Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
Latest action · May 21, 2019 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 2, 2019
- Passed HouseMay 20, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 and revises the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 to expand services for preventing and treating child abuse.
Specifically, the bill establishes requirements concerning collecting and exchanging data about child abuse and neglect. For instance, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to (1) establish uniform national standards for tracking and reporting child fatalities and near fatalities resulting from maltreatment, and (2) develop an electronic interstate data exchange system that allows states to share information from their child abuse and neglect registries with other states.
The bill also addresses child abuse and neglect related to families impacted by substance use disorders, racial bias in the child protective services system, and child sexual abuse.
Further, the bill revises the community-based grants program to emphasize access to effective services for diverse populations and to promote the development of statewide strategies to scale up family strengthening services.
Finally, the bill requires HHS to examine unregulated custody transfers and make recommendations for preventing, identifying, and responding to such transfers.
Cosponsors 49
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 2, 2019 to May 20, 2019; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-SD | Dusty Johnson | Original | May 2, 2019 |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Original | May 2, 2019 |
| R-KY | James Comer | Original | May 2, 2019 |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Original | May 2, 2019 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | May 2, 2019 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | May 2, 2019 |
| R-NC | Virginia Foxx | Original | May 2, 2019 |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | May 7, 2019 | |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | May 7, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | May 7, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | May 7, 2019 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | May 7, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | May 7, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | May 7, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | May 7, 2019 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 2, 2019Reported May 20, 2019 |
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred May 21, 2019 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 21, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- May 20, 2019Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 116-74.
- May 20, 2019Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 50.
- May 20, 2019Ms. Schrier moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- May 20, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3978-3994)
- May 20, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2480.
- May 20, 2019Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3978-3988)
- May 20, 2019Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 2, 2019Introduced in House
- May 2, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E637 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | May 21, 2019 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3978–H3994, H3998Text printed H3978–H3988 | David J. Trone D-MD, Elise M. Stefanik R-NY, Gwen Moore D-WI, James Comer R-KY, James R. Langevin D-RI, Kim Schrier D-WA, Lauren Underwood D-IL, Lloyd Smucker R-PA, Lucy McBath D-GA, Pramila Jayapal D-WA, Rick W. Allen R-GA, Robert C. "Bobby" Scott D-VA, Ron Wright R-TX, Susan Wild D-PA, Susie Lee D-NV, Suzanne Bonamici D-OR, Van Taylor R-TX, Virginia Foxx R-NC | May 20, 2019 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- May 14, 2019H.R. 2480, Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on May 8, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 72, May 2, 2019, page H3441.
Related bills 5
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1329 | AI/AN CAPTA | Related bill | May 6, 2019 |
| HR 1389 | Safe Home Act of 2019 | Related bill | Feb 27, 2019 |
| S 1446 | Safe Home Act of 2019 | Related bill | May 14, 2019 |
| HR 2549 | AI/AN CAPTA | Related bill | May 16, 2019 |
| S 4342 | National Child Abuse Help Hotline Act of 2020 | Related bill | Jul 28, 2020 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reauthorize the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Adoption and foster care
- Advisory bodies
- Census and government statistics
- Child care and development
- Child health
- Child safety and welfare
- Congressional oversight
- Crime prevention
- Crimes against children
- Criminal justice information and records
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Disability and paralysis
- Disability assistance
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Employment and training programs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Families
- Family relationships
- Family services
- Federal-Indian relations
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health care quality
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Human trafficking
- Indian social and development programs
- Judges
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Lawyers and legal services
- Marriage and family status
- Mental health
- Minority health
- Nutrition and diet
- Performance measurement
- Preschool education
- Public-private cooperation
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Right of privacy
- Separation, divorce, custody, support
- Sex offenses
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
- Telephone and wireless communication
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 21, 2019Referred in Senate
- May 20, 2019Engrossed in House
- May 20, 2019Reported in House
- May 2, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
