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HR 4531 105th Congress House

Sherrice Iverson Act

Official title: To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require States receiving funds under section 106 of such Act to have in effect a State law providing f… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require States receiving funds under section 106 of such Act to have in effect a State law providing for a criminal penalty on an individual who fails to report witnessing another individual engaging in sexual abuse of a child.

Introduced: September 11, 1998 See on congress.gov
Families Child abuseChild sexual abuseCrime and Law EnforcementCrime prevention
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Criminal liabilityEconomics and Public FinanceFamily servicesFederal aid to child welfareGood samaritan lawsGovernment Operations and PoliticsInformersLawSocial WelfareState lawsWitnesses
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Sep 9, 1998
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Sep 9, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 9, 1998

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2452 Identical bill Sherrice Iverson Act
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 3 Republican 1
D
Sherman, Brad
California · Sep 28, 1998
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Sep 23, 1998
TURNER, JIM
· Sep 23, 1998
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Sep 11, 1998
FROST, MARTIN
· Sep 11, 1998
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Sep 11, 1998
SANDLIN, MAX
· Sep 9, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4531: Sherrice Iverson Act. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4531/
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"H.R. 4531: Sherrice Iverson Act." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4531/.
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H.R. 4531, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4531/.
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