116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5855 
AN ACT 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant 
program supporting trauma center violence intervention 
and violence prevention programs, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Bipartisan Solution 
to Cyclical Violence Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM SUPPORTING TRAUMA CENTER 
VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND VIOLENCE 
PREVENTION PROGRAMS. 
Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 399V–7. GRANT PROGRAM SUPPORTING TRAUMA CEN-
TER VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND VIO-
LENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY ESTABLISHED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 
grants to eligible entities to establish or expand vio-
lence intervention or prevention programs for serv-
ices and research designed to reduce the incidence of 
reinjury and reincarceration caused by intentional 
violent trauma, excluding intimate partner violence. 
‘‘(2) FIRST AWARD.—Not later than 9 months 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Sec-
retary shall make the first award under paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(3) GRANT DURATION.—Each grant awarded 
under paragraph (1) shall be for a period of three 
years.
‘‘(4) GRANT
AMOUNT.—The total amount of 
each grant awarded under paragraph (1) for the 3- 
year grant period shall be not less than $250,000 
and not more than $500,000. 
‘‘(5) SUPPLEMENT
NOT
SUPPLANT.—A grant 
awarded under paragraph (1) to an eligible entity 
with an existing program described in paragraph (1) 
shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, any 
other funds provided to such entity for such pro-
gram. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive 
a grant under subsection (a)(1), an entity shall— 
‘‘(1) either be— 
‘‘(A) a State-designated trauma center, or 
a trauma center verified by the American Col-
lege of Surgeons, that conducts or seeks to con-
duct a violence intervention or violence preven-
tion program; or 
‘‘(B) a nonprofit entity that conducts or 
seeks to conduct a program described in sub-
paragraph (A) in cooperation with a trauma 
center described in such subparagraph; 
‘‘(2) serve a community in which at least 100 
incidents of intentional violent trauma occur annu-
ally; and
‘‘(3) submit to the Secretary an application at 
such time, in such manner, and containing such in-
formation as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(c) SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS.— 
‘‘(1) GEOGRAPHIC
DIVERSITY.—In selecting 
grant recipients under subsection (a)(1), the Sec-
retary shall ensure that collectively grantees rep-
resent a diversity of geographic areas. 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In selecting grant recipients 
under 
subsection 
(a)(1), 
the 
Secretary 
shall 
prioritize applicants that serve one or more commu-
nities with high absolute numbers or high rates of 
intentional violent trauma. 
‘‘(3) 
HEALTH
PROFESSIONAL
SHORTAGE 
AREAS.— 
‘‘(A) ENCOURAGEMENT.—The Secretary 
shall encourage entities described in paragraphs 
(1) and (2) that are located in or serve a health 
professional shortage area to apply for grants 
under subsection (a)(1). 
‘‘(B) DEFINITION.—In subparagraph (A), 
the term ‘health professional shortage area’ 
means a health professional shortage area des-
ignated under section 332. 
‘‘(d) REPORTS.—