H.R. 485: Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
Bill · 117th Congress (2021–2022). Passed House, 16 Mar 2021. Introduced 25 Jan 2021.
Official title: To reauthorize the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, and for other purposes.
Vote results
- House, 16 Mar 2021: Passed, 345 Yea, 73 Nay, 0 Present, 11 Not voting. The House’s roll call
- President: Not presented to the President.
How each member voted
House
Yea (345): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR-4); Fred Upton (R-MI-6); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); David E. Price (D-NC-4); Jim Cooper (D-TN-5); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); Ken Calvert (R-CA-42); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-18); Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX-30); Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY-12); Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-40); Bobby L. Rush (D-IL-1); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-35); Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-19); Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3); Steve Chabot (R-OH-1); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); Ron Kind (D-WI-3); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9); Brad Sherman (D-CA-30); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); Barbara Lee (D-CA-13); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-32); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Mike Thompson (D-CA-5); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); James R. Langevin (D-RI-2); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-28); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-25); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-3); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2); Tim Ryan (D-OH-13); David Scott (D-GA-13); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-50); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Jim Costa (D-CA-16); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Al Green (D-TX-9); Brian Higgins (D-NY-26); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-23); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-6); Albio Sires (D-NJ-8); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5); Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-23); Jerry McNerney (D-CA-9); Ed Perlmutter (D-CO-7); John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Peter Welch (D-VT-AL); John A. Yarmuth (D-KY-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); André Carson (D-IN-7); Jackie Speier (D-CA-14); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-7); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Bill Posey (R-FL-8); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Kurt Schrader (D-OR-5); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-27); John Garamendi (D-CA-3); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); Karen Bass (D-CA-37); Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8); David N. Cicilline (D-RI-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Bob Gibbs (R-OH-7); Vicky Hartzler (R-MO-4); Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-3); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-2); Bill Johnson (R-OH-6); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); Adam Kinzinger (R-IL-16); Billy Long (R-MO-7); David B. McKinley (R-WV-1); David Schweikert (R-AZ-6); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-7); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Cheri Bustos (D-IL-17); Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29); Rodney Davis (R-IL-13); Lois Frankel (D-FL-21); Richard Hudson (R-NC-8); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI-5); Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6); Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ-2); Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2); Alan S. Lowenthal (D-CA-47); Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY-18); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-52); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Tom Rice (R-SC-7); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36); Chris Stewart (R-UT-2); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-15); Mark Takano (D-CA-41); Juan Vargas (D-CA-51); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-31); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-11); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-12); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-7); Garret Graves (R-LA-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); John Katko (R-NY-24); Brenda L. Lawrence (D-MI-14); Ted Lieu (D-CA-33); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-4); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); Kathleen M. Rice (D-NY-4); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); Lee M. Zeldin (R-NY-1); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); David G. Valadao (R-CA-21); James Comer (R-KY-1); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Jim Banks (R-IN-3); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL); Anthony G. Brown (D-MD-4); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); Liz Cheney (R-WY-AL); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Val Butler Demings (D-FL-10); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); A. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-15); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN-9); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Al Lawson, Jr. (D-FL-5); Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ-1); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); John R. Curtis (R-UT-3); Conor Lamb (D-PA-17); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Susan Wild (D-PA-7); Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32); Cynthia Axne (D-IA-3); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH-16); Josh Harder (D-CA-10); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Andy Kim (D-NJ-3); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Andy Levin (D-MI-9); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Elaine G. Luria (D-VA-2); Tom Malinowski (D-NJ-7); Lucy McBath (D-GA-6); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-3); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Greg Pence (R-IN-6); Dean Phillips (D-MN-3); Katie Porter (D-CA-45); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-8); Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-9); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); Van Taylor (R-TX-3); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); David J. Trone (D-MD-6); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-22); Fred Keller (R-PA-12); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Mike Garcia (R-CA-25); Chris Jacobs (R-NY-27); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA-7); Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16); Cori Bush (D-MO-1); Madison Cawthorn (R-NC-11); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Franklin (R-FL-15); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-26); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-1); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-53); Mondaire Jones (D-NY-17); Kaiali’i Kahele (D-HI-2); Young Kim (R-CA-39); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Kathy E. Manning (D-NC-6); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-10); Peter Meijer (R-MI-3); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-2); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Marie Newman (D-IL-3); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-8); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Michelle Steel (R-CA-48); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL-20); Michael F. Doyle (D-PA-18); Devin Nunes (R-CA-22); G. K. Butterfield (D-NC-1); Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE-1); Theodore E. Deutch (D-FL-22); Tom Reed (R-NY-23); Steve Stivers (R-OH-15); Jackie Walorski (R-IN-2); Filemon Vela (D-TX-34); A. Donald McEachin (D-VA-4); Charlie Crist (D-FL-13); Antonio Delgado (D-NY-19); Jim Hagedorn (R-MN-1).
