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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. 

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 

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. 

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 ‘‘Teen Dating Violence 

5 Prevention Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING OR DEVELOPING 

2 EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES OR TRAINING ON 

3 PREVENTING TEEN DATING VIOLENCE. 

4 Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act 

5 (42 U.S.C. 280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

6 the following new section: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 399V–8 GRANT PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING OR DEVEL8 OPING EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES OR TRAIN9 ING ON PREVENTING TEEN DATING VIO10 LENCE. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

12 the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary 

13 shall establish within the Office of Family Violence Pre14 vention and Services a program (in this section referred 

15 to as the ‘Program’) to award grants on a competitive 

16 basis to covered entities for providing to or developing for 

17 schools and youth-serving organizations evidence-based 

18 educational resources or training on preventing teen dat19 ing violence and forming healthy relationships, including 

20 awarding grants for— 

21 ‘‘(1) providing or developing— 

22 ‘‘(A) physical or digital materials that are 

23 designed to improve awareness on how to recog24 nize, prevent, and safely report teen dating vio25 lence; 


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1 ‘‘(B) professional development training for 

2 teachers, school leaders, school officials, and 

3 specialized instructional support personnel on 

4 how to recognize signs of abuse resulting from 

5 teen dating violence, identify different types of 

6 such abuse, intervene in cases of such abuse, 

7 and provide referrals to support services for vic8 tims of such abuse; and 

9 ‘‘(C) workshops at schools or youth-serving 

10 organizations for students, parents, and teach11 ers that provide information about preventing 

12 teen dating violence and forming healthy rela13 tionships; 

14 ‘‘(2) supporting or expanding existing edu15 cational resources or training on preventing teen 

16 dating violence and forming healthy relationships; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(3) recruiting and retaining domestic and sex19 ual violence professionals to provide or develop edu20 cational resources or training on preventing teen 

21 dating violence and forming healthy relationships. 

22 ‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.—A covered entity may apply for 

23 a grant under the Program by submitting to the Secretary 

24 an application in such form, at such time, and containing 

25 such information as the Secretary determines appropriate, 


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1 which shall include a description of the initiative, activity, 

2 program, or training the covered entity proposes to pro3 vide or develop using such grant. 

4 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.—In providing or developing 

5 educational resources or training on preventing teen dat6 ing violence and forming healthy relationships, a covered 

7 entity shall— 

8 ‘‘(1) ensure that any person providing or devel9 oping educational resources or training using grant 

10 funds is adequately trained to provide or develop 

11 such resources or training; and 

12 ‘‘(2) ensure that domestic and sexual violence 

13 professionals, school leaders, school officials, special14 ized instructional support personnel, staff of youth15 serving organizations, and parents are involved in 

16 the design of any educational resources or training 

17 provided or developed using such a grant. 

18 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 ‘‘(1) The term ‘community-based organization’ 

20 means a nonprofit, nongovernmental, or Tribal orga21 nization that serves a specific geographic community 

22 and— 

23 ‘‘(A) focuses primarily on preventing teen 

24 dating violence or forming healthy relationships; 


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1 ‘‘(B) has established a specialized program 

2 on preventing teen dating violence or forming 

3 healthy relationships; or 

4 ‘‘(C) obtains expertise, or shows dem5 onstrated capacity to work effectively, on pre6 venting teen dating violence or forming healthy 

7 relationships. 

8 ‘‘(2) The term ‘covered entity’ means— 

9 ‘‘(A) a community-based organization or 

10 health agency with experience in providing or 

11 developing educational programs on preventing 

12 teen dating violence and forming healthy rela13 tionships for children, adolescents, or young 

14 adults, as determined by the Secretary; 

15 ‘‘(B) a local educational agency seeking to 

16 provide, develop, expand, or support educational 

17 programs on preventing teen dating violence 

18 and forming healthy relationships for children, 

19 adolescents, or young adults, as determined by 

20 the Secretary; 

21 ‘‘(C) a youth-serving organization seeking 

22 to provide, develop, expand, or support edu23 cational programs on preventing teen dating vi24 olence and forming healthy relationships for 


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1 children, adolescents, or young adults, as deter2 mined by the Secretary; 

3 ‘‘(D) a faith-based organization seeking to 

4 provide, develop, expand, or support educational 

5 programs on preventing teen dating violence 

6 and forming healthy relationships for children, 

7 adolescents, or young adults, as determined by 

8 the Secretary; or 

9 ‘‘(E) a provider of an after-school pro10 gram, including an elementary school, sec11 ondary school, local educational agency, youth12 serving organization, or community-based orga13 nization, seeking to provide, develop, expand, or 

14 support educational programs on preventing 

15 teen dating violence and forming healthy rela16 tionships for children, adolescents, or young 

17 adults, as determined by the Secretary. 

18 ‘‘(3) The term ‘domestic and sexual violence 

19 professional’ means a person, whether paid or serv20 ing as a volunteer, who provides or develops edu21 cational resources or training on preventing teen 

22 dating violence and forming healthy relationships as 

23 part of, or under the supervision of, a victim services 

24 program. 


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1 ‘‘(4) The terms ‘elementary school’, ‘evidence2 based’, ‘local educational agency’, ‘parent’, ‘profes3 sional development’, ‘school leader’, ‘secondary 

4 school’, and ‘specialized instructional support per5 sonnel’ have the meanings given those terms in sec6 tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu7 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

8 ‘‘(5) The term ‘teen dating violence’ means inti9 mate relationship violence committed by or against 

10 people over the age of 11 and under the age of 19, 

11 including— 

12 ‘‘(A) intimate partner violence; 

13 ‘‘(B) physical, sexual, financial, emotional, 

14 technological, or psychological abuse; 

15 ‘‘(C) harassment; and 

16 ‘‘(D) stalking. 

17 ‘‘(6) The term ‘youth-serving organization’ 

18 means an organization that runs a supervised pro19 gram designed for children, adolescents, or young 

20 adults that fosters learning and development for 

21 attendees outside of school, including— 

22 ‘‘(A) before school hours; 

23 ‘‘(B) after school hours; 

24 ‘‘(C) during school holidays; or 

25 ‘‘(D) on days when school is out of session. 


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1 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

3 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029.’’. 

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