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(i) striking ‘‘other’’ and inserting
‘‘civil’’; and
(ii) inserting after ‘‘domestic violence’’
the following: ‘‘, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, and stalking’’; and
(G) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(9) To develop State, tribal, territorial, or local
policies, procedures, and protocols for preventing dual
arrests and prosecutions in cases of domestic violence,
dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and to
develop effective methods for identifying the pattern
and history of abuse that indicates which party is the
actual perpetrator of abuse.
‘‘(10) To plan, develop and establish comprehen-
sive victim service and support centers, such as fam-
ily justice centers, designed to bring together victim
advocates from non-profit, non-governmental victim
services organizations, law enforcement officers, pros-
ecutors, probation officers, governmental victim as-
sistants, forensic medical professionals, civil legal at-
torneys, chaplains, legal advocates, representatives
from community-based organizations and other rel-
evant public or private agencies or organizations into
one centralized location, in order to improve safety,
access to services, and confidentiality for victims and
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families. Although funds may be used to support the
colocation of project partners under this paragraph,
funds may not support construction or major renova-
tion expenses or activities that fall outside of the
scope of the other statutory purpose areas.
‘‘(11) To develop and implement policies and
training for police, prosecutors, probation and parole
officers, and the judiciary in recognizing, inves-
tigating, and prosecuting instances of sexual assault,
with an emphasis on recognizing the threat to the
community for repeat crime perpetration by such in-
dividuals.
‘‘(12) To develop, enhance, and maintain protec-
tion order registries.
‘‘(13) To develop human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) testing programs for sexual assault perpetra-
tors and notification and counseling protocols.’’;—
(3) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’
after the semicolon;
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking the period
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(5) certify that, not later than 3 years after the
date of enactment of this section, their laws, policies,
or practices will ensure that—
‘‘(A) no law enforcement officer, prosecuting
officer or other government official shall ask or
require an adult, youth, or child victim of a sex
offense as defined under Federal, tribal, State,
territorial, or local law to submit to a polygraph
examination or other truth telling device as a
condition for proceeding with the investigation of
such an offense; and
‘‘(B) the refusal of a victim to submit to an
examination described in subparagraph (A) shall
not prevent the investigation of the offense.’’; and
(4) by striking subsections (d) and (e) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(d) SPEEDY NOTICE TO VICTIMS.—A State or unit
of local government shall not be entitled to 5 percent of the
funds allocated under this part unless the State or unit of
local government—
‘‘(1) certifies that it has a law or regulation that
requires—
‘‘(A) the State or unit of local government
at the request of a victim to administer to a de-
fendant, against whom an information or indict-
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ment is presented for a crime in which by force
or threat of force the perpetrator compels the vic-
tim to engage in sexual activity, testing for the
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) not later than 48
hours after the date on which the information or
indictment is presented;
‘‘(B) as soon as practicable notification to
the victim, or parent and guardian of the victim,
and defendant of the testing results; and
‘‘(C) follow-up tests for HIV as may be
medically appropriate, and that as soon as prac-
ticable after each such test the results be made
available in accordance with subparagraph (B);
or
‘‘(2) gives the Attorney General assurances that
it laws and regulations will be in compliance with re-
quirements of paragraph (1) within the later of—
‘‘(A) the period ending on the date on which
the next session of the State legislature ends; or
‘‘(B) 2 years.
‘‘(e) ALLOTMENT FOR INDIAN TRIBES.—Not less than
10 percent of the total amount made available for grants
under this section for each fiscal year shall be available for
grants to Indian tribal governments.’’.
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(c) APPLICATIONS.—Section 2102(b) of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
3796hh–1(b)) is amended in each of paragraphs (1) and
(2) by inserting after ‘‘involving domestic violence’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking’’.
(d) TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, CONFIDEN-
TIALITY.—Part U of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796hh et seq.)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 2106. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
‘‘Of the total amounts appropriated under this part,
not less than 5 percent and up to 8 percent shall be avail-
able for providing training and technical assistance relat-
ing to the purpose areas of this part to improve the capacity
of grantees and other entities.’’.
