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all cases of child abuse or neglect resulting 
in a child fatality or near fatality, includ-
ing a description of— 
‘‘(I) how the State will not create 
an exception to such public disclosure, 
except in a case in which— 
‘‘(aa) the State would like to 
delay public release of case-spe-
cific findings or information (in-
cluding any previous reports of 
domestic violence and subsequent 
actions taken to assess and ad-
dress such reports) while a crimi-
nal investigation or prosecution 
of such a fatality or near fatality 
is pending; 
‘‘(bb) the State is protecting 
the identity of a reporter of child 
abuse or neglect; or 
‘‘(cc) the State is with-
holding identifying information of 
members of the victim’s family 
who are not perpetrators of the 
fatality or near fatality; and 
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‘‘(II) how the State will ensure 
that in providing the public disclosure 
required under this clause, the State 
will include— 
‘‘(aa) the cause and cir-
cumstances of the fatality or near 
fatality; 
‘‘(bb) the age and gender of 
the child; and 
‘‘(cc) any previous reports of 
child abuse or neglect investiga-
tions that are relevant to the 
child abuse or neglect that led to 
the fatality or near fatality; 
‘‘(iv) how the State will use data col-
lected on child abuse or neglect to prevent 
child fatalities and near fatalities; 
‘‘(v) how the State will implement ef-
forts to prevent child fatalities and near 
fatalities; 
‘‘(vi) the cooperation of State law en-
forcement officials, court of competent ju-
risdiction, and appropriate State agencies 
providing human services in the investiga-
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tion, assessment, prosecution, and treat-
ment of child abuse and neglect; 
‘‘(vii) the steps the State will take to 
improve the professional development, re-
tention, and supervision of caseworkers 
and how the State will measure the effec-
tiveness of such efforts; 
‘‘(viii) the State’s plan to ensure each 
child under the age of 3 who is involved in 
a substantiated case of child abuse or ne-
glect will be referred to the State’s child 
find system under section 635(a)(5) of the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1435(a)(5)) in order to deter-
mine if the child is an infant or toddler 
with a disability (as defined in section 
632(5) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1432(5))); 
‘‘(ix) the State’s plan to improve, as 
part of a comprehensive State strategy led 
by law enforcement, professional develop-
ment for child protective services workers 
and their appropriate role in identifying, 
assessing, and providing comprehensive 
services for children who are sex traf-
ficking victims, in coordination with law 
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enforcement, juvenile justice agencies, run-
away and homeless youth shelters, and 
health, mental health, and other social 
service agencies and providers; 
‘‘(x) the services to be provided under 
the grant to individuals, families, or com-
munities, either directly or through refer-
rals, aimed at preventing the occurrence of 
child abuse and neglect; 
‘‘(xi) the State’s efforts to ensure pro-
fessionals who are required to report sus-
pected cases of child abuse and neglect are 
aware of their responsibilities under sub-
paragraph (A)(i) and receive professional 
development relating to performing such 
responsibilities that is specific to their pro-
fession and workplace; 
‘‘(xii) policies and procedures encour-
aging the appropriate involvement of fami-
lies in decisionmaking pertaining to chil-
dren who experienced child abuse or ne-
glect; 
‘‘(xiii) the State’s efforts to improve 
appropriate collaboration among child pro-
tective services agencies, domestic violence 
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services agencies, substance use disorder 
treatment agencies, and other agencies in 
investigations, interventions, and the deliv-
ery of services and treatment provided to 
children and families affected by child 
abuse or neglect, including children ex-
posed to domestic violence, where appro-
priate; 
‘‘(xiv) policies and procedures regard-
ing the use of differential response, as ap-
plicable, to improve outcomes for children; 
and 
‘‘(xv) the State’s efforts to reduce ra-
cial bias in its child protective services sys-
tem.’’. 
(3) LIMITATIONS.—Paragraph (3) of section 
106(b) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a(b)) is amended— 
(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 
‘‘LIMITATION’’ and inserting ‘‘LIMITATIONS’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘With regard to clauses 
(vi) and (vii) of paragraph (2)(B),’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
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‘‘(A) DISCLOSURE
OF
CERTAIN
IDENTI-
FYING INFORMATION.—With regard to subpara-
graphs (A)(iv) and (D)(iii) of paragraph (2),’’; 
(C) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) PUBLIC
ACCESS
TO
COURT
PRO-
CEEDINGS.—Nothing in paragraph (2) shall be 
construed to limit the State’s flexibility to de-
termine State policies relating to public access 
to court proceedings to determine child abuse 
and neglect, except that such policies shall, at 
a minimum, ensure the safety and well-being of 
the child, parents, and families.’’. 
(4) DEFINITIONS.—Paragraph (4) of section 
106(b) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a(b)) is amended— 
(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 
‘‘DEFINITIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘DEFINITION’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘this subsection’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘means an act’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘this subsection, the term 
‘near fatality’ means an act’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe-
riod; and 
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(D) by striking subparagraph (B). 
(c) CITIZEN REVIEW PANELS.—Section 106(c) of the 
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 
5106a(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘EXCEP-
TIONS.’’ and all that follows through ‘‘A State may’’ 
and inserting ‘‘EXCEPTION.—A State may’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4)(A)— 
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
striking 
‘‘and 
where 
appropriate, 
specific 
cases,’’; and 
(B) in clause (iii)(I), by striking ‘‘foster 
care and adoption programs’’ and inserting 
‘‘foster care, prevention, and permanency pro-
grams’’; and 
(3) by amending the first sentence of paragraph 
(6) to read as follows: ‘‘Each panel established 
under paragraph (1) shall prepare and make avail-
able to the State and the public, on an annual basis, 
a report containing a summary of the activities of 
the panel, the criteria used for determining which 
activities the panel engaged in, and recommenda-
tions or observations to improve the child protective 
services system at the State and local levels, and the 
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data upon which these recommendations or observa-
tions are based.’’. 
(d) ANNUAL
STATE
DATA
REPORTS.—Section 
106(d) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5106a(d)) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (13) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(13) The annual report containing the sum-
mary of the activities and recommendations of the 
citizen review panels of the State required by sub-
section (c)(6), and the actions taken by the State as 
a result of such recommendations.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (15), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(b)(2)(B)(ii)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘subsection 
(b)(2)(D)(i)’’; 
(3) in paragraph (16), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(b)(2)(B)(xxi)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘subsection 
(b)(2)(D)(viii)’’; 
(4) in paragraph (17), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(b)(2)(B)(xxiv)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘subsection 
(b)(2)(A)(xv)’’; 
(5) in paragraph (18)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (b)(2)(B)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(b)(2)(D)(i)’’; 
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(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (b)(2)(B)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(b)(2)(D)(ii)’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (b)(2)(B)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(b)(2)(D)(ii)’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(19) The number of child fatalities and near 
fatalities from maltreatment and related information 
in accordance with the uniform standards estab-
lished under section 103(d).’’. 
(e) ALLOTMENTS.—Section 106(f) of the Child Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a(f)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) LIMITATION.—For any fiscal year for 
which the amount allotted to a State or territory 
under this subsection exceeds the amount allotted to 
the State or territory under such subsection for fis-
cal year 2019, the State or territory may use not 
more than 2 percent of such excess amount for ad-
ministrative expenses.’’. 
SEC. 107. MISCELLANEOUS REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 108 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106d) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘Indian 
tribes, and tribal organizations,’’ after ‘‘States,’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) 
as subsections (d) through (f), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) PROTECTING AGAINST SYSTEMIC CHILD SEX-
UAL ABUSE.— 
‘‘(1) REPORTING AND TASK FORCE.—Not later 
than 24 months after the date of the enactment of 
the Human Services and Community Supports Act, 
each State task force established under section 
107(c) and expanded as described in paragraph (2) 
shall study and make recommendations on the fol-
lowing, with a focus on preventing systemic child 
sexual abuse: 
‘‘(A) How to detect systemic child sexual 
abuse that occurs in an organization. 
‘‘(B) How to prevent child sexual abuse 
and systemic child sexual abuse from occurring 
in organizations, which shall include rec-
ommendations to improve— 
‘‘(i) practices and policies for the edu-
cation of parents, caregivers, and victims, 
and age appropriate education of children, 
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about risk factors or signs of potential 
child sexual abuse; and 
‘‘(ii) the efficacy of applicable State 
laws and the role such laws play in deter-
ring or preventing incidences of child sex-
ual abuse. 
‘‘(C) The feasibility of making available 
the disposition of a perpetrator within an orga-
nization to— 
‘‘(i) the child alleging sexual abuse or 
the child’s family; or 
‘‘(ii) an adult who was a child at the 
time of the sexual abuse claim in question 
or the adult’s family. 
‘‘(2) TASK FORCE COMPOSITION.—For purposes 
of this subsection, a State task force shall include— 
‘‘(A) the members of the State task force 
described in section 107(c) for the State; and 
‘‘(B) the following: 
‘‘(i) Family court judges. 
