S. 1147 

One Hundred Eighteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty four 

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. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jenna Quinn Law’’. 

SEC. 2. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AWARENESS FIELD INITIATED GRANTS. 

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

and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)) is amended by adding at 

the end the following: 

‘‘(8) CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AWARENESS FIELD-INITIATED

GRANTS.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award grants 

under this subsection to entities, for periods of up to 5 

years, in support of field-initiated innovation projects that 

advance, establish, or implement comprehensive, innovative, evidence-based or evidence-informed child sexual 

abuse awareness and prevention programs by— 

‘‘(i) improving student awareness of child sexual 

abuse in an age-appropriate manner, including how 

to recognize, prevent, and safely report child sexual 

abuse; 

‘‘(ii) training teachers, school employees, and other 

mandatory reporters and adults who work with children in a professional or volunteer capacity, including 

with respect to recognizing child sexual abuse and 

safely reporting child sexual abuse; or 

‘‘(iii) providing information to parents and guardians of students about child sexual abuse awareness 

and prevention, including how to prevent, recognize, 

respond to, and report child sexual abuse and how 

to discuss child sexual abuse with a child. 

‘‘(B) REPORTING.—Each entity receiving a grant under 

subparagraph (A) shall submit an annual report to the 

Secretary, for the duration of the grant period, on the 

projects carried out using such grant, including the number 

of participants, the services provided, and the outcomes 

of the projects, including participant evaluations.’’. 

(b) REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF EXPENDITURES.—Not later 

than 5 years after the date on which the first grant is awarded 
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under paragraph (8) of section 105(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention 

and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)), as added by subsection 

(a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall— 

(1) prepare a report that describes the projects for which 

funds are expended under paragraph (8) of such section 

105(a)(8) and evaluates the effectiveness of those projects; and 

(2) submit the report to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Finance 

of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the 

Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means of the 

House of Representatives. 

(c) REPORT ON DUPLICATIVE NATURE OF EXPENDITURES.—Not 

later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

Comptroller General of the United States shall— 

(1) prepare a report that examines whether the projects 

described in subsection (b) are duplicative of other activities 

supported by Federal funds; and 

(2) submit the report to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Finance 

of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the 

Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means of the 

House of Representatives. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.