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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3415

To amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to require services

for underserved populations, to require performance reporting by grantees, and to provide for the selection of model programs for education

of young people about domestic violence and violence among intimate

partners.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 28, 1993

Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ (for herself, Mrs. MINK, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. FILNER, Mrs.

MEEK, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mrs. MORELLA, Ms. WATERS, Ms. NORTON, Mr.

MCDERMOTT, Mrs. UNSOELD, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr.

TOWNS, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. MILLER of California, Ms. KAPTUR,

Mr. SERRANO, Ms. FURSE, Mr. BISHOP, Mrs. SCHROEDER, Mr. MFUME,

Mr. BECERRA, Ms. ENGLISH of Arizona, Mr. RICHARDSON, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO ́, and Miss COLLINS of Michigan) introduced

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and

Labor

A BILL

To amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act

to require services for underserved populations, to require

performance reporting by grantees, and to provide for

the selection of model programs for education of young

people about domestic violence and violence among intimate partners.

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, REFERENCE.

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

3 ‘‘Family Violence Prevention Act’’.

4 (b) REFERENCE.—Whenever in this Act an amend5 ment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment

6 to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference

7 shall be considered to be made to a section or other provi8 sion of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act.

9 SEC. 2. GRANTEE REPORTING.

10 (a) PLAN TO SERVE UNDERSERVED POPU11 LATIONS.—Section 303(a)(2)(C) (42 U.S.C.

12 10402(a)(2)(C)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and a plan to

13 address the needs of underserved populations, including

14 populations underserved because of ethnic, racial, cultural,

15 language diversity or geographic isolation’’ after ‘‘such

16 State’’.

17 (b) PERFORMANCE REPORT.—Section 303(a) (42

18 U.S.C. 10402(a)) is amended by adding at the end the

19 following new paragraph:

20 ‘‘(4) Upon completion of the activities funded

21 by a grant under this subpart, the State grantee

22 shall file a performance report with the Director ex23 plaining the activities carried out together with an

24 assessment of the effectiveness of those activities in

25 achieving the purposes of this subpart. A section of

26 this performance report shall be completed by each
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1 grantee or subgrantee that performed the direct

2 services contemplated in the application certifying

3 performance of direct services under the grant. The

4 Director shall suspend funding for an approved ap5 plication if an applicant fails to submit an annual

6 performance report or if the funds are expended for

7 purposes other than those set forth under this sub8 part, after following the procedures set forth in

9 paragraph (3). Federal funds may be used only to

10 supplement, not supplant, State funds.’’.

11 SEC. 3. EDUCATING YOUTH ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

12 The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42

13 U.S.C. 10401 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end

14 the following new section:

15 ‘‘SEC. 318. EDUCATING YOUTH ABOUT DOMESTIC VIO16 LENCE.

17 ‘‘(a) GENERAL PURPOSE.—For purposes of this sec18 tion, the Secretary shall delegate the Secretary’s powers

19 to the Secretary of Education (hereafter in this section

20 referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’). The Secretary shall select,

21 implement and evaluate 4 model programs for education

22 of young people about domestic violence and violence

23 among intimate partners.

24 ‘‘(b) NATURE OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall se25 lect, implement and evaluate separate model programs for
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1 4 different audiences: primary schools, middle schools, sec2 ondary schools, and institutions of higher education. The

3 model programs shall be selected, implemented, and evalu4 ated in the light of the comments of a multi-cultural panel

5 of educational experts, legal and psychological experts on

6 battering, and victim advocate organizations such as bat7 tered women’s shelters, State coalitions and resource cen8 ters. The participation of each of those groups or individ9 ual consultants from such groups is essential to the selec10 tion, implementation, and evaluation of programs that

11 meet both the needs of educational institutions and the

12 needs of the domestic violence problem.

13 ‘‘(c) REVIEW AND DISSEMINATION.—Not later than

14 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, the

15 Secretary shall transmit the design and evaluation of the

16 model programs, along with a plan and cost estimate for

17 nationwide distribution, to the relevant committees of

18 Congress for review.

19 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

20 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

21 $400,000 for fiscal year 1994.’’.

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