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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3693 

To make technical corrections to the Violence Against Women and 

Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 19, 2006 

Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. BIDEN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed 

A BILL 

To make technical corrections to the Violence Against 

Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

of 2005. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. UNIVERSAL GRANT CONDITIONS AND DEFINI4 TIONS OF THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 

5 ACT OF 2005. 

6 (a) SHORT TITLE.—Section 1 of the Violence Against 

7 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

8 of 2005 is amended by— 

9 (1) inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL’’ before ‘‘This’’; 

10 and 


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1 (2) adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(b) SEPARATE SHORT TITLES.—Section 3 and titles 

3 I through IX of this Act may be cited as the ‘Violence 

4 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2005’. Title XI 

5 of this Act may be cited as the ‘Department of Justice 

6 Appropriations Authorization Act of 2005’.’’. 

7 (b) CLARIFY EFFECTIVE DATES.—The Violence 

8 Against Women Act and Department of Justice Reauthor9 ization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) is amended by 

10 adding after section 3 the following new section: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE OF SPECIFIC SECTIONS. 

12 ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or 

13 any other law, sections 101, 102 (except the amendment 

14 to section 2101(d) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

15 Streets Act of 1968 included in that section), 103, 121, 

16 203, 204, 205, 304, 306, 602, 906, and 907 of this Act 

17 shall not take effect until the beginning of fiscal year 

18 2007.’’. 

19 (c) ENSURE COMPREHENSIVE DEFINITIONAL SEC20 TION.— 

21 (1) CRIMES ON CAMPUSES.—Section 304 of the 

22 Violence Against Women and Department of Justice 

23 Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) 

24 is amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS.—In 

2 this section the definitions and grant conditions in section 

3 40002 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 shall 

4 apply.’’. 

5 (2) OUTREACH TO UNDERSERVED POPU6 LATIONS.—Section 120 of the Violence Against 

7 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization 

8 Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) is amended by 

9 adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS.—In this 

11 section the definitions and grant conditions in section 

12 40002 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 shall 

13 apply.’’. 

14 (3) CULTURAL SERVICES.—Section 121 of the 

15 Violence Against Women and Department of Justice 

16 Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) 

17 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS.—In 

19 this section the definitions and grant conditions in section 

20 40002 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 shall 

21 apply.’’. 

22 (d) CORRECT DEFINITION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.— 

23 Section 40002(a)(23) of the Violence Against Women Act 

24 of 1994, as added by section 3 of the Violence Against 

25 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 


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1 of 2005 (Public Law 109–162), is amended by striking 

2 ‘‘prescribed’’ and inserting ‘‘proscribed’’. 

3 (e) TRIBAL DEFINITIONS.—Section 40002(a) of the 

4 Violence Against Women Act of 1994, as added by section 

5 3 of the Violence Against Women and Department of Jus6 tice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162), 

7 is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Alaskan’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘Alaska Native’’; 

10 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (31) through 

11 (36) as paragraphs (32) through (37), respectively; 

12 and 

13 (3) by adding after paragraph (30) the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(31) TRIBAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.— 

16 The term ‘tribal nonprofit organization’ means— 

17 ‘‘(A) a victim services provider that has as 

18 its primary purpose to assist Native victims of 

19 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as20 sault, or stalking; and 

21 ‘‘(B) staff and leadership of the organiza22 tion must include persons with a demonstrated 

23 history of assisting American Indian or Alaska 

24 Native victims of domestic violence, dating vio25 lence, sexual assault, or stalking.’’. 


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1 (f) CLARIFY MATCHING PROVISION IN THE UNI2 VERSAL GRANT CONDITION.—Section 40002(b) of the Vi3 olence Against Women Act of 1994, as added by section 

4 3 of the Violence Against Women and Department of Jus5 tice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162), 

6 is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(1) MATCH.—No matching funds shall be re9 quired for any grant or subgrant made under this 

10 Act for— 

11 ‘‘(A) any tribe, territory, or victim service 

12 provider; or 

13 ‘‘(B) any other entity, including a State, 

14 that— 

15 ‘‘(i) petitions for a waiver of any 

16 match condition imposed by the Attorney 

17 General or the Secretaries of Health and 

18 Human Services or Housing and Urban 

19 Development; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) whose petition for waiver is de21 termined by the Attorney General or the 

22 Secretaries of Health and Human Services 

23 or Housing and Urban Development to 

24 have adequately demonstrated the financial 

25 need of the petitioning entity.’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TITLE I—LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOLS. 

2 (a) DUPLICATE PROVISION.—Title I of the Violence 

3 Against Women Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) is 

4 amended by striking section 108. 

5 (b) AUTHORIZATION PERIOD.—Section 1167 of the 

6 Violence Against Women Act of 2005 is amended by strik7 ing ‘‘2006 through 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘2007 through 

8 2011’’. 

9 (c) DEFINITION OF SPOUSE OF INTIMATE PART10 NER.—Section 2266(7)(A) of title 18, United States Code, 

11 is amended by striking clause (ii) and inserting the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(ii) section 2261A— 

14 ‘‘(I) a spouse or former spouse of 

15 the target of the stalking, a person 

16 who shares a child in common with 

17 the target of the stalking, and a per18 son who cohabits or has cohabited as 

19 a spouse with the target of the stalk20 ing; or 

21 ‘‘(II) a person who is or has been 

22 in a social relationship of a romantic 

23 or intimate nature with the target of 

24 the stalking, as determined by the 

25 length of the relationship, the type of 

26 the relationship, and the frequency of 


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1 interaction between the persons in2 volved in the relationship.’’. 

3 (d) STRIKE REPEATED SECTIONS.—The Violence 

4 Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza5 tion Act of 2005 is amended by striking sections 1134 

6 and 1135. 

7 (e) CONDITIONS ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Sec8 tion 40002(b)(11) of the Violence Against Women Act of 

9 1994 is amended by inserting before ‘‘If there’’ the fol10 lowing: ‘‘Of the total amounts appropriated under this 

11 title, not less than 3 percent and up to 8 percent, unless 

12 otherwise noted, shall be available for providing training 

13 and technical assistance relating to the purposes of this 

14 title to improve the capacity of the grantees, subgrantees, 

15 and other entities.’’. 

16 (f) REMOVE THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVI17 SION IN STOP AND GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE ARREST.— 

18 The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

19 is amended— 

20 (1) in section 2007, by striking subsection (i), 

21 as added by section 101 of the Violence Against 

22 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization 

23 Act of 2005; and 


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1 (2) by striking section 2106, as added by sec2 tion 102 of the Violence Against Women and De3 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005. 

4 (g) CORRECT STOP GRANT ALLOCATION.—Section 

5 2007 (b)(2) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

6 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–1), as amended 

7 by section 101 of the Violence Against Women and De8 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005, is 

9 amended by striking ‘‘and the coalitions for combined Ter10 ritories of the United States’’ and inserting ‘‘the coalition 

11 for Guam, the coalition for American Samoa, the coalition 

12 for the United States Virgin Islands, and the coalition for 

13 the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.’’. 

14 (h) UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS REPORT.—Section 

15 120(g) of the Violence Against Women and Department 

16 of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 is amended by 

17 striking ‘‘, every 18 months,’’. 

18 (i) CORRECT DEFINITION OF DATING PARTNER.— 

19 Section 2266(10) of title 18, United States Code, as 

20 amended by section 116 of the Violence Against Women 

21 and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005, 

22 is further amended by striking ‘‘and the existence of such 

23 a relationship’’ and inserting ‘‘. The existence of such a 

24 relationship is’’. 


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1 (j) ALTER COMPLIANCE TIME FOR FORENSIC EXAM

2 CERTIFICATION.—Section 2010(d) of the Omnibus Crime 

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

4 4(d)) as added by section 101 of the Violence Against 

5 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

6 of 2005, is amended by— 

7 (1) striking ‘‘Nothing’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) IN

8 GENERAL.—’’; and 

9 (2) inserting at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(2) COMPLIANCE PERIOD.—States, territories, 

11 and Indian tribal governments shall have 3 years 

12 from the date of enactment of the Violence Against 

13 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization 

14 Act of 2005 to come into compliance with this sub15 section.’’. 

16 (k) CORRECT UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS GRANT

17 PROGRAM.—Section 121 of the Violence Against Women 

18 and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 

19 (Public Law 109–162) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting at the end 

21 the following : ‘‘The requirements of the grant pro22 grams identified in paragraph (2) shall not apply to 

23 this new grant program.’’; and 

24 (2) in subsection (b)(2) by striking the period 

25 and inserting ‘‘, including— 


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1 ‘‘(A) working with State and local govern2 ments and social service agencies to develop and 

3 enhance effective strategies to provide culturally 

4 and linguistically specific services to victims of 

5 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as6 sault, and stalking; 

7 ‘‘(B) increasing communities’ capacity to 

8 provide culturally and linguistically specific re9 sources and support for victims of domestic vio10 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk11 ing crimes and their families; 

12 ‘‘(C) strengthening criminal justice inter13 ventions, by providing training for law enforce14 ment, prosecution, courts, probation, and cor15 rectional facilities on culturally and linguis16 tically specific responses to domestic violence, 

17 dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; 

18 ‘‘(D) enhancing traditional services to vic19 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, sex20 ual assault, and stalking through the leadership 

21 of culturally and linguistically specific programs 

22 offering services to victims of domestic violence, 

23 dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; 

24 ‘‘(E) working in cooperation with the com25 munity to develop education and prevention 


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1 strategies highlighting culturally and linguis2 tically specific issues and resources regarding 

3 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

4 sexual assault, and stalking; 

5 ‘‘(F) providing culturally and linguistically 

6 specific programs for children exposed to do7 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

8 and stalking; 

9 ‘‘(G) providing culturally and linguistically 

10 specific resources and services that address the 

11 safety, economic, housing, and workplace needs 

12 of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

13 sexual assault, or stalking, including emergency 

14 assistance; or 

15 ‘‘(H) examining the dynamics of culture 

16 and its impact on victimization and healing.’’. 

17 (l) FIX ALLOCATION ISSUE IN STOP GRANTS.—Sub18 paragraphs (A) and (B) of section 2007(c)(3) of title I 

19 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

20 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–1(c)(3) (A) and (B)) are amend21 ed to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘(A) not less than 25 percent shall be allo23 cated for law enforcement and not less than 25 

24 percent shall be allocated for prosecutors; 


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1 ‘‘(B) not less than 30 percent shall be allo2 cated for victims services of which at least 10 

3 percent shall be distributed to culturally specific 

4 community-based organizations; and’’. 

5 (m) CORRECT GAO STUDY.—Section 119(a) of the 

6 Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Re7 authorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) is 

8 amended by striking ‘‘of domestic violence.’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘of these respective crimes.’’ 

10 (n) PROTECTION ORDER CORRECTION.—Section 

11 106(c) of the Violence Against Women and Department 

12 of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 

13 162) is amended by striking ‘‘the registration or filing of 

14 a protection order’’ and inserting ‘‘the registration, filing 

15 of a petition for, or issuance of a protection order, re16 straining order or injunction’’ 

17 SEC. 3. TITLE II—IMPROVED SERVICES. 

18 (a) SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES INTO VAWA.—Sec19 tion 202 of the Violence Against Women and Department 

20 of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 

21 162) is repealed. 

22 (b) SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM.—The Vi23 olence Against Women Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) 

24 is amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘Subtitle P—Sexual Assault 

2 Services 

3 ‘‘SEC. 41601. SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM. 

4 ‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 

5 ‘‘(1) to assist States, Indian tribes, and terri6 tories in providing intervention, advocacy, accom7 paniment, support services, and related assistance 

8 for— 

9 ‘‘(A) adult, youth, and child victims of sex10 ual assault; 

11 ‘‘(B) family and household members of 

12 such victims; and 

13 ‘‘(C) those collaterally affected by the vic14 timization, except for the perpetrator of such 

15 victimization; and 

16 ‘‘(2) to provide for technical assistance and 

17 training relating to sexual assault to— 

18 ‘‘(A) Federal, State, tribal, territorial and 

19 local governments, law enforcement agencies, 

20 and courts; 

21 ‘‘(B) professionals working in legal, social 

22 service, and health care settings; 

23 ‘‘(C) nonprofit organizations; 

24 ‘‘(D) faith-based organizations; and 


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1 ‘‘(E) other individuals and organizations 

2 seeking such assistance. 

