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the person, and an individual who cohabitates or 
has cohabited with the person; and 
‘‘(B) includes— 
‘‘(i) a dating partner or former dating 
partner (as defined in section 2266); and 
‘‘(ii) any other person similarly situ-
ated to a spouse who is protected by the do-
mestic or family violence laws of the State 
or tribal jurisdiction in which the injury 
occurred or where the victim resides.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (33)(A)— 
(A) in clause (i), by inserting after ‘‘Fed-
eral, State,’’ the following: ‘‘municipal,’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘intimate 
partner,’’ after ‘‘spouse,’’ each place it appears; 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (34) and (35) 
as paragraphs (35) and (36) respectively; and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (33) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(34)(A) the term ‘misdemeanor crime of stalk-
ing’ means an offense that— 
‘‘(i) is a misdemeanor crime of stalking 
under Federal, State, Tribal, or municipal law; 
and 
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‘‘(ii) is a course of harassment, intimida-
tion, or surveillance of another person that— 
‘‘(I) places that person in reasonable 
fear of material harm to the health or safety 
of— 
‘‘(aa) that person; 
‘‘(bb) an immediate family mem-
ber (as defined in section 115) of that 
person; 
‘‘(cc) a household member of that 
person; or 
‘‘(dd) a spouse or intimate part-
ner of that person; or 
‘‘(II) causes, attempts to cause, or 
would reasonably be expected to cause emo-
tional distress to a person described in item 
(aa), (bb), (cc), or (dd) of subclause (I). 
‘‘(B) A person shall not be considered to have 
been convicted of such an offense for purposes of this 
chapter, unless— 
‘‘(i) the person was represented by counsel 
in the case, or knowingly and intelligently 
waived the right to counsel in the case; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a prosecution for an of-
fense described in this paragraph for which a 
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person was entitled to a jury trial in the juris-
diction in which the case was tried, either— 
‘‘(I) the case was tried by a jury; or 
‘‘(II) the person knowingly and intel-
ligently waived the right to have the case 
tried by a jury, by guilty plea or otherwise. 
‘‘(C) A person shall not be considered to have 
been convicted of such an offense for purposes of this 
chapter if the conviction has been expunged or set 
aside, or is an offense for which the person has been 
pardoned or has had civil rights restored (if the law 
of the applicable jurisdiction provides for the loss of 
civil rights under such an offense) unless the pardon, 
expungement, or restoration of civil rights expressly 
provides that the person may not ship, transport, pos-
sess, or receive firearms.’’. 
SEC. 802. PROHIBITING STALKERS AND INDIVIDUALS SUB-
JECT TO COURT ORDER FROM POSSESSING A 
FIREARM. 
Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘that re-
strains such person’’ and all that follows, and 
inserting ‘‘described in subsection (g)(8);’’; 
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(B) in paragraph (9), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(10) who has been convicted in any court of a 
misdemeanor crime of stalking.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (8) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(8) who is subject to a court order— 
‘‘(A) that was issued— 
‘‘(i) after a hearing of which such per-
son received actual notice, and at which 
such person had an opportunity to partici-
pate; or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of an ex parte order, 
relative to which notice and opportunity to 
be heard are provided— 
‘‘(I) within the time required by 
State, tribal, or territorial law; and 
‘‘(II) in any event within a rea-
sonable time after the order is issued, 
sufficient to protect the due process 
rights of the person; 
‘‘(B) that restrains such person from— 
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‘‘(i) harassing, stalking, or threatening 
an intimate partner of such person or child 
of such intimate partner or person, or en-
gaging in other conduct that would place an 
intimate partner in reasonable fear of bod-
ily injury to the partner or child; or 
‘‘(ii) intimidating or dissuading a wit-
ness from testifying in court; and 
‘‘(C) that— 
‘‘(i) includes a finding that such per-
son represents a credible threat to the phys-
ical safety of such individual described in 
subparagraph (B); or 
‘‘(ii) by its terms explicitly prohibits 
the use, attempted use, or threatened use of 
physical force against such individual de-
scribed in subparagraph (B) that would 
reasonably be expected to cause bodily in-
jury;’’; 
(B) in paragraph (9), by striking the 
comma at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(10) who has been convicted in any court of a 
misdemeanor crime of stalking,’’. 
