109 HR 2876 IH: Immigrant Victims of Violence Protection Act of 2005
U.S. House of Representatives
2005-06-14
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1.This Act may be cited as the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2005
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2.The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title
Sec. 2. Table of contents
Sec. 3. Grant provisions for Violence Against Women Act of 1994
Title I—Enhancing Judicial and Law Enforcement Tools to Combat Violence Against Women
Sec. 101. STOP grants improvements
Sec. 102. Grants to encourage arrest and enforce protection orders improvements
Sec. 103. Legal assistance for victims improvements
Sec. 104. Court training and improvements
Sec. 105. Full faith and credit improvements
Sec. 106. Privacy protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual violence, and stalking
Sec. 107. Stalker database
Sec. 108. Victim assistants for District of Columbia
Sec. 109. Preventing cyberstalking
Sec. 110. Repeat offender provision
Sec. 111. Prohibiting dating violence
Title II—Improving Services for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking
Sec. 201. Violence Against Women programs
Sec. 202. Sexual assault services program
Sec. 203. Amendments to the rural domestic violence and child abuse enforcement assistance program
Sec. 204. Assistance for victims of abuse
Sec. 205. GAO study of National Domestic Violence Hotline
Sec. 206. Grants for public information campaigns
Title III—Services, Protection, and Justice for Young Victims of Violence
Sec. 301. Rape prevention and education
Sec. 302. Services, education, protection and justice for young victims of violence
Sec. 303. Grants to reduce violence against women on campus
Sec. 304. Safe havens
Sec. 305. Grants to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in middle and high schools
Title IV—Strengthening America’s Families by Preventing Violence in the Home
Sec. 401. Preventing violence against women, men, and children
Title V—Strengthening the Healthcare System’s Response to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking
Sec. 501. Purpose
Sec. 502. Training and education of health professionals in domestic and sexual violence
Sec. 503. Grants to foster public health responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking grants
Sec. 504. Improving Federal health programs’ response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking
Sec. 505. Research on effective interventions in the healthcare setting
Title VI—Housing Opportunities and Safety for Battered Women and Children
Sec. 601. Addressing the housing needs of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking
Sec. 602. Transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
Sec. 603. Public and Indian housing authority plans reporting requirement
Sec. 604. Housing strategies
Sec. 605. Amendment to the Mckinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
Sec. 606. Amendments to the low income housing assistance voucher program
Sec. 607. Amendments to the public housing program
Title VII—Providing Economic Security for Victims of Violence
Sec. 701. Emergency leave
Title VIII—Protection for Immigrant Victims of Violence
Sec. 800. Short title; references to VAWA–2000; regulations
Subtitle A—Victims of Crime
Sec. 801. Conditions applicable to U and T visas
Subtitle B—VAWA Petitioners
Sec. 811. Definition of VAWA petitioner
Sec. 812. Self-petitioning for children
Sec. 813. Access to VAWA protection for children of asylum applicants under adjustment provisions
Sec. 814. Eliminating abusers’ control over applications for adjustments of status
Sec. 815. Clarification of access to naturalization for victims of domestic violence
Sec. 816. Prohibition of adverse determinations of admissibility or deportability based on protected information
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 831. Removing 2 year custody requirement for battered adopted children
Sec. 832. Grounds for hardship waiver for conditional permanent residence for intended spouses
Sec. 833. Motions to reopen
Sec. 834. Treatment of battery or extreme cruelty as exceptional circumstances for failure to appear at removal proceedings
Title IX—Safety for Indian Women
Sec. 901. Purposes
Sec. 902. Consultation
Sec. 903. Analysis and research on violence against Indian women
Sec. 904. Tracking of violence against Indian women
Sec. 905. Tribal Division of the Office on Violence Against Women
3.Grant provisions for Violence Against Women Act of 1994The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 1902 et seq.) is amended by adding after section 40001 the following:
40002.
(a)
(1)Nondisclosure of confidential or private information
(A)In order to ensure the safety of adult and minor victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and their families, grantee and subgrantees under this title shall reasonably protect the confidentiality and privacy of persons receiving services.
(B)Subject to subparagraph (C), grantees and subgrantees should not—
(i)disclose any personally identifying information or individual information collected in connection with services requested, utilized, or denied through grantees’ and subgrantees’ programs; or
(ii)reveal individual client information without the informed, written, reasonably time-limited consent of the person (or in the case of an unemancipated minor, the minor and the parent or guardian or in the case of persons with disabilities, the guardian) about whom information is sought, whether for this program or any other Federal, State, tribal, or territorial grant program.
(C)If release of information described in subparagraph (B) is compelled by statutory or court mandate—
(i)grantees and subgrantees shall make reasonable attempts to provide notice to victims affected by the disclosure of information; and
(ii)grantees and subgrantees shall take steps necessary to protect the privacy and safety of the persons affected by the release of the information.
(D)Grantees and subgrantees may share—
(i)nonpersonally identifying data in the aggregate regarding services to their clients and nonpersonally identifying demographic information in order to comply with Federal, State, tribal, or territorial reporting, evaluation, or data collection requirements; and
(ii)court-generated information and law-enforcement generated information contained in secure, governmental registries for protection order enforcement purposes.
(2)In carrying out the activities under this title, grantees and subgrantees may collaborate with and provide information to Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial public officials and agencies to develop and implement policies to reduce or eliminate domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
(3)Any Federal funds received under this title shall be used to supplement, not supplant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise be available for activities under this title.
(4)Funds authorized and appropriated under this title may be used only for the specific purposes described in this title and shall remain available until expended.
(5)Grantees under this Act must collect data for use to evaluate the effectiveness of the program, pursuant to the requirements described in paragraph (1)(D).
(6)For each grant program under this Act, the grantee must identify the underserved population for their area and program. The grantor must ensure that sufficient funds are given to programs that will address the underserved populations within the grant program. Underserved populations will change depending on the program but will include but not be limited to rural, urban, religious, race and ethnic factors, language barriers, disabilities, alienage status, age, or any other factor determined by the Attorney General to indicate that a population is underserved.
(7)Community-based organization definedIn this title, the term community-based organization
means an organization that—
(A)focuses primarily on violence against women;
(B)has established a specialized culturally specific program that addresses violence against women;
(C)has a primary focus on underserved communities (and includes representatives from these communities) and violence against women; or
(D)obtains violence against women expertise through collaboration..
<enum>I</enum><header>Enhancing Judicial and Law Enforcement Tools to Combat Violence Against Women</header>
<section id="H1CB0C375A5E0482E8489053605FE1E95"><enum>101.</enum><header>STOP grants improvements</header>
<subsection id="H0C4489C2ED9C4EA09CF9D0CD1C8FD0EE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 1001(a)(18) of title I of the <act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3793">42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(8)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$185,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2005</quote> and inserting <quote>$225,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H0837BB74162540A50039B893A9FD12AF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose area enhancements</header><text>Section 2001(b) of title I of the <act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796gg">42 U.S.C. 3796gg(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5D1E583A3FB649F3990800C819888260"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and specifically, for the purposes of—</quote> and inserting <quote>, including collaborating with and informing public officials and agencies in order to develop and implement policies to reduce or eliminate domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and specifically only for the purposes of—</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4D3CDF2E695E4841BB3CB69148D8A179"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by inserting after <quote>protection orders are granted,</quote> the following: <quote>supporting nonprofit nongovernmental victim services programs and tribal organizations in working with public officials and agencies to develop and implement policies, rules, and procedures in order to reduce or eliminate domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking,</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H15556314FAC84C13AEDF383E2CE75000"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (10), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF07AC8E1D831473390BD019976C292D7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (11), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDA38383351B349D3AA8622FFAEBD5DAC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H53FA42240DED42349DD6E6164561D15C"><enum>(12)</enum><text>maintaining core victim services and criminal justice initiatives, while supporting complementary new initiatives and emergency services for victims and their families.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDF493413BC6F47CE95F6E16FDFC40DE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical amendment relating to misdesignated sections</header>
<paragraph id="H4753AE0FC5784268847821B4F44D25C4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Renumbering</header><text>Section 402(2) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/273">Public Law 107–273</external-xref> (116 Stat. 1789) is amended by striking <quote>as sections 2006 through 2011, respectively</quote> and inserting <quote>as sections 2007 through 2011, respectively</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4C5DDB486F784ACB98EB5C502B57CF10"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of enactment of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/273">Public Law 107–273</external-xref>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HCC0EF9C00E564B118B5C1FD68C53187D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Clarification of activities regarding underserved populations</header><text>Section 2006 of the <act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796gg-1">42 U.S.C. 3796gg–1</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H53F33CD7D92643A788AFCEECEBBD29AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2), by inserting before the semicolon the following: <quote>and describe how the State will address the needs of racial and ethnic minorities and racial and ethnic and other underserved populations</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H514B5ED0F5D84CA0AAA4E4DE27F75FE3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(2), by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HF3C8ECA516234645ACB48122BCBB275B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>recognize and meaningfully respond to the needs of racial and ethnic and other underserved populations and ensure that monies set aside to fund services and activities for racial and ethnic and other underserved populations are distributed equally among those populations.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0E3E9D7E37FE426988664315331F4F7E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Tribal and territorial setasides</header><text>Section 2007 of the <act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796gg-1">42 U.S.C. 3796gg–1</external-xref>), as redesignated by subsection (c), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE41418489BD6427B9097015DC819EDF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H18A57DDAE6D944CEB923DD64A186095F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>5 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>10 percent</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD60340E6408242EB911D71AF53A25DEE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote><fraction>1/54</fraction></quote> and inserting <quote><fraction>1/56</fraction></quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAD12DBEAB79C46CC95A9E4EC1F1CC200"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and the coalition for the combined Territories of the United States, each receiving an amount equal to <fraction>1/54</fraction></quote> and inserting <quote>Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, each receiving an amount equal to <fraction>1/56</fraction></quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF1415B3231E54BFFB2D35B28F6226B2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote><fraction>1/54</fraction></quote> and inserting <quote><fraction>1/56</fraction></quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA2202AADED9F4D47BC72791FF21EB0C6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H354FDEEE96F745E69FAD1EED21CE08CE"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H68D7C34225034F5081E9F4D58F5515CB"><enum>(G)</enum><text>by adding at the end:</text>
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<paragraph id="H5C04806178504A7B919D4B15A7B92461"><enum>(7)</enum><text>such funds shall remain available until expended.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4DE649FAD4D94C9C98C1627E00A96C40"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(3)(B), by inserting after “victim services” the following: <quote>, of which at least 10 percent shall be distributed to culturally specific community-based organizations</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF24F9EC7492F4E34BBB6AFD0A48D2591"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE84D51F8D6844598AC73B6602B210000"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H05A189CB88214854AA6D9EEE09FB4EBC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5F6A9BB9106F4602B623D2D2D62559B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HA033F125610D42B3A224B473BD42D092"><enum>(4)</enum><text>documentation showing that tribal, territorial, State or local prosecution, law enforcement, and court and victim service provider subgrantees have consulted with tribal, territorial, State, or local victim services programs during the course of developing their grant applications in order to ensure that proposed services, activities and equipment acquisitions are designed to promote the safety, confidentiality, and economic independence of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDC756BCF518644E183B4C5965DE2AF49"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Training, technical assistance, and data collection</header><text>Section 2007 of the <act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796gg-1">42 U.S.C. 3796gg–1</external-xref>), as redesignated by subsection (c), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H67978B2C6F0F423800ED2B997F5E5883"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Training, technical assistance, and data collection</header>
<paragraph id="H6DC43C9E65414EB59564B97B3BF766C2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the total amounts appropriated under this part, not less than 3 percent and up to 8 percent shall be available for providing training, technical assistance, and data collection relating to the purpose areas of this part to improve the capacity of grantees, subgrantees and other entities to offer services and assistance to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H08041E7E004A423C86851EB74F5D85EC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Indian training</header><text>The Director of the Violence Against Women Office shall ensure that training or technical assistance regarding violence against Indian women will be developed and provided by entities having expertise in tribal law and culture.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H419CB6E78F7942FFAA70B16B45CDC62E"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Availability of forensic medical exams</header><text>Section 2010 of the <act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796gg-4">42 U.S.C. 3796gg–4</external-xref>), as redesignated by subsection (c), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H0EAB525C14CD4ACBA64512F625DA4C36"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>A State or Indian tribal government may use Federal grant funds under this part to pay for forensic medical exams performed by trained examiners for victims of sexual assault, except that such funds may not be used to pay for forensic medical exams by any State or Indian tribal government that requires victims of sexual assault to seek reimbursement for such exams from their insurance carriers.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HFADFA1FDC8FA41F5AA84D73B91643D01"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit a State to require a victim of sexual assault to participate in the criminal justice system or cooperate with law enforcement in order to be provided with a forensic medical exam, reimbursement for charges incurred on account of such an exam, or both.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H71B675C2D95B4A63B45B2759CF8E8FD"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Polygraph testing prohibition</header><text>Part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796gg">42 U.S.C. 3796gg et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="HA78A4A500B4E42BAB05369CF36008B11"><enum>2012.</enum><header>Polygraph testing prohibition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In order to be eligible for grants under this part, a State, Indian tribal government, or unit of local government must certify within three years of enactment of the <short-title>Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2005</short-title> that their laws, policies, or practices ensure that no law enforcement officer, prosecuting officer or other government official shall ask or require an adult or child victim of a sex offense as defined under Federal, Tribal, State, Territorial or local law to submit to a polygraph examination or similar truth-telling device or method as a condition for proceeding with the investigation, charging or prosecution of such an offense. A victim’s refusal to submit to the aforementioned shall not prevent the investigation, charging or prosecution of the pending case.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H6057F6CB6B0C4655BA58687516492423"><enum>(i)</enum><header>No matching requirement</header><text>Part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796gg">42 U.S.C. 3796gg et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H76A94161894744DDA79002F2AF60B7A8"><enum>2013.</enum><header>No matching requirement for certain grantees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No matching funds shall be required for a grant or subgrant made under this part, if made to a small law enforcement agency (under 20 officers) or to a victim service provider.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> </section>
<section id="HDD71E30F27F649FB88C95B2984DCB467"><enum>102.</enum><header>Grants to encourage arrest and enforce protection orders improvements</header>
<subsection id="HC474B1E9E61845539B23DE7393B942D1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 1001(a)(19) of title I of the <act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3793">42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(19)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$65,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2005</quote> and inserting <quote>$75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. Funds appropriated under this paragraph shall remain available until expended.</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HE32A25BF2D1A4D879DFD7DBF3F742200"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grantee requirements</header><text>Section 2101 of the <act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796hh">42 U.S.C. 3796hh</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H06FF2048BB76476DB0BC6278AA76FF76"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>to treat domestic violence as a serious violation</quote> and inserting <quote>to treat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking as serious violations</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8AE1B65F4C3049B1A4C22411CE675169"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCC352FEE7BC441C184BC2FDE23911386"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter before paragraph (1), by inserting after <quote>State</quote> the following: <quote>, tribal, territorial,</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE5D71E36EC674D96BB7D87860676FB3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>mandatory arrest or</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE731D137D6B04B8DAFBAEC79B1DC3545"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by—</text>
<clause id="H3FE9BC5A7CD14E44805D211C81CF8B8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>inserting after <quote>educational programs,</quote> the following: <quote>protection order registries,</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="HC77FEDBF622E46A5A0965FC141005FC9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>striking <quote>domestic violence and dating violence</quote> and inserting <quote>domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Policies, educational programs, registries, and training described in this paragraph shall incorporate confidentiality and privacy protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HABA0B70BDBCE4B2E90B7D452D0CE00B8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by—</text>
<clause id="HD7DBE72CF8A44B738655DB41CDEB1F44"><enum>(i)</enum><text>striking <quote>domestic violence cases</quote> and inserting <quote>domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H22BAACF62480485190C9B7F723D43748"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>striking <quote>groups</quote> and inserting <quote>teams</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD0A47153637F4DB58C62AB2F608BC049"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>domestic violence and dating violence</quote> and inserting <quote>domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6725DE3C9A614C7F8032BF9453DFAB73"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by—</text>
<clause id="H29A64F1EEF4A4D45B87ED1BE0001EBA7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>striking <quote>other</quote> and inserting <quote>civil</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HEE9B8D2F1D004731BF55571EADB103FB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>inserting after <quote>domestic violence</quote> the following: <quote>, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H75F9B74AF5294EEAA912EFEA3DF873E1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H71E070E60F904D24B390C9563E4C1048"><enum>(9)</enum><text>To enhance and support the capacity of victims services programs to collaborate with and inform efforts by State and local jurisdictions and public officials and agencies to develop best practices and policies regarding arrest of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking offenders and to strengthen protection order enforcement and to reduce or eliminate domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC8AAEFFFF9794376B1CCED3983960006"><enum>(10)</enum><text>To develop State, tribal, territorial, or local policies, procedures, and protocols for preventing dual arrests and prosecutions in cases of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking and to develop effective methods for identifying the pattern and history of abuse that indicates which party is the actual perpetrator of abuse.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5370C3ECEBAF4E428B562371FE199353"><enum>(11)</enum><text>To plan, develop and establish comprehensive victim service and support centers, such as family justice centers, designed to bring together victim advocates from non-profit, non-governmental victim services organizations, law enforcement officers, prosecutors, probation officers, governmental victim assistants, forensic medical professionals, civil legal attorneys, chaplains, legal advocates, representatives from community-based organizations and other relevant public or private agencies or organizations into one centralized location, in order to improve safety, access to services, and confidentiality for victims and families.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE587CEA27A6A42868C278B3C75132DB9"><enum>(12)</enum><text>To develop and implement policies and training for police, prosecutors, and the judiciary in recognizing, investigating, and prosecuting instances of sexual assault, with an emphasis on recognizing the threat to the community for repeat crime perpetration by such individuals.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H60B3BACCD89A44569D30E9608829E99"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD77B525907BC4AFEAA425EB9BD882D4E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE7DF3DDC3E7F4BFCA7FF8E06FC539318"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4FD4B32515FD4DAAB4EEA4019B503EE5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7D71266880C246B2AD5E008FB70855E0">
<paragraph id="HB6D29CCA895D42A498F2EF1D60B982F3"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">certify within three years of enactment of the <short-title>Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2005</short-title> that their laws, policies, or practices ensure that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H862F5A2727B14130B3AD85AA1295B400"><enum>(A)</enum><text>no law enforcement officer, prosecuting officer or other government official shall ask or require an adult or child victim of a sex offense as defined under Federal, tribal, State, territorial, or local law to submit to a polygraph examination or other truth telling device as a condition for proceeding with the investigation, charging or prosecution of such an offense; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H75812147B00B44A38B2F74B88B005F23"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the refusal of a victim to submit to an examination described in subparagraph (A) shall not prevent the investigation, charging or prosecution of the offense.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6BDA79DF9FE54681A51BE6FF96C58600"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subsections (d) and (e) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H736062747D6C4DA7002436F3F1F9FC8C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Allotment for Indian Tribes</header><text>Not less than 10 percent of the total amount made available for grants under this section for each fiscal year shall be available for grants to Indian tribe governments.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H307E448ABFF44C30AACBD304425C3581"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>Section 2102(b) of the <act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796hh-1">42 U.S.C. 3796hh–1(b)</external-xref>) is amended in each of paragraphs (1) and (2) by inserting after <quote>involving domestic violence</quote> the following: <quote>, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HB479E1E2529E41D289630133CF1EE66"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Training, technical assistance, confidentiality</header><text>Part U of title I of the <act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796hh">42 U.S.C. 3796hh et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H2B1E675D130B48A4AD00FD039EA384C7"><enum>2106.</enum><header>Training and technical assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of the total amounts appropriated under this part, not less than 5 percent and up to 8 percent shall be available for providing training, technical assistance, and data collection relating to the purpose areas of this part to improve the capacity of grantees, subgrantees and other entities to offer services and assistance to victims of domestic violence and dating violence.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="HB60E6EC4CCD94BA291F158DF03EE2082"><enum>103.</enum><header>Legal assistance for victims improvements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1201 of the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796gg-6">42 U.S.C. 3796gg–6</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H247E44B845084ED78CE1B3E564BAEE55"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H063B50272EF84DF79EE1F6067BD991B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>inserting before <quote>legal assistance</quote> the following: <quote>civil and criminal</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB12D1E0CBA504EF88D662E4D761DA6A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>inserting after <quote>effective aid to</quote> the following: <quote>adult and minor</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF2697AC4F83F4F7BB0D64052142DCD04"><enum>(C)</enum><text>striking <quote>domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault</quote> and inserting <quote>domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE456B1687DFE4C8CBC8FC241E0356B49"><enum>(D)</enum><text>inserting at the end the following: <quote>The Attorney shall use funds appropriated under this section only for the purposes described in subsection (c).</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA12230726258479D897C9D9B4BB2B36"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>private nonprofit entities, Indian tribal governments</quote> and inserting <quote>nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations, Indian tribal governments and tribal organizations, territorial organizations</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7C350FAACA0044D09E6DEC0063C5C674"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (c), by striking <quote>victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking</quote> wherever it appears and inserting <quote>victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF248528481814AFFA44447B7848FDF4C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA1FD0A123AA14D2FAD9D298D5E9988F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>domestic violence or sexual assault</quote> and inserting <quote>domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAE495769B6A749A2B5EE4C4DD7D6DEDE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H728AFBC0BE8645E0B96775A3C03721C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any training program conducted in satisfaction of the requirement of paragraph (1) has been or will be developed with input from and in collaboration with a tribal, State, territorial, or local domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking organization or coalition, as well as appropriate tribal, State, territorial, and local law enforcement officials;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H86A194400E594E10B0AB66475950DD6E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any person or organization providing legal assistance through a program funded under subsection (c) has informed and will continue to inform tribal, State, territorial, or local domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking organizations and coalitions, as well as appropriate tribal, State, territorial, and local law enforcement officials of their work; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA4330AF1D0E447F2A81724039DBB437E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by inserting <quote>dating violence,</quote> after <quote>domestic violence,</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2034EFB539124D05863C7CFBF17FF7D4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by inserting <quote>dating violence,</quote> after <quote>domestic violence,</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE9720A68590F47BEACE3C1893574503F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCD1313FF5B6345608FCF0308FE178E07"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HD3435C279F2A4EA38318ACAF02A53338"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $65,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. Funds appropriated under this section shall remain available until expended and may only be used for the specific programs and activities described in this section.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H52737CB75B9D4A099EBAF66B11001E5F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H64CE6B86CFC14354A3A8B1A47494D3D4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by—</text>
<subclause id="HABB354CB33BF41C0BB4BD6BD2BD600CB"><enum>(I)</enum><text>striking <quote>5 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>10 percent</quote>;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HE895A8086EA94BCCBE04D160FEDFBA16"><enum>(II)</enum><text>striking <quote>programs</quote> and inserting <quote>tribal governments or tribal organizations</quote>;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H7681685CAD6C48E39FC34482031FDC34"><enum>(III)</enum><text>inserting <quote>adult and minor</quote> after <quote>that assist</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H0BA33902476246C8BAA286DD54E848F6"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>striking <quote>domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault</quote> and inserting <quote>domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HFAAB744CE71841E487004E750011AB8B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>technical assistance to support projects focused solely or primarily on providing legal assistance to victims of sexual assault</quote> and inserting <quote>technical assistance in civil and crime victim matters to adult and minor victims of sexual assault</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="HBFB4AE166AE44CA085009C9FB08C04D1"><enum>104.</enum><header>Court training and improvements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 1902 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subtitle id="H460C30EBF9464C02988FBD56073CE5A1"><enum>J</enum><header>Violence Against Women Act Court Training and Improvements</header>
<section id="H39E52CB9EF554D97B9CB633C4BC0CB79"><enum>41001.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote>Violence Against Women Act Court Training and Improvements Act of 2005</quote>.</text></section>
<section id="H8B00881F4B7D4C4EA2808E1E96A516EC"><enum>41002.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purpose of this subtitle is to enable the Attorney General, though the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, to award grants to improve court responses to adult and youth domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking to be used for the following purposes—</text>
<paragraph id="HE3FAFC3338AB4048815826E166573638"><enum>(1)</enum><text>improved internal civil and criminal court functions, responses, practices, and procedures;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7DB839D81DB44BF1AA592C149959A2B5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>education for court-based and court-related personnel on issues relating to victims’ needs, including safety, security, privacy, confidentiality and economic independence, as well as information about perpetrator behavior and best practices for holding perpetrators accountable; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE8F6D57C0CB741338CAB810724D2EFEB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>collaboration and training with Federal, State, and local public agencies and officials and nonprofit, non-governmental organizations to improve implementation and enforcement of relevant Federal, State, tribal, territorial and local law;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3DF3F35EB4884F5EB66C348E233D589B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to enable courts or court-based or court-related programs to develop new or enhance current—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA63B9FBAB78F4F789C5852C8000212A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">court infrastructure (such as specialized courts, dockets, intake centers, or interpreter services and linguistically and culturally specific services);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H01C55276F16843968FF6F2A13F838E7B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>community-based initiatives within the court system (such as court watch programs, victim advocates, or community-based supplementary services);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC88157864FD349FA9F07BFA86536AB54"><enum>(C)</enum><text>offender management, monitoring, and accountability programs;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7D547FF2E8FF457888F18865BD39C311"><enum>(D)</enum><text>safe and confidential information-storage and -sharing databases within and between court systems;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF5C0A467606C4355A16846E9722CA314"><enum>(E)</enum><text>education and outreach programs (such as interpreters) to improve community access, including enhanced access for racial and ethnic communities and racial and ethnic and other underserved populations (as described in section 40002); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8A4965710E9F4629B57C5CBD60C5E0B9"><enum>(F)</enum><text>other projects likely to improve court responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H08FC770866964CC18E351C70892EFE46"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to provide technical assistance to tribal, Federal, State, territorial or local courts wishing to improve their practices and procedures or to develop new programs.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="HA9C6B2061FAF4042A02F69C4EE19D261"><enum>41003.</enum><header>Grant requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Grants awarded under this subtitle shall be subject to the following conditions:</text>
<paragraph id="HBE2B624534A64F6586E9B6DF6EDB69E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible grantees</header><text>Eligible grantees may include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3BCE28207A8342ED950015086CF85D9E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>tribal, Federal, State, territorial or local courts or court-based pro grams; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H135F463A767F4CA6B36C8C35224F66ED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>national, tribal, State, or local private, nonprofit organizations with demonstrated expertise in developing and providing judicial education about domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H219FB2EF62304E0F8B8150B97653AA1C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conditions of eligibility</header><text>To be eligible for a grant under section 41003, applicants shall certify in writing that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAB62D7819A2A43F3B9C7FA997B91B5C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any courts or court-based personnel working directly with or making decisions about adult or minor parties experiencing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking have completed or will complete education about domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H13E0C98B77C343758C31F22387FFF55"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any education program developed under section 41002 has been or will be developed with significant input from and in collaboration with a national, tribal, State, territorial, or local victim services provider or coalition; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCF4E9C7B531F4FC9B6EB220009F336DD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the grantee’s internal organizational policies, procedures, or rules do not require mediation or counseling between offenders and victims physically together in cases where domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking is an issue.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="H85BD278BB7F848DCB04E841916D64A"><enum>41004.</enum><header>Evaluation</header>
<subsection id="H4A4D39B14A5F48D0B1A8D3CAB2B28B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General, through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, may evaluate the grants funded under section 41002.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H73C6E07B2C67487D998BC500472093B2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Tribal grantees</header><text>Evaluation of tribal grantees under this section shall be conducted by entities with expertise in Federal Indian law and tribal court practice.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HEA0DED25E3F34C5A8CFD0684E3E81823"><enum>41005.</enum><header>National educational curricula</header>
<subsection id="H5C4D2BBF101042DAB72F9CA2A557DFD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General, through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, shall fund efforts to develop a national education curriculum for use by State and national judicial educators to ensure that all courts and court personnel have access to information about relevant Federal, State, territorial, or local law, promising practices, procedures, and policies regarding court responses to adult and youth domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HA4D155D667D046F6A6E1006373E2A000"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>Any curricula developed under this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H0191C0CBDCD64BBFBF723E759150855F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be developed by an entity or entities having demonstrated expertise in developing judicial education curricula on issues relating to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H41DE03C97C7E465EACA2292B0183DEE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if the primary grantee does not have demonstrated expertise such issues, the curricula shall be developed by the primary grantee in partnership with an organization having such expertise.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H0598E47EB0CE43E6BE6C423D01FA3DEC"><enum>41006.</enum><header>Tribal curricula</header>
<subsection id="H8C53F5B256FF4413AE14A3417800524D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General, through the Office on Violence Against Women, shall fund efforts to develop education curricula for tribal court judges to ensure that all tribal courts have relevant information about promising practices, procedures, policies, and law regarding tribal court responses to adult and youth domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H32A5014EC9E44B3B8B610986009D973D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>Any curricula developed under this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H954E053B207B465CAC73E6D6E36652C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be developed by a tribal organization having demonstrated expertise in developing judicial education curricula on issues relating to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1AD66A63F4234DCCBB29E41779B2D1BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if the primary grantee does not have such expertise, the curricula shall be developed by the primary grantee through partnership with organizations having such expertise.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H631CC74817A149F484B1C1B1E1F2C72"><enum>41007.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="H159BE24B95254E9295A275C6898FC790"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subtitle $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 to 2010.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HE9BE7ABBDB6949C3BD6D9F7B5D00FDAC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Funds appropriated under this section shall remain available until expended and may only be used for the specific programs and activities described in this subtitle.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HCF0373389CED4D3393BC77E3D75C5E4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Set aside</header><text>Of the amounts made available under this subsection in each fiscal year, not less than 10 percent shall be used for grants to tribes.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HBD6DA2CB95D2450C9907379E5BCE7499"><enum>41008.</enum><header>Access to justice for teens</header>
<subsection id="H174312037D3F49AD9648E198A5F611CC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the purpose of this section to encourage cross training and collaboration between the courts, domestic violence and sexual assault service providers, youth organizations and service providers, violence prevention programs, and law enforcement agencies, so that communities can establish and implement policies, procedures, and practices to protect and more comprehensively and effectively serve youth victims of dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking between the ages of 12 and 24, and to engage, where necessary, other entities addressing the safety, health, mental health, social service, housing, and economic needs of youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H3057A9289EC84FB6AF18405B8C3B936C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grant authority</header>
