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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1260 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program supporting trauma center violence intervention and violence prevention programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 23, 2021 

Mr. RUPPERSBERGER (for himself and Mr. KINZINGER) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant 

program supporting trauma center violence intervention 

and violence prevention programs, 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 ‘‘Bipartisan Solution 

5 to Cyclical Violence Act of 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM SUPPORTING TRAUMA CENTER 

2 VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND VIOLENCE 

3 PREVENTION PROGRAMS. 

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–7. GRANT PROGRAM SUPPORTING TRAUMA CEN8 TER VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND VIO9 LENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS. 

10 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY ESTABLISHED.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 

12 grants to eligible entities to establish or expand vio13 lence intervention or prevention programs for serv14 ices and research designed to reduce the incidence of 

15 reinjury and reincarceration caused by intentional 

16 violent trauma, excluding intimate partner violence. 

17 ‘‘(2) FIRST AWARD.—Not later than 9 months 

18 after the date of enactment of this section, the Sec19 retary shall make the first award under paragraph 

20 (1). 

21 ‘‘(3) GRANT DURATION.—Each grant awarded 

22 under paragraph (1) shall be for a period of three 

23 years. 

24 ‘‘(4) GRANT AMOUNT.—The total amount of 

25 each grant awarded under paragraph (1) for the 3- 


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1 year grant period shall be not less than $250,000 

2 and not more than $500,000. 

3 ‘‘(5) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—A grant 

4 awarded under paragraph (1) to an eligible entity 

5 with an existing program described in paragraph (1) 

6 shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, any 

7 other funds provided to such entity for such pro8 gram. 

9 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive 

10 a grant under subsection (a)(1), an entity shall— 

11 ‘‘(1) either be— 

12 ‘‘(A) a State-designated trauma center, or 

13 a trauma center verified by the American Col14 lege of Surgeons, that conducts or seeks to con15 duct a violence intervention or violence preven16 tion program; or 

17 ‘‘(B) a nonprofit entity that conducts or 

18 seeks to conduct a program described in sub19 paragraph (A) in cooperation with a trauma 

20 center described in such subparagraph; 

21 ‘‘(2) serve a community in which at least 100 

22 incidents of intentional violent trauma occur annu23 ally; and 


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1 ‘‘(3) submit to the Secretary an application at 

2 such time, in such manner, and containing such in3 formation as the Secretary may require. 

4 ‘‘(c) SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—In selecting 

6 grant recipients under subsection (a)(1), the Sec7 retary shall ensure that collectively grantees rep8 resent a diversity of geographic areas. 

9 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In selecting grant recipients 

10 under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall priori11 tize applicants that serve one or more communities 

12 with high absolute numbers or high rates of inten13 tional violent trauma. 

14 ‘‘(3) HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE

15 AREAS.— 

16 ‘‘(A) ENCOURAGEMENT.—The Secretary 

17 shall encourage entities described in paragraphs 

18 (1) and (2) that are located in or serve a health 

19 professional shortage area to apply for grants 

20 under subsection (a)(1). 

21 ‘‘(B) DEFINITION.—In subparagraph (A), 

22 the term ‘health professional shortage area’ 

23 means a health professional shortage area des24 ignated under section 332. 

25 ‘‘(d) REPORTS.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) REPORTS TO SECRETARY.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An entity that re3 ceives a grant under subsection (a)(1) shall 

4 submit reports on the use of the grant funds to 

5 the Secretary, including progress reports, as re6 quired by the Secretary. Such reports shall in7 clude— 

8 ‘‘(i) any findings of the program es9 tablished, or expanded, by the entity 

10 through the grant; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) if applicable, the manner in 

12 which the entity has incorporated such 

13 findings in the violence intervention or vio14 lence prevention program conducted by 

15 such entity. 

16 ‘‘(B) OPTION FOR JOINT REPORT.—To the 

17 extent feasible and appropriate, an entity that 

18 receives a grant under subsection (a)(1) may 

19 elect to coordinate with one or more other enti20 ties that have received such a grant to submit 

21 a joint report that meets the requirements of 

22 subparagraph (A). 

23 ‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 

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1 tisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act of 2021, the 

2 Secretary shall submit to Congress a report— 

3 ‘‘(A) on any findings resulting from re4 ports submitted to the Secretary under para5 graph (1); 

6 ‘‘(B) on best practices developed by the 

7 Secretary under subsection (e); and 

8 ‘‘(C) with recommendations for legislative 

9 action relating to intentional violent trauma 

10 prevention that the Secretary determines appro11 priate. 

12 ‘‘(e) BEST PRACTICES.—Not later than six years 

13 after the date of enactment of the Bipartisan Solution to 

14 Cyclical Violence Act of 2021, the Secretary shall— 

15 ‘‘(1) develop, and post on a public website of 

16 the Department of Health and Human Services, best 

17 practices for intentional violent trauma prevention, 

18 based on any findings reported to the Secretary 

19 under subsection (d)(1); and 

20 ‘‘(2) disseminate such best practices to stake21 holders, as determined appropriate by the Secretary. 

22 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 

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1 priated $10,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2021 

2 through 2024.’’. 

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