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‘‘(iii) The frequency of interaction be-
tween the persons involved in the relation-
ship.
‘‘(9) ELDER
ABUSE.—The term ‘elder abuse’
means any action against a person who is 50 years
of age or older that constitutes the willful—
‘‘(A) infliction of injury, unreasonable con-
finement, intimidation, or cruel punishment
with resulting physical harm, pain, or mental
anguish; or
‘‘(B) deprivation by a person, including a
caregiver, of goods or services with intent to
cause physical harm, mental anguish, or mental
illness.
‘‘(10) INDIAN.—The term ‘Indian’ means a
member of an Indian tribe.
‘‘(11) INDIAN
COUNTRY.—The term ‘Indian
country’ has the same meaning given such term in
section 1151 of title 18, United States Code.
‘‘(12) INDIAN HOUSING.—The term ‘Indian hous-
ing’ means housing assistance described in the Native
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination
Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq., as amended).
‘‘(13) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian tribe’
means a tribe, band, pueblo, nation, or other orga-
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nized group or community of Indians, including any
Alaska Native village or regional or village corpora-
tion (as defined in, or established pursuant to, the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601
et seq.)), that is recognized as eligible for the special
programs and services provided by the United States
to Indians because of their status as Indians.
‘‘(14) INDIAN
LAW
ENFORCEMENT.—The term
‘Indian law enforcement’ means the departments or
individuals under the direction of the Indian tribe
that maintain public order.
‘‘(15) LAW ENFORCEMENT.—The term ‘law en-
forcement’ means a public agency charged with polic-
ing functions, including any of its component bureaus
(such as governmental victim services programs), in-
cluding those referred to in section 3 of the Indian
Enforcement Reform Act (25 U.S.C. 2802).
‘‘(16) LEGAL ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘legal as-
sistance’ includes assistance to adult and youth vic-
tims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, and stalking in—
‘‘(A) family, tribal, territorial, immigra-
tion, employment, administrative agency, hous-
ing matters, campus administrative or protec-
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tion or stay away order proceedings, and other
similar matters; and
‘‘(B) criminal justice investigations, pros-
ecutions and post-trial matters (including sen-
tencing, parole, and probation) that impact the
victim’s safety and privacy.
‘‘(17) LINGUISTICALLY
AND
CULTURALLY
SPE-
CIFIC SERVICES.—The term ‘linguistically and cul-
turally specific services’ means community-based serv-
ices that offer full linguistic access and culturally spe-
cific services and resources, including outreach, col-
laboration, and support mechanisms primarily di-
rected toward underserved communities.
‘‘(18) PERSONALLY
IDENTIFYING
INFORMATION
OR PERSONAL INFORMATION.—The term ‘personally
identifying information’ or ‘personal information’
means individually identifying information for or
about an individual including information likely to
disclose the location of a victim of domestic violence,
dating 
violence, 
sexual 
assault, 
or 
stalking,
including—
‘‘(A) a first and last name;
‘‘(B) a home or other physical address;
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‘‘(C) contact information (including a post-
al, e-mail or Internet protocol address, or tele-
phone or facsimile number);
‘‘(D) a social security number; and
‘‘(E) any other information, including date
of birth, racial or ethnic background, or religious
affiliation, that, in combination with any of sub-
paragraphs (A) through (D), would serve to
identify any individual.
‘‘(19) PROSECUTION.—The term ‘prosecution’
means any public agency charged with direct respon-
sibility for prosecuting criminal offenders, including
such agency’s component bureaus (such as govern-
mental victim services programs).
‘‘(20) PROTECTION
ORDER
OR
RESTRAINING
ORDER.—The term ‘protection order’ or ‘restraining
order’ includes—
‘‘(A) 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
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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 seek-
ing protection; and
‘‘(B) any support, child custody or visita-
tion provisions, orders, remedies, or relief issued
as part of a protection order, restraining order,
or stay away injunction pursuant to State, trib-
al, territorial, or local law authorizing the
issuance of protection orders, restraining orders,
or injunctions for the protection of victims of do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault,
or stalking.
‘‘(21) RURAL AREA AND RURAL COMMUNITY.—
The term ‘rural area’ and ‘rural community’ mean—
‘‘(A) any area or community, respectively,
no part of which is within an area designated as
a standard metropolitan statistical area by the
Office of Management and Budget; or
‘‘(B) any area or community, respectively,
that is—
‘‘(i) within an area designated as a
metropolitan statistical area or considered
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as part of a metropolitan statistical area;
and
‘‘(ii) located in a rural census tract.
‘‘(22) RURAL
STATE.—The term ‘rural State’
means a State that has a population density of 52 or
fewer persons per square mile or a State in which the
largest county has fewer than 150,000 people, based
on the most recent decennial census.
‘‘(23) SEXUAL ASSAULT.—The term ‘sexual as-
sault’ means any conduct prescribed by chapter 109A
of title 18, United States Code, whether or not the
conduct occurs in the special maritime and territorial
jurisdiction of the United States or in a Federal pris-
on and includes both assaults committed by offenders
who are strangers to the victim and assaults com-
mitted by offenders who are known or related by blood
or marriage to the victim.
‘‘(24) STALKING.—The term ‘stalking’ means en-
gaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific
person that would cause a reasonable person to—
‘‘(A) fear for his or her safety or the safety
of others; or
‘‘(B) suffer substantial emotional distress.
‘‘(25) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of
the several States and the District of Columbia, and
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except as otherwise provided, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Is-
lands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
‘‘(26) STATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALITION.—
The term ‘State domestic violence coalition’ means a
program determined by the Administration for Chil-
dren and Families under the Family Violence Preven-
tion and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10410(b)).
