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ed by adding after section 2014 (as added by section 602 
of this Act) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2015. ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS OF ABUSE. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General 
may award grants to appropriate entities—
‘‘(1) to provide services for victims of domestic 
violence, abuse by caregivers, and sexual assault who 
are 50 years of age or older; 
‘‘(2) to improve the physical accessibility of ex-
isting buildings in which services are or will be ren-
dered for victims of domestic violence and sexual as-
sault who are 50 years of age or older; 
‘‘(3) to provide training, consultation, and in-
formation on abuse by caregivers, domestic violence, 
dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault against 
individuals with disabilities (as defined in section 3 
of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12102)), and to enhance direct services to 
such individuals; 
‘‘(4) for training programs to assist law en-
forcement officers, prosecutors, governmental agen-
cies, victim assistants, and relevant officers of Fed-
eral, State, tribal, territorial, and local courts in rec-
ognizing, addressing, investigating, and prosecuting 
instances of adult, youth, or minor domestic vio-
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lence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, elder 
abuse, and violence against individuals with disabil-
ities, including domestic violence and sexual assault, 
against older or disabled individuals; and 
‘‘(5) for multidisciplinary collaborative commu-
nity responses to victims. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grant funds under this sec-
tion may be used—
‘‘(1) to implement or expand programs or serv-
ices to respond to the needs of persons 50 years of 
age or older who are victims of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or elder 
abuse; 
‘‘(2) to provide personnel, training, technical 
assistance, data collection, advocacy, intervention, 
risk reduction and prevention of domestic violence, 
dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault against 
disabled individuals; 
‘‘(3) to conduct outreach activities to ensure 
that disabled individuals who are victims of domestic 
violence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual assault 
receive appropriate assistance; 
‘‘(4) to conduct cross-training for victim service 
organizations, governmental agencies, and nonprofit, 
nongovernmental organizations serving individuals
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with disabilities; about risk reduction, intervention, 
prevention and the nature of dynamic of domestic vi-
olence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault 
for disabled individuals; 
‘‘(5) to provide training, technical assistance, 
and data collection to assist with modifications to 
existing policies, protocols, and procedures to ensure 
equal access to the services, programs, and activities 
of victim service organizations for disabled individ-
uals; 
‘‘(6) to provide training, technical assistance, 
and data collection on the requirements of shelters 
and victim services organizations under Federal 
antidiscrimination laws, including—
‘‘(A) the Americans with Disabilities Act of 
1990; and 
‘‘(B) section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act 
of 1973; 
‘‘(7) to purchase equipment, and provide per-
sonnel so that shelters and victim service organiza-
tions can accommodate the needs of disabled individ-
uals; 
‘‘(8) to provide advocacy and intervention serv-
ices for disabled individuals who are victims of do-
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mestic violence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual 
assault through collaborative partnerships between—
‘‘(A) nonprofit, nongovernmental agencies; 
‘‘(B) governmental agencies serving indi-
viduals with disabilities; and 
‘‘(C) victim service organizations; or 
‘‘(9) to develop model programs providing advo-
cacy and intervention services within organizations 
serving disabled individuals who are victims of do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An entity shall be eligible 
to receive a grant under this section if the entity 
is—
‘‘(A) a State; 
‘‘(B) a unit of local government; 
‘‘(C) a nonprofit, nongovernmental organi-
zation such as a victim services organization, an 
organization serving individuals with disabilities 
or a community-based organization; and 
‘‘(D) a religious organization. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—A grant awarded for the 
purposes described in subsection (b) (9) shall be 
awarded only to an eligible agency (as defined in
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section 410 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
U.S.C. 796f—5)). 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity desiring a 
grant under this section shall submit an application to the 
Attorney General at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Attorney General may re-
quire. 
‘‘(e) REPORTING.—Not later than 1 year after the 
last day of the first fiscal year commencing on or after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and not later than 180 
days after the last day of each fiscal year thereafter, the 
Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report evalu-
ating the effectiveness of programs administered and oper-
ated pursuant to this section. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $20,500,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010 to carry out this 
section.’’. 
SEC. 605. GAO STUDY OF NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 
HOTLINE. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General shall conduct a study of the National Domestic 
Violence Hotline to determine the effectiveness of the Hot-
line in assisting victims of domestic violence.
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(b) ISSUES
TO BE STUDIED.—In conducting the 
study under subsection (a), the Comptroller General 
shall—
(1) compile statistical and substantive informa-
tion about calls received by the Hotline since its in-
ception, or a representative sample of such calls, 
while maintaining the confidentiality of Hotline call-
ers; 
(2) interpret the data compiled under para-
graph (1)—
(A) to determine the trends, gaps in serv-
ices, and geographical areas of need; and 
(B) to assess the trends and gaps in serv-
ices to underserved populations and the military 
community; and 
(3) gather other important information about 
domestic violence. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to Congress a report on the results of the study. 
SEC. 606. 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,
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acting through the Director of the Office on Violence 
Against Women, shall award grants to eligible enti-
ties 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, racial, and ethnic popu-
lations and immigrant communities, including infor-
mation 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, racial, 
and ethnic 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
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(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-
priated for grants under this section—
(1) not more than 20 percent shall be used for 
national model campaign materials targeted to spe-
cific tribal, racial, or ethnic populations or immi-
grant community, including American Indian tribes 
and Alaskan native villages for the purposes of re-
search, testing, message development, and prepara-
tion of materials; and 
(2) the balance shall be used for not less than 
10 State, regional, territorial, tribal, or local cam-
paigns targeting specific communities with informa-
tion and materials developed through the national 
campaign or, if appropriate, new materials to reach 
an underserved population or a particularly isolated 
community.
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(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 mem-
bers 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 
prescribe. 
(f) CRITERIA.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Attorney General shall ensure—
(1) reasonable distribution among eligible 
grantees representing various racial, ethnic, and im-
migrant communities; 
(2) reasonable distribution among State, re-
gional, territorial, tribal, and local campaigns; 
(3) that not more than 8 percent of the total 
amount appropriated under this section for each fis-
cal year is set aside for training, technical assist-
ance, and data collection. 
(g) REPORTS.—Each eligible entity receiving a grant 
under this section shall submit to the Director of the Of-
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fice of Violence Against Women, every 18 months, a report 
that describes the activities carried out with grant funds. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. 
TITLE VII—SERVICES, PROTEC-
TION, 
AND 
JUSTICE 
FOR 
YOUNG 
VICTIMS 
OF 
VIO-
LENCE 
SEC. 701. SERVICES AND JUSTICE FOR YOUNG VICTIMS OF 
VIOLENCE. 
