Issues Addressed in Congress: Sexual Harassment, Discrimination and the Opioid Crisis Hearings

*[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]

[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 534 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.534

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen


                                 An Act


 
To prevent the sexual abuse of minors and amateur athletes by requiring 
the prompt reporting of sexual abuse to law enforcement authorities, and 
                           for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Young 
Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

           TITLE I--PROTECTING YOUNG VICTIMS FROM SEXUAL ABUSE

Sec. 101. Required reporting of child and sexual abuse.
Sec. 102. Civil remedy for personal injuries.

       TITLE II--UNITED STATES CENTER FOR SAFE SPORT AUTHORIZATION

Sec. 201. Expansion of the purposes of the corporation.
Sec. 202. Designation of the United States Center for Safe Sport.
Sec. 203. Additional requirements for granting sanctions for amateur 
          athletic competitions.
Sec. 204. General requirements for youth-serving amateur sports 
          organizations.

          TITLE I--PROTECTING YOUNG VICTIMS FROM SEXUAL ABUSE

    SEC. 101. REQUIRED REPORTING OF CHILD AND SEXUAL ABUSE.
    (a) Reporting Requirement.--Section 226 of the Victims of Child 
Abuse Act of 1990 (34 U.S.C. 20341) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) by striking ``A person who'' and inserting the 
        following:
        ``(1) Covered professionals.--A person who''; and
            (B) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(2) Covered individuals.--A covered individual who learns of 
    facts that give reason to suspect that a child has suffered an 
    incident of child abuse, including sexual abuse, shall as soon as 
    possible make a report of the suspected abuse to the agency 
    designated by the Attorney General under subsection (d).'';
        (2) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
    by striking ``subsection (a)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)(1)'';
        (3) in subsection (c)--
            (A) in paragraph (7), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (B) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(9) the term `covered individual' means an adult who is 
    authorized, by a national governing body, a member of a national 
    governing body, or an amateur sports organization that participates 
    in interstate or international amateur athletic competition, to 
    interact with a minor or amateur athlete at an amateur sports 
    organization facility or at any event sanctioned by a national 
    governing body, a member of a national governing body, or such an 
    amateur sports organization;
        ``(10) the term `event' includes travel, lodging, practice, 
    competition, and health or medical treatment;
        ``(11) the terms `amateur athlete', `amateur athletic 
    competition', `amateur sports organization', `international amateur 
    athletic competition', and `national governing body' have the 
    meanings given the terms in section 220501(b) of title 36, United 
    States Code; and
        ``(12) the term `as soon as possible' means within a 24-hour 
    period.'';
        (4) in subsection (d), in the first sentence, by inserting 
    ``and for all covered individuals'' after ``reside'';
        (5) in subsection (f), in the first sentence--
            (A) by striking ``and on all'' and inserting ``on all''; 
        and
            (B) by inserting ``and for all covered individuals,'' after 
        ``lands,'';
        (6) in subsection (h), by inserting ``and all covered 
    individuals,'' after ``facilities,''; and
        (7) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to require a victim of child abuse to self-report the 
abuse.''.

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