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PUBLIC LAW 109–162—JAN. 5, 2006

Public Law 109–162 109th Congress An Act Jan. 5, 2006 [H.R. 3402] Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005. 42 USC 13701 note.

To authorize appropriations for the Department of Justice for fiscal years 2006 through 2009, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005’’. 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. Universal definitions and grant provisions. TITLE I—ENHANCING JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOLS TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107.

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108. 109. 110. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 121.

Stop grants improvements. Grants to encourage arrest and enforce protection orders improvements. Legal Assistance for Victims improvements. Ensuring crime victim access to legal services. The Violence Against Women Act court training and improvements. Full faith and credit improvements. Privacy protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual violence, and stalking. Sex offender management. Stalker database. Federal victim assistants reauthorization. Grants for law enforcement training programs. Reauthorization of the court-appointed special advocate program. Preventing cyberstalking. Criminal provision relating to stalking. Repeat offender provision. Prohibiting dating violence. Prohibiting violence in special maritime and territorial jurisdiction. Updating protection order definition. GAO study and report. Grants for outreach to underserved populations. Enhancing culturally and linguistically specific services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING Sec. 201. Findings. Sec. 202. Sexual assault services program. Sec. 203. Amendments to the Rural Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Enforcement Assistance Program. Sec. 204. Training and services to end violence against women with disabilities. Sec. 205. Training and services to end violence against women in later life. Sec. 206. Strengthening the National Domestic Violence Hotline.

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