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‘‘(g) REPORTS.—Each eligible entity receiving funds 
under this section shall submit a report to the Attorney 
General evaluating the effectiveness of the activities, serv-
ices, and programs developed with the funds provided 
under this section and containing such additional informa-
tion as the Attorney General may prescribe. 
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2006 through 2010 to carry out the provi-
sions of this section. 
‘‘(i) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Up to 12 percent of 
the amount appropriated under subsection (h) for each fis-
cal year shall be used by the Attorney General for tech-
nical assistance costs under this section. Technical assist-
ance may be provided to entities that have not received 
a grant under this section but are described as eligible 
in subsection (c).’’. 
SEC. 602. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DAT-
ING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALK-
ING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 40299 of the Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13975) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)—
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(A) by inserting ‘‘the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development, and the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services,’’ after 
‘‘Department of Justice,’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Indian tribes’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘tribal organizations’’; 
(C) by inserting ‘‘, including domestic vio-
lence victim service providers, domestic violence 
coalitions, other nonprofit, nongovernmental or-
ganizations, or community-based and culturally 
specific organizations, that have a documented 
history of effective work concerning domestic vi-
olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing’’ after ‘‘other organizations’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, dat-
ing violence, sexual assault, or stalking’’ after 
‘‘domestic violence’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 
(2) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; 
(B) in paragraph (3), as redesignated, by 
inserting ‘‘, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking’’ after ‘‘violence’’; 
(C) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 
redesignated, the following:
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‘‘(1) transitional housing, or acquire land or 
buildings, or rehabilitate or construct buildings for 
the purpose of providing transitional housing to per-
sons described in subsection (a), including funding 
for— 
‘‘(A) the predevelopment cost and capital 
expenses involved in the development of transi-
tional housing; and 
‘‘(B) the operating expenses of newly de-
veloped or existing transitional housing.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (3)(B) as redesignated, 
by inserting ‘‘Participation in the support serv-
ices shall be voluntary. Receipt of the benefits 
of the housing assistance described in para-
graph (2) shall not be conditioned upon the 
participation of the minors, adults, or their de-
pendents in any or all of the support services 
offered them.’’ after ‘‘assistance.’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) AMOUNTS TO SUPPLEMENT OTHER FED-
ERAL FUNDS.—Amounts made available under this 
section shall be used to supplement and not supplant 
other Federal and non-Federal funds expended to 
further the purpose of this section.’’;