Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 119.djvu/2992

 119 STAT. 2974

PUBLIC LAW 109–162—JAN. 5, 2006

(B) in paragraph (2), striking by ‘‘ ⁄ ’’ and inserting 1⁄56’’; ‘‘ (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and the coalition for the combined Territories of the United States, each 1⁄54’’ and inserting ‘‘coalitions receiving an amount equal to for Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 1⁄56’’; and Islands, each receiving an amount equal to 1⁄54’’ and inserting (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘ 1⁄56’’; ‘‘ (2) in subsection (c)(3)(B), by inserting after ‘‘victim services’’ the following: ‘‘, of which at least 10 percent shall be distributed to culturally specific community-based organization’’; and (3) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(4) documentation showing that tribal, territorial, State or local prosecution, law enforcement, and courts have consulted with tribal, territorial, State, or local victim service programs during the course of developing their grant applications in order to ensure that proposed services, activities and equipment acquisitions are designed to promote the safety, confidentiality, and economic independence of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence.’’. (e) TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND DATA COLLECTION.— Section 2007 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–1) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(i) TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND DATA COLLECTION.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the total amounts appropriated under this part, not less than 3 percent and up to 8 percent shall be available for providing training and technical assistance relating to the purpose areas of this part to improve the capacity of grantees, subgrantees and other entities. ‘‘(2) INDIAN TRAINING.—The Director of the Office on Violence Against Women shall ensure that training or technical assistance regarding violence against Indian women will be developed and provided by entities having expertise in tribal law, customary practices, and Federal Indian law.’’. (f) AVAILABILITY OF FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAMS.—Section 2010 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–4) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—A State or Indian tribal government may use Federal grant funds under this part to pay for forensic medical exams performed by trained examiners for victims of sexual assault, except that such funds may not be used to pay for forensic medical exams by any State, Indian tribal government, or territorial government that requires victims of sexual assault to seek reimbursement for such exams from their insurance carriers. ‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit a State, Indian tribal government, or territorial government to require a victim of sexual assault to participate in the criminal justice system or cooperate with law enforcement 1 54

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