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Union Calendar No. 17

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 14

[Report No. 108–26] 

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 

MARCH 6, 2003

Additional sponsors: Mr. UPTON, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, 

Mr. PLATTS, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. LOBIONDO, Ms. HART, Mr. 

DAVIS of Illinois, and Mr. VAN HOLLEN

MARCH 6, 2003

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 7, 2003] 

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.
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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 this 

7 Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ACT 

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. Miscellaneous Requirements Relating to Assistance. 

Sec. 116. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 117. 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. 
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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. 

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 (11) 

9 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 
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1 ‘‘(B) investigations have determined that ap2 proximately 63 percent of children who were victims 

3 of maltreatment in 2000 suffered neglect, 19 percent 

4 suffered physical abuse, 10 percent suffered sexual 

5 abuse, and 8 percent suffered emotional maltreatment; 

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

7 child; 

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

9 counted by child protection services to have died as a 

10 result of abuse or neglect; and 

11 ‘‘(C) children younger than 1 year old comprised 

12 44 percent of child abuse fatalities and 85 percent of 

13 child abuse fatalities were younger than 6 years of 

14 age;’’; 

15 (4) by striking paragraph (4) (as so redesig16 nated), and inserting the following: 

17 ‘‘(4)(A) many of these children and their fami18 lies fail to receive adequate protection and treatment; 

19 ‘‘(B) slightly less than half of these children (45 

20 percent in 2000) and their families fail to receive 

21 adequate protection or treatment; and 

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

23 children removed from their homes and placed in fos24 ter care in 2000, as a result of an investigation or 
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1 assessment conducted by the child protective services 

2 agency, received no services;’’; 

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

4 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘orga5 nizations’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based or6 ganizations’’; 

7 (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘en8 sures’’ and all that follows through ‘‘knowledge,’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘recognizes the need for properly 

10 trained staff with the qualifications needed’’; and 

11 (C) in subparagraph (E), by inserting be12 fore the semicolon the following: ‘‘, which may 

13 impact child rearing patterns, while at the same 

14 time, not allowing those differences to enable 

15 abuse’’; 

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

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

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

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

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

21 ‘‘needed’’; and 

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

23 place’’ and inserting ‘‘where appropriate’’.
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1 Subtitle A—General Program 

2 SEC. 111. NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR INFORMATION 

3 RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE. 

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

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

6 amended—

7 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘all pro8 grams,’’ and all that follows through ‘‘neglect; and’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘all effective programs, including pri10 vate and community-based programs, that show 

11 promise of success with respect to the prevention, as12 sessment, identification, and treatment of child abuse 

13 and neglect and hold the potential for broad scale im14 plementation and replication;’’; 

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

16 inserting a semicolon; 

17 (3) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para18 graph (3); 

19 (4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(2) maintain information about the best prac22 tices used for achieving improvements in child protec23 tive systems;’’; and 

24 (5) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(4) provide technical assistance upon request 

2 that may include an evaluation or identification of—

3 ‘‘(A) various methods and procedures for the 

4 investigation, assessment, and prosecution of 

5 child physical and sexual abuse cases; 

6 ‘‘(B) ways to mitigate psychological trauma 

7 to the child victim; and 

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

9 States under this Act; and 

10 ‘‘(5) collect and disseminate information relating 

11 to various training resources available at the State 

12 and local level to—

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

14 intend to engage, in the prevention, identifica15 tion, and treatment of child abuse and neglect; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(B) appropriate State and local officials to 

18 assist in training law enforcement, legal, judi19 cial, medical, mental health, education, and 

20 child welfare personnel.’’. 

21 (b) COORDINATION WITH AVAILABLE RESOURCES.—

22 Section 103(c)(1) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat23 ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5104(c)(1)) is amended—

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

25 and’’ and inserting ‘‘104(a);’’; 
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1 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub2 paragraph (G); and 

3 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(F) collect and disseminate information 

6 that describes best practices being used through7 out the Nation for making appropriate referrals 

8 related to, and addressing, the physical, develop9 mental, and mental health needs of abused and 

10 neglected children; and’’. 

11 SEC. 112. RESEARCH AND ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES AND 

12 DEMONSTRATIONS. 

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

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

15 amended—

16 (1) in paragraph (1)—

17 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

18 (A), in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘, includ19 ing longitudinal research,’’ after ‘‘interdiscipli20 nary program of research’’; and 

21 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting be22 fore the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including the 

23 effects of abuse and neglect on a child’s develop24 ment and the identification of successful early 
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1 intervention services or other services that are 

2 needed’’; 

3 (C) in subparagraph (C)—

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

5 and inserting ‘‘judicial systems, including 

6 multidisciplinary, coordinated decision7 making procedures’’; and 

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

9 (D) in subparagraph (D)—

10 (i) in clause (viii), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

11 at the end; 

12 (ii) by redesignating clause (ix) as 

13 clause (x); and 

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

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(ix) the incidence and prevalence of 

17 child maltreatment by a wide array of de18 mographic characteristics such as age, sex, 

19 race, family structure, household relation20 ship (including the living arrangement of 

21 the resident parent and family size), school 

22 enrollment and education attainment, dis23 ability, grandparents as caregivers, labor 

24 force status, work status in previous year, 

25 and income in previous year; and’’; 
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1 (E) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 

2 subparagraph (I); and 

3 (F) by inserting after subparagraph (C), the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(D) the evaluation and dissemination of 

6 best practices consistent with the goals of achiev7 ing improvements in the child protective services 

8 systems of the States in accordance with para9 graphs (1) through (12) of section 106(a); 

10 ‘‘(E) effective approaches to interagency col11 laboration between the child protection system 

12 and the juvenile justice system that improve the 

13 delivery of services and treatment, including 

14 methods for continuity of treatment plan and 

15 services as children transition between systems; 

16 ‘‘(F) an evaluation of the redundancies and 

17 gaps in the services in the field of child abuse 

18 and neglect prevention in order to make better 

19 use of resources; 

20 ‘‘(G) the nature, scope, and practice of vol21 untary relinquishment for foster care or State 

22 guardianship of low income children who need

23 health services, including mental health services; 

24 ‘‘(H) the information on the national inci25 dence of child abuse and neglect specified in
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1 clauses (i) through (x) of subparagraph (I); 

2 and’’; 

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

4 (B) and inserting the following: 

5 ‘‘(B) Not later than 2 years after the date 

6 of enactment of the Keeping Children and Fami7 lies Safe Act of 2003, and every 2 years there8 after, the Secretary shall provide an opportunity 

9 for public comment concerning the priorities 

10 proposed under subparagraph (A) and maintain 

11 an official record of such public comment.’’; 

12 (3) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para13 graph (4); 

14 (4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol15 lowing: 

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

17 research on the national incidence of child abuse and 

18 neglect, including the information on the national in19 cidence on child abuse and neglect specified in clauses 

20 (i) through (x) of paragraph (1)(I). 