The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 is amended 
by adding after subtitle K (as added by section 506) the 
following: 
‘‘Subtitle L—Services, Education, 
Protection 
and 
Justice 
for 
Young Victims of Violence 
‘‘SEC. 41201. GRANTS FOR TRAINING AND COLLABORATION 
ON THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE AND CHILD MALTREATMENT. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to 
support efforts by domestic violence or dating violence vic-
tim services providers, courts, law enforcement, child wel-
fare agencies, and other related professionals and commu-
nity organizations to develop collaborative responses and
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services and provide cross-training to enhance community 
responses to families where there is both child maltreat-
ment and domestic violence. 
‘‘(b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General, 
through the Violence Against Women Office, shall award 
grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for the 
purposes and in the manner described in this section. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. 
Funds appropriated under this section shall remain avail-
able until expended. Of the amounts appropriated to carry 
out this section for each fiscal year, the Attorney General 
shall—
‘‘(1) use not more than 3 percent for evalua-
tion, monitoring, site visits, grantee conferences, and 
other administrative costs associated with con-
ducting activities under this section; 
‘‘(2) set aside not more than 10 percent for 
grants to programs addressing child maltreatment 
and domestic violence or dating violence that are op-
erated by, or in partnership with, a tribal organiza-
tion; and 
‘‘(3) set aside up to 8 percent for training and 
technical assistance, to be provided—
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‘‘(A) to organizations that are establishing 
or have established collaborative responses and 
services; and 
‘‘(B) by organizations having demonstrated 
expertise in developing collaborative community 
and system responses to families in which there 
is both child maltreatment and domestic vio-
lence or dating violence, whether or not they 
are receiving funds under this section. 
‘‘(d) UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.—In awarding 
grants under this section, the Attorney General shall con-
sider the needs of racial and ethnic and other underserved 
populations (as defined in section 2000B of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968). 
‘‘(e) GRANT AWARDS.—The Attorney General shall 
award grants under this section for periods of not more 
than 3 fiscal years. 
‘‘(f) USES
OF FUNDS.—Entities receiving grants 
under this section shall use amounts provided to develop 
collaborative responses and services and provide cross-
training to enhance community responses to families 
where there is both child maltreatment and domestic vio-
lence or dating violence. Amounts distributed under this 
section may only be used for programs and activities de-
scribed in subsection (g).
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‘‘(g) PROGRAMS
AND ACTIVITIES.—The programs 
and activities developed under this section shall—
‘‘(1) encourage cross training, education, serv-
ice development, and collaboration among child wel-
fare agencies, domestic violence victim service pro-
viders, and courts, law enforcement agencies, com-
munity-based programs, and other entities, in order 
to ensure that such entities have the capacity to and 
will identify, assess, and respond appropriately to—
‘‘(A) domestic violence or dating violence 
in homes where children are present and may 
be exposed to the violence; 
‘‘(B) domestic violence or dating violence 
in child protection cases; and 
‘‘(C) the needs of both the child and non-
abusing parent; 
‘‘(2) establish and implement policies, proce-
dures, programs, and practices for child welfare 
agencies, domestic violence victim service providers, 
courts, law enforcement agencies, and other entities, 
that are consistent with the principles of protecting 
and increasing the immediate and long-term safety 
and well being of children and non-abusing parents 
and caretakers by—
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‘‘(A) increasing the safety, autonomy, ca-
pacity, and financial security of non-abusing 
parents or caretakers, including developing 
service plans and utilizing community-based 
services that provide resources and support to 
non-abusing parents; 
‘‘(B) protecting the safety, security, and 
well-being of children by preventing their un-
necessary removal from a non-abusing parent, 
or, in cases where removal of the child is nec-
essary to protect the child’s safety, taking the 
necessary steps to provide appropriate and com-
munity-based services to the child and the non-
abusing parent to promote the safe and appro-
priately prompt reunification of the child with 
the non-abusing parent; 
‘‘(C) recognizing the relationship between 
child maltreatment and domestic violence or 
dating violence in a family, as well as the im-
pact of and danger posed by the perpetrators’ 
behavior on adult, youth, and minor victims; 
and 
‘‘(D) holding adult, youth, and minor per-
petrators of domestic violence or dating vio-
lence, not adult, youth, and minor victims of
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abuse or neglect, accountable for stopping the 
perpetrators’ abusive behaviors, including the 
development of separate service plans, court fil-
ings, or community-based interventions where 
appropriate; 
‘‘(3) increase cooperation and enhance linkages 
between child welfare agencies, domestic violence vic-
tim service providers, courts (including family, crimi-
nal, juvenile courts, or tribal courts), law enforce-
ment agencies, and other entities to provide more 
comprehensive community-based services (including 
health, mental health, social service, housing, and 
neighborhood resources) to protect and to serve 
adult, youth, and minor victims; 
‘‘(4) identify, assess, and respond appropriately 
to domestic violence or dating violence in child pro-
tection cases and to child maltreatment when it co-
occurs with domestic violence or dating violence; 
‘‘(5) analyze and change policies, procedures, 
and protocols that contribute to overrepresentation 
of racial and ethnic minorities in the court and child 
welfare system; and 
‘‘(6) provide appropriate referrals to commu-
nity-based programs and resources, such as health 
and mental health services, shelter and housing as-
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sistance for adult, youth, and minor victims and 
their children, legal assistance and advocacy for 
adult, youth, and minor victims, assistance for par-
ents to help their children cope with the impact of 
exposure to domestic violence or dating violence and 
child maltreatment, appropriate intervention and 
treatment for adult perpetrators of domestic violence 
or dating violence whose children are the subjects of 
child protection cases, programs providing support 
and assistance to racial and ethnic populations, and 
other necessary supportive services. 
‘‘(h) GRANTEE REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) APPLICATIONS.—Under this section, an 
entity shall prepare and submit to the Attorney Gen-
eral an application at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the Attorney 
General may require, consistent with the require-
ments described herein. The application shall—
‘‘(A) ensure that communities impacted by 
these systems or organizations are adequately 
represented in the development of the applica-
tion, the programs and activities to be under-
taken, and that they have a significant role in 
evaluating the success of the project;
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‘‘(B) describe how the training and col-
laboration activities will enhance or ensure the 
safety and economic security of families where 
both child maltreatment and domestic violence 
or dating violence occurs by providing appro-
priate resources, protection, and support to the 
victimized parents of such children and to the 
children themselves; and 
‘‘(C) outline methods and means partici-
pating entities will use to ensure that all serv-
ices are provided in a developmentally, linguis-
tically and culturally competent manner and 
will utilize community-based supports and re-
sources. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible for a 
grant under this section, an entity shall be a collabo-
ration that—
‘‘(A) shall include a State or local child 
welfare agency or Indian Tribe; 
‘‘(B) shall include a domestic violence or 
dating violence victim service provider; 
‘‘(C) may include a court; 
‘‘(D) may include a law enforcement agen-
cy, or Bureau of Indian Affairs providing tribal 
law enforcement; and
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‘‘(E) may include any other such agencies 
or private nonprofit organizations, including 
community-based organizations, with the capac-
ity to provide effective help to the adult, youth, 
and minor victims served by the collaboration. 
