107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3839
AN ACT
To reauthorize the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act, and for other purposes.
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3839
AN ACT
To reauthorize the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Act, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Keeping Children and
Families Safe Act of 2002’’.
TITLE I—CHILD ABUSE PREVEN-
TION 
AND 
RELATED 
PRO-
GRAMS
Subtitle A—Amendments to the
Child 
Abuse 
Prevention 
and
Treatment Act
CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROGRAM
SEC. 101. ADVISORY BOARD ON CHILD ABUSE AND NE-
GLECT.
Section 102 of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5102) is repealed.
SEC. 102. NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR INFORMATION
RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE.
(a) FUNCTIONS.—Section 103(b)(1) of the Child
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C.
5104(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘all programs, includ-
ing private programs, that show promise of success’’ and
inserting ‘‘all effective programs, including private pro-
grams, that show promise of success and the potential for
broad-scale implementation and replication’’.
(b) COORDINATION WITH AVAILABLE RESOURCES.—
Section 103(c)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5104(c)(1)) is
amended—
(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
the end;
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub-
paragraph (G); and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(F) collect and disseminate information
that 
describes 
best 
practices 
being 
used
throughout the Nation for making appropriate
referrals related to, and addressing, the phys-
ical, developmental, and mental health needs of
abused and neglected children; and’’.
SEC. 103. RESEARCH AND ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES.
(a) RESEARCH.—Section 104(a) of the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5105(a)) is
amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (4);
(2) by redesignating paragraph (1)(D) as para-
graph (2) (and redesignating the corresponding
items contained therein accordingly) and moving
such paragraph two ems to the left;
(3) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in the first sentence of the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, includ-
ing longitudinal research,’’ after ‘‘interdiscipli-
nary program of research’’;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting at
the end before the semicolon the following: ‘‘,
including the effects of abuse and neglect on a
child’s development and the identification of
successful early intervention services or other
services that are needed’’;
(C) in subparagraph (C)—
(i) by striking ‘‘judicial procedures’’
and inserting ‘‘judicial systems, including
multidisciplinary, 
coordinated 
decision-
making procedures’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) the evaluation and dissemination of
best practices consistent with the goals of
achieving improvements in the child protective
services systems of the States in accordance
with paragraphs (1) through (12) of section
106(a);
‘‘(E) effective approaches to interagency
collaboration between the child protection sys-
tem and the juvenile justice system that im-
prove the delivery of services and treatment, in-