PUBLIC LAW 113–163—AUG. 8, 2014 

VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE ACT 

REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2013 


dkrause on DSKHT7XVN1PROD with PUBLAWS
128 STAT. 1864 PUBLIC LAW 113–163—AUG. 8, 2014 

Public Law 113–163 

113th Congress 

An Act 

To reauthorize subtitle A of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990. 

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 ‘‘Victims of Child Abuse Act 

Reauthorization Act of 2013’’. 

SEC. 2. IMPROVING INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF CHILD 

ABUSE CASES. 

(a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 214B of the Victims of Child 

Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13004) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2004 and 

2005’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 

2018’’; and 

(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2004 and 

2005’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 

2018’’. 

(b) ACCOUNTABILITY.—Subtitle A of the Victims of Child Abuse 

Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13001 et seq.) is amended by adding at 

the end the following: 

‘‘SEC. 214C. ACCOUNTABILITY. 

‘‘All grants awarded by the Administrator under this subtitle 

shall be subject to the following accountability provisions: 

‘‘(1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 

‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the term ‘unresolved audit finding’ means a finding in the final audit 

report of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice 

that the audited grantee has utilized grant funds for an 

unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost 

that is not closed or resolved within 12 months from the 

date when the final audit report is issued and any appeal 

has been completed. 

‘‘(B) AUDIT.—The Inspector General of the Department 

of Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of grants under 

this subtitle to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds 

by grantees. The Inspector General shall determine the 

appropriate number of grantees to be audited each year. 

‘‘(C) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipient of grant 

funds under this subtitle that is found to have an unresolved audit finding shall not be eligible to receive grant 

funds under this subtitle during the following 2 fiscal years. 

Time period. 

Determination. 

Grants. 

42 USC 130005. 

Victims of Child 

Abuse Act 

Reauthorization 

Act of 2013. 

42 USC 130001 

note. 

Aug. 8, 2014 

[S. 1799] 


dkrause on DSKHT7XVN1PROD with PUBLAWS
PUBLIC LAW 113–163—AUG. 8, 2014 128 STAT. 1865 

‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this subtitle, 

the Administrator shall give priority to eligible entities 

that did not have an unresolved audit finding during the 

3 fiscal years prior to submitting an application for a 

grant under this subtitle. 

‘‘(E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is awarded grant 

funds under this subtitle during the 2-fiscal-year period 

in which the entity is barred from receiving grants under 

paragraph (2), the Administrator shall— 

‘‘(i) deposit an amount equal to the grant funds 

that were improperly awarded to the grantee into the 

General Fund of the Treasury; and 

‘‘(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment 

to the fund from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded grant funds. 

‘‘(2) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIREMENTS.— ‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this paragraph, the 

term ‘nonprofit organization’ means an organization that 

is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 and is exempt from taxation under section 

501(a) of such Code. 

‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—The Administrator may not award 

a grant under any grant program described in this subtitle 

to a nonprofit organization that holds money in offshore 

accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax 

described in section 511(a) of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986. 

‘‘(C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organization that is 

awarded a grant under this subtitle and uses the procedures prescribed in regulations to create a rebuttable 

presumption of reasonableness for the compensation of its 

officers, directors, trustees and key employees, shall disclose to the Administrator, in the application for the grant, 

the process for determining such compensation, including 

the independent persons involved in reviewing and 

approving such compensation, the comparability data used, 

and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation 

and decision. Upon request, the Administrator shall make 

the information disclosed under this subparagraph available for public inspection. 

‘‘(3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—No amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Justice under this subtitle 

may be used by the Administrator, or by any individual 

or organization awarded discretionary funds through a 

cooperative agreement under this Act, to host or support 

any expenditure for conferences that uses more than 

$20,000 in Department funds, unless the Deputy Attorney 

General or such Assistant Attorney Generals, Directors, 

or principal deputies as the Deputy Attorney General may 

designate, including the Administrator, provides prior written authorization through an award process or subsequent 

application that the funds may be expended to host a 

conference. 

‘‘(B) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written approval under 

subparagraph (A) shall include a written estimate of all 

costs associated with the conference, including the cost 

Cost estimate. 

Public 

information. 

Time period. 


dkrause on DSKHT7XVN1PROD with PUBLAWS
128 STAT. 1866 PUBLIC LAW 113–163—AUG. 8, 2014 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1799: 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 160 (2014): 

June 26, considered and passed Senate. 

July 28, considered and passed House. 

Æ 

of all food and beverages, audiovisual equipment, honoraria 

for speakers, and any entertainment. 

‘‘(C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney General shall 

submit an annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary 

of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

House of Representatives on all approved conference 

expenditures referenced in this paragraph.’’. 

SEC. 3. CRIME VICTIMS FUND. 

Section 1402(d)(3) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 

U.S.C. 10601(d)(3)) is amended— 

(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘Of the sums’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘available for the United States Attorneys 

Offices’’ and all that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘available only for— 

‘‘(i) the United States Attorneys Offices and the 

Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide and improve 

services for the benefit of crime victims in the Federal 

criminal justice system (as described in 3771 of title 

18, United States Code, and section 503 of the Victims’ 

Rights and Restitution Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 10607)) 

through victim coordinators, victims’ specialists, and 

advocates, including for the administrative support of 

victim coordinators and advocates providing such services; and 

‘‘(ii) a Victim Notification System. 

‘‘(B) Amounts made available under subparagraph (A) 

may not be used for any purpose that is not specified 

in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A).’’. 

Approved August 8, 2014. 


dkrause on DSKHT7XVN1PROD with PUBLAWS