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Public Law 107–273 (116 Stat. 1776; 31 U.S.C. 6503 
note) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘section 6503(d)’’ and inserting 
‘‘sections 3335(b) or 6503(d)’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘section 6503’’ and inserting 
‘‘sections 3335(b) or 6503’’. 
(b) SOUTHWEST BORDER PROSECUTOR INITIATIVE 
INCLUDED AMONG SUCH EXEMPTED PROGRAMS.—Sec-
tion 204(f) of such Act is further amended by striking 
‘‘pursuant to section 501(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘pursuant to 
the Southwest Border Prosecutor Initiative (as carried out 
pursuant to paragraph (3) (117 Stat. 64) under the head-
ing relating to Community Oriented Policing Services of 
the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2003 (title 
I of division B of Public Law 108–7), or as carried out 
pursuant to any subsequent authority) or section 501(a)’’. 
(c) AUDITS AND REPORTS ON ATFE UNDERCOVER 
INVESTIGATIVE OPERATIONS.—Section 102(b) of the De-
partment of Justice and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1993 (28 U.S.C. 533 note), as in effect pursuant to 
section 815(d) of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death 
Penalty Act of 1996 (28 U.S.C. 533 note) shall apply with 
respect to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 
Explosives and the undercover investigative operations of 
the Bureau on the same basis as such section applies with
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respect to any other agency and the undercover investiga-
tive operations of such agency. 
SEC. 242. COORDINATION DUTIES OF ASSISTANT ATTOR-
NEY GENERAL. 
(a) COORDINATE AND SUPPORT OFFICE FOR VIC-
TIMS OF CRIME.—Section 102 of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3712) is 
amended in subsection (a)(5) by inserting after ‘‘the Bu-
reau of Justice Statistics,’’ the following: ‘‘the Office for 
Victims of Crime,’’. 
(b) SETTING
GRANT
CONDITIONS
AND
PRIOR-
ITIES.—Such section is further amended in subsection 
(a)(6) by inserting ‘‘, including placing special conditions 
on all grants, and determining priority purposes for for-
mula grants’’ before the period at the end. 
SEC. 243. SIMPLIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE DEADLINES 
UNDER SEX-OFFENDER REGISTRATION LAWS. 
(a) COMPLIANCE PERIOD.—A State shall not be 
treated, for purposes of any provision of law, as having 
failed to comply with section 170101 (42 U.S.C. 14071) 
or 170102 (42 U.S.C. 14072) of the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 until 36 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that 
the Attorney General may grant an additional 24 months
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to a State that is making good faith efforts to comply with 
such sections. 
(b) TIME
FOR REGISTRATION
OF CURRENT AD-
DRESS.—Subsection (a)(1)(B) of such section 170101 is 
amended by striking ‘‘unless such requirement is termi-
nated under’’ and inserting ‘‘for the time period specified 
in’’. 
SEC. 244. REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS. 
(a) SAFE STREETS ACT PROGRAM.—The Criminal 
Justice Facility Construction Pilot program (part F; 42 
U.S.C. 3769–3769d) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is repealed. 
(b) VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCE-
MENT ACT PROGRAMS.—The following provisions of the 
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 
are repealed: 
(1) LOCAL CRIME PREVENTION BLOCK GRANT 
PROGRAM.—Subtitle B of title III (42 U.S.C. 
13751–13758). 
(2) ASSISTANCE
FOR
DELINQUENT
AND
AT- 
RISK
YOUTH.—Subtitle G of title III (42 U.S.C. 
13801–13802). 
(3) IMPROVED TRAINING AND TECHNICAL AU-
TOMATION.—Subtitle E of title XXI (42 U.S.C. 
14151).
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(4) OTHER STATE AND LOCAL AID.—Subtitle F 
of title XXI (42 U.S.C. 14161). 
SEC. 245. ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN NOTICE AND HEARING 
REQUIREMENTS. 
Part H of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended as follows: 
(1) NOTICE AND HEARING ON DENIAL OR TER-
MINATION
OF
GRANT.—Section 802 (42 U.S.C. 
3783) of such part is amended— 
(A) by striking subsections (b) and (c); 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘Whenever,’’. 
(2) FINALITY
OF
DETERMINATIONS.—Section 
803 (42 U.S.C. 3784) of such part is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘, after reasonable notice 
and opportunity for a hearing,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, except as otherwise pro-
vided herein’’. 
(3) REPEAL OF APPELLATE COURT REVIEW.— 
Section 804 (42 U.S.C. 3785) of such part is re-
pealed.
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SEC. 246. AMENDED DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF OMNI-
BUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE STREETS 
ACT OF 1968. 
Section 901 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3791) is amend-
ed as follows: 
(1) INDIAN
TRIBE.—Subsection (a)(3)(C) of 
such section is amended by striking ‘‘(as that term 
is defined in section 103 of the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5603))’’. 
(2) COMBINATION.—Subsection (a)(5) of such 
section is amended by striking ‘‘program or project’’ 
and inserting ‘‘program, plan, or project’’. 
(3) NEIGHBORHOOD OR COMMUNITY-BASED OR-
GANIZATIONS.—Subsection (a)(11) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘which’’ and inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding faith-based, that’’. 
(4) INDIAN
TRIBE; PRIVATE
PERSON.—Sub-
section (a) of such section is further amended— 
(A) in paragraph (24) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (25) by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs:
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‘‘(26) the term ‘Indian Tribe’ has the meaning 
given the term ‘Indian tribe’ in section 4(e) of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); and 
‘‘(27) the term ‘private person’ means any indi-
vidual (including an individual acting in his official 
capacity) and any private partnership, corporation, 
association, organization, or entity (or any combina-
tion thereof).’’. 
SEC. 247. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO PAY SUBSIST-
ENCE 
PAYMENTS 
TO 
PRISONERS 
FOR 
HEALTH CARE ITEMS AND SERVICES. 
Section 4006 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by inserting after ‘‘The 
Attorney General’’ the following: ‘‘or the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, as applicable,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the Immigration and Nat-
uralization Service’’ and inserting ‘‘the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘shall not exceed the lesser 
of the amount’’ and inserting ‘‘shall be the 
amount billed, not to exceed the amount’’;
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(C) by striking ‘‘items and services’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘the Medicare pro-
gram’’ and inserting ‘‘items and services under 
the Medicare program’’; and 
(D) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and all that follows 
through the period at the end and inserting a 
period. 
