[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5067]
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SA 2842. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle H of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 1095. GRANT PROGRAM SUPPORTING TRAUMA CENTER VIOLENCE
INTERVENTION AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS.
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 SUPPORTING TRAUMA CENTER
VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION
PROGRAMS.
``(a) Authority Established.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall award grants to
eligible entities to establish or expand violence
intervention or prevention programs for services and research
designed to reduce the incidence of reinjury and
reincarceration caused by intentional violent trauma,
excluding intimate partner violence.
``(2) First award.--Not later than 9 months after the date
of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall make the
first award under paragraph (1).
``(3) Grant duration.--Each grant awarded under paragraph
(1) shall be for a period of 3 years.
``(4) Grant amount.--The total amount of each grant awarded
under paragraph (1) for the 3-year grant period shall be not
less than $250,000 and not more than $500,000.
``(5) Supplement not supplant.--A grant awarded under
paragraph (1) to an eligible entity with an existing program
described in paragraph (1) shall be used to supplement, and
not supplant, any other funds provided to such entity for
such program.
``(b) Eligible Entities.--To be eligible to receive a grant
under subsection (a)(1), an entity shall--
``(1) either be--
``(A) a State-designated trauma center, or a trauma center
verified by the American College of Surgeons, that conducts
or seeks to conduct a violence intervention or violence
prevention program; or
``(B) a nonprofit entity that conducts or seeks to conduct
a program described in subparagraph (A) in cooperation with a
trauma center described in such subparagraph;
``(2) serve a community in which at least 100 incidents of
intentional violent trauma occur annually; and
``(3) submit to the Secretary an application at such time,
in such manner, and containing such information as the
Secretary may require.
``(c) Selection of Grant Recipients.--
``(1) Geographic diversity.--In selecting grant recipients
under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall ensure that,
collectively, grantees represent a diversity of geographic
areas.
``(2) Priority.--In selecting grant recipients under
subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall prioritize applicants
that serve one or more communities with high absolute numbers
or high rates of intentional violent trauma.
``(3) Health professional shortage areas.--
``(A) Encouragement.--The Secretary shall encourage
entities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) that are located
in or serve a health professional shortage area to apply for
grants under subsection (a)(1).
``(B) Definition.--In subparagraph (A), the term `health
professional shortage area' means a health professional
shortage area designated under section 332.
``(d) Reports.--
``(1) Reports to secretary.--
``(A) In general.--An entity that receives a grant under
subsection (a)(1) shall submit reports on the use of the
grant funds to the Secretary, including progress reports, as
required by the Secretary. Such reports shall include--
``(i) any findings of the program established, or expanded,
by the entity through the grant; and
``(ii) if applicable, the manner in which the entity has
incorporated such findings in the violence intervention or
violence prevention program conducted by such entity.
``(B) Option for joint report.--To the extent feasible and
appropriate, an entity that receives a grant under subsection
(a)(1) may elect to coordinate with one or more other
entities that have received such a grant to submit a joint
report that meets the requirements of subparagraph (A).
``(2) Report to congress.--Not later than 6 years after the
date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit
to Congress a report--
``(A) on any findings resulting from reports submitted to
the Secretary under paragraph (1);
``(B) on best practices developed by the Secretary under
subsection (e); and
``(C) with recommendations for legislative action relating
to intentional violent trauma prevention that the Secretary
determines appropriate.
``(e) Best Practices.--Not later than 6 years after the
date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall--
``(1) develop, and post on a public website of the
Department of Health and Human Services, best practices for
intentional violent trauma prevention, based on any findings
reported to the Secretary under subsection (d)(1); and
``(2) disseminate such best practices to stakeholders, as
determined appropriate by the Secretary.
``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this
section, there is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000
for the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2028.''.
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