106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 1248

AN ACT

To prevent violence against women.

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 1248

AN ACT

To prevent violence against women.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

3 ‘‘Violence Against Women Act of 2000’’.

4 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for

5 this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Definitions.

TITLE I—CONTINUING THE COMMITMENT OF THE VIOLENCE

AGAINST WOMEN ACT

Subtitle A—Law Enforcement and Prosecution Grants To Combat Violence

Against Women

Sec. 101. Reauthorization.

Sec. 102. Technical amendments.

Sec. 103. State coalition grants.

Sec. 104. Full faith and credit enforcement of protection orders.

Sec. 105. Filing costs for criminal charges

Sec. 106. Elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

Subtitle B—National Domestic Violence Hotline

Sec. 111. Reauthorization.

Sec. 112. Technical amendments.

Subtitle C—Battered Women’s Shelters and Services

Sec. 121. Short title.

Sec. 122. Authorization of appropriations for family violence prevention and

services.

Sec. 123. FVPSA improvements.

Sec. 124. Transitional housing assistance for victims of domestic violence.

Subtitle D—Community Initiatives

Sec. 131. Grants for community initiatives.

Subtitle E—Education and Training for Judges and Court Personnel

Sec. 141. Reauthorization.

Subtitle F—Grants To Encourage Arrest Policies

Sec. 151. Reauthorization.

Sec. 152. Technical amendment.

Subtitle G—Rural Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Enforcement

Sec. 161. Reauthorization.

Sec. 162. Technical amendments.

Subtitle H—National Stalker and Domestic Violence Reduction
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Sec. 171. Technical amendments.

Sec. 172. Reauthorization.

Subtitle I—Federal Victims’ Counselors

Sec. 181. Reauthorization.

Subtitle J—Victims of Child Abuse Programs

Sec. 191. Reauthorization of court-appointed special advocate program.

Sec. 192. Reauthorization of child abuse training programs for judicial personnel and practitioners.

Sec. 193. Reauthorization of grants for televised testimony.

Sec. 194. Dissemination of information.

TITLE II—SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION

Sec. 201. Transfer of rape prevention and education program.

Sec. 202. Rape prevention education.

Sec. 203. Sexual assault and interpersonal violence; demonstration projects.

TITLE III—OTHER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAMS

Subtitle A—Strengthening Services to Victims of Violence

Sec. 301. Civil legal assistance for victims.

Subtitle B—Limiting the Effects of Violence on Children

Sec. 305. Safe havens for children pilot program.

Subtitle C—Protections Against Violence and Abuse for Women with

Disabilities

Sec. 310. Findings.

Sec. 311. Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.

Sec. 312. Violence Against Women Act.

Sec. 313. Grants for technical assistance.

Subtitle D—Standards, Practice, and Training for Sexual Assault

Examinations

Sec. 315. Short title.

Sec. 316. Standards, practice, and training for sexual assault forensic examinations.

Subtitle E—Domestic Violence Task Force

Sec. 320. Domestic Violence Task Force.

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

2 (a) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—

3 (1) OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE

4 STREETS ACT.—Section 2003(1) of the Omnibus
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1 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42

2 U.S.C. 3796gg–2(1)) is amended to read as follows:

3 ‘‘(1) the term ‘domestic violence’ includes acts

4 or threats of violence, not including acts of self-de5 fense, committed by a current or former spouse of

6 the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares

7 a child in common, by a person who is cohabiting

8 with or has cohabited with the victim, by a person

9 similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the

10 domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction,

11 or by any other person against a victim who is pro12 tected from that person’s acts under the domestic or

13 family violence laws of the jurisdiction;’’.

14 (2) OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE

15 STREETS ACT.—Section 2105(1) of the Omnibus

16 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42

17 U.S.C. 3796hh–4(1)) is amended to read as follows:

18 ‘‘(1) the term ‘domestic violence’ includes acts

19 or threats of violence, not including acts of self-de20 fense, committed by a current or former spouse of

21 the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares

22 a child in common, by a person who is cohabiting

23 with or has cohabited with the victim, by a person

24 similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the

25 domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction,
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1 or by any other person against a victim who is pro2 tected from that person’s acts under the domestic or

3 family violence laws of the jurisdiction; and’’.

4 (b) INDIAN COUNTRY.—Section 2003(2) of the Om5 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42

6 U.S.C. 3796gg–2(1)) is amended to read as follows:

7 ‘‘(2) the term ‘Indian country’ has the same

8 meaning as is given such term by section 1151 of

9 title 18, United States Code;’’.

10 (c) STALKING.—Section 2003 of the Omnibus Crime

11 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–

12 2) is amended by striking the period at the end of para13 graph (8) and inserting a semicolon and by adding after

14 paragraph (8) the following:

15 ‘‘(9) the term ‘stalking’ means engaging in con16 duct that is directed at an individual with the intent

17 to injure and harass the individual and which places

18 the individual in reasonable fear of the death of, or

19 serious bodily injury to, that individual, a member of

20 that individual’s immediate family or that individ21 ual’s intimate partner;’’.

22 (d) UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.—Section 2003(7)

23 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of

24 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–2(7) is amended to read as fol25 lows:
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1 ‘‘(7) the term ‘underserved populations’ in2 cludes populations underserved because of geo3 graphic location (such as rural isolation), under4 served racial and ethnic populations, populations un5 derserved because of special needs (such as language

6 barriers, disabilities, or age), and any other popu7 lation determined to be underserved by the State

8 planning process in consultation with the Attorney

9 General;’’.

10 (e) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALITION.—Section 2003

11 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of

12 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–2), as amended by subsection

13 (c), is amended by adding after paragraph (9) the fol14 lowing:

15 ‘‘(10) the term ‘domestic violence coalition’

16 means a statewide (except in the case of a coalition

17 within lands under tribal authority) nonprofit, non18 governmental membership organization of a majority

19 of domestic violence programs within the State, com20 monwealth, territory, or lands under military, Fed21 eral, or tribal authority that among other activities

22 provides training and technical assistance to domes23 tic violence programs within the State, common24 wealth, territory, or lands under military, Federal,

25 or tribal authority;’’.
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1 (f) SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITION.—Section 2003 of

2 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968

3 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–2), as amended by subsection (e), is

4 amended by adding after paragraph (10) the following:

5 ‘‘(11) the term ‘sexual assault coalition’ means

6 a statewide (except in the case of a coalition within

7 lands under tribal authority) nonprofit, nongovern8 mental membership organization of a majority of

9 sexual assault programs within the State, common10 wealth, territory, or lands under military, Federal,

11 or tribal authority that among other activities pro12 vides training and technical assistance to sexual as13 sault programs within the State, commonwealth, ter14 ritory, or lands under military, Federal, or tribal au15 thority; and’’.

16 (g) DATING VIOLENCE.—

17 (1) SECTION 2003.—Section 2003 of the Omni18 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42

19 U.S.C. 3996gg–2), as amended by subsection (f), is

20 amended by adding after paragraph (11) the fol21 lowing:

22 ‘‘(12) The term ‘dating violence’ means violence

23 committed by a person—
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1 ‘‘(A) who is or has been in a social rela2 tionship of a romantic or intimate nature with

3 the victim; and

4 ‘‘(B) where the existence of such a rela5 tionship shall be determined based on a consid6 eration of the following factors:

7 ‘‘(i) the length of the relationship;

8 ‘‘(ii) the type of relationship; and

9 ‘‘(iii) the frequency of interaction be10 tween the persons involved in the relation11 ship.’’.

12 (2) SECTION 2105.—Section 2105 of the Omni13 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42

14 U.S.C. 3796hh–4) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at

15 the end of paragraph (1), by striking the period at

16 the end of paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and

17 by adding after paragraph (2) the following:

18 ‘‘(3) the term ‘dating violence’ means violence

19 committed by a person—

20 ‘‘(A) who is or has been in a social rela21 tionship of a romantic or intimate nature with

22 the victim; and

23 ‘‘(B) where the existence of such a rela24 tionship shall be determined based on a consid25 eration of the following factors:
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1 ‘‘(i) the length of the relationship;

2 ‘‘(ii) the type of relationship; and

3 ‘‘(iii) the frequency of interaction be4 tween the persons involved in the relation5 ship.’’.

6 TITLE I—CONTINUING THE COM7 MITMENT OF THE VIOLENCE

8 AGAINST WOMEN ACT

9 Subtitle A—Law Enforcement and

10 Prosecution Grants To Combat

11 Violence Against Women

12 SEC. 101. REAUTHORIZATION.

13 Section 1001(a)(18) of the Omnibus Crime Control

14 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(18)) is

15 amended—

16 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara17 graph (E);

18 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub19 paragraph (F) and inserting a semicolon; and

20 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the fol21 lowing:

22 ‘‘(G) $185,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;

23 ‘‘(H) $185,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;

24 ‘‘(I) $185,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;

25 ‘‘(J) $195,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and
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1 ‘‘(K) $195,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.’’.

