Federal Children's Protection Act
S. 1889112th Congress

Federal Children's Protection Act

Introduced in the SenateSen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)9 sections · 1 min read
Version: Introduced in Senate · Nov 17, 2011

Section 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Federal Children’s Protection Act.

Section 2. Child abuse reporting

Section 226 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13031) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) by striking A person and inserting the following:

(1) Covered professional

Any person; and

(B) by inserting at the end the following:

(2) Other persons

In addition to those persons in paragraph (1), any person who, while on Federal land or in a federally operated (or contracted) facility, learns of facts that give reason to suspect that a child has suffered an incident of child abuse, shall as soon as possible make a report of the suspected abuse to the agency designated under subsection (d).;

(2) in subsection (b), by striking subsection (a) and inserting subsection (a)(1); and

(3) in subsection (e), by striking mandated reporter groups and inserting covered professionals described in subsection (b).

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