SEC. 257. SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT. 
Section 40152 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13941) is amended 
by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.’’. 
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PUBLIC 
LAW 107–56. 
(a) STRIKING SURPLUS WORDS.—
(1) Section 2703(c)(1) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end 
of subparagraph (C). 
(2) Section 1960(b)(1)(C) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘to be used to 
be used’’ and inserting ‘‘to be used’’. 
(b) PUNCTUATION AND GRAMMAR CORRECTIONS.—
Section 2516(1)(q) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) by striking the semicolon after the first 
close parenthesis; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘sections’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion’’.
(c) CROSS REFERENCE CORRECTION.—Section 322 
of Public Law 107–56 is amended, effective on the date 
of the enactment of that section, by striking ‘‘title 18’’ 
and inserting ‘‘title 28’’. 
(d) CAPITALIZATION CORRECTION.—Subsections (a) 
and (b) of section 2703 of title 18, United States Code, 
are each amended by striking ‘‘CONTENTS OF WIRE OR 
ELECTRONIC’’ and inserting ‘‘CONTENTS OF WIRE OR 
ELECTRONIC’’. 
SEC. 302. MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) PUNCTUATION CORRECTIONS.—The heading for 
section 1591 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting a comma after ‘‘fraud’’. 
(b) DUPLICATE SECTION NUMBERS.—The second 
section 540C in chapter 33 of title 28, United States Code, 
is redesignated as section 540D, and the item relating to 
that section in the table of sections at the beginning of 
that chapter is redesignated accordingly and transferred 
so as to be placed after the item relating to section 540C. 
(c) TABLE OF SECTIONS OMISSION.—The table of 
sections at the beginning of chapter 203 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 3050 the following new item:
‘‘3051. Powers of Special Agents of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 
Explosives.’’.
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(d) REPEAL OF DUPLICATIVE PROGRAM.—Section 
316 of Part A of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5712d), as added by section 40155 of the Vio-
lent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103–322; 108 Stat. 1922), is repealed. 
SEC. 303. MINOR SUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENT RELATING TO 
CONTENTS OF FBI ANNUAL REPORT. 
Section 540D(b)(1)(A) of title 28, United States 
Code, as redesignated by section 302(b), is further amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘and the number of such personnel who 
receive danger pay under section 151 of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (5 
U.S.C. 5928 note)’’ after ‘‘year’’.
SEC. 304. USE OF FEDERAL TRAINING FACILITIES. 
(a) FEDERAL TRAINING FACILITIES.—Unless specifi-
cally authorized in writing by the Attorney General, the 
Department of Justice (and each entity within it) shall 
use for any predominately internal training or conference 
meeting only a facility that does not require a payment 
to a private entity for use of the facility. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Attorney General shall 
prepare an annual report to the Chairmen and ranking 
minority members of the Committees on the Judiciary of 
the Senate and of the House of Representatives that de-
tails each training and conference meeting that requires
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specific authorization under subsection (a). The report 
shall include an explanation of why the facility was chosen, 
and a breakdown of any expenditures incurred in excess 
of the cost of conducting the training or meeting at a facil-
ity that did not require such authorization.
