II 
Calendar No. 406 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4970 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 21, 2012 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Violence Against 
Women Reauthorization Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. VAWA definitions and grant conditions. 
Sec. 4. Accountability provisions. 
Sec. 5. Effective date. 
TITLE I—ENHANCING JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOLS 
TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
Sec. 101. STOP grants. 
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Sec. 102. Grants to encourage arrest policies and enforcement of protection or-
ders. 
Sec. 103. Legal assistance for victims. 
Sec. 104. Consolidation of grants to support families in the justice system. 
Sec. 105. Court-appointed special advocate program. 
Sec. 106. Outreach and services to underserved populations grant. 
Sec. 107. Culturally specific services grant. 
Sec. 108. Reduction in rape kit backlog. 
Sec. 109. Assistance to victims of sexual assault training programs. 
Sec. 110. Child abuse training programs for judicial personnel and practi-
tioners. 
TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING 
Sec. 201. Sexual assault services program. 
Sec. 202. Rural domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and 
child abuse enforcement assistance. 
Sec. 203. Training and services to end violence against women with disabilities 
grants. 
Sec. 204. Grant for training and services to end violence against women in later 
life. 
TITLE III—SERVICES, PROTECTION, AND JUSTICE FOR YOUNG 
VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE 
Sec. 301. Rape prevention and education grant. 
Sec. 302. Creating hope through outreach, options, services, and education for 
children and youth. 
Sec. 303. Grants to combat violent crimes on campuses. 
Sec. 304. National Center for Campus Public Safety. 
TITLE IV—VIOLENCE REDUCTION PRACTICES 
Sec. 401. Study conducted by the centers for disease control and prevention. 
Sec. 402. Saving money and reducing tragedies through prevention grants. 
TITLE V—STRENGTHENING THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM’S RE-
SPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL 
ASSAULT, AND STALKING 
Sec. 501. Consolidation of grants to strengthen the health care system’s re-
sponse to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking. 
TITLE VI—SAFE HOMES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 
DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING 
Sec. 601. Housing protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking. 
Sec. 602. Transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
Sec. 603. Addressing the housing needs of victims of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
TITLE VII—ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE 
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Sec. 701.
National Resource Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims 
of domestic and sexual violence. 
TITLE VIII—IMMIGRATION PROVISIONS 
Sec. 801. Fraud prevention initiatives. 
Sec. 802. Clarification of the requirements applicable to U visas. 
Sec. 803. Protections for a fiance´e or fiance´ of a citizen. 
Sec. 804. Regulation of international marriage brokers. 
Sec. 805. GAO report. 
Sec. 806. Temporary Nature of U Visa Status. 
Sec. 807. Annual report on immigration applications made by victims of abuse. 
Sec. 808. Protection for children of VAWA self-petitioners. 
Sec. 809. Public charge. 
Sec. 810. Age-Out Protection for U Visa Applicants. 
Sec. 811. Hardship waivers. 
Sec. 812. Disclosure of Information for National Security Purpose. 
Sec. 813. GAO report on requirements to cooperate with law enforcement offi-
cials. 
Sec. 814. Consideration of other evidence. 
TITLE IX—SAFETY FOR INDIAN WOMEN 
Sec. 901. Grants to Indian tribal governments. 
Sec. 902. Grants to Indian tribal coalitions. 
Sec. 903. Consultation. 
Sec. 904. Analysis and research on violence against Indian women. 
Sec. 905. Assistant United States attorney domestic violence tribal liaisons. 
TITLE X—CRIMINAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 1001. Criminal provisions relating to sexual abuse. 
Sec. 1002. Sexual abuse in custodial settings. 
Sec. 1003. Criminal provision relating to stalking, including cyberstalking. 
Sec. 1004. Amendments to the Federal assault statute. 
Sec. 1005. Mandatory minimum sentence. 
Sec. 1006. Federal protection orders. 
