‘‘(ii) whether the victim is an Indian; 
and 
‘‘(iii) the age, sex, and Tribal affili-
ation of the victim, if applicable; and 
‘‘(D) a description, in the aggregate, of the 
general nature and location of the alleged 
crimes involved, including— 
‘‘(i) whether the crime was committed 
on Indian land; 
‘‘(ii) whether the alleged perpetrator 
is an Indian; 
‘‘(iii) the disposition of the incident; 
and 
‘‘(iv) all jurisdictions involved in any 
disposition. 
‘‘(6) OBLIGATION TO REPORT FRAUD, WASTE, 
OR ABUSE OF GRANT FUNDS.—A recipient or sub-
recipient of a covered grant shall immediately report 
to the Director any finding of fraud, waste, or abuse 
of grant funds. 
‘‘(d) PROTECTION
OF CRIME VICTIM CONFIDEN-
TIALITY AND PRIVACY.— 
‘‘(1) ANNUAL
REPORTS.—In order to ensure 
the safety of victims of crime and immediate family 
members of victims of crime, recipients and sub-
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recipients of covered grants shall protect the con-
fidentiality and privacy of individuals receiving serv-
ices from the recipient or subrecipient. 
‘‘(2) NONDISCLOSURE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs 
(3) and (4), a recipient or subrecipient of a cov-
ered grant shall not disclose, reveal, or release 
any personally identifying information collected 
in connection with any service requested, used, 
or denied through a program of the recipient or 
subrecipient or require the release of personally 
identifying information as a condition of eligi-
bility for the services provided by the recipient 
or subrecipient— 
‘‘(i) regardless of whether the infor-
mation has been encoded, encrypted, 
hashed, or otherwise protected; and 
‘‘(ii) subject to subparagraph (B) and 
the condition that consent for release may 
not be given by an abuser of the minor, an 
abuser of a parent or guardian of a minor, 
or an incapacitated individual, absent the 
informed, written, reasonably time-limited 
consent of— 
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‘‘(I) the individual about whom 
information is sought; 
‘‘(II) in the case of an emanci-
pated minor, the minor, and the par-
ent or guardian; or 
‘‘(III) in the case of legal inca-
pacity, a court-appointed guardian. 
‘‘(B) CERTAIN MINORS AND OTHER INDI-
VIDUALS.—If a minor or individual with a le-
gally appointed guardian may lawfully receive 
services without the consent of a parent or 
guardian, that minor or individual may consent 
to the release of information under subpara-
graph (A)(ii) without the additional consent of 
a parent or guardian. 
‘‘(3) RELEASE.—If the release of information 
described in paragraph (2) is compelled by a statu-
tory or court mandate, a recipient or subrecipient of 
a covered grant shall— 
‘‘(A) make reasonable attempts to provide 
notice to victims of crime affected by the disclo-
sure of information; and 
‘‘(B) take steps necessary to protect the 
privacy and safety of the individuals affected by 
the release of the information. 
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‘‘(4) INFORMATION
SHARING.—A recipient or 
subrecipient of a covered grant may share— 
‘‘(A) data in the aggregate that is not per-
sonally identifying information regarding serv-
ices to clients and demographics in order to 
comply with Federal, State, Tribal, or terri-
torial reporting, evaluation, or data collection 
requirements; 
‘‘(B) court-generated and law enforcement- 
generated information contained in secure gov-
ernmental registries for protection order en-
forcement purposes; and 
‘‘(C) law enforcement-generated and pros-
ecution-generated information necessary for law 
enforcement and prosecution purposes. 
‘‘(5) STATUTORILY
MANDATED
REPORTS
OF 
ABUSE
OR
NEGLECT.—Nothing in this subsection 
shall be construed to prohibit a recipient or sub-
recipient of a covered grant from reporting sus-
pected abuse or neglect of an individual. 
‘‘(6) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this sub-
section shall be construed to prohibit the Direc-
tor from disclosing grant activities authorized 
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by this section to the appropriate committees of 
Congress. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The Director shall 
ensure that a disclosure under subparagraph 
(A) protects confidentiality and omits person-
ally identifying information. 
‘‘(7) CONFIDENTIALITY ASSESSMENT AND AS-
SURANCES.—A recipient or subrecipient of a covered 
grant shall document compliance with the confiden-
tiality and privacy requirements of this subsection. 
‘‘(e) OVERSIGHT AND ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Director shall— 
‘‘(A) regularly monitor and review covered 
grants awarded, which shall include evaluation 
of quarterly financial reports for victim services 
grants; and 
‘‘(B) conduct investigations and audits— 
‘‘(i) to ensure compliance with all ap-
plicable Federal law; and 
‘‘(ii) to prevent duplication and redun-
dancy in the awarding of covered grants. 
‘‘(2) PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND ENFORCE-
ABLE AGREEMENTS.—The Director shall ensure that 
all covered grants are subject to performance meas-
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ures and enforceable agreements that allow for thor-
ough program oversight. 
