119 STAT. 2976
PUBLIC LAW 109–162—JAN. 5, 2006 (A) in the matter before paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘State’’ the following: ‘‘, tribal, territorial,’’; (B) in paragraph (1), by— (i) striking ‘‘mandatory arrest or’’; and (ii) striking ‘‘mandatory arrest programs and’’; (C) in paragraph (2), by— (i) inserting after ‘‘educational programs,’’ the following: ‘‘protection order registries,’’; (ii) striking ‘‘domestic violence and dating violence’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Policies, educational programs, protection order registries, and training described in this paragraph shall incorporate confidentiality, and privacy protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking’’; (D) in paragraph (3), by— (i) striking ‘‘domestic violence cases’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases’’; and (ii) striking ‘‘groups’’ and inserting ‘‘teams’’; (E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘domestic violence and dating violence’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking’’; (F) in paragraph (6), by— (i) striking ‘‘other’’ and inserting ‘‘civil’’; and (ii) inserting after ‘‘domestic violence’’ the following: ‘‘, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking’’; and (G) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(9) To develop State, tribal, territorial, or local policies, procedures, and protocols for preventing dual arrests and prosecutions in cases of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and to develop effective methods for identifying the pattern and history of abuse that indicates which party is the actual perpetrator of abuse. ‘‘(10) To plan, develop and establish comprehensive victim service and support centers, such as family justice centers, designed to bring together victim advocates from non-profit, non-governmental victim services organizations, law enforcement officers, prosecutors, probation officers, governmental victim assistants, forensic medical professionals, civil legal attorneys, chaplains, legal advocates, representatives from community-based organizations and other relevant public or private agencies or organizations into one centralized location, in order to improve safety, access to services, and confidentiality for victims and families. Although funds may be used to support the colocation of project partners under this paragraph, funds may not support construction or major renovation expenses or activities that fall outside of the scope of the other statutory purpose areas. ‘‘(11) To develop and implement policies and training for police, prosecutors, probation and parole officers, and the judiciary in recognizing, investigating, and prosecuting instances of sexual assault, with an emphasis on recognizing the threat to the community for repeat crime perpetration by such individuals.
VerDate 14-DEC-2004
07:21 Oct 30, 2006
Jkt 039194
PO 00003
Frm 00444
Fmt 6580
Sfmt 6581
E:\PUBLAW\PUBL003.119
APPS06
PsN: PUBL003
�
