{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-1620","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 1620","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) for portions of this bill from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"SIMARRA Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) for portions of this bill from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Stop Infant Mortality And Recidivism Reduction Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) for portions of this bill from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Ramona Brant Improvement of Conditions for Women in Federal Custody Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) for portions of this bill from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Kayden’s Law"},{"type":"Short Title(s) for portions of this bill from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Closing the Law Enforcement Consent Loophole Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) for portions of this bill from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Keeping Children Safe From Family Violence Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) for portions of this bill from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"SHIELD Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) for portions of this bill from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution Act of 2021"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House for portions of this bill","title":"Closing the Law Enforcement Consent Loophole Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House for portions of this bill","title":"SHIELD Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House for portions of this bill","title":"Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House for portions of this bill","title":"Stop Infant Mortality And Recidivism Reduction Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House for portions of this bill","title":"SIMARRA Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill","title":"Stop Infant Mortality And Recidivism Reduction Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill","title":"SIMARRA Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill","title":"Closing the Law Enforcement Consent Loophole Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Titles as Passed House for portions of this bill","title":"Ramona Brant Improvement of Conditions for Women in Federal Custody Act"},{"type":"Short Titles as Passed House for portions of this bill","title":"Keeping Children Safe From Family Violence Act"},{"type":"Short Titles as Passed House for portions of this bill","title":"Kayden's Law"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-03-08","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-03-17","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h86","question":"On Passage","title":"The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021","result":"Passed","yea":244,"nay":172,"present":0,"not_voting":14,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll086.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.","date":"2022-05-24"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[{"number":"H.Amdt. 31","sponsor":"Rep. 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protections for victims in federally assisted housing, including emergency transfers, National VAWA Victims Relocation Pool vouchers, and a bar on denying assistance solely for criminal activity directly relating to the abuse.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 601","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1620/text/eh#toc-H43BEF423CAC1461D855BE6AD14436F15"}},{"text":"Requires each appropriate agency to set up compliance reviews of housing protections, creates a Violence Against Women Director at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and prohibits retaliation by covered housing providers.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 602","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1620/text/eh#toc-H450F2AAB57FB4215843D4C0972AF0386"}},{"text":"Amends the Internal Revenue Code so that State unemployment law may not deny compensation solely because of a voluntary separation from work attributable to being a survivor of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, or a victim of sexual harassment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 703","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1620/text/eh#toc-H4327F23EDEB84CB89D6E13E71452007E"}},{"text":"Amends section 922 of title 18, United States Code, to cover persons convicted of a misdemeanor crime of stalking and persons subject to certain court orders in the firearm possession prohibitions.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 802","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1620/text/eh#toc-H56B5A13171E64B159ECFBE673111DC00"}},{"text":"Extends Tribal special criminal jurisdiction to dating violence, obstruction of justice, sexual violence, sex trafficking, stalking and assault of a law enforcement or corrections officer, and authorizes $7,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 for related reimbursement and grants.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 903","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1620/text/eh#toc-HFD37E53A17E84D2CB8740AB3078DDBE6"}},{"text":"Renames the Violence Against Women Office as the Office on Violence Against Women and provides for a Director appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1001","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1620/text/eh#toc-HD57E9AE904A243ECB747427A095CA969"}},{"text":"Adds requirements for Federal prisons on placement near children, parenting classes, hygienic products, and a bar on placing pregnant prisoners in segregated housing units unless they present an immediate risk of harm.