‘‘(3) REPORTS.—Each entity receiving a grant 
under this section shall report to the Attorney Gen-
eral every 18 months, detailing how the funds have 
been used. 
‘‘SEC. 41202. SERVICES TO ADVOCATE FOR AND RESPOND 
TO TEENS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General 
shall award grants to eligible entities to conduct programs 
to serve youth between the ages of 12 and 24 of domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
Amounts appropriated under this section may only be used 
for programs and activities described under subsection (c). 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE GRANTEES.—To be eligible to receive 
a grant under this section, an entity shall be—
‘‘(1) a nonprofit, nongovernmental entity, the 
primary purpose of which is to provide services to 
victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, or stalking; 
‘‘(2) a religious or community-based organiza-
tion that specializes in working with youth victims of
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domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking; 
‘‘(3) an Indian Tribe or tribal organization pro-
viding services primarily to tribal youth or tribal vic-
tims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault or stalking; or 
‘‘(4) a nonprofit, nongovernmental entity pro-
viding services for runaway or homeless youth. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An entity that receives a 
grant under this section shall use amounts provided 
under the grant to design or replicate, and imple-
ment, programs and services, using domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 
intervention models to respond to the needs of youth 
who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault or stalking. 
‘‘(2) TYPES OF PROGRAMS.—Such a program—
‘‘(A) shall provide direct counseling and 
advocacy for teens and young adults, who have 
experienced domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault or stalking; 
‘‘(B) shall include linguistically, culturally, 
and community relevant services for racial and 
ethnic and other underserved populations or
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linkages to existing services in the community 
tailored to the needs of racial and ethnic and 
other underserved populations; 
‘‘(C) may include mental health services; 
‘‘(D) may include legal advocacy efforts on 
behalf of minors and young adults with respect 
to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault or stalking; 
‘‘(E) may work with public officials and 
agencies to develop and implement policies, 
rules, and procedures in order to reduce or 
eliminate domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking against youth and 
young adults; and 
‘‘(F) may use not more than 25 percent of 
the grant funds to provide additional services 
and resources for youth, including childcare, 
transportation, educational support, and respite 
care. 
‘‘(d) AWARDS BASIS.—
‘‘(1) GRANTS
TO
INDIAN
TRIBES.—Not less 
than 10 percent of funds appropriated under this 
section in any year shall be available for grants to 
Indian Tribes or tribal organizations.
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‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION.—The Attorney General 
shall not use more than 2.5 percent of funds appro-
priated under this section in any year for adminis-
tration, monitoring, and evaluation of grants made 
available under this section. 
‘‘(3) TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND 
DATA
COLLECTION.—Not less than 5 percent of 
funds appropriated under this section in any year 
shall be available to provide training, technical as-
sistance, and data collection for programs funded 
under this section. 
‘‘(e) TERM.—The Attorney General shall make the 
grants under this section for a period of 3 fiscal years. 
‘‘(f) REPORTS.—An entity receiving a grant under 
this section shall submit to the Attorney General every 18 
months a report of how grant funds have been used. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.’’. 
SEC. 702. GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES ON CAM-
PUSES. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General is au-
thorized to make grants to institutions of higher 
education, for use by such institutions or consortia
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consisting of campus personnel, student organiza-
tions, campus administrators, security personnel, 
and regional crisis centers affiliated with the institu-
tion, to develop and strengthen effective security and 
investigation strategies to combat domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on cam-
puses, and to develop and strengthen victim services 
in cases involving such crimes against women on 
campuses, which may include partnerships with local 
criminal justice authorities and community-based 
victim services agencies. 
(2) AWARD BASIS.—The Attorney General shall 
award grants and contracts under this section on a 
competitive basis for a period of 3 years. The Attor-
ney General, through the Director of the Office on 
Violence Against Women, shall award the grants in 
amounts of not more than $500,000 for individual 
institutions of higher education and not more than 
$1,000,000 for consortia of such institutions. 
(3) EQUITABLE PARTICIPATION.—The Attorney 
General shall make every effort to ensure—
(A) the equitable participation of private 
and public institutions of higher education in 
the activities assisted under this section;
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(B) the equitable geographic distribution of 
grants under this section among the various re-
gions of the United States; and 
(C) the equitable distribution of grants 
under this section to tribal colleges and univer-
sities and traditionally black colleges and uni-
versities. 
(b) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—Grant funds awarded 
under this section may be used for the following purposes: 
(1) To provide personnel, training, technical as-
sistance, data collection, and other equipment with 
respect to the increased apprehension, investigation, 
and adjudication of persons committing domestic vi-
olence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 
on campus. 
(2) To train campus administrators, campus se-
curity personnel, and personnel serving on campus 
disciplinary or judicial boards to develop and imple-
ment campus policies, protocols, and services that 
more effectively identify and respond to the crimes 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
and stalking. Within 90 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Attorney General shall issue 
and make available minimum standards of training 
relating to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual
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assault, and stalking on campus, for all campus se-
curity personnel and personnel serving on campus 
disciplinary or judicial boards. 
(3) To implement and operate education pro-
grams for the prevention of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault and stalking. 
(4) To develop, enlarge, or strengthen victim 
services programs on the campuses of the institu-
tions involved, including programs providing legal, 
medical, or psychological counseling, for victims of 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
and stalking, and to improve delivery of victim as-
sistance on campus. To the extent practicable, such 
an institution shall collaborate with any entities car-
rying out nonprofit and other victim services pro-
grams, including domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking victim services programs 
in the community in which the institution is located. 
If appropriate victim services programs are not 
available in the community or are not accessible to 
students, the institution shall, to the extent prac-
ticable, provide a victim services program on campus 
or create a victim services program in collaboration 
with a community-based organization. The institu-
tion shall use not less than 20 percent of the funds
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made available through the grant for a victim serv-
ices program provided in accordance with this para-
graph. 
(5) To create, disseminate, or otherwise provide 
assistance and information about victims’ options on 
and off campus to bring disciplinary or other legal 
action, including assistance to victims in immigra-
tion matters. 
