as authorized by section 1001(a)(18) of said Act, includ-
ing $23,000,000 which shall be used exclusively for the
purpose of strengthening civil legal assistance programs
for victims of domestic violence. Civil legal assistance
under this heading includes (but is not limited to) legal
assistance to victims of domestic violence, stalking or sex-
ual assault in divorce, custody, child support, protection
orders, immigration, public benefits, housing, consumer
law and any other legal matter that will further the health,
safety, and economic well-being of victims of domestic vio-
lence, stalking, or sexual assault.’’.
(g) CAMPUS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE GRANTS.—Section
826 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (Pub-
lic Law 105–244; 20 U.S.C. 1152) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(5), by inserting before the
period at the end the following: ‘‘, including legal as-
sistance to victims in civil, criminal, administrative,
immigration, or disciplinary matters’’; and
(2) in subsection (c)(2)(C), by striking ‘‘and
number of students’’ and inserting ‘‘number of stu-
dents, and services being offered to various under-
served populations (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 2003(7) of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968);’’.
(h) STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE GRANTS.—Section
206(c) of the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 (42
U.S.C. 10705(c)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraph (15) as para-
graph (16); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (14) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(15) to support studies and investigate and
carry out research on issues of battering and ex-
treme cruelty against non-citizens, including the
ramifications of the immigration provisions of the
Violence Against Women Act of 1994 and subse-
quent immigration law reforms on the ability of vic-
tims to access civil, family, and criminal courts and
the immigration consequences of civil, family, and
criminal court actions; and’’.
SEC. 12. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT TRAINING FOR
INS OFFICERS, IMMIGRATION JUDGES, AND
CIVIL AND CRIMINAL COURT JUSTICE SYS-
TEM PERSONNEL.
(a) VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN.—
(1) MILITARY TRAINING CONCERNING DOMES-
TIC VIOLENCE.—The Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.)
is amended by inserting after section 2006 (42
U.S.C. 3796gg–5) the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 2007. MILITARY TRAINING CONCERNING DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE.
‘‘Each branch of the United States military is re-
quired to train its supervisory military officers on domestic
violence, the dynamics of domestic violence in military
families, the types of protection available for battered im-
migrant women and children abused by their United
States citizen or lawful permanent resident spouse or par-
ent under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and
the problems of domestic violence in families in which a
United States citizen or lawful permanent resident mem-
ber of the military is married to a non-United States cit-
izen.’’.
(2) INS TRAINING.—Section 2001 of the Omni-
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42
U.S.C. 3795gg) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘the Im-
migration and Naturalization Service and the
Executive Office of Immigration Review,’’ after
‘‘Indian tribal governments,’’;
(B) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘,
immigration and asylum officers, immigration
judges,’’ after ‘‘law enforcement officers’’; and
(C) in subsection (b)—
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of
paragraph (6),
(ii) by striking the period at the end
of paragraph (7) and inserting ‘‘; and’’,
and
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(8) training justice system personnel on the
immigration provisions of the Violence Against
Women Act of 1994 and their ramifications for vic-
tims of domestic violence appearing in civil and
criminal court proceedings and potential immigra-
tion consequences for the perpetrators of domestic
violence.’’.
(b) EFFECT ON OTHER GOALS.—Section 287(g) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g))
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(11) Congress finds that public policy favors encour-
aging the prosecution of criminals; and therefore, nothing
in this section may be construed to discourage crime vic-
tims, including domestic violence victims, from cooper-
ating with law enforcement officials and prosecutors, in-
cluding reporting of crimes committed against them to po-
lice, from cooperating in criminal prosecutions, or from
seeking from courts protection orders or other legal relief
available under State or Federal laws needed to protect
crime victims from ongoing violence.’’.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall
submit a report to the Committees on the Judiciary of
the Senate and House of Representatives on—
(1) the number of and processing times for pe-
titions under clauses (iii) and (iv) of section
204(a)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(A)) and under clauses (ii)
and (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B) of such Act (8
U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(B)) at district offices of the Im-
migration and Naturalization Service and at the re-
gional office of the Service in St. Albans, Vermont;
(2) the policy and procedures of the Immigra-
tion and Naturalization Service by which an alien
who has been battered or subjected to extreme cru-
elty who is eligible for suspension of deportation or
cancellation of removal can place such alien in de-
portation or removal proceedings so that such alien
may apply for suspension of deportation or cancella-
tion of removal, the number of requests filed at each
district office under this policy, and the number of
these requests granted, reported separately for each
district; and
(3) the average length of time at each Immigra-
tion and Naturalization office between the date that
an alien who has been subject to battering or ex-
treme cruelty eligible for suspension of deportation
or cancellation of removal requests to be placed in
deportation or removal proceedings and the date
that immigrant appears before an immigration judge
to file an application for suspension of deportation
or cancellation of removal.
SEC. 13. PROTECTION FOR CERTAIN CRIME VICTIMS IN-
CLUDING CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN.
