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One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and five 
An Act 
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 Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Violence Against Women and 
Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Universal definitions and grant provisions. 
TITLE I—ENHANCING JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOLS TO 
COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
Sec. 101. Stop grants improvements. 
Sec. 102. Grants to encourage arrest and enforce protection orders improvements. 
Sec. 103. Legal Assistance for Victims improvements. 
Sec. 104. Ensuring crime victim access to legal services. 
Sec. 105. The Violence Against Women Act court training and improvements. 
Sec. 106. Full faith and credit improvements. 
Sec. 107. Privacy protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual violence, and stalking. 
Sec. 108. Sex offender management. 
Sec. 109. Stalker database. 
Sec. 110. Federal victim assistants reauthorization. 
Sec. 111. Grants for law enforcement training programs. 
Sec. 112. Reauthorization of the court-appointed special advocate program. 
Sec. 113. Preventing cyberstalking. 
Sec. 114. Criminal provision relating to stalking. 
Sec. 115. Repeat offender provision. 
Sec. 116. Prohibiting dating violence. 
Sec. 117. Prohibiting violence in special maritime and territorial jurisdiction. 
Sec. 118. Updating protection order definition. 
Sec. 119. GAO study and report. 
Sec. 120. Grants for outreach to underserved populations. 
Sec. 121. Enhancing culturally and linguistically specific services for victims of do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 
DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING 
Sec. 201. Findings. 
Sec. 202. Sexual assault services program. 
Sec. 203. Amendments to the Rural Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Enforce-
ment Assistance Program. 
Sec. 204. Training and services to end violence against women with disabilities. 
Sec. 205. Training and services to end violence against women in later life. 
Sec. 206. Strengthening the National Domestic Violence Hotline.
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TITLE III—SERVICES, PROTECTION, AND JUSTICE FOR YOUNG VICTIMS OF 
VIOLENCE 
Sec. 301. Findings. 
Sec. 302. Rape prevention and education. 
Sec. 303. Services, education, protection, and justice for young victims of violence. 
Sec. 304. Grants to combat violent crimes on campuses. 
Sec. 305. Juvenile justice. 
Sec. 306. Safe havens. 
TITLE IV—STRENGTHENING AMERICA’S FAMILIES BY PREVENTING 
VIOLENCE 
Sec. 401. Preventing violence against women and children. 
Sec. 403. Public Awareness Campaign. 
Sec. 402. Study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
TITLE V—STRENGTHENING THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM’S RESPONSE TO 
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND 
STALKING 
Sec. 501. Findings. 
Sec. 502. Purpose. 
Sec. 503. Training and education of health professionals in domestic and sexual vi-
olence. 
Sec. 504. Grants to foster public health responses to domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, and stalking grants. 
Sec. 505. Research on effective interventions in the healthcare setting. 
TITLE VI—HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND SAFETY FOR BATTERED 
WOMEN AND CHILDREN 
Sec. 601. Addressing the housing needs of victims of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
Sec. 602. Transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
Sec. 603. Public housing authority plans reporting requirement. 
Sec. 604. Housing strategies. 
Sec. 605. Amendment to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. 
Sec. 606. Amendments to the low-income housing assistance voucher program. 
Sec. 607. Amendments to the public housing program. 
TITLE VII—PROVIDING ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE 
Sec. 701. Grant for National Resource Center on Workplace Responses to assist vic-
tims of domestic and sexual violence. 
TITLE VIII—PROTECTION OF BATTERED AND TRAFFICKED IMMIGRANTS 
Subtitle A—Victims of Crime 
Sec. 801. Treatment of spouse and children of victims. 
Sec. 802. Presence of victims of a severe form of trafficking in persons. 
Sec. 803. Adjustment of status. 
Sec. 804. Protection and assistance for victims of trafficking. 
Sec. 805. Protecting victims of child abuse. 
Subtitle B—VAWA Self-Petitioners 
Sec. 811. Definition of VAWA self-petitioner. 
Sec. 812. Application in case of voluntary departure. 
Sec. 813. Removal proceedings. 
Sec. 814. Eliminating abusers’ control over applications and limitation on peti-
tioning for abusers. 
Sec. 815. Application for VAWA-related relief. 
Sec. 816. Self-petitioning parents. 
Sec. 817. VAWA confidentiality nondisclosure. 
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Amendments 
Sec. 821. Duration of T and U visas. 
Sec. 822. Technical correction to references in application of special physical pres-
ence and good moral character rules. 
Sec. 823. Petitioning rights of certain former spouses under Cuban adjustment. 
Sec. 824. Self-petitioning rights of HRIFA applicants. 
Sec. 825. Motions to reopen.
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Sec. 826. Protecting abused juveniles. 
Sec. 827. Protection of domestic violence and crime victims from certain disclosures 
of information. 
Sec. 828. Rulemaking. 
Subtitle D—International Marriage Broker Regulation 
Sec. 831. Short title. 
Sec. 832. Access to VAWA protection regardless of manner of entry. 
Sec. 833. Domestic violence information and resources for immigrants and regula-
tion of international marriage brokers. 
Sec. 834. Sharing of certain information. 
TITLE IX—SAFETY FOR INDIAN WOMEN 
Sec. 901. Findings. 
Sec. 902. Purposes. 
Sec. 903. Consultation. 
Sec. 904. Analysis and research on violence against Indian women. 
Sec. 905. Tracking of violence against Indian women. 
Sec. 906. Grants to Indian tribal governments. 
Sec. 907. Tribal deputy in the Office on Violence Against Women. 
Sec. 908. Enhanced criminal law resources. 
Sec. 909. Domestic assault by an habitual offender. 
TITLE X—DNA FINGERPRINTING 
Sec. 1001. Short title. 
Sec. 1002. Use of opt-out procedure to remove samples from national DNA index. 
Sec. 1003. Expanded use of CODIS grants. 
Sec. 1004. Authorization to conduct DNA sample collection from persons arrested 
or detained under Federal authority. 
Sec. 1005. Tolling of statute of limitations for sexual-abuse offenses. 
TITLE XI—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REAUTHORIZATION 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 1101. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2006. 
Sec. 1102. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2007. 
Sec. 1103. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2008. 
Sec. 1104. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2009. 
Sec. 1105. Organized retail theft. 
Sec. 1106. United States-Mexico Border Violence Task Force. 
Sec. 1107. National Gang Intelligence Center. 
Subtitle B—Improving the Department of Justice’s Grant Programs 
CHAPTER 1—ASSISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES 
Sec. 1111. Merger of Byrne Grant Program and Local Law Enforcement Block 
Grant Program. 
Sec. 1112. Clarification of number of recipients who may be selected in a given year 
to receive Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor. 
Sec. 1113. Clarification of official to be consulted by Attorney General in consid-
ering application for emergency Federal law enforcement assistance. 
Sec. 1114. Clarification of uses for regional information sharing system grants. 
Sec. 1115. Integrity and enhancement of national criminal record databases. 
Sec. 1116. Extension of matching grant program for law enforcement armor vests. 
CHAPTER 2—BUILDING COMMUNITY CAPACITY TO PREVENT, REDUCE, AND CONTROL 
CRIME 
Sec. 1121. Office of Weed and Seed Strategies. 
CHAPTER 3—ASSISTING VICTIMS OF CRIME 
Sec. 1131. Grants to local nonprofit organizations to improve outreach services to 
victims of crime. 
Sec. 1132. Clarification and enhancement of certain authorities relating to crime 
victims fund. 
Sec. 1133. Amounts received under crime victim grants may be used by State for 
training purposes. 
Sec. 1134. Clarification of authorities relating to Violence Against Women formula 
and discretionary grant programs. 