SEC. 103. LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS IMPROVE-
MENTS.
Section 1201 of the Violence Against Women Act of
2000 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–6) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by—
(A) inserting before ‘‘legal assistance’’ the
following: ‘‘civil and criminal’’;
(B) inserting after ‘‘effective aid to’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘adult and youth’’; and
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(C) inserting at the end the following:
‘‘Criminal legal assistance provided for under
this section shall be limited to criminal matters
relating to domestic violence, sexual assault, dat-
ing violence, and stalking.’’;
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the definitions
provided in section 40002 of the Violence Against Women
Act of 1994 shall apply.’’;
(3) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘and tribal or-
ganizations, territorial organizations’’ after ‘‘Indian
tribal governments’’;
(4) in subsection (d) by striking paragraph (2)
and inserting the following:
‘‘(2) any training program conducted in satis-
faction of the requirement of paragraph (1) has been
or will be developed with input from and in collabo-
ration with a tribal, State, territorial, or local domes-
tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking
organization or coalition, as well as appropriate trib-
al, State, territorial, and local law enforcement offi-
cials;’’.
(5) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘dating vio-
lence,’’ after ‘‘domestic violence,’’; and
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(6) in subsection (f)—
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this section $65,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011.’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by—
(i) striking ‘‘5 percent’’ and inserting
‘‘10 percent’’; and
(ii) inserting ‘‘adult and youth’’ after
‘‘that assist’’.
SEC. 104. ENSURING CRIME VICTIM ACCESS TO LEGAL
SERVICES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 502 of the Department of
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105–119;
111 Stat. 2510) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(C)—
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by
striking ‘‘using funds derived from a source other
than the Corporation to provide’’ and inserting
‘‘providing’’;
(B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘in the United
States’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘or a
victim of sexual assault or trafficking in the
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United States, or qualifies for immigration relief
under section 101(a)(15)(U) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U));
or’’; and
(C) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘has been bat-
tered’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘, with-
out the active participation of the alien, has been
battered or subjected to extreme cruelty or a vic-
tim of sexual assault or trafficking in the United
States, or qualifies for immigration relief under
section 101(a)(15)(U) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)).’’;
and
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘described in
such subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘, sexual assault or
trafficking, 
or 
the 
crimes 
listed 
in 
section
101(a)(15)(U)(iii) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)(iii))’’.
(b) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this Act, or the
amendments made by this Act, shall be construed to restrict
the legal assistance provided to victims of trafficking and
certain family members authorized under section 107(b)(1)
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C.
7105(b)(1)).
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SEC. 105. THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT COURT
TRAINING AND IMPROVEMENTS.
(a) VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT COURT TRAINING
AND IMPROVEMENTS.—The Violence Against Women Act of
1994 (108 Stat. 1902 et seq.) is amended by adding at the
end 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. PURPOSE.
‘‘The purpose of this subtitle is to enable the Attorney
General, though the Director of the Office on Violence
Against Women, to award grants to improve court responses
to adult and youth domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault, and stalking to be used for—
‘‘(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, includ-
ing safety, security, privacy, confidentiality, and eco-
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perpetrator behavior and best practices for holding
perpetrators accountable;
‘‘(3) collaboration and training with Federal,
State, tribal, territorial, and local public agencies
and officials and nonprofit, nongovernmental organi-
zations to improve implementation and enforcement
of relevant Federal, State, tribal, territorial, and local
law;
‘‘(4) enabling 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 interpreter
services);
‘‘(B) community-based initiatives within
the court system (such as court watch programs,
victim assistants, or community-based supple-
mentary services);
‘‘(C) offender management, monitoring, and
accountability programs;
‘‘(D) safe and confidential information-stor-
age and -sharing databases within and between
court systems;
‘‘(E) education and outreach programs to
improve community access, including enhanced
access for underserved populations; and
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‘‘(F) other projects likely to improve court
responses to domestic violence, dating violence,
sexual assault, and stalking; and
‘‘(5) providing technical assistance to Federal,
State, tribal, territorial, or local courts wishing to
improve their practices and procedures or to develop
new programs.
