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TITLE XI—SEXUAL ASSAULT
PREVENTION
Subtitle 
A—Standards, 
Practice,
and Training for Sexual Assault
Examinations
SEC. 1101. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Standards, Prac-
tice, and Training for Sexual Assault Examinations Act’’.
SEC. 1102. STANDARDS, PRACTICE, AND TRAINING FOR SEX-
UAL ASSAULT EXAMINATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall—
(1) evaluate existing standards of training and
practice for licensed health care professionals per-
forming sexual assault forensic examinations and de-
velop a national recommended standard for training;
(2) recommend sexual assault examination
training for all health care students to improve the
recognition of injuries suggestive of rape and sexual
assault and baseline knowledge of appropriate evi-
dence collection; and
(3) review existing national, State, and local
protocols on sexual assault for forensic examina-
tions, and based on this review, develop a rec-
ommended national protocol, and establish a mecha-
nism for its nationwide dissemination.
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(b) CONSULTATION.—The Attorney General shall
consult with national, State, and local experts in the area
of rape and sexual assault, including but not limited to,
rape crisis centers, State sexual assault and domestic vio-
lence coalitions and programs, criminal justice, forensic
nursing, forensic science, emergency room medicine, law,
social services, sex crimes in underserved communities as
defined in 42 U.S.C. 3796gg–2(7).
(c) REPORT.—The Attorney General shall ensure
that no later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, a report of the directives in subsection (a) is sub-
mitted to Congress.
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$200,000 for fiscal year 1999.
Subtitle B—Prevention of Custo-
dial Sexual Assault by Correc-
tional Staff
SEC. 1111. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Prevention of Cus-
todial Sexual Assault by Correctional Staff Act’’.
SEC. 1112. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) According to an extensive 1996 report by
the Women’s Rights Project of Human Rights
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Watch, sexual abuse of women prisoners by correc-
tional officers is a serious problem in our Nation’s
prisons, jails, and correctional facilities.
(2) Custodial sexual assault of women by cor-
rectional officers includes documented incidents of
vaginal, oral, and anal rape.
(3) Because correctional officers wield near ab-
solute power over female prisoners, officers may
abuse that power to sexually assault and abuse fe-
male prisoners, as well as engage in constant grop-
ing, harassment, and other abuse.
SEC. 1113. ESTABLISHMENT OF PREVENTION PROGRAM.
(a) PROGRAM GUIDELINES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall
establish guidelines for States and disseminate such
information to the States regarding the prevention
of custodial sexual misconduct by correctional staff.
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Such guidelines shall in-
clude requirements that—
(A) prohibit a State department of correc-
tions from hiring correctional staff who have
been convicted on criminal charges, or found
liable in civil suits, for custodial sexual mis-
conduct; and
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(B) each State department of corrections
maintain databases, including the names and
identifying information of individuals who have
been convicted on criminal charges or found lia-
ble in civil suits for custodial sexual misconduct
and to check these databases prior to hiring
any correctional staff.
(3) NATIONAL
DATABASE.—This information
shall also be submitted to the Department of Justice
where it will be maintained and updated on a na-
tional database.
(b) RELEASE OF INFORMATION.—The information
collected under subsection (a)(2) shall be treated as pri-
vate data except that—
(1) such information may be disclosed to law
enforcement agencies for law enforcement purposes;
(2) such information may be disclosed to gov-
ernment agencies conducting confidential back-
ground checks; and
(3) the designated State law enforcement agen-
cy and any local law enforcement agency authorized
by the State agency may release relevant informa-
tion that is necessary to protect prisoners concerning
a specific person whose name is included in the
database, except that the identity of a victim of an
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offense that requires information to be maintained
under this section shall not be released.
(c) IMMUNITY FOR GOOD FAITH CONDUCT.—Law
enforcement agencies, employees of law enforcement agen-
cies, and State officials shall be immune from criminal or
civil liability for good faith conduct in releasing informa-
tion under this section.
(d) INELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A State that fails to imple-
ment the program as described under this section
shall not receive 10 percent of the funds that would
otherwise be allocated to the State under subtitle A
of title II of the Violent Crime Control and Law En-
forcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13701).
(2) REALLOCATION.—Any funds that are not
allocated for failure to comply with this section shall
be reallocated to States that comply with this sec-
tion.
(3) COMPLIANCE DATE.—Each State shall have
not more than 3 years from the date of enactment
of this Act in which to implement this section, ex-
cept that the Attorney General may grant an addi-
tional 2 years to a State that is making good faith
efforts to implement this section.
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SEC. 1114. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this subtitle—
(1) the term ‘‘correctional staff’’ means any
employee, contractual employee, volunteer, or agent
of a correctional department who is working in any
contact position with any prisoners under the juris-
diction of that department; and
(2) the term ‘‘custodial sexual misconduct’’
means any physical contact, directly or through the
clothing, with the sexual or intimate parts of a per-
son for the purpose of sexual gratification of either
party, when the—
(A) parties involved are a person in cus-
tody of a correctional department and a mem-
ber of the correctional staff; or
(B) contact occurs under circumstances of
coercion, duress, or threat of force by a member
of the correctional staff.
TITLE 
XII—FULL 
FAITH 
AND
CREDIT 
FOR 
PROTECTION
ORDERS
SEC. 1201. FULL FAITH AND CREDIT FOR PROTECTION
ORDERS.
(a) Section 2265 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
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in order to secure enforcement by a law enforcement offi-
cer pursuant to subsection (a).’’.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2266 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘issued pursuant to State di-
vorce and child custody codes’’ after ‘‘custody or-
ders’’; and
(2) by adding ‘‘Custody and visitation provi-
sions in protection orders are subject to the man-
dates of this chapter.’’ after ‘‘seeking protection.’’.
(b) COMPLIANCE—FULL
FAITH
AND
CREDIT.—
Within 180 days, the Attorney General shall issue regula-
tions to determine whether a State is in compliance with
18 U.S.C. 2265(a), (b), and (c), taking into account the
following factors:
(1) The State’s documented good faith efforts
to ensure compliance by judicial, law enforcement,
and other State officials, including the extent and
nature of any training programs, outreach, and
other activities.
(2) The degree to which any case of noncompli-
ance by a State official represents an isolated inci-
dent, rather than a pattern of nonenforcement.
(3) Any barriers to compliance presented by
outdated technology, recordkeeping problems, or
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similar issues, and the State’s documented good
faith efforts to removing those barriers.
SEC. 1202. GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may pro-
vide grants to assist States, Indian tribal governments,
and units of local government to develop and strengthen
effective law enforcement and recordkeeping strategies to
assist States, Indian tribal governments, and units of local
government to enforce protective orders issued by other
States, Indian tribal governments, or units of local govern-
ment.
(b) USES OF FUNDS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Grants under this section
shall provide training and enhanced technology com-
patible with existing law enforcement systems in-
cluding the National Crime Information Center to
enforce protection orders.
(2) USES
OF
FUNDS.—Funds received under
this section may be used to train law enforcement,
prosecutors, court personnel, and others responsible
for the enforcement of protection orders, and to de-
velop, install, or expand data collection and commu-
nication systems, including computerized systems,
linking police, prosecutors, and courts for the pur-
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pose of identifying and tracking protection orders
and violations of protection orders and training.
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to carry out this section, $5,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003.
TITLE XIII—FEDERAL WITNESS
PROTECTION 
FOR 
VICTIMS
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
SEC. 1301. WITNESS PROTECTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3521(a)(1) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or of a vic-
tim of an offense set forth in chapter 110A of this title
directed at victims of domestic violence,’’ after ‘‘other seri-
ous offense,’’.
(b) OTHER ACTIONS.—Section 3521(b)(1) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or a victim
of domestic violence,’’ after ‘‘potential witness,’’.
(c) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 180 days after the
date of enactment of this section, the Attorney General
shall establish guidelines for determining eligibility for the
Federal witness protection program of persons who are eli-
gible for that program under the amendment made by sub-
section (a).
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TITLE XIV—CIVILIAN JURISDIC-
TION FOR CRIMES OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIO-
LENCE
SEC. 1401. CRIMINAL OFFENSES COMMITTED OUTSIDE THE
UNITED STATES BY PERSONS ACCOMPANY-
ING THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title 18, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after chapter 211 the following new
chapter:
‘‘CHAPTER 212—DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND
SEXUAL ASSAULT OFFENSES COMMIT-
TED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
‘‘Sec.
