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— 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 as serious violations of criminal law, 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 (8), by striking older individuals (as defined in section 102 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 ( and inserting 42 U.S.C. 3002 )) individuals 50 years of age or over and Deaf individuals ; 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 34 U.S.C. 12291(a) )) by adding at the end the following: To develop Statewide databases with information on where sexual assault nurse examiners are located. 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. ; 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 ; in subparagraph (E)(ii), by striking and at the end; and by inserting after subparagraph
(E)the following: except for a court, not later than 3 years after the date on which an eligible grantee receives the first award under this part after the date of enactment of the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 , certify that the laws, policies, and practices of the State or the jurisdiction in which the eligible grantee is located ensure that prosecutor’s offices engage in planning, developing, and implementing— training developed by experts in the field regarding victim-centered approaches in domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking cases; policies that support a victim-centered approach, informed by such training; and a protocol outlining alternative practices and procedures for material witness petitions and bench warrants, consistent with best practices, that shall be exhausted before employing material witness petitions and bench warrants to obtain victim-witness testimony in the investigation, prosecution, and trial of a crime related to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking of the victim in order to prevent further victimization and trauma to the victim; and except for a court, certify whether the laws, policies, and practices of the State or the jurisdiction in which the eligible grantee is located prohibits the prosecution of a minor under the age of 18 with respect to prostitution; and . Section 1001(a)(19) of title I 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 2023 through 2027 .
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