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34 U.S.C. § 10445 — Staff of Office on Violence Against Women
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The Attorney General shall ensure that the Director has adequate staff to support the Director in carrying out the Director’s responsibilities under this subchapter.
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**(a) In general** There is hereby established within the Department of Justice, under the general authority of the Attorney General, an Office on Violence Against Women (in this subchapter referred to as the “Office”).
**(b) Separate office** The Office shall be a separate and distinct office within the Department of Justice, not subsumed by any other office, headed by a Director, who shall report to the Attorney General and serve as Counsel to the Attorney General on the subject of violence against women, and who shall have final authority over all grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded by the Office.
**(c) Jurisdiction** Under the general authority of the Attorney General, the Office—
(1) shall have sole jurisdiction over all duties and functions described in [section 10444 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section10444&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(2) shall be solely responsible for coordination with other departments, agencies, or offices of all activities authorized or undertaken under—
(A) the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (title IV of Public Law 103–322);
(B) the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (division B of Public Law 106–386);
(C) the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 2960);
(D) the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54); and
(E) the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 3796gg–0a was editorially reclassified as [section 10443 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section10443&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.
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**(a) Restriction of funds**
(1) **In general** — A State, Indian tribal government, or unit of local government shall not be entitled to funds under this subchapter 11 So in original. See References in Text note below. unless the State, Indian tribal government, unit of local government, or another governmental entity—
(A) incurs the full out-of-pocket cost of forensic medical exams described in subsection (b) for victims of sexual assault; and
(B) coordinates with health care providers in the region to notify victims of sexual assault of the availability of rape exams at no cost to the victims.
(2) **Redistribution** — Funds withheld from a State or unit of local government under paragraph (1) shall be distributed to other States or units of local government pro rata. Funds withheld from an Indian tribal government under paragraph (1) shall be distributed to other Indian tribal governments pro rata.
**(b) Medical costs** A State, Indian tribal government, or unit of local government shall be deemed to incur the full out-of-pocket cost of forensic medical exams for victims of sexual assault if any government entity—
(1) provides such exams to victims free of charge to the victim; or
(2) arranges for victims to obtain such exams free of charge to the victims.
**(c) Use of funds** A State or Indian tribal government may use Federal grant funds under this subchapter to pay for forensic medical exams performed by trained examiners for victims of sexual assault, except that such funds may not be used to pay for forensic medical exams by any State, Indian tribal government, or territorial government that requires victims of sexual assault to seek reimbursement for such exams from their insurance carriers.
**(d) Noncooperation**
(1) **In general** — To be in com
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Commercial pornographic content** — The term “commercial pornographic content” means any material that is subject to the record keeping requirements under [section 2257 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2257&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Consent** — The term “consent” means an affirmative, conscious, and voluntary authorization made by the individual free from force, fraud, misrepresentation, or coercion.
(3) **Depicted individual** — The term “depicted individual” means an individual whose body appears in whole or in part in an intimate visual depiction and who is identifiable by virtue of the person’s face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic, such as a unique birthmark or other recognizable feature, or from information displayed in connection with the visual depiction.
(4) **Disclose** — The term “disclose” means to transfer, publish, distribute, or make accessible.
(5) **Intimate visual depiction** — The term “intimate visual depiction”—
(A) means a visual depiction, as that term is defined in [section 2256(5) of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2256/5&num=0&edition=prelim), that depicts—
(i) the uncovered genitals, pubic area, anus, or post-pubescent female nipple of an identifiable individual; or
(ii) the display or transfer of bodily sexual fluids—
(I) on to any part of the body of an identifiable individual;
(II) from the body of an identifiable individual; or
(III) an identifiable individual engaging in sexually explicit conduct and 11 So in original.
(B) includes any visual depictions described in subparagraph (A) produced while the identifiable individual wa
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 3796gg–0c was editorially reclassified as [section 10445 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section10445&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.
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Page 135
TITLE 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
§ 10446
1 So in original.
2 So in original. The period should probably be a semicolon.
3 So in original. There are two pars. designated ‘‘(4)’’.
see section 4(a) of div. W of Pub. L. 117–103, set out as
an Effective Date note under section 6851 of Title 15,
Commerce and Trade.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective 90 days after Nov. 2, 2002, see section
403 of Pub. L. 107–273, set out as a note under section
10442 of this title.
§ 10445. Staff of Office on Violence Against
Women
The Attorney General shall ensure that the
Director has adequate staff to support the Direc-
tor in carrying out the Director’s responsibil-
ities under this subchapter.
(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 2005, as added Pub. L.
107–273, div. A, title IV, § 402(3), Nov. 2, 2002, 116
Stat. 1791; amended Pub. L. 117–103, div. W, title
IX, § 901(d), Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 911.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 3796gg–0c
of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi-
torial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 2005 of Pub. L. 90–351 was renumbered
section 2010 and is classified to section 10449 of this
title.
AMENDMENTS
2022—Pub. L. 117–103 substituted ‘‘Office on Violence
Against Women’’ for ‘‘Violence Against Women Office’’
in section catchline.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2022 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 117–103 not effective until Oct.
1 of the first fiscal year beginning after Mar. 15, 2022,
see section 4(a) of div. W of Pub. L. 117–103, set out as
an Effective Date note under section 6851 of Title 15,
Commerce and Trade.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective 90 days after Nov. 2, 2002, see secti
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