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103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).

(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.-The term "eligible entity" means a State or a local government.

(3) STATE. The term "State" means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and any other territory or possession of the United States.

(4) VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING.-The term "victim of trafficking" means a person subjected to an act of trafficking. (b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General may award grants to eligible entities to provide training to State and local law enforcement personnel to identify and protect victims of trafficking.

(c) USE OF FUNDS.-A grant awarded under this section shall be used to

(1) train law enforcement personnel to identify and protect victims of trafficking, including training such personnel to utilize Federal, State, or local resources to assist victims of trafficking;

(2) train law enforcement or State or local prosecutors to identify, investigate, or prosecute acts of trafficking; or

(3) train law enforcement or State or local prosecutors to utilize laws that prohibit acts of trafficking and to assist in the development of State and local laws to prohibit acts of trafficking.

(d) RESTRICTIONS.—

(1) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.-An eligible entity that receives a grant under this section may use not more than 5 percent of the total amount of such grant for administrative expenses.

(2) NONEXCLUSIVITY. Nothing in this section may be construed to restrict the ability of an eligible entity to apply for or obtain funding from any other source to carry out the training described in subsection (c).

(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011 to carry out the provisions of this section.

SEC. 112. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM.

(a) FINDINGS.-Section 215 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13011) is amended by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:

"(1) Court Appointed Special Advocates, who may serve as guardians ad litem, are trained volunteers appointed by courts to advocate for the best interests of children who are involved in the juvenile and family court system due to abuse or neglect; and

"(2) in 2003, Court Appointed Special Advocate volunteers represented 288,000 children, more than 50 percent of the estimated 540,000 children in foster care because of substantiated cases of child abuse or neglect.".

42 USC 13014.

42 USC 13013a.

(b) IMPLEMENTATION DATE.-Section 216 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13012) is amended by striking "January 1, 1995" and inserting "January 1, 2010".

(c) CLARIFICATION OF PROGRAM GOALS.-Section 217 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13013) is amended(1) in subsection (a), by striking "to expand" and inserting "to initiate, sustain, and expand";

(2) subsection (b)

(A) in paragraph (1)—

(i) by striking "subsection (a) shall be" and inserting the following: "subsection (a)—

"(A) shall be";

(ii) by striking "(2) may be" and inserting the following:

"(B) may be"; and

(iii) in subparagraph (B) (as redesignated), by striking "to initiate or expand" and inserting "to initiate, sustain, and expand"; and

(B) in the first sentence of paragraph (2)—

(i) by striking “(1)(a)" and inserting "(1)(A)"; and (ii) striking "to initiate and to expand" and inserting "to initiate, sustain, and expand"; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

"(d) BACKGROUND CHECKS.-State and local Court Appointed Special Advocate programs are authorized to request fingerprintbased criminal background checks from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's criminal history database for prospective volunteers. The requesting program is responsible for the reasonable costs associated with the Federal records check.".

(d) REPORT.-Subtitle B of title II of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13011 et seq.) is amended—

(1) by redesignating section 218 as section 219; and

(2) by inserting after section 217 the following new section: "SEC. 218. REPORT.

"(a) REPORT REQUIRED.-Not later than December 31, 2006, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall submit to Congress a report on the types of activities funded by the National Court-Appointed Special Advocate Association and a comparison of outcomes in cases where court-appointed special advocates are involved and cases where court-appointed special advocates are not involved.

"(b) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.-The report submitted under subsection (a) shall include information on the following:

"(1) The types of activities the National Court-Appointed Special Advocate Association has funded since 1993.

"(2) The outcomes in cases where court-appointed special advocates are involved as compared to cases where courtappointed special advocates are not involved, including

"(A) the length of time a child spends in foster care; "(B) the extent to which there is an increased provision of services;

"(C) the percentage of cases permanently closed; and "(D) achievement of the permanent plan for reunification or adoption.".

(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

(1) AUTHORIZATION.-Section 219 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990, as redesignated by subsection (d), is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: "(a) AUTHORIZATION.-There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subtitle $12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011.".

(2) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING.-Section 219 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990, as redesignated by subsection (d) and amended by paragraphs (1) and (2), is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

"(c) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING.-No funds authorized under this subtitle may be used for lobbying activities in contravention of OMB Circular No. A-122.".

SEC. 113. PREVENTING CYBERSTALKING.

(a) IN GENERAL.-Paragraph (1) of section 223(h) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223(h)(1)) is amended

(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking "and" at the end; (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and

(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
(C) in the case of subparagraph (C) of subsection
(a)(1), includes any device or software that can be used
to originate telecommunications or other types of commu-
nications that are transmitted, in whole or in part, by
the Internet (as such term is defined in section 1104 of
the Internet Tax Freedom Act (47 U.S.C. 151 note)).".

42 USC 13014.

(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.-This section and the amendment 47 USC 223 note. made by this section may not be construed to affect the meaning given the term "telecommunications device" in section 223(h)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as in effect before the date

of the enactment of this section.

