The purpose of this section is to enable the Attorney General to award grants to increase the availability of civil and criminal legal assistance necessary to provide effective aid to adult and youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual assault who are seeking relief in legal matters relating to or arising out of that abuse or violence, at minimal or no cost to the victims. Criminal legal assistance provided for under this section shall be limited to criminal matters relating to or arising out of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.
In this section, the definitions and grant conditions provided in section 12291 of this title shall apply.
The Attorney General may evaluate the grants funded under this section through contracts or other arrangements with entities expert on domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault, and on evaluation research.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $57,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.
Of the amount made available under this subsection in each fiscal year, not less than 3 percent shall be used for grants for programs that assist adult and youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault on lands within the jurisdiction of an Indian tribe.
Not less than 7 percent of the total amount available under this section for each fiscal year shall be available for grants under the program authorized by section 10452 of this title.
The requirements of this section shall not apply to funds allocated for the program described in clause (i).
Of the amount made available under this subsection in each fiscal year, not less than 25 percent shall be used for direct services, training, and technical assistance to support projects focused solely or primarily on providing legal assistance to victims of sexual assault.
Amounts made available under this section shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and local funds expended to further the purpose of this section.
The reference to “part” in subsec. (f)(2)(B)(ii) heading, appearing in the original, is unidentifiable because title II of div. B of Pub. L. 106–386 does not contain parts.
Section was formerly classified to section 3796gg–6 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Some section numbers or references in amendment notes below reflect the classification of such sections or references prior to editorial reclassification.
2013—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–4, § 103(1), substituted “relating to or arising out of” for “arising as a consequence of” and inserted “or arising out of” after “criminal matters relating to”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 113–4, § 103(2), inserted “and grant conditions” after “Definitions” in heading and after “definitions” in text.
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 113–4, § 103(3)(A), which directed the substitution of “victim service providers” for “victims services organizations”, was executed by making the substitution for “victim services organizations” to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 113–4, § 103(3)(B), added par. (3) and struck out former par. (3) which read as follows: “to provide training, technical assistance, and data collection to improve the capacity of grantees and other entities to offer legal assistance to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault.”
Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 113–4, § 103(4)(A), which directed substitution of “this section—” and subpars. (A) and (B) for “this section has completed or will complete training in connection with domestic violence, dating violence, or sexual assault and related legal issues;”, was executed by making the substitution for “has completed or will complete training in connection with domestic violence, dating violence, or sexual assault and related legal issues;” to reflect the probable intent of Congress because “this section” did not appear in text prior to the amendment.
Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 113–4, § 103(4)(B), substituted “stalking victim service provider” for “stalking organization”.
Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 113–4, § 103(5), substituted “this section $57,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.” for “this section $65,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011.”
2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–162, § 103(1), inserted “civil and criminal” after “availability of”, “adult and youth” after “effective aid to”, and “Criminal legal assistance provided for under this section shall be limited to criminal matters relating to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.” at end.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–162, § 103(2), reenacted subsec. heading without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text defined for purposes of this section the terms “dating violence”, “domestic violence”, “legal assistance”, and “sexual assault”.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109–162, § 103(3), inserted “and tribal organizations, territorial organizations” after “Indian tribal governments” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 109–162, § 103(4), added par. (2) and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: “any training program conducted in satisfaction of the requirement of paragraph (1) has been or will be developed with input from and in collaboration with a State, local, or tribal domestic violence, dating violence, or sexual assault program or coalition, as well as appropriate State and local law enforcement officials;”.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 109–162, § 103(5), which directed amendment identical to that made by Pub. L. 108–405, § 205(5), was not executed. See 2004 Amendment note below.
Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 109–162, § 103(6)(A), added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1). Former text read as follows: “There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2005.”
Subsec. (f)(2)(A). Pub. L. 109–271, § 7(d)(1)(A)(i), substituted “3 percent” for “10 percent”.
Pub. L. 109–162, § 103(6)(B), substituted “10 percent” for “5 percent” and inserted “adult and youth” after “that assist”.
Subsec. (f)(2)(B), (C). Pub. L. 109–271, § 7(d)(1)(A)(ii), (iii), added subpar. (B) and redesignated former subpar. (B) as (C).
Subsec. (f)(4). Pub. L. 109–271, § 7(d)(1)(B), struck out par. (4) which read as follows: “Not less than 10 percent of the total amount available under this section for each fiscal year shall be available for grants under the program authorized in section 3796gg–10 of this title. The requirements of this paragraph shall not apply to funds allocated for such program.”
Pub. L. 109–162, § 906(f), formerly § 906(g), as renumbered by Pub. L. 109–271, § 7(b)(2)(B), added par. (4).
2004—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–405, § 205(1), inserted “dating violence,” after “domestic violence,”.
Subsec. (b)(1) to (4). Pub. L. 108–405, § 205(2), added par. (1), redesignated former pars. (1) to (3) as (2) to (4), respectively, and inserted “dating violence,” after “domestic violence,” in par. (3).
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 108–405, § 205(3)(A), inserted “, dating violence,” after “between domestic violence” and “dating violence,” after “victims of domestic violence,”.
Subsec. (c)(2), (3). Pub. L. 108–405, § 205(3)(B), (C), inserted “dating violence,” after “domestic violence,”.
Subsec. (d)(1) to (3). Pub. L. 108–405, § 205(4)(A)–(C), inserted “, dating violence,” after “domestic violence”.
Subsec. (d)(4). Pub. L. 108–405, § 205(4)(D), inserted “dating violence,” after “domestic violence,”.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 108–405, § 205(5), inserted “dating violence,” after “domestic violence,”.
Subsec. (f)(2)(A). Pub. L. 108–405, § 205(6), inserted “dating violence,” after “domestic violence,”.
Amendment by Pub. L. 113–4 not effective until the beginning of the fiscal year following
Amendment by Pub. L. 109–162 not effective until the beginning of fiscal year 2007, see section 4 of Pub. L. 109–162, set out as a note under section 10261 of this title.