SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Protecting Children Across State Lines Act’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly 
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal 
is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, 
a section or other provision, the reference shall be consid-
ered to be made to a section or other provision of the Child 
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et 
seq.). 
SEC. 2. RESEARCH AND ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES. 
Section 104(a) (42 U.S.C. 5105(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(I)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause 
(ix); 
(B) by redesignating clause (x) as clause 
(xi); and 
(C) by inserting after clause (ix), the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(x) the extent to which reports of 
suspected or known instances of child 
abuse or neglect involving a potential com-
bination of jurisdictions, such as intra-
state, interstate, Federal-State, and State- 
Tribal are being screened out solely on the 
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basis of the cross-jurisdictional complica-
tions; and’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘subpara-
graphs (i) through (ix)’’ and inserting ‘‘clauses (i) 
through (x)’’. 
SEC. 3. TRAINING PROGRAMS. 
Section 105(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (I); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (J) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(K) for developing the best practices for 
the handling of reports of suspected or known 
child abuse or neglect related fatalities involving 
a potential combination of jurisdictions, such as 
intrastate, interstate, Federal-State, and State- 
Tribal.’’. 
SEC. 4. ANNUAL STATE DATA REPORTS. 
Section 106(d)(2) (42 U.S.C. 5106a(d)(2))— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(B); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (C) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
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(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) screened out due to cross-jurisdic-
tional complications.’’. 
SEC. 5. GRANTS TO STATES FOR PROGRAMS RELATING TO 
THE INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF 
CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT CASES. 
Section 107 (42 U.S.C. 5106c)— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (3); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) the handling of reports of suspected or 
known instances of child abuse or neglect, including 
those reports involving a potential combination of ju-
risdictions, such as intrastate, interstate, Federal- 
State, and State-Tribal, in a manner that ensures 
appropriate action is taken to protect children.’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘intrastate,’’ before 
‘‘interstate’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
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(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) review the handling of reports of suspected 
or known instances of child abuse or neglect involv-
ing a potential combination of jurisdictions, such as 
intrastate, interstate, Federal-State, and State-Trib-
al, including efforts to coordinate and ensure appro-
priate action is taken; and’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting 
‘‘intrastate,’’ before ‘‘interstate’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1)(C), by inserting ‘‘, 
which may include those children involved in re-
ports of child abuse or neglect with a potential 
combination of jurisdictions, such as intrastate, 
interstate, Federal-State, and State-Tribal,’’ 
after ‘‘protection for children’’. 
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