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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 763
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to direct the
Secretary of Health and Human Services to include data on animal
abuse in the national clearinghouse for information relating to child
abuse and neglect.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Ms. KUSTER (for herself, Mr. KATKO, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr.
BLUMENAUER, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. CARTWRIGHT,
Mr. COHEN, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr.
JONES, Mr. KEATING, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. LIEU, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms.
MENG, Mr. NEAL, Mr. PAPPAS, Ms. PORTER, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr.
SUOZZI, and Mr. VARGAS) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services
to include data on animal abuse in the national clearing-
house for information relating to child abuse and neglect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Child and Animal
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Abuse Detection and Reporting Act’’.
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SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF DATA ON ANIMAL ABUSE IN NA-
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TIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR INFORMATION
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RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
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Section 103(b)(6) of the Child Abuse Prevention and
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Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5104(b)(6)) is amended—
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(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
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the end;
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(2) in subparagraph (C), by adding ‘‘and’’ at
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the end; and
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(3) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(D) the incidence of any such cases re-
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lated to animal abuse (including any act or fail-
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ure to act, which results in undue pain, suf-
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fering, or death to any animal, without regard
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to whether such act or failure to act is a viola-
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tion of State or local cruelty law);’’.
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