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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 6545 (Introduced in House) — To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes. · Sec. 101

Sec. 101. Stop grants

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Part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10441 et seq.) is amended— in section 2001(b)— in paragraph (9)— by striking older and disabled women and inserting people 50 years of age or over and people with disabilities ; and by striking older and disabled individuals and inserting people ; in paragraph (19), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (20), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by inserting after paragraph (20), the following: developing and implementing policies, procedures, protocols, laws, regulations, or training to ensure the relinquishment of a dangerous weapon possessed by an individual to a law enforcement officer, in order to enhance victim and community safety, in the case that the individual— is subject to a protective or other restraining order issued by a Federal, State, tribal, or local court; or has been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony crime of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking in a Federal, State, tribal, or local court; and the court has ordered the individual to relinquish dangerous weapons that the individual illegally possesses or has used in the commission of a crime described in subparagraph (A)(ii), which policies, procedures, protocols, laws, regulations, or training include the safest means of recovery of, and best practices for storage of, relinquished and recovered dangerous weapons and their return, when applicable, at such time as the individual is no longer prohibited from possessing such weapons under Federal, State, or tribal law, or posted local ordinances. ; in section 2007— in subsection (d)— by redesignating paragraphs
(5)and
(6)as paragraphs
(8)and (9), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph
(4)the following: proof of compliance with the requirements regarding protocols to strongly discourage compelling victim testimony, described in section 2017; proof of compliance with the requirements regarding law enforcement to improve community safety under section 2018; proof of compliance with the requirements regarding civil rights under section 40002(b)(13) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994; . in subsection (i)— in paragraph (1), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: and the requirements under section 40002(b) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ( ; and 34 U.S.C. 12291(b) ) in paragraph (2)(C)(iv), by inserting after ethnicity, the following: sexual orientation, gender identity, ; by adding at the end the following: In order to be eligible for a grant under this part, a State, Indian tribal government, territorial government, or unit of local government shall certify that, not later than March 7, 2022, their laws, policies, or practices will ensure— that the use of bench warrants, material witness warrants, perjury charges, or other means of compelling victim-witness testimony in the investigation, prosecution, trial, or sentencing of a crime related to the domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence or stalking of the victim, is discouraged; and that the surrender, removal, and storage of firearms and ammunition from persons prohibited from possessing firearms under paragraphs
(8)or
(9)of section 922(g) of title 18, United States Code, State law, tribal law, or local ordinance, is carried out in a manner to ensure victim and community safety. In order to be eligible for grants under this subchapter, a State, Indian tribal government, territorial government, or unit of local government shall certify that, not later than March 7, 2022, their laws, policies, or practices will include a detailed protocol regarding the surrender, removal and storage of firearms and ammunition from persons prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition under paragraph
(8)or
(9)of section 922 of title 18, United States Code, or under State law, tribal law, or local posted ordinance. . Section 1001(a)(18) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(18) ) is amended by striking 2014 through 2018 and inserting 2019 through 2023 .
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