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TITLE IX—SAFETY FOR INDIAN 
WOMEN 
SEC. 901. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) American Indians and Alaska Natives are 
2.5 times as likely to experience violent crimes—and 
at least 2 times more likely to experience rape or sex-
ual assault crimes—compared to all other races. 
(2) More than 4 in 5 American Indian and 
Alaska Native women, or 84.3 percent, have experi-
enced violence in their lifetime. 
(3) The vast majority of Native victims—96% of 
women and 89% of male victims—report being vic-
timized by a non-Indian. 
(4) Native victims of sexual violence are three 
times as likely to have experienced sexual violence by 
an interracial perpetrator as non-Hispanic White 
victims and Native stalking victims are nearly 4 
times as likely to be stalked by someone of a different 
race. 
(5) While tribes exercising jurisdiction over non- 
Indians have reported significant successes, the in-
ability to prosecute crimes related to the Special Do-
mestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction crimes con-
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tinues to leave Tribes unable to fully hold domestic vi-
olence offenders accountable. 
(6) Tribal prosecutors report that the majority of 
domestic violence cases involve children either as wit-
nesses or victims, and Department of Justice reports 
that American Indian and Alaska Native children 
suffer exposure to violence at rates higher than any 
other race in the United States. 
(7) Childhood exposure to violence has immediate 
and long-term effects, including: increased rates of al-
tered neurological development, poor physical and 
mental health, poor school performance, substance 
abuse, and overrepresentation in the juvenile justice 
system. 
(8) According to the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, homicide is the third leading cause 
of death among American Indian and Alaska Native 
women between 10 and 24 years of age and the fifth 
leading cause of death for American Indian and Alas-
ka Native women between 25 and 34 years of age. 
(9) On some reservations, Indian women are 
murdered at more than 10 times the national average. 
(10) According to a 2010 Government Account-
ability Office report, United States Attorneys declined 
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to prosecute nearly 52 percent of violent crimes that 
occur in Indian country. 
(11) Investigation into cases of missing and 
murdered Indian women is made difficult for tribal 
law enforcement agencies due to a lack of resources, 
such as— 
(A) necessary training, equipment, or fund-
ing; 
(B) a lack of interagency cooperation; and 
(C) a lack of appropriate laws in place. 
(12) Domestic violence calls are among the most 
dangerous calls that law enforcement receives. 
(13) The complicated jurisdictional scheme that 
exists in Indian country— 
(A) has a significant negative impact on the 
ability to provide public safety to Indian com-
munities; 
(B) has been increasingly exploited by 
criminals; and 
(C) requires a high degree of commitment 
and cooperation among tribal, Federal, and 
State law enforcement officials. 
(14) Restoring and enhancing local, tribal ca-
pacity to address violence against women provides for 
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greater local control, safety, accountability, and 
transparency. 
(15) In States with restrictive land settlement 
acts such as Alaska, ‘‘Indian country’’ is limited, re-
sources for local tribal responses either nonexistent or 
insufficient to meet the needs, jurisdiction unneces-
sarily complicated and increases the already high lev-
els of victimization of American Indian and Alaska 
Native women. According to the Tribal Law and 
Order Act Commission Report, Alaska Native women 
are over-represented in the domestic violence victim 
population by 250 percent; they comprise 19 percent 
of the State population, but are 47 percent of reported 
rape victims. And among other Indian Tribes, Alaska 
Native women suffer the highest rates of domestic and 
sexual violence in the country. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this title are— 
(1) to clarify the responsibilities of Federal, 
State, tribal, and local governments with respect to 
responding to cases of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, stalking, trafficking, sexual violence, crimes 
against children, and assault against tribal law en-
forcement officers and murdered Indians; 
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(2) to increase coordination and communication 
among Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforce-
ment agencies; and 
(3) to empower tribal governments with the re-
sources and information necessary to effectively re-
spond to cases of domestic violence, dating violence, 
stalking, sex trafficking, sexual violence, and missing 
and murdered Indians; and 
(4) to increase the collection of data related to 
missing and murdered Indians and the sharing of in-
formation among Federal, State, and tribal officials 
responsible for responding to and investigating cases 
of missing and murdered Indians. 