SEC. 248. OFFICE OF AUDIT, ASSESSMENT, AND MANAGE-
MENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended 
by adding after section 104, as added by section 211 of 
this Act, the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 105. OFFICE OF AUDIT, ASSESSMENT, AND MANAGE-
MENT. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established within 
the Office an Office of Audit, Assessment, and Man-
agement, headed by a Director appointed by the At-
torney General. In carrying out the functions of the 
Office, the Director shall be subject to the authority, 
direction, and control of the Attorney General. Such 
authority, direction, and control may be delegated 
only to the Assistant Attorney General, without re-
delegation.
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‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Office 
shall be to carry out and coordinate performance au-
dits of, take actions to ensure compliance with the 
terms of, and manage information with respect to, 
grants under programs covered by subsection (b). 
The Director shall take special conditions of the 
grant into account and consult with the office that 
issued those conditions to ensure appropriate compli-
ance. 
‘‘(3) EXCLUSIVITY.—The Office shall be the ex-
clusive element of the Department of Justice, other 
than the Inspector General, performing functions 
and activities for the purpose specified in paragraph 
(2). There are hereby transferred to the Office all 
functions and activities, other than functions and ac-
tivities of the Inspector General, for such purpose 
performed immediately before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act by any other element of the De-
partment. 
‘‘(b) COVERED PROGRAMS.—The programs referred 
to in subsection (a) are the following: 
‘‘(1) The program under part Q of this title. 
‘‘(2) Any grant program carried out by the Of-
fice of Justice Programs.
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‘‘(3) Any other grant program carried out by 
the Department of Justice that the Attorney General 
considers appropriate. 
‘‘(c) PERFORMANCE AUDITS REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall select 
grants awarded under the programs covered by sub-
section (b) and carry out performance audits on 
such grants. In selecting such grants, the Director 
shall ensure that the aggregate amount awarded 
under the grants so selected represent not less than 
10 percent of the aggregate amount of money 
awarded under all such grant programs. 
‘‘(2) RELATIONSHIP
TO
NIJ
EVALUATIONS.— 
This subsection does not affect the authority or duty 
of the Director of the National Institute of Justice 
to carry out overall evaluations of programs covered 
by subsection (b), except that such Director shall 
consult with the Director of the Office in carrying 
out such evaluations. 
‘‘(3) TIMING OF PERFORMANCE AUDITS.—The 
performance audit required by paragraph (1) of a 
grant selected under paragraph (1) shall be carried 
out—
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‘‘(A) not later than the end of the grant 
period, if the grant period is not more than 1 
year; and 
‘‘(B) at the end of each year of the grant 
period, if the grant period is more than 1 year. 
‘‘(d) COMPLIANCE ACTIONS REQUIRED.—The Direc-
tor shall take such actions to ensure compliance with the 
terms of a grant as the Director considers appropriate 
with respect to each grant that the Director determines 
(in consultation with the head of the element of the De-
partment of Justice concerned), through a performance 
audit under subsection (a) or other means, is not in com-
pliance with such terms. In the case of a misuse of more 
than 1 percent of the grant amount concerned, the Direc-
tor shall, in addition to any other action to ensure compli-
ance that the Director considers appropriate, ensure that 
the entity responsible for such misuse ceases to receive any 
funds under any program covered by subsection (b) until 
such entity repays to the Attorney General an amount 
equal to the amounts misused. The Director may, in un-
usual circumstances, grant relief from this requirement to 
ensure that an innocent party is not punished. 
‘‘(e) GRANT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.—The Director 
shall establish and maintain, in consultation with the chief 
information officer of the Office, a modern, automated
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system for managing all information relating to the grants 
made under the programs covered by subsection (b). 
‘‘(f) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Not to exceed 3 per-
cent of all funding made available for a fiscal year for the 
programs covered by subsection (b) shall be reserved for 
the activities of the Office of Audit, Assessment, and Man-
agement as authorized by this section.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ment made by this section take effect 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 249. COMMUNITY CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended 
by adding after section 105, as added by section 248 of 
this Act, the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 106. COMMUNITY CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established within 
the Office a Community Capacity Development Of-
fice, headed by a Director appointed by the Attorney 
General. In carrying out the functions of the Office, 
the Director shall be subject to the authority, direc-
tion, and control of the Attorney General. Such au-
thority, direction, and control may be delegated only
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to the Assistant Attorney General, without redelega-
tion. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Office 
shall be to provide training to actual and prospective 
participants under programs covered by section 
105(b) to assist such participants in understanding 
the substantive and procedural requirements for par-
ticipating in such programs. 
‘‘(3) EXCLUSIVITY.—The Office shall be the ex-
clusive element of the Department of Justice per-
forming functions and activities for the purpose 
specified in paragraph (2). There are hereby trans-
ferred to the Office all functions and activities for 
such purpose performed immediately before the date 
of the enactment of this Act by any other element 
of the Department. This does not preclude a grant- 
making office from providing specialized training 
and technical assistance in its area of expertise. 
‘‘(b) MEANS.—The Director shall, in coordination 
with the heads of the other elements of the Department, 
carry out the purpose of the Office through the following 
means: 
‘‘(1) Promoting coordination of public and pri-
vate efforts and resources within or available to
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States, units of local government, and neighborhood 
and community-based organizations. 
‘‘(2) Providing information, training, and tech-
nical assistance. 
‘‘(3) Providing support for inter- and intra- 
agency task forces and other agreements and for as-
sessment of the effectiveness of programs, projects, 
approaches, or practices. 
‘‘(4) Providing in the assessment of the effec-
tiveness of neighborhood and community-based law 
enforcement and crime prevention strategies and 
techniques, in coordination with the National Insti-
tute of Justice. 
‘‘(5) Any other similar means. 
‘‘(c) LOCATIONS.—Training referred to in subsection 
(a) shall be provided on a regional basis to groups of such 
participants. In a case in which remedial training is appro-
priate, as recommended by the Director or the head of 
any element of the Department, such training may be pro-
vided on a local basis to a single such participant. 
‘‘(d) BEST PRACTICES.—The Director shall— 
‘‘(1) identify grants under which clearly bene-
ficial outcomes were obtained, and the characteris-
tics of those grants that were responsible for obtain-
ing those outcomes; and
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‘‘(2) incorporate those characteristics into the 
training provided under this section. 
‘‘(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Not to exceed 5 per-
cent of all funding made available for a fiscal year for the 
programs covered by section 105(b) shall be reserved for 
the activities of the Community Capacity Development Of-
fice as authorized by this section.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ment made by this section take effect 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 250. OFFICE OF APPLIED LAW ENFORCEMENT TECH-
NOLOGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended 
by adding after section 106, as added by section 249 of 
this Act, the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 107. DIVISION OF APPLIED LAW ENFORCEMENT 
TECHNOLOGY. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the Office of Science and Technology, the Division of Ap-
plied Law Enforcement Technology, headed by an indi-
vidual appointed by the Attorney General. The purpose of 
the Division shall be to provide leadership and focus to 
those grants of the Department of Justice that are made
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for the purpose of using or improving law enforcement 
computer systems. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—In carrying out the purpose of the Di-
vision, the head of the Division shall— 
‘‘(1) establish clear minimum standards for 
computer systems that can be purchased using 
amounts awarded under such grants; and 
‘‘(2) ensure that recipients of such grants use 
such systems to participate in crime reporting pro-
grams administered by the Department.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ment made by this section take effect 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 251. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended 
by adding after section 107, as added by section 250 of 
this Act, the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 108. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) PERIOD FOR AWARDING GRANT FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Unless otherwise specifi-
cally provided in an authorization, DOJ grant funds 
for a fiscal year shall remain available to be awarded 
and distributed to a grantee only in that fiscal year 
and the three succeeding fiscal years, subject to
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paragraphs (2) and (3). DOJ grant funds not so 
awarded and distributed shall revert to the Treas-
ury. 
‘‘(2) 
TREATMENT
OF
REPROGRAMMED 
FUNDS.—DOJ grant funds for a fiscal year that are 
reprogrammed in a later fiscal year shall be treated 
for purposes of paragraph (1) as DOJ grant funds 
for such later fiscal year. 
‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF DEOBLIGATED FUNDS.—If 
DOJ 
grant 
funds 
were 
obligated 
and 
then 
deobligated, the period of availability that applies to 
those grant funds under paragraph (1) shall be ex-
tended by a number of days equal to the number of 
days from the date on which those grant funds were 
obligated to the date on which those grant funds 
were deobligated. 
‘‘(b) PERIOD
FOR EXPENDING GRANT FUNDS.— 
DOJ grant funds for a fiscal year that have been awarded 
and distributed to a grantee may be expended by that 
grantee only in the period permitted under the terms of 
the grant. DOJ grant funds not so expended shall revert 
to the Treasury. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘DOJ 
grant funds’ means, for a fiscal year, amounts appro-
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priated for activities of the Department of Justice in car-
rying out grant programs for that fiscal year. 
‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY.—This section applies to DOJ 
grant funds for fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 
2006.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ment made by this section take effect 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 252. CONSOLIDATION OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 
SYSTEMS OF OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS. 
(a) CONSOLIDATION
OF ACCOUNTING ACTIVITIES 
AND PROCUREMENT ACTIVITIES.—The Assistant Attor-
ney General of the Office of Justice Programs, in coordi-
nation with the Chief Information Officer and Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the Department of Justice, shall ensure 
that— 
(1) all accounting activities for all elements of 
the Office of Justice Programs are carried out under 
the direct management of the Office of the Comp-
troller; and 
(2) all procurement activities for all elements of 
the Office are carried out under the direct manage-
ment of the Office of Administration. 
(b) FURTHER CONSOLIDATION
OF PROCUREMENT 
ACTIVITIES.—The Assistant Attorney General, in coordi-
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nation with the Chief Information Officer and Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the Department of Justice, shall ensure 
that, on and after September 30, 2008— 
(1) all procurement activities for all elements of 
the Office are carried out through a single manage-
ment office; and 
(2) all contracts and purchase orders used in 
carrying out those activities are processed through a 
single procurement system. 
(c) CONSOLIDATION
OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 
SYSTEMS.—The Assistant Attorney General, in coordina-
tion with the Chief Information Officer and Chief Finan-
cial Officer of the Department of Justice, shall ensure 
that, on and after September 30, 2010, all financial man-
agement activities (including human resources, payroll, 
and accounting activities, as well as procurement activi-
ties) of all elements of the Office are carried out through 
a single financial management system. 
(d) ACHIEVING COMPLIANCE.— 
(1) SCHEDULE.—The Assistant Attorney Gen-
eral shall undertake a scheduled consolidation of op-
erations to achieve compliance with the requirements 
of this section. 
(2) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—With respect to 
achieving compliance with the requirements of—
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(A) subsection (a), the consolidation of op-
erations shall be initiated not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act; and 
(B) subsections (b) and (c), the consolida-
tion of operations shall be initiated not later 
than September 30, 2005, and shall be carried 
out by the Office of Administration, in con-
sultation with the Chief Information Officer 
and the Office of Audit, Assessment, and Man-
agement. 
SEC. 253. AUTHORIZATION AND CHANGE OF COPS PRO-
GRAM TO SINGLE GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1701 of title I of the Om-
nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3796dd) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney Gen-
eral shall carry out a single grant program under which 
the Attorney General makes grants to States, units of 
local government, Indian tribal governments, other public 
and private entities, and multi-jurisdictional or regional 
consortia for the purposes described in subsection (b).’’; 
(2) by striking subsections (b) and (c);
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(3) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (b), and in that subsection— 
(A) by striking ‘‘ADDITIONAL
GRANT 
PROJECTS.—Grants made under subsection (a) 
may include programs, projects, and other ac-
tivities to—’’ and inserting ‘‘USES OF GRANT 
AMOUNTS.—The purposes for which grants 
made under subsection (a) may be made 
are—’’; 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (12) as paragraphs (6) through (17), 
respectively; 
(C) by inserting before paragraph (6) (as 
so redesignated) the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(1) rehire law enforcement officers who have 
been laid off as a result of State and local budget 
reductions for deployment in community-oriented po-
licing; 
‘‘(2) hire and train new, additional career law 
enforcement officers for deployment in community- 
oriented policing across the Nation; 
‘‘(3) procure equipment, technology, or support 
systems, or pay overtime, to increase the number of 
officers deployed in community-oriented policing;
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‘‘(4) award grants to pay for offices hired to 
perform intelligence, anti-terror, or homeland secu-
rity duties;’’; and 
(D) by amending paragraph (9) (as so re-
designated) to read as follows: 
‘‘(9) develop new technologies, including inter-
operable communications technologies, modernized 
criminal record technology, and forensic technology, 
to assist State and local law enforcement agencies in 
reorienting the emphasis of their activities from re-
acting to crime to preventing crime and to train law 
enforcement officers to use such technologies;’’; 
(4) by redesignating subsections (e) through (k) 
as subsections (c) through (i), respectively; and 
(5) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated) by 
striking ‘‘subsection (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(g)’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1702 of 
title I of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–1) is amended in 
subsection (d)(2) by striking ‘‘section 1701(d)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 1701(b)’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
1001(a)(11) of title I of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(11)) 
is amended—
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(1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘ex-
pended—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘2000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘expended $1,047,119,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2006 through 2009’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 1701(f)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 1701(d)’’; and 
(B) by striking the third sentence. 