SEC. 3. VAWA DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Subsection (a) of section 40002 
of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 
13925(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘to an 
unemancipated minor’’ after ‘‘serious harm’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘an organiza-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘a nonprofit, nongovernmental, 
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or tribal organization that serves a specific geo-
graphic community’’; 
(3) in paragraph (6) by inserting ‘‘or intimate 
partner’’ after ‘‘former spouse’’ and after ‘‘as a 
spouse’’; 
(4) by amending paragraph (16) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(16) LEGAL ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘legal as-
sistance’— 
‘‘(A) includes assistance to adult and youth 
victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking in— 
‘‘(i) family, tribal, territorial, immi-
gration, employment, administrative agen-
cy, housing matters, campus administrative 
or protection or stay away order pro-
ceedings, and other similar matters; and 
‘‘(ii) criminal justice investigations, 
prosecutions and post-trial matters (includ-
ing sentencing, parole, and probation) that 
impact the victim’s safety and privacy; and 
‘‘(B) may include services and assistance 
to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking who are also victims 
of severe forms of trafficking in persons as de-
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fined by section 103 of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102); 
except that intake or referral, without other action, 
does not constitute legal assistance.’’. 
(5) by amending paragraph (18) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(18) PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION 
OR PERSONAL INFORMATION.—The term ‘personally 
identifying information’ or ‘personal information’ 
means individually identifying information for or 
about an individual, including information likely to 
disclose the location of a victim of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, regard-
less of whether the information is encoded, 
encrypted, hashed, or otherwise protected, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(A) a first and last name; 
‘‘(B) a home or other physical address; 
‘‘(C) contact information (including a post-
al, e-mail or Internet protocol address, or tele-
phone or facsimile number); 
‘‘(D) a social security number, driver li-
cense number, passport number, or student 
identification number; and 
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‘‘(E) any other information, including date 
of birth, racial or ethnic background, or reli-
gious affiliation, that would serve to identify 
any individual.’’; 
(6) in paragraph (19), by striking ‘‘services’’ 
and inserting ‘‘assistance’’; 
(7) in paragraph (21)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking 
the period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) any federally recognized Indian 
tribe.’’; 
(8) in paragraph (22)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘52’’ and inserting ‘‘57’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘150,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘250,000’’; 
(9) by amending paragraph (23) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(23) SEXUAL ASSAULT.—The term ‘sexual as-
sault’ means any nonconsensual sexual act pro-
scribed by Federal, tribal, or State law, including 
when the victim lacks capacity to consent.’’; 
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(10) by amending paragraph (33) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(33) 
UNDERSERVED
POPULATIONS.—The 
term ‘underserved populations’ means populations 
who face barriers to accessing and using victim serv-
ices, and includes populations underserved because 
of geographic location or religion, underserved racial 
and ethnic populations, populations underserved be-
cause of special needs (such as language barriers, 
disabilities, alienage status, or age), and any other 
population determined to be underserved by the At-
torney General or the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, as appropriate.’’; 
(11) by amending paragraph (37) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(37) YOUTH.—The term ‘youth’ means a per-
son who is 11 to 24 years of age.’’; 
(12) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(38) ALASKA
NATIVE
VILLAGE.—The term 
‘Alaska Native village’ has the same meaning given 
such term in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 
‘‘(39) CHILD.—The term ‘child’ means a person 
who is under 11 years of age. 
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‘‘(40) CULTURALLY SPECIFIC.—The term ‘cul-
turally specific’ (except when used as part of the 
term ‘culturally specific services’) means primarily 
composed of racial and ethnic minority groups (as 
defined in section 1707(g) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u–6(g))). 
‘‘(41) CULTURALLY SPECIFIC SERVICES.—The 
term ‘culturally specific services’ means community- 
based services and resources that are culturally rel-
evant and linguistically specific to culturally specific 
communities. 
