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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 14

To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to make improvements to and reauthorize programs under that Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 7, 2003

Mr. HOEKSTRA (for himself, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. DELAY, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, and Mr. GREENWOOD) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL

To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 

to make improvements to and reauthorize programs 

under that Act, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

7 this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ACT 
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Sec. 101. Findings. 

Subtitle A—General Program 

Sec. 111. National Clearinghouse for Information Relating to Child Abuse. 

Sec. 112. Research and assistance activities and demonstrations. 

Sec. 113. Grants to States and public or private agencies and organizations. 

Sec. 114. Grants to States for child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment programs. 

Sec. 115. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 116. Reports. 

Subtitle B—Community-Based Grants for the Prevention of Child Abuse 

Sec. 121. Purpose and authority. 

Sec. 122. Eligibility. 

Sec. 123. Amount of grant. 

Sec. 124. Existing grants. 

Sec. 125. Application. 

Sec. 126. Local program requirements. 

Sec. 127. Performance measures. 

Sec. 128. National network for community-based family resource programs. 

Sec. 129. Definitions. 

Sec. 130. Authorization of appropriations. 

Subtitle C—Conforming Amendments 

Sec. 141. Conforming amendments. 

TITLE II—ADOPTION OPPORTUNITIES 

Sec. 201. Congressional findings and declaration of purpose. 

Sec. 202. Information and services. 

Sec. 203. Study of adoption placements. 

Sec. 204. Studies on successful adoptions. 

Sec. 205. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE III—ABANDONED INFANTS ASSISTANCE 

Sec. 301. Findings. 

Sec. 302. Establishment of local programs. 

Sec. 303. Evaluations, study, and reports by Secretary. 

Sec. 304. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 305. Definitions. 

TITLE IV—FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SERVICES ACT 

Sec. 401. State demonstration grants. 

Sec. 402. Secretarial responsibilities. 

Sec. 403. Evaluation. 

Sec. 404. Information and technical assistance centers. 

Sec. 405. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 406. Grants for State domestic violence coalitions. 

Sec. 407. Evaluation and monitoring. 

Sec. 408. Family member abuse information and documentation project. 

Sec. 409. Model State leadership grants. 

Sec. 410. National domestic violence hotline grant. 

Sec. 411. Youth education and domestic violence. 
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Sec. 412. Demonstration grants for community initiatives. 

Sec. 413. Transitional housing assistance. 

Sec. 414. Technical and conforming amendments.

1 TITLE I—CHILD ABUSE PREVEN2 TION AND TREATMENT ACT 

3 SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 

4 Section 2 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat5 ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 note) is amended—

6 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘close to 

7 1,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘approximately 900,000’’; 

8 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 

9 (11) as paragraphs (4) through (13), respectively; 

10 (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(2)(A) more children suffer neglect than any 

13 other form of maltreatment; and 

14 ‘‘(B) investigations have determined that ap15 proximately 63 percent of children who were victims 

16 of maltreatment in 2000 suffered neglect, 19 percent 

17 suffered physical abuse, 10 percent suffered sexual 

18 abuse, and 8 percent suffered emotional maltreat19 ment; 

20 ‘‘(3)(A) child abuse can result in the death of 

21 a child; 

22 ‘‘(B) in 2000, an estimated 1,200 children were 

23 counted by child protection services to have died as 

24 a result of abuse or neglect; and 
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1 ‘‘(C) children younger than 1 year old com2 prised 44 percent of child abuse fatalities and 85 

3 percent of child abuse fatalities were younger than 

4 6 years of age;’’; 

5 (4) by striking paragraph (4) (as so redesig6 nated), and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(4)(A) many of these children and their fami8 lies fail to receive adequate protection and treat9 ment; 

10 ‘‘(B) slightly less than half of these children 

11 (45 percent in 2000) and their families fail to re12 ceive adequate protection or treatment; and 

13 ‘‘(C) in fact, approximately 80 percent of all 

14 children removed from their homes and placed in 

15 foster care in 2000, as a result of an investigation 

16 or assessment conducted by the child protective serv17 ices agency, received no services;’’; 

18 (5) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated)—

19 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or20 ganizations’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based 

21 organizations’’; 

22 (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘en23 sures’’ and all that follows through ‘‘knowl24 edge,’’ and inserting ‘‘recognizes the need for 
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1 properly trained staff with the qualifications 

2 needed’’; and 

3 (C) in subparagraph (E), by inserting be4 fore the semicolon the following: ‘‘, which may 

5 impact child rearing patterns, while at the same 

6 time, not allowing those differences to enable 

7 abuse’’; 

8 (6) in paragraph (7) (as so redesignated), by 

9 striking ‘‘this national child and family emergency’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘child abuse and neglect’’; and 

11 (7) in paragraph (9) (as so redesignated)—

12 (A) by striking ‘‘intensive’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘needed’’; and 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘if removal has taken 

15 place’’ and inserting ‘‘where appropriate’’.

16 Subtitle A—General Program 

17 SEC. 111. NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR INFORMATION 

18 RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE. 

19 (a) FUNCTIONS.—Section 103(b) of the Child Abuse 

20 Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5104(b)) is 

21 amended—

22 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘all pro23 grams,’’ and all that follows through ‘‘neglect; and’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘all effective programs, including pri25 vate and community-based programs, that show 
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1 promise of success with respect to the prevention, 

2 assessment, identification, and treatment of child 

3 abuse and neglect and hold the potential for broad 

4 scale implementation and replication;’’; 

5 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and 

6 inserting a semicolon; 

7 (3) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para8 graph (3); 

9 (4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(2) maintain information about the best prac12 tices used for achieving improvements in child pro13 tective systems;’’; and 

14 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(4) provide technical assistance upon request 

16 that may include an evaluation or identification of—

17 ‘‘(A) various methods and procedures for 

18 the investigation, assessment, and prosecution 

19 of child physical and sexual abuse cases; 

20 ‘‘(B) ways to mitigate psychological trau21 ma to the child victim; and 

22 ‘‘(C) effective programs carried out by the 

23 States under this Act; and 
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1 ‘‘(5) collect and disseminate information relat2 ing to various training resources available at the 

3 State and local level to—

4 ‘‘(A) individuals who are engaged, or who 

5 intend to engage, in the prevention, identifica6 tion, and treatment of child abuse and neglect; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(B) appropriate State and local officials 

9 to assist in training law enforcement, legal, ju10 dicial, medical, mental health, education, and 

11 child welfare personnel.’’. 

12 (b) COORDINATION WITH AVAILABLE RESOURCES.—

13 Section 103(c)(1) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 

14 Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5104(c)(1)) is amended—

15 (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘105(a); 

16 and’’ and inserting ‘‘104(a);’’; 

17 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub18 paragraph (G); and 

19 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(F) collect and disseminate information 

22 that describes best practices being used 

23 throughout the Nation for making appropriate 

24 referrals related to, and addressing, the phys-
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1 ical, developmental, and mental health needs of 

2 abused and neglected children; and’’. 

3 SEC. 112. RESEARCH AND ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES AND 

4 DEMONSTRATIONS. 

5 (a) RESEARCH.—Section 104(a) of the Child Abuse 

6 Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5105(a)) is 

7 amended—

8 (1) in paragraph (1)—

9 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

10 (A), in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘, includ11 ing longitudinal research,’’ after ‘‘interdiscipli12 nary program of research’’; and 

13 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting be14 fore the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including 

15 the effects of abuse and neglect on a child’s de16 velopment and the identification of successful 

17 early intervention services or other services that 

18 are needed’’; 

19 (C) in subparagraph (C)—

20 (i) by striking ‘‘judicial procedures’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘judicial systems, including 

22 multidisciplinary, coordinated decision23 making procedures’’; and 

24 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

25 (D) in subparagraph (D)—
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1 (i) in clause (viii), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

2 at the end; 

3 (ii) by redesignating clause (ix) as 

4 clause (x); and 

5 (iii) by inserting after clause (viii), the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(ix) the incidence and prevalence of 

8 child maltreatment by a wide array of de9 mographic characteristics such as age, sex, 

10 race, family structure, household relation11 ship (including the living arrangement of 

12 the resident parent and family size), school 

13 enrollment and education attainment, dis14 ability, grandparents as caregivers, labor 

