 
Section 224(a) of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 13024(a)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$2,300,000’’ and all that follows through the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘$2,300,000 for each of fiscal years 
2013 through 2017.’’. 
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TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES 
FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE, 
DATING 
VIO-
LENCE, 
SEXUAL 
ASSAULT, 
AND STALKING 
SEC. 201. SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM. 
(a) GRANTS TO STATES AND TERRITORIES.—Section 
41601(b) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 
U.S.C. 14043g(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘other pro-
grams’’ and all that follows through the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘other nongovernmental or 
tribal programs and projects to assist individuals 
who have been victimized by sexual assault, without 
regard to the age of the individual.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘non-
profit, nongovernmental organizations for pro-
grams and activities’’ and inserting ‘‘nongovern-
mental or tribal programs and activities’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (C)(v), by striking 
‘‘linguistically and’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in the first sentence— 
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(i) by inserting ‘‘and territory’’ after 
‘‘each State’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘1.50 percent’’ and in-
serting ‘‘0.75 percent’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘, except that’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘of the total appro-
priations’’; and 
(B) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘the 
preceding formula’’ and inserting ‘‘this para-
graph’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
41601(f)(1) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 
(42 U.S.C. 14043g(f)(1)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$50,000,000 to remain available until expended for each 
of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting 
‘‘$40,000,000 to remain available until expended for each 
of fiscal years 2013 through 2017’’. 
SEC. 202. RURAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 
SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING, AND CHILD 
ABUSE ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE. 
Section 40295 of the Violence Against Women Act 
of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13971) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(H), by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding sexual assault forensic examiners’’ before the 
semicolon; 
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(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) 
by 
striking 
‘‘victim 
advocacy 
groups’’ and inserting ‘‘victim service pro-
viders’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, including devel-
oping multidisciplinary teams focusing on 
high-risk cases with the goal of preventing 
domestic and dating violence homicides’’ 
before the semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and other long- and 
short-term assistance’’ and inserting ‘‘legal 
assistance, and other long-term and short- 
term victim services and population spe-
cific services’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) to develop, expand, or strengthen pro-
grams addressing sexual assault, including sexual 
assault forensic examiner programs, Sexual Assault 
Response Teams, law enforcement training, and pro-
grams addressing rape kit backlogs.’’; and 
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(3) 
in 
subsection 
(e)(1), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$55,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2007 
through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2013 through 2017’’. 
SEC. 203. TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END VIOLENCE 
AGAINST 
WOMEN 
WITH 
DISABILITIES 
GRANTS. 
Section 1402 of division B of the Victims of Traf-
ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 
3796gg–7) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(in-
cluding using evidence-based indicators to as-
sess the risk of domestic and dating violence 
homicide)’’ after ‘‘risk reduction’’; 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘victim 
service organizations’’ and inserting ‘‘victim 
service providers’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘victim 
services organizations’’ and inserting ‘‘victim 
service providers’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(1)(D), by striking ‘‘non-
profit and nongovernmental victim services organiza-
tion, such as a State’’ and inserting ‘‘victim service 
provider, such as a State or tribal’’; and 
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(3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘$10,000,000 
for each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$9,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 
through 2017’’. 
SEC. 204. GRANT FOR TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END VI-
OLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN LATER LIFE. 
Section 40802 of the Violence Against Women Act 
of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14041a) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 40802. GRANT FOR TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END 
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN LATER LIFE. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘eligible entity’ means an entity 
that— 
‘‘(A) is— 
‘‘(i) a State; 
‘‘(ii) a unit of local government; 
‘‘(iii) a tribal government or tribal or-
ganization; 
‘‘(iv) a population specific organiza-
tion with demonstrated experience in as-
sisting individuals in later life; 
‘‘(v) a victim service provider; or 
‘‘(vi) a State, tribal, or territorial do-
mestic violence or sexual assault coalition; 
and 
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‘‘(B) is partnered with— 
‘‘(i) a law enforcement agency; 
‘‘(ii) an office of a prosecutor; 
‘‘(iii) a victim service provider; or 
‘‘(iv) a nonprofit program or govern-
ment agency with demonstrated experience 
in assisting individuals in later life. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘elder abuse’ means domestic vi-
olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 
committed against individuals in later life. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘individual in later life’ means an 
individual who is 60 years of age or older. 
‘‘(b) GRANT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney 
General may make grants to eligible entities to carry 
out the activities described in paragraph (2). In 
awarding such grants, the Attorney General shall 
consult with the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services to ensure that the activities funded under 
this section are not duplicative with the activities 
funded under the elder abuse prevention programs 
of the Department of Health and Human Services. 
‘‘(2) MANDATORY
AND
PERMISSIBLE
ACTIVI-
TIES.— 
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‘‘(A) MANDATORY ACTIVITIES.—An eligible 
entity receiving a grant under this section shall 
use the funds received under the grant to— 
‘‘(i) provide training programs to as-
sist law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, 
agencies of States or units of local govern-
ment, population specific organizations, 
victim service providers, victim advocates, 
and relevant officers in Federal, tribal, 
State, territorial, and local courts in recog-
nizing and addressing instances of elder 
abuse; 
‘‘(ii) provide or enhance services for 
victims of elder abuse; 
‘‘(iii) establish or support multidisci-
plinary collaborative community responses 
to victims of elder abuse; and 
‘‘(iv) conduct cross-training for law 
enforcement agencies, prosecutors, agen-
cies of States or units of local government, 
attorneys, health care providers, population 
specific organizations, faith-based advo-
cates, victim service providers, and courts 
to better serve victims of elder abuse. 
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‘‘(B) PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES.—An eligi-
ble entity receiving a grant under this section 
may use not more than 10 percent of the funds 
received under the grant to— 
‘‘(i) provide training programs to as-
sist attorneys, health care providers, faith- 
based leaders, or other community-based 
organizations in recognizing and address-
ing instances of elder abuse; or 
‘‘(ii) conduct outreach activities and 
awareness campaigns to ensure that vic-
tims of elder abuse receive appropriate as-
sistance. 
‘‘(3) UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.—In making 
grants under this section, the Attorney General shall 
give priority to proposals providing culturally spe-
cific or population specific services. 
‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this section $9,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 
through 2017.’’. 
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TITLE III—SERVICES, PROTEC-
TION, 
AND 
JUSTICE 
FOR 
YOUNG 
VICTIMS 
OF 
VIO-
LENCE 
SEC. 301. RAPE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION GRANT. 
Section 393A of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 280b–1b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by inserting ‘‘, territorial, or tribal’’ after ‘‘cri-
sis centers, State’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘and al-
cohol’’ after ‘‘about drugs’’; 
(2) 
in 
subsection 
(c)(1), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$80,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 
2011’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2013 through 2017’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) FUNDING
FORMULA.—Amounts provided 
under this section shall be allotted to each State, 
territory, and the District of Columbia based on 
population. If the amounts appropriated under para-
graph (1) exceed $48,000,000 in any fiscal year, a 
minimum allocation of $150,000 shall be awarded to 
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each State and territory and the District of Colum-
bia. Any remaining funds shall be allotted to each 
State and territory and the District of Columbia 
based on population.’’. 