‘‘(42) 
HOMELESS, 
HOMELESS
INDIVIDUAL, 
HOMELESS PERSON.—The terms ‘homeless’, ‘home-
less individual’, and ‘homeless person’— 
‘‘(A) mean an individual who lacks a fixed, 
regular, and adequate nighttime residence; and 
‘‘(B) includes— 
‘‘(i) an individual who— 
‘‘(I) is sharing the housing of 
other persons due to loss of housing, 
economic hardship, or a similar rea-
son; 
‘‘(II) is living in a motel, hotel, 
trailer park, or campground due to 
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the lack of alternative adequate ac-
commodations; 
‘‘(III) is living in an emergency 
or transitional shelter; 
‘‘(IV) is abandoned in a hospital; 
or 
‘‘(V) is awaiting foster care 
placement; 
‘‘(ii) an individual who has a primary 
nighttime residence that is a public or pri-
vate place not designed for or ordinarily 
used as a regular sleeping accommodation 
for human beings; or 
‘‘(iii) migratory children (as defined in 
section 1309 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965; 20 U.S.C. 
6399) who qualify as homeless under this 
section because the children are living in 
circumstances described in this paragraph. 
‘‘(43) POPULATION SPECIFIC ORGANIZATION.— 
The term ‘population specific organization’ means a 
nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that pri-
marily serves members of a specific underserved 
population and has demonstrated experience and ex-
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pertise providing targeted services to members of 
that specific underserved population. 
‘‘(44) POPULATION
SPECIFIC
SERVICES.—The 
term ‘population specific services’ means victim serv-
ices that— 
‘‘(A) address the safety, health, economic, 
legal, housing, workplace, immigration, con-
fidentiality, or other needs of victims of domes-
tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking; and 
‘‘(B) are designed primarily for, and are 
targeted to, a specific underserved population. 
‘‘(45) RAPE CRISIS CENTER.—The term ‘rape 
crisis center’ means— 
‘‘(A) a nonprofit, nongovernmental, or trib-
al organization that provides intervention and 
related assistance, as specified in section 
41601(b)(2)(C), to victims of sexual assault 
without regard to the age of the victims; or 
‘‘(B) a governmental entity that— 
‘‘(i) is located in a State other than a 
Territory; 
‘‘(ii) provides intervention and related 
assistance, 
as 
specified 
in 
section 
41601(b)(2)(C), to victims of sexual as-
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sault without regard to the age of the vic-
tims; 
‘‘(iii) is not a law enforcement agency 
or other entity that is part of the criminal 
justice system; and 
‘‘(iv) offers a level of confidentiality to 
victims that is comparable to a nonprofit 
entity that provides similar victim services. 
‘‘(46) SEX TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘sex traf-
ficking’ means any conduct proscribed by section 
1591 of title 18, United States Code, whether or not 
the conduct occurs in interstate or foreign commerce 
or within the special maritime and territorial juris-
diction of the United States. 
‘‘(47) TRIBAL COALITION.—The term ‘tribal co-
alition’ means an established nonprofit, nongovern-
mental Indian organization, Alaska Native organiza-
tion, or a Native Hawaiian organization that— 
‘‘(A) provides education, support, and tech-
nical assistance to member Indian service pro-
viders in a manner that enables those member 
providers to establish and maintain culturally 
appropriate services, including shelter and rape 
crisis services, designed to assist Indian women 
and the dependents of those women who are 
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victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking; and 
‘‘(B) is comprised of board and general 
members that are representative of— 
‘‘(i) the member service providers de-
scribed in subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(ii) the tribal communities in which 
the services are being provided. 
‘‘(48) UNIT
OF
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.—The 
term ‘unit of local government’ means any city, 
county, township, town, borough, parish, village, or 
other general purpose political subdivision of a 
State. 
