[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5067]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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