(b) 
DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS.—Section
112(a)(2)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5106h(a)(2)(B)) is
amended by striking ‘‘Secretary make’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary shall make’’.
CHAPTER 2—COMMUNITY-BASED FAMILY
RESOURCE AND SUPPORT GRANTS
SEC. 111. PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY.
(a) PURPOSE.—Section 201(a)(1) of the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116(a)(1)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘prevention-focused,’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘for the prevention of child
abuse and neglect’’ after ‘‘family resource and support
programs’’.
(b) AUTHORITY.—Section 201(b) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 5116(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘prevention-focused,’’;
and
(ii) by striking ‘‘family resource and
support programs’’ and inserting ‘‘family
support programs for the prevention of child
abuse and neglect’’;
(B) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘and’’
at the end; and
(C) by striking subparagraph (G) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(G) demonstrate a commitment to mean-
ingful parent leadership, including among par-
ents of children with disabilities, parents with
disabilities, racial and ethnic minorities, and
members of other underrepresented or under-
served groups;
‘‘(H) provide referrals to early health and
developmental services; or
‘‘(I) are accessible, effective, culturally ap-
propriate, developmentally appropriate, and
built upon existing strengths;’’; and
(2) in paragraph (4)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘through leveraging of
funds’’ after ‘‘maximizing funding’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘prevention-focused,’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘family resource and sup-
port program’’ and inserting ‘‘family support
programs for the prevention of child abuse and
neglect’’.
SEC. 112. ELIGIBILITY.
Section 202 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116a) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘prevention-focused,’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘family resource and
support programs,’’ and inserting ‘‘family
support programs for the prevention of’’;
and
(iii) by striking ‘‘prevention activi-
ties’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘that
exists to strengthen and support families for pur-
poses of preventing child abuse and neglect and’’
after ‘‘written authority of the State)’’;
(2) in paragraph (2)(A)—
(A) by striking ‘‘family resource and sup-
port programs’’ and inserting ‘‘family support
programs for the prevention of child abuse and
neglect’’; and
(B) by adding at the end before the semi-
colon the following: ‘‘and parents with disabil-
ities’’; and
(3) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by striking ‘‘prevention-focused,’’ each
place it appears;
(B) by striking ‘‘family resource and sup-
port programs’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘family support programs for the prevention
of child abuse and neglect’’;
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and
technical assistance,’’ and inserting ‘‘, technical
assistance, and evaluation assistance’’; and
(D) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘,
parents with disabilities,’’ after ‘‘children with
disabilities’’.
SEC. 113. AMOUNT OF GRANT.
Section 203(b)(1)(B) of the Child Abuse Prevention
and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116b(b)(1)(B)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘as the amount leveraged by the
State from private, State, or other non-Federal
sources and directed through the’’ and inserting ‘‘as
the amount of private, State or other non-Federal
funds leveraged and directed through the currently
designated’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘the lead agency’’ and inserting
‘‘the current lead agency’’.
SEC. 114. EXISTING GRANTS.
Section 204 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5115c) is repealed.
SEC. 115. APPLICATION.
Section 205 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116d) is amended—
(1) in paragraphs (1), (2), (4), (8), and (9)—
(A) by striking ‘‘prevention-focused,’’ each
place it appears; and
(B) by striking ‘‘family resource and sup-
port programs’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘family support programs for the prevention
of child abuse and neglect’’;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘family re-
source and support services’’ and inserting ‘‘family
support services’’;
(3) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by striking ‘‘an assurance that an in-
ventory of’’ and inserting ‘‘a description of the
inventory of current unmet needs,’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘family resource programs’’
and inserting ‘‘family support programs’’;
(C) by striking ‘‘, respite care, child abuse
and neglect prevention activities,’’ and inserting
‘‘for the prevention of child abuse and neglect,
including respite care’’; and
(D) by striking ‘‘, will be provided’’;
(4) in paragraph (5)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘start-up, maintenance, ex-
pansion, and redesigning’’ after ‘‘other State and
local public funds designated for’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘prevention-focused,’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘family resource and sup-
port programs’’ and inserting ‘‘family support
programs for the prevention of child abuse and
neglect’’;
(5) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘individual
community-based, prevention-focused, family resource
and support programs’’ and inserting ‘‘child abuse
and neglect prevention programs that are community-
based, including family support programs’’; and
(6) in paragraph (11)—
(A) by striking ‘‘prevention-focused,’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘family resource and sup-
port program services’’ and inserting ‘‘family
support program services for the prevention of
child abuse and neglect’’.
