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‘‘(b) VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PROVISION.—In 
this section, the term ‘violence against women provision’ 
means any provision required by law to be carried out by 
or through the Violence Against Women Office. 
‘‘SEC. 2000C. REQUIREMENTS THAT APPLY TO ANY GRANT 
PROGRAM 
CARRIED 
OUT 
BY 
VIOLENCE 
AGAINST WOMEN OFFICE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out grants under 
this part, and in carrying out grants under any other vio-
lence against women grant program, the Director of the 
Violence Against Women Office shall ensure each of the 
following: 
‘‘(1) NONDISCLOSURE
OF
CONFIDENTIAL
OR 
PRIVATE INFORMATION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In order to ensure the 
safety of adult, youth, and minor victims of do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
or stalking, and their families, each grantee and 
subgrantee shall reasonably protect the con-
fidentiality and privacy of persons receiving 
services. 
‘‘(B) NONDISCLOSURE.—Subject to sub-
paragraphs (C) and (D), grantees and sub-
grantees shall not—
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‘‘(i) disclose any personally identifying 
information or individual information col-
lected in connection with services re-
quested, utilized, or denied through grant-
ees’ and subgrantees’ programs; or 
‘‘(ii) reveal individual client informa-
tion without the informed, written, reason-
ably time-limited consent of the person (or 
in the case of an unemancipated minor, the 
minor and the parent or guardian or in the 
case of persons with disabilities, the guard-
ian) about whom information is sought, 
whether for this program or any other 
Federal, State, tribal, or territorial grant 
program, except that consent for release 
may not be given by the abuser of the 
minor or person with disabilities, or the 
abuser of the other parent of the minor. 
‘‘(C) RELEASE.—If release of information 
described in subparagraph (B) is compelled by 
statutory or court mandate or is requested by 
a Member of Congress—
‘‘(i) grantees and subgrantees shall 
make reasonable attempts to provide notice
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to victims affected by the disclosure of in-
formation; and 
‘‘(ii) grantees and subgrantees shall 
take steps necessary to protect the privacy 
and safety of the persons affected by the 
release of the information. 
‘‘(D) INFORMATION
SHARING.—Grantees 
and subgrantees may share—
‘‘(i) nonpersonally identifying data in 
the aggregate regarding services to their 
clients and nonpersonally identifying demo-
graphic information in order to comply 
with Federal, State, tribal, or territorial 
reporting, evaluation, or data collection re-
quirements; 
‘‘(ii) court-generated information and 
law-enforcement 
generated 
information 
contained in secure, governmental protec-
tion order registries for investigation, pros-
ecution, and enforcement purposes; and 
‘‘(iii) law enforcement- and prosecu-
tion-generated information necessary for 
law enforcement and prosecution purposes. 
‘‘(2) APPROVED ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out 
activities under the grant program, grantees and
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subgrantees may collaborate with and provide infor-
mation to Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial 
public officials and agencies to develop and imple-
ment policies to reduce or eliminate domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
‘‘(3) 
NON-SUPPLANTATION.—Any 
Federal 
funds received under the grant program shall be 
used to supplement, not supplant, non-Federal funds 
that would otherwise be available for the activities 
carried out under the grant. 
‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds authorized and 
appropriated under the grant program may be used 
only for the specific purposes described in the grant 
program and shall remain available until expended. 
‘‘(5) EVALUATION.—Grantees must collect data 
for use to evaluate the effectiveness of the program 
(or for use to carry out related research), pursuant 
to the requirements described in paragraph (1)(D). 
‘‘(6) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING.—Any funds 
appropriated for the grant program shall be subject 
to the prohibition in section 1913 of title 18, United 
States Code, relating to lobbying with appropriated 
moneys. 
‘‘(7) PROHIBITION
ON
TORT
LITIGATION.—
Funds appropriated for the grant program may not
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be used to fund civil representation in a lawsuit 
based on a tort claim. This paragraph shall not be 
construed as a prohibition on providing assistance to 
obtain restitution in a protection order or criminal 
case. 
‘‘(b) VIOLENCE
AGAINST
WOMEN
GRANT
PRO-
GRAM.—In this section, the term ‘violence against women 
grant program’ means any grant program required by law 
to be carried out by or through the Violence Against 
Women Office.’’. 
TITLE V—ENHANCING JUDICIAL 
AND 
LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
TOOLS TO COMBAT VIOLENCE 
SEC. 501. STOP GRANTS IMPROVEMENTS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
1001(a)(18) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(18)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘$185,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 
through 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘$215,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2006 through 2010’’. 
(b) 
PURPOSE
AREA
ENHANCEMENTS.—Section 
2001(b) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘, and specifically, for the pur-
poses of—’’ and inserting ‘‘, including collaborating
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with and informing public officials and agencies in 
order to develop and implement policies to reduce or 
eliminate domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, and stalking, and specifically only for the 
purposes of—’’; 
(2) in paragraph (5), by inserting after ‘‘protec-
tion orders are granted,’’ the following: ‘‘supporting 
nonprofit nongovernmental victim services programs 
and tribal organizations in working with public offi-
cials and agencies to develop and implement policies, 
rules, and procedures in order to reduce or eliminate 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
and stalking,’’; 
(3) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(12) maintaining core victim services and 
criminal justice initiatives, while supporting com-
plementary new initiatives and emergency services 
for victims and their families; and 
‘‘(13) supporting the placement of special vic-
tim assistants (to be known as ‘Jessica Gonzales 
Victim Assistants’) in local law enforcement agencies 
to serve as liaisons between victims of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking