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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 2920 (Placed on Calendar 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

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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 title I 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 section 3(2) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ( and inserting 42 U.S.C. 12102(2) )) section 3 of 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 ; and by adding at the end the following:
To develop, implement and train 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. To train and maintain a designated VAWA Officer in State and local law enforcement agencies to coordinate and support the response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. ; and in subsection (c)(1)— by moving the margins of subparagraphs
(A)through
(E)two ems to the right; in subparagraph (A)— by moving the margins for clauses
(i)and
(ii)to ems to the right; and in clause (i), by striking encourage or mandate arrests of domestic violence offenders and inserting encourage arrests of domestic violence offenders ; in subparagraph (E), by moving the margins for clauses
(i)and
(ii)to ems to the right; and by adding at the end the following: in the case of a prosecution office, certify that, not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the office has developed, implemented and trained 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 described in section 2017; 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 $73,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 and inserting 80,300,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2029 . The amendments made by subsections
(a)and
(b)shall not take effect until October 1, 2020.
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