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Union Calendar No. 633 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7233 

[Report No. 118–767] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 5, 2024 

Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, and Ms. WILD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 

Workforce 

NOVEMBER 26, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mr. SELF, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Mrs. KIM of 

California, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Mr. MRVAN, and Mrs. HOUCHIN

NOVEMBER 26, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 5, 2024] 


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A BILL 

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. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jenna Quinn Law of 

5 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AWARENESS FIELD INITI7 ATED GRANTS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 105(a) of the Child Abuse 

9 Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)) is 

10 amended by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(8) CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AWARENESS FIELD12 INITIATED GRANTS.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

14 award grants under this subsection to entities, 

15 for periods of up to 5 years, in support of field16 initiated innovation projects that advance, estab17 lish, or implement comprehensive, innovative, 

18 evidence-based, or evidence-informed child sexual 

19 abuse awareness and prevention programs by— 

20 ‘‘(i) improving student awareness of 

21 child sexual abuse in an age-appropriate 

22 manner, including how to recognize, pre23 vent, and safely report child sexual abuse; 

24 ‘‘(ii) training teachers, school employ25 ees, and other mandatory reporters and 


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1 adults who work with children in a profes2 sional or volunteer capacity, including with 

3 respect to recognizing child sexual abuse 

4 and safely reporting child sexual abuse; or 

5 ‘‘(iii) providing information to parents 

6 and guardians of students about child sex7 ual abuse awareness and prevention, includ8 ing how to prevent, recognize, respond to, 

9 and report child sexual abuse and how to 

10 discuss child sexual abuse with a child. 

11 ‘‘(B) REPORTING.—Each entity receiving a 

12 grant under subparagraph (A) shall submit an 

13 annual report to the Secretary, for the duration 

14 of the grant period, on the projects carried out 

15 using such grant, including the number of par16 ticipants, the services provided, and the outcomes 

17 of the projects, including participant evalua18 tions.’’. 

19 (b) REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF EXPENDITURES.— 

20 Not later than 5 years after the date on which the first grant 

21 is awarded under paragraph (8) of section 105(a) of the 

22 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 

23 5106(a)), as added by subsection (a), the Comptroller Gen24 eral of the United States shall— 


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1 (1) prepare a report that describes the projects 

2 for which funds are expended under paragraph (8) of 

3 such section 105(a) and evaluates the effectiveness of 

4 those projects; and 

5 (2) submit the report to the Committee on 

6 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the 

7 Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Com8 mittee on Education and the Workforce and the Com9 mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Represent10 atives. 

11 (c) REPORT ON DUPLICATIVE NATURE OF EXPENDI12 TURES.—Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment 

13 of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 

14 shall— 

15 (1) prepare a report that examines whether the 

16 projects described in subsection (b) are duplicative of 

17 other activities supported by Federal funds; and 

18 (2) submit the report to the Committee on 

19 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the 

20 Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Com21 mittee on Education and the Workforce and the Com22 mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Represent23 atives. 


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Union Calendar No. 633 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7233 

[Report No. 118–767] 

A BILL 

To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatsecondary school students. report child sexual abuse among primary and about how to prevent, recognize, respond to, and school employees, students, and the community training and education to teachers and other ment Act to provide for grants in support of 

NOVEMBER 26, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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