Jenna Quinn Law

Subjects: Families, Congressional oversight, Crimes against children, Domestic violence and child abuse, Education programs funding, Government information and archives, Government studies and investigations

Summary:  <p><b>Jenna Quinn Law</b></p> <p>This bill allows the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide grants for evidence-informed child sexual abuse awareness and prevention programs. The grants may be awarded for a period of up to five years.</p> <p>The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to report on expenditures under the program.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2455 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Jenna Quinn Law''.

SEC. 2. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AWARENESS FIELD INITIATED GRANTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 105(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(8) Child sexual abuse awareness field-initiated 
        grants.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary may award grants 
                under this subsection to entities, for periods of up to 
                5 years, in support of field-initiated innovation 
                projects that advance, establish, or implement 
                comprehensive, innovative, evidence-based or evidence-
                informed child sexual abuse awareness and prevention 
                programs by--
                            ``(i) improving student awareness of child 
                        sexual abuse in an age-appropriate manner, 
                        including how to recognize, prevent, and safely 
                        report child sexual abuse;
                            ``(ii) training teachers, school employees, 
                        and other mandatory reporters and adults who 
                        work with children in a professional or 
                        volunteer capacity, including with respect to 
                        recognizing child sexual abuse and safely 
                        reporting child sexual abuse; or
                            ``(iii) providing information to parents 
                        and guardians of students about child sexual 
                        abuse awareness and prevention, including how 
                        to prevent, recognize, respond to, and report 
                        child sexual abuse and how to discuss child 
                        sexual abuse with a child.
                    ``(B) Reporting.--Each entity receiving a grant 
                under subparagraph (A) shall submit an annual report to 
                the Secretary, for the duration of the grant period, on 
                the projects carried out using such grant, including 
                the number of participants, the services provided, and 
                the outcomes of the projects, including participant 
                evaluations.''.
    (b) Report on Effectiveness of Expenditures.--Not later than 5 
years after the date on which the first grant is awarded under 
paragraph (8) of section 105(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)), as added by subsection (a), the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall--
            (1) prepare a report that describes the projects for which 
        funds are expended under paragraph (8) of such section 
        105(a)(8) and evaluates the effectiveness of those projects; 
        and
            (2) submit the report to the Committee on Health, 
        Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee 
        on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives.
    (c) Report on Duplicative Nature of Expenditures.--Not later than 5 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall--
            (1) prepare a report that examines whether the projects 
        described in subsection (b) are duplicative of other activities 
        supported by Federal funds; and
            (2) submit the report to the Committee on Health, 
        Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee 
        on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives.
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