SEC. 254. CLARIFICATION OF PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR BEN-
EFITS UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS’ 
DEATH BENEFITS PROGRAMS. 
(a) PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR DEATH BENEFITS.— 
Section 1204 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b), as most recently 
amended by section 2(a) of the Mychal Judge Police and 
Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers’ Benefit Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107–196; 116 Stat. 719), is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as 
paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) ‘member of a rescue squad or ambulance 
crew’ means an officially recognized or designated 
public employee member of a rescue squad or ambu-
lance crew;’’; and
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(3) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘and’’ and all 
that follows through the end and inserting a semi-
colon. 
(b) CLARIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS IN 
NON-CIVILIAN CASES.—Section 1202(5) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 3796a(5)) is amended by inserting ‘‘with respect’’ 
before ‘‘to any individual’’. 
(c) WAIVER OF COLLECTION IN CERTAIN CASES.— 
Section 1201 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(m) In any case in which the Bureau paid, before 
the date of the enactment of Public Law 107–196, any 
benefit under this part to an individual who— 
‘‘(1) before the enactment of that law was enti-
tled to receive that benefit; and 
‘‘(2) by reason of the retroactive effective date 
of that law is no longer entitled to receive that ben-
efit, 
the Bureau may suspend or end activities to collect that 
benefit if the Bureau determines that collecting that ben-
efit is impractical or would cause undue hardship to that 
individual.’’. 
(d) 
DESIGNATION
OF
BENEFICIARY.—Section 
1201(a)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796(a)(4)) is amend-
ed to read as follows:
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‘‘(4) if there is no surviving spouse or surviving 
child— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a claim made on or 
after the date that is 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this subparagraph, to the indi-
vidual designated by such officer as beneficiary 
under this section in such officer’s most re-
cently executed designation of beneficiary on 
file at the time of death with such officer’s pub-
lic safety agency, organization, or unit, provided 
that such individual survived such officer; or 
‘‘(B) if there is no individual qualifying 
under subparagraph (A), to the individual des-
ignated by such officer as beneficiary under 
such officer’s most recently executed life insur-
ance policy, provided that such individual sur-
vived such officer; or’’. 
SEC. 255. PRE-RELEASE AND POST-RELEASE PROGRAMS 
FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS. 
Section 1801(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ee(b)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (15) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end;
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(2) in paragraph (16) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(17) establishing, improving, and coordinating 
pre-release and post-release systems and programs 
to facilitate the successful reentry of juvenile offend-
ers from State or local custody in the community.’’. 
SEC. 256. REAUTHORIZATION OF JUVENILE ACCOUNT-
ABILITY BLOCK GRANTS. 
Section 1810(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–10(a)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2002 through 2005’’ and inserting 
‘‘2006 through 2009’’. 
SEC. 257. SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT. 
Section 40152 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13941) is amended 
by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.’’. 
SEC. 258. EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACHES. 
Section 1802 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 is amended—
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(1) in subsection (a)(1)(B) by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding the extent to which evidence-based ap-
proaches are utilized’’ after ‘‘part’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii) by inserting ‘‘, 
including the extent to which evidence-based ap-
proaches are utilized’’ after ‘‘part’’. 
SEC. 259. REAUTHORIZATION OF MATCHING GRANT PRO-
GRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2705 of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3797e) is amended by striking ‘‘2003’’ and inserting 
‘‘2009’’. 
(b) PROGRAM TO REMAIN UNDER COPS OFFICE.— 
Section 2701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797a) is amended in sub-
section (a) by inserting after ‘‘The Attorney General’’ the 
following: ‘‘, acting through the Office of Community Ori-
ented Policing Services,’’. 
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PUBLIC 
LAW 107–56. 
(a) STRIKING SURPLUS WORDS.—
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(1) Section 2703(c)(1) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end 
of subparagraph (C). 
(2) Section 1960(b)(1)(C) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘to be used to 
be used’’ and inserting ‘‘to be used’’. 
(b) PUNCTUATION AND GRAMMAR CORRECTIONS.— 
Section 2516(1)(q) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking the semicolon after the first 
close parenthesis; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘sections’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion’’. 
(c) CROSS REFERENCE CORRECTION.—Section 322 
of Public Law 107–56 is amended, effective on the date 
of the enactment of that section, by striking ‘‘title 18’’ 
and inserting ‘‘title 28’’. 
SEC. 302. MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) TABLE OF SECTIONS OMISSION.—The table of 
sections at the beginning of chapter 203 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 3050 the following new item: 
‘‘3051. Powers of Special Agents of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 
Explosives.’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF DUPLICATIVE PROGRAM.—Section 
316 of Part A of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
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(42 U.S.C. 5712d), as added by section 40155 of the Vio-
lent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103–322; 108 Stat. 1922), is repealed. 
(c) REPEAL
OF PROVISION RELATING
TO UNAU-
THORIZED PROGRAM.—Section 20301 of Public Law 103– 
322 is amended by striking subsection (c). 
SEC. 303. USE OF FEDERAL TRAINING FACILITIES. 
(a) FEDERAL TRAINING FACILITIES.—Unless specifi-
cally authorized in writing by the Attorney General, the 
Department of Justice (and each entity within it) shall 
use for any predominantly internal training or conference 
meeting only a facility that does not require a payment 
to a private entity for use of the facility. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Attorney General shall 
prepare an annual report to the Chairmen and ranking 
minority members of the Committees on the Judiciary of 
the Senate and of the House of Representatives that de-
tails each training and conference meeting that requires 
specific authorization under subsection (a). The report 
shall include an explanation of why the facility was chosen, 
and a breakdown of any expenditures incurred in excess 
of the cost of conducting the training or meeting at a facil-
ity that did not require such authorization.
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SEC. 304. PRIVACY OFFICER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall des-
ignate a senior official in the Department of Justice to 
assume primary responsibility for privacy policy. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The responsibilities of such 
official shall include— 
(1) assuring that the use of technologies sus-
tain, and do not erode, privacy protections relating 
to the use, collection, and disclosure of personally 
identifiable information; 
(2) assuring that personally identifiable infor-
mation contained in systems of records is handled in 
full compliance with fair information practices as set 
out in section 552a of title 5, United States Code; 
(3) evaluating legislative and regulatory pro-
posals involving collection, use, and disclosure of 
personally identifiable information by the Federal 
Government; 
(4) conducting a privacy impact assessment of 
proposed rules of the Department on the privacy of 
personally identifiable information, including the 
type of personally identifiable information collected 
and the number of people affected; 
(5) preparing a report to Congress on an an-
nual basis on activities of the Department that af-
fect privacy, including complaints of privacy viola-
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tions, implementation of section 552a of title 5, 
United States Code, internal controls, and other rel-
evant matters; 
(6) ensuring that the Department protects per-
sonally identifiable information and information sys-
tems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, dis-
ruption, modification, or destruction in order to pro-
vide— 
(A) 
integrity, 
which 
means 
guarding 
against improper information modification or 
destruction, and includes ensuring information 
nonrepudiation and authenticity; 
(B) confidentially, which means preserving 
authorized restrictions on access and disclosure, 
including means for protecting personal privacy 
and proprietary information; 
(C) availability, which means ensuring 
timely and reliable access to and use of that in-
formation; and 
(D) authentication, which means utilizing 
digital credentials to assure the identity of 
users and validate their access; and 
(7) advising the Attorney General and the Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget on
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information security and privacy issues pertaining to 
Federal Government information systems. 
(c) REVIEW.—The Department of Justice shall re-
view its policies to assure that the Department treats per-
sonally identifiable information in its databases in a man-
ner that complies with applicable Federal law on privacy. 
SEC. 305. BANKRUPTCY CRIMES. 
The Director of the Executive Office for United 
States Trustees shall prepare an annual report to the Con-
gress detailing— 
(1) the number and types of criminal referrals 
made by the United States Trustee Program; 
(2) the outcomes of each criminal referral; 
(3) for any year in which the number of crimi-
nal referrals is less than for the prior year, an expla-
nation of the decrease; and 
(4) the United States Trustee Program’s efforts 
to prevent bankruptcy fraud and abuse, particularly 
with respect to the establishment of uniform internal 
controls to detect common, higher risk frauds, such 
as a debtor’s failure to disclose all assets.
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SEC. 306. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON STATUS OF UNITED 
STATES PERSONS OR RESIDENTS DETAINED 
ON SUSPICION OF TERRORISM. 
Not less often than once every 12 months, the Attor-
ney General shall submit to Congress a report on the sta-
tus of United States persons or residents detained, as of 
the date of the report, on suspicion of terrorism. The re-
port shall— 
(1) specify the number of persons or residents 
so detained; and 
(2) specify the standards developed by the De-
partment of Justice for recommending or deter-
mining that a person should be tried as a criminal 
defendant or should be designated as an enemy com-
batant. 
SEC. 307. INCREASED PENALTIES AND EXPANDED JURIS-
DICTION FOR SEXUAL ABUSE OFFENSES IN 
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. 
(a) EXPANDED JURISDICTION.—The following provi-
sions of title 18, United States Code, are each amended 
by inserting ‘‘or in any prison, institution, or facility in 
which persons are held in custody by direction of or pursu-
ant to a contract or agreement with the Attorney General’’ 
after ‘‘in a Federal prison,’’: 
(1) Subsections (a) and (b) of section 2241.
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(2) The first sentence of subsection (c) of sec-
tion 2241. 
(3) Section 2242. 
(4) Subsections (a) and (b) of section 2243. 
(5) Subsections (a) and (b) of section 2244. 
(b) INCREASED PENALTIES.— 
(1) SEXUAL
ABUSE
OF
A
WARD.—Section 
2243(b) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘one 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘five years’’. 
(2) ABUSIVE SEXUAL CONTACT.—Section 2244 
of such title is amended by striking ‘‘six months’’ 
and inserting ‘‘two years’’ in each of subsections 
(a)(4) and (b). 
SEC. 308. EXPANDED JURISDICTION FOR CONTRABAND OF-
FENSES IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. 
Section 1791(d)(4) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting ‘‘or any prison, institution, or fa-
cility in which persons are held in custody by direction 
of or pursuant to a contract or agreement with the Attor-
ney General’’ after ‘‘penal facility’’. 
SEC. 309. MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S AUTHORITY TO CONTINUE 
PRELIMINARY HEARING. 
The second sentence of section 3060(c) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘In 
the absence of such consent of the accused, the judge or
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magistrate judge may extend the time limits only on a 
showing that extraordinary circumstances exist and justice 
requires the delay.’’. 
SEC. 
310. 
TECHNICAL 
CORRECTIONS 
RELATING 
TO 
STEROIDS. 
Section 102(41)(A) of the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 802(41)(A)), as amended by the Anabolic Ster-
oid Control Act of 2004 (Public law 108–358), is amended 
by— 
(1) striking clause (xvii) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(xvii) 13β-ethyl-17β-hydroxygon-4-en-3-one;’’; 
and 
(2) striking clause (xliv) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(xliv) 
stanozolol 
(17α-methyl-17β-hydroxy- 
[5α]-androst-2-eno[3,2-c]-pyrazole);’’. 
SEC. 311. PRISON RAPE COMMISSION EXTENSION. 
Section 7 of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 
(42 U.S.C. 15606) is amended in subsection (d)(3)(A) by 
striking ‘‘2 years’’ and inserting ‘‘3 years’’.
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SEC. 312. LONGER STATUTE OF LIMITATION FOR HUMAN 
TRAFFICKING-RELATED OFFENSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 213 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 3298. Trafficking-related offenses 
‘‘No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished 
for any non-capital offense or conspiracy to commit a non- 
capital offense under section 1581 (Peonage; Obstructing 
Enforcement), 1583 (Enticement into Slavery), 1584 
(Sale into Involuntary Servitude), 1589 (Forced Labor), 
1590 (Trafficking with Respect to Peonage, Slavery, In-
voluntary Servitude, or Forced Labor), or 1592 (Unlawful 
Conduct with Respect to Documents in furtherance of 
Trafficking, Peonage, Slavery, Involuntary Servitude, or 
Forced Labor) of this title or under section 274(a) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act unless the indictment is 
found or the information is instituted not later than 10 
years after the commission of the offense.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at 
the end the following new item: 
‘‘3298. Trafficking-related offenses.’’. 
