[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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