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‘‘(10) DATING PARTNER.—The term ‘dating partner’ refers 
to a person who is or has been in a social relationship of 
a romantic or intimate nature with the abuser and the existence 
of such a relationship based on a consideration of— 
‘‘(A) the length of the relationship; and 
‘‘(B) the type of relationship; and 
‘‘(C) the frequency of interaction between the persons 
involved in the relationship.’’. 
SEC. 117. PROHIBITING VIOLENCE IN SPECIAL MARITIME AND TERRI-
TORIAL JURISDICTION. 
(a) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—Section 2261(a)(1) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after ‘‘Indian country’’ the 
following: ‘‘or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction 
of the United States’’. 
(b) PROTECTION ORDER.—Section 2262(a)(1) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after ‘‘Indian country’’ the 
following: ‘‘or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction 
of the United States’’. 
SEC. 118. UPDATING PROTECTION ORDER DEFINITION. 
Section 534 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
striking subsection (e)(3)(B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) the term ‘protection order’ includes— 
‘‘(i) any injunction, restraining order, or any other 
order issued by a civil or criminal court for the purpose 
of preventing violent or threatening acts or harassment 
against, sexual violence or contact or communication 
with or physical proximity to, another person, including 
any temporary or final orders issued by civil or criminal 
courts whether obtained by filing an independent 
action or as a pendente lite order in another proceeding 
so long as any civil order was issued in response to 
a complaint, petition, or motion filed by or on behalf 
of a person seeking protection; and 
‘‘(ii) any support, child custody or visitation provi-
sions, orders, remedies, or relief issued as part of a 
protection order, restraining order, or stay away injunc-
tion pursuant to State, tribal, territorial, or local law 
authorizing 
the 
issuance 
of 
protection 
orders, 
restraining orders, or injunctions for the protection 
of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, or stalking.’’. 
SEC. 119. GAO STUDY AND REPORT. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Comptroller General shall conduct 
a study to establish the extent to which men, women, youth, and 
children are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, and stalking and the availability to all victims of shelter, 
counseling, legal representation, and other services commonly pro-
vided to victims of domestic violence. 
(b) ACTIVITIES UNDER STUDY.—In conducting the study, the 
following shall apply: 
(1) CRIME STATISTICS.—The Comptroller General shall not 
rely only on crime statistics, but may also use existing research 
available, including public health studies and academic studies. 
(2) SURVEY.—The Comptroller General shall survey the 
Department of Justice, as well as any recipients of Federal
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funding for any purpose or an appropriate sampling of recipi-
ents, to determine— 
(A) what services are provided to victims of domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; 
(B) whether those services are made available to youth, 
child, female, and male victims; and 
(C) the number, age, and gender of victims receiving 
each available service. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress 
a report on the activities carried out under this section. 
SEC. 120. GRANTS FOR OUTREACH TO UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made available to carry 
out this section, the Attorney General, acting through the 
Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, shall award 
grants to eligible entities described in subsection (b) to carry 
out local, regional, or national public information campaigns 
focused on addressing adult, youth, or minor domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or trafficking within 
tribal and underserved populations and immigrant commu-
nities, including information on services available to victims 
and ways to prevent or reduce domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
(2) TERM.—The Attorney General shall award grants under 
this section for a period of 1 fiscal year. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Eligible entities under this section 
are— 
(1) nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations or coalitions 
that represent the targeted tribal and underserved populations 
or immigrant community that— 
(A) have a documented history of creating and admin-
istering effective public awareness campaigns addressing 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking; or 
(B) work in partnership with an organization that has 
a documented history of creating and administering effec-
tive public awareness campaigns addressing domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; or 
(2) a governmental entity that demonstrates a partnership 
with organizations described in paragraph (1). 