SEC. 305. PRIVACY OFFICER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall des-
ignate a senior official in the Department of Justice to 
assume primary responsibility for privacy policy. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The responsibilities of such 
official shall include—
(1) assuring that the use of technologies sus-
tain, and do not erode, privacy protections relating 
to the use, collection, and disclosure of personally 
identifiable information; 
(2) assuring that personally identifiable infor-
mation contained in systems of records is handled in 
full compliance with fair information practices as set 
out in section 552a of title 5, United States Code; 
(3) evaluating legislative and regulatory pro-
posals involving collection, use, and disclosure of 
personally identifiable information by the Federal 
Government; 
(4) conducting a privacy impact assessment of 
proposed rules of the Department on the privacy of
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personally identifiable information, including the 
type of personally identifiable information collected 
and the number of people affected; 
(5) preparing a report to Congress on an an-
nual basis on activities of the Department that af-
fect privacy, including complaints of privacy viola-
tions, implementation of section 552a of title 5, 
United States Code, internal controls, and other rel-
evant matters; 
(6) ensuring that the Department protects per-
sonally identifiable information and information sys-
tems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, dis-
ruption, modification, or destruction in order to pro-
vide—
(A) 
integrity, 
which 
means 
guarding 
against improper information modification or 
destruction, and includes ensuring information 
nonrepudiation and authenticity; 
(B) confidentially, which means preserving 
authorized restrictions on access and disclosure, 
including means for protecting personal privacy 
and proprietary information; 
(C) availability, which means ensuring 
timely and reliable access to and use of that in-
formation; and
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(D) authentication, which means utilizing 
digital credentials to assure the identity of 
users and validate their access; and 
(7) advising the Attorney General and the Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget on 
information security and privacy issues pertaining to 
Federal Government information systems. 
(c) REVIEW.—The Department of Justice shall re-
view its policies to assure that the Department treats per-
sonally identifiable information in its databases in a man-
ner that complies with applicable Federal law on privacy.
SEC. 306. BANKRUPTCY CRIMES. 
The Director of the Executive Office for United 
States Trustees shall prepare an annual report to the Con-
gress detailing—
(1) the number and types of criminal referrals 
made by the United States Trustee Program; 
(2) the outcomes of each criminal referral; 
(3) for any year in which the number of crimi-
nal referrals is less than for the prior year, an expla-
nation of the decrease; and 
(4) the United States Trustee Program’s efforts 
to prevent bankruptcy fraud and abuse, particularly 
with respect to the establishment of uniform internal
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controls to detect common, higher risk frauds, such 
as a debtor’s failure to disclose all assets.
SEC. 307. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON STATUS OF UNITED 
STATES PERSONS OR RESIDENTS DETAINED 
ON SUSPICION OF TERRORISM. 
Not less often than once every 12 months, the Attor-
ney General shall submit to Congress a report on the sta-
tus of United States persons or residents detained, as of 
the date of the report, on suspicion of terrorism. The re-
port shall—
(1) specify the number of persons or residents 
so detained; and 
(2) specify the standards developed by the De-
partment of Justice for recommending or deter-
mining that a person should be tried as a criminal 
defendant or should be designated as an enemy com-
batant. 
SEC. 308. TECHNICAL CORRECTION RELATING TO DEFINI-
TION USED IN ‘‘TERRORISM TRANSCENDING 
NATIONAL BOUNDARIES’’ STATUTE. 
Section 1958 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘facility in’’ 
and inserting ‘‘facility of’’; and
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(2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘or for-
eign’’ after ‘‘interstate’’. 
SEC. 309. INCREASED PENALTIES AND EXPANDED JURIS-
DICTION FOR SEXUAL ABUSE OFFENSES IN 
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. 
(a) EXPANDED JURISDICTION.—The following provi-
sions of title 18, United States Code, are each amended 
by inserting ‘‘or in the custody of the Attorney General 
or the Bureau of Prisons or any institution or facility in 
which the person is confined by direction of the Attorney 
General,’’ after ‘‘in a Federal prison,’’: 
(1) Subsections (a) and (b) of section 2241. 
(2) The first sentence of subsection (c) of sec-
tion 2241. 
(3) Section 2242. 
(4) Subsections (a) and (b) of section 2243. 
(5) Subsections (a) and (b) of section 2244. 
(b) INCREASED PENALTIES.—
(1) SEXUAL
ABUSE
OF
A
WARD.—Section 
2243(b) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘one 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘five years’’. 
(2) ABUSIVE SEXUAL CONTACT.—Section 2244 
of such title is amended by striking ‘‘six months’’ 
and inserting ‘‘two years’’ in each of subsections 
(a)(4) and (b).
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SEC. 310. EXPANDED JURISDICTION FOR CONTRABAND OF-
FENSES IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. 