(a) FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.—
(1) FINDINGS.—
(A) Trafficking of humans, particularly
women and children, is denounced by the inter-
national community as an egregious human
rights violation perpetuated increasing by orga-
nized and sophisticated criminal enterprises.
(B) Trafficking to place persons in forced
labor, servitude, or in slavery-like conditions
has been identified as a multinational crime
problem of growing severity with increasing ties
to internal organized crime. Traffickers recruit
and transport persons, especially women and
children, to the United States in order to ex-
ploit them under horrific conditions through the
use of force, violence, debt bondage, or other co-
ercive tactics.
(C) Similarly, immigrant women and chil-
dren are often targeted to be victims of crimes
committed against them in the United States,
including rape, torture, incest, battery or ex-
treme cruelty, sexual assault, female genital
mutilation, forced prostitution, being held hos-
tage or other violent crimes. All women and
children who are victims of trafficking, domestic
violence, sexual assault, being held hostage, and
other 
human 
rights 
violations 
committed
against them in the United States must be able
to report these crimes to law enforcement and
fully participate in the criminal prosecution of
their abusers.
(2) PURPOSE.—
(A) The purpose of this section is to create
a new nonimmigrant visa classification that will
strengthen the ability of law enforcement agen-
cies to detect, investigate, and prosecute cases
of trafficking of aliens, while offering protection
to victims of such offenses in keeping with the
humanitarian interests of the United States.
(B) Creating a new nonimmigrant visa
classification will facilitate the reporting of vio-
lations to law enforcement officials by exploited
aliens who are not in a lawful immigration sta-
tus. It also gives law enforcement officials a
means to regularize the status of cooperating
individuals during investigations, prosecutions,
and civil law enforcement proceedings. By pro-
viding temporary legal status to aliens who have
been severely victimized by trafficking or simi-
lar egregious offenses, it also reflects the hu-
manitarian interests of the United States.
(C) Finally, this section gives the Attorney
General 
discretion 
to 
convert 
such 
non-
immigrants to permanent resident status when
it is justified on humanitarian grounds, to as-
sure family unity, or when it is otherwise in the
public interest.
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF HUMANITARIAN/MATERIAL
WITNESS
NONIMMIGRANT
CLASSIFICATION.—Section
101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph
(R);
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (S) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(T) subject to section 214(m), an alien (and
the spouse, children, and parents of the alien if ac-
companying or following to join the alien) who files
an application for status under this subparagraph, if
the Attorney General determines that—
‘‘(i) the alien possesses material informa-
tion concerning criminal or other unlawful ac-
tivity;
‘‘(ii) the alien is willing to supply or has
supplied such information to Federal or State
law enforcement officials or a Federal or State
administrative agency investigating or bringing
an enforcement action;
‘‘(iii) the alien would be helpful, were the
alien to remain in the United States, to a Fed-
eral or State investigation or prosecution of
criminal or other unlawful activity; and
‘‘(iv) the alien (or a child of the alien) has
suffered substantial physical or mental abuse as
a result of the criminal or other unlawful activ-
ity.’’.
(c) CONDITIONS FOR ADMISSION.—
(1) NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS, PERIOD OF AD-
MISSION, ETC.—Section 214 of such Act (8 U.S.C.
1184) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(m)(1) The number of aliens who may be provided
a visa as nonimmigrants under section 101(a)(15)(T) in
any fiscal year may not exceed 2,000.
‘‘(2) The period of admission of an alien as such a
nonimmigrant may not exceed 3 years and such period
may not be extended.
‘‘(3) As a condition for the admission (or the provi-
sion of status), and continued stay in lawful status, of an
alien as such a nonimmigrant, the alien—
‘‘(A) may not be convicted of any criminal of-
fense punishable by a term of imprisonment of 1
year or more after the date of such admission (or
obtaining such status); and
‘‘(B) shall abide by any other condition, limita-
tion, or restriction imposed by the Attorney General.
‘‘(4) The provisions of section 204(a)(1)(H) shall
apply to applications to obtain nonimmigrant status under
section 101(a)(15)(T). Credible evidence to meet the con-
ditions described in clauses (i), (ii), or (iii) of section
101(a)(15)(T) may include certification from a Federal or
State law enforcement officer or prosecutor or a Federal
or State official responsible for bringing enforcement ac-
tions that the alien is willing to cooperate or has cooper-
ated in a criminal or civil court action or investigation or
Federal or State administrative agency enforcement action
or investigation.’’.
(2) 
PROHIBITION
OF
CHANGE
OF
NON-
IMMIGRANT
CLASSIFICATION.—Section 248(1) of
such Act (8 U.S.C. 1258(1)) is amended by striking
‘‘or (S)’’ and inserting ‘‘(S), or (T)’’.
