jiayi-li23/proxann_data huggingface dataset:
Topic: Law and Crime — Child Abuse
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2015-01-09 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to include among the required uses of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's annual grant to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children operation of a cyber tipline to provide online users and electronic service providers an effective means of reporting Internet-related child sexual exploitation in the area of child sex trafficking, including child prostitution (currently, in the area of child prostitution).
Topic: Law and Crime — Child Abuse
Subject: Families
Date: 2015-01-22 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2015

(Sec. 2) Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to condition eligibility to receive a state grant for child abuse or neglect prevention and treatment programs on inclusion in the state plan of a certification by the governor that the state has in effect and is enforcing a state law, or is operating a statewide program, that includes provisions and procedures to:

 identify and assess reports involving children who are sex trafficking victims (and which may also involve children who are victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons), train representatives of the state child protective services about identifying and assessing such children, and identify services and procedures for appropriate referral to address the needs of such children. (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on:

 the specific type and prevalence of severe forms of trafficking in persons to which children have been subjected who are identified for services or intervention under the placement, care, or supervision of state, Indian tribe, or tribal organization child welfare agencies; the practices and protocols utilized by states to identify and serve children who are, or are at-risk of becoming, victims of trafficking; and any barriers in federal laws or regulations that may prevent identification and assessment of children who are such victims.
Topic: Law and Crime — Child Abuse
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2015-01-28 00:00:00

Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2015

 Amends the federal criminal code to expand the definition of "full amount of the victim's losses" for purposes of provisions governing mandatory restitution of victims of offenses involving sexual exploitation and other abuse of children to include medical services, physical and occupational therapy or rehabilitation, and lost income for the victim's lifetime, as well as any losses suffered by the victim from any sexual act or conduct in preparation for or during the production of child pornography depicting the victim involved in the offense.

Sets forth guidelines for determining restitution where the victim of of a specified child pornography offense was harmed by one defendant (requiring restitution for not less than the full amount of the victim's losses) or by more than one defendant (requiring restitution for not more than the full amount of the victim's losses and not less than specified minimum amounts for certain offenses).

Requires joint and several liability where there are multiple defendants and allows each defendant who is ordered to pay restitution and who has made full payment to the victim equal to or exceeding the specified minimum amount to recover contribution from any other defendant ordered to pay. Sets forth contribution claim procedures.

Requires the Attorney General to report to Congress within one year after enactment of this Act on any progress of the Department of Justice in obtaining restitution for victims of such offenses.
Topic: Law and Crime — Child Abuse
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2015-02-12 00:00:00

Military Track Register and Alert Communities Act of 2015 or the Military TRAC Act 

Amends the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 to require the Department of Defense to maintain a sex offender registry of individuals convicted of certain sex offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice or of other military offenses appropriate for sex offender registration purposes.
Topic: Law and Crime — Child Abuse
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2015-02-26 00:00:00

Bringing Missing Children Home Act of 2015

Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to require the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's annual grant to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to be used (among other things) to operate a cyber tipline to provide online users and electronic service providers an effective means of reporting Internet-related child sexual exploitation in the area of child sex trafficking (currently, child prostitution).

Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require each state reporting on missing children to: (1) provide, with respect to each missing child report, a recent photograph of the child, if available; (2) direct the law enforcement agency that entered the report into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) to verify and update such record with any additional information no later than 30 days after the original entry of the record into the state law enforcement system and NCIC computer networks and to maintain close liaison with state and local child welfare systems for the exchange of information and technical assistance; and (3) grant permission to the NCIC Terminal Contractor for the state to update the missing person record in the NCIC computer networks with additional information learned during the investigation relating to the missing person.
Topic: Law and Crime — Child Abuse
Subject: Education
Date: 2015-04-15 00:00:00

Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act of 2015

Reauthorizes appropriations for the grant program under part A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund) of title II (Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

