S 1799 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2013

Latest action · Aug 8, 2014 Became Public Law No: 113-163.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedDec 11, 2013
  2. Passed SenateJun 26, 2014
  3. Passed HouseJul 28, 2014
  4. To the PresidentJul 31, 2014
  5. Became lawAug 8, 2014Public Law 113-163

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on June 26, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 to authorize appropriations for FY2014-FY2018 for: (1) the children's advocacy program; (2) grants from the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to develop and implement multidisciplinary child abuse investigation and prosecution programs; and (3) grants to national organizations to provide technical assistance and training to attorneys and others instrumental to the criminal prosecution of child abuse cases in state or federal courts, for the purpose of improving the quality of criminal prosecution of such cases.

Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to conduct audits of grant recipients to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by grantees. Defines an "unresolved audit finding" as a finding in the final audit report of the Inspector General that the audited grantee has utilized grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost and 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. Directs the Administrator to give priority for grants to eligible entities that did not have an unresolved audit finding during the three fiscal years prior to submitting an application for a grant. Disqualifies a grant recipient that is found to have an unresolved audit finding from receiving grant funds during the following two fiscal years. Directs the Administrator, if an entity is awarded grant funds during the two-fiscal-year period in which the entity is barred from receiving grants, to: (1) deposit an amount equal to the funds that were improperly awarded into the General Fund of the Treasury, and (2) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the fund from such entity.

Prohibits the Administrator from awarding a grant to a nonprofit organization that holds money in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax on unrelated business income.

Requires each nonprofit organization awarded a grant that uses prescribed procedures to create a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for the compensation of its officers, directors, trustees and key employees to disclose to the Administrator in the grant application the process for determining such compensation, the comparability data used, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision.

Prohibits amounts authorized to be appropriated to DOJ from being used by the Administrator, or by any individual or organization awarded discretionary funds through a cooperative agreement, to host or support any expenditure for conferences that uses more than $20,000 in DOJ funds, without prior written authorization by the Deputy Attorney General or other specified officials.

Directs the Deputy Attorney General to submit an annual report to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees on all approved conference expenditures.

Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to permit surplus amounts in the Crime Victims Fund to be used only for a Victim Notification System and for the U.S. Attorneys Offices and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to provide and to improve services for the benefit of crime victims in the federal criminal justice system (current law) through victim coordinators, victims' specialists, and advocates, including for the administrative support of such coordinators and advocates.

Cosponsors 29

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 11, 2013 to Jun 26, 2014; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-ALJeff SessionsOriginalDec 11, 2013
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalDec 11, 2013
R-MORoy BluntOriginalDec 11, 2013
D-ORRon WydenDec 19, 2013
R-NHKelly AyotteJan 27, 2014
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.Feb 4, 2014
D-ORJeff MerkleyFeb 6, 2014
R-TNLamar AlexanderFeb 12, 2014
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyMar 5, 2014
R-NEMike JohannsMar 6, 2014
R-UTOrrin G. HatchMar 26, 2014
R-NEDeb FischerApr 29, 2014
I-MEAngus S. King Jr.May 8, 2014
R-TXJohn CornynMay 8, 2014
R-NCRichard BurrMay 15, 2014

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateJudiciary Committee
Referred Dec 11, 2013Markup Jun 12, 2014Reported Jun 12, 2014
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jul 3, 2014
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jul 3, 2014

Actions 18

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 8, 2014Signed by President.
  2. Aug 8, 2014Became Public Law No: 113-163.
  3. Jul 31, 2014Presented to President.
  4. Jul 28, 2014Mr. Franks (AZ) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  5. Jul 28, 2014Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6875-6877)
  6. Jul 28, 2014DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1799.
  7. Jul 28, 2014Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6875-6876)
  8. Jul 28, 2014Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  9. Jul 3, 2014Received in the House.
  10. Jul 3, 2014Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  11. Jun 30, 2014Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  12. Jun 26, 2014Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S4189-4190)
  13. Jun 26, 2014Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S4189-4190)
  14. Jun 12, 2014Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  15. Jun 12, 2014Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
  16. Jun 12, 2014Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 431.
  17. Dec 11, 2013Introduced in Senate
  18. Dec 11, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 5

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S5126Jeff Flake R-AZJul 30, 2014
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E1265Trent Franks R-AZJul 29, 2014
HouseDebate and remarks H6875–H6877Text printed H6875Jim Costa D-CA, Robert C. "Bobby" Scott D-VA, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Trent Franks R-AZJul 28, 2014
SenateDebate and remarks S4189Text printed S4189Amendments S4186Christopher A. Coons D-DE (amendment), Harry Reid D-NV (text)Jun 26, 2014
SenateDebate and remarks S8634Christopher A. Coons D-DEDec 11, 2013

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

CRS reports 6

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 6

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Amendments 1

Amendments offered to this bill.

AmendmentDescriptionOffered byStatus
SA 3443In the nature of a substitute.Christopher A. Coons D-DEAmendment SA 3443 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 3706Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2013Identical billJan 27, 2014

Titles 6

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to reauthorize subtitle A of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990.
Short Titles as Introduced
Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2013
Short Titles as Reported to Senate
Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2013
Short Titles as Passed House
Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2013
Short Titles as Passed Senate
Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2013
Short Titles as Enacted
Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2013

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 5

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. —Enrolled Bill
  2. Jul 3, 2014Referred in House
  3. Jun 26, 2014Engrossed in Senate
  4. Jun 12, 2014Reported to Senate
  5. Dec 11, 2013Introduced in Senate

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