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This Act may be cited as the . Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Universal definitions and grant conditions. Sec. 3. Agency and Department Coordination. Sec. 4. Effective date. Sec. 5. Availability of funds. Sec. 6. Sense of Congress. Sec. 7. Inclusion of disparate impact in studies. Title I—Enhancing legal tools to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking Sec. 101.
Stop grants. Sec. 102. Grants to encourage improvements and alternatives to the criminal justice response. Sec. 103. Legal assistance for victims. Sec. 104. Grants to support families in the justice system. Sec. 105. Outreach and services to underserved populations grants. Sec. 106. Criminal provisions. Sec. 107. Rape survivor child custody. Sec. 108. Enhancing culturally specific services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Sec. 109.
Grants for lethality assessment programs authorization. Title II—Improving Services for Victims Sec. 201. Sexual assault services program. Sec. 202. Sexual Assault Services Program. Sec. 203. Rural domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and child abuse enforcement assistance program. Sec. 204. Grants for training and services to end violence against people with disabilities and Deaf people. Sec. 205. Training and services to end abuse in later life. Sec. 206.
Demonstration program on trauma-informed, victim-centered training for law enforcement. Sec. 207. Authorization of the FAST Initiative. Sec. 208. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Specific Services Program. Title III—Services, Protection, and Justice for Young Victims Sec. 301. Rape prevention and education grant. Sec. 302. Creating hope through outreach, options, services, and education (CHOOSE) for children and youth. Sec. 303. Grants to combat violent crimes on campuses.
Title IV—Violence Reduction Practices Sec. 401. Study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sec. 402. Saving Money and Reducing Tragedies (SMART) through Prevention grants. Title V—Strengthening the Healthcare Systems Response Sec. 501. Grants to strengthen the healthcare systems response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Sec. 502. Maternal mortality or morbidity study. Title VI—Safe Homes for Victims Sec. 601. Housing protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Sec. 602. Ensuring compliance and implementation; prohibiting retaliation against victims. Sec. 603. Protecting the right to report crime from one’s home. Sec. 604. Transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Sec. 605. Addressing the housing needs of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Sec. 606. United States Housing Act of 1937 amendments. Title VII—Economic Security for Victims Sec. 701.
Findings. Sec. 702. National Resource Center on workplace responses to assist victims of domestic and sexual violence. Sec. 703. Provisions related to Unemployment Compensation and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program. Sec. 704. Study and reports on barriers to survivors’ economic security access. Sec. 705. GAO Study. Sec. 706. Education and information programs for survivors. Sec. 707. Severability. Sec. 708. Study on costs of divorce in domestic violence cases.
Title VIII—Homicide reduction initiatives Sec. 801. Prohibiting persons convicted of misdemeanor crimes against dating partners and persons subject to protection orders. Sec. 802. Prohibiting stalkers and individuals subject to court order from possessing a firearm. Title IX—Safety for Indian Women Sec. 901. Findings and purposes. Sec. 902. Authorizing funding for the Tribal access program. Sec. 903. Tribal jurisdiction over covered crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, obstruction of justice, sexual violence, sex trafficking, stalking, and assault of a law enforcement officer or corrections officer.
Title X—Office on Violence Against Women Sec. 1001. Establishment of Office on Violence Against Women. Sec. 1002. Office on Violence Against Women a Deputy Director for Culturally Specific Communities. Title XI—Improving Conditions for Women in Federal Custody Sec. 1101. Improving the treatment of primary caretaker parents and other individuals in federal prisons. Sec. 1102. Public health and safety of women. Sec. 1103. Research and report on women in federal incarceration. Sec. 1104.
Reentry planning and services for incarcerated women. Title XII—Law Enforcement Tools to Enhance Public Safety Sec. 1201. Notification to law enforcement agencies of prohibited purchase or attempted purchase of a firearm. Sec. 1202. Reporting of background check denials to state, local, and Tribal authorities. Sec. 1203. Special assistant U.S. attorneys and cross-deputized attorneys. Sec. 1204. Review on Native American interactions with law enforcement. Title XIII—Closing the Law Enforcement Consent Loophole Sec. 1301.
Short title. Sec. 1302. Prohibition on engaging in sexual acts while acting under color of law. Sec. 1303. Incentives for States. Sec. 1304. Reports to Congress. Sec. 1305. Definition. Title XIV—Other Matters Sec. 1401. National stalker and domestic violence reduction. Sec. 1402. Federal victim assistants reauthorization. Sec. 1403. Child abuse training programs for judicial personnel and practitioners reauthorization. Sec. 1404. Sex offender management. Sec. 1405. Court-appointed special advocate program.
Sec. 1406. Sexual assault forensic exam program grants. Sec. 1406A. Strategies to improve coordination of sexual assault forensic nurse exam training and program sustainability. Sec. 1407. Review on link between substance use and victims of domestic violence dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Sec. 1408. Interagency working group to study Federal efforts to collect data on sexual violence. Sec. 1409. National Domestic Violence Hotline. Sec. 1410. Deputy Assistant Attorney General on Culturally Specific Communities within the Office of Justice Programs.
Sec. 1411. National resource center on workplace responses to assist victims of domestic and sexual violence assistance for microbusinesses. Sec. 1412. Civil action relating to disclosure of intimate images. Sec. 1413. Certain activities relating to intimate visual depictions. Sec. 1414. Task force on sexual violence in education. Sec. 1415. Survivors’ bill of rights. Sec. 1416. Report on sexual assault response teams at hospitals. Title XV—Cybercrime Enforcement Sec. 1501. Local law enforcement grants for enforcement of cybercrimes.
Sec. 1502. National Resource Center Grant. Sec. 1503. National strategy, classification, and reporting on cybercrime. Title XVI—Keeping Children Safe from Family Violence Sec. 1601. Short title. Sec. 1602. Findings. Sec. 1603. Purposes. Sec. 1604. Definition of covered formula grant. Sec. 1605. Increased funding for formula grants authorized. Sec. 1606. Application. Sec. 1607. Rule of construction. Sec. 1608. Grant term. Sec. 1609. Uses of funds. Sec. 1610. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 1611. Sexual assault survivors' rights. Sec. 1612. Grants to State and Tribal courts to implement protection order pilot programs. Sec. 1613. Online survey tool for campus safety. Sec. 1614. Study on child custody in domestic violence cases. Title XVII—Protections for certain immigrant women Sec. 1701. Pilot program to provide additional protections.