‘‘3261. Domestic violence and sexual assault offenses committed by persons for-
merly serving with, or presently employed by or accompanying,
the Armed Forces outside the United States.
‘‘3262. Definitions for chapter.
‘‘§ 3261. Domestic violence and sexual assault of-
fenses committed by persons formerly
serving with, or presently employed by or
accompanying, the Armed Forces outside
the United States
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Whoever, while serving with, em-
ployed by, or accompanying the Armed Forces outside of
the United States, engages in conduct that would con-
stitute a misdemeanor or felony domestic violence or sex-
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ual assault offense, if the conduct had been engaged in
within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of
the United States, shall be subject to prosecution in the
Federal District Court of the jurisdiction of origin.
‘‘(b) CONCURRENT
JURISDICTION.—Nothing con-
tained in this chapter deprives courts-martial, military
commissions, provost courts, or other military tribunals of
concurrent jurisdiction with respect to offenders or of-
fenses that by statute or by the law of war may be tried
by courts-martial, military commissions, provost courts, or
other military tribunals.
‘‘(c) ACTION BY FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.—No pros-
ecution may be commenced under this section if a foreign
government, in accordance with jurisdiction recognized by
the United States, has prosecuted or is prosecuting such
person for the conduct constituting such offense, except
upon the approval of the Attorney General of the United
States or the Deputy Attorney General of the United
States (or a person acting in either such capacity), which
function of approval shall not be delegated.
‘‘§ 3262. Definitions for chapter
‘‘As used in this chapter—
‘‘(1) the term ‘Armed Forces’ has the same
meaning as in section 101(a)(4) of title 10;
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‘‘(2) a person is ‘employed by the Armed
Forces outside of the United States’ if the person—
‘‘(A) is employed as a civilian employee of
the Department of Defense, as a Department of
Defense contractor, or as an employee of a De-
partment of Defense contractor;
‘‘(B) is present or residing outside of the
United States in connection with such employ-
ment; and
‘‘(C) is not a national of the host nation;
and
‘‘(3) a person is ‘accompanying the Armed
Forces outside of the United States’ if the person—
‘‘(A) is a dependent of a member of the
Armed Forces;
‘‘(B) is a dependent of a civilian employee
of the Department of Defense;
‘‘(C) is residing with the member or civil-
ian employee outside of the United States; and
‘‘(D) is not a national of the host nation.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters
at the beginning of part II of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter
211 the following:
‘‘212. Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Offenses
Committed Outside the United States ........... 3261’’.
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TITLE 
XV—PREVENTING 
VIO-
LENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN
TRADITIONALLY 
UNDER-
SERVED COMMUNITIES
SEC. 1501. ELDER ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOITATION.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) IN GENERAL.—The terms ‘‘elder abuse, ne-
glect, and exploitation’’, ‘‘domestic violence’’, and
‘‘older individual’’ have the meanings given the
terms in section 102 of the Older Americans Act of
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002).
(2) SEXUAL ASSAULT.—The term ‘‘sexual as-
sault’’ has the meaning given the term in section
2003 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–2).
(b) CURRICULA.—The Attorney General shall develop
curricula and offer, or provide for the offering of, training
programs to assist law enforcement officers and prosecu-
tors in recognizing, addressing, investigating, and pros-
ecuting instances of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation,
including domestic violence, and sexual assault, against
older individuals.
(c) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out
this subtitle.
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TITLE XVI—VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN 
TRAINING 
FOR
HEALTH PROFESSIONS
SEC. 1601. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Violence Against
Women Training for Health Professions Act’’.
SEC. 1602. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT
FORENSIC EVIDENCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a health professions,
the Attorney General shall award grants and contracts,
giving preference to any such entity (if otherwise a quali-
fied applicant for the award involved) that has in effect
the requirement that, as a condition of receiving a degree
or certificate (as applicable) from the entity, each student
have had significant training developed in consultation
and collaboration with national, State, and local domestic
violence and sexual assault coalitions and programs in car-
rying out the following functions as a provider of health
care:
(1) Identifying victims of domestic violence and
sexual assault, and maintaining complete medical
records that include documentation of the examina-
tion, treatment given, and referrals made, and re-
cording the location and nature of the victim’s inju-
ries.