Sec. 1135. Change of certain reports from annual to biennial. 
Sec. 1136. Grants for young witness assistance.
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CHAPTER 4—PREVENTING CRIME 
Sec. 1141. Clarification of definition of violent offender for purposes of juvenile 
drug courts. 
Sec. 1142. Changes to distribution and allocation of grants for drug courts. 
Sec. 1143. Eligibility for grants under drug court grants program extended to 
courts that supervise non-offenders with substance abuse problems. 
Sec. 1144. Term of Residential Substance Abuse Treatment program for local facili-
ties. 
Sec. 1145. Enhanced residential substance abuse treatment program for State pris-
oners. 
Sec. 1146. Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program for Federal facilities. 
CHAPTER 5—OTHER MATTERS 
Sec. 1151. Changes to certain financial authorities. 
Sec. 1152. Coordination duties of Assistant Attorney General. 
Sec. 1153. Simplification of compliance deadlines under sex-offender registration 
laws. 
Sec. 1154. Repeal of certain programs. 
Sec. 1155. Elimination of certain notice and hearing requirements. 
Sec. 1156. Amended definitions for purposes of Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968. 
Sec. 1157. Clarification of authority to pay subsistence payments to prisoners for 
health care items and services. 
Sec. 1158. Office of Audit, Assessment, and Management. 
Sec. 1159. Community Capacity Development Office. 
Sec. 1160. Office of Applied Law Enforcement Technology. 
Sec. 1161. Availability of funds for grants. 
Sec. 1162. Consolidation of financial management systems of Office of Justice Pro-
grams. 
Sec. 1163. Authorization and change of COPS program to single grant program. 
Sec. 1164. Clarification of persons eligible for benefits under public safety officers’ 
death benefits programs. 
Sec. 1165. Pre-release and post-release programs for juvenile offenders. 
Sec. 1166. Reauthorization of juvenile accountability block grants. 
Sec. 1167. Sex offender management. 
Sec. 1168. Evidence-based approaches. 
Sec. 1169. Reauthorization of matching grant program for school security. 
Sec. 1170. Technical amendments to Aimee’s Law. 
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Provisions 
Sec. 1171. Technical amendments relating to Public Law 107–56. 
Sec. 1172. Miscellaneous technical amendments. 
Sec. 1173. Use of Federal training facilities. 
Sec. 1174. Privacy officer. 
Sec. 1175. Bankruptcy crimes. 
Sec. 1176. Report to Congress on status of United States persons or residents de-
tained on suspicion of terrorism. 
Sec. 1177. Increased penalties and expanded jurisdiction for sexual abuse offenses 
in correctional facilities. 
Sec. 1178. Expanded jurisdiction for contraband offenses in correctional facilities. 
Sec. 1179. Magistrate judge’s authority to continue preliminary hearing. 
Sec. 1180. Technical corrections relating to steroids. 
Sec. 1181. Prison Rape Commission extension. 
Sec. 1182. Longer statute of limitation for human trafficking-related offenses. 
Sec. 1183. Use of Center for Criminal Justice Technology. 
Sec. 1184. SEARCH Grants. 
Sec. 1185. Reauthorization of Law Enforcement Tribute Act. 
Sec. 1186. Amendment regarding bullying and gangs. 
Sec. 1187. Transfer of provisions relating to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-
arms, and Explosives. 
Sec. 1188. Reauthorize the Gang Resistance Education and Training Projects Pro-
gram. 
Sec. 1189. National Training Center. 
Sec. 1190. Sense of Congress relating to ‘‘good time’’ release. 
Sec. 1191. Public employee uniforms. 
Sec. 1192. Officially approved postage. 
Sec. 1193. Authorization of additional appropriations. 
Sec. 1194. Assistance to courts. 
Sec. 1195. Study and report on correlation between substance abuse and domestic 
violence at domestic violence shelters. 
Sec. 1196. Reauthorization of State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.