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                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER 46--JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
 
     SUBCHAPTER XII-H--GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN
 
Sec. 3796gg-2. Definitions

    In this subchapter--
        (1) the term ``domestic violence'' includes felony or 
    misdemeanor crimes of violence committed by a current or former 
    spouse of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a 
    child in common, by a person who is cohabitating with or has 
    cohabitated with the victim as a spouse, by a person similarly 
    situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or family 
    violence laws of the jurisdiction receiving grant monies, or by any 
    other adult person against a victim who is protected from that 
    person's acts under the domestic or family violence laws of the 
    jurisdiction receiving grant monies;
        (2) the term ``Indian country'' has the meaning stated in 
    section 1151 of title 18;
        (3) the term ``Indian tribe'' means a tribe, band, pueblo, 
    nation, or other organized group or community of Indians, including 
    any Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation (as 
    defined in, or established pursuant to, the Alaska Native Claims 
    Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)), that is recognized as 
    eligible for the special programs and services provided by the 
    United States to Indians because of their status as Indians;
        (4) the term ``law enforcement'' means a public agency charged 
    with policing functions, including any of its component bureaus 
    (such as governmental victim services programs);
        (5) the term ``prosecution'' means any public agency charged 
    with direct responsibility for prosecuting criminal offenders, 
    including such agency's component bureaus (such as governmental 
    victim services programs);
        (6) the term ``sexual assault'' means any conduct proscribed by 
    chapter 109A of title 18, whether or not the conduct occurs in the 
    special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States 
    or in a Federal prison and includes both assaults committed by 
    offenders who are strangers to the victim and assaults committed by 
    offenders who are known or related by blood or marriage to the 
    victim;
        (7) the term ``underserved populations'' includes populations 
    underserved because of geographic location (such as rural 
    isolation), underserved racial or ethnic populations, and 
    populations underserved because of special needs, such as language 
    barriers or physical disabilities; and
        (8) the term ``victim services'' means a nonprofit, 
    nongovernmental organization that assists domestic violence or 
    sexual assault victims, including rape crisis centers, battered 
    women's shelters, and other sexual assault or domestic violence 
    programs, including nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations 
    assisting domestic violence or sexual assault victims through the 
    legal process.

(Pub. L. 90-351, title I, Sec. 2003, as added Pub. L. 103-322, title IV, 
Sec. 40121(a)(3), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1913.)

                       References in Text

    The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, referred to in par. (3), is 
Pub. L. 92-203, Sec. 2, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 688, as amended, which 
is classified generally to chapter 33 (Sec. 1601 et seq.) of Title 43, 
Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
Short Title note set out under section 1601 of Title 43 and Tables.