<paragraph id="H3ECE39D9B43247638E1C00F1CF5CE3B4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Attorney General, through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women (in this section referred to as the ‘Director’), shall make grants to eligible entities to enable entities to jointly carry out cross training and other collaborative initiatives that seek to carry out the purposes of this section. Amounts appropriated under this section may only be used for programs and activities described under subsection (c).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H12D4A67F3FB2403AAA1EAFB6D9173828"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grant periods</header><text>Grants shall be awarded under this section for a period of 3 fiscal years.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H26E78B215C624605A4DBF22B337E99D2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>To be eligible for a grant under this section, a grant applicant shall establish a collaboration that shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H20790E01029B4AFD90F422E6A849DEA3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a Tribal, State, Territorial or local juvenile, family, civil, criminal or other trial court with jurisdiction over domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking cases (hereinafter referred to as “courts”); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6C9943B655074187AEC2EF13CBAECF55"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a victim service provider that has experience in working on domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and the effect that those forms of abuse have on young people.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7C491A81A48E4BC2005340C9ED66DE23"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Uses of funds</header><text>An entity that receives a grant under this section shall use the funds made available through the grant for cross-training and collaborative efforts to—</text>
<paragraph id="H1A4421C734A44FE982F65CA700DC8702"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assess and analyze currently available services for youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; determine relevant barriers to such services in a particular locality;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAD0F2E34FAA542908B6CA91E745D9344"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establish and enhance linkages and collaboration between courts; domestic violence or sexual assault service providers, and, where applicable, law enforcement agencies, and other entities addressing the safety, health, mental health, social service, housing, and economic needs of youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking, including community-based supports such as schools, local health centers, community action groups, and neighborhood coalitions to identify, assess, and respond appropriately to the varying needs of youth victims of dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC36F48C83E114E1D8F334817E02C06A0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>educate the staff of courts, domestic violence and sexual assault service providers, and, as applicable, the staff of law enforcement agencies, youth organizations, schools, healthcare providers and other community prevention and intervention programs to responsibly address youth victims and perpetrators of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking, and to understand relevant laws, court procedures and policies; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3D07C34694874F0D00D5A106F97C0003"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide appropriate resources in juvenile court matters to respond to dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking and assure necessary services dealing with the health and mental health of youth victims are available.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDB4D5229092D46109145DC00520947C4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Grant applications</header><text>To be eligible for a grant under this section, the entities that are members of the applicant collaboration described in subsection (b)(3) shall jointly submit an application to the Director at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Director may require.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H36C1D21852D745269D2097614E17C164"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In awarding grants under this section, the Director shall give priority to entities that have submitted applications in partnership with law enforcement agencies and religious and community organizations and service providers that work primarily with youth, especially teens, and who have demonstrated a commitment to coalition building and cooperative problem solving in dealing with problems of dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking in teen populations.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H16FD08895702454800096D98EF7BD89D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Distribution</header><text>In awarding grants under this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H98E7D357471343038C1D035BAB96ED00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not less than 10 percent of funds appropriated under this section in any year shall be available for grants to collaborations involving tribal courts, tribal coalitions, tribal organizations, or domestic violence or sexual assault service providers the primary purpose of which is to provide culturally relevant services to American Indian or Alaska Native women or youth;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H44AA3DD9EEE6458DABBBDF4691E3F3EA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Director shall not use more than 2.5 percent of funds appropriated under this section in any year for monitoring and evaluation of grants made available under this section;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7EA2506C8FFB4722AEE780F18DC0DD79"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Attorney General shall not use more than 2.5 percent of funds appropriated under this section in any year for administration of grants made available under this section; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0C01E0FA609C4D7293E1611F376DE58C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>up to 8 percent of funds appropriated under this section in any year shall be available to provide technical assistance for programs funded under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDA0C3F0BDDBC41BDA67408345CB62E35"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reporting and dissemination of information</header>
<paragraph id="HEC1CAD40C5FA42418E3EBA01D6D2D202"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Each of the entities that are members of the applicant collaboration described in subsection (b)(3) and that receive a grant under this section shall jointly prepare and submit a report to the Director every 18 months detailing the activities that the entities have undertaken under the grant and such additional information as the Director may require.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD796EB6A210D4C41B4C3BBC4A96A83C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Dissemination of information</header><text>Not later than 12 months after the end of the grant period under this section, the Director shall prepare, submit to Congress, and make widely available, including through electronic means, summaries that contain information on—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3F29BAC36CC54DFE8FEEB199CC8BC3AA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the activities implemented by the recipients of the grants awarded under this section; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H87DBE5ED3B034D91B27B204F69C1A883"><enum>(B)</enum><text>related initiatives undertaken by the Director to promote attention to dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking and their impact on young victims by—</text>
<clause id="HBA401E90FE49489AA768E0A721E5BA26"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the staffs of courts;</text></clause>
<clause id="HC8D5A0DE3AEA4540B2363B128EEBF05E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking service providers; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H2231A63FC1E848F6B1F9A1989ED77C6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>law enforcement agencies and community organizations.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE5404420D5884E56915E9FEE7779992D"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $5,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text></subsection></section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="HF54CF975561D464AA8BCB78EB3921F4"><enum>105.</enum><header>Full faith and credit improvements</header>
<subsection id="HD64ADAD87C6C41E193CAF2DCC0B5034F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Enforcement of protection orders issued by Territories</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/2265">Section 2265</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, are amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="HCF7D55330662460EA94C9900943FC862"><enum>(1)</enum><text>striking <quote>or Indian tribe</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>, Indian tribe, or territory</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1273B8D2068B41928C83816FDDE3FE76"><enum>(2)</enum><text>striking <quote>State or tribal</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>State, tribal, or territorial</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD0617E3C3CBF485A94DB67E4C2BBE00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clarification of entities having enforcement authority and responsibilities</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/2265">Section 2265(a)</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>and enforced as if it were</quote> and inserting <quote>and enforced by the court and law enforcement personnel of the other State, Indian tribal government or Territory as if it were</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HE79A5E9D72C644078318D36BFAED449D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Protection orders</header><text>Sections <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/2265">2265</external-xref> and <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/2266">2266</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, are amended by striking <quote>protection order</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>protection order, restraining order, or injunction</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HBE90B5ABAE354162964E5330C58BF6C8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limits on Internet publication of protection order information</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/2265">Section 2265(d)</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H585F5C1F28D643FCBA99688B2D0400CC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limits on Internet publication of registration information</header><text>A State, Indian tribe, or territory shall not publish publicly on the Internet any information regarding the registration or filing of a protection order, restraining order, or injunction in either the issuing or enforcing State, tribal or territorial jurisdiction, if such publication would be likely to publicly reveal the identity or location of the party protected under such order. A State, Indian tribe, or territory may share court-generated law enforcement generated information contained in secure, governmental registries for protection order enforcement purposes.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H3C209F9EFB804941BCCC78AF24E1053D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/2266">Section 2266</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H08C3E24311344E859DE569EE25AC387"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Protection order, restraining order, or injunction</header><text>The term <term>protection order, restraining order, or injunction</term> includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEDF327D3CC9C45D09E36F23B90532249"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any injunction or other order issued by a civil or criminal court for the purpose of preventing violent or threatening acts or harassment against, sexual violence, or contact or communication with or physical proximity to, another person, including any temporary or final order issued by a civil or criminal court whether obtained by filing an independent action or as a pendente lite order in another proceeding so long as any civil or criminal order was issued in response to a complaint, petition, or motion filed by or on behalf of a person seeking protection; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8DA369154905438DAA6FF147A96338A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any support, child custody or visitation provisions, orders, remedies or relief issued as part of a protection order, restraining order, or injunction pursuant to State, tribal, territorial, or local law authorizing the issuance of protection orders, restraining orders, or injunctions for the protection of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, or stalking.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H0993656FC9A54DC4853ECAE33588A24E"><enum>106.</enum><header>Privacy protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual violence, and stalking</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 1902 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subtitle id="H62C38B8941BC4568BD3B5E6000CDA05"><enum>K</enum><header>Privacy protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual violence, and stalking</header>
<section id="HA9CC05DF305D4A17987EA8ECE810025"><enum>41101.</enum><header>Task force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Attorney General shall establish a task force to review and report on policies, procedures, and technological issues that may affect the privacy and confidentiality of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking and sexual assault. The Attorney General shall include representatives from States, tribes, territories and private/non-profit organizations whose mission is to help develop a best practices model to prevent personally identifying information of adult and minor victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking and sexual assault from being released to the detriment of such victimized persons. The Attorney General shall designate one staff member to work with the task force. The Attorney General is authorzed to make grants to develop a demonstration project to implement the best practices identified by the Task Force. </text></section>
<section id="HD52CA8D0ADF24B9283E38391489C8BA1"><enum>41102.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="H812C9F3128FB48A083C2AFDE0022901C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subtitle $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H5EAA794FBA59423BA01D31926EB7CAC7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Amounts appropriated under this section shall remain available until expended and may only be used for the specific programs and activities described in this subtitle.</text></subsection> </section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H6F58AB70E5D34298AD5F2951080246A6"><enum>107.</enum><header>Stalker database</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 40603 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/14032">42 U.S.C. 14032</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1FFA9B21728E409F0068A350E23C46CA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2001</quote> and inserting <quote>2006</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H07C6DD84B9DB4004AAB094BFD3003F7F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2006</quote> and inserting <quote>2010</quote>.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H7AA70AA26C554678A7ACBA09CAB9B300"><enum>108.</enum><header>Victim assistants for District of Columbia</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 40114 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/322">Public Law 103–322</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HABEC21D5D9A14C858339008ED5CB3EB">
<section id="HCF6FF41D35D34A8499DFF61ECB7C4C4C"><enum>40114.</enum><header>Authorization for Federal victim assistants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated for the United States attorneys for the purpose of appointing victim assistants for the prosecution of sex crimes and domestic violence crimes where applicable (such as the District of Columbia), $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="HCEA85830DF9A4F6BB473EF8595589E38"><enum>109.</enum><header>Preventing cyberstalking</header>
<subsection id="H8BD622A0167B4F8F973EC530047E1F41"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Paragraph (1) of section 223 (h) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CA34">Communications Act of 1934</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/223">47 U.S.C. 223(h)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAAC73EA7CDC5448D9FEAEBE8B6824754"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB3D5EC5778D04B8C9B1B42F5511D2051"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEC77A107F3BF48CDB5BAB6578B963C3B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H227A2A5B3C934825A9C0065661291E">
<subparagraph id="H13A68BB7EA054553BBD65447A8656ED7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of subparagraph (C) of subsection (a)(1), includes any device or software that can be used to originate telecommunications or other types of communications that are transmitted, in whole or in part, by the Internet (as such term is defined in section 1104 of the Internet Tax Freedom Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/151">47 U.S.C. 151</external-xref> note)).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC3810DEE4D184BBA86F35E6D25E3B504"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>This section and the amendment made by this section may not be construed to affect the meaning given the term <term>telecommunications device</term> in section 223(h)(1) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CA34">Communications Act of 1934</act-name>, as in effect before the date of the enactment of this section.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HB993726383B04C20884D7E7042D514AF"><enum>110.</enum><header>Repeat offender provision</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/110A">Chapter 110A</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 2265 the following:</text>
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<section id="HC06162254D0F4FC39B80931226552191"><enum>2265A.</enum><header>Repeat offender provision</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The maximum term of imprisonment for a violation of this chapter after a prior interstate domestic violence offense (as defined in section 2261) or interstate violation of protection order (as defined in section 2262) or interstate stalking (as defined in sections 2261A(a) and 2261A(b)) shall be twice the term otherwise provided for the violation.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H3CA852F7B5264D299D9896087204B043"><enum>111.</enum><header>Prohibiting dating violence</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/2261">Section 2261(a)</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD55ABDA5F94E495E942B883BD9C306B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), striking <quote>or intimate partner</quote> and inserting <quote>, intimate partner, or dating partner</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H67179CC80B0749C48C8F8484976927E3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), striking <quote>or intimate partner</quote> and inserting <quote>, intimate partner, or dating partner</quote>.</text></paragraph></section>
<enum>II</enum><header>Improving Services for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking</header>
<section id="H24495B9FBAC84A6BA44BC025867C2F23"><enum>201.</enum><header>Violence Against Women programs</header>
<subsection id="H24E1FC337EFF4CDEA85D69C3D28009A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grant requirements</header><text>Part T of title I of the <act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796gg">42 U.S.C. 3796gg et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H11FDADAA68FE4986AB3800C818697DCE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 2001, by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H150CA9783F85421D8C105CA34BD3C329"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="HEC74C9623D064F02A0BDA51C47DDB158"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Funds appropriated for grants under this part may only be used for the specific programs and activities expressly described in this part.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCBFE9E3D576247789B1451280068BF66"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating section 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796gg-0b">42 U.S.C. 3796gg–0b</external-xref>) as subsection (e) of section 2003;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4A02BFE0A4614C67A163C0F14D3B941B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating section 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796gg-0c">42 U.S.C. 3796gg–0c</external-xref>) as subsection (f) of section 2003;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFF5F5F2B60304634BCF413821480ED67"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating sections 2002 and 2003 as sections 2003 and 2004, respectively;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H99054B4DF1B34F26989E6D153F90E0FC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating section 2006 (as added by section 402(3) of the Violence Against Women Office Act) as section 2005;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H482DD8E71E484BE89B00D4EEC1565CA0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in section 2005, as redesignated, by adding at the end the following: <quote>Any funds so appropriated shall remain available until expended.</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8C666C81D94D4407ACFBC39234B7E801"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by redesignating section 2007 as section 2002.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC3B65125EFB94A1BB67F29564BC23700"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 2002 of the <act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796gg-2">42 U.S.C. 3796gg–2</external-xref>), as redesignated by subsection (a)(7), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDFB62F0AFFF4414BB5DE7CF3C0B734FB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (17);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9EEDD355ABC5403695A963D4D72D4D54"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (14);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4498FB9436DC4A75AE67B45454D45740"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (11);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9B8501CBEBBD4AA500416C3F4BB1B7BF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7D9083BD31914F6F86B5B932B6784BE8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (1) as paragraph (2);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H873D80FAE69B4BC800E0B41388D8FC6"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (1);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H30C28983463B479792F47D78B8A9C703"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (9); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H85050A780B734C0A8220004ED394CBAD"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2), as redesignated, the following:</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H4FE12BD558744469BB53F69970D19C94"><enum>202.</enum><header>Sexual assault services program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part T of title I of the <act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796gg">42 U.S.C. 3796gg et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 2006 the following:</text>
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<section id="HAC8B868A6C2949419B355FBEA1A7EEA5"><enum>2007.</enum><header>Sexual Assault Services Act</header>
<subsection id="HF5843AB44A8D49349E3C2FE25D002DFE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of this section are—</text>
<paragraph id="H90C9FF40CBCF4D35B6B498A296BB5B78"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to assist States, tribes, and territories in providing intervention, advocacy, accompaniment, support services, and related assistance for—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA3B38D70EB08493D85DD1B9D17D8B247"><enum>(A)</enum><text>adult and minor victims of sexual assault;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBC8EA11F33A043E2B6F046F708201975"><enum>(B)</enum><text>family and household members of such victims; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA3C839E6365A40F58D003FA3D24D2C6F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>those collaterally affected by the victimization except for the perpetrator of such victimization; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6877E9E075694B959D13C6B483F14042"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to provide for technical assistance and training relating to sexual assault to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H983AB99BA83649B3B483AD666D8F2556"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Federal, State, tribal, territorial and local governments, law enforcement agencies, and courts;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H31089FC60C9A429E0049CCACEA99E19F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>professionals working in legal, social service, and health care settings;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB892F241FC914BC7B3ED88B29DE2D91C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>nonprofit organizations;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDDEF4E5A8E3044BA8E7DC4E161BD8BAC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>faith-based organizations; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H13F8984E71894F018574A33E2042B1F7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>other individuals and organizations seeking such assistance.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HED66C3DE52AC414CBFE1B766543896E1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants to States and Territories</header>
<paragraph id="HEED02084919E456E8B5C13E1D4004CD8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header><text>The Attorney General shall award grants to States and territories to support the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of rape crisis centers and other programs and projects to assist those victimized by sexual assault.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCA23A0DFAD8240D6AE72FF00453FDF00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation and use of funds</header>
<subparagraph id="H9F8F98801B784D42A5F5253300F8095"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Administrative costs</header><text>Not more than 5 percent of the grant funds received by a State or territory governmental agency under this subsection for any fiscal year may be used for administrative costs.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H44D10C7871BC4554A123E7FE88CEE2FD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Grant funds</header><text>Any funds received by a State or territory under this subsection that are not used for administrative costs shall be used to provide grants to rape crisis centers and other nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations for programs and activities within such State or territory that provide direct intervention and related assistance.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H61E7E9A247CE4AB3A5AE4F68B380641D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Intervention and related assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Intervention and related assistance under subparagraph (B) may include—</text>
<clause id="HD674B202F15847FE926E00E5DFFEA45E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>24 hour hotline services providing crisis intervention services and referral; </text></clause>
<clause id="H9C513838291E4D06A5B9E00B60053BE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>accompaniment and advocacy through medical, criminal justice, and social support systems, including medical facilities, police, and court proceedings; </text></clause>
<clause id="H5E8AC8FCE38A4905B7599221571D83C7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>crisis intervention, short-term individual and group support services, and comprehensive service coordination, and supervision to assist sexual assault victims and family or household members;</text></clause>
<clause id="H5BA0A6D27AF5496BB343D167D4FB5828"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>support mechanisms that are culturally relevant to the community;</text></clause>
<clause id="H4BDA1FE8920B4176B04233CFC6C0000"><enum>(v)</enum><text>information and referral to assist the sexual assault victim and family or household members; </text></clause>
<clause id="H54BAA08A362B4CB093D5F3F09152B9F"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>community-based, linguistically, and culturally-specific service including outreach activities for racial and ethnic and other underserved communities and linkages to existing services in these communities; and </text></clause>
<clause id="H79D5CF89B93648528D6700E194F479CB"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the development and distribution of educational materials on issues related to sexual assault and the services described in clauses (i) through (vii).</text></clause></subparagraph> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE9484168F4EF4F819F93394C00C33F2C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application</header>
<subparagraph id="H347D2D1E03D14F9ABE7F329D757530E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each eligible entity desiring a grant under this subsection shall submit an application to the Attorney General at such time and in such manner as the Attorney General may reasonably require.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3FD531774A8D4B6F91A39D170063A024"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each application submitted under subparagraph (A) shall—</text>
<clause id="HF702B17FF727446A8F46D1A604EAE35F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>set forth procedures designed to assure meaningful involvement of the State or territorial sexual assault coalition and representatives from racial and ethnic and other underserved communities in the development of the application and the implementation of the plans;</text></clause>
<clause id="HFE9E0FA8A1664574A07B40DB18C38968"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>set forth procedures designed to ensure an equitable distribution of grants and grant funds within the State or territory and between urban and rural areas within such State or territory;</text></clause>
<clause id="H7F09603ADC59495188F53200CB344962"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>identify the State or territorial agency that is responsible for the administration of programs and activities; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H570A5246384247BEAE842D8D0007ADDB"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>meet other such requirements as the Attorney General reasonably determines are necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this section.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB491D8A1C47D4A4AADED8141044F3EA1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>Each State and territory receiving a grant under this subsection shall submit an annual report to the Attorney General that describes the activities carried out with such grant funds.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBDCB12FD96EF494A8C00F32DC4E6A776"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Allocation of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General shall allocate to each State not less than 0.50 percent of the total amount so appropriated in a fiscal year for grants under this section, except that the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall each be allocated 0.125 percent of the total appropriations.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HFEF0A254AAC2447082AD1583296644E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grants for culturally specific programs addressing sexual assault</header>
<paragraph id="H3F88D091BDE743C8ABDF8D14959BB451"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header><text>The Attorney General shall award grants to eligible entities to support the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of culturally specific intervention and related assistance for victims of sexual assault.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF65FA82819E34DFD89AB7CA8F6A59244"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8049B65E765C462480D82DF08D6C16E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be a private nonprofit organization that focuses primarily on racial and ethnic communities;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3C983B924EF74B128181F4E2A01EADA2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>must have documented organizational experience in the area of sexual assault intervention or have entered into a partnership with an organization having such expertise;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H563E9151F7014ACA88FE32FCD1713878"><enum>(C)</enum><text>have expertise in the development of community-based, linguistically and culturally specific outreach and intervention services relevant for the specific racial and ethnic communities to whom assistance would be provided or have the capacity to link to existing services in the community tailored to the needs of racial and ethnic populations; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF82AB5DC46964608005582F7AFA05D6F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>have an advisory board or steering committee and staffing which is reflective of the targeted racial and ethnic community.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCC83DFC7385B4317805C292F009B6035"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Funds appropriated under this section may be used for the purposes described in this section.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1CDD3127C07041AB938D1FAFF8001110"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Award basis</header><text>The Attorney General shall award grants under this section on a competitive basis.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA60BA432A2364A1CADE8997EB62E204E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Distribution</header>
<subparagraph id="HAE101A0F1E6F44669C7D1845695FA1A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Attorney General shall not use more than the 2.5 percent of funds appropriated under this subsection in any year for administration, monitoring, and evaluation of grants made available under this subsection.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFBF8F739B78849318028B4680276E362"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Up to 5 percent of funds appropriated under this section in any year shall be available for technical assistance by a national organization or organizations whose primary focus and expertise is in addressing sexual assault within racial and ethnic communities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBF00A1BE7A8E491F94929EABBA80A0B0"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Term</header><text>The Attorney General shall make grants under this section for a period of no less than 3 fiscal years.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5A141843EBBA489F8D28D0D44B836BE5"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>Each entity receiving a grant under this subsection shall submit a report to the Attorney General that describes the activities out with such grant funds.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA6786B6D25D0455985B7D48706D0D757"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Grants to State, territorial, and Tribal sexual assault coalitions</header>
<paragraph id="H06D65C48DC76446086452ED7266B257E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header>
<subparagraph id="HCD655F5FB59B4FC8AB92C4FB75B94300"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Attorney General shall award grants to State, territorial, and tribal sexual assault coalitions to assist in supporting the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of such coalitions.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H85C2B3A718C4432CBF2B00AEAA704663"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Minimum amount</header><text>Not less than 10 percent of the total amount appropriated to carry out this section shall be used for grants under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H32FCDC89F8994470A9B1EE006BF92F47"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Eligible applicants</header><text>Each of the State, territorial, and tribal sexual assault coalitions as determined by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control in collaboration with the office or Violence Against Women at the Department of Justice.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1E5DEB252BFB4B14AD20F072968315A1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Grant funds received under this subsection may be used to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9263D0487EDA43A1A88FDF4FAE47C0B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>work with local sexual assault programs and other providers of direct services to encourage appropriate responses to sexual assault within the State, territory, or tribe;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDA4286AAB4454314B7A82994E5F1D23D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>work with judicial and law enforcement agencies to encourage appropriate responses to sexual assault cases;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD6BF2FF736A14F969E578F9748EB573C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>work with courts, child protective services agencies, and children’s advocates to develop appropriate responses to child custody and visitation issues when sexual assault has been determined to be a factor;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H056C2DF8862746188EB9C7ED0098F2BF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>design and conduct public education campaigns;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H903CD2D151774FFE98C4F2CAE98947D4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>plan and monitor the distribution of grants and grant funds to their State, territory, or tribe; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H90B3F15B1CE44C518D62DA044257CEB"><enum>(F)</enum><text>collaborate with and inform Federal, State, or local public officials and agencies to develop and implement policies to reduce or eliminate sexual assault.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H229EA45E2A7C4CE8AF30BAA147A6C77E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocation and use of funds</header><text>From amounts appropriated for grants under this subsection for each fiscal year—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDE1B27717C5E4754B0385757ADA822AD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not less than 10 percent of the funds shall be available for grants to tribal sexual assault coalitions;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD972A86DDDE84F29A1557B12464F37E7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the remaining funds shall be available for grants to State and territorial coalitions, and the Attorney General shall allocate an amount equal to <fraction>1/56</fraction> of the amounts so appropriated to the Territories as defined in section 4002(a)(20) of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H805800B6CC674C9293FA75DFD1EEEDEE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Each eligible entity desiring a grant under this subsection shall submit an application to the Attorney General at such time, in such manner, and containing by such information as the Attorney General determines to be essential to carry out the purposes of this section.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H40720761F59F4877A8BC00C1E636A3EE"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>Each State or territorial sexual assault coalition receiving a grant under this subsection shall submit a report to the Attorney General that describes activities carried out with such grant funds.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H077F3599BC834A33991B14439427AC1"><enum>(6)</enum><header>First-time applicants</header><text>No entity shall be prohibited from submitting an application under this subsection during any fiscal year for which funds are available under this subsection because such entity has not previously applied or received funding under this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H8986171DDE89453CA059F7CCC91327FB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Grants to tribes</header>
<paragraph id="HC4A40AD4E00F414E95873DFCF4167600"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header><text>The Attorney General may award grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and nonprofit tribal organizations approved by an Indian tribe for the operation of a sexual assault programs or projects in Indian country and Alaskan native villages to support the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of programs and projects to assist those victimized by sexual assault.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE5DB63B1FEF34824840059DCDE66E371"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation and use of funds</header>
<subparagraph id="H9E0E70C645F04E89BE66A85DDB6C08E9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Administrative costs</header><text>Not more than 5 percent of the grant funds received by an Indian tribe, tribal organization, and nonprofit tribal organization under this subsection for any fiscal year may be used for administrative costs.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD2280F654EB34DC6A1D7FACEAE12C76E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Grant funds</header><text>Any funds received under this subsection that are not used for administrative costs shall be used to provide grants to tribal organizations and nonprofit tribal organizations for programs and activities within Indian country and Alaskan native villages that provide direct intervention and related assistance.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H38FFBC4297DB4DC5006BF5E2A9D86CA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Intervention and related assistance</header><text>Intervention and related assistance under subparagraph (B) may include—</text>
<clause id="H9A54D634AEFE4AF1A3CF75293E334040"><enum>(i)</enum><text>24-hour hotline services providing crisis intervention services and referral;</text></clause>
<clause id="HE5BB4BE03C4A4843BEC9388C04460002"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>accompaniment and advocacy through medical, criminal justice, and social support systems, including medical facilities, police, and court proceedings;</text></clause>
<clause id="HA155DFF25CCC4AF6913677C402E076FB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>crisis intervention, short-term individual and group support services, and case management and supervision to assist sexual assault victims and family or household members;</text></clause>
<clause id="H01240DA98E884313926F024556D977FE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>information and referral to assist the sexual assault victim and family or household members;</text></clause>
<clause id="H95DF436C06A34588A2C01FF3BFDE1F6"><enum>(v)</enum><text>support mechanisms that are culturally relevant to the community;</text></clause>
<clause id="HC12EEAF8CE554DDAA9FE3DB2D1B6FEFA"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>collaborating with and informing public officials and agencies in order to develop and implement policies to reduce or eliminate sexual assault; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HA50E18ED9E9F4CC9B26831D58DB3AC91"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the development and distribution of educational materials on issues related to sexual assault and the services described in clauses (i) through (vi).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5986F52C208B424A992FBFD66496E5ED"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>Each tribe receiving a grant under this subsection shall submit an annual report to the Attorney General that describes the activities carried out with such grant funds.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF6FCAADB3CC84690ABEDDF526C43ED8"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="HDC3AAB024B9142BB9DFE56BA8C15D16"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $60,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010 to carry out the provisions of this section. Any amounts so appropriated shall remain available until expended.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF872BE0314134A09A8E2EBA5FC8F22A4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocations</header><text>Of the total amounts appropriated for each fiscal year to carry out this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD49E4B8AB6234131948D345B5DE2CD53"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not more than 2.5 percent shall be used by the Attorney General for evaluation, monitoring, and other administrative costs under this section;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1758A93305A344DE961C4491B1B4FB61"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not more than 2.5 percent shall be used for the provision of technical assistance to grantees and subgrantees under this section;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H46B687BA215C4EA081B9512C34FFBFA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>not less than 65 percent shall be used for grants to States and territories under subsection (b);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H58D4C0E61FA841279925382783E7BA30"><enum>(D)</enum><text>not less than 10 percent shall be used for making grants to State, territorial, and tribal sexual assault coalitions under subsection (c);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD605219020A94514847DA18E9297EEA9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>not less than 10 percent shall be used for grants to tribes under subsection (d); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDB868BAA844E425CA7AAB98772A95800"><enum>(F)</enum><text>not less than 10 percent shall be used for grants for culturally specific programs addressing sexual assault under subsection (c).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H8898EE7654C74B7CBEB8F1FB97DE9223"><enum>203.</enum><header>Amendments to the rural domestic violence and child abuse enforcement assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 40295 of the Safe Homes for Women Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13971">42 U.S.C. 13971</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="H8C11CDD3D5E54B7B9DA49F81C0392DAD"><enum>40295.</enum><header>Rural domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and child abuse enforcement assistance</header>