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(2) Examining and treating such victims, within
the scope of the health professional’s discipline,
training, and practice.
(b) RELEVANT HEALTH PROFESSIONS ENTITIES.—
For purposes of paragraph (1), a health professions entity
specified in this paragraph is any entity that is a school
of medicine, a school of osteopathic medicine, a graduate
program in mental health practice, a school of nursing,
a program for the training of physician assistants, or a
program for the training of allied health professionals.
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years
after the date of the enactment of the Violence Against
Women Training for Health Professions Act, the Attorney
General shall submit to the House of Representatives, and
the Senate, a report specifying the health professions enti-
ties that are receiving grants or contracts under this sec-
tion; the number of hours of training required by the enti-
ties for purposes of such paragraph; the extent of clinical
experience so required; and the types of courses through
which the training is being provided, including the extent
of involvement of nonprofit nongovernmental domestic vio-
lence and sexual assault victims services programs in the
training.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
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(1) the term ‘‘domestic violence’’ includes acts
or threats of violence, not including acts of self de-
fense, 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 cohabitating
with or has cohabitated with the victim, by a person
who is or has been in a continuing social relationship
of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim, by
a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim
under the domestic or family violence laws of the ju-
risdiction, or by any other person against a victim
who is protected from that person’s acts under the
domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction;
and
(2) the term ‘‘sexual assault’’ means any con-
duct proscribed 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 prison and in-
cludes both assaults committed by offenders who are
strangers to the victim and assaults committed by
offenders who are known to the victim or related by
blood or marriage to the victim.
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TITLE XVII—VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN INTERVENTION, PRE-
VENTION, 
AND 
EDUCATION
RESEARCH
Subtitle 
A—Violence 
Against
Women Prevention, Detection
and Investigation Research
SEC. 1701. FINDINGS.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
(1) According to a Panel on Research on Vio-
lence Against Women convened by the National Re-
search Council in response to the mandates by the
Violence Against Women Act of 1994—
(A) significant gaps exist in understanding
the extent and causes of violence against women
and the impact and the effectiveness of edu-
cation, prevention, and interventions;
(B) funding for research on violence
against women is spread across numerous Fed-
eral agencies with no mechanism through which
to coordinate these efforts or to link with other
federally sponsored research initiatives; and
(C) research on violence against women
would benefit from an infrastructure that sup-
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ports interdisciplinary efforts and aids in inte-
grating these efforts into practice and policy.
(2) Despite the increased funding to prevent
and respond to violence against women in under-
served populations, few studies have examined inci-
dence and prevalence data from the perspective of
racial, ethnic, language, age, disability, and other
underserved populations. Moreover, little is known
about the types of prevention, detection, and inves-
tigation strategies that are most effective in under-
served populations.
(3) Most studies currently focus on aspects of
domestic violence related to physical abuse. Few
studies explore the harm caused by emotional and
psychological abuse and the appropriate prevention,
detection, and investigation strategies for victims ex-
periencing this form of abuse.
(4) Violence exposure as a risk factor for dis-
ease must be examined for a range of diseases and
diagnoses to better understand the correlation be-
tween violence and disease including intervening
variables.
(5) Violence against women occurs within the
context of a sociocultural environment that should
be studied to assist in a greater understanding of
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those factors that promote and maintain violence
against women and to provide a framework for de-
veloping and assessing education, prevention, and
intervention strategies.
SEC. 1702. TASK FORCE.
(a) PURPOSES.—The Attorney General shall estab-
lish a task force to coordinate research on violence against
women. The task force shall comprise representation from
all Federal agencies that fund such research.
(b) USES OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated under
this section shall be used to—
(1) develop a coordinated strategy to strengthen
research focussed on education, prevention, and
intervention strategies on violence against women;
(2) track and report on all Federal research
and expenditures on violence against women;
(3) identify gaps in research and develop cri-
teria for all Federal agencies for evaluating research
proposals, taking into account the context within
which women live their lives, including the broad so-
cial and cultural context as well as individual fac-
tors; and
(4) set priorities for research efforts that ex-
plore factors such as race, social, and economic
class, geographic location, age, language, sexual ori-
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entation, disability, and other factors that result in
violent crimes against women.
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATION.—There
shall be appropriated $500,000 for each of fiscal years
1999, 2000, and 2001 to fulfill the purposes of this sec-
tion.
