Pub. L. 117-315 - VAWA Technical Amendment Act of 2022

117th Congress

Affects: 25 U.S.C. §§ 4221; 34 U.S.C. §§ 10441, 12291

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “VAWA Technical Amendment Act of 2022”.

SEC. 2. GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES.

(a) Section 2001(d) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10441(d)) is amended—

(a)(1) in paragraph (1)—

(a)(1)(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting “or Native Hawaiian” after “Indian”;

(a)(1)(B) in subparagarph (B), by inserting “or Native Hawaiian” after “Indian”;

(a)(1)(C) in subparagraph (C)—

(a)(1)(C)(i) by inserting “or Native Hawaiian communities” after “tribal communities”; and

(a)(1)(C)(ii) by inserting “or Native Hawaiian” after “Indian”; and

(a)(1)(D) in subparagraph (D)—

(a)(1)(D)(i) by inserting “or Native Hawaiian communities” after “Indian tribes”; and

(a)(1)(D)(ii) by inserting “or Native Hawaiian” after “against Indian”;

(a)(2) in paragraph (2)—

(a)(2)(A) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by inserting “or Native Hawaiian communities” after “Indian tribes”; and

(a)(2)(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting “or Native Hawaiian communities” after “Indian tribes”; and

(a)(3) by adding at the end the following:

(a)(3)“(6) In this subsection, the term ‘Native Hawaiian’ has the meaning given that term in section 801 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4221).”

(a)(3) .

(b) Section 40002(a)(42) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)(42)) is amended—

(b)(1) in subparagraph (A)—¨136STAT. 4405

(b)(1)(A) by inserting “, Native Hawaiian organizations, or the Native Hawaiian community” after “Indian service providers”;

(b)(1)(B) by inserting “, organizations, or communities” after “member providers”; and

(b)(1)(C) by inserting “or Native Hawaiian” after “designed to assist Indian”; and

(b)(2) in subparagraph (B)—

(b)(2)(A) in clause (i), by inserting “, organizations, or communities” after “member service providers”; and

(b)(2)(B) in clause (ii), by inserting “or Native Hawaiian communities” after “tribal communities”.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

This Act shall become effective one day after enactment.

Legislative History

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 7:

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 168 (2022):

Nov. 17, considered and passed Senate.

Dec. 14, considered and passed House.