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 PUBLIC LAW 106-386 —OCT. 28, 2000 114 STAT. 1533 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE. —The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective as if included in the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (division A of section 101(h) of Public Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-538). SEC. 1512. ACCESS TO SERVICES AND LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR BATTERED IMMIGRANTS. (a) LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTION GRANTS. — Section 2001(b) of part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg(b)) (as amended by section 1209(c) of this division) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(11) providing assistance to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in immigration matters.". (b) GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE ARRESTS. — Section 2101(b)(5) of part U of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796hh(b)(5)) is amended by inserting before the period the following: ", including strengthening assistance to such victims in immigration matters". (c) RURAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD ABUSE ENFORCE- MENT GRANTS.—Section 40295(a)(2) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322; 108 Stat. 1953; 42 U.S.C. 13971(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows: "(2) to provide treatment, counseling, and assistance to victims of domestic violence and child abuse, including in immigration matters; and". (d) CAMPUS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE GRANTS. — Section 826(b)(5) of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (Public Law 105- 244; 20 U.S.C. 1152) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ", including assistance to victims in immigration matters". SEC. 1513. PROTECTION FOR CERTAIN CRIME VICTIMS INCLUDING VICTIMS OF CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN. (a) FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. — 8 USC 1101 note. (1) FINDINGS. —Congress makes the following findings: (A) Immigrant women and children are often targeted to be victims of crimes committed against them in the United States, including rape, torture, kidnaping, traf- ficking, incest, domestic violence, sexual assault, female genital mutilation, forced prostitution, involuntary servitude, being held hostage or being criminally restrained. (B) All women and children who are victims of these crimes committed against them in the United States must be able to report these crimes to law enforcement and fully participate in the investigation of the crimes committed against them and the prosecution of the perpetrators of such crimes. (2) PURPOSE.— ^ (A) The purpose of this section is to create a new nonimmigrant visa classification that will strengthen the ability of law enforcement agencies to detect, investigate, and prosecute cases of domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking of aliens, and other crimes described in section 101(a)(15XU)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act committed against aliens, while offering protection to victims of such offenses in keeping with the humanitarian interests of the United States. This visa will encourage

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