(c) MODIFICATION OF STATUTE APPLICABLE TO OF-
FENSE AGAINST CHILDREN.—Section 3283 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, or for ten
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years after the offense, whichever is longer’’ after ‘‘of the 
child’’. 
SEC. 313. USE OF CENTER FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE TECH-
NOLOGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may use 
the services of the Center for Criminal Justice Technology, 
a nonprofit ‘‘center of excellence’’ that provides technology 
assistance and expertise to the criminal justice commu-
nity. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General 
to carry out this section the following amounts, to remain 
available until expended: 
(1) $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
(2) $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 
(3) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 
SEC. 314. SEARCH GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to subpart 1 of part E 
of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968, the Attorney General may make grants to 
SEARCH, the National Consortium for Justice Informa-
tion and Statistics, to carry out the operations of the Na-
tional Technical Assistance and Training Program. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General
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to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2006 through 2009. 
SEC. 315. REAUTHORIZATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TRIB-
UTE ACT. 
Section 11001 of Public Law 107–273 (42 U.S.C. 
15208; 116 Stat. 1816) is amended in subsection (i) by 
striking ‘‘2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2009’’. 
SEC. 316. AMENDMENT REGARDING BULLYING AND GANGS. 
Paragraph (13) of section 1801(b) of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3796ee(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(13) establishing and maintaining account-
ability-based programs that are designed to enhance 
school safety, which programs may include reseach- 
based bullying, cyberbullying, and gang prevention 
programs;’’. 
SEC. 317. TRANSFER OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE BU-
REAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, 
AND EXPLOSIVES. 
(a) ORGANIZATIONAL PROVISION.—Part II of title 
28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new chapter: 
‘‘CHAPTER 40A—BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, 
TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘599A. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. 
‘‘599B. Personnel management demonstration project.’’.
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(b) TRANSFER OF PROVISIONS.—The section heading 
for, and subsections (a), (b), (c)(1), and (c)(3) of, section 
1111, and section 1115, of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 531(a), (b), (c)(1), and (c)(3), and 533) 
are hereby transferred to, and added at the end of chapter 
40A of such title, as added by subsection (a) of this sec-
tion. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Such section 1111 is amended— 
(A) by striking the section heading and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘§ 599A. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 
Explosives’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘of 
section 1111 of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (as enacted on the date of the enactment 
of such Act)’’ after ‘‘subsection (c)’’, 
and such section heading and such subsections (as 
so amended) shall constitute section 599A of such 
title. 
(2) Such section 1115 is amended by striking 
the section heading and inserting the following:
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‘‘§ 599B. 
Personnel 
management 
demonstration 
project’’, 
and such section (as so amended) shall constitute 
section 599B of such title. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The chapter analysis 
for such part is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘40A. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explo-
sives ............................................................................ 599A’’. 
SEC. 318. REAUTHORIZE THE GANG RESISTANCE EDU-
CATION AND TRAINING PROJECTS PROGRAM. 
Section 32401(b) of the Violent Crime Control Act 
of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13921(b)) is amended by striking 
paragraphs (1) through (6) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
‘‘(2) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
‘‘(3) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
‘‘(4) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 
‘‘(5) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.’’. 
SEC. 319. NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may use 
the services of the National Training Center in Sioux City, 
Iowa, to utilize a national approach to bring communities 
and criminal justice agencies together to receive training 
to control the growing national problem of methamphet-
amine, poly drugs and their associated crimes. The Na-
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tional Training Center in Sioux City, Iowa, seeks a com-
prehensive approach to control and reduce methamphet-
amine trafficking, production and usage through training. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General 
to carry out this section the following amounts, to remain 
available until expended: 
(1) $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2006. 
(2) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2007. 
(3) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 
(4) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. 
SEC. 320. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO ‘‘GOOD TIME’’ 
RELEASE. 
It is the sense of Congress that it is important to 
study the concept of implementing a ‘‘good time’’ release 
program for non-violent criminals in the Federal prison 
system. 
SEC. 321. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE UNIFORMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 716 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘police badge’’ each place it ap-
pears in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting ‘‘offi-
cial insignia or article of clothing’’;
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(2) in each of paragraphs (2) and (4) of sub-
section (a), by striking ‘‘badge of the police’’ and in-
serting ‘‘official insignia or article of clothing’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the badge’’ and inserting 
‘‘the insignia or article of clothing’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘is other than a counter-
feit police badge and’’ before ‘‘is used or is in-
tended to be used’’; 
(4) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (1); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) the term ‘official insignia or article of 
clothing’ means an article of distinctive clothing or 
insignia, including a badge, emblem or identification 
card, that is an indicium of the authority of a public 
employee; and 
‘‘(4) the term ‘public employee’ means any offi-
cer or employee of the Federal Government or of a 
State or local government.’’; 
(5) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(d) It is a defense to a prosecution under this sec-
tion that theofficial insignia or article of clothing is a 
counterfeit police badge and is used or is intended to be 
used exclusively— 
‘‘(1) for a dramatic presentation, such as a the-
atrical, film, or television production; or 
‘‘(2) for legitimate law enforcement purposes.’’; 
and 
(6) in the heading for the section, by striking 
‘‘Police badges’’ and inserting ‘‘Public em-
ployee insignia and clothing’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF SEC-
TIONS.—The item in the table of sections at the beginning 
of chapter 33 of title 18, United States Code, relating to 
section 716 is amended by striking ‘‘Police badges’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Public employee insignia and clothing’’. 
(c) DIRECTION TO SENTENCING COMMISSION.—The 
United States Sentencing Commission is directed to make 
appropriate amendments to sentencing guidelines, policy 
statements, and official commentary to assure that the 
sentence imposed on a defendant who is convicted of a 
Federal offense while wearing or displaying insignia and 
clothing received in violation of section 716 of title 18, 
United States Code, reflects the gravity of this aggra-
vating factor.
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SEC. 322. OFFICIALLY APPROVED POSTAGE. 
Section 475 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Nothing in 
this section applies to evidence of postage payment ap-
proved by the United States Postal Service.’’. 
SEC. 323. AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIA-
TIONS. 
In addition to any other amounts authorized by law, 
there are authorized to be appropriated for grants to the 
American Prosecutors Research Institute under section 
214A of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 13003) $7,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 
through 2010. 
SEC. 324. ASSISTANCE TO COURTS. 
The chief judge of each United States district court 
is encouraged to cooperate with requests from State and 
local authorities whose operations have been significantly 
disrupted as a result of Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane 
Rita to provide accommodations in Federal facilities for 
State and local courts to conduct their proceedings. 
