[Congressional Bills 117th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5113 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5113 To make a technical amendment to the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 16, 2022 Ms. Hirono introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To make a technical amendment to the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes. 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 ``VAWA Technical Amendment Act of 2022''. SEC. 2. GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES. (a) Amendment.--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-- (1) in paragraph (1)-- (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``or Native Hawaiian'' after ``Indian''; (B) in subparagarph (B), by inserting ``or Native Hawaiian'' after ``Indian''; (C) in subparagraph (C)-- (i) by inserting ``or Native Hawaiian communities'' after ``tribal communities''; and (ii) by inserting ``or Native Hawaiian'' after ``Indian''; and (D) in subparagraph (D)-- (i) by inserting ``or Native Hawaiian communities'' after ``Indian tribes''; and (ii) by inserting ``or Native Hawaiian'' after ``against Indian''; (2) in paragraph (2)-- (A) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by inserting ``or Native Hawaiian communities'' after ``Indian tribes''; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``or Native Hawaiian communities'' after ``Indian tribes''; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ``(6) Native hawaiian defined.--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).''. (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--Section 40002(a)(42) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)(42)) is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (A)-- (A) by inserting ``, Native Hawaiian organizations, or the Native Hawaiian community'' after ``Indian service providers''; (B) by inserting ``, organizations, or communities'' after ``member providers''; and (C) by inserting ``or Native Hawaiian'' after ``designed to assist Indian''; and (2) in subparagraph (B)-- (A) in clause (i), by inserting ``, organizations, or communities'' after ``member service providers''; and (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ``or Native Hawaiian communities'' after ``tribal communities''. <all>