<subsection id="HA7803A65F2F44A93A43B04033DBDCC37"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of this section are—</text>
<paragraph id="HE999EA7E438442D1912874976E12C36E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to identify, assess, and appropriately respond to adult and minor domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking in rural communities, by encouraging collaboration between—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCF9F6368277B442A9185AA530259EB33"><enum>(A)</enum><text>domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking victim service providers;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC0EB62824C704B280042744447D88900"><enum>(B)</enum><text>law enforcement agencies;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6A3F8E3CA19942398664F6796925FCD8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>prosecutors;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF90CD9686B934198970061B6C3558E03"><enum>(D)</enum><text>courts;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H606E1C3ACE4149B8B99B8D9DC59ED83E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>other criminal justice service providers;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9C6D5DC7A67A4FBD896CF21B4374F733"><enum>(F)</enum><text>human and community service providers;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE659BB94F85E419DAF3D08AD43653C52"><enum>(G)</enum><text>educational institutions; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1D6ABA3FEE904B21ADA10804246CA33"><enum>(H)</enum><text>health care providers;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5141B940892B4E378D0077E01474BDB7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to establish and expand nonprofit, nongovernmental, State, tribal, and local government services in rural communities to adult and minor victims; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA92C0CF88C8640C4A7A16EABB100BBE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to increase the safety and well-being of women and children in rural communities, by—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA6B83D3D2AEB48B5867318F71E3D7D31"><enum>(A)</enum><text>dealing directly and immediately with domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking occurring in rural communities; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H383954B6CB774AFB906EA900DD2BFAF5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>creating and implementing strategies to increase awareness and prevent domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H46FFD35B3B5A4D6AACF1EC25B22F54DD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header><text>The Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women (referred to in this section as the <quote>Director</quote>), may award 3-year grants, with a possible extension for an additional 3 years, to States, Indian tribes, local governments, and nonprofit, public or private entities, including tribal nonprofit organizations, to carry out programs serving rural areas or rural communities that address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by—</text>
<paragraph id="H3034452E927940B5A883D0F4977D00BD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>implementing, expanding, and establishing cooperative efforts and projects between law enforcement officers, prosecutors, victim advocacy groups, and other related parties to investigate and prosecute incidents of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0BDDF73CB6CD4E3F93DBA8A64C001ED1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>providing treatment, counseling, and other long- and short-term assistance to adult and minor victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in rural communities; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H70BB1472B197490AA3EAEBC7087750B5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>working in cooperation with the community to develop education and prevention strategies directed toward such issues.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H97B41E24A4F9450882865FFF94788EA5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall be used only for specific programs and activities expressly described in subsection (a).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HFAAD501FE4214F5F83D35F62366E00C7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Allotments and priorities</header>
<paragraph id="H7997A2B6ACB647FEBE0989D3930013A4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Allotment for Indian Tribes</header><text>Not less than 10 percent of the total amount made available for each fiscal year to carry out this section shall be allocated for grants to Indian tribes or tribal organizations.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4B9FE80D5E874C7FB238004496FF6300"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allotment for sexual assault services</header><text>Not less than 40 percent of the total amount made available for each fiscal year to carry out this section shall be allocated for grants that meaningfully address sexual assault in rural communities.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2399EC4D0CF34ABD8D71A764006BCDC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allotment for technical assistance</header><text>Of the amounts appropriated for each fiscal year to carry out this section, not more than 8 percent may be used by the Director for technical assistance costs.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDB0DF0DF3A5F4E17BF4D7C419084FA91"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Underserved populations</header><text>In awarding grants under this section, the Director shall give priority to the needs of racial and ethnic and other underserved populations (as described in section 40002).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9D1B531EAA84490BA8BDE506031009D4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Allocation of funds for rural States</header><text>Not less than 75 percent of the total amount made available for each fiscal year to carry out this section shall be allocated for grants to rural States.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HFBF8E02CE824420E97D4A6775E44A9F2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="H0FBC536C22BA46ED85758D75A72DBCD0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $55,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010 to carry out this section.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H928ECA9FF7764B8387F35664F23CDA41"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional funding</header><text>In addition to funds received through a grant under subsection (b), a law enforcement agency may use funds received through a grant under part Q of title I of the <act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796dd">42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.</external-xref>) to accomplish the objectives of this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H64D6A6955B314E7694CB7C90FD4DFDBA"><enum>204.</enum><header>Assistance for victims of abuse</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part T of title I of the <act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796gg">42 U.S.C. 3796gg et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="HE9275014775644D99F9BF03B60A303ED"><enum>2011.</enum><header>Assistance for victims of abuse</header>
<subsection id="H8870A16D0B874321A4C4AA12ECF75589"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header><text>The Attorney General may award grants to appropriate entities—</text>
<paragraph id="H5FD12ABB2E914AF8AAA422B06CE57BC1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to provide services for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault who are 50 years of age or older;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB1A48D4B9D324FCD83B8000B0680009"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to increase the physical accessibility of buildings in which services are or will be rendered for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault who are 50 years of age or older; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA31368C8D581456C81E7F79F0FCF074"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to provide training, consultation, and information on domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault against women and girls who are individuals with disabilities (as defined in section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12102">42 U.S.C. 12102</external-xref>)), and to enhance direct services to such individuals;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4468AB1F7DCF48C5B063D4BF382FF8C9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>for training programs to assist law enforcement officers, prosecutors, governmental agencies, victim assistants, and relevant officers of Federal, State, tribal, territorial, and local courts in recognizing, addressing, investigating, and prosecuting instances of adult or minor domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, elder abuse, and violence against individuals with disabilities, including domestic violence and sexual assault, against older or disabled individuals; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6F2E1D17BD94484C888C838DB89F0447"><enum>(5)</enum><text>for multidisciplinary collaborative community responses to victims.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HEFC83110FB1948B6959059E6D112003E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Grant funds under this section may be used—</text>
<paragraph id="HF18E8347D33141F595002589BB863EAA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to implement or expand programs or services to respond to the needs of persons 50 years of age or older who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or elder abuse; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H73C48D92971E437DAFD5B96BD39A6D7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to provide personnel, training, technical assistance, advocacy, intervention, risk reduction and prevention of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault against disabled women and girls;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HADBB74A4F3D0404A941686D4E276E8EC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to conduct outreach activities to ensure that disabled women and girls who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual assault receive appropriate assistance;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8EEFDF51150540D8BF23B99EE9AB05BD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to conduct cross-training for victim service organizations, governmental agencies, and nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations serving individuals with disabilities; about risk reduction, intervention, prevention and the nature of dynamic of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault for disabled women and girls;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA42E2328939044349214F2C39C244783"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to provide technical assistance to assist with modifications to existing policies, protocols, and procedures to ensure equal access to the services, programs, and activities of victim service organizations for disabled women and girls;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD92CBF3AAEAD4DE98361B790CD91FCA3"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to provide training and technical assistance on the requirements of shelters and victim services organizations under Federal antidiscrimination laws, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1E475CCFBCD648E48400D8EEE16687C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H09D4EEFD509B435EB40071119406B2D5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section 504 of the <act-name parsable-cite="REH">Rehabilitation Act of 1973</act-name>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H97523CE66AAE4ACDB4FBDFAEB500BEE4"><enum>(7)</enum><text>to rehabilitate facilities, purchase equipment, and provide personnel so that shelters and victim service organizations can accommodate the needs of disabled women and girls;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H023D2F36399540BEAB41536C979782F2"><enum>(8)</enum><text>to provide advocacy and intervention services for disabled women and girls who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual assault through collaborative partnerships between—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD9D7AA70068B47EDBD0006E7E409338E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>nonprofit, nongovernmental agencies;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF48852BBA908424FAE493D60197057E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>governmental agencies serving individuals with disabilities; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDB500E37512D4AEE94C277572C99700"><enum>(C)</enum><text>victim service organizations; or</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H62CD1AE074D34E0DB03876B01300B7A1"><enum>(9)</enum><text>to develop model programs providing advocacy and intervention services within organizations serving disabled women and girls who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD9D05608BE044ED789D24F11F4350FC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header>
<paragraph id="H201472E2A3084696AEF16D4B2C962136"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An entity shall be eligible to receive a grant under this section if the entity is—</text>
<subparagraph id="H905BE4AA6D7641428D3277BE87E700C0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAF50498086964C099422767CCDACC8BA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a unit of local government;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H41BCFE26A21C42CAA18EED9FB8F00064"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization such as a victim services organization, an organization serving individuals with disabilities or a community-based organization; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAD68859E5E8646D4AED72C22C77E8111"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a religious organization.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H42CB1FEA7ED64356A1F600FA74C76140"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>A grant awarded for the purposes described in subsection (b) (9) shall only be awarded to an eligible agency (as defined in section 410 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 USC 796f–5).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HEDFA880061A2499FA22DE28255ABA733"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application</header><text>An eligible entity desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HCD6219F791994ED3998D70C7B564218"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the last day of the first fiscal year commencing on or after the date of enactment of this Act, and not later than 180 days after the last day of each fiscal year thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report evaluating the effectiveness of programs administered and operated pursuant to this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H813F3412B9524C37BDFDCFA65555ED7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $28,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010 to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H794CFF9E702944AB87C4FACAFDD3A3B8"><enum>205.</enum><header>GAO study of National Domestic Violence Hotline</header>
<subsection id="H5DF9E5497CF24F60AC0572852D21D6C6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study required</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall conduct a study of the National Domestic Violence Hotline to determine the effectiveness of the Hotline in assisting victims of domestic violence.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H03CEB4D5FDE4436688AFC0183B208C5B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Issues to be studied</header><text>In conducting the study under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HE946418B5C484963BBB741F1863D6FD7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>compile statistical and substantive information about calls received by the Hotline since its inception, or a representative sample of such calls, while maintaining the confidentiality of Hotline callers;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H501C0324DD0F46799CFAC8B4BA006C2B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>interpret the data compiled under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9735889C72484FB9B611D47165C7F208"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to determine the trends, gaps in services, and geographical areas of need; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1C0EADEF179945AAAB024D00767765DE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to assess the trends and gaps in services to underserved communities and the military community; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD51A24BF22C14A388C90A7F981528BE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>gather other important information about domestic violence.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3CA5902B0F174661929E00CF9954A6A5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study.</text></subsection> </section>
<section id="H0BEFB81EB5D74C20AAC259D7B0FE0621" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header>Grants for public information campaigns</header>
<subsection id="H3418DAD850784F389ED4539000DFB69"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header>
<paragraph id="HB1DBF580BB924A06B9BAEC7773542BF4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>From amounts made available to carry out this section, the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, shall award grants to eligible entities described in subsection (b) to carry out local, regional, or national public information campaigns focused on addressing adult or minor domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or trafficking within tribal, racial, and ethnic populations and immigrant communities, including information on services available to victims and ways to prevent or reduce domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF7E4F276703048858B4F8F9F83E407B1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Term</header><text>The Attorney General shall award grants under this section for a period of 1 fiscal year.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HCEEB1C0DE5B9409D9E5F00821BC817A8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>Eligible entities under this section are—</text>
<paragraph id="H3989B01F7FF645C58EDCFC1B962B442"><enum>(1)</enum><text>nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations or coalitions that represent the targeted tribal, racial, and ethnic populations or immigrant community that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5CAD74C732B74B95A82E21DD2741F642"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have a documented history of creating and administering effective public awareness campaigns addressing violence against women; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4B8DC3F6D5FF44CAB413F100670033E7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>work in partnership with an organization that has a documented history of creating and administering effective public awareness campaigns addressing violence against women; or</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC47C24EB75024EDB93C6EB8B2B20A4DB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a governmental entity that demonstrates a partnership with organizations described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H81E5FE6CDE0D48E080563ECB7F7E6678"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Allocation of funds</header><text>Of the amounts appropriated for grants under this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H2B46D3BB48F94D32981353BAE57D1B35"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not more than 20 percent shall be used for national model campaign materials targeted to specific tribal, racial, or ethnic populations or immigrant community, including American Indian tribes and Alaskan native villages for the purposes of research, testing, message development, and preparation of materials; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEE2E80A5C3F04F2AB9947F1EFA119500"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the balance shall be used for not less than 10 State, regional, territorial, tribal, or local campaigns targeting specific communities with information and materials developed through the national campaign or, if appropriate, new materials to reach a particularly underserved or isolated community.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2B3CD1C9FABA4AC7B5AD8F6929150909"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Funds appropriated under this section shall be used to conduct a public information campaign and build the capacity and develop leadership of racial, ethnic populations, or immigrant community members to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HC53206E6ADDF4C0BA5955D0000BC4C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Application</header><text>An eligible entity desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women at such time, in such form, and in such manner as the Director may prescribe.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HA7D0010945D64E41A10880A8ED086372"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>In awarding grants under this section, the Attorney General shall ensure—</text>
<paragraph id="H47DE40F75BF54A938ED0707FD0DD85C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reasonable distribution among eligible grantees representing various racial, ethnic, and immigrant communities;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HADCDB79936FC4E6FB7EFFC67A0B79384"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reasonable distribution among State, regional, territorial, tribal, and local campaigns;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8AAD103C88CA4359AB258DD306A8B16E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>that not more than 8 percent of the total amount appropriated under this section for each fiscal year is set aside for technical assistance.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H74E996A0351245E2991C776EE1DC0039"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Each eligible entity receiving a grant under this section shall submit to the Director of the Office of Violence Against Women, every 18 months, a report that describes the activities carried out with grant funds.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HD9D282C4E26A464795C18ECCFC4DBC8"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 per year for 2006 through 2010.</text></subsection></section>
<enum>III</enum><header>Services, Protection, and Justice for Young Victims of Violence</header>
<section id="H591F4D77BF5344D19360930022B159F3"><enum>301.</enum><header>Rape prevention and education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 393B(c) of part J of title III of the <act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/280b-1">42 U.S.C. 280b–1(c)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Public Health Service Act" id="HD1884B91DDF04265B843ED37B652DBE5">
<subsection id="HF2BBA3CF921B44E38E9FDFC14216662E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="H3FE51B188C914EECAD6C796DD602B7B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $80,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE35EE6E5088B4FBBB49D3992ADCC97B2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>National sexual violence resource Center allotment</header><text>Of the total amount made available under this subsection in each fiscal year, not less than $1,500,000 shall be available for allotment under subsection (b).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H7BB204EF1F8F4131A423B47CFE285C1"><enum>302.</enum><header>Services, education, protection and justice for young victims of violence</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/322">Public Law 103–322</external-xref>, Stat. 1902 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9F191541854C430B9DF8D7E3595F384B">
<subtitle id="H1087BB398DD943E59C9F00A1CD3C643E"><enum>M</enum><header>Services, education, protection and justice for young victims of violence</header>
<section id="H5C7FEF2EAC7C468BA6570752BF7C349B"><enum>41201.</enum><header>Services to advocate for and respond to teens</header>
<subsection id="H905041ACEC764EB5BA81E621A1D84239"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header><text>The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the <quote>Secretary</quote>), acting through the Family and Youth Services Bureau, in consultation with the Department of Justice, shall award grants to eligible entities to conduct programs to serve teen and young adult victims between the ages of 12 and 24 of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Amounts appropriated under this section may only be used for programs and activities described under subsection (c).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HC506C772E6A94B2884EE584DC2F84F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible grantees</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall be—</text>
<paragraph id="H47364AEA42B649339743322322DD86F4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a nonprofit, nongovernmental entity, the primary purpose of which is to provide services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0AFCA3CAD6C1428EADB12BD9007EDCE0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a religious or community-based organization that specializes in working with youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFFCCAF87FE644C06BA9DD675337177F3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an Indian Tribe or tribal organization providing services primarily to tribal youth or tribal victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE0DCB71473424ACA002565AC001C01AE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a nonprofit, nongovernmental entity providing services for runaway or homeless youth.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H669BE0B2F0FB49769151F15EA9264B30"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header>
<paragraph id="H7A3EFCEBBDCD4FAD90BC39723737AF4F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An entity that receives a grant under this section shall use amounts provided under the grant to design or replicate, and implement, programs and services, using domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking intervention models to respond to the needs of youth who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF612302221DF4F169DE610B54F46005F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Types of programs</header><text>Such a program—</text>
<subparagraph id="H39D0A7CB258849E7BBDF3FCFFB43C9A2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall provide direct counseling and advocacy for teens and young adults, who have experienced domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8FB67B8D7B8C469AA573DD8160F3C36"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall include linguistically, culturally, and community relevant services for racial and ethnic and other underserved populations or linkages to existing services in the community tailored to the needs of racial and ethnic and other underserved populations;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBB8AF2AA4AD8439894FE960025B8E073"><enum>(C)</enum><text>may include mental health services;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H08966F313E424E0AA1D9933B4969A5F9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>may include legal advocacy efforts on behalf of minors and young adults with respect to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCD93CC077A734004BB7306A5FA5C1971"><enum>(E)</enum><text>may work with public officials and agencies to develop and implement policies, rules, and procedures in order to reduce or eliminate domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking against youth and young adults; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H986BB3F11DCE45859B9C98493C858546"><enum>(F)</enum><text>may use not more than 25 percent of the grant funds to provide additional services and resources for youth, including childcare, transportation, educational support, and respite care.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD7FD828CEA114381A71145A952C0EBE9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Awards basis</header>
<paragraph id="H2123D56EF03944C19110092BBC17DCB9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grants to Indian Tribes</header><text>Not less than 10 percent of funds appropriated under this section in any year shall be available for grants to Indian Tribes or tribal organizations.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H773A197620484CE6977C79F8F61F49C7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The Secretary shall not use more than 2.5 percent of funds appropriated under this section in any year for administration, monitoring, and evaluation of grants made available under this section.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H90563D8F28804F15B0968C35DD2D3394"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>Not less than 5 percent of funds appropriated under this section in any year shall be available to provide technical assistance for programs funded under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9D0447C249A44A1FA583593227602DD5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Term</header><text>The Secretary shall make the grants under this section for a period of 3 fiscal years.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H417E8F361B9A4919009DBBDB8638EDE"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>An entity receiving a grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary every 18 months a report of how grant funds have been used.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H61FF7A01AE63435D94E3FA67DF53EE3D"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HA7424A96F1C546E085F6E4D865A647C1"><enum>41202.</enum><header>Grants for training and collaboration on the intersection between domestic violence and child maltreatment</header>
<subsection id="HA39FE5CBCD0648120024BE836CBCC070"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to support efforts by child welfare agencies, domestic violence or dating violence victim services providers, courts, law enforcement, and other related professionals and community organizations to develop collaborative responses and services and provide cross-training to enhance community responses to families where there is both child maltreatment and domestic violence.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H973DFF970A15492BA330B500454B4F9E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header><text>The Attorney General, through the Violence Against Women Office, shall award grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for the purposes and in the manner described in this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HDFB32C859D744CFCB60318C3E85DD318"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. Funds appropriated under this section shall remain available until expended. Of the amounts appropriated to carry out this section for each fiscal year, the Attorney General shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H12DDB4540ACD457BA900D4E04C88EFB1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>use not more than 3 percent for evaluation, monitoring, site visits, grantee conferences, and other administrative costs associated with conducting activities under this section;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H85D4790206E2460DA97FB3D01900ACDB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>set aside not more than 10 percent for grants to programs addressing child maltreatment and domestic violence or dating violence that are operated by, or in partnership with, a tribal organization; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H56542566BD77411B9632BF63D337033B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>set aside up to 8 percent for technical assistance and training to be provided by organizations having demonstrated expertise in developing collaborative community and system responses to families in which there is both child maltreatment and domestic violence or dating violence, whether or not they are receiving funds under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1861A31CBE004FBA98E6647882A38E49"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Underserved populations</header><text>In awarding grants under this section, the Attorney General shall consider the needs of racial and ethnic and other underserved populations (as described in section 40002).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HFD2854B5403B485EB85047ABE58337"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Grant awards</header><text>The Attorney General shall award grants under this section for periods of not more than 3 fiscal years.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H89F96208467A44A9813202450024FB4D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Uses of funds</header><text>Entities receiving grants under this section shall use amounts provided to develop collaborative responses and services and provide cross-training to enhance community responses to families where there is both child maltreatment and domestic violence or dating violence. Amounts distributed under this section may only be used for programs and activities described in subsection (g).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HEE147F4B8DF342C7A071C5D1AF09B88"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Programs and activities</header><text>The programs and activities developed under this section shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HA0F3EF9A5C28466C8526746B024575FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>encourage cross training, education, service development, and collaboration among child welfare agencies, domestic violence victim service providers, and courts, law enforcement agencies, community-based programs, and other entities, in order to ensure that such entities have the capacity to and will identify, assess, and respond appropriately to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF1B7BEBE874641D1B400D87BE5E346F7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>domestic violence or dating violence in homes where children are present and may be exposed to the violence;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H60AE2D4BD3BE4B90B109170338C4B959"><enum>(B)</enum><text>domestic violence or dating violence in child protection cases; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H68B5497CDE7546B0B5EE6476AC0051FD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the needs of both the child and nonabusing parent;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H41650DA7A09B4D2E94A1A7943DB8B8B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establish and implement policies, procedures, programs, and practices for child welfare agencies, domestic violence victim service providers, courts, law enforcement agencies, and other entities, that are consistent with the principles of protecting and increasing the immediate and long-term safety and well being of children and non-abusing parents and caretakers by—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD0D5E0FCD7014335A4B002F92810C1B1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>increasing the safety, autonomy, capacity, and financial security of non-abusing parents or caretakers, including developing service plans and utilizing community-based services that provide resources and support to non-abusing parents;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H671B43BF317F4029866BAB604339005F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>protecting the safety, security, and well-being of children by preventing their unnecessary removal from a non-abusing parent, or, in cases where removal of the child is necessary to protect the child’s safety, taking the necessary steps to provide appropriate and community-based services to the child and the non-abusing parent to promote the safe and appropriately prompt reunification of the child with the non-abusing parent;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD99656C63A6E4DA28888C0D32074B747"><enum>(C)</enum><text>recognizing the relationship between child maltreatment and domestic violence or dating violence in a family, as well as the impact of and danger posed by the perpetrators’ behavior on both child and adult victims; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H96A47C04675D427100D918C09FEA3474"><enum>(D)</enum><text>holding adult and minor perpetrators of domestic violence or dating violence, not child and adult victims of abuse or neglect, accountable for stopping the perpetrators’ abusive behaviors, including the development of separate service plans, court filings, or community-based interventions where appropriate;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H047655312E1C449400B86144573B55A1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>increase cooperation and enhance linkages between child welfare agencies, domestic violence victim service providers, courts (including family, criminal, juvenile courts, or tribal courts), law enforcement agencies, and other entities to provide more comprehensive community-based services (including health, mental health, social service, housing, and neighborhood resources) to protect and to serve both child and adult victims;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA124EF3DAFB14C8CBD42504941A01610"><enum>(4)</enum><text>identify, assess, and respond appropriately to domestic violence or dating violence in child protection cases and to child maltreatment when it co-occurs with domestic violence or dating violence;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H031D4258198F4AF193A2839416B78B8C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>analyze and change policies, procedures, and protocols that contribute to overrepresentation of racial and ethnic minorities in the court and child welfare system; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1FD3B9B558A94D09AA5315F76EDEA44E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>provide appropriate referrals to community-based programs and resources, such as health and mental health services, shelter and housing assistance for adult and minor victims and their children, legal assistance and advocacy for adult and minor victims, assistance for parents to help their children cope with the impact of exposure to domestic violence or dating violence and child maltreatment, appropriate intervention and treatment for adult perpetrators of domestic violence or dating violence whose children are the subjects of child protection cases, programs providing support and assistance to racial and ethnic populations, and other necessary supportive services.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0F8B6A10526744BAB8FE4FCAAA861F00"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Grantee requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H3DE458E65B074CFAB34E77BAC43FD5F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>Under this section, an entity shall prepare and submit to the Attorney General an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Attorney General may require, consistent with the requirements described herein. The application shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC314DFF9D8BB4A17ABE9A322610840E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ensure that communities impacted by these systems or organizations are adequately represented in the development of the application, the programs and activities to be undertaken, and that they have a significant role in evaluating the success of the project;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H53AFD319F5AC4492B9CCB26DEBD3383"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describe how the training and collaboration activities will enhance or ensure the safety and economic security of families where both child maltreatment and domestic violence or dating violence occurs by providing appropriate resources, protection, and support to the victimized parents of such children and to the children themselves; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H412AD75A8B95468B9D1727130035B57B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>outline methods and means participating entities will use to ensure that all services are provided in a developmentally, linguistically and culturally competent manner and will utilize community-based supports and resources.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6B33A4D2C87149CCB9EA9FB8F0AD4807"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>To be eligible for a grant under this section, an entity shall be a collaboration that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0B982A5C9DB94384963BC9B471D969FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall include a State or local child welfare agency or Indian Tribe;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE2738B43FC564A20BE7EB0A5221EAABC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall include a domestic violence or dating violence victim service provider;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H667E23C5CC754B46B4DEE7DDF0D03292"><enum>(C)</enum><text>may include a court;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC3BBCE86631B4765A2C6424B199D976D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>may include a law enforcement agency, or Bureau of Indian Affairs providing tribal law enforcement; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H81BF8C65A7A844E68D9DBAF6C0F82933"><enum>(E)</enum><text>may include any other such agencies or private nonprofit organizations, including community-based organizations, with the capacity to provide effective help to the child and adult victims served by the collaboration.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA697B05E15764B3F863B5B886EDF61ED"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Each entity receiving a grant under this section shall report to the Attorney General every 18 months, detailing how the funds have been used.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> </subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H03A0E738C6F346BA85ED7DB1EF3189C2"><enum>303.</enum><header>Grants to reduce violence against women on campus</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 826 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1152">20 U.S.C. 1152</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAC1325F09D494C968F4F0075E722DD00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3B02B0A628A54C15971D88D25C59DA5D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of the sentence and inserting <quote>for periods of 3 years.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE56D987D74744A30AEC92B56A7EB2C00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: <quote>The Attorney General, through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, shall award the grants in amounts of not more than $500,000 for individual institutions of higher education and not more than $1,000,000 for consortia of such institutions.</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8C0121B839FF4F6891FAF97015314C4E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBC775BA62C6A43B58DFDB790CBB64BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H996DE6F14D5F4DDE9680263D73E6B7D9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>develop and implement campus policies, protocols, and services that</quote> after <quote>boards to</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H3B130A1A3F554699A80094EA0191AC8F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: <quote>Within 90 days after the date of enactment of the Violence Against Women Act of 2005, the Attorney General shall issue and make available minimum standards of training relating to violent crimes against women on campus, for all campus security personnel and personnel serving on campus disciplinary or judicial boards.</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3B17FE3CBAB34513AE0562EC35521DAE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking all that follows <quote>strengthen</quote> and inserting: <quote>victim services programs on the campuses of the institutions involved, including programs providing legal, medical, or psychological counseling, for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, or sexual assault, and to improve delivery of victim assistance on campus. To the extent practicable, such an institution shall collaborate with any entities carrying out nonprofit and other victim services programs, including sexual assault, domestic violence, and dating violence victim services programs in the community in which the institution is located. If appropriate victim services programs are not available in the community or are not accessible to students, the institution shall, to the extent practicable, provide a victim services program on campus or create a victim services program in collaboration with a community-based organization. The institution shall use not less than 20 percent of the funds made available through the grant for a victim services program provided in accordance with this paragraph.</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H91DBFCF3E9E4490999DC0057D3C2F6CD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (6) and (8); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H91DF1DC368254843A0CB45BF6D73C5CE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (7), (9), and (10) as paragraphs (6), (7), and (8), respectively;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDBD0AF3923E5457A8DB9E279F2A998CE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H93C7E0597DDA44EDB94B72DDECBF33C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2)(B) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD5661C93168946C2A495A0A72762E9F4">
