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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3401 

To amend the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 and the Omnibus Crime 

Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to improve assistance to domestic 

and sexual violence victims and provide for technical corrections. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 30, 2009 

Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (for herself and Mr. POE of Texas) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 

in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be 

subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 

of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 and 

the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

1968 to improve assistance to domestic and sexual violence victims and provide for technical corrections. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Assistance 

5 to Domestic and Sexual Violence Victims Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

2 Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act and 

3 the amendments made by this Act shall take effect at the 

4 beginning of fiscal year 2010. 

5 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS AND UNIVERSAL GRANT CONDITIONS 

6 UNDER VAWA. 

7 (a) YOUTH DEFINITION.—Section 40002(a)(37) of 

8 the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 

9 13925(a)(37)) is amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(37) YOUTH.—The term ‘youth’ means an in11 dividual who is between 12 and 24 years of age.’’. 

12 (b) TRAINED EXAMINER DEFINITION.—Section 

13 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 

14 U.S.C. 13925(a)) is amended by inserting at the end the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(38) TRAINED EXAMINER.—The term ‘trained 

17 examiner’ means a health care professional who has 

18 received specialized training specific to sexual as19 sault victims which includes both gathering forensic 

20 evidence and medical needs.’’. 

21 (c) PERSONAL INFORMATION.—Section 40002(a)(18) 

22 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 

23 13925(a)(18)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘stalking,’’ 

24 the following: ‘‘regardless of whether the information is 

25 encoded, encrypted, hashed, or otherwise protected,’’. 


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1 (d) EXPERTISE REQUIREMENT.—Section 

2 40002(b)(11) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 

3 (42 U.S.C. 13925(b)(11)) is amended by adding at the 

4 end the following: ‘‘The Director of the Office on Violence 

5 Against Women shall ensure that training or technical as6 sistance will be developed and provided by entities having 

7 demonstrated expertise in the purposes, uses of funds, and 

8 other aspects of the grant program for which such training 

9 or technical assistance is provided.’’. 

10 (e) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Section 40002(b)(1) 

11 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 

12 13925(b)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(1) MATCH.—No matching funds shall be re14 quired for a grant or subgrant made under this title 

15 for— 

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

17 provider; or 

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

19 that the Attorney General determines has ade20 quately demonstrated financial need.’’. 

21 (f) TREATMENT OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.— 

22 Section 40002(b)(2) of the Violence Against Women Act 

23 of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925(b)(2)) is amended— 

24 (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘privacy 

25 and’’ before ‘‘safety’’; 


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1 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘and (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

3 (D), (E), (F), (G), and (H)’’; 

4 (B) in clause (i)— 

5 (i) by inserting ‘‘, reveal, or release’’ 

6 after ‘‘disclose’’; and 

7 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, regardless of 

8 whether the information is encoded, 

9 encrypted, hashed, or otherwise protected,’’ 

10 after ‘‘individual information’’; and 

11 (C) in clause (ii)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘reveal’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘disclose, reveal, or release’’; 

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘consent’’ each place it 

15 appears and inserting ‘‘consent or author16 ization’’; and 

17 (iii) by striking ‘‘persons with disabil18 ities’’ and inserting ‘‘a person with a 

19 court-appointed guardian’’; 

20 (3) in subparagraph (C)— 

21 (A) by inserting ‘‘disclosure, revelation, or’’ 

22 after ‘‘If’’; 

23 (B) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, revelation, 

24 or release’’ after ‘‘disclosure’’; and 


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1 (C) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘disclosure, 

2 revelation, or’’ after ‘‘affected by the’’; 

3 (4) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub4 paragraph (H); and 

5 (5) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(E) STATUTORILY PERMITTED REPORTS

8 OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT.—Nothing in this para9 graph shall prohibit a grantee or subgrantee 

10 from reporting abuse and neglect, as those 

11 terms are defined by law, and where mandated 

12 or expressly permitted by the State, tribe, or 

13 territory involved. 

14 ‘‘(F) PREEMPTION.—This paragraph shall 

15 not supersede any other provision of Federal, 

16 State, tribal, territorial, or local law relating to 

17 the privacy or confidentiality of information to 

18 the extent to which such other provision pro19 vides greater privacy or confidentiality protec20 tion than this paragraph for victims of domestic 

21 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

22 stalking. 

