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3/7/2013--Public Law.

Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 -

Section 3 -

Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) to add or expand definitions of several terms used in such Act, including :

(1) "culturally specific services" to mean community-based services that offer culturally relevant and linguistically specific services and resources to culturally specific communities;

(2) "personally identifying information or personal information" with respect to a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking;

(3) "underserved populations" as populations that face barriers in accessing and using victim services because of geographic location, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity; and

(4) "youth" to mean a person who is 11 to 24 years old.

Modifies or expands grant conditions under such Act, including requirements relating to:

(1) nondisclosure of personally identifying information or other client information,

(2) information sharing between grantees and subgrantees,

(3) civil rights and nondiscrimination,

(4) audit requirements for grants, and

(5) nonprofit organizations.

Requires the Office on Violence Against Women of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish a biennial conferral process with state and tribal coalitions, technical assistance providers, and other key stakeholders on the administration of grants and related matters.

Requires the Attorney General to authorize in writing expenditures for DOJ conferences that exceed $20,000.

Section 4 -

Makes specified provisions of this Act effective at the beginning of the fiscal year following the enactment of this Act.

Title I - Enhancing Judicial and Law Enforcement Tools to Combat Violence Against Women

Section 101 -

Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize appropriations for FY2014-FY2018 for grants to combat violent crime against women (STOP grants).

Expands the purposes for which STOP grants may be used to include training of law enforcement personnel and prosecutors, addressing backlogs of sexual assault evidence collection kits, and providing protections for male victims of sexual assault crimes.

Revises the application process for STOP grants.

Requires states receiving funds under the STOP grant program to develop and submit to the Attorney General implementation plans for using grant funds.

Section 102 -

Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the grant program to encourage governmental entities to implement policies, training programs, and best practices for recognizing, investigating, and prosecuting instances of domestic violence and violent sex crimes.

Requires such entities to use grant funds for:

(1) training programs with respect to domestic violence and sexual assaults against women;

(2) developing best practices for responding to domestic violence and sexual assault crimes;

(3) developing, implementing, or enhancing sexual assault nurse examiner programs and Sexual Assault Response Teams;

(4) providing human immunodeficiency virus testing programs; and

(5) identifying and inventorying backlogs of sexual assault evidence collection kits.

Requires not less than 25% of grant funding to be used for projects that address sexual assault.

Authorizes appropriations for such grant program for FY2014-FY2018, and requires the allotment of not less than 10% of such funding for Indian tribal governments.

Section 103 -

Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 to expand the availability of competent pro bono legal assistance to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and to authorize appropriations for FY2014-FY2018.

Section 104 -

Revises the grant programs for supporting families with a history of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to improve the response of the civil and criminal justice system to such families and to train court personnel in assisting such families. Authorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018.

Section 105 -

Extends through FY2018 the authorization of appropriations for: (1) the training of probation and parole officers to manage sex offenders, and (2) the Court-Appointed Special Advocate program.

Section 107 -

Amends the federal criminal code with respect to the crime of stalking to prohibit the use of any interactive computer or electronic communication service to stalk victims.

Section 108 -

Revises and reauthorizes through FY2018 the grant program for outreach strategies targeted at adult or youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking in underserved populations.

Section 109 -

Eliminates the requirement that recipients of grants to combat violent sex crimes against women include linguistically specific services in administering such grants.

Title II - Improving Services for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking

Section 201 -

Amends VAWA to authorize appropriations for FY2014-FY2018 for grants to: (1) assist states, Indian tribes, and U.S. territories to establish, maintain, and expand rape crisis centers and other nongovernmental or tribal programs to assist victims of sexual assault; and (2) assist victims of domestic violence and other sexual assault crimes in rural areas.

Section 203 -

Amends the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 to authorize appropriations for FY2014-FY2018 for grants to end violence against women with disabilities.

Section 204 -

Amends VAWA to authorize appropriations for FY2014-FY2018 for the grant program to end elder abuse, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, exploitation, and neglect, and to provide training for law enforcement agencies to better serve victims of abuse in later life (i.e., individuals who are 50 years of age or older).

Directs the Attorney General in awarding grants to end elder abuse to give priority to proposals for serving culturally specific and underserved populations.

Title III - Services, Protection, and Justice for Young Victims of Violence

Section 301 -

Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) include territorial or tribal sexual assault coalitions in the grant program for rape prevention and education, and (2) authorize appropriations for FY2014-FY2018 for grants for rape prevention and education programs conducted by rape crisis centers. Establishes a minimum allocation of grant funding for states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and each U.S. erritory.

Section 302 -

Amends VAWA to replace certain grant programs for the protection of young victims of violent crimes with a program requiring the Attorney General, in collaboration with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Secretary of Education, to 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. Authorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018.

Section 303 -

Amends the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 to expand the grant program for combating violent crimes on college campuses by providing for educational materials to address prevention and intervention in domestic violence, dating violence, sexual violence, and stalking and to develop or adapt population specific strategies for victims of domestic violence and violent sex crimes for underserved populations on campus.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018.

Section 304 -

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand requirements for the disclosure of campus security policy and crime statistics by institutions of higher education to require education programs to:

(1) promote the awareness of rape and other violent sex crimes,

(2) require disclosure of disciplinary proceedings involving rape and other violent sex crimes and the standard of evidence that will govern such proceedings, and

(3) establish procedures for the protection of the rights of accusers and the accused in disciplinary proceedings and the confidentiality of crime victims.

Title IV - Violence Reduction Practices

Section 401 -

Amends the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 to authorize appropriations for FY2014-FY2018 for grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to academic institutions and organizations to support research that examines best practices for reducing and preventing violence against women and children. Reduces the amount of such funding by 50% of the level for FY2007-FY2011.

Section 402 -

Amends VAWA to authorize the Attorney General, in consultation with the HHS Secretary and the Secretary of Education, to award grants to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by taking a comprehensive approach that focuses on youth, children exposed to violence, and men as leaders and influencers of social norms (SMART Prevention grants).

Authorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018. Repeals grant programs for:

(1) training home visitation service providers,

(2) engaging men and youth in preventing domestic violence and violent sex crimes, and

(3) increasing public awareness of issues regarding domestic violence against pregnant women.

Title V - Strengthening the Healthcare System's Response to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking

Section 501 -

Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise, and consolidate grant programs that address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by developing or enhancing and implementing:

(1) interdisciplinary training for health professionals, public health staff, and allied health professionals;

(2) education programs for health profession students to prevent and respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and

(3) comprehensive statewide strategies to improve the response of clinics, public health facilities, hospitals, and other health settings to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

Permits grant funds to be used for the development, expansion, and implementation of sexual assault forensic medical examination or sexual assault nurse examiner programs.

Requires grant recipients to:

(1) provide patients with advance notice about any circumstances under which information may be disclosed, such as mandatory reporting laws; and

(2) give patients the option to receive information and referrals without affirmatively disclosing abuse.

Requires the HHS Secretary to give preference to grant applicants based on the strength of their evaluation strategies, with priority given to outcome-based evaluations.

Revises requirements for training and education grants to require that grantees be:

(1) a nonprofit organization with a history of effective work in the field of training health professionals with an understanding of, and clinical skills pertinent to, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and lifetime exposure to violence and abuse;

(2) an accredited school of allopathic or osteopathic medicine, psychology, nursing, dentistry, social work, or allied health;

(3) a health care provider membership or professional organization or a health care system; or

(4) a state, tribal, territorial, or local entity (currently, grantees must be a school of allopathic or osteopathic medicine).

Requires grantees to represent a team of entities that include at least one of each of:

(1) an accredited school of allopathic or osteopathic medicine, psychology, nursing, dentistry, social work, or other health field;

(2) a health care facility or system; and

(3) a government or nonprofit entity with a history of effective work in the fields of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking.

Revises the training and education grant program to remove the matching requirement.

Revises the public health response grant program to remove requirements that:

(1) a grant award cannot exceed two years, and

(2) funds must be distributed equally between state and local programs.

Authorizes the Secretary to make grants or enter into contracts to provide technical assistance with respect to the planning, development, and operation of any program, activity, or service carried out under this Title. Requires the Secretary to:

(1) make publicly available materials developed by grantees under this Title, including materials on training, best practices, and research and evaluation; and

(2) publish a biennial report on the distribution of funds under this Title and the programs and activities supported by such funds.

Makes the grant program on research of effective interventions in the health care setting permissible, rather than required.

Authorizes the Secretary to use not more than 20% of funds available under this Title for research and evaluation of:

(1) grants awarded under this Title; and

(2) 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.

Allows research grant funds to be used to research the impact of adverse childhood experiences on adult experience with domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and adult health outcomes, including how to reduce or prevent the impact of adverse childhood experiences through the health care setting.

Removes provisions permitting research grant funds to be used for:

(1) research and testing of best messages and strategies to mobilize public and health care provider action concerning the prevention of domestic, dating, or sexual violence; or

(2) measuring the comparative effectiveness and outcomes of efforts to reduce violence and increase women's safety.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018. Repeals grant programs for :

(1) research on effective interventions in the health care setting that prevent domestic violence and violent sex crimes; and

(2) interdisciplinary training and education programs for medical personnel on domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence.

Title VI - Safe Homes for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking

Section 601 -

Amends VAWA with respect to housing rights of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

Prohibits denial or termination of housing assistance on the basis of being such a victim under specified federal housing programs (covered programs), including the low-income housing tax credit program, if the applicant or tenant otherwise qualifies for admission, assistance, participation, or occupancy under such programs.

Prohibits denial of assistance, tenancy, or occupancy rights to assisted housing based solely on certain criminal activity directly related to domestic violence engaged in by a member of the individual's household or by any guest or other person under the individual's control, if the tenant or an affiliated individual is the victim or threatened victim.

Defines "affiliated individual" as:

(1) a spouse, parent, brother, sister, or child of that individual, or someone to whom such individual stands in loco parentis; or

(2) any other individual, tenant, or lawful occupant living in the individual's household.

Allows a public housing agency (PHA) or an owner or manager of assisted housing to bifurcate a housing lease in order to evict, remove, or terminate assistance to any tenant or lawful occupant who engages in criminal activity directly relating to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking against an affiliated individual or other individual, without evicting or otherwise penalizing a victim of such criminal activity who is also a tenant or lawful occupant.

Requires specified accommodation of any tenants remaining after the eviction of the sole tenant eligible to receive assistance under a covered housing program.

Authorizes a PHA or an owner or manager of assisted housing to:

(1) require certified documentation from any applicant claiming protection under this Act, or

(2) deny or terminate any assistance if such documentation is not produced.

Requires each executive department carrying out a covered housing program to adopt a model emergency transfer plan, meeting specified criteria, for PHAs and owners or managers of assisted housing to use in allowing tenants who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking to transfer to another available and safe dwelling unit of assisted housing.

Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish policies and procedures under which a victim requesting such a transfer may receive section 8 (voucher program) assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937.

Makes conforming amendments to the United States Housing Act of 1937.

Section 602 -

Revises eligibility requirements for transitional housing assistance grants for child victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking to specify that any victims are eligible.

Authorizes the use of such grants for support services designed to enable a minor, an adult, or a dependent to secure employment, including employment counseling, occupational training, job retention counseling, and counseling concerning re-entry into the workforce.

Extends the authorization of appropriations for such grants, but at decreased levels, for FY2014-FY2018.

Section 603 -

Extends the authorization of appropriations, but also at decreased levels, for FY2014-FY2018 for: (1) collaborative grants to increase the long-term stability of victims, and (2) grants to combat violence against women in public and assisted housing.

Title VII - Economic Security for Victims of Violence

Section 701 -

Amends VAWA to authorize appropriations for FY2014-FY2018 for the grant program to establish and operate a national resource center on workplace responses to assist victims of domestic and sexual violence.

