[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 166 (Friday, December 21, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S8365]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. KYL:
  S. 3708. A bill to encourage reporting of child abuse; to the 
Committee on the Judiciary.
  Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the 
bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 3708

       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 ``Stop Abuse For Every Child 
     Act of 2012'' or the ``SAFE Child Act''.

     SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 20 of title 18, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting after section 3013 the 
     following:

     ``Sec. 3014. Additional special assessment

       ``(a) In addition to the assessment imposed under section 
     3013, the court shall assess on any person other than an 
     individual convicted of an offense against the United States 
     an amount equal to 3 times the amount that would be assessed 
     on a person under section 3013 for the same offense.
       ``(b) There is established in the Treasury a fund, to be 
     known as the `Surcharge Fund' (referred to in this section as 
     the `Fund'), to be administered by the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services.
       ``(c) Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, or any 
     other law regarding the crediting of money received for the 
     Government, there shall be deposited in the Fund an amount 
     equal to the amount of the assessments collected under this 
     section, which shall remain available until expended.
       ``(d) From amounts in the Fund, and without further 
     appropriation, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     shall, for fiscal year 2013, and every 3 fiscal years 
     thereafter, award a competitive grant with a grant period of 
     3 years and in the amount of $1,000,000 for each year to a 
     private nonprofit organization that has a successful multi-
     year record of operating a national child abuse hotline, 
     which shall be used--
       ``(1) to operate such a hotline, which shall--
       ``(A) operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with 
     individuals answering calls;
       ``(B) be staffed by individuals that are trained to handle 
     crisis counseling and child abuse and neglect inquiries, 
     including individuals with a background or advanced degrees 
     in counseling, mental health, social work, or other related 
     fields;
       ``(C) have the ability to provide assistance to callers in 
     multiple languages;
       ``(D) have chat or text message capability to increase 
     access and participation for children and youth who may not 
     be as likely to call on a telephone; and
       ``(E) provide--
       ``(i) assistance in reporting incidences of child abuse and 
     neglect;
       ``(ii) crisis counseling;
       ``(iii) referrals to relevant resources in the caller's 
     community; and
       ``(iv) education and resources on the signs and symptoms of 
     abuse, risk factors, parenting concerns, and adult survivor 
     issues; and
       ``(2) to encourage reporting of child abuse and conduct 
     public education on child abuse.
       ``(e)(1) Effective on the day after the date on which an 
     award is made under subsection (d), or, for a fiscal year in 
     which no award is made under subsection (d), effective on 
     September 30 of that fiscal year, all unobligated balances in 
     the Fund shall be transferred to the Crime Victims Fund 
     established under section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act of 
     1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601).
       ``(2) Amounts transferred under paragraph (1)--
       ``(A) shall be available for any authorized purpose of the 
     Crime Victims Fund; and
       ``(B) shall remain available until expended.
       ``(f) The amount assessed under subsection (a) shall be 
     collected in the manner that fines are collected in criminal 
     cases.
       ``(g) The obligation to pay an assessment imposed on or 
     after the date of enactment of the SAFE Child Act shall not 
     cease until the assessment is paid in full.''.
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of 
     sections for chapter 20 of title 18, United States Code, is 
     amended by inserting after the item relating to section 3013 
     the following:

``3014. Additional special assessment.''.

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