Child and Animal Abuse Detection and Reporting Act
Latest action · Feb 3, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 3, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Child and Animal Abuse Detection and Reporting Act
This bill requires the Children’s Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families to disseminate information through the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information about the incidence of cases of child abuse that involve abuse to animals.
Cosponsors 49
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 3, 2021 to Oct 31, 2022; 23 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Feb 3, 2021 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Feb 3, 2021 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Feb 3, 2021 |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Original | Feb 3, 2021 |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Original | Feb 3, 2021 |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Original | Feb 3, 2021 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Feb 3, 2021 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Feb 3, 2021 |
| R-NY | John Katko | Original | Feb 3, 2021 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | Feb 3, 2021 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Feb 3, 2021 |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Original | Feb 3, 2021 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Feb 3, 2021 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Original | Feb 3, 2021 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | Feb 3, 2021 |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Original | Feb 3, 2021 |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Original | Feb 3, 2021 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Feb 3, 2021 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Feb 3, 2021 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Feb 3, 2021 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Feb 3, 2021 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | Feb 3, 2021 |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Original | Feb 3, 2021 |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Feb 18, 2021 | |
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Mar 8, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Mar 8, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Apr 14, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Apr 14, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Apr 15, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Apr 19, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Apr 19, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Apr 20, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | May 4, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | May 19, 2021 | |
| D-HI | Kaiali'i Kahele | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Jun 23, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Jul 9, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Jul 9, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Nov 16, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Nov 30, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Feb 1, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Feb 15, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Mar 8, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Mar 8, 2022 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | May 16, 2022 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Oct 31, 2022 |
Committees 1
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 Feb 3, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 3, 2021Introduced in House
- Feb 3, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 20, February 3, 2021, page H325.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2808 | Child and Animal Abuse Detection and Reporting Act | Reintroduction of | May 16, 2019 |
| HR 8733 | Child and Animal Abuse Detection and Reporting Act | Reintroduced Bill | Jun 13, 2024 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to include data on animal abuse in the national clearinghouse for information relating to child abuse and neglect.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Child and Animal Abuse Detection and Reporting Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 3, 2021Introduced 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.