Includes the training of school personnel to recognize child sexual abuse among the uses of grants to states and subgrants to local educational agencies and partnerships under that program.
Topic: Law and Crime — Child Abuse
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2015-06-16 00:00:00

Tracking Reoffending Alien Criminals Act of 2015 or the TRAC Act of 2015

This bill amends the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act to require the Department of Homeland Security to ensure that unlawfully present alien sex offenders in removal proceedings or with final orders for removal register as sex offenders as required under the Act.
Topic: Law and Crime — Child Abuse
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2015-06-18 00:00:00

Protecting Youth from Solitary Confinement Act 

This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit solitary confinement for juveniles in federal custody at juvenile facilities.

The legislation requires the Board of Prisons to submit an annual report to the President and Congress that summarizes and analyzes data regarding the rate of juvenile solitary confinement and trends demonstrated by an analysis of each incarcerated juvenile's offense, race, gender, age, hours of solitary confinement, and purpose of solitary confinement.
Topic: Law and Crime — Child Abuse
Subject: Social welfare
Date: 2015-07-14 00:00:00

Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2015 

 This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to require each covered program to prohibit child abuse and neglect and meet specified minimum standards.

A "covered program" is a facility of a program operated by a public or private entity that, with respect to one or more children who are unrelated to the program owner or operator, purports to provide treatment or modify behaviors in a residential environment.

HHS shall: (1) implement a review process for overseeing, investigating, and evaluating reports of child abuse and neglect; and (2) establish a process to assist states in the oversight and enforcement of this Act.

HHS must refer any violation of such standards to the Attorney General, who shall file a complaint on his or her own initiative regardless of whether such a referral has been made.

The bill amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to establish additional eligibility requirements for grants to states to prevent child abuse and neglect at residential programs. States receiving grants must develop policies and procedures to prevent child abuse and neglect at covered programs, including standards that meet or exceed the standards required under this Act.
Topic: Law and Crime — Child Abuse
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2015-07-23 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on May 10, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Recovering Missing Children Act

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit federal law enforcement officials to seek an ex parte order in federal court for the disclosure of tax returns or return information for criminal investigations pertaining to missing or exploited children.

 If the order is granted, the information may be disclosed to federal officers and employees who are personally and directly engaged in judicial or administrative proceedings, investigations, or federal grand jury proceedings to enforce a federal criminal statute pertaining to a missing or exploited child.

A federal agency may disclose to state and local law enforcement agencies information obtained under the authority provided by this bill if:

 the state or local agency is part of a team with the federal agency in the investigation, and the information is disclosed only to officers and employees who are personally and directly engaged in the investigation. The state or local agency may only use the disclosed information in locating the missing child, in a grand jury proceeding, or in any preparation for, or investigation which may result in, a judicial or administrative proceeding.
Topic: Law and Crime — Child Abuse
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2015-11-03 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

(Sec. 1) This bill directs a member of the Armed Forces, a civilian Department of Defense (DOD) employee, or a contractor employee working on a military installation who is required by federal regulation or state law to report known or suspected instances of child abuse and neglect to make the report directly to State Child Protective Services or another appropriate state agency in addition to the member's or employee's chain of command or any designated DOD point of contact.

DOD shall ensure that such individuals receive appropriate training in accordance with state guidelines to improve their: (1) ability to recognize evidence of child abuse and neglect, and (2) understanding of mandatory reporting requirements.
Topic: Law and Crime — Child Abuse
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2015-11-18 00:00:00

Child Protection Improvements Act of 2015

This bill amends the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to direct the Department of Justice to: (1) establish policies and procedures to streamline the process of obtaining national criminal history background checks on covered individuals, and (2) establish a criminal history review program to provide covered entities with reliable and accurate information on the criminal history of a covered individual.

It defines "covered entity" as any business or organization that provides, or licenses, certifies, or coordinates individuals or organizations to provide care, care placement, supervision, treatment, education, training, instruction, or recreation to vulnerable populations including elderly persons, disabled persons, and children.

It defines "covered individual" as an individual who: (1) has, seeks to have, or may have unsupervised access to vulnerable populations served by a covered entity; (2) is employed by or volunteers with, or seeks to be employed by or volunteer with, a covered entity; or (3) owns or operates, or seeks to own or operate, a covered entity.
Topic: Law and Crime — Child Abuse
Subject: Families
Date: 2016-03-23 00:00:00

Infant Plan of Safe Care Improvement Act 

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the national clearinghouse for information relating to child abuse, to maintain and disseminate information about the requirements and best practices relating to the development of plans of safe care for infants born affected by illegal substance abuse, withdrawal symptoms, or a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

(Sec. 3) A state plan submitted to HHS for a grant to improve its child protective services system must certify that it has a state law or statewide program relating to child abuse and neglect that includes a plan of safe care for such an infant to ensure its safety and well-being following release from the care of healthcare providers.

The state plan of safe care shall: (1) address the health and substance use disorder treatment needs of the infant and affected family or caregiver; and (2) specify the development and implementation by the state of monitoring systems regarding the implementation of such plans to determine whether and in what manner local entities are providing, in accordance with state requirements, referrals to and delivery of appropriate services for the infant and affected family or caregiver.

(Sec. 4) Annual state data reports shall include the total number of such infants for whom a plan of safe care was developed, and for whom referrals are made for appropriate services, including services for the affected family or caregiver.

(Sec. 5) HHS shall monitor the compliance of each grant-receiving state with applicable current law requirements, including required state policies and procedures regarding care of such infants.
Topic: Law and Crime — Child Abuse
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2016-04-26 00:00:00

Empowering Educators to Prevent Trafficking Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award grants to local educational agencies to train school staff to recognize and respond to signs of labor and sex trafficking.
Topic: Law and Crime — Child Abuse
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2016-06-09 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

(Sec. 1) This bill amends the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 to eliminate the provision that specifies that Department of Health and Human Services national human trafficking hotline grants be funded by amounts made available to the Department of Justice for trafficking victim services grants.
Topic: Law and Crime — Child Abuse
Subject: Families
Date: 2016-06-14 00:00:00

Partnership Grants to Strengthen Families Affected by Parental Substance Abuse Act of 2016

This bill amends part B (Child and Family Services) of title IV of the Social Services Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to award regional and state partnership grants to address the substance use needs of families in the child welfare system.

State part B plans shall require state child welfare agencies to have in effect a protocol for coordinating substance abuse prevention and treatment services with child welfare services.
Topic: Law and Crime — Child Abuse
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2016-09-08 00:00:00

Shame Act of 2016

This bill amends the federal criminal code to allow courts to order the Department of Justice to publish the name and photograph of persons convicted of certain sex trafficking activities that affect interstate or foreign commerce.
Topic: Law and Crime — Child Abuse
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2016-09-22 00:00:00

Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2016

This bill amends the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act to:

 reauthorize through FY2021 the Sex Offender Management Assistance program, reauthorize through FY2021 the activities of the U.S. Marshals Service to locate and apprehend sex offenders who violate sex offender registration requirements, reduce from 25 years to 15 years the required registration period for certain juvenile delinquent sex offenders who maintain a clean record, allow a state, Indian tribe, or territory to exempt from disclosure on a public website information about juvenile delinquent sex offenders, specify how to calculate the allocation of Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program funds for local governments after a state's JAG funds are reduced for failure to comply with sex offender registration and notification standards, and establish an alternative method for complying with the in-person verification requirement. It amends the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 to require the Department of Justice to include additional data in its annual report on the enforcement of sex offender registration requirements.