15 force status, work status in previous year, 

16 and income in previous year; and’’; 

17 (E) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 

18 subparagraph (I); and 

19 (F) by inserting after subparagraph (C), 

20 the following: 

21 ‘‘(D) the evaluation and dissemination of 

22 best practices consistent with the goals of 

23 achieving improvements in the child protective 

24 services systems of the States in accordance 
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1 with paragraphs (1) through (12) of section 

2 106(a); 

3 ‘‘(E) effective approaches to interagency 

4 collaboration between the child protection sys5 tem and the juvenile justice system that im6 prove the delivery of services and treatment, in7 cluding methods for continuity of treatment 

8 plan and services as children transition between 

9 systems; 

10 ‘‘(F) an evaluation of the redundancies 

11 and gaps in the services in the field of child 

12 abuse and neglect prevention in order to make 

13 better use of resources; 

14 ‘‘(G) the nature, scope, and practice of vol15 untary relinquishment for foster care or State 

16 guardianship of low income children who need

17 health services, including mental health serv18 ices; 

19 ‘‘(H) the information on the national inci20 dence of child abuse and neglect specified in 

21 clauses (i) through (xi) of subparagraph (H); 

22 and’’; 

23 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph 

24 (B) and inserting the following: 
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1 ‘‘(B) Not later than 2 years after the date 

2 of enactment of the Keeping Children and 

3 Families Safe Act of 2003, and every 2 years 

4 thereafter, the Secretary shall provide an oppor5 tunity for public comment concerning the prior6 ities proposed under subparagraph (A) and 

7 maintain an official record of such public com8 ment.’’; 

9 (3) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para10 graph (4); 

11 (4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(2) RESEARCH.—The Secretary shall conduct 

14 research on the national incidence of child abuse and 

15 neglect, including the information on the national in16 cidence on child abuse and neglect specified in sub17 paragraphs (i) through (ix) of paragraph (1)(I). 

18 ‘‘(3) REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the 

19 date of the enactment of the Keeping Children and 

20 Families Safe Act of 2003, the Secretary shall pre21 pare and submit to the Committee on Education and 

22 the Workforce of the House of Representatives and 

23 the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and 

24 Pensions of the Senate a report that contains the re-
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1 sults of the research conducted under paragraph 

2 (2).’’. 

3 (b) PROVISION OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Sec4 tion 104(b) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment 

5 Act (42 U.S.C. 5105(b)) is amended—

6 (1) in paragraph (1)—

7 (A) by striking ‘‘nonprofit private agencies 

8 and’’ and inserting ‘‘private agencies and com9 munity-based’’; and 

10 (B) by inserting ‘‘, including replicating 

11 successful program models,’’ after ‘‘programs 

12 and activities’’; and 

13 (2) in paragraph (2)—

14 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

15 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

16 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 

17 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

18 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(D) effective approaches being utilized to 

20 link child protective service agencies with health 

21 care, mental health care, and developmental 

22 services to improve forensic diagnosis and 

23 health evaluations, and barriers and shortages 

24 to such linkages.’’. 
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1 (c) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.—

2 Section 104 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment 

3 Act (42 U.S.C. 5105) is amended by adding at the end 

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘(e) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.—

6 The Secretary may award grants to, and enter into con7 tracts with, States or public or private agencies or organi8 zations (or combinations of such agencies or organiza9 tions) for time-limited, demonstration projects for the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(1) PROMOTION OF SAFE, FAMILY-FRIENDLY

12 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS FOR VISITATION AND EX13 CHANGE.—The Secretary may award grants under 

14 this subsection to entities to assist such entities in 

15 establishing and operating safe, family-friendly phys16 ical environments—

17 ‘‘(A) for court-ordered, supervised visita18 tion between children and abusing parents; and 

19 ‘‘(B) to safely facilitate the exchange of 

20 children for visits with noncustodial parents in 

21 cases of domestic violence. 

22 ‘‘(2) EDUCATION IDENTIFICATION, PREVEN23 TION, AND TREATMENT.—The Secretary may award 

24 grants under this subsection to entities for projects 

25 that provide educational identification, prevention, 
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1 and treatment services in cooperation with preschool 

2 and elementary and secondary schools. 

3 ‘‘(3) RISK AND SAFETY ASSESSMENT TOOLS.—

4 The Secretary may award grants under this sub5 section to entities for projects that provide for the 

6 development of research-based risk and safety as7 sessment tools relating to child abuse and neglect. 

8 ‘‘(4) TRAINING.—The Secretary may award 

9 grants under this subsection to entities for projects 

10 that involve research-based innovative training for 

11 mandated child abuse and neglect reporters.’’. 

12 SEC. 113. GRANTS TO STATES AND PUBLIC OR PRIVATE 

13 AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS. 

14 (a) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.—

15 Section 105(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat16 ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)) is amended—

17 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking 

18 ‘‘DEMONSTRATION’’ and inserting ‘‘GRANTS FOR’’; 

19 (2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—

20 (A) by inserting ‘‘States,’’ after ‘‘contracts 

21 with,’’; 

22 (B) by striking ‘‘nonprofit’’; and 

23 (C) by striking ‘‘time limited, demonstra24 tion’’; 

25 (3) in paragraph (1)—
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1 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘law, 

2 education, social work, and other relevant 

3 fields’’ and inserting ‘‘law enforcement, judici4 ary, social work and child protection, education, 

5 and other relevant fields, or individuals such as 

6 court appointed special advocates (CASAs) and 

7 guardian ad litem,’’; 

8 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘non9 profit’’ and all that follows through ‘‘; and’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘children, youth and family service or11 ganizations in order to prevent child abuse and 

12 neglect;’’; 

13 (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 

14 period and inserting a semicolon; 

15 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(D) for training to support the enhance17 ment of linkages between child protective serv18 ice agencies and health care agencies, including

19 physical and mental health services, to improve 

20 forensic diagnosis and health evaluations and 

21 for innovative partnerships between child pro22 tective service agencies and health care agencies 

23 that offer creative approaches to using existing 

24 Federal, State, local, and private funding to 

25 meet the health evaluation needs of children 
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1 who have been subjects of substantiated cases 

2 of child abuse or neglect; 

3 ‘‘(E) for the training of personnel in best 

4 practices to promote collaboration with the fam5 ilies from the initial time of contact during the 

6 investigation through treatment; 

7 ‘‘(F) for the training of personnel regard8 ing the legal duties of such personnel and their 

9 responsibilities to protect the legal rights of 

10 children and families; 

11 ‘‘(G) for improving the training of super12 visory and nonsupervisory child welfare work13 ers; 

14 ‘‘(H) for enabling State child welfare agen15 cies to coordinate the provision of services with 

16 State and local health care agencies, alcohol 

17 and drug abuse prevention and treatment agen18 cies, mental health agencies, and other public 

19 and private welfare agencies to promote child 

20 safety, permanence, and family stability; 

21 ‘‘(I) for cross training for child protective 

22 service workers in research-based methods for 

23 recognizing situations of substance abuse, do24 mestic violence, and neglect; and 
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1 ‘‘(J) for developing, implementing, or oper2 ating information and education programs or 

3 training programs designed to improve the pro4 vision of services to disabled infants with life5 threatening conditions for—

6 ‘‘(i) professionals and paraprofessional 

7 personnel concerned with the welfare of 

8 disabled infants with life-threatening con9 ditions, including personnel employed in 

10 child protective services programs and 

11 health care facilities; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) the parents of such infants.’’; 

13 (4) by redesignating paragraph (2) and (3) as 

14 paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 

15 (5) by inserting after paragraph (1), the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(2) TRIAGE PROCEDURES.—The Secretary 

18 may award grants under this subsection to public 

19 and private agencies that demonstrate innovation in 

20 responding to reports of child abuse and neglect, in21 cluding programs of collaborative partnerships be22 tween the State child protective services agency, 

23 community social service agencies and family sup24 port programs, law enforcement agencies, develop25 mental disability agencies, substance abuse treat-
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1 ment entities, health care entities, domestic violence 

2 prevention entities, mental health service entities, 

3 schools, churches and synagogues, and other commu4 nity agencies, to allow for the establishment of a 

5 triage system that—

6 ‘‘(A) accepts, screens, and assesses reports 

7 received to determine which such reports re8 quire an intensive intervention and which re9 quire voluntary referral to another agency, pro10 gram, or project; 

