I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3515 
To save money and reduce tragedies through prevention grants. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 29, 2011 
Mr. LEWIS of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To save money and reduce tragedies through prevention 
grants. 
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 ‘‘Saving Money and Re-
ducing Tragedies through Prevention Act of 2011’’ or the 
‘‘SMART Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Preven-
tion Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 
2. 
SAVING 
MONEY 
AND 
REDUCING 
TRAGEDIES 
THROUGH PREVENTION GRANTS. 
(a) SMART PREVENTION.—Section 41303 of the Vi-
olence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043d– 
2) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 41303. SAVING MONEY AND REDUCING TRAGEDIES 
THROUGH 
PREVENTION 
(SMART 
PREVEN-
TION). 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services and the Secretary of Education, is authorized to 
award grants for the purpose of preventing domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by tak-
ing a comprehensive approach that focuses on youth, chil-
dren exposed to violence, and men as leaders and 
influencers of social norms. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds provided under this 
section may be used for the following purposes: 
‘‘(1) TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND 
PREVENTION.—To develop, maintain, or enhance 
programs that change attitudes and behaviors 
around the acceptability of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, and stalking and provide 
education and skills training to young individuals 
and individuals who influence young individuals. The 
prevention program may use evidence-based, evi-
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dence-informed, or innovative strategies and prac-
tices focused on youth. Such a program should in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) age and developmentally-appropriate 
education on domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, stalking, and sexual coercion, as 
well as healthy relationship skills, in school, in 
the community, or in health care settings; 
‘‘(B) community-based collaboration and 
training for those with influence on youth, such 
as parents, teachers, coaches, health-care pro-
viders, faith-leaders, older teens, and mentors; 
‘‘(C) education and outreach to change en-
vironmental factors contributing to domestic vi-
olence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking; and 
‘‘(D) policy development targeted to pre-
vention, including school-based policies and pro-
tocols. 
‘‘(2) CHILDREN EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE AND 
ABUSE.—To develop, maintain or enhance programs 
designed to prevent future incidents of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 
by preventing, reducing and responding to children’s 
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exposure to violence in the home. Such programs 
may include— 
‘‘(A) providing services for children ex-
posed to domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault or stalking, including direct coun-
seling or advocacy, and support for the non- 
abusing parent; and 
‘‘(B) training and coordination for edu-
cational, after-school, and childcare programs 
on how to safely and confidentially identify chil-
dren and families experiencing domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing and properly refer children exposed and 
their families to services and violence prevention 
programs. 
‘‘(3) ENGAGING MEN AS LEADERS AND ROLE 
MODELS.—To develop, maintain or enhance pro-
grams that work with men to prevent domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 
by helping men to serve as role models and social 
influencers of other men and youth at the individual, 
school, community or statewide levels. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive 
a grant under this section, an entity shall be— 
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‘‘(1) a victim service provider, community-based 
organization, tribe or tribal organization, or other 
non-profit, nongovernmental organization that has a 
history of effective work preventing domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and 
expertise in the specific area for which they are ap-
plying for funds; or 
‘‘(2) a partnership between a victim service pro-
vider, community-based organization, tribe or tribal 
organization, or other non-profit, nongovernmental 
organization that has a history of effective work pre-
venting domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking and at least one of the following 
that has expertise in serving children exposed to do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking, youth domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking prevention, or engaging 
men to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking: 
‘‘(A) A public, charter, tribal, or nationally 
accredited private middle or high school, a 
school administered by the Department of De-
fense under section 2164 of title 10, United 
States Code or section 1402 of the Defense De-
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pendents’ Education Act of 1978, a group of 
schools, or a school district. 
‘‘(B) A local community-based organiza-
tion, population-specific organization, or faith- 
based organization that has established exper-
tise in providing services to youth. 
‘‘(C) A community-based organization, 
population-specific organization, university or 
health care clinic, faith-based organization, or 
other non-profit, nongovernmental organization 
with a demonstrated history of effective work 
addressing the needs of children exposed to do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
or stalking. 
‘‘(D) A nonprofit, nongovernmental entity 
providing services for runaway or homeless 
youth affected by domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
‘‘(E) Healthcare entities eligible for reim-
bursement under title XVIII of the Social Secu-
rity Act, including providers that target the 
special needs of children and youth. 
‘‘(F) Any other State or local government 
agencies, population-specific organizations, or 
nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations with 
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the capacity to provide necessary expertise to 
meet the goals of the program. 
‘‘(d) GRANTEE REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Applicants for grants 
under this section shall prepare and submit to the 
Director an application at such time, in such man-
ner, and containing such information as the Director 
may require that demonstrates the capacity of the 
applicant and partnering organizations to undertake 
the project. 
‘‘(2) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—Applicants 
under this section shall establish and implement 
policies, practices, and procedures that— 
‘‘(A) include appropriate referral systems 
to direct any victim identified during program 
activities to highly-qualified follow-up care; 
‘‘(B) protect the confidentiality and pri-
vacy of adult and youth victim information, 
particularly in the context of parental or third 
party involvement and consent, mandatory re-
porting duties, and working with other service 
providers; 
‘‘(C) ensure that all individuals providing 
prevention programming through a program 
funded under this section have completed or 
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will complete sufficient training in connection 
with domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault or stalking; and 
‘‘(D) document how prevention programs 
are coordinated with service programs in the 
community. 
‘‘(3) PREFERENCE.—In selecting grant recipi-
ents under this section, the Attorney General shall 
give preference to applicants that— 
‘‘(A) include outcome-based evaluation; 
and 
‘‘(B) identify any other community, school, 
or State-based efforts that are working on do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
or stalking prevention and explain how the 
grantee or partnership will add value, coordi-
nate with other programs, and not duplicate ex-
isting efforts. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In this section and except 
as provided in paragraph (2), the definitions and 
grant conditions provided for in section 40002 shall 
apply. 
‘‘(2) YOUTH.—In this section, the term ‘youth’ 
shall include individuals 11 years of age. 
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‘‘(3) DATING VIOLENCE.—In this section, the 
term ‘dating violence’ means an act or pattern of 
acts involving the use or attempted use of physical, 
sexual, verbal, emotional, economic, technological, or 
other forms of abusive behavior by one person to 
harm, threaten, intimidate, harass, coerce, control, 
isolate, restrain or monitor another person with 
whom he or she has or had a physically, sexually, or 
emotionally intimate relationship, regardless of the 
length of the relationship, or the number of inter-
actions between the individuals involved. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2016. 
Amounts appropriated under this section may only be used 
for programs and activities described under this section. 
‘‘(g) ALLOTMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 25 percent of 
the total amounts appropriated under this section in 
each fiscal year shall be used for each set of pur-
poses described in paragraph (1), (2), and (3) of 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBES.—Not less than 10 percent 
of the total amounts appropriated under this section 
in each fiscal year shall be made available for grants 
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to Indian tribes or tribal organizations. If an insuffi-
cient number of applications are received from In-
dian tribes or tribal organizations, such funds shall 
be allotted to other population-specific programs.’’. 
(b) REPEALS.—The following provisions are repealed: 
(1) Sections 41304 and 41305 of the Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043d–3 
and 14043d–4). 
(2) Section 403 of the Violence Against Women 
and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 
2005 (42 U.S.C. 14045c). 
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