SEC. 302. CREATING HOPE THROUGH OUTREACH, OPTIONS, 
SERVICES, AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN 
AND YOUTH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle L of the Violence Against 
Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043c et seq.) is amend-
ed by striking sections 41201 through 41204 and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘SEC. 41201. CREATING HOPE THROUGH OUTREACH, OP-
TIONS, 
SERVICES, 
AND 
EDUCATION 
FOR 
CHILDREN AND YOUTH (CHOOSE CHILDREN 
AND YOUTH). 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General, 
working in collaboration with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services and the Secretary of Education, shall 
award grants to enhance the safety of youth and children 
who are victims of, or exposed to, domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking and to prevent future 
violence. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM PURPOSES.—Funds provided under 
this section may be used for the following program pur-
pose areas: 
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‘‘(1) SERVICES
TO
ADVOCATE
FOR
AND
RE-
SPOND
TO
YOUTH.—To develop, expand, and 
strengthen victim interventions and services that tar-
get youth who are victims of domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Services 
may include victim services, counseling, advocacy, 
mentoring, educational support, transportation, legal 
assistance in civil, criminal and administrative mat-
ters, such as family law cases, housing cases, child 
welfare proceedings, campus administrative pro-
ceedings, and civil protection order proceedings, 
services to address sex trafficking, population spe-
cific services, and other activities that support youth 
in finding safety, stability, and justice and in ad-
dressing the emotional, cognitive, and physical ef-
fects of trauma on youth. Funds may be used to— 
‘‘(A) assess and analyze available services 
for youth victims of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, and stalking, deter-
mining relevant barriers to such services in a 
particular locality, and developing a community 
protocol to address such problems collabo-
ratively; 
‘‘(B) develop and implement policies, prac-
tices, and procedures to effectively respond to 
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domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking against youth; or 
‘‘(C) provide technical assistance and 
training to enhance the ability of school per-
sonnel, victim service providers, child protective 
service workers, staff of law enforcement agen-
cies, prosecutors, court personnel, individuals 
who work in after school programs, medical 
personnel, social workers, mental health per-
sonnel, and workers in other programs that 
serve children and youth to improve their ability 
to appropriately respond to the needs of chil-
dren and youth who are victims of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk-
ing, as well as homeless youth, and to properly 
refer such children, youth, and their families to 
appropriate services. 
‘‘(2) SUPPORTING
YOUTH
THROUGH
EDU-
CATION AND PROTECTION.—To enable secondary or 
elementary schools that serve students in any of 
grades five through twelve and institutions of higher 
education to— 
‘‘(A) provide training to school personnel, 
including health care providers and security 
personnel, on the needs of students who are vic-
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tims of domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault, or stalking; 
‘‘(B) develop and implement age-appro-
priate prevention and intervention policies in 
accordance with State law in secondary or ele-
mentary schools that serve students in any of 
grades five through twelve, including appro-
priate responses to, and identification and re-
ferral procedures for, students who are experi-
encing or perpetrating domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and proce-
dures for handling the requirements of court 
protective orders issued to or against students; 
‘‘(C) provide support services for student 
victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking, such as a resource 
person who is either on-site or on-call; 
‘‘(D) provide evidence-based educational 
programs for students regarding domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk-
ing; or 
‘‘(E) develop strategies to increase identi-
fication, support, referrals, and prevention pro-
grams for youth who are at high risk of domes-
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tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this section, an entity shall be— 
‘‘(A) a victim service provider, tribal non-
profit organization, population specific organi-
zation, or community-based organization with a 
demonstrated history of effective work address-
ing the needs of youth, including runaway or 
homeless youth, who are victims of domestic vi-
olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing; or 
‘‘(B) a victim service provider that is 
partnered with an entity that has a dem-
onstrated history of effective work addressing 
the needs of youth. 
‘‘(2) PARTNERSHIPS.— 
‘‘(A) EDUCATION.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant for the purposes described in sub-
section (b)(2), an entity described in paragraph 
(1) shall be partnered with an elementary 
school or secondary school (as such terms are 
defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965), charter 
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school (as defined in section 5210 of such Act), 
a school that is operated or supported by the 
Bureau of Indian Education, or a legally oper-
ating private school, a school administered by 
the Department of Defense under section 2164 
of title 10, United States Code, or section 1402 
of the Defense Dependents’ Education Act of 
1978, a group of such schools, a local edu-
cational agency (as defined in section 9101(26) 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965), or an institution of higher edu-
cation (as defined in section 101(a) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965). 
‘‘(B) OTHER
PARTNERSHIPS.—All appli-
cants under this section are encouraged to work 
in partnership with organizations and agencies 
that work with the relevant youth population. 
Such entities may include— 
‘‘(i) a State, tribe, unit of local gov-
ernment, or territory; 
‘‘(ii) a population specific or commu-
nity-based organization; 
‘‘(iii) batterer intervention programs 
or sex offender treatment programs with 
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specialized knowledge and experience work-
ing with youth offenders; or 
‘‘(iv) any other agencies or nonprofit, 
nongovernmental organizations with the 
capacity to provide effective assistance to 
the adult, youth, and child victims served 
by the partnership. 
‘‘(d) GRANTEE
REQUIREMENTS.—Applicants for 
grants under this section shall establish and implement 
policies, practices, and procedures that— 
‘‘(1) require and include appropriate referral 
systems for child and youth victims; 
‘‘(2) protect the confidentiality and privacy of 
child and youth victim information, particularly in 
the context of parental or third-party involvement 
and consent, mandatory reporting duties, and work-
ing with other service providers with priority on vic-
tim safety and autonomy; 
‘‘(3) ensure that all individuals providing inter-
vention or prevention programs to children or youth 
through a program funded under this section have 
completed, or will complete, sufficient training in 
connection with domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking; and 
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‘‘(4) ensure that parents are informed of the 
programs funded under this program that are being 
offered at their child’s school. 
‘‘(e) 
PRIORITY.—The 
Attorney 
General 
shall 
prioritize grant applications under this section that coordi-
nate with prevention programs in the community. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS.—In this 
section, the definitions and grant conditions provided for 
in section 40002 shall apply. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 through 
2017. 
‘‘(h) ALLOTMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 50 percent of 
the total amount appropriated under this section for 
each fiscal year shall be used for the purposes de-
scribed in subsection (b)(1). 
‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBES.—Not less than 10 percent 
of the total amount appropriated under this section 
for each fiscal year shall be made available for 
grants under the program authorized by section 
2015 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–10).’’. 
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(b) 
VAWA 
GRANT
REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
40002(b) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 
U.S.C. 13925(b)), as amended by section 3(b)(4), is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(14) REQUIREMENT
FOR
EVIDENCE-BASED 
PROGRAMS.—Any educational programming, train-
ing, or public awareness communications regarding 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking that are funded under this title must be evi-
dence-based.’’. 
SEC. 303. GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES ON CAM-
PUSES. 
Section 304 of the Violence Against Women and De-
partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 14045b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘stalking 
on campuses,’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘crimes against women 
on’’ and inserting ‘‘crimes on’’; and 
(iii) by inserting ‘‘, and to develop and 
strengthen 
prevention 
education 
and 
awareness programs’’ before the period; 
and 
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(B) 
in 
paragraph 
(2), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$300,000’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, strengthen,’’ after 
‘‘To develop’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘assault and stalking,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘assault, and stalking, in-
cluding the use of technology to commit 
these crimes,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘and population spe-
cific services’’ after ‘‘strengthen victim 
services programs’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘entities carrying out’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘stalking vic-
tim services programs’’ and inserting ‘‘vic-
tim service providers’’; and 
(iii) by inserting ‘‘, regardless of 
whether the services provided by such pro-
gram are provided by the institution or in 
coordination with community victim service 
providers’’ before the period at the end; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(9) To provide evidence-based educational pro-
gramming for students regarding domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
‘‘(10) To develop or adapt population specific 
strategies and projects for victims of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 
from underserved populations on campus.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘any non-profit’’ and all that follows 
through the first occurrence of ‘‘victim 
services programs’’ and inserting ‘‘victim 
service providers’’; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(D) through (F) as subparagraphs (E) 
through (G), respectively; and 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(C), the following: 
‘‘(D) describe how underserved populations 
in the campus community will be adequately 
served, including the provision of relevant popu-
lation specific services;’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘2007 
through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘2013 through 
2017’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2), the 
following: 
‘‘(3) GRANTEE
MINIMUM
REQUIREMENTS.— 
Each grantee shall comply with the following min-
imum requirements during the grant period: 
‘‘(A) The grantee shall create a coordi-
nated community response including both orga-
nizations external to the institution and rel-
evant divisions of the institution. 
‘‘(B) The grantee shall establish a manda-
tory prevention and education program on do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
and stalking for all incoming students. 
‘‘(C) The grantee shall train all campus 
law enforcement to respond effectively to do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
and stalking. 
‘‘(D) The grantee shall train all members 
of campus disciplinary boards to respond effec-
tively to situations involving domestic violence, 
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dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.’’; 
and 
(5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘$12,000,000’’ 
and all that follows through the period and inserting 
‘‘$12,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 
through 2017.’’. 
SEC. 304. NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFETY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new part: 
‘‘PART LL—NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS 
PUBLIC SAFETY 
‘‘SEC. 3021. NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFE-
TY. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE CEN-
TER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office 
of Community Oriented Policing Services is author-
ized to establish and operate a National Center for 
Campus Public Safety (referred to in this section as 
the ‘Center’). 
‘‘(2) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Director of the 
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services is 
authorized to award grants to institutions of higher 
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education and other nonprofit organizations to assist 
in carrying out the functions of the Center required 
under subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS
OF
THE CENTER.—The center 
shall— 
‘‘(1) provide quality education and training for 
campus public safety agencies of institutions of high-
er education and the agencies’ collaborative part-
ners, including campus mental health agencies; 
‘‘(2) foster quality research to strengthen the 
safety and security of institutions of higher edu-
cation; 
‘‘(3) serve as a clearinghouse for the identifica-
tion and dissemination of information, policies, pro-
cedures, and best practices relevant to campus pub-
lic safety, including off-campus housing safety, the 
prevention of violence against persons and property, 
and emergency response and evacuation procedures; 
‘‘(4) develop protocols, in conjunction with the 
Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, the Secretary of Education, State, local, and 
tribal governments and law enforcement agencies, 
private and nonprofit organizations and associations, 
and other stakeholders, to prevent, protect against, 
respond to, and recover from, natural and man-made 
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emergencies or dangerous situations involving an im-
mediate threat to the health or safety of the campus 
community; 
‘‘(5) promote the development and dissemina-
tion of effective behavioral threat assessment and 
management models to prevent campus violence; 
‘‘(6) coordinate campus safety information (in-
cluding ways to increase off-campus housing safety) 
and resources available from the Department of Jus-
tice, the Department of Homeland Security, the De-
partment of Education, State, local, and tribal gov-
ernments and law enforcement agencies, and private 
and nonprofit organizations and associations; 
‘‘(7) increase cooperation, collaboration, and 
consistency in prevention, response, and problem- 
solving methods among law enforcement, mental 
health, and other agencies and jurisdictions serving 
institutions of higher education; 
‘‘(8) develop standardized formats and models 
for mutual aid agreements and memoranda of un-
derstanding between campus security agencies and 
other public safety organizations and mental health 
agencies; and 
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‘‘(9) report annually to Congress and the Attor-
ney General on activities performed by the Center 
during the previous 12 months. 
‘‘(c) 
COORDINATION
WITH
AVAILABLE
RE-
SOURCES.—In establishing the Center, the Director of the 
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services shall— 
‘‘(1) consult with the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, the Secretary of Education, and the Attor-
ney General of each State; and 
‘‘(2) coordinate the establishment and operation 
of the Center with campus public safety resources 
that may be available within the Department of 
Homeland Security and the Department of Edu-
cation. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU-
CATION.—In this section, the term ‘institution of higher 
education’ has the meaning given the term in section 101 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).’’. 
(b) JUSTICE PROGRAM CONSOLIDATIONS.—Effective 
30 days after the date of enactment of this section, the 
Office of Dispute Resolution of the Department of Justice 
and the jurisdiction and employees of such office shall 
be— 
(1) transferred to the Office of Legal Policy of 
the Department of Justice; and 
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(2) funded through the general administration 
appropriation of the Office of Legal Policy. 
TITLE IV—VIOLENCE 
REDUCTION PRACTICES 
SEC. 401. STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE CENTERS FOR DIS-
EASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. 
Section 402(c) of the Violence Against Women and 
Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 280b–4(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘$2,000,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting 
‘‘$1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 through 
2017’’. 
SEC. 402. SAVING MONEY AND REDUCING TRAGEDIES 
THROUGH PREVENTION GRANTS. 
(a) SMART PREVENTION.—Section 41303 of the Vi-
olence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043d– 
2) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 41303. SAVING MONEY AND REDUCING TRAGEDIES 
THROUGH 
PREVENTION 
(SMART 
PREVEN-
TION). 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services and the Secretary of Education, is authorized to 
award grants for the purpose of preventing domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by tak-
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ing a comprehensive approach that focuses on youth, chil-
dren exposed to violence, and men as leaders and 
influencers of social norms. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds provided under this 
section may be used for the following purposes: 
‘‘(1) TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND 
PREVENTION.—To develop, maintain, or enhance 
programs that change attitudes and behaviors 
around the acceptability of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, and stalking and provide 
education and skills training to young individuals 
and individuals who influence young individuals. The 
prevention program may use evidence-based, evi-
dence-informed, or innovative strategies and prac-
tices focused on youth. Such a program should in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) evidence-based age education on do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
stalking, and sexual coercion, as well as healthy 
relationship skills, in school, in the community, 
or in health care settings; 
‘‘(B) community-based collaboration and 
training for those with influence on youth, such 
as parents, teachers, coaches, health care pro-
viders, faith-leaders, older teens, and mentors; 
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‘‘(C) education and outreach to change en-
vironmental factors contributing to domestic vi-
olence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking; and 
‘‘(D) policy development targeted to pre-
vention, including school-based policies and pro-
tocols. 
‘‘(2) CHILDREN EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE AND 
ABUSE.—To develop, maintain or enhance programs 
designed to prevent future incidents of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 
by preventing, reducing and responding to children’s 
exposure to violence in the home. Such programs 
may include— 
‘‘(A) providing services for children ex-
posed to domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault or stalking, including direct coun-
seling or advocacy, and support for the non- 
abusing parent; and 
‘‘(B) training and coordination for edu-
cational, after-school, and childcare programs 
on how to safely and confidentially identify chil-
dren and families experiencing domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing and properly refer children exposed and 
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their families to services and violence prevention 
programs. 
‘‘(3) ENGAGING MEN AS LEADERS AND ROLE 
MODELS.—To develop, maintain or enhance pro-
grams that work with men to prevent domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 
by helping men to serve as role models and social 
influencers of other men and youth at the individual, 
school, community or statewide levels. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive 
a grant under this section, an entity shall be— 
‘‘(1) a victim service provider, community-based 
organization, tribe or tribal organization, or other 
nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that has a 
history of effective work preventing domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and 
expertise in the specific area for which they are ap-
plying for funds; or 
‘‘(2) a partnership between a victim service pro-
vider, community-based organization, tribe or tribal 
organization, or other nonprofit, nongovernmental 
organization that has a history of effective work pre-
venting domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking and at least one of the following 
that has expertise in serving children exposed to do-
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mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking, youth domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking prevention, or engaging 
men to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking: 
‘‘(A) A public, charter, tribal, or nationally 
accredited private middle or high school, a 
school administered by the Department of De-
fense under section 2164 of title 10, United 
States Code or section 1402 of the Defense De-
pendents’ Education Act of 1978, a group of 
schools, or a school district. 
‘‘(B) A local community-based organiza-
tion, population-specific organization, or faith- 
based organization that has established exper-
tise in providing services to youth. 
‘‘(C) A community-based organization, 
population-specific organization, university or 
health care clinic, faith-based organization, or 
other nonprofit, nongovernmental organization. 
‘‘(D) A nonprofit, nongovernmental entity 
providing services for runaway or homeless 
youth affected by domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
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‘‘(E) Health care entities eligible for reim-
bursement under title XVIII of the Social Secu-
rity Act, including providers that target the 
special needs of children and youth. 
‘‘(F) Any other agencies, population-spe-
cific organizations, or nonprofit, nongovern-
mental organizations with the capacity to pro-
vide necessary expertise to meet the goals of the 
program. 
‘‘(d) GRANTEE REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Applicants for grants 
under this section shall prepare and submit to the 
Director an application at such time, in such man-
ner, and containing such information as the Director 
may require that demonstrates the capacity of the 
applicant and partnering organizations to undertake 
the project. 
‘‘(2) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—Applicants 
under this section shall establish and implement 
policies, practices, and procedures that are con-
sistent with the best practices developed under sec-
tion 402 of the Violence Against Women and De-
partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 
(42 U.S.C. 280b–4) and— 
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‘‘(A) include appropriate referral systems 
to direct any victim identified during program 
activities to highly qualified follow-up care; 
‘‘(B) protect the confidentiality and pri-
vacy of adult and youth victim information, 
particularly in the context of parental or third- 
party involvement and consent, mandatory re-
porting duties, and working with other service 
providers; 
‘‘(C) ensure that all individuals providing 
prevention programming through a program 
funded under this section have completed or 
will complete sufficient training in connection 
with domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault or stalking; and 
‘‘(D) document how prevention programs 
are coordinated with service programs in the 
community. 
‘‘(3) PREFERENCE.—In selecting grant recipi-
ents under this section, the Attorney General shall 
give preference to applicants that— 
‘‘(A) include outcome-based evaluation; 
and 
‘‘(B) identify any other community, school, 
or State-based efforts that are working on do-
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mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
or stalking prevention and explain how the 
grantee or partnership will add value, coordi-
nate with other programs, and not duplicate ex-
isting efforts. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS
AND GRANT CONDITIONS.—In 
this section, the definitions and grant conditions provided 
for in section 40002 shall apply. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017. 
‘‘(g) ALLOTMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 25 percent of 
the total amounts appropriated under this section in 
each fiscal year shall be used for each set of pur-
poses described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of 
subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBES.—Not less than 10 percent 
of the total amounts appropriated under this section 
in each fiscal year shall be made available for grants 
to Indian tribes or tribal organizations.’’. 
(b) REPEALS.—The following provisions are repealed: 
(1) Sections 41304 and 41305 of the Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043d–3 
and 14043d–4). 
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(2) Section 403 of the Violence Against Women 
and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 
2005 (42 U.S.C. 14045c). 
TITLE V—STRENGTHENING THE 
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM’S RE-
SPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIO-
LENCE, 
DATING 
VIOLENCE, 
SEXUAL 
ASSAULT, 
AND 
STALKING 
SEC. 501. CONSOLIDATION OF GRANTS TO STRENGTHEN 
THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM’S RESPONSE TO 
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 
SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 
(a) GRANTS.—Section 399P of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g–4) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 399P. GRANTS TO STRENGTHEN THE HEALTH CARE 
SYSTEM’S 
RESPONSE 
TO 
DOMESTIC 
VIO-
LENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, 
AND STALKING. 
‘‘(a) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 
grants for— 
‘‘(1) the development or enhancement and im-
plementation of interdisciplinary training for health 
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professionals, public health staff, and allied health 
professionals; 
‘‘(2) the development or enhancement and im-
plementation of education programs for medical, 
nursing, dental, and other health profession students 
and residents to prevent and respond to domestic vi-
olence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; 
and 
‘‘(3) the development or enhancement and im-
plementation of comprehensive statewide strategies 
to improve the response of clinics, public health fa-
cilities, hospitals, and other health settings (includ-
ing behavioral and mental health programs) to do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) 
REQUIRED
USES.—Amounts 
provided 
under a grant under this section shall be used to— 
‘‘(A) fund interdisciplinary training and 
education programs under paragraphs (1) and 
(2) of subsection (a) that— 
‘‘(i) are designed to train medical, 
psychology, dental, social work, nursing, 
and other health profession students, in-
terns, residents, fellows, or current health 
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care providers to identify and provide 
health care services (including mental or 
behavioral health care services and refer-
rals to appropriate community services) to 
individuals who are or who have been vic-
tims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking; and 
‘‘(ii) plan and develop clinical training 
components for integration into approved 
internship, residency, and fellowship train-
ing or continuing medical or other health 
education training that address physical, 
mental, and behavioral health issues, in-
cluding protective factors, related to do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, stalking, and other forms of violence 
and abuse, focus on reducing health dis-
parities and preventing violence and abuse, 
and include the primacy of victim safety 
and confidentiality; and 
‘‘(B) design and implement comprehensive 
strategies to improve the response of the health 
care system to domestic or sexual violence in 
clinical and public health settings, hospitals, 
clinics, and other health settings (including be-
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havioral and mental health), under subsection 
(a)(3) through— 
‘‘(i) the implementation, dissemina-
tion, and evaluation of policies and proce-
dures to guide health professionals and 
public health staff in identifying and re-
sponding to domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, and stalking, includ-
ing strategies to ensure that health infor-
mation is maintained in a manner that 
protects the patient’s privacy and safety, 
and safely uses health information tech-
nology to improve documentation, identi-
fication, assessment, treatment, and follow- 
up care; 
‘‘(ii) the development of on-site access 
to services to address the safety, medical, 
and mental health needs of patients by in-
creasing the capacity of existing health 
care professionals and public health staff 
to address domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, and stalking, or by 
contracting with or hiring domestic or sex-
ual assault advocates to provide such serv-
ices or to model other services appropriate 
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to the geographic and cultural needs of a 
site; 
‘‘(iii) the development of measures 
and methods for the evaluation of the 
practice of identification, intervention, and 
documentation regarding victims of domes-
tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
and stalking, including the development 
and testing of quality improvement meas-
urements; and 
‘‘(iv) the provision of training and fol-
lowup technical assistance to health care 
professionals, and public health staff, and 
allied health professionals to identify, as-
sess, treat, and refer clients who are vic-
tims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking, including using 
tools and training materials already devel-
oped. 
‘‘(2) PERMISSIBLE USES.— 
‘‘(A) CHILD AND ELDER ABUSE.—To the 
extent consistent with the purpose of this sec-
tion, a grantee may use amounts received under 
this section to address, as part of a comprehen-
sive programmatic approach implemented under 
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the grant, issues relating to child or elder 
abuse. 
‘‘(B) 
RURAL
AREAS.—Grants 
funded 
under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) 
may be used to offer to rural areas community- 
based training opportunities (which may include 
the use of distance learning networks and other 
available technologies needed to reach isolated 
rural areas) for medical, nursing, and other 
health profession students and residents on do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
stalking, and, as appropriate, other forms of vi-
olence and abuse. 
‘‘(C) OTHER USES.—Grants funded under 
subsection (a)(3) may be used for— 
‘‘(i) the development of training mod-
ules and policies that address the overlap 
of child abuse, domestic violence, dating vi-
olence, sexual assault, and stalking and 
elder abuse, as well as childhood exposure 
to domestic and sexual violence; 
‘‘(ii) the development, expansion, and 
implementation of sexual assault forensic 
medical examination or sexual assault 
nurse examiner programs; 
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‘‘(iii) the inclusion of the health ef-
fects of lifetime exposure to violence and 
abuse as well as related protective factors 
and behavioral risk factors in health pro-
fessional training schools, including med-
ical, dental, nursing, social work, and men-
tal and behavioral health curricula, and al-
lied health service training courses; or 
‘‘(iv) the integration of knowledge of 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, and stalking into health care ac-
creditation and professional licensing ex-
aminations, such as medical, dental, social 
work, and nursing boards, and where ap-
propriate, other allied health exams. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTEES.— 
‘‘(1) CONFIDENTIALITY AND SAFETY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Grantees under this 
section shall ensure that all programs developed 
with grant funds address issues of confiden-
tiality and patient safety and comply with appli-
cable confidentiality and nondisclosure require-
ments under section 40002(b)(2) of the Vio-
lence Against Women Act of 1994 and the 
Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, 
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and that faculty and staff associated with deliv-
ering educational components are fully trained 
in procedures that will protect the immediate 
and ongoing security and confidentiality of the 
patients, patient records, and staff. Such grant-
ees shall consult entities with demonstrated ex-
pertise in the confidentiality and safety needs of 
victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking on the development 
and adequacy of confidentially and security pro-
cedures, and provide documentation of such 
consultation. 
‘‘(B) ADVANCE NOTICE OF INFORMATION 
DISCLOSURE.—Grantees under this section shall 
provide to patients advance notice about any 
circumstances under which information may be 
disclosed, such as mandatory reporting laws, 
and shall give patients the option to receive in-
formation and referrals without affirmatively 
disclosing abuse. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION
ON
ADMINISTRATIVE
EX-
PENSES.—A grantee shall use not more than 10 per-
cent of the amounts received under a grant under 
this section for administrative expenses. 
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‘‘(3) PREFERENCE.—In selecting grant recipi-
ents under this section, the Secretary shall give pref-
erence to applicants based on the strength of their 
evaluation strategies, with priority given to outcome- 
based evaluations. 
‘‘(4) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) SUBSECTION (a) (1) AND (2) GRANT-
EES.—An entity desiring a grant under para-
graph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) shall submit 
an application to the Secretary at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information 
and assurances as the Secretary may require, 
including— 
‘‘(i) documentation that the applicant 
represents a team of entities working col-
laboratively to strengthen the response of 
the health care system to domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking, and which includes at least one of 
each of— 
‘‘(I) an accredited school of 
allopathic or osteopathic medicine, 
psychology, nursing, dentistry, social 
work, or other health field; 
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‘‘(II) a health care facility or sys-
tem; or 
‘‘(III) a government or nonprofit 
entity with a history of effective work 
in the fields of domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing; and 
‘‘(ii) strategies for the dissemination 
and sharing of curricula and other edu-
cational materials developed under the 
grant, if any, with other interested health 
professions schools and national resource 
repositories for materials on domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking. 
‘‘(B) SUBSECTION (a)(3) GRANTEES.—An 
entity desiring a grant under subsection (a)(3) 
shall submit an application to the Secretary at 
such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information and assurances as the Secretary 
may require, including— 
‘‘(i) documentation that all training, 
education, screening, assessment, services, 
treatment, and any other approach to pa-
tient care will be informed by an under-
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standing of violence and abuse victimiza-
tion and trauma-specific approaches that 
will be integrated into prevention, interven-
tion, and treatment activities; 
‘‘(ii) strategies for the development 
and implementation of policies to prevent 
and address domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, and stalking over the 
lifespan in health care settings; 
‘‘(iii) a plan for consulting with State 
and tribal domestic violence or sexual as-
sault coalitions, national nonprofit victim 
advocacy organizations, State or tribal law 
enforcement task forces (where appro-
priate), and population-specific organiza-
tions with demonstrated expertise in ad-
dressing domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking; 
‘‘(iv) with respect to an application 
for a grant under which the grantee will 
have contact with patients, a plan, devel-
oped in collaboration with local victim serv-
ice providers, to respond appropriately to 
and make correct referrals for individuals 
who disclose that they are victims of do-
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mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, stalking, or other types of violence, 
and documentation provided by the grantee 
of an ongoing collaborative relationship 
with a local victim service provider; and 
‘‘(v) with respect to an application for 
a grant proposing to fund a program de-
scribed in subsection (b)(2)(C)(ii), a cer-
tification that any sexual assault forensic 
medical examination and sexual assault 
nurse examiner programs supported with 
such grant funds will adhere to the guide-
lines set forth by the Attorney General. 
‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive 
funding under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection 
(a), an entity shall be— 
‘‘(A) a nonprofit organization with a his-
tory of effective work in the field of training 
health professionals with an understanding of, 
and clinical skills pertinent to, domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing, and lifetime exposure to violence and 
abuse; 
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‘‘(B) an accredited school of allopathic or 
osteopathic medicine, psychology, nursing, den-
tistry, social work, or allied health; 
‘‘(C) a health care provider membership or 
professional organization, or a health care sys-
tem; or 
‘‘(D) a State, tribal, territorial, or local en-
tity. 
‘‘(2) SUBSECTION (a)(3) GRANTEES.—To be eli-
gible to receive funding under subsection (a)(3), an 
entity shall be— 
‘‘(A) a State department (or other divi-
sion) of health, a State, tribal, or territorial do-
mestic violence or sexual assault coalition or 
victim service provider, or any other nonprofit, 
nongovernmental organization with a history of 
effective work in the fields of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and 
health care, including physical or mental health 
care; or 
‘‘(B) a local victim service provider, a local 
department (or other division) of health, a local 
health clinic, hospital, or health system, or any 
other community-based organization with a his-
tory of effective work in the field of domestic vi-
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olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing and health care, including physical or men-
tal health care. 
‘‘(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made avail-
able to carry out this section for any fiscal year, the 
Secretary may make grants or enter into contracts 
to provide technical assistance with respect to the 
planning, development, and operation of any pro-
gram, activity or service carried out pursuant to this 
section. Not more than 8 percent of the funds ap-
propriated under this section in each fiscal year may 
be used to fund technical assistance under this sub-
section. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF MATERIALS.—The Sec-
retary shall make publicly available materials devel-
oped by grantees under this section, including mate-
rials on training, best practices, and research and 
evaluation. 
‘‘(3) REPORTING.—The Secretary shall publish 
a biennial report on— 
‘‘(A) the distribution of funds under this 
section; and 
‘‘(B) the programs and activities supported 
by such funds. 
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‘‘(f) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made avail-
able to carry out this section for any fiscal year, the 
Secretary may use not more than 20 percent to 
make a grant or enter into a contract for research 
and evaluation of— 
‘‘(A) grants awarded under this section; 
and 
‘‘(B) other training for health professionals 
and effective interventions in the health care 
setting that prevent domestic violence, dating 
violence, and sexual assault across the lifespan, 
prevent the health effects of such violence, and 
improve the safety and health of individuals 
who are currently being victimized. 
‘‘(2) RESEARCH.—Research authorized in para-
graph (1) may include— 
‘‘(A) research on the effects of domestic vi-
olence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
childhood exposure to domestic violence, dating 
violence, or sexual assault on health behaviors, 
health conditions, and health status of individ-
uals, families, and populations, including under-
served populations; 
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‘‘(B) research to determine effective health 
care interventions to respond to and prevent do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
and stalking; 
‘‘(C) research on the impact of domestic, 
dating, and sexual violence, childhood exposure 
to such violence, and stalking on the health care 
system, health care utilization, health care 
costs, and health status; and 
‘‘(D) research on the impact of adverse 
childhood experiences on adult experience with 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, stalking, and adult health outcomes, in-
cluding how to reduce or prevent the impact of 
adverse childhood experiences through the 
health care setting. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017. 
‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—Except as otherwise provided in 
this section, the definitions in section 40002 of the Vio-
lence Against Women Act of 1994 apply to this section.’’. 
(b) REPEALS.—The following provisions are repealed: 
(1) Chapter 11 of subtitle B of the Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994 (relating to research on 
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effective interventions to address violence; 42 U.S.C. 
13973; as added by section 505 of Public Law 109– 
162 (119 Stat. 3028)). 
