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[120 STAT. 751]
PUBLIC LAW 109-000—MMMM. DD, 2006
[120 STAT. 751]

PUBLIC LAW 109–271—AUG. 12, 2006

120 STAT. 751

(3) CULTURAL SERVICES.—Section 121 of the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS.—In this section the definitions and grant conditions in section 40002 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 shall apply.’’. (d) CORRECT DEFINITION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.—Section 40002(a)(23) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, as added by section 3 of the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162), is amended by striking ‘‘prescribed’’ and inserting ‘‘proscribed’’. (e) TRIBAL DEFINITIONS.—Section 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, as added by section 3 of the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162), is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Alaskan’’ and inserting ‘‘Alaska Native’’; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (31) through (36) as paragraphs (32) through (37), respectively; and (3) by adding after paragraph (30) the following: ‘‘(31) TRIBAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘tribal nonprofit organization’ means— ‘‘(A) a victim services provider that has as its primary purpose to assist Native victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and ‘‘(B) staff and leadership of the organization must include persons with a demonstrated history of assisting American Indian or Alaska Native victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.’’. (f) CLARIFY MATCHING PROVISION IN THE UNIVERSAL GRANT CONDITION.—Section 40002(b) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, as added by section 3 of the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162), is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: ‘‘(1) MATCH.—No matching funds shall be required for any grant or subgrant made under this Act for— ‘‘(A) any tribe, territory, or victim service provider; or ‘‘(B) any other entity, including a State, that— ‘‘(i) petitions for a waiver of any match condition imposed by the Attorney General or the Secretaries of Health and Human Services or Housing and Urban Development; and ‘‘(ii) whose petition for waiver is determined by the Attorney General or the Secretaries of Health and Human Services or Housing and Urban Development to have adequately demonstrated the financial need of the petitioning entity.’’.

42 USC 14045a.

42 USC 13925.

42 USC 13925.

42 USC 13925.

SEC. 2. TITLE I—LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOLS.

(a) DUPLICATE PROVISION.—Title I of the Violence Against Women Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) is amended by striking section 108.

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