23 ‘‘(G) CERTAIN MINORS AND PERSONS

24 WITH GUARDIANS.—If a minor or a person with 

25 a court-appointed guardian is permitted by law 


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1 to receive services without the parent’s or 

2 guardian’s consent or authorization, the minor 

3 or person with a court-appointed guardian may 

4 consent to a disclosure, revelation, or release of 

5 information. In no case may consent or author6 ization for release of information be given by 

7 the abuser of the minor, or person with a court8 appointed guardian, or the abuser of the other 

9 parent of the minor.’’. 

10 SEC. 4. CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 

11 (a) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2007(d) of the Om13 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

14 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–1(d)) is amended— 

15 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

16 after the semicolon; 

17 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe18 riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

19 (C) by inserting at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(5) proof of compliance with the requirements 

21 prohibiting the publication of protection order infor22 mation on the Internet under section 2013A.’’. 

23 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

24 by paragraph (1) shall apply to grants awarded for 

25 periods beginning on or after October 1, 2009. 


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1 (b) STATE AND FEDERAL OBLIGATIONS.—Section 

2 2007(f) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

3 Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–1(f)) is amended to read 

4 as follows: 

5 ‘‘(f) FEDERAL SHARE.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under 

7 paragraph (2), the Federal share of a grant made 

8 under this part may not exceed 75 percent of the 

9 total costs of the projects described in the applica10 tion submitted. 

11 ‘‘(2) EXEMPTION FROM MATCHING FUNDS.—No 

12 matching funds shall be required for that portion of 

13 a grant under this part that is subgranted to any 

14 Indian tribal government for victims services.’’. 

15 (c) LIMITS ON INTERNET PUBLICATION OF PROTEC16 TION ORDER INFORMATION.—Section 2265(d) of title 18, 

17 United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (3). 

18 (d) STATE CERTIFICATION.—Part T of the Omnibus 

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

20 3796gg et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 2013 

21 the following: 

22 ‘‘SEC. 2013A. LIMITS ON INTERNET PUBLICATION OF PRO23 TECTION ORDER INFORMATION. 

24 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A State, Indian tribal govern25 ment, or unit of local government shall not be eligible to 


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1 receive funds under this part unless the State, Indian trib2 al government, or unit of local government certifies that 

3 it does not make available publicly on the Internet any 

4 information regarding the filing for or issuance, modifica5 tion, registration, extension, or enforcement of a protec6 tion order, restraining order, or injunction in the issuing 

7 or enforcing State, tribal, or territorial jurisdiction, if such 

8 publication would be likely to publicly reveal the identity 

9 or location of the party protected under such order or in10 junction. 

11 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—A State, Indian tribe, or territory 

12 may share court-generated and law enforcement-generated 

13 information about an order or injunction described in sub14 section (a) for purposes of enforcing such orders and in15 junctions, if such information is contained in a secure, 

16 governmental registry. 

17 ‘‘(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—A State, Indian tribal gov18 ernment, or unit of local government shall meet the re19 quirements of subsections (a) and (b) by not later than 

20 the later of— 

21 ‘‘(1) 2 years after the date of enactment of the 

22 Improving Assistance to Domestic and Sexual Vio23 lence Victims Act of 2009; or 

24 ‘‘(2) the date on which the next session of the 

25 State legislature ends.’’. 


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1 (e) TERRITORY.—Section 2010 of the Omnibus 

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

3 3796gg–4) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘Terri6 tory,’’ after ‘‘State,’’, both places it appears; 

7 and 

8 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘Terri9 tory,’’ after ‘‘State,’’ and ‘‘Territories,’’ after 

10 ‘‘States,’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘Territory,’’ 

12 after ‘‘State,’’ both places it appears; 

13 (3) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘Territory,’’ 

14 after ‘‘State,’’; and 

15 (4) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘Territory,’’ 

16 after ‘‘State,’’ both places it appears. 

17 (f) RURAL STATE.—Section 40002(a)(22) of the Vio18 lence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925 

19 (a)(22)) is amended by striking ‘‘150,000’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘200,000’’. 