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

22 date of the enactment of the Keeping Children and 

23 Families Safe Act of 2003, the Secretary shall prepare 

24 and submit to the Committee on Education and the 

25 Workforce of the House of Representatives and the 
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1 Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pen2 sions of the Senate a report that contains the results 

3 of the research conducted under paragraph (2).’’. 

4 (b) PROVISION OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 

5 104(b) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 

6 (42 U.S.C. 5105(b)) is amended—

7 (1) in paragraph (1)—

8 (A) by striking ‘‘nonprofit private agencies 

9 and’’ and inserting ‘‘private agencies and com10 munity-based’’; and 

11 (B) by inserting ‘‘, including replicating 

12 successful program models,’’ after ‘‘programs and 

13 activities’’; and 

14 (2) in paragraph (2)—

15 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

16 at the end; 

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

18 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

20 ‘‘(D) effective approaches being utilized to 

21 link child protective service agencies with health 

22 care, mental health care, and developmental serv23 ices to improve forensic diagnosis and health 

24 evaluations, and barriers and shortages to such 

25 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 the 

4 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 organizations) 

9 for time-limited, demonstration projects for the following: 

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

11 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS FOR VISITATION AND EX12 CHANGE.—The Secretary may award grants under 

13 this subsection to entities to assist such entities in es14 tablishing and operating safe, family-friendly phys15 ical environments—

16 ‘‘(A) for court-ordered, supervised visitation 

17 between children and abusing parents; and 

18 ‘‘(B) to safely facilitate the exchange of chil19 dren for visits with noncustodial parents in cases 

20 of domestic violence. 

21 ‘‘(2) EDUCATION IDENTIFICATION, PREVENTION, 

22 AND TREATMENT.—The Secretary may award grants 

23 under this subsection to entities for projects that pro24 vide educational identification, prevention, and treat-
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1 ment services in cooperation with preschool and ele2 mentary 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 de6 velopment of research-based risk and safety assessment 

7 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 ‘‘DEM18 ONSTRATION’’ 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 fields’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘law enforcement, judiciary, social 

4 work and child protection, education, and other 

5 relevant fields, or individuals such as court ap6 pointed special advocates (CASAs) and guardian 

7 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 service 

18 agencies and health care agencies, including

19 physical and mental health services, to improve 

20 forensic diagnosis and health evaluations and for 

21 innovative partnerships between child protective 

22 service agencies and health care agencies that 

23 offer creative approaches to using existing Fed24 eral, State, local, and private funding to meet 

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

2 or neglect; 

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

4 practices to promote collaboration with the fami5 lies from the initial time of contact during the 

6 investigation through treatment; 

7 ‘‘(F) for the training of personnel regarding 

8 the legal duties of such personnel and their re9 sponsibilities to protect the legal rights of chil10 dren and families; 

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

13 ‘‘(H) for enabling State child welfare agen14 cies to coordinate the provision of services with 

15 State and local health care agencies, alcohol and 

16 drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies, 

17 mental health agencies, and other public and 

18 private welfare agencies to promote child safety, 

19 permanence, and family stability; 

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

21 service workers in research-based methods for rec22 ognizing situations of substance abuse, domestic 

23 violence, and neglect; and 

24 ‘‘(J) for developing, implementing, or oper25 ating information and education programs or 
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1 training programs designed to improve the pro2 vision of services to disabled infants with life3 threatening conditions for—

4 ‘‘(i) professionals and paraprofessional 

5 personnel concerned with the welfare of dis6 abled infants with life-threatening condi7 tions, including personnel employed in child 

8 protective services programs and health care 

9 facilities; and 

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

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

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

13 (5) by inserting after paragraph (1), the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(2) TRIAGE PROCEDURES.—The Secretary may 

16 award grants under this subsection to public and pri17 vate agencies that demonstrate innovation in respond18 ing to reports of child abuse and neglect, including 

19 programs of collaborative partnerships between the 

20 State child protective services agency, community so21 cial service agencies and family support programs, 

22 law enforcement agencies, developmental disability 

23 agencies, substance abuse treatment entities, health 

24 care entities, domestic violence prevention entities, 

25 mental health service entities, schools, churches and 
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1 synagogues, and other community agencies, to allow 

2 for the establishment of a triage system that—

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

4 received to determine which such reports require 

5 an intensive intervention and which require vol6 untary referral to another agency, program, or 

7 project; 

8 ‘‘(B) provides, either directly or through re9 ferral, a variety of community-linked services to 

10 assist families in preventing child abuse and ne11 glect; and 

12 ‘‘(C) provides further investigation and in13 tensive intervention where the child’s safety is in 

14 jeopardy.’’; 

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

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

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

18 (A) by striking the paragraph designation 

19 and heading; 

20 (B) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (C); 

21 and 

22 (C) in subparagraph (B)—

23 (i) by striking ‘‘(B) KINSHIP

24 CARE.—’’ and inserting the following: 

25 ‘‘(4) KINSHIP CARE.—’’; and 
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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘nonprofit’’; and 

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

3 ‘‘(5) LINKAGES BETWEEN CHILD PROTECTIVE

4 SERVICE AGENCIES AND PUBLIC HEALTH, MENTAL

5 HEALTH, AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AGEN6 CIES.—The Secretary may award grants to entities 

7 that provide linkages between State or local child pro8 tective service agencies and public health, mental 

9 health, and developmental disabilities agencies, for the 

10 purpose of establishing linkages that are designed to 

11 help assure that a greater number of substantiated 

12 victims of child maltreatment have their physical 

13 health, mental health, and developmental needs ap14 propriately diagnosed and treated.’’. 

