Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 1147) 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. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: S. 1147 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 ``Jenna Quinn Law''. SEC. 2. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AWARENESS FIELD INITIATED GRANTS. (a) In General.--Section 105(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(8) Child sexual abuse awareness field-initiated grants.-- ``(A) In general.--The Secretary may award grants under this subsection to entities, for periods of up to 5 years, in support of field-initiated innovation projects that advance, establish, or implement comprehensive, innovative, evidence- based or evidence-informed child sexual abuse awareness and prevention programs by-- ``(i) improving student awareness of child sexual abuse in an age-appropriate manner, including how to recognize, prevent, and safely report child sexual abuse; ``(ii) training teachers, school employees, and other mandatory reporters and adults who work with children…”