[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7930 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7930

 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a 
program to award grants for providing to or developing for schools and 
   youth-serving organizations educational resources or training on 
        preventing teen dating violence, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2024

Ms. Kuster (for herself, Mr. Molinaro, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, and Mr. 
 Fitzpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a 
program to award grants for providing to or developing for schools and 
   youth-serving organizations educational resources or training on 
        preventing teen dating violence, 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 ``Teen Dating Violence Prevention 
Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING OR DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES 
              OR TRAINING ON PREVENTING TEEN DATING VIOLENCE.

    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-8 GRANT PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING OR DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL 
              RESOURCES OR TRAINING ON PREVENTING TEEN DATING VIOLENCE.

    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish within the 
Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services a program (in this 
section referred to as the `Program') to award grants on a competitive 
basis to covered entities for providing to or developing for schools 
and youth-serving organizations evidence-based educational resources or 
training on preventing teen dating violence and forming healthy 
relationships, including awarding grants for--
            ``(1) providing or developing--
                    ``(A) physical or digital materials that are 
                designed to improve awareness on how to recognize, 
                prevent, and safely report teen dating violence;
                    ``(B) professional development training for 
                teachers, school leaders, school officials, and 
                specialized instructional support personnel on how to 
                recognize signs of abuse resulting from teen dating 
                violence, identify different types of such abuse, 
                intervene in cases of such abuse, and provide referrals 
                to support services for victims of such abuse; and
                    ``(C) workshops at schools or youth-serving 
                organizations for students, parents, and teachers that 
                provide information about preventing teen dating 
                violence and forming healthy relationships;
            ``(2) supporting or expanding existing educational 
        resources or training on preventing teen dating violence and 
        forming healthy relationships; and
            ``(3) recruiting and retaining domestic and sexual violence 
        professionals to provide or develop educational resources or 
        training on preventing teen dating violence and forming healthy 
        relationships.
    ``(b) Applications.--A covered entity may apply for a grant under 
the Program by submitting to the Secretary an application in such form, 
at such time, and containing such information as the Secretary 
determines appropriate, which shall include a description of the 
initiative, activity, program, or training the covered entity proposes 
to provide or develop using such grant.
    ``(c) Requirements.--In providing or developing educational 
resources or training on preventing teen dating violence and forming 
healthy relationships, a covered entity shall--
            ``(1) ensure that any person providing or developing 
        educational resources or training using grant funds is 
        adequately trained to provide or develop such resources or 
        training; and
            ``(2) ensure that domestic and sexual violence 
        professionals, school leaders, school officials, specialized 
        instructional support personnel, staff of youth-serving 
        organizations, and parents are involved in the design of any 
        educational resources or training provided or developed using 
        such a grant.
    ``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `community-based organization' means a 
        nonprofit, nongovernmental, or Tribal organization that serves 
        a specific geographic community and--
                    ``(A) focuses primarily on preventing teen dating 
                violence or forming healthy relationships;
                    ``(B) has established a specialized program on 
                preventing teen dating violence or forming healthy 
                relationships; or
                    ``(C) obtains expertise, or shows demonstrated 
                capacity to work effectively, on preventing teen dating 
                violence or forming healthy relationships.
            ``(2) The term `covered entity' means--
                    ``(A) a community-based organization or health 
                agency with experience in providing or developing 
                educational programs on preventing teen dating violence 
                and forming healthy relationships for children, 
                adolescents, or young adults, as determined by the 
                Secretary;
                    ``(B) a local educational agency seeking to 
                provide, develop, expand, or support educational 
                programs on preventing teen dating violence and forming 
                healthy relationships for children, adolescents, or 
                young adults, as determined by the Secretary;
                    ``(C) a youth-serving organization seeking to 
                provide, develop, expand, or support educational 
                programs on preventing teen dating violence and forming 
                healthy relationships for children, adolescents, or 
                young adults, as determined by the Secretary;
                    ``(D) a faith-based organization seeking to 
                provide, develop, expand, or support educational 
                programs on preventing teen dating violence and forming 
                healthy relationships for children, adolescents, or 
                young adults, as determined by the Secretary; or
                    ``(E) a provider of an after-school program, 
                including an elementary school, secondary school, local 
                educational agency, youth-serving organization, or 
                community-based organization, seeking to provide, 
                develop, expand, or support educational programs on 
                preventing teen dating violence and forming healthy 
                relationships for children, adolescents, or young 
                adults, as determined by the Secretary.
            ``(3) The term `domestic and sexual violence professional' 
        means a person, whether paid or serving as a volunteer, who 
        provides or develops educational resources or training on 
        preventing teen dating violence and forming healthy 
        relationships as part of, or under the supervision of, a victim 
        services program.
            ``(4) The terms `elementary school', `evidence-based', 
        `local educational agency', `parent', `professional 
        development', `school leader', `secondary school', and 
        `specialized instructional support personnel' have the meanings 
        given those terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
            ``(5) The term `teen dating violence' means intimate 
        relationship violence committed by or against people over the 
        age of 11 and under the age of 19, including--
                    ``(A) intimate partner violence;
                    ``(B) physical, sexual, financial, emotional, 
                technological, or psychological abuse;
                    ``(C) harassment; and
                    ``(D) stalking.
            ``(6) The term `youth-serving organization' means an 
        organization that runs a supervised program designed for 
        children, adolescents, or young adults that fosters learning 
        and development for attendees outside of school, including--
                    ``(A) before school hours;
                    ``(B) after school hours;
                    ``(C) during school holidays; or
                    ``(D) on days when school is out of session.
    ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2025 through 2029.''.
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