,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cejb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ad1       
#bjac,mr4 ,smith of ,new ,jersey        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to encourage    
,states to expand the protections       
offered to victims of sex offenses who  
are not in a familiar or dating         
relationship with the perpetrators of   
such offenses4  #a4 ,short title ,this  
,act may be cited as ,nicole's ,law of  
#bjac4  #b4 ,protection for victims of  
sex offenses  7a7 ,in ,general ,for each
 fiscal year beginning after the        
expiration of the period specified in   
subsection 7b77#a7 in which a ,state    
receives funds under the subpart        
referred to in subsection 7b77#b71 the  
,state shall have in effect throughout  
the ,state laws and policies that ensure
 that1 with respect to criminal cases   
involving sex offenses 7as defined by   
the ,state71 protections similar to     

those offered to victims of domestic    
violence are extended to victims of sex 
offenses who are not in a familiar or   
dating relationship with the            
perpetrators of such offenses4 ,to      
demonstrate compliance with the         
preceding sentence1 a ,state shall have 
in effect laws and policies that-- 7#a7 
expressly authorize judges and courts to
 issue1 as a condition of bail1         
protection orders that prohibit a       
defendant charged with a sex offense    
from having any contact with the victim 
or with the victim's friends1           
co-workers1 or relatives2  7#b7 permit  
judges and courts1 after finding a      
defendant guilty of a sex offense1 to   
order a continuation of a protection    
order described in paragraph 7#a71 or to
 otherwise restrict a defendant's       
contact with the victim1 as a condition 
of bail1 parole1 probation1 or other    
supervised release2 and  7#c7 provide   
judges and courts with the authority to 
grant or extend a protection order until

 further order of a judge or court1 as  
an alternative to issuing protection    
orders that expire on a specific date or
 upon termination of a sentence or      
period of supervised release4  7b7      
,compliance and ineligibility  7#a7     
,compliance date ,each ,state shall have
 not more than one year from the date of
 enactment of this ,act in which to     
fully implement this section1 except    
that the ,attorney ,general may grant an
 additional one year to a ,state that is
 making good faith efforts to implement 
this section4  7#b7 ,ineligibility for  
funds ,for any fiscal year after the    
expiration of the period specified in   
paragraph 7#a71 a ,state that fails to  
fully implement this section1 as        
determined by the ,attorney ,general1   
shall not receive #aj percent of the    
funds that would otherwise be allocated 
for that fiscal year to the ,state under
 subpart #a of part ,e of title ,i of   
the ,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe  
,streets ,act of #aifh 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   

#cgej et seq474  7c7 ,reallocation      
,amounts not allocated under the subpart
 referred to in subsection 7b77#b7 to a 
,state for failure to fully implement   
this section shall be reallocated under 
that subpart to ,states that have not   
failed to fully implement this section4 
7d7 ,definition of ,state ,in this      
section1 ,the term ,state includes each 
of the several ,states1 the ,district of
 ,columbia1 and any commonwealth1       
territory1 or possession of the ,united 
,states4