2 SEC. 102. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

3 (a) GRANT ALLOCATION.—Section 2002(c)(3) of the

4 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42

5 U.S.C. 3796gg–1(c)(3)) is amended to read as follows:

6 ‘‘(3) at least 50 percent is allocated to grants

7 for law enforcement, prosecution, and State and

8 local court systems and at least 35 percent is allo9 cated for victim services; and’’.

10 (b) REALLOTMENT.—Section 2002(e) of the Omni11 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42

12 U.S.C. 3796gg–1(e)) is amended by adding at the end the

13 following new paragraph:

14 ‘‘(3) REALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.—

15 ‘‘(A) If, at the end of the 9th month of

16 any fiscal year for which funds are appropriated

17 under section 1001(a)(18), the amounts made

18 available are unspent or unobligated, such

19 unspent or unobligated funds shall be reallotted

20 to the current fiscal year recipients in the vic21 tim services area pursuant to section

22 2002(c)(3) proportionate to their original allot23 ment for the current fiscal year.

24 ‘‘(B) For the first 2 fiscal years following

25 the date of the enactment of the Violence
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1 Against Women Act of 2000, the Attorney Gen2 eral may waive the qualification requirements of

3 section 2002(c)(3), at the request of the State

4 and with the support of law enforcement, pros5 ecution, and victim services grantees currently

6 funded under this section, if the reallocation of

7 funds among law enforcement, prosecution, vic8 tim services, and State and local court systems

9 mandated by this Act adversely impacts victims

10 of sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalk11 ing, due to the reduction of funds to programs

12 and services funded under this section in the

13 prior fiscal year. Any waiver granted under this

14 subparagraph shall not diminish the allocation

15 of any State for victim services.’’.

16 (c) EXPANDED GRANT PURPOSES.—Section 2001(b)

17 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of

18 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg(b)) is amended—

19 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sexual as20 sault and domestic violence’’ and inserting ‘‘sexual

21 assault, domestic violence, and dating violence’’;

22 (2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘sexual as23 sault and domestic violence’’ and inserting ‘‘sexual

24 assault, domestic violence, and dating violence’’;
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1 (3) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

2 (6); and

3 (4) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para4 graph (10) and by inserting after paragraph (6) the

5 following new paragraphs:

6 ‘‘(7) developing, enlarging, or strengthening

7 State and local court programs, including training

8 for State, local, and tribal judges and court per9 sonnel, addressing violent crimes against women, in10 cluding sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalk11 ing;

12 ‘‘(8) training of sexual assault forensic medical

13 personnel examiners in the collection and preserva14 tion of evidence, analysis, prevention, and providing

15 expert testimony and treatment of trauma related to

16 sexual assault;

17 ‘‘(9) supporting the development of sexual as18 sault response teams to strengthen the investigation

19 of sexual assaults and coordinate services for victims

20 of sexual assault; and’’.

21 (d) MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE.—Section 2002

22 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of

23 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–1) is amended by redesignating

24 subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h) as subsections (f), (g),
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1 (h), and (i), respectively, and by inserting after subsection

2 (d) the following:

3 ‘‘(e) MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE.—The Attorney

4 General shall deny applications—

5 ‘‘(1) that do not meet the requirements set

6 forth in subsections (c) and (d); and

7 ‘‘(2) for failure to provide documentation, in8 cluding memoranda of understanding, contract, or

9 other documentation of any collaborative efforts with

10 other agencies or organizations.’’.

11 (e) VICTIM SERVICES.—Section 2003(8) of Omnibus

12 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.

13 3796gg–2(8)) is amended by striking ‘‘assisting domestic

14 violence or sexual assault victims through the legal proc15 ess’’ and inserting ‘‘providing advocacy and assistance for

16 victims seeking abuse-related health care services and

17 legal and social services, except that such term shall not

18 include programs or activities that are targeted primarily

19 for offenders’’.

20 (f) INDIAN TRIBAL GRANTS.—Section 2002(b)(1) of

21 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968

22 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–1(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘4

23 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘5 percent’’.

24 (g) MEDICAL COST REIMBURSEMENT.—Section

25 2005(b)(3) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
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1 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–4(b)(3)) is

2 amended—

3 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara4 graph (C);

5 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub6 paragraph (D) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

7 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol8 lowing:

9 ‘‘(E) the reimbursement is not contingent

10 upon the victim’s report of the sexual assault to

11 law enforcement or upon the victim’s coopera12 tion in the prosecution of the sexual assault.’’.

13 (h) STATE AND LOCAL COURTS.—Section 2002(a) of

14 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968

15 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–1(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, State

16 and local courts’’ after ‘‘States’’ the second time it ap17 pears.

18 (i) INFORMATION REPORTING.—Section 2001(b)(4)

19 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of

20 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg(b)(4)) is amended by adding be21 fore the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including the reporting

22 of such information to the National Instant Criminal

23 Background Check System’’.
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1 SEC. 103. STATE COALITION GRANTS.

2 Section 2001 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe

3 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg) is amended by

4 inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:

5 ‘‘(c) GRANTS.—

6 ‘‘(1) TO COALITIONS.—The Attorney General

7 shall make grants to each of the State domestic vio8 lence and sexual assault coalitions in the State for

9 the purposes of coordinating State victim services

10 activities, and collaborating and coordinating with

11 Federal, State, and local entities engaged in violence

12 against women activities. In no case will such

13 awards preclude the State domestic violence and sex14 ual assault coalitions from receiving grants under

15 this part to fulfill the purposes described in sub16 sections (a) and (b).

17 ‘‘(2) PERCENT ALLOCATIONS.—Domestic vio18 lence coalitions and sexual assault coalitions shall

19 each receive not less than two and one-half percent

20 of the funds appropriated for a fiscal year under sec21 tion 1001(a)(18) for the purposes described in para22 graph (1).

23 ‘‘(3) GEOGRAPHICAL ALLOTMENT.—

24 ‘‘(A) AMOUNT.—The domestic violence and sex25 ual assault coalition in each State, the District of

26 Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and
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1 the combined United States Territories shall each

receive an amount equal to 1 2 ⁄54 of the amount made

3 available under paragraph (2). The combined United

4 States Territories shall not receive less than 1.5 per5 cent of the funds made available under paragraph

6 (2) for each fiscal year and the tribal domestic vio7 lence and sexual assault coalitions shall not receive

8 less than 1.5 percent of the funds made available

9 under paragraph (2) for each fiscal year.

10 ‘‘(B) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this

11 section, the term ‘combined United States Terri12 tories’ means Guam, American Samoa, the United

13 States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Is14 lands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

‘‘(C) INDIANS.—1 15 ⁄54 of the amount appro16 priated shall be made available for development and

17 operation of nonprofit nongovernmental tribal do18 mestic violence and sexual assault coalitions in In19 dian country.

20 ‘‘(4) DISBURSEMENT OF GEOGRAPHICAL ALLOTMENTS.—50 percent of the 1 21 ⁄54 allotted to each State, the

22 District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the

23 combined United States Territories, and Indian country

24 under paragraph (3) shall be made available to the domes25 tic violence coalition as defined in section 2003(10) of this
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1 Act and 50 percent shall be made available to the sexual

2 assault coalition as defined in section 2003(11) of this

3 Act; and

4 ‘‘(5) COMPONENT ELIGIBILITY.—In the case of com5 bined domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions, each

6 component shall be deemed eligible for the awards for sex7 ual assault and domestic violence activities, respectively.

8 ‘‘(6) APPLICATION.—In the application submitted by

9 a coalition for the grant, the coalition provides assurances

10 satisfactory to the Attorney General that the coalition—

11 ‘‘(A) has actively sought and encouraged the

12 participation of law enforcement agencies and other

13 legal or judicial entities in the preparation of the ap14 plication; and

15 ‘‘(B) will actively seek and encourage the par16 ticipation of such entities in the activities carried out

17 with the grant.’’.

18 SEC. 104. FULL FAITH AND CREDIT ENFORCEMENT OF PRO19 TECTION ORDERS.

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part U of title I of the Omnibus

21 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.

