PUBLIC LAW 109–271—AUG. 12, 2006
120 STAT. 753
(j) ALTER COMPLIANCE TIME FOR FORENSIC EXAM CERTIFICATION.—Section 2010(d) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–4(d)) as added by section 101 of the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005, is amended by— (1) striking ‘‘Nothing’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— ’’; and (2) inserting at the end the following: ‘‘(2) COMPLIANCE PERIOD.—States, territories, and Indian tribal governments shall have 3 years from the date of enactment of the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 to come into compliance with this subsection.’’. (k) CORRECT UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS GRANT PROGRAM.— Section 121 of the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting at the end the following: ‘‘The requirements of the grant programs identified in paragraph (2) shall not apply to this new grant program.’’; and (2) in subsection (b)(2) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘, including— ‘‘(A) working with State and local governments and social service agencies to develop and enhance effective strategies to provide culturally and linguistically specific services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; ‘‘(B) increasing communities’ capacity to provide culturally and linguistically specific resources and support for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking crimes and their families; ‘‘(C) strengthening criminal justice interventions, by providing training for law enforcement, prosecution, courts, probation, and correctional facilities on culturally and linguistically specific responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; ‘‘(D) enhancing traditional services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through the leadership of culturally and linguistically specific programs offering services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; ‘‘(E) working in cooperation with the community to develop education and prevention strategies highlighting culturally and linguistically specific issues and resources regarding victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; ‘‘(F) providing culturally and linguistically specific programs for children exposed to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; ‘‘(G) providing culturally and linguistically specific resources and services that address the safety, economic, housing, and workplace needs of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including emergency assistance; or
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