3 ‘‘(b) GRANTS TO STATES AND TERRITORIES.— 

4 ‘‘(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney 

5 General shall award grants to States and territories 

6 to support the establishment, maintenance, and ex7 pansion of rape crisis centers and other programs 

8 and projects to assist those victimized by sexual as9 sault. 

10 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION AND USE OF FUNDS.— 

11 ‘‘(A) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more 

12 than 5 percent of the grant funds received by 

13 a State or territory governmental agency under 

14 this subsection for any fiscal year may be used 

15 for administrative costs. 

16 ‘‘(B) GRANT FUNDS.—Any funds received 

17 by a State or territory under this subsection 

18 that are not used for administrative costs shall 

19 be used to provide grants to rape crisis centers 

20 and other nonprofit, nongovernmental organiza21 tions for programs and activities within such 

22 State or territory that provide direct interven23 tion and related assistance. 


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1 ‘‘(C) INTERVENTION AND RELATED AS2 SISTANCE.—Intervention and related assistance 

3 under subparagraph (B) may include— 

4 ‘‘(i) 24-hour hotline services providing 

5 crisis intervention services and referral; 

6 ‘‘(ii) accompaniment and advocacy 

7 through medical, criminal justice, and so8 cial support systems, including medical fa9 cilities, police, and court proceedings; 

10 ‘‘(iii) crisis intervention, short-term 

11 individual and group support services, and 

12 comprehensive service coordination and su13 pervision to assist sexual assault victims 

14 and family or household members; 

15 ‘‘(iv) information and referral to as16 sist the sexual assault victim and family or 

17 household members; 

18 ‘‘(v) community-based, linguistically 

19 and culturally specific services and support 

20 mechanisms, including outreach activities 

21 for underserved communities; and 

22 ‘‘(vi) the development and distribution 

23 of materials on issues related to the serv24 ices described in clauses (i) through (v). 

25 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity 

2 desiring a grant under this subsection shall 

3 submit an application to the Attorney General 

4 at such time and in such manner as the Attor5 ney General may reasonably require. 

6 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—Each application sub7 mitted under subparagraph (A) shall— 

8 ‘‘(i) set forth procedures designed to 

9 ensure meaningful involvement of the State 

10 or territorial sexual assault coalition and 

11 representatives from underserved commu12 nities in the development of the application 

13 and the implementation of the plans; 

14 ‘‘(ii) set forth procedures designed to 

15 ensure an equitable distribution of grants 

16 and grant funds within the State or terri17 tory and between urban and rural areas 

18 within such State or territory; 

19 ‘‘(iii) identify the State or territorial 

20 agency that is responsible for the adminis21 tration of programs and activities; and 

22 ‘‘(iv) meet other such requirements as 

23 the Attorney General reasonably deter24 mines are necessary to carry out the pur25 poses and provisions of this section. 


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1 ‘‘(4) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—The Attorney Gen2 eral shall allocate to each State not less than 1.50 

3 percent of the total amount appropriated in a fiscal 

4 year for grants under this section, except that the 

5 United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, 

6 Guam, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and 

7 the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 

8 shall each be allocated 0.125 percent of the total ap9 propriations. The remaining funds shall be allotted 

10 to each State and each territory in an amount that 

11 bears the same ratio to such remaining funds as the 

12 population of such State and such territory bears to 

13 the population of all the States and the territories. 

14 The District of Columbia shall be treated as a terri15 tory for purposes of calculating its allocation under 

16 the preceding formula. 

17 ‘‘(c) GRANTS FOR CULTURALLY SPECIFIC PROGRAMS

18 ADDRESSING SEXUAL ASSAULT.— 

19 ‘‘(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney 

20 General shall award grants to eligible entities to 

21 support the establishment, maintenance, and expan22 sion of culturally specific intervention and related 

23 assistance for victims of sexual assault. 

24 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to re25 ceive a grant under this section, an entity shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) be a private nonprofit organization 

2 that focuses primarily on culturally specific 

3 communities; 

4 ‘‘(B) must have documented organizational 

5 experience in the area of sexual assault inter6 vention or have entered into a partnership with 

7 an organization having such expertise; 

8 ‘‘(C) have expertise in the development of 

9 community-based, linguistically and culturally 

10 specific outreach and intervention services rel11 evant for the specific communities to whom as12 sistance would be provided or have the capacity 

13 to link to existing services in the community 

14 tailored to the needs of culturally specific popu15 lations; and 

16 ‘‘(D) have an advisory board or steering 

17 committee and staffing which is reflective of the 

18 targeted culturally specific community. 

19 ‘‘(3) AWARD BASIS.—The Attorney General 

20 shall award grants under this section on a competi21 tive basis. 

22 ‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION.— 

23 ‘‘(A) The Attorney General shall not use 

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1 tration, monitoring, and evaluation of grants 

2 made available under this subsection. 

3 ‘‘(B) Up to 5 percent of funds appro4 priated under this subsection in any year shall 

5 be available for technical assistance by a na6 tional, nonprofit, nongovernmental organization 

7 or organizations whose primary focus and ex8 pertise is in addressing sexual assault within 

9 underserved culturally specific populations. 

10 ‘‘(5) TERM.—The Attorney General shall make 

11 grants under this section for a period of no less than 

12 2 fiscal years. 

13 ‘‘(6) REPORTING.—Each entity receiving a 

14 grant under this subsection shall submit a report to 

15 the Attorney General that describes the activities 

16 carried out with such grant funds. 

17 ‘‘(d) GRANTS TO STATE, TERRITORIAL, AND TRIBAL

18 SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITIONS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General 

21 shall award grants to State, territorial, and 

22 tribal sexual assault coalitions to assist in sup23 porting the establishment, maintenance, and ex24 pansion of such coalitions. 


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1 ‘‘(B) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—Not less than 

2 10 percent of the total amount appropriated to 

3 carry out this section shall be used for grants 

4 under subparagraph (A). 