(c) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts appropriated for 
grants under this section— 
(1) not more than 20 percent shall be used for national 
model campaign materials targeted to specific tribal and under-
served populations or immigrant community, including Amer-
ican Indian tribes and Alaskan native villages for the purposes 
of research, testing, message development, and preparation of 
materials; and 
(2) the balance shall be used for not less than 10 State, 
regional, territorial, tribal, or local campaigns targeting specific 
communities with information and materials developed through 
the national campaign or, if appropriate, new materials to 
reach an underserved population or a particularly isolated 
community.
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(d) USE
OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated under this section 
shall be used to conduct a public information campaign and build 
the capacity and develop leadership of racial, ethnic populations, 
or immigrant community members to address domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
(e) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity desiring a grant under 
this section shall submit an application to the Director of the 
Office on Violence Against Women at such time, in such form, 
and in such manner as the Director may prescribe. 
(f) CRITERIA.—In awarding grants under this section, the 
Attorney General shall ensure— 
(1) reasonable distribution among eligible grantees rep-
resenting various underserved and immigrant communities; 
(2) reasonable distribution among State, regional, terri-
torial, tribal, and local campaigns; and 
(3) that not more than 8 percent of the total amount 
appropriated under this section for each fiscal year is set aside 
for training, technical assistance, and data collection. 
(g) REPORTS.—Each eligible entity receiving a grant under this 
section shall submit to the Director of the Office of Violence Against 
Women, every 18 months, a report that describes the activities 
carried out with grant funds. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2007 through 2011. 
SEC. 121. ENHANCING CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY SPECIFIC 
SERVICES 
FOR 
VICTIMS 
OF 
DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE, 
DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts appropriated under cer-
tain grant programs identified in paragraph (a)(2) of this Sec-
tion, the Attorney General, through the Director of the Violence 
Against Women Office (referred to in this section as the 
‘‘Director’’), shall take 5 percent of such appropriated amounts 
and combine them to establish a new grant program to enhance 
culturally and linguistically specific services for victims of 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
Grants made under this new program shall be administered 
by the Director. 
(2) PROGRAMS COVERED.—The programs covered by para-
graph (1) are the programs carried out under the following 
provisions: 
(A) Section 2101 (42 U.S.C. 3796hh), Grants to Encour-
age Arrest Policies. 
(B) Section 1201 of the Violence Against Women Act 
of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–6), Legal Assistance for Victims. 
(C) Section 40295 of the Violence Against Women Act 
of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13971), Rural Domestic Violence and 
Child Abuser Enforcement Assistance. 
(D) Section lll of the Violence Against Women Act 
of 1994 (42 U.S.C. lll), Older Battered Women. 
(E) Section lll of the Violence Against Women Act 
of 2000 (42 U.S.C. lll), Disabled Women Program. 
(b) PURPOSE OF PROGRAM AND GRANTS.— 
(1) GENERAL PROGRAM PURPOSE.—The purpose of the pro-
gram required by this section is to promote:
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(A) The maintenance and replication of existing 
successful services in domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking community-based programs 
providing culturally and linguistically specific services and 
other resources. 
(B) The development of innovative culturally and 
linguistically specific strategies and projects to enhance 
access to services and resources for victims of domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking who 
face obstacles to using more traditional services and 
resources. 
(2) PURPOSES
FOR
WHICH
GRANTS
MAY
BE
USED.—The 
Director shall make grants to community-based programs for 
the purpose of enhancing culturally and linguistically specific 
services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, and stalking. Grants under the program shall support 
community-based efforts to address distinctive cultural and 
linguistic responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, and stalking. 
(3) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.—The Director 
shall provide technical assistance and training to grantees of 
this and other programs under this Act regarding the develop-
ment and provision of effective culturally and linguistically 
specific community-based services by entering into cooperative 
agreements or contracts with an organization or organizations 
having a demonstrated expertise in and whose primary purpose 
is addressing the development and provision of culturally and 
linguistically specific community-based services to victims of 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Eligible entities for grants under this 
Section include— 
(1) community-based programs whose primary purpose is 
providing culturally and linguistically specific services to vic-
tims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking; and 
(2) community-based programs whose primary purpose is 
providing culturally and linguistically specific services who can 
partner with a program having demonstrated expertise in 
serving victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, and stalking. 
