Sec. 301. Rape prevention and education grant

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Section 393A of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280b–1b ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (2), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following or digital services (as such term is defined in section 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994) ; in paragraph (3), by striking professionals and inserting professionals, including school-based professionals, to identify and refer students who may have experienced or are at risk of experiencing sexual violence ; and in paragraph (7), by striking sexual assault and inserting sexual violence, sexual assault, and sexual harassment ; in subsection (b), by striking Indian tribal and inserting Indian Tribal ; by redesignating subsection

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(d)through (e), respectively; by inserting the following new subsection: In granting funds to States, the Secretary shall set forth procedures designed to ensure meaningful involvement of the State or territorial sexual assault coalitions, culturally specific organizations, and representatives from underserved communities in the application for and implementation of funding. ; in subsection

(d)(as redesignated by paragraph (3))— in paragraph (1), by striking $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 and inserting $110,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 ; in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following: Not less than 80 percent of the total amount made available under this subsection in each fiscal year shall be awarded in accordance with this paragraph. ; and by adding at the end the following: Of the total amount made available under this subsection in each fiscal year, not less than 15 percent shall be available to State, territorial, and Tribal sexual assault coalitions for the purposes of coordinating and providing prevention activities, providing assistance to prevention programs, and collaborating and coordinating with Federal, State, Tribal, and local entities engaged in sexual violence prevention. From amounts appropriated for grants under this subsection for each fiscal year, not less than 10 percent of funds shall be available for grants to Tribal sexual assault coalitions, and the remaining funds shall be available for grants to State and territorial coalitions, and the Attorney General shall allocate an amount equal to 1/56 of the amounts so appropriated to each of those State and territorial coalitions. Receipt of an award under this subsection by each sexual assault coalition shall not preclude the coalition from receiving additional grants or administering funds to carry out the purposes described in subsection (a). ; and by adding at the end the following: Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall submit to Congress, the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report on the activities funded by grants awarded under this section and best practices relating to rape prevention and education. .

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