5 ‘‘(C) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—Each of the 

6 State, territorial, and tribal sexual assault coali7 tions. 

8 ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Grant funds received 

9 under this subsection may be used to— 

10 ‘‘(A) work with local sexual assault pro11 grams and other providers of direct services to 

12 encourage appropriate responses to sexual as13 sault within the State, territory, or tribe; 

14 ‘‘(B) work with judicial and law enforce15 ment agencies to encourage appropriate re16 sponses to sexual assault cases; 

17 ‘‘(C) work with courts, child protective 

18 services agencies, and children’s advocates to 

19 develop appropriate responses to child custody 

20 and visitation issues when sexual assault has 

21 been determined to be a factor; 

22 ‘‘(D) design and conduct public education 

23 campaigns; 


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1 ‘‘(E) plan and monitor the distribution of 

2 grants and grant funds to their State, territory, 

3 or tribe; or 

4 ‘‘(F) collaborate with and inform Federal, 

5 State, or local public officials and agencies to 

6 develop and implement policies to reduce or 

7 eliminate sexual assault. 

8 ‘‘(3) ALLOCATION AND USE OF FUNDS.—From 

9 amounts appropriated for grants under this sub10 section for each fiscal year— 

11 ‘‘(A) not less than 10 percent of the funds 

12 shall be available for grants to tribal sexual as13 sault coalitions; and 

14 ‘‘(B) the remaining funds shall be available 

15 for grants to State and territorial coalitions, 

16 and the Attorney General shall allocate an 

amount equal to 1 17 ⁄56 of the amounts so appro18 priated to each of those State and territorial 

19 coalitions. 

20 ‘‘(4) APPLICATION.—Each eligible entity desir21 ing a grant under this subsection shall submit an 

22 application to the Attorney General at such time, in 

23 such manner, and containing such information as 

24 the Attorney General determines to be essential to 

25 carry out the purposes of this section. 


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1 ‘‘(5) FIRST-TIME APPLICANTS.—No entity shall 

2 be prohibited from submitting an application under 

3 this subsection during any fiscal year for which 

4 funds are available under this subsection because 

5 such entity has not previously applied or received 

6 funding under this subsection. 

7 ‘‘(e) GRANTS TO TRIBES.— 

8 ‘‘(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney 

9 General may award grants to Indian tribes, tribal 

10 organizations, and nonprofit tribal organizations for 

11 the operation of sexual assault programs or projects 

12 in Indian tribal lands and Alaska Native villages to 

13 support the establishment, maintenance, and expan14 sion of programs and projects to assist those victim15 ized by sexual assault. 

16 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION AND USE OF FUNDS.— 

17 ‘‘(A) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more 

18 than 5 percent of the grant funds received by 

19 an Indian tribe, tribal organization, and non20 profit tribal organization under this subsection 

21 for any fiscal year may be used for administra22 tive costs. 

23 ‘‘(B) GRANT FUNDS.—Any funds received 

24 under this subsection that are not used for ad25 ministrative costs shall be used to provide 


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1 grants to tribal organizations and nonprofit 

2 tribal organizations for programs and activities 

3 within Indian country and Alaskan native vil4 lages that provide direct intervention and re5 lated assistance. 

6 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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

8 appropriated $50,000,000 to remain available until 

9 expended for each of the fiscal years 2007 through 

10 2011 to carry out the provisions of this section. 

11 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATIONS.—Of the total amounts ap12 propriated for each fiscal year to carry out this sec13 tion— 

14 ‘‘(A) not more than 2.5 percent shall be 

15 used by the Attorney General for evaluation, 

16 monitoring, and other administrative costs 

17 under this section; 

18 ‘‘(B) not more than 2.5 percent shall be 

19 used for the provision of technical assistance to 

20 grantees and subgrantees under this section; 

21 ‘‘(C) not less than 65 percent shall be used 

22 for grants to States and territories under sub23 section (b); 

24 ‘‘(D) not less than 10 percent shall be used 

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1 al sexual assault coalitions under subsection 

2 (d); 

3 ‘‘(E) not less than 10 percent shall be used 

4 for grants to tribes under subsection (e); and 

5 ‘‘(F) not less than 10 percent shall be used 

6 for grants for culturally specific programs ad7 dressing sexual assault under subsection (c).’’. 

8 SEC. 4. TITLE III—YOUNG VICTIMS. 

9 (a) CORRECT CITATION IN SECTION 41204.—Section 

10 41204(f)(2) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 

11 (42 U.S.C. 14043c–3) is amended by striking ‘‘(b)(4)(D)’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘(b)(4)’’. 

13 (b) CORRECT CAMPUS GRANT PROGRAM’S PURPOSE

14 AREAS.—Section 304(b)(2) of the Violence Against 

15 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

16 of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) is amended by striking the 

17 first sentence and inserting ‘‘To develop and implement 

18 campus policies, protocols, and services that more effec19 tively identify and respond to the crimes of domestic vio20 lence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking, and to 

21 train campus administrators, campus security personnel, 

22 and personnel serving on campus disciplinary or judicial 

23 boards on such policies, protocols, and services.’’. 

24 (c) CORRECTION.—In section 758(c)(1)(A) of the 

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1 sert ‘‘experiencing’’ after ‘‘to individuals who are’’ and be2 fore ‘‘or who have experienced’’. 

3 (d) CAMPUS REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Section 

4 304(d)(2)(A) of the Violence Against Women and Depart5 ment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 is amended 

6 by striking ‘‘biennial’’. 

7 SEC. 5. TILE VI—HOUSING AMENDMENTS. 

8 (a) AMENDMENTS TO COLLABORATIVE GRANT PRO9 GRAM.—Section 41404 of the Violence Against Women 

10 Act of 1994 (as added by Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 

11 3033) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ‘‘of Chil13 dren’’ and inserting ‘‘for Children’’; and 

14 (2) in subsection (d)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

16 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘(1) IN

17 GENERAL.—’’; and 

18 (ii) by adding at the end ‘‘Such activi19 ties, services, or programs—’’; 

20 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(2) AC21 TIVITIES, SERVICES, PROGRAMS.—Such activi22 ties, services, or programs described in para23 graph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘(1)’’; 


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1 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 

2 through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (4), re3 spectively; and 

4 (D) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, 

5 by striking ‘‘paragraph (3)’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘paragraph (2)’’. 

7 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO STEWART B. 

8 MCKINNEY HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT.—Section 

9 423(a)(8) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assist10 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11383(a)(8)) is amended— 

11 (1) in the first sentence of subparagraph (A), 

12 by striking ‘‘subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘section’’; 

13 and 

14 (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘or 

15 ‘victim service providers’ ’’. 