22 3796hh et seq.) is amended—

23 (1) in the heading, by adding ‘‘AND EN24 FORCEMENT OF PROTECTION OR25 DERS’’ at the end;
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1 (2) in section 2101(b)—

2 (A) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘(in3 cluding juvenile courts)’’ after ‘‘courts’’; and

4 (B) by adding at the end the following:

5 ‘‘(7) To provide technical assistance and com6 puter and other equipment to police departments,

7 prosecutors, courts, and tribal jurisdictions to facili8 tate the widespread enforcement of protection or9 ders, including interstate enforcement, enforcement

10 between States and tribal jurisdictions, and enforce11 ment between tribal jurisdictions.’’; and

12 (3) in section 2102—

13 (A) in subsection (b)—

14 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking

15 ‘‘and’’ at the end;

16 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking the

17 period at the end and inserting ‘‘, includ18 ing the enforcement of protection orders

19 from other States and jurisdictions (includ20 ing tribal jurisdictions);’’; and

21 (iii) by adding at the end the fol22 lowing:

23 ‘‘(3) have established cooperative agreements or

24 can demonstrate effective ongoing collaborative ar25 rangements with neighboring jurisdictions to facili-
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1 tate the enforcement of protection orders from other

2 States and jurisdictions (including tribal jurisdic3 tions); and

4 ‘‘(4) will give priority to using the grant to de5 velop and install data collection and communication

6 systems, including computerized systems, and train7 ing on how to use these systems effectively to link

8 police, prosecutors, courts, and tribal jurisdictions

9 for the purpose of identifying and tracking protec10 tion orders and violations of protection orders, in

11 those jurisdictions where such systems do not exist

12 or are not fully effective.’’; and

13 (B) by adding at the end the following:

14 ‘‘(c) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.—The Attor15 ney General shall annually compile and broadly dissemi16 nate (including through electronic publication) informa17 tion about successful data collection and communication

18 systems that meet the purposes described in this section.

19 Such dissemination shall target States, State and local

20 courts, Indian tribal governments, and units of local gov21 ernment.’’.

22 (b) ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE AR23 REST POLICIES.—

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2101 of part U of

25 title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
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1 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796hh) is

2 amended—

3 (A) in subsection (c), by striking para4 graph (4) and inserting the following:

5 ‘‘(4) certify that their laws, policies, and prac6 tices do not require, in connection with the prosecu7 tion of any misdemeanor or felony domestic violence

8 offense, or in connection with the filing, issuance,

9 registration, or service of a protection order to pro10 tect a victim of domestic violence, stalking, or sexual

11 assault, that the victim bear the costs associated

12 with the filing of criminal charges against the of13 fender, or the costs associated with the filing,

14 issuance, registration, or service of a warrant, pro15 tection order, or witness subpoena, whether issued

16 inside or outside the State, tribal, or local jurisdic17 tion.’’; and

18 (B) by adding at the end the following:

19 ‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘protec20 tion order’ has the meaning given the term in section 2266

21 of title 18, United States Code.’’.

22 (2) APPLICATION FOR GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE

23 ARREST POLICIES.—Section 2102(a)(1)(B) of part

24 U of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe

25 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796hh–1(a)(1)(B))
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1 is amended by striking ‘‘2 years of the date of enact2 ment of this part’’ and inserting ‘‘the expiration of

3 the 1-year period beginning on the date of the enact4 ment of the Violence Against Women Act of 2000’’.

5 SEC. 105. FILING COSTS FOR CRIMINAL CHARGES.

6 Section 2006 of part T of title I of the Omnibus

7 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.

8 3796gg–5) is amended—

9 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘FILING’’

10 and inserting ‘‘AND PROTECTION ORDERS’’

11 after ‘‘CHARGES’’;

12 (B) in subsection (a)—

13 (i) by striking paragraph (1) and in14 serting the following:

15 ‘‘(1) certifies that its laws, policies, and prac16 tices do not require, in connection with the prosecu17 tion of any misdemeanor or felony domestic violence

18 offense, or in connection with the filing, issuance,

19 registration, or service of a protection order to pro20 tect a victim of domestic violence, stalking, or sexual

21 assault, that the victim bear the costs associated

22 with the filing of criminal charges against the of23 fender, or the costs associated with the filing,

24 issuance, registration, or service of a warrant, civil

25 or criminal protection order, or witness subpoena,
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1 whether issued inside or outside the State, tribal, or

2 local jurisdiction; or’’; and

3 (ii) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking

4 ‘‘2 years’’ and inserting ‘‘1 year after the

5 date of the enactment of the Violence

6 Against Women Act of 2000’’; and

7 (C) by adding at the end the following:

8 ‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘protec9 tion order’ has the meaning given the term in section 2266

10 of title 18, United States Code.’’.

11 SEC. 106. ELDER ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOITATION.

12 The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (108 Stat.

13 1902) is amended by adding at the end the following:

14 ‘‘Subtitle H—Elder Abuse, Neglect,

15 and Exploitation, Including Do16 mestic Violence and Sexual As17 sault Against Older or Disabled

18 Individuals

19 ‘‘SEC. 40801. DEFINITIONS.

20 ‘‘In this subtitle:

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The terms ‘elder abuse, ne22 glect, and exploitation’, and ‘older individual’ have

23 the meanings given the terms in section 102 of the

24 Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002).
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1 ‘‘(2) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘domes2 tic violence’ has the meaning given such term by sec3 tion 2105 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe

4 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796hh–4).

5 ‘‘(3) SEXUAL ASSAULT.—The term ‘sexual as6 sault’ has the meaning given the term in section

7 2003 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe

8 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–2).

9 ‘‘SEC. 40802. LAW SCHOOL CLINICAL PROGRAMS ON ELDER

10 ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOITATION.

11 ‘‘The Attorney General shall make grants to law

12 school clinical programs for the purposes of funding the

13 inclusion of cases addressing issues of elder abuse, neglect,

14 and exploitation, including domestic violence and sexual

15 assault, against older or disabled individuals.

16 ‘‘SEC. 40803. TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR LAW ENFORCE17 MENT OFFICERS.

18 ‘‘The Attorney General shall develop curricula and

19 offer, or provide for the offering of, training programs to

20 assist law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and relevant

21 officers of Federal, State, and local courts in recognizing,

22 addressing, investigating, and prosecuting instances of

23 elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, including domestic

24 violence and sexual assault, against older or disabled indi25 viduals.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 40804. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

2 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated

3 $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2001 through

4 2005 to carry out this subtitle.’’.

5 Subtitle B—National Domestic

6 Violence Hotline

7 SEC. 111. REAUTHORIZATION.

8 Section 316(f)(1) of the Family Violence Prevention

9 and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10416(f)(1)) is amended to

10 read as follows:

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be

12 appropriated to carry out the purposes of this

13 section—

14 ‘‘(A) $1,600,000 for fiscal year 2001;

15 ‘‘(B) $1,800,000 for fiscal year 2002;

16 ‘‘(C) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2003; and

17 ‘‘(D) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.’’.

18 SEC. 112. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

19 Section 316 of the Family Violence Prevention and

20 Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10416) is amended by redesig21 nating subsection (f) as subsection (g) and by inserting

22 after subsection (e) the following:

23 ‘‘(f) REPORTS.—Within 90 days after the date of the

24 enactment of the Violence Against Women Act of 2000,

25 all entities receiving funds pursuant to activities under

26 subsection (a) shall prepare and submit a report to the
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1 Secretary that evaluates the effectiveness of the use of

2 amounts received under such grants by such grantee and

3 containing such other information as the Secretary may

4 prescribe. The Secretary shall publish any such reports

5 and provide at least 90 days for notice and opportunity

6 for public comment prior to awarding or renewing any

7 such grants.’’.

8 Subtitle C—Battered Women’s

9 Shelters and Services

10 SEC. 121. SHORT TITLE.

11 This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Battered Women’s

12 Shelters and Services Act’’.

13 SEC. 122. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FAM14 ILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SERVICES.

15 Section 310(a) of the Family Violence Prevention and

16 Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10409(a)) is amended to read as

17 follows:

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap19 propriated to carry out this title (other than section

20 316)—

21 ‘‘(1) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;

22 ‘‘(2) $160,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;

23 ‘‘(3) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2003; and

24 ‘‘(4) $260,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.’’.
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1 SEC. 123. FVPSA IMPROVEMENTS.

