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[CITE: 42USC300w-10]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
                      SUBCHAPTER XVII--BLOCK GRANTS
 
       Part A--Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grants
 
Sec. 300w-10. Use of allotments for rape prevention education


(a) Permitted use

    Notwithstanding section 300w-3(a)(1) of this title, amounts 
transferred by the State for use under this part may be used for rape 
prevention and education programs conducted by rape crisis centers or 
similar nongovernmental nonprofit entities for--
        (1) educational seminars;
        (2) the operation of hotlines;
        (3) training programs for professionals;
        (4) the preparation of informational materials; and
        (5) other efforts to increase awareness of the facts about, or 
    to help prevent, sexual assault, including efforts to increase 
    awareness in underserved racial, ethnic, and language minority 
    communities.

(b) Targeting of education programs

    States providing grant monies must ensure that at least 25 percent 
of the monies are devoted to education programs targeted for middle 
school, junior high school, and high school students.

(c) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section--
        (1) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1996;
        (2) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1997;
        (3) $45,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
        (4) $45,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
        (5) $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.

(d) Limitation

    Funds authorized under this section may only be used for providing 
rape prevention and education programs.

(e) ``Rape prevention and education'' defined

    For purposes of this section, the term ``rape prevention and 
education'' includes education and prevention efforts directed at 
offenses committed by offenders who are not known to the victim as well 
as offenders who are known to the victim.

(f) Terms

    The Secretary shall make allotments to each State on the basis of 
the population of the State, and subject to the conditions provided in 
this section and sections 300w-3 through 300w-8 of this title.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, Sec. 1910A, as added Pub. L. 103-322, 
title IV, Sec. 40151, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1920.)

                          Codification

    Section 40151 of Pub. L. 103-322, which directed that this section 
be added at the end of part A of title XIX of the ``Public Health and 
Human Services Act'', was executed by adding this section at the end of 
part A of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act, to reflect the 
probable intent of Congress.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 300w-10, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, 
Sec. 1910A, as added Oct. 30, 1984, Pub. L. 98-555, Sec. 8, 98 Stat. 
2856, related to State planning grants, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100-
607, title III, Sec. 303, Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3112.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 14214 of this title.
