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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5252 

To amend title 36, United States Code, to authorize a grant to protect 

young athletes from abuse, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 13, 2018 

Mr. POE of Texas (for himself, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Ms. 

FRANKEL of Florida, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. THOMAS J. ROONEY of Florida, 

Mr. UPTON, and Mr. BISHOP of Michigan) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title 36, United States Code, to authorize a grant 

to protect young athletes from abuse, 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 ‘‘Keep Young Athletes 

5 Safe Act of 2018’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GRANT TO PROTECT YOUNG ATHLETES FROM 

2 ABUSE. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 2205 of title 36, United 

4 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—GRANT TO KEEP YOUNG 

7 ATHLETES SAFE 

8 ‘‘§ 220531. Grant to protect young athletes from abuse 

9 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Attorney General may award 

10 a grant to an eligible nonprofit nongovernmental entity in 

11 order to support oversight of the United States Olympic 

12 Committee, each national governing body, and each 

13 paralympic sports organization with regard to safe14 guarding amateur athletes against abuse, including emo15 tional, physical, and sexual abuse in sports. 

16 ‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a 

17 grant under this section, a nonprofit nongovernmental en18 tity shall submit an application to the Attorney General 

19 at such time, in such manner, and containing such infor20 mation as the Attorney General may require, including in21 formation that demonstrates that the entity has— 

22 ‘‘(1) nationally recognized expertise in pre23 venting and investigating emotional, physical, and 

24 sexual abuse in the athletic programs of the United 

25 States Olympic Committee, each national governing 

26 body, and each paralympic sports organization; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) the capacity to oversee regular and ran2 dom audits to ensure that the policies and proce3 dures used by the United States Olympic Com4 mittee, each national governing body, and each 

5 paralympic sports organization to prevent the abuse 

6 of an amateur athlete are followed correctly. 

7 ‘‘(c) USE OF GRANT AMOUNT.—An entity that re8 ceives a grant under this section may use such funds— 

9 ‘‘(1) to develop and test new training materials 

10 for emotional, physical, and sexual abuse prevention 

11 education in youth athletic programs; 

12 ‘‘(2) for staff salaries, travel expenses, equip13 ment, printing, and other reasonable expenses nec14 essary to develop, maintain, and disseminate to the 

15 United States Olympic Committee, each national 

16 governing body, each paralympic sports organization, 

17 and other amateur sports organizations information 

18 about safeguarding amateur athletes against abuse, 

19 including emotional, physical, and sexual abuse in 

20 sports; and 

21 ‘‘(3) to oversee the administration of the proce22 dures described in subsection (b)(2). 

23 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

2 appropriated to carry out this section $2,500,000 for 

3 each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2022. 

4 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF GRANT FUNDS.—Funds 

5 appropriated under this section shall remain avail6 able until expended.’’. 

7 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

8 for chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code, is 

9 amended by inserting after the item related to section 

10 220529 the following: 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—GRANT TO KEEP YOUNG ATHLETES SAFE

‘‘220531. Grant to protect young athletes from abuse.’’. 

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