[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 101 (Thursday, June 26, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4189-S4190]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE ACT REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2013

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 431, S. 1799.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1799) to reauthorize subtitle A of the Victims 
     of Child Abuse Act of 1990.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Coons 
substitute amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to, the bill, as 
amended, be read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider 
be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 3443), in the nature of a substitute, was agreed 
to, as follows:

               (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute.)

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Victims of Child Abuse Act 
     Reauthorization Act of 2013''.

     SEC. 2. IMPROVING INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF CHILD 
                   ABUSE CASES.

       (a) Reauthorization.--Section 214B of the Victims of Child 
     Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13004) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``fiscal years 2004 and 
     2005'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 
     and 2018''; and
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``fiscal years 2004 and 
     2005'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 
     and 2018''.
       (b) Accountability.--Subtitle A of the Victims of Child 
     Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13001 et seq.) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 214C. ACCOUNTABILITY.

       ``All grants awarded by the Administrator under this 
     subtitle shall be subject to the following accountability 
     provisions:
       ``(1) Audit requirement.--
       ``(A) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term `unresolved 
     audit finding' means a finding in the final audit report of 
     the Inspector General of the Department of Justice that the 
     audited grantee has utilized grant funds for an unauthorized 
     expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed 
     or resolved within 12 months from the date when the final 
     audit report is issued and any appeal has been completed.
       ``(B) Audit.--The Inspector General of the Department of 
     Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of grants under 
     this subtitle to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by 
     grantees. The Inspector General shall determine the 
     appropriate number of grantees to be audited each year.
       ``(C) Mandatory exclusion.--A recipient of grant funds 
     under this subtitle that is found to have an unresolved audit 
     finding shall not be eligible to receive grant funds under 
     this subtitle during the following 2 fiscal years.
       ``(D) Priority.--In awarding grants under this subtitle, 
     the Administrator shall give priority to eligible entities 
     that did not have an unresolved audit finding during the 3 
     fiscal years prior to submitting an application for a grant 
     under this subtitle.
       ``(E) Reimbursement.--If an entity is awarded grant funds 
     under this subtitle during the 2-fiscal-year period in which 
     the entity is barred from receiving grants under paragraph 
     (2), the Administrator shall--
       ``(i) deposit an amount equal to the grant funds that were 
     improperly awarded to the grantee into the General Fund of 
     the Treasury; and
       ``(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the 
     fund from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded 
     grant funds.
       ``(2) Nonprofit organization requirements.--
       ``(A) Definition.--For purposes of this paragraph, the term 
     `nonprofit organization' means an organization that is 
     described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 and is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of 
     such Code.
       ``(B) Prohibition.--The Administrator may not award a grant 
     under any grant program described in this subtitle to a 
     nonprofit organization that holds money in offshore accounts 
     for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax described in 
     section 511(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
       ``(C) Disclosure.--Each nonprofit organization that is 
     awarded a grant under this subtitle and uses the procedures 
     prescribed in regulations to create a rebuttable presumption 
     of reasonableness for the compensation of its officers, 
     directors, trustees and key employees, shall disclose to the 
     Administrator, in the application for the grant, the process 
     for determining such compensation, including the independent 
     persons involved in reviewing and approving such 
     compensation, the comparability data used, and

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     contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and 
     decision. Upon request, the Administrator shall make the 
     information disclosed under this subparagraph available for 
     public inspection.
       ``(3) Conference expenditures.--
       ``(A) Limitation.--No amounts authorized to be appropriated 
     to the Department of Justice under this subtitle may be used 
     by the Administrator, or by any individual or organization 
     awarded discretionary funds through a cooperative agreement 
     under this Act, to host or support any expenditure for 
     conferences that uses more than $20,000 in Department funds, 
     unless the Deputy Attorney General or such Assistant Attorney 
     Generals, Directors, or principal deputies as the Deputy 
     Attorney General may designate, including the Administrator, 
     provides prior written authorization through an award process 
     or subsequent application that the funds may be expended to 
     host a conference.
       ``(B) Written approval.--Written approval under 
     subparagraph (A) shall include a written estimate of all 
     costs associated with the conference, including the cost of 
     all food and beverages, audiovisual equipment, honoraria for 
     speakers, and any entertainment.
       ``(C) Report.--The Deputy Attorney General shall submit an 
     annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 
     and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives on all approved conference expenditures 
     referenced in this paragraph.''.

     SEC. 3. CRIME VICTIMS FUND.

       Section 1402(d)(3) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 
     U.S.C. 10601(d)(3)) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(A)'' before ``Of the sums''; and
       (2) by striking ``available for the United States Attorneys 
     Offices'' and all that follows and inserting the following: 
     ``available only for--
       ``(i) the United States Attorneys Offices and the Federal 
     Bureau of Investigation to provide and improve services for 
     the benefit of crime victims in the Federal criminal justice 
     system (as described in 3771 of title 18, United States Code, 
     and section 503 of the Victims' Rights and Restitution Act of 
     1990 (42 U.S.C. 10607)) through victim coordinators, victims' 
     specialists, and advocates, including for the administrative 
     support of victim coordinators and advocates providing such 
     services; and
       ``(ii) a Victim Notification System.
       ``(B) Amounts made available under subparagraph (A) may not 
     be used for any purpose that is not specified in clause (i) 
     or (ii) of subparagraph (A).''.

  The bill (S. 1799), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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