2 (a) REALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.—Section 304(d) of

3 the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42

4 U.S.C. 10403(d)) is amended—

5 (1) by inserting after ‘‘to such State in grants

6 under section 303(a)’’ the following: ‘‘or Indian tribe

7 or tribal organization under section 303(b)’’;

8 (2) by inserting after ‘‘failure of such State’’

9 the following: ‘‘or Indian tribe or tribal organization,

10 or other entity’’;

11 (3) by inserting after ‘‘such amount to States’’

12 the following: ‘‘and Indian tribes and tribal organi13 zations’’;

14 (4) by inserting after ‘‘which meet such require15 ments’’ the following: ‘‘proportionate to the original

16 allocation made under subsection (a) or (b) of sec17 tion 303, respectively’’; and

18 (5) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para19 graph (3) and adding after paragraph (1) the fol20 lowing:

21 ‘‘(2) If, at the end of the sixth month of any fiscal

22 year for which sums are appropriated under section 310,

23 the amount allotted to an entity has not been made avail24 able to such entity in grants under sections 308 and 311

25 because of the failure of such entity to meet the require26 ments for a grant or because the limitation on expenditure
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1 has been reached, then the Secretary shall reallot such

2 amount to States and Indian tribes and tribal organiza3 tions that meet such requirements proportionate to the

4 original allocation under subsection (a) or (b) of section

5 303, respectively.’’.

6 (b) TRIBAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALITIONS.—

7 Section 303(b) of the Family Violence Prevention Services

8 Act (42 U.S.C. 10402(b)) is amended by adding at the

9 end the following:

10 ‘‘(4) From the amounts made available under para11 graph (1), there shall be awarded by the Secretary not

12 less than 5 percent of such amounts for the funding of

13 tribal domestic violence coalitions. To be eligible for a

14 grant under this paragraph, an entity shall be a private

15 nonprofit coalition whose membership includes representa16 tives from a majority of the programs for victims of do17 mestic violence operating within the boundaries of an In18 dian reservation and programs whose primary purpose is

19 serving the populations of such Indian country and whose

20 board membership is representative of such programs.

21 Such coalitions shall further the purposes of domestic vio22 lence intervention and prevention through activities

23 including—

24 ‘‘(A) training and technical assistance for

25 local Indian domestic violence programs and
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1 providers of direct services to encourage appro2 priate responses to domestic violence in Indian

3 country;

4 ‘‘(B) planning and conducting needs as5 sessments and planning for comprehensive serv6 ices in Indian country;

7 ‘‘(C) serving as an information clearing8 house and resource center for the Indian res9 ervation represented by the coalition receiving

10 these funds;

11 ‘‘(D) collaborating with Indian, State, and

12 Federal governmental systems which affect bat13 tered women in Indian country, including judi14 cial and law enforcement and child protective

15 services agencies, to encourage appropriate re16 sponses to domestic violence cases;

17 ‘‘(E) conducting public education and out18 reach activities addressing domestic violence in

19 Indian country;

20 ‘‘(F) collaborating with State domestic vio21 lence coalitions in the areas described above;

22 and

23 ‘‘(G) participating in planning and moni24 toring of the distribution of grants and grant
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1 funds to the Indian reservation and tribal orga2 nizations under paragraph (1).’’.

3 SEC. 124. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR VIC4 TIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

5 Part T of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe

6 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg et seq.) is amend7 ed by adding at the end the following:

8 ‘‘SEC. 2007. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE.

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall

10 award grants to States, units of local government, and In11 dian tribes under this section to carry out programs to

12 provide assistance to individuals and their dependents—

13 ‘‘(1) who are homeless or in need of transitional

14 housing or other housing assistance, as a result of

15 fleeing domestic violence; and

16 ‘‘(2) for whom emergency shelter services are

17 unavailable or insufficient.

18 ‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE DESCRIBED.—Assistance provided

19 under this section may include—

20 ‘‘(1) short-term housing assistance, including

21 rental or utilities payments assistance, where such

22 assistance is necessary to prevent homelessness due

23 to fleeing domestic violence; and

24 ‘‘(2) short-term support services, including ex25 penses and costs associated with transportation and
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1 job training referrals, child care, counseling, transi2 tional housing identification and placement, and re3 lated expenses such as utility or security deposits

4 and other costs incidental to relocation to transi5 tional housing.

6 ‘‘(c) TERM OF ASSISTANCE.—An individual or family

7 assisted under this section may not receive transitional

8 housing assistance for a total of more than 12 months.

9 ‘‘(d) REPORTS.—

10 ‘‘(1) REPORT TO ATTORNEY GENERAL.—

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An entity that re12 ceives a grant under this section shall annually

13 prepare and submit to the Attorney General a

14 report describing the number of individuals and

15 dependents assisted, and the types of housing

16 assistance and support services provided, under

17 this section.

18 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—Each report shall in19 clude information on—

20 ‘‘(i) the purpose and amount of hous21 ing assistance provided to each individual

22 or dependent assisted under this section;

23 ‘‘(ii) the number of months each indi24 vidual or dependent received the assist25 ance;
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1 ‘‘(iii) the number of individuals and

2 dependents who were eligible to receive the

3 assistance, and to whom the entity could

4 not provide the assistance solely due to a

5 lack of available housing; and

6 ‘‘(iv) the type of support services pro7 vided to each individual or dependent as8 sisted under this section.

9 ‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Attorney

10 General shall annually prepare and submit to the

11 Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep12 resentatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of

13 the Senate a report that contains a compilation of

14 the information contained in reports submitted

15 under paragraph (1).

16 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

17 are authorized to be appropriated from the Violent Crime

18 Reduction Trust Fund established under section 310001

19 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act

20 of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14211) to carry out this section—

21 ‘‘(1) $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001

22 through 2003; and

23 ‘‘(2) $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004

24 and 2005.’’.
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1 Subtitle D—Community Initiatives

2 SEC. 131. GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY INITIATIVES.

3 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 318(h) of the Family

4 Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C.

5 10418(h)) is amended to read as follows:

6 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

7 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this

8 section—

9 ‘‘(1) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;

10 ‘‘(2) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;

11 ‘‘(3) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2003; and

12 ‘‘(4) $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.’’.

13 (b) INFORMATION.—Subsection (i) of section 318 of

14 the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42

15 U.S.C. 10418) is amended by inserting the text of the sub16 section as a cut-in paragraph (1) with the heading ‘‘IN

17 GENERAL.—’’ and by adding at the end the following:

18 ‘‘(2) INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall annu19 ally compile and broadly disseminate (including

20 through electronic publication) information about

21 the use of funds and about the projects funded

22 under this section, including any evaluations of the

23 projects and information to enable replication and

24 adoption of the strategies identified in the projects.

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1 based programs, including domestic violence and

2 sexual assault programs.’’.

3 Subtitle E—Education and Train4 ing for Judges and Court Per5 sonnel

6 SEC. 141. REAUTHORIZATION.

7 (a) GRANTS FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR

8 JUDGES AND COURT PERSONNEL IN STATE COURTS.—

9 (1) SECTION 40412.—Section 40412 of the

10 Equal Justice for Women in the Courts Act of 1994

11 (42 U.S.C. 13992) is amended—

12 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para13 graph (18);

14 (B) by striking the period at the end of

15 paragraph (19) and inserting a semicolon; and

16 (C) by inserting after paragraph (19) the

17 following:

18 ‘‘(20) the issues raised by domestic violence in

19 determining custody and visitation, including how to

20 protect the safety of the child and of a parent who

21 is not a predominant aggressor of domestic violence,

22 the legitimate reasons parents may report domestic

23 violence, the ways domestic violence may relate to an

24 abuser’s desire to seek custody, and evaluating ex-
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1 pert testimony in custody and visitation determina2 tions involving domestic violence;

3 ‘‘(21) the issues raised by child sexual assault

4 in determining custody and visitation, including how

5 to protect the safety of the child, the legitimate rea6 sons parents may report child sexual assault, and

7 evaluating expert testimony in custody and visitation

8 determinations involving child sexual assault, includ9 ing the current scientifically-accepted and empiri10 cally valid research on child sexual assault;

11 ‘‘(22) the extent to which addressing domestic

12 violence and victim safety contributes to the efficient

13 administration of justice;’’.

14 (2) SECTION 40414.—Section 40414(a) of the

15 Equal Justice for Women in the Courts Act of 1994

16 (42 U.S.C. 13994(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and

17 $1,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2001 through

18 2005’’ after ‘‘1996’’.

19 (b) GRANTS FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR

20 JUDGES AND COURT PERSONNEL IN FEDERAL

21 COURTS.—

22 (1) SECTION 40421.—Section 40421(d) of the

23 Equal Justice for Women in the Courts Act of 1994

24 (42 U.S.C. 14001(d)) is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(d) CONTINUING EDUCATION AND TRAINING PRO2 GRAMS.—The Federal Judicial Center, in carrying out sec3 tion 620(b)(3) of title 28, United States Code, shall in4 clude in the educational programs it prepares, including

5 the training programs for newly appointed judges, infor6 mation on the aspects of the topics listed in section 40412

7 that pertain to issues within the jurisdiction of the Federal

8 courts, and shall prepare materials necessary to implement

9 this subsection.’’.

