An amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 108-48 to re-authorize grant programs within the Victims of Child Abuse Act that provide funding to child advocacy centers and training and technical assistance to programs to improve the prosecution of child abuse cases; to add tools for the Department of Justice to evaluate these grant programs to ensure effective use of the funds provided.

1. Inserts new text at the end of subtitle B of title II

   Inserts

   Inserted: SEC. . INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDER VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE ACT OF 1990.

   Inserted: (a) Regional Children's Advocacy Centers.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--Section 213 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13001b) is amended--

   Inserted: (A) in subsection (b)(2)--

   Inserted: (i) by striking "and" at the end of subparagraph (A);

   Inserted: (ii) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting "; and"; and

   Inserted: (iii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

   Inserted: "(C) provide such information and documentation as the Attorney General shall require on an annual basis regarding the use of such funds for purposes of evaluation of the effect of grants on the community response to child abuse."; and

   Inserted: (B) in subsection (d)(3)(A), by inserting after "activities" the following: "or substantially fails to provide information or documentation required by the Attorney General".

   Inserted: (2) Clerical amendments.--Such section is further amended--

   Inserted: (A) in subsection (c)(4)--

   Inserted: (i) by striking "and" at the end of subparagraph (B)(ii);

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   Inserted: (ii) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking "Board" and inserting "board"; and

   Inserted: (iii) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively, of subparagraph (B), and by realigning such clauses so as to have the same indentation as the preceding clauses of subparagraph (B);

   Inserted: (B) in subsection (e), by striking "Board" in each of paragraphs (1)(B)(ii), (2)(A), and (3), and inserting "board".

   Inserted: (b) Local Children's Advocacy Centers.--Section 214 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 13002) is amended in subsection (b)(2)(J) by inserting before the period at the end the following: ", including such information and documentation as the Attorney General shall require on an annual basis regarding the use of such funds for purposes of evaluation of the effect of grants on the community response to child abuse.".

   Inserted: (c) Grants for Specialized Technical Assistance and Training Programs.--Section 214A of such Act (42 U.S.C. 13003) is amended in subsection (c) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

   Inserted: "(3) Any recipient of a grant under this section shall provide such information and documentation as the Attorney General shall require on an annual basis regarding the use of such funds for purposes of evaluation of the effect of grants on the community response to child abuse.".

   Inserted: (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--The text of section 214B of such Act (42 U.S.C. 13004) is amended to read as follows:

   Inserted: "(a) Sections 213 and 214.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out sections 213 and 214, $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 and 2005.

   Inserted: "(b) Section 214A.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 214A, $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 and 2005.".

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle B of title II (page , after line ), insert the following new section:

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