SEC. 114. CRIMINAL PROVISION RELATING TO STALKING.

(a) INTERSTATE STALKING.-Section 2261A of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

"§ 2261A. Stalking

"Whoever

"(1) travels in interstate or foreign commerce or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, or enters or leaves Indian country, with the intent to kill, injure, harass, or place under surveillance with intent to kill, injure, harass, or intimidate another person, and in the course of, or as a result of, such travel places that person in reasonable fear of the death of, or serious bodily injury to, or causes substantial emotional distress to that person, a member of the immediate family (as defined in section 115) of that person, or the spouse or intimate partner of that person;

or

"(2) with the intent

“(A) to kill, injure, harass, or place under surveillance with intent to kill, injure, harass, or intimidate, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person in another State or tribal jurisdiction or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States; or

"(B) to place a person in another State or tribal jurisdiction, or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, in reasonable fear of the death of, or serious bodily injury to

"(i) that person;

“(ii) a member of the immediate family (as defined in section 115 of that person; or

"(iii) a spouse or intimate partner of that person; uses the mail, any interactive computer service, or any facility of interstate or foreign commerce to engage in a course of conduct that causes substantial emotional distress to that person or places that person in reasonable fear of the death of, or serious bodily injury to, any of the persons described in clauses (i) through (iii) of subparagraph (B);

shall be punished as provided in section 2261(b) of this title.". (b) ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR STALKING.-Section 2261(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

"(6) Whoever commits the crime of stalking in violation of a temporary or permanent civil or criminal injunction, restraining order, no-contact order, or other order described in section 2266 of title 18, United States Code, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 1 year.".

SEC. 115. REPEAT OFFENDER PROVISION.

Chapter 110A of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 2265 the following:

"§ 2265A. Repeat offenders

"(a) MAXIMUM TERM OF IMPRISONMENT.-The maximum term of imprisonment for a violation of this chapter after a prior domestic violence or stalking offense shall be twice the term otherwise provided under this chapter.

"(b) DEFINITION. For purposes of this section

"(1) the term 'prior domestic violence or stalking offense' means a conviction for an offense—

or

"(A) under section 2261, 2261A, or 2262 of this chapter;

"(B) under State law for an offense consisting of conduct that would have been an offense under a section referred to in subparagraph (A) if the conduct had occurred within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, or in interstate or foreign commerce; and

"(2) the term 'State' means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.".

SEC. 116. PROHIBITING DATING VIOLENCE.

(a) IN GENERAL.-Section 2261(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended

(1) in paragraph (1), striking "or intimate partner" and inserting", intimate partner, or dating partner”; and

(2) in paragraph (2), striking "or intimate partner" and inserting ", intimate partner, or dating partner”.

(b) DEFINITION.-Section 2266 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(10) DATING PARTNER.-The term 'dating partner' refers to a person who is or has been in a social relationship of

a romantic or intimate nature with the abuser and the existence of such a relationship based on a consideration of—

"(A) the length of the relationship; and

"(B) the type of relationship; and

"(C) the frequency of interaction between the persons
involved in the relationship.".

SEC. 117. PROHIBITING VIOLENCE IN SPECIAL MARITIME AND TERRI-
TORIAL JURISDICTION.

(a) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.-Section 2261(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after "Indian country" the following: "or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States".

(b) PROTECTION ORDER.-Section 2262(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after "Indian country" the following: "or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States".

SEC. 118. UPDATING PROTECTION ORDER DEFINITION.

Section 534 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (e)(3)(B) and inserting the following:

"(B) the term 'protection order' includes—

"(i) any injunction, restraining order, or any other order issued by a civil or criminal court for the purpose of preventing violent or threatening acts or harassment against, sexual violence or contact or communication with or physical proximity to, another person, including any temporary or final orders issued by civil or criminal courts whether obtained by filing an independent action or as a pendente lite order in another proceeding so long as any civil order was issued in response to a complaint, petition, or motion filed by or on behalf of a person seeking protection; and

"(ii) any support, child custody or visitation provisions, orders, remedies, or relief issued as part of a protection order, restraining order, or stay away injunction pursuant to State, tribal, territorial, or local law authorizing the issuance of protection orders, restraining orders, or injunctions for the protection of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.".

SEC. 119. GAO STUDY AND REPORT.

(a) STUDY REQUIRED.-The Comptroller General shall conduct a study to establish the extent to which men, women, youth, and children are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking and the availability to all victims of shelter, counseling, legal representation, and other services commonly provided to victims of domestic violence.

(b) ACTIVITIES UNDER STUDY.-In conducting the study, the Applicability. following shall apply:

(1) CRIME STATISTICS.-The Comptroller General shall not rely only on crime statistics, but may also use existing research available, including public health studies and academic studies.

(2) SURVEY.-The Comptroller General shall survey the Department of Justice, as well as any recipients of Federal

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