U.S. Department
of Justice
Reports to Congress
The Violence Against Women Act mandates that the Attorney General submit a report to Congress every two years on the effectiveness of activities carried out with grant funds, including the number of persons served and the number of persons seeking services who could not be served.
- Closing the Law Enforcement Consent Loophole Act of 2022: VAWA 2022 requires the Attorney General to submit a report to Congress including information on acts of sexual misconduct committed under color of law that were reported to federal law enforcement agencies as well as the disposition of those cases. The report includes information on the number of reports made between enactment of the Act in March 2022 and the end of the fiscal year, September 2022.
- Closing the Law Enforcement Consent Loophole Act of 2022 (for FY2023): VAWA 2022 requires the Attorney General to submit a report to Congress including information on acts of sexual misconduct committed under color of law that were reported to federal law enforcement agencies as well as the disposition of those cases. The report includes information on the number of reports made between October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023.
- National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Denials Report: Section 1102 of VAWA 2022 requires the Attorney General to submit an annual report to Congress regarding the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) denials reported to the FBI (NICS Denials Report). This report covers January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022.
- National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Denials Report: Section 1102 of VAWA 2022 requires the Attorney General to submit an annual report to Congress regarding the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) denials reported to the FBI (NICS Denials Report). This report covers January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023.
- Report: Women in Federal Incarceration. The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) prepared this report in coordination with the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) pursuant to Public Law 117-103, Division W, Title XI, Section 1003, the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022, which requires that NIJ submit a biannual report on the status of women in Federal incarceration. This report covers March 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022.
- Conflicts between State Marriage Age and Age-Based Sex Offenses: VAWA 2022 added a new provision that requires the Attorney General to submit an annual report to Congress examining the marriage age laws in each state and U.S. territory. In particular, Congress mandated that the report include an analysis of the marriage age laws in each state and territory compared to its laws on age-based sex offenses (such as statutory rape laws based on the age of an individual) to determine whether the laws within a specific state or territory are consistent with one another.
- Review of Relevant Federal Crime Prevention, Victim Service, and Criminal Justice Programs Serving Native Hawaiians: Section 1105(b) of VAWA 2022 requires the Attorney General to: (1) conduct a comprehensive review of and report on federal funding received by Native Hawaiian-serving organizations from relevant federal programs and (2) offer recommendations and legislative proposals to improve how relevant federal programs address the needs of Native Hawaiians, improve the response to, and investigation of, incidents of missing or murdered Native Hawaiians, and reduce criminal justice involvement by Native Hawaiians.
- Interagency Working Group to Study Federal Efforts to Collect Data on Sexual Violence: Section 1307 of VAWA 2022 directs the Attorney General to create an interagency working group and issue a report to study Federal efforts to collect data on sexual violence and to make recommendations on the harmonization of such efforts.
The Violence Against Women Act, as amended, mandates that the Attorney General submit a report to Congress on the annual government-to-government violence against women tribal consultation that contains recommendations made by the tribes, describes actions taken during the year covered by the report to respond to those recommendations, and describes how the Justice Department will coordinate and collaborate with Indian tribes, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of Interior to address the recommendations. Learn more about Tribal Affairs at OVW.
The 2012 SASP report to Congress is Part C of the 2012 STOP report to Congress listed below.
The Violence Against Women Act mandates that the Attorney General submit a report to Congress every two years on the STOP Program (Services, Training, Officers, Prosecutors). The report includes (1) the number of grants made and funds distributed; (2) a summary of the purposes for which those grants were provided and an evaluation of their progress; (3) a statistical summary of persons served, detailing the nature of victimization, and providing data on age, sex, relationship of victim to offender, geographic distribution, race, ethnicity, language, and disability, and the membership of persons served in any underserved population; and (4) an evaluation of the effectiveness of programs funded.
The Violence Against Women Act requires a report to Congress every even-numbered fiscal year, providing information about the incidence of stalking and domestic violence, and evaluating the effectiveness of anti-stalking efforts and legislation.
The Combat Online Predators Act requires the Attorney General to submit a report to Congress on best practices regarding enforcement of anti-stalking laws.
- 2022 (PDF)
This annual report to Congress summarizes the activities of grantees receiving federal funds under the Grants to Reduce Violent Crimes Against Women on Campus Program (Campus Program). The report is required by Section 826(d)(3) of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, 42 U.S.C. § 14045b(d)(3).
The Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (VAWA 2022) authorized a “Pilot Program on Restorative Practices” (codified at 34 U.S.C. § 12514). The program’s statute (34 U.S.C. § 12514(h)(2)) requires the OVW Director to report on the effectiveness of activities carried out with grant funds, beginning on March 15, 2024, and biennially thereafter.
The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 requires the Office on Violence Against Women to confer every two years with key stakeholders. The issues stakeholders bring to the conferrals and the policies and actions OVW intends to implement to address the issues are summarized in this report to Congress.
- 2020-2021 Report (PDF) with transmittal letters
- 2018-2019 Report (PDF) with transmittal letters
- 2016-2017 Report (PDF) with transmittal letters
- 2014-2015 Report (PDF) with transmittal letters
The Survivors' Bill of Rights Act, enacted in October 2016, identifies rights that must be afforded to sexual assault survivors in federal criminal cases, authorizes the Attorney General to administer grants to ensure that survivors receive certain notifications, and directs the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to establish a joint working group to develop, coordinate, and disseminate best practices regarding the care and treatment of sexual assault survivors and the preservation of forensic evidence. This report is submitted in fulfillment of a Congressional reporting requirement contained in the Senate Committee on Appropriations report to accompany the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2018.
- 2018 Report (PDF)