(3) NEXT OF KIN.—In the case of an individual 
certified by the Attorney General pursuant to sub-
section (e), the medal may be accepted by the next 
of kin of any such individual. 
(c) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—
(1) CONSULTATION.—The Attorney General 
shall consult with the Institute of Heraldry of the 
Department of Defense regarding the design and ar-
tistry of the medal and the plaque authorized by this 
section. The Attorney General may also consider 
suggestions received by the Department of Justice 
regarding the design and artistry of the medal and 
the plaque, including suggestions made by persons 
not employed by the Department of Justice. 
(2) STRIKING.—After such consultation, the At-
torney General shall strike such medals and produce 
such plaques as may be required to carry out this 
section. 
(d) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) INDIVIDUALS.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—To be eligible to be 
presented the medal referred to in subsection 
(b), an individual must have been a public safe-
ty officer (as defined in section 5 of the Public
Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act of 2001 (42 
U.S.C. 15204))—
(i) who was present in New York, Vir-
ginia, or Pennsylvania on September 11, 
2001; 
(ii) who participated in the response 
that day to the terrorist attacks on the 
World Trade Center, the terrorist attack 
on the Pentagon, or the terrorist attack 
that resulted in the crash of the fourth air-
plane in Pennsylvania; and 
(iii) who died as a result of such par-
ticipation. 
(B) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—An indi-
vidual who was killed in one of the attacks re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be 
deemed, for purposes of that subparagraph, to 
have participated in the response. 
(2) AGENCIES.—To be eligible to be presented 
the plaque referred to in subsection (b), a public 
agency must have had at least one officer, employee, 
or agent who is eligible under paragraph (1) or who 
would be so eligible but for the requirement of sub-
paragraph (A)(iii) of that paragraph.
(3) APPLICATION; DETERMINATION.—To estab-
lish the eligibility required by paragraphs (1) or (2), 
the head of a public agency must present to the At-
torney General an application with such supporting 
documentation as the Attorney General may require 
to support such eligibility and, in the case of the eli-
gibility of an individual, with information on next of 
kin. The Attorney General shall determine, through 
the documentation provided and, if necessary, inde-
pendent investigation, whether the requirements of 
paragraphs (1) or (2) have been established. 
(e) CERTIFICATION.—The Attorney General shall, 
within 12 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, certify to the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives and the President pro tempore of the Senate the 
names of individuals eligible to receive the medal and pub-
lic agencies eligible to receive the plaque. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section.
SEC. 204. CLARIFICATION OF OFFICIAL TO BE CONSULTED 
BY ATTORNEY GENERAL IN CONSIDERING AP-
PLICATION FOR EMERGENCY FEDERAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE. 
Section 609M(b) of the Justice Assistance Act of 
1984 (42 U.S.C. 10501(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘the 
Director of the Office of Justice Assistance’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice 
Programs’’. 
SEC. 205. CLARIFICATION OF USES FOR REGIONAL INFOR-
MATION SHARING SYSTEM GRANTS. 
Section 1301(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796h(b)), as most 
recently amended by section 701 of the USA PATRIOT 
Act (Public Law 107–56; 115 Stat. 374), is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘regional’’ 
before ‘‘information sharing systems’’; 
(2) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(3) establishing and maintaining a secure tele-
communications system for regional information 
sharing between Federal, State, and local law en-
forcement agencies;’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘(5)’’ at the end of paragraph 
(4).
SEC. 206. INTEGRITY AND ENHANCEMENT OF NATIONAL 
CRIMINAL RECORD DATABASES. 
(a) DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.—Section 302 of the Om-
nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3732) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b), by inserting after the 
third sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘The Di-
rector shall be responsible for the integrity of data 
and statistics and shall protect against improper or 
illegal use or disclosure.’’; 
(2) by amending paragraph (19) of subsection 
(c) to read as follows: 
‘‘(19) provide for improvements in the accuracy, 
quality, timeliness, immediate accessibility, and inte-
gration of State criminal history and related records, 
support the development and enhancement of na-
tional systems of criminal history and related 
records including the National Criminal History 
Background Check System, the National Incident-
Based Reporting System, and the records of the Na-
tional Crime Information Center, facilitate State 
participation in national records and information 
systems, and support statistical research for critical 
analysis of the improvement and utilization of crimi-
nal history records;’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (4); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) confer and cooperate with Federal statis-
tical agencies as needed to carry out the purposes of 
this part, including by entering into cooperative data 
sharing agreements in conformity with all laws and 
regulations applicable to the disclosure and use of 
data.’’. 