The bill amends the federal criminal code to:

 modify the duties of probation and pretrial services officers to include, when directed by a court, supervision of a sex offender conditionally released from civil commitment subject to court-ordered compliance with a prescribed regimen of medical, psychiatric, or psychological treatment; and extend the statute of limitations for a minor victim of a federal sex offense to file a civil action to 10 years (currently 3 years) from the date such individual reaches age 18.
Topic: Law and Crime — Child Abuse
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2016-12-06 00:00:00

Justice for Child Victims Act of 2016

This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify procedures for the payment of restitution and monetary assessments by defendants in certain child pornography cases. The bill also establishes a Child Pornography Victim's Fund.
Topic: Law and Crime — Child Abuse
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2015-01-13 00:00:00

Avonte's Law Act of 2015

 Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to law enforcement agencies to: (1) reduce the risk of injury and death relating to the wandering characteristics of some individuals with autism and other disabilities, and (2) safeguard the well-being of individuals with disabilities during interactions with law enforcement.

Requires grant awards to be used to: (1) provide education and resources to law enforcement agencies, first responders, schools, clinicians, and the public in order to reduce the risk of wandering by such individuals, help to identify signs of abuse in such individuals, increase their personal safety and survival skills, and facilitate effective communication with individuals who have communication-related disabilities; (2) provide training and emergency protocols for school administrators, staff, and families; (3) provide response tools and training for law enforcement and search-and-rescue agencies, including tracking technology; or (4) provide response tools and training to law enforcement agencies in order to recognize and respond to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Directs the Attorney General to establish standards and best practices relating to the use of tracking technology to monitor children with autism and other disabilities. Requires each law enforcement agency that receives a grant to comply with any such standards and best practices.
Topic: Law and Crime — Child Abuse
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2015-01-28 00:00:00

Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2015

 (Sec. 3) Amends the federal criminal code to expand the definition of "full amount of the victim's losses" for purposes of provisions governing mandatory restitution of victims of offenses involving sexual exploitation and other abuse of children to include medical services, physical and occupational therapy or rehabilitation, and lost income for the victim's lifetime, as well as any losses suffered by the victim from any sexual act or contact or sexually explicit conduct in preparation for or during the production of child pornography depicting the victim involved in the offense.

Sets forth guidelines for determining restitution where the victim of of a specified child pornography offense was harmed by one defendant (requiring restitution for not less than the full amount of the victim's losses) or by more than one defendant (requiring restitution for not more than the full amount of the victim's losses and not less than specified minimum amounts for certain offenses).

Requires joint and several liability where there are multiple defendants and allows each defendant who is ordered to pay restitution and who has made full payment to the victim equal to or exceeding the specified minimum amount to recover contribution from any other defendant ordered to pay. Sets forth contribution claim procedures.

Requires the Attorney General to report to Congress within one year after enactment of this Act on any progress of the Department of Justice in obtaining restitution for victims of such offenses.
Topic: Law and Crime — Child Abuse
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2015-02-05 00:00:00

Bringing Missing Children Home Act of 2015

Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to require the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's annual grant to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to be used (among other things) to operate a cyber tipline to provide online users and electronic service providers an effective means of reporting Internet-related child sexual exploitation in the area of child sex trafficking (currently, child prostitution).

Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require each state reporting on missing children to: (1) provide, with respect to each missing child report, a recent photograph of the child, if available; (2) direct the law enforcement agency that entered the report into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) to verify and update such record with any additional information no later than 30 days after the original entry of the record into the state law enforcement system and NCIC computer networks and to maintain close liaison with state and local child welfare systems for the exchange of information and technical assistance; and (3) grant permission to the NCIC Terminal Contractor for the state to update the missing person record in the NCIC computer networks with additional information learned during the investigation relating to the missing person.
Topic: Law and Crime — Child Abuse
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2015-02-05 00:00:00

Military Sex Offender Reporting Act of 2015

Amends the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act to direct the Department of Defense to provide to the Attorney General information required under such Act to be provided by a sex offender or by the jurisdiction in which an offender registers for inclusion in the National Sex Offender Registry regarding persons who are: (1) released from military corrections facilities or convicted if the sentences adjudged by courts-martial under the Uniform Code of Military Justice do not include confinement, and (2) required to register under such Act.