‘‘(B) the predominant ethnic communities; 
and 
‘‘(C) individuals with severe hearing loss or 
developmental disabilities. 
‘‘(3) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Each task force re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) shall—
‘‘(A) study the issues described under 
paragraph (1) during the period of any grant 
awarded; and 
‘‘(B) make specific recommendations for 
expenditures by the grant recipient. 
‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—Each entity that receives a 
grant under this section shall submit to the Director, for 
each year in which funds from a grant received under this 
section are expended, a report containing—
‘‘(1) a summary of the activities carried out 
under the grant;
‘‘(2) an assessment of the effectiveness of such 
activities in extending services to previously unserved 
and underserved victims of crime; 
‘‘(3) a strategic plan for the year following the 
year covered under paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(4) such other information as the Director 
may require.
‘‘(f) DURATION.—The Director shall award dem-
onstration grants under this section for a period not to 
exceed 4 years, but may renew the grant for a period not 
to exceed 2 years on such terms as the Director may rea-
sonably require. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
which shall remain available until expended—
‘‘(1) $500,000 for fiscal year 2004; and 
‘‘(2) $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2005 through 2007. 
‘‘(h) FALSE CLAIMS ACT.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, amounts collected pursuant to sec-
tions 3729 through 3731 of title 31, United States Code 
(commonly known as the ‘False Claims Act’) may be used 
for grants under this section.’’. 
TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO 
VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT OF 1984
SEC. 301. FORMULA FOR DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE CRIME 
VICTIMS FUND. 
(a) FORMULA FOR FUND DISTRIBUTIONS.—Section 
1402(c) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 
10601(c)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(c) FUND DISTRIBUTION; RETENTION OF SUMS IN 
FUND; AVAILABILITY FOR EXPENDITURE WITHOUT FIS-
CAL YEAR LIMITATION.—
‘‘(1)(A) Except as provided in subparagraphs 
(B) and (C), the total amount to be distributed from 
the Fund in any fiscal year shall be not less than 
105 percent nor more than 115 percent of the total 
amount distributed from the Fund in the previous 
fiscal year, provided that the amount shall at a min-
imum be sufficient to fully provide grants in accord-
ance with sections 1403(a)(1), 1404(a)(1), and 
1404(c)(2). 
‘‘(B) In any fiscal year that there is an insuffi-
cient amount in the Fund to fully provide grants in 
accordance with subparagraph (A), the amounts 
made available for grants under sections 1403(a), 
1404(a), and 1404(c) shall be reduced by an equal 
percentage. 
‘‘(C) In any fiscal year that the total amount 
available in the Fund is more than 2 times the total 
amount distributed in the previous fiscal year, up to 
125 percent of the amount distributed in the pre-
vious fiscal year may be distributed. 
‘‘(2) In each fiscal year, the Director shall dis-
tribute amounts from the Fund in accordance with
subsection (d). Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, all sums deposited in the Fund that are not 
distributed shall remain in reserve in the Fund for 
obligation in future fiscal years, without fiscal year 
limitation.’’. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF BASE AMOUNT FOR TOTAL 
VICTIM ASSISTANCE GRANTS.—Section 1404(a)(1) of the 
Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10603(a)(1)) 
is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(1)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) 
Except 
as 
provided 
in 
section 
1402(c)(1)(B), the total amount distributed to 
States under this subsection in any fiscal year shall 
not be less than the average amount distributed for 
this purpose during the prior 3 fiscal years.’’. 
(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF BASE AMOUNT FOR OVC 
DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.—Section 1404(c)(2) of the Vic-
tims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10603(c)(2)) is 
amended by inserting after ‘‘(2)’’ the following: ‘‘Except 
as provided in section 1402(c)(1)(B), the amount available 
for grants under this subsection in any fiscal year shall 
not be less than the average amount available for this pur-
pose during the prior 3 fiscal years.’’.
SEC. 302. CLARIFICATION REGARDING ANTITERRORISM 
EMERGENCY RESERVE. 
Section 1402(d)(5)(C) of the Victims of Crime Act 
of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601(d)(5)(C)) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘, and any amounts used to replenish such reserve,’’ 
after ‘‘any such amounts carried over’’. 
SEC. 303. PROHIBITION ON DIVERTING CRIME VICTIMS 
FUND TO OFFSET INCREASED SPENDING. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to en-
sure that amounts deposited in the Crime Victims Fund 
(as established by section 1402(a) of the Victims of Crime 
Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601(a)) are distributed in a 
timely manner to assist victims of crime as intended by 
current law and are not diverted to offset increased spend-
ing. 
(b) TREATMENT OF CRIME VICTIMS FUND.—Section 
1402 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 
10601) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) For purposes of congressional points of order, 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, any 
limitation on spending from the Fund included in the 
President’s budget or enacted in appropriations legislation 
for fiscal year 2004 or any subsequent fiscal year shall 
not be scored as discretionary savings.’’.
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