Section 1791(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended in each of paragraphs (1) and (2) by inserting 
‘‘or an individual in the custody of the Attorney General 
or the Bureau of Prisons or any institution or facility in 
which the person is confined by direction of the Attorney 
General’’ after ‘‘an inmate of a prison’’. 
SEC. 311. MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S AUTHORITY TO CONTINUE 
PRELIMINARY HEARING. 
The second sentence of section 3060(c) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘In 
the absence of such consent of the accused, the judge or 
magistrate judge may extend the time limits only on a 
showing that extraordinary circumstances exist and justice 
requires the delay.’’. 
SEC. 
312. 
TECHNICAL 
CORRECTIONS 
RELATING 
TO 
STEROIDS. 
Section 102(41)(A) of the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 802(41)(A)), as amended by the Anabolic Ster-
oid Control Act of 2004 (Public law 108–358), is amended 
by—
(1) striking clause (xvii) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(xvii) 13β-ethyl-17β-hydroxygon-4-en-3-one;’’; 
and
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(2) striking clause (xliv) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(xliv) 
stanozolol 
(17α-methyl-17β-hydroxy-
[5α]-androst-2-eno[3,2-c]-pyrazole);’’. 
SEC. 313. PRISON RAPE COMMISSION EXTENSION. 
Section 7 of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 
(42 U.S.C. 15606) is amended in subsection (d)(3)(A) by 
striking ‘‘2 years’’ and inserting ‘‘3 years’’. 
SEC. 314. LONGER STATUTE OF LIMITATION FOR HUMAN 
TRAFFICKING-RELATED OFFENSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 213 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section:
‘‘§ 3298. Trafficking-related offenses 
‘‘No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished 
for any non-capital offense or conspiracy to commit a non-
capital offense under section 1581 (Peonage; Obstructing 
Enforcement), 1583 (Enticement into Slavery), 1584 
(Sale into Involuntary Servitude), 1589 (Forced Labor), 
1590 (Trafficking with Respect to Peonage, Slavery, In-
voluntary Servitude, or Forced Labor), 1591 (Sex Traf-
ficking of Children or by Force, Fraud), or 1592 (Unlaw-
ful Conduct with Respect to Documents in furtherance of 
Trafficking, Peonage, Slavery, Involuntary Servitude, or 
Forced Labor) of this title or under section 274(a) of the
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Immigration and Nationality Act unless the indictment is 
found or the information is instituted not later than 10 
years after the commission of the offense.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at 
the end the following new item:
‘‘3298. Trafficking-related offenses.’’.
SEC. 315. USE OF CENTER FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE TECH-
NOLOGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may use 
the services of the Center for Criminal Justice Technology, 
a nonprofit ‘‘center of excellence’’ that provides technology 
assistance and expertise to the criminal justice commu-
nity. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General 
to carr out this section the following amounts, to remai 
available until expended: 
(1) $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
(2) $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 
(3) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 
SEC. 316. SEARCH GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to subpart 1 of part E 
of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968, the Attorney General may make grants to 
SEARCH, the National Consortium for Justice Informa-
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tion and Statistics, to carry out the operations of the Na-
tional Technical Assistance and Training Program. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General 
to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2006 through 2009. 
TITLE 
IV—VIOLENCE 
AGAINST 
WOMEN 
REAUTHORIZATION 
ACT OF 2005
SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 
Titles IV through X of this Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR PRO-
GRAMS RELATING TO VIOLENCE AGAINST 
WOMEN. 
Part T of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 is amended by inserting before section 
2001 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg) the following new sections: 
‘‘SEC. 2000A. CLARIFICATION THAT PROGRAMS RELATING 
TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ARE GENDER-
NEUTRAL. 
‘‘In this part, and in any other Act of Congress, un-
less the context unequivocally requires otherwise, a provi-
sion authorizing or requiring the Department of Justice 
to make grants, or to carry out other activities, for assist-
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ance to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalk-
ing, sexual assault, or trafficking in persons, shall be con-
strued to cover grants that provide assistance to female 
victims, male victims, or both. 