(d) REPORTING.—The Director shall issue a biennial report on 
the distribution of funding under this section, the progress made 
in replicating and supporting increased services to victims of 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 
who face obstacles to using more traditional services and resources, 
and the types of culturally and linguistically accessible programs, 
strategies, technical assistance, and training developed or enhanced 
through this program. 
(e) GRANT PERIOD.—The Director shall award grants for a 
2-year period, with a possible extension of another 2 years to 
implement projects under the grant. 
(f) EVALUATION.—The Director shall award a contract or 
cooperative agreement to evaluate programs under this section 
to an entity with the demonstrated expertise in and primary goal 
of providing enhanced cultural and linguistic access to services 
and resources for victims of domestic violence, dating violence,
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sexual assault, and stalking who face obstacles to using more tradi-
tional services and resources. 
(g) NON-EXCLUSIVITY.—Nothing in this Section shall be inter-
preted to exclude linguistic and culturally specific community-based 
programs from applying to other grant programs authorized under 
this Act. 
TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES FOR 
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 
DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, 
AND STALKING 
SEC. 201. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Nearly 1⁄3 of American women report physical or sexual 
abuse by a husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives. 
(2) According to the National Crime Victimization Survey, 
248,000 Americans 12 years of age and older were raped or 
sexually assaulted in 2002. 
(3) Rape and sexual assault in the United States is esti-
mated to cost $127,000,000,000 per year, including— 
(A) lost productivity; 
(B) medical and mental health care; 
(C) police and fire services; 
(D) social services; 
(E) loss of and damage to property; and 
(F) reduced quality of life. 
(4) Nonreporting of sexual assault in rural areas is a par-
ticular problem because of the high rate of nonstranger sexual 
assault. 
(5) Geographic isolation often compounds the problems 
facing sexual assault victims. The lack of anonymity and acces-
sible support services can limit opportunities for justice for 
victims. 
(6) Domestic elder abuse is primarily family abuse. The 
National Elder Abuse Incidence Study found that the perpe-
trator was a family member in 90 percent of cases. 
(7) Barriers for older victims leaving abusive relationships 
include— 
(A) the inability to support themselves; 
(B) poor health that increases their dependence on 
the abuser; 
(C) fear of being placed in a nursing home; and 
(D) ineffective responses by domestic abuse programs 
and law enforcement. 
(8) Disabled women comprise another vulnerable popu-
lation with unmet needs. Women with disabilities are more 
likely to be the victims of abuse and violence than women 
without disabilities because of their increased physical, eco-
nomic, social, or psychological dependence on others. 
(9) Many women with disabilities also fail to report the 
abuse, since they are dependent on their abusers and fear 
being abandoned or institutionalized. 
(10) Of the 598 battered women’s programs surveyed—
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(A) only 35 percent of these programs offered disability 
awareness training for their staff; and 
(B) only 16 percent dedicated a staff member to provide 
services to women with disabilities. 
(11) Problems of domestic violence are exacerbated for 
immigrants when spouses control the immigration status of 
their family members, and abusers use threats of refusal to 
file immigration papers and threats to deport spouses and 
children as powerful tools to prevent battered immigrant 
women from seeking help, trapping battered immigrant women 
in violent homes because of fear of deportation. 
(12) Battered immigrant women who attempt to flee abu-
sive relationships may not have access to bilingual shelters 
or bilingual professionals, and face restrictions on public or 
financial assistance. They may also lack assistance of a certified 
interpreter in court, when reporting complaints to the police 
or a 9–1–1 operator, or even in acquiring information about 
their rights and the legal system. 
(13) More than 500 men and women call the National 
Domestic Violence Hotline every day to get immediate, 
informed, and confidential assistance to help deal with family 
violence. 
