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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 edu-
cation 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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jenna Quinn Law’’. 
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SEC. 2. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AWARENESS FIELD INITI-
ATED 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, es-
tablish, or implement comprehensive, innova-
tive, evidence-based or evidence-informed child 
sexual abuse awareness and prevention pro-
grams by— 
‘‘(i) improving student awareness of 
child sexual abuse in an age-appropriate 
manner, including how to recognize, pre-
vent, and safely report child sexual abuse; 
‘‘(ii) training teachers, school employ-
ees, and other mandatory reporters and 
adults who work with children in a profes-
sional or volunteer capacity, including with 
respect to recognizing child sexual abuse 
and safely reporting child sexual abuse; or 
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‘‘(iii) providing information to parents 
and guardians of students about child sex-
ual abuse awareness and prevention, in-
cluding 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 par-
ticipants, the services provided, and the out-
comes of the projects, including participant 
evaluations.’’. 
(b) REPORT
ON
EFFECTIVENESS
OF
EXPENDI-
TURES.—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 effective-
ness of those projects; and 
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(2) submit the report to the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Education and the Work-
force of the House of Representatives. 
(c) REPORT ON DUPLICATIVE NATURE OF EXPENDI-
TURES.—Not later than 5 years after the date of enact-
ment 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 Sen-
ate and the Committee on Education and the Work-
force of the House of Representatives. 
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