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

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

17 5106(b)) is amended—

18 (1) by striking paragraph (1); 

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

20 paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; 

21 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so redes22 ignated), the following: 

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

24 or other pediatric and adolescent care facilities, that 

25 provide model approaches for improving medical di-
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1 agnosis of child abuse and neglect and for health eval2 uations of children for whom a report of maltreat3 ment has been substantiated.’’; and 

4 (4) in paragraph (4)(D), by striking ‘‘non5 profit’’. 

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

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

8 amended—

9 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘demonstra10 tion’’; 

11 (2) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘or con12 tract’’ after ‘‘or as a separate grant’’; and 

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

14 case of an evaluation performed by the recipient of

15 a grant, the Secretary shall make available technical 

16 assistance for the evaluation, where needed, including 

17 the use of a rigorous application of scientific evalua18 tion techniques.’’. 

19 (d) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO HEADING.—The sec20 tion heading for section 105 of the Child Abuse Prevention 

21 and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106) is amended to read 

22 as follows:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 105. GRANTS TO STATES AND PUBLIC OR PRIVATE 

2 AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.’’. 

3 SEC. 114. GRANTS TO STATES FOR CHILD ABUSE AND NE4 GLECT PREVENTION AND TREATMENT PRO5 GRAMS. 

6 (a) DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION GRANTS.—Section 

7 106(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 

8 (42 U.S.C. 5106a(a)) is amended—

9 (1) in paragraph (3)—

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

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

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

13 ‘‘and delivery of services’’; 

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

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

16 inserting ‘‘developing, improving, and implementing 

17 risk and safety assessment tools and protocols’’; 

18 (3) by striking paragraph (7); 

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

20 and (9) as paragraphs (6), (8), (9), and (12), respec21 tively; 

22 (5) by inserting after paragraph (4), the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(5) developing and updating systems of tech25 nology that support the program and track reports of 

26 child abuse and neglect from intake through final dis-
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1 position and allow interstate and intrastate informa2 tion exchange;’’; 

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

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

5 ‘‘system’’ and inserting ‘‘including training regarding 

6 research-based practices to promote collaboration with 

7 the families and the legal duties of such individuals’’; 

8 (7) by inserting after paragraph (6) (as so redes9 ignated) the following: 

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

11 availability of individuals providing services to chil12 dren and families, and the supervisors of such indi13 viduals, through the child protection system, includ14 ing improvements in the recruitment and retention of 

15 caseworkers;’’; 

16 (8) by striking paragraph (9) (as so redesig17 nated), and inserting the following: 

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

19 training protocols for individuals mandated to report 

20 child abuse or neglect; 

21 ‘‘(10) developing, implementing, or operating 

22 programs to assist in obtaining or coordinating nec23 essary services for families of disabled infants with 

24 life-threatening conditions, including—

25 ‘‘(A) existing social and health services; 
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1 ‘‘(B) financial assistance; and 

2 ‘‘(C) services necessary to facilitate adoptive 

3 placement of any such infants who have been re4 linquished for adoption; 

5 ‘‘(11) developing and delivering information to 

6 improve public education relating to the role and re7 sponsibilities of the child protection system and the 

8 nature and basis for reporting suspected incidents of 

9 child abuse and neglect;’’; 

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

11 striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

13 ‘‘(13) supporting and enhancing interagency col14 laboration between the child protection system and the 

15 juvenile justice system for improved delivery of serv16 ices and treatment, including methods for continuity 

17 of treatment plan and services as children transition 

18 between systems; or 

19 ‘‘(14) supporting and enhancing collaboration 

20 among public health agencies, the child protection 

21 system, and private community-based programs to 

22 provide child abuse and neglect prevention and treat23 ment services (including linkages with education sys24 tems) and to address the health needs, including men25 tal health needs, of children identified as abused or 
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1 neglected, including supporting prompt, comprehen2 sive health and developmental evaluations for children 

3 who are the subject of substantiated child maltreat4 ment reports.’’. 

5 (b) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—

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

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

8 5106a(b)) is amended—

9 (A) in paragraph (1)(B)—

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

11 Secretary of any substantive changes’’ and 

12 inserting the following: ‘‘provide notice to 

13 the Secretary—

14 ‘‘(i) of any substantive changes’’; 

15 (ii) by striking the period and insert16 ing ‘‘; and’’; and 

17 (iii) by adding at the end the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(ii) any significant changes to how 

20 funds provided under this section are used 

21 to support the activities which may differ 

22 from the activities as described in the cur23 rent State application.’’; 

24 (B) in paragraph (2)(A)—
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1 (i) by redesignating clauses (ii), (iii), 

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

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

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

5 and (xvi), respectively; 

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

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(ii) policies and procedures to address 

9 the needs of infants born and identified 

10 with fetal alcohol effects, fetal alcohol syn11 drome, neonatal intoxication or withdrawal 

12 syndrome, or neonatal physical or neuro13 logical harm resulting from prenatal drug 

14 exposure, including—

15 ‘‘(I) the requirement that health 

16 care providers involved in the delivery 

17 or care of such infants notify the child 

18 protective services system of the occur19 rence of such condition in such infants, 

20 except that such notification shall not 

21 be construed to create a definition 

22 under Federal law of what constitutes 

23 child abuse and such notification shall 

24 not be construed to require prosecution 

25 for any illegal action; and
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1 ‘‘(II) the development of a safe 

2 plan of care for the infant under which 

3 consideration may be given to pro4 viding the mother with health services 

5 (including mental health services), so6 cial services, parenting services, and 

7 substance abuse prevention and treat8 ment counseling and to providing the 

9 infant with referral to the statewide 

10 early intervention program funded 

11 under part C of the Individuals with 

12 Disabilities Education Act for an eval13 uation for the need for services pro14 vided under part C of such Act;’’; 

15 (iii) in clause (iii) (as so redesig16 nated), by inserting ‘‘risk and’’ before ‘‘safe17 ty’’; 

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

19 so redesignated), the following: 

20 ‘‘(iv) triage procedures for the appro21 priate referral of a child not at risk of im22 minent harm to a community organization 

23 or voluntary preventive service;’’; 

24 (v) in clause (vii)(II) (as so redesig25 nated), by striking ‘‘, having a need for 
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1 such information in order to carry out its 

2 responsibilities under law to protect chil3 dren from abuse and neglect’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘, as described in clause (viii)’’; 

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

6 so redesignated), the following: 

