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under this program shall be administered by the 
Tribal Division of the Violence Against Women Of-
fice. 
‘‘(2) PROGRAMS COVERED.—The programs cov-
ered by paragraph (1) are the programs carried out 
under the following provisions: 
‘‘(A) Section 2007 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–1), 
Grants to Combat Violent Crimes Against 
Women. 
‘‘(B) Section 2101 (42 U.S.C. 3796hh), 
Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies. 
‘‘(C) Section 1201 of the Violence Against 
Women Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–6), 
Legal Assistance for Victims. 
‘‘(D) Section 1301 of the Violence Against 
Women Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 10420), Safe 
Havens for Children Pilot Program. 
‘‘(E) Section 40295 of the Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 
13971), Rural Domestic Violence and Child 
Abuser Enforcement Assistance. 
‘‘(F) Section 41002 of the Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994, Grants for Court 
Training and Improvements.
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‘‘(G) Section 2014(b), Sexual Assault 
Services Program, Grants to States, Territories 
and Indian Tribes. 
‘‘(H) Title VII, section 41201, Grants for 
Training and Collaboration on the Intersection 
Between Domestic Violence and Child Maltreat-
ment. Section 41202, Services to Advocate For 
and Respond to Teens. 
‘‘(I) Section 704, Grants to Combat Do-
mestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual As-
sault, and Stalking In Middle And High 
Schools. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSE OF PROGRAM AND GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) GENERAL PROGRAM PURPOSE.—The pur-
pose of the program required by this section is to as-
sist Indian tribal governments to develop and en-
hance effective governmental strategies to curtail 
violent crimes against and increase the safety of 
members of Indian tribes consistent with tribal law 
and custom, specifically the following: 
‘‘(A) To increase tribal capacity to respond 
to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, and stalking crimes against members of 
Indian tribes.
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‘‘(B) To strengthen tribal justice interven-
tions including tribal law enforcement, prosecu-
tion, courts, probation, correctional facilities; 
and enhance services to members of Indian 
tribes victimized by domestic violence, dating vi-
olence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSES FOR WHICH GRANTS MAY BE 
USED.—The Director may make grants to Indian 
tribes for the purpose of enhancing participating 
tribes’ capacity to address the safety of members of 
Indian tribes. Each participating tribe shall exercise 
its right of self-determination and self-governance in 
allocating and using funds made available under the 
program. Each participating tribe may use funds 
under the program to support its specific tribally 
based response to increasing the safety of members 
of Indian tribes. Grants under the program shall 
support the governmental efforts identified by the 
Indian tribe required according to its distinctive 
ways of life to increase the safety of members of In-
dian tribes from crimes of sexual assault, domestic 
violence, dating violence, stalking, kidnapping, and 
murder.
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‘‘(c) DISBURSEMENT.—Not later than 120 days after 
the receipt of an application under this section, the Attor-
ney General, through the Director, shall—
‘‘(1) disburse the appropriate sums provided for 
under this section; or 
‘‘(2) inform the Indian tribe why the applica-
tion does not conform to the terms of the application 
requirements. 
‘‘(d) REQUIRED PROCEDURES.—
‘‘(1) DEADLINE TO PROVIDE NOTICE.—No later 
than 60 days after receiving an appropriation of 
funds supporting the program required by this sec-
tion, Director shall—
‘‘(A) publish in the Federal Register notifi-
cation of—
‘‘(i) the availability of those funds to 
Indian tribes; 
‘‘(ii) the total amount of funds avail-
able; and 
‘‘(iii) the process by which tribes may 
participate in the program; and 
‘‘(B) mail each Indian tribe a notification 
of the matters required by subparagraph (A), 
together with instructions on the process, copies
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of application forms, and a notification of the 
deadline for submission of an application. 
‘‘(2) DEADLINE TO MAKE FUNDS AVAILABLE.—
No later than 180 days after receiving an appropria-
tion referred to in paragraph (1), the Director shall 
distribute and make accessible those funds to Indian 
tribes opting to participate in the program. 
‘‘(3) FORMULA.—The Director shall distribute 
those funds according to the following formula: 
‘‘(A) 60 percent of the available funds 
shall be allocated equally to all Indian tribes 
who exercise the option to access the funds. 
‘‘(B) The remaining 40 percent shall be al-
located to the same Indian tribes on a per cap-
ita basis, according to the population residing 
in the respective Indian tribe’s service area. 
‘‘(4) SET-ASIDE.—No later than 120 days after 
receiving an appropriation referred to in paragraph 
(1), the Director shall set aside not less than 5 per-
cent and up to 7 percent of the total amount of 
those funds for the purpose of entering into a coop-
erative agreement or contract with one or more trib-
al organizations with demonstrated expertise in pro-
viding training and technical assistance to Indian 
tribes in addressing domestic violence, dating vio-
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lence, sexual assault, and stalking against members 
of Indian tribes, tribal law, and customary pratices. 
At least one of the cooperative agreements or con-
tracts shall be entered into with a single tribal orga-
nization to provide comprehensive technical assist-
ance to participating tribal governments. Such train-
ing and technical assistance shall be specifically de-
signed to address the unique legal unique legal sta-
tus, distinct cultural ways of life, and geographic cir-
cumstances of the Indian tribes receiving funds 
under the program. 
