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To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to allow certain grant funds to be used to provide parent education.

Introduced: September 3, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 19, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.
Sep 16, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Sep 3, 1997
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Sep 3, 1997
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 3, 1997
Referred to House Judiciary
Sep 3, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1642-1643)
Sep 3, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to authorize the use of local crime prevention block grants for voluntary, comprehensive, and culturally-appropriate home visitor systems that provide parenting education that focuses on parenting skills, child development and health, and support services for new parents to prevent or decrease the risk of child abuse.

What's happening now September 19, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 3, 1997
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 3, 1997
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 3, 1997
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Smith, Adam
Washington · Sep 3, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2381: To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to allow certain grant funds to be used to provide parent education.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2381/
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"H.R. 2381: To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to allow certain grant funds to be used to provide parent education.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2381/.
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H.R. 2381, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2381/.
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