118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1147 

AN ACT 

To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 

to provide for grants in support of training and education to teachers and other school employees, students, 

and the community about how to prevent, recognize, 

respond to, and report child sexual abuse among primary 

and secondary school students. 
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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 ‘‘Jenna Quinn Law’’. 

5 SEC. 2. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AWARENESS FIELD INITI6 ATED GRANTS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 105(a) of the Child Abuse 

8 Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)) is 

9 amended by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(8) CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AWARENESS FIELD11 INITIATED GRANTS.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

13 award grants under this subsection to entities, 

14 for periods of up to 5 years, in support of field15 initiated innovation projects that advance, es16 tablish, or implement comprehensive, innova17 tive, evidence-based or evidence-informed child 

18 sexual abuse awareness and prevention pro19 grams by— 

20 ‘‘(i) improving student awareness of 

21 child sexual abuse in an age-appropriate 

22 manner, including how to recognize, pre23 vent, and safely report child sexual abuse; 

24 ‘‘(ii) training teachers, school employ25 ees, and other mandatory reporters and 
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1 adults who work with children in a profes2 sional or volunteer capacity, including with 

3 respect to recognizing child sexual abuse 

4 and safely reporting child sexual abuse; or 

5 ‘‘(iii) providing information to parents 

6 and guardians of students about child sex7 ual abuse awareness and prevention, in8 cluding how to prevent, recognize, respond 

9 to, and report child sexual abuse and how 

10 to discuss child sexual abuse with a child. 

11 ‘‘(B) REPORTING.—Each entity receiving a 

12 grant under subparagraph (A) shall submit an 

13 annual report to the Secretary, for the duration 

14 of the grant period, on the projects carried out 

15 using such grant, including the number of par16 ticipants, the services provided, and the out17 comes of the projects, including participant 

18 evaluations.’’. 

19 (b) REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF EXPENDI20 TURES.—Not later than 5 years after the date on which 

21 the first grant is awarded under paragraph (8) of section 

22 105(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 

23 (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)), as added by subsection (a), the 

24 Comptroller General of the United States shall— 
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1 (1) prepare a report that describes the projects 

2 for which funds are expended under paragraph (8) 

3 of such section 105(a)(8) and evaluates the effective4 ness of those projects; and 

5 (2) submit the report to the Committee on 

6 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the 

7 Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Com8 mittee on Education and the Workforce and the 

9 Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 

10 Representatives. 

11 (c) REPORT ON DUPLICATIVE NATURE OF EXPENDI12 TURES.—Not later than 5 years after the date of enact13 ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 

14 States shall— 

15 (1) prepare a report that examines whether the 

16 projects described in subsection (b) are duplicative 

17 of other activities supported by Federal funds; and 

18 (2) submit the report to the Committee on 

19 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the 

20 Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Com21 mittee on Education and the Workforce and the 
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1 Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 

2 Representatives. 

Passed the Senate February 9, 2024. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1147 

AN ACT 

To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatsecondary school students. report child sexual abuse among primary and about how to prevent, recognize, respond to, and school employees, students, and the community training and education to teachers and other ment Act to provide for grants in support of