[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4576 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4576

 To amend section 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 
   and subpart 1 of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to 
require States receiving funds under such provisions to have in effect 
a State law providing for a criminal penalty on an individual who fails 
  to report having knowledge of another individual's commission of a 
 crime of violence or a sex crime against a person under the age of 18.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 1998

  Ms. Waters introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, 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 section 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 
   and subpart 1 of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to 
require States receiving funds under such provisions to have in effect 
a State law providing for a criminal penalty on an individual who fails 
  to report having knowledge of another individual's commission of a 
 crime of violence or a sex crime against a person under the age of 18.

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

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT ON STATES RECEIVING GRANTS FOR CHILD ABUSE AND 
              NEGLECT PREVENTION AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS.

    Section 106(b)(2) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5106a(b)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) an assurance in the form of a certification 
                by the chief executive officer of the State that the 
                State has in effect and is enforcing a State law 
                providing for a criminal penalty on an individual who, 
                having knowledge of the actual commission of a crime of 
                violence or a sex crime against a person under the age 
                of 18 for which imprisonment for a term greater than 
                one year may be imposed, does not as soon as possible 
                make known the crime to an appropriate State 
                authority.''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT ON STATES RECEIVING PAYMENTS FOR CHILD WELFARE 
              SERVICES.

    Section 422(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 622(b)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (11);
            (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
        and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(13) provide an assurance in the form of a certification 
        by the chief executive officer of the State that the State has 
        in effect and is enforcing a State law providing for a criminal 
        penalty on an individual who, having knowledge of the actual 
        commission of a crime of violence or a sex crime against a 
        person under the age of 18 for which imprisonment for a term 
        greater than one year may be imposed, does not as soon as 
        possible make known the crime to an appropriate State 
        authority.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on 
October 1, 1999.
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