Sec. 102. Grants to encourage improvements and alternatives to 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 encourage improvements and alternatives to 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, Indian Tribal governments, State and local courts (including juvenile courts), Tribal courts, and units of local government to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and to seek safety and autonomy for victims. ; in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1), by striking proarrest and inserting offender accountability and homicide reduction ; in paragraph (5), by striking legal advocacy service programs and inserting legal advocacy and legal assistance programs ; in paragraph (7), strike and tribal jurisdictions and insert Tribal jurisdictions, coalitions, and victim service providers ; 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 )) and Deaf people in paragraph (19), by inserting before the period at the end the following , including victims among underserved populations (as defined in section 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994) ; and by adding at the end the following: To develop and implement restorative practices. 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. To develop and implement alternative methods of reducing crime in communities, to supplant punitive programs or policies. For purposes of this paragraph, a punitive program or policy is a program or policy that— imposes a penalty on a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, on the basis of a request by the victim for law enforcement or emergency assistance; or imposes a penalty on such a victim because of criminal activity at the property in which the victim resides. To develop or strengthen policies and training for law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and the judiciary in recognizing, investigating, and prosecuting instances of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking against individuals who have been arrested or otherwise have contact with the juvenile or adult criminal justice system, and to develop or strengthen diversion programs for such individuals and for such individuals to receive comprehensive victim services. ; 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 2 years after the date of its first award received under this subchapter after enactment of this subparagraph, the grantee has implemented and trained on victim-centered approaches to prosecution 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, which have been developed by experts in the fields of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, and prosecution; certify that the laws, policies, and practices of the State in which the eligible grantee resides prohibits the prosecution of a minor under the age of 18 with respect to prostitution; and ; and insert after subsection
(g)the following: Of the amounts appropriated for purposes of this part for each fiscal year, not less than 5 percent shall be available for grants to culturally specific victim service providers. . 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 2022 through 2026 .
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