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Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et
seq.) is amended in the item relating to part U, by adding ``and
Enforcement of Protection Orders'' at the end.
SEC. 102. ROLE OF COURTS.
(a) Courts as Eligible STOP Subgrantees.--Part T of title I of the
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg et
seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 2001--
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ``Indian tribal
governments,'' and inserting ``State and local courts
(including juvenile courts), Indian tribal governments,
tribal courts,''; and
(B) in subsection (b)--
(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``,
judges, other court personnel,'' after ``law
enforcement officers'';
(ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``,
judges, other court personnel,'' after ``law
enforcement officers''; and
(iii) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``,
court,'' after ``police''; and
(2) in section 2002--
(A) in subsection (a), by inserting ``State and
local courts (including juvenile courts),'' after
``States,'' the second place it appears;
(B) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (3)
and inserting the following:
``(3) of the amount granted--
``(A) not less than 25 percent shall be allocated
to police and not less than 25 percent shall be
allocated to prosecutors;
``(B) not less than 30 percent shall be allocated
to victim services; and
``(C) not less than 5 percent shall be allocated
for State and local courts (including juvenile courts);
and''; and
(C) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting ``court,''
after ``law enforcement,''.
(b) Eligible Grantees; Use of Grants for Education.--Section 2101
of part U of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796hh) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``State and local
courts (including juvenile courts), tribal courts,'' after
``Indian tribal governments,'';
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by inserting ``State and local courts
(including juvenile courts),'' after ``Indian tribal
governments'';
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``policies and''
and inserting ``policies, educational programs, and'';
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``parole and
probation officers,'' after ``prosecutors,''; and
(D) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``parole and
probation officers,'' after ``prosecutors,'';
(3) in subsection (c), by inserting ``State and local
courts (including juvenile courts),'' after ``Indian tribal
governments''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Allotment for Indian Tribes.--Not less than 5 percent of the
total amount made available for grants under this section for each
fiscal year shall be available for grants to Indian tribal
governments.''.
SEC. 103. REAUTHORIZATION OF STOP GRANTS.
(a) Reauthorization.--Section 1001(a) of title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)) is
amended by striking paragraph (18) and inserting the following:
``(18) There is authorized to be appropriated from the Violent
Crime Reduction Trust Fund established under section 310001 of the
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14211)
to carry out part T $185,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through
2005.''.
(b) Grant Purposes.--Part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 2001--
(A) in subsection (b)--
(i) in paragraph (5), by striking ``racial,
cultural, ethnic, and language minorities'' and
inserting ``underserved populations'';
(ii) in paragraph (6), by striking ``and''
at the end;
(iii) in paragraph (7), by striking the
period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(iv) by adding at the end the following:
``(8) supporting formal and informal statewide,
multidisciplinary efforts, to the extent not supported by State
funds, to coordinate the response of State law enforcement
agencies, prosecutors, courts, victim services agencies, and
other State agencies and departments, to violent crimes against
women, including the crimes of sexual assault and domestic
violence.''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(c) State Coalition Grants.--
``(1) Purpose.--The Attorney General shall award grants to
each State domestic violence coalition and sexual assault
coalition for the purposes of coordinating State victim
services activities, and collaborating and coordinating with
Federal, State, and local entities engaged in violence against
women activities.
``(2) Grants to state coalitions.--The Attorney General
shall award grants to--
``(A) each State domestic violence coalition, as
determined by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services through the Family Violence Prevention and
Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10410 et seq.); and
``(B) each State sexual assault coalition, as
determined by the Center for Injury Prevention and
Control of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention under the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 280b et seq.).
``(3) Eligibility for other grants.--Receipt of an award
under this subsection by each State domestic violence and
sexual assault coalition shall not preclude the coalition from
receiving additional grants under this part to carry out the purposes
described in subsection (b).'';
(2) in section 2002(b)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively;
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``4 percent'' and
inserting ``5 percent'';
(C) in paragraph (4), as redesignated, by striking
``$500,000'' and inserting ``$600,000''; and
(D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
``(2) 2.5 percent shall be available for grants for State
domestic violence coalitions under section 2001(c), with the
coalition for each State, the coalition for the District of
Columbia, the coalition for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
and the coalition for the combined Territories of the United
States, each receiving an amount equal to \1/53\ of the total
amount made available under this paragraph for each fiscal
year;
``(3) 2.5 percent shall be available for grants for State
sexual assault coalitions under section 2001(c), with the
coalition for each State, the coalition for the District of
Columbia, the coalition for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
and the coalition for the combined Territories of the United
States, each receiving an amount equal to \1/53\ of the total
amount made available under this paragraph for each fiscal
year;'';
(3) in section 2003--
(A) in paragraph (7), by striking ``geographic
location'' and all that follows through ``physical
disabilities'' and inserting ``race, ethnicity, age,
disability, religion, alienage status, language
barriers, geographic location (including rural
isolation), and any other populations determined to be
underserved''; and
(B) in paragraph (8), by striking ``assisting
domestic violence or sexual assault victims through the
legal process'' and inserting ``providing assistance
for victims seeking necessary support services as a
consequence of domestic violence or sexual assault'';
and
(4) in section 2004(b)(3), by inserting ``, and the
membership of persons served in any underserved population''
before the semicolon.