‘‘(49) VICTIM
SERVICES.—The term ‘victim 
services’— 
‘‘(A) means services provided to victims of 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking, including telephonic or web- 
based hotlines, legal advocacy, economic advo-
cacy, emergency and transitional shelter, ac-
companiment and advocacy through medical, 
civil or criminal justice, immigration, and social 
support systems, crisis intervention, short-term 
individual and group support services, informa-
tion and referrals, culturally specific services, 
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population specific services, and other related 
supportive services; and 
‘‘(B) may include services and assistance 
to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking who are also victims 
of severe forms of trafficking in persons as de-
fined by section 103 of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 
‘‘(50) VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDER.—The term 
‘victim service provider’ means a nonprofit, non-
governmental or tribal organization or rape crisis 
center, including a State sexual assault coalition or 
tribal coalition, that— 
‘‘(A) assists domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking victims, includ-
ing domestic violence shelters, faith-based orga-
nizations, and other organizations; and 
‘‘(B) has a documented history of effective 
work concerning domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking.’’; and 
(13) by striking paragraphs (17), (29), and 
(36), and then reordering the remaining paragraphs 
of such subsection (including the paragraphs added 
by paragraph (12) of this subsection) in alphabetical 
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order based on the headings of such paragraphs, and 
renumbering such paragraphs as so reordered. 
(b) GRANTS CONDITIONS.—Subsection (b) of section 
40002 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 
U.S.C. 13925(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by amending 
clauses (i) and (ii) to read as follows: 
‘‘(i) disclose, reveal, or release any 
personally identifying information or indi-
vidual information collected in connection 
with services requested, utilized, or denied 
through grantees’ and subgrantees’ pro-
grams, regardless of whether the informa-
tion has been encoded, encrypted, hashed, 
or otherwise protected; or 
‘‘(ii) disclose, reveal, or release indi-
vidual client information without the in-
formed, written, reasonably time-limited 
consent of the person (or in the case of an 
unemancipated minor, the minor and the 
parent or guardian or in the case of legal 
incapacity, a court-appointed guardian) 
about whom information is sought, wheth-
er for this program or any other Federal, 
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State, tribal, or territorial grant program, 
except that— 
‘‘(I) consent for release may not 
be given by the abuser of the minor, 
incapacitated person, or the abuser of 
the other parent of the minor; and 
‘‘(II) if a minor or a person with 
a legally appointed guardian is per-
mitted by law to receive services with-
out the parent’s or guardian’s con-
sent, such minor or person with a 
guardian may release information 
without additional consent.’’; 
(B) by amending subparagraph (D), to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(D) INFORMATION SHARING.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Grantees and sub-
grantees may share— 
‘‘(I) 
nonpersonally 
identifying 
data in the aggregate regarding serv-
ices to their clients and nonpersonally 
identifying demographic information 
in order to comply with Federal, 
State, tribal, or territorial reporting, 
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data collection requirements, whether 
for this program or any other Federal 
grant program.’’; 
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 
subparagraph (F); 
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 
the following: 
‘‘(E) STATUTORILY
MANDATED
REPORTS 
OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT.—Nothing in this para-
graph prohibits a grantee or subgrantee from 
reporting suspected abuse or neglect, as those 
terms are defined by law, when specifically 
mandated by the State or tribe involved.’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(G) CONFIDENTIALITY ASSESSMENT AND 
ASSURANCES.—Grantees and subgrantees shall 
certify their compliance with the confidentiality 
and privacy provisions required under this sec-
tion.’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(3) APPROVED ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out 
the activities under this title, grantees and sub-
grantees may collaborate with and provide informa-
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tion to Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial 
public officials and agencies to develop and imple-
ment policies, and develop and promote State, local, 
or tribal legislation or model codes, designed to re-
duce or eliminate domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (7), by inserting at the end 
the following: 
‘‘Final reports of such evaluations shall be made 
publically available on the website of the disbursing 
agency.’’; and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (11) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(12) DELIVERY OF LEGAL ASSISTANCE.—Any 
grantee or subgrantee providing legal assistance with 
funds awarded under this title shall comply with the 
eligibility requirements in section 1201(d) of the Vi-
olence Against Women Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 
3796gg–6(d)). 