(6) To develop, install, or expand data collec-
tion and communication systems, including comput-
erized systems, linking campus security to the local 
law enforcement for the purpose of identifying and 
tracking arrests, protection orders, violations of pro-
tection orders, prosecutions, and convictions with re-
spect to the crimes of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus. 
(7) To provide capital improvements (including 
improved lighting and communications facilities but 
not including the construction of buildings) on cam-
puses to address the crimes of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
(8) To support improved coordination among 
campus administrators, campus security personnel, 
and local law enforcement to reduce domestic vio-
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lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 
on campus. 
(c) APPLICATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to be eligible to be 
awarded a grant under this section for any fiscal 
year, an institution of higher education shall submit 
an application to the Attorney General at such time 
and in such manner as the Attorney General shall 
prescribe. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted 
under paragraph (1) shall—
(A) describe the need for grant funds and 
the plan for implementation for any of the pur-
poses described in subsection (b); 
(B) include proof that the institution of 
higher education collaborated with any non-
profit, nongovernmental entities carrying out 
other victim services programs, including do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
and stalking victim services programs in the 
community in which the institution is located; 
(C) describe the characteristics of the pop-
ulation being served, including type of campus, 
demographics of the population, and number of 
students;
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(D) provide measurable goals and expected 
results from the use of the grant funds; 
(E) provide assurances that the Federal 
funds made available under this section shall be 
used to supplement and, to the extent practical, 
increase the level of funds that would, in the 
absence of Federal funds, be made available by 
the institution for the purposes described in 
subsection (b); and 
(F) include such other information and as-
surances as the Attorney General reasonably 
determines to be necessary. 
(3) COMPLIANCE WITH CAMPUS CRIME REPORT-
ING REQUIRED.—No institution of higher education 
shall be eligible for a grant under this section unless 
such institution is in compliance with the require-
ments of section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)). Up to $200,000 of the 
total amount of grant funds appropriated under this 
section for fiscal years 2006 through 2010 may be 
used to provide technical assistance in complying 
with the mandatory reporting requirements of sec-
tion 485(f) of such Act. 
(d) GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—
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(1) NONMONETARY
ASSISTANCE.—In addition 
to the assistance provided under this section, the At-
torney General may request any Federal agency to 
use the agency’s authorities and the resources grant-
ed to the agency under Federal law (including per-
sonnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, and manage-
rial, technical, and advisory services) in support of 
campus security, and investigation and victim service 
efforts. 
(2) CONFIDENTIALITY.—
(A) NONDISCLOSURE
OF
CONFIDENTIAL 
OR PRIVATE INFORMATION.—In order to ensure 
the safety of adult and minor victims of domes-
tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking and their families, grantees and sub-
grantees under this section shall reasonably—
(i) protect the confidentiality and pri-
vacy of persons receiving services under 
the grants and subgrants; and 
(ii) not disclose and personally identi-
fying information, or individual client in-
formation, collected in connection with 
services requested, utilized, or denied 
through programs provided by such grant-
ees and subgrantees under this section.
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(B) CONSENT.—A grantee or subgrantee 
under this section shall not reveal personally 
any identifying information or individual client 
information collected as described in subpara-
graph (A) without the informed, written, and 
reasonably time-limited consent of the person 
(or, in the case of an unemancipated minor, the 
minor and the parent or guardian of the minor) 
about whom information is sought, whether for 
the program carried out under this section or 
any other Federal, State, tribal, or territorial 
assistance program. 
(C) COMPELLED RELEASE AND NOTICE.—
If a grantee or subgrantee under this section is 
compelled by statutory or court mandate to dis-
close information described in subparagraph 
(A), the grantee or subgrantee—
(i) shall make reasonable attempts to 
provide notice to individuals affected by 
the disclosure of information; and 
(ii) shall take steps necessary to pro-
tect the privacy and safety of the indi-
vidual affected by the disclosure. 
(D) PERMISSIVE SHARING.—Grantees and 
subgrantees under this section may share with
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each other, in order to comply with Federal, 
State, tribal, or territorial reporting, evaluation, 
or data collection requirements—
(i) aggregate data, that is not person-
ally 
identifying 
information, 
regarding 
services provided to their clients; and 
(ii) demographic information that is 
not personally identifying information. 
(E) COURT-GENERATED
AND
LAW
EN-
FORCEMENT-GENERATED
INFORMATION.—
Grantees and subgrantees under this section 
may share with each other—
(i) court-generated information con-
tained in secure, governmental registries 
for protection order enforcement purposes; 
and 
(ii) law enforcement-generated infor-
mation. 
(F) DEFINITION.—As used in this para-
graph, the term ‘‘personally identifying infor-
mation’’ means individually identifying informa-
tion from or about an individual, including—
(i) first and last name;
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(ii) home or other physical address, 
including street name and name of city or 
town; 
(iii) email address or other online con-
tact information, such as an instant- mes-
saging user identifier or a screen name 
that reveals an individual’s email address; 
(iv) telephone number; 
(v) social security number; 
(vi) Internet Protocol (‘‘IP’’) address 
or host name that identifies an individual; 
(vii) persistent identifier, such as a 
customer number held in a ‘‘cookie’’ or 
processor serial number, that is combined 
with other available data that identities an 
individual; or 
(viii) information that, in combination 
with the information in any of the clauses 
(i) through (vii), would serve to identify 
any individual, including—
(I) grade point average; 
(II) date of birth; 
(III) academic or occupational in-
terests;
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(IV) athletic or extracurricular 
interests; 
(V) racial or ethnic background; 
or 
(VI) religious affiliation. 
(3) GRANTEE REPORTING.—
(A) ANNUAL REPORT.—Each institution of 
higher education receiving a grant under this 
section shall submit a biennial performance re-
port to the Attorney General. The Attorney 
General shall suspend funding under this sec-
tion for an institution of higher education if the 
institution fails to submit such a report. 
(B) FINAL REPORT.—Upon completion of 
the grant period under this section, the institu-
tion shall file a performance report with the At-
torney General and the Secretary of Education 
explaining the activities carried out under this 
section together with an assessment of the ef-
fectiveness of those activities in achieving the 
purposes described in subsection (b). 
(4) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later than 
180 days after the end of the fiscal year for which 
grants are awarded under this section, the Attorney
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General shall submit to Congress a report that in-
cludes—
(A) the number of grants, and the amount 
of funds, distributed under this section; 
(B) a summary of the purposes for which 
the grants were provided and an evaluation of 
the progress made under the grant; 
(C) a statistical summary of the persons 
served, detailing the nature of victimization, 
and providing data on age, sex, race, ethnicity, 
language, disability, relationship to offender, ge-
ographic distribution, and type of campus; and 
(D) an evaluation of the effectiveness of 
programs funded under this part. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2006 through 2010. 
