Us Congress 2023-2024 Regular Session

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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2455
5	5	To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to provide for
6	6	grants in support of training and education to teachers and other school
7	7	employees, students, and the community about how to prevent, recognize,
8	8	respond to, and report child sexual abuse among primary and secondary
9	9	school students.
10	10	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
11	11	MARCH30, 2023
12	12	Ms. W
13	13	ILD(for herself and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill; which
14	14	was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
15	15	A BILL
16	16	To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
17	17	to provide for grants in support of training and edu-
18	18	cation to teachers and other school employees, students,
19	19	and the community about how to prevent, recognize,
20	20	respond to, and report child sexual abuse among primary
21	21	and secondary school students.
22	22	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
23	23	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
24	24	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
25	25	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jenna Quinn Law’’. 4
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28	28	•HR 2455 IH
29	29	SEC. 2. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AWARENESS FIELD INITI-1
30	30	ATED GRANTS. 2
31	31	(a) I
32	32	NGENERAL.—Section 105(a) of the Child Abuse 3
33	33	Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)) is 4
34	34	amended by adding at the end the following: 5
35	35	‘‘(8) C
36	36	HILD SEXUAL ABUSE AWARENESS FIELD - 6
37	37	INITIATED GRANTS.— 7
38	38	‘‘(A) I
39	39	N GENERAL.—The Secretary may 8
40	40	award grants under this subsection to entities, 9
41	41	for periods of up to 5 years, in support of field- 10
42	42	initiated innovation projects that advance, es-11
43	43	tablish, or implement comprehensive, innova-12
44	44	tive, evidence-based or evidence-informed child 13
45	45	sexual abuse awareness and prevention pro-14
46	46	grams by— 15
47	47	‘‘(i) improving student awareness of 16
48	48	child sexual abuse in an age-appropriate 17
49	49	manner, including how to recognize, pre-18
50	50	vent, and safely report child sexual abuse; 19
51	51	‘‘(ii) training teachers, school employ-20
52	52	ees, and other mandatory reporters and 21
53	53	adults who work with children in a profes-22
54	54	sional or volunteer capacity, including with 23
55	55	respect to recognizing child sexual abuse 24
56	56	and safely reporting child sexual abuse; or 25
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59	59	•HR 2455 IH
60	60	‘‘(iii) providing information to parents 1
61	61	and guardians of students about child sex-2
62	62	ual abuse awareness and prevention, in-3
63	63	cluding how to prevent, recognize, respond 4
64	64	to, and report child sexual abuse and how 5
65	65	to discuss child sexual abuse with a child. 6
66	66	‘‘(B) R
67	67	EPORTING.—Each entity receiving a 7
68	68	grant under subparagraph (A) shall submit an 8
69	69	annual report to the Secretary, for the duration 9
70	70	of the grant period, on the projects carried out 10
71	71	using such grant, including the number of par-11
72	72	ticipants, the services provided, and the out-12
73	73	comes of the projects, including participant 13
74	74	evaluations.’’. 14
75	75	(b) R
76	76	EPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF EXPENDI-15
77	77	TURES.—Not later than 5 years after the date on which 16
78	78	the first grant is awarded under paragraph (8) of section 17
79	79	105(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 18
80	80	(42 U.S.C. 5106(a)), as added by subsection (a), the 19
81	81	Comptroller General of the United States shall— 20
82	82	(1) prepare a report that describes the projects 21
83	83	for which funds are expended under paragraph (8) 22
84	84	of such section 105(a)(8) and evaluates the effective-23
85	85	ness of those projects; and 24
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89	89	(2) submit the report to the Committee on 1
90	90	Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Sen-2
91	91	ate and the Committee on Education and the Work-3
92	92	force of the House of Representatives. 4
93	93	(c) R
94	94	EPORT ONDUPLICATIVENATURE OFEXPENDI-5
95	95	TURES.—Not later than 5 years after the date of enact-6
96	96	ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 7
97	97	States shall— 8
98	98	(1) prepare a report that examines whether the 9
99	99	projects described in subsection (b) are duplicative 10
100	100	of other activities supported by Federal funds; and 11
101	101	(2) submit the report to the Committee on 12
102	102	Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Sen-13
103	103	ate and the Committee on Education and the Work-14
104	104	force of the House of Representatives. 15
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