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.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3706 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3706
To reauthorize subtitle A of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 11, 2013
Mr. Poe of Texas (for himself, Mr. Costa, and Mr. Fitzpatrick)
introduced the following bill; which was referred 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
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A BILL
To reauthorize subtitle A of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Victims of Child Abuse Act
Reauthorization Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. IMPROVING INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF CHILD ABUSE CASES.
(a) Reauthorization.--Section 214B of the Victims of Child Abuse
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13004) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``$15,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2004 and 2005'' and inserting ``$17,500,000 for
each of fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018''; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``fiscal years 2004 and
2005'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and
2018''.
(b) Accountability.--Subtitle A of the Victims of Child Abuse Act
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13001 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``SEC. 214C. ACCOUNTABILITY.
``All grants awarded by the Administrator under this subtitle shall
be subject to the following accountability provisions:
``(1) Audit requirement.--
``(A) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term
`unresolved audit finding' means a finding in the final
audit report of the Inspector General of the Department
of Justice that the audited grantee has utilized grant
funds for an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise
unallowable cost 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.
``(B) Audit.--The Inspector General of the
Department of Justice shall conduct audits of
recipients of grants under this subtitle to prevent
waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by grantees. The
Inspector General shall determine the appropriate
number of grantees to be audited each year.
``(C) Mandatory exclusion.--A recipient of grant
funds under this subtitle that is found to have an
unresolved audit finding shall not be eligible to
receive grant funds under this subtitle during the
following 2 fiscal years.
``(D) Priority.--In awarding grants under this
subtitle, the Administrator shall give priority to
eligible entities that did not have an unresolved audit
finding during the 3 fiscal years prior to submitting
an application for a grant under this subtitle.
``(E) Reimbursement.--If an entity is awarded grant
funds under this subtitle during the 2-fiscal-year
period in which the entity is barred from receiving
grants under paragraph (2), the Administrator shall--
``(i) deposit an amount equal to the grant
funds that were improperly awarded to the
grantee into the General Fund of the Treasury;
and
``(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the
repayment to the fund from the grant recipient
that was erroneously awarded grant funds.
``(2) Nonprofit organization requirements.--
``(A) Definition.--For purposes of this paragraph,
the term `nonprofit organization' means an organization
that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from taxation under
section 501(a) of such Code.
``(B) Prohibition.--The Administrator may not award
a grant under any grant program described in this
subtitle to a nonprofit organization that holds money
in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying
the tax described in section 511(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986.
``(C) Disclosure.--Each nonprofit organization that
is awarded a grant under this subtitle and uses the
procedures prescribed in regulations to create a
rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for the
compensation of its officers, directors, trustees and
key employees, shall disclose to the Administrator, in
the application for the grant, the process for
determining such compensation, including the
independent persons involved in reviewing and approving
such compensation, the comparability data used, and
contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and
decision. Upon request, the Administrator shall make
the information disclosed under this subparagraph
available for public inspection.
``(3) Conference expenditures.--
``(A) Limitation.--No amounts authorized to be
appropriated to the Department of Justice under this
subtitle may be used by the Administrator, or by any
individual or organization awarded discretionary funds
through a cooperative agreement under this Act, to host
or support any expenditure for conferences that uses
more than $20,000 in Department funds, unless the
Deputy Attorney General or such Assistant Attorney
Generals, Directors, or principal deputies as the
Deputy Attorney General may designate, including the
Administrator, provides prior written authorization
through an award process or subsequent application that
the funds may be expended to host a conference.
``(B) Written approval.--Written approval under
subparagraph (A) shall include a written estimate of
all costs associated with the conference, including the
cost of all food and beverages, audiovisual equipment,
honoraria for speakers, and any entertainment.
``(C) Report.--The Deputy Attorney General shall
submit an annual report to the Committee on the
Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the
Judiciary of the House of Representatives on all
approved conference expenditures referenced in this
paragraph.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred 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.
Referred 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
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