42 U.S.C. § 280b–1b — Use of allotments for rape prevention education

(a) The Secretary, acting through the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the CDC, must award targeted grants to States. These grants pay for rape prevention and education programs run by rape crisis centers, State, territorial, or tribal sexual assault coalitions, and other public and nonprofit groups, for: (1) Educational seminars. (2) Running hotlines or using other communication technology for hotline purposes. (3) Training programs for professionals, including school staff, to identify and refer students who have experienced or are at risk of sexual violence. (4) Preparing informational material. (5) Education and training for students and campus staff to reduce sexual assault at colleges. (6) Education about drugs and alcohol used to help commit rape or sexual assault. (7) Other efforts to raise awareness of, or help prevent, sexual violence, sexual assault, and sexual harassment — including efforts aimed at underserved communities and at people with disabilities (as defined in section 12102 of this title) and Deaf people. (b) Through the National Resource Center on Sexual Assault (housed at the same CDC center), the Secretary must give resource information, policy help, training, and technical assistance to federal, state, local, and tribal agencies, state sexual assault coalitions, local sexual assault programs, and other interested professionals on sexual assault issues. This includes running a central resource library to collect, prepare, study, and share information and statistics on how often sexual assault happens and how to prevent it. (c) When giving States this money, the Secretary must set up procedures that ensure sexual assault coalitions, culturally specific organizations, and people from underserved communities are meaningfully involved in applying for and carrying out the funding. (d) Money authorized. (1) In general. Congress authorized $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027. (2) National resource center share. Of that yearly total, at least $1,500,000 must go to the activities in subsection (b). (3) Baseline state funding. Each State, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico must get at least $150,000 a year; each Territory must get at least $35,000 a year. Any money left over is given out to States, DC, and Puerto Rico based on population. At least 80 percent of the yearly total must be awarded this way. (4) Coalition funding. (A) At least 15 percent of the yearly total must go to State, territorial, and Tribal sexual assault coalitions, to help coordinate and provide prevention activities and work with other government agencies on preventing sexual violence. (B) Of that 15 percent, (i) at least 10 percent must go to Tribal coalitions, and (ii) the rest is split equally among each State coalition and each territorial coalition. (C) Getting this coalition money does not stop a coalition from getting other grants, or from managing funds for the purposes listed in subsection (a). (e) Limits on spending. (1) The money must add to, not replace, other federal, state, and local funding already spent on these services. (2) A State may not spend more than 2 percent of its yearly grant on surveillance or prevalence studies. (3) A State may not spend more than 5 percent of its yearly grant on administrative expenses. (f) Report. Within 1 year after March 15, 2022, the Secretary, through the CDC Director, had to send a report to the House Committees on Appropriations, Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, and the Senate Committees on Appropriations, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the Judiciary. The report covers the activities funded by grants under this section and best practices for rape prevention and education.