‘‘(ii) Individuals from religious organi-
zations. 
‘‘(iii) Individuals from youth-serving 
organizations, including youth athletics or-
ganizations. 
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‘‘(3) REPORTING ON RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not 
later than 6 months after a State task force makes 
recommendations under paragraph (1), the State 
maintaining such State task force shall— 
‘‘(A) make public the recommendations of 
such report; 
‘‘(B) report to the Secretary on the status 
of adopting such recommendations; and 
‘‘(C) in a case in which the State declines 
to adopt a particular recommendation, make 
public the explanation for such declination. 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section— 
‘‘(A) the terms ‘child sexual abuse’ and 
‘sexual abuse’ shall not be limited to an act or 
a failure to act on the part of a parent or care-
taker; 
‘‘(B) the term ‘organization’ means any 
entity that serves children; and 
‘‘(C) the term ‘systemic child sexual abuse’ 
means— 
‘‘(i) a pattern of informal or formal 
policy or de facto policy to not follow State 
and local requirements to report instances 
of child sexual abuse in violation of State 
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and local mandatory reporting laws or pol-
icy; or 
‘‘(ii) a pattern of assisting individual 
perpetrators in maintaining their careers 
despite substantiated evidence of child sex-
ual abuse.’’. 
SEC. 108. REPORTS. 
(a) SCALING
EVIDENCE-BASED
TREATMENT
OF 
CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.—Section 110 of the Child 
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106f) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 110. STUDY AND REPORT RELATING TO SCALING EVI-
DENCE-BASED TREATMENT OF CHILD ABUSE 
AND NEGLECT; STUDY AND REPORT ON MAR-
ITAL AGE OF CONSENT; STUDY AND REPORT 
ON STATE MANDATORY REPORTING LAWS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a 
study that examines challenges to, and best practices for, 
the scalability of treatments that reduce the trauma re-
sulting from child abuse and neglect and reduce the risk 
of revictimization, such as those allowable under sections 
105 and 106. 
‘‘(b) CONTENT OF STUDY.—The study described in 
subsection (a) shall be completed in a manner that con-
siders the variability among treatment programs and 
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among populations vulnerable to child abuse and neglect. 
The study shall include, at minimum: 
‘‘(1) A detailed synthesis of the existing re-
search literature examining barriers and challenges 
to, and best practices for the scalability of child wel-
fare programs and services as well as programs and 
services for vulnerable children and families in re-
lated fields, including healthcare and education. 
‘‘(2) Data describing state and local providers’ 
experiences with scaling treatments that reduce the 
trauma resulting from child abuse and neglect and 
reduce the risk of revictimization. 
‘‘(3) Consultation with experts in child welfare, 
healthcare, and education. 
‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 
of the enactment of the Human Services and Community 
Supports Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate 
and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House 
of Representatives a report that contains the results of 
the study conducted under subsection (a), including rec-
ommendations for best practices for scaling treatments 
that reduce the trauma resulting from child abuse and ne-
glect and reduce the risk of revictimization. 
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‘‘(d) STUDY AND REPORT ON MARITAL AGE OF CON-
SENT.— 
‘‘(1) STUDY.—The Secretary shall study, with 
respect to each State— 
‘‘(A) the State law regarding the minimum 
marriage age; and 
‘‘(B) the prevalence of marriage involving 
a child who is under the age of such minimum 
marriage age. 
‘‘(2) FACTORS.—The study required under 
paragraph (1) shall include an examination of— 
‘‘(A) the extent to which any statutory ex-
ceptions to the minimum marriage age in such 
laws contribute to the prevalence of marriage 
involving a child described in paragraph (1)(B); 
‘‘(B) whether such exceptions allow such a 
child to be married without the consent of such 
child; and 
‘‘(C) the impact of such exceptions on the 
safety of such children. 
‘‘(3) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of the Human Services and Com-
munity Supports Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Edu-
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cation and Labor of the House of Representatives a 
report containing the findings of the study required 
by this subsection, including any best practices. 
‘‘(e) STUDY AND REPORT ON STATE MANDATORY 
REPORTING LAWS.— 
‘‘(1) STUDY.—The Secretary shall collect infor-
mation on and otherwise study State laws for man-
datory reporting of incidents of child abuse or ne-
glect. Such study shall examine trends in referrals 
and investigations of child abuse and neglect due to 
differences in such State laws with respect to the in-
clusion, as mandatory reporters, of the following in-
dividuals: 
‘‘(A) Individuals licensed or certified to 
practice in any health-related field licensed by 
the State, employees of health care facilities or 
providers licensed by the State, who are en-
gaged in the admission, examination, care or 
treatment of individuals, including mental 
health and emergency medical service providers. 
‘‘(B) Individuals employed by a school who 
have direct contact with children, including 
teachers, administrators, and independent con-
tractors. 
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‘‘(C) Peace officers and law enforcement 
personnel. 
‘‘(D) Clergy, including Christian Science 
practitioners, except where prohibited on ac-
count of clergy-penitent privilege. 
‘‘(E) Day care and child care operators 
and employees. 
‘‘(F) Employees of social services agencies 
who have direct contact with children in the 
course of employment. 
‘‘(G) Foster parents. 
‘‘(H) Court appointed special advocates 
(employees and volunteers). 
‘‘(I) Camp and after-school employees. 
‘‘(J) An individual, paid or unpaid, who, 
on the basis of the individual’s role as an inte-
gral part of a regularly scheduled program, ac-
tivity, or service, accepts responsibility for a 
child. 
‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the 
date of enactment of the Human Services and Com-
munity Supports Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor of the House of Representatives a 
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report containing the findings of the study required 
by this subsection, including any best practices re-
lated to the inclusion, as mandatory reporters, of in-
dividuals described in paragraph (1).’’. 
(b) REPORT ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT IN IN-
DIAN TRIBAL COMMUNITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comp-
troller General, in consultation with the Indian 
tribes from each of the 12 regions of the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs, shall study child abuse and neglect in 
Indian Tribal communities for the purpose of identi-
fying vital information and making recommendations 
concerning issues relating to child abuse and neglect 
in such communities, and submit to the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the 
Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and the 
Committee on Education and Labor and the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on such study, which shall in-
clude— 
(A) the number of Indian tribes providing 
primary child abuse and neglect prevention ac-
tivities; 
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(I) how a children’s trust fund model could 
be used to support prevention efforts regarding 
child abuse and neglect of American Indian and 
Alaska Native children; 
(J) Federal agency technical assistance ef-
forts to address child abuse and neglect preven-
tion and treatment of American Indian and 
Alaska Native children; 
(K) Federal agency cross-system collabora-
tion to address child abuse and neglect preven-
tion and treatment of American Indian and 
Alaska Native children; 
(L) Tribal access to child abuse and ne-
glect prevention research and demonstration 
grants under the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.); and 
(M) an examination of child abuse and ne-
glect data systems to identify what Tribal data 
is being submitted, barriers to submitting data, 
and recommendations on improving the collec-
tion of data from Indian Tribes. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
(A) the term ‘‘Alaska Native’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 111 of the 
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Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 
U.S.C. 5106g); and 
(B) the terms ‘‘child abuse and neglect’’ 
and ‘‘Indian tribe’’ have the meaning given the 
terms in section 3 of the Child Abuse Preven-
tion and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 note). 
SEC. 109. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 112(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106h(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘to carry out’’ through 
‘‘fiscal year 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘to carry out 
this title $270,000,000 for fiscal year 2021’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘2011 through 2015’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2022 through 2026’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2)(A) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts ap-
propriated for a fiscal year under paragraph 
(1), the Secretary shall make available 30 per-
cent of such amounts, or $100,000,000, which-
ever is less, to fund discretionary activities 
under this title.’’. 
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SEC. 110. MONITORING AND OVERSIGHT. 
Section 114(1) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5108(1)) is amended— 
(1) in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B), by 
striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) include written guidance and tech-
nical assistance to support States, which shall 
include guidance on the requirements of this 
Act with respect to infants born with and iden-
tified as being affected by substance use or 
withdrawal symptoms, Neonatal Abstinence 
Syndrome, or Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, 
as described in clauses (i) and (ii) of section 
106(b)(2)(D), including by— 
‘‘(i) enhancing States’ understanding 
of requirements and flexibilities under the 
law, including by clarifying key terms; 
‘‘(ii) addressing State-identified chal-
lenges with developing, implementing, and 
monitoring plans of safe care; and 
‘‘(iii) disseminating best practices on 
implementation of plans of safe care, on 
such topics as differential response, col-
laboration and coordination, and identifica-
tion and delivery of services for different 
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populations, while recognizing needs of dif-
ferent populations and varying community 
approaches across States; and 
‘‘(D) include the submission of a report to 
the Committee on Education and Labor of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
the Senate not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act that contains a de-
scription of the activities taken by the Secretary 
to comply with the requirements of subpara-
graph (C); and’’. 
