Title: Keep Young Athletes Safe Act of 2018
Policy area: Sports and Recreation

Summary:
Keep Young Athletes Safe Act of 2018
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to award a grant to an eligible nonprofit nongovernmental entity to support oversight of the United States Olympic Committee, each national governing body, and each paralympic sports organization with regard to safeguarding amateur athletes against abuse.
An entity receiving a grant must demonstrate that it has: (1) nationally recognized expertise in preventing and investigating emotional, physical, and sexual abuse in the athletic programs of these sports organizations; and (2) the capacity to oversee regular and random audits to ensure that their policies and procedures to prevent the abuse of amateur athletes are followed correctly.


[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5252 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5252

To amend title 36, United States Code, to authorize a grant to protect 
           young athletes from abuse, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 2018

Mr. Poe of Texas (for himself, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Ms. Frankel 
    of Florida, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Duncan of 
Tennessee, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Thomas J. Rooney of Florida, Mr. Upton, and 
   Mr. Bishop of Michigan) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 36, United States Code, to authorize a grant to protect 
           young athletes from abuse, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Keep Young Athletes Safe Act of 
2018''.

SEC. 2. GRANT TO PROTECT YOUNG ATHLETES FROM ABUSE.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

          ``SUBCHAPTER III--GRANT TO KEEP YOUNG ATHLETES SAFE

``Sec. 220531. Grant to protect young athletes from abuse
    ``(a) Authority.--The Attorney General may award a grant to an 
eligible nonprofit nongovernmental entity in order to support oversight 
of the United States Olympic Committee, each national governing body, 
and each paralympic sports organization with regard to safeguarding 
amateur athletes against abuse, including emotional, physical, and 
sexual abuse in sports.
    ``(b) Applications.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
section, a nonprofit nongovernmental entity shall submit an application 
to the Attorney General at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Attorney General may require, including 
information that demonstrates that the entity has--
            ``(1) nationally recognized expertise in preventing and 
        investigating emotional, physical, and sexual abuse in the 
        athletic programs of the United States Olympic Committee, each 
        national governing body, and each paralympic sports 
        organization; and
            ``(2) the capacity to oversee regular and random audits to 
        ensure that the policies and procedures used by the United 
        States Olympic Committee, each national governing body, and 
        each paralympic sports organization to prevent the abuse of an 
        amateur athlete are followed correctly.
    ``(c) Use of Grant Amount.--An entity that receives a grant under 
this section may use such funds--
            ``(1) to develop and test new training materials for 
        emotional, physical, and sexual abuse prevention education in 
        youth athletic programs;
            ``(2) for staff salaries, travel expenses, equipment, 
        printing, and other reasonable expenses necessary to develop, 
        maintain, and disseminate to the United States Olympic 
        Committee, each national governing body, each paralympic sports 
        organization, and other amateur sports organizations 
        information about safeguarding amateur athletes against abuse, 
        including emotional, physical, and sexual abuse in sports; and
            ``(3) to oversee the administration of the procedures 
        described in subsection (b)(2).
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
        to carry out this section $2,500,000 for each of the fiscal 
        years 2018 through 2022.
            ``(2) Availability of grant funds.--Funds appropriated 
        under this section shall remain available until expended.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 2205 of 
title 36, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 
related to section 220529 the following:

           ``subchapter iii--grant to keep young athletes safe

``220531. Grant to protect young athletes from abuse.''.
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