SEC. 703. SAFE HAVENS. 
Section 1301 of the Victims of Trafficking and Vio-
lence Protection Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 10420) is amend-
ed—
(1) by striking the section heading and insert-
ing the following:
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‘‘SEC. 10402. SAFE HAVENS FOR CHILDREN.’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘, through the Director of 
the Office on Violence Against Women,’’ after 
‘‘Attorney General’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘public or nonprofit non-
governmental entities, and to’’ after ‘‘may 
award grants to’’; 
(C) by inserting ‘‘dating violence,’’ after 
‘‘domestic violence,’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘to provide’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) to provide’’; 
(E) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(F) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) to protect children from the trauma of wit-
nessing domestic or dating violence or experiencing 
abduction, injury, or death during parent and child 
visitation exchanges; 
‘‘(3) to protect parents or caretakers who are 
victims of domestic and dating violence from experi-
encing further violence, abuse, and threats during 
child visitation exchanges; and 
‘‘(4) to protect children from the trauma of ex-
periencing sexual assault or other forms of physical
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assault or abuse during parent and child visitation 
and visitation exchanges.’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section, $20,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. Funds 
appropriated under this section shall remain avail-
able until expended. 
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts appro-
priated to carry out this section for each fiscal year, 
the Attorney General shall—
‘‘(A) set aside not less than 5 percent for 
grants to Indian tribal governments or tribal 
organizations; 
‘‘(B) use not more than 3 percent for eval-
uation, monitoring, site visits, grantee con-
ferences, and other administrative costs associ-
ated with conducting activities under this sec-
tion; and 
‘‘(C) set aside not more than 8 percent for 
training, technical assistance, and data collec-
tion to be provided by organizations having na-
tionally recognized expertise in the design of
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safe and secure supervised visitation programs 
and visitation exchange of children in situations 
involving domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault, or stalking.’’. 
SEC. 704. GRANTS TO COMBAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DAT-
ING 
VIOLENCE, 
SEXUAL 
ASSAULT, 
AND 
STALKING IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Supporting Teens through Education and Protection Act 
of 2005’’ or the ‘‘STEP Act’’. 
(b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General, 
through the Director of the Office on Violence Against 
Women, is authorized to award grants to middle schools 
and high schools that work with domestic violence and sex-
ual assault experts to enable the schools—
(1) to provide training to school administrators, 
faculty, counselors, coaches, healthcare providers, se-
curity personnel, and other staff on the needs and 
concerns of students who experience domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, 
and the impact of such violence on students; 
(2) to develop and implement policies in middle 
and high schools regarding appropriate, safe re-
sponses to, and identification and referral proce-
dures for, students who are experiencing or perpe-
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trating domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking, including procedures for handling 
the requirements of court protective orders issued to 
or against students or school personnel, in a manner 
that ensures the safety of the victim and holds the 
perpetrator accountable; 
(3) to provide support services for students and 
school personnel, such as a resource person who is 
either on-site or on-call, and who is an expert de-
scribed in subsections (i)(2) and (i)(3), for the pur-
pose of developing and strengthening effective pre-
vention and intervention strategies for students and 
school personnel experiencing domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, sexual assault or stalking; 
(4) to provide developmentally appropriate edu-
cational programming to students regarding domes-
tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking, and the impact of experiencing domestic vi-
olence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 
on children and youth by adapting existing curricula 
activities to the relevant student population; 
(5) to work with existing mentoring programs 
and develop strong mentoring programs for stu-
dents, including student athletes, to help them un-
derstand and recognize violence and violent behavior,
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how to prevent it and how to appropriately address 
their feelings; and 
(6) to conduct evaluations to assess the impact 
of programs and policies assisted under this section 
in order to enhance the development of the pro-
grams. 
(c) AWARD BASIS.—The Director shall award grants 
and contracts under this section on a competitive basis. 
(d) POLICY DISSEMINATION.—The Director shall dis-
seminate to middle and high schools any existing Depart-
ment of Justice, Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices, and Department of Education policy guidance and 
curricula regarding the prevention of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and the im-
pact of the violence on children and youth. 
(e) NONDISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL OR PRIVATE 
INFORMATION.—In order to ensure the safety of adult, 
youth, and minor victims of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking and their families, grant-
ees and subgrantees shall protect the confidentiality and 
privacy of persons receiving services. Grantees and sub-
grantees pursuant to this section shall not disclose any 
personally identifying information or individual informa-
tion collected in connection with services requested, uti-
lized, or denied through grantees’ and subgrantees’ pro-
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grams. Grantees and subgrantees shall not reveal indi-
vidual client information without the informed, written, 
reasonably time-limited consent of the person (or in the 
case of unemancipated minor, the minor and the parent 
or guardian) about whom information is sought, whether 
for this program or any other Tribal, Federal, State or 
Territorial grant program. If release of such information 
is compelled by statutory or court mandate, grantees and 
subgrantees shall make reasonable attempts to provide no-
tice to victims affected by the disclosure of information. 
If such personally identifying information is or will be re-
vealed, grantees and subgrantees shall take steps nec-
essary to protect the privacy and safety of the persons af-
fected by the release of the information. Grantees may 
share non-personally identifying data in the aggregate re-
garding services to their clients and non-personally identi-
fying demographic information in order to comply with 
Tribal, Federal, State or Territorial reporting, evaluation, 
or data collection requirements. Grantees and subgrantees 
may share court-generated information contained in se-
cure, governmental registries for protection order enforce-
ment purposes. 
(f) GRANT TERM AND ALLOCATION.—
(1) TERM.—The Director shall make the grants 
under this section for a period of 3 fiscal years.
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(2) ALLOCATION.—Not more than 15 percent 
of the funds available to a grantee in a given year 
shall be used for the purposes described in sub-
section (b)(4)(D), (b),(5), and (b)(6). 
(g) DISTRIBUTION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 5 percent of 
funds appropriated under subsection (l) in any year 
shall be available for grants to tribal schools, schools 
on tribal lands or schools whose student population 
is more than 25 percent native American. 
(2) ADMINISTRATION.—The Director shall not 
use more than 5 percent of funds appropriated 
under subsection (l) in any year for administration, 
monitoring and evaluation of grants made available 
under this section. 
(3) TRAINING, TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE, AND 
DATA
COLLECTION.—Not less than 5 percent of 
funds appropriated under subsection (l) in any year 
shall be available to provide training, technical as-
sistance, and data collection for programs funded 
under this section. 
(h) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to be awarded a 
grant or contract under this section for any fiscal year, 
a middle or secondary school, in consultation with an ex-
pert as described in subsections (i)(2) and (i)(3), shall
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submit an application to the Director at such time and 
in such manner as the Director shall prescribe. 