SEC. 111. ELECTRONIC INTERSTATE DATA EXCHANGE SYS-
TEM. 
Title I of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 115. ELECTRONIC INTERSTATE DATA EXCHANGE SYS-
TEM. 
‘‘(a) INTERSTATE DATA EXCHANGE SYSTEM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health 
and Human Services shall consider the recommenda-
tions included in the reports required under para-
graph (8)(A) and subsection (b)(2) in developing an 
electronic interstate data exchange system that al-
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lows State entities responsible under State law for 
maintaining child abuse and neglect registries to 
communicate information across State lines. 
‘‘(2) STANDARDS.—In developing the electronic 
interstate data exchange system under paragraph 
(1), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) use interoperable standards developed 
and maintained by intergovernmental partner-
ships, such as the National Information Ex-
change Model; 
‘‘(B) develop policies and governance 
standards that— 
‘‘(i) ensure consistency in types of in-
formation shared and not shared; and 
‘‘(ii) 
specify 
circumstances 
under 
which data should be shared through the 
interstate data exchange system; and 
‘‘(C) ensure that all standards and policies 
adhere to the privacy, security, and civil rights 
laws of each State and Federal law. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION
ON
USE
OF
ELECTRONIC 
INTERSTATE DATA EXCHANGE SYSTEM.—The elec-
tronic interstate data exchange system may only be 
used for purposes relating to child safety. 
‘‘(4) PILOT PROGRAM.— 
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‘‘(A) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of the enactment of this 
section, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall begin implementation of a pilot 
program to generate recommendations for the 
full integration of the electronic interstate data 
exchange system. Such pilot program shall in-
clude not less than 10 States and not more 
than 15 States. 
‘‘(B) COMPLETION.—Not later than 30 
months after the date of the enactment of this 
section, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall complete the pilot program de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(5) INTEGRATION.—The Secretary of Health 
and Human Services may assist States in the inte-
gration of this system into the infrastructure of each 
State using funds appropriated under this sub-
section. 
‘‘(6) PARTICIPATION.—As a condition on eligi-
bility for receipt of funds under section 106, each 
State shall— 
‘‘(A) participate in the electronic interstate 
data exchange system to the fullest extent pos-
sible in accordance with State law (as deter-
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mined by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services) not later than December 31, 2027; 
and 
‘‘(B) prior to the participation described in 
subparagraph (A), provide to the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services an assurance that 
the child abuse and neglect registry of such 
State provides procedural due process protec-
tions with respect to including individuals on 
such registry. 
‘‘(7) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of Health 
and Human Services may not access or store data 
from the electronic interstate data exchange system, 
unless the State to which such data pertains volun-
tarily shares such data with the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services. 
‘‘(8) REPORTS.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall prepare and submit to Con-
gress— 
‘‘(A) not later than 3 years after the date 
of the enactment of this section, a report on the 
recommendations from the pilot program de-
scribed in paragraph (4); and 
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‘‘(B) not later than January 31, 2025, a 
report on the progress made in implementing 
this subsection. 
‘‘(9) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of 
the funds appropriated under section 112 for a fiscal 
year— 
‘‘(A) for each of fiscal years 2021 and 
2022, $2,000,000 shall be reserved to carry out 
this section; and 
‘‘(B) for each of fiscal years 2023 through 
2026, $1,000,000 shall be reserved to carry out 
this section. 
‘‘(b) WORKING GROUP.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall con-
vene a working group to study and make rec-
ommendations on the following: 
‘‘(A) The feasibility of making publicly 
available on the website of each State defini-
tions and standards of substantiated child 
abuse and neglect for the State. 
‘‘(B) Whether background check require-
ments under this Act, the Child Care and De-
velopment Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
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9858 et seq.), and part E of title IV of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 670 et seq.) are 
complementary or if there are discrepancies 
that need to be addressed. 
‘‘(C) How to improve communication be-
tween and across States, including through the 
use of technology and the use of the electronic 
interstate data exchange system established 
under subsection (a), to allow for more accurate 
and efficient exchange of child abuse and ne-
glect records. 
‘‘(D) How to reduce barriers and establish 
best practices for the State to provide timely re-
sponses to requests from other States for infor-
mation contained in the State’s child abuse and 
neglect registry through the electronic inter-
state data exchange system established under 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(E) How to ensure due process for any 
individual included in a State’s child abuse and 
neglect registry, including the following: 
‘‘(i) The level of evidence necessary 
for inclusion in the State’s child abuse and 
neglect registry. 
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‘‘(ii) The process for notifying such 
individual of inclusion in the State’s child 
abuse and neglect registry and the implica-
tions of such inclusion. 
‘‘(iii) The process for providing such 
individual the opportunity to challenge 
such inclusion, and the procedures for re-
solving such challenge. 
‘‘(iv) The length of time an individ-
ual’s record is to remain in the State’s 
child abuse and neglect registry, and the 
process for removing such individual’s 
record. 
‘‘(v) The criteria for when such indi-
vidual’s child abuse and neglect registry 
record may be— 
‘‘(I) made accessible to the gen-
eral public; 
‘‘(II) made available for purposes 
of an employment check; and 
‘‘(III) be shared for the purposes 
of participation in the electronic inter-
state data exchange system described 
in subsection (a). 
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‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the work-
ing group convened under paragraph (1) shall sub-
mit a report containing its recommendations to the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
of the Senate, and the Committee on Education and 
Labor of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(3) CONSTRUCTION.—There shall be no re-
quirement for any State to adopt the recommenda-
tions of the working group, nor shall the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services incentivize or coerce 
any State to adopt any such recommendation.’’. 
SEC. 112. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— The Child Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.), 
as amended by the preceding provisions of this title, is 
further amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Committee on Education and 
the Workforce’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘Committee on Education and Labor’’; 
(2) in section 103(c)(1)(F), by striking ‘‘abused 
and neglected children’’ and inserting ‘‘victims of 
child abuse or neglect’’; and 
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(3) in section 107(f), by striking ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 
10603a)’’ and inserting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 20104)’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION
103.—Section 103(b)(5) (42 
U.S.C. 5104(b)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 
106(b)(2)(B)(iii)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
106(b)(2)(D)(ii)’’. 
(2) SECTION
105.—Section 105(a)(11) (42 
U.S.C. 5106(a)(11) (as redesignated by section 
105(1)(A) of this title) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 106(b)(2)(B)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
106(b)(2)(D)(ii)’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) in clause (i)(II), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 106(b)(2)(B)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 106(b)(2)(D)(ii)’’; 
(ii) in clause (i)(IV), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 106(b)(2)(B)(iii)(II)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 106(b)(2)(D)(ii)(II)’’; and 
(iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘clauses 
(ii) and (iii) of section 106(b)(2)(B)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘clauses (i) and (ii) of section 
106(b)(2)(D)’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (D)— 
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(i) in clause (i)(I), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 106(b)(2)(B)(iii)(I)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 106(b)(2)(D)(ii)(I)’’; 
(ii) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 106(b)(2)(B)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 106(b)(2)(D)(i)’’; 
(iii) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 106(b)(2)(B)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 106(b)(2)(D)(ii)(I)’’; 
(iv) in clause (iii)(I), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 106(b)(2)(B)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 106(b)(2)(A)(i)’’; 
(v) in clause (iii)(IV), by striking 
‘‘section 106(b)(2)(B)(iii)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 106(b)(2)(D)(ii)’’; and 
(vi) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘section 
106(b)(2)(B)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
106(b)(2)(D)(ii)’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 106(b)(2)(B)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
106(b)(2)(D)(i)’’; and 
(E) in subparagraph (G)(ii), by striking 
‘‘clauses (ii) and (iii) of section 106(b)(2)(B)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘clauses (i) and (ii) of section 
106(b)(2)(D)’’. 
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(3) SECTION
114.—Section 114(1)(B) (42 
U.S.C. 5108(1)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘clauses 
(ii) and (iii) of section 106(b)(2)(B)’’ and inserting 
‘‘clauses (i) and (ii) of section 106(b)(2)(D)’’. 
(4) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of the Child Abuse Prevention 
and Treatment Act is amended— 
(A) by striking the items relating to sec-
tions 2 and 102; 
(B) by inserting after the item relating to 
section 114 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 115. Electronic interstate data exchange system.’’; and 
(C) by striking the item relating to section 
110, and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 110. Study and report relating to scaling evidence-based treatment of 
child abuse and neglect; study and report on marital age of 
consent; study and report on State mandatory reporting laws.’’. 
Subtitle 
B—Community-based 
Grants for the Prevention of Child 
Abuse and Neglect 
SEC. 121. PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY. 
