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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="9507" measure-id="id117hr9507" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2022-12-13" update-date="2023-08-25">
        <title>Parental Right to Protect Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr9507v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2023-08-25">
            <action-date>2022-12-13</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Parental Right to Protect Act</b></p> <p>This bill makes states ineligible for funds under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act if the state's child protective services system is permitted to (1) remove a child from the custody of the child's parent or legal guardian because the parent or legal guardian is reluctant or refuses to consent to a gender-transition intervention for the child; or (2) use such reluctance or refusal as evidence of abuse or neglect.</p>]]></summary-text>
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