SEC. 116. LOCAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
Section 206(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116e(a)) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘, network,’’ after ‘‘ex-
pand’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘prevention-focused,’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘family resource and sup-
port programs’’ and inserting ‘‘family support
programs for the prevention of child abuse and
neglect’’;
(2) in paragraph (3)(A)—
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by
striking ‘‘family resource and support services’’
and inserting ‘‘family support services for the
prevention of child abuse and neglect’’;
(B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(v) respite care;
‘‘(vi) home visiting; and
‘‘(vii) family support services;’’; and
(3) in paragraph (6)—
(A) by striking ‘‘prevention-focused,’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘family resource and sup-
port program’’ and inserting ‘‘family support
programs for the prevention of child abuse and
neglect’’.
SEC. 117. PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
Section 207 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116f) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘prevention-focused,’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘family resource and sup-
port programs’’ and inserting ‘‘family support
programs for the prevention of child abuse and
neglect’’;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, including’’
and all that follows through ‘‘section 202’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘, such as the services described in section
206(a)(3)(A)’’;
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘of new respite
care and other specific new family resources services,
and the expansion of existing services,’’ and inserting
‘‘and the maintenance, enhancement, or expansion of
existing services such as those described in section
206(a)(3)(A),’’; and
(4) in paragraph (4)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘and parents with disabil-
ities,’’ after ‘‘children with disabilities,’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘evaluation of’’ the first
place it appears and all that follows through
‘‘under this title’’ and inserting ‘‘evaluation of
community-based child abuse and neglect preven-
tion programs’’; and
(5) in paragraphs (5), (6), and (8)—
(A) by striking ‘‘prevention-focused,’’ each
place it appears; and
(B) by striking ‘‘family resource and sup-
port programs’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘family support programs for the prevention
of child abuse and neglect’’.
SEC. 118. NATIONAL NETWORK FOR COMMUNITY-BASED
FAMILY RESOURCE PROGRAMS.
Section 208(3) of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116g(3)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘prevention-focused,’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘family resource and support
programs’’ and inserting ‘‘family support programs
for the prevention of child abuse and neglect’’.
SEC. 119. DEFINITIONS.
(a) CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.—Section 209(1)
of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42
U.S.C. 5116h(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘given such term
in section 602(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘given the term ‘child
with a disability’ in section 602(3)’’.
(b) FAMILY RESOURCE AND SUPPORT PROGRAM.—
Section 209(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5116h(3)) is
amended—
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),
by striking ‘‘, prevention-focused’’;
(2) in subparagraph (A)—
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by
striking ‘‘core services’’ and inserting ‘‘core child
abuse and neglect prevention services’’;
(B) in clause (i)—
(i) by striking ‘‘, together with serv-
ices’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘equality and respect,
and’’ and inserting ‘‘equality and respect
that are’’; and
(iii) by inserting at the end before the
semicolon the following: ‘‘in order to prevent
child abuse and neglect’’; and
(C) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘to one an-
other’’ and inserting ‘‘for support of one an-
other’’; and
(3) in subparagraph (C)(iii), by striking ‘‘scho-
lastic’’ and inserting ‘‘academic’’.
SEC. 120. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 210 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116i) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 210. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this title $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 and such sums
as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2004
through 2007.’’.
CHAPTER 
3—TECHNICAL 
AND 
CON-
FORMING AMENDMENTS; REDESIGNA-
TIONS
SEC. 121. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) FINDINGS.—Section 2(3)(D) of the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 note) is
amended by striking ‘‘ensures properly trained and support
staff with specialized knowledge,’’ and inserting ‘‘ensures
staff have proper training and specialized knowledge’’.
(b) TITLE I.—Title I of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et
seq.) is amended as follows:
(1) In section 104(d)(1), by striking ‘‘federal
agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal agencies’’.
(2) In section 105(b), in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (a)’’.
(3) In section 106(b)(2)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking
‘‘Statewide program’’ and inserting ‘‘statewide
program’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking
‘‘life threatening’’ and inserting ‘‘life-threat-
ening’’.
(4) In section 107(e)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘improve
the rate’’ and all that follows through ‘‘child sexual
abuse cases’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘improve the
prompt and successful resolution of civil and criminal
court proceedings or enhance the effectiveness of judi-
cial and administrative action in child abuse and ne-
glect cases, particularly child sexual abuse and exploi-
tation cases, including the enhancement of perform-
ance of court-appointed attorneys and guardians ad
litem for children’’.
(5) By redesignating sections 103 through 113 as
sections 102 through 112, respectively.
(c) TITLE II.—Title II of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5116
et seq.) is amended as follows:
(1) In paragraphs (1) and (4) of section 201(b),
paragraphs (1)(A), (3)(A), (3)(B), and (3)(C) of sec-
tion 202, paragraphs (1) and (5) of section 205, sec-
tion 206(a)(6), paragraphs (1) and (6) of section 207,
and section 208(3), by striking ‘‘Statewide’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘statewide’’.
(2) In section 205, by redesignating paragraph
(13) as paragraph (12).
(3) In section 207(8), by striking ‘‘community
based’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based’’.
(4) By redesignating sections 205 through 210 as
sections 204 through 209, respectively.
SEC. 122. REDESIGNATIONS.
(a) REDESIGNATIONS.—
(1) TITLE I.—(A) Title I of the Child Abuse Pre-
vention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.)
is amended by striking the heading for such title and
inserting the following:
‘‘Subtitle A—General Program’’.
(B) Sections 101 through 112 of such Act (as re-
designated) are further redesignated as sections 111
through 122, respectively.
(2) TITLE II.—(A) Title II of such Act is amend-
ed by striking the heading for such title and inserting
the following:
‘‘Subtitle 
B—Community–Based
Family Support Grants for the
Prevention of Child Abuse and
Neglect’’.
(B) Sections 201 through 209 of such Act (as re-
designated) are further redesignated as sections 131
through 139, respectively.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) TITLE HEADING.—The Child Abuse Preven-
tion and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) is
amended by inserting before section 1 the following:
‘‘TITLE I—CHILD ABUSE PREVEN-
TION AND TREATMENT ACT’’.
(2) SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; FIND-
INGS.—(A) Section 1 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5101
note) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This title may be cited as the ‘Child Abuse Prevention
and Treatment Act’.’’.
(B) Section 2 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 note)
is redesignated as section 102.
(3) SUBTITLE A.—Subtitle A of title I of such
Act (as redesignated by subsection (a)(1)) is amended
as follows:
(A) In section 111(b) (as redesignated), by
striking ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘this title’’ in
the first sentence.
(B) In section 112(c)(1)(E) (as redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘section 105(a)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 113(a)’’.
(C) In section 113(b)(2)(C) (as redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘titles I and II’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘this subtitle and subtitle B’’.
(D) In section 115(b)(2)(A)(vii) (as redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘Act’’ and inserting ‘‘title’’.
(E) In section 116(b)(1) (as redesignated),
by striking ‘‘section 107(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 115(b)’’.
(F) In section 117 (as redesignated), by
striking ‘‘this Act’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘this title’’.