Section 201 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 201. PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title— 
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‘‘(1) to support community-based efforts to de-
velop, operate, expand, enhance, evaluate, and co-
ordinate initiatives, programs, and activities to 
strengthen families and prevent child abuse and ne-
glect; 
‘‘(2) to support the development of a State 
strategy to address unmet need and the coordination 
of State, regional, and local resources and activities 
to better strengthen and support families to reduce 
the likelihood of child abuse and neglect; and 
‘‘(3) to support local programs in increasing the 
ability of diverse populations with demonstrated 
need, including low-income families, racial and eth-
nic minorities, families with children or caregivers 
with disabilities, underserved communities, and rural 
communities, to access a continuum of preventive 
services that strengthen families in order to more ef-
fectively prevent child abuse and neglect. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall make grants 
under this title on a formula basis to the entity designated 
by the State as the lead entity (referred to in this title 
as the ‘lead entity’) under section 202(1) for the following 
purposes— 
‘‘(1) supporting local programs in providing 
community-based family strengthening services de-
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signed to prevent child abuse and neglect that help 
families build protective factors linked to the preven-
tion of child abuse and neglect, such as knowledge 
of parenting and child development, parental resil-
ience, social connections, time-limited and need- 
based concrete support, and social and emotional de-
velopment of children, that— 
‘‘(A) are effective, culturally appropriate, 
and accessible to diverse populations with dem-
onstrated need; 
‘‘(B) build upon existing strengths; 
‘‘(C) offer assistance to families; 
‘‘(D) provide early, comprehensive support 
for parents; 
‘‘(E) promote the development of healthy 
familial relationships and parenting skills, espe-
cially in young parents and parents with very 
young children; 
‘‘(F) increase family stability; 
‘‘(G) improve family access to other formal 
and informal community-based resources, such 
as providing referrals to early health and devel-
opmental services, mental health services, and 
time-limited and need-based concrete supports, 
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including for homeless families and those at- 
risk of homelessness; 
‘‘(H) support the additional needs of fami-
lies with children or caregivers with disabilities 
through respite care and other services; and 
‘‘(I) demonstrate a commitment to the con-
tinued leadership of parents in the planning, 
program implementation, and evaluation of the 
lead entity and local programs funded under 
this title, including involvement of parents of 
children with disabilities, parents who are indi-
viduals with disabilities, racial and ethnic mi-
norities, and members of other underrep-
resented or underserved groups; 
‘‘(2) promoting the development of a continuum 
of preventive services that strengthen families and 
promote child, parent, family, and community well- 
being, through the development of State and local 
networks, including collaboration and coordination 
between local programs and public agencies and pri-
vate entities that utilize culturally responsive pro-
viders; 
‘‘(3) financing the start-up, maintenance, ex-
pansion, or redesign of core services described in 
section 205(b)(3) where communities have identified 
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and decided to address unmet need identified in the 
inventory described in section 204(3), to the extent 
practicable given funding levels and community pri-
orities; 
‘‘(4) maximizing funding through leveraging 
Federal, State, local, and private funds to carry out 
the purposes of the title; 
‘‘(5) financing public information activities, 
which may include activities to increase public 
awareness and education, and developing com-
prehensive outreach strategies to engage diverse pop-
ulations with demonstrated need, that focus on the 
healthy and positive development of parents and 
children; and 
‘‘(6) to the extent practicable— 
‘‘(A) promoting the development, enhance-
ment, expansion, and implementation of a state-
wide strategy to address the unmet need identi-
fied in the inventory described in section 
204(3), with input from relevant stakeholders, 
to scale evidence-based and evidence-informed 
community-based family strengthening services 
designed to prevent child abuse and neglect; 
and 
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‘‘(B) addressing and supporting the capac-
ity of local programs to strengthen families and 
prevent child abuse and neglect through tech-
nical assistance, professional development, and 
collaboration between local programs.’’. 
SEC. 122. ELIGIBILITY. 
Section 202 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116a) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, 
taking into consideration the capacity and ex-
pertise of eligible entities,’’ after ‘‘State’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘par-
ents who are’’ and all that follows and inserting 
‘‘parents who are or who have been consumers 
of preventive supports and who can provide 
leadership in the planning, implementation, and 
evaluation of programs and policy decisions of 
the lead entity in accomplishing the desired out-
comes of such efforts; and’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) 
by 
inserting 
‘‘local,’’ 
after 
‘‘State,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(D) by striking subparagraph (D); 
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(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘composed of’’ and all that follows through the 
semicolon at the end and inserting ‘‘carried out 
by local, collaborative, public-private partner-
ships;’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) 
by 
inserting 
‘‘local,’’ 
after 
‘‘State,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(3) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) has demonstrated commitment to the 
continued leadership of parents in the develop-
ment, operation, evaluation, and oversight of 
State and local efforts to support community- 
based family strengthening services designed to 
prevent child abuse and neglect;’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘community-based and prevention-focused pro-
grams and activities designed to strengthen and 
support families’’ and inserting ‘‘community- 
based family strengthening services designed’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (C)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘community-based and 
prevention-focused programs and activities 
designed to strengthen and support fami-
lies to prevent child abuse and neglect’’ 
and inserting ‘‘local programs’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(D) by striking subparagraph (D) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(D) will integrate efforts with individuals 
and organizations experienced in working in 
partnership with families with children with dis-
abilities or parents with disabilities, diverse 
populations with demonstrated need, sexual and 
gender minority youth, victims of domestic vio-
lence, and with the child abuse and neglect pre-
vention activities in the State, and demonstrate 
a financial commitment to those activities; and 
‘‘(E) will take into consideration access for 
diverse populations and unmet need when dis-
tributing funds to local programs under section 
205; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) the Governor of the State provides an as-
surance that, in issuing regulations in consultation 
with the lead entity to improve the delivery of com-
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munity-based family strengthening services designed 
to promote child, family, and community well-being, 
and to prevent child abuse and neglect, the State 
will— 
‘‘(A) take into account how such regula-
tions will impact activities funded under this 
Act; and 
‘‘(B) where appropriate, attempt to avoid 
duplication of efforts, minimize costs of compli-
ance with such regulations, and maximize local 
flexibility with respect to such regulations.’’. 
SEC. 123. AMOUNT OF GRANT. 
Section 203 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116b) is amended— 
(1) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the 
following: ‘‘For any fiscal year for which the amount 
appropriated under section 210(a) exceeds the 
amount appropriated under such section for fiscal 
year 2019 by more than $2,000,000, the Secretary 
shall increase the reservation described in this sub-
section to 5 percent of the amount appropriated 
under section 210(a) for the fiscal year for the pur-
pose described in the preceding sentence.’’; 
(2) 
in 
subsection 
(b)(1)(A), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$175,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$200,000’’; and 
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(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION.—For any fiscal year for which the 
amount allotted to a State under subsection (b) exceeds 
the amount allotted to the State under such subsection 
for fiscal year 2019, the State’s lead entity may use not 
more than 10 percent of such excess amount for adminis-
trative expenses.’’. 
SEC. 124. APPLICATION. 
Section 204 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116d) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 204. APPLICATION. 
