[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 734 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 734
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to provide for
grants in support of training and education to teachers and other
school employees, students, and the community about how to prevent,
recognize, respond to, and report child sexual abuse among primary and
secondary school students.
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 the ``Jenna Quinn Law''.
SEC. 2. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AWARENESS FIELD INITIATED GRANTS.
(a) In General.--Section 105(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(8) Child sexual abuse awareness field-initiated
grants.--The Secretary may award grants under this subsection
to entities, for periods of up to 5 years, in support of field-
initiated innovation projects that advance, establish, or
implement comprehensive, innovative, evidence-based or
evidence-informed child sexual abuse awareness and prevention
programs by--
``(A) improving student awareness of child sexual
abuse in an age-appropriate manner, including how to
recognize, prevent, and safely report child sexual
abuse;
``(B) training teachers, school employees, and
other mandatory reporters and adults who work with
children in a professional or volunteer capacity,
including with respect to recognizing child sexual
abuse and safely reporting child sexual abuse; or
``(C) providing information to parents and
guardians of students about child sexual abuse
awareness and prevention, including how to prevent,
recognize, respond to, and report child sexual abuse
and how to discuss child sexual abuse with a child.''.
(b) Report on Effectiveness of Expenditures.--The Inspector
General of the Department of Health and Human Services shall--
(1) prepare a report that describes the projects for which
funds are expended under section 105(a)(8) of the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)(8)) and
evaluates the effectiveness of those projects; and
(2) submit the report to the appropriate committees of
Congress.
(c) Report on Duplicative Nature of Expenditures.--The Inspector
General of the Department of Health and Human Services shall--
(1) prepare a report that examines whether the projects
described in subsection (b) are duplicative of other activities
supported by Federal funds; and
(2) submit the report to the appropriate committees of
Congress.
Passed the Senate August 3, 2022.
Attest:
Secretary.
117th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 734
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to provide for
grants in support of training and education to teachers and other
school employees, students, and the community about how to prevent,
recognize, respond to, and report child sexual abuse among primary and
secondary school students.