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

8 disclose confidential information to any 

9 Federal, State, or local government entity, 

10 or any agent of such entity, that has a need 

11 for such information in order to carry out 

12 its responsibilities under law to protect chil13 dren from abuse and neglect;’’; 

14 (vii) in clause (xii) (as so redesig15 nated)—

16 (I) by inserting ‘‘who has received 

17 training appropriate to the role, and’’ 

18 after ‘‘guardian ad litem,’’; and 

19 (II) by inserting ‘‘who has re20 ceived training appropriate to that 

21 role’’ after ‘‘advocate’’; 

22 (viii) in clause (xiv) (as so redesig23 nated), by striking ‘‘to be effective not later 

24 than 2 years after the date of the enactment 

25 of this section’’; 
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1 (ix) in clause (xv) (as so redesig2 nated)—

3 (I) by striking ‘‘to be effective not 

4 later than 2 years after the date of the 

5 enactment of this section’’; and 

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

7 (x) in clause (xvi) (as so redesignated), 

8 by striking ‘‘clause (xii)’’ each place that 

9 such appears and inserting ‘‘clause (xv)’’; 

10 and 

11 (xi) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(xvii) provisions and procedures to 

13 require that a representative of the child 

14 protective services agency shall, at the ini15 tial time of contact with the individual sub16 ject to a child abuse and neglect investiga17 tion, advise the individual of the complaints 

18 or allegations made against the individual, 

19 in a manner that is consistent with laws 

20 protecting the rights of the informant; 

21 ‘‘(xviii) provisions addressing the 

22 training of representatives of the child pro23 tective services system regarding the legal 

24 duties of the representatives, which may 

25 consist of various methods of informing such 
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1 representatives of such duties, in order to 

2 protect the legal rights and safety of chil3 dren and families from the initial time of 

4 contact during investigation through treat5 ment; 

6 ‘‘(xix) provisions and procedures for 

7 improving the training, retention, and su8 pervision of caseworkers; 

9 ‘‘(xx) provisions and procedures for re10 ferral of a child under the age of 3 who is 

11 involved in a substantiated case of child 

12 abuse or neglect to the statewide early inter13 vention program funded under part C of the 

14 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 

15 for an evaluation for the need of services 

16 provided under part C of such Act; and 

17 ‘‘(xxi) not later than 2 years after the 

18 date of enactment of the Keeping Children 

19 and Families Safe Act of 2003, provisions 

20 and procedures for requiring criminal back21 ground record checks for prospective foster 

22 and adoptive parents and other adult rel23 atives and non-relatives residing in the 

24 household;’’; and 
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1 (C) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end 

2 the following flush sentence: 

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

4 limit the State’s flexibility to determine State policies 

5 relating to public access to court proceedings to deter6 mine child abuse and neglect except that such policies 

7 shall, at a minimum, ensure the safety and well-being 

8 of the child, parents, and family.’’. 

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

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

11 5106a(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘With regard to 

12 clauses (v) and (vi) of paragraph (2)(A)’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘With regard to clauses (vi) and (vii) of para14 graph (2)(A)’’. 

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

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

17 5106a(c)) is amended—

18 (1) in paragraph (4)—

19 (A) in subparagraph (A)—

20 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i)—

21 (I) by striking ‘‘and procedures’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘, procedures, and prac23 tices’’; and
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1 (II) by striking ‘‘the agencies’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘State and local child 

3 protection system agencies’’; and 

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

5 ‘‘State’’ and inserting ‘‘State and local’’; 

6 and 

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

8 ‘‘(C) PUBLIC OUTREACH.—Each panel shall 

9 provide for public outreach and comment in 

10 order to assess the impact of current procedures 

11 and practices upon children and families in the 

12 community and in order to meet its obligations 

13 under subparagraph (A).’’; and

14 (2) in paragraph (6)—

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

16 ‘‘State and the public’’; and 

17 (B) by inserting before the period the fol18 lowing: ‘‘and recommendations to improve the 

19 child protection services system at the State and 

20 local levels. Not later than 6 months after the 

21 date on which a report is submitted by the panel 

22 to the State, the appropriate State agency shall 

23 submit a written response to the State and local 

24 child protection systems that describes whether or 

25 how the State will incorporate the recommenda-
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1 tions of such panel (where appropriate) to make 

2 measurable progress in improving the State and 

3 local child protective system’’. 

4 (d) ANNUAL STATE DATA REPORTS.—Section 106(d) 

5 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 

6 U.S.C. 5106a(d)) is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(13) The annual report containing the sum9 mary of the activities of the citizen review panels of 

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

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

12 the State child protection system who are transferred 

13 into the custody of the State juvenile justice system.’’. 

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

15 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 

16 Services shall prepare and submit to Congress a report that 

17 describes the extent to which States are implementing the 

18 policies and procedures required under section 

19 106(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat20 ment Act. 

21 SEC. 115. MISCELLANEOUS REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO 

22 ASSISTANCE. 

23 Section 108 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat24 ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106d) is amended by adding at the 

25 end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

2 that the Secretary should encourage all States and public 

3 and private agencies or organizations that receive assist4 ance under this title to ensure that children and families 

5 with limited English proficiency who participate in pro6 grams under this title are provided materials and services 

7 under such programs in an appropriate language other 

8 than English.’’. 

9 SEC. 116. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

10 (a) GENERAL AUTHORIZATION.—Section 112(a)(1) of 

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

12 5106h(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(1) GENERAL AUTHORIZATION.—There are au14 thorized to be appropriated to carry out this title 

15 $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and such sums as 

16 may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2005 

17 through 2008.’’. 

18 (b) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—Section 

19 112(a)(2)(B) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment 

20 Act (42 U.S.C. 5106h(a)(2)(B)) is amended—

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

22 ‘‘Secretary shall make’’; and 

23 (2) by striking ‘‘section 106’’ and inserting ‘‘sec24 tion 104’’. 
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1 SEC. 117. REPORTS. 

2 Section 110 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat3 ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106f) is amended by adding at the 

4 end the following: 

5 ‘‘(c) STUDY AND REPORT RELATING TO CITIZEN RE6 VIEW PANELS.—

7 ‘‘(1) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a 

8 study by random sample of the effectiveness of the cit9 izen review panels established under section 106(c). 

