Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 120.djvu/787

 120 STAT. 756

PUBLIC LAW 109–271—AUG. 12, 2006

‘‘(iv) meet other such requirements as the Attorney General reasonably determines are necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this section. ‘‘(4) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—The Attorney General shall allocate to each State not less than 1.50 percent of the total amount appropriated in a fiscal year for grants under this section, except that the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall each be allocated 0.125 percent of the total appropriations. The remaining funds shall be allotted to each State and each territory in an amount that bears the same ratio to such remaining funds as the population of such State and such territory bears to the population of all the States and the territories. The District of Columbia shall be treated as a territory for purposes of calculating its allocation under the preceding formula. ‘‘(c) GRANTS FOR CULTURALLY SPECIFIC PROGRAMS ADDRESSING SEXUAL ASSAULT.— ‘‘(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General shall award grants to eligible entities to support the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of culturally specific intervention and related assistance for victims of sexual assault. ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall— ‘‘(A) be a private nonprofit organization that focuses primarily on culturally specific communities; ‘‘(B) must have documented organizational experience in the area of sexual assault intervention or have entered into a partnership with an organization having such expertise; ‘‘(C) have expertise in the development of communitybased, linguistically and culturally specific outreach and intervention services relevant for the specific communities to whom assistance would be provided or have the capacity to link to existing services in the community tailored to the needs of culturally specific populations; and ‘‘(D) have an advisory board or steering committee and staffing which is reflective of the targeted culturally specific community. ‘‘(3) AWARD BASIS.—The Attorney General shall award grants under this section on a competitive basis. ‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION.— ‘‘(A) The Attorney General shall not use more than 2.5 percent of funds appropriated under this subsection in any year for administration, monitoring, and evaluation of grants made available under this subsection. ‘‘(B) Up to 5 percent of funds appropriated under this subsection in any year shall be available for technical assistance by a national, nonprofit, nongovernmental organization or organizations whose primary focus and expertise is in addressing sexual assault within underserved culturally specific populations. ‘‘(5) TERM.—The Attorney General shall make grants under this section for a period of no less than 2 fiscal years. ‘‘(6) REPORTING.—Each entity receiving a grant under this subsection shall submit a report to the Attorney General that describes the activities carried out with such grant funds.

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