‘‘A grant may not be made to a State under this title 
unless an application therefore is submitted by the lead 
entity to the Secretary and such application contains the 
types of information specified by the Secretary as essential 
to carrying out the provisions of section 202, including— 
‘‘(1) a description of the lead entity that will be 
responsible for the administration of funds provided 
under this title and the oversight of community- 
based family strengthening services designed to pre-
vent child abuse and neglect that receive assistance 
from the lead entity in accordance with section 205; 
‘‘(2) a description of how community-based 
family strengthening services designed to prevent 
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child abuse and neglect supported by the lead entity 
will operate, including how local programs that re-
ceive assistance from the lead entity and public 
agencies and private entities that promote child, par-
ent, family, and community well-being will be inte-
grated into a developing continuum of family cen-
tered, holistic, preventive services for children and 
families; 
‘‘(3) a description of the inventory of current 
unmet need and current community-based family 
strengthening services designed to prevent child 
abuse and neglect, and other family resource services 
operating in the State, including a description of 
how the lead entity plans to address unmet need in 
underserved areas; 
‘‘(4) a budget for the development, operation, 
and expansion of the community-based family 
strengthening services designed to prevent child 
abuse and neglect that verifies that the State will ex-
pend in non-Federal funds an amount equal to not 
less than 20 percent of the amount received under 
this title (in cash, not in-kind) for activities under 
this title; 
‘‘(5) an assurance that funds received under 
this title will supplement, not supplant, other State 
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and local public funds designated for the start-up, 
maintenance, expansion, and redesign of community- 
based family strengthening services designed to pre-
vent child abuse and neglect; 
‘‘(6) a description of the lead entity’s capacity 
and commitment to ensure the continued leadership 
of parents who are or have been consumers of pre-
ventive supports, including parents of diverse popu-
lations with demonstrated need, family advocates, 
and adult former victims of child abuse or neglect, 
in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of 
the programs and policy decisions of the lead entity 
in accomplishing the desired outcomes for such ef-
forts; 
‘‘(7) a description of the criteria that the lead 
entity will use to identify communities in which to 
provide services, and select and fund local programs 
in accordance with section 205, including how the 
lead entity will take into consideration the local pro-
gram’s ability to— 
‘‘(A) collaborate with other community- 
based organizations and service providers and 
engage in long-term and strategic planning to 
support the development of a continuum of pre-
ventive services that strengthen families; 
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‘‘(B) meaningfully partner with parents in 
the development, implementation, and evalua-
tion of services; 
‘‘(C) reduce barriers to access to commu-
nity-based family strengthening services de-
signed to prevent child abuse and neglect, in-
cluding for diverse populations with dem-
onstrated need; and 
‘‘(D) incorporate evidence-based or evi-
dence-informed practices, to the extent prac-
ticable; 
‘‘(8) a description of outreach activities that the 
lead entity and local programs will undertake to 
maximize the participation of low-income families, 
racial and ethnic minorities, children and adults with 
disabilities, sexual and gender minority youth, vic-
tims of domestic violence, homeless families and 
those at risk of homelessness, families experiencing 
complex needs, and members of other underserved or 
underrepresented groups; 
‘‘(9) a plan for providing operational support, 
training, and technical assistance to local programs, 
which may include coordination with public agencies 
and private entities that promote child, parent, and 
family well-being to support increased access to a 
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continuum of preventive services that strengthen and 
support families to prevent child abuse and neglect; 
‘‘(10) a description of how the performance of 
the lead entity and local programs will be measured 
in accordance with section 206; 
‘‘(11) a description of the actions that the lead 
entity will take to inform systemic changes in State 
policies, practices, procedures, and regulations to im-
prove the delivery of community-based family 
strengthening services designed to prevent child 
abuse and neglect, including improved access for di-
verse populations with demonstrated need; and 
‘‘(12) an assurance that the lead entity will pro-
vide the Secretary with reports at such time and 
containing such information as the Secretary may 
require.’’. 
SEC. 125. LOCAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 205 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116e) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 205. LOCAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Grants or contracts made by the 
lead entity under this title shall be used to develop, imple-
ment, operate, expand, and enhance community-based 
family strengthening services through a continuum of pre-
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ventive services to strengthen families and prevent child 
abuse and neglect in a manner that— 
‘‘(1) helps families build protective factors that 
are linked to the prevention of child abuse and ne-
glect to support child and family well-being, includ-
ing knowledge of parenting and child development, 
parental resilience, social connections, time-limited 
and need-based concrete support, and social and 
emotional development of children; 
‘‘(2) takes into consideration the assets and 
needs of communities in which they are located; and 
‘‘(3) promotes coordination between local pro-
grams and public agencies and private entities that 
promote child, parent, and family well-being. 
‘‘(b) LOCAL USES OF FUNDS.—Grant funds from the 
lead entity shall be used to develop, implement, operate, 
expand, and enhance community-based family strength-
ening services designed to prevent child abuse and neglect, 
which may include the following: 
‘‘(1) assessing community assets and needs 
through a planning process that— 
‘‘(A) involves other community-based orga-
nizations or agencies that have already per-
formed a needs-assessment, where possible; 
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‘‘(B) includes the meaningful involvement 
of parents; and 
‘‘(C) uses information and expertise from 
local public agencies, local nonprofit organiza-
tions, and private sector representatives in 
meaningful roles; 
‘‘(2) developing a comprehensive strategy to 
provide a continuum of preventive, family-centered 
services to children and families that strengthen and 
support families to prevent child abuse and neglect, 
especially to young parents, to parents with young 
children, to families in hard-to-reach areas, and to 
parents who are adult former victims of domestic vi-
olence or child abuse or neglect, through public-pri-
vate partnerships; 
‘‘(3)(A) providing for core child abuse and ne-
glect prevention services, which may be provided di-
rectly by the local recipient of the grant funds or 
through grants or agreements with other local agen-
cies, such as— 
‘‘(i) parenting support and education 
programs, including services that help par-
ents and other caregivers support chil-
dren’s development; 
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‘‘(ii) mutual support and self help 
programs for parents and children; 
‘‘(iii) parent leadership skills develop-
ment programs that support parents as 
leaders in their families and communities; 
‘‘(ii) respite care services; 
‘‘(iii) outreach and follow-up services, 
which may include voluntary home visiting 
services; and 
‘‘(iv) community and social service re-
ferrals; and 
‘‘(B) connecting individuals and families to 
additional services, including— 
‘‘(i) referral to and counseling for 
adoption services for individuals interested 
in adopting a child or relinquishing their 
child for adoption; 
‘‘(ii) child care, early childhood care 
and education, such as Head Start and 
Early Head Start under the Head Start 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), and early 
intervention services, including early inter-
vention services for infants and toddlers 
with disabilities eligible for such services as 
defined in section 632 of the Individuals 
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with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
1432); 
‘‘(iii) referral to services and supports 
to meet the additional needs of families 
with children with disabilities and parents 
who are individuals with disabilities; 
‘‘(iv) nutrition programs, which may 
include the special supplemental nutrition 
programs for women, infants, and children 
established by section 17 of the Child Nu-
trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) and 
the supplemental nutrition assistance pro-
gram under the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); 
‘‘(v) referral to educational services 
and workforce development activities, such 
as activities described in section 134 of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3174), adult education, includ-
ing literacy and academic tutoring, and ac-
tivities as described in section 203 of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3272); 
‘‘(vi) self-sufficiency and life manage-
ment skills training; 
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‘‘(vii) community referral services, in-
cluding early developmental screening of 
children and mental health services; 
‘‘(viii) peer counseling; and 
‘‘(ix) domestic violence service pro-
grams that provide services and treatment 
to children and their non-abusing care-
givers; 
‘‘(4) developing and maintaining leadership 
roles for the meaningful involvement of parents in 
the development, operation, evaluation, and over-
sight of the programs and services, including to pro-
mote access to such programs and services in spaces 
familiar to families; 
‘‘(5) providing leadership in mobilizing local 
public and private resources to support the provision 
of needed child abuse and neglect prevention pro-
gram services; and 
‘‘(6) coordinating with public agencies and pri-
vate entities that promote child, parent, and family 
well-being, including through the development of 
State and local networks of programs and activities 
to develop a continuum of preventive services to 
strengthen families and to prevent child abuse and 
neglect, where appropriate. 
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‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In awarding local grants under this 
title, a lead entity shall give priority to effective local pro-
grams serving low-income communities and those serving 
young parents or parents with young children, including 
community-based child abuse and neglect prevention pro-
grams.’’. 
SEC. 126. PERFORMANCE MEASURES. 
Section 206 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116f) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 206. PERFORMANCE MEASURES. 
‘‘A State receiving a grant under this title, through 
reports provided to the Secretary— 
‘‘(1) shall demonstrate the effective develop-
ment, operation, and expansion of community-based 
family strengthening services designed to prevent 
child abuse and neglect that meets the requirements 
of this title; 
‘‘(2) shall supply an inventory and description 
of the services provided to families by local programs 
that meet identified community needs, including core 
and additional services as described in section 205, 
which description shall specify whether those services 
are evidence-based or evidence-informed, and which 
may include a description of barriers and challenges, 
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if any, to implementing evidence-based or evidence- 
informed services; 
‘‘(3) shall demonstrate that the lead entity ad-
dressed unmet need identified by the inventory and 
description of current services required under section 
204(3) including, to the extent practicable, how the 
lead entity utilized a statewide strategy to address 
such unmet need; 
‘‘(4) shall describe the number of families 
served, including families with children with disabil-
ities, and parents with disabilities, and demonstrate 
the involvement of a diverse representation of fami-
lies in the design, operation, and evaluation of com-
munity-based family strengthening services designed 
to prevent child abuse and neglect, and in the de-
sign, operation and evaluation of the networks of 
such community-based and prevention-focused pro-
grams; 
‘‘(5) shall demonstrate a high level of satisfac-
tion among families who have participated in the 
community-based family strengthening services de-
signed to prevent child abuse and neglect; 
‘‘(6) shall demonstrate the establishment or 
maintenance of innovative funding mechanisms, at 
the State or local level, that blend Federal, State, 
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local, and private funds, and innovative, interdiscipli-
nary service delivery mechanisms, for the develop-
ment, operation, expansion, and enhancement of the 
community-based family strengthening services de-
signed to prevent child abuse and neglect; 
‘‘(7) shall describe the results of evaluation, or 
the outcomes of monitoring, conducted under the 
State program to demonstrate the effectiveness of 
activities conducted under this title in meeting the 
purposes of the program, including the number of 
local programs funded and the number of such pro-
grams that collaborate with outside entities; and 
‘‘(8) shall demonstrate an implementation plan 
to ensure the continued leadership of parents in the 
on-going planning, implementation, and evaluation 
of such community-based family strengthening serv-
ices designed to prevent child abuse and neglect.’’. 
