In the Senate of the United States,
December 16, 2005.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 3402) entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize appropria-
tions for the Department of Justice for fiscal years 2006
through 2009, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the fol-
lowing
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Violence Against Women
and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005’’.
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SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Universal definitions and grant provisions.
TITLE I—ENHANCING JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOLS
TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Sec. 101. Stop grants improvements.
Sec. 102. Grants to encourage arrest and enforce protection orders improvements.
Sec. 103. Legal Assistance for Victims improvements.
Sec. 104. Ensuring crime victim access to legal services.
Sec. 105. The Violence Against Women Act court training and improvements.
Sec. 106. Full faith and credit improvements.
Sec. 107. Privacy protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence,
sexual violence, and stalking.
Sec. 108. Sex offender management.
Sec. 109. Stalker database.
Sec. 110. Federal victim assistants reauthorization.
Sec. 111. Grants for law enforcement training programs.
Sec. 112. Reauthorization of the court-appointed special advocate program.
Sec. 113. Preventing cyberstalking.
Sec. 114. Criminal provision relating to stalking.
Sec. 115. Repeat offender provision.
Sec. 116. Prohibiting dating violence.
Sec. 117. Prohibiting violence in special maritime and territorial jurisdiction.
Sec. 118. Updating protection order definition.
Sec. 119. GAO study and report.
Sec. 120. Grants for outreach to underserved populations.
Sec. 121. Enhancing culturally and linguistically specific services for victims of
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING
Sec. 201. Findings.
Sec. 202. Sexual assault services program.
Sec. 203. Amendments to the Rural Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Enforce-
ment Assistance Program.
Sec. 204. Training and services to end violence against women with disabilities.
Sec. 205. Training and services to end violence against women in later life.
Sec. 206. Strengthening the National Domestic Violence Hotline.
TITLE III—SERVICES, PROTECTION, AND JUSTICE FOR YOUNG
VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE
Sec. 301. Findings.
Sec. 302. Rape prevention and education.
Sec. 303. Services, education, protection, and justice for young victims of violence.
Sec. 304. Grants to combat violent crimes on campuses.
Sec. 305. Juvenile justice.
Sec. 306. Safe havens.
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TITLE IV—STRENGTHENING AMERICA’S FAMILIES BY PREVENTING
VIOLENCE
Sec. 401. Preventing violence against women and children.
Sec. 403. Public Awareness Campaign.
Sec. 402. Study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and
TITLE 
V—STRENGTHENING 
THE 
HEALTHCARE 
SYSTEM’S 
RE-
SPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL
ASSAULT, AND STALKING
Sec. 501. Findings.
Sec. 502. Purpose.
Sec. 503. Training and education of health professionals in domestic and sexual
violence.
Sec. 504. Grants to foster public health responses to domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, and stalking grants.
Sec. 505. Research on effective interventions in the healthcare setting.
TITLE VI—HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND SAFETY FOR BATTERED
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
Sec. 601. Addressing the housing needs of victims of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Sec. 602. Transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic violence,
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
Sec. 603. Public housing authority plans reporting requirement.
Sec. 604. Housing strategies.
Sec. 605. Amendment to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.
Sec. 606. Amendments to the low-income housing assistance voucher program.
Sec. 607. Amendments to the public housing program.
TITLE VII—PROVIDING ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR VICTIMS OF
VIOLENCE
Sec. 701. Grant for National Resource Center on Workplace Responses to assist
victims of domestic and sexual violence.
TITLE VIII—PROTECTION OF BATTERED AND TRAFFICKED
IMMIGRANTS
Subtitle A—Victims of Crime
Sec. 801. Treatment of spouse and children of victims.
Sec. 802. Presence of victims of a severe form of trafficking in persons.
Sec. 803. Adjustment of status.
Sec. 804. Protection and assistance for victims of trafficking.
Sec. 805. Protecting victims of child abuse.
Subtitle B—VAWA Self-Petitioners
Sec. 811. Definition of VAWA self-petitioner.
Sec. 812. Application in case of voluntary departure.
Sec. 813. Removal proceedings.
Sec. 814. Eliminating abusers’ control over applications and limitation on peti-
tioning for abusers.
Sec. 815. Application for VAWA-related relief.
Sec. 816. Self-petitioning parents.
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Sec. 817. VAWA confidentiality nondisclosure.