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1620/text/eh#toc-H037F48E65F3B4AA0916B4C471760C959"}},{"text":"Makes it unlawful to knowingly use interstate or foreign commerce to distribute an intimate visual depiction of a person under stated conditions, with a penalty of a fine, imprisonment of not more than 2 years, or both.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 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mortality or morbidity, and to report to Congress within 3 years.","amount":null,"quote":"are more at risk of maternal mortality or morbidity as a result of issues related to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1204","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1620/text/eh#toc-H176B3DCFE3DF40D1AD8454F1B15665E7"},"heading":"Review on Native American interactions with law enforcement","effect":"Directs the Attorney General to review, and report to Congress on, law enforcement programs, victim-service programs and criminal justice system contacts involving Native Hawaiians, including the share of Federal funding received by Native Hawaiian-serving organizations.","amount":null,"quote":"the Attorney General shall conduct a comprehensive review of law enforcement and other crime prevention programs targeting criminal offenses that affect Native Hawaiians"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1302","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1620/text/eh#toc-H33D411B2FC354015A4052124D3F04CC1"},"heading":"Prohibition on engaging in sexual acts while acting under color of law","effect":"Makes it a Federal crime, punishable by up to 15 years in prison, to knowingly engage in a sexual act while acting under color of law, and bars consent as a defense.","amount":null,"quote":"Whoever, acting under color of law, knowingly engages in a sexual act with an individual, including an individual who is under arrest, in detention, or otherwise in the actual custody of any Federal law enforcement officer"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1303","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1620/text/eh#toc-H5E34FF2252064379BE1BFCBD5741FFE0"},"heading":"Incentives for States","effect":"Authorizes Attorney General grants to States with laws making it an offense to engage in a sexual act under color of law without a consent defense, and authorizes $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.","amount":"$5,000,000","quote":"There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this chapter $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1304","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1620/text/eh#toc-H2A14DE19D8594715A15C7A057630A3D1"},"heading":"Reports to Congress","effect":"Requires annual reports from the Attorney General and the Comptroller General on reports and cases of sexual acts committed under color of law.","amount":null,"quote":"the number of reports made, during the previous year, to Federal law enforcement agencies regarding persons engaging in a sexual act while acting under color of law"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1414","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1620/text/eh#toc-HABDBD4CC6F624C2AB4854C2ADA6F3784"},"heading":"Task force on sexual violence in education","effect":"Requires the Secretaries of Education and Health and Human Services and the Attorney General to set up a Task Force on Sexual Violence in Education that makes recommendations on campus sexual violence, Title IX complaint processes and Department of Education enforcement staffing.","amount":null,"quote":"provide pertinent information to the Secretary of Education, Attorney General, Congress, and the public with respect to campus sexual violence prevention, investigations, and responses"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1602","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1620/text/eh#toc-H8FC0716AA6484D7FA4DE7F5DEE46497B"},"heading":"Findings","effect":"States congressional findings on child abuse, domestic violence exposure and how courts handle abuse allegations in child custody cases.","amount":null,"quote":"Approximately one in 15 children are exposed each year to domestic violence."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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State under the covered formula grants in accordance with this title if—"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1606","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1620/text/eh#toc-HD063977112F244F2A71F0806F2BB3C9F"},"heading":"Application","effect":"Requires a State seeking a Title XVI grant to apply to the Attorney General with information on the custody-related laws described in section 1605.","amount":null,"quote":"A State seeking a grant under this title shall submit an application to the Attorney General"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1607","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1620/text/eh#toc-HBF4FD0D1E2A444A8981B9E8FB512EBD4"},"heading":"Rule of construction","effect":"States that Title XVI shall not be read to discourage States from adopting additional provisions for children's safe outcomes.","amount":null,"quote":"Nothing in this title shall be interpreted to discourage States from adopting additional provisions to increase safe outcomes for 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violations.","amount":null,"quote":"Upon a determination pursuant to section 487(c)(3)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(c)(3)(B)) that an institution of higher education has violated or failed to carry out any provision under this section"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1614","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1620/text/eh#toc-H83BB119EE5A64D31B5A13FC788778B6A"},"heading":"Study