SEC. 104. REAUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE ARREST POLICIES.
Section 1001(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)) is amended by striking
paragraph (19) and inserting the following:
``(19) There is authorized to be appropriated from the Violent
Crime Reduction Trust Fund established under section 310001 of the
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14211)
to carry out part U $65,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through
2005.''.
SEC. 105. REAUTHORIZATION OF RURAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD ABUSE
ENFORCEMENT GRANTS.
(a) Reauthorization.--Section 40295(c) of the Violence Against
Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13971(c)) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
``(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated
from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund established under
section 310001 to carry out this section $40,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2001 through 2005.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Allotment for indian tribes.--Not less than 5 percent
of the total amount made available to carry out this section
for each fiscal year shall be available for grants to Indian
tribal governments.''.
SEC. 106. NATIONAL STALKER AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REDUCTION.
(a) Reauthorization.--Section 40603 of the Violence Against Women
Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14032) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 40603. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
``There is authorized to be appropriated from the Violent Crime
Reduction Trust Fund established under section 310001 to carry out this
subtitle $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2005.''.
(b) Technical Amendment.--Section 40602(a) of the Violence Against
Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14031 note) is amended by inserting ``and
implement'' after ``improve''.
SEC. 107. AMENDMENTS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND STALKING OFFENSES.
(a) Interstate Domestic Violence.--Section 2261 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the
following:
``(a) Offenses.--
``(1) Travel or conduct of offender.--A person who travels
in interstate or foreign commerce or enters or leaves Indian
country with the intent to kill, injure, harass, or intimidate
a spouse or intimate partner, and who, in the course of or as a
result of such travel, commits or attempts to commit a crime of
violence against that spouse or intimate partner, shall be
punished as provided in subsection (b).
``(2) Causing travel of victim.--A person who causes a
spouse or intimate partner to travel in interstate or foreign
commerce or to enter or leave Indian country by force,
coercion, duress, or fraud, and who, in the course of, as a
result of, or to facilitate such conduct or travel, commits or
attempts to commit a crime of violence against that spouse or
intimate partner, shall be punished as provided in subsection
(b).''.
(b) Interstate Stalking.--Section 2261A of title 18, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 2261A. Interstate stalking
``Whoever--
``(1) with the intent to kill, injure, harass, or
intimidate another person, engages within the special maritime
and territorial jurisdiction of the United States in conduct
that places that person in reasonable fear of the death of, or serious
bodily injury (as defined in section 2266) to, that person or a member
of the immediate family (as defined in section 115) of that person; or
``(2) with the intent to kill, injure, harass, or
intimidate another person, travels in interstate or foreign
commerce, or enters or leaves Indian country, and, in the
course of or as a result of such travel, engages in conduct
that places that person in reasonable fear of the death of, or
serious bodily injury (as defined in section 2266) to, that
person or a member of the immediate family (as defined in
section 115) of that person,
shall be punished as provided in section 2261(b).''.
(c) Interstate Violation of Protection Order.--Section 2262 of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (a) and
inserting the following:
``(a) Offenses.--
``(1) Travel or conduct of offender.--A person who travels
in interstate or foreign commerce, or enters or leaves Indian
country, with the intent to engage in conduct that violates the
portion of a protection order that prohibits or provides
protection against violence, threats, or harassment against,
contact or communication with, or physical proximity to,
another person, or that would violate such a portion of a
protection order in the jurisdiction in which the order was
issued, and subsequently engages in such conduct, shall be
punished as provided in subsection (b).
``(2) Causing travel of victim.--A person who causes
another person to travel in interstate or foreign commerce or
to enter or leave Indian country by force, coercion, duress, or
fraud, and in the course of, as a result of, or to facilitate
such conduct or travel engages in conduct that violates the
portion of a protection order that prohibits or provides
protection against violence, threats, or harassment against,
contact or communication with, or physical proximity to,
another person, or that would violate such a portion of a
protection order in the jurisdiction in which the order was
issued, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).''.
(d) Definitions.--Section 2266 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 2266. Definitions
``In this chapter:
``(1) Bodily injury.--The term `bodily injury' means any
act, except one done in self-defense, that results in physical
injury or sexual abuse.
``(2) Enter or leave indian country.--The term `enter or
leave Indian country' includes leaving the jurisdiction of 1
tribal government and entering the jurisdiction of another
tribal government.
``(3) Indian country.--The term `Indian country' has the
meaning stated in section 1151 of this title.
``(4) Protection order.--The term `protection order'
includes any injunction or other order issued for the purpose
of preventing violent or threatening acts or harassment
against, or contact or communication with or physical proximity
to, another person, including any temporary or final order
issued by a civil and criminal court (other than a support or
child custody order issued pursuant to State divorce and child
custody laws) whether obtained by filing an independent action
or as a pendente lite order in another proceeding so long as
any civil order was issued in response to a complaint,
petition, or motion filed by or on behalf of a person seeking
protection.
``(5) Serious bodily injury.--The term `serious bodily
injury' has the meaning stated in section 2119(2).
``(6) Spouse or intimate partner.--The term `spouse or
intimate partner' includes--
``(A) a spouse, a former spouse, a person who
shares a child in common with the abuser, and a person
who cohabits or has cohabited with the abuser as a
spouse; and
``(B) any other person similarly situated to a
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