TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALKING.

SEC. 602. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR STALKING. (a) In General.—Section 40299 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13975) is amended—(1) in subsection (a)—(A) by inserting “the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Department of Health and Human Services,” after “Department of Justice,”; 119 STAT. 3039(B) by inserting “, including domestic violence and sexual assault victim service providers, domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions, other nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations, or community-based and culturally specific organizations, that have a documented history of effective work concerning domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking” after “other organizations”; and (C) in paragraph (1), by inserting “, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking” after “domestic violence”; (2) in subsection (b)—(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; (B) in paragraph (3), as redesignated, by inserting “, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking” after “violence”; (C) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated, the following: “(1) transitional housing, including funding for the operating expenses of newly developed or existing transitional housing.”; and (D) in paragraph (3)(B) as redesignated, by inserting “Participation in the support services shall be voluntary. Receipt of the benefits of the housing assistance described in paragraph (2) shall not be conditioned upon the participation of the youth, adults, or their dependents in any or all of the support services offered them.” after “assistance.”; (3) in paragraph (1) of subsection (c), by striking “18 months” and inserting “24 months”; (4) in subsection (d)(2)—(A) by striking “and” at the end of subparagraph (A); (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following: “(B) provide assurances that any supportive services offered to participants in programs developed under subsection (b)(3) are voluntary and that refusal to receive such services shall not be grounds for termination from the program or eviction from the victim’s housing; and”; (5) in subsection (e)(2)—(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting “purpose and” before “amount”; (B) in clause (ii) of subparagraph (C), by striking “and”; (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and (D) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(E) the client population served and the number of individuals requesting services that the transitional housing program is unable to serve as a result of a lack of resources.”; and (6) in subsection (g)—(A) in paragraph (1), by striking “$30,000,000” and inserting “$40,000,000”; (B) in paragraph (1), by striking “2004” and inserting “2007”; 119 STAT. 3040(C) in paragraph (1), by striking “2008” and inserting “2011”; (D) in paragraph (2), by striking “not more than 3 percent” and inserting “up to 5 percent”; (E) in paragraph (2), by inserting “evaluation, monitoring, technical assistance,” before “salaries”; and (F) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: “(C) Underserved populations.—“(i) A minimum of 7 percent of the total amount appropriated in any fiscal year shall be allocated to tribal organizations serving adult and youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and their dependents. “(ii) Priority shall be given to projects developed under subsection (b) that primarily serve underserved populations.”.