I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3402
To authorize appropriations for the Department of Justice for fiscal years 
2006 through 2009, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2005
Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE 
of Florida, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. WEINER, and Mr. 
COBLE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for the Department of Justice 
for fiscal years 2006 through 2009, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Years 2006 through 2009’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2006. 
Sec. 102. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2007. 
Sec. 103. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2008. 
Sec. 104. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2009. 
TITLE II—IMPROVING THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE’S GRANT 
PROGRAMS 
Subtitle A—Assisting Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Agencies 
Sec. 201. Merger of Byrne grant program and Local Law Enforcement Block 
Grant program. 
Sec. 202. Clarification of number of recipients who may be selected in a given 
year to receive Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor. 
Sec. 203. Congressional medal and plaque for public safety officers who re-
sponded to the attacks on the United States on September 11, 
2001. 
Sec. 204. Clarification of official to be consulted by Attorney General in consid-
ering application for emergency Federal law enforcement as-
sistance. 
Sec. 205. Clarification of uses for regional information sharing system grants. 
Sec. 206. Integrity and enhancement of national criminal record databases. 
Sec. 207. Extension of matching grant program for law enforcement armor 
vests. 
Subtitle B—Building Community Capacity to Prevent, Reduce, and Control 
Crime 
Sec. 211. Office of Weed and Seed Strategies. 
Subtitle C—Assisting Victims of Crime 
Sec. 221. Grants to local nonprofit organizations to improve outreach services 
to victims of crime. 
Sec. 222. Clarification and enhancement of certain authorities relating to Crime 
Victims Fund. 
Sec. 223. Amounts received under crime victim grants may be used by State 
for training purposes. 
Sec. 224. Clarification of authorities relating to Violence Against Women for-
mula and discretionary grant programs. 
Sec. 225. Expansion of grant programs assisting enforcement of domestic vio-
lence cases to also assist enforcement of sexual assault cases. 
Sec. 226. Change of certain reports from annual to biennial. 
Sec. 227. Clarification of recipients and programs eligible for grants under 
Rural Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Enforcement Assist-
ance program. 
Subtitle D—Preventing Crime 
Sec. 231. Clarification of definition of violent offender for purposes of juvenile 
drug courts. 
Sec. 232. Changes to distribution and allocation of grants for drug courts. 
Sec. 233. Eligibility for grants under drug court grants program extended to 
courts that supervise non-offenders with substance abuse prob-
lems. 
Sec. 234. Term of Residential Substance Abuse Treatment program for local 
facilities.
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
Sec. 241. Changes to certain financial authorities. 
Sec. 242. Coordination duties of Assistant Attorney General. 
Sec. 243. Simplification of compliance deadlines under sex-offender registration 
laws. 
Sec. 244. Repeal of certain programs. 
Sec. 245. Elimination of certain notice and hearing requirements. 
Sec. 246. Amended definitions for purposes of Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968. 
Sec. 247. Clarification of authority to pay subsistence payments to prisoners for 
health care items and services. 
Sec. 248. Office of Audit, Assessment, and Management. 
Sec. 249. Community Capacity Development Office. 
Sec. 250. Office of Applied Law Enforcement Technology. 
Sec. 251. Availability of funds for grants. 
Sec. 252. Consolidation of financial management systems of Office of Justice 
Programs. 
Sec. 253. Authorization and change of COPS program to single grant program. 
Sec. 254. Clarification of persons eligible for benefits under Public Safety Offi-
cers’ Death Benefits programs. 
Sec. 255. Research-based bullying prevention programs. 
Sec. 256. Reauthorization of juvenile accountability block grants. 
Sec. 257. Sex offender management. 
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 301. Technical amendments relating to Public Law 107–56. 
Sec. 302. Miscellaneous technical amendments. 
Sec. 303. Minor substantive amendment relating to contents of FBI annual re-
port. 
Sec. 304. Use of Federal training facilities. 
Sec. 305. Privacy officer. 
Sec. 306. Bankruptcy crimes. 
Sec. 307. Report to Congress on status of United States persons or residents 
detained on suspicion of terrorism. 
Sec. 308. Technical correction relating to definition used in ‘‘terrorism tran-
scending national boundaries’’ statute. 
Sec. 309. Increased penalties and expanded jurisdiction for sexual abuse of-
fenses in correctional facilities. 
Sec. 310. Expanded jurisdiction for contraband offenses in correctional facili-
ties. 
Sec. 311. Magistrate judge’s authority to continue preliminary hearing. 
Sec. 312. Technical corrections relating to steroids. 
Sec. 313. Prison Rape Commission extension. 
