[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6498 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6498

To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to determine the 
extent to which reports of suspected or known instances of child abuse 
or neglect involving a potential combination of jurisdictions, such as 
 intrastate, interstate, Federal-State, and State-Tribal, are screened 
out solely on the basis of the cross-jurisdictional complications, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 7, 2010

  Mrs. McCarthy of New York introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to determine the 
extent to which reports of suspected or known instances of child abuse 
or neglect involving a potential combination of jurisdictions, such as 
 intrastate, interstate, Federal-State, and State-Tribal, are screened 
out solely on the basis of the cross-jurisdictional complications, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting 
Children Across State Lines Act''.
    (b) References.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever 
in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an 
amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference 
shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the 
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.).

SEC. 2. RESEARCH AND ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES.

    Section 104(a) (42 U.S.C. 5105(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(I)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (ix);
                    (B) by redesignating clause (x) as clause (xi); and
                    (C) by inserting after clause (ix), the following:
                            ``(x) the extent to which reports of 
                        suspected or known instances of child abuse or 
                        neglect involving a potential combination of 
                        jurisdictions, such as intrastate, interstate, 
                        Federal-State, and State-Tribal are being 
                        screened out solely on the basis of the cross-
                        jurisdictional complications; and''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``subparagraphs (i) 
        through (ix)'' and inserting ``clauses (i) through (x)''.

SEC. 3. TRAINING PROGRAMS.

    Section 105(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (I);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (J) 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(K) for developing the best practices for the 
                handling of reports of suspected or known child abuse 
                or neglect related fatalities involving a potential 
                combination of jurisdictions, such as intrastate, 
                interstate, Federal-State, and State-Tribal.''.

SEC. 4. ANNUAL STATE DATA REPORTS.

    Section 106(d)(2) (42 U.S.C. 5106a(d)(2))--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (B);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) screened out due to cross-jurisdictional 
                complications.''.

SEC. 5. GRANTS TO STATES FOR PROGRAMS RELATING TO THE INVESTIGATION AND 
              PROSECUTION OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT CASES.

    Section 107 (42 U.S.C. 5106c)--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph 
                (3);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph 
                (4) and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) the handling of reports of suspected or known 
        instances of child abuse or neglect, including those reports 
        involving a potential combination of jurisdictions, such as 
        intrastate, interstate, Federal-State, and State-Tribal, in a 
        manner that ensures appropriate action is taken to protect 
        children.'';
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by inserting ``intrastate,'' before 
                        ``interstate''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``and'' at the end;
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph 
                (3); and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) review the handling of reports of suspected or known 
        instances of child abuse or neglect involving a potential 
        combination of jurisdictions, such as intrastate, interstate, 
        Federal-State, and State-Tribal, including efforts to 
        coordinate and ensure appropriate action is taken; and''; and
            (3) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting 
                ``intrastate,'' before ``interstate''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (1)(C), by inserting ``, which may 
                include those children involved in reports of child 
                abuse or neglect with a potential combination of 
                jurisdictions, such as intrastate, interstate, Federal-
                State, and State-Tribal,'' after ``protection for 
                children''.
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