SEC. 902. AUTHORIZING FUNDING FOR THE TRIBAL ACCESS 
PROGRAM. 
Section 534 of title 28, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2020 through 2024, to remain available until ex-
pended, for the purposes of enhancing the ability of tribal 
government entities to access, enter information into, and 
obtain information from, Federal criminal information 
databases, as authorized by this section.’’. 
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SEC. 903. TRIBAL JURISDICTION OVER CRIMES OF DOMES-
TIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, OBSTRUC-
TION OF JUSTICE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, SEX 
TRAFFICKING, STALKING, AND ASSAULT OF A 
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR CORREC-
TIONS OFFICER. 
Section 204 of Public Law 90–284 (25 U.S.C. 1304) 
(commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Civil Rights Act of 
1968’’) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CRIMES OF 
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE’’ and inserting ‘‘CRIMES OF 
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, OB-
STRUCTION
OF
JUSTICE, SEXUAL
VIOLENCE, 
SEX
TRAFFICKING, STALKING, AND
ASSAULT 
OF
A
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
OR
CORRECTIONS 
OFFICER’’; 
(2) in paragraph (6), in the heading, by striking 
‘‘SPECIAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRIMINAL JURISDIC-
TION’’ and inserting ‘‘SPECIAL TRIBAL CRIMINAL JU-
RISDICTION’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘special domestic violence crimi-
nal jurisdiction’’ each place such term appears and 
inserting ‘‘special tribal criminal jurisdiction’’; 
(4) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(12) STALKING.—The term ‘stalking’ means en-
gaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific 
person proscribed by the criminal law of the Indian 
tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian country 
where the violation occurs that would cause a reason-
able person to— 
‘‘(A) fear for the person’s safety or the safe-
ty of others; or 
‘‘(B) suffer substantial emotional distress.’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and 
(7) as paragraphs (10) and (11); 
(C) by inserting before paragraph (10) (as 
redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(8) SEX TRAFFICKING.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘sex traf-
ficking’ means conduct— 
‘‘(i) consisting of— 
‘‘(I) recruiting, enticing, har-
boring, transporting, providing, ob-
taining, advertising, maintaining, pa-
tronizing, or soliciting by any means a 
person; or 
‘‘(II) benefitting, financially or by 
receiving anything of value, from par-
ticipation in a venture that has en-
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gaged in an act described in subclause 
(I); and 
‘‘(ii) carried out with the knowledge, 
or, except where the act constituting the vio-
lation of clause (i) is advertising, in reckless 
disregard of the fact, that— 
‘‘(I) means of force, threats of 
force, fraud, coercion, or any combina-
tion of such means will be used to 
cause the person to engage in a com-
mercial sex act; or 
‘‘(II) the person has not attained 
the age of 18 years and will be caused 
to engage in a commercial sex act. 
‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph, the 
terms ‘coercion’ and ‘commercial sex act’ have 
the meanings given the terms in section 1591(e) 
of title 18, United States Code. 
‘‘(9) SEXUAL VIOLENCE.—The term ‘sexual vio-
lence’ means any nonconsensual sexual act or contact 
proscribed by the criminal law of the Indian tribe 
that has jurisdiction over the Indian country where 
the violation occurs, including in any case in which 
the victim lacks the capacity to consent to the act.’’; 
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(D) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 
(5) as paragraphs (6) and (7); 
(E) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (3) as paragraphs (2) through (4); 
(F) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated), to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(3) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘domestic 
violence’ means violence— 
‘‘(A) committed by a current or former 
spouse or intimate partner of the victim, by a 
person with whom the victim shares a child in 
common, by a person who is cohabitating with 
or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse 
or intimate partner, or by a person similarly 
situated to a spouse of the victim under the 
domestic- or family- violence laws of an Indian 
tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian coun-
try where the violence occurs; or 
‘‘(B) committed against a victim who is a 
child under the age of 18, or an elder (as such 
term is defined by tribal law) who resides or has 
resided in the same household as the defendant.’’; 
(G) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as 
redesignated), the following: 
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‘‘(1) ASSAULT OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OR COR-
RECTIONAL OFFICER.—The term ‘assault of a law en-
forcement or correctional officer’ means any criminal 
violation of the law of the Indian tribe that has juris-
diction over the Indian country where the violation 
occurs that involves the threatened, attempted, or ac-
tual harmful or offensive touching of a law enforce-
ment or correctional officer.’’; 
(H) by inserting after paragraph (4) (as re-
designated), the following: 
‘‘(5) OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.—The term ‘ob-
struction of justice’ means any violation of the crimi-
nal law of the Indian tribe that has jurisdiction over 
the Indian country where the violation occurs, and 
the violation involves interfering with the administra-
tion or due process of the tribe’s laws including any 
tribal criminal proceeding or investigation of a 
crime.’’; 
(5) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting after ‘‘the 
powers of self-government of a participating tribe’’ 
the following: ‘‘, including any participating tribes in 
the State of Maine,’’ 
(6) in subsection (b)(4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting 
after ‘‘over an alleged offense’’ the following: ‘‘, 
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other than obstruction of justice or an act of as-
sault of a law enforcement or corrections offi-
cer,’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) in clause (iii)(II), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘; or’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iv) is being prosecuted for a crime of 
sexual violence, stalking, sex trafficking, ob-
structing justice, or assaulting a police or 
corrections officer under the laws of the 
prosecuting tribe.’’; 
(7) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘domestic violence’’ and inserting 
‘‘tribal’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘AND DATING VIOLENCE’’ and inserting 
‘‘, DATING VIOLENCE, OBSTRUCTION OF JUS-
TICE, SEXUAL
VIOLENCE, STALKING, SEX 
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TRAFFICKING, OR ASSAULT OF A LAW EN-
FORCEMENT
OR
CORRECTIONS
OFFICER’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘or dating violence’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, dating violence, obstruction 
of justice, sexual violence, stalking, sex traf-
ficking, or assault of a law enforcement or 
corrections officer’’; 
(8) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘domestic vio-
lence’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘tribal’’; 
(9) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘special domestic violence’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘special trib-
al’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘pros-
ecutes’’ and all that follows through the semi-
colon at the end and inserting the following: 
‘‘prosecutes— 
‘‘(A) a crime of domestic violence; 
‘‘(B) a crime of dating violence; 
‘‘(C) a criminal violation of a protection 
order; 
‘‘(D) a crime of sexual violence; 
‘‘(E) a crime of stalking; 
‘‘(F) a crime of sex trafficking; 
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‘‘(G) a crime of obstruction of justice; or 
‘‘(H) a crime of assault of a law enforce-
ment or correctional officer.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘sexual 
violence, stalking, sex trafficking, assault of a 
law enforcement or correctional officer,’’ after 
‘‘dating violence,’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) to create a pilot project to allow up to five 
Indian tribes in Alaska to implement special tribal 
criminal jurisdiction.’’; 
(10) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as 
subsections (h) and (i), respectively; 
(11) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing:; and 
‘‘(g) INDIAN COUNTRY DEFINED.—For purposes of the 
pilot project described in subsection (f)(5), the definition of 
‘Indian country’ shall include Alaska Native-owned Town-
sites, Allotments, and former reservation lands acquired in 
fee by Alaska Native Village Corporations pursuant to the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 33) and 
other lands transferred in fee to Native villages.’’. 
