[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1996 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1996

 To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to 
   allow certain grant funds to be used to provide parent education.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 26, 1996

   Mr. Biden introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to 
   allow certain grant funds to be used to provide parent education.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PARENT EDUCATION SYSTEM.

    Section 30201(a)(2) of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(O) Voluntary, comprehensive, and culturally-appropriate 
        home visitor systems that provide parenting education that 
        focuses on parenting skills, child development, child health, 
        and support services for new parents to prevent or decrease the 
        risk of child abuse. To avoid duplication of services, a system 
        developed pursuant to this paragraph shall be coordinated with 
        other organizations that provide services to children, 
        particularly infants.''.