(d) ADJUSTMENT TO PERMANENT RESIDENT STA-
TUS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 245 of such Act (8
U.S.C. 1255) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(l)(1) The Attorney General may adjust the status
of an alien admitted into the United States (or otherwise
provided 
nonimmigrant 
status) 
under 
section
101(a)(15)(T) (and a spouse, child, or parents admitted
under such section) to that of an alien lawfully admitted
for permanent residence if—
‘‘(A) in the opinion of the Attorney General, the
alien’s continued presence in the United States is
justified on humanitarian grounds, to assure family
unity, or is otherwise in the public interest; and
‘‘(B) the alien is not described in subparagraph
(A)(i)(I), (A)(ii), (A)(iii), (C), or (E) of section
212(a)(3).
‘‘(2) Upon the approval of adjustment of status under
paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall record the
alien’s lawful admission for permanent residence as of the
date of such approval and the Secretary of State shall re-
duce by one the number of visas authorized to be issued
under sections 201(d) and 203(b)(4) for the fiscal year
then current.’’.
(2) EXCLUSIVE MEANS OF ADJUSTMENT.—Sec-
tion 245(c)(5) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1255(c)(5)) is
amended by striking ‘‘sections 101(a)(15)(S),’’ and
inserting ‘‘subparagraph (S) or (T) of section
101(a)(15)’’.
SEC. 14. ACCESS TO CUBAN ADJUSTMENT FOR BATTERED
IMMIGRANT SPOUSES AND CHILDREN.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The last sentence of the first sec-
tion of Public Law 89–732 (November 2, 1966; 8 U.S.C.
1255 note) is amended by striking the period at the end
the following: ‘‘, except that such spouse or child who has
been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty may adjust
to permanent resident status under this Act without dem-
onstrating that he or she is residing with the Cuban
spouse or parent in the United States. In acting on appli-
cations under this section with respect to spouses or chil-
dren who have been battered or subjected to extreme cru-
elty, the Attorney General shall apply the provisions of
section 204(a)(1)(H) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall be effective as if included in subtitle
G of title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law En-
forcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322; 108 Stat.
1953 et seq.).
SEC. 15. ACCESS TO THE NICARAGUAN AND CENTRAL
AMERICAN 
RELIEF 
ACT 
FOR 
BATTERED
SPOUSES AND CHILDREN.
Section 309(c)(5)(C)(i) of the Illegal Immigration
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, as
amended by section 203(a)(1) of the Nicaraguan Adjust-
ment and Central American Relief Act (title II of Public
Law 105–100, 111 Stat. 2196) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or ’’ at the end of subclause
(IV);
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
clause (V) and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(VI) is, at the time of filing of
an application under subclause (I),
(II), (V), or (VI) of this clause, the
spouse or child (as defined in para-
graph (1) or (6) of section 101(b) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act,
8 U.S.C. 1101(b)) of an individual de-
scribed in subclause (I), (II) or (V) of
this clause and the spouse, child, or
child of the spouse has been battered
or subjected to extreme cruelty by the
individual described in subclause (I),
(II), or (V); or
‘‘(VII) is, at the time of filing of
an application under subclause (I),
(II), (V), or (VII) of this clause, the
unmarried son or daughter of an indi-
vidual described in subclause (I), (II)
or (V) of this clause who has been
battered or subjected to extreme cru-
elty by the parent described in sub-
clause (I), (II), or (V) and, in the case
of a son or daughter who is 21 years
of age or older at the time the deci-
sion is rendered to suspend the depor-
tation or cancel the removal of the son
or daughter, the son or daughter must
have entered the United States on or
before October 1, 1990.
In acting on a petition filed under sub-
clause (VI) or (VII), the provisions set
forth in section 204(a)(1)(H) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1154(a)(1)(H)) shall apply.’’.
SEC. 16. ACCESS TO THE HAITIAN REFUGEE IMMIGRATION
FAIRNESS 
ACT 
OF 
1998 
FOR 
BATTERED
SPOUSES AND CHILDREN.
Section 902(d)(1) of the Haitian Refugee Immigra-
tion Fairness Act of 1998 (title IX of the Treasury and
General Government Appropriations Act, 1999, contained
in Public Law 105–277) is amended—
(1) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as
follows:
‘‘(B)(i)(I) the alien is the spouse, child, or
unmarried son or daughter, of an alien whose
status is adjusted to that of an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence under sub-
section (a), or (II) at the time of filing of the
application for adjustment of status under sub-
section (a) or this subsection the alien is the
spouse, child, or unmarried son or daughter of
an alien whose status is adjusted to that of an
alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence
under subsection (a) and the spouse, child, son,
daughter or child of the spouse has been bat-
tered or subjected to extreme cruelty by the in-
dividual described in subsection (a); and
‘‘(ii) in the case of such an unmarried son
or daughter, the son or daughter shall be re-
quired to establish that he or she has been
physically present in the United States for a
continuous period beginning not later than De-
cember 31, 1995, and ending not earlier than
the date the application for such adjustment is
filed;’’; and
(2) by adding after and below subparagraph
(D) the following:
‘‘In acting on an application filed under this section
for 
an 
individual 
described 
in 
subparagraph
(B)(i)(II), the provisions set forth in section
204(a)(1)(H) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(H)) shall apply.’’.
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