(12) in subsection (i) (as redesignated) by strik-
ing ‘‘fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’ and inserting 
‘‘fiscal years 2020 through 2024’’. 
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SEC. 904. ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
Beginning in the first fiscal year after the date of en-
actment of this title, and annually thereafter, the Attorney 
General and the Secretary of the Interior shall jointly pre-
pare and submit a report, to the Committee on Indian Af-
fairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and 
the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, that— 
(1) includes known statistics on missing and 
murdered Indian women in the United States, includ-
ing statistics relating to incidents of sexual abuse or 
sexual assault suffered by the victims; and 
(2) provides recommendations regarding how to 
improve data collection on missing and murdered In-
dian women. 
TITLE X—OFFICE ON VIOLENCE 
AGAINST WOMEN 
SEC. 1001. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE ON VIOLENCE 
AGAINST WOMEN. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
OFFICE
ON
VIOLENCE 
AGAINST WOMEN.—Section 2002 of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10442) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘a Violence 
Against Women Office’’ and inserting ‘‘an Office on 
Violence Against Women’’; 
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(2) in subsection (b), by inserting after ‘‘within 
the Department of Justice’’ the following: ‘‘, not sub-
sumed by any other office’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994 (title VI of Public 103– 
322) and the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 
(Division B of Public Law 106–386)’’ and inserting 
‘‘Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (title VI1 of 
Public 103–322), the Violence Against Women Act of 
2000 (Division B of Public Law 106–386), the Vio-
lence Against Women and Department of Justice Re-
authorization Act of 2005 (title IX of Public Law 
109–162; 119 Stat. 3080), the Violence Against 
Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 
113–4; 127 Stat. 54); and the Violence Against 
Women Reauthorization Act of 2019’’. 
(b) DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST 
WOMEN.—Section 2003 of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10443) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 2003. DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE ON VIOLENCE 
AGAINST WOMEN. 
‘‘(a) APPOINTMENT.—The President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a Director 
for the Office on Violence Against Women (in this title re-
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ferred to as the ‘Director’) to be responsible, under the gen-
eral authority of the Attorney General, for the administra-
tion, coordination, and implementation of the programs 
and activities of the Office. 
‘‘(b) OTHER EMPLOYMENT.—The Director shall not— 
‘‘(1) engage in any employment other than that 
of serving as Director; or 
‘‘(2) hold any office in, or act in any capacity 
for, any organization, agency, or institution with 
which the Office makes any contract or other agree-
ment under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 
(title IV of Public Law 103–322), the Violence 
Against Women Act of 2000 (division B of Public 
Law 106–386), the Violence Against Women and De-
partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (title 
IX of Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3080), the Vio-
lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 
(Public Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54); or the Violence 
Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019. 
‘‘(c) VACANCY.—In the case of a vacancy, the President 
may designate an officer or employee who shall act as Di-
rector during the vacancy. 
‘‘(d) COMPENSATION.—The Director shall be com-
pensated at a rate of pay not to exceed the rate payable 
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for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 
of title 5, United States Code.’’. 
(c) DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTOR OF THE OF-
FICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN.—Section 2004 of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10444) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 2004. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTOR OF THE 
OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. 
‘‘The Director shall have the following duties: 
‘‘(1) Maintaining liaison with the judicial 
branches of the Federal and State Governments on 
matters relating to violence against women. 
‘‘(2) Providing information to the President, the 
Congress, the judiciary, State, local, and tribal gov-
ernments, and the general public on matters relating 
to violence against women. 
‘‘(3) Serving, at the request of the Attorney Gen-
eral, as the representative of the Department of Jus-
tice on domestic task forces, committees, or commis-
sions addressing policy or issues relating to violence 
against women. 
‘‘(4) Serving, at the request of the President, act-
ing through the Attorney General, as the representa-
tive of the United States Government on human 
rights and economic justice matters related to violence 
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against women in international fora, including, but 
not limited to, the United Nations. 
