[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3335 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3335

 To amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to authorize 
  the Secretary of Health and Human Services to administer a Federal 
 demonstration program to coordinate response and strategy within many 
    sectors of local communities for intervention and prevention of 
                           domestic violence.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 21, 1993

  Ms. Furse introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to authorize 
  the Secretary of Health and Human Services to administer a Federal 
 demonstration program to coordinate response and strategy within many 
    sectors of local communities for intervention and prevention of 
                           domestic violence.

    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 ``Domestic Violence Community 
Initiative Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ON 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. 316. DEMONSTRATION GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY INITIATIVES.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall provide grants to nonprofit 
private organizations to establish projects in local communities 
involving many sectors of each community to coordinate intervention and 
prevention of domestic violence.
    ``(b) Eligibility.--To be eligible for a grant under this section, 
an entity--
            ``(1) shall be a nonprofit organization organized for the 
        purpose of coordinating community projects for the intervention 
        in and prevention of domestic violence; and
            ``(2) shall include representatives of pertinent sectors of 
        the local community, including--
                    ``(A) health care providers;
                    ``(B) the education community;
                    ``(C) the religious community;
                    ``(D) the justice system;
                    ``(E) domestic violence program advocates;
                    ``(F) human service entities such as State child 
                services divisions; and
                    ``(G) business and civic leaders.
    ``(c) Applications.--An organization that desires to receive a 
grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary an application, 
in such form and in such manner as the Secretary shall prescribe 
through notice in the Federal Register, that--
            ``(1) demonstrates that the applicant will serve a 
        community leadership function, bringing together opinion 
        leaders from each sector of the community to develop a 
        coordinated community consensus opposing domestic violence;
            ``(2) demonstrates a community action component to improve 
        and expand current intervention and prevention strategies 
        through increased communication and coordination among all 
        affected sectors;
            ``(3) includes a complete description of the applicant's 
        plan for the establishment and operation of the community 
        project, including a description of--
                    ``(A) the method for identification and selection 
                of an administrative committee made up of persons 
                knowledgeable in domestic violence to oversee the 
                project, hire staff, assure compliance with the project 
                outline, and secure annual evaluation of the project;
                    ``(B) the method for identification and selection 
                of project staff and a project evaluator;
                    ``(C) the method for identification and selection 
                of a project council consisting of representatives of 
                the community sectors listed in subsection (b)(2);
                    ``(D) the method for identification and selection 
                of a steering committee consisting of representatives 
                of the various community sectors who will chair 
                subcommittees of the project council focusing on each 
                of the sectors; and
                    ``(E) a plan for developing outreach and public 
                education campaigns regarding domestic violence; and
            ``(4) contains such other information, agreements, and 
        assurances as the Secretary may require.
    ``(d) Term.--A grant provided under this section may extend over a 
period of not more than 3 fiscal years.
    ``(e) Conditions on Payment.--Payments under a grant under this 
section shall be subject to--
            ``(1) annual approval by the Secretary; and
            ``(2) availability of appropriations.
    ``(f) Geographical Dispersion.--The Secretary shall award grants 
under this section to organizations in communities geographically 
dispersed throughout the country.
    ``(g) Use of Grant Monies.--
            ``(1) In general.--A grant made under subsection (a) shall 
        be used to establish and operate a community project to 
        coordinate intervention and prevention of domestic violence.
            ``(2) Requirements.--In establishing and operating a 
        project, a nonprofit private organization shall--
                    ``(A) establish protocols to improve and expand 
                domestic violence intervention and prevention 
                strategies among all affected sectors;
                    ``(B) develop action plans to direct responses 
                within each community sector that are in conjunction 
                with development in all other sectors; and
                    ``(C) provide for periodic evaluation of the 
                project with a written report and analysis to assist 
                application of this concept in other communities.
    ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section--
            ``(1) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1994; and
            ``(2) such sums as are necessary for each of the fiscal 
        years 1995, 1996, and 1997,
to remain available until expended.
    ``(i) Regulations.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall publish proposed 
regulations implementing this section. Not later than 120 days after 
the date of enactment, the Secretary shall publish final regulations 
implementing this section.''.

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