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 PUBLIC LAW 106-386—OCT. 28, 2000 114 STAT. 1515 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —T here are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. SEC. 1405. STANDARDS, PRACTICE, AND TRAINING FOR SEXUAL 42 USC 3796gg ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAMINATIONS. note. (a) IN GENERAL. —The Attorney General shall— (1) evaluate existing standards of training and practice for licensed health care professionals performing sexual assault forensic examinations and develop a national recommended standard for training; (2) recommend sexual assault forensic examination training for all health care students to improve the recognition of injuries suggestive of rape and sexual assault and baseline knowledge of appropriate referrals in victim treatment and evidence collection; and (3) review existing national, State, tribal, and local protocols on sexual assault forensic examinations, and based on this review, develop a recommended national protocol and establish a mechanism for its nationwide dissemination. (b) CONSULTATION. —The Attorney General shall consult with national. State, tribal, and local experts in the area of rape and sexual assault, including rape crisis centers. State and tribal sexual assault and domestic violence coalitions and programs, and programs for criminal justice, forensic nursing, forensic science, emergency room medicine, law, social services, and sex crimes in underserved communities (as defined in section 2003(7) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg-2(7)), as amended by this division). (c) REPORT. — The Attorney General shall ensure that not later than 1 year after the date oi the enactment of this Act, a report of the actions taken pursuant to subsection (a) is submitted to Congress. (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —T here is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $200,000 for fiscal year 2001. SEC. 1406. EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR JUDGES AND COURT PER- SONNEL. (a) GRANTS FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR JUDGES AND COURT PERSONNEL IN STATE COURTS.— (1) SECTION 40412. — Section 40412 of the Equal Justice for Women in the Courts Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13992) is amended— (A) by striking "and" at the end of paragraph (18); (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (19) and inserting a semicolon; and (C) by inserting after paragraph (19) the following: "(20) the issues raised by domestic violence in determining custody and visitation, including how to protect the safety of the child and of a parent who is not a predominant aggressor of domestic violence, the legitimate reasons parents may report domestic violence, the ways domestic violence may relate to an abuser's desire to seek custody, and evaluating expert testimony in custody and visitation determinations involving domestic violence; "(21) the issues raised by child sexual assault in determining custody and visitation, including how to protect the

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