[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6294 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6294
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for demonstration
grants and create a Federal Work Group to reduce and prevent the
incidence of teen dating violence.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 14, 2021
Mr. Young introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for demonstration
grants and create a Federal Work Group to reduce and prevent the
incidence of teen dating violence.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``Bree's Law''.
SEC. 2. TEEN DATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION.
Section 1708 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u-7) is
amended by--
(1) striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
``(c) Certain Demonstration Projects.--
``(1) In general.--In carrying out subsection (b)(3), the
Secretary may make grants to carry out demonstration projects
for the purpose of improving adolescent health, including--
``(A) projects to train health care providers in
providing services to adolescents; and
``(B) projects to reduce the incidence of violence
among adolescents, particularly violence related to
teen dating, which shall include projects to develop
and implement educational program to increase abuse
awareness and prevention.
``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--For the purpose of
carrying out paragraph (1), there are authorized to be
appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through
2026.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(g) Interagency Work Group.--
``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish the
Federal Interagency Work Group on Teen Dating Violence
(referred to in this section as the `Work Group').
``(2) In general.--
``(A) Composition.--Not later than 120 days after
the date of enactment of Bree's Law, the Secretary
shall appoint representatives to the Work Group from
the Administration for Children and Families, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Health
Resources and Services Administration, the Department
of Education, the Department of Justice, and other
Federal agencies as determined appropriate by the
Secretary.
``(B) Consultation.--The Work Group shall consult
with--
``(i) experts at the State, Tribal, and
local levels with relevant backgrounds in
reducing and preventing the incidence of teen
dating violence;
``(ii) victims of teen dating violence; and
``(iii) family members of teens who were
killed by a dating partner.
``(3) Duties.--The Work Group shall--
``(A) examine all Federal efforts directed towards
reducing and preventing teen dating violence;
``(B) identify strategies, resources, and supports
to improve State, Tribal, and local responses to the
incidence of teen dating violence;
``(C) make recommendations to Congress for
improving Federal programs and efforts and coordination
across such programs and efforts to reduce and prevent
teen dating violence; and
``(D) make recommendations for educating middle and
high school students on teen dating violence.
``(4) Annual report to secretary.--The Work Group shall
annually prepare and submit to the Secretary, the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and the
Committee on Education and Labor of the House of
Representatives, a report on the activities carried out by the
Work Group under subsection (c), including recommendations to
reduce and prevent teen dating violence.''.
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