<subparagraph id="H27BD2D7D700648F895B514DF60E2ED32"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include proof that the institution of higher education collaborated with any nonprofit, nongovernmental entities carrying out other victim services programs, including sexual assault, domestic violence, and dating violence victim services programs in the community in which the institution is located;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9D7005F7FE3D4B26A77F781600E4F1EC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following: <quote>Up to $200,000 of the total amount of grant funds appropriated under this section during the years 2006 through 2010 may be used to provide technical assistance in complying with the mandatory reporting requirements of such section 485(f).</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H64F38CF850324F0AB3C4F12D47F34713"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3A597D5733A34541AB74BD5C22F3903E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC49DDA3B15544367882D57EAF2D9129E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1232C2C2D0FB4EDD94D39D8800CA3C4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H26B5A133894C414FAF0261B727E5F18C">
<paragraph id="H5FCC3871A9A64E0BADD6C4A2F0BF95EB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Confidentiality</header>
<subparagraph id="HE4831325CFDC48579998B0AEC6743C93"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Nondisclosure of confidential or private information</header><text>In order to ensure the safety of adult and minor victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and their families, grantees and subgrantees under this section shall reasonably—</text>
<clause id="HA8FB36BE156D4F9AB97F396EA7CADF8E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>protect the confidentiality and privacy of persons receiving services under the grants and subgrants; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HC10525859F6C4610AF25FBEAB2E39652"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not disclose any personally identifying information, or individual client information, collected in connection with services requested, utilized, or denied through programs provided by such grantees and subgrantees under this section.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H62B6C88CA49F4577B098292782CED3B9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consent</header><text>A grantee or subgrantee under this section shall not reveal personally identifying information or individual client information collected as described in subparagraph (A) without the informed, written, and reasonably time-limited consent of the person (or, in the case of an unemancipated minor, the minor and the parent or guardian of the minor) about whom information is sought, whether for the program carried out under this section or any other Federal, State, tribal, or territorial assistance program.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1412FB96F3914EF0AEC7E95EB23681C7"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Compelled release and notice</header><text>If a grantee or subgrantee under this section is compelled by statutory or court mandate to disclose information described in subparagraph (A), the grantee or subgrantee—</text>
<clause id="H65974F48EE7049A49BF1B3FEBD6E72"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall make reasonable attempts to provide notice to individuals affected by the disclosure of information; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H892325C22E754CE3822F6EE1AC5BDA16"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall take steps necessary to protect the privacy and safety of the individual affected by the disclosure.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA3FA6905284B440D8CDB9FA60012CE98"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Permissive sharing</header><text>Grantees and subgrantees under this section may share with each other, in order to comply with Federal, State, tribal, or territorial reporting, evaluation, or data collection requirements—</text>
<clause id="HDAF810B1DBBD46138CE34ECCFE8E8C6E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>aggregate data, that is not personally identifying information, regarding services provided to their clients; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H830F808CD04E469A0040B6356343E746"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>demographic information that is not personally identifying information.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC62CBC8A277F4308A822F2BD000080F5"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Court-generated and law enforcement-generated information</header><text>Grantees and subgrantees under this section may share with each other—</text>
<clause id="H0F2421C675084DE69F00D99DA606F65E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>court-generated information contained in secure, governmental registries for protection order enforcement purposes; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HE22897CADE4945B49952A6B34BE6BC9E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>law enforcement-generated information.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDFA8A4C17F7E47CD9641CD6572FB8748"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>As used in this paragraph, the term <term>personally identifying information</term> means individually identifying information from or about an individual, including—</text>
<clause id="HC20161916A92435682833B34CEE0A299"><enum>(i)</enum><text>first and last name;</text></clause>
<clause id="HCD534DAF93A4497FA26100676FB1E4C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>home or other physical address, including street name and name of city or town;</text></clause>
<clause id="H5115C202311746C9AC00BE9EF0DC5BE9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>email address or other online contact information, such as an instant-messaging user identifier or a screen name that reveals an individual’s email address;</text></clause>
<clause id="H673B871701B44BCAAE0034D22D95BE36"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>telephone number;</text></clause>
<clause id="H0EEB95FE54104EFBAEDEE000EF524400"><enum>(v)</enum><text>social security number;</text></clause>
<clause id="H2CA03F6227254548B3D8D7E43DE803F5"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Internet Protocol (<quote>IP</quote>) address or host name that identifies an individual;</text></clause>
<clause id="HF893C268A19F4C97B0CABC4DF100A3C2"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>persistent identifier, such as a customer number held in a <quote>cookie</quote> or processor serial number, that is combined with other available data that identifies an individual; or</text></clause>
<clause id="HDC5D5488E01449388D44366BA9051729"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>information that, in combination with the information in any of clauses (i) through (vii), would serve to identify any individual, including—</text>
<subclause id="H43523875FD6C4A4598AF3026A174881C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>grade point average;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HCED6AA4A910B45B895C4AC2B7EA2218B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>date of birth;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HD6FB890143944E199813B229E185B2FD"><enum>(III)</enum><text>academic or occupational interests;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HADD293728402460FB543E6B79F39FD2"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>athletic or extracurricular interests;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HCCF8DB9F82354E28910511531673B6BF"><enum>(V)</enum><text>racial or ethnic background; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H902DDD3AAC9D409588B4C0DB78DD4364"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>religious affiliation.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA06AB090F1E6431FB12701EFD214EF1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (g), by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H64B678947D754699B350DC2B1F3E2F85"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBB9C2B0D939744DF8FF288459462C379"><enum>(B)</enum><text>striking <quote>2001</quote> and inserting <quote>2006</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H60A8722B1E1B466983A19132FC79436C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>striking <quote>2005</quote> and inserting <quote>2010</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="H0336AAC65D6A424188E36EB22B802C86"><enum>304.</enum><header>Safe havens</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1301 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10420">42 U.S.C. 10420</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF16E9454E3B54059A280D2EED56DA57C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the section heading and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB2CA67D5C82E45788D95D5E67F6E8A7">
<section id="H3C00B72B392C445985F624B352507356"><enum>10402.</enum><header>Safe havens for children</header></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3A41E0B97888497D8335474FA77DDB7D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDD9FBFD77E794FCFB8C77D26EFCE55BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women,</quote> after <quote>Attorney General</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE850BEDEDCC8428F8910B87213A77547"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>public or nonprofit nongovernmental entities, and to</quote> after <quote>may award grants to</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1E97D56EF50A4D03AC1B3422D5B86BD7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>dating violence,</quote> after <quote>domestic violence,</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD06766A73D14462983DCB27EE0A32DD2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote>to provide</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H013A7BF68C0447F298A2BA45A429193F">
<paragraph id="HFF2589FB4FE242E5B968E8D7658759C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to provide</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H12C4A3EFCA1647949B38CDE976708EF"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE0D88D778116435B8FAE3B44BE00B486"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0B7913B3B3E1416F89A28B921213B8FA">
<paragraph id="H38751CEC9088441A8F8586C615660292"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to protect children from the trauma of witnessing domestic or dating violence or experiencing abduction, injury, or death during parent and child visitation exchanges;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBEB55CC305DF4E8DAF845B647258AEB8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to protect parents or caretakers who are victims of domestic and dating violence from experiencing further violence, abuse, and threats during child visitation exchanges; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H65B2BB8192A64759B471A7DC06082D7D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to protect children from the trauma of experiencing sexual assault or other forms of physical assault or abuse during parent and child visitation and visitation exchanges.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H14A40AB91C7A4D1EA6A200BE97C418CC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H51C9218259E441EC9831E08454556190">
<subsection id="H4CEC8DA7F5F3464A9753EF00202EF7F8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="HC870ED8262074E35A321F0A6F7F95000"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. Funds appropriated under this section shall remain available until expended.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H59B781DF283A439BB2E64800819B9CE6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Of the amounts appropriated to carry out this section for each fiscal year, the Attorney General shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H08DC2471495748CE9EE8FE91400683A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>set aside not less than 5 percent for grants to Indian tribal governments or tribal organizations;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8B2AD0647D6C4F1CBC4B60F7CA57793C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>use not more than 3 percent for evaluation, monitoring, site visits, grantee conferences, and other administrative costs associated with conducting activities under this section; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB54BA3DAAFFD4D3D93E88F6732C74D82"><enum>(C)</enum><text>set aside not more than 8 percent for technical assistance and training to be provided by organizations having nationally recognized expertise in the design of safe and secure supervised visitation programs and visitation exchange of children in situations involving domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="HC78E106086AF4A6A8D795DD0100B708"><enum>305.</enum><header>Grants to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in middle and high schools</header>
<subsection id="H4084743D0F9D4802B40800FBE58292EC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section may be cited as the <quote>Supporting Teens through Education and Protection Act of 2005</quote> or the <quote>STEP Act</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H248632454A0545E2A4F6D8EDF8DD731"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General, through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, is authorized to award grants to middle schools and high schools that work with domestic violence and sexual assault experts to enable the schools—</text>
<paragraph id="H2F1F16390E7F4DCA893596FCE2896000"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide training to school administrators, faculty, counselors, coaches, healthcare providers, security personnel, and other staff on the needs and concerns of students who experience domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and the impact of such violence on students; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0F68C4800DE14E0D99D5FCEAF00062F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to develop and implement policies in middle and high schools regarding appropriate, safe responses to, and identification and referral procedures for, students who are experiencing or perpetrating domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including procedures for handling the requirements of court protective orders issued to or against students or school personnel, in a manner that ensures the safety of the victim and holds the perpetrator accountable; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H630C442E6B624DD4AF99E2723DB8D9DD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to provide support services for students and school personnel, such as a resource person who is either on-site or on-call, and who is an expert described in subsections (i)(2) and (i)(3), for the purpose of developing and strengthening effective prevention and intervention strategies for students and school personnel experiencing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAF551214E1754FB38CB04B611B09D2AA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to provide developmentally appropriate educational programming to students regarding domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and the impact of experiencing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on children and youth by adapting existing curricula activities to the relevant student population; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDF3FC2ED2C9343DF8FA555ECC1BE373"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to work with existing mentoring programs and develop strong mentoring programs for students, including student athletes, to help them understand and recognize violence and violent behavior, how to prevent it and how to appropriately address their feelings; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2DABEDB2126E4C72A3EEB45902A300DE"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to conduct evaluations to assess the impact of programs and policies assisted under this section in order to enhance the development of the programs.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD679071F8A054CE5AA3EED2FACF25679"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Award basis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall award grants and contracts under this section on a competitive basis.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H50030AC5773D408EA885CDE90725D953"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Policy dissemination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall disseminate to middle and high schools any existing Department of Justice, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of Education policy guidance and curricula regarding the prevention of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and the impact of the violence on children and youth.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H6FBD62FC63F641139FB50452D285859D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Nondisclosure of confidential or private information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to ensure the safety of adult and minor victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and their families, grantees and subgrantees shall protect the confidentiality and privacy of persons receiving services. Grantees and subgrantees pursuant to this section shall not disclose any personally identifying information or individual information collected in connection with services requested, utilized, or denied through grantees’ and subgrantees’ programs. Grantees and subgrantees shall not reveal individual client information without the informed, written, reasonably time-limited consent of the person (or in the case of unemancipated minor, the minor and the parent or guardian) about whom information is sought, whether for this program or any other Tribal, Federal, State or Territorial grant program. If release of such information is compelled by statutory or court mandate, grantees and subgrantees shall make reasonable attempts to provide notice to victims affected by the disclosure of information. If such personally identifying information is or will be revealed, grantees and subgrantees shall take steps necessary to protect the privacy and safety of the persons affected by the release of the information. Grantees may share non-personally identifying data in the aggregate regarding services to their clients and non-personally identifying demographic information in order to comply with Tribal, Federal, State or Territorial reporting, evaluation, or data collection requirements. Grantees and subgrantees may share court-generated information contained in secure, governmental registries for protection order enforcement purposes.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H562A0B27B5B24FF9A97F3BADE3031D33"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Grant term and allocation</header>
<paragraph id="HB434D52AEB5E465BB4274136AE54BAF2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Term</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall make the grants under this section for a period of 3 fiscal years.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0BFDD6CBCA1C4C7694A944FCDB914E5C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than 15 percent of the funds available to a grantee in a given year shall be used for the purposes described in subsection (b)(4)(D), (b),(5), and (b)(6).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2DCD87A805E44FEBAACA4C4217B00961"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Distribution</header>
<paragraph id="H4F9571568B7D4B6C8373F32602AE38FD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than 5 percent of funds appropriated under section (l) in any year shall be available for grants to tribal schools, schools on tribal lands or schools whose student population is more than 25 percent native American. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE53FE425F0A54BA481CB4CA44BD2AEB4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The Director shall not use more than 5 percent of funds appropriated under section (l) in any year for administration, monitoring and evaluation of grants made available under this section. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H634C3EFC9BFE4CE28E75B1E200057D60"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>Not less than 5 percent of funds appropriated under section (l) in any year shall be available to provide technical assistance for programs funded under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HAE02FCCB50FB4C448C7450E3D2D62199"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to be awarded a grant or contract under this section for any fiscal year, a middle or secondary school, in consultation with an expert as described in sections (i)(2) and (i)(3), shall submit an application to the Director at such time and in such manner as the Director shall prescribe.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H4256027000E043AA8E18DF4743D482BF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall be a partnership that—</text>
<paragraph id="HBAEB4ED51F954F9EB75597352E854DAF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall include a public, charter, tribal, or nationally accredited private middle or high school, a school administered by the Department of Defense under 10 U.S.C. 2164 or <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/921">20 U.S.C. 921</external-xref>, a group of schools, or a school district; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDE5EA95C9CFC45DFAB3EA71706007BA5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall include a domestic violence victim service provider that has a history of working on domestic violence and the impact that domestic violence and dating violence have on children and youth;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1BDB6B6D8BF346CB8052C2CDA864EDE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>shall include a sexual assault victim service provider, such as a rape crisis center, program serving tribal victims of sexual assault, or coalition or other nonprofit nongovernmental organization carrying out a community-based sexual assault program, that has a history of effective work concerning sexual assault and the impact that sexual assault has on children and youth; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H68F9A21B395449A0B0A0438292AC3167"><enum>(4)</enum><text>may include a law enforcement agency, the State, Tribal, Territorial or local court, nonprofit nongovernmental organizations and service providers addressing sexual harassment, bullying or gang-related violence in schools, and any other such agencies or nonprofit nongovernmental organizations with the capacity to provide effective assistance to the child, youth, and adult victims served by the partnership.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9A8BA7761F424757B8EB912DA2613350"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding grants under this section, the Director shall give priority to entities that have submitted applications in partnership with relevant courts or law enforcement agencies.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H180A67A8C1FE4DBE9526BE2FC058D370"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Reporting and dissemination of information</header>
<paragraph id="H18A879CB482F4EA19C76E2C2A0A735F5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each of the entities that are members of the applicant partnership described in subsection (i), that receive a grant under this section shall jointly prepare and submit to the Director every 18 months a report detailing the activities that the entities have undertaken under the grant and such additional information as the Director shall require.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF10704A33B9041CA91114EC823D1DDE0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Dissemination of information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 9 months of the completion of the first full grant cycle, the Director shall publicly disseminate, including through electronic means, model policies and procedures developed and implemented in middle and high schools by the grantees, including information on the impact the policies have had on their respective schools and communities.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA7BF7DB62EB348D4B970FE16D5669B68"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="H573919DFDEF240B7BE97E5199527FF15"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2102B0F8D42745A3A76DCDB6C14414E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds appropriated under paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<enum>IV</enum><header>Strengthening America’s Families by Preventing Violence in the Home</header>
<section id="H529E5DBA486B494D96DD9014CB0216D9"><enum>401.</enum><header>Preventing violence against women, men, and children</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 1902 et seq.), as amended by section __ of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H51E7341864604041BE007E4D9B94B401">
<subtitle id="HA4ECD40F0D0A4A1495C868F79173BF77"><enum>N</enum><header>Strengthening America’s Families by Preventing Violence Against Women and Children</header>
<section id="HADAD393ADABE4F8EBBD316AFE3076088"><enum>41401.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purpose of this subtitle is to—</text>
<paragraph id="H946CC76530C44A3E8C2D883F1B9D0003"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prevent crimes involving violence against women, men, children, and youth;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H561B42DEB7F6401B814168EA37E4216B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>increase the resources and services available to prevent violence against women, men, children, and youth;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6573E1CB25424220B1DAAD13887195B1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>reduce the impact of exposure to violence in the lives of children and youth so that the intergenerational cycle of violence is interrupted;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE2409051B9E44F2CA650A9AED752EB7C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>develop and implement education and services programs to prevent children in vulnerable families from becoming victims or perpetrators of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFC8FB7828EFC4608882C48E04652BB47"><enum>(5)</enum><text>promote programs to ensure that children and youth receive the assistance they need to end the cycle of violence against women and children and develop mutually respectful, nonviolent relationships; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5F2E8C473A93452D86FCB84672DF98E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>encourage collaboration among community-based organizations and governmental agencies serving children and youth, providers of health and mental health services and providers of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking victim services to prevent violence against women and children.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="HEA156B93E73E4920B605E95E5C00455C"><enum>41402.</enum><header>Grants to assist children and youth exposed to violence</header>
<subsection id="H51ADD3DC274243D8814B923C807B9177"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header>
<paragraph id="H1DE2E6AFFD084C999D739679DED7A826"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, and in collaboration with the Administration for Children, Youth, and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services, is authorized to award grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for the purpose of mitigating the effects of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on children exposed to such violence, and reducing the risk of future victimization or perpetration of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H76B9433775544FCE88F486001D87AAC7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Term</header><text>The Director shall make grants under this section for a period of 3 fiscal years.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2254A4784FCA4472A70993859FB2FF8F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Award basis</header><text>The Director shall award grants—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCA3FEF52FCDB473ABED600427C6DBB27"><enum>(A)</enum><text>considering the needs of racial and ethnic and other underserved populations, as defined in section 2003 of the <act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796gg-2">42 U.S.C. 3796gg–2</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H08F6141BC1CD44899B97BBCA2500B06E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>awarding not less than 10 percent of such amounts for the funding of tribal projects from the amounts made available under this section for a fiscal year;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H98D33F34B4FA433F91628161F3CDD941"><enum>(C)</enum><text>awarding up to 8 percent for the funding of technical assistance programs from the amounts made available under this section for a fiscal year; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H038EA17F4C244875BF8D40C2A57CFB2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>awarding not less than 66 percent to programs described in subsection (c)(1) from the amounts made available under this section for a fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H794E079D4F1A4721B172ABDA78CB204D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H14E51DFB38634119A2CD4C4DCD6AF71"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>The funds appropriated under this section shall be used for—</text>
<paragraph id="H29C9357C2439477E9030C1CEB798C15F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>programs that provide services for children exposed to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, which may include direct counseling, advocacy, or mentoring, and must include support for the nonabusing parent or the child’s caretaker;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H185DEAF1BDA34FA7B2E8CF27E93ECD34"><enum>(2)</enum><text>training and coordination for programs that serve children and youth (such as Head Start, child care, and after-school programs) on how to safely and confidentially identify children and families experiencing domestic violence and properly refer them to programs that can provide direct services to the family and children, and coordination with other domestic violence or other programs serving children exposed to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking that can provide the training and direct services referenced in this subsection; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAA34744255A6474DB3336BB6E00CA24"><enum>(3)</enum><text>advocacy within the systems that serve children to improve the system’s understanding of and response to children who have been exposed to domestic violence and the needs of the nonabusing parent.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H734790DF6A4C471DAFCA797DB63D43B9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall be a—</text>
<paragraph id="H81C8E61C8E79448AAF08A508C3A04353"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a victim service provider, tribal nonprofit organization or community-based organization that has a documented history of effective work concerning children or youth exposed to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including programs that provide culturally specific services, Head Start, child care, after school programs, and health and mental health providers; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEDFB0A7C829E4749BDCC70197CAC0699"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a State, territorial, or tribal, or local unit of government agency that is partnered with an organization described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HFF3AD81260BF4643B2C5439048B4C04B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Grantee requirements</header><text>Under this section, an entity shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H443C4634AEC64B67ABA346FE793981C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prepare and submit to the Director an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Director may require; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H05EC61FC74244F6491A714283DA8EDC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>at a minimum, describe in the application the policies and procedures that the entity has or will adopt to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB858609A53F443728135322D66FE7654"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enhance or ensure the safety and security of children who have been exposed to violence and their nonabusing parent, enhance or ensure the safety and security of children and their nonabusing parent in homes already experiencing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1C57A4206BC84CC000F68868FC9561C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure linguistically, culturally, and community relevant services for racial and ethnic and other underserved communities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H21C1B3F23952449086F21262F4C91656"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>An entity receiving a grant under this section shall prepare and submit to the Director every 18 months a report detailing the activities undertaken with grant funds, providing additional information as the Director shall require.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H060C3FB50A3641168C7499A7B851A542"><enum>41403.</enum><header>Engaging men, women, and youth in preventing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking</header>
<subsection id="H4A6238C3EB08461E9C2C27B2B05D1B1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header>
<paragraph id="H5F78F70C343744ED9831B1E2A6B09123"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, and in collaboration with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall award grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for the purpose of developing or enhancing programs related to engaging men, women, and youth in preventing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by helping them to develop mutually respectful, nonviolent relationships.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA0660D4134DD47C6811E02235200DD58"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Term</header><text>The Director shall make grants under this section for a period of 3 fiscal years.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEB85C038C9D2411984D68D0317060017"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Award basis</header><text>The Director shall award grants—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0F90E0CDCF13407CA5D53EC3656447A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>considering the needs of racial and ethnic and other underserved populations (as described in section 40002);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFA10E3D02E15439FBB01791512008930"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to gender-specific programs described under subsection (c)(1)(A), ensuring reasonable distribution of funds to programs for boys and programs for girls;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0BF2A607207F48769000E4635FC3EC83"><enum>(C)</enum><text>awarding not less than 10 percent of such amounts for the funding of tribal projects from the amounts made available under this section for a fiscal year; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE47C3F60F9D249ABACD2BB2769B5CA46"><enum>(D)</enum><text>awarding up to 8 percent for the funding of technical assistance for grantees and non-grantees working in this area and evaluation programs from the amounts made available under this section for a fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7C6BBDC798E94B94B294D8AFC7F79BEF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H2735BD2CB65C4C7B88C838179E5807D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header>
<paragraph id="HAFD20E79E76842E39124CF87AE858D21"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Programs</header><text>The funds appropriated under this section shall be used by eligible entities for—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD2969B60049B4A5EBCA8D93391FC44F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>public education and community based programs, including gender-specific programs in accordance with applicable laws—</text>
<clause id="H34B3B4AF572B48B3B700F4F9B2CA26ED"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to encourage children and youth to pursue only mutually respectful, nonviolent relationships and empower them to reduce their risk of becoming victims or perpetrators of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HD1CEDD42878147DCB4635B1EF080F36D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that include at a minimum—</text>
<subclause id="H4CD18E50D3044622B176CA00D5F59B48"><enum>(I)</enum><text>information on domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or child sexual abuse and how they affect children and youth; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H6400132CBB6B43E2918230DE132705CF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>strategies to help participants be as safe as possible; or</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H96C81B9992B3432C9E53BDB331B471D1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>public education campaigns and community organizing to encourage men and boys to work as allies with women and girls to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault conducted by entities that have experience in conducting public education campaigns that address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB14DD6A360474EB8B0DCE0EA5F8E9D51"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Media limits</header><text>No more than 25 percent of funds received by a grantee under this section may be used to create and distribute media materials.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HFD47EF1A92994BECB7EC89B7BB27D4D4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header>
<paragraph id="H410693BEC9C94F619F4E66BFF52DE8D0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Relationships</header><text>Eligible entities under subsection (c)(1)(A) are—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2A0CBF6C4AA446F292EAC3ACB1233766"><enum>(A)</enum><text>nonprofit, nongovernmental domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victim service providers or coalitions;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H37B756B9CCBF42D694B5ECC18C90668"><enum>(B)</enum><text>community-based child or youth services organizations with demonstrated experience and expertise in addressing the needs and concerns of young people;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB9F24365D8024019958D7FDAB635AFF7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a State, territorial, tribal, or unit of local governmental entity that is partnered with an organization described in subparagraph (A) or (B); or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1BA75395946A4C5EAA1460A8628D0086"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a program that provides culturally specific services.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H65E9EA536CB946A39B540799CD7C5754"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Awareness campaign</header><text>Eligible entities under subsection (c)(1)(B) are—</text>
<subparagraph id="H726FC42F725C45F3A9AFF50040520081"><enum>(A)</enum><text>nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations or coalitions that have a documented history of creating and administering effective public education campaigns addressing the prevention of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFB65C1819B6143EAA1C9A706BF24EC7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a State, territorial, tribal, or unit of local governmental entity that is partnered with an organization described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3F9631BCB900474300E9B79658149283"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Grantee requirements</header><text>Under this section, an entity shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H5CC821C01A704D4294C400B6625EBA5C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prepare and submit to the Director an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Director may require; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4CBE93A841914F2CA5A266B8C0EFB320"><enum>(2)</enum><text>describe in the application the policies and procedures that the entity has or will adopt to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE8C34060887D4998AFC3C126C70727BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enhance or ensure the safety and security of children and youth already experiencing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking in their lives;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7F9AB77F722A429B9F6DA02738D65D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure linguistically, culturally, and community relevant services for racial, ethnic, and other underserved communities;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H26CAF3466D774C2085E59400B9B20090"><enum>(C)</enum><text>inform participants about laws, services, and resources in the community, and make referrals as appropriate; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H08C45B1D09214CDB87B718BFF528BC60"><enum>(D)</enum><text>ensure that State and local domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking victim service providers and coalitions are aware of the efforts of organizations receiving grants under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6487297407E6485695786D4D20D3965"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>An entity receiving a grant under this section shall prepare and submit to the Director every 18 months a report detailing the activities undertaken with grant funds, including an evaluation of funded programs and providing additional information as the Director shall require.</text></subsection></section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<enum>V</enum><header>Strengthening the Healthcare System’s Response to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking</header>
<section id="HFCA01D1E56E148D4B6BB699041AACDF4"><enum>501.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the purpose of this title to improve the health care system’s response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through the training and education of health care providers, developing comprehensive public health responses to violence.</text></section>
<section id="HD01D6C62F7494A6C84012754F4724567"><enum>502.</enum><header>Training and education of health professionals in domestic and sexual violence</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part D of title VII of the <act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/294">42 U.S.C. 294 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Public Health Service Act" id="H7513BE07B01449DA9C322D56CC9805C8">
<section id="H0D339A47F9504C2994653507589234CF"><enum>758.</enum><header>Interdisciplinary training and education on domestic violence and other types of violence and abuse</header>
<subsection id="H0515DF99770C4118B12FC48AD52946B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the ~Director of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall award grants under this section to develop interdisciplinary training and education programs that provide undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate medical, nursing (including advanced practice nursing students), and other health professions students with an understanding of, and clinical skills pertinent to, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H66E63753104145DABD52F4AEC463007"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section an entity shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H7B83C508D6C14BD9BD00B046DD217D00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be an accredited school of allopathic or osteopathic medicine;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA0E9B4B3B4644F3E8DE88203FB54C1C5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>prepare and submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H92F8D3247A83485AAB60F5EB88451C61"><enum>(A)</enum><text>information to demonstrate that the applicant includes the meaningful participation of a school of nursing and at least one other school of health professions or graduate program in public health, dentistry, social work, midwifery, or behavioral and mental health;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2D161CA121CB442B8F18EBB975BB0981"><enum>(B)</enum><text>strategies for the dissemination and sharing of curricula and other educational materials developed under the grant to other interested medical and nursing schools and national resource repositories for materials on domestic violence and sexual assault; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCE5B040C0DEB4F8F87C0B75C9EF992C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a plan for consulting with, and compensating community-based coalitions or individuals who have experience and expertise in issues related to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking for services provided under the program carried out under the grant.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9D67D29B51FE445EAB77A0E820D2511"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header>
