Sec. 102. Grants to improve the criminal justice response
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Part U of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10461 et seq.) is amended in the heading, by striking and inserting Grants to encourage arrest policies . Grants to improve the criminal justice response Section 2101 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10461 ) is amended— by striking subsection
(a)and inserting the following: The purpose of this part is to assist States, State and local courts (including juvenile courts), Indian tribal governments, tribal courts, and units of local government to develop and strengthen effective law enforcement and prosecution strategies to combat violent crimes against women, and to develop and strengthen victim services in cases involving violent crimes against women. ; in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1), by striking proarrest and inserting offender accountability and homicide reduction ; in paragraph (8)— by striking older individuals (as defined in section 102 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 ( and inserting 42 U.S.C. 3002 )) people 50 years of age or over ; and by striking individuals with disabilities (as defined in section 3(2) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ( and inserting 42 U.S.C. 12102(2) )) people with disabilities (as defined in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ( ; 42 U.S.C. 12102 )) in paragraph (19), by inserting before the period at the end the following , including victims among underserved populations (as defined in section 40002(a)(46) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994) ; and by adding at the end the following: To develop and implement an alternative justice response (as such term is defined in section 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994). To develop and implement policies, procedures, protocols, laws, regulations, or training to ensure the lawful recovery and storage of any dangerous weapon by the appropriate law enforcement agency from an adjudicated perpetrator of any offense of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and the return of such weapon when appropriate, where any Federal, State, tribal, or local court has— issued protective or other restraining orders against such a perpetrator; or found such a perpetrator to be guilty of misdemeanor or felony crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and ordered the perpetrator to relinquish dangerous weapons that the perpetrator possesses or has used in the commission of at least one of the aforementioned crimes. Policies, procedures, protocols, laws, regulations, or training under this section shall 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 persons are no longer prohibited from possessing such weapons under Federal, State, Tribal or municipal law. ; and in subsection (c)(1)— in subparagraph (A)— in clause (i), by striking encourage or mandate arrests of domestic violence offenders and inserting encourage arrests of offenders ; and in clause (ii), by striking encourage or mandate arrest of domestic violence offenders and inserting encourage arrest of offenders ; and by inserting after subparagraph
(E)the following: certify that, not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this subparagraph, their laws, policies, or practices will include a detailed protocol to strongly discourage 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; and . Section 1001(a)(19) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(19) ) is amended by striking 2014 through 2018 and inserting 2020 through 2024 .
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Grants to improve the criminal justice response
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