10 (2) SECTION 40422.—Section 40422(2) of the

11 Equal Justice for Women in the Courts Act of 1994

12 (42 U.S.C. 14002(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and

13 $500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2001 through

14 2005’’ after ‘‘1996’’.

15 (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE EQUAL JUS16 TICE FOR WOMEN IN THE COURTS ACT OF 1994.—

17 (1) ENSURING COLLABORATION WITH DOMES18 TIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT PROGRAMS.—

19 Section 40413 of the Equal Justice for Women in

20 the Courts Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13993) is

21 amended by adding ‘‘, including national, State, trib22 al, and local domestic violence and sexual assault

23 programs and coalitions’’ after ‘‘victim advocates’’.

24 (2) PARTICIPATION OF TRIBAL COURTS IN

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1 tion 40411 of the Equal Justice for Women in the

2 Courts Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13991) is amended

3 by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Nothing shall

4 preclude the attendance of tribal judges and court

5 personnel at programs funded under this section for

6 States to train judges and court personnel on the

7 laws of the States.’’.

8 (3) USE OF FUNDS FOR DISSEMINATION OF

9 MODEL PROGRAMS.—Section 40414 of the Equal

10 Justice for Women in the Courts Act of 1994 (42

11 U.S.C. 13994) is amended by adding at the end the

12 following:

13 ‘‘(c) STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE.—The State Justice

14 Institute may use up to 5 percent of the funds appro15 priated under this section for annually compiling and

16 broadly disseminating (including through electronic publi17 cation) information about the use of funds and about the

18 projects funded under this section, including any evalua19 tions of the projects and information to enable the replica20 tion and adoption of the projects.’’.

21 (d) DATING VIOLENCE.—

22 (1) SECTION 40411.—Section 40411 of the

23 Equal Justice for Women in Courts Act of 1994 (42

24 U.S.C 13991) is amended by inserting ‘‘dating vio25 lence,’’ after ‘‘domestic violence,’’.
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1 (2) SECTION 40412.—Section 40412 of such Act

2 (42 U.S.C 13992) is amended—

3 (A) in paragraph (10), by inserting ‘‘and

4 dating violence’’ before the semicolon;

5 (B) in paragraph (11), by inserting ‘‘and

6 dating’’ after ‘‘domestic’’;

7 (C) in paragraph (13), by inserting ‘‘and

8 dating’’ after ‘‘domestic’’ in both places that it

9 appears;

10 (D) in paragraph (17) by inserting ‘‘or

11 dating’’ after ‘‘domestic’’ in both places that it

12 appears; and

13 (E) in paragraph (18), by inserting ‘‘and

14 dating’’ after ‘‘domestic’’.

15 Subtitle F—Grants To Encourage

16 Arrest Policies

17 SEC. 151. REAUTHORIZATION.

18 Section 1001(a)(19) of the Omnibus Crime Control

19 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(19)) is

20 amended—

21 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara22 graph (B);

23 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub24 paragraph (C) and inserting a semicolon; and
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1 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol2 lowing:

3 ‘‘(D) $63,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;

4 ‘‘(E) $67,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;

5 ‘‘(F) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;

6 ‘‘(G) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and

7 ‘‘(H) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.’’.

8 SEC. 152. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.

9 Section 2101 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe

10 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796hh) is amended—

11 (1) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘and dat12 ing’’ after ‘‘domestic’’;

13 (2) in subsection (b)(5), by inserting ‘‘and dat14 ing’’ after ‘‘domestic’’; and

15 (3) by adding at the end the following:.

16 ‘‘(e) DISBURSEMENT.—At least 5 percent of the

17 funds appropriated under 1001(a)(19) shall be used for

18 grants to Indian tribal governments.’’.

19 Subtitle G—Rural Domestic Vio20 lence and Child Abuse Enforce21 ment

22 SEC. 161. REAUTHORIZATION.

23 Section 40295(c)(1) of the Safe Homes for Women

24 Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13971(c)(1)) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara2 graph (B);

3 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub4 paragraph (C) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

5 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol6 lowing:

7 ‘‘(D) $35,000,000 for each of the fiscal

8 years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005.’’.

9 SEC. 162. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

10 Section 40295 of the Safe Homes for Women Act of

11 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13971) is amended—

12 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘and dat13 ing’’ after ‘‘domestic’’;

14 (2) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ‘‘and dat15 ing’’ after ‘‘domestic’’; and

16 (3) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the

17 following:.

18 ‘‘(3) DISBURSEMENT.—At least 5 percent of

19 the funds appropriated under paragraph (1) shall be

20 used for grants to Indian tribal governments.’’.
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1 Subtitle H—National Stalker and

2 Domestic Violence Reduction

3 SEC. 171. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

4 Section 40602(a) of the Violence Against Women Act

5 of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14031(a)) is amended by inserting

6 ‘‘and implement’’ after ‘‘improve’’.

7 SEC. 172. REAUTHORIZATION.

8 Section 40603 of the Violence Against Women Act

9 of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14032) is amended—

10 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

11 (2);

12 (2) by striking the period at the end of para13 graph (3) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

14 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol15 lowing:

16 ‘‘(4) $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years

17 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005.’’.

18 Subtitle I—Federal Victims’

19 Counselors

20 SEC. 181. REAUTHORIZATION.

21 The text of section 40114 of the Safe Streets for

22 Women Act of 1994 is amended to read as follows: ‘‘There

23 are authorized to be appropriated for the United States

24 Attorneys for the purpose of appointing Victim/Witness

25 Counselors for the prosecution of domestic violence and
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1 sexual assault crimes where applicable (such as the Dis2 trict of Columbia) $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years

3 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005.’’.

4 Subtitle J—Victims of Child Abuse

5 Programs

6 SEC. 191. REAUTHORIZATION OF COURT-APPOINTED SPE7 CIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM.

8 Section 218(a) of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of

9 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13014(a)) is amended—

10 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

11 (4);

12 (2) by striking the period at the end of para13 graph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

14 (3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol15 lowing:

16 ‘‘(6) $12,000,000 for each of the fiscal years

17 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.’’.

18 SEC. 192. REAUTHORIZATION OF CHILD ABUSE TRAINING

19 PROGRAMS FOR JUDICIAL PERSONNEL AND

20 PRACTITIONERS.

21 Section 224(a) of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of

22 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13024(a)) is amended—

23 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

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1 (2) by striking the period at the end of para2 graph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

3 (3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol4 lowing:

5 ‘‘(6) $2,300,000 for each of the fiscal years

6 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.’’.

7 SEC. 193. REAUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS FOR TELEVISED

8 TESTIMONY.

9 Section 1001(a)(7) of title I of the Omnibus Crime

10 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.

11 3793(a)(7)) is amended—

12 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara13 graph (D);

14 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub15 paragraph (E) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

16 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol17 lowing:

18 ‘‘(F) $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years

19 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005.’’.

20 SEC. 194. DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.

21 Section 40156 of the Violence Against Women Act

22 of 1994 is amended by inserting at the end the following:

23 ‘‘(d) INFORMATION.—The Attorney General shall an24 nually compile and broadly disseminate (including through

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1 and about the projects funded under this section, includ2 ing any evaluations of the projects and information to en3 able replication and adoption of the strategies identified

4 in the projects. Such dissemination shall target commu5 nity-based programs, including domestic violence and sex6 ual assault programs.’’.

7 TITLE II—SEXUAL ASSAULT

8 PREVENTION

9 SEC. 201. TRANSFER OF RAPE PREVENTION AND EDU10 CATION PROGRAM.

11 Part J of title III of the Public Health Service Act

12 is amended by inserting after section 393A the following

13 new section:

14 ‘‘SEC. 393B. USE OF ALLOTMENTS FOR RAPE PREVENTION

15 EDUCATION.

16 ‘‘(a) GRANTS.—

17 ‘‘(1) PERMITTED USE.—Notwithstanding sec18 tion 1904(a)(1), amounts transferred by the State

19 for use under this part shall be used for rape pre20 vention and education programs conducted by rape

21 crisis centers and private nonprofit nongovernmental

22 State and tribal sexual assault coalitions for—

23 ‘‘(A) educational seminars;

24 ‘‘(B) the operation of hotlines;

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1 ‘‘(D) the preparation of informational ma2 terial; and

3 ‘‘(E) other efforts to increase awareness of

4 the facts about, or to help prevent, sexual as5 sault, including efforts to increase awareness in

6 underserved populations (as defined in section

7 2003(7) of the Omnibus Crime Control and

8 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–

9 2(7)).

