[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3774 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3774

  To provide additional funding under the Child Abuse Prevention and 
                             Treatment Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 8 (legislative day, February 7), 2024

  Mr. Lujan (for himself, Mr. Casey, and Mr. Heinrich) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide additional funding under the Child Abuse Prevention and 
                             Treatment Act.

    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 ``Family Strengthening Infrastructure 
Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL CAPTA FUNDING.

    (a) Additional Amounts for State Grants To Improve Child Protective 
Services.--Section 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5106a) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Additional Funding.--
            ``(1) In general.--To carry out this section, in addition 
        to amounts made available under section 112 for such purposes, 
        there are authorized to be appropriated, and there are 
        appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise 
        appropriated, $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 
        through 2034, to remain available until expended.
            ``(2) Allotments.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
        section, out of the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1), 
        the Secretary shall make allotments to each eligible State and 
        territory in an amount equal to the sum of--
                    ``(A) $50,000; and
                    ``(B) an amount that bears the same relationship to 
                any amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) that 
                remain after all such States and territories have 
                received $50,000, as the number of children under the 
                age of 18 in the State or territory bears to the number 
                of such children in all States and territories that 
                apply for such a grant.
            ``(3) Eligible state.--To be eligible to receive an 
        allotment under paragraph (2), a State or territory shall 
        demonstrate in its application for a grant under this section 
        that such State or territory, for purposes of carrying out the 
        programs supported by such grant, will expend the same amount, 
        or more, of State or territory funds in the fiscal year for 
        which the grant is awarded as such State or territory expended 
        for such purposes in the previous fiscal year.
            ``(4) Definitions.--In this subsection, the terms `State' 
        and `territory' have the meanings given such terms in 
        subsection (f)(1).''.
    (b) Additional Amounts for Community-Based Grants for the 
Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.--
            (1) In general.--Section 203 of the Child Abuse Prevention 
        and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116b) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``amount 
                appropriated under section 210'' and inserting 
                ``amounts appropriated under section 209 and subsection 
                (d)(1)''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Additional Funding.--
            ``(1) Additional appropriation.--To carry out this title, 
        in addition to amounts made available under section 209 for 
        such purposes, there are authorized to be appropriated, and 
        there are appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not 
        otherwise appropriated, $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
        2025 through 2034, to remain available until expended.
            ``(2) Allotments.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall allot the 
                amount appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal 
                year and remaining after the reservation under 
                subsection (a) among eligible States in the same manner 
                the Secretary allots amounts appropriated under section 
                209 pursuant to subsection (b). For purposes of this 
                paragraph, the allotment formula described in 
                subsection (b) shall be applied substituting `eligible 
                State' for `State' each place such term appears in such 
                subsection, and substituting `eligible States' for 
                `States' each place such term appears in such 
                subsection.
                    ``(B) Eligible state.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph, the term `eligible State' means a State that 
                demonstrates in its application for a grant under 
                section 204 that such State, for purposes of carrying 
                out the programs supported by a grant under this title, 
                will expend the same amount, or more, of State funds in 
                the fiscal year for which the grant is awarded as such 
                State expended for such purposes in the previous fiscal 
                year.''.
            (2) Clarification.--Section 204(4) of the Child Abuse 
        Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116d(4)) is amended by 
        inserting ``(excluding any amount received under section 
        203(d))'' after ``received under this title''.
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