(G) In section 118 (as redesignated), by
striking ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘this title’’.
(H) In section 119(b) (as redesignated), by
striking ‘‘section 107’’ and inserting ‘‘section
116’’.
(I) In section 120 (as redesignated), by
striking ‘‘this title’’ and inserting ‘‘this subtitle’’.
(J) In section 121 (as redesignated)—
(i) by striking ‘‘this title’’ each place it
appears and inserting ‘‘this subtitle’’; and
(ii) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking
‘‘section 106’’ and inserting ‘‘section 115’’.
(K) In section 122(a) (as redesignated), by
striking ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘this title’’.
(4) SUBTITLE B.—Subtitle B of title I of such
Act (as redesignated by subsection (a)(2)) is amended
as follows:
(A) In section 131 (as redesignated)—
(i) by striking ‘‘this title’’ each place it
appears and inserting ‘‘this subtitle’’; and
(ii) in subsection (b)—
(I) in the matter preceding para-
graph (1), by striking ‘‘section 202(1)’’
and inserting ‘‘section 132(1)’’; and
(II) in paragraph (3), by striking
‘‘section 205(a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 134(a)(3)’’.
(B) In section 132 (as redesignated)—
(i) by striking ‘‘this title’’ each place it
appears and inserting ‘‘this subtitle’’; and
(ii) in paragraph (1)(D) by striking
‘‘such title’’ and inserting ‘‘such subtitle’’.
(C) In section 133 (as redesignated), by
striking ‘‘section 210’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘section 139’’.
(D) In section 134 (as redesignated)—
(i) by striking ‘‘this title’’ each place it
appears and inserting ‘‘this subtitle’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘section 202’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘section
132’’; and
(iii) in paragraph (2), by striking
‘‘this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘this title’’.
(E) In section 135 (as redesignated), by
striking ‘‘this title’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘this subtitle’’.
(F) In section 136 (as redesignated)—
(i) by striking ‘‘this title’’ each place it
appears and inserting ‘‘this subtitle’’;
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 206(a)(3)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘section
135(a)(3)(A)’’; and
(iii) in paragraph (3)—
(I) 
by 
striking 
‘‘section
206(a)(3)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘section
135(a)(3)(A)’’; and
(II) by striking ‘‘section 205(3)’’
and inserting ‘‘section 134(3)’’.
(G) In section 139 (as redesignated), by
striking ‘‘this title’’ and inserting ‘‘this subtitle’’.
Subtitle B—Amendments to Other
Child Abuse Prevention and Re-
lated Programs
CHAPTER 1—CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION
AND TREATMENT AND ADOPTION RE-
FORM ACT OF 1978
SEC. 131. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND DECLARATION
OF PURPOSE.
Section 201(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C.
5111(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (1);
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘increasingly’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘which’’ and inserting
‘‘that’’;
(3) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(3) many such children have special needs be-
cause they are born to mothers who did not receive
prenatal care, are born with life-threatening condi-
Families Safe Act of 2002, the Secretary shall com-
plete the study required under paragraph (1) and
submit to the Congress a report describing the find-
ings made as a result of the study.
‘‘(c) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall evaluate and
report on effective methods of intervening before the aban-
donment of an infant or young child so as to prevent such
abandonments, and effective methods for responding to the
needs of abandoned infants and young children.’’.
SEC. 144. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 104 of the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act
of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 670 note) is amended—
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—For the purpose of car-
rying out this subtitle, there are authorized to be ap-
propriated $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 and such
sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2004
through 2007.
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Not more than 5 percent of
the amounts appropriate under paragraph (1) for
any fiscal year may be obligated for carrying out sec-
tion 224(a).’’;
(2) by striking subsection (b);
Union Calendar No. 238
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3839
[Report No. 107–403]
A BILL
To reauthorize the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act, and for other purposes.
APRIL 11, 2002
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed