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H.R. 3402 (109th)

Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005

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Introduced

22 July 2005

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Became Public Law No: 109-162.

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Summary

Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 through 2009 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2006-FY2009 to carry out the activities of the Department of Justice. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to merge the Byrne grant program and the local law enforcement block grant program into an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program. Amends the USA PATRIOT Act to provide for the establishment of a secure telecommunications system for regional information sharing between federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. Establishes within the Office of Justice Programs: (1) an Office of Weed and Seed Strategies; (2) an Office of Audit, Assessment, and Management; (3) a Community Capacity Development Office; and (4) an Office of Applied Law Enforcement Technology. Requires the Attorney General to: (1) designate a senior Department official to assume primary responsibility for privacy policy; and (2) report annually to Congress on the status of U.S. persons or residents detained on suspicion of terrorism. Increases penalties for sexual abuse of a ward and abusive sexual contact in correctional facilities. Extends for one year a prison rape commission. Authorizes the Attorney General to use the services of the nonprofit Center for Criminal Justice Technology. Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2005 - Reauthorizes and expands the Violence Against Women Act of 1994. Sets forth provisions: (1) authorizing grants to improve court responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; (2) directing the Attorney General to establish a task force to review privacy and confidentiality issues, including developing a best practices model to prevent the release of personally identifying victim information; (3) authorizing grants for services and training to enhance community response where there is both child maltreatment and domestic violence, for programs to serve teenage youth, and to combat violent crime on college campuses; (4) authorizing grants to mitigate the effects of domestic violence on children and to reduce future victimization; and (5) authorizing grants to middle schools and high schools to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking and their impact on students. Directs the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of State to promulgate regulations to implement the Battered Immigrant Women Protection Act of 2000. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the treatment of the spouse and children of victims of trafficking. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) conduct a national study to examine violence against Indian women; and (2) establish the Safety for Indian Women Formula Grants program.

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