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 PUBLIC LAW 109–162—JAN. 5, 2006

119 STAT. 3013

with the capacity to provide effective assistance to the adult, youth, and minor victims served by the partnership. ‘‘(j) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this section, the Director shall give priority to entities that have submitted applications in partnership with relevant courts or law enforcement agencies. ‘‘(k) REPORTING AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.— ‘‘(1) REPORTING.—Each of the entities that are members of the applicant partnership described in subsection (i), that receive a grant under this section shall jointly prepare and submit to the Director every 18 months a report detailing the activities that the entities have undertaken under the grant and such additional information as the Director shall require. ‘‘(2) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.—Within 9 months of the completion of the first full grant cycle, the Director shall publicly disseminate, including through electronic means, model policies and procedures developed and implemented in middle and high schools by the grantees, including information on the impact the policies have had on their respective schools and communities. ‘‘(l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011. ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated under paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.’’. SEC. 304. GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES ON CAMPUSES.

42 USC 14045b.

(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General is authorized to make grants to institutions of higher education, for use by such institutions or consortia consisting of campus personnel, student organizations, campus administrators, security personnel, and regional crisis centers affiliated with the institution, to develop and strengthen effective security and investigation strategies to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campuses, and to develop and strengthen victim services in cases involving such crimes against women on campuses, which may include partnerships with local criminal justice authorities and community-based victim services agencies. (2) AWARD BASIS.—The Attorney General shall award grants and contracts under this section on a competitive basis for a period of 3 years. The Attorney General, through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, shall award the grants in amounts of not more than $500,000 for individual institutions of higher education and not more than $1,000,000 for consortia of such institutions. (3) EQUITABLE PARTICIPATION.—The Attorney General shall make every effort to ensure— (A) the equitable participation of private and public institutions of higher education in the activities assisted under this section; (B) the equitable geographic distribution of grants under this section among the various regions of the United States; and

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