(i) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this section, an entity shall be a partnership 
that—
(1) shall include a public, charter, tribal, or na-
tionally accredited private middle or high school, a 
school administered by the Department of Defense 
under 10 U.S.C. 2164 or 20 U.S.C. 921, a group of 
schools, or a school district; 
(2) shall include a domestic violence victim 
service provider that has a history of working on do-
mestic violence and the impact that domestic vio-
lence and dating violence have on children and 
youth; 
(3) shall include a sexual assault victim service 
provider, such as a rape crisis center, program serv-
ing tribal victims of sexual assault, or coalition or 
other nonprofit nongovernmental organization car-
rying out a community-based sexual assault pro-
gram, that has a history of effective work concerning 
sexual assault and the impact that sexual assault 
has on children and youth; and 
(4) may include a law enforcement agency, the 
State, Tribal, Territorial or local court, nonprofit
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nongovernmental organizations and service providers 
addressing sexual harassment, bullying or gang-re-
lated violence in schools, and any other such agen-
cies or nonprofit nongovernmental organizations 
with the capacity to provide effective assistance to 
the adult, youth, and minor victims served by the 
partnership. 
(j) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Director shall give priority to entities that have 
submitted applications in partnership with relevant courts 
or law enforcement agencies. 
(k) REPORTING AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMA-
TION.—
(1) REPORTING.—Each of the entities that are 
members of the applicant partnership described in 
subsection (i), that receive a grant under this section 
shall jointly prepare and submit to the Director 
every 18 months a report detailing the activities that 
the entities have undertaken under the grant and 
such additional information as the Director shall re-
quire. 
(2) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.—Within 
9 months of the completion of the first full grant 
cycle, the Director shall publicly disseminate, includ-
ing through electronic means, model policies and
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procedures developed and implemented in middle 
and high schools by the grantees, including informa-
tion on the impact the policies have had on their re-
spective schools and communities. 
(l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section, $5,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated under 
paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended. 
TITLE 
VIII—STRENGTHENING 
AMERICA’S FAMILIES BY PRE-
VENTING VIOLENCE IN THE 
HOME 
SEC. 801. PREVENTING VIOLENCE IN THE HOME. 
The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 is amended 
by adding after subtitle L (as added by section 701) the 
following: 
‘‘Subtitle M—Strengthening Amer-
ica’s Families by Preventing Vi-
olence in the Home 
‘‘SEC. 41301. PURPOSE. 
‘‘The purpose of this subtitle is to—
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‘‘(1) prevent crimes involving domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, includ-
ing when committed against children and youth; 
‘‘(2) increase the resources and services avail-
able to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking, including when com-
mitted against children and youth; 
‘‘(3) reduce the impact of exposure to violence 
in the lives of children and youth so that the 
intergenerational cycle of violence is interrupted; 
‘‘(4) develop and implement education and serv-
ices programs to prevent children in vulnerable fami-
lies from becoming victims or perpetrators of domes-
tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing; 
‘‘(5) promote programs to ensure that children 
and youth receive the assistance they need to end 
the cycle of violence and develop mutually respectful, 
nonviolent relationships; and 
‘‘(6) encourage collaboration among community-
based organizations and governmental agencies serv-
ing children and youth, providers of health and men-
tal health services and providers of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 
victim services to prevent violence.
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‘‘SEC. 41302. GRANTS TO ASSIST CHILDREN AND YOUTH EX-
POSED TO VIOLENCE. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, act-
ing through the Director of the Office on Violence 
Against Women, and in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, is authorized 
to award grants on a competitive basis to eligible en-
tities for the purpose of mitigating the effects of do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking on children exposed to such violence, and 
reducing the risk of future victimization or perpetra-
tion of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, and stalking. 
‘‘(2) TERM.—The Director shall make grants 
under this section for a period of 3 fiscal years. 
‘‘(3) AWARD BASIS.—The Director shall award 
grants—
‘‘(A) considering the needs of racial and 
ethnic and other underserved populations, as 
defined in section 2000B of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968; 
‘‘(B) awarding not less than 10 percent of 
such amounts for the funding of tribal projects 
from the amounts made available under this 
section for a fiscal year;
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‘‘(C) awarding up to 8 percent for the 
funding of training, technical assistance, and 
data collection programs from the amounts 
made available under this section for a fiscal 
year; and 
‘‘(D) awarding not less than 66 percent to 
programs described in subsection (c)(1) from 
the amounts made available under this section 
for a fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—The funds appropriated under 
this section shall be used for—
‘‘(1) programs that provide services for children 
exposed to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, or stalking, which may include direct coun-
seling, advocacy, or mentoring, and must include 
support for the nonabusing parent or the child’s 
caretaker; 
‘‘(2) training and coordination for programs 
that serve children and youth (such as Head Start, 
child care, and after-school programs) on how to 
safely and confidentially identify children and fami-
lies experiencing domestic violence and properly refer
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them to programs that can provide direct services to 
the family and children, and coordination with other 
domestic violence or other programs serving children 
exposed to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, or stalking that can provide the training 
and direct services referenced in this subsection; or 
‘‘(3) advocacy within the systems that serve 
children to improve the system’s understanding of 
and response to children who have been exposed to 
domestic violence and the needs of the nonabusing 
parent. 
‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive 
a grant under this section, an entity shall be—
‘‘(1) a victim service provider, tribal nonprofit 
organization or community-based organization that 
has a documented history of effective work con-
cerning children or youth exposed to domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, in-
cluding programs that provide culturally specific 
services, Head Start, child care, after school pro-
grams, and health and mental health providers; or 
‘‘(2) a State, territorial, or tribal, or local unit 
of government agency that is partnered with an or-
ganization described in paragraph (1).
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‘‘(e) GRANTEE REQUIREMENTS.—Under this section, 
an entity shall—
‘‘(1) prepare and submit to the Director an ap-
plication at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Director may re-
quire; and 
‘‘(2) at a minimum, describe in the application 
the policies and procedures that the entity has or 
will adopt to—
‘‘(A) enhance or ensure the safety and se-
curity of children who have been exposed to vio-
lence and their nonabusing parent, enhance or 
ensure the safety and security of children and 
their nonabusing parent in homes already expe-
riencing domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault, or stalking; and 
‘‘(B) ensure linguistically, culturally, and 
community relevant services for racial and eth-
nic and other underserved populations. 
‘‘(f) REPORTS.—An entity receiving a grant under 
this section shall prepare and submit to the Director every 
18 months a report detailing the activities undertaken 
with grant funds, providing additional information as the 
Director shall require.
