[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7930 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7930
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a
program to award grants for providing to or developing for schools and
youth-serving organizations educational resources or training on
preventing teen dating violence, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 10, 2024
Ms. Kuster (for herself, Mr. Molinaro, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, and Mr.
Fitzpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a
program to award grants for providing to or developing for schools and
youth-serving organizations educational resources or training on
preventing teen dating violence, and for other purposes.
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 ``Teen Dating Violence Prevention
Act''.
SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING OR DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
OR TRAINING ON PREVENTING TEEN DATING VIOLENCE.
Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
``SEC. 399V-8 GRANT PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING OR DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES OR TRAINING ON PREVENTING TEEN DATING VIOLENCE.
``(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish within the
Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services a program (in this
section referred to as the `Program') to award grants on a competitive
basis to covered entities for providing to or developing for schools
and youth-serving organizations evidence-based educational resources or
training on preventing teen dating violence and forming healthy
relationships, including awarding grants for--
``(1) providing or developing--
``(A) physical or digital materials that are
designed to improve awareness on how to recognize,
prevent, and safely report teen dating violence;
``(B) professional development training for
teachers, school leaders, school officials, and
specialized instructional support personnel on how to
recognize signs of abuse resulting from teen dating
violence, identify different types of such abuse,
intervene in cases of such abuse, and provide referrals
to support services for victims of such abuse; and
``(C) workshops at schools or youth-serving
organizations for students, parents, and teachers that
provide information about preventing teen dating
violence and forming healthy relationships;
``(2) supporting or expanding existing educational
resources or training on preventing teen dating violence and
forming healthy relationships; and
``(3) recruiting and retaining domestic and sexual violence
professionals to provide or develop educational resources or
training on preventing teen dating violence and forming healthy
relationships.
``(b) Applications.--A covered entity may apply for a grant under
the Program by submitting to the Secretary an application in such form,
at such time, and containing such information as the Secretary
determines appropriate, which shall include a description of the
initiative, activity, program, or training the covered entity proposes
to provide or develop using such grant.
``(c) Requirements.--In providing or developing educational
resources or training on preventing teen dating violence and forming
healthy relationships, a covered entity shall--
``(1) ensure that any person providing or developing
educational resources or training using grant funds is
adequately trained to provide or develop such resources or
training; and
``(2) ensure that domestic and sexual violence
professionals, school leaders, school officials, specialized
instructional support personnel, staff of youth-serving
organizations, and parents are involved in the design of any
educational resources or training provided or developed using
such a grant.
``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) The term `community-based organization' means a
nonprofit, nongovernmental, or Tribal organization that serves
a specific geographic community and--
``(A) focuses primarily on preventing teen dating
violence or forming healthy relationships;
``(B) has established a specialized program on
preventing teen dating violence or forming healthy
relationships; or
``(C) obtains expertise, or shows demonstrated
capacity to work effectively, on preventing teen dating
violence or forming healthy relationships.
``(2) The term `covered entity' means--
``(A) a community-based organization or health
agency with experience in providing or developing
educational programs on preventing teen dating violence
and forming healthy relationships for children,
adolescents, or young adults, as determined by the
Secretary;
``(B) a local educational agency seeking to
provide, develop, expand, or support educational
programs on preventing teen dating violence and forming
healthy relationships for children, adolescents, or
young adults, as determined by the Secretary;
``(C) a youth-serving organization seeking to
provide, develop, expand, or support educational
programs on preventing teen dating violence and forming
healthy relationships for children, adolescents, or
young adults, as determined by the Secretary;
``(D) a faith-based organization seeking to
provide, develop, expand, or support educational
programs on preventing teen dating violence and forming
healthy relationships for children, adolescents, or
young adults, as determined by the Secretary; or
``(E) a provider of an after-school program,
including an elementary school, secondary school, local
educational agency, youth-serving organization, or
community-based organization, seeking to provide,
develop, expand, or support educational programs on
preventing teen dating violence and forming healthy
relationships for children, adolescents, or young
adults, as determined by the Secretary.
``(3) The term `domestic and sexual violence professional'
means a person, whether paid or serving as a volunteer, who
provides or develops educational resources or training on
preventing teen dating violence and forming healthy
relationships as part of, or under the supervision of, a victim
services program.
``(4) The terms `elementary school', `evidence-based',
`local educational agency', `parent', `professional
development', `school leader', `secondary school', and
`specialized instructional support personnel' have the meanings
given those terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
``(5) The term `teen dating violence' means intimate
relationship violence committed by or against people over the
age of 11 and under the age of 19, including--
``(A) intimate partner violence;
``(B) physical, sexual, financial, emotional,
technological, or psychological abuse;
``(C) harassment; and
``(D) stalking.
``(6) The term `youth-serving organization' means an
organization that runs a supervised program designed for
children, adolescents, or young adults that fosters learning
and development for attendees outside of school, including--
``(A) before school hours;
``(B) after school hours;
``(C) during school holidays; or
``(D) on days when school is out of session.
``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2025 through 2029.''.
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