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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6294 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for demonstration grants 

and create a Federal Work Group to reduce and prevent the incidence 

of teen dating violence. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 14, 2021 

Mr. YOUNG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 

demonstration grants and create a Federal Work Group 

to reduce and prevent the incidence of teen dating violence. 

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 ‘‘Bree’s Law’’. 

5 SEC. 2. TEEN DATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION. 

6 Section 1708 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

7 U.S.C. 300u–7) is amended by— 


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1 (1) striking subsection (c) and inserting the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(c) CERTAIN DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out subsection 

5 (b)(3), the Secretary may make grants to carry out 

6 demonstration projects for the purpose of improving 

7 adolescent health, including— 

8 ‘‘(A) projects to train health care providers 

9 in providing services to adolescents; and 

10 ‘‘(B) projects to reduce the incidence of vi11 olence among adolescents, particularly violence 

12 related to teen dating, which shall include 

13 projects to develop and implement educational 

14 program to increase abuse awareness and pre15 vention. 

16 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

17 For the purpose of carrying out paragraph (1), there 

18 are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for 

19 each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.’’; and 

20 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(g) INTERAGENCY WORK GROUP.— 

22 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es23 tablish the Federal Interagency Work Group on 

24 Teen Dating Violence (referred to in this section as 

25 the ‘Work Group’). 


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1 ‘‘(2) IN GENERAL.— 

2 ‘‘(A) COMPOSITION.—Not later than 120 

3 days after the date of enactment of Bree’s Law, 

4 the Secretary shall appoint representatives to 

5 the Work Group from the Administration for 

6 Children and Families, the Centers for Disease 

7 Control and Prevention, the Health Resources 

8 and Services Administration, the Department of 

9 Education, the Department of Justice, and 

10 other Federal agencies as determined appro11 priate by the Secretary. 

12 ‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—The Work Group 

13 shall consult with— 

14 ‘‘(i) experts at the State, Tribal, and 

15 local levels with relevant backgrounds in 

16 reducing and preventing the incidence of 

17 teen dating violence; 

18 ‘‘(ii) victims of teen dating violence; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(iii) family members of teens who 

21 were killed by a dating partner. 

22 ‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The Work Group shall— 

23 ‘‘(A) examine all Federal efforts directed 

24 towards reducing and preventing teen dating vi25 olence; 


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1 ‘‘(B) identify strategies, resources, and 

2 supports to improve State, Tribal, and local re3 sponses to the incidence of teen dating violence; 

4 ‘‘(C) make recommendations to Congress 

5 for improving Federal programs and efforts and 

6 coordination across such programs and efforts 

7 to reduce and prevent teen dating violence; and 

8 ‘‘(D) make recommendations for educating 

9 middle and high school students on teen dating 

10 violence. 

11 ‘‘(4) ANNUAL REPORT TO SECRETARY.—The 

12 Work Group shall annually prepare and submit to 

13 the Secretary, the Committee on Health, Education, 

14 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and the Com15 mittee on Education and Labor of the House of 

16 Representatives, a report on the activities carried 

17 out by the Work Group under subsection (c), includ18 ing recommendations to reduce and prevent teen 

19 dating violence.’’. 

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