‘‘(13) CIVIL RIGHTS.— 
‘‘(A) NONDISCRIMINATION.—No person in 
any State shall on the basis of actual or per-
ceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, 
or disability be denied the assistance of, or ex-
cluded from receiving services from, a grantee 
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under any program or activity funded in whole 
or in part with funds made available under the 
Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (title IV 
of Public Law 103–322; 108 Stat. 1902), the 
Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (division 
B of Public Law 106–386; 114 Stat. 1491), the 
Violence Against Women and Department of 
Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (title IX of 
Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3080), the Vio-
lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 
2012, or any other program or activity funded 
in whole or in part with funds appropriated for 
grants, cooperative agreements, and other as-
sistance administered by the Office on Violence 
Against Women. 
‘‘(B) 
REASONABLE
ACCOMMODATION.— 
Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent consid-
eration of an individual’s gender for purposes of 
a program or activity described in subpara-
graph (A) if the grantee involved determines 
that gender segregation or gender-specific pro-
gramming is necessary to the essential oper-
ation of such program or activity. In such a 
case, alternative reasonable accommodations are 
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sufficient to meet the requirements of this para-
graph. 
‘‘(C) APPLICATION.—The provisions of 
paragraphs (2) through (4) of section 809(c) of 
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3789d(c)) shall 
apply to violations of subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(D) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 
in this paragraph shall be construed, inter-
preted, or applied to supplant, displace, pre-
empt, or otherwise diminish the responsibilities 
and liabilities of grantees under other Federal 
or State civil rights law, whether statutory or 
common.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 41403(6) 
of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (14043e– 
2(6)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(6) the terms ‘homeless’, ‘homeless individual’, 
and ‘homeless person’ have the meanings given such 
terms in section 40002(a);’’. 
SEC. 4. ACCOUNTABILITY PROVISIONS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR DOJ GRANT APPLICANTS TO 
INCLUDE
CERTAIN
INFORMATION
ABOUT
FEDERAL 
GRANTS IN DOJ GRANT APPLICATIONS.—Each applicant 
for a grant from the Department of Justice shall submit, 
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as part of the application for the grant, the following in-
formation: 
(1) A list of each Federal grant the applicant 
applied for during the one-year period preceding the 
date of submission of the application. 
(2) A list of each Federal grant the applicant 
received during the five-year period preceding the 
date of submission of the application. 
(b) ENHANCING GRANT EFFICIENCY AND COORDINA-
TION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Attorney General, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, shall, to the greatest extent prac-
ticable, take actions to further the coordination of 
the administration of grants within the Department 
of Justice to increase the efficiency of such adminis-
tration. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney 
General shall submit to the Committee on the Judi-
ciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on the actions taken by the At-
torney General under paragraph (1) and the 
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progress of such actions in achieving coordination 
described in such paragraph. 
(c) REQUIRING OFFICE
OF AUDIT, ASSESSMENT, 
AND MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS TO APPLY TO VAWA 
GRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 109(b) of the Omni-
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is 
amended— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (4); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2), the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) Any program or activity funded in whole 
or in part with funds made available under the Vio-
lence Against Women Act of 1994 (title IV of Public 
Law 103–322; 108 Stat. 1902), the Violence 
Against Women Act of 2000 (division B of Public 
Law 106–386; 114 Stat. 1491), the Violence 
Against Women and Department of Justice Reau-
thorization Act of 2005 (title IX of Public Law 109– 
162; 119 Stat. 3080), the Violence Against Women 
Reauthorization Act of 2012, or any other program 
or activity funded in whole or in part with funds ap-
propriated for grants, cooperative agreements, and 
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other assistance administered by the Office on Vio-
lence Against Women.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to grant 
periods beginning on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(d) 
VAWA 
GRANT
ACCOUNTABILITY.—Section 
40002 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 
U.S.C. 13925) is further amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(c) ACCOUNTABILITY.—All grants awarded under 
this title shall be subject to the following accountability 
provisions: 
‘‘(1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.—Beginning in fis-
cal year 2013, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the 
Inspector General of the Department of Justice or 
the Inspector General of the Department of Health 
and Human Services, as applicable, shall conduct an 
audit of not fewer than 10 percent of all grantees 
under this title to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse 
of funds by such grantees. 
