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 118 STAT. 2265 PUBLIC LAW 108–405—OCT. 30, 2004 (A) training and technical assistance to States and tribal jurisdictions to craft state of the art victims’ rights laws; and (B) training and technical assistance to States and tribal jurisdictions to design a variety of compliance sys tems, which shall include an evaluation component. (c) INCREASED RESOURCES TO DEVELOP STATE OF THE ART SYS TEMS FOR NOTIFYING CRIME VICTIMS OF IMPORTANT DATES AND DEVELOPMENTS.—The Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1404D the following: ‘‘SEC. 1404E. CRIME VICTIMS NOTIFICATION GRANTS. ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director may make grants as provided in section 1404(c)(1)(A) to State, tribal, and local prosecutors’ offices, law enforcement agencies, courts, jails, and correctional institutions, and to qualified public or private entities, to develop and implement state of the art systems for notifying victims of crime of important dates and developments relating to the criminal proceedings at issue in a timely and efficient manner, provided that the jurisdiction has laws substantially equivalent to the provisions of chapter 237 of title 18, United States Code. ‘‘(b) INTEGRATION OF SYSTEMS.—Systems developed and imple mented under this section may be integrated with existing case management systems operated by the recipient of the grant. ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to funds made available under section 1402(d), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— ‘‘(1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; and ‘‘(2) $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009. ‘‘(d) FALSE CLAIMS ACT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts collected pursuant to sections 3729 through 3731 of title 31, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘False Claims Act’), may be used for grants under this section, subject to appropriation.’’. SEC. 104. REPORTS. (a) ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS.— Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, for each Federal court, shall report to Congress the number of times that a right established in chapter 237 of title 18, United States Code, is asserted in a criminal case and the relief requested is denied and, with respect to each such denial, the reason for such denial, as well as the number of times a mandamus action is brought pursuant to chapter 237 of title 18, and the result reached. (b) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.— (1) STUDY.—The Comptroller General shall conduct a study that evaluates the effect and efficacy of the implementation of the amendments made by this title on the treatment of crime victims in the Federal system. (2) REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the date of enact ment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall prepare and submit to the appropriate committees a report containing the results of the study conducted under subsection (a). Deadline. Deadline. 18 USC 3771 note. 42 USC 10603e.

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