EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR JUDGES AND COURT PERSONNEL.

SEC. 1406. EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR JUDGES AND COURT PERSONNEL. (a) Grants for Education and Training for Judges and Court Personnel in State Courts.— (1) Section 40412.—Section 40412 of the Equal Justice for Women in the Courts Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13992) is amended— (A) by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (18); (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (19) and inserting a semicolon; and (C) by inserting after paragraph (19) the following: “(20) the issues raised by domestic violence in determining custody and visitation, including how to protect the safety of the child and of a parent who is not a predominant aggressor of domestic violence, the legitimate reasons parents may report domestic violence, the ways domestic violence may relate to an abuser’s desire to seek custody, and evaluating expert testimony in custody and visitation determinations involving domestic violence; “(21) the issues raised by child sexual assault in determining custody and visitation, including how to protect the 114 STAT. 1516safety of the child, the legitimate reasons parents may report child sexual assault, and evaluating expert testimony in custody and visitation determinations involving child sexual assault, including the current scientifically-accepted and empirically valid research on child sexual assault; “(22) the extent to which addressing domestic violence and victim safety contributes to the efficient administration of justice;”. (2) Section 40414.—Section 40414(a) of the Equal Justice for Women in the Courts Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13994(a)) is amended by inserting “and $1,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005” after “1996”. (b) Grants for Education and Training for Judges and Court Personnel in Federal Courts.— (1) Section 40421.—Section 40421(d) of the Equal Justice for Women in the Courts Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14001(d)) is amended to read as follows: “(d) Continuing Education and Training Programs.—The Federal Judicial Center, in carrying out section 620(b)(3) of title 28, United States Code, shall include in the educational programs it prepares, including the training programs for newly appointed judges, information on the aspects of the topics listed in section 40412 that pertain to issues within the jurisdiction of the Federal courts, and shall prepare materials necessary to implement this subsection.”. (2) Section 40422.—Section 40422(2) of the Equal Justice for Women in the Courts Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14002(2)) is amended by inserting “and $500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005” after “1996”. (c) Technical Amendments to the Equal Justice for Women in the Courts Act of 1994.— (1) Ensuring collaboration with domestic violence and sexual assault programs.—Section 40413 of the Equal Justice for Women in the Courts Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13993) is amended by adding “, including national, State, tribal, and local domestic violence and sexual assault programs and coalitions” after “victim advocates”. (2) Participation of tribal courts in state training and education programs.—Section 40411 of the Equal Justice for Women in the Courts Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13991) is amended by adding at the end the following: “Nothing shall preclude the attendance of tribal judges and court personnel at programs funded under this section for States to train judges and court personnel on the laws of the States,”. (3) Use of funds for dissemination of model pro grams.—Section 40414 of the Equal Justice for Women in the Courts Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C, 13994) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(c) State Justice Institute.—The State Justice Institute may use up to 5 percent of the funds appropriated under this section for annually compiling and broadly disseminating (including through electronic publication) information about the use of funds and about the projects funded under this section, including any evaluations of the projects and information to enable the replication and adoption of the projects.”. (d) Dating Violence.— 114 STAT. 1517 (1) SECTION 40411.—Section 40411 of the Equal Justice for Women in Courts Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C 13991) is amended by inserting “dating violence,” after “domestic violence,”. (2) Section 40412.—Section 40412 of such Act (42 U.S.C 13992) is amended— (A) in paragraph (10), by inserting “and dating violence (as defined in section 2003 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3996gg—2))” before the semicolon; (B) in paragraph (11), by inserting “and dating violence” after “domestic violence”; (C) in paragraph (13), by inserting “and dating violence” after “domestic violence” in both places that it appears; (D) in paragraph (17), by inserting “or dating violence” after “domestic violence” in both places that it appears; and (E) in paragraph (18), by inserting “and dating violence” after “domestic violence”.