SEC. 1703. PREVENTION, DETECTION, AND INVESITIGATION
RESEARCH GRANTS.
(a) PURPOSES.—The Department of Justice shall
make grants to entities, including domestic violence and
sexual assault organizations, research organizations, and
academic institutions, to support research to further the
understanding of the causes of violent behavior against
women and to evaluate prevention, detection, and inves-
tigation programs.
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—The research conducted under
this section shall include, but not be limited to the follow-
ing areas and others that may be identified by the Task
Force established under section 1702 of this title—
(1) longitudinal research to study the develop-
mental trajectory of violent behavior against women
and the way such violence differs from other violent
behaviors;
(2) examination of risk factors for sexual and
intimate partner violence for victims and perpetra-
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tors, such as poverty, childhood victimization and
other traumas;
(3) examination of short- and long-term efforts
of programs designed to prevent sexual and intimate
partner violence;
(4) outcome evaluations of interventions tar-
geted at children and teenagers;
(5) examination of and documentation of the
processes and informal strategies women experience
in attempting to manage and end the violence in
their lives; and
(6) development and testing of effective meth-
ods of screening and providing services at all points
of entry to the health care system, including mental
health, emergency medicine, and primary care.
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated $6,000,000 for each of
the fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 to carry out this
section.
SEC. 1704. ADDRESSING GAPS IN RESEARCH.
(a) PURPOSES.—The Department of Justice shall
make grants to domestic violence and sexual assault orga-
nizations, research organizations and academic institu-
tions for the purpose of expanding knowledge about vio-
lence against women, with a particular emphasis on ex-
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ploring such issues as they affect underserved commu-
nities.
(b) USES OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated under
this section shall be used to examine, but not be limited
to, the following areas—
(1) development of national- and community-
level survey studies to measure the incidence and
prevalence of violence against women in underserved
populations and the definitions women use to de-
scribe their experience of violence;
(2) qualitative and quantitative research to un-
derstand how factors such as race, ethnicity, socio-
economic status, age, language, disability, and sex-
ual orientation that result in violent crimes against
women;
(3) study of the availability and accessibility of
State and local legal remedies to victims of intimate
partner violence within the context of a same sex in-
timate relationship;
(4) the use of nonjudicial alternative dispute
resolution (such as mediation, negotiation, concilia-
tion, and restorative justice models) in cases where
domestic violence is a factor, comparing nonjudicial
alternative dispute resolution and traditional judicial
methods based upon the quality of representation of
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the 
victim, 
training 
of 
mediators 
or 
other
facilitators, satisfaction of the parties, and outcome
of the proceedings, as well as other factors that may
be identified; and
(5) other such research as may be determined
by the Task Force established under section 1702 in
consultation with domestic violence and sexual as-
sault advocates, coalitions, national experts, and re-
searchers.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated $4,500,000 for each of fis-
cal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 to carry out this section.
SEC. 1705. STUDY.
The United States Sentencing Commission shall
study the following and report to the Congress—
(1) sentences given to persons incarcerated in
Federal and State prison for assault or homicide
crimes in which the relationship to the victim was a
spouse, former spouse, or intimate partner;
(2) the effect of illicit drugs and alcohol on do-
mestic violence and the sentences imposed for of-
fenses involving such illicit drugs and alcohol where
domestic violence occurred;
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(3) the extent to which acts of domestic violence
committed against the defendant, including coercion,
may play a role in the commission of an offense;
(4) analysis delineated by race, gender, type of
offense, and any other categories that would be use-
ful for understanding the problem; and
(5) recommendations with respect to the of-
fenses described in this section particularly any basis
for a downward adjustment in any applicable guide-
lines determination.
SEC. 1706. STATUS REPORT ON LAWS REGARDING RAPE
AND SEXUAL ASSAULT OFFENSES.
(a) STUDY.—The Attorney General, in consultation
with national, State, and local domestic violence and sex-
ual assault coalitions and programs, including, nationally
recognized experts on sexual assault, such as from the ju-
diciary, the legal profession, psychological associations,
and sex offender treatment providers, shall conduct a na-
tional study to examine the status of the law with respect
to rape and sexual assault offenses and the effectiveness
of the implementation of laws in addressing such crimes
and protecting their victims. The Attorney General may
utilize the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Insti-
tute of Justice, and the Office for Victims of Crime in
carrying out this section.
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(b) REPORT.—Based on the study required under
subsection (a), the Attorney General shall prepare a re-
port, including an analysis of the uniformity of the rape
and sexual assault laws including sex offenses committed
against children and sex offenses involving penetration of
any kind among the States and their effectiveness in pros-
ecuting crimes of rape and sexual assault offenses as fol-
lows:
(1) Definitions of rape and sexual assault, in-
cluding any marital rape exception and any other ex-
ception or downgrading of offense.
(2) Element of consent and coercive conduct,
including deceit.
(3) Element of physical resistance and affirma-
tive nonconsent as a precondition for conviction.
(4) Element of force, including penetration re-
quirement as aggravating factor and use of coercion.
(5) Evidentiary matters—
(A) inferences—timeliness of complaint
under the Model Penal Code;
(B) post traumatic stress disorder (includ-
ing rape trauma syndrome) relevancy of scope
and admissibility;
(C) rape shield laws—in camera evi-
dentiary determinations;
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(D) prior bad acts; and
(E) corroboration requirement and cau-
tionary jury instructions.
(6) Existence of special rules for rape and sex-
ual assault offenses.
(7) Use of experts.
(8) Sentencing—
(A) plea bargains;
(B) presentence reports;
(C) recidivism and remorse;
(D) adolescents;
(E) psychological injuries;
(F) gravity of crime and trauma to victim;
and
(G) race.
(9) Any personal or professional relationship
between the perpetrator and the victim.
(10) Any recommendations of the Attorney
General for reforms to foster uniformity among the
States in addressing rape and sexual assault of-
fenses in order to protect victims more effectively
while safeguarding due process.
(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘rape and sexual assault offenses’’ includes carnal
knowledge of a child, abduction with intent to defile, inde-
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cent liberties, beastiality, forcible sodomy, sexual penetra-
tion with an animate or inanimate object, forced sexual
intercourse (labia majora penetration or anus penetra-
tion), cunnilingus, fellatio, anallingus, anal intercourse,
sexual battery, aggravated sexual battery, and sexual
abuse, accomplished by use of force, threats, or intimida-
tion.
(d) REPORT.—The Attorney General shall ensure
that no later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the study required under subsection (a) is com-
pleted and a report describing the findings made is sub-
mitted to Congress.
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—It is au-
thorized that $200,000 be appropriated to carry out the
study required by this section.
SEC. 1707. RESEARCH CENTERS.
The Attorney General shall establish 3 research cen-
ters to support the development of research and training
program to focus on violence against women, to provide
mechanisms for collaboration between researchers and
practitioners, and to provide technical assistance for inte-
grating research into service provision. Each Center shall
be organized around a research area such as epidemiology
and measurement of violence against women, causes and
risk factors, and prevention and intervention evaluation
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research. At least one of the centers shall be established
at an entity other than an academic institution. There are
authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for each of the
fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 to carry out this sec-
tion.
TITLE XVIII—PUBLIC ACCESS TO
FBI DATABASE ON SEXUAL
OFFENDERS
SEC. 1801. ESTABLISHMENT OF TELEPHONE ACCESS FOR
THE PUBLIC TO FBI DATABASE ON SEXUAL
OFFENDERS.
Subtitle A of title XVII of the Violent Crime Control
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14071 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
‘‘SEC. 170103. TELEPHONE ACCESS FOR THE PUBLIC TO FBI
DATABASE.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) The Attorney General
shall establish, publicize, and operate a national telephone
service by which a person (as defined in subsection (f)(2))
may request the information described in paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) The information described in this paragraph is
whether an individual (as defined in subsection (f)(3)),
other than a victim of an offense that requires registration
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under this subtitle, is listed in the database established
under section 170102.
‘‘(b) PREREQUISITE
FOR
ACCESS
TO
INFORMA-
TION.—The Attorney General shall not disclose the infor-
mation described in subsection (a)(2) unless the person
seeking such information provides his or her full name,
the full name of the individual, and one or more of the
following:
‘‘(1) The address of the individual’s residence.
‘‘(2) The individual’s Social Security number.
‘‘(3) The individual’s driver’s license number or
the number the identification card issued by State or
local authorities in lieu of a driver’s license.
‘‘(4) The individual’s date of birth.
‘‘(5) Such other information as the Attorney
General determines to be appropriate for purposes of
identification of the individual.
‘‘(c) NOTICE TO CALLER.—Prior to disclosing infor-
mation described in subsection (a)(2), and without charg-
ing a fee for the same, the Attorney General shall provide
the following general information in the form of a recorded
message:
‘‘(1) The requirements described in sub-
section (b).
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‘‘(2) The fee for the use of the telephone
service.
‘‘(3) A warning that information received pur-
suant to such request may not be misused, as de-
scribed in subsection (e), and notice of the penalties
for such misuse of the information.
‘‘(4) A warning that the service is not be avail-
able to persons under 18 years of age.
‘‘(5) Such other information as the Attorney
General determines to be appropriate.
‘‘(d) FEES FOR USE OF SERVICE.—
‘‘(1) FEE
FOR
ACCESS
TO
INFORMATION
IN
DATABASE.—The Attorney General shall charge a
fee for each use of the service for information de-
scribed in subsection (a) from the service.
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF REQUESTS.—
A person may not make more than two requests for
such information per use of the service.
‘‘(3) USE OF FEES TO DEFRAY EXPENSES OF
SERVICE.—To the extent provided in advance in ap-
propriations Acts, moneys received under paragraph
(1) shall be used to pay for the expenses of the oper-
ation of the service.
‘‘(e) PENALTIES FOR MISUSE OF INFORMATION.—
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‘‘(1) PROHIBITIONS.—Whoever, having obtained
information described in subsection (a)(2) from the
service, knowingly uses such information—
‘‘(A) for any purpose other than to protect
a minor at risk; or
‘‘(B) with respect to insurance, housing, or
any other use that the Attorney General may
determine—
‘‘(i) is unnecessary for the protection
of a minor at risk or;
‘‘(ii) which creates a disproportionate
prejudicial effect,
shall be punished as provided in paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) CIVIL PENALTY.—Each person who vio-
lates the provisions of paragraph (1) shall be subject
to a civil penalty imposed by the Attorney General
of not more than $1,000 for each violation.
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:
‘‘(1) MINOR AT RISK.—The term ‘minor at risk’
means a minor, as that term is defined in section
2256(1) of title 18, United States Code, who is or
may be in danger of becoming a victim of an offense,
for which registration is required under this subtitle,
by an individual about whom the information de-
scribed in subsection (a)(2) is sought.
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‘‘(2) PERSON.—The term ‘person’ means a per-
son who requests the information described in sub-
section (a)(2).
‘‘(3) INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘individual’ means
an individual who is required to register under this
subtitle.’’.
TITLE 
XIX—LIMITING 
AVAIL-
ABILITY OF PORNOGRAPHY
ON COMPUTERS
SEC. 1901. LIMITING AVAILABILITY OF PORNOGRAPHY ON
COMPUTERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and the Attorney General shall begin a study
of computer-based technologies and other approaches to
the problem of the availability of pornographic material
to children on the Internet, in order to develop possible
amendments to Federal criminal law and other law en-
forcement techniques to respond to this problem.
(b) CONTENTS OF STUDY.—The study shall address
the following:
(1) The capabilities of present-day computer-
based control technologies for controlling electronic
transmission of pornographic images.
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(2) Research needed to develop computer-based
control technologies to the point of practical utility
for controlling the electronic transmission of porno-
graphic images.
(3) Any inherent limitations of computer-based
control technologies for controlling electronic trans-
mission of pornographic images.
(4) Operational policies or management tech-
niques needed to ensure the effectiveness of these
control technologies for controlling electronic trans-
mission of pornographic images.
(5) Policy and criminal law and law enforce-
ment options for promoting the deployment of such
control technologies and the costs and benefits of
such options.
(6) The possible constitutional limitations or
constraints with respect to any of the matters de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) through (5).
(c) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the
date of the enactment of this section, the Federal Bureau
of Investigation shall make a final report of the results
of the study to the Committee on the Judiciary of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judi-
ciary of the Senate. The final report of the study shall
set forth the findings, conclusions, and recommendations
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of the Council and shall be submitted to relevant Govern-
ment agencies and congressional committees.
Passed the House of Representatives June 11, 1998.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.