[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR90.101]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 90--VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart E--Grants To Combat Violent Crimes Against Women on Campuses
 
Sec. 90.101  What definitions apply for the grant program?

    For the purposes of this Subpart, the following definitions apply:
    (a) Domestic violence includes acts or threats 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, by a person similarly situated to a 
spouse of the victim under the domestic or family violence laws of the 
jurisdiction, or by any other person against a victim who is protected 
from that person's acts under the domestic or family violence laws of 
the jurisdiction.
    (b) Institution of higher education is defined to include an 
educational institution in any State that admits as regular students 
only persons having a certificate of graduation from a school providing 
secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate; 
is legally authorized within such State to provide a program of 
education beyond secondary education; provides an educational program 
for which the institution has been granted preaccreditation status by 
such an agency or association that has been recognized by the Secretary 
for the granting of preaccreditation status, and the Secretary has 
determined that there is satisfactory assurance that the institution 
will meet the accreditation standards of such an agency or association 
within a reasonable time. Section 101, Public Law 105-244, 20 U.S.C. 
1001.
    (c) Sexual assault means any conduct proscribed by chapter 109A of 
Title 18, United States Code, whether or not the conduct occurs in the 
special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States or in 
a Federal prison, including 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.

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    (d) Victim services means a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization 
that assists domestic violence or sexual assault victims, including 
campus women's centers, rape crisis centers, battered women's shelters, 
and other sexual assault or domestic violence programs, including campus 
counseling support and victim advocate organizations with domestic 
violence, stalking, and sexual assault programs, whether or not 
organized and staffed by students.