‘‘(27) STATE SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITION.—The
term ‘State sexual assault coalition’ means a program
determined by the Center for Injury Prevention and
Control of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention under the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 280b et seq.).
‘‘(28) TERRITORIAL
DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE
OR
SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITION.—The term ‘territorial
domestic violence or sexual assault coalition’ means a
program addressing domestic or sexual violence that
is—
‘‘(A) an established nonprofit, nongovern-
mental territorial coalition addressing domestic
violence or sexual assault within the territory; or
‘‘(B) a nongovernmental organization with
a demonstrated history of addressing domestic
violence or sexual assault within the territory
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that proposes to incorporate as a nonprofit, non-
governmental territorial coalition.
‘‘(29) TRIBAL COALITION.—The term ‘tribal coa-
lition’ means—
‘‘(A) an established nonprofit, nongovern-
mental tribal coalition addressing domestic vio-
lence and sexual assault against American In-
dian or Alaskan Native women; or
‘‘(B) individuals or organizations that pro-
pose to incorporate as nonprofit, nongovern-
mental tribal coalitions to address domestic vio-
lence and sexual assault against American In-
dian or Alaska Native women.
‘‘(30) TRIBAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘tribal
government’ means—
‘‘(A) the governing body of an Indian tribe;
or
‘‘(B) a tribe, band, pueblo, nation, or other
organized group or community of Indians, in-
cluding any Alaska Native village or regional or
village corporation (as defined in, or established
pursuant to, the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)), that is recog-
nized as eligible for the special programs and
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services provided by the United States to Indians
because of their status as Indians.
‘‘(31) TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘tribal
organization’ means—
‘‘(A) the governing body of any Indian
tribe;
‘‘(B) any legally established organization of
Indians which is controlled, sanctioned, or char-
tered by such governing body of a tribe or tribes
to be served, or which is democratically elected
by the adult members of the Indian community
to be served by such organization and which in-
cludes the maximum participation of Indians in
all phases of its activities; or
‘‘(C) any tribal nonprofit organization.
‘‘(32) UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.—The term
‘underserved populations’ includes populations under-
served because of geographic location, underserved ra-
cial and ethnic populations, populations underserved
because of special needs (such as language barriers,
disabilities, alienage status, or age), and any other
population determined to be underserved by the Attor-
ney General or by the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, as appropriate.
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‘‘(33) VICTIM ADVOCATE.—The term ‘victim ad-
vocate’ means a person, whether paid or serving as a
volunteer, who provides services to victims of domestic
violence, sexual assault, stalking, or dating violence
under the auspices or supervision of a victim services
program.
‘‘(34) VICTIM ASSISTANT.—The term ‘victim as-
sistant’ means a person, whether paid or serving as
a volunteer, who provides services to victims of domes-
tic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or dating vio-
lence under the auspices or supervision of a court or
a law enforcement or prosecution agency.
‘‘(35) VICTIM SERVICES OR VICTIM SERVICE PRO-
VIDER.—The term ‘victim services’ or ‘victim service
provider’ means a nonprofit, nongovernmental orga-
nization that assists domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking victims, including
rape crisis centers, domestic violence shelters, faith-
based organizations, and other organizations, with a
documented history of effective work concerning do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or
stalking.
‘‘(36) YOUTH.—The term ‘youth’ means teen and
young adult victims of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking.
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‘‘(b) GRANT CONDITIONS.—
‘‘(1) MATCH.—No matching funds shall be re-
quired for a grant or subgrant made under this title
for any tribe, territory, victim service provider, or
any entity that the Attorney General determines has
adequately demonstrated financial need.
‘‘(2) NONDISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL OR PRI-
VATE INFORMATION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In order to ensure the
safety of adult, youth, and child victims of do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault,
or stalking, and their families, grantees and sub-
grantees under this title shall protect the con-
fidentiality and privacy of persons receiving
services.
‘‘(B) NONDISCLOSURE.—Subject to subpara-
graphs (C) and (D), grantees and subgrantees
shall not—
‘‘(i) disclose any personally identifying
information or individual information col-
lected in connection with services requested,
utilized, or denied through grantees’ and
subgrantees’ programs; or
‘‘(ii) reveal individual client informa-
tion without the informed, written, reason-
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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 Fed-
eral, State, tribal, or territorial grant pro-
gram, except that consent for release may
not be given by the abuser of the minor,
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—
‘‘(i) grantees and subgrantees shall
make reasonable attempts to provide notice
to victims affected by the disclosure of infor-
mation; and
‘‘(ii) grantees and subgrantees shall
take steps necessary to protect the privacy
and safety of the persons affected by the re-
lease of the information.
‘‘(D) 
INFORMATION
SHARING.—Grantees
and subgrantees may share—
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‘‘(i) nonpersonally identifying data in
the aggregate regarding services to their cli-
ents and nonpersonally identifying demo-
graphic information in order to comply
with Federal, State, tribal, or territorial re-
porting, evaluation, or data collection re-
quirements;
‘‘(ii) court-generated information and
law-enforcement generated information con-
tained in secure, governmental registries for
protection order enforcement purposes; and
‘‘(iii) law enforcement- and prosecu-
tion-generated information necessary for
law enforcement and prosecution purposes.
‘‘(E) OVERSIGHT.—Nothing in this para-
graph shall prevent the Attorney General from
disclosing grant activities authorized in this Act
to the chairman and ranking members of the
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on the Judiciary
of the Senate exercising Congressional oversight
authority. All disclosures shall protect confiden-
tiality and omit personally identifying informa-
tion, including location information about indi-
viduals.