‘‘(5) Carrying out the functions of the Depart-
ment of Justice under the Violence Against Women 
Act of 1994 (title IV of Public Law 103–322), the Vio-
lence Against Women Act of 2000 (division B of Pub-
lic Law 106–386), the Violence Against Women and 
Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 
(title IX of Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3080), the 
Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 
(Public Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54); and the Violence 
Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019, includ-
ing with respect to those functions— 
‘‘(A) the development of policy, protocols, 
and guidelines; 
‘‘(B) the development and management of 
grant programs and other programs, and the 
provision of technical assistance under such pro-
grams; and 
‘‘(C) the award and termination of grants, 
cooperative agreements, and contracts. 
‘‘(6) Providing technical assistance, coordina-
tion, and support to— 
‘‘(A) other components of the Department of 
Justice, in efforts to develop policy and to en-
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force Federal laws relating to violence against 
women, including the litigation of civil and 
criminal actions relating to enforcing such laws; 
‘‘(B) other Federal, State, local, and tribal 
agencies, in efforts to develop policy, provide 
technical assistance, synchronize federal defini-
tions and protocols, and improve coordination 
among agencies carrying out efforts to eliminate 
violence against women, including Indian or in-
digenous women; and 
‘‘(C) grantees, in efforts to combat violence 
against women and to provide support and as-
sistance to victims of such violence. 
‘‘(7) Exercising such other powers and functions 
as may be vested in the Director pursuant to this sub-
chapter or by delegation of the Attorney General. 
‘‘(8) Establishing such rules, regulations, guide-
lines, and procedures as are necessary to carry out 
any function of the Office.’’. 
(d) STAFF
OF
OFFICE
ON
VIOLENCE
AGAINST 
WOMEN.—Section 2005 of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10445) is amended in 
the heading, by striking ‘‘VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
OFFICE’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘OFFICE
ON
VIOLENCE 
AGAINST WOMEN’’. 
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(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 121(a)(1) of the 
Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reau-
thorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20124(a)(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘the Violence Against Women Office’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Office on Violence Against Women’’. 
TITLE 
XI—IMPROVING 
CONDI-
TIONS FOR WOMEN IN FED-
ERAL CUSTODY 
SEC. 1101. IMPROVING THE TREATMENT OF PRIMARY CARE-
TAKER PARENTS AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN 
FEDERAL PRISONS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Ramona Brant Improvement of Conditions for Women in 
Federal Custody Act’’. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 303 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 4050. Treatment of primary caretaker parents and 
other individuals 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘correctional officer’ means a cor-
rectional officer of the Bureau of Prisons; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘covered institution’ means a Fed-
eral penal or correctional institution; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘Director’ means the Director of the 
Bureau of Prisons; 
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‘‘(4) the term ‘post-partum recovery’ means the 
first 8-week period of post-partum recovery after giv-
ing birth; 
‘‘(5) the term ‘primary caretaker parent’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 31903 of the Fam-
ily Unity Demonstration Project Act (34 U.S.C. 
12242); 
‘‘(6) the term ‘prisoner’ means an individual 
who is incarcerated in a Federal penal or correctional 
institution, including a vulnerable person; and 
‘‘(7) the term ‘vulnerable person’ means an indi-
vidual who— 
‘‘(A) is under 21 years of age or over 60 
years of age; 
‘‘(B) is pregnant; 
‘‘(C) identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, 
transgender, or intersex; 
‘‘(D) is victim or witness of a crime; 
‘‘(E) has filed a nonfrivolous civil rights 
claim in Federal or State court; 
‘‘(F) has a serious mental or physical ill-
ness or disability; or 
‘‘(G) during the period of incarceration, has 
been determined to have experienced or to be ex-
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periencing severe trauma or to be the victim of 
gender-based violence— 
‘‘(i) by any court or administrative ju-
dicial proceeding; 
‘‘(ii) by any corrections official; 
‘‘(iii) by the individual’s attorney or 
legal service provider; or 
‘‘(iv) by the individual. 
‘‘(b) GEOGRAPHIC PLACEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—The Director 
shall establish within the Bureau of Prisons an office 
that determines the placement of prisoners. 
‘‘(2) PLACEMENT
OF
PRISONERS.—In deter-
mining the placement of a prisoner, the office estab-
lished under paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) if the prisoner has children, place the 
prisoner as close to the children as possible; 
‘‘(B) in deciding whether to assign a 
transgender or intersex prisoner to a facility for 
male or female prisoners, and in making other 
housing and programming assignments, consider 
on a case-by-case basis whether a placement 
would ensure the prisoner’s health and safety, in-
cluding serious consideration of the prisoner’s 
own views with respect to their safety, and 
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whether the placement would present manage-
ment or security problems; and 
‘‘(C) consider any other factor that the of-
fice determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(c) PROHIBITION
ON PLACEMENT
OF PREGNANT 
PRISONERS OR PRISONERS IN POST-PARTUM RECOVERY IN 
SEGREGATED HOUSING UNITS.— 
‘‘(1) PLACEMENT
IN
SEGREGATED
HOUSING 
UNITS.—A covered institution may not place a pris-
oner who is pregnant or in post-partum recovery in 
a segregated housing unit unless the prisoner presents 
an immediate risk of harm to the prisoner or others. 
‘‘(2) RESTRICTIONS.—Any placement of a pris-
oner described in subparagraph (A) in a segregated 
housing unit shall be limited and temporary. 
‘‘(d) PARENTING CLASSES.—The Director shall pro-
vide parenting classes to each prisoner who is a primary 
caretaker parent. 
‘‘(e) TRAUMA SCREENING.—The Director shall provide 
training to each correctional officer and each employee of 
the Bureau of Prisons who regularly interacts with pris-
oners, including each instructor and health care profes-
sional, to enable those correctional officers and employees 
to— 
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‘‘(1) identify a prisoner who has a mental or 
physical health need relating to trauma the prisoner 
has experienced; and 
‘‘(2) refer a prisoner described in paragraph (1) 
to the proper healthcare professional for treatment. 
‘‘(f) INMATE HEALTH.— 
‘‘(1) HEALTH CARE ACCESS.—The Director shall 
ensure that all prisoners receive adequate health care. 
‘‘(2) HYGIENIC PRODUCTS.—The Director shall 
make essential hygienic products, including shampoo, 
toothpaste, toothbrushes, and any other hygienic prod-
uct that the Director determines appropriate, avail-
able without charge to prisoners. 
‘‘(3) GYNECOLOGIST ACCESS.—The Director shall 
ensure that all prisoners have access to a gynecologist 
as appropriate. 
‘‘(g) USE OF SEX-APPROPRIATE CORRECTIONAL OFFI-
CERS.— 
‘‘(1) REGULATIONS.—The Director shall make 
rules under which— 
‘‘(A) a correctional officer may not conduct 
a strip search of a prisoner of the opposite sex 
unless— 
‘‘(i) the prisoner presents a risk of im-
mediate harm to the prisoner or others, and 
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no other correctional officer of the same sex 
as the prisoner, or medical staff is available 
to assist; or 
‘‘(ii) the prisoner has previously re-
quested that an officer of a different sex con-
duct searches; 
‘‘(B) a correctional officer may not enter a 
restroom reserved for prisoners of the opposite 
sex unless— 
‘‘(i) a prisoner in the restroom presents 
a risk of immediate harm to themselves or 
others; or 
‘‘(ii) there is a medical emergency in 
the restroom and no other correctional offi-
cer of the appropriate sex is available to as-
sist; 
‘‘(C) a transgender prisoner’s sex is deter-
mined according to the sex with which they iden-
tify; and 
‘‘(D) a correctional officer may not search 
or physically examine a prisoner for the sole 
purpose of determining the prisoner’s genital sta-
tus or sex. 
‘‘(2) RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in 
paragraph (1) shall be construed to affect the require-
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