CHILDREN'S SAFETY ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 3132), H7862, H7864, H7865, H7866, H7867, H7868, H7869, H7870 [13SE], H7897, H7898, H7899, H7900, H7901, H7903, H7905, H7906, H7908, H7910, H7911, H7912, H7913, H7914, H7915, H7917, H7918 [14SE]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (H.R. 3132): consideration (see H. Res. 436), H7859 [13SE]

Letters

Ensure assistance for foster children impacted by Hurricane Katrina: Shay Bilchik, Child Welfare League of America, H7914 [14SE]

Remarks in House

Children and youth: enhance prosecution and prevent production, distribution and sale of child pornography and obscenity, H7917 [14SE]

Correctional institutions: provide adequate treatment programs for sex offenders, H7898 [14SE]

Courts: condemn court decision in U.S. v. Helder, Jr., on attempted solicitation of a law enforcement officer posing as a minor on the Internet, H7908 [14SE]

———limit judicial review for certain harmless error sentencing claims, H7906, H7907 [14SE]

———repeal mandatory minimum penalties and the death penalty for unintentional acts relative to violent crimes against children, H7905, H7906 [14SE]

———repeal mandatory minimum sentencing for sex offenders who cross State lines and fail to register, H7901-H7903 [14SE]

Crime: authorize appropriations for grants for specialized technical assistance and training to improve investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases, H7898 [14SE]

———eliminate statute of limitations for prosecution of felony sex offenses, child kidnapping, and human trafficking violations and increase penalties for failure to report child abuse, H7910 [14SE]

———establish penalties for child identity theft, H7917 [14SE]

———expedite background checks of possible foster or adoptive parents for children affected by natural disaster or terrorist attack, H7911 [14SE]

———inclusion of juvenile hate crimes in national hate crime database, H7903 [14SE]

———permit child welfare agencies to access the national crime information database for background checks on possible foster or adoptive parents, H7911 [14SE]

———permit State and local educational agencies to access the national crime information database for employment background checks, H7905 [14SE]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes, H7919-H7922, H7925 [14SE], H8073 [15SE], E1850 [14SE], E1878 [15SE], E1885 [19SE], E1931 [22SE], E1946 [26SE]

———strengthen sentencing for sex offenders, H7893 [14SE]

Dept. of Justice: establish a Children's Safety Office, H7900 [14SE]

———establish a Federal register of cases of child abuse or neglect, H7915 [14SE]

———establish a national sex offender registration database, H7893 [14SE]

———make grants to combat sexual abuse of children, H7900 [14SE]

Enact (H.R. 3132), H7872, H7873, H7887-H7925 [14SE], H8073-H8079 [15SE], E1850 [14SE], E1869, E1873, E1878 [15SE], E1885 [19SE], E1931 [22SE], E1946 [26SE]

———consideration (H. Res. 436), H7879-H7881 [14SE]

———corrections in engrossment, H7924 [14SE]

Firearms: prohibit transfer to or possession of a firearm by any individual convicted of sex offense against a minor, H7914, H7915 [14SE]

Hurricanes: ensure assistance for foster children impacted by Hurricane Katrina, H7913 [14SE]

Law enforcement: ensure States do not issue driver's licenses or identification cards to sex offenders unless the offenders are in compliance with all registration requirements, H7899 [14SE]

———expand sexual predator electronic monitoring programs, H7898 [14SE]

———make HIV testing of sex offenders mandatory, H7912 [14SE]

———provide grants for prosecutions of cases cleared through use of DNA backlog clearance funds, H7898 [14SE]

———provide grants to State and local governments to assess the effectiveness of sexual predator electronic monitoring programs, H7890 [14SE]

———provide guidelines and incentives for States to implement civil commitment programs for sexually dangerous persons, H7913 [14SE]

———provide training and equipment to Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers to combat Internet crimes against children, H7901 [14SE]

———study establishment of nationwide interstate tracking system for persons convicted or under investigation for child abuse, H7905 [14SE]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 3132, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 436) (H. Rept. 109-219), H7859 [13SE]

Provisions: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3132) (H. Rept. 109-218), H7819 [12SE], H7859 [13SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Enact (H.R. 3132), H7914 [14SE]

Statements

Expedite Background Checks of Possible Foster or Adoptive Parents for Children Affected by Natural Disaster or Terrorist Attack: Representative Jackson Lee, H7912 [14SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 436, consideration of H.R. 3132, provisions, H7879 [14SE]

H.R. 3132, provisions, H7894-H7897 [14SE]