10 ‘‘(2) TERMS.—

11 ‘‘(A) POPULATIONS.—The Secretary shall

12 make grants under subsection (a) to each State

13 on the basis of the population of the State.

14 ‘‘(B) RAPE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION

15 PROGRAMS.—No State may use funds made

16 available by reason of paragraph (1) in any fis17 cal year for administration of any prevention

18 program other than the rape prevention and

19 education program for which grants are made

20 under paragraph (1).

21 ‘‘(C) AVAILABILITY.—Any amount paid to

22 a State for a fiscal year and remaining unobli23 gated at the end of such year shall remain

24 available for the next fiscal year to such State

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1 ‘‘(D) ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL

2 ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall use not more

3 than 5 percent of the funds available under

4 paragraph (1) for the purposes of administra5 tive and technical assistance.

6 ‘‘(E) TARGETING OF EDUCATION PRO7 GRAMS.—States receiving grant moneys under

8 paragraph (1) shall ensure that at least 25 per9 cent of the moneys are devoted to educational

10 programs targeted for middle school, junior

11 high, and high school aged students. The pro12 grams targeted under this subsection shall be

13 conducted by rape crisis centers and State and

14 tribal sexual assault coalitions.

15 ‘‘(b) NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER.—

16 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—At such time as appro17 priations under subsection (c) reach at least

18 $80,000,000, the Secretary of Health and Human

19 Services shall, through the National Center for In20 jury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Dis21 ease Control and Prevention, establish a National

22 Resource Center on Sexual Assault to provide re23 source information, policy, training, and technical

24 assistance to Federal, State, and Indian tribal agen25 cies, as well as to State and tribal sexual assault
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1 coalitions and local sexual assault programs and to

2 other professionals and interested parties on issues

3 relating to sexual assault. The Resource Center shall

4 maintain a central resource library in order to col5 lect, prepare, analyze, and disseminate information

6 and statistics and analyses thereof relating to the in7 cidence and prevention of sexual assault.

8 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.—The Sec9 retary shall award a grant under paragraph (1) to

10 a private nonprofit organization which can—

11 ‘‘(A) demonstrate that it has recognized

12 expertise in the area of sexual assault and a

13 record of high-quality services to victims of sex14 ual assault, including a demonstration of sup15 port from advocacy groups, such as State and

16 tribal sexual assault coalitions or recognized na17 tional sexual assault groups; and

18 ‘‘(B) demonstrate a commitment to diver19 sity and to the provision of services to under20 served populations as defined in section

21 2003(7) of the Omnibus Crime Control and

22 Safe Street Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–

23 2(7)).

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be

2 appropriated to carry out this section—

3 ‘‘(A) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;

4 ‘‘(B) $105,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;

5 ‘‘(C) $105,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;

6 ‘‘(D) $155,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;

7 and

8 ‘‘(E) $155,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.

9 Funds authorized to be appropriated under this sec10 tion are appropriated from the Violent Crime Reduc11 tion Fund pursuant to section 310001(c) of the Vio12 lent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of

13 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14211(c)) and paragraph (16)

14 under the definition of prevention program in section

15 310004(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 14214(d)).

16 ‘‘(2) SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITIONS.—At such

17 time as appropriations under subsection (c) reach at

18 least $80,000,000, the Secretary shall designate 15

19 percent of the total amount appropriated to be used

20 for making grants to nonprofit, nongovernmental

21 State sexual assault coalitions to address public

22 health issues associated with sexual assault through

23 training, resource development, or similar research.

24 ‘‘(3) INDIAN COUNTRY.—At such time as the

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1 $80,000,000, there shall be awarded by the Sec2 retary not less than 5 percent of such amounts for

3 the funding of tribal sexual assault coalitions. To be

4 eligible for a grant under this paragraph, an entity

5 shall be a private nonprofit coalition whose member6 ship includes representatives from a majority of the

7 programs for adult and child victims of sexual as8 sault operating within the boundaries of such Indian

9 country and programs whose primary purpose is

10 serving the population of an Indian reservation, and

11 whose board membership is representative of such

12 programs. Such coalitions shall further the purposes

13 of sexual assault intervention and prevention

14 through activities including—

15 ‘‘(A) training and technical assistance for

16 local Indian sexual assault programs and pro17 viders of direct services to encourage appro18 priate responses to sexual assault in Indian

19 country;

20 ‘‘(B) planning and conducting needs as21 sessments and planning for comprehensive serv22 ices in Indian country;

23 ‘‘(C) serving as an information clearing24 house and resource center for any Indian res-
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1 ervation represented by the coalition receiving

2 these funds;

3 ‘‘(D) collaborating with Indian, State, and

4 Federal systems which affect adult and child

5 victims of sexual assault in Indian country, in6 cluding judicial, law enforcement, and child pro7 tective services agencies, to encourage appro8 priate responses to sexual assault cases;

9 ‘‘(E) conducting public education and out10 reach activities addressing sexual assault in In11 dian country;

12 ‘‘(F) collaborating with sexual assault coa13 litions in the areas described above; and

14 ‘‘(G) participating in planning and moni15 toring of the distribution of grants and grant

16 funds to Indian reservation and tribal organiza17 tions under this section.

18 ‘‘(4) SUBSECTION (b) ALLOTMENT.—Of the

19 amount appropriated for any fiscal year under this

20 section, at least $1,000,000 shall be made available

21 for grants under subsection (b), with yearly in22 creases of at least 10 percent of the prior year’s al23 lotment.

24 ‘‘(d) LIMITATIONS.—
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1 ‘‘(1) A State may use funds under subsection

2 (a) only so as to supplement and, to the extent prac3 ticable, increase the level of funds that would be

4 available from non-Federal sources for the activities

5 described in subsection (a), and in no case may such

6 funds be used to supplant funds from other sources.

7 ‘‘(2) A State may not use more than 2 percent

8 of the funds received in each fiscal year under this

9 section for surveillance studies or prevalence studies

10 and funds for such studies shall be available only at

11 such time as appropriations under subsection (c)

12 reach at least $80,000,000.

13 ‘‘(3) A State may not use more than 5 percent

14 of funds received in each fiscal year under sub15 section (a) for administrative expenses.

16 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—

17 ‘‘(1) INDIAN COUNTRY.—The term ‘Indian

18 Country’ has the same meaning as is given such

19 term by section 1151 of title 18, United States

20 Code.

21 ‘‘(2) RAPE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION.—For

22 purposes of this section, the term ‘rape prevention

23 and education’ includes education and prevention ef24 forts directed at sexual offenses committed by of-
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1 fenders who are not known to the victim as well as

2 offenders who are known to the victim.

3 ‘‘(3) SEXUAL ASSAULT.—The term ‘sexual as4 sault’ means any conduct proscribed by chapter

5 109A of title 18, United States Code, whether or not

6 the conduct occurs in the special maritime and terri7 torial jurisdiction of the United States or in a Fed8 eral prison and includes both assaults committed by

9 offenders who are strangers to the victim and as10 saults committed by offenders who are known to the

11 victim or related by blood or marriage to the victim.

12 ‘‘(4) RAPE CRISIS CENTER.—The term ‘rape

13 crisis center’ means a private, nonprofit, nongovern14 mental organization that is organized, or has as one

15 of its primary purposes, to provide services for vic16 tims of sexual assault and has a record of commit17 ment and demonstrated experience in providing serv18 ices to victims of sexual assault.

19 ‘‘(5) SEXUAL ASSAULT PROGRAM.—The term

20 ‘sexual assault program’ means a private, nonprofit,

21 nongovernmental organization that is organized, or

22 has as one of its primary purposes, to provide serv23 ices for victims of sexual assault and has a record

24 of commitment and demonstrated experience in pro25 viding services to victims of sexual assault.
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1 ‘‘(6) SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITION.—The term

2 ‘sexual assault coalition’ means a coalition that co3 ordinates State victim service activities, and collabo4 rates and coordinates with Federal, State, and local

5 entities to further the purposes of sexual assault

6 intervention and prevention.’’.

7 SEC. 202. RAPE PREVENTION EDUCATION.

8 (a) REPEAL.—The section added by section 40151 of

9 the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 is repealed.

10 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The repeal made by sub11 section (a) of this section shall take effect the day after

12 the date of the enactment of this Act.

