Talk:113/s/47/passed in the Senate

= Text of bill =

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Section 1. Short Title.
This Act may be cited as the “Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013”.

Section 2. Table Of Contents.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:


 * Sec..1..Short title.
 * Sec..2..Table of contents.
 * Sec..3..Universal definitions and grant conditions.
 * Sec..4..Effective date.

TITLE I--ENHANCING JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOLS TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN


 * Sec..101..Stop grants.
 * Sec..102..Grants to encourage arrest policies and enforcement of protection orders.
 * Sec..103..Legal assistance for victims.
 * Sec..104..Consolidation of grants to support families in the justice system.
 * Sec..105..Sex offender management.
 * Sec..106..Court-appointed special advocate program.
 * Sec..107..Criminal provision relating to stalking, including cyberstalking.
 * Sec..108..Outreach and services to underserved populations grant.
 * Sec..109..Culturally specific services grant.

TITLE II--IMPROVING SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING


 * Sec..201..Sexual assault services program.
 * Sec..202..Rural domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and child abuse enforcement assistance.
 * Sec..203..Training and services to end violence against women with disabilities grants.
 * Sec..204..Enhanced training and services to end abuse in later life.

TITLE III--SERVICES, PROTECTION, AND JUSTICE FOR YOUNG VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE


 * Sec..301..Rape prevention and education grant.
 * Sec..302..Creating hope through outreach, options, services, and education for children and youth.
 * Sec..303..Grants to combat violent crimes on campuses.
 * Sec..304..Campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking education and prevention.

TITLE IV--VIOLENCE REDUCTION PRACTICES


 * Sec..401..Study conducted by the centers for disease control and prevention.
 * Sec..402..Saving money and reducing tragedies through prevention grants.

TITLE V--STRENGTHENING THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM'S RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING


 * Sec..501..Consolidation of grants to strengthen the healthcare system's response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

TITLE VI--SAFE HOMES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING


 * Sec..601..Housing protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
 * Sec..602..Transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
 * Sec..603..Addressing the housing needs of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

TITLE VII--ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE


 * Sec..701..National Resource Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of domestic and sexual violence.

TITLE VIII--PROTECTION OF BATTERED IMMIGRANTS


 * Sec..801..U nonimmigrant definition.
 * Sec..802..Annual report on immigration applications made by victims of abuse.
 * Sec..803..Protection for children of VAWA self-petitioners.
 * Sec..804..Public charge.
 * Sec..805..Requirements applicable to U visas.
 * Sec..806..Hardship waivers.
 * Sec..807..Protections for a fiancée or fiancé of a citizen.
 * Sec..808..Regulation of international marriage brokers.
 * Sec..809..Eligibility of crime and trafficking victims in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to adjust status.
 * Sec..810..Disclosure of information for national security purposes.

TITLE IX--SAFETY FOR INDIAN WOMEN


 * Sec..901..Grants to Indian tribal governments.
 * Sec..902..Grants to Indian tribal coalitions.
 * Sec..903..Consultation.
 * Sec..904..Tribal jurisdiction over crimes of domestic violence.
 * Sec..905..Tribal protection orders.
 * Sec..906..Amendments to the Federal assault statute.
 * Sec..907..Analysis and research on violence against Indian women.
 * Sec..908..Effective dates; pilot project.
 * Sec..909..Indian law and order commission; Report on the Alaska Rural Justice and Law Enforcement Commission.
 * Sec..910..Special rule for the State of Alaska.

TITLE X--SAFER ACT


 * Sec..1001..Short title.
 * Sec..1002..Debbie Smith grants for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs.
 * Sec..1003..Reports to Congress.
 * Sec..1004..Reducing the rape kit backlog.
 * Sec..1005..Oversight and accountability.
 * Sec..1006..Sunset.

TITLE XI--OTHER MATTERS


 * Sec..1101..Sexual abuse in custodial settings.
 * Sec..1102..Anonymous online harassment.
 * Sec..1103..Stalker database.
 * Sec..1104..Federal victim assistants reauthorization.
 * Sec..1105..Child abuse training programs for judicial personnel and practitioners reauthorization.