<paragraph id="HD1D239FD8F2D4334A11959FAFC253579"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Required uses</header><text>Amounts provided under a grant under this section shall be used to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA499574720E74F9D95F053AED2C64BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>fund interdisciplinary training and education projects that are designed to train medical, nursing, and other health professions students and residents to identify and provide health care services (including mental or behavioral health care services and referrals to appropriate community services) to individuals who are or who have experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking or dating violence; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCB21F8909E52401F999B00222CEAD700"><enum>(B)</enum><text>plan and develop culturally competent clinical components for integration into approved residency training programs that address health issues related to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking, along with other forms of violence as appropriate, and include the primacy of victim safety and confidentiality.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA8B26FF905234E46A0B17785E5C087E6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Permissive uses</header><text>Amounts provided under a grant under this section may be used to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H10A5A456E6A849BD8B0796F01721F01B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>offer community-based training opportunities in rural areas for medical, nursing, and other students and residents on domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence, and other forms of violence and abuse, which may include the use of distance learning networks and other available technologies needed to reach isolated rural areas; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H464F358CBB9B43498B3205BEF7C65760"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide stipends to students from racial and ethnic population groups who are underrepresented in the health professions as necessary to promote and enable their participation in clerkships, preceptorships, or other offsite training experiences that are designed to develop health care clinical skills related to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H678BB59E33B24A79AFDF04CC43DF13CD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="HDC77AAEFFEDE4819972CF779F54C64CF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Confidentiality and safety</header><text>Grantees under this section shall ensure that all educational programs developed with grant funds address issues of confidentiality and patient safety, and that faculty and staff associated with delivering educational components are fully trained in procedures that will protect the immediate and ongoing security of the patients, patient records, and staff. Advocacy-based coalitions or other expertise available in the community shall be consulted on the development and adequacy of confidentially and security procedures, and shall be fairly compensated by grantees for their services.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9E5BEADD055446BA86C0E0B3693BDE8E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rural programs</header><text>Rural training programs carried out under paragraph (2)(A) shall reflect adjustments in protocols and procedures or referrals that may be needed to protect the confidentiality and safety of patients who live in small or isolated communities and who are currently or have previously experienced violence or abuse.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7197928CB55C426FA03EDF6EB6DBA23"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Child and elder abuse</header><text>Issues related to child and elder abuse may be addressed as part of a comprehensive programmatic approach implemented under a grant under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD261D85E558849068D54E363F1E6CD01"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Requirements of grantees</header>
<paragraph id="H3D60874F0B5742218C96741C97F37CEA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limitation on administrative expenses</header><text>A grantee shall not use more than 10 percent of the amounts received under a grant under this section for administrative expenses.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE6890142C9A5434BA8D8905E658963AF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contribution of funds</header><text>A grantee under this section, and any entity receiving assistance under the grant for training and education, shall contribute non-Federal funds, either directly or through in-kind contributions, to the costs of the activities to be funded under the grant in an amount that is not less than 25 percent of the total cost of such activities.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA3350322A09B492E8506FA7D07BFB711"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. Amounts appropriated under this subsection shall remain available until expended.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="HE69F6ED5551B4B4A95D27D355800B529"><enum>503.</enum><header>Grants to foster public health responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part P of title III of the <act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/280g">42 U.S.C. 280g et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Public Health Service Act" id="H47D3386C57884AEAB977F334F4C49DB4">
<section id="H791759C162064C91BC56088D08F00406"><enum>399P.</enum><header>Grants to foster public health responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking</header>
<subsection id="H1602D04859A540FEA36D7B58DBB2F926"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority to award grants</header>
<paragraph id="HB6D4B20942D54903AE829B64FCA74F42"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall award grants to eligible State, tribal, territorial, or local entities to strengthen the response of State, tribal, territorial, or local health care systems to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H33021617455F4CEEA7ED6453AE174516"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDEE048726CC74BDC99E434BCEB17219"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be—</text>
<clause id="HA34F08D01C2A4C148352447241222B4F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a State department (or other division) of health, a State domestic or sexual assault coalition or service-based program, or any other nonprofit, nongovernmental, tribal, territorial, or State entity with a history of effective work in the fields of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking, and health care; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H2615973F73B049D2AA783F6F99DF648F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a nonprofit domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking service-based program, a local department (or other division) of health, a local health clinic, hospital, or health system, or any other nonprofit, tribal, or local entity with a history of effective work in the field of domestic or sexual violence and health;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9EDC8219F8E746060050E4E27EBFE258"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prepare and submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such agreements, assurances, and information as the Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out the purposes for which the grant is to be made; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDD3C5C94454C4557BBABBCD2F400F3DB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>demonstrate that the entity is representing a team of organizations and agencies working collaboratively to strengthen the response of the health care system involved to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and that such team includes domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking and health care organizations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE4F9475E54B24D41A1EDB22FEE4F3540"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>A program conducted under a grant awarded under this section shall not exceed 3 years.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5B06439A8B01403E8D2640B2464739EE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of funds</header>
<paragraph id="HFC5E2E541DDD4BF3B8E7661CB1A37E24"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An entity shall use amounts received under a grant under this section to design and implement comprehensive strategies to improve the response of the health care system involved to domestic or sexual violence in clinical and public health settings, hospitals, clinics, managed care settings (including behavioral and mental health), and other health settings.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8F80F457975943FAA0A61CEC2CE9DBF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Mandatory strategies</header><text>Strategies implemented under paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HCCD4116D3BEC4408B902D5A39718BD8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The implementation, dissemination, and evaluation of policies and procedures to guide health care professionals and behavioral and public health staff in responding to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including strategies to ensure that health information is maintained in a manner that protects the patient’s privacy and safety and prohibits insurance discrimination.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC8721A92D04644E883A1E68EB2C1EC5F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The development of on-site access to services to address the safety, medical, mental health, and economic needs of patients either by increasing the capacity of existing health care professionals and behavioral and public health staff to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, by contracting with or hiring domestic or sexual assault advocates to provide the services, or to model other services appropriate to the geographic and cultural needs of a site.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H37A53524E6244718ACFCA8DF685D00B4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The development or adaptation and dissemination of education materials for patients and health care professionals and behavioral and public health staff.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA53C967ABF5643D49CE9E51350AF3020"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The evaluation of practice and the institutionalization of identification, intervention, and documentation including quality improvement measurements.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA8836B917DDA45C1B62183B9318FCA19"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Permissive strategies</header><text>Strategies implemented under paragraph (1) may include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HA94E0153A6A3480EA56C6B1F26692C5D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Where appropriate, the development of training modules and policies that address the overlap of child abuse, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking and elder abuse as well as childhood exposure to domestic violence.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H337E65D49D684F63A3CD19A93E9C3530"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The creation, adaptation, and implementation of public education campaigns for patients concerning domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking prevention.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBD9DAF79A7B94E83AA51D3BE2E30826B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The development, adaptation, and dissemination of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking education materials to patients and health care professionals and behavioral and public health staff.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H768ACD636A1F4E71BFEBF932BEB2783B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The promotion of the inclusion of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking into health professional training schools, including medical, dental, nursing school, social work, and mental health curriculum.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H019B3C854CA74466B4F2BD7944755D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The integration of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking into health care accreditation and professional licensing examinations, such as medical, dental, social work, and nursing boards.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDD409893B2704F19B2D585D307E3F24F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Allocation of funds</header><text>Funds appropriated under this section shall be distributed equally between State and local programs.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H20641B094006427299803F35E5971925"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to award grants under this section, $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H5E73E48AE9664EB2BC4927BAC651E00"><enum>504.</enum><header>Improving Federal health programs’ response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking</header>
<subsection id="H644767E3572541E7804BA266BD00C050"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Training grants under the maternal and child health services block grant</header>
<paragraph id="H92FE3C81FA1A47D890373178A2492D4D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Preference in certain funding</header><text>Section 502(b)(2) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/702">42 U.S.C. 702(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Social Security Act" id="H71EA8A20B0FD4B5C87007310D91538F6">
<subparagraph indent="up2" id="HC8B6FECA843847118FA39DE3E414D334"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Of the amounts retained for projects described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section 501(a)(3), the Secretary shall provide preference to qualified applicants that demonstrate that the activities to be carried out with such amounts include training of service providers in how to identify and treat the health effects of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including children who have been exposed to domestic or dating violence. Such training should include—</text>
<clause id="HCCF61D82D792489BBEE1236D364874F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>identifying patients of clients experiencing domestic violence, dating violence sexual assault, or stalking;</text></clause>
<clause id="H074FFEB5AF4648A89F3F543631C01848"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>assessing the immediate and short-term safety of the patient or client, the impact of the abuse on the health of the patient, and assisting the patient in developing a plan to promote his or her safety;</text></clause>
<clause id="H2B947931A8544189886BA4AD33AAA1A8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>examining and treating such patients or clients within the scope of the health professional’s discipline, training, and practice (including providing medical advice regarding the dynamics and nature of domestic violence, dating violence sexual assault, or stalking);</text></clause>
<clause id="H05DB1CAA7E464E48AF9567772F349726"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>maintaining complete medical or forensic records that include the documentation of the examination, treatment given, and referrals made, and recording the location and nature of the victim’s injuries, and establishing mechanisms to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of those medical records;</text></clause>
<clause id="H0B4E7BEC5F6C40BB869E1FCA1B851C2F"><enum>(v)</enum><text>referring the patient or client to public and private nonprofit entities that provide services for such victims; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H358D7CD0A17542E200164BD994A4A512"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>ensuring that all services are provided in a linguistically and culturally relevant manner.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE690AE5AEEC140D499D4E83DB5D86400"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement for portion of expenditures on domestic violence identification and treatment</header><text>Section 505(a)(5) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/705">42 U.S.C. 705(a)(5)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9BEDB835A91E49E793BF759BCDD1D145"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1B9F2A8E50A0499CB96DA1A351A660CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0EA95ABDCEF74207BF9424007DE88033"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (F), the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD30D275B9F2447A0A8B8A3F84306D8D6">
<subparagraph id="H417215F6B64647D281DF4C68A945F2F"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the State will set aside a reasonable portion (based upon the State’s previous use of funds under this title) of the funds provided for domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking services.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF14F3A4FAFFE44C999BFAF526F576714"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reporting data</header><text>Section 506(a)(2) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/706">42 U.S.C. 706(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Social Security Act" id="H7472B0F82D24416CA13C58C682BE71EB">
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="HF2F51DB31D5E42C0BCADA2683F7342CA"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Information on how funds provided under this title are used to identify and treat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8B3A918AC9D448B984888E22E257AC00"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Separate program for domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking identification and treatment</header><text>Title V of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/701">42 U.S.C. 701 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Social Security Act" id="H8D0C1428A3214C52A069C710AAD3597C">
<section id="HD6B1C5050A384517AAEBAA8EEFD7B700"><enum>511.</enum><header>Separate program for domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking screening and treatments</header>
<subsection id="H25DFE6AB617B4419BA4265B1D07FB698"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allotments</header><text>For the purpose described in subsection (b), the Secretary shall, for fiscal year 2006 and each subsequent fiscal year, allot to each State that has transmitted an application for the fiscal year under section 505(a) an amount equal to the product of—</text>
<paragraph id="HC060A44E142C411F838EE8294E6665B2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the amount appropriated under subsection (d) for the fiscal year; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H31A83F1618B24F6CAA0623552BBD00B5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the percentage determined for the State under section 502(c)(1)(B)(ii).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4C272F2714D040BFB2E994C7FF02558"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of an allotment under subsection (a) with respect to a State is to enable the State to provide for domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking identification and treatment, including the provision of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking identification, treatment services, increasing the number of persons identified, assessed, treated, and referred, and including training of health care professionals, and behavioral and public health staff, on how to identify and respond to adult and minor patients experiencing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Such training shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H93048BDA0B834A199B756FC7D32C64D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identifying patients of clients experiencing domestic violence, dating violence sexual assault, or stalking;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H611EFBE4A9054C1890BDF1C7E93CDAD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assessing the immediate and short-term safety of the patient or client, the impact of the abuse on the health of the patient, and assisting the patient in developing a plan to promote his or her safety;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFB31D3F79898427B81925C34297DCCA2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>examining and treating such patients or clients within the scope of the health professional’s discipline, training, and practice (including providing medical advice regarding the dynamics and nature of domestic violence, dating violence sexual assault, or stalking);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5735212404664B3E9D8D005046DA2026"><enum>(4)</enum><text>maintaining complete medical or forensic records that include the documentation of the examination, treatment given, and referrals made, and recording the location and nature of the victim’s injuries, and establishing mechanisms to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of those medical records;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H99391A02239F417E901B71BA00A82D3B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>referring the patient or client to public and private nonprofit entities that provide services for such victims; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEDCC4ADF09BE45138DC35968364E5B7E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>ensuring that all services are provided in a linguistically and culturally relevant manner.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HAF12BF634920479F96948994FE5D9B5C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application of provisions</header>
<paragraph id="HDB123EF0184A49559F6C79136CAD0779"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Sections 503, 507, and 508 apply to allotments under subsection (a) to the same extent and in the same manner as such sections apply to allotments under section 502(c).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8D7B2E3C13154720B23CD119109088FB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretarial discretion</header><text>Sections 505 and 506 apply to allotments under subsection (a) to the extent determined by the Secretary to be appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA3FADC1E0FBE4BFEA7E54FE24DDAAF8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>For the purpose of making allotments under subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HBF7E3754C5A24E52B06CEC332E2428B4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking identification and treatment services at community health Centers</header><text>Part P of title III of the <act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/280g">42 U.S.C. 280g et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by section 504, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Public Health Service Act" id="H39069356751D4A128C004E55FBF787A0">
<section id="H53E9084075EA4B6E9CCFB1F108EF1B2E"><enum>399P–1.</enum><header>Domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking prevention, identification, and treatment grants</header>
<subsection id="H6A559A66503B43A28FE3B4675F6F36AB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to award grants to eligible entities to improve the identification and treatment of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HD3E109FA05B944FB97E7AFCCD991C6F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Grants awarded under subsection (a) may be used for activities such as—</text>
<paragraph id="HEBDAAE5FE2694B0BBA001CE8241CED9D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the implementation, dissemination, and evaluation of policies and procedures to guide health care and behavioral health care professionals and other staff responding to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0D7A2282D55B490CB66773CFE3DAD7EB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the provision of training and follow-up technical assistance to health care professionals and staff to identify domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and to appropriately assess, treat, and refer patients who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H00FC32FED54244C58B8692A6570614AC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the development of on-site access to services to address the safety, medical, mental health, and economic needs of patients either by increasing the capacity of existing health care professionals and staff to address these issues or by contracting with or hiring domestic violence or sexual assault advocates to provide the services, or by developing other models appropriate to the geographic, cultural, and linguistic needs of a site.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1C55B24246BA45A8AD88692F9FFDE2F9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>To be eligible for a grant under this section, an entity shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H78538ED310974E52B89CC654E57BD03D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be a federally qualified health center as defined in section 1861(aa)(4) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395x">42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)(4)</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9361980DD3584303A3A5ECA7EEDFE82"><enum>(2)</enum><text>prepare and submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary may require.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD2B1C19EDC2B495DA65FC716E2C103F9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H9AF17C7712D54F6FAC27CD00DAF53EBD"><enum>505.</enum><header>Research on effective interventions in the healthcare setting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle B of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/322">Public Law 103–322</external-xref>; 108 Stat. 1902 et seq.), as amended by the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 1491 et seq.), and as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HFE5D185336ED4606A7C6B586B293B040">
<chapter id="H9A37746E3EB548DD9E34DCE28769AD73"><enum>11</enum><header>Research on effective interventions to address Violence Against Women</header>
<section id="H4BBAABF07EBC4979B822FF005174C017"><enum>40297.</enum><header>Research on effective interventions in the health care setting</header>
<subsection id="HAF526FF75AD0446EBD597962D8032751"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, shall award grants and contracts to fund research on effective interventions in the health care setting that prevent domestic violence, dating violence, and sexual assault across the lifespan and that prevent the health effects of such violence and improve the safety and health of individuals who are currently being victimized.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H69E787840C5247A1BDBFF0004FE3BF5E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Research conducted with amounts received under a grant or contract under this section shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H5DA8F64194CB4976B7686500AD5543C2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>With respect to the authority of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4FBE933A52404F33BDBECA8BF7DCAE4E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>research on the effects of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and childhood exposure to domestic, dating, or sexual violence, on health behaviors, health conditions, and the health status of individuals, families, and populations; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA25CB2C2F26F44F2A178006856314C55"><enum>(B)</enum><text>research and testing of best messages and strategies to mobilize public action concerning the prevention of domestic, dating, or sexual violence; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H09C4A3B633E64D04A1CDA791008EB0D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>With respect to the authority of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3B3C1A5439804110A47EE9602F4293A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>~research on the impact on the health care system, health care utilization, health care costs, and health status of domestic and dating violence and childhood exposure to domestic and dating violence; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H86702F0B34CC424B81DD69FB2C57A056"><enum>(B)</enum><text>research on effective interventions within primary care and emergency health care settings and with health care settings that include clinical partnerships within community domestic violence providers for adults and children exposed to domestic or dating violence.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA862747A755C48C7806D8DE277C3A634"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text></subsection></section></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<enum>VI</enum><header>Housing Opportunities and Safety for Battered Women and Children</header>
<section id="H0C12A146945B4B4BB4A01BC0AFD03CC9"><enum>601.</enum><header>Addressing the housing needs of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13701">42 U.S.C. 13701 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H57DEFEE8E3B84FD6A3B8552329F3FAEA">
<subtitle id="H67CCD1F930934DA187A6762943AA918C"><enum>O</enum><header>Addressing the Housing Needs of Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking</header>
<section id="HC5E771B807BD4DA38082504CE8F7D020"><enum>41501.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purpose of this subtitle is to reduce domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and to prevent homelessness by—</text>
<paragraph id="HD9C014A7FF4A4E52B174D974F36831D6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>protecting the safety of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking who reside in homeless shelters, public housing, assisted housing, Indian housing, or other emergency, transitional, permanent, or affordable housing, and ensuring that such victims have meaningful access to the criminal justice system without jeopardizing such housing; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFF398362168C4B7E9D29BB99F9A395CF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>creating long-term housing solutions that develop communities and provide sustainable living solutions for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC988CFEEF9F1474800C62FAF6C74F552"><enum>(3)</enum><text>building collaborations between and victim service providers, homeless service providers, housing providers, and housing agencies to provide appropriate services, interventions, and training to address the housing needs of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF26798CEDB934DAFB61274E6C1FF6201"><enum>(4)</enum><text>enabling public and assisted housing agencies, Indian housing authorities, private landlords, property management companies, and other housing providers and agencies to respond appropriately to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, while maintaining a safe environment for all housing residents.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="HC4BE7E6857804CF6A48C99B199A37834"><enum>41502.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of this subtitle—</text>
<paragraph id="HB24DC3E91C1B406585FA775161C0C3F2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <term>assisted housing</term> means housing assisted—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE9821E07DF0F40D6A79881B0F11485F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>under section 221(d)(3), section 221(d)(4), or section 236 of the <act-name parsable-cite="NHA">National Housing Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1715l">12 U.S.C. 1715l(d)(3)</external-xref>, (d)(4), or 1715z–1);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H72028C63B4E04128A35DFDE113DE69D3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>under section 101 of the <act-name parsable-cite="HUDA">Housing and Urban Development Act</act-name> of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1701s">12 U.S.C. 1701s</external-xref>); or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9C43B72D929B4566A848ECF834BA2665"><enum>(C)</enum><text>under section 8 of the <act-name parsable-cite="USHA">United States Housing Act of 1937</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCDD64AAAA0A0454DA6F8000172C4F790"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>continuum of care</term> means a community plan developed to organize and deliver housing and services to meet the specific needs of people who are homeless as they move to stable housing and achieve maximum self-sufficiency;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2A0EBF93A9414995BEDEC72C55CD9921"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term <term>Indian housing</term> means housing assistance described in the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4101">25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8F2BCEDC4E4E48D48960C83733EF2E8C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term <term>low-income housing assistance voucher</term> means housing assistance described in section 8 of the <act-name parsable-cite="USHA">United States Housing Act of 1937</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f</external-xref>);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2B97F8D08B924E73916C79ACE5D1979C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the term <term>public housing</term> means housing described in section 3(b)(1) of the <act-name parsable-cite="USHA">United States Housing Act of 1937</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437a">42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(1)</external-xref>);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA43EF1EDF2014F5FB4A84180A64D3498"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the term <term>public housing agency</term> means an agency described in section 3(b)(6) of the <act-name parsable-cite="USHA">United States Housing Act of 1937</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437a">42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(6)</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0ABD5453180544B6B0F4E392578F9896"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the term <term>homeless service provider</term> means a nonprofit, nongovernmental homeless service provider, such as a homeless shelter, a homeless service or advocacy program, a tribal organization serving homeless individuals, or coalition or other nonprofit, nongovernmental organization carrying out a community-based homeless or housing program that has a documented history of effective work concerning homelessness.</text></paragraph> </section>
<section id="HD17F584758A14D2DBEB0009559FD0036"><enum>41503.</enum><header>Collaborative grants to develop long-term housing for victims</header>
<subsection id="HB7B8D2F385AD4199BB7BC889EECF3D38"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header>
<paragraph id="HA723444635FF480398F5009CDFC81DE5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (<quote>ACYF</quote>), and in consultation with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, shall award grants and contracts for a period of not less than 3 years to eligible entities to develop long-term housing options for adult and minor victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking who are currently homeless or at risk for becoming homeless.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD80610315D4B4DD7B666269D5C3D2D26"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall award—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAD80D4E2B598417992AC94064B80F312"><enum>(A)</enum><text>grants for projects that do not include the cost of construction in amounts—</text>
<clause id="H9EE3F385A96042E7878D5EE14446D9B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not less than $50,000 per year; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H03B726C7F48E444BABB3F756F2867B40"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not more than $350,000 per year; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H067DC451EE5A42EF9003164564BFA4EF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>grants for projects that do include the cost of construction in amounts—</text>
<clause id="HB62B1A113FB4451EB1738398FA556557"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not less than $150,000 per year; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HF0C44E572F2F413EBCC0A7B3169FC384"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not more than $1,000,000 per year.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF6D996FAB64B4D4D90679198C76F1771"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall demonstrate that it is a coalition or partnership, applying jointly, that—</text>
<paragraph id="HC208C5A729F54200005CDA827C53BC62"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall include a domestic violence service provider;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB6B994CF994D449591B8547F7648969C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA36C74D671E14C17AA47BE1531FB3F7B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a homeless service provider;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB0E109A08C44469BBA367DB53D34273"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a nonprofit, nongovernmental community housing development organization or a Department of Agriculture rural housing service program; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H27F102F760C14A56AD576E49BDAF32AD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the absence of a homeless service provider on tribal lands or nonprofit, nongovernmental community housing development organization on tribal lands, an Indian housing authority or Tribal housing consortium;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H732477BA9D98427D8799F1388CC80196"><enum>(3)</enum><text>may include a dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victim service provider;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3D9B70E53730440588D211234D9135F5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>may include housing developers, housing corporations, State housing finance agencies, other housing agencies, and associations representing landlords;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6DDF785654FF4533B4E8B5F400ECC67E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>may include a public housing agency or Indian housing authority;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC5077FE2A0DF4D668E88A5FB003E00FF"><enum>(6)</enum><text>may include tenant organizations in public or Indian housing, as well as nonprofit, nongovernmental tenant organizations;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAB0E287C6685467DB303E711216B5650"><enum>(7)</enum><text>may include other nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations participating in the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Continuum of Care process;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8A64969AA54D4B7100AEE7E8A12EE234"><enum>(8)</enum><text>may include a State, tribal, territorial, or local government or government agency; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1EAA67905B7247188C0030904F2203DC"><enum>(9)</enum><text>may include any other such agencies or nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations, including religious and community based organizations, with the capacity to provide effective help to adult and minor victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDDBD8A64F99C40AAA29DE79EFDF11581"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="HB7AF25B0122A4AB6AFE3ED5969F9037B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each eligible entity seeking a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary of Health and Human Services at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary of Health and Human Services may require.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFFE22EF939B34A19AC4502E9CED31FF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each application shall describe how long-term housing options and other activities, services, and programs for which assistance under this section is sought will help deconcentrate poverty and how they will be developed and implemented with the input of current or former homeless victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDCCD612072B541988775AA8B70FE7E4C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Grants and contracts awarded to eligible entities pursuant to subsection (a) shall be used to design or replicate and implement new activities, services, and programs to develop long-term housing options for adult and minor victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and their dependents, who are currently homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Such activities, services, or programs—</text>
<paragraph id="H2C98CF19F741461E85B4FDB4EEA4AC34"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall participate in the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Continuum of Care process, unless such a process does not exist in the community to be served;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFB4C79584B8B4FCDBA3F0007F6C742A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall develop sustainable long-term housing in the community by—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE853E2643B2E4EF28F59977014B54E24"><enum>(A)</enum><text>coordinating efforts and resources among the various groups and organizations comprised in the entity to access existing private and public funding;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7730D6E899B74EA7BD0600C44DE16431"><enum>(B)</enum><text>placing individuals and families in long-term housing; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H76CEAC63C192467BB0A10013C31B138C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>providing services to help individuals or families find and maintain long-term housing, including financial and support assistance;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC9E08DF9A7DE4F96B4EFC5907B8978"><enum>(3)</enum><text>may provide capital costs for the purchase, preconstruction, construction, renovation, repair, or conversion of affordable housing units;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H910B6DF8ABF34CD6996186BF29F361A9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>may use funds for the continuing operation, upkeep, maintenance, and use of housing described in paragraph (3); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBDA8A7A729AF422D9624B36265F83D87"><enum>(5)</enum><text>may provide to the community information about housing and housing programs, and the process to locate and obtain long-term housing.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H54F4AAE9BF0A49CFB1BDC00091BA2B97"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Underserved populations and priorities</header><text>In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the ACYF, shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H57F3826EBE354304887C7E00D4646505"><enum>(1)</enum><text>give priority to culturally specific services;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9DED9B8A58944D2E9100ABC0C48B1179"><enum>(2)</enum><text>give priority to applications from entities that include a sexual assault service provider as described in subsection (b)(3);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H74DA2E18BC454C7CB2D1C5233BDC8282"><enum>(3)</enum><text>award a minimum of 15 percent of the funds appropriated under this section in any fiscal year to tribal organizations; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE909E0D2E1494C3894FC90340319CCCA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>ensure that at least 2 of the grants awarded under paragraph (3) must fund projects that include construction.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD62D3CAB817444AC9DE502A1F56D51C7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Every 18 months, each entity shall, in cooperation and coordination with all members of the entity, submit a report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HFB34A8668C7449ECA77900AC333F815C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="HF87A157BA0F44D68AE90291853475854"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <term>long-term housing</term> means housing that is sustainable, affordable, and safe for the foreseeable future and is—</text>
<subparagraph id="H37CFBC5AB7B948E08F74FE673E9C2B51"><enum>(A)</enum><text>rented or owned by the individual;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC0982985EE9945B08FE0C1603020297E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subsidized by a voucher or other program which is not time-limited and is available for as long as the individual meets the eligibility requirements for the voucher or program; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2C6C67611CCB4D76906B4C7526AAC26"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provided directly by a program, agency, or organization and is not time-limited and is available for as long as the individual meets the eligibility requirements for the program, agency, or organization; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H97E2B677F8824DA2B8D17843D7CD27BA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>affordable housing</term> means housing that complies with the conditions set forth in section 215 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CGNHA">Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12745">42 U.S.C. 12745</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H98220A8450BD4E84AFA8008426CF0097"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Evaluation, monitoring, Administration, and technical assistance</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H7F8AAFCC640A4C7BA37EA890C1784543"><enum>(1)</enum><text>up to 3 percent of the funds appropriated under subsection (i) for each fiscal year may be used by the Secretary of Health and Human Services for evaluation, monitoring, and administration costs under this section; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAE25D1C2E8B141409922E8A416286F9E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>up to 8 percent of the funds appropriated under subsection (i) for each fiscal year may be used to provide technical assistance to grantees under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H88FB4AB5EFC44324B81087CBDD4B6438"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010 to carry out the provisions of this section.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H3D9D5151486340E3A5A6D45299713573"><enum>41504.</enum><header>Grants to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assualt, and stalking in public and assisted housing</header>