Title VIII - Protection of Battered Immigrants

Section 801 -

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to expand the definition of nonimmigrant U-visa (aliens who are victims of certain crimes) to include victims of stalking.

Section 802 -

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to report annually to the Judiciary Committees of Congress on the number of aliens: (1) applying for and granted or not granted nonimmigrant status based upon being victims of trafficking or other criminal activities such as domestic violence or sexual exploitation, and (2) granted continued U.S. presence. Requires such report to include a description of actions being taken to reduce the adjudication and processing time for U visas.

Section 803 -

Makes a child of an alien who was a self-petitioner under VAWA who filed a pending or approved petition for classification or application for adjustment of status or other benefit eligible for lawful permanent resident status under such alien's petition.

Section 804 -

Excludes from the public charge bar to admission an alien who is: (1) a VAWA self-petitioner, (2) a U-visa applicant, or (3) a battered spouse or child.

Section 805 -

Amends INA to:

(1) provide that an unmarried alien who seeks to accompany or follow to join a parent granted U-visa status who was under 21 years of age on the date on which the parent petitioned for such status shall continue to be classified as a child if the alien attains 21 years of age after the parent's petition was filed but while it was pending,

(2) extend the conditions under which the waiver of the two-year waiting period for a permanent resident status application may be granted to a battered alien spouse, and

(3) expand the scope of criminal-related information that must be disclosed by a U.S. citizen petitioning for a nonimmigrant K-visa (alien fiancee or fiance)

Section 808 -

Requires the Attorney General, not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, to report to Congress:

(1) the name of the DOJ component responsible for investigating and prosecuting violations of the International Marriage Broker Act of 2005, and

(2) a description of DOJ policies and procedures for consultation with the Secretaries of DHS and State in investigating and prosecuting such violations.

Amends the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005 to require DHS to:

(1) conduct a background check of the National Crime Information Center's Protection Order Database on each K-visa petitioner, and

(2) include any appropriate information in the criminal background information provided to the alien fiance/fiancee.

Prohibits an international marriage broker from providing any individual or entity with information about an individual under the age of 18.

Requires a broker to obtain a valid copy of each foreign national client's birth certificate or other official proof of age document.

Establishes criminal penalties for specified broker violations.

Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to Congress on the impact of this section on the K-visa process.

Section 809 -

Amends the the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 to permit U- and T-visa (victims of human trafficking) holders in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to count their time physically present in the Commonwealth toward the three-year continuous U.S. presence required for adjustment to permanent resident status.

Section 810 -

Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to authorize the DHS Secretary (in addition to the Attorney General) to disclose information relating to aliens who are victims of domestic violence to law enforcement officials for law enforcement purposes in a manner that protects the confidentiality of such information.

Authorizes the Attorney General and the Secretaries of Homeland Security and State to disclose such information to national security officials to be used solely for a national security purpose.

Requires the Attorney General and the Secretaries of Homeland Security and State to provide guidance to officers and employees of their respective departments regarding such disclosures of information.

Title IX - Safety for Indian Women

Section 901 -

Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include sex trafficking as a target of the grants to Indian tribal governments to combat violent crime against Indian women.

Allows such grants to be used to:

(1) address the needs of youth who are victims of, or exposed to, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, or stalking; and

(2) develop and promote best practices for responding to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking.

Section 902 -

Allows tribal coalition grants to be used to develop and promote state, local, and tribal legislation and policies that enhance best practices for responding to violent crimes against Indian women.

Requires the Attorney General to award such grants annually to each tribal coalition that meets certain criteria under VAWA, is recognized by the Office on Violence Against Women, and serves Indian tribes.

Requires that tribal coalition grants also be provided to organizations that propose to incorporate and operate a tribal coalition in areas where Indian tribes are located but no tribal coalition exists.

Prohibits more than 10% of the tribal coalition grant funds appropriated for each of FY2014-FY2018 from being made available to such organizations.

Section 903 -

Amends the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 to include the Secretary of the Interior, in addition to the Secretary of HHS and the Attorney General, as a participant in consultations with Indian tribes regarding the administration of tribal funds and programs, enhancement of Indian women's safety, and federal response to violent crimes against Indian women.

Directs the Attorney General to submit an annual report to Congress on recommendations made by Indian tribes during consultations.

Section 904 -

Gives Indian tribes jurisdiction over domestic violence, dating violence, and violations of protective orders that occur on their lands.

Makes that jurisdiction concurrent with federal and state jurisdiction.

Requires Indian tribes prosecuting crimes of violence to:

(1) prove that a defendant has requisite ties to the Indian tribe;

(2) provide defendants the right to an impartial jury trial; and

(3) notify defendants of their rights, including the right to file a writ of habeas corpus in federal court.

Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to Indian tribes to assist them in exercising such jurisdiction, providing indigent defendants with free legal counsel, and securing the rights of victims of domestic and dating violence crimes.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018 for such grant program, and to provide participating Indian tribes with training, technical assistance, data collection, and an evaluation of their criminal justice systems.

Section 905 -

Grants courts of an Indian tribe full civil jurisdiction to issue and enforce protection orders in matters arising anywhere in the Indian country of the Indian tribe or otherwise within the authority of the tribe.

Section 906 -

Amends the federal criminal code to include sexual abuse crimes under the 20-year criminal penalty for assault.

Imposes enhanced criminal penalties on individuals who:

(1) commit an assault resulting in substantial bodily injury to a spouse, intimate partner, or a dating partner who has not attained age 16; and

(2) assault a spouse, intimate partner, or dating partner by strangling, suffocating, or attempting to strangle or suffocate.

Makes federal felony assault penalties and enhanced penalties for prior domestic violence or stalking offenses applicable to Indians and Indian tribes.

Section 907 -

Amends the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 to require the National Institute of Justice to include women in Alaska Native Villages and sex trafficking in its study of violence against Indian women. Reauthorizes appropriations for the study for FY2014-FY2015. Reauthorizes appropriations for the national tribal sex offender registry and the tribal protection order registry for FY2014-FY2018.