16 (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO VIOLENCE AGAINST

17 WOMEN ACT OF 2005.—Section 606 of the Violence 

18 Against Women Act of 2005 (Public Law 104–162; 119 

19 Stat. 3041) is amended in the heading by striking 

20 ‘‘VOUCHER’’. 

21 (d) SELECTION OF TENANTS.—Section 8(d)(1)(A) of 

22 the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

23 1437f(d)(1)(A)) is amended to read as follows: 

24 ‘‘(A) the selection of tenants shall be the 

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1 contributions contract between the Secretary 

2 and the agency, except that with respect to the 

3 certificate and moderate rehabilitation pro4 grams only, for the purpose of selecting families 

5 to be assisted, the public housing agency may 

6 establish local preferences, consistent with the 

7 public housing agency plan submitted under 

8 section 5A (42 U.S.C. 1437c–1) by the public 

9 housing agency and that an applicant or partic10 ipant is or has been a victim of domestic vio11 lence, dating violence, or stalking is not an ap12 propriate basis for denial of program assistance 

13 or for denial of admission if the applicant oth14 erwise qualifies for assistance or admission;’’. 

15 (e) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO HOUSING ASSIST16 ANCE PROGRAM.—Section 8 of the United States Housing 

17 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (c)(9)(C), by striking clause 

19 (ii) and inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(ii) Notwithstanding clause (i) or any Federal, 

21 State, or local law to the contrary, an owner or manager 

22 may bifurcate a lease under this section, or remove a 

23 household member from a lease under this section, without 

24 regard to whether a household member is a signatory to 

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1 rights, or terminate assistance to any individual who is 

2 a tenant or lawful occupant and who engages in criminal 

3 acts of physical violence against family members or others, 

4 without evicting, removing, terminating assistance to, or 

5 otherwise penalizing the victim of such violence who is also 

6 a tenant or lawful occupant. Such eviction, removal, termi7 nation of occupancy rights, or termination of assistance 

8 shall be effected in accordance with the procedures pre9 scribed by Federal, State, and local law for the termi10 nation of leases or assistance under the relevant program 

11 of HUD-assisted housing.’’; 

12 (2) in subsection (d)(1)(B)(iii), by striking sub13 clause (II) and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(II) Notwithstanding subclause (I) or any Federal, 

15 State, or local law to the contrary, a public housing agency 

16 may terminate assistance to, or an owner or manager may 

17 bifurcate a lease under this section, or remove a household 

18 member from a lease under this section, without regard 

19 to whether a household member is a signatory to a lease, 

20 in order to evict, remove, terminate occupancy rights, or 

21 terminate assistance to any individual who is a tenant or 

22 lawful occupant and who engages in criminal acts of phys23 ical violence against family members or others, without 

24 evicting, removing, terminating assistance to, or otherwise 

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1 or lawful occupant. Such eviction, removal, termination of 

2 occupancy rights, or termination of assistance shall be ef3 fected in accordance with the procedures prescribed by 

4 Federal, State, and local law for the termination of leases 

5 or assistance under the relevant program of HUD-assisted 

6 housing.’’; 

7 (3) in subsection (f)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

9 and inserting a semicolon; 

10 (B) in paragraph (10)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘; 

11 and’’ and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

12 (C) in paragraph (11)(B), by striking 

13 ‘‘blood and marriage’’ and inserting ‘‘blood or 

14 marriage’’; 

15 (4) in subsection (o)— 

16 (A) in the second sentence of paragraph 

17 (6)(B)— 

18 (i) by striking ‘‘by’’ after ‘‘denial of 

19 program assistance’’; 

20 (ii) by striking ‘‘for admission for’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘for admission or’’; and 

22 (iii) by striking ‘‘admission, and that 

23 nothing’’ and inserting ‘‘admission. Noth24 ing’’; 

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1 (i) by striking clause (ii) and inserting 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding 

4 clause (i) or any Federal, State, or local 

5 law to the contrary, a public housing agen6 cy may terminate assistance to, or an 

7 owner or manager may bifurcate a lease 

8 under this section, or remove a household 

9 member from a lease under this section, 

10 without regard to whether a household 

11 member is a signatory to a lease, in order 

12 to evict, remove, terminate occupancy 

13 rights, or terminate assistance to any indi14 vidual who is a tenant or lawful occupant 

15 and who engages in criminal acts of phys16 ical violence against family members or 

17 others, without evicting, removing, termi18 nating assistance to, or otherwise penal19 izing the victim of such violence who is 

20 also a tenant or lawful occupant. Such 

21 eviction, removal, termination of occupancy 

22 rights, or termination of assistance shall be 

23 effected in accordance with the procedures 

24 prescribed by Federal, State, and local law 

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1 under the relevant program of HUD-as2 sisted housing.’’; 

3 (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘access 

4 to control’’ and inserting ‘‘access or con5 trol’’; and 

6 (iii) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘termi7 nate,’’ and inserting ‘‘terminate’’; and 

8 (C) in paragraph (20)(D)(ii), by striking 

9 ‘‘distribution’’ and inserting ‘‘distribution or’’; 

10 and 

11 (5) in subsection (ee)(1)— 

12 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the 

13 owner, manager, or public housing agency re14 quests such certification’’ and inserting ‘‘the in15 dividual receives a request for such certification 

16 from the owner, manager, or public housing 

17 agency’’; 

18 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

19 (i) by striking ‘‘the owner, manager, 

20 public housing agency, or assisted housing 

21 provider has requested such certification in 

22 writing’’ and inserting ‘‘the individual has 

23 received a request in writing for such cer24 tification for the owner, manager, or public 

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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘manager, public hous2 ing’’ and inserting ‘‘manager or public 

3 housing’’ each place that term appears; 

4 and 

5 (iii) by striking ‘‘, or assisted housing 

6 provider’’ each place that term appears; 

7 (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘sex8 ual assault,’’; 

9 (D) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘sex10 ual assault,’’; and 

11 (E) in subparagraph (E)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘manager, public hous13 ing’’ and inserting ‘‘manager or public 

14 housing’’ each place that term appears; 

15 and 

16 (ii) by striking ‘‘, or assisted housing 

17 provider’’ each place that term appears. 

18 (f) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO SECTION 6 OF

19 UNITED STATES HOUSING ACT OF 1937.—Section 6 of 

20 the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d) 

21 is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (l)(6), by striking subpara23 graph (B) and inserting the following: ‘‘(B) notwith24 standing subparagraph (A) or any Federal, State, or 

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1 may bifurcate a lease under this section, or remove 

2 a household member from a lease under this section, 

3 without regard to whether a household member is a 

4 signatory to a lease, in order to evict, remove, termi5 nate occupancy rights, or terminate assistance to 

6 any individual who is a tenant or lawful occupant 

7 and who engages in criminal acts of physical violence 

8 against family members or others, without evicting, 

9 removing, terminating assistance to, or otherwise pe10 nalizing the victim of such violence who is also a 

11 tenant or lawful occupant and such eviction, re12 moval, termination of occupancy rights, or termi13 nation of assistance shall be effected in accordance 

14 with the procedures prescribed by Federal, State, 

15 and local law for the termination of leases or assist16 ance under the relevant program of HUD-assisted 

17 housing;’’; and 

18 (2) in subsection (u)— 

19 (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘the 

20 public housing agency requests such certifi21 cation’’ and inserting ‘‘the individual receives a 

22 request for such certification from the public 

23 housing agency’’; 

24 (B) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘the 

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1 tification in writing’’ and inserting ‘‘the indi2 vidual has received a request in writing for such 

3 certification from the public housing agency’’; 

4 and 

5 (C) in paragraph (3)(D)(ii), by striking 

6 ‘‘blood and marriage’’ and inserting ‘‘blood or 

7 marriage’’. 

8 SEC. 6. TITLE VIII—IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT. 

9 (a) PETITIONS FOR IMMIGRANT STATUS.—Section 

10 204(a)(1)(D)(v) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

11 (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(D)(v)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or 

12 (B)(iii)’’ after ‘‘(A)(iv)’’. 

13 (b) INADMISSIBLE ALIENS.—Section 212 of such Act 

14 (8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (a)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (4)(C)(i)— 

17 (i) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘, or’’ 

18 at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

19 (ii) by adding at the end the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(III) classification or status as a 

22 VAWA self-petitioner; or’’; 

23 (B) in paragraph (6)(A)(ii), by amending 

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1 ‘‘(I) the alien is a VAWA self-pe2 titioner;’’; and 

3 (C) in paragraph (9)(C)(ii), by striking 

4 ‘‘the Attorney General has consented’’ and all 

5 that follows through ‘‘United States.’’ and in6 serting the following: ‘‘the Secretary of Home7 land Security has consented to the alien’s re8 applying for admission. 

9 ‘‘(iii) WAIVER.—The Secretary of 

10 Homeland Security may waive the applica11 tion of clause (i) in the case of an alien 

12 who is a VAWA self-petitioner if there is 

13 a connection between— 

14 ‘‘(I) the alien’s battering or sub15 jection to extreme cruelty; and 

16 ‘‘(II) the alien’s removal, depar17 ture from the United States, reentry 

18 into the United States; or attempted 

19 reentry into the United States.’’; 

20 (2) in subsection (g)(1), by amending subpara21 graph (C) to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘(C) is a VAWA self-petitioner,’’; 

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1 ‘‘(C) the alien is a VAWA self-petitioner; 

2 and’’; and 

3 (4) in subsection (i)(1), by striking ‘‘an alien 

4 granted classification under clause (iii) or (iv) of sec5 tion 204(a)(1)(A) or clause (ii) or (iii) of section 

6 204(a)(1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘a VAWA self-peti7 tioner’’. 

8 (c) DEPORTABLE ALIENS.—Section 237(a)(1)(H)(ii) 

9 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(1)(H)(ii)) is amended to 

10 read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(ii) is a VAWA self-petitioner.’’. 

12 (d) REMOVAL.—Section 239(e)(2)(B) of such Act (8 

13 U.S.C. 1229(e)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘(V)’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘(U)’’. 

15 (e) CANCELLATION OF REMOVAL.—Section 

16 240A(b)(4)(B) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1229b(b)(4)(B)) is 

17 amended by striking ‘‘they were applications filed under 

18 section 204(a)(1)(A)(iii), (A)(iv), (B)(ii), or (B)(iii) for 

19 purposes of section 245 (a) and (c).’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

20 applicants were VAWA self-petitioners.’’. 

21 (f) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—Section 245 of such 

22 Act (8 U.S.C. 1255) is amended— 

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1 tion 204(a)(1) or’’ and inserting ‘‘as a VAWA self2 petitioner’’; and 

3 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘under sub4 paragraph (A)(iii), (A)(iv), (A)(v), (A)(vi), (B)(ii), 

5 (B)(iii), or (B)(iv) of section 204(a)(1)’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘as a VAWA self-petitioner’’. 

7 (g) IMMIGRATION OFFICERS.—Section 287 of such 

8 Act (8 U.S.C. 1357) is amended by redesignating sub9 section (i) as subsection (h). 

10 (h) PENALTIES FOR DISCLOSURE OF INFORMA11 TION.—Section 384(a)(2) of the Illegal Immigration Re12 form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 

13 1367(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘clause (iii) or (iv)’’ 

14 and all that follows and inserting ‘‘paragraph (15)(T), 

15 (15)(U), or (51) of section 101(a) of the Immigration and 

16 Nationality Act or section 240A(b)(2) of such Act.’’. 

17 SEC. 7. TITLE IX—INDIAN WOMEN. 

18 (a) OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE

19 STREETS.— 

20 (1) GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES

21 AGAINST WOMEN.—Part T of the Omnibus Crime 

22 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended— 

23 (A) by redesignating the second section 

24 2007 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–10) (relating to 

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1 by section 906 of the Violence Against Women 

2 and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

3 of 2005, as section 2015; 

4 (B) by redesignating the second section 

5 2008 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–11) (relating to a 

6 tribal deputy), as added by section 907 of the 

7 Violence Against Women and Department of 

8 Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005, as section 

9 2016; and 

10 (C) by moving those sections so as to ap11 pear at the end of the part. 

12 (2) STATE GRANT AMOUNTS.—Section 2007(b) 

13 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

14 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–1(b)), as amended by 

15 section 906(b) of the Violence Against Women and 

16 Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005, 

17 is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting 

18 the following: 

19 ‘‘(1) 10 percent shall be available for grants 

20 under the program authorized by section 2015, 

21 which shall not otherwise be subject to the require22 ments of this part (other than section 2008);’’. 

