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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1799 

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 11, 2013 

Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. SESSIONS, and Ms. HIRONO) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To reauthorize subtitle A of the Victims of Child Abuse 

Act of 1990. 

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 ‘‘Victims of Child Abuse 

5 Act Reauthorization Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. IMPROVING INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF 

7 CHILD ABUSE CASES. 

8 (a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 214B of the Vic9 tims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13004) is 

10 amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘$15,000,000 

2 for each of fiscal years 2004 and 2005’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘$17,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2014, 

4 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018’’; and 

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

6 2004 and 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2014, 

7 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018’’. 

8 (b) ACCOUNTABILITY.—Subtitle A of the Victims of 

9 Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13001 et seq.) is 

10 amended by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 214C. ACCOUNTABILITY. 

12 ‘‘All grants awarded by the Administrator under this 

13 subtitle shall be subject to the following accountability 

14 provisions: 

15 ‘‘(1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 

16 ‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 

17 term ‘unresolved audit finding’ means a finding 

18 in the final audit report of the Inspector Gen19 eral of the Department of Justice that the au20 dited grantee has utilized grant funds for an 

21 unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallow22 able cost that is not closed or resolved within 

23 12 months from the date when the final audit 

24 report is issued and any appeal has been com25 pleted. 


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1 ‘‘(B) AUDIT.—The Inspector General of 

2 the Department of Justice shall conduct audits 

3 of recipients of grants under this subtitle to 

4 prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by 

5 grantees. The Inspector General shall determine 

6 the appropriate number of grantees to be au7 dited each year. 

8 ‘‘(C) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipi9 ent of grant funds under this subtitle that is 

10 found to have an unresolved audit finding shall 

11 not be eligible to receive grant funds under this 

12 subtitle during the following 2 fiscal years. 

13 ‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants 

14 under this subtitle, the Administrator shall give 

15 priority to eligible entities that did not have an 

16 unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal 

17 years prior to submitting an application for a 

18 grant under this subtitle. 

19 ‘‘(E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is 

20 awarded grant funds under this subtitle during 

21 the 2-fiscal-year period in which the entity is 

22 barred from receiving grants under paragraph 

23 (2), the Administrator shall— 

24 ‘‘(i) deposit an amount equal to the 

25 grant funds that were improperly awarded 


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1 to the grantee into the General Fund of 

2 the Treasury; and 

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

4 repayment to the fund from the grant re5 cipient that was erroneously awarded grant 

6 funds. 

7 ‘‘(2) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIRE8 MENTS.— 

9 ‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 

10 paragraph, the term ‘nonprofit organization’ 

11 means an organization that is described in sec12 tion 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

13 1986 and is exempt from taxation under section 

14 501(a) of such Code. 

15 ‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—The Administrator 

16 may not award a grant under any grant pro17 gram described in this subtitle to a nonprofit 

18 organization that holds money in offshore ac19 counts for the purpose of avoiding paying the 

20 tax described in section 511(a) of the Internal 

21 Revenue Code of 1986. 

22 ‘‘(C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit orga23 nization that is awarded a grant under this sub24 title and uses the procedures prescribed in reg25 ulations to create a rebuttable presumption of 


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1 reasonableness for the compensation of its offi2 cers, directors, trustees and key employees, 

3 shall disclose to the Administrator, in the appli4 cation for the grant, the process for deter5 mining such compensation, including the inde6 pendent persons involved in reviewing and ap7 proving such compensation, the comparability 

8 data used, and contemporaneous substantiation 

9 of the deliberation and decision. Upon request, 

10 the Administrator shall make the information 

11 disclosed under this subparagraph available for 

12 public inspection. 

13 ‘‘(3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

14 ‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—No amounts author15 ized to be appropriated to the Department of 

16 Justice under this subtitle may be used by the 

17 Administrator, or by any individual or organiza18 tion awarded discretionary funds through a co19 operative agreement under this Act, to host or 

20 support any expenditure for conferences that 

21 uses more than $20,000 in Department funds, 

22 unless the Deputy Attorney General or such As23 sistant Attorney Generals, Directors, or prin24 cipal deputies as the Deputy Attorney General 

25 may designate, including the Administrator, 


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1 provides prior written authorization through an 

2 award process or subsequent application that 

3 the funds may be expended to host a con4 ference. 

5 ‘‘(B) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written ap6 proval under subparagraph (A) shall include a 

7 written estimate of all costs associated with the 

8 conference, including the cost of all food and 

9 beverages, audiovisual equipment, honoraria for 

10 speakers, and any entertainment. 

11 ‘‘(C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney Gen12 eral shall submit an annual report to the Com13 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 

14 Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 

15 Representatives on all approved conference ex16 penditures referenced in this paragraph.’’. 

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