HR 4531
105th Congress
House
Families
Child abuse
Child sexual abuse
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Criminal liability
Economics and Public Finance
Family services
Federal aid to child welfare
Good samaritan laws
Government Operations and Politics
Informers
Law
Social Welfare
State laws
Witnesses
Sherrice Iverson Act
Introduced: September 9, 1998
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 9, 1998
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Sep 9, 1998
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Sherrice Iverson Act - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require a State, to be eligible to receive Federal grants for child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment, to provide a certification that it has in effect and is enforcing a law providing for a criminal penalty on an individual age 18 or older who fails to report to a State or local law enforcement official that the individual has witnessed another individual in the State sexually abusing a child.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Committees of jurisdiction
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