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

11 date of enactment of the Keeping Children and Fami12 lies Safe Act of 2003, the Secretary shall submit to 

13 the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the 

14 House of Representatives and the Committee on 

15 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate 

16 a report that contains the results of the study con17 ducted under paragraph (1).’’. 

18 Subtitle B—Community-Based 

19 Grants for the Prevention of 

20 Child Abuse 

21 SEC. 121. PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY. 

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

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

24 amended to read as follows: 

25 ‘‘(1) to support community-based efforts to de26 velop, operate, expand, enhance, and, where appro-
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1 priate to network, initiatives aimed at the prevention 

2 of child abuse and neglect, and to support networks 

3 of coordinated resources and activities to better 

4 strengthen and support families to reduce the likeli5 hood of child abuse and neglect; and’’. 

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

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

8 amended—

9 (1) in paragraph (1)—

10 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

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

12 through the dash, and inserting ‘‘community13 based and prevention-focused programs and ac14 tivities designed to prevent child abuse and ne15 glect (through networks where appropriate) that 

16 are accessible, effective, culturally appropriate, 

17 and build upon existing strengths

18 that—’’; 

19 (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

20 at the end; and 

21 (C) by striking subparagraph (G) and in22 serting the following: 

23 ‘‘(G) demonstrate a commitment to mean24 ingful parent leadership, including among par25 ents of children with disabilities, parents with
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1 disabilities, racial and ethnic minorities, and 

2 members of other underrepresented or under3 served groups; and 

4 ‘‘(H) provide referrals to early health and 

5 developmental services;’’; and 

6 (2) in paragraph (4)—

7 (A) by inserting ‘‘through leveraging of 

8 funds’’ after ‘‘maximizing funding’’; 

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

10 community-based, prevention-focused’’ and in11 serting ‘‘community-based and prevention-fo12 cused’’; and 

13 (C) by striking ‘‘family resource and sup14 port program’’ and inserting ‘‘programs and ac15 tivities designed to prevent child abuse and ne16 glect (through networks where appropriate)’’. 

17 (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO TITLE HEADING.—

18 Title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 

19 (42 U.S.C. 5116) is amended by striking the heading for 

20 such title and inserting the following:
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1 ‘‘TITLE II—COMMUNITY–BASED 

2 GRANTS FOR THE PREVEN3 TION OF CHILD ABUSE AND 

4 NEGLECT’’. 

5 SEC. 122. ELIGIBILITY. 

6 Section 202 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat7 ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116a) is amended—

8 (1) in paragraph (1)—

9 (A) in subparagraph (A)—

10 (i) by striking ‘‘a Statewide network of 

11 community-based, prevention-focused’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘community-based and preven13 tion-focused’’; and 

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘family resource and 

15 support programs’’ and all that follows 

16 through the semicolon and inserting ‘‘pro17 grams and activities designed to prevent 

18 child abuse and neglect (through networks 

19 where appropriate);’’

20 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘that 

21 exists to strengthen and support families to pre22 vent child abuse and neglect’’ after ‘‘written au23 thority of the State)’’; 

24 (2) in paragraph (2)—
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1 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘a 

2 network of community-based family resource and 

3 support programs’’ and inserting ‘‘community4 based and prevention-focused programs and ac5 tivities designed to prevent child abuse and ne6 glect (through networks where appropriate)’’; 

7 (B) in subparagraph (B)—

8 (i) by striking ‘‘to the network’’; and 

9 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, and parents with 

10 disabilities’’ before the semicolon; 

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

12 the network’’; and 

13 (3) in paragraph (3)—

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

15 ‘‘Statewide network of community-based, preven16 tion-focused, family resource and support pro17 grams’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based and 

18 prevention-focused programs and activities to 

19 prevent child abuse and neglect (through net20 works where appropriate)’’; 

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

22 ‘‘Statewide network of community-based, preven23 tion-focused, family resource and support pro24 grams’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based and 

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1 prevent child abuse and neglect (through net2 works where appropriate)’’; 

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

4 training and technical assistance, to the State5 wide network of community-based, prevention-fo6 cused, family resource and support programs’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘training, technical assistance, 

8 and evaluation assistance, to community-based 

9 and prevention-focused programs and activities 

10 to prevent child abuse and neglect (through net11 works where appropriate)’’; and 

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

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

14 disabilities’’. 

15 SEC. 123. AMOUNT OF GRANT. 

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

17 and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116b(b)(1)(B)) is amend18 ed—

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

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

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

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

23 funds leveraged and directed through the currently 

24 designated’’; and 
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘the lead agency’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘the current lead agency’’. 

3 SEC. 124. EXISTING GRANTS. 

4 Section 204 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat5 ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5115c) is repealed. 

6 SEC. 125. APPLICATION. 

7 Section 205 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat8 ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116d) is amended—

9 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Statewide 

10 network of community-based, prevention-focused, fam11 ily resource and support programs’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘community-based and prevention-focused programs 

13 and activities to prevent child abuse and neglect 

14 (through networks where appropriate)’’; 

15 (2) in paragraph (2)—

16 (A) by striking ‘‘network of community17 based, prevention-focused, family resource and 

18 support programs’’ and inserting ‘‘community19 based and prevention-focused programs and ac20 tivities to prevent child abuse and neglect 

21 (through networks where appropriate)’’; and 

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

23 programs consolidated under this Act,’’; 

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

25 following:
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1 ‘‘(3) a description of the inventory of current 

2 unmet needs and current community-based and pre3 vention-focused programs and activities to prevent 

4 child abuse and neglect, and other family resource 

5 services operating in the State;’’; 

6 (4) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘State’s net7 work of community-based, prevention-focused, family 

8 resource and support programs’’ and inserting ‘‘com9 munity-based and prevention-focused programs and 

10 activities designed to prevent child abuse and ne11 glect’’; 

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

13 network of community-based, prevention-focused, fam14 ily resource and support programs’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘start up, maintenance, expansion, and redesign of 

16 community-based and prevention-focused programs 

17 and activities designed to prevent child abuse and ne18 glect’’; 

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

20 community-based, prevention-focused, family resource 

21 and support programs’’ and inserting ‘‘community22 based and prevention-focused programs and activities 

23 designed to prevent child abuse and neglect’’;

24 (7) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘community25 based, prevention-focused, family resource and sup-
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1 port programs’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based and 

2 prevention-focused programs and activities designed 

3 to prevent child abuse and neglect’’; 

4 (8) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘community5 based, prevention-focused, family resource and sup6 port programs’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based and 

7 prevention-focused programs and activities designed 

8 to prevent child abuse and neglect’’; 

9 (9) in paragraph (10), by inserting ‘‘(where ap10 propriate)’’ after ‘‘members’’; 

11 (10) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘prevention12 focused, family resource and support program’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘community-based and prevention-focused 

14 programs and activities designed to prevent child 

15 abuse and neglect’’; and 

16 (11) by redesignating paragraph (13) as para17 graph (12). 