23 (3) GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERN24 MENTS.—Section 2015 of the Omnibus Crime Con25 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as added by secVerDate Aug 31 2005 03:55 Jul 20, 2006 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3693.CPS S3693

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1 tion 906 of the Violence Against Women and De2 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (as 

3 redesignated by paragraph (1)(A)), is amended— 

4 (A) in subsection (a)— 

5 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

6 (1), by striking ‘‘and tribal organizations’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘or authorized designees of 

8 Indian tribal governments’’; 

9 (ii) in paragraph (6), by striking 

10 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

11 (iii) in paragraph (7), by striking the 

12 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

13 and 

14 (iv) by adding at the end the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(8) provide legal assistance necessary to pro17 vide effective aid to victims of domestic violence, dat18 ing violence, stalking, or sexual assault who are 

19 seeking relief in legal matters arising as a con20 sequence of that abuse or violence, at minimal or no 

21 cost to the victims.’’; and 

22 (B) by striking subsection (c). 

23 (4) TRIBAL DEPUTY RESPONSIBILITIES.—Sec24 tion 2016(b)(1)(I) of the Omnibus Crime Control 

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1 paragraph (1)(B)) is amended by inserting after 

2 ‘‘technical assistance’’ the following: ‘‘that is devel3 oped and provided by entities having expertise in 

4 tribal law, customary practices, and Federal Indian 

5 law’’. 

6 (5) GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE ARREST POLICIES

7 AND ENFORCEMENT OF PROTECTION ORDERS.—Sec8 tion 2101 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

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

10 by striking subsection (e) and inserting the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(e) ALLOTMENT FOR INDIAN TRIBES.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 10 percent of 

14 the total amount available under this section for 

15 each fiscal year shall be available for grants under 

16 the program authorized by section 2015. 

17 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY OF PART.—The require18 ments of this part shall not apply to funds allocated 

19 for the program described in paragraph (1).’’. 

20 (b) RURAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 40295(d) of the 

22 Safe Homes for Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 

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1 Reauthorization Act of 2005, is amended by striking 

2 paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(1) ALLOTMENT FOR INDIAN TRIBES.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 10 per5 cent of the total amount available under this 

6 section for each fiscal year shall be available for 

7 grants under the program authorized by section 

8 2015 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

9 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–10). 

10 ‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY OF PART.—The re11 quirements of this section shall not apply to 

12 funds allocated for the program described in 

13 subparagraph (A).’’. 

14 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 906 

15 of the Violence Against Women and Department of 

16 Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 is amended 

17 by— 

18 (A) striking subsection (d); and 

19 (B) redesignating subsections (e) through 

20 (g) as subsections (d) through (f), respectively. 

21 (c) VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT OF 1994.— 

22 (1) TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE.— 

23 Section 40299(g) of the Violence Against Women 

24 Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13975(g)), as amended by 

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1 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization 

2 Act of 2005, is amended— 

3 (A) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking clause 

4 (i) and inserting the following: 

5 ‘‘(i) INDIAN TRIBES.— 

6 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 

7 10 percent of the total amount avail8 able under this section for each fiscal 

9 year shall be available for grants 

10 under the program authorized by sec11 tion 2015 of the Omnibus Crime Con12 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

13 U.S.C. 3796gg–10). 

14 ‘‘(II) APPLICABILITY OF PART.— 

15 The requirements of this section shall 

16 not apply to funds allocated for the 

17 program described in subclause (I).’’; 

18 and 

19 (B) by striking paragraph (4). 

20 (2) COURT TRAINING AND IMPROVEMENTS.— 

21 Section 41006 of the Violence Against Women Act 

22 of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043a–3), as added by section 

23 105 of the Violence Against Women and Department 

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1 by striking subsection (c) and inserting the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(c) SET ASIDE.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 10 percent of 

5 the total amount available under this section for 

6 each fiscal year shall be available for grants under 

7 the program authorized by section 2015 of the Om8 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

9 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–10). 

10 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY OF PART.—The require11 ments of this section shall not apply to funds allo12 cated for the program described in paragraph (1).’’. 

13 (d) VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT OF 2000.— 

14 (1) LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS.—Section 

15 1201(f) of the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 

16 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–6(f)), as amended by sections 

17 103 and 906 of the Violence Against Women and 

18 Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005, 

19 is amended— 

20 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

21 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

22 ‘‘10 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘3 percent’’; 

23 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph 

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1 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

2 (A) the following: 

3 ‘‘(B) TRIBAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM.— 

4 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 7 

5 percent of the total amount available under 

6 this section for each fiscal year shall be 

7 available for grants under the program au8 thorized by section 2015 of the Omnibus 

9 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

10 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–10). 

11 ‘‘(ii) APPLICABILITY OF PART.—The 

12 requirements of this section shall not apply 

13 to funds allocated for the program de14 scribed in clause (i).’’; and 

15 (B) by striking paragraph (4). 

16 (2) SAFE HAVENS FOR CHILDREN.—Section 

17 1301 of the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 

18 (42 U.S.C. 10420), as amended by sections 906 and 

19 306 of the Violence Against Women and Department 

20 of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005, is amend21 ed— 

22 (A) in subsection (e)(2)— 

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1 (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

2 (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (A) and 

3 (B), respectively; and 

4 (B) by striking subsection (f) and inserting 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘(f) ALLOTMENT FOR INDIAN TRIBES.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 10 percent of 

8 the total amount available under this section for 

9 each fiscal year shall be available for grants under 

10 the program authorized by section 2015 of the Om11 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

12 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–10). 

13 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY OF PART.—The require14 ments of this section shall not apply to funds allo15 cated for the program described in paragraph (1).’’. 

16 SEC. 8. TITLE XI—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 

17 (a) ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT.—Section 1105(a)(3) 

18 of the Violence Against Women and Department of Jus19 tice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (28 U.S.C. 509 note) 

20 is amended by striking ‘‘The Attorney General through 

21 the Bureau of Justice Assistance in the Office of Justice 

22 may’’ and inserting ‘‘The Director of the Bureau of Jus23 tice Assistance of the Office of Justice Programs may’’. 

24 (b) FORMULAS AND REPORTING.—Sections 1134 and 

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1 Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 

2 162; 119 Stat. 3108), and the amendments made by such 

3 sections, are repealed. 