‘‘SEC. 2000B. DEFINITIONS THAT APPLY TO ANY PROVISION 
CARRIED 
OUT 
BY 
VIOLENCE 
AGAINST 
WOMEN OFFICE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In this part, and in any violence 
against women provision, unless the context unequivocally 
requires otherwise, the following definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) COURTS.—The term ‘courts’ means any 
civil or criminal, tribal, and Alaskan Village, Fed-
eral, State, local or territorial court having jurisdic-
tion to address domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault or stalking, including immigration, 
family, juvenile, and dependency courts, and the ju-
dicial officers serving in those courts, including 
judges, magistrate judges, commissioners, justices of 
the peace, or any other person with decisionmaking 
authority. 
‘‘(2) CHILD MALTREATMENT.—The term ‘child 
maltreatment’ means the physical or psychological 
abuse or neglect of a child or youth, including sexual 
assault and abuse.
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‘‘(3) COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘community-based organization’ means an or-
ganization that—
‘‘(A) focuses primarily on domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing; 
‘‘(B) has established a specialized cul-
turally specific program that addresses domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking; 
‘‘(C) has a primary focus on underserved 
populations (and includes representatives of 
these populations) and domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking; or 
‘‘(D) obtains expertise, or shows dem-
onstrated capacity to work effectively, on do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
and stalking through collaboration. 
‘‘(4) COURT-BASED AND COURT-RELATED PER-
SONNEL.—The term ‘court-based’ and ‘court-related 
personnel’ mean persons working in the court, 
whether paid or volunteer, including—
‘‘(A) clerks, special masters, domestic rela-
tions officers, administrators, mediators, cus-
tody evaluators, guardians ad litem, lawyers,
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negotiators, probation, parole, interpreters, vic-
tim assistants, victim advocates, and judicial, 
administrative, or any other professionals or 
personnel similarly involved in the legal process; 
‘‘(B) court security personnel; 
‘‘(C) personnel working in related, supple-
mentary offices or programs (such as child sup-
port enforcement); and 
‘‘(D) any other court-based or community-
based personnel having responsibilities or au-
thority to address domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking in the court 
system. 
‘‘(5) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘domes-
tic violence’ includes felony or misdemeanor crimes 
of violence committed by a current or former spouse 
of the victim, by a person with whom the victim 
shares a child in common, by a person who is co-
habitating with or has cohabitated with the victim as 
a spouse, by a person similarly situated to a spouse 
of the victim under the domestic or family violence 
laws of the jurisdiction receiving grant monies, or by 
any other person against an adult, youth, or minor 
victim who is protected from that person’s acts
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under the domestic or family violence laws of the ju-
risdiction receiving grant monies. 
‘‘(6) DATING
PARTNER.—The term ‘dating 
partner’ refers to a person who is or has been in an 
ongoing social relationship of a romantic or intimate 
nature with the abuser, and existence of such a rela-
tionship based on a consideration of—
‘‘(A) the length of the relationship; 
‘‘(B) the type of relationship; and 
‘‘(C) the frequency of interaction between 
the persons involved in the relationship. 
‘‘(7) DATING VIOLENCE.—The term ‘dating vio-
lence’ means violence committed by a person—
‘‘(A) who is or has been in an ongoing so-
cial relationship of a romantic or intimate na-
ture with the victim; and 
‘‘(B) where the existence of such a rela-
tionship shall be determined based on a consid-
eration of the following factors: 
‘‘(i) The length of the relationship. 
‘‘(ii) The type of relationship. 
‘‘(iii) The frequency of interaction be-
tween the persons involved in the relation-
ship.
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‘‘(8) ELDER ABUSE.—The term ‘elder abuse’ 
means any action against a person who is 60 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 that are nec-
essary to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, 
or mental illness. 
‘‘(9) INDIAN.—The term ‘Indian’ means a 
member of an Indian tribe. 
‘‘(10) INDIAN
HOUSING.—The term ‘Indian 
housing’ means housing assistance described in the 
Native American Assistance and Self-Determination 
Act of (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq., as amended). 
