1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “VAWA Technical Amendment Act of 2022”.
VAWA Technical Amendment Act of 2022
AN ACT
To make a technical amendment to the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes.
2. Grants to combat violent crimes
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—
in paragraph (1)—
in subparagraph (A), by inserting “or Native Hawaiian” after “Indian”;
in subparagarph (B), by inserting “or Native Hawaiian” after “Indian”;
in subparagraph (C)—
by inserting “or Native Hawaiian communities” after “tribal communities”; and
by inserting “or Native Hawaiian” after “Indian”; and
in subparagraph (D)—
by inserting “or Native Hawaiian communities” after “Indian tribes”; and
by inserting “or Native Hawaiian” after “against Indian”;
in paragraph (2)—
in subparagraph (A)(iii), by inserting “or Native Hawaiian communities” after “Indian tribes”; and
in subparagraph (B), by inserting “or Native Hawaiian communities” after “Indian tribes”; and
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).”
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—
in subparagraph (A)—
by inserting “, Native Hawaiian organizations, or the Native Hawaiian community” after “Indian service providers”;
by inserting “, organizations, or communities” after “member providers”; and
by inserting “or Native Hawaiian” after “designed to assist Indian”; and
in subparagraph (B)—
in clause (i), by inserting “, organizations, or communities” after “member service providers”; and
in clause (ii), by inserting “or Native Hawaiian communities” after “tribal communities”.
3. Effective Date
This Act shall become effective one day after enactment.