SEC. 127. NATIONAL NETWORK FOR COMMUNITY-BASED 
FAMILY RESOURCE PROGRAMS. 
Section 207 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116g) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘such sums as may be necessary’’ and in-
serting ‘‘not more than 5 percent’’; and 
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(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘community- 
based and prevention-focused programs and activi-
ties designed to strengthen and support families’’ 
and inserting ‘‘community-based family strength-
ening services designed’’. 
SEC. 128. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 208 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116h) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
paragraphs (2) and (1), respectively, and transfer-
ring paragraph (1) as redesignated to appear before 
paragraph (2) as redesignated; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (1) (as so redesig-
nated) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) COMMUNITY-BASED
FAMILY
STRENGTH-
ENING SERVICES.—The term ‘community-based fam-
ily strengthening services’ includes family resource 
programs, family support programs, voluntary home 
visiting programs, respite care services, parenting 
education, mutual support programs for parents and 
children, parent partner programs, and other com-
munity programs or networks of such programs that 
provide activities that are designed to prevent child 
abuse and neglect.’’. 
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SEC. 129. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Child Abuse Pre-
vention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 209 as section 210; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 208 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 209. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
‘‘Nothing in this title shall be construed to prohibit 
grandparents, kinship care providers, foster parents, or 
adoptive parents from receiving or participating in services 
and programs under this title.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 209 and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 209. Rule of construction. 
‘‘Sec. 210. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 
SEC. 130. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 210 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act, as redesignated by section 129 of this 
title, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘There are’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are’’; 
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(2) by striking ‘‘to carry out’’ through ‘‘fiscal 
year 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘to carry out this title 
$270,000,000 for fiscal year 2021’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘2011 through 2015’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2022 through 2026’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) TREATMENT OF NON-FEDERAL FUNDS IN CER-
TAIN FISCAL YEARS.—For any fiscal year for which the 
amount appropriated under subsection (a) exceeds the 
amount appropriated under such subsection for fiscal year 
2019, the Secretary shall consider non-Federal funds and 
in-kind contributions as part of the State contribution for 
the activities specified in section 204(4).’’. 
SEC. 131. STUDY AND REPORT. 
(a) STUDY RELATING TO NEW PREVENTION PRO-
GRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall complete a study, using data 
reported by States to the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services under section 206 of the Child 
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 
5116f), as amended by this title— 
(A) to determine how many families and 
children in the first 3 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act are served annually 
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through programs funded under title II of the 
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 
U.S.C. 5116 et seq.); and 
(B) to compare the number of such fami-
lies and children served annually in the first 3 
years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act to the number of such families and children 
served in fiscal year 2020. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The study required under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following for each of 
the first 3 years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act: 
(A) An examination of how many families 
received evidence-based programming under 
title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116 et seq.). 
(B) An examination of the extent to which 
local programs conduct evaluations using funds 
provided under such title and the findings of 
such evaluations. 
(C) An examination of whether findings of 
effectiveness in evaluation studies vary by 
urban, suburban, or rural community type. 
(D) An examination of whether programs 
partnering with other entities are more effective 
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than those that do not partner with other enti-
ties. 
(E) An examination of barriers to imple-
ment evidence-based programming or to con-
duct evaluations in instances where such activi-
ties do not occur. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall submit to the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and 
the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
Representatives a report that contains the results of the 
study conducted under paragraph (1). 
Subtitle C—Adoption 
Opportunities 
SEC. 141. PURPOSE. 
Section 201 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 
5111) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘CON-
GRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF 
PURPOSE’’ and inserting ‘‘PURPOSE’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (a); and 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—’’; 
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(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by inserting ‘‘sexual and gender minority 
youth’’ after ‘‘particularly older children, minor-
ity children,’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘serv-
ices and,’’ after ‘‘post-legal adoption’’. 
SEC. 142. REPORT AND GUIDANCE ON UNREGULATED CUS-
TODY TRANSFERS. 
The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and 
Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5111 et seq.) 
is amended by inserting after section 201 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 202. REPORT AND GUIDANCE ON UNREGULATED CUS-
TODY TRANSFERS. 
‘‘(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that: 
‘‘(1) Some adopted children may be at risk of 
experiencing an unregulated custody transfer be-
cause the challenges associated with adoptions (in-
cluding the child’s mental health needs and the dif-
ficulties many families face in acquiring support 
services) may lead families to seek out unregulated 
custody transfers. 
‘‘(2) Some adopted children experience trauma, 
and the disruption and placement in another home 
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by unregulated custody transfer creates additional 
trauma and instability for children. 
‘‘(3) Children who experience an unregulated 
custody transfer may be placed with families who 
have not completed required child welfare or crimi-
nal background checks or clearances. 
‘‘(4) Social services agencies and courts are 
often unaware of the placement of children through 
unregulated custody transfer and therefore do not 
conduct assessments on the child’s safety and well- 
being in such placements. 
‘‘(5) Such lack of placement oversight places a 
child at risk for future abuse and increases the 
chance that the child may experience— 
‘‘(A) abuse or neglect; 
‘‘(B) contact with unsafe adults or youth; 
and 
‘‘(C) exposure to unsafe or isolated envi-
ronments. 
‘‘(6) The caregivers with whom a child is placed 
through unregulated custody transfer often have no 
legal responsibility with respect to such child, plac-
ing the child at risk for additional unregulated cus-
tody transfers. 
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‘‘(7) Such caregivers also may not have com-
plete records with respect to such child, including 
the child’s birth, medical, or immigration records. 
‘‘(8) A child adopted through intercountry 
adoption may be at risk of not acquiring United 
States citizenship if an unregulated custody transfer 
occurs before the adoptive parents complete all nec-
essary steps to finalize the adoption of such child. 
‘‘(9) Engaging in, or offering to engage in, un-
regulated custody transfer places children at risk of 
harm. 
‘‘(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall provide 
to the Committee on Education and Labor of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on Ways 
and Means of the House of Representatives, the 
Committee on Finance of the Senate, and the Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of 
the Senate a report on unregulated custody transfers 
of children, including of adopted children. 
‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
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‘‘(A) the causes, methods, and characteris-
tics of unregulated custody transfers, including 
the use of social media and the internet; 
‘‘(B) the effects of unregulated custody 
transfers on children, including the lack of as-
sessment of a child’s safety and well-being by 
social services agencies and courts due to such 
unregulated custody transfer; 
‘‘(C) the prevalence of unregulated custody 
transfers within each State and across all 
States; and 
‘‘(D) recommended policies for preventing, 
identifying, and responding to unregulated cus-
tody transfers, including of adopted children, 
that include— 
‘‘(i) amendments to Federal and State 
law to address unregulated custody trans-
fers; 
‘‘(ii) amendments to child protection 
practices to address unregulated custody 
transfers; and 
‘‘(iii) methods of providing the public 
information regarding adoption and child 
protection. 
‘‘(c) GUIDANCE TO STATES.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date specified in subsection (b)(1), the Sec-
retary shall issue guidance and technical assistance 
to States related to preventing, identifying, and re-
sponding to unregulated custody transfers, including 
of adopted children. 
‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—The guidance required under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
‘‘(A) education materials related to pre-
venting, identifying, and responding to unregu-
lated custody transfers for employees of State, 
local, and Tribal agencies that provide child 
welfare services; 
‘‘(B) guidance on appropriate pre-adoption 
education and post-adoption services for domes-
tic and international adoptive families to pro-
mote child permanency; and 
‘‘(C) the assistance available through the 
National Resource Center for Special Needs 
Adoption under section 203(b)(9). 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, and any 
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 
States. 
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‘‘(2) UNREGULATED
CUSTODY
TRANSFER.— 
The term ‘unregulated custody transfer’ means the 
abandonment of a child, by the child’s parent, legal 
guardian, or a person or entity acting on behalf, and 
with the consent, of such parent or guardian— 
‘‘(A) by placing a child with a person who 
is not— 
‘‘(i) the child’s parent, step–parent, 
grandparent, adult sibling, legal guardian, 
or other adult relative; 
‘‘(ii) a friend of the family who is an 
adult and with whom the child is familiar; 
or 
‘‘(iii) a member of the Federally rec-
ognized Indian tribe of which the child is 
also a member; 
‘‘(B) with the intent of severing the rela-
tionship between the child and the parent or 
guardian of such child; and 
‘‘(C) without— 
‘‘(i) reasonably ensuring the safety of 
the child and permanency of the placement 
of the child, including by conducting an of-
ficial home study, background check, and 
supervision; and 
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‘‘(ii) transferring the legal rights and 
responsibilities of parenthood or guardian-
ship under applicable Federal and State 
law to a person described in subparagraph 
(A).’’. 
SEC. 143. INFORMATION AND SERVICES. 