21 (g) COSTS FOR CRIMINAL CHARGES AND PROTEC22 TION ORDERS.—Section 2011(a)(1) of the Omnibus 

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

24 3796gg–5(a)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘dating vio25 lence,’’ before ‘‘stalking’’. 


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1 (h) GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE ARREST POLICIES AND

2 ENFORCEMENT OF PROTECTION ORDERS.—Section 

3 2101(c)(4) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

4 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796hh(c)(4)) is amended 

5 by inserting ‘‘dating violence,’’ before ‘‘stalking’’. 

6 (i) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

7 subsections (g) and (h) shall take effect 2 years after the 

8 date of enactment of this Act. 

9 SEC. 5. FAMILIES. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 41304 of the Violence 

11 Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043d–3) is 

12 amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (a)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Attor15 ney General, acting through the Director of the 

16 Office on Violence Against Women, and in col17 laboration with the Department of Health and 

18 Human Services’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of 

19 Health and Human Services (in this section re20 ferred to as the ‘Secretary’), acting through the 

21 Administration for Children, Youth and Fami22 lies’’; 

23 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Direc24 tor’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; and 


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1 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Direc2 tor’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; and 

3 (2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking both places 

4 it appears ‘‘Director’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’. 

5 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

6 subsection (a) shall apply to grants issued on or after Oc7 tober 1, 2009. 

8 SEC. 6. HOUSING. 

9 (a) SECTION 6.—Section 6(u)(1)(A) of the United 

10 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d) is amend11 ed by inserting ‘‘, as described in subparagraph (C),’’ after 

12 ‘‘HUD approved certification form’’. 

13 (b) SECTION 8.—Section 8(ee)(1)(A) of the United 

14 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) is amended 

15 by inserting ‘‘, as described in subparagraph (C),’’ after 

16 ‘‘HUD approved certification form’’. 

17 SEC. 7. ECONOMIC SECURITY. 

18 (a) AUTHORITY.—Section 41501(a) of the Violence 

19 Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043f(a)) is 

20 amended— 

21 (1) by striking ‘‘The Attorney General’’ and in22 serting the following: 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General’’; 

24 and 


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1 (2) by striking the last sentence and inserting 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(2) INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE.—The re4 source center established under paragraph (1) shall 

5 provide information and assistance to— 

6 ‘‘(A) employers and labor organizations to 

7 aid in their efforts to develop and implement re8 sponses to such violence; and 

9 ‘‘(B) victim service providers, including 

10 community-based organizations, State domestic 

11 violence coalitions, State sexual assault coali12 tions, and tribal coalitions, to enable to the pro13 viders to provide resource materials or other as14 sistance to employers, labor organizations, or 

15 employees.’’. 

16 (b) ENTITIES PROVIDING ASSISTANCE.—Section 

17 41501(c)(1) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 

18 (42 U.S.C. 14043f(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘and 

19 labor organizations’’ and inserting ‘‘, labor organizations, 

20 victim service providers, community-based organizations, 

21 State domestic violence coalitions, State sexual assault 

22 coalitions, and tribal coalitions,’’. 


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1 SEC. 8. TRIBAL ISSUES. 

2 Section 2015 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

3 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–10) is amended 

4 by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY.—Funds available under this sec6 tion shall remain available until expended and may only 

7 be used for the activities described in this section. 

8 ‘‘(d) DURATION.—A grant made under this section 

9 shall be for a period of 24 months.’’. 

10 SEC. 9. SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINERS. 

11 Section 2101(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

12 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796hh(b)) is amend13 ed by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(14) To provide for sexual assault forensic 

15 medical personnel examiners in the collection and 

16 preservation of evidence, expert testimony, and 

17 treatment of trauma related to sexual assault.’’. 

