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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1799 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 3, 2014 

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee 

on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Victims of Child Abuse 

3 Act Reauthorization Act of 2013’’. 

4 SEC. 2. IMPROVING INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF 

5 CHILD ABUSE CASES. 

6 (a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 214B of the Vic7 tims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13004) is 

8 amended— 

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

10 2004 and 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2014, 

11 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018’’; and 

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

13 2004 and 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2014, 

14 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018’’. 

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

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

17 amended by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 214C. ACCOUNTABILITY. 

19 ‘‘All grants awarded by the Administrator under this 

20 subtitle shall be subject to the following accountability 

21 provisions: 

22 ‘‘(1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 

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

24 term ‘unresolved audit finding’ means a finding 

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1 dited grantee has utilized grant funds for an 

2 unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallow3 able cost that is not closed or resolved within 

4 12 months from the date when the final audit 

5 report is issued and any appeal has been com6 pleted. 

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

8 the Department of Justice shall conduct audits 

9 of recipients of grants under this subtitle to 

10 prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by 

11 grantees. The Inspector General shall determine 

12 the appropriate number of grantees to be au13 dited each year. 

14 ‘‘(C) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipi15 ent of grant funds under this subtitle that is 

16 found to have an unresolved audit finding shall 

17 not be eligible to receive grant funds under this 

18 subtitle during the following 2 fiscal years. 

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

20 under this subtitle, the Administrator shall give 

21 priority to eligible entities that did not have an 

22 unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal 

23 years prior to submitting an application for a 

24 grant under this subtitle. 


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

2 awarded grant funds under this subtitle during 

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

4 barred from receiving grants under paragraph 

5 (2), the Administrator shall— 

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

7 grant funds that were improperly awarded 

8 to the grantee into the General Fund of 

9 the Treasury; and 

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

11 repayment to the fund from the grant re12 cipient that was erroneously awarded grant 

13 funds. 

14 ‘‘(2) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIRE15 MENTS.— 

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

17 paragraph, the term ‘nonprofit organization’ 

18 means an organization that is described in sec19 tion 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

20 1986 and is exempt from taxation under section 

21 501(a) of such Code. 

22 ‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—The Administrator 

23 may not award a grant under any grant pro24 gram described in this subtitle to a nonprofit 

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1 counts for the purpose of avoiding paying the 

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

3 Revenue Code of 1986. 

4 ‘‘(C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit orga5 nization that is awarded a grant under this sub6 title and uses the procedures prescribed in reg7 ulations to create a rebuttable presumption of 

8 reasonableness for the compensation of its offi9 cers, directors, trustees and key employees, 

10 shall disclose to the Administrator, in the appli11 cation for the grant, the process for deter12 mining such compensation, including the inde13 pendent persons involved in reviewing and ap14 proving such compensation, the comparability 

15 data used, and contemporaneous substantiation 

16 of the deliberation and decision. Upon request, 

17 the Administrator shall make the information 

18 disclosed under this subparagraph available for 

19 public inspection. 

20 ‘‘(3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

21 ‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—No amounts author22 ized to be appropriated to the Department of 

23 Justice under this subtitle may be used by the 

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1 operative agreement under this Act, to host or 

2 support any expenditure for conferences that 

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

4 unless the Deputy Attorney General or such As5 sistant Attorney Generals, Directors, or prin6 cipal deputies as the Deputy Attorney General 

7 may designate, including the Administrator, 

8 provides prior written authorization through an 

9 award process or subsequent application that 

10 the funds may be expended to host a con11 ference. 

12 ‘‘(B) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written ap13 proval under subparagraph (A) shall include a 

14 written estimate of all costs associated with the 

15 conference, including the cost of all food and 

16 beverages, audiovisual equipment, honoraria for 

17 speakers, and any entertainment. 

18 ‘‘(C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney Gen19 eral shall submit an annual report to the Com20 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 

21 Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 

22 Representatives on all approved conference ex23 penditures referenced in this paragraph.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. CRIME VICTIMS FUND. 

2 Section 1402(d)(3) of the Victims of Crime Act of 

3 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601(d)(3)) is amended— 

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

5 and 

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

7 Attorneys Offices’’ and all that follows and inserting 

8 the following: ‘‘available only for— 

9 ‘‘(i) the United States Attorneys Of10 fices and the Federal Bureau of Investiga11 tion to provide and improve services for 

12 the benefit of crime victims in the Federal 

13 criminal justice system (as described in 

14 3771 of title 18, United States Code, and 

15 section 503 of the Victims’ Rights and 

16 Restitution Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

17 10607)) through victim coordinators, vic18 tims’ specialists, and advocates, including 

19 for the administrative support of victim co20 ordinators and advocates providing such 

21 services; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) a Victim Notification System. 

23 ‘‘(B) Amounts made available under sub24 paragraph (A) may not be used for any purpose 


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1 that is not specified in clause (i) or (ii) of sub2 paragraph (A).’’. 

Passed the Senate June 26, 2014. 

Attest: NANCY ERICKSON, 

Secretary. 


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