‘‘SEC. 41003. GRANT REQUIREMENTS.
‘‘Grants awarded under this subtitle shall be subject
to the following conditions:
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE
GRANTEES.—Eligible grantees
may include—
‘‘(A) Federal, State, tribal, territorial, or
local courts or court-based programs; and
‘‘(B) national, State, tribal, territorial, or
local private, nonprofit organizations with dem-
onstrated expertise in developing and providing
judicial education about domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
‘‘(2) CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible
for a grant under this section, applicants shall certify
in writing that—
‘‘(A) any courts or court-based personnel
working directly with or making decisions about
adult or youth parties experiencing domestic vio-
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lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk-
ing have completed or will complete education
about domestic violence, dating violence, sexual
assault, and stalking;
‘‘(B) any education program developed
under section 41002 has been or will be devel-
oped with significant input from and in collabo-
ration with a national, tribal, State, territorial,
or local victim services provider or coalition; and
‘‘(C) the grantee’s internal organizational
policies, procedures, or rules do not require me-
diation or counseling between offenders and vic-
tims physically together in cases where domestic
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing is an issue.
‘‘SEC. 41004. NATIONAL EDUCATION CURRICULA.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, through the
Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, shall
fund efforts to develop a national education curriculum for
use by State and national judicial educators to ensure that
all courts and court personnel have access to information
about relevant Federal, State, territorial, or local law,
promising practices, procedures, and policies regarding
court responses to adult and youth domestic violence, dating
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‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Any curricula developed
under this section—
‘‘(1) shall be developed by an entity or entities
having demonstrated expertise in developing judicial
education curricula on issues relating to domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; or
‘‘(2) if the primary grantee does not have dem-
onstrated expertise with such issues, shall be developed
by the primary grantee in partnership with an orga-
nization having such expertise.
‘‘SEC. 41005. TRIBAL CURRICULA.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, through the
Office on Violence Against Women, shall fund efforts to de-
velop education curricula for tribal court judges to ensure
that all tribal courts have relevant information about prom-
ising practices, procedures, policies, and law regarding trib-
al court responses to adult and youth domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Any curricula developed
under this section—
‘‘(1) shall be developed by a tribal organization
having demonstrated expertise in developing judicial
education curricula on issues relating to domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; or
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‘‘(2) if the primary grantee does not have such
expertise, the curricula shall be developed by the pri-
mary grantee through partnership with organizations
having such expertise.
‘‘SEC. 41006. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this subtitle $5,000,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2007 to 2011.
‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated under this
section shall remain available until expended and may only
be used for the specific programs and activities described
in this subtitle.
‘‘(c) SET ASIDE.—Of the amounts made available
under this subsection in each fiscal year, not less than 10
percent shall be used for grants for tribal courts, tribal
court-related programs, and tribal nonprofits.’’.
SEC. 106. FULL FAITH AND CREDIT IMPROVEMENTS.
(a) ENFORCEMENT OF PROTECTION ORDERS ISSUED
BY TERRITORIES.—Section 2265 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by—
(1) striking ‘‘or Indian tribe’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘, Indian tribe, or territory’’; and
(2) striking ‘‘State or tribal’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘State, tribal, or territorial’’.
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(b) CLARIFICATION OF ENTITIES HAVING ENFORCE-
MENT
AUTHORITY
AND
RESPONSIBILITIES.—Section
2265(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘and enforced as if it were’’ and inserting ‘‘and en-
forced by the court and law enforcement personnel of the
other State, Indian tribal government or Territory as if it
were’’.
