PUBLIC LAW 109–162—JAN. 5, 2006
119 STAT. 3053
‘‘(A) providing training to promote a better understanding of workplace assistance to victims of domestic or sexual violence; ‘‘(B) providing conferences and other educational opportunities; and ‘‘(C) developing protocols and model workplace policies. ‘‘(d) LIABILITY.—The compliance or noncompliance of any employer or labor organization with any protocol or policy developed by an entity or organization under this section shall not serve as a basis for liability in tort, express or implied contract, or by any other means. No protocol or policy developed by an entity or organization under this section shall be referenced or enforced as a workplace safety standard by any Federal, State, or other governmental agency. ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011. ‘‘(f) AVAILABILITY OF GRANT FUNDS.—Funds appropriated under this section shall remain available until expended.’’.
TITLE VIII—PROTECTION OF BATTERED AND TRAFFICKED IMMIGRANTS Subtitle A—Victims of Crime SEC. 801. TREATMENT OF SPOUSE AND CHILDREN OF VICTIMS.
(a) TREATMENT OF SPOUSE AND CHILDREN OF VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING.—Section 101(a)(15)(T) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(T)) is amended— (1) in clause (i)— (A) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security, or in the case of subclause (III)(aa) the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General jointly;’’; (B) in subclause (III)(aa)— (i) by inserting ‘‘Federal, State, or local’’ before ‘‘investigation’’; and (ii) by striking ‘‘, or’’ and inserting ‘‘or the investigation of crime where acts of trafficking are at least one central reason for the commission of that crime; or’’; and (C) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; (2) by amending clause (ii) to read as follows: ‘‘(ii) if accompanying, or following to join, the alien described in clause (i)— ‘‘(I) in the case of an alien described in clause (i) who is under 21 years of age, the spouse, children, unmarried siblings under 18 years of age on the date on which such alien applied for status under such clause, and parents of such alien; or ‘‘(II) in the case of an alien described in clause (i) who is 21 years of age or older, the spouse and children of such alien; and’’; and (3) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:
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