(b) USE OF DATA.—Section 304 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 3735) is amended by striking ‘‘particular indi-
vidual’’ and inserting ‘‘private person or public agency’’. 
(c) CONFIDENTIALITY
OF INFORMATION.—Section 
812(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3789g(a)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘Except as provided by Federal law other than 
this title, no’’ and inserting ‘‘No’’. 
SEC. 207. EXTENSION OF MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR 
LAW ENFORCEMENT ARMOR VESTS. 
Section 1001(a)(23) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3793(a)(23)) is amended by striking ‘‘2004’’ and inserting 
‘‘2009’’.
Subtitle B—Building Community 
Capacity to Prevent, Reduce, 
and Control Crime 
SEC. 211. OFFICE OF WEED AND SEED STRATEGIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended 
by inserting after section 102 (42 U.S.C. 3712) the fol-
lowing new sections: 
‘‘SEC. 103. OFFICE OF WEED AND SEED STRATEGIES. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the Office an Office of Weed and Seed Strategies, headed 
by a Director appointed by the Attorney General. 
‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE.—The Director may assist States, 
units of local government, and neighborhood and commu-
nity-based organizations in developing Weed and Seed 
strategies, as provided in section 104. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$60,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and such sums as may 
be necessary for each of fiscal years 2007, 2008, and 
2009, to remain available until expended. 
‘‘SEC. 104. WEED AND SEED STRATEGIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made available 
under section 103(c), the Director of the Office of Weed 
and Seed Strategies may implement strategies, to be
known as Weed and Seed strategies, to prevent, control, 
and reduce violent crime, criminal drug-related activity, 
and gang activity in designated Weed-and-Seed commu-
nities. Each such strategy shall involve both of the fol-
lowing activities: 
‘‘(1) WEEDING.—Activities, to be known as 
Weeding activities, which shall include promoting 
and coordinating a broad spectrum of community ef-
forts (especially those of law enforcement agencies 
and prosecutors) to arrest, and to sanction or incar-
cerate, persons in that community who participate or 
engage in violent crime, criminal drug-related activ-
ity, and other crimes that threaten the quality of life 
in that community. 
‘‘(2) SEEDING.—Activities, to be known as 
Seeding activities, which shall include promoting and 
coordinating a broad spectrum of community efforts 
(such as drug abuse education, mentoring, and em-
ployment counseling) to provide—
‘‘(A) human services, relating to preven-
tion, intervention, or treatment, for at-risk indi-
viduals and families; and 
‘‘(B) community revitalization efforts, in-
cluding enforcement of building codes and de-
velopment of the economy.
‘‘(b) GUIDELINES.—The Director shall issue guide-
lines for the development and implementation of Weed and 
Seed strategies under this section. The guidelines shall en-
sure that the Weed and Seed strategy for a community 
referred to in subsection (a) shall—
‘‘(1) be planned and implemented through and 
under the auspices of a steering committee, properly 
established in the community, comprised of—
‘‘(A) in a voting capacity, representatives 
of—
‘‘(i) 
appropriate 
law 
enforcement 
agencies; and 
‘‘(ii) other public and private agencies, 
and neighborhood and community-based 
organizations, interested in criminal justice 
and community-based development and re-
vitalization in the community; and 
‘‘(B) in a voting capacity, both—
‘‘(i) the Drug Enforcement Adminis-
tration’s special agent in charge for the ju-
risdiction encompassing the community; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the United States Attorney for 
the District encompassing the community;
‘‘(2) describe how law enforcement agencies, 
other public and private agencies, neighborhood and 
community-based organizations, and interested citi-
zens are to cooperate in implementing the strategy; 
and 
‘‘(3) incorporate a community-policing compo-
nent that shall serve as a bridge between the Weed-
ing activities under subsection (a)(1) and the Seed-
ing activities under subsection (a)(2). 
