[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 161 (Thursday, September 17, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S5716]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            JENNA QUINN LAW

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that 
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be discharged 
from further consideration of S. 924 and the Senate proceed to its 
immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 924) to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and 
     Treatment Act to require training and education to teachers 
     and other school employees, students, and the community about 
     how to prevent, recognize, respond to, and report child 
     sexual abuse in primary and secondary education.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the Cornyn substitute 
amendment at the desk be agreed to; that the bill, as amended, be read 
a third time and passed; and that the motion to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 2658), 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 ``Jenna Quinn Law''.

     SEC. 2. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AWARENESS FIELD INITIATED GRANTS.

       Section 105(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(8) Child sexual abuse awareness field initiated 
     grants.--The Secretary may award grants under this subsection 
     to entities, for periods of up to 5 years, in support of 
     field-initiated innovation projects that advance, establish, 
     or implement innovative evidence-based or evidence-informed 
     child sexual abuse awareness and prevention programs by--
       ``(A) improving student awareness of child sexual abuse, 
     including how to recognize, prevent, and safely report child 
     sexual abuse;
       ``(B) training teachers, school employees, and other 
     mandatory reporters and adults who work with children in a 
     professional or volunteer capacity, including with respect to 
     recognizing child sexual abuse and safely reporting child 
     sexual abuse; or
       ``(C) providing information to parents and guardians of 
     students about child sexual abuse awareness and prevention, 
     including how to prevent, recognize, respond to, and report 
     child sexual abuse and how to discuss child sexual abuse with 
     a child.''.

  The bill (S. 924), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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