SEC. 325. STUDY AND REPORT ON CORRELATION BETWEEN 
SUBSTANCE 
ABUSE 
AND 
DOMESTIC 
VIO-
LENCE AT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS. 
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
carry out a study on the correlation between a perpetra-
tor’s drug and alcohol abuse and the reported incidence
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of domestic violence at domestic violence shelters. The 
study shall cover fiscal years 2006 through 2008. Not 
later than February 2009, the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress a report on the results of the study. 
SEC. 326. REAUTHORIZATION OF STATE CRIMINAL ALIEN 
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
241(i)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1231(i)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘appropriated’’ 
and all that follows through the period and inserting the 
following: ‘‘appropriated to carry out this subsection— 
‘‘(A) such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal year 2005; 
‘‘(B) $750,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
‘‘(C) $850,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
and 
‘‘(D) $950,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2008 through 2011.’’. 
(b) LIMITATION
ON
USE
OF
FUNDS.—Section 
241(i)(6) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1231(i)(6)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(6) Amounts appropriated pursuant to the au-
thorization of appropriations in paragraph (5) that 
are distributed to a State or political subdivision of
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a State, including a municipality, may be used only 
for correctional purposes.’’. 
(c) STUDY AND REPORT ON STATE AND LOCAL AS-
SISTANCE IN INCARCERATING UNDOCUMENTED CRIMINAL 
ALIENS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector 
General of the United States Department of Justice 
shall perform a study, and report to the Committee 
on the Judiciary of the United States House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the United States Senate on the following: 
(A) Whether there are States, or political 
subdivisions of a State, that have received com-
pensation under section 241(i) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)) and 
are not fully cooperating in the Department of 
Homeland Security’s efforts to remove from the 
United States undocumented criminal aliens (as 
defined in paragraph (3) of such section). 
(B) Whether there are States, or political 
subdivisions of a State, that have received com-
pensation under section 241(i) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)) and 
that have in effect a policy that violates section
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642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Im-
migrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
1373). 
(C) The number of criminal offenses that 
have been committed by aliens unlawfully 
present in the United States after having been 
apprehended by States or local law enforcement 
officials for a criminal offense and subsequently 
being released without being referred to the De-
partment of Homeland Security for removal 
from the United States. 
(D) The number of aliens described in sub-
paragraph (C) who were released because the 
State or political subdivision lacked space or 
funds for detention of the alien. 
(2) IDENTIFICATION.—In the report submitted 
under paragraph (1), the Inspector General of the 
United States Department of Justice— 
(A) shall include a list identifying each 
State or political subdivision of a State that is 
determined to be described in subparagraph (A) 
or (B) of paragraph (1); and 
(B) shall include a copy of any written pol-
icy determined to be described in subparagraph 
(B).
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TITLE 
IV—VIOLENCE 
AGAINST 
WOMEN 
REAUTHORIZATION 
ACT OF 2005 
SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 
Titles IV through X of this Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR PRO-
GRAMS RELATING TO VIOLENCE AGAINST 
WOMEN. 
Part T of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 is amended by inserting before section 
2001 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg) the following new sections: 
‘‘SEC. 2000A. CLARIFICATION THAT PROGRAMS RELATING 
TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ARE GENDER- 
NEUTRAL. 
‘‘In this part, and in any other Act of Congress, un-
less the context unequivocally requires otherwise, a provi-
sion authorizing or requiring the Department of Justice 
to make grants, or to carry out other activities, for assist-
ance to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalk-
ing, sexual assault, or trafficking in persons, shall be con-
strued to cover grants that provide assistance to female 
victims, male victims, or both.
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‘‘SEC. 2000B. DEFINITIONS THAT APPLY TO ANY PROVISION 
CARRIED 
OUT 
BY 
VIOLENCE 
AGAINST 
WOMEN OFFICE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In this part, and in any violence 
against women provision, unless the context unequivocally 
requires otherwise, the following definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) COURTS.—The term ‘courts’ means any 
civil or criminal, tribal, and Alaskan Village, Fed-
eral, State, local or territorial court having jurisdic-
tion to address domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault or stalking, including immigration, 
family, juvenile, and dependency courts, and the ju-
dicial officers serving in those courts, including 
judges, magistrate judges, commissioners, justices of 
the peace, or any other person with decisionmaking 
authority. 
‘‘(2) CHILD MALTREATMENT.—The term ‘child 
maltreatment’ means the physical or psychological 
abuse or neglect of a child or youth, including sexual 
assault and abuse. 
‘‘(3) COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘community-based organization’ means an or-
ganization that— 
‘‘(A) focuses primarily on domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing;
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‘‘(B) has established a specialized cul-
turally specific program that addresses domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking; 
‘‘(C) has a primary focus on underserved 
populations (and includes representatives of 
these populations) and domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking; or 
‘‘(D) obtains expertise, or shows dem-
onstrated capacity to work effectively, on do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
and stalking through collaboration. 
‘‘(4) COURT-BASED AND COURT-RELATED PER-
SONNEL.—The term ‘court-based’ and ‘court-related 
personnel’ mean persons working in the court, 
whether paid or volunteer, including— 
‘‘(A) clerks, special masters, domestic rela-
tions officers, administrators, mediators, cus-
tody evaluators, guardians ad litem, lawyers, 
negotiators, probation, parole, interpreters, vic-
tim assistants, victim advocates, and judicial, 
administrative, or any other professionals or 
personnel similarly involved in the legal process; 
‘‘(B) court security personnel;
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‘‘(C) personnel working in related, supple-
mentary offices or programs (such as child sup-
port enforcement); and 
‘‘(D) any other court-based or community- 
based personnel having responsibilities or au-
thority to address domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking in the court 
system. 
‘‘(5) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘domes-
tic violence’ includes felony or misdemeanor crimes 
of violence committed by a current or former spouse 
of the victim, by a person with whom the victim 
shares a child in common, by a person who is co-
habitating with or has cohabitated with the victim as 
a spouse, by a person similarly situated to a spouse 
of the victim under the domestic or family violence 
laws of the jurisdiction receiving grant monies, or by 
any other person against an adult, youth, or minor 
victim who is protected from that person’s acts 
under the domestic or family violence laws of the ju-
risdiction receiving grant monies. 
‘‘(6) DATING
PARTNER.—The term ‘dating 
partner’ refers to a person who is or has been in an 
ongoing social relationship of a romantic or intimate
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nature with the abuser, and existence of such a rela-
tionship based on a consideration of— 
‘‘(A) the length of the relationship; 
‘‘(B) the type of relationship; and 
‘‘(C) the frequency of interaction between 
the persons involved in the relationship. 
