[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 712 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 712

  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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 23, 2025

 Mr. Van Drew (for himself and Ms. Brownley) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 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 clearinghouse for information relating to child abuse 
                              and neglect.

    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 ``Child and Animal Abuse Detection and 
Reporting Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF DATA ON ANIMAL ABUSE IN NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR 
              INFORMATION RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.

    Section 103(b)(6) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5104(b)(6)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by adding ``and'' at the end; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) the incidence of any such cases related to 
                animal abuse (including any act or failure to act, 
                which results in undue pain, suffering, or death to any 
                animal, without regard to whether such act or failure 
                to act is a violation of State or local cruelty 
                law);''.
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