[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3774 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3774
To provide additional funding under the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 8 (legislative day, February 7), 2024
Mr. Lujan (for himself, Mr. Casey, and Mr. Heinrich) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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A BILL
To provide additional funding under the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Family Strengthening Infrastructure
Act of 2024''.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL CAPTA FUNDING.
(a) Additional Amounts for State Grants To Improve Child Protective
Services.--Section 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
(42 U.S.C. 5106a) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(g) Additional Funding.--
``(1) In general.--To carry out this section, in addition
to amounts made available under section 112 for such purposes,
there are authorized to be appropriated, and there are
appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025
through 2034, to remain available until expended.
``(2) Allotments.--Except as otherwise provided in this
section, out of the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1),
the Secretary shall make allotments to each eligible State and
territory in an amount equal to the sum of--
``(A) $50,000; and
``(B) an amount that bears the same relationship to
any amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) that
remain after all such States and territories have
received $50,000, as the number of children under the
age of 18 in the State or territory bears to the number
of such children in all States and territories that
apply for such a grant.
``(3) Eligible state.--To be eligible to receive an
allotment under paragraph (2), a State or territory shall
demonstrate in its application for a grant under this section
that such State or territory, for purposes of carrying out the
programs supported by such grant, will expend the same amount,
or more, of State or territory funds in the fiscal year for
which the grant is awarded as such State or territory expended
for such purposes in the previous fiscal year.
``(4) Definitions.--In this subsection, the terms `State'
and `territory' have the meanings given such terms in
subsection (f)(1).''.
(b) Additional Amounts for Community-Based Grants for the
Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.--
(1) In general.--Section 203 of the Child Abuse Prevention
and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116b) is amended--
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ``amount
appropriated under section 210'' and inserting
``amounts appropriated under section 209 and subsection
(d)(1)''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Additional Funding.--
``(1) Additional appropriation.--To carry out this title,
in addition to amounts made available under section 209 for
such purposes, there are authorized to be appropriated, and
there are appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2025 through 2034, to remain available until expended.
``(2) Allotments.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall allot the
amount appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal
year and remaining after the reservation under
subsection (a) among eligible States in the same manner
the Secretary allots amounts appropriated under section
209 pursuant to subsection (b). For purposes of this
paragraph, the allotment formula described in
subsection (b) shall be applied substituting `eligible
State' for `State' each place such term appears in such
subsection, and substituting `eligible States' for
`States' each place such term appears in such
subsection.
``(B) Eligible state.--For purposes of this
paragraph, the term `eligible State' means a State that
demonstrates in its application for a grant under
section 204 that such State, for purposes of carrying
out the programs supported by a grant under this title,
will expend the same amount, or more, of State funds in
the fiscal year for which the grant is awarded as such
State expended for such purposes in the previous fiscal
year.''.
(2) Clarification.--Section 204(4) of the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116d(4)) is amended by
inserting ``(excluding any amount received under section
203(d))'' after ``received under this title''.
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