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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2464 

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 

MAY 1, 2019 

Mr. RUPPERSBERGER (for himself and Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire) 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 ‘‘End the Cycle of Vio5 lence Act 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 End the Cycle of 

13 Violence Act of 2019, the Secretary shall award 10 

14 grants to eligible entities for the purpose of carrying 

15 out the activities described in subsection (c). 

16 ‘‘(2) GRANT AMOUNT.—The amount of each of 

17 the grants awarded under paragraph (1) for a fiscal 

18 year shall be equal to the amount that is 10 percent 

19 of the total amount made available for grants under 

20 this section for such fiscal year. 

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

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

23 years. 

24 ‘‘(4) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—A grant 

25 awarded under paragraph (1) to an eligible entity 

26 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 intentional violent 

22 trauma, excluding intimate partner violence. 

23 ‘‘(d) REPORTS.— 

24 ‘‘(1) REPORTS TO SECRETARY.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An entity that re2 ceives a grant under subsection (a)(1) shall 

3 submit reports on the use of the grant funds to 

4 the Secretary, including progress reports, as re5 quired by the Secretary. Such reports shall in6 clude— 

7 ‘‘(i) any findings of research con8 ducted, or expanded, by the entity under 

9 subsection (c); and 

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

11 which the entity has incorporated such 

12 findings in the violence intervention or vio13 lence prevention program conducted by 

14 such entity. 

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

16 extent feasible and appropriate, an entity that 

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

18 elect to coordinate with one or more other enti19 ties that have received such a grant to submit 

20 a joint report that meets the requirements of 

21 subparagraph (A). 

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

23 six years after the date of enactment of the End the 

24 Cycle of Violence Act of 2019, the Secretary shall 

25 submit to 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 intentional violent trauma 

8 prevention that the Secretary determines appro9 priate. 

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

11 after the date of enactment of the End the Cycle of Vio12 lence Act of 2019, the Secretary shall— 

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

14 the Department of Health and Human Services, best 

15 practices for intentional violent trauma prevention, 

16 based on any findings reported to the Secretary 

17 under subsection (d)(1); and 

18 ‘‘(2) disseminate such best practices to stake19 holders, as determined appropriate by the Secretary. 

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

21 carry out this section, there is authorized to be appro22 priated $7,500,000 for the period of fiscal years 2020 

23 through 2023.’’. 

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