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S. 1799 (113th)

Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2013

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Introduced

11 December 2013

Last action

8 August 2014 · Became law

Status

Became Public Law No: 113-163.

Sponsors

Christopher Coons, Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO], Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL], Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Ron Wyden, Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH], Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA], Jeff Merkley, Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE], Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT], Deb Fischer, John Cornyn, Angus King, Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC], John Hoeven, Amy Klobuchar, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN], Charles Schumer, Richard Durbin, Chuck Grassley, Richard Blumenthal, Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Edward Markey, Elizabeth Warren, Jeanne Shaheen, Susan Collins, Rep. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE-At Large]

Subjects

Taxation

Source updated

10 August 2026

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Summary

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.

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Timeline

  1. 11 December 2013

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 11 December 2013

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 12 June 2014

    Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 431.

    Source: Calendars

  4. 12 June 2014

    Reported

    Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.

    Source: Committee

  5. 12 June 2014

    Reported

    Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

    Source: Committee

  6. 26 June 2014

    Floor

    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S4189-4190)

    Source: Floor

  7. 26 June 2014

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S4189-4190)

    Source: Floor

  8. 30 June 2014

    Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

    Source: Floor

  9. 3 July 2014

    Introduced

    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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  10. 3 July 2014

    Floor

    Received in the House.

    Source: Floor

  11. 28 July 2014

    Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1799.

    Source: Floor

  12. 28 July 2014

    Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6875-6877)

    Source: Floor

  13. 28 July 2014

    Floor

    Mr. Franks (AZ) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

    Source: Floor

  14. 28 July 2014

    Passed

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

  15. 28 July 2014

    Passed

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6875-6876)

    Source: Floor

  16. 28 July 2014

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6875-6876)

    Source: Floor

  17. 31 July 2014

    Floor

    Presented to President.

    Source: Floor

  18. 31 July 2014

    President

    Presented to President.

    Source: President

  19. 8 August 2014

    President

    Signed by President.

    Source: President

  20. 8 August 2014

    Became law

    Became Public Law No: 113-163.

    Source: President

  21. 8 August 2014

    Became law

    Signed by President.

    Source: BecameLaw

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