‘‘(c) DESIGNATION.—For a community to be des-
ignated as a Weed-and-Seed community for purposes of 
subsection (a)—
‘‘(1) the United States Attorney for the District 
encompassing the community must certify to the Di-
rector that—
‘‘(A) the community suffers from consist-
ently high levels of crime or otherwise is appro-
priate for such designation; 
‘‘(B) the Weed and Seed strategy pro-
posed, adopted, or implemented by the steering 
committee has a high probability of improving 
the criminal justice system within the commu-
nity and contains all the elements required by 
the Director; and
‘‘(C) the steering committee is capable of 
implementing the strategy appropriately; and 
‘‘(2) the community must agree to formulate a 
timely and effective plan to independently sustain 
the strategy (or, at a minimum, a majority of the 
best practices of the strategy) when assistance under 
this section is no longer available. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—An application for designation 
as a Weed-and-Seed community for purposes of subsection 
(a) shall be submitted to the Director by the steering com-
mittee of the community in such form, and containing 
such information and assurances, as the Director may re-
quire. The application shall propose—
‘‘(1) a sustainable Weed and Seed strategy that 
includes—
‘‘(A) the active involvement of the United 
States Attorney for the District encompassing 
the community, the Drug Enforcement Admin-
istration’s special agent in charge for the juris-
diction encompassing the community, and other 
Federal law enforcement agencies operating in 
the vicinity; 
‘‘(B) a significant community-oriented po-
licing component; and
‘‘(C) demonstrated coordination with com-
plementary neighborhood and community-based 
programs and initiatives; and 
‘‘(2) a methodology with outcome measures and 
specific objective indicia of performance to be used 
to evaluate the effectiveness of the strategy. 
‘‘(e) GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In implementing a strategy 
for a community under subsection (a), the Director 
may make grants to that community. 
‘‘(2) USES.—For each grant under this sub-
section, the community receiving that grant—
‘‘(A) shall use not less than 40 percent of 
the grant amounts for Seeding activities under 
subsection (a)(2); and 
‘‘(B) may not use any of the grant 
amounts for construction, except that the As-
sistant Attorney General may authorize use of 
grant amounts for incidental or minor construc-
tion, renovation, or remodeling. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.—A community may not re-
ceive grants under this subsection (or fall within 
such a community)—
‘‘(A) for a period of more than 10 fiscal 
years;
‘‘(B) for more than 5 separate fiscal years, 
except that the Assistant Attorney General 
may, in single increments and only upon a 
showing of extraordinary circumstances, author-
ize grants for not more than 3 additional sepa-
rate fiscal years; or 
‘‘(C) in an aggregate amount of more than 
$1,000,000, except that the Assistant Attorney 
General may, upon a showing of extraordinary 
circumstances, authorize grants for not more 
than an additional $500,000. 
‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION.—In making grants under 
this subsection, the Director shall ensure that—
‘‘(A) to the extent practicable, the distribu-
tion of such grants is geographically equitable 
and includes both urban and rural areas of 
varying population and area; and 
‘‘(B) priority is given to communities that 
clearly and effectively coordinate crime preven-
tion programs with other Federal programs in 
a manner that addresses the overall needs of 
such communities. 
‘‘(5) FEDERAL
SHARE.—(A) Subject to sub-
paragraph (B), the Federal share of a grant under 
this subsection may not exceed 75 percent of the
total costs of the projects described in the applica-
tion for which the grant was made. 
‘‘(B) The requirement of subparagraph (A)—
‘‘(i) may be satisfied in cash or in kind; 
and 
‘‘(ii) may be waived by the Assistant Attor-
ney General upon a determination that the fi-
nancial circumstances affecting the applicant 
warrant a finding that such a waiver is equi-
table. 
‘‘(6) SUPPLEMENT, NOT
SUPPLANT.—To re-
ceive a grant under this subsection, the applicant 
must provide assurances that the amounts received 
under the grant shall be used to supplement, not 
supplant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise be 
available for programs or services provided in the 
community.’’. 
(b) ABOLISHMENT OF EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF WEED 
AND SEED; TRANSFERS OF FUNCTIONS.—
(1) ABOLISHMENT.—The Executive Office of 
Weed and Seed is abolished. 