(a) NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER
FOR SPECIAL 
NEEDS ADOPTION.—Section 203(b)(9) of the Child Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 
1978 (42 U.S.C. 5113(b)(9)) is amended by inserting ‘‘not 
later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of the 
Human Services and Community Supports Act, establish 
and’’ before ‘‘maintain’’. 
(b) PLACEMENT WITH ADOPTIVE FAMILIES.—Sec-
tion 203(b)(11)(C) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 
5113(b)(11)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘such children’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the children and youth described in the 
matter preceding paragraph (1) of section 201’’. 
(c) PRE-ADOPTION SERVICES.—Section 203(c)(1) of 
the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption 
Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5113(c)(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘post’’ and inserting ‘‘pre- and post-’’. 
(d) SERVICES.—Section 203(c)(2) of the Child Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 
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1978 (42 U.S.C. 5113(c)(2)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘and the development of such services,’’ after ‘‘not sup-
plant, services’’. 
(e) ELIMINATION
OF
BARRIERS
TO
ADOPTION 
ACROSS
JURISDICTIONAL
BOUNDARIES.—Section 
203(e)(1) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment 
and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5113(e)(1)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘with, States,’’ and inserting 
‘‘with States, Indian Tribes,’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, including through the use of 
web-based tools such as the electronic interstate 
case-processing system referred to in section 437(g) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629g(g))’’ be-
fore the period at the end. 
SEC. 144. STUDY AND REPORT ON SUCCESSFUL ADOP-
TIONS. 
Section 204 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 
5114) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 204. STUDY AND REPORT ON SUCCESSFUL ADOP-
TIONS. 
‘‘(a) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a study 
(directly or by grant to, or contract with, public or private 
nonprofit research agencies or organizations) on adoption 
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outcomes and the factors (including parental substance 
use disorder) affecting those outcomes. 
‘‘(b) REPORT.—Not later than the date that is 36 
months after the date of the enactment of the Human 
Services and Community Supports Act the Secretary shall 
submit a report to Congress that includes the results of 
the study required under subsection (a).’’. 
SEC. 145. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 205(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 
5115(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2010’’ and inserting 
‘‘fiscal year 2021’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2011 through 
2015’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2022 through 
2026’’. 
Subtitle D—Amendments to Other 
Laws 
SEC. 151. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO 
OTHER LAWS. 
(a) HEAD START ACT.—Section 658E(c)(2)(L) of 
the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(2)(L)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘will comply with the child abuse reporting 
requirements of section 106(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Child 
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 
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5106a(b)(2)(B)(i))’’ and inserting ‘‘will comply with the 
child 
abuse 
reporting 
requirements 
of 
section 
106(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a(b)(2)(A)(i))’’. 
(b) VICTIMS
OF CRIME ACT
OF 1984.—Section 
1404A of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 
20104) is amended by striking ‘‘section 109’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 107’’. 
TITLE 
II—CHILD 
NUTRITION 
AND THE SPECIAL SUPPLE-
MENTAL 
NUTRITION 
PRO-
GRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, 
AND CHILDREN 
SEC. 201. EMERGENCY COSTS FOR CHILD NUTRITION PRO-
GRAMS DURING COVID–19 PANDEMIC. 
(a) USE OF CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS TO COVER 
EMERGENCY OPERATIONAL COSTS UNDER SCHOOL MEAL 
PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) REQUIRED
ALLOTMENTS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary shall allocate to each State that partici-
pates in the reimbursement program under 
paragraph (3) such amounts as may be nec-
essary to carry out reimbursements under such 
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paragraph for each reimbursement month, in-
cluding, subject to paragraph (4)(B), adminis-
trative expenses necessary to make such reim-
bursements. 
(B) GUIDANCE
WITH
RESPECT
TO
PRO-
GRAM.—Not later than 10 days after the date 
of the enactment of this section, the Secretary 
shall issue guidance with respect to the reim-
bursement program under paragraph (3). 
(2) 
REIMBURSEMENT
PROGRAM
APPLICA-
TION.—To participate in the reimbursement pro-
gram under paragraph (3), not later than 30 days 
after the date described in paragraph (1), a State 
shall submit an application to the Secretary that in-
cludes a plan to calculate and disburse reimburse-
ments under the reimbursement program under 
paragraph (3). 
(3) REIMBURSEMENT
PROGRAM.—Using the 
amounts allocated under paragraph (1)(A), a State 
participating in the reimbursement program under 
this paragraph shall make reimbursements for emer-
gency operational costs for each reimbursement 
month as follows: 
(A) For each new school food authority in 
the State for the reimbursement month, an 
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amount equal to 55 percent of the amount 
equal to— 
(i) the average monthly amount such 
new school food authority was reimbursed 
under the reimbursement sections for 
meals and supplements served by such new 
school food authority during the alternate 
period; minus 
(ii) the amount such new school food 
authority was reimbursed under the reim-
bursement sections for meals and supple-
ments served by such new school food au-
thority during such reimbursement month. 
(B) For each school food authority not de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) in the State for 
the reimbursement month, an amount equal to 
55 percent of— 
(i) the amount such school food au-
thority was reimbursed under the reim-
bursement sections for meals and supple-
ments served by such school food authority 
for the month beginning one year before 
such reimbursement month; minus 
(ii) the amount such school food au-
thority was reimbursed under the reim-
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bursement sections for meals and supple-
ments served by such school food authority 
during such reimbursement month. 
(4) TREATMENT OF FUNDS.— 
(A) AVAILABILITY.—Funds allocated to a 
State under paragraph (1)(A) shall remain 
available until June 30, 2021. 
(B) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—A State 
may reserve not more than 1 percent of the 
funds allocated under paragraph (1)(A) for ad-
ministrative expenses to carry out this sub-
section. 
(C) UNEXPENDED BALANCE.—On Decem-
ber 31, 2021, any amounts allocated to a State 
under paragraph (1)(A) or reimbursed to a 
school food authority or new school food author-
ity under paragraph (3) that are unexpended by 
such State, school food authority, or new school 
food authority shall revert to the Secretary. 
(5) REPORTS.—Each State that carries out a 
reimbursement program under paragraph (3) shall, 
not later than December 31, 2021, submit a report 
to the Secretary that includes a summary of the use 
of such funds by the State and each school food au-
thority and new school food authority in such State. 
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(b) USE OF CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS TO COVER 
CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM CHILD CARE 
OPERATIONAL EMERGENCY COSTS DURING COVID–19 
PANDEMIC.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) REQUIRED
ALLOTMENTS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary shall allocate to each State that partici-
pates in the reimbursement program under 
paragraph (3) such amounts as may be nec-
essary to carry out reimbursements under such 
paragraph for each reimbursement month, in-
cluding, subject to paragraph (4)(C), adminis-
trative expenses necessary to make such reim-
bursements. 
(B) GUIDANCE
WITH
RESPECT
TO
PRO-
GRAM.—Not later than 10 days after the date 
of the enactment of this section, the Secretary 
shall issue guidance with respect to the reim-
bursement program under paragraph (3). 
(2) 
REIMBURSEMENT
PROGRAM
APPLICA-
TION.—To participate in the reimbursement pro-
gram under paragraph (3), not later than 30 days 
after the date described in paragraph (1), a State 
shall submit an application to the Secretary that in-
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cludes a plan to calculate and disburse reimburse-
ments under the reimbursement program under 
paragraph (3). 
(3) REIMBURSEMENT
AMOUNT.—Using the 
amounts allocated under paragraph (1)(A), a State 
participating in the reimbursement program under 
this paragraph shall make reimbursements for child 
care operational emergency costs for each reimburse-
ment month as follows: 
(A) For each new covered institution in the 
State for the reimbursement month, an amount 
equal to 55 percent of— 
(i) the average monthly amount such 
covered institution was reimbursed under 
subsection (c) and subsection (f) of section 
17 of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) for 
meals and supplements served by such new 
covered institution during the alternate pe-
riod; minus 
(ii) the amount such covered institu-
tion was reimbursed under such section for 
meals and supplements served by such new 
covered institution during such reimburse-
ment month. 
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(B) For each covered institution not de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) in the State for 
the reimbursement month, an amount equal to 
55 percent of— 
(i) the amount such covered institu-
tion was reimbursed under subsection (c) 
and subsection (f) of section 17 of the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) for meals and sup-
plements served by such covered institution 
during the month beginning one year be-
fore such reimbursement month; minus 
(ii) the amount such covered institu-
tion was reimbursed under such section for 
meals and supplements served by such cov-
ered institution during such reimbursement 
month. 
(C) For each new sponsoring organization 
of a family or group day care home in the State 
for the reimbursement month, an amount equal 
to 55 percent of— 
(i) the average monthly amount such 
new sponsoring organization of a family or 
group day care home was reimbursed 
under section 17(f)(3)(B) of the Richard 
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B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1766(f)(3)(B)) for administrative 
funds for the alternate period; minus 
(ii) the amount such new sponsoring 
organization of a family or group day care 
home was reimbursed under such section 
for administrative funds for the reimburse-
ment month. 
