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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2455 

To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to provide for 

grants in support of training and education to teachers and other school 

employees, students, and the community about how to prevent, recognize, 

respond to, and report child sexual abuse among primary and secondary 

school students. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 30, 2023 

Ms. WILD (for herself and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 

to provide for grants in support of training and education to teachers and other school employees, students, 

and the community about how to prevent, recognize, 

respond to, and report child sexual abuse among primary 

and secondary school students. 

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 ‘‘Jenna Quinn Law’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AWARENESS FIELD INITI2 ATED GRANTS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 105(a) of the Child Abuse 

4 Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)) is 

5 amended by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(8) CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AWARENESS FIELD7 INITIATED GRANTS.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

9 award grants under this subsection to entities, 

10 for periods of up to 5 years, in support of field11 initiated innovation projects that advance, es12 tablish, or implement comprehensive, innova13 tive, evidence-based or evidence-informed child 

14 sexual abuse awareness and prevention pro15 grams by— 

16 ‘‘(i) improving student awareness of 

17 child sexual abuse in an age-appropriate 

18 manner, including how to recognize, pre19 vent, and safely report child sexual abuse; 

20 ‘‘(ii) training teachers, school employ21 ees, and other mandatory reporters and 

22 adults who work with children in a profes23 sional or volunteer capacity, including with 

24 respect to recognizing child sexual abuse 

25 and safely reporting child sexual abuse; or 


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1 ‘‘(iii) providing information to parents 

2 and guardians of students about child sex3 ual abuse awareness and prevention, in4 cluding how to prevent, recognize, respond 

5 to, and report child sexual abuse and how 

6 to discuss child sexual abuse with a child. 

7 ‘‘(B) REPORTING.—Each entity receiving a 

8 grant under subparagraph (A) shall submit an 

9 annual report to the Secretary, for the duration 

10 of the grant period, on the projects carried out 

11 using such grant, including the number of par12 ticipants, the services provided, and the out13 comes of the projects, including participant 

14 evaluations.’’. 

15 (b) REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF EXPENDI16 TURES.—Not later than 5 years after the date on which 

17 the first grant is awarded under paragraph (8) of section 

18 105(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 

19 (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)), as added by subsection (a), the 

20 Comptroller General of the United States shall— 

21 (1) prepare a report that describes the projects 

22 for which funds are expended under paragraph (8) 

23 of such section 105(a)(8) and evaluates the effective24 ness of those projects; and 


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1 (2) submit the report to the Committee on 

2 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Sen3 ate and the Committee on Education and the Work4 force of the House of Representatives. 

5 (c) REPORT ON DUPLICATIVE NATURE OF EXPENDI6 TURES.—Not later than 5 years after the date of enact7 ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 

8 States shall— 

9 (1) prepare a report that examines whether the 

10 projects described in subsection (b) are duplicative 

11 of other activities supported by Federal funds; and 

12 (2) submit the report to the Committee on 

13 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Sen14 ate and the Committee on Education and the Work15 force of the House of Representatives. 

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