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Amendments
Sec. 821. Duration of T and U visas.
Sec. 822. Technical correction to references in application of special physical
presence and good moral character rules.
Sec. 823. Petitioning rights of certain former spouses under Cuban adjustment.
Sec. 824. Self-petitioning rights of HRIFA applicants.
Sec. 825. Motions to reopen.
Sec. 826. Protecting abused juveniles.
Sec. 827. Protection of domestic violence and crime victims from certain disclo-
sures of information.
Sec. 828. Rulemaking.
Subtitle D—International Marriage Broker Regulation
Sec. 831. Short title.
Sec. 832. Access to VAWA protection regardless of manner of entry.
Sec. 833. Domestic violence information and resources for immigrants and regu-
lation of international marriage brokers.
Sec. 834. Sharing of certain information.
TITLE IX—SAFETY FOR INDIAN WOMEN
Sec. 901. Findings.
Sec. 902. Purposes.
Sec. 903. Consultation.
Sec. 904. Analysis and research on violence against Indian women.
Sec. 905. Tracking of violence against Indian women.
Sec. 906. Grants to Indian tribal governments.
Sec. 907. Tribal deputy in the Office on Violence Against Women.
Sec. 908. Enhanced criminal law resources.
Sec. 909. Domestic assault by an habitual offender.
TITLE X—DNA FINGERPRINTING
Sec. 1001. Short title.
Sec. 1002. Use of opt-out procedure to remove samples from national DNA index.
Sec. 1003. Expanded use of CODIS grants.
Sec. 1004. Authorization to conduct DNA sample collection from persons arrested
or detained under Federal authority.
Sec. 1005. Tolling of statute of limitations for sexual-abuse offenses.
TITLE XI—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REAUTHORIZATION
Subtitle A—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 1101. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2006.
Sec. 1102. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2007.
Sec. 1103. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2008.
Sec. 1104. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2009.
Sec. 1105. Organized retail theft.
Sec. 1106. United States-Mexico Border Violence Task Force.
Sec. 1107. National Gang Intelligence Center.
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Subtitle B—IMPROVING THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE’S GRANT
PROGRAMS
CHAPTER 1—ASSISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
AGENCIES
Sec. 1111. Merger of Byrne Grant Program and Local Law Enforcement Block
Grant Program.
Sec. 1112. Clarification of number of recipients who may be selected in a given
year to receive Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor.
Sec. 1113. Clarification of official to be consulted by Attorney General in consid-
ering application for emergency Federal law enforcement assist-
ance.
Sec. 1114. Clarification of uses for regional information sharing system grants.
Sec. 1115. Integrity and enhancement of national criminal record databases.
Sec. 1116. Extension of matching grant program for law enforcement armor vests.
CHAPTER 2—BUILDING COMMUNITY CAPACITY TO PREVENT, REDUCE, AND
CONTROL CRIME
Sec. 1121. Office of Weed and Seed Strategies.
CHAPTER 3—ASSISTING VICTIMS OF CRIME
Sec. 1131. Grants to local nonprofit organizations to improve outreach services to
victims of crime.
Sec. 1132. Clarification and enhancement of certain authorities relating to crime
victims fund.
Sec. 1133. Amounts received under crime victim grants may be used by State for
training purposes.
Sec. 1134. Clarification of authorities relating to Violence Against Women for-
mula and discretionary grant programs.
Sec. 1135. Change of certain reports from annual to biennial.
Sec. 1136. Grants for young witness assistance.
CHAPTER 4—PREVENTING CRIME
Sec. 1141. Clarification of definition of violent offender for purposes of juvenile
drug courts.
Sec. 1142. Changes to distribution and allocation of grants for drug courts.
Sec. 1143. Eligibility for grants under drug court grants program extended to
courts that supervise non-offenders with substance abuse prob-
lems.
Sec. 1144. Term of Residential Substance Abuse Treatment program for local fa-
cilities.
Sec. 1145. Enhanced residential substance abuse treatment program for State
prisoners.
Sec. 1146. Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program for Federal facilities.
CHAPTER 5—OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 1151. Changes to certain financial authorities.
Sec. 1152. Coordination duties of Assistant Attorney General.
Sec. 1153. Simplification of compliance deadlines under sex-offender registration
laws.
Sec. 1154. Repeal of certain programs.
Sec. 1155. Elimination of certain notice and hearing requirements.