18 SEC. 126. LOCAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 

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

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

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

22 striking ‘‘prevention-focused, family resource and sup23 port programs’’ and inserting ‘‘and prevention-fo24 cused programs and activities designed to prevent 

25 child abuse and neglect’’; 
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1 (2) in paragraph (3)—

2 (A) in subparagraph (A)—

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

4 by striking ‘‘family resource and support 

5 services’’ and inserting ‘‘family support 

6 services for the prevention of child abuse 

7 and neglect’’; 

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

9 at the end; and 

10 (iii) by adding at the end the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(v) respite care; 

13 ‘‘(vi) home visiting; and 

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

15 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘vol16 untary home visiting and’’ after ‘‘including’’; 

17 and 

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

19 following: 

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

21 and prevention-focused programs and activities to 

22 prevent child abuse and neglect in the development, 

23 operation and expansion of networks where appro24 priate.’’. 
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1 SEC. 127. PERFORMANCE MEASURES. 

2 Section 207 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat3 ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116f) is amended—

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

5 network of community-based, prevention-focused, fam6 ily resource and support programs’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘community-based and prevention-focused programs 

8 and activities to prevent child abuse and neglect’’; 

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

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(3) shall demonstrate that they will have ad12 dressed unmet needs identified by the inventory and 

13 description of current services required under section 

14 205(3);’’; 

15 (3) in paragraph (4), 

16 (A) by inserting ‘‘and parents with disabil17 ities,’’ after ‘‘children with disabilities,’’; and 

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

19 place it appears and all that follows through 

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

21 community-based and prevention-focused pro22 grams and activities to prevent child abuse and 

23 neglect, and in the design, operation and evalua24 tion of the networks of such community-based 

25 and prevention-focused programs’’; 
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1 (4) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘, prevention2 focused, family resource and support programs’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘and prevention-focused programs and ac4 tivities designed to prevent child abuse and neglect’’; 

5 (5) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘Statewide 

6 network of community-based, prevention-focused, fam7 ily resource and support programs’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘community-based and prevention-focused programs 

9 and activities designed to prevent child abuse and ne10 glect’’; and 

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

12 based, prevention-focused, family resource and sup13 port programs’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based and 

14 prevention-focused programs and activities designed 

15 to prevent child abuse and neglect’’. 

16 SEC. 128. NATIONAL NETWORK FOR COMMUNITY-BASED 

17 FAMILY RESOURCE PROGRAMS. 

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

19 Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116g(3)) is amended by striking 

20 ‘‘Statewide networks of community-based, prevention-fo21 cused, family resource and support programs’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘community-based and prevention-focused programs 

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1 SEC. 129. DEFINITIONS. 

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

3 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 

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

5 in section 602(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘given the term ‘child 

6 with a disability’ in section 602(3) or ‘infant or toddler 

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

8 (b) COMMUNITY-BASED AND PREVENTION-FOCUSED

9 PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES TO PREVENT CHILD ABUSE

10 AND NEGLECT.—Section 209 of the Child Abuse Prevention 

11 and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116h) is amended—

12 (1) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4); 

13 (2) by inserting the following after paragraph 

14 (2): 

15 ‘‘(3) COMMUNITY-BASED AND PREVENTION-FO16 CUSED PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES TO PREVENT

17 CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.—The term ‘community18 based and prevention-focused programs and activities 

19 to prevent child abuse and neglect’ includes organiza20 tions such as family resource programs, family sup21 port programs, voluntary home visiting programs, 

22 respite care programs, parenting education, mutual 

23 support programs, and other community programs 

24 that provide activities that are designed to prevent or 

25 respond to child abuse and neglect.’’; and 
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1 (3) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para2 graph (4). 

3 SEC. 130. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 Section 210 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat5 ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116i) is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 210. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

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

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

10 through 2008.’’. 

11 Subtitle C—Conforming 

12 Amendments 

13 SEC. 141. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

14 The table of contents of the Child Abuse Prevention and 

15 Treatment Act, as contained in section 1(b) of such Act (42 

16 U.S.C. 5101 note), is amended as follows: 

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

18 and inserting the following:

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

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

20 inserting the following:

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

CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT’’.

21 (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 Treat6 ment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5111) 

7 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 our 

13 Nation’s foster care population included more than 

14 565,000 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, are 

19 born with life threatening conditions or disabilities, 

20 are born addicted to alcohol or other drugs, or have 

21 been exposed to infection with the etiologic agent for 

22 the human immunodeficiency virus; 

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

24 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 Treat17 ment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5113) 

18 is amended—

19 (1) by striking the section heading and inserting 

20 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 ACTIVITIES.—

2 ’’ 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 contract 

2 with States, local government entities, or public or 

3 private licensed child welfare or adoption agencies) 

4 for the implementation of programs that are intended 

5 to increase the number of older children (who are in 

6 foster care and with the goal of adoption) placed in 

7 adoptive families, with a special emphasis on child8 specific recruitment strategies, including—

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

10 campaigns to inform the public of the needs and 

11 numbers of older youth available for adoption; 

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

13 needs of older youth and the successful strategies 

14 of child-focused, child-specific recruitment efforts; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(C) recruitment of prospective families for 

17 such children.’’; 

18 (4) in subsection (c)—

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

20 inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘(c) SERVICES FOR FAMILIES ADOPTING SPECIAL

22 NEEDS CHILDREN.—

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

24 (B) by striking ‘‘(2) Services’’ and inserting 

25 the following: 
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1 ‘‘(2) SERVICES.—Services’’; and 

2 (C) in paragraph (2)—

3 (i) by realigning the margins of sub4 paragraphs (A) through (G) accordingly; 

