§10453 Tribal Deputy

Summary

Creates a Deputy Director for Tribal Affairs inside the Office on Violence Against Women. That person must run and oversee grants and contracts for Indian tribes and tribal groups, and must make sure each tribe agrees if a grant will benefit more than one tribe. The Deputy Director also develops and coordinates Federal policy and guidelines about violence against Indian women, advises the Office Director, represents the Office in the yearly consultations under section 20126, helps other Justice Department offices with policy and legal work (including lawsuits), works with federal, State, and tribal courts, supports enforcement of tribal protection orders and related State‑Tribal agreements, and makes sure tribes get expert technical help on tribal law and customs. The Deputy Director must set aside part of the tribal funds from grants under this Act and under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (title IV of Public Law 103–322; 108 Stat. 1902) and the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (division B of Public Law 106–386; 114 Stat. 1491) to help tribes protect Indian women. Some of those funds must go to hold offenders accountable and to things like improving tribal responses and legal services, shelters and sexual‑assault programs, education materials, support for customary tribal activities that discourage violence, and tribal electronic registries for protection orders.