TITLE XII--TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION


 * Subtitle A--Combating International Trafficking in Persons
 * Sec..1201..Regional strategies for combating trafficking in persons.
 * Sec..1202..Partnerships against significant trafficking in persons.
 * Sec..1203..Protection and assistance for victims of trafficking.
 * Sec..1204..Minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.
 * Sec..1205..Best practices in trafficking in persons eradication.
 * Sec..1206..Protections for domestic workers and other nonimmigrants.
 * Sec..1207..Prevention of child marriage.
 * Sec..1208..Child soldiers.
 * Subtitle B--Combating Trafficking in Persons in the United States
 * PART I--Penalties Against Traffickers and Other Crimes
 * Sec..1211..Criminal trafficking offenses.
 * Sec..1212..Civil remedies; clarifying definition.
 * PART II--Ensuring Availability of Possible Witnesses and Informants
 * Sec..1221..Protections for trafficking victims who cooperate with law enforcement.
 * Sec..1222..Protection against fraud in foreign labor contracting.
 * PART III--Ensuring Interagency Coordination and Expanded Reporting
 * Sec..1231..Reporting requirements for the Attorney General.
 * Sec..1232..Reporting requirements for the Secretary of Labor.
 * Sec..1233..Information sharing to combat child labor and slave labor.
 * Sec..1234..Government training efforts to include the Department of Labor.
 * Sec..1235..GAO report on the use of foreign labor contractors.
 * Sec..1236..Accountability.
 * PART IV--Enhancing State and Local Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons
 * Sec..1241..Assistance for domestic minor sex trafficking victims.
 * Sec..1242..Expanding local law enforcement grants for investigations and prosecutions of trafficking.
 * Sec..1243..Model State criminal law protection for child trafficking victims and survivors.
 * Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations
 * Sec..1251..Adjustment of authorization levels for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.
 * Sec..1252..Adjustment of authorization levels for the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005.
 * Subtitle D--Unaccompanied Alien Children
 * Sec..1261..Appropriate custodial settings for unaccompanied minors who reach the age of majority while in Federal custody.
 * Sec..1262..Appointment of child advocates for unaccompanied minors.
 * Sec..1263..Access to Federal foster care and unaccompanied refugee minor protections for certain U Visa recipients.
 * Sec..1264..GAO study of the effectiveness of border screenings.

Section 3. Universal Definitions and Grant Conditions.
(a) Definitions.--Subsection (a) of section 40002 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925(a)) is amended--


 * (1) by striking paragraphs (5), (17), (18), (23), (29), (33), (36), and (37);


 * (2) by redesignating--


 * (A) paragraphs (34) and (35) as paragraphs (41) and (42), respectively;


 * (B) paragraphs (30), (31), and (32) as paragraphs (36), (37), and (38), respectively;


 * (C) paragraphs (24) through (28) as paragraphs (30) through (34), respectively;


 * (D) paragraphs (21) and (22) as paragraphs (26) and (27), respectively;


 * (E) paragraphs (19) and (20) as paragraphs (23) and (24), respectively;


 * (F) paragraphs (10) through (16) as paragraphs (13) through (19), respectively;


 * (G) paragraphs (6), (7), (8), and (9) as paragraphs (8), (9), (10), and (11), respectively; and


 * (H) paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5), respectively;


 * (3) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated, the following:


 * (4) in paragraph (3), as redesignated, by striking ``serious harm. and inserting ``serious harm to an unemancipated minor.;


 * (5) in paragraph (4), as redesignated, by striking ``The term through ``that-- and inserting ``The term `community-based organization' means a nonprofit, nongovernmental, or tribal organization that serves a specific geographic community that--'';


 * (6) by inserting after paragraph (5), as redesignated, the following:


 * (7) in paragraph (8), as redesignated, by inserting ``or intimate partner after ``former spouse and ``as a spouse'';


 * (8) by inserting after paragraph (11), as redesignated, the following:


 * (9) in paragraph (18), as redesignated, by inserting ``or Village Public Safety Officers after ``governmental victim services programs;


 * (10) in paragraph (19), as redesignated, by inserting at the end the following:


 * (11) by inserting after paragraph (19), as redesignated, the following:


 * (12) in paragraph (23), as redesignated, by striking ``services and inserting ``assistance;


 * (13) by inserting after paragraph (24), as redesignated, the following:


 * (14) in paragraph (26), as redesignated--


 * (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' after the semicolon;


 * (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and inserting ``; or''; and


 * (C) by inserting at the end the following:


 * (15) in paragraph (27), as redesignated--


 * (A) by striking ``52 and inserting ``57; and


 * (B) by striking ``150,000 and inserting ``250,000;


 * (16) by inserting after paragraph (27), as redesignated, the following:


 * (17) by inserting after paragraph (34), as redesignated, the following:


 * (18) by inserting after paragraph (38), as redesignated, the following:


 * (19) by inserting after paragraph (42), as redesignated, the following:

(b) Grants Conditions.--Subsection (b) of section 40002 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925(b)) is amended--


 * (1) in paragraph (2)--


 * (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking clauses (i) and (ii) and inserting the following:


 * (B) by amending subparagraph (D), to read as follows:


 * (C) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F);


 * (D) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:


 * (E) by inserting after subparagraph (F), as redesignated, the following:


 * (2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:


 * (3) in paragraph (7), by inserting at the end the following:


 * (4) by inserting after paragraph (11) the following: