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(5) develop recommendations for educational institutions 
on sex education, as appropriate, training for school staff, and 
various equitable discipline models; 
(6) develop recommendations on culturally responsive and 
inclusive approaches to supporting survivors, which include 
consideration of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, 
immigrant status, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (com-
monly referred to as ‘‘LGBT’’) status, ability, disability, socio- 
economic status, exposure to trauma, and other compounding 
factors; 
(7) solicit periodic input from a diverse group of survivors, 
trauma specialists, advocates from national, State, and local 
anti-sexual violence advocacy organizations, institutions of 
higher education, and other public stakeholders; 
(8) assess the Department of Education’s ability under 
section 902 of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 
1682) to levy intermediate fines for noncompliance with title 
IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 
et seq.) and the advisability of additional remedies for such 
noncompliance, in addition to the remedies already available 
under Federal law; and 
(9) create a plan described in subsection (c). 
(b) PERSONNEL DETAILS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY
TO
DETAIL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the head of a component of any Federal 
agency for which appropriations are authorized under the 
Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 13925 et seq.), 
or any amendments made by that Act, may detail an officer 
or employee of such component to the Task Force on Sexual 
Violence in Education or to the Secretary of Education to assist 
the Task Force with the duties described in subsection (a), 
as jointly agreed to by the head of such component and the 
Task Force. 
(2) TERMS OF DETAIL.—A personnel detail made under para-
graph (1) may be made— 
(A) for a period of not more than 3 years; and 
(B) on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis. 
(c) ADDITIONAL PLAN.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
on which the Task Force on Sexual Violence in Education is estab-
lished under subsection (a), the Task Force shall submit to Congress 
recommendations for recruiting, retaining, and training a highly- 
qualified workforce employed by the Department of Education to 
carry out investigation of complaints alleging a violation of title 
IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) 
or section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1092(f)), and enforcement of such title IX (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) 
or such section 485(f) (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)), with respect to sexual 
violence in education, which shall include— 
(1) an assessment to identify gaps or challenges in carrying 
out such investigation and enforcement, which may include 
surveying the current investigative workforce to solicit feedback 
on areas in need of improvement; 
(2) an examination of issues of recruiting, retention, and 
the professional development of the current investigative 
workforce, including the possibility of providing retention 
bonuses or other forms of compensation for the purpose of 
ensuring the Department of Education has the capacity, in
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both personnel and skills, needed to properly perform its mis-
sion and provide adequate oversight of educational institutions; 
(3) an assessment of the benefits of outreach and training 
with both law enforcement agencies and educational institu-
tions with respect to such workforce; 
(4) an examination of best practices for making educational 
institutions aware of the most effective campus sexual violence 
prevention, investigation, and response practices and identi-
fying areas where more research should be conducted; and 
(5) strategies for addressing such other matters as the 
Secretary of Education considers necessary to sexual violence 
prevention, investigation, and responses. 
(d) ANNUAL REPORTING.—The Task Force on Sexual Violence 
in Education shall submit to Congress, and make publicly available, 
an annual report of its activities and any update of the plan required 
under subsection (c), including— 
(1) the number of complaints received regarding sexual 
violence at educational institutions; 
(2) the number of open investigations of sexual violence 
at educational institutions; 
(3) the number of such complaints that continued to resolu-
tion; 
(4) the number of such complaints resolved using informal 
resolution; 
(5) the average time to complete such an investigation; 
(6) the number of such investigations initiated based on 
complaints; and 
(7) the number of such investigations initiated by the 
Department of Education. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘educational 
institution’’ includes an institution of higher education, an 
elementary school, or a secondary school. 
(2) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The terms 
‘‘elementary school’’ and ‘‘secondary school’’ have the meanings 
given the terms in section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The term ‘‘institu-
tion of higher education’’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1002). 
SEC. 1315. BREE’S LAW. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as ‘‘Bree’s Law’’. 
(b) TEEN DATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION.—Section 1708 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u-7) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) CERTAIN DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out subsection (b)(3), the 
Secretary may make grants to carry out demonstration projects 
for the purpose of improving adolescent health, including— 
‘‘(A) projects to train health care providers in providing 
services to adolescents; and 
‘‘(B) projects to reduce the incidence of violence among 
adolescents, particularly violence related to teen dating,
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which shall include projects to develop and implement edu-
cational program to increase abuse awareness and preven-
tion. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the purpose 
of carrying out paragraph (1), there are authorized to be appro-
priated $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) INTERAGENCY WORK GROUP.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish the 
Federal Interagency Work Group on Teen Dating Violence 
(referred to in this section as the ‘Work Group’). 
‘‘(2) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) COMPOSITION.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of enactment of Bree’s Law, the Secretary shall 
appoint representatives to the Work Group from the 
Administration for Children and Families, the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, the Health Resources and 
Services Administration, the Department of Education, the 
Department of Justice, and other Federal agencies as deter-
mined appropriate by the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—The Work Group shall consult 
with— 
‘‘(i) experts at the State, Tribal, and local levels 
with relevant backgrounds in reducing and preventing 
the incidence of teen dating violence; 
‘‘(ii) victims of teen dating violence; and 
‘‘(iii) family members of teens who were killed 
by a dating partner. 
‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The Work Group shall— 
‘‘(A) examine all Federal efforts directed towards 
reducing and preventing teen dating violence; 
‘‘(B) identify strategies, resources, and supports to 
improve State, Tribal, and local responses to the incidence 
of teen dating violence; 
‘‘(C) make recommendations to Congress for improving 
Federal programs and efforts and coordination across such 
programs and efforts to reduce and prevent teen dating 
violence; and 
‘‘(D) make recommendations for educating middle and 
high school students on teen dating violence. 
‘‘(4) ANNUAL REPORT TO SECRETARY.—The Work Group shall 
annually prepare and submit to the Secretary, the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and 
the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Rep-
resentatives, a report on the activities carried out by the Work 
Group under subsection (c), including recommendations to 
reduce and prevent teen dating violence.’’. 
SEC. 1316. FAIRNESS FOR RAPE KIT BACKLOG SURVIVORS ACT OF 
2022. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘Fairness 
for Rape Kit Backlog Survivors Act of 2022’’. 
(b) CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION.—Section 1403(b) of the Vic-
tims of Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20102(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (10); and
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(3) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following: 
‘‘(9) beginning not later than 3 years after the date of 
enactment of this paragraph, such program— 
‘‘(A) provides a waiver for any application filing dead-
line imposed by the program for a crime victim if— 
‘‘(i) the crime victim is otherwise eligible for com-
pensation; and 
‘‘(ii) the delay in filing the application was a result 
of a delay in the testing of, or a delay in the DNA 
profile matching from, a sexual assault forensic exam-
ination kit or biological material collected as evidence 
related to a sexual offense; and 
‘‘(B) does not require the crime victim to undergo an 
appeals process to have the application of the crime victim 
considered for a filing deadline waiver under subparagraph 
(A); and’’. 
SEC. 1317. STUDY RELATING TO STATE ACTIONS TO PROHIBIT AIDING 
AND ABETTING SEXUAL MISCONDUCT IN SCHOOLS. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Education shall publish in the Federal Register 
the findings of the Department of Education’s study, as described 
in the notice published in the Federal Register entitled ‘‘Agency 
Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Study of State 
Policies to Prohibit Aiding and Abetting Sexual Misconduct in 
Schools’’ (84 Fed. Reg. 57708 (October 28, 2019)), reviewing State 
actions to prohibit, in accordance with section 8546 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7926), 
the aiding and abetting of sexual misconduct in schools. 
SEC. 1318. SUPPORTING ACCESS TO NURSE EXAMS ACT. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘Supporting 
Access to Nurse Exams Act’’ or the ‘‘SANE Act’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 304 of the DNA Sexual Assault Jus-
tice Act of 2004 (34 U.S.C. 40723) is amended by striking sub-
sections (a), (b), and (c) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible entity’ includes— 
‘‘(A) a State, Tribal, or local government or hospital; 
‘‘(B) a sexual assault examination program, including— 
‘‘(i) a SANE program; 
‘‘(ii) a SAFE program; 
‘‘(iii) a SART program; 
‘‘(iv) medical personnel, including a doctor or 
nurse, involved in treating victims of sexual assault; 
and 
‘‘(v) a victim service provider involved in treating 
victims of sexual assault; 
‘‘(C) a State sexual assault coalition; 
‘‘(D) a health care facility, including a hospital that 
provides sexual assault forensic examinations by a qualified 
or certified SANE or SAFE; 
‘‘(E) a sexual assault examination program that pro-
vides SANE or SAFE training; and 
‘‘(F) a community-based program that provides sexual 
assault forensic examinations, including pediatric forensic 
exams in a multidisciplinary setting, by a qualified or