(c) LIMITS ON INTERNET PUBLICATION OF PROTEC-
TION ORDER INFORMATION.—Section 2265(d) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(3) LIMITS ON INTERNET PUBLICATION OF REG-
ISTRATION INFORMATION.—A State, Indian tribe, or
territory shall not make available publicly on the
Internet any information regarding the registration
or filing of a protection order, restraining order, or
injunction in either the issuing or enforcing State,
tribal or territorial jurisdiction, if such publication
would be likely to publicly reveal the identity or loca-
tion of the party protected under such order. A State,
Indian tribe, or territory may share court-generated
and law enforcement-generated information contained
in secure, governmental registries for protection order
enforcement purposes.’’.
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(d) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2266 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(5) PROTECTION ORDER.—The term ‘protection
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 order issued by a civil
or criminal court whether obtained by filing an
independent action or as a pendente lite order in
another proceeding so long as any civil or crimi-
nal order was issued in response to a complaint,
petition, or motion filed by or on behalf of a per-
son seeking 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 injunction pursuant to State, tribal, terri-
torial, or local law authorizing the issuance of
protection orders, restraining orders, or injunc-
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tions for the protection of victims of domestic vi-
olence, sexual assault, dating violence, or stalk-
ing.’’; and
(2) in clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (7)(A),
by striking ‘‘2261A, a spouse or former spouse of the
abuser, a person who shares a child in common with
the abuser, and a person who cohabits or has
cohabited as a spouse with the abuser’’ and inserting
‘‘2261A—
‘‘(I) a spouse or former spouse of
the abuser, a person who shares a child
in common with the abuser, and a per-
son who cohabits or has cohabited as a
spouse with the abuser; or
‘‘(II) a person who is or has been
in a social relationship of a romantic
or intimate nature with the abuser, as
determined by the length of the rela-
tionship, the type of relationship, and
the frequency of interaction between the
persons involved in the relationship’’.
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SEC. 107. PRIVACY PROTECTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMES-
TIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL
VIOLENCE, AND STALKING.
The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (108 Stat.
1902 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘Subtitle K—Privacy Protections for
Victims of Domestic Violence,
Dating 
Violence, 
Sexual 
Vio-
lence, and Stalking
‘‘SEC. 41101. GRANTS TO PROTECT THE PRIVACY AND CON-
FIDENTIALITY OF VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIO-
LENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT,
AND STALKING.
‘‘The Attorney General, through the Director of the Of-
fice on Violence Against Women, may award grants under
this subtitle to States, Indian tribes, territories, or local
agencies or nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations to en-
sure that personally identifying information of adult,
youth, and child victims of domestic violence, sexual vio-
lence, stalking, and dating violence shall not be released or
disclosed to the detriment of such victimized persons.
‘‘SEC. 41102. PURPOSE AREAS.
‘‘Grants made under this subtitle may be used—
‘‘(1) to develop or improve protocols, procedures,
and policies for the purpose of preventing the release
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of personally identifying information of victims (such
as developing alternative identifiers);
‘‘(2) to defray the costs of modifying or improv-
ing existing databases, registries, and victim notifica-
tion systems to ensure that personally identifying in-
formation of victims is protected from release, unau-
thorized information sharing and disclosure;
‘‘(3) to develop confidential opt out systems that
will enable victims of violence to make a single re-
quest to keep personally identifying information out
of multiple databases, victim notification systems,
and registries; or
‘‘(4) to develop safe uses of technology (such as
notice requirements regarding electronic surveillance
by government entities), to protect against abuses of
technology (such as electronic or GPS stalking), or
providing training for law enforcement on high tech
electronic crimes of domestic violence, dating violence,
sexual assault, and stalking.
‘‘SEC. 41103. ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.
‘‘Entities eligible for grants under this subtitle
include—
‘‘(1) jurisdictions or agencies within jurisdic-
tions having authority or responsibility for developing
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or maintaining public databases, registries or victim
notification systems;
‘‘(2) nonprofit nongovernmental victim advocacy
organizations having expertise regarding confiden-
tiality, privacy, and information technology and how
these issues are likely to impact the safety of victims;
‘‘(3) States or State agencies;
‘‘(4) local governments or agencies;
‘‘(5) Indian tribal governments or tribal organi-
zations;
‘‘(6) territorial governments, agencies, or organi-
zations; or
‘‘(7) nonprofit nongovernmental victim advocacy
organizations, including statewide domestic violence
and sexual assault coalitions.
‘‘SEC. 41104. GRANT CONDITIONS.
‘‘Applicants described in paragraph (1) and para-
graphs (3) through (6) shall demonstrate that they have en-
tered into a significant partnership with a State, tribal,
territorial, or local victim service or advocacy organization
or condition in order to develop safe, confidential, and effec-
tive protocols, procedures, policies, and systems for pro-
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‘‘SEC. 41105. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this subtitle $5,000,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2007 through 2011.
‘‘(b) TRIBAL ALLOCATION.—Of the amount made
available under this section in each fiscal year, 10 percent
shall be used for grants to Indian tribes for programs that
assist victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking,
and sexual assault.
‘‘(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.—Of the
amount made available under this section in each fiscal
year, not less than 5 percent shall be used for grants to
organizations that have expertise in confidentiality, pri-
vacy, and technology issues impacting victims of domestic
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking to
provide technical assistance and training to grantees and
non-grantees on how to improve safety, privacy, confiden-
tiality, and technology to protect victimized persons.’’.
SEC. 108. 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
$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011.’’.
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SEC. 109. STALKER DATABASE.
Section 40603 of the Violence Against Women Act of
1994 (42 U.S.C. 14032) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘2001’’ and inserting ‘‘2007’’;
and
(2) by striking ‘‘2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 110. FEDERAL VICTIM ASSISTANTS REAUTHORIZA-
TION.
Section 40114 of the Violence Against Women Act of
1994 (Public Law 103–322) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 40114. AUTHORIZATION FOR FEDERAL VICTIM ASSIST-
ANTS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated for the
United States attorneys for the purpose of appointing vic-
tim assistants for the prosecution of sex crimes and domes-
tic violence crimes where applicable (such as the District
of Columbia), $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007
through 2011.’’.
SEC. 111. GRANTS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING PRO-
GRAMS.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) ACT
OF
TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘act of
trafficking’’ means an act or practice described in
paragraph (8) of section 103 of the Trafficking Vic-
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(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a State or a local government.
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any State
of the United States, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the United
States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and
any other territory or possession of the United States.
(4) VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘victim
of trafficking’’ means a person subjected to an act of
trafficking.
(b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General
may award grants to eligible entities to provide training
to State and local law enforcement personnel to identify
and protect victims of trafficking.
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—A grant awarded under this sec-
tion shall be used to—
(1) train law enforcement personnel to identify
and protect victims of trafficking, including training
such personnel to utilize Federal, State, or local re-
sources to assist victims of trafficking;
(2) train law enforcement or State or local pros-
ecutors to identify, investigate, or prosecute acts of
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(3) train law enforcement or State or local pros-
ecutors to utilize laws that prohibit acts of trafficking
and to assist in the development of State and local
laws to prohibit acts of trafficking.
(d) RESTRICTIONS.—
(1) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—An eligible en-
tity that receives a grant under this section may use
not more than 5 percent of the total amount of such
grant for administrative expenses.
(2) NONEXCLUSIVITY.—Nothing in this section
may be construed to restrict the ability of an eligible
entity to apply for or obtain funding from any other
source to carry out the training described in sub-
section (c).
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of the
fiscal years 2007 through 2011 to carry out the provisions
of this section.
SEC. 112. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE COURT-APPOINTED
SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM.
(a) FINDINGS.—Section 215 of the Victims of Child
Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13011) is amended by striking
paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:
‘‘(1) Court Appointed Special Advocates, who
may serve as guardians ad litem, are trained volun-
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teers appointed by courts to advocate for the best in-
terests of children who are involved in the juvenile
and family court system due to abuse or neglect; and
‘‘(2) in 2003, Court Appointed Special Advocate
volunteers represented 288,000 children, more than 50
percent of the estimated 540,000 children in foster
care because of substantiated cases of child abuse or
neglect.’’.
