[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9819 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 9819
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require that the Attorney
General take child welfare intervention history surveys of offenders in
the custody of the Attorney General, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 21, 2026
Mr. Schweikert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require that the Attorney
General take child welfare intervention history surveys of offenders in
the custody of the Attorney General, 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.
This Act may be cited as the ``AIDEN (Advancing Integrated Data for
Equitable National Child Welfare)''.
SEC. 2. OFFENDER CHILD WELFARE INTERVENTION HISTORY SURVEY.
(a) In General.--Chapter 305 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 4087. Offender child welfare intervention history survey
``(a) Survey.--The Attorney General shall develop and distribute to
each offender who is committed to the custody of the Attorney General
by a court of the United States a survey on the child welfare
intervention history of the offender that includes the collection of
the following information:
``(1) Whether the offender is aware of any child welfare
intervention with a caregiver that occurred while the offender
was a minor, including at home, at school, or from a law
enforcement officer.
``(2) If the offender is aware of a child welfare
intervention described in paragraph (1), whether the offender
is aware of the condition on which such intervention was based,
and if so, the nature of the condition, including physical
abuse, sexual abuse, emotional or spiritual abuse, substance
exposure, or domestic violence.
``(3) If the offender is aware of a child welfare
intervention described in paragraph (1), the type of
intervention, including visits from caseworkers, in-home
services, foster care, juvenile detention, or any other
intervention.
``(4) If the offender was placed in foster care as a result
of a child welfare intervention, the manner in which the case
was resolved, including reunification with the caregiver,
guardianship, adoption, or aging out of the foster care system.
``(5) If the offender was placed in foster care as a result
of a child welfare intervention, the support services that the
offender received, if any, while in foster care, including
check-ins from the State child welfare agency and support from
community-based organizations.
``(6) If the offender was not placed in foster care as a
result of the child welfare intervention, the manner in which
the case was resolved.
``(b) Timing for Distribution.--
``(1) In general.--For each offender who is committed to
the custody of the Attorney General after the date that is 90
days after the date of enactment of this section, the Attorney
General shall distribute the survey under subsection (a) to the
offender during the intake process.
``(2) Existing prisoners.--For each offender who was
committed to the custody of the Attorney General before the
date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this
section, the Attorney General shall distribute the survey under
subsection (a) to the offender before the date that is 180 days
after the date of enactment of this section. Surveys
distributed pursuant to this paragraph shall indicate that they
were distributed to prisoners described in this paragraph.
``(c) Notification.--The Attorney General shall notify each
offender to whom a survey is distributed, at the time of distribution,
of the protection described in subsection (d)(2), and each survey shall
include a confirmation of receipt of such notice.
``(d) Report.--
``(1) In general.--On an annual basis, the Attorney General
shall submit to the Associate Commissioner of the Children's
Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families of the
Department of Health and Human Services a report on the
information collected pursuant to the survey under subsection
(a).
``(2) Protection of information.--The report under
paragraph (1) may not include the personally identifiable
information of any offender or any individual identified by an
offender in the survey.
``(3) Report to states.--On an annual basis, the Associate
Commissioner of the Children's Bureau of the Administration for
Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human
Services shall submit a report containing the information
received under paragraph (1) to the chief executive of each
State in a manner that is consistent with the framework of the
Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System, the
National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System and the National
Youth in Transition Database, for use by States as an
evidentiary resource in evaluating child welfare agency case
planning and support service frameworks.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 305 of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``4087. Offender child welfare intervention history survey.''.
SEC. 3. STATE REQUIREMENT.
Beginning in the first fiscal year that begins after the date of
enactment of this Act, in order to be eligible for a grant program
administered by the Department of Justice, a State shall--
(1) develop and distribute to offenders in the custody of
the State a survey that is substantially similar to the survey
under section 4087(a) of title 18, United States Code; and
(2) submit to the Associate Commissioner of the Children's
Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families of the
Department of Health and Human Services a report on the
information collected pursuant to the survey, in a manner that
does not contain the personally identifiable information of any
offender or any individual identified by an offender in the
survey.
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