11 ‘‘(B) provides, either directly or through 

12 referral, a variety of community-linked services 

13 to assist families in preventing child abuse and 

14 neglect; and 

15 ‘‘(C) provides further investigation and in16 tensive intervention where the child’s safety is 

17 in jeopardy.’’; 

18 (6) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by 

19 striking ‘‘(such as Parents Anonymous)’’; 

20 (7) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated)—

21 (A) by striking the paragraph heading; 

22 (B) by striking subparagraphs (A) and 

23 (C); and 

24 (C) in subparagraph (B)—
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘(B) KINSHIP

2 CARE.—’’ and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(4) KINSHIP CARE.—

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—’’; and 

5 (ii) by striking ‘‘nonprofit’’; and 

6 (8) by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(5) LINKAGES BETWEEN CHILD PROTECTIVE

8 SERVICE AGENCIES AND PUBLIC HEALTH, MENTAL

9 HEALTH, AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AGEN10 CIES.—The Secretary may award grants to entities 

11 that provide linkages between State or local child 

12 protective service agencies and public health, mental 

13 health, and developmental disabilities agencies, for 

14 the purpose of establishing linkages that are de15 signed to help assure that a greater number of sub16 stantiated victims of child maltreatment have their 

17 physical health, mental health, and developmental 

18 needs appropriately diagnosed and treated.’’. 

19 (b) DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.—Section 105(b) of the 

20 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 

21 5106(b)) is amended—

22 (1) by striking paragraph (1); 

23 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 

24 paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; 
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1 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so re2 designated), the following: 

3 ‘‘(3) Programs based within children’s hospitals 

4 or other pediatric and adolescent care facilities, that 

5 provide model approaches for improving medical di6 agnosis of child abuse and neglect and for health 

7 evaluations of children for whom a report of mal8 treatment has been substantiated.’’; and 

9 (4) in paragraph (4)(D), by striking ‘‘non10 profit’’. 

11 (c) EVALUATION.—Section 105(c) of the Child Abuse 

12 Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(c)) is 

13 amended—

14 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘dem15 onstration’’; 

16 (2) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘or 

17 contract’’ after ‘‘or as a separate grant’’; and 

18 (3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In the 

19 case of an evaluation performed by the recipient of

20 a grant, the Secretary shall make available technical 

21 assistance for the evaluation, where needed, includ22 ing the use of a rigorous application of scientific 

23 evaluation techniques.’’. 

24 (d) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO HEADING.—The 

25 section heading for section 105 of the Child Abuse Preven-
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1 tion and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106) is amended to 

2 read as follows: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 105. GRANTS TO STATES AND PUBLIC OR PRIVATE 

4 AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.’’. 

5 SEC. 114. GRANTS TO STATES FOR CHILD ABUSE AND NE6 GLECT PREVENTION AND TREATMENT PRO7 GRAMS. 

8 (a) DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION GRANTS.—Sec9 tion 106(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment 

10 Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a(a)) is amended—

11 (1) in paragraph (3)—

12 (A) by inserting ‘‘, including ongoing case 

13 monitoring,’’ after ‘‘case management’’; and 

14 (B) by inserting ‘‘and treatment’’ after 

15 ‘‘and delivery of services’’; 

16 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘improving’’ 

17 and all that follows through ‘‘referral systems’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘developing, improving, and implementing 

19 risk and safety assessment tools and protocols’’; 

20 (3) by striking paragraph (7); 

21 (4) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), (8), 

22 and (9) as paragraphs (6), (8), (9), and (12), re23 spectively; 

24 (5) by inserting after paragraph (4), the fol25 lowing: 
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1 ‘‘(5) developing and updating systems of tech2 nology that support the program and track reports 

3 of child abuse and neglect from intake through final 

4 disposition and allow interstate and intrastate infor5 mation exchange;’’; 

6 (6) in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated), by 

7 striking ‘‘opportunities’’ and all that follows through 

8 ‘‘system’’ and inserting ‘‘including training regard9 ing research-based practices to promote collaboration 

10 with the families and the legal duties of such indi11 viduals’’; 

12 (7) by inserting after paragraph (6) (as so re13 designated) the following: 

14 ‘‘(7) improving the skills, qualifications, and 

15 availability of individuals providing services to chil16 dren and families, and the supervisors of such indi17 viduals, through the child protection system, includ18 ing improvements in the recruitment and retention 

19 of caseworkers;’’; 

20 (8) by striking paragraph (9) (as so redesig21 nated), and inserting the following: 

22 ‘‘(9) developing and facilitating research-based 

23 training protocols for individuals mandated to report 

24 child abuse or neglect; 
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1 ‘‘(10) developing, implementing, or operating 

2 programs to assist in obtaining or coordinating nec3 essary services for families of disabled infants with 

4 life-threatening conditions, including—

5 ‘‘(A) existing social and health services; 

6 ‘‘(B) financial assistance; and 

7 ‘‘(C) services necessary to facilitate adop8 tive placement of any such infants who have 

9 been relinquished for adoption; 

10 ‘‘(11) developing and delivering information to 

11 improve public education relating to the role and re12 sponsibilities of the child protection system and the 

13 nature and basis for reporting suspected incidents of 

14 child abuse and neglect;’’; 

15 (9) in paragraph (12) (as so redesignated), by 

16 striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and 

17 (10) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(13) supporting and enhancing interagency 

19 collaboration between the child protection system 

20 and the juvenile justice system for improved delivery 

21 of services and treatment, including methods for 

22 continuity of treatment plan and services as children 

23 transition between systems; or 

24 ‘‘(14) supporting and enhancing collaboration 

25 among public health agencies, the child protection 
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1 system, and private community-based programs to 

2 provide child abuse and neglect prevention and 

3 treatment services (including linkages with education 

4 systems) and to address the health needs, including 

5 mental health needs, of children identified as abused 

6 or neglected, including supporting prompt, com7 prehensive health and developmental evaluations for 

8 children who are the subject of substantiated child 

9 maltreatment reports.’’. 

10 (b) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 106(b) of the Child 

12 Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 

13 5106a(b)) is amended—

14 (A) in paragraph (1)(B)—

15 (i) by striking ‘‘provide notice to the 

16 Secretary of any substantive changes’’ and 

17 inserting the following: ‘‘ provide notice to 

18 the Secretary—

19 ‘‘(i) of any substantive changes; and’’; 

20 (ii) by striking the period and insert21 ing ‘‘; and’’; and 

22 (iii) by adding at the end the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(ii) any significant changes to how 

25 funds provided under this section are used 
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1 to support the activities which may differ 

2 from the activities as described in the cur3 rent State application.’’; 

4 (B) in paragraph (2)(A)—

5 (i) by redesignating clauses (ii), (iii), 

6 (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), 

7 (xii), and (xiii) as clauses (iii), (v), (vi), 

8 (vii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv) 

9 and (xvi), respectively; 

10 (ii) by inserting after clause (i), the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(ii) policies and procedures to ad13 dress the needs of infants born and identi14 fied with fetal alcohol effects, fetal alcohol 

15 syndrome, neonatal intoxication or with16 drawal syndrome, or neonatal physical or 

17 neurological harm resulting from prenatal 

18 drug exposure, including—

19 ‘‘(I) the requirement that health 

20 care providers involved in the delivery 

21 or care of such infants notify the child 

22 protective services system of the oc23 currence of such condition in such in24 fants, except that such notification 

25 shall not be construed to create a defi-
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1 nition under Federal law of what con2 stitutes child abuse and such notifica3 tion shall not be construed to require 

4 prosecution for any illegal action; and 

5 ‘‘(II) the development of a safe 

6 plan of care for the infant under 

7 which consideration may be given to 

8 providing the mother with health serv9 ices (including mental health services), 

10 social services, parenting services, and 

11 substance abuse prevention and treat12 ment counseling and to providing the 

13 infant with referral to the statewide 

14 early intervention program funded 

15 under part C of the Individuals with 

16 Disabilities Education Act for an eval17 uation for the need for services pro18 vided under part C of such Act;’’; 

19 (iii) in clause (iii) (as so redesig20 nated), by inserting ‘‘risk and’’ before 

21 ‘‘safety’’; 

