{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-4118","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 4118","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Break the Cycle of Violence Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to build safer, thriving communities, and save lives, by investing in effective community-based violence reduction initiatives, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to build safer, thriving communities, and save lives, by investing in effective community-based violence reduction initiatives, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Break the Cycle of Violence Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Break the Cycle of Violence Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Break the Cycle of Violence Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-06-24","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-09-22","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h453","question":"On Passage","title":"Break the Cycle of Violence Act","result":"Passed","yea":220,"nay":207,"present":0,"not_voting":5,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll453.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate.","date":"2022-09-27"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-09-22","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Break the Cycle of Violence Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill establishes federal grant programs and related entities to support violence intervention initiatives."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants for coordinated community violence intervention initiatives in communities disproportionately impacted by homicides and community violence. HHS must also establish several related entities, including"},{"k":"li","t":"an Office of Community Violence Intervention to administer programs and activities related to violence intervention;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"the Community Violence Intervention Advisory Committee to advise and assist the office and HHS; and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"the National Community Violence Response Center to provide training and technical assistance, coordinate research, and develop data collection policies.","d":1},{"k":"p","t":"Additionally, the bill directs the Department of Labor to award grants for job training and workforce programs in communities disproportionately affected by gun violence to connect youth ages 16 to 24 to in-demand occupations."}],"words":141},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for community violence intervention initiatives and to set up supporting offices and bodies, and directs the Secretary of Labor to award grants for youth job training programs in communities disproportionately affected by gun violence.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4118/text/eh#toc-H546F4880E6C3466F937468B9DE837E39"},{"label":"Sec. 201","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4118/text/eh#toc-H51A8DDB321DE4786B5396D13CA33CADF"}]},"core_areas":["Community violence intervention grants through the Department of Health and Human Services","Office, advisory committee and national response center for community violence intervention","Job training grants for opportunity youth through the Department of Labor"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award 4-year grants to community-based nonprofit organizations and eligible units of local government to support, enhance and replicate coordinated community violence intervention.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4118/text/eh#toc-H546F4880E6C3466F937468B9DE837E39"}},{"text":"Limits the share of funds made available under Title I for a fiscal year that may go to eligible units of local government to not more than 15 percent.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4118/text/eh#toc-H546F4880E6C3466F937468B9DE837E39"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to establish the Office of Community Violence Intervention within the Department of Health and Human Services, headed by a director, and allows not more than 5 percent of Title I funds to be reserved for its administrative expenses.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 102","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4118/text/eh#toc-H7A3DE87CFF9F4B7CA0609D7455188A6C"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to establish a Community Violence Intervention Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary and the Office on matters such as grant solicitations and the selection of grant proposals.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 103","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4118/text/eh#toc-H76C4FFD67E054362A019043C4960BC05"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to establish a National Community Violence Response Center that provides technical assistance to grantees, develops data collection policies, coordinates research, and holds a biennial conference.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 104","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4118/text/eh#toc-H34D9C1CF6A504005B3907EE305296676"}},{"text":"Authorizes $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2023, and $700,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2029 for the Department of Health and Human Services to carry out Title I.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 106","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4118/text/eh#toc-HDAD62807EDE84C30927DC697874C8D3A"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"off_subject","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 105","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4118/text/eh#toc-HF809C90785F54D52A5345E2137CA25CA"},"heading":"Sense of Congress regarding services for victims of violent crime","effect":"States the sense of Congress that States and territories should consider using Crime Victims Fund money for community-based violence intervention services; it creates no grant or duty.","amount":null,"quote":"States and territories should consider using funding provided through the Crime Victims Fund to support community-based violence intervention initiatives"}]},{"category":"narrow_beneficiary","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4118/text/eh#toc-H6D0AFA3237D54D7E818D0047C8004F1A"},"heading":"Definitions","effect":"Defines an eligible unit of local government by homicide counts (35 or more per year, or 20 or more and double the national average) in 2 of the 3 preceding years, or by Secretary determination of compelling need.","amount":null,"quote":"experienced 35 or more homicides per year; or (ii) experienced 20 or more homicides per year and had a homicide rate that was not less than double the national average"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4118/text/eh#toc-H546F4880E6C3466F937468B9DE837E39"},"heading":"Community-based violence intervention program grants","effect":"Awards HHS grants for community violence intervention. Nonprofit applicants must have a track record in communities of color, local governments get at most 15 percent of funds, and community-based nonprofits are exempt from the 90 percent federal-share match.","amount":null,"quote":"has a track record of providing community-related activities or support program innovation in communities of color"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 201","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4118/text/eh#toc-H51A8DDB321DE4786B5396D13CA33CADF"},"heading":"Improving approaches for communities to thrive (IMPACT) grants","effect":"Directs Labor Department grants for year-round job training for opportunity youth. Nonprofit applicants must have a track record in communities of color. Authorizes $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, available through fiscal year 2029.","amount":"$1,500,000,000","quote":"has a track record of providing community-related activities or support program innovation in communities of color"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-09-22","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4118/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4118","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4118/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-4118.png","v":"de0d86dc42ca","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 4118, 117th Congress: Break the Cycle of Violence Act. House: 220 Yea, 207 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 22 Sep 2022."}}