18 SEC. 10. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION TESTING 

19 AND TREATMENT. 

20 Section 2101 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

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

22 (1) in subsection (b), as amended by section 9 

23 of this Act, by adding at the end the following new 

24 paragraph: 

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1 mitted infection testing and treatment programs for 

2 sexual assault victims that include notification, 

3 treatment, counseling, and confidentiality proto4 cols.’’; and 

5 (2) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(d) HIV TESTING AND PROPHYLAXIS.—A State or 

8 unit of local government shall not be entitled to 5 percent 

9 of the funds allocated under this part unless the State or 

10 unit of local government— 

11 ‘‘(1) certifies that it has a law or regulation 

12 that requires— 

13 ‘‘(A) the State or unit of local government 

14 to administer HIV testing to an offender not 

15 later than 48 hours after a request by a victim 

16 of a sexual assault that carries the risk of 

17 transmission of HIV if— 

18 ‘‘(i) there has been a judicial finding 

19 of probable cause that the offender com20 mitted the sexual assault or an information 

21 or indictment is presented against the of22 fender for the sexual assault; and 

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1 ‘‘(B) notification as soon as practicable of 

2 the results of testing described in subparagraph 

3 (A) to the victim or parent and guardian of the 

4 victim, if the victim is a minor or has a court5 appointed guardian, and to the offender; and 

6 ‘‘(C) followup tests for HIV of such of7 fender as may be medically appropriate and 

8 that, as soon as practicable after each such 

9 test, the results be made available in accordance 

10 with subparagraph (B); and 

11 ‘‘(2) gives the Attorney General assurances that 

12 its laws and regulations will be in compliance with 

13 the requirements of paragraph (1) not later than the 

14 later of— 

15 ‘‘(A) the date on which the next session of 

16 the State legislature ends; or 

17 ‘‘(B) 2 years after the date of enactment 

18 of the Improving Assistance to Domestic and 

19 Sexual Violence Victims Act of 2009.’’. 

20 SEC. 11. CLARIFICATION OF THE TERM ‘‘CULTURALLY AND 

21 LINGUISTICALLY SPECIFIC’’. 

22 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 40002(a) of the Violence 

23 Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925(a)) is 

24 amended— 

25 (1) by striking paragraph (17); 


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1 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (18) through 

2 (37) as paragraphs (19) through (38), respectively; 

3 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through 

4 (16) as paragraphs (8) through (18), respectively; 

5 and 

6 (4) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol7 lowing new paragraphs: 

8 ‘‘(6) CULTURALLY SPECIFIC.—The terms ‘cul9 turally specific’ and ‘culturally and linguistically spe10 cific’ mean specific to racial and ethnic minority 

11 groups (as defined in section 1707(g) of the Public 

12 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u–6(g))). 

13 ‘‘(7) CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY SPE14 CIFIC SERVICES.—The terms ‘culturally and linguis15 tically specific services’ and ‘culturally specific serv16 ices’ mean community-based services that offer full 

17 linguistic access and culturally specific services and 

18 resources, including outreach, collaboration, and 

19 support mechanisms primarily directed toward cul20 turally specific communities.’’. 

21 (b) COLLABORATIVE GRANTS TO INCREASE THE

22 LONG-TERM STABILITY OF VICTIMS.—Section 

23 41404(f)(1) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 

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1 guistically and culturally’’ and inserting ‘‘culturally and 

2 linguistically’’. 

3 (c) GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

4 IN PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING.—Section 

5 41405(c)(2)(D) of the Violence Against Women Act of 

6 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043e–4(c)(2)(D)) is amended by strik7 ing ‘‘linguistically and culturally’’ and inserting ‘‘cul8 turally and linguistically’’. 

9 (d) STATE GRANTS.—Section 2007(e)(2)(D) of the 

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

11 U.S.C. 3796gg–1(e)(2)(D)) is amended by striking ‘‘lin12 guistically and culturally’’ and inserting ‘‘culturally and 

13 linguistically’’. 

14 (e) SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES.—Section 2014 of 

15 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

16 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–9) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (b)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and 

19 other programs and projects’’; 

20 (B) in paragraph (2)(B)— 

21 (i) by striking ‘‘and other nonprofit, 

22 nongovernmental organizations for pro23 grams and activities’’; and 


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1 (ii) by inserting ‘‘to sexual assault vic2 tims’’ after ‘‘that provide direct interven3 tion and related assistance’’; and 

4 (C) in paragraph (2)(C)(v), by striking 

5 ‘‘linguistically and culturally’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘culturally and linguistically’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (c)(2)(A) by striking ‘‘that fo8 cuses primarily on’’ and inserting ‘‘whose primary 

9 mission is to address one or more’’; 

10 (3) in subsection (c)(2)(C) by striking ‘‘linguis11 tically and culturally’’ and inserting ‘‘culturally and 

12 linguistically’’; and 

13 (4) in subsection (c)(4)(B) by deleting ‘‘under14 served’’. 

