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PUBLIC LAW 103-322—SEPT. 13, 1994 108 STAT. 1935 CHAPTER 5—YOUTH EDUCATION SEC. 40251. YOUTH EDUCATION AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10401 et seq.), as amended by section 40211, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: " SEC. 317. YOUTH EDUCATION AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 42 USC 10417. "(a) GENERAL PURPOSE. — For purposes of this section, the Secretary may, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, select, implement and evaluate 4 model programs for education of young people about domestic violence and violence among intimate partners. "(b) NATURE OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall select, implement and evaluate separate model programs for 4 different audiences: primary schools, middle schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education. The model programs shall be selected, implemented, and evaluated in consultation with educational experts, legal and psychological experts on battering, and victim advocate organizations such as battered women's shelters. State coalitions and resource centers. "(c) REVIEW AND DISSEMINATION.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall transmit the design and evaluation of the model programs, along with a plan and cost estimate for nationwide distribution, to the relevant committees of Congress for review. "(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRL^TIONS. —There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $400,000 for fiscal year 1996.". CHAPTER 6—COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SEC. 40261. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ON DOMES- TIC VIOLENCE. The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10401 et seq.), as amended by section 40251, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "SEC. 318. DEMONSTRATION GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY INITIATIVES. 42 USC 10418. "(a) IN GENERAL. — The Secretary shall provide grants to nonprofit private organizations to establish projects in local communities involving many sectors of each community to coordinate intervention and prevention of domestic violence. "(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant under this section, an entity— "(1) shall be a nonprofit organization organized for the purpose of coordinating community projects for the intervention in and prevention of domestic violence; and "(2) shall include representatives of pertinent sectors of the local community, which may include— "(A) health care providers; "(B) the education community; "(C) the religious community; "(D) the justice system; "(E) domestic violence program advocates;