(2) Section 758 of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 294h). 
TITLE VI—SAFE HOMES FOR VIC-
TIMS 
OF 
DOMESTIC 
VIO-
LENCE, 
DATING 
VIOLENCE, 
SEXUAL 
ASSAULT, 
AND 
STALKING 
SEC. 601. HOUSING PROTECTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMES-
TIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL 
ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Subtitle N of the Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043e et seq.) 
is amended— 
(1) by inserting after the subtitle heading the 
following: 
‘‘CHAPTER 1—GRANT PROGRAMS’’; 
(2) in section 41402 (42 U.S.C. 14043e–1), in 
the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘subtitle’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter’’; 
(3) in section 41403 (42 U.S.C. 14043e–2), in 
the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘subtitle’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter’’; and 
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(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘CHAPTER 2—HOUSING RIGHTS 
‘‘SEC. 41411. HOUSING PROTECTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF DO-
MESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEX-
UAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this chapter: 
‘‘(1) AFFILIATED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘af-
filiated individual’ means, with respect to an indi-
vidual— 
‘‘(A) a spouse, parent, brother, sister, or 
child of that individual, or an individual to 
whom that individual stands in loco parentis; or 
‘‘(B) any individual, tenant, or lawful occu-
pant living in the household of that individual. 
‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE AGENCY.—The term ‘appro-
priate agency’ means, with respect to a covered 
housing program, the Executive department (as de-
fined in section 101 of title 5, United States Code) 
that carries out the covered housing program. 
‘‘(3) COVERED HOUSING PROGRAM.—The term 
‘covered housing program’ means— 
‘‘(A) the program under section 202 of the 
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); 
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‘‘(B) the program under section 811 of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous-
ing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013); 
‘‘(C) the program under subtitle D of title 
VIII of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford-
able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.); 
‘‘(D) each of the programs under title IV 
of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.); 
‘‘(E) the program under subtitle A of title 
II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford-
able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12741 et seq.); 
‘‘(F) the program under paragraph (3) of 
section 221(d) of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1715l(d)) for insurance of mortgages 
that bear interest at a rate determined under 
the proviso under paragraph (5) of such section 
221(d); 
‘‘(G) the program under section 236 of the 
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1); 
‘‘(H) the programs under sections 6 and 8 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437d and 1437f); 
‘‘(I) rural housing assistance provided 
under sections 514, 515, 516, 533, and 538 of 
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the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 
1485, 1486, 1490m, and 1490p–2); and 
‘‘(J) the low-income housing tax credit 
program under section 42 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986. 
‘‘(b) PROHIBITED BASIS FOR DENIAL OR TERMI-
NATION OF ASSISTANCE OR EVICTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An applicant for or tenant 
of housing assisted under a covered housing program 
may not be denied admission to, denied assistance 
under, terminated from participation in, or evicted 
from the housing program or housing on the basis 
that the applicant or tenant is or has been a victim 
of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
or stalking, if the applicant or tenant otherwise 
qualifies for admission, assistance, participation, or 
occupancy. 
‘‘(2) CONSTRUCTION OF LEASE TERMS.—An in-
cident of actual or threatened domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, sexual assault, or stalking shall not be 
construed as— 
‘‘(A) a serious or repeated violation of a 
lease for housing assisted under a covered hous-
ing program by the victim or threatened victim 
of such incident; or 
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‘‘(B) good cause for terminating the assist-
ance, tenancy, or occupancy rights to housing 
assisted under a covered housing program of 
the victim or threatened victim of such incident. 
‘‘(3) TERMINATION ON THE BASIS OF CRIMINAL 
ACTIVITY.— 
‘‘(A) DENIAL OF ASSISTANCE, TENANCY, 
AND
OCCUPANCY
RIGHTS
PROHIBITED.—No 
person may deny assistance, tenancy, or occu-
pancy rights to housing assisted under a cov-
ered housing program to a tenant solely on the 
basis of criminal activity directly relating to do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
or stalking that is engaged in by a member of 
the household of the tenant or any guest or 
other person under the control of the tenant, if 
the tenant or an affiliated individual of the ten-
ant is the victim or threatened victim of such 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking. 
‘‘(B) BIFURCATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
subparagraph (A), a public housing agency 
or owner or manager of housing assisted 
under a covered housing program may bi-
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furcate a lease for the housing in order to 
evict, remove, or terminate assistance to 
any individual who is a tenant or lawful oc-
cupant of the housing and who engages in 
criminal activity directly relating to domes-
tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
or stalking against an affiliated individual 
or other individual, without evicting, re-
moving, terminating assistance to, or oth-
erwise penalizing a victim of such criminal 
activity who is also a tenant or lawful oc-
cupant of the housing. 
‘‘(ii) EFFECT OF EVICTION ON OTHER 
TENANTS.—If a public housing agency or 
owner or manager of housing assisted 
under a covered housing program evicts, 
removes, or terminates assistance to an in-
dividual under clause (i), and the indi-
vidual is the sole tenant eligible to receive 
assistance under a covered housing pro-
gram, the public housing agency or owner 
or manager of housing assisted under the 
covered housing program shall provide any 
remaining tenant an opportunity to estab-
lish eligibility for the covered housing pro-
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gram. If a tenant described in the pre-
ceding sentence cannot establish eligibility, 
the public housing agency or owner or 
manager of the housing shall provide the 
tenant a reasonable time, as determined by 
the appropriate agency, to find new hous-
ing or to establish eligibility for housing 
under another covered housing program. 
‘‘(C) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 
in subparagraph (A) shall be construed— 
‘‘(i) to limit the authority of a public 
housing agency or owner or manager of 
housing assisted under a covered housing 
program, when notified of a court order, to 
comply with a court order with respect 
to— 
‘‘(I) the rights of access to or 
control of property, including civil 
protection orders issued to protect a 
victim of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking; or 
‘‘(II) the distribution or posses-
sion of property among members of a 
household in a case; 
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‘‘(ii) to limit any otherwise available 
authority of a public housing agency or 
owner or manager of housing assisted 
under a covered housing program to evict 
or terminate assistance to a tenant for any 
violation of a lease not premised on the act 
of violence in question against the tenant 
or an affiliated person of the tenant, if the 
public housing agency or owner or man-
ager does not subject an individual who is 
or has been a victim of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 
to a more demanding standard than other 
tenants in determining whether to evict or 
terminate; 
‘‘(iii) to limit the authority to termi-
nate assistance to a tenant or evict a ten-
ant from housing assisted under a covered 
housing program if a public housing agen-
cy or owner or manager of the housing can 
demonstrate that an actual and imminent 
threat to other tenants or individuals em-
ployed at or providing service to the prop-
erty would be present if the assistance is 
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not terminated or the tenant is not evicted; 
or 
‘‘(iv) to supersede any provision of 
any Federal, State, or local law that pro-
vides greater protection than this section 
for victims of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
‘‘(c) DOCUMENTATION.— 
‘‘(1) REQUEST
FOR
DOCUMENTATION.—If an 
applicant for, or tenant of, housing assisted under a 
covered housing program represents to a public 
housing agency or owner or manager of the housing 
that the individual is entitled to protection under 
subsection (b), the public housing agency or owner 
or manager may request, in writing, that the appli-
cant or tenant submit to the public housing agency 
or owner or manager a form of documentation de-
scribed in paragraph (3). 
‘‘(2) FAILURE TO PROVIDE CERTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If an applicant or ten-
ant does not provide the documentation re-
quested under paragraph (1) within 14 business 
days after the tenant receives a request in writ-
ing for such certification from a public housing 
agency or owner or manager of housing assisted 
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under a covered housing program, nothing in 
this chapter may be construed to limit the au-
thority of the public housing agency or owner or 
manager to— 
‘‘(i) deny admission by the applicant 
or tenant to the covered program; 
‘‘(ii) deny assistance under the cov-
ered program to the applicant or tenant; 
‘‘(iii) terminate the participation of 
the applicant or tenant in the covered pro-
gram; or 
‘‘(iv) evict the applicant, the tenant, 
or a lawful occupant that commits viola-
tions of a lease. 
