SEC. 203. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR CRIME VICTIM COM-
PENSATION.
(a) CREATION OF EXCEPTION.—The final sentence
of section 1403(a)(1) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984
(42 U.S.C. 10602(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘A
grant’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph
(3), a grant’’.
(b) 
REQUIREMENTS
OF
EXCEPTION.—Section
1403(a) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C.
10602(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(3) Not more than 5 percent of a grant made
under this section may be used for the administra-
tion of the State crime victim compensation program
receiving the grant.’’.
SEC. 204. GRANTS FOR DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.
Section 1404(c)(1)(A) of the Victims of Crime Act
of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10603(c)(1)(A)) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘demonstration projects and’’ before ‘‘training’’.
SEC. 205. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR CRIME VICTIM AS-
SISTANCE.
(a) CREATION OF EXCEPTION.—Section 1404(b)(2)
of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C.
10603(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘An eligible’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (3), an eligible’’.
(b) 
REQUIREMENTS
OF
EXCEPTION.—Section
1404(b) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C.
10603(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(3) Not more than 5 percent of sums received
under subsection (a) may be used for the adminis-
tration of the State crime victim assistance program
receiving such sums.’’.
SEC. 206. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.
Section 1407 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984
(42 U.S.C. 10604) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(h) Each entity receiving sums made available under
this Act for administrative purposes shall certify that such
sums will not be used to supplant State or local funds,
but will be used to increase the amount of such funds that
would, in the absence of Federal funds, be made available
for these purposes.’’.
SEC. 207. CHANGE OF DUE DATE FOR REQUIRED REPORT.
Section 1407(g) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984
(42 U.S.C. 10604(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘and on De-
cember 31 every two years thereafter’’, and inserting ‘‘and
on June 30 every two years thereafter.’’.
TITLE III—REPORT ON
BATTERED WOMEN’S SYNDROME
SEC. 301. REPORT ON BATTERED WOMEN’S SYNDROME.
(a) REPORT.—Not less than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General and the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall transmit to
the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Sen-
ate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, and the
Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House
of Representatives a report on the medical and psycho-
logical basis of ‘‘battered women’s syndrome’’ and on the
extent to which evidence of the syndrome has been consid-
ered in a criminal trial.
(b) COMPONENTS OF THE REPORT.—The report de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall include—
(1) medical and psychological testimony on the
validity of battered women’s syndrome as a psycho-
logical condition;
(2) a compilation of State and Federal court
cases in which evidence of battered women’s syn-
drome was offered in criminal trials; and
(3) an assessment by State and Federal judges,
prosecutors, and defense attorneys of the effects that
evidence of battered women’s syndrome may have in
criminal trials.