‘‘(11) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian tribe’ 
means a tribe, band, pueblo, nation, or other orga-
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
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United States to Indians because of their status as 
Indians. 
‘‘(12) INDIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT.—The term 
‘Indian law enforcement’ means the departments or 
individuals under the direction of the Indian tribe 
that maintain public order. 
‘‘(13) LAW ENFORCEMENT.—The term ‘law en-
forcement’ means a public agency charged with po-
licing functions, including any of its component bu-
reaus (such as governmental victim services pro-
grams), including those referred to in section 3 of 
the Indian Enforcement Reform Act (25 U.S.C. 
2802). 
‘‘(14) LEGAL ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘legal as-
sistance’— 
‘‘(A) includes assistance to adult, youth, 
and minor victims of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, and stalking in—
‘‘(i) family, tribal, territorial, immi-
gration, employment, administrative agen-
cy, housing matters, campus administrative 
or protection or stay away order pro-
ceedings, and other similar matters; and 
‘‘(ii) criminal justice investigations, 
prosecutions and post-trial matters (includ-
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ing sentencing, parole, and probation) that 
impact the victim’s safety and privacy, 
subject to subparagraph (B); and 
‘‘(B) does not include representation of a 
defendant in a criminal or juvenile proceeding. 
‘‘(15) LINGUISTICALLY AND CULTURALLY SPE-
CIFIC SERVICES.—The term ‘linguistically and cul-
turally specific services’ means community-based 
services that offer full linguistic access and cul-
turally specific services and resources, including out-
reach, collaboration, and support mechanisms pri-
marily directed toward racial and ethnic populations 
and other underserved communities. 
‘‘(16) 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, includ-
ing—
‘‘(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 reli-
gious affiliation, that, in combination with any 
of subparagraphs (A) through (D), would serve 
to identify any individual. 
‘‘(17) 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). 
‘‘(18) 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, tribal, territorial, or local law authorizing 
the issuance of protection orders, restraining 
orders, or injunctions for the protection of vic-
tims of domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault, or stalking. 
‘‘(19) RURAL AREA AND RURAL COMMUNITY.—
The terms ‘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. 
‘‘(20) 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. 
‘‘(21) 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 terri-
torial jurisdiction of the United States or in a Fed-
eral prison and includes both assaults committed by 
offenders who are strangers to the victim and as-
saults committed by offenders who are known or re-
lated by blood or marriage to the victim. 
‘‘(22) STALKING.—The term ‘stalking’ means 
engaging in a course of conduct directed at a spe-
cific 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.
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‘‘(23) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and except as other-
wise provided, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin 
Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. 
‘‘(24) STATE
DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE
COALI-
TION.—The term ‘State domestic violence coalition’ 
means a program determined by the Administration 
for Children and Families under the Family Violence 
Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10410(b)). 
‘‘(25) STATE SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITION.—
The term ‘State sexual assault coalition’ means a 
program determined by the Center for Injury Pre-
vention and Control of the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention under the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 280b et seq.). 
‘‘(26) TERRITORIAL
DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE
OR 
SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITION.—The term ‘territorial 
domestic violence or sexual assault coalition’ means 
a program addressing domestic violence that is—
‘‘(A) an established nonprofit, nongovern-
mental territorial coalition addressing domestic 
violence or sexual assault within the territory; 
or
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‘‘(B) a nongovernmental organization with 
a demonstrated history of addressing domestic 
violence or sexual assault within the territory 
that proposes to incorporate as a nonprofit, 
nongovernmental territorial coalition. 
‘‘(27) TRIBAL COALITION.—The term ‘tribal co-
alition’ means—
‘‘(A) an established nonprofit, nongovern-
mental tribal coalition addressing domestic vio-
lence and sexual assault against American In-
dian and 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 and Alaskan Native women. 
‘‘(28) 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-
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ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)), that is rec-
ognized as eligible for the special programs and 
services provided by the United States to Indi-
ans because of their status as Indians. 
‘‘(29) TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘trib-
al organization’ means—
‘‘(A) the governing body of any Indian 
tribe; 
‘‘(B) any legally established organization 
of Indians which is controlled, sanctioned, or 
chartered 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 includes the maximum participation 
of Indians in all phases of its activities; or 
‘‘(C) any tribal nonprofit organization. 
‘‘(30) 
UNDERSERVED
POPULATIONS.—The 
term ‘underserved populations’ includes populations 
underserved because of geographic location, under-
served racial and ethnic populations, populations un-
derserved because of special needs (such as language 
barriers, disabilities, alienage status, or age), and 
any other population determined to be underserved 
by the Attorney General.
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‘‘(31) VICTIM
ADVOCATE.—The term ‘victim 
advocate’ 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 vic-
tim services program. 
‘‘(32) VICTIM
ASSISTANT.—The term ‘victim 
assistant’ 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 court 
or a law enforcement or prosecution agency. 
‘‘(33) VICTIM
SERVICES
OR
VICTIM
SERVICE 
PROVIDER.—The term ‘victim services’ or ‘victim 
service provider’ means a nonprofit, nongovern-
mental organization that assists domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims, 
including rape crisis centers, domestic violence shel-
ters, faith-based organizations, and other organiza-
tions, with a documented history of effective work, 
or a demonstrated capacity to work effectively, con-
cerning domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking.
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‘‘(34) YOUTH.—The term ‘youth’ means teen 
and young adult victims of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
‘‘(b) VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PROVISION.—In 
this section, the term ‘violence against women provision’ 
means any provision required by law to be carried out by 
or through the Violence Against Women Office. 
‘‘SEC. 2000C. REQUIREMENTS THAT APPLY TO ANY GRANT 
PROGRAM 
CARRIED 
OUT 
BY 
VIOLENCE 
AGAINST WOMEN OFFICE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out grants under 
this part, and in carrying out grants under any other vio-
lence against women grant program, the Director of the 
Violence Against Women Office shall ensure each of the 
following: 
‘‘(1) NONDISCLOSURE
OF
CONFIDENTIAL
OR 
PRIVATE INFORMATION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In order to ensure the 
safety of adult, youth, and minor victims of do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
or stalking, and their families, each grantee and 
subgrantee shall reasonably protect the con-
fidentiality and privacy of persons receiving 
services.
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‘‘(B) NONDISCLOSURE.—Subject to sub-
paragraph (C), grantees and subgrantees shall 
not—
‘‘(i) disclose any personally identifying 
information or individual information col-
lected in connection with services re-
quested, utilized, or denied through grant-
ees’ and subgrantees’ programs; or 
‘‘(ii) reveal individual client informa-
tion without the informed, written, reason-
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 
Federal, State, tribal, or territorial grant 
program. 
‘‘(C) RELEASE.—If release of information 
described in subparagraph (B) is compelled by 
statutory or court mandate or is requested by 
a Member of Congress—
‘‘(i) grantees and subgrantees shall 
make reasonable attempts to provide notice
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to victims affected by the disclosure of in-
formation; and 
‘‘(ii) grantees and subgrantees shall 
take steps necessary to protect the privacy 
and safety of the persons affected by the 
release of the information. 
‘‘(D) INFORMATION
SHARING.—Grantees 
and subgrantees may share—
‘‘(i) nonpersonally identifying data in 
the aggregate regarding services to their 
clients and nonpersonally identifying demo-
graphic information in order to comply 
with Federal, State, tribal, or territorial 
reporting, evaluation, or data collection re-
quirements; and 
‘‘(ii) court-generated information and 
law-enforcement 
generated 
information 
contained in secure, governmental reg-
istries for investigation, prosecution, and 
enforcement purposes. 
‘‘(2) APPROVED ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out 
activities under the grant program, grantees and 
subgrantees may collaborate with and provide infor-
mation to Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial 
public officials and agencies to develop and imple-
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ment policies to reduce or eliminate domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
‘‘(3) 
NON-SUPPLANTATION.—Any 
Federal 
funds received under the grant program shall be 
used to supplement, not supplant, non-Federal funds 
that would otherwise be available for the activities 
carried out under the grant. 
‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds authorized and 
appropriated under the grant program may be used 
only for the specific purposes described in the grant 
program and shall remain available until expended. 
‘‘(5) EVALUATION.—Grantees must collect data 
for use to evaluate the effectiveness of the program 
(or for use to carry out related research), pursuant 
to the requirements described in paragraph (1)(D). 
‘‘(6) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING.—Any funds 
appropriated for the grant program shall be subject 
to the prohibition in section 1913 of title 18, United 
States Code, relating to lobbying with appropriated 
moneys. 
‘‘(7) PROHIBITION
ON
TORT
LITIGATION.—
Funds appropriated for the grant program may not 
be used to fund civil representation in a lawsuit 
based on a tort claim. This paragraph shall not be 
construed as a prohibition on providing assistance to
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obtain restitution in a protection order or criminal 
case. 
‘‘(b) VIOLENCE
AGAINST
WOMEN
GRANT
PRO-
GRAM.—In this section, the term ‘violence against women 
grant program’ means any grant program required by law 
to be carried out by or through the Violence Against 
Women Office.’’. 
TITLE V—ENHANCING JUDICIAL 
AND 
LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
TOOLS TO COMBAT VIOLENCE 
SEC. 501. STOP GRANTS IMPROVEMENTS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
1001(a)(18) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(8)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘$185,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 
through 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘$215,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2006 through 2010’’. 
(b) 
PURPOSE
AREA
ENHANCEMENTS.—Section 
2001(b) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘, and specifically, for the pur-
poses of—’’ and inserting ‘‘, including collaborating 
with and informing public officials and agencies in 
order to develop and implement policies to reduce or 
eliminate domestic violence, dating violence, sexual
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assault, and stalking, and specifically only for the 
purposes of—’’; 
(2) in paragraph (5), by inserting after ‘‘protec-
tion orders are granted,’’ the following: ‘‘supporting 
nonprofit nongovernmental victim services programs 
and tribal organizations in working with public offi-
cials and agencies to develop and implement policies, 
rules, and procedures in order to reduce or eliminate 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
and stalking,’’; 
(3) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(4) in paragraph (11), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(12) maintaining core victim services and 
criminal justice initiatives, while supporting com-
plementary new initiatives and emergency services 
for victims and their families.’’. 
(c) CLARIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES REGARDING UN-
DERSERVED POPULATIONS.—Section 2007 of the Omni-
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3796gg–1) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)(2), by inserting before the 
semicolon the following: ‘‘and describe how the State
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will address the needs of racial and ethnic minorities 
and other underserved populations’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(2), by striking subpara-
graph (D) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(D) recognize and meaningfully respond 
to the needs of racial and ethnic and other un-
derserved populations and ensure that monies 
set aside to fund services and activities for ra-
cial and ethnic and other underserved popu-
lations are distributed equitably among those 
populations.’’. 
(d) TRIBAL AND TERRITORIAL SETASIDES.—Section 
2007 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–1), as amended by subsection 
(c), is further amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘5 per-
cent’’ and inserting ‘‘10 percent’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘1⁄54’’ 
and inserting ‘‘1⁄56’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and the 
coalition for the combined Territories of the 
United States, each receiving an amount equal 
to 1⁄54’’ and inserting ‘‘Guam, American Samoa, 
the United States Virgin Islands, and the Com-
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monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
each receiving an amount equal to 1⁄56’’; 
(D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘1⁄54’’ 
and inserting ‘‘1⁄56’’; 
(E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(F) in paragraph (6), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(G) by adding at the end: 
‘‘(7) such funds shall remain available until ex-
pended.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(3)(B), by inserting after 
‘‘victim services’’ the following: ‘‘, of which at least 
10 percent shall be distributed to culturally specific 
community-based organizations’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d)—
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) a memorandum of understanding showing 
that tribal, territorial, State, or local prosecution, 
law enforcement, and court and victim service pro-
vider subgrantees have consulted with tribal, terri-