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[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
[Document affected by Public Law 106-386 Section 1404]
[CITE: 42USC13961]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 136--VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
 
                 SUBCHAPTER III--VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
 
                      Part B--Safe Homes for Women
 
                      subpart 2--data and research
 
Sec. 13961. Research agenda


(a) Request for contract

    The Attorney General shall request the National Academy of Sciences, 
through its National Research Council, to enter into a contract to 
develop a research agenda to increase the understanding and control of 
violence against women, including rape and domestic violence. In 
furtherance of the contract, the National Academy shall convene a panel 
of nationally recognized experts on violence against women, in the 
fields of law, medicine, criminal justice, and direct services to 
victims and experts on domestic violence in diverse, ethnic, social, and 
language minority communities and the social sciences. In setting the 
agenda, the Academy shall focus primarily on preventive, educative, 
social, and legal strategies, including addressing the needs of 
underserved populations.

(b) Declination of request

    If the National Academy of Sciences declines to conduct the study 
and develop a research agenda, it shall recommend a nonprofit private 
entity that is qualified to conduct such a study. In that case, the 
Attorney General shall carry out subsection (a) of this section through 
the nonprofit private entity recommended by the Academy. In either case, 
whether the study is conducted by the National Academy of Sciences or by 
the nonprofit group it recommends, the funds for the contract shall be 
made available from sums appropriated for the conduct of research by the 
National Institute of Justice.

(c) Report

    The Attorney General shall ensure that no later than 1 year after 
September 13, 1994, the study required under subsection (a) of this 
section is completed and a report describing the findings made is 
submitted to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.

(Pub. L. 103-322, title IV, Sec. 40291, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1939.)