<subsection id="H56952F6438714EC0B16BD5FF33AE78A6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>It is the purpose of this section to assist eligible grantees in responding appropriately to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking so that the status of being a victim of such a crime is not a reason for the denial or loss of housing. Such assistance shall be accomplished through—</text>
<paragraph id="HADC202D1083F48A7B2561935318BE1AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>development and implementation of appropriate housing policies and practices;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2EDB45805CA54268B1107900838613FB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>enhancement of collaboration with victim service providers and tenant organizations; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE90DBC7A51704AECA6B7C7ABE545B3D5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>reduction of the number of victims of such crimes who are evicted or denied housing because of crimes and lease violations committed or directly caused by the perpetrators of such crimes.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC7E27CCAE89047CB8B8298433ED47505"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header>
<paragraph id="H7DA3677CF1A14F5C99F8D8D7CB33D76"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Violence Against Women Office of the Department of Justice (<quote>Director</quote>), and in consultation with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (<quote>Secretary</quote>), and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administration for Children, Youth and Families (<quote>ACYF</quote>), shall award grants and contracts for not less than 3 years to eligible grantees to promote the full and equal access to and use of housing by adult and minor victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFE9EFCCF97BC488DB4E80760EBE9CBC6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amounts</header><text>Not less than 15 percent of the funds appropriated to carry out this section shall be available for grants to Indian housing authorities.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4F9F65014BAD4793A61E7790241835D8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Award basis</header><text>The Attorney General shall award grants and contracts under this section on a competitive basis.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6C4F2916000A4BD3BEDAF815A1EE8414"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Appropriated funds may be used only for the purposes described in subsections (f) and (i).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H46E8786F7B4C4B49A69205D1E9579B65"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible grantees</header>
<paragraph id="HA1501A9BCF97410AA94825CB6704C190"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Eligible grantees are—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2D3FFEFF9FE54A468E08FB29F6FD4F17"><enum>(A)</enum><text>public housing agencies;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6D8149978123466391F44E36E6B700C1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>principally managed public housing resident management corporations, as determined by the Secretary;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H85067150453C406EA00039B4002042F7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>public housing projects owned by public housing agencies;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H82E7D18AB041492285FA551CBF319053"><enum>(D)</enum><text>agencies and authorities receiving assistance under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4101">25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA58DBA6F9C69475EA3717DEDDC977012"><enum>(E)</enum><text>private, for-profit, and nonprofit owners or managers of assisted housing.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H47171872179E4A25B2F4FB123A2FEA9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Submission required for all grantees</header><text>To receive assistance under this section, an eligible grantee shall certify that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9DE178E5ED3745F0B48C2378007538D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>its policies and practices do not prohibit or limit a resident’s right to summon police or other emergency assistance in response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H04165B7BBCF04F968D989001E4D06F97"><enum>(B)</enum><text>programs and services are developed that give a preference in admission to adult and minor victims of such violence, consistent with local housing needs, and applicable law and the Secretary’s instructions;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCDF72EC59B9F4675ADC31E789B33EF55"><enum>(C)</enum><text>it does not discriminate against any person—</text>
<clause id="HC43B127A5D554247904C229526817DFD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>because that person is or is perceived to be, or has a family or household member who is or is perceived to be, a victim of such violence; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H4CC00E0E80504409B3A79E23E5A218AF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>because of the actions or threatened actions of the individual who the victim, as certified in subsection (e), states has committed or threatened to commit acts of such violence against the victim, or against the victim’s family or household member;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0EE08C72C9DE4E0DB6FDE1D45EF87621"><enum>(D)</enum><text>plans are developed that establish meaningful consultation and coordination with local victim service providers, tenant organizations, culturally specific service providers, State domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions, and, where they exist, tribal domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3BC659A35B0C42FF9FA9FDF9AAC7C69E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>its policies and practices will be in compliance with those described in this paragraph within the later of 2 years or a period selected by the Attorney General in consultation with the Secretary and ACYF.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1D37A9D095E2497EAA35C5F92893A107"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Each eligible entity seeking a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Attorney General at such a time, in such a manner, and containing such information as the Attorney General may require.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H675481ED22A945E48133169C5400168E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Certification</header>
<paragraph id="H7332F77D0C4A424D99B3E8CEC2229D9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A public housing agency, Indian housing authority, or assisted housing provider receiving funds under this section may request that an individual claiming relief under this section certify that the individual is a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. The individual shall provide a copy of such certification to the public housing agency, Indian housing authority, or assisted housing provider within a reasonable period of time after the agency or authority requests such certification.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDED371571D51409FB4B100BBC7353F8D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>An individual may satisfy the certification requirement of paragraph (1) by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H40DBC70906364A699563083781CF7BFD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>providing the public housing agency, Indian housing authority, or assisted housing provider with documentation, signed by an employee, agent, or volunteer of a victim service provider, an attorney, a member of the clergy, a medical professional, or any other professional from whom the victim has sought assistance in addressing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking or the effects of abuse; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0DF1E0C80548465EB1AD1083A860B9BA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>producing a Federal, State, tribal, territorial, or local police or court record.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H308A51714C524B5BAF11475700D5DD43"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require any housing agency, assisted housing provider, Indian housing authority, owner, or manager to demand that an individual produce official documentation or physical proof of the individual’s status as a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, in order to receive any of the benefits provided in this section. A housing authority may provide benefits to an individual based solely on the individual’s statement or other corroborating evidence.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5D1846253BC745978E8BF15797B087CC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Confidentiality</header>
<subparagraph id="HE9C6D24127364EB7B311A9DF9EA83FDF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>All information provided to any housing agency, assisted housing provider, Indian housing authority, owner, or manager pursuant to paragraph (1), including the fact that an individual is a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, shall be retained in the strictest confidence by such housing authority, and shall neither be entered into any shared database, nor provided to any related housing agency, assisted housing provider, Indian housing authority, owner, or manager, except to the extent that disclosure is—</text>
<clause id="H048E03F977104F14B9C160BF80E395A0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>requested or consented to by the individual in writing; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H0038BBE7BA9D448A97C1D908750831F2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>otherwise required by applicable law.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1A227293BCFD457D8532F2736FB7FE1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>An individual shall be notified of the limits of such confidentiality and informed in advance about circumstances in which the housing agency, assisted housing provider, Indian housing authority, owner, or manager will be compelled to disclose the individual’s information.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HEBC0A7FE0D9144F5B80316C65101141F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Grants and contracts awarded pursuant to subsection (a) shall provide to eligible entities personnel, training, and technical assistance to develop and implement policies, practices, and procedures, making physical improvements or changes, and developing or enhancing collaborations for the purposes of—</text>
<paragraph id="H1D7BC05D8B84437FB9421DEFE3CCC646"><enum>(1)</enum><text>enabling victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking with otherwise disqualifying rental, credit, or criminal histories to be eligible to obtain housing or housing assistance, if such victims would otherwise qualify for housing or housing assistance and can provide documented evidence information that demonstrates the causal connection between such violence or abuse and the victims’ negative histories;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB2B6B041DEAF4CEF8B3F74C7EFF018B7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>permitting applicants for housing or housing assistance to provide incomplete rental and employment histories, otherwise required as a condition of admission or assistance, if the victim believes that providing such rental and employment history would endanger the victim’s or the victim’s children safety;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9E8F72AB0E2D48D5895049BA3397D424"><enum>(3)</enum><text>protecting victims’ confidentiality, including protection of victims’ personally identifying information, address, or rental history;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB5FC6323B7E849CDB8376EF5AD4FA054"><enum>(4)</enum><text>assisting victims who need to leave a public housing, Indian housing, or assisted housing unit quickly to protect their safety, including those who are seeking transfer to a new public housing unit, Indian housing or assisted housing unit, whether in the same or a different neighborhood or jurisdiction;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBFB28E2E8243487E0027848730583643"><enum>(5)</enum><text>enabling the public housing agency, Indian housing authority, or assisted housing provider, or the victim to remove consistent with applicable State law the perpetrator of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking without evicting, removing, or otherwise penalizing the victim;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9947266DCD5B479C88F21DC993B5BFC"><enum>(6)</enum><text>enabling the public housing agency, Indian housing authority, or assisted housing provider to comply with court orders, including civil protection orders issued to protect the victim, when notified and issued to address the distribution or possession of property among the household members in cases where a family breaks up;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H68A8C3003D004D9A90E509BE533A88C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>developing and implementing more effective security policies, protocols, and services;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H673B1CAF769341058EAA87DD1CCE4C06"><enum>(8)</enum><text>allotting not more than 15 percent of funds awarded under the grant to make physical improvements or changes;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2A4B6CD556F74758A4DBECCA001D9674"><enum>(9)</enum><text>training all personnel to more effectively identify and respond to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD4F5ECAEC5F14EC6A9CB462F51DDBDE4"><enum>(10)</enum><text>effectively providing notice to applicants and residents of the above housing policies, practices, and procedures.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB4E8AB0131CC4ADAAB596D3C45D2A888"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Each eligible entity receiving funds under this section shall submit a report to the Attorney General evaluating the effectiveness of the activities, services, and programs developed with the funds provided under this section and containing such additional information as the Attorney General may prescribe.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H4422780364BF48819240F15D72D3F1A8"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010 to carry out the provisions of this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HEC6CC21CCF9C4890A0DF75CEE927C9"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Up to 12 percent of the amount appropriated under subsection (h) for each fiscal year shall be used by the Attorney General for technical assistance costs under this section. Technical assistance may be provided to entities that have not received a grant under this section but are described as eligible in subsection (c).</text></subsection></section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="HBB9A7CBFC4EC4699B7CF86B2E56400E1"><enum>602.</enum><header>Transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking</header>
<subsection id="H9941275319804708ABF383C6E614D8D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 40299 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13975">42 U.S.C. 13975</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3142BE673F4A4545818068A1D19942DD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9061DADBF0DE4932806E30EB2F49C846"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Department of Health and Human Services,</quote> after <quote>Department of Justice,</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC07A51CE659A4D4588741546FEABAC46"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Indian tribes</quote> and inserting <quote>tribal organizations</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2E25F9CB70634C31ACBE9319BA11605F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, including domestic violence victim service providers, domestic violence coalitions, other nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations, or community-based and culturally specific organizations, that have a documented history of effective work concerning domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking</quote> after <quote>other organizations</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H33F87EE2F0E84CF496A5882B7C14173E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking</quote> after <quote>domestic violence</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H42A3606EEE554A7A932FC59B34C54B28"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB7474F74096D4D7483B2D4F626B6BEC5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1D19AF8066974A96ACE0C1F343C784D1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), as redesignated, by inserting <quote>, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking</quote> after <quote>violence</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H55753C203D6246099FE05EE4EAA55F5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated, the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H24BB528F1F3245DE9E29C0A347FE4B42"><enum>(1)</enum><text>transitional housing, or acquire land or buildings, or rehabilitate or construct buildings for the purpose of providing transitional housing to persons described in subsection (a), including funding for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H31DF9709452F44B2B0008764E1E54300"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the predevelopment cost and capital expenses involved in the development of transitional housing; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7F423FE4E0714E4090B5A7DBD98F3669"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the operating expenses of newly developed or existing transitional housing.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H120C017416AA41939DEAF35E107C90BB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(B) as redesignated, by inserting <quote>Participation in the support services shall be voluntary. Receipt of the benefits of the housing assistance described in paragraph (2) shall not be conditioned upon the participation of the minors, adults, or their dependents in any or all of the support services offered them.</quote> after <quote>assistance.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFA5CB45604D84ED584F2DCC67CF56998"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="HE0649C0F1AB449C3AF2728C57271F349"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Amounts to supplement other Federal funds</header><text>Amounts made available under this section shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal and non-Federal funds expended to further the purpose of this section.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H93FDE3A5164E4D789145607E418FF6D4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) of subsection (c), by striking <quote>18 months</quote> and inserting <quote>24 months</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF968001E62AB4C098F4C9696D540D7F3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5364860C14604D868C87009CE066D9CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H52629560A6E942FC9BDFC6C636E7FBC8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (D); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H97BCAEAC3BD14119A09600691D9DC83B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraphs:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HBF8CD07FD2CA484FABFF21EB4DD2E8A5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describe how the input of current or former homeless victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking will be used to develop and implement the programs, services, and other activities described in subsection (b);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD63ED584BFC3494D8C1C561D2B11D7E4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide assurances that any supportive services offered to participants in programs developed under subsection (b)(3) are voluntary and that refusal to receive such services shall not be grounds for termination from the program or eviction from the victim’s housing; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H60B545F9618E4E850081BDF3995F4E3D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H57EA4B832DE340288634AC1EDFD9A02C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>purpose and</quote> before <quote>amount</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE5A94C81B5674BDEABF20000E2EB2436"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii) of subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H721E3F4FB7054FA9A76947525CA77535"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCC5BF829027648858959055E79B28258"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H18CC146DF52C47848506754B7CEE09D4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the client population served and the number of individuals requesting services that the transitional housing program is unable to serve as a result of a lack of resources.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4D923151FF724192B1E7B1D0A92B2C43"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (g)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4955FC79BFA446FBBCB2FC3FFD6D196E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>$30,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$40,000,000</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H11D4F4A1BE5D4F699E39D9F8668A62D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2004</quote> and inserting <quote>2006</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H99277C02EFB04B30B7586D16CFC7DA14"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2008.</quote> and inserting <quote>2010. Funds authorized to be appropriated under this subsection shall remain available until expended.</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7C0C224A13C24793B28F716EB8D8DD41"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>not more than 3 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>up to 5 percent</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF5488442F60C4039997CDD43A1F0DEAB"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>evaluation, monitoring, technical assistance,</quote> before <quote>salaries</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H455543D6B840497387451C1C70EFED29"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H5617D784B37949C5AFDF059728598121"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Underserved populations</header>
<clause id="H6012A418C4B74D8A96CFD29BD9149C00"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A minimum of 10 percent of the total amount appropriated in any fiscal year shall be allocated to tribal organizations serving adult and minor victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and their dependents.</text></clause>
<clause id="HF2F60BE78F8045D08FAB34445B305741"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Priority shall be given to projects developed under subsection (b) that primarily serve racial and ethnic and other underserved populations.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H5D7273589B3F43458B23E732F1689930"><enum>603.</enum><header>Public and Indian housing authority plans reporting requirement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5A of the <act-name parsable-cite="USHA">United States Housing Act of 1937</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437c-1">42 U.S.C. 1437c–1</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H44DCAE8D0EEE48DCBEDC028C68006C9F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC5CC98B1407F4C1EBAA0A6A7CF5EBAB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>paragraph (2)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (3)</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC5BE86E0D1F94F90954CFB6DB78F6500"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD296781C648C4CE7BC390169AAA60059"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H0CB042C4FC94444CBE18D7458347B317"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Statement of goals</header><text>The 5-year plan shall include a statement by any public housing agency or Indian housing authority of the goals, objectives, policies, or programs that will enable the housing authority to serve the needs of minor and adult victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0580766B6EFF4E1DBAD477FF1E93508C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by redesignating paragraphs (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), and (18), as paragraphs (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), and (19), respectively; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6EB7629600954798918CCFA59500E491"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (12) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HF7D4BF9633E9443692C0115F53C4E8FD"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking programs</header><text>A description of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3F910F262FAB48DE9651A485E09C699D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any activities, services, or programs provided or offered by an agency, either directly or in partnership with other service providers, to minor or adult victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5A3FBD12DA99419DA1F17C2D9BEB9463"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any activities, services, or programs provided or offered by a public housing agency or Indian housing authority that helps minor and adult victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, to obtain or maintain housing; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9D7AF10AC27740A989F156D700A11E8B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any activities, services, or programs provided or offered by a public housing agency or Indian housing authority to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, or to enhance victim safety in assisted families.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="H22727B0F95304E06908116519ED0C458"><enum>604.</enum><header>Housing strategies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 105(b)(1) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CGNHA">Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12705">42 U.S.C. 12705(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after <quote>immunodeficiency syndrome,</quote> the following: <quote>victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking</quote>.</text></section>
<section id="H79C4F0776DA640C58B769672C50048A3"><enum>605.</enum><header>Amendment to the Mckinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 423 of the <act-name parsable-cite="MHAA">Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11383">42 U.S.C. 11383</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5F421763C4054BD2A42F8287661FFCDE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by adding at the end of subsection (a) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H8A8DE5D700AC4858AF04BF0051DFEC7"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Confidentiality</header>
<subparagraph id="H1B5823EBE652444500D1489FBBBC4017"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the course of awarding grants or implementing programs under this subsection, the Secretary shall instruct any recipient or subgrantee shall make reasonable efforts not to disclose to any person, agency, or entity any personally identifying information about any client where the Secretary, recipient, or subgrantee believes based upon reasonable evidence that the client is either a minor or an adult victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or is the parent or guardian of a minor victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. The Secretary shall not require or ask a recipient or subgrantee of any other Federal or State program to disclose personally identifying information about any clients where the persons, agencies, or entities implementing those programs believe based upon reasonable evidence that those clients either are minor or adult victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking or are the parents or guardians of minor victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. The Secretary shall instruct any recipient or subgrantee under this subsection or any recipient or subgrantee of any other Federal or State program participating in the Homeless Management Information System that personally identifying information about any client may only be disclosed if the program seeking to disclose such information has obtained informed, reasonably time-limited, written consent from the client to whom the information relates. The Secretary may require or ask any recipient or subgrantee to share nonpersonally identifying data in the aggregate regarding services to clients and nonpersonally identifying demographic information in order to comply with the data collection requirements of the Homeless Management Information System.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H29F1A8F4AD4741008F9215A6ECFA7EBC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>As used in this paragraph, the term <term>personally identifying information</term> means individually identifying information from or about an individual including—</text>
<clause id="HEE238EA491E3416E99E2C5B16CCF6784"><enum>(i)</enum><text>first and last name;</text></clause>
<clause id="H9535410E787644A785D6A85B28D87B7B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a home or other physical address, including street name and name of city or town;</text></clause>
<clause id="H97E34F98580C428EA6573226CE934928"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an email address or other online contact information, such as an instant messaging user identifier or a screen name that reveals an individual’s email address;</text></clause>
<clause id="HFF90FAE66A314AD1B941ED00382953E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a telephone number;</text></clause>
<clause id="H129963311E704C1FADECF92065EDDC9B"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a social security number;</text></clause>
<clause id="H9D6B2294D23A433984CA2FFC19215669"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>an Internet Protocol (<quote>IP</quote>) address or host name that identifies an individual;</text></clause>
<clause id="H7862A135D4044F52BB91CC3EF600301C"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>a persistent identifier, such as a customer number held in a <quote>cookie</quote> or processor serial number, that is combined with other available data that identifies an individual; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H3B0D927EED9746D7B6DCACA450062078"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>any other information, including, but not limited to, grade point average, date of birth, academic or occupational interests, athletic or extracurricular interests, racial or ethnic background, or religious affiliation, that, in combination with any of the above, would serve to identify any individual.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="H929E94DEBEA74FDF8280EF24D757D061"><enum>606.</enum><header>Amendments to the low income housing assistance voucher program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8 of the <act-name parsable-cite="USHA">United States Housing Act of 1937</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBD5ABD2B1D5F4B97AE03795236F47BA2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFBD55EAAD51E4F29B5D34F39189B822"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), by inserting after <quote>other good cause</quote> the following: <quote>, and that an incident or incidents of actual or threatened domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking will not be construed as a serious or repeated violation of the lease by the victim or threatened victim of that violence and will not be good cause for terminating a lease held by the victim of such violence</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H38635361B93B45E0ABDA7124495E64AE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B)(iii), by inserting after <quote>termination of tenancy</quote> the following: <quote>, except that (I) criminal activity directly relating to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, engaged in by a member of a tenant’s household or any guest or other person under the tenant’s control shall not be cause for termination of the tenancy, if the tenant or a minor child of the tenant is a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and, as a result, could not control or prevent the criminal activity; (II) nothing in subclause (I) may be construed to limit the authority of an owner or manager, consistent with applicable State law, to evict or the public housing agency or assisted housing provider to terminate voucher assistance to individuals who engage in criminal acts of physical violence against family members or others; and (III) nothing in subclause (I) may be construed to limit the authority of an owner or manager, consistent with applicable State law, to evict or the public housing agency or assisted housing provider to terminate voucher assistance to any tenant if the owner, manager, public housing agency, or assisted housing provider can demonstrate an acctual and imminent threat to the larger community if that tenant is not evicted or terminated from assistance</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2FFDAC5570264AD8A158AFEB05C125F1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCD3014E70A1B46D5B6E01B351DCF9BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (6) by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9429E653C62244438D5FB562FE8F8B3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (7) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF98DB2C25D6E4D7D8144721D4DACBB91"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text>
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<paragraph id="HBE46A34558CE48CEAD2041FE9BCC7C75"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the term <term>domestic violence</term> has the same meaning given the term in section 2003 of title I of the <act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796gg-2">42 U.S.C. 3796gg–2</external-xref>);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H004985640C4A41679E063D2710188163"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the term <term>dating violence</term> has the same meaning given the term in section 2003 of title I of the <act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796gg-2">42 U.S.C. 3796gg–2</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC2C8FD1764F24A41B4DFF9B8627330C4"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the term <term>sexual assault</term> has the same meaning given the term in section 2003 of title I of the <act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796gg-2">42 U.S.C. 3796gg–2</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDC2B6DB8DEC9446096E76D00F6E2072"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (o)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD65D9A7A59614193B924707422DBFF67"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting at the end of paragraph (6)(B), the following new sentence: <quote>That an applicant is or is perceived to be, or has been or has been perceived to be, a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking is not an appropriate basis for denial of program assistance by a public housing authority.</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC2FE151629FD4D53885E0054FC5C8BED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)(C), by inserting after <quote>other good cause</quote> the following: <quote>, and that an incident or incidents of actual or threatened domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking will not be construed as a serious or repeated violation of the lease by the victim or threatened victim of that violence and will not be good cause for terminating a lease held by the victim of such violence</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8E20D5C39C0C4E199D4F6429106100DB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)(D), by inserting after <quote>termination of tenancy</quote> the following: <quote>; except that (i) criminal activity relating to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, engaged in by a member of a tenant’s household or any guest or other person under the tenant’s control shall not be cause for termination of the tenancy, if the tenant or immediate member of the tenant’s family is a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and, as a result, could not control or prevent the criminal activity; (ii) nothing in clause (i) may be construed to limit the authority of an owner or manager, consistent with applicable State law, to evict or the public housing agency or assisted housing provider to terminate voucher assistance to individuals who engage in criminal acts of physical violence against family members or others; and (iii) nothing in clause (i) may be construed to limit the authority of an owner or manager, consistent with applicable State law, to evict or the public housing agency or assisted housing provider to terminate voucher assistance to any tenant if the owner, manager, public housing agency, or assisted housing provider can demonstrate an accutal and imminent threat to the larger community if that tenant is not evicted or terminated from assistance</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB0A7D7AD6C6545C399361EE31C62051"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (r)(5) by inserting after <quote>violation of a lease</quote> the following: <quote>, except that a family may receive a voucher from a public housing agency and move to another jurisdiction under the tenant-based assistance program if the family has moved out of the assisted dwelling unit in order to protect the health or safety of an individual who is or has been the victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and who reasonably believed he or she was imminently threatened by harm from further violence if he or she remained in the assisted dwelling unit</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE9465FA732F14E75989B00A05EBA53DB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="HCE48A7D3464647DE82FBDFDFE68F13B7"><enum>(ee)</enum><header>Certification and confidentiality</header>
<paragraph id="HD7A1C6E14E3B43FE8ED4B740CFA9B6A0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Certification</header>
<subparagraph id="H5F40D4235EE846748F9E553FB36714A3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An owner, manager, public housing agency, or assisted housing provider responding to subsections (d)(1)(B(ii), (d)(1)(B)(iii), (o)(7)(C), (o)(7)(D), and (r)(5) may request that an individual certify that the individual is a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and that the incident or incidents in question are bona fide incidents of such actual or threatened abuse and meet the requirements set forth in the aforementioned paragraphs. The individual shall provide a copy of such certification within a reasonable period of time after an owner, manager, public housing agency, or assisted housing provider requests such certification.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2597FE607B78466F896B4B4FF700D36"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>An individual may satisfy the certification requirement of subparagraph (A) by—</text>
<clause id="HEBE8CF5C7F984C91A5E16785354DCA7E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>providing the requesting owner, manager, public housing agency, or assisted housing provider with documentation signed by an employee, agent, or volunteer of a victim service provider, an attorney, a member of the clergy, a medical professional, or any other professional, from whom the victim has sought assistance in addressing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking or the effects of the abuse; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H342600325AEB42D49230E690BCD75B9D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>producing a Federal, State, tribal, territorial, or local police or court record.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H669839BE73CA4844B63C93E2521841EF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At their discretion, the owner, manager, public housing agency, or assisted housing provider may provide benefits to an individual based solely on the individual’s statement or other corroborating evidence but is not mandated to do so.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H03F6F59EC5194615AA81D713EAFA66D1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Confidentiality</header>
<subparagraph id="HD8D42FF08CCB4D7EA4AB00741721D823"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>All information provided to an owner, manager, public housing agency, or assisted housing provider pursuant to paragraph (1), including the fact that an individual is a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, shall be retained in the strictest confidence by such owner, manager, public housing agency, or assisted housing provider, and shall neither be entered into any shared database, nor provided to any related entity, except to the extent that disclosure is—</text>
<clause id="H622E2EF42A36471AB2A749A9C8A05B3F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>requested or consented to by the individual in writing; or</text></clause>
<clause id="HC4D998ADBAA5436088EEFED470887FA0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>otherwise required by applicable law.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H95931FC16EF34A3EA1EC522741FA5D00"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>An individual must be notified of the limits of such confidentiality and informed in advance about circumstances in which the person or entity will be compelled to disclose the individual’s information.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="H8A19ED00132E474A93D3BA98E196F990"><enum>607.</enum><header>Amendments to the public housing program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6 of the <act-name parsable-cite="USHA">United States Housing Act of 1937</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437d">42 U.S.C. 1437d</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8B38F566C7494EF583223E34B7AC52E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by redesignating paragraph (3) and (4), as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1F1683C6613C4DA78DE4291D1BB8BEC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HF0C2B6D95A0B4563A500AC47F9B2D19"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the public housing agency shall not deny admission to the project to any applicant on the basis that the applicant is or is perceived to be, or has been or has been perceived to be, a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEFC7C7DC47DB47638DE8C0428B8D5441"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (l)(5), by inserting after <quote>other good cause</quote> the following: <quote>, and that an incident or incidents of actual or threatened domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking will not be construed as a serious or repeated violation of the lease by the victim or threatened victim of that violence and will not be good cause for terminating a lease held by the victim of such violence</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H91A2E45883E54878A41917DA8F25D9FC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (l)(6), by inserting after <quote>termination of tenancy</quote> the following: <quote>; except that (A) criminal activity directly relating to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, engaged in by a member of a tenant’s household or any guest or other person under the tenant’s control shall not be cause for termination of the tenancy, if the tenant or immediate member of the tenant’s family is a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and, as a result could not control or prevent the criminal activity; (B) nothing in subparagraph (A) may be construed to limit the authority of a public housing agency, consistent with applicable State laws, to evict or the public housing agency or assisted housing provider to terminate voucher assistance to individuals who engage in criminal acts of physical violence against family members or others; “; and (C) nothing in subparagraph (A) may be construed to limit the authority of a public housing agency, consistent with applicable State law, to terminate the tenancy of any tenant if the public housing agency can demonstrate an actual and imminent threat to the larger community if that tenant’s tenancy is not terminated</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H98E45DFB9E5E4579B0D35BD0FC7668D2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting at the end of subsection (t) the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H737125A4915541FFA9CB002062630042"><enum>(u)</enum><header>Certification and confidentiality</header>
<paragraph id="HA17859ED083840718F21E9298D690088"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Certification</header>
<subparagraph id="HCF16272E746B46EEA3B313EA22411166"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A public housing agency responding to subsection (l) (5) and (6) may request that an individual certify that the individual is a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and that the incident or incidents in question are bona fide incidents of such actual or threatened abuse and meet the requirements set forth in the aforementioned paragraphs. The individual shall provide a copy of such certification within a reasonable period of time after the public housing agency requests such certification.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFB3F992E37F142FB9DDB456D1D4BD9DA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>An individual may satisfy the certification requirement of subparagraph (A) by—</text>
<clause id="HDEED519A9442459BB7961E07C7B6009D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>providing the requesting public housing agency with documentation signed by an employee, agent, or volunteer of a victim service provider, an attorney, a member of the clergy, a medical professional, or any other professional, from whom the victim has sought assistance in addressing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking or the effects of the abuse; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H4BB52AE7049049029E7785AB00007300"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>producing a Federal, State, tribal, territorial, or local police or court record.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3FFB43C8A5A24DA18879A12B7913184B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the public housing agency’s discretion, a public housing agency may provide benefits to an individual based solely on the individual’s statement or other corroborating evidence but is not mandated to do so.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFD76CA95F98A46E787A4234300EAE2C1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Confidentiality</header>
<subparagraph id="HBBF021E40F374144A9D7EDEE956500AB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>All information provided to any public housing agency pursuant to paragraph (1), including the fact that an individual is a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, shall be retained in the strictest confidence by such public housing agency, and shall neither be entered into any shared database, nor provided to any related entity, except to the extent that disclosure is—</text>
<clause id="H48EFB302DCA1477BBEAD7B7E055EF311"><enum>(i)</enum><text>requested or consented to by the individual in writing; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H409D932E1558410FA5C7CCBA3E696E3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>otherwise required by applicable law.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HABAB2193ED3A4A5F9BD5DC38007DA780"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>An individual must be notified of the limits of such confidentiality and informed in advance about circumstances in which the person or entity will be compelled to disclose the individual’s information.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD2801420288445AB98DC21F89B4D6F5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this subsection and subsection (l) (5) and (6)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBB9A5E0FCD2B493693F8F937E5655311"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the term <term>domestic violence</term> has the same meaning given the term in section 2003 of title I of the <act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796gg-2">42 U.S.C. 3796gg–2</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H15EA381AB49049C0860224199897B173"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the term <term>dating violence</term> has the same meaning given the term in section 2003 of title I of the <act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796gg-2">42 U.S.C. 3796gg–2</external-xref>); </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDF030A5C76164DE88429DADF6600703F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the term <term>stalking</term> means engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to—</text>
<clause id="H573D283B613C4E9A83BD112E7C62291C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>fear for his or her safety or the safety of others; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H67F43B60F6A0402B94692B94F5D9D6AA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>suffer significant emotional distress; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H325DA0C4E20F4E1FBE6FDE2700CD9B25"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the term <term>sexual assault</term> has the same meaning given the term in section 2003 of title I of the <act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796gg-2">42 U.S.C. 3796gg–2</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<enum>VII</enum><header>Providing Economic Security for Victims of Violence</header>
<section id="H1102F65A95C84ADA92C8EDA487CB7A7"><enum>701.</enum><header>Emergency leave</header>
<subsection id="H2265C71F22364DE5874E4F3325790419"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/322">Public Law 103–322</external-xref>; 108 Stat. 1902) is amended by adding after subtitle M the following:</text>
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<subtitle id="H6B88EA6C070642058F01F55DCDF88BF"><enum>Q</enum><header>Assistance for Individuals Experiencing Domestic or Sexual Violence</header>
<chapter id="H8920D62AFA9D47B383048E4386974EAD"><enum>1</enum><header>Emergency leave</header>
<section id="H5892B850F8054295BD1BC4BB31F9F3DD"><enum>41701.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purposes of this chapter are, pursuant to the affirmative power of Congress to enact legislation under the portions of section 8 of article I of the Constitution relating to providing for the general welfare and to regulation of commerce among the several States, and under section 5 of the 14th amendment to the Constitution—</text>
<paragraph id="HE750B607FDF6456093E0E7190000749D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to promote the national interest in reducing domestic or sexual violence by enabling victims of domestic or sexual violence to maintain the financial independence necessary to leave abusive situations, achieve safety, and minimize the physical and emotional injuries from domestic or sexual violence, and to reduce the devastating economic consequences of domestic or sexual violence to employers and employees;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA4E01A20E37A42E3BF073EE5A3346BE5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to promote the national interest in ensuring that victims of domestic or sexual violence can recover from and cope with the effects of such violence, and participate in criminal and civil justice processes, without fear of adverse economic consequences; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEBBAF7E2FD1F47DEB58000D08CEAAC67"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to reduce the negative impact on interstate commerce produced by dislocations of employees and harmful effects on productivity, employment, health care costs, and employer costs, caused by domestic or sexual violence, including related intentional efforts to frustrate women’s ability to participate in employment and interstate commerce.</text></paragraph> </section>
<section id="H316CE250A7FA4774B300E674D6D799EC"><enum>41702.</enum><header>Entitlement to emergency leave for addressing domestic or sexual violence</header>
<subsection id="H37A97F258C434FA79500213CFA08AEE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Leave requirement</header>
<paragraph id="H8801E8ED649044FFAA6FA6810752ED35"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Basis</header><text>An employee who is a victim of domestic or sexual violence may use accrued or existing leave from work to address domestic or sexual violence, by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H893E85A42A934C1C91A1971BD058BB19"><enum>(A)</enum><text>seeking medical attention for, or recovering from, physical or psychological injuries caused by domestic or sexual violence to the employee or the employee’s family or household member;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6C0C24553A504913B0D8AFF5B8BFF28"><enum>(B)</enum><text>obtaining services from a victim service provider for the employee or the employee’s family or household member;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7121F17DAFED4B1FB43B143E0699B694"><enum>(C)</enum><text>obtaining psychological or other counseling for the employee or the employee’s family or household member;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA85E47058F9B44D89838F3CE89EFF549"><enum>(D)</enum><text>participating in safety planning, temporarily or permanently relocating, or taking other actions to increase the safety of the employee or the employee’s family or household member from future domestic or sexual violence or ensure economic security; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H79B2647997D042F28170F7D7DBFEDA54"><enum>(E)</enum><text>seeking legal or law enforcement assistance or remedies to ensure the health and safety of the employee or the employee’s family or household member, including preparing for or participating in any civil or criminal legal proceeding related to or derived from domestic or sexual violence.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFEA0F4DEE5F84C16A41CA6CB58004623"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Period</header><text>An employee may take not more than 15 days of leave, as described in paragraph (1), in any 12-month period.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7485E024E69D47798EB6F5B16356163D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Schedule</header><text>Leave described in paragraph (1) may be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5504A06B3B1A4A179087CBA1C9F37EC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>The employee shall provide the employer with reasonable notice of the employee’s intention to take the leave, unless providing such notice is not practicable because of injury.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HB986AFE9102E4A11AE806500A1F960A3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certification</header>
<paragraph id="H2365D22B392946B788ED69110567A9E1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The employer may require the employee to provide certification to the employer, within a reasonable period after the employer requires the certification, that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2B13AC2242634EB5B0FA3E4E650DE42"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the employee or the employee’s family or household member is a victim of domestic or sexual violence; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3AA3A2EDD96F413CBDDF79FA25175872"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the leave is for 1 of the purposes described in subsection (a)(1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB911BF787901455BAB08511F001618C2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>An employee may satisfy the certification requirement of paragraph (1) by providing to the employer—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB9519F255B554533854E5102BAC648DA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a sworn statement of the employee;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5B314D62A71E4036B0ED325EED205881"><enum>(B)</enum><text>documentation from an employee, agent, or volunteer of a victim service provider, an attorney, a member of the clergy, or a medical or other professional, from whom the employee or the employee’s family or household member has sought assistance in addressing domestic or sexual violence and the effects of the violence;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H104D37BB91A94D09BFDE6569A82B8EF9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a police or court record; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1810E6658CAA4D4FBAB37CEE0045D516"><enum>(D)</enum><text>other corroborating evidence.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD9D4237DFA40424988B807C66CAA19E9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Confidentiality</header><text>All information provided to the employer pursuant to subsection (b) or (c), and the fact that the employee has requested or obtained leave pursuant to this section, shall be retained in the strictest confidence by the employer, except to the extent that disclosure is—</text>
<paragraph id="HDDCC31C299214FE9A5D7F9B34E309FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>requested or consented to by the employee in writing; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE498F68F878B4438005CEAE1B9611CFC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>otherwise required by applicable Federal or State law.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H54EEBC3A36054F5FB5A6CC06B8F6C55D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Employment and benefits</header>
<paragraph id="H660D303840BA467AA3A18219FC3F9DCD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Restoration to position</header>
<subparagraph id="HBDCB74A737734937A083D6D1E7029BE8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), any employee who takes leave under this section for the intended purpose of the leave shall be entitled, on return from such leave—</text>
<clause id="H0AB98D0127F14C80A24060F15DE20E4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to be restored by the employer to the position of employment held by the employee when the leave commenced; or</text></clause>
<clause id="HD53F8FAAC838484E92C23FAD83A946FF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to be restored to an equivalent position with equivalent employment benefits, pay, and other terms and conditions of employment.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H49D0A58A22C740298BF9E498C8FA7AD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Loss of benefits</header><text>The taking of leave under this section shall not result in the loss of any employment benefit accrued prior to the date on which the leave commenced.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB1B05E3208C440C4A0DCB19C5F37C9DB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to entitle any restored employee to—</text>
<clause id="HA02718CA974440479F72BC915CEB08E0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the accrual of any seniority or employment benefits during any period of leave; or</text></clause>
<clause id="HC629A7D5715640909566CE079CB6A98"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any right, benefit, or position of employment other than any right, benefit, or position to which the employee would have been entitled had the employee not taken the leave.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H59030182E3B94122946287B85F1D3F2E"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit an employer from requiring an employee on leave under this section to report periodically to the employer on the status and intention of the employee to return to work.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H26F26F546B8B4ED0AD789E568B004375"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exemption concerning certain highly compensated employees</header>
<subparagraph id="HD13A1A3CE07D4552A378CDA10044004E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Denial of restoration</header><text>An employer may deny restoration under paragraph (1) to any employee described in subparagraph (B) if—</text>
<clause id="H6F784B266B2646CCA6F19D7F00F712B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such denial is necessary to prevent substantial and grievous economic injury to the operations of the employer;</text></clause>
<clause id="HCA230BD9B3554A8DAFBE8DFAAB00B0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the employer notifies the employee of the intent of the employer to deny restoration on such basis at the time the employer determines that such injury would occur; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HEFFCC0DF90FA4D1CAE8BF764C7117C97"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in any case in which the leave has commenced, the employee elects not to return to employment after receiving such notice.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA93A8B7C454641BAA7194C4036C118E9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Affected employees</header><text>An employee referred to in subparagraph (A) is a salaried employee who is among the highest paid 10 percent of the employees employed by the employer within 75 miles of the facility at which the employee is employed.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4FED793547E14E83BCFD658EC3894236"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Maintenance of health benefits</header>
<subparagraph id="H9F254307A33B483993F0E8DB0F6BC10"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Coverage</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), during any period that an employee takes leave under this section, the employer shall maintain coverage under any group health plan (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/5000">section 5000(b)(1)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) for the duration of such leave at the level and under the conditions coverage would have been provided if the employee had continued in employment continuously for the duration of such leave.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H80166DA351D94184BC23D854FDBC38DE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Failure to return from leave</header><text>The employer may recover the premium that the employer paid for maintaining coverage for the employee under such group health plan during any period of leave under this section if—</text>
<clause id="H72C1663D0B2F45B3918322A12E7BF255"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the employee fails to return from leave under this section after the period of leave to which the employee is entitled for the domestic or sexual violence involved has expired; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H8F825FC102EA4109BD8C59F4C52EFC94"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the employee fails to return to work for a reason other than the continuation or recurrence of domestic or sexual violence, that entitles the employee to leave pursuant to this section.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE39BAEE595354F3BBD1F73F315F9C6FC"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Certification</header>
<clause id="H8F47AB1061524312B27390F038F2662B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Issuance</header><text>An employer may require an employee who claims that the employee is unable to return to work because of a reason described in subparagraph (B)(ii) to provide, within a reasonable period after making the claim, certification to the employer that the employee is unable to return to work because of that reason.</text></clause>
<clause id="H8DFC56446A7645DEAF009C501210C2CB"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>An employee may satisfy the certification requirement of clause (i) by providing to the employer—</text>
<subclause id="HEA25A213422E4D77A6B8483B5E1545D3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a sworn statement of the employee;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H17529D57F54B4819A5E3DE9294BE87"><enum>(II)</enum><text>documentation from an employee, agent, or volunteer of a victim service provider, an attorney, a member of the clergy, or a medical or other professional, from whom the employee or the employee’s family or household member has sought assistance in addressing domestic or sexual violence and the effects of the violence;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H92FEBD0299EF4B219DDE5070765FCB6D"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a police or court record; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HF3583E34FBC04CAE9B45F6AB81190025"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>other corroborating evidence.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF5ADE4AC94CC49A48094D407AEA9D3AB"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Confidentiality</header><text>All information provided to the employer pursuant to subparagraph (C), and the fact that the employee is not returning to work because of a reason described in subparagraph (B)(ii), shall be retained in the strictest confidence by the employer, except to the extent that disclosure is—</text>
<clause id="H2E3F3F4C537E4DE78943CEE213522521"><enum>(i)</enum><text>requested or consented to by the employee in writing; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H815EA45B3197417FBF55505FD834C0B1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>otherwise required by applicable Federal or State law.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6575E09416A54496A8E9C91660B9FAD9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Prohibited acts</header>
<paragraph id="HE54624E77AA5461D997B5700C3EAA58"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Interference with rights</header>
<subparagraph id="HF4DD000AF95A474289C24E13202EB62B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Exercise of rights</header><text>It shall be unlawful for any employer to interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of or the attempt to exercise, any right provided under this section.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H54D1C62ECB8E4D45AC3D63965FA66507"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Employer discrimination</header><text>It shall be unlawful for any employer to discharge or harass any individual, or otherwise discriminate against any individual with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment of the individual (including retaliation in any form or manner) because the individual—</text>
<clause id="H83522256D6D64145BC47B6D0DD46BF23"><enum>(i)</enum><text>exercised any right provided under this section; or</text></clause>
<clause id="HFC692CC4569246749D048685B1F6B92D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>opposed any practice made unlawful by this section.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3C0C563CD45A447CB56DE4EE00A0091C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Interference with proceedings or inquiries</header><text>It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge or in any other manner discriminate (as described in paragraph (1)(B)) against any individual because such individual—</text>
<subparagraph id="H56FE120381E0439BA32987F81A140A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has filed any charge, or has instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding, under or related to this section;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H25E6A0E2228042C098E9607BF589D189"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has given, or is about to give, any information in connection with any inquiry or proceeding relating to any right provided under this section; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF9CE48F01DA14613A6C313EFF2A78F45"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has testified, or is about to testify, in any inquiry or proceeding relating to any right provided under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF5D6989A502D48F0B873751BA2FC973B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Enforcement</header>
<paragraph id="H06ED7817EFC64C7D8D6027CE7045E872"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Action by the Secretary</header>
<subparagraph id="H17DC97E506B345EDB82FB7A6DA00D92E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Administrative action</header><text>The Secretary shall receive, investigate, and attempt to resolve complaints of violations of subsection (f) in the same manner as the Secretary receives, investigates, and attempts to resolve complaints of violations of sections 6 and 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206 and 207).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBBF77EB210024023A7EE1633C48DE3B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Civil action</header><text>The Secretary may bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover the damages described in paragraph (1)(A)(i).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H22CF21288D3D428B90CF1E8FCE8D8BA4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Sums recovered</header><text>Any sums recovered by the Secretary pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall be held in a special deposit account and shall be paid, on order of the Secretary, directly to each individual affected. Any such sums not paid to such an individual because of inability to do so within a period of 3 years shall be deposited into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2044F341D359473E9280B8CEFCDB4049"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header>
<subparagraph id="H1034E2534B5C461CA05387DF7DA0F783"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), an action may be brought under this subsection not later than 2 years after the date of the last event constituting the alleged violation for which the action is brought.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3C76862FD77740CCB742F7B639E94090"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Willful violation</header><text>In the case of such action brought for a willful violation of subsection (f), such action may be brought within 3 years after the date of the last event constituting the alleged violation for which such action is brought.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H471B77F5F4E7469CA0D8B52265924366"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Commencement</header><text>In determining when an action is commenced by the Secretary under this subsection for the purposes of this paragraph, it shall be considered to be commenced on the date when the complaint is filed.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H02B987A9A1034D85B196681538EA8695"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Action for injunction by Secretary</header><text>The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction, for cause shown, in an action brought by the Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBEFAC23E70E54A259D29583CA078D600"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to restrain violations of subsection (f), including the restraint of any withholding of payment of wages, salary, employment benefits, public assistance, or other compensation, plus interest, found by the court to be due to affected individuals; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H35E03ADA326248A6948B6610C71711C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to award such other equitable relief as may be appropriate, including employment, reinstatement, and promotion.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3DEBC751F0EF415100DED71D0B6022C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Solicitor of Labor</header><text>The Solicitor of Labor may appear for and represent the Secretary on any litigation brought under this subsection.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1DB20805CCCB4E118EECC113D31134BC"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Employer liability under other laws</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the liability of an employer to an individual, for harm suffered relating to the individual’s experience of domestic or sexual violence, pursuant to any other Federal or State law, including a law providing for a legal remedy.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H47683B9CDD6F4D20A884C9A2512CFF34"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Library of Congress</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, in the case of the Library of Congress, the authority of the Secretary under this subsection shall be exercised by the Librarian of Congress.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9A27B856FB484FC9963EFCF85F068932"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Certain public agencies</header>
<subparagraph id="HFD406D4B48D74911B0BE6827AECD9500"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Agencies</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, in the case of a public agency that employs individuals as described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 3(e)(2) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/203">29 U.S.C. 203(e)(2)</external-xref>) (other than an entity of the legislative branch of the Federal Government), subparagraph (B) shall apply.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H852FAE3CDA8140FC97619FEF156DA502"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>In the case described in subparagraph (A), the powers, remedies, and procedures provided in title 5, United States Code, to an employing agency, provided in chapter 12 of that title to the Merit Systems Protection Board, or provided in that title to any person, alleging a violation of chapter 63 of that title, shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures this chapter provides to that agency, that Board, or any person, respectively, alleging a violation of subsection (f) against an employee who is such an individual.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H5E9676807DBD4AA3A6523BB97361C024"><enum>41703.</enum><header>Emergency benefits</header>
<subsection id="H22A35F0AF9C943A290E2F8EFB58C612"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A State may use funds provided to the State under part A of title IV of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/601">42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.</external-xref>) to provide nonrecurrent short-term emergency benefits to an individual for any period of leave the individual takes pursuant to section 41703.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HD2B80A3363C94062A859F77F890069EA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>In calculating the eligibility of an individual for such emergency benefits, the State shall count only the cash available or accessible to the individual.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HD616BE54275947D6AF3500008C05FCDF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Timing</header>
<paragraph id="H01EF48BE28D44852B0BD757D8AC1BBF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>An individual seeking emergency benefits under subsection (a) from a State shall submit an application to the State.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAB54A1BE8C594BFEAC9F0811DFC8EB32"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Benefits</header><text>The State shall provide benefits to an eligible applicant under paragraph (1) on an expedited basis, and not later than 7 days after the applicant submits an application under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H2DBCBD751AAE4228BE8017463C25857E"><enum>41704.</enum><header>Effect on other laws and employment benefits</header>
<subsection id="HCEABEAFF1F764A2A9DC6DE0050863300"><enum>(a)</enum><header>More protective laws, agreements, programs, and plans</header><text>Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to supersede any provision of any Federal, State, or local law, collective bargaining agreement, or employment benefits program or plan that provides—</text>
<paragraph id="H86BD77A7742F4D04BDB5BCFDEF2C3F59"><enum>(1)</enum><text>greater leave benefits for victims of domestic or sexual violence than the rights established under this chapter; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3C6B91D94DF1442EB3000551E74CD845"><enum>(2)</enum><text>leave benefits for a larger population of victims of domestic or sexual violence (as defined in such law, agreement, program, or plan) than the victims of domestic or sexual violence covered under this chapter.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC53AC639E0574416B1A3AECE57C42B60"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Less protective laws, agreements, programs, and plans</header><text>The rights established for victims of domestic or sexual violence under this chapter shall not be diminished by any State or local law, collective bargaining agreement, or employment benefits program or plan.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H0A336940E74A4F759D422BECAB78F544"><enum>41705.</enum><header>Regulations and notification</header>
<subsection id="H9D06AF156A3C432FB1882F9FA9744B48"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary shall issue regulations to carry out this chapter. The regulations shall include regulations requiring every employer to post and keep posted, in conspicuous places on the premises of the employer where notices to employees are customarily posted, a notice, to be prepared or approved by the Secretary, summarizing the provisions of this chapter and providing information on procedures for filing complaints of violations. The Secretary shall develop such a notice and provide copies of such notice to employers upon request without charge.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H3497FB173E83417CBCC129AC13FFA900"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Library of Congress</header><text>The Librarian of Congress shall prescribe the regulations described in subsection (a) with respect to employees of the Library of Congress.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HDC89D2DD35994CBE9EB01F98498612C5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certain public agencies</header><text>The head of a public agency that employs individuals as described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 3(e)(2) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/203">29 U.S.C. 203(e)(2)</external-xref>) (other than an entity of the legislative branch of the Federal Government) shall prescribe the regulations described in subsection (a) with respect to those individuals.</text></subsection></section></chapter></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H9118FC5DAE674198A400E775CB28849F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H6E680F494DF3470585A55118D32216DA"><enum>(1)</enum><header><act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name></header><text>Section 404 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/604">42 U.S.C. 604</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Social Security Act" id="H0AA2C40BE9454DA6B4DC561775FAA9E">
<subsection id="H743F5AF2103C4C339B128C8280068BF6"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Authority to provide emergency benefits</header><text>A State that receives a grant under section 403 may use the grant to provide nonrecurrent short-term emergency benefits, in accordance with section 41705 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, to individuals who take leave pursuant to section 40404 of that Act, without regard to whether the individuals receive assistance under the State program funded under this part.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBC0299AC48F84CB4A6E132AE95007009"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1986</header><text>Section 1003(a)(1) of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2000d-7">42 U.S.C. 2000d–7(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>chapter 1 of subtitle N of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994,</quote> before <quote>or the provisions</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5FCBA1F429C248B9A8C29574C26481CB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section take effect 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<enum>VIII</enum><header>Protection for Immigrant Victims of Violence</header>
<section id="H38FE05E2F7E54290BA07D3479564ECDA" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>800.</enum><header>Short title; references to VAWA–2000; regulations</header>
<subsection id="H8DB9B2539C3F429FB5C92E00164E34DE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short title</header><text>This title may be cited as <quote><short-title>Immigrant Victims of Violence Protection Act of 2005</short-title></quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H9AC4FF3837AB4360A6070091703447B1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>References to VAWA–2000</header><text>In this title, the term <term>VAWA–2000</term> means the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (division B of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/386">Public Law 106–386</external-xref>).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HE7CE31AA807D4950937634899600A13F" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text> Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and Secretary of State shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions contained in the Battered Immigrant Women Protection Act of 2000 (title V of VAWA–2000) and the amendments made by (and the provisions of) this title.</text></subsection></section>
<subtitle id="HEA6897877F0243FEA0862E6392262813"><enum>A</enum><header>Victims of Crime</header>
<section id="H074AC346DC6644B4AAE7DE72F8538500" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>801.</enum><header>Conditions applicable to U and T visas</header>
<subsection id="H3A513DF745B7462DAE4947FCD1DFC7CE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Duration of U and T visas</header><text></text>
<paragraph id="H5E8A6AC50A7B472EBBC50052C03C9BE9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>U visas</header><text>Section 214(p) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(p)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H838B99A6FED449B4B798D64988A623D6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H7FC96F3A42804ADCBE8CE19E5077A725"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Duration of status</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authorized period of status of an alien as a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(U) shall be extended on a year-by-year basis upon certification from a Federal, State or local law enforcement official, prosecutor, judge, or other Federal, State or local authority investigating or prosecuting criminal activity described in section 101(a)(15)(U)(iii) that the alien’s continued presence in the United States is required to assist in the investigation or prosecution of such criminal activity.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA1935D7EEF3441F6AB828191708C93ED" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>T visas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 214(o) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(o)</external-xref>), as redesignated by section 8(a)(3) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/193">Public Law 108–193</external-xref>), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Immigration" id="HC4E798D9973E46FF99853757386C9DDD">
<paragraph indent="up1" id="H3946130EB3C045C097803C2C69BC30E"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authorized period of status of an alien as a nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(T) shall be extended on a year-by-year basis upon certification from a Federal, State or local law enforcement official, prosecutor, judge, or other Federal, State or local authority investigating or prosecuting criminal activity relating to human trafficking that the alien’s continued presence in the United States is required to assist in the investigation or prosecution of such criminal activity.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HBD4A6EE566BC478B86D350ADC1E20075"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Permitting change of nonimmigrant status to U and T nonimmigrant status</header>
<paragraph id="H22DDDEA228CF4723A3E200361F60BA48"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 248 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1258">8 U.S.C. 1258</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFF7BDEF51E8944DD8500CE48899971FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Attorney General</quote> and inserting <quote>(a) The Secretary of Homeland Security</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H65DD6984798446D1AAB07E3318900304"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(subject to subsection (b))</quote> after <quote>except</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H48FE9C0601A94BEF8D40D8BC37CB8F38"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="HDB21834299ED42CDB0A601CA034EC900" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H1C05FEFF4F00485E986D6404ED6B2158"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The limitation based on inadmissibility under section 212(a)(9)(B) and the exceptions specified in numbered paragraphs of subsection (a) shall not apply to a change of nonimmigrant classification to that of a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (T) or (U) of section 101(a)(15), other than from such classification under subparagraph (C) or (D) of such section.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H842BB6446C1D41E5A0CE8C8D567C8800"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 214(l)(2)(A) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(l)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>248(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>248(a)(2)</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HBF4974FC09CA4E2AB44E45B091973216"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section> </subtitle>
<subtitle id="HF20FDB021B874BF4B1A2DF822CF3DC6"><enum>B</enum><header>VAWA Petitioners</header>
<section id="H8F85ACD1825B48248CC2453BE47DB581" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>811.</enum><header>Definition of VAWA petitioner</header>
<subsection id="H4CE45D8DB142468900DDE44E1529BBC1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Immigration" id="H6836488807EA4C9BA6F241AEDFBE7F29">
<paragraph id="H8B6D0FF6A519451FB865439E8F137973" indent="up1"><enum>(51)</enum><text>The term <term>VAWA petitioner</term> means an alien whose application or petition for classification or relief under any of the following provisions (whether as a principal or as a derivative) has been filed and has not been denied after exhaustion of administrative appeals:</text>
<subparagraph id="H6E2861529CEB472A8DAC5E09CE396C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Clause (iii) or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(A).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC0F39493812E47DA84E8DCB60030B235"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Clause (ii) or (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2B2FEE109F0745A5B674124E8C76DEC7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The first section of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/89/732">Public Law 89–732</external-xref> (commonly known as the Cuban Adjustment Act) as a child or spouse who has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H0E0A0CA4C16949CB889B9E52B3004937"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HC60834EEC4524DEBAD28F40986A53242"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 212(a)(6)(A)(ii)(I) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(A)(ii)(I)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>qualifies for immigrant status under subparagraph (A)(iii), (A)(iv), (B)(ii), or (B)(iii) of section 204(a)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>is a VAWA petitioner</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC5CB6CBFC54543ABA207A8E60215C577"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 212(a)(9)(C)(ii) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(C)(ii)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>to whom the Attorney General has granted classification under clause (iii), (iv), or (v) of section 204(a)(1)(A), or classification under clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>is a VAWA petitioner</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H427424869AFA4DB1B048BFA2AFD19534"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Subsections (h)(1)(C) and (g)(1)(C) of section 212 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>qualifies for classification under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(A) or classification under clause (ii) or (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>is a VAWA petitioner</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB0F9B39DBF9A401683EF3FEDCF00D624"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 212(i)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(i)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>an alien granted classification under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 201(a)(1)(A) or clause (ii) or (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>a VAWA petitioner</quote>. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1E5B190AA9164030BAFAA37EA0DC75A1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 237(a)(1)(H)(ii) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1227">8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(1)(H)(ii)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>is an alien who qualifies for classification under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(A) or clause (ii) or (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>is a VAWA petitioner</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1D431FCF4122419BB400EC77C5007D9C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 240A(b)(4)(B) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1229b">8 U.S.C. 1229b(b)(4)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>they were applications filed under section 204(a)(1) (A)(iii), (A)(iv), (B)(ii), or (B)(iii) of such Act</quote> and inserting <quote>the applicants were VAWA petitioners</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC138BD87B4024DFBBB57F7DD1BAF7527"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Section 245(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>under subparagraph (A)(iii), (A)(iv), (B)(ii), or (B)(iii) of section 204(a)(1) or</quote> and inserting <quote>as a VAWA petitioner</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAC12767F0091417694849E11CD3B004E"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Section 245(c) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>under subparagraph (A)(iii), (A)(iv), (A)(v), (A)(vi), (B)(ii), (B)(iii), or (B)(iv) of section 204(a)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>as a VAWA petitioner</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0C964176735B4D79B237A93800A8A6F9"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For additional conforming amendment to section 240(c)(6)(C)(iv)(I) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, see section 814(a) of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HD521B4C651984604A98BEEB7E500AC45" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>812.</enum><header>Self-petitioning for children</header>
<subsection id="H83C1F545A141487F9832189000DB002C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Self-petitioning by children of parent-abusers upon death or other termination of parent-child relationship</header>
<paragraph id="HA237DD7223064035B77EC69F3E9B4C5F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Citizen parents</header><text>Section 204(a)(1)(A)(iv) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1154">8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(A)(iv)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H99EF38336A4349A1A2E01790E2C24262"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or who</quote> and inserting <quote>who</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0D1A6554255540C2B5131396AAF0AB4D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after <quote>domestic violence,</quote> the following: <quote>or who was a child of a United States citizen parent who within the past 2 years (or, if later, two years after the date the child attains 18 years of age) died or otherwise terminated the parent-child relationship,</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H177FCA2DB8314A73B948A26808ECD251"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Lawful permanent resident parents</header>
<subparagraph id="HC2C5CD3E358A4E7AA36888000067DC48"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 204(a)(1)(B)(iii) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1154">8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(B)(iii)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<clause id="H02286A9B4AD3497EAE5D3B41D13EB16" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or who</quote> and inserting <quote>who</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H664431B840DF4E1EAEB357426230D7ED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting after <quote>domestic violence,</quote> the following: <quote>or who was a child of a lawful permanent resident resident who within the past 2 years (or, if later, two years after the date the child attains 18 years of age) died or otherwise terminated the parent-child relationship,</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4B8CA670C6DD491F9CA200C5737B454E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conforming treatment of deceased spouses</header><text>Section 204(a)(1)(B)(ii)(II)(aa)(CC) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(B)(ii)(II)(aa)(CC)) is amended—</text>
<clause id="H3D223CA08B7E481686858F53F9DE8895"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating subitems (aaa) and (bbb) as subitems (bbb) and (ccc), respectively; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H2418BFAE429B4354943BE2CECE5BA912"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting before subitem (bbb), as so redesignated, the following: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC3C27D4DF3A84191AACCE5C6C595ED1" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subitem id="H08988CDFCD27417E8E35706500026E81" indent="up4"><enum>(aaa)</enum><text>whose spouse died within the past 2 years;</text></subitem><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H09E4021D5956425EB9112CECEDD173F9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective dates</header>
<subparagraph id="HFFFB9CFAEC2D412D8494EB8E002BBC84"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the amendment made by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6A831FF7868F42DF9CBBD92D11005000" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Transition in case of citizen parents who died before enactment</header><text>In applying the amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) in the case of an alien whose citizen parent or lawful permanent resident parent died or whose parent-child relationship with such parent terminated during the period beginning on October 28, 1998, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, the following rules apply:</text>
<clause id="HDB82DB312D064F239E23A4D800AE8594"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The reference to <quote>within the past 2 years</quote> in section 204(a)(1)(A)(iv) or 204(a)(1)(B)(iii), respectively, of the Immigration and Nationality Act in the matter inserted by such paragraph is deemed to be a reference to such period.</text></clause>
<clause id="HD1E0CD4787794153A0D0C7C1187DA0F3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The petition must be filed under such section within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act (or, if later, 2 years after the alien’s 18th birthday).</text></clause>
<clause id="H8AF1C9925D5E4E458770727629D20853"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The determination of eligibility for benefits as a child under such section (including under section 204(a)(1)(D) of the Immigration and Nationality Act by reason of a petition authorized under such section) shall be determined as of the date of the death of the citizen parent or lawful permanent resident parent or the termination of the parent-child relationship.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD5ACB3AC4BB046E3AF8564C152099B4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Protecting victims of child abuse from aging out</header><text></text>
<paragraph id="HDD5A837241124655BB93210033AAA62D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Clarification regarding continuation of immediate relative status for children of citizens</header><text>Section 204(a)(1)(D)(i)(I) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1154">8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(D)(i)(I)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7E010C4024ED4EF985AF770705A02308"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>clause (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (A)(iv)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE9D3B1CB067542E9B4D7ABE000B19947"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a petitioner for preference status under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 203(a), whichever paragraph is applicable</quote> and inserting <quote>to continue to be treated as an immediate relative under section 101(b)(2)(A)(i), or a petitioner for preference status under section 203(a)(3) if subsequently married,</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA08DF2A4C6BF4B63A2B3158CE3BA9F31"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clarification regarding application to children of lawful permanent residents</header><text>Section 204(a)(1)(D)(i)(I) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1154">8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(D)(i)(I)</external-xref>) is amended —</text>
<subparagraph id="HCB66459937204A188C54B0E68315EEEC"><enum>(A)</enum><text> by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: <quote>Any child who attains 21 years of age who has filed a petition under subparagraph (B)(iii) that was filed or approved before the date on which the child attained 21 year of age shall be considered (if the child has not been admitted or approved for lawful permanent residence by the date the child attained 21 years of age) a petitioner for preference status under section 203(a)(2), with the same priority date assigned to the self-petition filed under such subparagraph.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE0D956CE9016486D00F3251C15AC8E87"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the last sentence, by inserting <quote>in either such case</quote> after <quote>shall be required to be filed</quote>.</text></subparagraph> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9DE72E4F02C64C578E00C1A32F2E8B7B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Clarification of treatment of derivative children</header><text>Section 204(a)(1)(D) of such Act is further amended by striking subclauses (III) and (IV) of clause (i) and by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1A303AB451294EC8A8A16B3F8B00BB92" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<clause id="HF3B307944D7F42E8AEDF509F1E00C317" indent="up3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (i) also shall apply to a derivative child under subparagraph (A)(iii) or (A)(iv), or under subparagraph (B)(ii) or (B)(iii), who attains 21 years of age in the same manner as such subclauses apply to a principal petitioner under subparagraph (A)(iv), or subparagraph (B)(iii), respectively.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8FC7B3E0C871425BBFF1E67229E0A123"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Clarification regarding application of CSPA protections to children of citizens</header><text>Section 201(f) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1151">8 U.S.C. 1151(f)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="HDA109796888F44F6ABDEFC68FCECD7DA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Application to certain VAWA petitioners</header><text>Paragraphs (1) through (3) apply to a petitioner described in clause (iii) or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(A). </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA35A70D1F7DC48439F55BAD6FE7E00D4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to applications filed before, on, or after the date of the enactment of VAWA–2000, except that the amendment made by paragraph (4) shall apply as if included in the enactment of the Child Status Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/208">Public Law 107–208</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H161F526AF62A4746829E75FE8165D2A8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clarification of no separate adjustment application for derivative children</header>
<paragraph id="HC3AE2FBF0DFC42F6A38D465800F4E0F2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 204(a)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1154">8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H253A596A0FA342D3BC27068BED4374B4" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<clause id="H30A2431559C949629032F163D435FC7" indent="up3"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>In the case of a petition under clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) that includes an individual as a derivative child of a principal alien, no adjustment application other than the adjustment application of the principal alien shall be required for adjustment of status of the individual under subsection (a) or (c) of section 245.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4B4BF8C341FE487088F09D1EC6AE5258"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to applications filed before, on, or after such date.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H5A675CDDEAB64BB8AB362256987F9D02"><enum>813.</enum><header>Access to VAWA protection for children of asylum applicants under adjustment provisions</header>
<subsection id="HAF3E5DBA239C4619B1A12300B71EF84C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 209(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1159">8 U.S.C. 1159(b)(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H42CD08C2C2EB4C20B657E584179C1F76"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(A)</quote> after <quote>(3)</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H901F1EDAAD684E1D9E7EB019FC9CFD5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H3AE9C30432A84F5100FC58D1D8296565" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="HCB20B0D173F444FC831413D200D70416" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was the spouse of a refugee within the meaning of section 101(a)(42)(A) at the time the asylum application was granted and who was battered or was the subject of extreme cruelty perpetrated by such refugee or whose child was battered or subjected to extreme cruelty by such refugee (without the active participation of such spouse in the battery or cruelty), or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5BDAF42A326B4323BEDAEECD5014FF1D" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was the child of a refugee within the meaning of section 101(a)(42)(A) at the time of the filing of the asylum application and who was battered or was the subject of extreme cruelty perpetrated by such refugee,</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2BA76F16393C4465936C02B6831EF01F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and—</text>
<paragraph id="HE03D6951413E4831ADFDC014BB4CEA8F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>section 209(b)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as added by subsection (a)(2), shall apply to asylum applications granted before, on, or after such date; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H735586AF43124617B0E16F67A4D078F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>section 209(b)(3)(C) of such Act, as so added, shall apply with respect to asylum applications filed before, on, or after such date.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H2EC75226397241688698CCF7865444B1" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>814.</enum><header>Eliminating abusers’ control over applications for adjustments of status</header>
<subsection id="HA463AF0A47F04781B9726C3BE38EDA52"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application of motions to reopen for all VAWA petitioners</header><text>Section 240(c)(6)(C)(iv) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1230">8 U.S.C. 1230(c)(6)(C)(iv)</external-xref>) is amended —</text>
<paragraph id="H236D11FF95964FB5B95380C47D002271"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subclause (I), by striking <quote>under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(A), clause (ii) or (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>as a VAWA petitioner</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H97E5E977152B4472B42E9D0941AF1892"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subclause (II), by inserting <quote>or adjustment of status</quote> after <quote>cancellation of removal</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H82AEC18C5D324C81BB785DE46B205F7C" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Petitioning rights of certain former spouses under Cuban adjustment</header>
<paragraph id="HC576524C71B548B0B17773F64ED3F56"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The first section of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/89/732">Public Law 89–732</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255</external-xref> note) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE7F042539719437B00E62500F93CC08E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the last sentence, by striking <quote>204(a)(1)(H)</quote> and inserting <quote>204(a)(1)(J)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1256C7299437468DA1DD84E0A32EDC24"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: <quote>An alien who was the spouse of any Cuban alien described in this section and has resided with such spouse shall continue to be treated as such a spouse for 2 years after the date on which the Cuban alien dies (or, if later, 2 years after the date of enactment of Violence Against Women Act of 2005), or for 2 years after the date of termination of the marriage (or, if later, 2 years after the date of enactment of Violence Against Women Act of 2005) if the alien demonstrates a connection between the termination of the marriage and the battering or extreme cruelty by the Cuban alien.</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE897D595598743BD9D9914BB205D1E16"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1)(A) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of VAWA–2000.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H71CC436976784064863022B8CD091321"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, the amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HA6D961DD7C8B468687D9E7E7118C55FE"><enum>815.</enum><header>Clarification of access to naturalization for victims of domestic violence</header>
<subsection id="H5CC338184B4F4B46836657B7D21CE7B9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 319(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1430">8 U.S.C. 1430(a)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after <quote>extreme cruelty by a United States citizen spouse or parent</quote> the following: <quote>, regardless of whether the lawful permanent resident status was obtained on the basis of such battery or cruelty</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HCCA2257BBF274FAEA3769E6C5336FD5F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to applications for naturalization filed before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H24135607B7614FAC93CDC9464B12FA9B" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>816.</enum><header>Prohibition of adverse determinations of admissibility or deportability based on protected information</header>
<subsection id="HD3AF972374D045BA966B107D876E5240"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application to additional departments and other battered aliens</header><text>Section 384 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/208">Public Law 104–208</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1367">8 U.S.C. 1367</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H57F9B057027B4C8393DBD9BD688D5800"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), as amended by section 1513(d) of VAWA–2000—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4FEF4C422D5A4BB7B366C0D5EA000071"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking <quote>(including any bureau or agency of such Department)</quote> and inserting <quote>, or the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Secretary of Labor or any other official or employee of the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of State, the Department of Health and Human Services, or the Department of Labor (including any bureau or agency of any such Department)</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBBF6D8D92EAA4FAFB7C6336144EA2401"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="HAE7F389D25CB4A7AA17952B198726FD3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter before subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>furnished solely by</quote> and inserting <quote>furnished by or derived from information provided solely by</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="HBD13A6523A68473D8DB6C7D300009D83"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of subparagraph (D);</text></clause>
<clause id="HD6DD1405508D4A54A3D000AD991B1145"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding <quote>or</quote> at the end of subparagraph (E);</text></clause>
<clause id="HD9CCE953CF124297824E97C9A8E97138"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HEF2646D2D9A7451E97EE3668FA053562" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H691D5A10FE4747CC95803EFD9BDFE165"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in the case of an alien applying for continued presence as a victim of trafficking under section 107(b)(1)(E)(i)(II)(bb) of the Trafficking Protection Act of 2000 or status under section 101(a)(15)(T) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the trafficker or perpetrator,</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause>
<clause id="H19C1B3998CC14487AC707CB9AFED7F68"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE8613AF9DFF34CE780DC436F0195946E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H8CF6B86EF4244BDF839D25F7E210428F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>of the Department,</quote> and inserting <quote>of any such Department,</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="H3E6D61E40D7142D6B483B8BD18E58CA7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(A), clause (ii) or (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>as a VAWA petitioner (as defined in section 101(a)(51) of the Immigration and Nationality Act), or under</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H133B1BA6CC9349A99500D76B02424609"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or section 240A(a)(3) of such Act as an alien (or the part of a child) who has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty.</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>, section 101(a)(15)(T), or section 240A(b)(2) of such Act, or section 244(a)(3) of such Act (as in effect on March 31, 1997), or for continued presence as a victim of trafficking under section 107(b)(1)(E)(i)(II)(bb) of the Trafficking Protection Act of 2000, or any derivative of the alien;</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HC0DEB13399CB458B832D90CB91369341"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and </text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H196BB921AC9B49DDA7EAD5869FD3B6E6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H2E848D6D964149EEB4E18519B8D2ECD0" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H40C0684C678C4908B011D1DEB96FD7D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the case of an alien described in section 101(a)(27)(J) of the Immigration and Nationality Act who has been abused, neglected, or abandoned, contact the alleged abuser (or family member of the alleged abuser) at any stage of applying for special immigrant juvenile status, including after a request for the consent of the Secretary of Homeland Security under clause (iii)(I) of such section.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD8BC26C9B6D84C08004700005DDD3DB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H00E0D4BFACFC42E6AA313347F20097C2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraphs (1), by striking <quote>may provide, in the Attorney General’s discretion</quote> and inserting <quote>, Secretary of Homeland Security, Secretary of State, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Secretary of Labor may provide</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6FEBB7FB0F214B4B0054845CA8326930"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>may provide in the discretion of the Attorney General</quote> and inserting <quote>, Secretary of Homeland Security, Secretary of State, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of Labor may provide</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0FD5D2366D084FD084E97E676DA051D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>is authorized to disclose</quote> and inserting <quote>, Secretary of Homeland Security, Secretary of State, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Secretary of Labor, or Attorney General may disclose</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC22882CE86A946AE955D6D938198E905"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to violations or disclosures made on or after such date.</text></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="HA06F59F7CBE34092A384FCE38CA26D8"><enum>C</enum><header>Miscellaneous Provisions</header>
<section id="H63E8BDBE2D5C408F82E5FE1C70AD84D1" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>831.</enum><header>Removing 2 year custody requirement for battered adopted children</header>
<subsection id="HF8DD9F5021D643E3B12DD8D6517F1D36"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 101(b)(1)(E)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)(E)(i)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after <quote>at least two years</quote> the following: <quote>or if the child has been battered or subject to extreme cruelty by the adopting parent or by a family member of the adopting parent residing in the same household</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H64390359D26F4193BA634ED348B66BA3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming naturalization amendment</header><text>Section 320(a)(3) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1431">8 U.S.C. 1431(a)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>or the child is residing in the United States pursuant to a lawful admission for permanent residence and has been battered or subject to extreme cruelty by the citizen parent or by a family member of the citizen parent residing in the same household </quote></text></subsection>
<subsection id="HBB2B161326414EC400E0F84CC087B7AC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to applications pending or filed on or after such date.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H26E79C9C83E94A5BA688E1B7BCB82994" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>832.</enum><header>Grounds for hardship waiver for conditional permanent residence for intended spouses</header>
<subsection id="H570718C81D104A28878C57573F78F157"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 216(c)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1186a">8 U.S.C. 1186a(c)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF8D751B1C73B41CFBABAF3540533E017"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of subparagraph (B);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE719839FA18E447ABB0419185BB29470"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting <quote>, or</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5F1C74B90ADD49EDA011F5B127C4BE5B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H582DFA2C050249DC8268C0948676311">
<subparagraph id="HF6E4A337ACA540D09334A6EABDC7FA3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the alien meets the requirements under section 204(a)(1)(A)(iii)(II)(aa)(BB) and following the marriage ceremony has been battered by or was subject to extreme cruelty perpetrated by his or her intended spouse and was not at fault in failing to meet the requirements of paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2777258596AF44C185CE38DAF7AA39E0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply as if included in the enactment of VAWA–2000.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HF4112C9B0F5547238BF0517C95ACAC6C"><enum>833.</enum><header>Motions to reopen</header>
<subsection id="H8A8BE77B0C314FBFA419002808F192BB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Removal proceedings</header>
<paragraph id="H3D9DC7334FB142738CEBD62FD5C6BE00"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 240(c)(6) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1230">8 U.S.C. 1230(c)(6)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H22B105BCBBDA47AAB6ADA35BE2DA13F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, except that this limitation shall not apply so as to prevent the filing of one motion to reopen described in clause (iv)</quote> before the period at the end;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4FA23581570B402CA42700DCCBFFE455"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(iv), in the matter before subclause (I), by striking <quote>The deadline specified in subsection (b)(5)(C) for filing a motion to reopen does not apply</quote> and inserting <quote>Any limitation under this section on the deadlines for filing such motions shall not apply</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE1A1BB1E8BEE4DB092B8194B35E4D7EB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(iv), by adding after and below subclause (III) the following new sentence:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DBE60ACF5654C9B9C23129048573C9E"><quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="clause">The filing of a motion to reopen under this clause shall stay the removal of the alien pending final disposition of the motion including exhaustion of all appeals if the motion establishes a prima facie case for the relief applied for.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H87CC4F7FFBBA4BDE8D98B7BB642199B2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H14C23882AFA54832B5F200974F14D189"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deportation proceedings</header>
<paragraph id="HC88C75F167DB4F99B7A22E19C772FB35"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 1506(c)(2)(A) of VAWA–2000 is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB5938C8FF89348C300E47EAA004C64B7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter before clause (i), by striking <quote>Notwithstanding any limitation imposed by law on motions</quote> inserting <quote>Notwithstanding any limitation on the number of motions, or the deadlines for filing motions (including the deadline specified in section 242B(c)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act before the title III–A effective date),</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB2AF70C3552C4774B39C8400F35DE389"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter before clause (i), by striking <quote>there is no time limit on the filing of a motion</quote> and all that follows through <quote>does not apply</quote> and inserting <quote>such limitations shall not apply to the filing of a single motion under this subparagraph to reopen such proceedings</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H38DD4CC07BAD40D6A6CBA12B06D85CB2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H141819BF535E4E739231558CFEECBA99" display-inline="no-display-inline"><quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="subparagraph">The filing of a motion under this subparagraph shall stay the removal of the alien pending a final disposition of the motion including the exhaustion of all appeals if the motion establishes a prima facie case for the relief applied for.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCD6C04BA91C34743A50241231DAA00FE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act .</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H458CC9D4409F42BAB6536CB2421C60E4"><enum>834.</enum><header> Treatment of battery or extreme cruelty as exceptional circumstances for failure to appear at removal proceedings</header>
<subsection id="H1F119C7CDDD2453C90EA9EF8EF79C535"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 240(e)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1230">8 U.S.C. 1230(e)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>battery or extreme cruelty of the alien or any child or parent of the alien or</quote> after <quote>exceptional circumstances (such as</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H8C6CE0DC5FC7446F945256001E9F52A1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to a failure to appear that occurs before, on, or after such date.</text></subsection></section></subtitle>
<enum>IX</enum><header>Safety for Indian Women</header>
<section id="H28982D09586B480380664FF0A4FEA23"><enum>901.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purposes of this title are—</text>
<paragraph id="HCF46E2C372FF450D9543F1E8F280968"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to decrease the incidence of violent crimes against Indian women;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H88B0314D6DA346D5826BED4B086B78D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to strengthen the capacity of Indian tribes to exercise their sovereign authority to respond to violent crimes committed against Indian women under their jurisdiction; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2177A4C5C1344E09B8EEC8B72B663392"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to ensure that perpetrators of violent crimes committed against Indian women are held accountable for their criminal behavior.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="HD95C88C8E1FE4DA38407930208BED026"><enum>902.</enum><header>Consultation</header>
<subsection id="HDFCA22066540454D9864C8989EB1838B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior and the Attorney General shall each conduct annual consultations with Indian tribal governments concerning the Federal administration of tribal funds and programs established under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (title IV of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/322">Public Law 103–322</external-xref>; 108 Stat. 1902) and the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (division B of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/386">Public Law 106–386</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 1491), including consultation concerning—</text>
<paragraph id="H1E5EAC3590B34CD4AEC8EE2393E9A02F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the timeliness of the Federal grant application and award processes;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8254A30F3EB74F2991B1A098CE795504"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the amounts awarded under each program directly to tribal governments, tribal organizations, and tribal nonprofit organizations;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB04FF6AAF1EF4BBDB36C006C4741A4EC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>determinations not to award grant funds;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDDECC1983C1A419698AB104219CB0422"><enum>(4)</enum><text>grant awards made in violation of the eligibility guidelines to a nontribal entity; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H69F65021BD374D5388B5EA261DF193D0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>technical assistance grants for tribal grant programs or programs addressing the safety of Indian women.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE26111E6A4D1425C8900CC54009C638F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>During consultations under subsection (a), the Secretary and the Attorney General shall solicit recommendations from Indian tribes concerning—</text>
<paragraph id="HA67EE6043DBC450AA25319C71B5638BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>administering tribal funds and programs;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9611EF15D7AA4C4A95AA2E3C22BAEAD0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>enhancing the safety of Indian women from domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HABC18B7ED0E343588CA00028BE8C0000"><enum>(3)</enum><text>strengthening the Federal response to such violent crimes.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H926BE9F26E3A4A4AB2007600AC3C58E8"><enum>903.</enum><header>Analysis and research on violence against Indian women</header>
<subsection id="HF8EFE54F6D484573A94706E32FDE2629"><enum>(a)</enum><header>National baseline study</header>
<paragraph id="HFBCD012EF4684763A36C21A711E673F6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, shall conduct a national baseline study to examine violence against Indian women.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H52609524B28D49EABCA57CBDE6E54DAF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Scope</header>
<subparagraph id="HFA276F54257B44DE8657B384790000FB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The study shall examine violence committed against Indian women, including—</text>
<clause id="H413BEBA9E85B45C59C826E66B61C409F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>domestic violence;</text></clause>
<clause id="HBE24C6F3DA3245D283B1F845A44B8799"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>dating violence;</text></clause>
<clause id="HB887F5A75DB0400BA09B8267EAC5D7B9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>sexual assault;</text></clause>
<clause id="H9E645E3E32C94273A9FCBF49A935F6AF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>stalking; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HB314474F0C57440CAC505908E26215CF"><enum>(v)</enum><text>murder.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H289F2AE773B64048A67D3EFAD2BD4F12"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>The study shall evaluate the effectiveness of Federal, State, tribal, and local responses to the violations described in subparagraph (A) committed against Indian women.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB5F954D02C9144A5A53199472BE61C67"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Task force</header>
<subparagraph id="H3C31685CBF4041F4A615A326DE1BA2D2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, shall establish a task force to assist in the development and implementation of the study under paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H80C2E0CBB8F14313B9B2DAC00086389D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Members</header><text>The Director shall appoint to the task force representatives from—</text>
<clause id="HBF3698F6F24A451BACCB002F249D1DF8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>national tribal domestic violence and sexual assault nonprofit organizations;</text></clause>
<clause id="H7DC7A829EF60444A9B3957329947FFEE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>tribal governments; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HE90AFF1E685743999858A6DF3D75B445"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the National Congress of American Indians.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3B64123E58874DECAC73B20041C39388"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report that describes the findings made in the study.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H08FA9F655B104F7E96E12EEE8CC5FF56"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5D330107D1CD4220B49E011D93C982C0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Injury study</header>
<paragraph id="H0B05F4AD9E384712BFB0CB5918C5B4E2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Indian Health Service and the Injury Control Division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall conduct a study to obtain a national projection of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H158668C2F3EE4990A0967585A6EBB63E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the incidence of injuries and homicides resulting from domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking committed against American Indian and Alaska Native women; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H337ECE8D3FBD485EAC4200E5BC79B327"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the cost of providing health care for the injuries described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3B82583D29234CB991E115C114F735B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report that describes the findings made in the study and recommends health care strategies for reducing the incidence and cost of the injuries described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBFD7230EA1E543C0BCAE90E17B3D7F1D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $500,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H904F0C637D0F43579449654D3465B5ED"><enum>904.</enum><header>Tracking of violence against Indian women</header>
<subsection id="H08A90B839FF74AA3A77644DA1535CA26"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Access to Federal criminal information databases</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/534">Section 534</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD93ECD8DAB784A468D833EA0623F18C2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCFE7DD216DE048A7B721DB2C66EEE600"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB7CEDA4563DD4D80AA3DAF5796B92F8">
<subsection id="H8034695C56054D95BB6983DCA7802319"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Indian law enforcement agencies</header><text>The Attorney General shall permit Indian law enforcement agencies, in cases of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, to enter information into Federal criminal information databases and to obtain information from the databases, including information relating to—</text>
<paragraph id="H20D0E40127F5490C8D32D2CFAD36A864"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identification records;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7C70B4A993C54351B3E9DAFC29D0AEF6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>criminal history records;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1BE0B085C4584495BB96E8ECB3D0E030"><enum>(3)</enum><text>protection orders; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6049D465EE364F6881B0AA00E4C29D24"><enum>(4)</enum><text>wanted person records.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9F7E9E7330F84D7DB477904890FCC475"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Tribal registry</header>
<paragraph id="HED1C1082FBF942259F10D023C3D7E453"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Attorney General shall contract with any interested Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal nonprofit organization to develop and maintain—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDC6829CB30FA4EB991D485AC630156A5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a national tribal sex offender registry; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H463B11CA776F4472A602B3A747EA6317"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a tribal protection order registry containing civil and criminal orders of protection issued by Indian tribes and participating jurisdictions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD9906428CDB8455C8DE91D46B0A85B41"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HFD72E08C93AE45038BBC262C5197F836"><enum>905.</enum><header>Tribal Division of the Office on Violence Against Women</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part T of title I of the <act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796gg">42 U.S.C. 3796gg et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H675AE1336BB34CACA41E1D04A84D2CE4"><enum>2007.</enum><header>Tribal Division</header>
<subsection id="H9CA5B60D6B784C3B8DA0B59F45C32523"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office on Violence Against Women shall designate one or more employees to be responsible for—</text>
<paragraph id="H44294124D97E46FDBB3C6E8E241137D8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>overseeing and managing the administration of grants to and contracts with Indian tribes, tribal courts, tribal organizations, tribal nonprofit organizations and the territories; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H55796F9961FD4EFB8CF1A095A9AC3EEE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensuring that, if a grant under the Act or a contract pursuant to such a grant is made to an organization to perform services that benefit more than one Indian tribe, the approval of each Indian tribe to be benefited shall be a prerequisite to the making of the grant or letting of the contract; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HED783DE89203462189DDB74DE8ADF538"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assisting in the development of Federal policy, protocols, and guidelines on matters relating to violence against Indian women; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDC23248A21FA4FA6BA45A0AE27EA7A8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>advising the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women concerning policies, legislation, implementation of laws, and other issues relating to violence against Indian women; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H02F1586E8549498CB97D7394B400D6AE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>representing the Office on Violence Against Women in the annual consultations under section 905; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H041237BFAE0E4D98AECE492B31C5B700"><enum>(6)</enum><text>providing assistance to the Department of Justice to develop policy and to enforce Federal law relating to violence against Indian women; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFF417B0D14044DBD9FEFC4EDE42DD400"><enum>(7)</enum><text>maintaining a liaison with the judicial branches of Federal, State and tribal governments on matters relating to violence against Indian women; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF118568637F14164B6453DCD8E175845"><enum>(8)</enum><text>ensuring that adequate tribal technical assistance is made available to Indian tribes, tribal courts, tribal organizations, and tribal nonprofit organizations for all programs relating to violence against Indian women.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H90BBAA07B8784BA68D3DF48BDB8C1C4F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority</header>
<paragraph id="HECAECDC0FC10446C917E977CA0D8A539"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director shall ensure that a portion of the tribal set-aside funds from any grant awarded under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (title IV of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/322">Public Law 103–322</external-xref>; 108 Stat. 1902) or the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (division B of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/386">Public Law 106–386</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 1491) is used to enhance the capacity of Indian tribes to address the safety of Indian women.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8AD220AA929648898CD44B1C4CE75194"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Accountability</header><text>The Director shall ensure that some portion of the tribal set-aside funds from any grant made under this part is used to hold offenders accountable through—</text>
<subparagraph id="H281AC030687B4A859F37B535F782BE39"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enhancement to the response of Indian tribes to crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking against Indian women, including legal services for victims and Indian-specific offender programs;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCA9CE84BE8674826803D1BD774E63942"><enum>(B)</enum><text>development and maintenance of tribal domestic violence shelters or programs for battered Indian women, including sexual assault services, that are based upon the unique circumstances of the Indian women to be served;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC981D2426E544BAD9633142EFDB5763D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>development of tribal educational awareness programs and materials;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8DE80342E8C540CD96EB36EB23F3A463"><enum>(D)</enum><text>support for customary tribal activities to strengthen the intolerance of an Indian tribe to violence against Indian women; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9F05DE50C76B489EAF3EE5EDEB894C71"><enum>(E)</enum><text>development, implementation, and maintenance of tribal electronic databases for tribal protection order registries.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>