[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2381 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2381

 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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 3, 1997

  Mr. Dicks (for himself, Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Frost, Mr. Foglietta, Mrs. 
  Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
McGovern, Ms. Christian-Green, Mr. Baldacci, Ms. Norton, Mr. Ackerman, 
  Mr. Dellums, Ms. Furse, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Clement, Ms. 
Slaughter, Mr. Adam Smith of Washington, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Hinchey, and 
Mr. Jefferson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
    Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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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.''.
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