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

6 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

8 the period and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

10 ‘‘(H) day treatment; and 

11 ‘‘(I) respite care.’’; and 

12 (D) by striking ‘‘nonprofit’’; each place that 

13 such appears; 

14 (5) in subsection (d)—

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

16 inserting the following: 

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

18 FOSTER CARE.—

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

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

21 inserting the following:

22 ‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS; TECHNICAL AND OTHER AS23 SISTANCE.—

24 ‘‘(A) APPLICATIONS.—Each State’’; 
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1 (C) by striking ‘‘(B) The Secretary’’ and in2 serting the following: 

3 ‘‘(B) TECHNICAL AND OTHER ASSIST4 ANCE.—The Secretary’’; 

5 (D) in paragraph (2)(B)—

6 (i) by realigning the margins of clauses 

7 (i) and (ii) accordingly; and 

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘nonprofit’’; 

9 (E) by striking ‘‘(3)(A) Payments’’ and in10 serting the following: 

11 ‘‘(3) PAYMENTS.—

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Payments’’; and 

13 (F) by striking ‘‘(B) Any payment’’ and in14 serting the following: 

15 ‘‘(B) REVERSION OF UNUSED FUNDS.—Any 

16 payment’’; and 

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

18 ‘‘(e) ELIMINATION OF BARRIERS TO ADOPTIONS

19 ACROSS JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES.—

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

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

22 government entities, public or private child welfare or 

23 adoption agencies, adoption exchanges, or adoption 

24 family groups to carry out initiatives to improve ef-
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1 forts to eliminate barriers to placing children for 

2 adoption across jurisdictional boundaries. 

3 ‘‘(2) SERVICES TO SUPPLEMENT NOT SUP4 PLANT.—Services provided under grants made under 

5 this subsection shall supplement, not supplant, serv6 ices provided using any other funds made available 

7 for the same general purposes including—

8 ‘‘(A) developing a uniform homestudy 

9 standard and protocol for acceptance of 

10 homestudies between States and jurisdictions; 

11 ‘‘(B) developing models of financing cross12 jurisdictional placements; 

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

14 exchanges to serve increasing numbers of chil15 dren; 

16 ‘‘(D) developing training materials and 

17 training social workers on preparing and mov18 ing children across State lines; and 

19 ‘‘(E) developing and supporting initiative 

20 models for networking among agencies, adoption 

21 exchanges, and parent support groups across ju22 risdictional boundaries.’’. 
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1 SEC. 203. STUDY OF ADOPTION PLACEMENTS. 

2 Section 204 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat3 ment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5114) 

4 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 2003’’; 

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

10 inserting ‘‘to determine—

11 ‘‘(1) the nature’’; 

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

13 that follows through ‘‘entity’’; and 

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

15 ‘‘(2) how interstate placements are being fi16 nanced across State lines; 

17 ‘‘(3) recommendations on best practice models for 

18 both interstate and intrastate adoptions; and 

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

20 children differentiate or group similar categories of 

21 children.’’. 

22 SEC. 204. STUDIES ON SUCCESSFUL ADOPTIONS. 

23 Section 204 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat24 ment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5114) 

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1 ‘‘(b) DYNAMICS OF SUCCESSFUL ADOPTION.—The Sec2 retary shall conduct research (directly or by grant to, or 

3 contract with, public or private nonprofit research agencies 

4 or organizations) about adoption outcomes and the factors 

5 affecting those outcomes. The Secretary shall submit a re6 port containing the results of such research to the appro7 priate committees of the Congress not later than the date 

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

9 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, in 

13 consultation with the Comptroller General, shall submit to 

14 the appropriate committees of the Congress a report that 

15 contains recommendations for an action plan to facilitate 

16 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 ‘‘(a) There are authorized to be appropriated 

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

23 necessary for fiscal years 2005 through 2008 to carry out 

24 programs and activities authorized under this subtitle.’’. 
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1 TITLE III—ABANDONED INFANTS 

2 ASSISTANCE 

3 SEC. 301. FINDINGS. 

4 Section 2 of the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 

5 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’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘care for their infants’’; 

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

18 ‘‘(5) appropriate training is needed for personnel 

19 working with infants and young children with life20 threatening conditions and other special needs, in21 cluding those who are infected with the human im22 munodeficiency virus (commonly known as ‘HIV’), 

23 those who have acquired immune deficiency syndrome 

24 (commonly know as ‘AIDS’), and those who have been 

25 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 ‘‘comprehensive 

5 services’’ and all that follows through the semicolon at 

6 the end and inserting ‘‘comprehensive support services 

7 for such infants and young children and their fami8 lies and services to prevent the abandonment of such 

9 infants and young children, including foster care 

10 services, case management services, family support 

11 services, respite and crisis intervention services, coun12 seling services, and group residential home services; 

13 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 (7), 

17 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 inserting 

2 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 Sec7 retary may not make a grant under subsection (a) unless 

8 the applicant for the grant agrees to give priority to aban9 doned 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 medical 

13 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 follows: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 102. EVALUATIONS, STUDY, AND REPORTS BY SEC21 RETARY. 

22 ‘‘(a) EVALUATIONS OF LOCAL PROGRAMS.—The Sec23 retary shall, directly or through contracts with public and 

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1 projects carried out under section 101 and for the dissemi2 nation of information developed as a result of such projects. 

3 ‘‘(b) STUDY AND REPORT ON NUMBER OF ABANDONED

4 INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN.—

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct 

6 a study for the purpose of determining—

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

8 infants and young children relinquished, aban9 doned, or found deceased in the United States 

10 and the number of such infants and young chil11 dren who are infants and young children de12 scribed in section 223(b); 

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

14 infants and young children who are victims of 

15 homicide; 

16 ‘‘(C) characteristics and demographics of 

17 parents who have abandoned an infant within 1 

18 year of the infant’s birth; and 

19 ‘‘(D) an estimate of the annual costs in20 curred by the Federal Government and by State 

21 and local governments in providing housing and 

22 care for abandoned infants and young children. 

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

24 the date of the enactment of the Keeping Children and 

25 Families Safe Act of 2003, the Secretary shall com-
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1 plete the study required under paragraph (1) and 

2 submit to the Congress a report describing the find3 ings made as a result of the study. 

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

5 report on effective methods of intervening before the aban6 donment of an infant or young child so as to prevent such 

7 abandonments, and effective methods for responding to the 

8 needs of abandoned infants and young children.’’. 