15 (f) ENHANCING CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY

16 SPECIFIC SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIO17 LENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND

18 STALKING.—Section 121 of the Violence Against Women 

19 and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 

20 (42 U.S.C. 14045a) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (b)(1)(A) by inserting ‘‘for 

22 culturally and linguistically specific populations’’ 

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1 (2) in subsection (b)(1)(B) by inserting ‘‘cul2 turally and linguistically specific’’ before ‘‘resources 

3 for’’; and 

4 (3) in subsection (g) by striking ‘‘linguistic and 

5 culturally’’ and inserting ‘‘culturally and linguis6 tically’’. 

7 SEC. 12. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER GRANTS TECH8 NICAL AMENDMENT. 

9 Section 41501(b)(3) of the Violence Against Women 

10 Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043f(b)(3)) is amended by 

11 striking ‘‘for materials’’. 

12 SEC. 13. ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH ON VIOLENCE AGAINST 

13 INDIAN WOMEN. 

14 Section 904(a) of the Violence Against Women and 

15 Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 

16 U.S.C. 3796gg–10 note) is amended— 

17 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking all after ‘‘In18 dian women’’ and inserting a period; and 

19 (2) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘(4) REPORT.—Beginning not later than 2 

22 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

23 Attorney General shall submit an annual report, and 

24 upon completion a final report, that describes the 

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1 under this subsection to the Committee on Indian 

2 Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on the Judici3 ary of the Senate, and the Committee on the Judici4 ary of the House of Representatives.’’. 

5 SEC. 14. U NONIMMIGRANT ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS. 

6 Section 245(m)(3) of the Immigration and Nation7 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255(m)(3)) is amended by inserting 

8 ‘‘or an unmarried sibling under 18 years of age on the 

9 date of such application for adjustment of status under 

10 paragraph (1),’’ after ‘‘a parent’’. 

11 SEC. 15. PROCESSING OF CERTAIN VISAS. 

12 Section 238(b)(5) of the William Wilberforce Traf13 ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 

14 (Public Law 110–457; 122 Stat 5085) is amended to read 

15 as follows: 

16 ‘‘(5) Measures taken to ensure routine consulta17 tion with the Office of Policy and Strategy of U.S. 

18 Citizenship and Immigration Services during the de19 velopment of any Department of Homeland Security 

20 regulations or policies that impact Violence Against 

21 Women Act of 1994 confidentiality-protected victims 

22 and their derivative family members.’’. 


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1 SEC. 16. CONFORMING AMENDMENT CONFIRMING HOUS2 ING ASSISTANCE FOR QUALIFIED ALIENS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 214 of the Housing and 

4 Community Development Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a) 

5 is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a)— 

7 (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

8 the end; 

9 (B) by redesignating paragraph (7) as 

10 paragraph (8); and 

11 (C) by inserting after paragraph (6) the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(7) a qualified alien described in section 431 

14 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Oppor15 tunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641); 

16 or’’; and 

17 (2) in subsection (c)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘(6)’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘(7)’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (2)(A), in the matter 

21 preceding clause (i), by inserting ‘‘(other than 

22 a qualified alien described in section 431 of the 

23 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 

24 Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641))’’ 

25 after ‘‘any alien’’. 


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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

2 subsection (a) shall apply to applications for public bene3 fits and public benefits provided on or after the date of 

4 the enactment of this Act without regard to whether regu5 lations to carry out such amendments have been imple6 mented. 

7 SEC. 17. FUNDING CLARIFICATION FOR STOP GRANTS. 

8 Section 2007(c)(3) of the Omnibus Crime Control 

9 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–1(c)(3)) 

10 is amended— 

11 (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

12 after the semicolon; and 

13 (2) by inserting at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘except that if funds allocated under subparagraph 

15 (A) or (C) are not obligated within 18 months of re16 ceipt of the funds, the Attorney General may direct 

17 the State to allocate those funds for victim services, 

18 as provided by subparagraph (B); and’’. 

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