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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3706 

To reauthorize subtitle A of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 11, 2013 

Mr. POE of Texas (for himself, Mr. COSTA, and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 

and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for 

a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 

consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To reauthorize subtitle A of the Victims of Child Abuse 

Act of 1990. 

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 ‘‘Victims of Child Abuse 

5 Act Reauthorization Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. IMPROVING INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF 

2 CHILD ABUSE CASES. 

3 (a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 214B of the Vic4 tims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13004) is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘$15,000,000 

7 for each of fiscal years 2004 and 2005’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘$17,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2014, 

9 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018’’; and 

10 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 

11 2004 and 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2014, 

12 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018’’. 

13 (b) ACCOUNTABILITY.—Subtitle A of the Victims of 

14 Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13001 et seq.) is 

15 amended by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 214C. ACCOUNTABILITY. 

17 ‘‘All grants awarded by the Administrator under this 

18 subtitle shall be subject to the following accountability 

19 provisions: 

20 ‘‘(1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 

21 ‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 

22 term ‘unresolved audit finding’ means a finding 

23 in the final audit report of the Inspector Gen24 eral of the Department of Justice that the au25 dited grantee has utilized grant funds for an 

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1 able cost that is not closed or resolved within 

2 12 months from the date when the final audit 

3 report is issued and any appeal has been com4 pleted. 

5 ‘‘(B) AUDIT.—The Inspector General of 

6 the Department of Justice shall conduct audits 

7 of recipients of grants under this subtitle to 

8 prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by 

9 grantees. The Inspector General shall determine 

10 the appropriate number of grantees to be au11 dited each year. 

12 ‘‘(C) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipi13 ent of grant funds under this subtitle that is 

14 found to have an unresolved audit finding shall 

15 not be eligible to receive grant funds under this 

16 subtitle during the following 2 fiscal years. 

17 ‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants 

18 under this subtitle, the Administrator shall give 

19 priority to eligible entities that did not have an 

20 unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal 

21 years prior to submitting an application for a 

22 grant under this subtitle. 

23 ‘‘(E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is 

24 awarded grant funds under this subtitle during 

25 the 2-fiscal-year period in which the entity is 


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1 barred from receiving grants under paragraph 

2 (2), the Administrator shall— 

3 ‘‘(i) deposit an amount equal to the 

4 grant funds that were improperly awarded 

5 to the grantee into the General Fund of 

6 the Treasury; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the 

8 repayment to the fund from the grant re9 cipient that was erroneously awarded grant 

10 funds. 

11 ‘‘(2) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIRE12 MENTS.— 

13 ‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 

14 paragraph, the term ‘nonprofit organization’ 

15 means an organization that is described in sec16 tion 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

17 1986 and is exempt from taxation under section 

18 501(a) of such Code. 

19 ‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—The Administrator 

20 may not award a grant under any grant pro21 gram described in this subtitle to a nonprofit 

22 organization that holds money in offshore ac23 counts for the purpose of avoiding paying the 

24 tax described in section 511(a) of the Internal 

25 Revenue Code of 1986. 


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1 ‘‘(C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit orga2 nization that is awarded a grant under this sub3 title and uses the procedures prescribed in reg4 ulations to create a rebuttable presumption of 

5 reasonableness for the compensation of its offi6 cers, directors, trustees and key employees, 

7 shall disclose to the Administrator, in the appli8 cation for the grant, the process for deter9 mining such compensation, including the inde10 pendent persons involved in reviewing and ap11 proving such compensation, the comparability 

12 data used, and contemporaneous substantiation 

13 of the deliberation and decision. Upon request, 

14 the Administrator shall make the information 

15 disclosed under this subparagraph available for 

16 public inspection. 

17 ‘‘(3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

18 ‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—No amounts author19 ized to be appropriated to the Department of 

20 Justice under this subtitle may be used by the 

21 Administrator, or by any individual or organiza22 tion awarded discretionary funds through a co23 operative agreement under this Act, to host or 

24 support any expenditure for conferences that 

25 uses more than $20,000 in Department funds, 


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1 unless the Deputy Attorney General or such As2 sistant Attorney Generals, Directors, or prin3 cipal deputies as the Deputy Attorney General 

4 may designate, including the Administrator, 

5 provides prior written authorization through an 

6 award process or subsequent application that 

7 the funds may be expended to host a con8 ference. 

9 ‘‘(B) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written ap10 proval under subparagraph (A) shall include a 

11 written estimate of all costs associated with the 

12 conference, including the cost of all food and 

13 beverages, audiovisual equipment, honoraria for 

14 speakers, and any entertainment. 

15 ‘‘(C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney Gen16 eral shall submit an annual report to the Com17 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 

18 Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 

19 Representatives on all approved conference ex20 penditures referenced in this paragraph.’’. 

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