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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3415
To amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to require services
for underserved populations, to require performance reporting by grant-
ees, and to provide for the selection of model programs for education
of young people about domestic violence and violence among intimate
partners.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 28, 1993
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ (for herself, Mrs. MINK, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. FILNER, Mrs.
MEEK, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mrs. MORELLA, Ms. WATERS, Ms. NORTON, Mr.
MCDERMOTT, Mrs. UNSOELD, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr.
TOWNS, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. MILLER of California, Ms. KAPTUR,
Mr. SERRANO, Ms. FURSE, Mr. BISHOP, Mrs. SCHROEDER, Mr. MFUME,
Mr. BECERRA, Ms. ENGLISH of Arizona, Mr. RICHARDSON, Ms. WOOL-
SEY, Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO´, and Miss COLLINS of Michigan) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and
Labor
A BILL
To amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act
to require services for underserved populations, to require
performance reporting by grantees, and to provide for
the selection of model programs for education of young
people about domestic violence and violence among inti-
mate partners.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE, REFERENCE.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Family Violence Prevention Act’’.
(b) REFERENCE.—Whenever in this Act an amend-
ment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment
to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference
shall be considered to be made to a section or other provi-
sion of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act.
SEC. 2. GRANTEE REPORTING.
(a) 
PLAN
TO
SERVE
UNDERSERVED
POPU-
LATIONS.—Section 
303(a)(2)(C) 
(42 
U.S.C.
10402(a)(2)(C)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and a plan to
address the needs of underserved populations, including
populations underserved because of ethnic, racial, cultural,
language diversity or geographic isolation’’ after ‘‘such
State’’.
(b) PERFORMANCE REPORT.—Section 303(a) (42
U.S.C. 10402(a)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) Upon completion of the activities funded
by a grant under this subpart, the State grantee
shall file a performance report with the Director ex-
plaining the activities carried out together with an
assessment of the effectiveness of those activities in
achieving the purposes of this subpart. A section of
this performance report shall be completed by each
grantee or subgrantee that performed the direct
services contemplated in the application certifying
performance of direct services under the grant. The
Director shall suspend funding for an approved ap-
plication if an applicant fails to submit an annual
performance report or if the funds are expended for
purposes other than those set forth under this sub-
part, after following the procedures set forth in
paragraph (3). Federal funds may be used only to
supplement, not supplant, State funds.’’.
SEC. 3. EDUCATING YOUTH ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42
U.S.C. 10401 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 318. EDUCATING YOUTH ABOUT DOMESTIC VIO-
LENCE.
‘‘(a) GENERAL PURPOSE.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall delegate the Secretary’s powers
to the Secretary of Education (hereafter in this section
referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’). The Secretary shall select,
implement and evaluate 4 model programs for education
of young people about domestic violence and violence
among intimate partners.
‘‘(b) NATURE OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall se-
lect, implement and evaluate separate model programs for
4 different audiences: primary schools, middle schools, sec-
ondary schools, and institutions of higher education. The
model programs shall be selected, implemented, and evalu-
ated in the light of the comments of a multi-cultural panel
of educational experts, legal and psychological experts on
battering, and victim advocate organizations such as bat-
tered women’s shelters, State coalitions and resource cen-
ters. The participation of each of those groups or individ-
ual consultants from such groups is essential to the selec-
tion, implementation, and evaluation of programs that
meet both the needs of educational institutions and the
needs of the domestic violence problem.
‘‘(c) REVIEW AND DISSEMINATION.—Not later than
2 years after the date of enactment of this section, the
Secretary shall transmit the design and evaluation of the
model programs, along with a plan and cost estimate for
nationwide distribution, to the relevant committees of
Congress for review.
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$400,000 for fiscal year 1994.’’.
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