‘‘(3) COMPLIANCE
REPORTS
TO
CONGRESS.— 
For the first fiscal year beginning after the date of 
enactment of this section and each fiscal year there-
after, the Director shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress an annual compliance report 
on all covered grants awarded. 
‘‘(4) VIOLATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—If, after reasonable 
notice and opportunity for a hearing on the 
record (subject to subparagraph (B)), the Di-
rector finds that a recipient or subrecipient of 
a covered grant has failed to comply substan-
tially with any provision of this section or a 
rule, regulation, guideline, or procedure issued 
under this section, a commitment or certifi-
cation made in the written proposal submitted 
under subsection (c)(2), or the provisions of any 
other applicable law, the Director shall— 
‘‘(i) terminate payments to the recipi-
ent; 
‘‘(ii) suspend payments to the recipi-
ent until the Director is satisfied that the 
noncompliance has ended; or 
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‘‘(iii) take any other action that the 
Director determines appropriate. 
‘‘(B) SUBRECIPIENTS.—A subrecipient of 
a covered grant may not request a hearing 
under subparagraph (A) but may assist a re-
cipient in providing information during the 
hearing process. 
‘‘(f) TIMELINES.— 
‘‘(1) NEGOTIATED
RULEMAKING.—Not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion, the Director shall publish a notice in the Fed-
eral Register to initiate the negotiated rulemaking 
described in section 3(b) of the Securing Urgent Re-
sources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment Act, 
which shall be completed not later than 180 days 
after that publication. 
‘‘(2) REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.—Not later than 
60 days after the negotiated rulemaking described in 
paragraph (1) is complete, the Director shall publish 
a request for proposal in the Federal Register for 
covered grants. 
‘‘(3) REQUIRED
DISBURSAL.—Not later than 
January 31 of each of the first 10 fiscal years begin-
ning after the date of enactment of this section, the 
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Director shall disburse competitive grants to Indian 
Tribes in accordance with this section. 
‘‘(g) AVAILABILITY OF GRANT FUNDS.—Any amount 
awarded under a covered grant that remains unobligated 
at the end of the fiscal year in which the grant is made 
may be expended for the purpose for which the grant was 
made at any time during the 5 succeeding fiscal years, 
at the end of which period, any unobligated sums shall 
remain available to the Director for award under this sec-
tion in the following fiscal year. 
‘‘(h) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section prohibits— 
‘‘(1) an Indian Tribe from contracting for the 
administration of a program or activity funded 
under this section; or 
‘‘(2) multiple Indian Tribes or Tribal organiza-
tions from forming a consortium for any of the pur-
poses described in this section. 
‘‘(i) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The grant program estab-
lished under this section shall be carried out using 
amounts made available under section 1402(d)(1). 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—For each 
fiscal year in which a grant is made or grant funds 
may be obligated under this section, the Director 
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may use not more than 4 percent of the amounts 
made available under this section for— 
‘‘(A) administration and management of 
covered grants; and 
‘‘(B) training and technical assistance. 
‘‘(j) TERM.—This section shall be effective for the 
first 10 fiscal years beginning after the date of enactment 
of this section.’’. 
(b) FUNDING FOR GRANTS FOR TRIBAL VICTIMS OF 
CRIME.—Section 1402(d) of the Victims of Crime Act of 
1984 (34 U.S.C. 20101(d)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting before paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) For each of the first 10 fiscal years begin-
ning after the date of enactment of the Securing Ur-
gent Resources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment 
Act, 5 percent of the total amount in the Fund 
available for obligation during a fiscal year shall be 
made available to the Director to make grants under 
section 1404G.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘after 
compliance with paragraph (1)’’ after ‘‘deposited in 
the Fund’’; 
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(3) in paragraph (3)(A), in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (2)’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting ‘‘(1),’’ be-
fore ‘‘(2)’’ each place that term appears. 
SEC. 3. REGULATIONS REGARDING INDIAN TRIBES. 
(a) EXISTING REGULATIONS.—Any regulation, rule, 
or guidance promulgated by the Director of the Office for 
Victims of Crime before the date of enactment of this Act 
shall have no force or effect with respect to section 1404G 
of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as added by section 
2. 
(b) NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 
the Office for Victims of Crime, in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Interior and Indian Tribes (as 
defined in section 1404G of the Victims of Crime 
Act of 1984, as added by section 2) and through no-
tice and comment negotiated rulemaking, following 
the provisions of subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 
5, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘Ne-
gotiated Rulemaking Act of 1990’), shall promulgate 
final regulations carrying out section 1404G of the 
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Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as added by section 
2. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The Director of the Of-
fice for Victims of Crime shall ensure that— 
(A) not fewer than 2 Indian Tribes from 
each Bureau of Indian Affairs region partici-
pate in the consultation; and 
(B) small, medium, and large land-based 
Indian Tribes are represented. 
Æ 
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