(D) For each sponsoring organization of a 
family or group day care home not described in 
subparagraph (C) in the State for the reim-
bursement month, an amount equal to 55 per-
cent of— 
(i) the amount such sponsoring orga-
nization of a family or group day care 
home 
was 
reimbursed 
under 
section 
17(f)(3)(B) of the Richard B. Russell Na-
tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1766(f)(3)(B)) for administrative funds for 
the month beginning one year before such 
reimbursement month; minus 
(ii) the amount such sponsoring orga-
nization of a family or group day care 
home was reimbursed under such section 
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for administrative funds for such reim-
bursement month. 
(4) TREATMENT OF FUNDS.— 
(A) AVAILABILITY.—Funds allocated to a 
State under paragraph (1)(A) shall remain 
available until June 30, 2021. 
(B) UNAFFILIATED CENTER.—In the case 
of a covered institution or a new covered insti-
tution that is an unaffiliated center that is 
sponsored by a sponsoring organization and re-
ceives funds for a reimbursement month under 
subparagraph (A) or (B), such unaffiliated cen-
ter shall provide to such sponsoring organiza-
tion an amount of such funds as agreed to by 
the sponsoring organization and the unaffiliated 
center, except such amount may not be greater 
be than 15 percent of such funds. 
(C) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—A State 
may reserve not more than 1 percent of the 
funds allocated under paragraph (1)(A) for ad-
ministrative expenses to carry out this sub-
section. 
(D) UNEXPENDED BALANCE.—On Decem-
ber 31, 2021, any amounts allocated to a State 
under paragraph (1)(A) or reimbursed to a new 
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covered institution, covered institution, new 
sponsoring organization of a family or group 
day care home, or sponsoring organization of a 
family or group day care home that are unex-
pended by such State, new covered institution, 
covered institution, new sponsoring organization 
of a family or group day care home, or spon-
soring organization of a family or group day 
care home, shall revert to the Secretary. 
(5) REPORTS.—Each State that carries out a 
reimbursement program under paragraph (3) shall, 
not later than December 31, 2021, submit a report 
to the Secretary that includes a summary of the use 
of such funds by the State and each new covered in-
stitution, covered institution, new sponsoring organi-
zation of a family or group day care home, or spon-
soring organization of a family or group day care 
home. 
(c) FUNDING.—There are hereby appropriated to the 
Secretary, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, such sum as may be necessary to carry out 
this section. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) ALTERNATE PERIOD.—The term ‘‘alternate 
period’’ means the period beginning January 1, 
2020 and ending February 29, 2020. 
(2) EMERGENCY
OPERATIONAL
COSTS.—The 
term ‘‘emergency operational costs’’ means the costs 
incurred by a school food authority or new school 
food authority— 
(A) during a public health emergency; 
(B) that are related to the ongoing oper-
ation, modified operation, or temporary suspen-
sion of operation (including administrative 
costs) of such school food authority or new 
school food authority; and 
(C) except as provided under subsection 
(a), that are not reimbursed under a Federal 
grant. 
(3) CHILD
CARE
OPERATIONAL
EMERGENCY 
COSTS.—The term ‘‘child care operational emergency 
costs’’ means the costs under the child and adult 
care food program under section 17 of the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1766) incurred by a new covered institution, covered 
institution, new sponsoring organization of a family 
or group day care home, or sponsoring organization 
of a family or group day care home— 
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(A) during a public health emergency; 
(B) that are related to the ongoing oper-
ation, modified operation, or temporary suspen-
sion of operation (including administrative 
costs) of such new covered institution, covered 
institution, new sponsoring organization of a 
family or group day care home, sponsoring or-
ganization of a family or group day care home, 
or sponsoring organization of an unaffiliated 
center; and 
(C) except as provided under subsection 
(b), that are not reimbursed under a Federal 
grant. 
(4) COVERED
INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘cov-
ered institution’’ means— 
(A) an institution (as defined in section 
17(a)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(a)(2))); and 
(B) a family or group day care home. 
(5) NEW
COVERED
INSTITUTION.—The term 
‘‘new covered institution’’ means a covered institu-
tion for which no reimbursements were made for 
meals and supplements under section 17(c) or (f) of 
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
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(42 U.S.C. 1766) with respect to the previous reim-
bursement period. 
(6) NEW SCHOOL FOOD AUTHORITY.—The term 
‘‘new school food authority’’ means a school food au-
thority for which no reimbursements were made 
under the reimbursement sections with respect to 
the previous reimbursement period. 
(7) NEW
SPONSORING
ORGANIZATION
OF
A 
FAMILY
OR
GROUP
DAY
CARE.—The term ‘‘new 
sponsoring organization of a family or group day 
care’’ means a sponsoring organization of a family 
or group day care home for which no reimburse-
ments for administrative funds were made under 
section 17(f)(3)(B) of the Richard B. Russell Na-
tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(f)(3)(B)) 
for the previous reimbursement period. 
(8) PREVIOUS REIMBURSEMENT PERIOD.—The 
term ‘‘previous reimbursement period’’ means the 
period beginning March 1, 2019 and ending June 
30, 2019. 
(9) PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.—The term 
‘‘public health emergency’’ means a public health 
emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) result-
ing from the COVID–19 pandemic. 
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(10) REIMBURSEMENT MONTH.—The term ‘‘re-
imbursement month’’ means March 2020, April 
2020, May 2020, and June 2020. 
(11) REIMBURSEMENT
SECTIONS.—The term 
‘‘reimbursement sections’’ means— 
(A) section 4(b), section 11(a)(2), section 
13, and section 17A(c) of the Richard B. Rus-
sell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1753(b); 42 U.S.C. 1759a(a)(2); 42 U.S.C. 
1761; 42 U.S.C. 1766a(c)); and 
(B) section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1773). 
(12) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(13) STATE.— The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 12(d)(8) of the Rich-
ard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1760(d)(8)). 
SEC. 202. FRESH PRODUCE FOR KIDS IN NEED. 
Section 2202(f)(1) of the Families First Coronavirus 
Response Act (42 U.S.C. 1760 note) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) The fresh fruit and vegetable pro-
gram under section 19 of the Richard B. Rus-
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sell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1769a).’’. 
SEC. 203. WIC BENEFIT FLEXIBILITY DURING COVID–19. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) AUTHORITY
TO
INCREASE
AMOUNT
OF 
CASH-VALUE
VOUCHER.—During the COVID–19 
public health emergency declared under section 319 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) 
and in response to challenges related to such public 
health emergency, the Secretary may increase the 
amount of a cash-value voucher under a qualified 
food package to an amount less than or equal to 
$35. 
(2) APPLICATION OF INCREASED AMOUNT OF 
CASH-VALUE VOUCHER TO STATE AGENCIES.— 
(A) NOTIFICATION.—An increase to the 
amount of a cash-value voucher under para-
graph (1) shall apply to any State agency that 
notifies the Secretary of the intent to use such 
an increased amount, without further applica-
tion. 
(B) USE
OF
INCREASED
AMOUNT.—A 
State agency that notifies the Secretary under 
subparagraph (A) may use or not use the in-
creased amount described in such subparagraph 
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during the period beginning on the date of the 
notification by the State agency under such 
subparagraph and ending on the date that is 
120 days after the date of the enactment of this 
section. 
(3) APPLICATION PERIOD.—An increase to the 
amount of a cash-value voucher under paragraph (1) 
may only apply during the period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this section and ending on 
January 31, 2021. 
(4) SUNSET.—The authority to make an in-
crease to the amount of a cash-value voucher under 
paragraph (1) or to use such an increased amount 
under paragraph (2)(B) shall terminate on the date 
that is 120 days after the date of the enactment of 
this section. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) CASH-VALUE VOUCHER.—The term ‘‘cash- 
value voucher’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 246.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
(2) QUALIFIED
FOOD
PACKAGE.—The term 
‘‘qualified food package’’ means the following food 
packages under section 246.10(e) of title 7, Code of 
Federal Regulations: 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—As part of preparing 
the reports under subsection (i)(5) that are re-
quired to be submitted not later than January 
15, 2021, and not later than June 15, 2021, 
the Administrator shall conduct an evaluation 
of whether amounts made available to make 
payments under this subsection are sufficient to 
make the payments for the period described in 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) PLAN.—If the Administrator deter-
mines under subparagraph (A) that the 
amounts made available to make payments 
under this subsection are insufficient, the Ad-
ministrator shall— 
‘‘(i) develop a plan to proportionally 
reduce the number of months provided for 
each period described in paragraph (1), 
which shall include the goal of using all 
available amounts made available to make 
payments under this subsection; and 
‘‘(ii) before taking action under the 
plan developed under clause (i), include in 
the applicable report under subsection 
(i)(5) the plan and the data that informs 
the plan. 
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