13 SEC. 203. SEXUAL ASSAULT AND INTERPERSONAL VIO14 LENCE; DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.

15 (a) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—Section 393 of the

16 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b–1a) is

17 amended—

18 (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub19 section (c); and

20 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol21 lowing subsection:

22 ‘‘(b)(1) With respect to all victims of sexual assault

23 and interpersonal violence who present at hospital emer24 gency rooms and other sites offering services to such vic25 tims, demonstration projects under subsection (a)(6) shall
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1 include projects in which, on a 24-hour basis, nurses and

2 other health care professionals at such rooms and sites

3 who are trained in accordance with protocols under para4 graph (2)—

5 ‘‘(A) identify victims of such violence;

6 ‘‘(B) collect physical evidence from the victims

7 that may be of use in judicial proceedings regarding

8 the violence; and

9 ‘‘(C) provide information and appropriate refer10 rals to rape crisis center programs and victim service

11 providers, including referrals to health-related serv12 ices and social services.

13 ‘‘(2) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary

14 shall carry out a program to train nurses and other health

15 care professionals to provide the services described in such

16 paragraph. The program shall develop a protocol for such

17 training.’’.

18 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by

19 subsection (a) to section 393 of the Public Health Service

20 Act (42 U.S.C. 280b–1a) shall apply to demonstration

21 projects funded under subsection (a)(6) of such Act which

22 are ongoing on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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1 TITLE III—OTHER DOMESTIC

2 VIOLENCE PROGRAMS

3 Subtitle A—Strengthening Services

4 to Victims of Violence

5 SEC. 301. CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The purpose of this section is to

7 enable the Attorney General to award grants to increase

8 the availability of civil legal assistance necessary to pro9 vide effective aid to victims of domestic violence, dating

10 violence, stalking, or sexual assault who are seeking relief

11 in legal matters arising as a consequence of that abuse

12 or violence, at minimal or no cost to the victims.

13 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

14 (1) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘domestic

15 violence’’ has the meaning given the term in section

16 2003 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and

17 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–2).

18 (2) DATING VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘dating vio19 lence’’ has the meaning given the term in section

20 2003 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and

21 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–2).

22 (3) CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS.—

23 The term ‘‘civil legal assistance’’ includes legal as24 sistance to victims of domestic violence, dating vio25 lence, stalking, and sexual assault in any adminis-
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1 trative, civil, judicial, family, or immigration pro2 ceeding. No funds made available under this section

3 may be used to provide financial assistance in sup4 port of any litigation described in paragraph (14) of

5 section 504(a) of Public Law 104–134.

6 (4) SEXUAL ASSAULT.—The term ‘‘sexual as7 sault’’ has the meaning given the term in section

8 2003 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and

9 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–2).

10 (c) LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS GRANTS.—The

11 Attorney General may award grants under this subsection

12 to private nonprofit entities, Indian tribal governments,

13 tribally recognized organizations, qualified Legal Services

14 Corporation grantees, other voluntary legal services orga15 nizations, and publicly funded organizations not acting in

16 a governmental capacity such as law schools, and which

17 shall be used—

18 (1) to implement, expand, and establish cooper19 ative efforts and projects between domestic violence

20 and sexual assault victim services organizations and

21 legal assistance providers to provide legal assistance

22 for victims of domestic violence, stalking, and sexual

23 assault;

24 (2) to implement, expand, and establish efforts

25 and projects to provide legal assistance for victims
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1 of domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault by

2 organizations with a demonstrated history of pro3 viding direct legal or advocacy services on behalf of

4 these victims; and

5 (3) to provide training, technical assistance,

6 and data collection to improve the capacity of grant7 ees and other entities to offer legal assistance to vic8 tims of domestic violence, stalking, and sexual as9 sault.

10 (d) To be eligible for a grant under subsection (c),

11 applicants shall certify in writing that—

12 (1) any person providing civil legal assistance

13 through a program funded under subsection (c) has

14 completed or will complete training in connection

15 with domestic violence or sexual assault and related

16 legal issues;

17 (2) any training program conducted in satisfac18 tion of the requirement of paragraph (1) has been

19 or will be developed with input from and in collabo20 ration with a State, local, or tribal domestic violence

21 or sexual assault program or coalition, as well as ap22 propriate State and local law enforcement officials;

23 (3) any person or organization providing civil

24 legal assistance through a program funded under

25 subsection (c) has informed and will continue to in-
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1 form State, local, or tribal domestic violence or sex2 ual assault programs and coalitions, as well as ap3 propriate State and local law enforcement officials of

4 their work; and

5 (4) the grantee’s organizational policies do not

6 require mediation or counseling involving offenders

7 and victims physically together, in cases where sex8 ual assault, domestic violence, or child sexual abuse

9 is an issue.

10 (e) EVALUATION.—The Attorney General may evalu11 ate the grants funded under this section through contracts

12 or other arrangements with entities expert on domestic vi13 olence, stalking, and sexual assault, and on evaluation re14 search.

15 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be

17 appropriated from the Violent Crime Reduction

18 Trust Fund established under section 310001 of the

19 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of

20 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14211) to carry out this section—

21 (A) $35,250,000 for fiscal year 2001;

22 (B) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;

23 (C) $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;

24 (D) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and

25 (E) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
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1 (2) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—

2 (A) TRIBAL PROGRAMS.—Of the amount

3 made available under this subsection in each

4 fiscal year, not less than 5 percent shall be used

5 for grants for programs that assist victims of

6 domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault

7 on lands within the jurisdiction of an Indian

8 tribe.

9 (B) VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.—Not

10 less than 25 percent of the funds used for di11 rect services, training, and technical assistance

12 shall be used to support projects focused solely

13 or primarily on civil legal assistance for victims

14 of sexual assault.

15 (3) NONSUPPLANTATION.—Amounts made

16 available under this section shall be used to supple17 ment and not supplant other Federal, State, and

18 local funds expended to further the purpose of this

19 section.

20 Subtitle B—Limiting the Effects of

21 Violence on Children

22 SEC. 305 . SAFE HAVENS FOR CHILDREN PILOT PROGRAM.

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may award

24 grants to States, units of local government, and Indian

25 tribal governments that propose to enter into or expand
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1 the scope of existing contracts and cooperative agreements

2 with public or private nonprofit entities to provide super3 vised visitation and safe visitation exchange of children by

4 and between parents in cases of domestic violence, child

5 abuse, or sexual assault.

6 (b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In awarding grants under

7 subsection (a), the Attorney General shall take into

8 account—

9 (1) the number of families to be served by the

10 proposed visitation programs and services;

11 (2) the extent to which the proposed supervised

12 visitation programs and services serve underserved

13 populations (as defined in section 2003 of title I of

14 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of

15 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–2));

16 (3) with respect to an applicant for a contract

17 or cooperative agreement, the extent to which the

18 applicant demonstrates cooperation and collabora19 tion with nonprofit, nongovernmental entities in the

20 local community served, including the State domestic

21 violence coalition, State sexual assault coalition, local

22 shelters, and programs for domestic violence and

23 sexual assault victims; and

24 (4) the extent to which the applicant dem25 onstrates coordination and collaboration with State
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1 and local court systems, including mechanisms for

2 communication and referral.

3 (c) APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS.—The Attorney Gen4 eral shall award grants for contracts and cooperative

5 agreements to applicants that—

6 (1) demonstrate expertise in the area of family

7 violence, including the areas of domestic violence or

8 sexual assault, as appropriate;

9 (2) ensure that any fees charged to individuals

10 for use of programs and services are based on the

11 income of those individuals, unless otherwise pro12 vided by court order;

13 (3) demonstrate that adequate security meas14 ures, including adequate facilities, procedures, and

15 personnel capable of preventing violence, are in place

16 for the operation of supervised visitation programs

17 and services or safe visitation exchange; and

18 (4) prescribe standards by which the supervised

19 visitation or safe visitation exchange will occur.

20 (d) REPORTING.—

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after

22 the last day of the first fiscal year commencing on

23 or after the date of the enactment of this Act, and

24 not later than 180 days after the last day of each

25 fiscal year thereafter, the Attorney General shall
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1 submit to Congress a report that includes informa2 tion concerning—

3 (A) the number of—

4 (i) individuals served and the number

5 of individuals turned away from visitation

6 programs and services and safe visitation

7 exchange (categorized by State);

8 (ii) the number of individuals from

9 underserved populations served and turned

10 away from services; and

11 (iii) the type of problems that underlie

12 the need for supervised visitation or safe

13 visitation exchange, such as domestic vio14 lence, child abuse, sexual assault, other

15 physical abuse, or a combination of such

16 factors;

17 (B) the numbers of supervised visitations

18 or safe visitation exchanges ordered under this

19 section during custody determinations under a

20 separation or divorce decree or protection order,

21 through child protection services or other social

22 services agencies, or by any other order of a

23 civil, criminal, juvenile, or family court;

24 (C) the process by which children or

25 abused partners are protected during visita-
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1 tions, temporary custody transfers, and other

2 activities for which supervised visitation is es3 tablished under this section;

4 (D) safety and security problems occurring

5 during the reporting period during supervised

6 visitation under this section, including the num7 ber of parental abduction cases; and

8 (E) the number of parental abduction

9 cases in a judicial district using supervised visi10 tation programs and services under this section,

11 both as identified in criminal prosecution and

12 custody violations.

13 (2) GUIDELINES.—The Attorney General shall

14 establish guidelines for the collection and reporting

15 of data under this subsection.

16 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

17 authorized to be appropriated from the Violent Crime Re18 duction Trust Fund established under section 310001 of

19 the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of

20 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14211) to carry out this section

21 $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 and 2002.

22 (f) ALLOTMENT FOR INDIAN TRIBES.—Not less than

23 5 percent of the total amount made available for each fis24 cal year to carry out this section shall be available for

25 grants to Indian tribal governments.
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1 Subtitle C—Protections Against Vi2 olence and Abuse for Women

3 with Disabilities

4 SEC. 310. FINDINGS.

5 The Congress finds that—

6 (1) women with disabilities are more likely to be

7 the victims of abuse and violence than women with8 out disabilities because of their increased physical,

9 economic, social, or psychological dependence on oth10 ers;

11 (2) in domestic violence cases, women with dis12 abilities stay with their batterers almost twice as

13 long as women without disabilities;

14 (3) violence and abuse against women with dis15 abilities takes many forms, including verbal abuse,

16 physical abuse, sexual assault, forced isolation, con17 trol over economic resources, and the withholding of

18 equipment, medication, transportation, or personal

19 care assistance;

20 (4) many women with disabilities fail to report

21 abuse because they are dependent on their abusers

22 and fear being abandoned or institutionalized;

23 (5) many women with disabilities are unable to

24 leave abusive or violent spouses or cohabitants be-
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1 cause of the inaccessibility of services or the fear of

2 abandoning dependent children; and

3 (6) law enforcement, the criminal justice sys4 tem, legal services, and victim services are often not

5 equipped or trained to effectively identify and re6 spond to abuse or violence against women with dis7 abilities.

8 SEC. 311. OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE STREETS

9 ACT OF 1968.

10 Section 2001(b)(5) of the Omnibus Crime Control

11 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg(b)), as

12 amended by section 141(a)(1), is amended by inserting be13 fore the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘and forms

14 of violence and abuse particularly suffered by women with

15 disabilities’’.

16 SEC. 312. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT.

17 Section 40412 of the Equal Justice for Women in the

18 Courts Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13992) is amended—

19 (1) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘, stereo20 typing of persons with disabilities who are victims of

21 rape, sexual assault, abuse, or violence’’ after ‘‘racial

22 stereotyping of rape victims’’;

23 (2) in paragraph (13), by inserting ‘‘or among

24 persons with disabilities,’’ after ‘‘socioeconomic

25 groups,’’; and
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1 (3) by inserting after paragraph (22) the fol2 lowing:

3 ‘‘(23) issues related to violence and abuse

4 against persons with disabilities, including the na5 ture of physical, mental, and communications dis6 abilities, the special vulnerability to violence of per7 sons with disabilities, and the types of violence and

8 abuse experienced by persons with disabilities;

9 ‘‘(24) the requirements placed on courts and

10 judges under existing disability laws, including the

11 requirements to provide appropriate auxiliary aids

12 and services and to ensure physical access; and

13 ‘‘(25) the stereotypes regarding the fitness of

14 persons with disabilities to retain custody of chil15 dren, especially in domestic violence cases.’’.

16 SEC. 313. GRANTS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall make

18 grants to States, nongovernmental private entities, and

19 tribal organizations to provide education and technical as20 sistance for the purpose of providing training, consulta21 tion, and information on violence, abuse, and sexual as22 sault against women who are individuals with disabilities

23 (as defined in section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities

24 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102)).
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1 (b) PRIORITIES.—In making grants under this sec2 tion, the Attorney General shall give priority to applica3 tions designed to provide education and technical assist4 ance on—

5 (1) the nature, definition, and characteristics of

6 violence, abuse, and sexual assault experienced by

7 women who are individuals with disabilities;

8 (2) outreach activities to ensure that women

9 who are individuals with disabilities who are victims

10 of violence, abuse, and sexual assault receive appro11 priate assistance;

12 (3) the requirements of shelters and victim

13 services organizations under Federal anti-discrimina14 tion laws, including the Americans with Disabilities

15 Act of 1990 and section 504 of the Rehabilitation

16 Act of 1973; and

17 (4) cost-effective ways that shelters and victim

18 services may accommodate the needs of individuals

19 with disabilities in accordance with the Americans

20 with Disabilities Act of 1990.

21 (c) USES OF GRANTS.—Each recipient of a grant

22 under this section shall provide information and training

23 to national, State, local, and tribal organizations and pro24 grams that provide services to individuals with disabilities,

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1 service organizations, domestic violence programs pro2 viding shelter or related assistance, rape crisis centers,

3 and programs providing sexual assault services, other vic4 tim services organizations, and women with disabilities.

5 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

6 are authorized to be appropriated from the Violent Crime

7 Reduction Trust Fund established under section 310001

8 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act

9 of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14211) to carry out this section

10 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2005.

11 Subtitle D—Standards, Practice,

12 and Training for Sexual Assault

13 Examinations

14 SEC. 315. SHORT TITLE.

15 This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Standards, Prac16 tice, and Training for Sexual Assault Forensic Examina17 tions Act’’.

18 SEC. 316. STANDARDS, PRACTICE, AND TRAINING FOR SEX19 UAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAMINATIONS.

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall—

21 (1) evaluate existing standards of training and

22 practice for licensed health care professionals per23 forming sexual assault forensic examinations and de24 velop a national recommended standard for training;
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1 (2) recommend sexual assault forensic examina2 tion training for all health care students to improve

3 the recognition of injuries suggestive of rape and

4 sexual assault and baseline knowledge of appropriate

5 referrals in victim treatment and evidence collection;

6 and

7 (3) review existing national, State, tribal, and

8 local protocols on sexual assault forensic examina9 tions, and based on this review, develop a rec10 ommended national protocol and establish a mecha11 nism for its nationwide dissemination.

12 (b) CONSULTATION.—The Attorney General shall

13 consult with national, State, tribal, and local experts in

14 the area of rape and sexual assault, including rape crisis

15 centers, State and tribal sexual assault and domestic vio16 lence coalitions and programs, and programs for criminal

17 justice, forensic nursing, forensic science, emergency room

18 medicine, law, social services, and sex crimes in under19 served communities (as defined in section 2003(7) of the

20 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42

21 U.S.C. 3796gg–2(7) as amended by section 2(d)).

22 (c) REPORT.—The Attorney General shall ensure

23 that no later than 1 year after the date of the enactment

24 of this Act, a report of the actions taken pursuant to sub25 section (a) is submitted to Congress.
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1 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

2 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

3 $200,000 for fiscal year 2001.

4 Subtitle E—Domestic Violence

5 Task Force

6 SEC. 320. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TASK FORCE

7 The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (108 Stat.

8 1902), as amended by section 107, is amended by adding

9 at the end the following:

10 ‘‘Subtitle I—Domestic Violence

11 Task Force

12 ‘‘SEC. 40901. TASK FORCE.

13 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISH.—The Attorney General, in con14 sultation with national nonprofit, nongovernmental orga15 nizations whose primary expertise is in domestic violence,

16 shall establish a task force to coordinate research on do17 mestic violence and to report to Congress on any overlap18 ping or duplication of efforts on domestic violence issues.

19 The task force shall be comprised of representatives from

20 all Federal agencies that fund such research.

21 ‘‘(b) USES OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated under

22 this section shall be used to—

23 ‘‘(1) develop a coordinated strategy to strength24 en research focused on domestic violence education,

25 prevention, and intervention strategies;
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1 ‘‘(2) track and report all Federal research and

2 expenditures on domestic violence; and

3 ‘‘(3) identify gaps and duplication of efforts in

4 domestic violence research and governmental expend5 itures on domestic violence issues.

6 ‘‘(c) REPORT.—The Task Force shall report to Con7 gress annually on its work under subsection (b).

8 ‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the

9 term ‘domestic violence’ has the meaning given such term

10 by section 2003 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe

11 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–2(1).

12 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—There

13 are authorized to be appropriated $500,000 for each of

14 the fiscal years 2001 through 2004 to carry out this sec15 tion.’’.

Passed the House of Representatives September 26,

2000.

Attest:

Clerk.