‘‘(2) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A grantee de-
scribed in paragraph (1) that is found by the Inspec-
tor General of the Department of Justice or the In-
spector General of the Department of Health and 
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Human Services, as applicable, to have an unre-
solved audit finding (as defined in paragraph (5)) 
shall not be eligible to receive grant funds under this 
title during the 2 fiscal years beginning after the 12- 
month period described in such paragraph. 
‘‘(3) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is award-
ed grant funds under this title during any period in 
which the entity is prohibited from receiving funds 
under paragraph (2), the head of the Federal agency 
administering a grant program under this title 
shall— 
‘‘(A) deposit into the General Fund of the 
Treasury an amount equal to the grant funds 
that were improperly awarded to the grantee; 
and 
‘‘(B) seek to recoup the costs of the repay-
ment to the Fund from the entity that was er-
roneously awarded such grant funds. 
‘‘(4) UNRESOLVED AUDIT FINDING DEFINED.— 
In this subsection, the term ‘unresolved audit find-
ing’ means, with respect to a grantee described in 
paragraph (1), an audit report finding, statement, or 
recommendation by the Inspector General of the De-
partment of Justice or the Inspector General of the 
Department of Health and Human Service, as appli-
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cable, that the grantee has utilized grant funds for 
an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallow-
able cost that is not closed or resolved within 12 
months from the date of an initial notification of the 
finding, statement, or recommendation. 
‘‘(5) 
NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 
paragraph, the term ‘nonprofit organization’ 
means an organization that is described in sec-
tion 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 and is exempt from taxation under section 
501(a) of such Code. 
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney Gen-
eral shall not award a grant under any grant 
program under this title to a nonprofit organi-
zation that holds money in offshore accounts 
for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax de-
scribed in section 511(a) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986. 
‘‘(6) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Unless oth-
erwise explicitly provided in authorizing legislation, 
not more than 5.0 percent of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated under this title may be used 
by the Attorney General for salaries and administra-
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tive expenses of the Office on Violence Against 
Women. 
‘‘(7) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 
‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—No amounts author-
ized to be appropriated to the Department of 
Justice or Department of Health and Human 
Services under this title may be used by the At-
torney General, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, or by any individual or orga-
nization awarded funds under this title, to host 
or support any expenditure for conferences, un-
less in the case of the Department of Justice, 
the Deputy Attorney General or the appropriate 
Assistant Attorney General, or in the case of 
the Department of Health and Human Services 
the Deputy Secretary, provides prior written 
authorization that the funds may be expended 
to host or support any expenditure for such a 
conference. 
‘‘(B) WRITTEN
APPROVAL.—Written au-
thorization under subparagraph (A) shall in-
clude a written estimate of all costs associated 
with the conference, including the cost of all 
food and beverages, audio/visual equipment, 
honoraria for speakers, and any entertainment. 
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‘‘(C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney Gen-
eral and Deputy Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall submit an annual report 
to the Committee on the Judiciary and the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on 
the Judiciary and the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
on all conference expenditures approved and de-
nied during the fiscal year for which the report 
is submitted. 
‘‘(8) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Amounts authorized 
to be appropriated under this title may not be 
utilized by any grantee or subgrantee to lobby 
any representative of the Federal Government 
(including the Department of Justice) or a 
State, local, or tribal government regarding the 
award of grant funding. 
‘‘(B) PENALTY.—If the Attorney General 
or the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, as applicable, determines that any grantee 
or subgrantee receiving funds under this title 
has violated subparagraph (A), the Attorney 
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