Sec. 314. Longer statute of limitation for human trafficking-related offenses. 
Sec. 315. Use of Center for Criminal Justice Technology. 
Sec. 316. SEARCH grants. 
TITLE IV—VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN REAUTHORIZATION ACT 
OF 2005
Sec. 401. Short title. 
Sec. 402. Definitions and requirements for programs relating to violence 
against women.
TITLE V—ENHANCING JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 
TOOLS TO COMBAT VIOLENCE 
Sec. 501. STOP grants improvements. 
Sec. 502. Grants to encourage arrest and enforce protection orders improve-
ments. 
Sec. 503. Legal assistance for victims improvements. 
Sec. 504. Court training and improvements. 
Sec. 505. Full faith and credit improvements. 
Sec. 506. Privacy protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual violence, and stalking. 
Sec. 507. Stalker database. 
Sec. 508. Victim assistants for District of Columbia. 
Sec. 509. Preventing cyberstalking. 
Sec. 510. Repeat offender provision. 
Sec. 511. Prohibiting dating violence. 
Sec. 512. GAO study and report. 
TITLE VI—IMPROVING SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING 
Sec. 601. Technical amendment to Violence Against Women Act. 
Sec. 602. Sexual assault services program. 
Sec. 603. Amendments to the rural domestic violence and child abuse enforce-
ment assistance program. 
Sec. 604. Assistance for victims of abuse. 
Sec. 605. GAO study of National Domestic Violence Hotline. 
Sec. 606. Grants for outreach to underserved populations. 
TITLE VII—SERVICES, PROTECTION, AND JUSTICE FOR YOUNG 
VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE 
Sec. 701. Services and justice for young victims of violence. 
Sec. 702. Grants to combat violent crimes on campuses. 
Sec. 703. Safe havens. 
Sec. 704. Grants to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
and stalking in middle and high schools. 
TITLE VIII—STRENGTHENING AMERICA’S FAMILIES BY 
PREVENTING VIOLENCE IN THE HOME 
Sec. 801. Preventing violence in the home. 
TITLE IX—PROTECTION FOR IMMIGRANT VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE 
Sec. 900. Short title; references to VAWA–2000; regulations. 
Subtitle A—Victims of Crime 
Sec. 901. Conditions applicable to U and T visas. 
Sec. 902. Clarification of basis for relief under hardship waivers for conditional 
permanent residence. 
Sec. 903. Adjustment of status for victims of trafficking. 
Subtitle B—VAWA Petitioners 
Sec. 911. Definition of VAWA petitioner. 
Sec. 912. Self-petitioning for children.
Sec. 913. Self-petitioning parents. 
Sec. 914. Promoting consistency in VAWA adjudications. 
Sec. 915. Relief for certain victims pending actions on petitions and applica-
tions for relief. 
Sec. 916. Access to VAWA protection regardless of manner of entry. 
Sec. 917. Eliminating abusers’ control over applications for adjustments of sta-
tus. 
Sec. 918. Parole for VAWA petitioners and for derivatives of trafficking vic-
tims. 
Sec. 919. Exemption of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and traf-
ficking from sanctions for failure to depart voluntarily. 
Sec. 920. Clarification of access to naturalization for victims of domestic vio-
lence. 
Sec. 921. Prohibition of adverse determinations of admissibility or deportability 
based on protected information. 
Sec. 922. Information for K nonimmigrants about legal rights and resources for 
immigrant victims of domestic violence. 
Sec. 923. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Provisions 
Sec. 931. Removing 2 year custody and residency requirement for battered 
adopted children. 
Sec. 932. Waiver of certain grounds of inadmissibility for VAWA petitioners. 
Sec. 933. Employment authorization for battered spouses of certain non-
immigrants. 
Sec. 934. Grounds for hardship waiver for conditional permanent residence for 
intended spouses. 
Sec. 935. Cancellation of removal. 
Sec. 936. Motions to reopen. 
Sec. 937. Removal proceedings. 
Sec. 938. Conforming relief in suspension of deportation parallel to the relief 
available in VAWA–2000 cancellation for bigamy. 
Sec. 939. Correction of cross-reference to credible evidence provisions. 
Sec. 940. Technical corrections. 
TITLE X—SAFETY ON TRIBAL LANDS 
Sec. 1001. Purposes. 
Sec. 1002. Consultation. 
Sec. 1003. Analysis and research on violence on tribal lands. 
Sec. 1004. Tracking of violence on tribal lands. 
Sec. 1005. Tribal Division of the Office on Violence Against Women. 
Sec. 1006. GAO report to Congress on status of prosecution of sexual assault 
and domestic violence on tribal lands.