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‘‘SEC. 41303. BUILDING ALLIANCES AMONG MEN, WOMEN, 
AND YOUTH TO PREVENT DOMESTIC VIO-
LENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, 
AND STALKING. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, act-
ing through the Director of the Office on Violence 
Against Women, and in collaboration with the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, shall award 
grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for 
the purpose of developing or enhancing programs re-
lated to building alliances among men, women, and 
youth to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking by helping them to de-
velop mutually respectful, nonviolent relationships. 
‘‘(2) TERM.—The Director shall make grants 
under this section for a period of 3 fiscal years. 
‘‘(3) AWARD BASIS.—The Director shall award 
grants—
‘‘(A) considering the needs of racial and 
ethnic and other underserved populations (as 
defined in section 2000B of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968); 
‘‘(B) with respect to gender-specific pro-
grams described under subsection (c)(1)(A), en-
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suring reasonable distribution of funds to pro-
grams for boys and programs for girls; 
‘‘(C) awarding not less than 10 percent of 
such amounts for the funding of tribal projects 
from the amounts made available under this 
section for a fiscal year; and 
‘‘(D) awarding up to 8 percent for the 
funding of training, technical assistance, and 
data collection for grantees and non-grantees 
working in this area and evaluation programs 
from the amounts made available under this 
section for a fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) 
PROGRAMS.—The 
funds 
appropriated 
under this section shall be used by eligible entities 
for—
‘‘(A) public education and community 
based programs, including gender-specific pro-
grams in accordance with applicable laws—
‘‘(i) to encourage children and youth 
to pursue only mutually respectful, non-
violent relationships and empower them to
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reduce their risk of becoming victims or 
perpetrators of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and 
‘‘(ii) that include at a minimum—
‘‘(I) information on domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
stalking, or child sexual abuse and 
how they affect children and youth; 
and 
‘‘(II) strategies to help partici-
pants be as safe as possible; or 
‘‘(B) public education campaigns and com-
munity organizing to encourage men and boys 
to work as allies with women and girls to pre-
vent domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, 
and sexual assault conducted by entities that 
have experience in conducting public education 
campaigns that address domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
‘‘(2) MEDIA LIMITS.—No more than 25 percent 
of funds received by a grantee under this section 
may be used to create and distribute media mate-
rials. 
‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—
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‘‘(1) RELATIONSHIPS.—Eligible entities under 
subsection (c)(1)(A) are—
‘‘(A) nonprofit, nongovernmental domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking victim service providers or coalitions; 
‘‘(B) community-based child or youth serv-
ices organizations with demonstrated experience 
and expertise in addressing the needs and con-
cerns of young people; 
‘‘(C) a State, territorial, tribal, or unit of 
local governmental entity that is partnered with 
an organization described in subparagraph (A) 
or (B); or 
‘‘(D) a program that provides culturally 
specific services. 
‘‘(2) AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.—Eligible entities 
under subsection (c)(1)(B) are—
‘‘(A) nonprofit, nongovernmental organiza-
tions or coalitions that have a documented his-
tory of creating and administering effective 
public education campaigns addressing the pre-
vention of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault or stalking; or
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‘‘(B) a State, territorial, tribal, or unit of 
local governmental entity that is partnered with 
an organization described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(e) GRANTEE REQUIREMENTS.—Under this section, 
an entity shall—
‘‘(1) prepare and submit to the Director an ap-
plication at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Director may re-
quire; and 
‘‘(2) for a grant under subsection (c)(1)(A), de-
scribe in the application the policies and procedures 
that the entity has or will adopt to—
‘‘(A) enhance or ensure the safety and se-
curity of children and youth already experi-
encing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, or stalking in their lives; 
‘‘(B) provide, where appropriate, linguis-
tically, culturally, and community relevant serv-
ices for racial and ethnic and other underserved 
populations; 
‘‘(C) inform participants about laws, serv-
ices, and resources in the community, and make 
referrals as appropriate; and 
‘‘(D) ensure that State and local domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and
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stalking victim service providers and coalitions 
are aware of the efforts of organizations receiv-
ing grants under this section. 
‘‘(f) REPORTS.—An entity receiving a grant under 
this section shall prepare and submit to the Director every 
18 months a report detailing the activities undertaken 
with grant funds, including an evaluation of funded pro-
grams and providing additional information as the Direc-
tor shall require. 
‘‘SEC. 41304. DEVELOPMENT OF CURRICULA AND PILOT 
PROGRAMS 
FOR 
HOME 
VISITATION 
PROJECTS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, act-
ing through the Director of the Office on Violence 
Against Women, shall award grants on a competitive 
basis to home visitation programs, in collaboration 
with law enforcement, victim service providers, for 
the purposes of developing and implementing model 
policies and procedures to train home visitation serv-
ice providers on addressing domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, and stalking in families ex-
periencing violence, or at risk of violence, to reduce 
the impact of that violence on children, maintain
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safety, 
improve 
parenting 
skills, 
and 
break 
intergenerational cycles of violence. 
‘‘(2) TERM.—The Director shall make the 
grants under this section for a period of 2 fiscal 
years. 
‘‘(3) AWARD BASIS.—The Director shall—
‘‘(A) consider the needs of underserved 
populations; 
‘‘(B) award not less than 7 percent of such 
amounts for the funding of tribal projects from 
the amounts made available under this section 
for a fiscal year; and 
‘‘(C) award up to 8 percent for the funding 
of technical assistance programs from the 
amounts made available under this section for 
a fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive 
a grant under this section, an entity shall be a national, 
Federal, State, local, territorial, or tribal—
‘‘(1) home visitation program that provides 
services to pregnant women and to young children 
and their parent or primary caregiver that are pro-
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vided in the permanent or temporary residence or in 
other familiar surroundings of the individual or fam-
ily receiving such services; or 
‘‘(2) victim services organization or agency in 
collaboration with an organization or organizations 
listed in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(d) GRANTEE REQUIREMENTS.—Under this section, 
an entity shall—
‘‘(1) prepare and submit to the Director an ap-
plication at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Director may re-
quire; and 
‘‘(2) describe in the application the policies and 
procedures that the entity has or will adopt to—
‘‘(A) enhance or ensure the safety and se-
curity of children and their nonabusing parent 
in homes already experiencing domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing; 
‘‘(B) ensure linguistically, culturally, and 
community relevant services for racial ethnic 
and other underserved communities; 
‘‘(C) ensure the adequate training by do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault
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or stalking victim service providers of home visi-
tation grantee program staff to—
‘‘(i) safely screen for or recognize (or 
both) domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking; 
‘‘(ii) understand the impact of domes-
tic violence or sexual assault on children 
and protective actions taken by a non-
abusing parent or caretaker in response to 
violence against anyone in the household; 
and 
‘‘(iii) link new parents with existing 
community resources in communities where 
resources exist; and 
‘‘(D) ensure that relevant State and local 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, and stalking victim service providers and 
coalitions are aware of the efforts of organiza-
tions receiving grants under this section, and 
are included as training partners, where pos-
sible.’’.