on child custody in domestic violence cases","effect":"Directs the Attorney General, with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to study whether victims who raise evidence of domestic violence are more likely to lose primary custody of children, and to list recommendations on State laws and practices.","amount":null,"quote":"shall conduct a study investigating whether victims who raise evidence of domestic violence are more likely to lose primary custody of children to an abusive partner or to the State"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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violence, sexual assault or stalking affect survivors' ability to repay Federal student loans, and on related deferment, credit-transfer and loan-defense policies.","amount":null,"quote":"The implications of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking on a borrower's ability to repay their Federal student loans."}]},{"category":"narrow_beneficiary","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 109","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1620/text/eh#toc-H75738E64525047328E6B3AF57D3774B6"},"heading":"Grants for lethality assessment programs authorization","effect":"Authorizes grants for technical assistance and training in lethality assessment programs, limited to applicants with demonstrated experience in developing, implementing, evaluating, and disseminating such a program, and authorizes $5,000,000 per year for fiscal years 2022 through 2026.","amount":null,"quote":"an applicant shall demonstrate experience in developing, implementing, evaluating, and disseminating a lethality assessment program"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1502","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1620/text/eh#toc-H380700A73DF94DEDA4D75D4C63D6208A"},"heading":"National Resource Center Grant","effect":"Directs the Attorney General to award a single grant, authorized at $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, to a nonprofit meeting set criteria to run a National Resource Center on Cybercrimes Against Individuals.","amount":"$4,000,000","quote":"means a nonprofit private organization that focuses on cybercrimes against individuals and that"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1612","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1620/text/eh#toc-H70C1CF931FD448D2AEAD770FAEB5F1FC"},"heading":"Grants to State and Tribal courts to implement protection order pilot programs","effect":"Creates up to 10 pilot grants of up to $1,500,000 each for State and Tribal courts to serve protection orders electronically, and directs awards to include courts in States among the 7 lowest and 7 highest in population density with low service rates.","amount":null,"quote":"serves a State that is among the 7 States with the lowest population density in the United States"}]},{"category":"named_funding","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 207","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1620/text/eh#toc-H40DD130476144A958D30D1BFBDAA161E"},"heading":"Authorization of the FAST Initiative","effect":"Authorizes the named Forensic-Medical and Advocacy Services for Tribes Initiative, with $14,000,000 of the amount made available designated for grants for sexual assault medical forensic exams and victim services in Tribal communities.","amount":"$14,000,000","quote":"Of the amount made available to carry out this section, $14,000,000 shall be for grants under this subsection."}]},{"category":"place_specific_amount","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 301","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1620/text/eh#toc-H751AEBCC27AC46A5BB44FF48C2A9615A"},"heading":"Rape prevention and education grant","effect":"Sets allotments within rape prevention and education funding for named groups: at least 15 percent for sexual assault coalitions, at least 10 percent of funds for Tribal coalitions, and a 1/56 share to each State and territorial coalition.","amount":null,"quote":"not less than 10 percent of funds shall be available for grants to Tribal sexual assault coalitions"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 208","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1620/text/eh#toc-H4ED32FADD1084F96A43A4DA6CF68B308"},"heading":"Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Specific Services Program","effect":"Creates a grant program for LGBTQ+ specific services, funded by two percent of amounts appropriated for two other grant programs plus an authorization of $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.","amount":"$8,000,000","quote":"Two percent the amounts appropriated to carry out a covered grant program for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, shall be made available for grants under this section."}]},{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 106","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1620/text/eh#toc-H918DF00AB6D24A9F9FB2DEFE6A673090"},"heading":"Criminal provisions","effect":"Amends 18 U.S.C. 2265 so that the provision in subsection (e) applies to all Alaska Tribes regardless of \"Indian country\" or the population of the associated Native village.","amount":null,"quote":"This applies to all Alaska Tribes without respect to “Indian country” or the population of the Native village associated with the Tribe."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 703","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1620/text/eh#toc-H4327F23EDEB84CB89D6E13E71452007E"},"heading":"Provisions related to Unemployment Compensation and the 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H.R. 1620, 117th Congress: Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021. House: 244 Yea, 172 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 17 Mar 2021."}}