Section 908 -

Makes Indian tribes' criminal jurisdiction over domestic violence, dating violence, and violations of protection orders that occur on their lands effective two years after this Act's enactment. Allows Indian tribes to exercise such jurisdiction prior to the two-year effective date under a pilot program.

Section 909 -

Extends by one year the reporting deadline of the Indian Law and Order Commission. Directs the Attorney General to report to Congress on whether the Alaska Rural Justice and Law Enforcement Commission should be continued.

Section 910 -

Makes provisions of this Title relating to tribal jurisdiction over domestic violence crimes and the issuance and enforcement of protection orders applicable only to the Indian country of the Metlakatla Indian Community, Annette Island Reserve. Provides that the existing jurisdiction and authority of each Alaskan Indian tribe shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be limited or diminished by this Act. Declares that nothing in this Act limits or diminishes the jurisdiction of the state of Alaska or any of its subdivisions or Indian tribes.

Title X - Safer Act

Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting Act of 2013 or the SAFER Act of 2013 -

Section 1002 -

Amends the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to authorize the Attorney General to make Debbie Smith grants under such Act to states or local governments to:

(1) conduct audits of samples of sexual assault evidence that are awaiting testing, provided such governments submit an audit plan that includes a good-faith estimate of the number of such samples; and

(2) ensure that the collection and processing of DNA evidence by law enforcement agencies from crimes is carried out in an appropriate and timely manner and in accordance with specified protocols and practices.

Requires not less than 5% but not more than 7% of Debbie Smith grant funds distributed in FY2014-FY2017 to be awarded for such purposes if sufficient applications to justify such amounts are received by the Attorney General, provided such awards do not decrease funds for other distribution requirements.

Authorizes the Attorney General to award a grant to a state or local government for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs only if the recipient submits a plan for performing the audit of samples and includes a good-faith estimate of the number of such samples.

Sets forth provisions regarding grant conditions and circumstances under which the Attorney General may grant an extension of the initial deadline.

Requires grant recipients to report to the Department of Justice (DOJ) every 60 days, including on the cumulative total number of samples of sexual assault evidence that have been submitted to a laboratory for DNA or other forensic analyses.

Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to:

(1) develop and publish a description of protocols and practices for the accurate, timely, and effective collection and processing of DNA evidence, which shall address appropriate steps in the investigation of cases that might involve DNA evidence; and

(2) make available technical assistance and training to support states and local governments in adopting and implementing such protocols and practices.

Section 1003 -

Requires the Attorney General to submit to Congress an annual report on: (1) grants awarded to states and local governments, (2) the number of deadline extensions granted by the Attorney General, and (3) the processing status of the samples of sexual assault evidence identified in Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reports.

Section 1004 -

Requires, for each fiscal year through FY2018, that not less than 75% of Debbie Smith grant amounts be awarded to carry out for inclusion in the Combined DNA Index System DNA analyses of samples collected under applicable legal authority and of samples collected from crime scenes and to increase the capacity of state or local government laboratories to carry out DNA analyses.

Section 1005 -

Makes all grants awarded by DOJ that are authorized under this Act subject to specified oversight and accountability requirements.

Requires the DOJ Inspector General to conduct audits of grant recipients to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse.

Makes a grant recipient found to have an unresolved audit finding ineligible to receive grants under this Act for two fiscal years.

Directs the Attorney General to give priority in awarding grants to eligible entities that, during the three fiscal years before submitting a grant application, did not have an unresolved audit finding showing a violation in the terms or conditions of a DOJ grant program.

Prohibits the Attorney General from awarding a grant to a nonprofit organization that holds money in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying tax on certain unrelated business income.

Requires each nonprofit organization awarded a grant that uses the procedures prescribed in regulations to create a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for the compensation of its officers, directors, trustees, and key employees, to disclose to the Attorney General in the grant application the process for determining such compensation.

Limits the sum that may be used by the Attorney General for salaries and administrative expenses of DOJ to 7.5% of amounts authorized to be appropriated under this Act, unless otherwise explicitly provided in authorizing legislation.

Prohibits amounts authorized to be appropriated to DOJ under this Act from being used by the Attorney General or by any individual or organization awarded discretionary funds through a cooperative agreement under this Act to host or support any expenditure for conferences that uses more than $20,000 in DOJ funds without prior written authorization from specified individuals.

Prohibits amounts authorized to be appropriated under this Act from being utilized by any grant recipient to lobby any government representative regarding the award of grant funding.

Directs the Attorney General to require a grant recipient that violates such provision to repay the grant and to prohibit the recipient from receiving another grant under this Act for five years.

Section 1006 -

Sunsets specified provisions of this Act regarding Debbie Smith grants for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs on December 31, 2018.

Title XI - Other Matters

Section 1101 -

Amends the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act to allow a prisoner in federal custody to bring a suit against the United States for a mental or emotional injury if such injury resulted from the commission of a sexual act (currently, requires a prior showing of a physical injury).

Amends the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 to direct the DHS Secretary to publish a final rule adopting national standards for the detection, prevention, reduction, and punishment of rapes and sexual assaults in detention facilities against aliens detained for a violation of U.S. immigration law.

Requires the HHS Secretary to publish a similar final rule for the protection of unaccompanied alien children in custodial facilities.

Section 1102 -

Amends the Communications Act of 1934, with respect to obscene or harassing telephone calls, to: (1) remove the intent to annoy requirement in the definition of such crime; and (2) include any specific person as an intended victim of such crime (currently, any person at the called number or who receives the communication).

Section 1103 -

Amends VAWA to authorize appropriations for FY2014-FY2018 for the grant programs for: (1) improving and implementing processes for entering data on stalking and domestic violence into crime information databases, and (2) appointing victim/witness counselors for the prosecution of sex crimes and domestic violence crimes.

Section 1105 -

Amends the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 to authorize appropriations for FY2014-FY2018 for child abuse and neglect technical assistance and training programs for judicial personnel and attorneys practicing in juvenile and family courts.

Title XII - Trafficking Victims Protection

Subtitle A - Combating International Trafficking in Persons

Section 1201 -

Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to require that: (1) each Department of State regional bureau annually submit a list of goals for combating trafficking in persons for each country in its geographic area of responsibility, and (2) host governments be informed of and consulted regarding the goals and objectives for their particular country.

Section 1202 -

Requires the Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking to build U.S. government-private entity partnerships to ensure that:

(1) U.S. citizens do not use any item, product, or material produced or extracted with the labor of victims of severe forms of trafficking; and

(2) such entities do not contribute to trafficking in persons involving sexual exploitation.

Authorizes the Secretary of State to:

(1) establish a fund to assist foreign governments meet urgent trafficking prevention needs, protect victims, and prosecute trafficking offenders;

(2) provide assistance for each country with a high prevalence of trafficking that enters into a child protection compact with the United States; and

(3) suspend or terminate assistance to countries that are engaged in activities that are contrary to U.S. security interests.

Section 1203 -

Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to:

(1) require the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking to make reasonable efforts to enable agencies to publicize the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline on their websites, and

(2) require an annual congressional briefing on Department of State and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) efforts to promote international international cooperation regarding victim protection and assistance.

Section 1204 -

Revises Department of State standards for measuring efforts to eliminate human trafficking and reporting requirement regarding the status of severe forms of trafficking in persons. .

Section 1206 -

Amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to require that a video about U.S. legal rights and resources be developed and shown in embassies and consulates with the greatest concentrations of aliens applying for employment- or education-based nonimmigrant visas.

Section 1207 -

Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary to establish a strategy: (1) to prevent child marriage, (2) to promote the empowerment of girls at risk of child marriage in developing countries, and (3) that addresses the needs of girls younger than 18 years of age in developing countries. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the annual State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices to include reporting on child marriage.

Section 1208 -

Amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to prohibit the provision of peacekeeping operation funds to countries that use child soldiers. Waives such prohibition for programs to professionalize military or security forces or to demobilize and reintegrate child soldiers.

Subtitle B - Combating Trafficking of Persons in the United States

Part I - Penalties Against Traffickers and Other Crimes

Section 1211 -

Amends the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) to include labor contract fraud under the scope of such Act. Amends the federal criminal code to subject a U.S. citizen or permanent resident alien who resides overseas and engages in illicit sexual conduct, including sex trafficking, with a person under 18 years old to a fine and/or imprisonment.

Subjects a person to fine and/or imprisonment for the knowing destruction, concealment, removal, confiscation, or possession of certain immigration documents.

Section 1212 -

Extends the statute of limitations to 10 years for a person to bring a civil action for an injury received while a minor that was caused by specified sexual- or forced labor-related violations of federal criminal law.

Part II - Ensuring Availability of Possible Witnesses and Informants

Section 1221 -

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) make eligible for a nonimmigrant T visa (trafficking victims cooperating with law enforcement) adult or minor children of certain derivative family members of a T visa alien if such children face a danger of retaliation in their home country by the traffickers, and (2) make an alien who was the victim of foreign labor contracting fraud eligible for a nonimmigrant U visa (victims of certain crimes).

Part III - Ensuring Interagency Coordination and Expanded Reporting

Section 1231 -

Revises certain trafficking-related reporting requirements for the Attorney General and the Secretary of Labor.

Section 1233 -

Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of State to provide the Department of Labor with information relating to child labor and forced labor in the production of goods in violation of international standards.

Section 1235 -

Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to report to Congress regarding the use of foreign labor contractors.

Section 1236 -

Requires all recipients of grants awarded by the Attorney General under this Title to be subject to accountability provisions, including audits, disclosure of compensation of key employees, limitations on conference expenditures, and annual compliance certifications by the Attorney General.

Part IV - Enhancing State and Local Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons

Section 1241 -

Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 to authorize the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs to make renewable one-year block grants to four eligible state or local government entities in different regions of the United States to combat sex trafficking of minors. Authorizes appropriations for FY2014 -FY2017. Terminates the block grant program four years after enactment of this Act.

Section 1242 -

Authorizes appropriations through FY2017 for grants for local law enforcement investigations and prosecutions of trafficking and commercial sex act violations. Directs GAO to evaluate the grant program.

Section 1243 -

Includes in the model state criminal provisions protections for persons under 18 years old who have been arrested for engaging in commercial sex acts.

Subtitle C - Authorization of Appropriations

Section 1251 -

Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to authorize appropriations through FY2017 for:

(1) the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center,

(2) the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking,

(3) the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking,

(4) the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) for trafficking victim assistance,

(5) the Secretary of State to combat trafficking,

(6) the Attorney General for trafficking victim assistance in the United States,

(7) the President for foreign victim trafficking assistance and to foreign countries to meet minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking,

(8) the Secretary of Labor for trafficking victim assistance in the United States, and

(9) the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) for trafficking investigations by the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Section 1252 -

Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 to authorize appropriations through FY2017 for annual conferences conducted by the Attorney General to address severe forms to trafficking in persons and commercial sex acts that occur within the United States.

Subtitle D - Unaccompanied Alien Children

Section 1261 -

Amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to direct:

(1) the DHS Secretary, with respect to individuals who reach the age of 18 and are transferred to DHS, to consider placement in the least restrictive setting available, including alternative detention programs; and

(2) the HHS Secretary to appoint child advocates at 3 new immigration detention sites to advocate for trafficking victims and vulnerable unaccompanied alien children and report to the Judiciary Committees of Congress on such child advocate program.

Authorizes appropriations through FY2017 for the HHS child advocacy programs.

Directs GAO to:

(1) conduct a study of the effectiveness of the HHS child advocate program, and

(2) conduct a study of the effectiveness of DHS border screening of unaccompanied alien children to determine whether they are trafficking victims.

