THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT COURT TRAINING AND IMPROVEMENTS.

SEC. 105. THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT COURT TRAINING AND IMPROVEMENTS. (a) Violence Against Women Act Court Training and Improvements.—The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 1902 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: “Subtitle J—Violence Against Women Act Court Training and Improvements “SEC. 41001. SHORT TITLE. “This subtitle may be cited as the ‘Violence Against Women Act Court Training and Improvements Act of 2005’. “SEC. 41002. PURPOSE. “The purpose of this subtitle is to enable the Attorney General, though the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, to award grants to improve court responses to adult and youth domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking to be used for—“(1) improved internal civil and criminal court functions, responses, practices, and procedures; “(2) education for court-based and court-related personnel on issues relating to victims’ needs, including safety, security, privacy, confidentiality, and economic independence, as well as information about perpetrator behavior and best practices for holding perpetrators accountable; “(3) collaboration and training with Federal, State, tribal, territorial, and local public agencies and officials and nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations to improve implementation and 119 STAT. 2980 enforcement of relevant Federal, State, tribal, territorial, and local law; “(4) enabling courts or court-based or court-related programs to develop new or enhance current—“(A) court infrastructure (such as specialized courts, dockets, intake centers, or interpreter services); “(B) community-based initiatives within the court system (such as court watch programs, victim assistants, or community-based supplementary services); “(C) offender management, monitoring, and accountability programs; “(D) safe and confidential information-storage and -sharing databases within and between court systems; “(E) education and outreach programs to improve community access, including enhanced access for underserved populations; and “(F) other projects likely to improve court responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and “(5) providing technical assistance to Federal, State, tribal, territorial, or local courts wishing to improve their practices and procedures or to develop new programs. “SEC. 41003. GRANT REQUIREMENTS. “Grants awarded under this subtitle shall be subject to the following conditions: “(1) Eligible grantees.—Eligible grantees may include—“(A) Federal, State, tribal, territorial, or local courts or court-based programs; and “(B) national, State, tribal, territorial, or local private, nonprofit organizations with demonstrated expertise in developing and providing judicial education about domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. “(2) Conditions of eligibility.—To be eligible for a grant under this section, applicants shall certify in writing that—“(A) any courts or court-based personnel working directly with or making decisions about adult or youth parties experiencing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking have completed or will complete education about domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; “(B) any education program developed under section 41002 has been or will be developed with significant input from and in collaboration with a national, tribal, State, territorial, or local victim services provider or coalition; and “(C) the grantee’s internal organizational policies, procedures, or rules do not require mediation or counseling between offenders and victims physically together in cases where domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking is an issue. “SEC. 41004. NATIONAL EDUCATION CURRICULA. “(a) In General.—The Attorney General, through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, shall fund efforts to develop a national education curriculum for use by State and national judicial educators to ensure that all courts and court personnel have access to information about relevant Federal, State, 119 STAT. 2981 territorial, or local law, promising practices, procedures, and policies regarding court responses to adult and youth domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. “(b) Eligible Entities.—Any curricula developed under this section—“(1) shall be developed by an entity or entities having demonstrated expertise in developing judicial education curricula on issues relating to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; or “(2) if the primary grantee does not have demonstrated expertise with such issues, shall be developed by the primary grantee in partnership with an organization having such expertise. “SEC. 41005. TRIBAL CURRICULA. “(a) In General.—The Attorney General, through the Office on Violence Against Women, shall fund efforts to develop education curricula for tribal court judges to ensure that all tribal courts have relevant information about promising practices, procedures, policies, and law regarding tribal court responses to adult and youth domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. “(b) Eligible Entities.—Any curricula developed under this section—“(1) shall be developed by a tribal organization having demonstrated expertise in developing judicial education curricula on issues relating to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; or “(2) if the primary grantee does not have such expertise, the curricula shall be developed by the primary grantee through partnership with organizations having such expertise. “SEC. 41006. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. “(a) In General.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subtitle $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 to 2011. “(b) Availability.—Funds appropriated under this section shall remain available until expended and may only be used for the specific programs and activities described in this subtitle. “(c) Set Aside.—Of the amounts made available under this subsection in each fiscal year, not less than 10 percent shall be used for grants for tribal courts, tribal court-related programs, and tribal nonprofits.” .