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able until expended and may be used only for the 
specific programs and activities described in this sec-
tion. Funds appropriated under this section may not 
be used for advocacy.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in subparagraph (A), by—
(I) striking ‘‘5 percent’’ and in-
serting ‘‘10 percent’’; 
(II) striking ‘‘programs’’ and in-
serting ‘‘tribal governments or tribal 
organizations’’; 
(III) inserting ‘‘adult, youth, and 
minor’’ after ‘‘that assist’’; and 
(IV) striking ‘‘domestic violence, 
dating violence, stalking, and sexual 
assault’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
and stalking’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘technical assistance to support projects 
focused solely or primarily on providing 
legal assistance to victims of sexual as-
sault’’ and inserting ‘‘technical assistance 
in civil and crime victim matters to adult,
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youth, and minor victims of sexual as-
sault’’. 
SEC. 504. COURT TRAINING AND IMPROVEMENTS. 
The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 is amended 
by adding after subtitle I (42 U.S.C. 14042) the following: 
‘‘Subtitle 
J—Violence 
Against 
Women Act Court Training and 
Improvements 
‘‘SEC. 41001. SHORT TITLE. 
‘‘This subtitle may be cited as the ‘Violence Against 
Women Act Court Training and Improvements Act of 
2005’. 
‘‘SEC. 41002. GRANTS FOR COURT TRAINING AND IMPROVE-
MENTS. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to en-
able the Attorney General, though the Director of the Of-
fice on Violence Against Women, to award grants to im-
prove court responses to adult, youth, and minor domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking to 
be used for the following purposes—
‘‘(1) improved internal civil and criminal court 
functions, responses, practices, and procedures; 
‘‘(2) education for court-based and court-related 
personnel on issues relating to victims’ needs, in-
cluding safety, security, privacy, confidentiality and
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economic independence, as well as information about 
perpetrator behavior and best practices for holding 
perpetrators accountable; 
‘‘(3) collaboration and training with Federal, 
State, and local public agencies and officials and 
nonprofit, non-governmental organizations to im-
prove implementation and enforcement of relevant 
Federal, State, tribal, territorial and local law; 
‘‘(4) to enable courts or court-based or court-re-
lated programs to develop new or enhance current—
‘‘(A) court infrastructure (such as special-
ized courts, dockets, intake centers, or inter-
preter services and linguistically and culturally 
specific services, or a court system dedicated to 
the adjudication of domestic violence cases); 
‘‘(B) community-based initiatives within 
the court system (such as court watch pro-
grams, victim advocates, or community-based 
supplementary services); 
‘‘(C) offender management, monitoring, 
and accountability programs; 
‘‘(D) safe and confidential information-
storage and -sharing databases within and be-
tween court systems;
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‘‘(E) education and outreach programs 
(such as interpreters) to improve community 
access, including enhanced access for popu-
lations underserved because of geographic loca-
tion, underserved racial and ethnic populations, 
populations underserved because of special 
needs (such as language barriers, disabilities, 
alienage status, or age), and any other popu-
lation determined to be underserved by the At-
torney General; and 
‘‘(F) other projects likely to improve court 
responses to domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking; 
‘‘(5) to provide training, technical assistance, 
and data collection to tribal, Federal, State, terri-
torial or local courts wishing to improve their prac-
tices and procedures or to develop new programs; 
and 
‘‘(6) to provide training for specialized service 
providers, such as interpreters. 
‘‘(b) 
GRANT
REQUIREMENTS.—Grants 
awarded 
under this section shall be subject to the following condi-
tions: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE
GRANTEES.—Eligible grantees 
may include—
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‘‘(A) tribal, Federal, State, territorial or 
local courts or court-based programs, provided 
that the court’s internal organizational policies, 
procedures, or rules do not require mediation or 
counseling between offenders and victims phys-
ically together in cases where domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking is an 
issue; and 
‘‘(B) national, tribal, State, or local pri-
vate, nonprofit organizations with demonstrated 
expertise in developing and providing judicial 
education about domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
‘‘(2) CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN 
GRANTS.—
‘‘(A) COURT
PROGRAMS.—To be eligible 
for a grant under subsection (a)(4), applicants 
shall certify in writing that any courts or court-
based personnel working directly with or mak-
ing decisions about adult, youth, or minor par-
ties experiencing domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, and stalking have com-
pleted or will complete education about domes-
tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking.