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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 207 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program supporting trauma centers with violence intervention and violence prevention 

programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 3, 2019 

Mr. RUPPERSBERGER 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 centers with 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 ‘‘Stop the Violence Act 

5 of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM SUPPORTING TRAUMA CENTERS 

2 WITH VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND VIO3 LENCE 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 TERS WITH VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND 

9 VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS. 

10 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY ESTABLISHED.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 9 months 

12 after the date of enactment of the Stop the Violence 

13 Act of 2019, the Secretary, acting through the Di14 rector of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre15 vention (referred to in this section as the ‘Sec16 retary’), shall award 10 grants to eligible entities for 

17 the purpose of carrying out the activities described 

18 in subsection (c). 

19 ‘‘(2) GRANT AMOUNT AND DURATION.—A grant 

20 awarded under paragraph (1) shall be in the amount 

21 of $500,000 for a period of three years, with one22 third of such amount made available per year. 

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

24 awarded under paragraph (1) to an eligible entity 

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


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1 other funds provided to such entity for carrying out 

2 the activities described in subsection (c). 

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

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

5 ‘‘(1) either be— 

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

7 a trauma center verified by the American Col8 lege of Surgeons, that conducts a violence inter9 vention or violence prevention program; or 

10 ‘‘(B) a nonprofit entity that conducts a 

11 program described in subparagraph (A) in co12 operation with a trauma center described in 

13 such subparagraph; and 

14 ‘‘(2) submit to the Secretary an application at 

15 such time, in such manner, and containing such in16 formation as the Secretary may require. 

17 ‘‘(c) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—An entity that receives 

18 a grant under subsection (a)(1) shall use the grant funds 

19 to conduct or expand research on the effectiveness of vio20 lence prevention efforts in reducing the incidence of re21 injury and re-incarceration caused by interpersonal vio22 lence. 

23 ‘‘(d) REPORTS.— 

24 ‘‘(1) REPORTS TO SECRETARY.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than four 

2 years after the date of enactment of the Stop 

3 the Violence Act of 2019, an entity that re4 ceives a grant under subsection (a)(1) shall 

5 submit to the Secretary a report on— 

6 ‘‘(i) any findings of research con7 ducted, or expanded, by the entity under 

8 subsection (c); and 

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

10 which the entity has incorporated such 

11 findings in the violence intervention or vio12 lence prevention program conducted by 

13 such entity. 

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

15 extent feasible and appropriate, an entity that 

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

17 elect to coordinate with one or more other enti18 ties that have received such a grant to submit 

19 a joint report that meets the requirements of 

20 subparagraph (A). 

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

22 six years after the date of enactment of the Stop the 

23 Violence Act of 2019, the Secretary shall submit to 

24 Congress a report— 


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1 ‘‘(A) on any findings resulting from re2 ports submitted to the Secretary under para3 graph (1); 

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

5 Secretary under subsection (e); and 

6 ‘‘(C) with recommendations for legislative 

7 action relating to interpersonal violence preven8 tion that the Secretary determines appropriate. 

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

10 after the date of enactment of the Stop the Violence Act 

11 of 2019, the Secretary shall— 

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

13 the Department of Health and Human Services, best 

14 practices for interpersonal violence prevention, based 

15 on any findings reported to the Secretary under sub16 section (d)(1); and 

17 ‘‘(2) disseminate such best practices to stake18 holders, as determined appropriate by the Sec19 retary.’’. 

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