LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE.

SEC. 205. LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE. Section 1201 of the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–6) is amended—(1) in subsection (a), by inserting “dating violence,” after “domestic violence,”;(2) in subsection (b)—(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as paragraphs (2) through (4), respectively;(B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated by subparagraph (A), the following:“(1) Dating violence.—The term ‘dating violence’ means violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim. The existence of such a relationship shall be determined based on a consideration of—“(A) the length of the relationship;“(B) the type of relationship; and“(C) the frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship.”; and(C) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by subparagraph (A), by inserting “dating violence,” after “domestic violence,”;(3) in subsection (c)—(A) in paragraph (1)—(i) by inserting “, dating violence,” after “between domestic violence”; and118 STAT. 2272(ii) by inserting “dating violence,” after “victims of domestic violence,”;(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting “dating violence,” after “domestic violence,”; and(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting “dating violence,” after “domestic violence,”;(4) in subsection (d)—(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting “, dating violence,” after “domestic violence”;(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting “, dating violence,” after “domestic violence”;(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting “, dating violence,” after “domestic violence”; and(D) in paragraph (4), by inserting “dating violence,” after “domestic violence,”;(5) in subsection (e), by inserting “dating violence,” after “domestic violence,”; and(6) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by inserting “dating violence,” after “domestic violence,”.