I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2808 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 MAY 16, 2019 Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire (for herself and Mr. KATKO) introduced the following bill; which was referred 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- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Child and Animal 4 Abuse Detection and Reporting Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:03 May 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2808.IH H2808 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2808 IH SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF DATA ON ANIMAL ABUSE IN NA- 1 TIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR INFORMATION 2 RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT. 3 Section 103(b)(6) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 4 Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5104(b)(6)) is amended— 5 (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 6 the end; 7 (2) in subparagraph (C), by adding ‘‘and’’ at 8 the end; and 9 (3) by adding at the end the following: 10 ‘‘(D) the incidence of any such cases re- 11 lated to animal abuse (including any act or fail- 12 ure to act, which results in undue pain, suf- 13 fering, or death to any animal, without regard 14 to whether such act or failure to act is a viola- 15 tion of State or local cruelty law);’’. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:03 May 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2808.IH H2808 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS