Jenna Quinn Law

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1865 To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to provide for grants in support of 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 among primary and secondary school students. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 11, 2021 Ms. WILD (for herself, Mr. MCCAUL, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SCANLON, and Mr. LAMB) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to provide for grants in support of training and edu- cation to teachers and other school employees, students, and the community about how to prevent, recognize, respond to, and report child sexual abuse among primary and secondary school students. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jenna Quinn Law’’. 4 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:01 May 03, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1865.IH H1865 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1865 IH SEC. 2. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AWARENESS FIELD INITI- 1 ATED GRANTS. 2 Section 105(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 3 Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)) is amended by adding 4 at the end the following: 5 ‘‘(8) CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AWARENESS FIELD 6 INITIATED GRANTS.—The Secretary may award 7 grants under this subsection to entities, for periods 8 of up to 5 years, in support of field-initiated innova- 9 tion projects that advance, establish, or implement 10 comprehensive, innovative, evidence-based or evi- 11 dence-informed child sexual abuse awareness and 12 prevention programs by— 13 ‘‘(A) improving student awareness of child 14 sexual abuse in an age-appropriate manner, in- 15 cluding how to recognize, prevent, and safely 16 report child sexual abuse; 17 ‘‘(B) training teachers, school employees, 18 and other mandatory reporters and adults who 19 work with children in a professional or volun- 20 teer capacity, including with respect to recog- 21 nizing child sexual abuse and safely reporting 22 child sexual abuse; or 23 ‘‘(C) providing information to parents and 24 guardians of students about child sexual abuse 25 awareness and prevention, including how to pre- 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:01 May 03, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1865.IH H1865 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1865 IH vent, recognize, respond to, and report child 1 sexual abuse and how to discuss child sexual 2 abuse with a child.’’. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:01 May 03, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1865.IH H1865 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS