To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to establish a national training and technical assistance center to provide for the ongoing promotion and adoption of lethality assessment programs to reduce domestic violence-related homicides, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7494 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7494 To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to establish a national training and technical assistance center to provide for the ongoing promotion and adoption of lethality assessment programs to reduce domestic violence-related homicides, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 11, 2026 Ms. Elfreth (for herself, Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Ms. Norton, Ms. Salinas, and Mr. Schmidt) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to establish a national training and technical assistance center to provide for the ongoing promotion and adoption of lethality assessment programs to reduce domestic violence-related homicides, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. The Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Domestic Violence Homicides Through Lethality Assessment Training and Technical Assistance Act''. SEC. 2. NATIONAL LETHALITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM RESOURCE CENTER GRANT. (a) In General.--The Attorney General may make an award to one or more nonprofit or tribal organizations to establish a national training and technical assistance center to promote and support the adoption of lethality assessment programs by States, units of local government, and Indian Tribes. (b) Qualifications.--To be eligible for a grant under this section, an applicant shall demonstrate national experience in developing, implementing, evaluating, and disseminating a lethality assessment program for the purpose of reducing domesti