[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3617 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3617

To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require States 
receiving funds under section 106 of such Act to have in effect a State 
 law providing for a criminal penalty on a person who has knowledge of 
child abuse or neglect, but fails to report such abuse or neglect to a 
         law enforcement official or child protective services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 8, 2011

    Ms. Clarke of New York introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require States 
receiving funds under section 106 of such Act to have in effect a State 
 law providing for a criminal penalty on a person who has knowledge of 
child abuse or neglect, but fails to report such abuse or neglect to a 
         law enforcement official or child protective services.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``See Something, Say Something Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR STATES RECEIVING GRANTS FOR CHILD ABUSE AND 
              NEGLECT PREVENTION AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 106(b)(2) of the Child Abuse Prevention 
and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a(b)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(H) an assurance in the form of a certification 
                by the Governor of the State that the State has in 
                effect and is enforcing a State law providing for a 
                criminal penalty on any person 18 years of age or older 
                who fails to report to a State or local law enforcement 
                official or child protective services that the person 
                has knowledge of child abuse or neglect that occurred 
                in the State.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on December 31, 2013.
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