(b) IMPLEMENTATION DATE.—Section 216 of the Vic-
tims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13012) is
amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 1995’’ and inserting
‘‘January 1, 2010’’.
(c) CLARIFICATION OF PROGRAM GOALS.—Section 217
of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13013)
is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘to expand’’
and inserting ‘‘to initiate, sustain, and expand’’;
(2) subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘subsection (a) shall be’’
and inserting the following: ‘‘subsection
(a)—
‘‘(A) shall be’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘(2) may be’’ and in-
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‘‘(B) may be’’; and
(iii) in subparagraph (B) (as redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘to initiate or expand’’
and inserting ‘‘to initiate, sustain, and ex-
pand’’; and
(B) in the first sentence of paragraph (2)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(1)(a)’’ and inserting
‘‘(1)(A)’’; and
(ii) striking ‘‘to initiate and to ex-
pand’’ and inserting ‘‘to initiate, sustain,
and expand’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) BACKGROUND CHECKS.—State and local Court
Appointed Special Advocate programs are authorized to re-
quest fingerprint-based criminal background checks from
the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s criminal history
database for prospective volunteers. The requesting program
is responsible for the reasonable costs associated with the
Federal records check.’’.
(d) REPORT.—Subtitle B of title II of the Victims of
Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13011 et seq.) is
amended—
(1) by redesignating section 218 as section 219;
and
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(2) by inserting after section 217 the following
new section:
‘‘SEC. 218. REPORT.
‘‘(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than December
31, 2006, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice
shall submit to Congress a report on the types of activities
funded by the National Court-Appointed Special Advocate
Association and a comparison of outcomes in cases where
court-appointed special advocates are involved and cases
where court-appointed special advocates are not involved.
‘‘(b) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—The report submitted
under subsection (a) shall include information on the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(1) The types of activities the National Court-
Appointed Special Advocate Association has funded
since 1993.
‘‘(2) The outcomes in cases where court-ap-
pointed special advocates are involved as compared to
cases where court-appointed special advocates are not
involved, including—
‘‘(A) the length of time a child spends in
foster care;
‘‘(B) the extent to which there is an in-
creased provision of services;
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‘‘(C) the percentage of cases permanently
closed; and
‘‘(D) achievement of the permanent plan for
reunification or adoption.’’.
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 219 of the Vic-
tims of Child Abuse Act of 1990, as redesignated by
subsection (d), is amended by striking subsection (a)
and inserting the following:
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this subtitle $12,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2007 through 2011.’’.
(2) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING.—Section 219 of
the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990, as redesig-
nated by subsection (d) and amended by paragraphs
(1) and (2), is further amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
‘‘(c) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING.—No funds author-
ized under this subtitle may be used for lobbying activities
in contravention of OMB Circular No. A–122.’’.
SEC. 113. PREVENTING CYBERSTALKING.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 223(h) of
the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223(h)(1)) is
amended—
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(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
the end;
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(C) in the case of subparagraph (C) of sub-
section (a)(1), includes any device or software
that can be used to originate telecommunications
or other types of communications that are trans-
mitted, in whole or in part, by the Internet (as
such term is defined in section 1104 of the Inter-
net Tax Freedom Act (47 U.S.C. 151 note)).’’.
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section and the
amendment made by this section may not be construed to
affect the meaning given the term ‘‘telecommunications de-
vice’’ in section 223(h)(1) of the Communications Act of
1934, as in effect before the date of the enactment of this
section.
SEC. 114. CRIMINAL PROVISION RELATING TO STALKING.
