TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

SEC. 40272. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. (a) Definitions.— Section 309(5)(B) of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10408(5)(B)) is amended by inserting “or other supportive services” before “by peers individually or in groups,”. (b) Special Issue Resource Centers.— (1) Grants.— Section 308(a)(2) of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10407(a)(2)) is amended by striking “six” and inserting “seven”. (2) Functions.— Section 308(c) of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10407(c)) is amended— 108 STAT. 1938 (A) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (6) and inserting “, including the issuance and enforcement of protection orders”; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(7) Providing technical assistance and training to State domestic violence coalitions.”. (c) State Domestic Violence Coalitions.— Section 311(a) of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10410(a)) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5); (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated by paragraph (1), the following new paragraph: “(1) working with local domestic violence programs and providers of direct services to encourage appropriate responses to domestic violence within the State, including— “(A) training and technical assistance for local programs and professionals working with victims of domestic violence; “(B) planning and conducting State needs assessments and planning for comprehensive services; “(C) serving as an information clearinghouse and resource center for the State; and “(D) collaborating with other governmental systems which affect battered women;”; (3) in paragraph (2)(K), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by striking “and court officials and other professionals” and inserting “, judges, court officers and other criminal justice professionals,”; (4) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by paragraph (1)— (A) by inserting “, criminal court judges,” after “family law judges,” each place it appears; (B) in subparagraph (F), by inserting “custody” after “temporary”; and (C) in subparagraph (H), by striking “supervised visitations that do not endanger victims and their children,” and inserting “supervised visitations or denial of visitation to protect against danger to victims or their children”; and (5) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by inserting “, including information aimed at under served racial, ethnic or language-minority populations” before the semicolon.