Nay (73): Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Kay Granger (R-TX-12); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); Louie Gohmert (R-TX-1); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Tom McClintock (R-CA-4); Mo Brooks (R-AL-5); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-4); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Steven M. Palazzo (R-MS-4); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Markwayne Mullin (R-OK-2); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Ken Buck (R-CO-4); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); Jody B. Hice (R-GA-10); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-18); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Ted Budd (R-NC-13); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-18); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-4); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); Dan Bishop (R-NC-9); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Bob Good (R-VA-5); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Yvette Herrell (R-NM-2); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Jake LaTurner (R-KS-2); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Barry Moore (R-AL-2); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-AL).
Not voting (11): Kevin Brady (R-TX-8); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1); Stephanie N. Murphy (D-FL-7); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Don Young (R-AK-AL).
Speaker, not listed (1): Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-12).
Not in office (19): Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Connie Conway (R-CA-22); Mayra Flores (R-TX-34); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK-AL); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-19); Joseph Sempolinski (R-NY-23); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH-11); Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-2); Debra A. Haaland (D-NM-1); Ron Wright (R-TX-6).
Summary
Main subject: Reauthorizes and amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978, covering state child protective services grants, community-based prevention grants, adoption opportunities, and related data, study and reporting requirements. Sec. 106, Sec. 109, Sec. 201, Sec. 210, Sec. 302, Sec. 305
Its core areas: State child protective services grants and plan requirements; Child fatality and near-fatality tracking and reporting; Electronic interstate data exchange for child abuse and neglect registries; Community-based family strengthening grants; Adoption opportunities and unregulated custody transfers; Studies and reports on child abuse and neglect; Authorization of appropriations for fiscal years 2022 through 2027.
Unexpected Items: 4 provisions
These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.
Not related to the bill’s main subject (2)
- Sec. 108: Reports: Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report on each State's minimum marriage age law and the prevalence of marriage involving a child under that age.
- Sec. 401: Technical and conforming amendments to other laws: Updates cross-references in the Head Start Act and the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to match renumbered sections of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and other provisions.
Applies only to a specific place or group (1)
- Sec. 105: Grants to States, Indian Tribes or tribal organizations, and public or private agencies and organizations: Authorizes a grant to a nonprofit entity to run a 24-hour national child abuse hotline, and gives priority to applicants with experience operating a hotline for victims of child abuse, parents, caregivers, and mandated reporters.
Different amount for specific places or groups (1)
- Sec. 203: Amount of grant: Sets a reserve of 5 percent of community-based grant appropriations for allotments to Indian tribes, tribal organizations and migrant programs, or 1 percent if the 5 percent reserve would reduce total State allotments below the fiscal year 2021 total.
What it does
- Sec. 103: Requires the Secretary to issue final regulations within 24 months setting uniform standards for tracking and reporting child fatalities and near-fatalities resulting from maltreatment, which States must use as a condition of receiving funds under section 106.
- Sec. 106: Rewrites the purposes for which the Secretary may make state grants under section 106 and the contents of the state plan, including requirements on plans of safe care for infants affected by substance use or withdrawal symptoms and on public disclosure of data about child fatalities and near fatalities.
- Sec. 105: Authorizes the Secretary to award a grant to a nonprofit entity to operate a 24-hour, national, toll-free child abuse hotline, including through texting or chat services.
- Sec. 111: Directs the Secretary to develop an electronic interstate data exchange system for state child abuse and neglect registries, run a pilot program with not less than 10 and not more than 15 States, and reserve $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023 and $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2027 for it.
- Sec. 107: Requires State task forces to study and make recommendations on detecting and preventing systemic child sexual abuse in organizations, and requires States to make the recommendations public and report to the Secretary on the status of adopting them.
- Sec. 109: Sets the authorization of appropriations for the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act's title I at $270,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 and such sums for fiscal years 2023 through 2027, and makes available 30 percent of the amounts, or $100,000,000, whichever is less, for discretionary activities.
- Sec. 201: Revises the community-based grants under title II to fund community-based family strengthening services, including improved access for diverse populations and statewide systems-building strategies to expand family strengthening services.
- Sec. 203: Reserves 5 percent of the amount appropriated under section 210(a) for allotments to Indian tribes, tribal organizations and migrant programs, and limits a lead entity to 10 percent of any increase over a State's fiscal year 2021 allotment for administrative expenses.
- Sec. 302: Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report on unregulated custody transfers of children within 1 year, and to issue guidance and technical assistance to States on preventing, identifying, and responding to them.
- Sec. 210: Sets the authorization of appropriations for title II community-based grants at $270,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 and such sums for fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
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