22 (iv) by inserting after clause (iii) (as 

23 so redesignated), the following: 

24 ‘‘(iv) triage procedures for the appro25 priate referral of a child not at risk of im-
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1 minent harm to a community organization 

2 or voluntary preventive service;’’; 

3 (v) in clause (vii)(II) (as so redesig4 nated), by striking ‘‘, having a need for 

5 such information in order to carry out its 

6 responsibilities under law to protect chil7 dren from abuse and neglect’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘, as described in clause (viii)’’; 

9 (vi) by inserting after clause (vii) (as 

10 so redesignated), the following: 

11 ‘‘(viii) provisions to require a State to 

12 disclose confidential information to any 

13 Federal, State, or local government entity, 

14 or any agent of such entity, that has a 

15 need for such information in order to carry 

16 out its responsibilities under law to protect 

17 children from abuse and neglect;’’; 

18 (vii) in clause (xii) (as so redesig19 nated)—

20 (I) by inserting ‘‘who has re21 ceived training appropriate to the role, 

22 and’’ after ‘‘guardian ad litem,’’; and 

23 (II) by inserting ‘‘who has re24 ceived training appropriate to that 

25 role’’ after ‘‘advocate’’; 
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1 (viii) in clause (xiv) (as so redesig2 nated), by striking ‘‘to be effective not 

3 later than 2 years after the date of enact4 ment of this section’’; 

5 (ix) in clause (xv) (as so redesig6 nated)—

7 (I) by striking ‘‘to be effective 

8 not later than 2 years after the date 

9 of enactment of this section’’; and 

10 (II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

11 (x) in clause (xvi) (as so redesig12 nated), by striking ‘‘clause (xii)’’ each 

13 place that such appears and inserting 

14 ‘‘clause (xv)’’; and 

15 (xi) by adding at the end the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(xvii) provisions and procedures to 

18 require that a representative of the child 

19 protective services agency shall, at the ini20 tial time of contact with the individual sub21 ject to a child abuse and neglect investiga22 tion, advise the individual of the com23 plaints or allegations made against the in24 dividual, in a manner that is consistent 
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1 with laws protecting the rights of the in2 formant; 

3 ‘‘(xviii) provisions addressing the 

4 training of representatives of the child pro5 tective services system regarding the legal 

6 duties of the representatives, which may 

7 consist of various methods of informing 

8 such representatives of such duties, in 

9 order to protect the legal rights and safety 

10 of children and families from the initial 

11 time of contact during investigation 

12 through treatment; 

13 ‘‘(xix) provisions and procedures for 

14 improving the training, retention, and su15 pervision of caseworkers; 

16 ‘‘(xx) provisions and procedures for 

17 referral of a child under the age of 3 who 

18 is involved in a substantiated case of child 

19 abuse or neglect to the statewide early 

20 intervention program funded under part C 

21 of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu22 cation Act for an evaluation for the need 

23 of services provided under part C of such 

24 Act; and 
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1 ‘‘(xxi) not later than 2 years after the 

2 date of enactment of the Keeping Children 

3 and Families Safe Act of 2003, provisions 

4 and procedures for requiring criminal 

5 background record checks for prospective 

6 foster and adoptive parents and other 

7 adult relatives and non-relatives residing in 

8 the household;’’; and 

9 (C) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end 

10 the following flush sentence: 

11 ‘‘Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be construed to 

12 limit the State’s flexibility to determine State poli13 cies relating to public access to court proceedings to 

14 determine child abuse and neglect.’’. 

15 (2) LIMITATION.—Section 106(b)(3) of the 

16 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 

17 U.S.C. 5106a(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘With 

18 regard to clauses (v) and (vi) of paragraph (2)(A)’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘With regard to clauses (vi) and (vii) 

20 of paragraph (2)(A)’’. 

21 (c) CITIZEN REVIEW PANELS.—Section 106(c) of the 

22 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 

23 5106a(c)) is amended—

24 (1) in paragraph (4)—

25 (A) in subparagraph (A)—
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1 (i) in the matter preceding clause 

2 (i)—

3 (I) by striking ‘‘and procedures’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘, procedures, and prac5 tices’’; and 

6 (II) by striking ‘‘the agencies’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘State and local child 

8 protection system agencies’’; and 

9 (ii) in clause (iii)(I), by striking 

10 ‘‘State’’ and inserting ‘‘State and local’’; 

11 and 

12 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(C) PUBLIC OUTREACH.—Each panel 

14 shall provide for public outreach and comment 

15 in order to assess the impact of current proce16 dures and practices upon children and families 

17 in the community and in order to meet its obli18 gations under subparagraph (A).’’; and

19 (2) in paragraph (6)—

20 (A) by striking ‘‘public’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘State and the public’’; and 

22 (B) by inserting before the period the fol23 lowing: ‘‘and recommendations to improve the 

24 child protection services system at the State 

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1 the date on which a report is submitted by the 

2 panel to the State, the appropriate State agency 

3 shall submit a written response to the State 

4 and local child protection systems that describes 

5 whether or how the State will incorporate the 

6 recommendations of such panel (where appro7 priate) to make measurable progress in improv8 ing the State and local child protective system’’. 

9 (d) ANNUAL STATE DATA REPORTS.—Section 

10 106(d) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 

11 (42 U.S.C. 5106a(d)) is amended by adding at the end 

12 the following: 

13 ‘‘(13) The annual report containing the sum14 mary of the activities of the citizen review panels of 

15 the State required by subsection (c)(6). 

16 ‘‘(14) The number of children under the care of 

17 the State child protection system who are trans18 ferred into the custody of the State juvenile justice 

19 system.’’. 

20 (e) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

21 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 

22 Human Services shall prepare and submit to Congress a 

23 report that describes the extent to which States are imple24 menting the policies and procedures required under sec-
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1 tion 106(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 

2 Treatment Act. 

3 SEC. 115. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 (a) GENERAL AUTHORIZATION.—Section 112(a)(1) 

5 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 

6 U.S.C. 5106h(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘(1) GENERAL AUTHORIZATION.—There are 

8 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title 

9 $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and such sums as 

10 may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2005 

11 through 2008.’’. 

12 (b) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—Section 

13 112(a)(2)(B) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat14 ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106h(a)(2)(B)) is amended—

15 (1) by striking ‘‘Secretary make’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘Secretary shall make’’; and 

17 (2) by striking ‘‘section 106’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘section 104’’. 

19 SEC. 116. REPORTS. 

20 Section 110 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 

21 Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106f) is amended by adding 

22 at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(c) STUDY AND REPORT RELATING TO CITIZEN RE24 VIEW PANELS.—
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1 ‘‘(1) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a 

2 study by random sample of the effectiveness of the 

3 citizen review panels established under section 

4 106(c). 

5 ‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the 

6 date of enactment of the Keeping Children and 

7 Families Safe Act of 2003, the Secretary shall sub8 mit to the Committee on Education and the Work9 force of the House of Representatives and the Com10 mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

11 of the Senate a report that contains the results of 

12 the study conducted under paragraph (1).’’. 

13 Subtitle B—Community-Based 

14 Grants for the Prevention of 

15 Child Abuse 

16 SEC. 121. PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY. 

17 (a) PURPOSE.—Section 201(a)(1) of the Child Abuse 

18 Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116(a)(1)) is 

19 amended to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(1) to support community-based efforts to de21 velop, operate, expand, enhance, and, where appro22 priate to network, initiatives aimed at the prevention 

23 of child abuse and neglect, and to support networks 

24 of coordinated resources and activities to better 
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1 strengthen and support families to reduce the likeli2 hood of child abuse and neglect; and’’. 

3 (b) AUTHORITY.—Section 201(b) of the Child Abuse 

4 Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116(b)) is 

5 amended—

6 (1) in paragraph (1)—

7 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘Statewide’’ and all that follows 

9 through the dash, and inserting ‘‘community10 based and prevention-focused programs and ac11 tivities designed to prevent child abuse and ne12 glect (through networks where appropriate) 

13 that are accessible, effective, culturally appro14 priate, and build upon existing strengths

15 that—’’; 

16 (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

17 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

18 (C) by striking subparagraph (G) and in19 serting the following: 

20 ‘‘(G) demonstrate a commitment to mean21 ingful parent leadership, including among par22 ents of children with disabilities, parents with 

23 disabilities, racial and ethnic minorities, and 

24 members of other underrepresented or under25 served groups; and 
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1 ‘‘(H) provide referrals to early health and 

2 developmental services;’’; and 

3 (2) in paragraph (4)—

4 (A) by inserting ‘‘through leveraging of 

5 funds’’ after ‘‘maximizing funding’’; 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘a Statewide network of 

7 community-based, prevention-focused’’ and in8 serting ‘‘community-based and prevention-fo9 cused’’; and 

10 (C) by striking ‘‘family resource and sup11 port program’’ and inserting ‘‘programs and ac12 tivities designed to prevent child abuse and ne13 glect (through networks where appropriate)’’. 

14 (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO TITLE HEADING.—

15 Title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 

16 (42 U.S.C. 5116) is amended by striking the heading for 

17 such title and inserting the following:

18 ‘‘TITLE II—COMMUNITY–BASED 

19 GRANTS FOR THE PREVEN20 TION OF CHILD ABUSE AND 

21 NEGLECT’’. 

22 SEC. 122. ELIGIBILITY. 

23 Section 202 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 

24 Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116a) is amended—

25 (1) in paragraph (1)—
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1 (A) in subparagraph (A)—

2 (i) by striking ‘‘a Statewide network 

3 of community-based, prevention-focused’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘community-based and pre5 vention-focused’’; and 

6 (ii) by striking ‘‘family resource and 

7 support programs’’ and all that follows 

8 through the semicolon and inserting ‘‘pro9 grams and activities designed to prevent 

10 child abuse and neglect (through networks 

11 where appropriate);’’

12 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

13 ‘‘that exists to strengthen and support families 

14 to prevent child abuse and neglect’’ after ‘‘writ15 ten authority of the State)’’; 

16 (2) in paragraph (2)—

17 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘a 

18 network of community-based family resource 

19 and support programs’’ and inserting ‘‘commu20 nity-based and prevention-focused programs 

21 and activities designed to prevent child abuse 

22 and neglect (through networks where appro23 priate)’’; 

24 (B) in subparagraph (B)—

25 (i) by striking ‘‘to the network’’; and 
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1 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, and parents with 

2 disabilities’’ before the semicolon; 

3 (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘to 

4 the network’’; and 

5 (3) in paragraph (3)—

6 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

7 ‘‘Statewide network of community-based, pre8 vention-focused, family resource and support 

9 programs’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based and 

10 prevention-focused programs and activities to 

11 prevent child abuse and neglect (through net12 works where appropriate)’’; 

13 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

14 ‘‘Statewide network of community-based, pre15 vention-focused, family resource and support 

16 programs’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based and 

17 prevention-focused programs and activities to 

18 prevent child abuse and neglect (through net19 works where appropriate)’’; 

20 (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and 

21 training and technical assistance, to the State22 wide network of community-based, prevention23 focused, family resource and support programs’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘training, technical assistance, 

25 and evaluation assistance, to community-based 
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1 and prevention-focused programs and activities 

2 to prevent child abuse and neglect (through net3 works where appropriate)’’; and 

4 (D) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘, 

5 parents with disabilities,’’ after ‘‘children with 

6 disabilities’’. 

7 SEC. 123. AMOUNT OF GRANT. 

8 Section 203(b)(1)(B) of the Child Abuse Prevention 

9 and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116b(b)(1)(B)) is amend10 ed—

11 (1) by striking ‘‘as the amount leveraged by the 

12 State from private, State, or other non-Federal 

13 sources and directed through the’’ and inserting ‘‘as 

14 the amount of private, State or other non-Federal 

15 funds leveraged and directed through the currently 

16 designated’’; and 

17 (2) by striking ‘‘the lead agency’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘the current lead agency’’. 

19 SEC. 124. EXISTING GRANTS. 

20 Section 204 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 

21 Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5115c) is repealed. 

22 SEC. 125. APPLICATION. 

23 Section 205 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 

24 Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116d) is amended—
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1 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Statewide 

2 network of community-based, prevention-focused, 

3 family resource and support programs’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘community-based and prevention-focused pro5 grams and activities to prevent child abuse and ne6 glect (through networks where appropriate)’’; 

7 (2) in paragraph (2)—

8 (A) by striking ‘‘network of community9 based, prevention-focused, family resource and 

10 support programs’’ and inserting ‘‘community11 based and prevention-focused programs and ac12 tivities to prevent child abuse and neglect 

13 (through networks where appropriate)’’; and 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘, including those funded 

15 by programs consolidated under this Act,’’; 

16 (3) by striking paragraph (3), and inserting the 

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(3) a description of the inventory of current 

19 unmet needs and current community-based and pre20 vention-focused programs and activities to prevent 

21 child abuse and neglect, and other family resource 

22 services operating in the State;’’; 

23 (4) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘State’s net24 work of community-based, prevention-focused, family 

25 resource and support programs’’ and inserting 
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1 ‘‘community-based and prevention-focused programs 

2 and activities designed to prevent child abuse and 

3 neglect’’; 

4 (5) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘Statewide 

5 network of community-based, prevention-focused, 

6 family resource and support programs’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘start up, maintenance, expansion, and redesign 

8 of community-based and prevention-focused pro9 grams and activities designed to prevent child abuse 

10 and neglect’’; 

11 (6) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘individual 

12 community-based, prevention-focused, family re13 source and support programs’’ and inserting ‘‘com14 munity-based and prevention-focused programs and 

15 activities designed to prevent child abuse and ne16 glect’’;

17 (7) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘community18 based, prevention-focused, family resource and sup19 port programs’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based 

20 and prevention-focused programs and activities de21 signed to prevent child abuse and neglect’’; 

22 (8) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘community23 based, prevention-focused, family resource and sup24 port programs’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based 
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1 and prevention-focused programs and activities de2 signed to prevent child abuse and neglect’’; 

3 (9) in paragraph (10), by inserting ‘‘(where ap4 propriate)’’ after ‘‘members’’; 

5 (10) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘preven6 tion-focused, family resource and support program’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘community-based and prevention-fo8 cused programs and activities designed to prevent 

9 child abuse and neglect’’; and 

10 (11) by redesignating paragraph (13) as para11 graph (12). 

12 SEC. 126. LOCAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 

13 Section 206(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 

14 Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116e(a)) is amended—

15 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

16 striking ‘‘prevention-focused, family resource and 

17 support programs’’ and inserting ‘‘and prevention18 focused programs and activities designed to prevent 

19 child abuse and neglect’’; 

20 (2) in paragraph (3)—

21 (A) in subparagraph (A)—

22 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

23 by striking ‘‘family resource and support 

24 services’’ and inserting ‘‘family support 
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1 services for the prevention of child abuse 

2 and neglect’’; 

3 (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

4 at the end; and 

5 (iii) by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(v) respite care; 

8 ‘‘(vi) home visiting; and 

9 ‘‘(vii) family support services’’; and 

10 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

11 ‘‘voluntary home visiting and’’ after ‘‘includ12 ing’’; and 

13 (3) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the 

14 following: 

15 ‘‘(6) participate with other community-based 

16 and prevention-focused programs and activities to 

17 prevent child abuse and neglect in the development, 

18 operation and expansion of networks where appro19 priate.’’. 

20 SEC. 127. PERFORMANCE MEASURES. 

21 Section 207 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 

22 Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116f) is amended—

23 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a Statewide 

24 network of community-based, prevention-focused, 

25 family resource and support programs’’ and insert-
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1 ing ‘‘community-based and prevention-focused pro2 grams and activities to prevent child abuse and ne3 glect’’; 

4 (2) by striking paragraph (3), and inserting the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(3) shall demonstrate that they will have ad7 dressed unmet needs identified by the inventory and 

8 description of current services required under section 

9 205(3);’’; 

10 (3) in paragraph (4), 

11 (A) by inserting ‘‘and parents with disabil12 ities,’’ after ‘‘children with disabilities,’’; and 

13 (B) by striking ‘‘evaluation of’’ the first 

14 place it appears and all that follows through 

15 ‘‘under this title’’ and inserting ‘‘evaluation of 

16 community-based and prevention-focused pro17 grams and activities to prevent child abuse and 

18 neglect, and in the design, operation and eval19 uation of the networks of such community20 based and prevention-focused programs’’; 

21 (4) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘, prevention22 focused, family resource and support programs’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘and prevention-focused programs and ac24 tivities designed to prevent child abuse and neglect’’; 
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1 (5) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘Statewide 

2 network of community-based, prevention-focused, 

3 family resource and support programs’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘community-based and prevention-focused pro5 grams and activities designed to prevent child abuse 

6 and neglect’’; and 

7 (6) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘community 

8 based, prevention-focused, family resource and sup9 port programs’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based 

10 and prevention-focused programs and activities de11 signed to prevent child abuse and neglect’’. 

12 SEC. 128. NATIONAL NETWORK FOR COMMUNITY-BASED 

13 FAMILY RESOURCE PROGRAMS. 

14 Section 208(3) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 

15 Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116g(3)) is amended by strik16 ing ‘‘Statewide networks of community-based, prevention17 focused, family resource and support programs’’ and in18 serting ‘‘community-based and prevention-focused pro19 grams and activities designed to prevent child abuse and 

20 neglect’’. 

21 SEC. 129. DEFINITIONS. 

22 (a) CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.—Section 209(1) 

23 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 

24 U.S.C. 5116h(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘given such term 

25 in section 602(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘given the term ‘child 
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1 with a disability’ in section 602(3) or ‘infant or toddler 

2 with a disability’ in section 632(5)’’. 

3 (b) COMMUNITY-BASED AND PREVENTION-FOCUSED

4 PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES TO PREVENT CHILD ABUSE

5 AND NEGLECT.—Section 209 of the Child Abuse Preven6 tion and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116h) is amended 

7 by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and inserting the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(3) COMMUNITY-BASED AND PREVENTION-FO10 CUSED PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES TO PREVENT

11 CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.—The term ‘commu12 nity-based and prevention-focused programs and ac13 tivities to prevent child abuse and neglect’ includes 

14 organizations such as family resource programs, 

15 family support programs, voluntary home visiting 

16 programs, respite care programs, parenting edu17 cation, mutual support programs, and other commu18 nity programs that provide activities that are de19 signed to prevent or respond to child abuse and ne20 glect.’’. 

21 SEC. 130. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

22 Section 210 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 

23 Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116i) is amended to read as 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 210. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

3 this title $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and such sums 

4 as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2005 

5 through 2008.’’. 

6 Subtitle C—Conforming 

7 Amendments 

8 SEC. 141. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

9 The table of contents of the Child Abuse Prevention 

10 and Treatment Act, as contained in section 1(b) of such 

11 Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 note), is amended as follows: 

12 (1) By striking the item relating to section 105 

13 and inserting the following:

‘‘Sec. 105. Grants to States and public or private agencies and organizations.’’.

14 (2) By striking the item relating to title II and 

15 inserting the following:

‘‘TITLE II—COMMUNITY-BASED GRANTS FOR THE PREVENTION 

OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT’’.

16 (3) By striking the item relating to section 204.
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1 TITLE II—ADOPTION 

2 OPPORTUNITIES 

3 SEC. 201. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND DECLARATION 

4 OF PURPOSE. 

5 Section 201 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 

6 Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 

7 5111) is amended—

8 (1) in subsection (a)—

9 (A) by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) 

10 and inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘(1) the number of children in substitute care 

12 has increased by nearly 24 percent since 1994, as 

13 our Nation’s foster care population included more 

14 than 565,000 as of September of 2001; 

15 ‘‘(2) children entering foster care have complex 

16 problems that require intensive services, with many 

17 such children having special needs because they are 

18 born to mothers who did not receive prenatal care, 

19 are born with life threatening conditions or disabil20 ities, are born addicted to alcohol or other drugs, or 

21 have been exposed to infection with the etiologic 

22 agent for the human immunodeficiency virus; 

23 ‘‘(3) each year, thousands of children are in 

24 need of placement in permanent, adoptive homes;’’; 

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1 (C) by striking paragraph (7)(A) and in2 serting the following: 

3 ‘‘(7)(A) currently, there are 131,000 children 

4 waiting for adoption;’’; and 

5 (D) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (7), 

6 (8), (9), and (10) as paragraphs (4), (5), (6), 

7 (7), and (8) respectively; and 

8 (2) in subsection (b)—

9 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

10 by inserting ‘‘, including geographic barriers,’’ 

11 after ‘‘barriers’’; and 

12 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘a na13 tional’’ and inserting ‘‘an Internet-based na14 tional’’. 

15 SEC. 202. INFORMATION AND SERVICES. 

16 Section 203 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 

17 Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 

18 5113) is amended—

19 (1) by striking the section heading and insert20 ing the following: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 203. INFORMATION AND SERVICES.’’; 

22 (2) by striking ‘‘SEC. 203. (a) The Secretary’’ 

23 and inserting the following: 

24 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 

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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘REQUIRED ACTIVI2 TIES.—’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; 

3 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘non4 profit’’ each place that such appears; 

5 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘non6 profit’’; 

7 (D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘non8 profit’’; 

9 (E) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘non10 profit’’; 

11 (F) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘study 

12 the nature, scope, and effects of’’ and insert 

13 ‘‘support’’; 

14 (G) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘non15 profit’’; 

16 (H) in paragraph (9)—

17 (i) by striking ‘‘nonprofit’’; and 

18 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

19 (I) in paragraph (10)—

20 (i) by striking ‘‘nonprofit’’; each place 

21 that such appears; and 

22 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

23 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

24 (J) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(11) provide (directly or by grant to or con2 tract with States, local government entities, or pub3 lic or private licensed child welfare or adoption agen4 cies) for the implementation of programs that are 

5 intended to increase the number of older children 

6 (who are in foster care and with the goal of adop7 tion) placed in adoptive families, with a special em8 phasis on child-specific recruitment strategies, in9 cluding—

10 ‘‘(A) outreach, public education, or media 

11 campaigns to inform the public of the needs 

12 and numbers of older youth available for adop13 tion; 

14 ‘‘(B) training of personnel in the special 

15 needs of older youth and the successful strate16 gies of child-focused, child-specific recruitment 

17 efforts; and 

18 ‘‘(C) recruitment of prospective families for 

19 such children.’’; 

20 (4) in subsection (c)—

21 (A) by striking ‘‘(c)(1) The Secretary’’ and 

22 inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘(c) SERVICES FOR FAMILIES ADOPTING SPECIAL

24 NEEDS CHILDREN.—

25 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘(2) Services’’ and insert2 ing the following: 

3 ‘‘(2) SERVICES.—Services’’; and 

4 (C) in paragraph (2)—

5 (i) by realigning the margins of sub6 paragraphs (A) through (G) accordingly; 

7 (ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

8 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

9 (iii) in subparagraph (G), by striking 

10 the period and inserting a semicolon; and 

11 (iv) by adding at the end the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(H) day treatment; and 

14 ‘‘(I) respite care.’’; and 

15 (D) by striking ‘‘nonprofit’’; each place 

16 that such appears; 

17 (5) in subsection (d)—

18 (A) by striking ‘‘(d)(1) The Secretary’’ and 

19 inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(d) IMPROVING PLACEMENT RATE OF CHILDREN IN

21 FOSTER CARE.—

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘(2)(A) Each State’’ and 

24 inserting the following:
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1 ‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS; TECHNICAL AND OTHER

2 ASSISTANCE.—

3 ‘‘(A) APPLICATIONS.—Each State’’; 

4 (C) by striking ‘‘(B) The Secretary’’ and 

5 inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(B) TECHNICAL AND OTHER ASSIST7 ANCE.—The Secretary’’; 

8 (D) in paragraph (2)(B)—

9 (i) by realigning the margins of 

10 clauses (i) and (ii) accordingly; and 

11 (ii) by striking ‘‘nonprofit’’; 

12 (E) by striking ‘‘(3)(A) Payments’’ and in13 serting the following: 

14 ‘‘(3) PAYMENTS.—

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Payments’’; and 

16 (F) by striking ‘‘(B) Any payment’’ and 

17 inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘(B) REVERSION OF UNUSED FUNDS.—

19 Any payment’’; and 

20 (6) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(e) ELIMINATION OF BARRIERS TO ADOPTIONS

22 ACROSS JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES.—

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 

24 grants to, or enter into contracts with, States, local 

25 government entities, public or private child welfare 
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1 or adoption agencies, adoption exchanges, or adop2 tion family groups to carry out initiatives to improve 

3 efforts to eliminate barriers to placing children for 

4 adoption across jurisdictional boundaries. 