9 SEC. 304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

10 Section 104 of the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act 

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

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

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—

15 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—For the purpose of car16 rying out this Act, there are authorized to be appro17 priated $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and such 

18 sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2005 

19 through 2008. 

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

21 the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) for 

22 any fiscal year may be obligated for carrying out sec23 tion 224(a).’’; 

24 (2) by striking subsection (b);

25 (3) in subsection (c)—
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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘AU2 THORIZATION.—’’ after ‘‘(1)’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (2)—

4 (i) by inserting ‘‘LIMITATION.—’’ after 

5 ‘‘(2)’’; and 

6 (ii) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 1991.’’ and 

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

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

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

10 SEC. 305. DEFINITIONS 

11 Section 103 of the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act 

12 of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 670 note) is amended to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS. 

14 ‘‘For purposes of this Act: 

15 ‘‘(1) The terms ‘abandoned’ and ‘abandonment’, 

16 with respect to infants and young children, mean that 

17 the infants and young children are medically cleared 

18 for discharge from acute-care hospital settings, but re19 main hospitalized because of a lack of appropriate 

20 out-of-hospital placement alternatives. 

21 ‘‘(2) The term ‘acquired immune deficiency syn22 drome’ includes infection with the etiologic agent for 

23 such syndrome, any condition indicating that an in24 dividual is infected with such etiologic agent, and 

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1 ‘‘(3) The term ‘dangerous drug’ means a con2 trolled substance, as defined in section 102 of the Con3 trolled Substances Act. 

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

5 interpreted to include natural parents, grandparents, 

6 family members, guardians, children residing in the 

7 household, and individuals residing in the household 

8 on a continuing basis who are in a care-giving situa9 tion with respect to infants and young children cov10 ered under this subtitle. 

11 ‘‘(5) The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of 

12 Health and Human Services.’’. 

13 TITLE IV—FAMILY VIOLENCE 

14 PREVENTION AND SERVICES 

15 ACT 

16 SEC. 401. STATE DEMONSTRATION GRANTS. 

17 (a) UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.—Section 

18 303(a)(2)(C) of the Family Violence Prevention and Serv19 ices Act (42 U.S.C. 10402(a)(2)(C)) is amended by striking 

20 ‘‘underserved populations,’’ and all that follows and insert21 ing the following: ‘‘underserved populations, as defined in 

22 section 2003 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

23 Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–2);’’. 

24 (b) REPORT.—Section 303(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

25 10402(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(5) Upon completion of the activities funded by a 

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

3 Secretary a report that contains a description of the activi4 ties carried out under paragraph (2)(B)(i).’’. 

5 SEC. 402. SECRETARIAL RESPONSIBILITIES. 

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

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

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

9 or more employees’’; 

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

11 this title, including carrying out evaluation and mon12 itoring under this title.’’; and 

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

14 ‘‘Any individual’’. 

15 SEC. 403. EVALUATION. 

16 Section 306 of the Family Violence Prevention and 

17 Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10405) is amended in the first sen18 tence by striking ‘‘Not later than two years after the date 

19 on which funds are obligated under section 303(a) for the 

20 first time after the date of the enactment of this title, and 

21 every two years thereafter,’’ and inserting ‘‘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 sub5 section (g). 

6 SEC. 405. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

8 Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 

9 10409(a)) is amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro11 priated to carry out this title $175,000,000 for each of the 

12 fiscal years 2004 through 2008.’’. 

13 (b) GRANTS FOR STATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALI14 TIONS.—Section 311(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 10410(g)) 

15 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 sub25 section (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 310(a) 

6 for each fiscal year, not more than 2.5 percent shall be used 

7 by the Secretary for evaluation, monitoring, and other ad8 ministrative 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 GRANT. 

17 (a) DURATION.—Section 316(b) of the Family Violence 

18 Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10416(b)) is 

19 amended—

20 (1) by striking ‘‘A grant’’ and inserting the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para23 graph (2), a grant’’; and 

24 (2) by adding at the end the following:

25 ‘‘(2) EXTENSION.—The Secretary may extend the 

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1 riod described in paragraph (1) if, prior to such ex2 tension—

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

4 Secretary a report that evaluates the effectiveness 

5 of the use of amounts received under the grant 

6 for the period described in paragraph (1) and 

7 contains any other information as the Secretary 

8 may prescribe; and 

9 ‘‘(B) the report and other appropriate cri10 teria indicate that the entity is successfully oper11 ating the hotline in accordance with subsection 

12 (a).’’. 

13 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

14 316(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 10416(f)) is amended in para15 graph (1) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2001 through 2005’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2004 through 2008’’. 

17 SEC. 411. YOUTH EDUCATION AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 

18 Section 317 of the Family Violence Prevention and 

19 Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10417) is repealed. 

20 SEC. 412. DEMONSTRATION GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY INI21 TIATIVES. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 318(h) of the Family Vio23 lence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10418(h)) is 

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

2 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

3 $6,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2004 through 2008.’’. 

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

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

6 SEC. 413. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE. 

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

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

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

10 2004 through 2008’’. 

11 SEC. 414. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

12 The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 

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

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

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

16 (2) In section 303(a)—

17 (A) in paragraph (2)—

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

19 ‘‘State domestic violence coalitions knowl20 edgeable individuals and interested organi21 zations’’ and inserting ‘‘State domestic vio22 lence coalitions, knowledgeable individuals, 

23 and interested organizations’’; and 

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

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1 (B) by aligning the margins of paragraph 

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

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

4 for research, and into’’ and inserting ‘‘provide for re5 search into’’. 

6 (4) In section 311(a)—

7 (A) in paragraph (2)(K), by striking ‘‘other 

8 criminal justice professionals,;’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘other criminal justice professionals;’’ and 

10 (B) in paragraph (3)—

11 (i) in the matter preceding subpara12 graph (A), by striking ‘‘family law judges,,’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘family law judges,’’; 

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

15 ‘‘, criminal court judges,’’ after ‘‘family law 

16 judges’’; and 

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

18 ‘‘supervised visitations that do not endanger 

19 victims and their children’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘supervised visitations or denial of visita21 tion to protect against danger to victims or 

22 their children’’.
Union Calendar No. 17

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 14

[Report No. 108–26] 

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. 

MARCH 6, 2003

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 

and ordered to be printed