Section 1263 -

Makes a child granted U visa status eligible for resettlement assistance for refugee children.

House Republican Conference Summary

The summary below was written by the House Republican Conference, which is the caucus of Republicans in the House of Representatives.

This summary can be found at http://www.gop.gov/bill/113/1/s47.

Background

The Violence Against Women’s Act (VAWA) was first authorized in 1994 as title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act.[1] The Act was enacted in response to the growing concern of violent crime, particularly against women during the 1980s and early 1990s, and is a coordinated effort by law enforcement, judicial personnel, the public and private sector to meet the needs of victims of domestic and sexual violence. The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) coordinates the effort at the federal level. Since its creation in 1995, a total of $4.7 billion has been awarded in grants and cooperative agreements by OVW.[2] In 2011 alone, OVW issued 832 grants totaling $453 million.

VAWA has been reauthorized on two separate occasions – 2000 and 2005.[3] VAWA’s last reauthorization expired at the end of FY2011. Despite its expiration, the programs continue to be funded. In FY 2012, a total of $599.8 million was appropriated for both the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services. (The Department of Justice received $412 million and the Department of Health and Human Services received $187.3 million).[4] In the 112^th Congress, both the House and Senate passed separate reauthorization bills. The House passed H.R. 4970, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act 2012, by a vote of 222-205 (See Roll Call#258). The Senate passed S. 1925 the Violence Against Women Reauthorization of 2012, by a vote 68-31. (See Roll Call #87).

[1] See (PL103-322).

[2] See House Judiciary Report 112-480.

[3] For more information on the previous two reauthorizations, see CRS Report, The Violence Against Women Act: Overview, Legislation, and Federal Funding, February 4, 2013 pp 9-10.

[4] See House Judiciary Report 112-480.

Summary

The House substitute reauthorizes formula and discretionary grant programs implemented by the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services for an additional five years at $660 million a year. In addition, the substitute consolidates certain grant programs to streamline the administrative process. In addition, the House substitute does the following:

Increases the emphasis on the investigation, prosecution, and services for victims of sexual assault.
Increases focus on training for law enforcement and prosecutors and efforts to reduce rape kit backlogs.
Enhances penalties for assault and improves the federal stalking statute.
Expands grants to tribal governments and coalitions to address violence against women on tribal land.
Guarantees funding to states for rape prevention education.
Provides elementary, middle and high school services for young victims, including personnel training, counseling, mentoring, and legal assistance.
Improves grants and educational programs to address domestic violence, stalking and sexual assault on college campuses.
Expands housing protections to sexual assault victims and broadens services to victims’ family members.
Ensures that these housing protections are also extended to other federal housing programs and provides grants for transitional housing for victims.
Improves DHS reporting requirements to Congress, ensures that children of victims of abuse retain immigration benefits, and puts scarce resources to the best use to protect victims.
Permits Indian tribes to prosecute non-Indians who commit domestic violence crimes against Indian women in Indian country.
Provides grant money to the tribes to improve their criminal justice systems so they can better exercise this jurisdiction.
Mandates coordination among grantees and the federal agencies to guarantee that money is spent efficiently and effectively.
Ensures maximum funding to intended recipients by limiting expenditures for salaries and administrative costs to 5% of total VAWA funding.
Prohibits grantees from using federal money that should be used for victims to lobby for more funding.
Requires the Justice Department’s grant management office to exercise oversight over VAWA grants.
Revises the formulas for the Sexual Assault Services Program and Rape Prevention Education Program to ensure that the funding for these important programs is distributed more equitably to the states and territories.
Ensures that law enforcement gets the assistance they need from those receiving immigration benefits to investigate and prosecute criminal offenders.
Expands a program to encourage coordination and training between the U.S. Attorneys Offices and tribal governments.
Requires the Justice Department to cross-designate tribal prosecutors as federal prosecutors in at least 10 federally recognized Indian tribes.
Commissions a comprehensive study on efforts by the federal government to address violence in Indian Country.
Provides constitutional route for Indian tribes to prosecute non-Indian offenders for domestic violence crimes against Indian women in Indian country.
Requires Indian tribes to provide non-Indian offenders with all rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.
Permits non-Indian defendants convicted in tribal court to appeal their convictions to federal district court.
Allows persons who are mistreated by a tribal government while in custody to seek redress in court in the same manner as those in federal or state custody.
Requires tribal justice systems to demonstrate ability to uphold the Constitution prior to exercising jurisdiction over non-Indians.

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Cost

CBO has issued a total estimated authorization of $3.28 billion and a total estimated outlay of $2.21 billion over five years.

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Slip Laws

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Public Law 90-284:
H.R. 2516 (90th): An Act to prescribe penalties for certain acts of violence or intimidation, and for other purposes
Public Law 103-322:
H.R. 3355 (103rd): Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
Public Law 106-386:
H.R. 3244 (106th): Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000
Public Law 109-162
Public Law 109-164
Public Law 110-229:
S. 2739 (110th): Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008

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Title 5: GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
Part I: THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
Chapter 1: ORGANIZATION
Section 101: Executive departments
Title 6: DOMESTIC SECURITY
Chapter 1: HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION
Subchapter IV: DIRECTORATE OF BORDER AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY
Part E: Citizenship and Immigration Services
Section 279: Children's affairs
Title 8: ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
Chapter 12: IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
Subchapter I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1101: Definitions
Subchapter II: IMMIGRATION
Part I: Selection System
Section 1154: Procedure for granting immigrant status
Part II: Admission Qualifications for Aliens; Travel Control of Citizens and Aliens
Section 1182: Inadmissible aliens
Section 1184: Admission of nonimmigrants
Section 1186a: Conditional permanent resident status for certain alien spouses and sons and daughters
Part IV: Inspection, Apprehension, Examination, Exclusion, and Removal
Section 1232: Enhancing efforts to combat the trafficking of children
Part V: Adjustment and Change of Status
Section 1255: Adjustment of status of nonimmigrant to that of person admitted for permanent residence
Part VIII: General Penalty Provisions
Section 1324: Bringing in and harboring certain aliens
Part IX: Miscellaneous
Section 1367: Penalties for disclosure of information
Section 1375a: Domestic violence information and resources for immigrants and regulation of international marriage brokers
Section 1375b: Protections for domestic workers and other nonimmigrants
Chapter 14: RESTRICTING WELFARE AND PUBLIC BENEFITS FOR ALIENS
Subchapter IV: GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1641: Definitions
Title 10: ARMED FORCES
Subtitle A: General Military Law
Part III: TRAINING AND EDUCATION
Chapter 108: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCHOOLS
Section 2164: Department of Defense domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools
Title 12: BANKS AND BANKING
Chapter 13: NATIONAL HOUSING
Section 1701q: Supportive housing for the elderly
Subchapter II: MORTGAGE INSURANCE
Section 1715l: Housing for moderate income and displaced families
Section 1715z-1: Rental and cooperative housing for lower income families
Title 18: CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Part I: CRIMES
Chapter 7: ASSAULT
Section 113: Assaults within maritime and territorial jurisdiction
Chapter 13: CIVIL RIGHTS
Section 249: Hate crime acts
Chapter 53: INDIANS
Section 1151: Indian country defined
Section 1153: Offenses committed within Indian country
Chapter 63: MAIL FRAUD AND OTHER FRAUD OFFENSES
Section 1351: Fraud in foreign labor contracting
Chapter 77: PEONAGE, SLAVERY, AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
Section 1581: Peonage; obstructing enforcement
Section 1583: Enticement into slavery
Section 1584: Sale into involuntary servitude
Section 1589: Forced labor
Section 1590: Trafficking with respect to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labor
Section 1591: Sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud, or coercion
Section 1592: Unlawful conduct with respect to documents in furtherance of trafficking, peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labor
Section 1594: General provisions
Chapter 96: RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS
Section 1961: Definitions
Chapter 109A: SEXUAL ABUSE
Section 2246: Definitions for chapter
Chapter 110: SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND OTHER ABUSE OF CHILDREN
Section 2255: Civil remedy for personal injuries
Chapter 110A: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND STALKING
Section 2261: Interstate domestic violence
Section 2261A: Stalking
Section 2262: Interstate violation of protection order
Section 2265: Full faith and credit given to protection orders
Section 2265A: Repeat offenders
Section 2266: Definitions
Chapter 117: TRANSPORTATION FOR ILLEGAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND RELATED CRIMES
Section 2423: Transportation of minors
Part II: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 237: CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS
Section 3771: Crime victims’ rights
Title 20: EDUCATION
Chapter 28: HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE
Subchapter IV: STUDENT ASSISTANCE
Part F: General Provisions Relating to Student Assistance Programs
Section 1092: Institutional and financial assistance information for students
Title 22: FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
Chapter 32: FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Subchapter I: INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Part I: Declaration of Policy; Development Assistance Authorizations
Section 2151: Congressional findings and declaration of policy
Section 2151n: Human rights and development assistance
Subchapter II: MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Part I: Declaration of Policy
Section 2304: Human rights and security assistance
Part II: Military Assistance
Section 2321j: Authority to transfer excess defense articles
Part V: International Military Education and Training
Section 2347: General authority
Part VI: Peacekeeping Operations
Section 2348: General authorization
Subchapter III: GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Part I: General Provisions
Section 2370c-1: Prohibition
Chapter 78: TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION
Section 7101: Purposes and findings
Section 7102: Definitions
Section 7103: Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking
Section 7104: Prevention of trafficking
Section 7105: Protection and assistance for victims of trafficking
Section 7106: Minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking
Section 7107: Actions against governments failing to meet minimum standards
Section 7109a: Research on domestic and international trafficking in persons
Section 7110: Authorizations of appropriations
Section 7112: Additional activities to monitor and combat forced labor and child labor
Chapter 85: NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS
Subchapter II: ASSISTING NORTH KOREANS IN NEED
Section 7833: Assistance provided outside of North Korea
Title 25: INDIANS
Chapter 15: CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF INDIANS
Subchapter I: GENERALLY
Section 1301: Definitions
Chapter 30: INDIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT REFORM
Section 2812: Indian Law and Order Commission
Title 28: JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
Part II: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Chapter 33: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Section 534: Acquisition, preservation, and exchange of identification records and information; appointment of officials
Part IV: JURISDICTION AND VENUE
Chapter 85: DISTRICT COURTS; JURISDICTION
Section 1346: United States as defendant
Title 42: THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 6A: PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
Subchapter II: GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
Part J: Prevention and Control of Injuries
Section 280b-1b: Use of allotments for rape prevention education
Section 280b-4: Study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Part P: Additional Programs
Section 280g-4: Grants to foster public health responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking
Subchapter V: HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION
Part D: Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages
Section 294h: Interdisciplinary training and education on domestic violence and other types of violence and abuse
Subchapter XV: HEALTH INFORMATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION
Section 300u-6: Office of Minority Health
Chapter 7: SOCIAL SECURITY
Subchapter XVIII: HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AGED AND DISABLED
Part E: Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 1395aaa: Contract with a consensus-based entity regarding performance measurement
Subchapter XX: BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES FOR SOCIAL SERVICES AND ELDER JUSTICE