5 ‘‘(2) SERVICES TO SUPPLEMENT NOT SUP6 PLANT.—Services provided under grants made under 

7 this subsection shall supplement, not supplant, serv8 ices provided using any other funds made available 

9 for the same general purposes including—

10 ‘‘(A) developing a uniform homestudy 

11 standard and protocol for acceptance of 

12 homestudies between States and jurisdictions; 

13 ‘‘(B) developing models of financing cross14 jurisdictional placements; 

15 ‘‘(C) expanding the capacity of all adoption 

16 exchanges to serve increasing numbers of chil17 dren; 

18 ‘‘(D) developing training materials and 

19 training social workers on preparing and mov20 ing children across State lines; and 

21 ‘‘(E) developing and supporting initiative 

22 models for networking among agencies, adop23 tion exchanges, and parent support groups 

24 across jurisdictional boundaries.’’. 
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1 SEC. 203. STUDY OF ADOPTION PLACEMENTS. 

2 Section 204 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 

3 Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 

4 5114) is amended—

5 (1) by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) IN

6 GENERAL.—The’’; 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘of 

8 the Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 

9 2003’’; 

10 (3) by striking ‘‘to determine the nature’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘to determine—

12 ‘‘(1) the nature’’; 

13 (4) by striking ‘‘which are not licensed’’ and all 

14 that follows through ‘‘entity’’;’’; and 

15 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(2) how interstate placements are being fi17 nanced across State lines; 

18 ‘‘(3) recommendations on best practice models 

19 for both interstate and intrastate adoptions; and 

20 ‘‘(4) how State policies in defining special needs 

21 children differentiate or group similar categories of 

22 children.’’. 

23 SEC. 204. STUDIES ON SUCCESSFUL ADOPTIONS. 

24 Section 204 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 

25 Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 

26 5114) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(b) DYNAMICS OF SUCCESSFUL ADOPTION.—The 

2 Secretary shall conduct research (directly or by grant to, 

3 or contract with, public or private nonprofit research agen4 cies or organizations) about adoption outcomes and the 

5 factors affecting those outcomes. The Secretary shall sub6 mit a report containing the results of such research to the 

7 appropriate committees of the Congress not later than the 

8 date that is 36 months after the date of the enactment 

9 of the Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003. 

10 ‘‘(c) INTERJURISDICTIONAL ADOPTION.—Not later 

11 than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the Keeping 

12 Children and Families Safe Act of 2003, the Secretary, 

13 in consultation with the Comptroller General, shall submit 

14 to the appropriate committees of the Congress a report 

15 that contains recommendations for an action plan to facili16 tate the interjurisdictional adoption of foster children.’’. 

17 SEC. 205. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

18 Section 205(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 

19 Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 

20 5115(a)) is amended to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated 

22 $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and such sums as may 

23 be necessary for fiscal years 2005 through 2008 to carry 

24 out programs and activities authorized under this sub25 title.’’. 
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1 TITLE III—ABANDONED INFANTS 

2 ASSISTANCE 

3 SEC. 301. FINDINGS. 

4 Section 2 of the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act 

5 of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 670 note) is amended—

6 (1) by striking paragraph (1); 

7 (2) in paragraph (2)—

8 (A) by inserting ‘‘studies indicate that a 

9 number of factors contribute to’’ before ‘‘the in10 ability of’’; 

11 (B) by inserting ‘‘some’’ after ‘‘inability 

12 of’’; 

13 (C) by striking ‘‘who abuse drugs’’; and 

14 (D) by striking ‘‘care for such infants’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘care for their infants’’; 

16 (3) by amending paragraph (5) to read as fol17 lows: 

18 ‘‘(5) appropriate training is needed for per19 sonnel working with infants and young children with 

20 life-threatening conditions and other special needs, 

21 including those who are infected with the human im22 munodeficiency virus (commonly known as ‘HIV’), 

23 those who have acquired immune deficiency syn24 drome (commonly know as ‘AIDS’), and those who 

25 have been exposed to dangerous drugs;’’;
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1 (4) by striking paragraphs (6) and (7); 

2 (5) in paragraph (8), by inserting ‘‘by parents 

3 abusing drugs,’’ after ‘‘deficiency syndrome,’’; 

4 (6) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘comprehen5 sive services’’ and all that follows through the semi6 colon at the end and inserting ‘‘comprehensive sup7 port services for such infants and young children 

8 and their families and services to prevent the aban9 donment of such infants and young children, includ10 ing foster care services, case management services, 

11 family support services, respite and crisis interven12 tion services, counseling services, and group residen13 tial home services; and’’; 

14 (7) by striking paragraph (11); 

15 (8) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), 

16 (5), (8), (9), and (10) as paragraphs (1) through 

17 (7), respectively; and 

18 (9) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(8) Private, Federal, State, and local resources 

20 should be coordinated to establish and maintain such 

21 services and to ensure the optimal use of all such re22 sources.’’. 

23 SEC. 302. ESTABLISHMENT OF LOCAL PROGRAMS. 

24 Section 101 of the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act 

25 of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 670 note) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking the section heading and insert2 ing the following: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF LOCAL PROGRAMS.’’; and 

4 (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(b) PRIORITY IN PROVISION OF SERVICES.—The 

7 Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a) un8 less the applicant for the grant agrees to give priority to 

9 abandoned infants and young children who—

10 ‘‘(1) are infected with, or have been perinatally 

11 exposed to, the human immunodeficiency virus, or 

12 have a life-threatening illness or other special med13 ical need; or 

14 ‘‘(2) have been perinatally exposed to a dan15 gerous drug.’’. 

16 SEC. 303. EVALUATIONS, STUDY, AND REPORTS BY SEC17 RETARY. 

18 Section 102 of the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act 

19 of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 670 note) is amended to read as fol20 lows: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 102. EVALUATIONS, STUDY, AND REPORTS BY SEC22 RETARY. 

23 ‘‘(a) EVALUATIONS OF LOCAL PROGRAMS.—The Sec24 retary shall, directly or through contracts with public and 

25 nonprofit private entities, provide for evaluations of 
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1 projects carried out under section 101 and for the dissemi2 nation of information developed as a result of such 

3 projects. 

4 ‘‘(b) STUDY AND REPORT ON NUMBER OF ABAN5 DONED INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN.—

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con7 duct a study for the purpose of determining—

8 ‘‘(A) an estimate of the annual number of 

9 infants and young children relinquished, aban10 doned, or found deceased in the United States 

11 and the number of such infants and young chil12 dren who are infants and young children de13 scribed in section 223(b); 

14 ‘‘(B) an estimate of the annual number of 

15 infants and young children who are victims of 

16 homicide; 

17 ‘‘(C) characteristics and demographics of 

18 parents who have abandoned an infant within 1 

19 year of the infant’s birth; and 

20 ‘‘(D) an estimate of the annual costs in21 curred by the Federal Government and by State 

22 and local governments in providing housing and 

23 care for abandoned infants and young children. 

24 ‘‘(2) DEADLINE.—Not later than 36 months 

25 after the date of the enactment of the Keeping Chil-
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1 dren and Families Safe Act of 2003, the Secretary 

2 shall complete the study required under paragraph 

3 (1) and submit to the Congress a report describing 

4 the findings made as a result of the study. 

5 ‘‘(c) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall evaluate and 

6 report on effective methods of intervening before the aban7 donment of an infant or young child so as to prevent such 

8 abandonments, and effective methods for responding to 

9 the needs of abandoned infants and young children.’’. 

10 SEC. 304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

11 Section 104 of the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act 

12 of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 670 note) is amended—

13 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 

14 following: 

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—

16 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—For the purpose of car17 rying out this Act, there are authorized to be appro18 priated $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and such 

19 sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2005 

20 through 2008. 

21 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Not more than 5 percent of 

22 the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) for 

23 any fiscal year may be obligated for carrying out 

24 section 224(a).’’; 

25 (2) by striking subsection (b);
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1 (3) in subsection (c)—

2 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘AU3 THORIZATION.—’’ after ‘‘(1)’’; and 

4 (B) in paragraph (2)—

5 (i) by inserting ‘‘LIMITATION.—’’ 

6 after ‘‘(2)’’; and 

7 (ii) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 1991.’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2003.’’; and 

9 (4) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

10 subsections (b) and (c), respectively. 