(a) INTERSTATE STALKING.—Section 2261A of title
18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 2261A. Stalking
‘‘Whoever—
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‘‘(1) travels in interstate or foreign commerce or
within the special maritime and territorial jurisdic-
tion of the United States, or enters or leaves Indian
country, with the intent to kill, injure, harass, or
place under surveillance with intent to kill, injure,
harass, or intimidate another person, and in the
course of, or as a result of, such travel places that per-
son in reasonable fear of the death of, or serious bod-
ily injury to, or causes substantial emotional distress
to that person, a member of the immediate family (as
defined in section 115) of that person, or the spouse
or intimate partner of that person; or
‘‘(2) with the intent—
‘‘(A) to kill, injure, harass, or place under
surveillance with intent to kill, injure, harass, or
intimidate, or cause substantial emotional dis-
tress to a person in another State or tribal juris-
diction or within the special maritime and terri-
torial jurisdiction of the United States; or
‘‘(B) to place a person in another State or
tribal jurisdiction, or within the special mari-
time and territorial jurisdiction of the United
States, in reasonable fear of the death of, or seri-
ous bodily injury to—
‘‘(i) that person;
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‘‘(ii) a member of the immediate fam-
ily (as defined in section 115 of that person;
or
‘‘(iii) a spouse or intimate partner of
that person;
uses the mail, any interactive computer service,
or any facility of interstate or foreign commerce
to engage in a course of conduct that causes sub-
stantial emotional distress to that person or
places that person in reasonable fear of the death
of, or serious bodily injury to, any of the persons
described in clauses (i) through (iii) of subpara-
graph (B);
shall be punished as provided in section 2261(b) of this
title.’’.
(b) ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR STALKING.—Section
2261(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘(6) Whoever commits the crime of stalking in
violation of a temporary or permanent civil or crimi-
nal injunction, restraining order, no-contact order, or
other order described in section 2266 of title 18,
United States Code, shall be punished by imprison-
ment for not less than 1 year.’’.
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SEC. 115. REPEAT OFFENDER PROVISION.
Chapter 110A of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding after section 2265 the following:
‘‘§ 2265A. Repeat offenders
‘‘(a) MAXIMUM TERM OF IMPRISONMENT.—The max-
imum term of imprisonment for a violation of this chapter
after a prior domestic violence or stalking offense shall be
twice the term otherwise provided under this chapter.
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘prior domestic violence or stalking
offense’ means a conviction for an offense—
‘‘(A) under section 2261, 2261A, or 2262 of
this chapter; or
‘‘(B) under State law for an offense con-
sisting of conduct that would have been an of-
fense under a section referred to in subparagraph
(A) if the conduct had occurred within the spe-
cial maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the
United States, or in interstate or foreign com-
merce; and
‘‘(2) the term ‘State’ means a State of the United
States, the District of Columbia, or any common-
wealth, territory, or possession of the United States.’’.
SEC. 116. PROHIBITING DATING VIOLENCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2261(a) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (1), striking ‘‘or intimate part-
ner’’ and inserting ‘‘, intimate partner, or dating
partner’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2), striking ‘‘or intimate part-
ner’’ and inserting ‘‘, intimate partner, or dating
partner’’.
(b) DEFINITION.—Section 2266 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(10) DATING
PARTNER.—The term ‘dating
partner’ refers to a person who is or has been in a
social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature
with the abuser and the existence of such a relation-
ship based on a consideration of—
‘‘(A) the length of the relationship; and
‘‘(B) the type of relationship; and
‘‘(C) the frequency of interaction between
the persons involved in the relationship.’’.
SEC. 117. PROHIBITING VIOLENCE IN SPECIAL MARITIME
AND TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
(a) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—Section 2261(a)(1) of title
18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after ‘‘In-
dian country’’ the following: ‘‘or within the special mari-
time and territorial jurisdiction of the United States’’.
(b) PROTECTION ORDER.—Section 2262(a)(1) of title
18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after ‘‘In-
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dian country’’ the following: ‘‘or within the special mari-
time and territorial jurisdiction of the United States’’.
SEC. 118. UPDATING PROTECTION ORDER DEFINITION.
