NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Participated in development of S.3623, the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022. Our goal was to negotiate a bipartisan bill as close to H.R.1620 as possible. H.R.1620 included: a dating violence prohibitor; a stalking prohibitor; and ex parte protective order prohibitor; a provision to cross-deputize state and local prosecutors and law enforcement as Special Assistant US Attorneys and ATF agents respectively to respond to domestic violence incidents; a provision to establish domestic violence points of contact in every ATF Field Office and US Attorney District Office; and provisions to require NICS to contact state and local law enforcement and prosecutors when someone fails a background check due to a domestic violence conviction, a domestic violence protective order, or a stalking conviction. S.3623 ultimately included the cross-deputization provisions, the points of contact, and the NICS Denial Notification Act. It was added to the omnibus, and also included a technical fix to 18 USC 921(a)(33) in response to an outlying court decision.

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Matched citations: H.R.1620

Lobbying in support of H.R.2119/S.1275, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act. H.R.2119/S.1275 reauthorizes the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA); increases the authorization; increases funding for Tribes; provides funding for tribal coalitions; codifies two resource centers; and codifies a Tribal hotline.

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Matched citations: H.R.2119

Lobbying in support of H.R.2119/S.1275, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act. H.R.2119/S.1275 reauthorizes the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA); increases the authorization; increases funding for Tribes; provides funding for tribal coalitions; codifies two resource centers; and codifies a Tribal hotline.

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Matched citations: S.1275

S.3623 includes provisions related to preventing and responding to gender-based violence in educational settings.

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Matched citations: S.3623

Participated in development of S.3623, the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022. Our goal was to negotiate a bipartisan bill as close to H.R.1620 as possible. H.R.1620 included: a dating violence prohibitor; a stalking prohibitor; and ex parte protective order prohibitor; a provision to cross-deputize state and local prosecutors and law enforcement as Special Assistant US Attorneys and ATF agents respectively to respond to domestic violence incidents; a provision to establish domestic violence points of contact in every ATF Field Office and US Attorney District Office; and provisions to require NICS to contact state and local law enforcement and prosecutors when someone fails a background check due to a domestic violence conviction, a domestic violence protective order, or a stalking conviction. S.3623 ultimately included the cross-deputization provisions, the points of contact, and the NICS Denial Notification Act. It was added to the omnibus, and also included a technical fix to 18 USC 921(a)(33) in response to an outlying court decision.

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Matched citations: S.3623

We supported robust funding for VAWA, VOCA, and FVPSA in the FY'22 appropriations bill, as well as the inclusion of S.3623, the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022, in the omnibus appropriations bill.

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Matched citations: S.3623

S.3623 includes provisions to reauthorize the Workplace Resource Center and ensure it is responsive to the needs of culturally specific communities.

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Matched citations: S.3623

S.3623, the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022, includes provision related to Tribes, including reaffirming Tribal sovereignty by expanding special tribal criminal jurisdiction to cover Alaska Native Villages and to cover sexual assault, trafficking, child abuse, and assaults on law enforcement and officers of the court. It also increases Tribes' access to criminal databases. It was signed into law as part of the omnibus spending bill.

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Matched citations: S.3623

S.3623 includes provisions to increase survivor access to housing. In addition to reauthorizing existing grants, it requires compliance with existing law, creates a DV position at HUD, creates a purpose area for local jurisdictions to create alternatives to nuisance ordinances, and protects survivors from eviction based on the actions of the perpetrator. We do not work on this specific section, but we are involved in the bill overall.

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Matched citations: S.3623

S.3623, the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022, reauthorizes two grant programs that fund law enforcement activities, STOP and GTEAP (which it renames ICJR). It also includes provisions addressed in previous sections, including provisions relating to firearms and to Tribes. It was signed into law as part of the omnibus appropriations bill.

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Matched citations: S.3623

S.3623 includes provisions to increase survivors' economic stability.

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Matched citations: S.3623

S.3623 reauthorizes and increases the authorization for a program to train health professionals to better identify and respond to gender-based violence. It also contains provisions to increase the cultural responsiveness of said trainings.

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Matched citations: S.3623

H.R.1620 reauthorizes and increases the authorization for a program to train health professionals to better identify and respond to gender-based violence. It also contains provisions to increase the cultural responsiveness of said trainings. We are advocating for a Senate bill to include the provisions that are in H.R.1620.

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Matched citations: H.R.1620

H.R.1620 includes provisions to reauthorize the Workplace Resource Center and ensure it is responsive to the needs of culturally specific communities. We are working with the Senate on a companion based on H.R.1620.

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Matched citations: H.R.1620

H.R.1620 includes provisions to increase survivors' economic stability. These provisions include making survivors eligible for unemployment insurance if they leave employment due to gender-based violence and conducting a study on barriers to economic independence. We are working with the Senate on a companion based on H.R.1620.

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Matched citations: H.R.1620

H.R.1620 establishes a pilot program to identify and make immigration relief available to immigrants who are dependent upon their abusers for immigration status and have been subject to battering or extreme cruelty and have already been authorized for employment. We are working with the Senate on a companion based on H.R.1620.

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Matched citations: H.R.1620

H.R.1620 includes provisions related to preventing and responding to gender-based violence in educational settings. We are asking for a Senate companion to include the provisions in H.R.1620.

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Matched citations: H.R.1620

H.R.1620, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021, reauthorizes two grant programs that fund law enforcement activities, STOP and GTEAP (which it renames ICJR). It also includes provisions addressed in previous sections, including provisions relating to firearms and to Tribes. We are working with the Senate on a VAWA reauthorization bill.

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Matched citations: H.R.1620

H.R.1620, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021, includes provision related to Tribes, including reaffirming Tribal sovereignty by expanding special tribal criminal jurisdiction to cover Alaska Native Villages and to cover sexual assault, trafficking, child abuse, and assaults on law enforcement and officers of the court. It also increases Tribes' access to criminal databases. We are working with the Senate on a bill to reauthorize VAWA that will include these provisions.

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Matched citations: H.R.1620

Participating in development of a Senate companion to H.R.1620, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021, which passed the House in March. Our goal is to negotiate a bipartisan bill as close to H.R.1620 as possible. H.R.1620 includes: a dating violence prohibitor; a stalking prohibitor; and ex parte protective order prohibitor; a provision to cross-deputize state and local prosecutors and law enforcement as Special Assistant US Attorneys and ATF agents respectively to respond to domestic violence incidents; a provision to establish domestic violence points of contact in every ATF Field Office and US Attorney District Office; and provisions to require NICS to contact state and local law enforcement and prosecutors when someone fails a background check due to a domestic violence conviction, a domestic violence protective order, or a stalking conviction. We have also drafted a bill to notify survivors when an adjudicated abuser fails a background check.

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Matched citations: H.R.1620

H.R.1620 includes provisions to increase survivor access to housing. In addition to reauthorizing existing grants, it establishes a housing voucher pool, creates a purpose area for local jurisdictions to create alternatives to nuisance ordinances, and protects survivors from eviction based on the actions of the perpetrator. We do not work on this specific section, but we are involved in discussions to introduce a Senate companion with housing protections based on H.R.1620.

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Matched citations: H.R.1620