11 SEC. 305. DEFINITIONS 

12 Section 103 of the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act 

13 of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 670 note) is amended to read as fol14 lows: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS. 

16 ‘‘For purposes of this Act: 

17 ‘‘(1) The terms ‘abandoned’ and ‘abandon18 ment’, with respect to infants and young children, 

19 mean that the infants and young children are medi20 cally cleared for discharge from acute-care hospital 

21 settings, but remain hospitalized because of a lack of 

22 appropriate out-of-hospital placement alternatives. 

23 ‘‘(2) The term ‘acquired immune deficiency syn24 drome’ includes infection with the etiologic agent for 

25 such syndrome, any condition indicating that an in-
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1 dividual is infected with such etiologic agent, and 

2 any condition arising from such etiologic agent. 

3 ‘‘(3) The term ‘dangerous drug’ means a con4 trolled substance, as defined in section 102 of the 

5 Controlled Substances Act. 

6 ‘‘(4) The term ‘natural family’ shall be broadly 

7 interpreted to include natural parents, grandparents, 

8 family members, guardians, children residing in the 

9 household, and individuals residing in the household 

10 on a continuing basis who are in a care-giving situa11 tion with respect to infants and young children cov12 ered under this subtitle. 

13 ‘‘(5) The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary 

14 of Health and Human Services.’’. 

15 TITLE IV—FAMILY VIOLENCE 

16 PREVENTION AND SERVICES 

17 ACT 

18 SEC. 401. STATE DEMONSTRATION GRANTS. 

19 (a) UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.—Section 

20 303(a)(2)(C) of the Family Violence Prevention and Serv21 ices Act (42 U.S.C. 10402(a)(2)(C)) is amended by strik22 ing ‘‘underserved populations,’’ and all that follows and 

23 inserting the following: ‘‘underserved populations, as de24 fined in section 2003 of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

25 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–2);’’. 
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1 (b) REPORT.—Section 303(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

2 10402(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

3 ‘‘(5) Upon completion of the activities funded by a 

4 grant under this title, the State grantee shall submit to 

5 the Secretary a report that contains a description of the 

6 activities carried out under paragraph (2)(B)(i).’’. 

7 SEC. 402. SECRETARIAL RESPONSIBILITIES. 

8 Section 305(a) of the Family Violence Prevention and 

9 Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10404(a)) is amended—

10 (1) by striking ‘‘an employee’’ and inserting ‘‘1 

11 or more employees’’; 

12 (2) by striking ‘‘of this title.’’ and inserting ‘‘of 

13 this title, including carrying out evaluation and mon14 itoring under this title.’’; and 

15 (3) by striking ‘‘The individual’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘Any individual’’. 

17 SEC. 403. EVALUATION. 

18 Section 306 of the Family Violence Prevention and 

19 Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10405) is amended in the first 

20 sentence by striking ‘‘Not later than two years after the 

21 date on which funds are obligated under section 303(a) 

22 for the first time after the date of the enactment of this 

23 title, and every two years thereafter,’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘Every 2 years,’’. 
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1 SEC. 404. INFORMATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CEN2 TERS. 

3 Section 308 of the Family Violence Prevention and 

4 Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10407) is amended by striking 

5 subsection (g). 

6 SEC. 405. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 (a) GENERAL AUTHORIZATION.—Section 310(a) of 

8 the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 10409(a)) is amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap11 propriated to carry out this title $175,000,000 for each 

12 of the fiscal years 2004 through 2008.’’. 

13 (b) GRANTS FOR STATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COA14 LITIONS.—Section 311(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

15 10410(g)) is amended to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘(g) FUNDING.—Of the amount appropriated pursu17 ant to the authorization of appropriations under section 

18 310(a) for a fiscal year, not less than 10 percent of such 

19 amount shall be made available to award grants under this 

20 section.’’. 

21 SEC. 406. GRANTS FOR STATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALI22 TIONS. 

23 Section 311 of the Family Violence Prevention and 

24 Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10410) is amended by striking 

25 subsection (h). 
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1 SEC. 407. EVALUATION AND MONITORING. 

2 Section 312 of the Family Violence Prevention and 

3 Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10412) is amended by adding at 

4 the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(c) Of the amount appropriated under section 

6 310(a) for each fiscal year, not more than 2 percent shall 

7 be used by the Secretary for evaluation, monitoring, and 

8 other administrative costs under this title.’’. 

9 SEC. 408. FAMILY MEMBER ABUSE INFORMATION AND DOC10 UMENTATION PROJECT. 

11 Section 313 of the Family Violence Prevention and 

12 Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10413) is repealed. 

13 SEC. 409. MODEL STATE LEADERSHIP GRANTS. 

14 Section 315 of the Family Violence Prevention and 

15 Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10415) is repealed. 

16 SEC. 410. NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE 

17 GRANT. 

18 (a) DURATION.—Section 316(b) of the Family Vio19 lence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10416(b)) 

20 is amended—

21 (1) by striking ‘‘A grant’’ and inserting the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para24 graph (2), a grant’’; and 

25 (2) by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(2) EXTENSION.—The Secretary may extend 

2 the duration of a grant under this section beyond 

3 the period described in paragraph (1) if, prior to 

4 such extension—

5 ‘‘(A) the entity prepares and submits to 

6 the Secretary a report that evaluates the effec7 tiveness of the use of amounts received under 

8 the grant for the period described in paragraph 

9 (1) and contains any other information as the 

10 Secretary may prescribe; and 

11 ‘‘(B) the report and other appropriate cri12 teria indicate that the entity is successfully op13 erating the hotline in accordance with sub14 section (a).’’. 

15 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

16 316(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 10416(f)) is amended in 

17 paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2001 through 

18 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2004 through 2008’’. 

19 SEC. 411. YOUTH EDUCATION AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 

20 Section 317 of the Family Violence Prevention and 

21 Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10417) is repealed. 
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1 SEC. 412. DEMONSTRATION GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY INI2 TIATIVES. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 318(h) of the Family Vio4 lence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10418(h)) 

5 is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

7 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

8 $6,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2004 through 

9 2008.’’. 

10 (b) REGULATIONS.—Section 318 of such Act (42 

11 U.S.C. 10418) is amended by striking subsection (i). 

12 SEC. 413. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE. 

13 Section 319(f) of the Family Violence Prevention and 

14 Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10419(f)) is amended by striking 

15 ‘‘fiscal year 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘each of the fiscal years 

16 2004 through 2008’’. 

17 SEC. 414. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

18 The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 

19 U.S.C. 10401 et seq.) is amended as follows: 

20 (1) In section 302(1) by striking ‘‘demonstrate 

21 the effectiveness of assisting’’ and inserting ‘‘assist’’. 

22 (2) In section 303(a)—

23 (A) in paragraph (2)—

24 (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

25 ‘‘State domestic violence coalitions knowl26 edgeable individuals and interested organi-
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1 zations’’ and inserting ‘‘State domestic vio2 lence coalitions, knowledgeable individuals, 

3 and interested organizations’’; and 

4 (ii) in subparagraph (F), by adding 

5 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

6 (B) by aligning the margins of paragraph 

7 (4) with the margins of paragraph (3). 

8 (3) In section 305(b)(2)(A) by striking ‘‘provide 

9 for research, and into’’ and inserting ‘‘provide for 

10 research into’’. 

11 (4) In section 311(a)—

12 (A) in paragraph (2)(K), by striking 

13 ‘‘other criminal justice professionals,;’’ and in14 serting ‘‘other criminal justice professionals;’’ 

15 and 

16 (B) in paragraph (3)—

17 (i) in the matter preceding subpara18 graph (A), by striking ‘‘family law 

19 judges,,’’ and inserting ‘‘family law 

20 judges,’’; 

21 (ii) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 

22 ‘‘, criminal court judges,’’ after ‘‘family 

23 law judges’’; and 

24 (iii) in subparagraph (H), by striking 

25 ‘‘supervised visitations that do not endan-
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1 ger victims and their children’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘supervised visitations or denial of visi3 tation to protect against danger to victims 

4 or their children’’.

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