Tap any paragraph to write a margin note. Your notes collect in the Desk below the text and file under cases with @. The side-by-side margin rail opens on a larger screen.

Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 2843 (Introduced in Senate) — To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes. · Sec. 102

Sec. 102. Grants to improve the criminal justice response

429 words·~2 min read·/bill/116/s/2843/is/section-102

A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

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— 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 ; 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 laws, policies, procedures, and training— for the purpose of homicide prevention, preventing lethal assaults, and responding to threats of lethal assaults through effective enforcement of court orders prohibiting possession of and mandating the recovery of firearms from adjudicated domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking offenders; and to address victim safety, safe storage of contraband during the pendency of the court order and, where appropriate, safe return of such contraband at the conclusion of the court order. ; 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 that the grantee has implemented and trained on best practices, which have been developed by experts in the fields of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and prosecution, regarding victim-centered approaches in domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking cases, including policies addressing the use of bench warrants, body attachments, and material witness warrants for victims who fail to appear; 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 2021 through 2025 .
Connectionstraces to 3
Citation graph
cites case law
Sec. 102
Grants to improve the criminal justice response
Cites 3Cited by 0 across 0 sources
★   the supreme law of the land   ★
Don't Tread on Me
E Pluribus Unum — out of many, one

"If you don't know your rights, you don't have any."

Marginalia · a citizen's law index
A research desk, not legal advice. Always read the cited source before relying on a summary.
Questions or an issue? support@self-law.org
disclaimerMarginalia is a research index, not a law firm. Nothing on this site is legal, tax, or financial advice and no attorney–client relationship is formed by using it. Statutes, regulations, and case law change; summaries, search results, AI output, and member posts may be incomplete, out of date, or wrong. Any interpretation drawn from material on this site should be validated by a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction before you act on it.