94 STAT. 1604
PUBLIC LAW 96-398—OCT. 7, 1980 GRANTS FOR SERVICES FOR RAPE VICTIMS
42 USC 9512.
Amount, limitation.
Grant review panel, establishment.
Appropriation authorization.
Funding limits.
Information disclosure.
SEC. 602. (a) The Secretary may make grants to any public or nonprofit private entity to assist in meeting the cost of— (1) providing counseling and followup counseling for rape victims and the immediate family of rape victims; (2) providing assistance in securing mental health, social, medical, and legal services for rape victims; and (3) demonstration projects to develop and implement methods of preventing rape and assisting rape victims. G))(l) No grant may be made under subsection (a) unless an application therefor is submitted to and approved by the Secretary. The application shall be submitted in such form and manner and contain such assurances as the Secretary may require that the applicant will comply with the requirements of subsection (e) and such other information as the Secretary may prescribe. (2) The amount of any grant under this section shall be determined by the Secretary, except that the amount may not exceed 90 per centum of the cost of the project (as determined by the Secretary) with respect to which the grant is made. (c)(1) In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall coordinate with other activities related to rape carried out by the Secretary and the heads of other Federal departments and agencies. (2) The Secretary shall establish a grant review panel to make recommendations to the Secretary with respect to the approval of applications for grants under subsection (a). The Secretary shall appoint individufids to the panel who are or have been engaged in the provision of services to rape victims. (d)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated for grants under subsection (a) $6,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, $9,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, $12,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and $12,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984. (2) The Secretary may in a fiscal year obligate not more than 7.5 percent of the funds appropriated for that fiscal year under paragraph (1) to provide, upon request, technical assistance in the development and submission of applications for a grant under subsection (a). Such assistance shall be provided only to those entities which the Secretary determines do not possess the resources or expertise necessary to develop and submit such an application. (e) No officer or employee of the Federal Government or of any recipient of a grant under subsection (a) may use or disclose any personally identifiable information obtained, in carrying out an activity assisted by such grant, by the recipient (or an officer or employee of the recipient) from a rape victim or a rape victim's immediate family unless such use or disclosure is necessary to carry out the activity or is made with the consent of the person who supplied the information. Such information shall be immune from legal process and may not, without the consent of the person furnishing the information, be admitted as evidence or otherwise used in any civil or criminal action or other judicial or administrative proceeding.
�
