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) ( 34 U.S.C. 10441(b) )— by striking paragraph
(6)and inserting the following: developing, enlarging, or strengthening programs addressing the needs and circumstances of Indian tribes and urban Indian victims in dealing with violent crimes against women, including the crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking; ; in paragraph (19), by striking and at the end; by striking paragraph
(20)and inserting the following: developing, enhancing, or strengthening prevention and educational programming to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or female genital mutilation or cutting, with not more than 5 percent of the amount allocated to a State to be used for this purpose; ; and by inserting after paragraph (20), the following: developing, enlarging, or strengthening culturally specific victim services for and responses to female genital mutilation or cutting; and developing, implementing, and training on best practices 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. ; in section 2007(d) ( 34 U.S.C. 10446(d) )— by redesignating paragraphs(5) and
(6)as paragraphs
(6)and (7), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph
(4)the following: not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this paragraph, proof of compliance with the requirements regarding development, implementation, and training on best practices for victim-centered prosecution described in section 2017; ; and by adding at the end the following: To be eligible for a grant or subgrant under this part, a prosecution office shall certify, not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this section, that the office developed, implemented, and trained on best practices, based on national guidelines described in subsection (b), 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. Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Director shall publish national guidelines 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, developed by experts in the fields of gender-based violence and national prosecution standards. . Section 1001(a)(18) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(18) ) is amended by striking 222,000,00 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 and inserting 244,200,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2029 . The amendments made by subsection
(a)shall not take effect until October 1, 2020.
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