‘‘(7) DATING VIOLENCE.—The term ‘dating vio-
lence’ means violence committed by a person— 
‘‘(A) who is or has been in an ongoing so-
cial relationship of a romantic or intimate na-
ture with the victim; and 
‘‘(B) where the existence of such a rela-
tionship shall be determined based on a consid-
eration of the following factors: 
‘‘(i) The length of the relationship. 
‘‘(ii) The type of relationship. 
‘‘(iii) The frequency of interaction be-
tween the persons involved in the relation-
ship. 
‘‘(8) ELDER ABUSE.—The term ‘elder abuse’ 
means any action against a person who is 60 years 
of age or older that constitutes the willful— 
‘‘(A) infliction of injury, unreasonable con-
finement, intimidation, or cruel punishment
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with resulting physical harm, pain, or mental 
anguish; or 
‘‘(B) deprivation by a person, including a 
caregiver, of goods or services that are nec-
essary to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, 
or mental illness. 
‘‘(9) INDIAN.—The term ‘Indian’ means a 
member of an Indian tribe. 
‘‘(10) INDIAN
HOUSING.—The term ‘Indian 
housing’ means housing assistance described in the 
Native American Assistance and Self-Determination 
Act of (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq., as amended). 
‘‘(11) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian tribe’ 
means a tribe, band, pueblo, nation, or other orga-
nized group or community of Indians, including any 
Alaska Native village or regional or village corpora-
tion (as defined in, or established pursuant to, the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.)), that is recognized as eligible for the 
special programs and services provided by the 
United States to Indians because of their status as 
Indians. 
‘‘(12) INDIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT.—The term 
‘Indian law enforcement’ means the departments or
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individuals under the direction of the Indian tribe 
that maintain public order. 
‘‘(13) LAW ENFORCEMENT.—The term ‘law en-
forcement’ means a public agency charged with po-
licing functions, including any of its component bu-
reaus (such as governmental victim services pro-
grams), including those referred to in section 3 of 
the Indian Enforcement Reform Act (25 U.S.C. 
2802). 
‘‘(14) LEGAL ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘legal as-
sistance’— 
‘‘(A) includes assistance to adult, youth, 
and minor victims of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, and stalking in— 
‘‘(i) family, tribal, territorial, immi-
gration, employment, administrative agen-
cy, housing matters, campus administrative 
or protection or stay away order pro-
ceedings, and other similar matters; and 
‘‘(ii) criminal justice investigations, 
prosecutions and post-trial matters (includ-
ing sentencing, parole, and probation) that 
impact the victim’s safety and privacy, 
subject to subparagraph (B); and
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‘‘(B) does not include representation of a 
defendant in a criminal or juvenile proceeding. 
‘‘(15) LINGUISTICALLY AND CULTURALLY SPE-
CIFIC SERVICES.—The term ‘linguistically and cul-
turally specific services’ means community-based 
services that offer full linguistic access and cul-
turally specific services and resources, including out-
reach, collaboration, and support mechanisms pri-
marily directed toward racial and ethnic populations 
and other underserved communities. 
‘‘(16) PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION 
OR PERSONAL INFORMATION.—The term ‘personally 
identifying information’ or ‘personal information’ 
means individually identifying information for or 
about an individual including information likely to 
disclose the location of a victim of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(A) a first and last name; 
‘‘(B) a home or other physical address; 
‘‘(C) contact information (including a post-
al, e-mail or Internet protocol address, or tele-
phone or facsimile number); 
‘‘(D) a social security number; and
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‘‘(E) any other information, including date 
of birth, racial or ethnic background, or reli-
gious affiliation, that, in combination with any 
of subparagraphs (A) through (D), would serve 
to identify any individual. 
‘‘(17) PROSECUTION.—The term ‘prosecution’ 
means any public agency charged with direct respon-
sibility for prosecuting criminal offenders, including 
such agency’s component bureaus (such as govern-
mental victim services programs). 
‘‘(18) PROTECTION
ORDER
OR
RESTRAINING 
ORDER.—The term ‘protection order’ or ‘restraining 
order’ includes— 
‘‘(A) any injunction, restraining order, or 
any other order issued by a civil or criminal 
court for the purpose of preventing violent or 
threatening acts or harassment against, sexual 
violence or contact or communication with or 
physical proximity to, another person, including 
any temporary or final orders issued by civil or 
criminal courts whether obtained by filing an 
independent action or as a pendente lite order 
in another proceeding so long as any civil order 
was issued in response to a complaint, petition,
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or motion filed by or on behalf of a person seek-
ing protection; and 
‘‘(B) any support, child custody or visita-
tion provisions, orders, remedies, or relief 
issued as part of a protection order, restraining 
order, or stay away injunction pursuant to 
State, tribal, territorial, or local law authorizing 
the issuance of protection orders, restraining 
orders, or injunctions for the protection of vic-
tims of domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault, or stalking. 
‘‘(19) RURAL AREA AND RURAL COMMUNITY.— 
The terms ‘rural area’ and ‘rural community’ 
mean— 
‘‘(A) any area or community, respectively, 
no part of which is within an area designated 
as a standard metropolitan statistical area by 
the Office of Management and Budget; or 
‘‘(B) any area or community, respectively, 
that is— 
‘‘(i) within an area designated as a 
metropolitan statistical area or considered 
as part of a metropolitan statistical area; 
and 
‘‘(ii) located in a rural census tract.
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‘‘(20) RURAL STATE.—The term ‘rural State’ 
means a State that has a population density of 52 
or fewer persons per square mile or a State in which 
the largest county has fewer than 150,000 people, 
based on the most recent decennial census. 
‘‘(21) SEXUAL ASSAULT.—The term ‘sexual as-
sault’ means any conduct prescribed by chapter 
109A of title 18, United States Code, whether or not 
the conduct occurs in the special maritime and terri-
torial jurisdiction of the United States or in a Fed-
eral prison and includes both assaults committed by 
offenders who are strangers to the victim and as-
saults committed by offenders who are known or re-
lated by blood or marriage to the victim. 
‘‘(22) STALKING.—The term ‘stalking’ means 
engaging in a course of conduct directed at a spe-
cific person that would cause a reasonable person 
to— 
‘‘(A) fear for his or her safety or the safety 
of others; or 
‘‘(B) suffer substantial emotional distress. 
‘‘(23) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and except as other-