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and personnel in local law enforcement agencies in 
order to improve the enforcement of protection or-
ders. Jessica Gonzales Victim Assistants shall have 
expertise in domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, or stalking and may undertake the following 
activities—
‘‘(A) developing, in collaboration with pros-
ecutors, courts, and victim service providers, 
standardized response policies for local law en-
forcement agencies, including triage protocols to 
ensure that dangerous or potentially lethal 
cases are identified and prioritized; 
‘‘(B) notifying persons seeking enforce-
ment of protection orders as to what responses 
will be provided by the relevant law enforcement 
agency; 
‘‘(C) referring persons seeking enforcement 
of protection orders to supplementary services 
(such as emergency shelter programs, hotlines, 
or legal assistance services); and 
‘‘(D) taking other appropriate action to as-
sist or secure the safety of the person seeking 
enforcement of a protection order.’’. 
(c) CLARIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES REGARDING UN-
DERSERVED POPULATIONS.—Section 2007 of the Omni-
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bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3796gg–1) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)(2), by inserting before the 
semicolon the following: ‘‘and describe how the State 
will address the needs of populations underserved 
because of geographic location, underserved racial 
and ethnic populations, populations underserved be-
cause of special needs (such as language barriers, 
disabilities, alienage status, or age), and any other 
population determined to be underserved by the At-
torney General’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(2), by striking subpara-
graph (D) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(D) recognize and meaningfully respond 
to the needs of populations underserved because 
of geographic location, underserved racial and 
ethnic populations, populations underserved be-
cause of special needs (such as language bar-
riers, disabilities, alienage status, or age), and 
any other population determined to be under-
served by the Attorney General, and ensure 
that monies set aside to fund services and ac-
tivities for those populations are distributed eq-
uitably among those populations.’’.
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(d) TRIBAL AND TERRITORIAL SETASIDES.—Section 
2007 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–1), as amended by subsection 
(c), is further amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘5 per-
cent’’ and inserting ‘‘10 percent’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘1⁄54’’ 
and inserting ‘‘1⁄56’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and the 
coalition for the combined Territories of the 
United States, each receiving an amount equal 
to 1⁄54’’ and inserting ‘‘coalitions for Guam, 
American Samoa, the United States Virgin Is-
lands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, each receiving an amount 
equal to 1⁄56’’; 
(D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘1⁄54’’ 
and inserting ‘‘1⁄56’’; 
(E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(F) in paragraph (6), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(G) by adding at the end:
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‘‘(7) such funds shall remain available until ex-
pended.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(3)(B), by inserting after 
‘‘victim services’’ the following: ‘‘, of which at least 
10 percent shall be distributed to culturally specific 
community-based organizations’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d)—
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) a memorandum of understanding showing 
that tribal, territorial, State, or local prosecution, 
law enforcement, and court and victim service pro-
vider subgrantees have consulted with tribal, terri-
torial, State, or local victim services programs dur-
ing the course of developing their grant applications 
in order to ensure that proposed services, activities 
and equipment acquisitions are designed to promote 
the safety, confidentiality, and economic independ-
ence of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, 
stalking, and dating violence.’’. 
(e) TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND DATA 
COLLECTION.—Section 2007 of the Omnibus Crime Con-
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trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–
1), as amended by this section, is further amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND DATA 
COLLECTION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the total amounts ap-
propriated under this part, not less than 3 percent 
and up to 8 percent shall be available for providing 
training, technical assistance, and data collection re-
lating to the purpose areas of this part to improve 
the capacity of grantees, subgrantees, and other en-
tities to offer services and assistance to victims of 
domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dat-
ing violence. 
‘‘(2) INDIAN TRAINING.—The Director of the 
Violence Against Women Office shall ensure that 
training, technical assistance, and data collection re-
garding violence against Indian women will be devel-
oped and provided by entities having expertise in 
tribal law and culture. 
‘‘(j) LIMITS ON INTERNET PUBLICATION OF REG-
ISTRATION INFORMATION.—As a condition of receiving 
grant amounts under this part, the recipient shall not 
make available publicly on the Internet any information 
regarding the registration or filing of a protection order,