Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: VAWA Technical Amendment Act of 2022. 34 USC 10101 note.>>
This Act may be cited as the ``VAWA Technical Amendment Act of 2022''.
(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''.
This Act shall become effective one day after enactment.
Approved December 27, 2022.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 7: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 168 (2022): Nov. 17, considered and passed Senate. Dec. 14, considered and passed House.
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