‘‘(e) RECIPIENT REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Indian tribes may receive 
funds under the program required by this section as 
individual tribes or as a consortium of tribes. 
‘‘(2) 
SUBGRANTS
AND
OTHER
ARRANGE-
MENTS.—Participating tribes may make subgrants 
or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements 
with the funds under the program to enhance the 
safety of, and end domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking against, members of In-
dian tribes. 
‘‘(3) SET ASIDE.—Participating tribes must set 
aside no less than 50 percent of their total allocation 
under this section for tribally specific domestic vio-
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lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking vic-
tim services and advocacy for members of Indian 
tribes. The services supported with funds under the 
program must be designed to address the unique cir-
cumstances of the individuals to be served, including 
the customary practices and linguistic needs of the 
individuals within the tribal community to be served. 
Tribes shall give preference to tribal organizations 
or tribal nonprofit organizations providing advocacy 
services to members of Indian tribes within the com-
munity to be served such as a safety center or shel-
ter program for members of Indian tribes. In the 
case where the above organizations do not exist 
within the participating tribe, the participation and 
support from members of Indian tribes in the com-
munity to be served is sufficient to meet this re-
quirement. 
‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) APPLICATION.—To reduce the administra-
tive burden for Indian tribes, the Director shall pre-
pare an expedited application process for Indian 
tribes participating in the program required by this 
section. The expedited process shall facilitate partici-
pating tribes’ submission of information—
‘‘(A) outlining project activities;
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‘‘(B) describing how the project activities 
will enhance the Indian tribe’s response to do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
and stalking against members of Indian tribes; 
and 
‘‘(C) identifying the tribal partner pro-
viding advocacy and related services for mem-
bers of Indian tribes who are victims of crimes 
of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, and stalking. 
‘‘(2) REPORTING AND EVALUATION.—The Di-
rector shall alleviate administrative burdens upon 
participating Indian tribes by—
‘‘(A) developing a reporting and evaluation 
process relevant to the distinct governance of 
Indian tribes; 
‘‘(B) requiring only essential data to be 
collected; and 
‘‘(C) limiting reporting to an annual basis. 
‘‘(3) GRANT
PERIOD.—The Director shall 
award grants for a two-year period, with a possible 
extension of another two years to implement projects 
under the grant. 
‘‘(g) PRESUMPTION THAT MATCHING FUNDS NOT 
REQUIRED.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Given the unique political 
relationship between the United States and Indian 
tribes differentiates tribes from other entities that 
deal with or are affected by, the Federal Govern-
ment, the Director shall not require an Indian tribe 
to match funds under this section, except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—If the Director determines 
that an Indian tribe has adequate resources to com-
ply with a matching requirement that would other-
wise apply but for the operation of paragraph (1), 
the Director may waive the operation of paragraph 
(1) for that tribe. 
‘‘(h) EVALUATION.—The Director shall award a con-
tract or cooperative agreement to evaluate programs under 
this section to an entity with the demonstrated expertise 
in domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking and knowledge and experience in—
‘‘(1) the development and delivery of services to 
members of Indian tribes who are victimized; 
‘‘(2) the development and implementation of 
tribal governmental responses to such crimes; and 
‘‘(3) the traditional and customary practices of 
Indian tribes to such crimes.’’.
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SEC. 1006. GAO REPORT TO CONGRESS ON STATUS OF 
PROSECUTION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DO-
MESTIC VIOLENCE ON TRIBAL LANDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to the Congress a report 
on the prosecution of sexual assault and domestic violence 
committed against adult American Indians and Alaska 
Natives. 
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report required by 
subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the effectiveness of pros-
ecution of such cases by the United States district 
attorneys of such cases. 
(2) For each district containing Indian country, 
a summary of the number of sexual assault and do-
mestic violence related cases within Federal criminal 
jurisdiction and charged according to the following 
provisions of title 18, United States Code: Sections 
1153, 
1152, 
113, 
2261(a)(1)(2), 
2261A(1), 
2261A(2), and 922(g)(8). 
(3) A summary of the number of—
(A) reports received; 
(B) investigations conducted; 
(C) declinations and basis for declination;
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(D) prosecutions, including original charge 
and final disposition; 
(E) sentences imposed upon conviction; 
and 
(F) male victims, female victims, Indian 
defendants, and non-Indian defendants. 
(4) The priority assigned by the district to the 
prosecution of such cases and the percentage of such 
cases prosecuted to total cases prosecuted. 
(5) Any recommendations by the Comptroller 
General for improved Federal prosecution of such 
cases. 
(c) YEARS COVERED.—The report required by this 
section shall cover the years 2000 through 2005. 
TITLE XI—PUBLIC AWARENESS 
CAMPAIGN REGARDING DO-
MESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST 
PREGNANT WOMEN 
SEC. 1101. PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, acting 
through the Office on Violence Against Women], shall 
make grants to States for carrying out a campaign to in-
crease public awareness of issues regarding domestic vio-
lence against pregnant women.
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(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 
each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 
2005. 
Attest:
Clerk.