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TITLE IX—PROTECTION FOR IM-
MIGRANT VICTIMS OF VIO-
LENCE 
SECTION 900. SHORT TITLE OF TITLE; REFERENCES TO 
VAWA–2000; REGULATIONS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE OF TITLE.—This title may be cited 
as ‘‘Immigrant Victims of Violence Protection Act of 
2005’’. 
(b) REFERENCES TO VAWA–2000.—In this title, the 
term ‘‘VAWA–2000’’ means the Violence Against Women 
Act of 2000 (division B of Public Law 106–386). 
(c) REGULATIONS.— Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen-
eral, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and Secretary 
of State shall promulgate regulations to implement the 
provisions contained in the Battered Immigrant Women 
Protection Act of 2000 (title V of VAWA–2000) and the 
amendments made by (and the provisions of) this title. 
In applying such regulations, in the case of petitions or 
applications filed on or before the effective date of publica-
tion of such regulations for relief covered by such regula-
tions, there shall be no requirement to submit an addi-
tional petition or application and any priority or similar 
date with respect to such a petition or application shall
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relate back to the date of the filing of the petition or appli-
cation. 
Subtitle A—Victims of Crime 
SEC. 901. CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO U AND T VISAS. 
(a) TREATMENT OF SPOUSE AND CHILDREN OF VIC-
TIMS
OF
TRAFFICKING.—Clause 
(ii) 
of 
section 
101(a)(15)(T) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(T)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(ii) if accompanying, or following to join, 
the alien described in clause (i)—
‘‘(I) in the case of an alien so de-
scribed who is under 21 years of age, the 
spouse, children, unmarried siblings under 
18 years of age on the date on which such 
alien applied for status under such clause, 
and parents of such alien; or 
‘‘(II) in the case of an alien described 
in clause (i) who is 21 years of age or 
older, the spouse and children of such 
alien;’’. 
(b) DURATION OF U AND T VISAS.—
(1) U VISAS.—Section 214(p) of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 1184(p)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph:
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‘‘(6) DURATION OF STATUS.—The authorized 
period of status of an alien as a nonimmigrant 
under section 101(a)(15)(U) shall be 4 years, but 
shall be extended—
‘‘(A) on a year-by-year basis upon certifi-
cation from a Federal, State or local law en-
forcement official, prosecutor, judge, or other 
Federal, State or local authority investigating 
or prosecuting criminal activity described in 
section 101(a)(15)(U)(iii) that the alien’s con-
tinued presence in the United States is required 
to assist in the investigation or prosecution of 
such criminal activity; and 
‘‘(B) if the alien files an application for ad-
justment of status under section 245(m), until 
final adjudication of such application.’’. 
(2) T VISAS.—Section 214(o) of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 1184(o)), as redesignated by section 8(a)(3) 
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–193), is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) The authorized period of status of an alien as 
a nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(T) shall 
be 4 years, but shall be extended—
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‘‘(A) on a year-by-year basis upon certification 
from a Federal, State or local law enforcement offi-
cial, prosecutor, judge, or other Federal, State or 
local authority investigating or prosecuting criminal 
activity relating to human trafficking that the alien’s 
continued presence in the United States is required 
to assist in the investigation or prosecution of such 
criminal activity; and 
‘‘(B) if the alien files an application for adjust-
ment of status under section 245(l), until final adju-
dication of such application.’’. 
(c) PERMITTING CHANGE OF NONIMMIGRANT STA-
TUS TO U AND T NONIMMIGRANT STATUS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 248 of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 1258) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘The Attorney General’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(a) The Secretary of Homeland 
Security’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘(subject to subsection 
(b))’’ after ‘‘except’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(b) The limitation based on inadmissibility under 
section 212(a)(9)(B) and the exceptions specified in num-
bered paragraphs of subsection (a) shall not apply to a
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change of nonimmigrant classification to that of a non-
immigrant under subparagraph (T) or (U) of section 
101(a)(15), other than from such classification under sub-
paragraph (C) or (D) of such section.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
214(l)(2)(A) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(l)(2)(A)) is 
amended by 
striking 
‘‘248(2)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘248(a)(2)’’. 
(d) CERTIFICATION PROCESS FOR VICTIMS OF TRAF-
FICKING.—
(1) VICTIM ASSISTANCE IN INVESTIGATION OR 
PROSECUTION.—Section 107(b)(1)(E) of the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (division A of 
Public Law 106–386; 22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)(E)) is 
amended—
(A) in clause (i)(I), by striking ‘‘investiga-
tion and prosecution’’ and inserting ‘‘investiga-
tion or prosecution, by the United States or a 
State or local government’’; and 
(B) in clause (iii)—
(i) by striking ‘‘INVESTIGATION AND 
PROSECUTION’’ and ‘‘investigation and 
prosecution’’ and inserting ‘‘INVESTIGA-
TION OR PROSECUTION’’ and ‘‘investigation 
or prosecution’’, respectively;
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(ii) in subclause (II), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(iii) in subclause (III), by striking the 
period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(iv) by adding at the end the following 
new subclause: 
‘‘(IV) responding to and cooper-
ating with requests for evidence and 
information.’’. 
(2) CLARIFYING ROLES OF ATTORNEY GENERAL 
AND SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY.—
(A) Section 107 of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (division A of Public 
Law 106–386; 22 U.S.C. 7105) is amended—
(i) in subsections (b)(1)(E)(i)(II)(bb), 
(b)(1)(E)(ii), (e)(5), and (g), by striking 
‘‘Attorney General’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary of Homeland Security’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘, 
Secretary of Homeland Security,’’ after 
‘‘Attorney General’’. 
(B) Section 101(a)(15)(T) of the Immigra-
tion 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)(T)) is amended by striking ‘‘Attor-
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ney General’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of 
Homeland Security’’ each place it appears. 
(C) Section 212(d)(13) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(13)) is 
amended—
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘Attorney General’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary of Homeland Security’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘Attorney General’’ the first place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Home-
land Security’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘Attorney General, in the Attorney Gen-
eral’s discretion’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary, 
in the Secretary’s discretion’’. 
(D) Section 101(i) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(i)) is amend-
ed—
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘At-
torney General’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary 
of Homeland Security, the Attorney Gen-
eral,’’; and