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Child and Animal Abuse Detection and Reporting Act
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.
Summary
The bill amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to include data on animal abuse in the national clearinghouse for child abuse and neglect information. Animal abuse is defined as any act or failure to act resulting in undue pain, suffering, or death to an animal, regardless of whether it violates state or local law. By tracking animal abuse data alongside child abuse statistics, the bill establishes a mechanism to collect information on the co-occurrence of these forms of abuse.
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Sponsor (1)
8 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Jefferson Van Drew’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $176,557
- ENTREPRENEUR $70,972
- PULSE VASCULAR $9,900
- ICONA RESORTS $9,900
- MONZO CATANESE HILLEGASS $9,000
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Jefferson Van Drew → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jan 23, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
- Jan 23, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
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
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);”. <all>
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