4 (c) GRANTS FOR YOUNG WITNESS ASSISTANCE.— 

5 Section 1136(a) of the Violence Against Women and De6 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 

7 U.S.C. 3743(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘The Attorney 

8 General, acting through the Bureau of Justice Assistance, 

9 may’’ and inserting ‘‘The Director of the Bureau of Jus10 tice Assistance of the Office of Justice Programs may’’. 

11 (d) USE OF FEDERAL TRAINING FACILITIES.—Sec12 tion 1173 of the Violence Against Women and Department 

13 of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (28 U.S.C. 530c 

14 note) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘or for 

16 meals, lodging, or other expenses related to such in17 ternal training or conference meeting’’ before the pe18 riod; and 

19 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘that requires 

20 specific authorization’’ and inserting ‘‘authorized’’. 

21 (e) OFFICE OF AUDIT, ASSESSMENT, AND MANAGE22 MENT.—Part A of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

23 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) 

24 is amended by redesignating the section 105 titled ‘‘OF25 FICE OF AUDIT, ASSESSMENT, AND MANAGEMENT’’ 


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1 as section 109 and transferring such section to the end 

2 of such part A. 

3 (f) COMMUNITY CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT OF4 FICE.—Section 106 of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

5 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3712e) is amended 

6 by striking ‘‘section 105(b)’’ each place such term appears 

7 and inserting ‘‘section 103(b)’’. 

8 (g) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Section 108(b) of the 

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

10 U.S.C. 3712g(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘revert to the 

11 Treasury’’ and inserting ‘‘be deobligated’’. 

12 (h) DELETION OF DUPLICATIVE REFERENCE TO

13 TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.—Section 501(b) of the Omnibus 

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

15 3751(b) is amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or’’ after 

17 the semicolon; 

18 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in19 serting a period; and 

20 (3) by striking paragraph (3). 

21 (i) APPLICATIONS FOR BYRNE GRANTS.—Section 

22 502 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

23 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3752) is amended in the matter pre24 ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘90 days’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘120 days’’. 


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1 (j) MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL SECU2 RITY.—Part AA of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

3 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797a et seq.) 

4 is amended— 

5 (1) in section 2701(a), by striking ‘‘The Attor6 ney General, acting through the Office of Commu7 nity Oriented Policing Services,’’ and inserting ‘‘The 

8 Director of the Office of Community Oriented Polic9 ing Services (in this section referred to as the ‘Di10 rector’)’’; and 

11 (2) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place 

12 such term appears and inserting ‘‘Director’’. 

13 (k) FUNDING.—Section 1101 of the Violence Against 

14 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

15 of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) is amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (8), by striking 

17 ‘‘$800,255,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$809,372,000’’; 

18 (2) in paragraph (11), by striking 

19 ‘‘$923,613,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$935,817,000’’; 

20 (3) in paragraph (12), by striking 

21 ‘‘$8,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000,000’’; and 

22 (4) in paragraph (14), by striking 

23 ‘‘$1,270,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,303,000’’. 

24 (l) DRUG COURTS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND

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1 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797u–6(b)) 

2 is amended by striking ‘‘Community Capacity Develop3 ment Office’’ each place such term appears and inserting 

4 ‘‘Bureau of Justice Assistance’’. 

5 (m) AIMEE’S LAW.—Section 2001(e)(1) of division C 

6 of Public Law 106–386 (42 U.S.C. 13713(e)(1)) is 

7 amended by striking ‘‘section 506 of the Omnibus Crime 

8 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968’’ and inserting ‘‘sec9 tion 505 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

10 Act of 1968’’. 

11 (n) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 

12 (1) OFFICE OF WEED AND FEED STRATE13 GIES.—Section 1121(c) of the Violence Against 

14 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization 

15 Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 3712a note) is amended by 

16 striking ‘‘90 days after the date of the enactment of 

17 this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘with respect to appropria18 tions for fiscal year 2007 and for each fiscal year 

19 thereafter’’. 

20 (2) SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT.— 

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of subtitle B 

22 of title XI of the Violence Against Women and 

23 Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 

24 2005 (Public Law 109–162; 3110) is amended 

25 by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 1147. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

2 ‘‘The amendments made by sections 1144 and 1145 

3 shall take effect on October 1, 2006.’’. 

4 (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The 

5 table of contents in section 2 of the Violence 

6 Against Women and Department of Justice Re7 authorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 106– 

8 162; 119 Stat. 2960) is amended by inserting 

9 after the item relating to section 1146 the fol10 lowing: 

‘‘Sec. 1147. Effective date.’’. 

11 (3) OFFICE OF AUDIT, ASSESSMENT, AND MAN12 AGEMENT.—Section 1158(b) of the Violence Against 

13 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization 

14 Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 3712d note) is amended to 

15 read as follows: 

16 ‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para18 graph (2), section 109 of the Omnibus Crime Con19 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3712d) 

20 shall take effect on April 5, 2006. 

21 ‘‘(2) CERTAIN PROVISIONS.—Subsections (c), 

22 (d), and (e) of section 109 of the Omnibus Crime 

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

24 3712d) shall take effect on October 1, 2006.’’. 


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1 (4) OFFICE OF APPLIED LAW ENFORCEMENT

2 TECHNOLOGY.— 

3 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 1160(b) of the 

4 Violence Against Women and Department of 

5 Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

6 3712f note) is amended by striking ‘‘90 days 

7 after the date of the enactment of this Act’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘on October 1, 2006’’. 

9 (B) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Section 

10 1161(b) of the Violence Against Women and 

11 Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 

12 2005 (42 U.S.C. 3712g note) is amended by 

13 striking ‘‘90 days after the date of the enact14 ment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘on October 1, 

15 2006’’. 

16 (5) EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACHES.—Section 

17 1168 of the Violence Against Women and Depart18 ment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 

19 Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3122) is amended— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘Section 1802’’ and insert21 ing the following: 

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1802’’; and 

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

24 ‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

25 this section shall take effect on October 1, 2006.’’. 


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1 (6) STATE CRIMINAL ALIEN ASSISTANCE PRO2 GRAM.—Section 1196 of the Violence Against 

3 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization 

4 Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3130) 

5 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

7 subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on October 1, 

8 2006.’’. 

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