Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 108 Part 3.djvu/159

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-, l- 'tj/" . PUBLIC LAW 103-322—SEPT. 13, 1994 108 STAT. 1911 women, including the crimes of sexual assault and domestic violence; "(2) developing, training, or expanding units of law enforcement officers and prosecutors specifically targeting violent crimes against women, including the crimes of sexual assault and domestic violence; "(3) developing and implementing more effective police and prosecution policies, protocols, orders, and services specifically devoted to preventing, identifying, and responding to violent crimes against women, including the crimes of sexual assault and domestic violence; "(4) developing, installing, or expanding data collection and communication systems, including computerized systems, linking police, prosecutors, and courts or for the purpose of identify- ing and tracking arrests, protection orders, violations of protection orders, prosecutions, and convictions for violent crimes against women, including the crimes of sexual assault and domestic violence; "(5) developing, enlarging, or strengthening victim services programs, including sexual assault and domestic violence programs, developing or improving delivery of victim services to racial, cultural, ethnic, and language minorities, providing specialized domestic violence court advocates in courts where a significant number of protection orders are grsinted, and increasing reporting and reducing attrition rates for cases involving violent crimes against women, including crimes of sexual assault and domestic violence; "(6) developing, enlarging, or strengthening programs addressing stsdlang; and "(7) developing, enlarging, or strengthening programs addressing the needs and circumstsinces of Indian tribes in dealing with violent crimes against women, including the crimes of sexual assault and domestic violence. "SEC. 2002. STATE GRANTS. 42 USC "(a) GENERAL GRANTS.—The Attorney General may make ^'^^^^^~^ - grants to States, for use by States, units of local government, nonprofit nongovernmental victim services programs, and Indian tribal governments for the purposes described in section 2001(b). "(b) AMOUNTS.—Of the amounts appropriated for the purposes of this part— "(1) 4 percent shall be available for grants to Indian tribal governments; "(2) $500,000 shall be available for grants to applicants in each State; and "(3) the remaining funds shall be available for grants to applicants in each State in an amount that bears the same ratio to the sunount of remaining funds as the population of the State bears to the population of all of the States that results from a distribution among the States on the basis of each State's population in relation to the population of all States (not including populations of Indian tribes). "(c) QUALIFICATION.— Upon satisfying the terms of subsection (d), any State shall be qualified for funds provided under this part upon certification that— "(1) the funds shall be used for any of the purposes described in section 2001(b);