‘‘(B) EXTENSION.—A public housing agen-
cy or owner or manager of housing may extend 
the 14-day deadline under subparagraph (A) at 
its discretion. 
‘‘(3) FORM OF DOCUMENTATION.—A form of 
documentation described in this paragraph is— 
‘‘(A) a certification form approved by the 
appropriate agency that— 
‘‘(i) states that an applicant or tenant 
is a victim of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking; 
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‘‘(ii) states that the incident of domes-
tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
or stalking that is the ground for protec-
tion under subsection (b) meets the re-
quirements under subsection (b); and 
‘‘(iii) includes the name of the indi-
vidual who committed the domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking, if the name is known and safe to 
provide; 
‘‘(B) a document that— 
‘‘(i) is signed by— 
‘‘(I) an employee, agent, or vol-
unteer of a victim service provider, an 
attorney, a medical professional, or a 
mental health professional from whom 
an applicant or tenant has sought as-
sistance relating to domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking, or the effects of the abuse; 
and 
‘‘(II) the applicant or tenant; and 
‘‘(ii) states under penalty of perjury 
that the individual described in clause 
(i)(I) believes that the incident of domestic 
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violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking that is the ground for protection 
under subsection (b) meets the require-
ments under subsection (b); 
‘‘(C) a record of a Federal, State, tribal, 
territorial, or local law enforcement agency, 
court, or administrative agency; or 
‘‘(D) at the discretion of a public housing 
agency or owner or manager of housing assisted 
under a covered housing program, a statement 
or other evidence provided by an applicant or 
tenant. 
‘‘(4) CONFIDENTIALITY.—Any information sub-
mitted to a public housing agency or owner or man-
ager under this subsection, including the fact that 
an individual is a victim of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking shall be main-
tained in confidence by the public housing agency or 
owner or manager and may not be entered into any 
shared database or disclosed to any other entity or 
individual, except to the extent that the disclosure 
is— 
‘‘(A) requested or consented to by the indi-
vidual in writing; 
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‘‘(B) required for use in an eviction pro-
ceeding under subsection (b); or 
‘‘(C) otherwise required by applicable law. 
‘‘(5) DOCUMENTATION NOT REQUIRED.—Noth-
ing in this subsection shall be construed to require 
a public housing agency or owner or manager of 
housing assisted under a covered housing program 
to request that an individual submit documentation 
of the status of the individual as a victim of domes-
tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing. 
‘‘(6) COMPLIANCE
NOT
SUFFICIENT
TO
CON-
STITUTE EVIDENCE OF UNREASONABLE ACT.—Com-
pliance with subsection (b) by a public housing agen-
cy or owner or manager of housing assisted under 
a covered housing program based on documentation 
received under this subsection, shall not be sufficient 
to constitute evidence of an unreasonable act or 
omission by the public housing agency or owner or 
manager or an employee or agent of the public hous-
ing agency or owner or manager. Nothing in this 
paragraph shall be construed to limit the liability of 
a public housing agency or owner or manager of 
housing assisted under a covered housing program 
for failure to comply with subsection (b). 
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‘‘(7) RESPONSE
TO
CONFLICTING
CERTIFI-
CATION.—If a public housing agency or owner or 
manager of housing assisted under a covered hous-
ing program receives documentation under this sub-
section that contains conflicting information, the 
public housing agency or owner or manager may re-
quire an applicant or tenant to submit third-party 
documentation, as described in subparagraph (B), 
(C), or (D) of paragraph (3). 
‘‘(8) PREEMPTION.—Nothing in this subsection 
shall be construed to supersede any provision of any 
Federal, State, or local law that provides greater 
protection than this subsection for victims of domes-
tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing. 
‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development shall develop a notice of 
the rights of individuals under this section, including 
the right to confidentiality and the limits thereof, 
and include such notice in documents required by 
law to be provided to tenants assisted under a cov-
ered housing program. 
‘‘(2) PROVISION.—The applicable public hous-
ing agency or owner or manager of housing assisted 
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under a covered housing program shall provide the 
notice developed under paragraph (1) to an appli-
cant for or tenant of housing assisted under a cov-
ered housing program— 
‘‘(A) at the time the applicant is denied 
residency in a dwelling unit assisted under the 
covered housing program; 
‘‘(B) at the time the individual is admitted 
to a dwelling unit assisted under the covered 
housing program; and 
‘‘(C) in multiple languages, consistent with 
guidance issued by the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development in accordance with Ex-
ecutive Order No. 13166 (42 U.S.C. 2000d–1 
note; relating to access to services for persons 
with limited English proficiency). 
‘‘(e) EMERGENCY RELOCATION AND TRANSFERS.— 
Each appropriate agency shall develop a model emergency 
relocation and transfer plan for voluntary use by public 
housing agencies and owners or managers of housing as-
sisted under a covered housing program that— 
‘‘(1) allows tenants who are victims of domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 
to relocate or transfer to another available and safe 
dwelling unit assisted under a covered housing pro-
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gram and retain their status as tenants under the 
covered housing program if— 
‘‘(A) the tenant expressly requests to 
move; 
‘‘(B)(i) the tenant reasonably believes that 
the tenant is threatened with imminent harm 
from further violence if the tenant remains 
within the same dwelling unit assisted under a 
covered housing program; or 
‘‘(ii) the sexual assault, domestic violence, 
dating violence, or stalking occurred on the 
premises during the 90-day period preceding 
the request to move; and 
‘‘(C) the tenant has provided documenta-
tion as described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C) 
or (D) of subsection (c)(3) if requested by a 
public housing agency or owner or manager; 
‘‘(2) incorporates reasonable confidentiality 
measures to ensure that the public housing agency 
or owner or manager does not disclose the location 
of the dwelling unit of a tenant to a person that 
commits an act of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking against the tenant; 
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‘‘(3) describes how the appropriate agency will 
coordinate relocations or transfers between dwelling 
units assisted under a covered housing program; 
‘‘(4) takes into consideration the existing rules 
and regulations of the covered housing program; 
‘‘(5) is tailored to the specific type of the cov-
ered housing program based on the volume and 
availability of dwelling units under the control or 
management of the public housing agency, owner, or 
manager; and 
‘‘(6) provides guidance for use in situations in 
which it is not feasible for an individual public hous-
ing agency, owner, or manager to effectuate a trans-
fer. 
‘‘(f) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR EMERGENCY 
TRANSFER.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall establish policies and procedures under 
which a victim requesting an emergency transfer under 
subsection (e) may receive, subject to the availability of 
tenant protection vouchers for assistance under section 
8(o)(16) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f(o)(16)), assistance under such section. 
‘‘(g) IMPLEMENTATION.—The appropriate agency 
with respect to each covered housing program shall imple-
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ment this section, as this section applies to the covered 
housing program.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION 6.—Section 6 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (c)— 
(i) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (4) 
and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respec-
tively; 
(B) in subsection (l)— 
(i) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘, 
and that an incident’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘victim of such violence’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘; 
except that’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘stalking.’’; and 
(C) by striking subsection (u). 
(2) SECTION 8.—Section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (c), by striking para-
graph (9); 
(B) in subsection (d)(1)— 
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(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and that an applicant’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘assistance or admission’’; 
and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘, 
and that an incident’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘victim of such vio-
lence’’; and 
(II) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘, 
except that:’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘stalking.’’; 
(C) in subsection (f)— 
(i) in paragraph (6), by adding ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(ii) in paragraph (7), by striking the 
semicolon at the end and inserting a pe-
riod; and 
(iii) by striking paragraphs (8), (9), 
(10), and (11); 
(D) in subsection (o)— 
(i) in paragraph (6)(B), by striking 
the last sentence; 
(ii) in paragraph (7)— 
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(I) in subparagraph (C), by strik-
ing ‘‘and that an incident’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘victim of such 
violence’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (D), by 
striking ‘‘; except that’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘stalking.’’; and 
(iii) by striking paragraph (20); and 
(E) by striking subsection (ee). 
(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
Act, or the amendments made by this Act, shall be 
construed— 
(A) to limit the rights or remedies avail-
able to any person under section 6 or 8 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437d and 1437f), as in effect on the day be-
fore the date of enactment of this Act; 
(B) to limit any right, remedy, or proce-
dure otherwise available under any provision of 
part 5, 91, 880, 882, 883, 884, 886, 891, 903, 
960, 966, 982, or 983 of title 24, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, that— 
(i) was issued under the Violence 
Against Women and Department of Jus-
tice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 
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Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 2960) or an 
amendment made by that Act; and 
(ii) provides greater protection for vic-
tims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking than this Act 
or the amendments made by this Act; or 
(C) to disqualify an owner, manager, or 
other individual from participating in or receiv-
ing the benefits of the low-income housing tax 
credit program under section 42 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 because of noncompli-
ance with the provisions of this Act or the 
amendments made by this Act. 
SEC. 602. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DAT-
ING 
VIOLENCE, 
SEXUAL 
ASSAULT, 
AND 
STALKING. 
Chapter 11 of subtitle B of the Violence Against 
Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13975; as added by sec-
tion 611 of Public Law 108–21 (117 Stat. 693)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the chapter heading, by striking 
‘‘CHILD VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIO-
LENCE, STALKING, OR SEXUAL AS-
SAULT’’ and inserting ‘‘VICTIMS OF DO-
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MESTIC 
VIOLENCE, 
DATING 
VIO-
LENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALK-
ING’’; and 
(2) in section 40299 (42 U.S.C. 13975)— 
(A) in the header, by striking ‘‘CHILD 
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, STALK-
ING, OR
SEXUAL
ASSAULT’’ and inserting 
‘‘VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DAT-
ING
VIOLENCE, 
SEXUAL
ASSAULT, 
OR 
STALKING’’; 
(B) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘flee-
ing’’; 
(C) by striking subsection (f); and 
(D) in subsection (g)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘$40,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2007 
through 
2011’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 
through 2017’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘eligible’’ and inserting ‘‘quali-
fied’’; and 
(II) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(D) 
QUALIFIED
APPLICATION
DE-
FINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘qualified 
application’ means an application that— 
‘‘(i) has been submitted by an eligible 
applicant; 
‘‘(ii) does not propose any significant 
activities that may compromise victim safe-
ty; 
‘‘(iii) reflects an understanding of the 
dynamics of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking; and 
‘‘(iv) does not propose prohibited ac-
tivities, including mandatory services for 
victims, background checks of victims, or 
clinical evaluations to determine eligibility 
for services.’’. 
SEC. 603. ADDRESSING THE HOUSING NEEDS OF VICTIMS 
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 
SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 
Subtitle N of the Violence Against Women Act of 
1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043e et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 41404(i) (42 U.S.C. 14043e– 
3(i)), by striking ‘‘$10,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 
2007 
through 
2011’’ 
and 
inserting 
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‘‘$4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 
2017’’; and 
(2) in section 41405(g) (42 U.S.C. 14043e– 
4(g)), by striking ‘‘$10,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 
2007 
through 
2011’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 
2017’’. 
TITLE VII—ECONOMIC SECURITY 
FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE 
SEC. 701. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ON WORKPLACE 
RESPONSES TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF DOMES-
TIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE. 
Section 41501(e) of the Violence Against Women Act 
of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043f(e)) is amended by striking 
‘‘fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 
years 2013 through 2017’’. 
TITLE VIII—IMMIGRATION 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 801. FRAUD PREVENTION INITIATIVES. 
(a) CREDIBLE
EVIDENCE
CONSIDERED.—Section 
240A(b)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1229b) is amended by striking subparagraph (D) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(D) 
CREDIBLE
EVIDENCE
CONSID-
ERED.—In acting on applications under this 
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paragraph, the Attorney General shall consider 
any credible evidence relevant to the applica-
tion, including credible evidence submitted by a 
national of the United States or an alien law-
fully admitted for permanent residence accused 
of the conduct described in subparagraph (A)(i) 
so long as this evidence is not gathered in viola-
tion of section 384 of the Illegal Immigration 
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 
1996.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION OF SPECIAL RULE FOR BATTERED 
SPOUSE, PARENT, OR CHILD.—Section 204(a)(1) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)) 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by inserting after 
subclause (II) the following: 
‘‘(III)(aa) Upon filing, each petition under 
this clause shall be assigned to an investigative 
officer for adjudication and final determination 
of eligibility. 
‘‘(bb) During the adjudication of each peti-
tion under this paragraph, an investigative offi-
cer from a local office of United States Citizen-
ship and Immigration Services shall conduct an 
in-person interview of the alien who filed the 
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petition. The investigative officer may also 
gather other evidence so long as this evidence is 
not gathered in violation of section 384 of the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Re-
sponsibility Act of 1996. The investigative offi-
cer who conducted the in-person interview shall 
provide to the investigative officer who is re-
sponsible for the adjudication and final deter-
mination of eligibility a summary of the inter-
view and any other evidence gathered and a de-
termination of the credibility of the interviewee 
and other evidence gathered. 
‘‘(cc) All interviews under this clause shall 
be conducted under oath and subject to applica-
ble penalties for perjury. 
‘‘(dd) The investigative officer who is re-
sponsible for the adjudication and final deter-
mination of eligibility shall determine whether 
the petitioner had filed previous applications or 
petitions for immigration benefits that had been 
denied and whether the petitioner had been the 
beneficiary of a previous petition filed pursuant 
to this section that had been denied. If either 
was the case, the investigative officer shall con-
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sider the denials and the reasons for the denials 
as part of the adjudication of the petition. 
‘‘(ee) The investigative officer who is re-
sponsible for the adjudication and final deter-
mination of eligibility shall as part of the adju-
dication of the petition consult with the inves-
tigative officer at the local office of United 
States Citizenship and Immigration Services 
who had conducted the in-person interview of 
the alien who filed the petition. 
‘‘(ff) Upon the conclusion of the adjudica-
tion process under this subparagraph, the inves-
tigative officer who is responsible for the adju-
dication and final determination of eligibility 
shall issue a final written determination to ap-
prove or deny the petition. The investigative of-
ficer shall not approve the petition unless the 
officer finds, in writing and with particularity, 
that all requirements under this paragraph, in-
cluding proof that the alien is a victim of the 
conduct described in clause (iii)(I)(bb), have 
been proven by a preponderance of the evidence. 
‘‘(IV) During the adjudication of a petition 
under this clause— 
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‘‘(C) 
REQUIREMENT
FOR
CERTIFI-
CATION.—No application for a visa under sec-
tion 101(a)(15)(U) may be granted unless ac-
companied by the certification as described in 
this paragraph.’’. 
SEC. 803. PROTECTIONS FOR A FIANCE´ E OR FIANCE´ OF A 
CITIZEN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 214 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘crime.’’ 
and inserting ‘‘crime described in paragraph 
(3)(B) and information on any permanent pro-
tection or restraining order issued against the 
petitioner related to any specified crime de-
scribed in paragraph (3)(B)(i).’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)(B)(i), by striking 
‘‘abuse, and stalking.’’ and inserting ‘‘abuse, 
stalking, or an attempt to commit any such 
crime.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (r)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘crime.’’ 
and inserting ‘‘crime described in paragraph 
(5)(B) and information on any permanent pro-
tection or restraining order issued against the 
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