(14) The National Domestic Violence Hotline service is 
available, toll-free, 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, with 
bilingual staff, access to translators in 150 languages, and 
a TTY line for the hearing-impaired. 
(15) With access to over 5,000 shelters and service providers 
across the United States, Puerto Rico, and the United States 
Virgin Islands, the National Domestic Violence Hotline provides 
crisis intervention and immediately connects callers with 
sources of help in their local community. 
(16) Approximately 60 percent of the callers indicate that 
calling the Hotline is their first attempt to address a domestic 
violence situation and that they have not called the police 
or any other support services. 
(17) Between 2000 and 2003, there was a 27 percent 
increase in call volume at the National Domestic Violence Hot-
line. 
(18) Improving technology infrastructure at the National 
Domestic Violence Hotline and training advocates, volunteers, 
and other staff on upgraded technology will drastically increase 
the Hotline’s ability to answer more calls quickly and effec-
tively. 
SEC. 202. SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM. 
Part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg et seq.) is amended by inserting 
after section 2012, as added by this Act, the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2014. SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 
‘‘(1) to assist States, Indian tribes, and territories in pro-
viding intervention, advocacy, accompaniment, support services, 
and related assistance for— 
‘‘(A) adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault; 
‘‘(B) family and household members of such victims; 
and
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‘‘(C) those collaterally affected by the victimization, 
except for the perpetrator of such victimization; 
‘‘(2) to provide for technical assistance and training relating 
to sexual assault to— 
‘‘(A) Federal, State, tribal, territorial and local govern-
ments, law enforcement agencies, and courts; 
‘‘(B) professionals working in legal, social service, and 
health care settings; 
‘‘(C) nonprofit organizations; 
‘‘(D) faith-based organizations; and 
‘‘(E) other individuals and organizations seeking such 
assistance. 
‘‘(b) GRANTS TO STATES AND TERRITORIES.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General shall 
award grants to States and territories to support the establish-
ment, maintenance, and expansion of rape crisis centers and 
other programs and projects to assist those victimized by sexual 
assault. 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION AND USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 5 percent 
of the grant funds received by a State or territory govern-
mental agency under this subsection for any fiscal year 
may be used for administrative costs. 
‘‘(B) GRANT FUNDS.—Any funds received by a State 
or territory under this subsection that are not used for 
administrative costs shall be used to provide grants to 
rape crisis centers and other nonprofit, nongovernmental 
organizations for programs and activities within such State 
or territory that provide direct intervention and related 
assistance. 
‘‘(C) INTERVENTION AND RELATED ASSISTANCE.—Inter-
vention and related assistance under subparagraph (B) 
may include— 
‘‘(i) 24 hour hotline services providing crisis inter-
vention services and referral; 
‘‘(ii) accompaniment and advocacy through med-
ical, criminal justice, and social support systems, 
including medical facilities, police, and court pro-
ceedings; 
‘‘(iii) crisis intervention, short-term individual and 
group support services, and comprehensive service 
coordination and supervision to assist sexual assault 
victims and family or household members; 
‘‘(iv) information and referral to assist the sexual 
assault victim and family or household members; 
‘‘(v) community-based, linguistically and culturally 
specific services and support mechanisms, including 
outreach activities for underserved communities; and 
‘‘(vi) the development and distribution of materials 
on issues related to the services described in clauses 
(i) through (v). 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity desiring a grant 
under this subsection shall submit an application to the 
Attorney General at such time and in such manner as 
the Attorney General may reasonably require.
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‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted under 
subparagraph (A) shall— 
‘‘(i) set forth procedures designed to ensure mean-
ingful involvement of the State or territorial sexual 
assault coalition and representatives from underserved 
communities in the development of the application and 
the implementation of the plans; 
‘‘(ii) set forth procedures designed to ensure an 
equitable distribution of grants and grant funds within 
the State or territory and between urban and rural 
areas within such State or territory; 
‘‘(iii) identify the State or territorial agency that 
is responsible for the administration of programs and 
activities; and 
‘‘(iv) meet other such requirements as the Attorney 
General reasonably determines are necessary to carry 
out the purposes and provisions of this section. 
