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‘‘(5) information and referral to assist the sexual 
assault victim and family or household members; 
‘‘(6) community-based, linguistically and cul-
turally-specific services including outreach activities 
for racial and ethnic and other underserved popu-
lations and linkages to existing services in these pop-
ulations; 
‘‘(7) collaborating with and informing public of-
ficials and agencies in order to develop and imple-
ment policies to reduce or eliminate sexual assault; 
and 
‘‘(8) the development and distribution of edu-
cational materials on issues related to sexual assault 
and the services described in clauses (A) through (G). 
‘‘(e) GRANTS TO STATE, TERRITORIAL, AND TRIBAL 
SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General 
shall award grants to State, territorial and trib-
al sexual assault coalitions to assist in sup-
porting the establishment, maintenance and ex-
pansion of such coalitions as determined by the 
National Center for Injury Prevention and Con-
trol Office in collaboration with the Violence
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Against Women Office of the Department of Jus-
tice. 
‘‘(B) FIRST-TIME
APPLICANTS.—No entity 
shall be prohibited from submitting an applica-
tion under this subsection because such entity 
has not previously applied or received funding 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(f) COALITION
ACTIVITIES
AUTHORIZED.—Grant 
funds received under subsection (e) may be used to— 
‘‘(1) work with local sexual assault programs 
and other providers of direct services to encourage ap-
propriate responses to sexual assault within the State, 
territory, or Indian tribe; 
‘‘(2) work with judicial and law enforcement 
agencies to encourage appropriate responses to sexual 
assault cases; 
‘‘(3) work with courts, child protective services 
agencies, and children’s advocates to develop appro-
priate responses to child custody and visitation issues 
when sexual assault has been determined to be a fac-
tor; 
‘‘(4) design and conduct public education cam-
paigns;
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‘‘(5) plan and monitor the distribution and use 
of grants and grant funds to their State, territory, or 
Indian tribe; and 
‘‘(6) collaborate with and inform Federal, State, 
Tribal, or local public officials and agencies to de-
velop and implement policies to reduce or eliminate 
sexual assault. 
‘‘(g) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(1) Each eligible entity desiring a grant under 
subsections (c) and (e) shall submit an application to 
the Attorney General at such time, in such manner 
and containing such information as the Attorney 
General determines to be essential to carry out the 
purposes of this section. 
‘‘(2) Each eligible entity desiring a grant under 
subsection (b) shall include— 
‘‘(A) demonstration of meaningful involve-
ment of the State or territorial coalitions, or 
Tribal coalition, where applicable, in the devel-
opment of the application and implementation of 
the plans; 
‘‘(B) a plan for an equitable distribution of 
grants and grant funds within the State, terri-
tory or tribal area and between urban and rural 
areas within such State or territory;
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‘‘(C) the State, territorial or Tribal entity 
that is responsible for the administration of 
grants; and 
‘‘(D) any other information the Attorney 
General reasonably determines to be necessary to 
carry out the purposes and provisions of this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(h) REPORTING.— 
‘‘(1) Each entity receiving a grant under sub-
section (b), (c) and (e) shall submit a report to the 
Attorney General that describes the activities carried 
out with such grant funds. 
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated $55,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2006 through 2010 to carry out this section. Any 
amounts so appropriated shall remain available until 
expended. 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATIONS.—Of the total amount appro-
priated for each fiscal year to carry out this section— 
‘‘(A) not more than 2.5 percent shall be 
used by the Attorney General for evaluation, 
monitoring and administrative costs under this 
section;
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‘‘(B) not more than 2.5 percent shall be 
used for the provision of technical assistance to 
grantees and subgrantees under this section, ex-
cept that in subsection (c) up to 5 percent of 
funds appropriated under that subsection may be 
available for technical assistance to be provided 
by a national organization or organizations 
whose primary purpose and expertise is in sex-
ual assault within racial and ethnic commu-
nities; 
‘‘(C) not less than 75 percent shall be used 
for making grants to states and territories and 
tribal entities under subsection (b) of which not 
less than 10 percent of this amount shall be allo-
cated for grants to tribal entities. State, terri-
torial and tribal governmental agencies shall use 
no more than 5 percent for administrative costs; 
‘‘(D) not less than 10 percent shall be used 
for grants for culturally specific programs ad-
dressing sexual assault under subsection (c); and 
‘‘(E) not less than 10 percent shall be used 
for making grants to state, territorial and tribal 
coalitions under subsection (e) of which not less 
than 10 percent shall be allocated for grants to 
tribal coalitions.
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The remaining funds shall be available for grants to 
State and territorial coalitions, and the Attorney 
General shall allocate an amount equal to 1⁄56 of the 
amounts so appropriated to each of the several States, 
the District of Columbia, and the territories. 
‘‘(3) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—Of the amount appro-
priated under section (i)(2)(C), the Attorney General, 
not including the set aside for tribal entities, shall al-
locate not less than 1.50 percent to each State and not 
less than 0.125 percent to each of the territories. The 
remaining funds shall be allotted to each State and 
each territory in an amount that bears the same ratio 
to such remaining funds as the population of such 
State bears to the population of the combined States, 
or for territories, the population of the combined ter-
ritories.’’. 
SEC. 603. AMENDMENTS TO THE RURAL DOMESTIC VIO-
LENCE AND CHILD ABUSE ENFORCEMENT AS-
SISTANCE PROGRAM. 
Section 40295 of the Violence Against Women Act of 
1994 (42 U.S.C. 13971) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 40295. RURAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIO-
LENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING, AND 
CHILD ABUSE ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are—