Section 534 of title 28, United States Code, is amended
by striking subsection (e)(3)(B) and inserting the following:
‘‘(B) the term ‘protection order’ includes—
‘‘(i) 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 com-
munication with or physical proximity to,
another person, including any temporary or
final orders issued by civil or criminal
courts whether obtained by filing an inde-
pendent action or as a pendente lite order
in another proceeding so long as any civil
order was issued in response to a com-
plaint, petition, or motion filed by or on be-
half of a person seeking protection; and
‘‘(ii) any support, child custody or vis-
itation provisions, orders, remedies, or relief
issued as part of a protection order, re-
straining order, or stay away injunction
pursuant to State, tribal, territorial, or
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local law authorizing the issuance of protec-
tion orders, restraining orders, or injunc-
tions for the protection of victims of domes-
tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault,
or stalking.’’.
SEC. 119. GAO STUDY AND REPORT.
(a) STUDY
REQUIRED.—The Comptroller General
shall conduct a study to establish the extent to which men,
women, youth, and children are victims of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking and the
availability to all victims of shelter, counseling, legal rep-
resentation, and other services commonly provided to vic-
tims of domestic violence.
(b) ACTIVITIES UNDER STUDY.—In conducting the
study, the following shall apply:
(1) CRIME STATISTICS.—The Comptroller Gen-
eral shall not rely only on crime statistics, but may
also use existing research available, including public
health studies and academic studies.
(2) SURVEY.—The Comptroller General shall
survey the Department of Justice, as well as any re-
cipients of Federal funding for any purpose or an ap-
propriate sampling of recipients, to determine—
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(A) what services are provided to victims of
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault,
and stalking;
(B) whether those services are made avail-
able to youth, child, female, and male victims;
and
(C) the number, age, and gender of victims
receiving each available service.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall
submit to Congress a report on the activities carried out
under this section.
SEC. 120. GRANTS FOR OUTREACH TO UNDERSERVED POP-
ULATIONS.
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made avail-
able to carry out this section, the Attorney General,
acting through the Director of the Office on Violence
Against Women, shall award grants to eligible entities
described in subsection (b) to carry out local, re-
gional, or national public information campaigns fo-
cused on addressing adult, youth, or minor domestic
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or
trafficking within tribal and underserved populations
and immigrant communities, including information
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on services available to victims and ways to prevent
or reduce domestic violence, dating violence, sexual
assault, and stalking.
(2) TERM.—The Attorney General shall award
grants under this section for a period of 1 fiscal year.
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Eligible entities under this
section are—
(1) nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations or
coalitions that represent the targeted tribal and un-
derserved populations or immigrant community
that—
(A) have a documented history of creating
and administering effective public awareness
campaigns addressing domestic violence, dating
violence, sexual assault, and stalking; or
(B) work in partnership with an organiza-
tion that has a documented history of creating
and administering effective public awareness
campaigns addressing domestic violence, dating
violence, sexual assault, and stalking; or
(2) a governmental entity that demonstrates a
partnership with organizations described in para-
graph (1).
(c) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts appro-
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(1) not more than 20 percent shall be used for
national model campaign materials targeted to spe-
cific tribal and underserved populations or immi-
grant community, including American Indian tribes
and Alaskan native villages for the purposes of re-
search, testing, message development, and preparation
of materials; and
(2) the balance shall be used for not less than 10
State, regional, territorial, tribal, or local campaigns
targeting specific communities with information and
materials developed through the national campaign
or, if appropriate, new materials to reach an under-
served population or a particularly isolated commu-
nity.
(d) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated under this
section shall be used to conduct a public information cam-
paign and build the capacity and develop leadership of ra-
cial, ethnic populations, or immigrant community members
to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault,
and stalking.
(e) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity desiring a grant
under this section shall submit an application to the Direc-
tor of the Office on Violence Against Women at such time,
in such form, and in such manner as the Director may pre-
scribe.