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The bill directs federal resources and technical expertise to protect survivors from technological abuse—improving services, training, and targeted support—but does so as a limited pilot with unclear long-term funding and eligibility rules that could constrain reach, create privacy risks, and leave unmet needs if safeguards and adequate, equitable funding are not provided.
Survivors of domestic, sexual, and intimate-partner violence (particularly women, LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities) gain access to technical expertise, devices, and services to identify and mitigate technological abuse through grants and supported pilot activities.
Nonprofits, colleges, and universities receive federal grants and multi-year funding to develop training, tools, and curricula—expanding technical assistance capacity and creating workforce development opportunities in cybersecurity/IT.
Local and culturally specific service providers are funded to tailor interventions for underserved communities, improving access for racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+ survivors, and other marginalized groups.
The bill's funding language is unclear and internally inconsistent (authorization of 'such sums as are necessary' alongside a stated $20 million cap), creating fiscal unpredictability and the potential for increased taxpayer costs or constrained program scope.
Pilot limits (only 15 awards and a five-year sunset) risk leaving many survivors without needed devices or services and could terminate support before local capacity is established.
Eligibility and partnership requirements (required letters of support from government and ties to institutions offering advanced programs) may exclude smaller, under‑resourced domestic-violence centers, community colleges, tribal organizations, and rural providers, producing inequitable access.
Based on analysis of 5 sections of legislative text.
Creates two grant programs to fund pilot partnerships and training to prevent and respond to technological abuse of survivors, authorizing necessary sums.
Creates two federal grant programs to help prevent and respond to technological abuse used against survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. One program is a Director-run pilot that funds partnerships between technical institutions/partners and local victim service providers to deliver direct services, devices, and technical support; the other funds nonprofits and schools to develop training, curricula, and tools. Grants have caps, reporting requirements, and authorization of "such sums as are necessary."
Introduced June 25, 2025 by Debbie Dingell · Last progress June 25, 2025