Division B: Elder Justice
Section 1397j: Definitions
Chapter 8: LOW-INCOME HOUSING
Subchapter I: GENERAL PROGRAM OF ASSISTED HOUSING
Section 1437d: Contract provisions and requirements; loans and annual contributions
Section 1437f: Low-income housing assistance
Chapter 8A: SLUM CLEARANCE, URBAN RENEWAL, AND FARM HOUSING
Subchapter III: FARM HOUSING
Section 1484: Insurance of loans for housing and related facilities for domestic farm labor
Section 1485: Housing and related facilities for elderly persons and families or other persons and families of low income
Section 1486: Financial assistance to provide low-rent housing for domestic farm labor
Section 1490m: Housing preservation grants
Section 1490p-2: Loan guarantees for multifamily rental housing in rural areas
Chapter 21: CIVIL RIGHTS
Subchapter I-A: INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS
Section 1997e: Suits by prisoners
Subchapter V: FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS
Section 2000d-1: Federal authority and financial assistance to programs or activities by way of grant, loan, or contract other than contract of insurance or guaranty; rules and regulations; approval by President; compliance with requirements; reports to Congressional committees; effective date of administrative action
Chapter 46: JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
Subchapter I: OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS
Section 3711: Establishment of Office of Justice Programs
Subchapter VIII: ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Section 3789d: Prohibition of Federal control over State and local criminal justice agencies; prohibition of discrimination
Subchapter X: FUNDING
Section 3793: Authorization of appropriations
Subchapter XII-H: GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN
Section 3796gg: Purpose of program and grants
Section 3796gg-1: State grants
Section 3796gg-4: Rape exam payments
Section 3796gg-5: Costs for criminal charges and protection orders
Section 3796gg-6: Legal assistance for victims
Section 3796gg-7: Education, training, and enhanced services to end violence against and abuse of women with disabilities
Section 3796gg-10: Grants to Indian tribal governments
Subchapter XII-I: GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE ARREST POLICIES AND ENFORCEMENT OF PROTECTION ORDERS
Section 3796hh: Grants
Section 3796hh-1: Applications
Chapter 89: CONGREGATE HOUSING SERVICES
Section 8013: Supportive housing for persons with disabilities
Chapter 110: FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SERVICES
Section 10407: State application
Section 10420: Safe havens for children
Chapter 112: VICTIM COMPENSATION AND ASSISTANCE
Section 10603: Crime victim assistance
Chapter 119: HOMELESS ASSISTANCE
Subchapter IV: HOUSING ASSISTANCE
Part A: General Provisions
Section 11360: Definitions
Chapter 130: NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Subchapter II: INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Part A: HOME Investment Partnerships
Section 12741: Authority
Chapter 131: HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS
Section 12901: Purpose
Chapter 132: VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE
Subchapter II: COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM
Section 13011: Findings
Section 13012: Purpose
Section 13013: Strengthening of court-appointed special advocate program
Section 13014: Authorization of appropriations
Subchapter III: CHILD ABUSE TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR JUDICIAL PERSONNEL AND PRACTITIONERS
Section 13024: Authorization of appropriations
Chapter 136: VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Subchapter III: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Section 13925: Definitions and grant provisions
Part A: Safe Streets for Women
Subpart 2: assistance to victims of sexual assault
Section 13941: Training programs
Part B: Safe Homes for Women
Subpart 3: rural domestic violence and child abuse enforcement
Section 13971: Rural domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and child abuse enforcement assistance
Subpart 3a: research on effective interventions to address violence against women
Section 13973: Research on effective interventions in the health care setting
Subpart 4: transitional housing assistance grants for child victims of domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault
Section 13975: Transitional housing assistance grants for child victims of domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault
Part F: National Stalker and Domestic Violence Reduction
Section 14032: Authorization of appropriations
Part G: Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation, Including Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Against Older or Disabled Individuals
Section 14041: Definitions
Section 14041a: Enhanced training and services to end violence against and abuse of women later in life
Part I: Violence Against Women Act Court Training and Improvements
Section 14043: Purpose
Part K: Services, Education, Protection and Justice for Young Victims of Violence
Section 14043c: Services to advocate for and respond to youth
Part L: Strengthening America's Families by Preventing Violence Against Women and Children
Section 14043d-2: Grants to assist children and youth exposed to violence
Section 14043d-3: Development of curricula and pilot programs for home visitation projects
Section 14043d-4: Engaging men and youth in preventing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking
Part M: Addressing the Housing Needs of Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking
Section 14043e: Findings
Section 14043e-1: Purpose
Section 14043e-2: Definitions
Section 14043e-3: Collaborative grants to increase the long-term stability of victims
Section 14043e-4: Grants to combat violence against women in public and assisted housing
Part N: National Resource Center
Section 14043f: Grant for national resource center on workplace responses to assist victims of domestic and sexual violence
Part N-1: Sexual Assault Services
Section 14043g: Sexual assault services program
Part O: Combatting Domestic Trafficking in Persons
Section 14044: Prevention of domestic trafficking in persons
Section 14044a: Establishment of grant program to develop, expand, and strengthen assistance programs for certain persons subject to trafficking
Section 14044c: Enhancing State and local efforts to combat trafficking in persons
Section 14044e: Definitions
Section 14044f: Grants for law enforcement training programs
Part P: Miscellaneous Authorities
Section 14045: Grants for outreach to underserved populations
Section 14045a: Enhancing culturally and linguistically specific services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking
Section 14045b: Grants to combat violent crimes on campuses
Section 14045c: Public awareness campaign
Section 14045d: Consultation
Subchapter IX: STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
Part A: DNA Identification
Section 14131: Quality assurance and proficiency testing standards
Section 14135: The Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program
Chapter 147: PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION
Section 15607: Adoption and effect of national standards
Title 43: PUBLIC LANDS
Chapter 33: ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT
Section 1601: Congressional findings and declaration of policy
Section 1602: Definitions
Title 47: TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Chapter 5: WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION
Subchapter II: COMMON CARRIERS
Part I: Common Carrier Regulation
Section 223: Obscene or harassing telephone calls in the District of Columbia or in interstate or foreign communications
Title 48: TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
Chapter 17: NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
Subchapter I: APPROVAL OF COVENANT AND SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS
Section 1806: Immigration and transition
Other Citations
42 U.S.C. 1890A

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108 Stat. 1902
108 Stat. 1910
114 Stat. 1464
114 Stat. 1491
114 Stat. 1509
119 Stat. 316
119 Stat. 2960
119 Stat. 3066
119 Stat. 3080

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