Grants

The purpose of this subchapter is to assist States, Indian Tribal governments, State and local courts (including juvenile courts), Tribal courts, and units of local government to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking as serious violations of criminal law, and to seek safety and autonomy for victims. The Attorney General may make grants to eligible grantees for the following purposes: To develop multidisciplinary high-risk teams focusing on reducing domestic violence and dating violence homicides by— To develop and implement alternative methods of reducing crime in communities, to supplant punitive programs or policies. For purposes of this paragraph, a punitive program or policy is a program or policy that— Eligible grantees are— States, Indian tribal governments 1 State and local courts (including juvenile courts), or units of local government that— except for a court, certify that their laws or official policies— certify that,22 So in original. The comma probably should not appear. their laws, policies, or practices will ensure that— except for a court, not later than 3 years after the date on which an eligible grantee receives the first award under this subchapter after March 15, 2022, certify that the laws, policies, and practices of the State or the jurisdiction in which the eligible grantee is located ensure that prosecutor’s 33 So in original. Probably should be “prosecutors’ ”. offices engage in planning, developing, and implementing— A State or unit of local government shall not be entitled to 5 percent of the funds allocated under this subchapter unless the State or unit of local government— certifies that it has a law, policy, or regulation that requires— gives the Attorney General assurances that its laws and regulations will be in compliance with requirements of paragraph (1) within the later of— Not less than 10 percent of the total amount available under this section for each fiscal year shall be available for grants under the program authorized by section 10452 of this title. The requirements of this subchapter shall not apply to funds allocated for the program described in paragraph (1). Of the amounts appropriated for purposes of this subchapter for each fiscal year, not less than 5 percent shall be available for grants under section 10441 of this title. Of the amounts appropriated for purposes of this subchapter for each fiscal year, not less than 25 percent shall be available for projects that address sexual assault, including stranger rape, acquaintance rape, alcohol or drug-facilitated rape, and rape within the context of an intimate partner relationship.