‘‘(4) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—The Attorney General shall allo-
cate to each State not less than 1.50 percent of the total 
amount appropriated in a fiscal year for grants under this 
section, except that the United States Virgin Islands, American 
Samoa, Guam, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall each 
be allocated 0.125 percent of the total appropriations. The 
remaining funds shall be allotted to each State and each terri-
tory in an amount that bears the same ratio to such remaining 
funds as the population of such State and such territory bears 
to the population of the combined States or the population 
of the combined territories. 
‘‘(c) GRANTS FOR CULTURALLY SPECIFIC PROGRAMS ADDRESSING 
SEXUAL ASSAULT.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General shall 
award grants to eligible entities to support the establishment, 
maintenance, and expansion of culturally specific intervention 
and related assistance for victims of sexual assault. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, an entity shall— 
‘‘(A) be a private nonprofit organization that focuses 
primarily on culturally specific communities; 
‘‘(B) must have documented organizational experience 
in the area of sexual assault intervention or have entered 
into a partnership with an organization having such exper-
tise; 
‘‘(C) have expertise in the development of community-
based, linguistically and culturally specific outreach and 
intervention services relevant for the specific communities 
to whom assistance would be provided or have the capacity 
to link to existing services in the community tailored to 
the needs of culturally specific populations; and 
‘‘(D) have an advisory board or steering committee 
and staffing which is reflective of the targeted culturally 
specific community. 
‘‘(3) AWARD
BASIS.—The Attorney General shall award 
grants under this section on a competitive basis. 
‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION.— 
‘‘(A) The Attorney General shall not use more than 
2.5 percent of funds appropriated under this subsection
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in any year for administration, monitoring, and evaluation 
of grants made available under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) Up to 5 percent of funds appropriated under this 
subsection in any year shall be available for technical 
assistance by a national, nonprofit, nongovernmental 
organization or organizations whose primary focus and 
expertise is in addressing sexual assault within under-
served culturally specific populations. 
‘‘(5) TERM.—The Attorney General shall make grants under 
this section for a period of no less than 2 fiscal years. 
‘‘(6) REPORTING.—Each entity receiving a grant under this 
subsection shall submit a report to the Attorney General that 
describes the activities carried out with such grant funds. 
‘‘(d) 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 tribal sexual assault coali-
tions to assist in supporting the establishment, mainte-
nance, and expansion of such coalitions. 
‘‘(B) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—Not less than 10 percent of 
the total amount appropriated to carry out this section 
shall be used for grants under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—Each of the State, terri-
torial, and tribal sexual assault coalitions. 
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Grant funds received under this sub-
section may be used to— 
‘‘(A) work with local sexual assault programs and other 
providers of direct services to encourage appropriate 
responses to sexual assault within the State, territory, 
or tribe; 
‘‘(B) work with judicial and law enforcement agencies 
to encourage appropriate responses to sexual assault cases; 
‘‘(C) work with courts, child protective services agen-
cies, and children’s advocates to develop appropriate 
responses to child custody and visitation issues when sexual 
assault has been determined to be a factor; 
‘‘(D) design and conduct public education campaigns; 
‘‘(E) plan and monitor the distribution of grants and 
grant funds to their State, territory, or tribe; or 
‘‘(F) collaborate with and inform Federal, State, or 
local public officials and agencies to develop and implement 
policies to reduce or eliminate sexual assault. 
‘‘(3) ALLOCATION AND USE OF FUNDS.—From amounts appro-
priated for grants under this subsection for each fiscal year— 
‘‘(A) not less than 10 percent of the funds shall be 
available for grants to tribal sexual assault coalitions; and 
‘‘(B) 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 those State and territorial coali-
tions. 
‘‘(4) APPLICATION.—Each eligible entity desiring a grant 
under this subsection 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.