(2) TRANSFER.—There are hereby transferred 
to the Office of Weed and Seed Strategies all func-
tions and activities performed immediately before
the date of the enactment of this Act by the Execu-
tive Office of Weed and Seed Strategies. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section take effect 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle C—Assisting Victims of 
Crime 
SEC. 221. GRANTS TO LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS 
TO IMPROVE OUTREACH SERVICES TO VIC-
TIMS OF CRIME. 
Section 1404(c) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 
(42 U.S.C. 10603(c)), as most recently amended by sec-
tion 623 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Public Law 107–
56; 115 Stat. 372), is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking the comma after ‘‘Director’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) for nonprofit neighborhood and commu-
nity-based victim service organizations and coalitions
to improve outreach and services to victims of 
crime.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1)(A) and 
(1)(C)’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) not more than $10,000 shall be used for 
any single grant under paragraph (1)(C).’’. 
SEC. 222. CLARIFICATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF CERTAIN 
AUTHORITIES RELATING TO CRIME VICTIMS 
FUND. 
Section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 
(42 U.S.C. 10601) is amended as follows: 
(1) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT GIFTS.—Subsection 
(b)(5) of such section is amended by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, which 
the Director is hereby authorized to accept for de-
posit into the Fund, except that the Director is not
hereby authorized to accept any such gift, bequest, 
or donation that—
‘‘(A) attaches conditions inconsistent with 
applicable laws or regulations; or 
‘‘(B) is conditioned upon or would require 
the expenditure of appropriated funds that are 
not available to the Office for Victims of 
Crime.’’. 
(2) AUTHORITY TO REPLENISH ANTITERRORISM 
EMERGENCY
RESERVE.—Subsection (d)(5)(A) of 
such section is amended by striking ‘‘expended’’ and 
inserting ‘‘obligated’’. 
(3) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS TO INDIAN 
TRIBES FOR VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.—Sub-
section (g) of such section is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, acting 
through the Director,’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The Attorney General may use 5 percent of the 
funds available under subsection (d)(2) (prior to distribu-
tion) for grants to Indian tribes to establish victim assist-
ance programs, as appropriate.’’.
SEC. 223. AMOUNTS RECEIVED UNDER CRIME VICTIM 
GRANTS MAY BE USED BY STATE FOR TRAIN-
ING PURPOSES. 
(a) 
CRIME
VICTIM
COMPENSATION.—Section 
1403(a)(3) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 
U.S.C. 10602(a)(3)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘may 
be used for’’ the following: ‘‘training purposes and’’. 
(b) CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE.—Section 1404(b)(3) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 10603(b)(3)) is amended by insert-
ing after ‘‘may be used for’’ the following: ‘‘training pur-
poses and’’.
SEC. 224. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES RELATING TO 
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN FORMULA AND 
DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAMS. 
(a) CLARIFICATION OF SPECIFIC PURPOSES.—Sec-
tion 2001(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg(b)) is amended 
in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting after 
‘‘violent crimes against women’’ the following: ‘‘to develop 
and strengthen victim services in cases involving violent 
crimes against women’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION
OF STATE GRANTS.—Section 
2007 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–1) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘to States’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘tribal governments’’;
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in each of paragraphs (2) and (3), by 
striking ‘‘1⁄54’’ and inserting ‘‘1⁄53’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘in In-
dian country’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(3)(A), by striking ‘‘police’’ 
and inserting ‘‘law enforcement’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d)—
(A) in the second sentence, by inserting 
after ‘‘each application’’ the following: ‘‘sub-
mitted by a State’’; and 
(B) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘An 
application’’ and inserting ‘‘In addition, each 
application submitted by a State or tribal gov-
ernment’’. 
(c) CHANGE FROM ANNUAL TO BIENNIAL REPORT-
ING.—Section 2009(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–
3) is amended by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘the Attorney General shall submit’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘Not later than one month after 
the end of each even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney 
General shall submit’’. 
(d) AVAILABILITY OF FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAMS.—
Section 2010 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–4) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsections:
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—A State or Indian tribal gov-
ernment may use Federal grant funds under this part to 
pay for forensic medical exams performed by trained ex-
aminers for victims of sexual assault, except that such 
funds may not be used to pay for forensic medical exams 
by any State or Indian tribal government that requires 
victims of sexual assault to seek reimbursement for such 
exams from their insurance carriers. 
‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to require a victim of sexual assault 
to participate in the criminal justice system or cooperate 
with law enforcement in order to be provided with a foren-
sic medical exam, reimbursement for charges incurred on 
account of such an exam, or both.’’. 
(e) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The heading for Part 
T of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg et seq.) is amended to 
read as follows:
‘‘PART T—GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES 
AGAINST WOMEN’’. 
SEC. 225. EXPANSION OF GRANT PROGRAMS ASSISTING EN-
FORCEMENT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES 
TO ALSO ASSIST ENFORCEMENT OF SEXUAL 
ASSAULT CASES. 
(a) GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 
ARREST POLICIES.—Section 2101 of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796hh) 
is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘to treat do-
mestic violence as a serious violation’’ and inserting 
‘‘to treat domestic violence and sexual assault as se-
rious violations’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in each of paragraphs (2) and (5), by 
striking ‘‘domestic violence and dating violence’’ 
and inserting ‘‘domestic violence, sexual assault, 
and dating violence’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘domes-
tic violence cases’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic vio-
lence and sexual assault cases’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘about 
domestic violence’’ and inserting ‘‘about domes-
tic violence and sexual assault’’; and
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘In this sec-
tion, the term’’ and inserting ‘‘In this part—
‘‘(1) the term ‘sexual assault’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 2008; and 
‘‘(2) the term’’. 
(b) APPLICATIONS.—Section 2102(b) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 3796hh–1(b)) is amended in each of paragraphs 
(1) and (2) by inserting after ‘‘involving domestic vio-
lence’’ the following: ‘‘or sexual assault’’. 
(c) RURAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD ABUSE 
ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE.—Section 40295(a) of the 
Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (title IV of the Vio-
lent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994; 
42 U.S.C. 13971(a)) is amended in each of paragraphs 
(1) and (2) by striking ‘‘domestic violence and dating vio-
lence (as defined in section 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic 
violence, sexual assault, and dating violence (as such 
terms are defined in section 2008’’. 
SEC. 226. CHANGE OF CERTAIN REPORTS FROM ANNUAL 
TO BIENNIAL. 
(a) STALKING AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—Section 
40610 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (title 
IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994; 42 U.S.C. 14039) is amended by striking 
‘‘The Attorney General shall submit to the Congress an
annual report, beginning one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, that provides’’ and inserting ‘‘Each 
even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney General shall sub-
mit to the Congress a biennial report that provides’’. 
(b) 
SAFE
HAVENS
FOR
CHILDREN.—Section 
1301(d)(1) of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 
Protection Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 10420(d)(1)) is amend-
ed in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking 
‘‘Not later than 1 year after the last day of the first fiscal 
year commencing on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and not later than 180 days after the last 
day of each fiscal year thereafter,’’ and inserting ‘‘Not 
later than one month after the end of each even-numbered 
fiscal year,’’. 
SEC. 227. CLARIFICATION OF RECIPIENTS AND PROGRAMS 
ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS UNDER RURAL DO-
MESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD ABUSE EN-
FORCEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
Section 40295 of the Violence Against Women Act 
of 1994 (title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994; 42 U.S.C. 13971) is amended 
as follows: 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to States, Indian tribal 
governments, and local governments of rural States,
and to other public or private entities of rural 
States’’ and inserting ‘‘to States, Indian tribal gov-
ernments, local governments, and public or private 
entities, for programs serving rural areas or rural 
communities’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1) the term’’ before 
‘‘‘Indian tribe’ means’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Indians.’’ and all that fol-
lows through the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘Indians; and 
‘‘(2) the terms ‘rural area’ and ‘rural commu-
nity’ have the meanings given those terms in section 
491(k)(2) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11408(k)(2)).’’. 
Subtitle D—Preventing Crime 
SEC. 231. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF VIOLENT OF-
FENDER FOR PURPOSES OF JUVENILE DRUG 
COURTS. 
Section 2953(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797u–2(b)) is 
amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by strik-
ing ‘‘an offense that’’ and inserting ‘‘a felony-level offense 
that’’.