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Child Abuse Reporting Grant Option (CARGO) Act

Introduced: July 26, 2002 Introduced by: Waters, Maxine Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Oct 24, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
Aug 20, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jul 26, 2002
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.
Jul 26, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Child Abuse Reporting Grant Option (CARGO) Act - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to eligible States for: (1) hiring and training law enforcement personnel for child abuse cases; and (2) programs to help abused children cope.

Requires an eligible State to have in effect laws: (1) requiring that a "mandatory reporter" (defined to include a health care provider, social worker, child care provider, law enforcement officer, officer of a religious organization, or photographic print processor) report to law enforcement authorities each instance of suspected child abuse, except when the information forming the basis of the suspicion is protected by attorney-client or clergy-penitent privilege; (2) providing appropriate punishments for violations of that requirement; and (3) having a statute of limitations for prosecution of criminal offenses relating to child abuse of not less than five years from the later of the date of the offense or the date on which the alleged victim became 18 years old.

Sets forth requirements regarding applications, restrictions on the use of funds, allocation of grant amounts, and expenditure records.

What's happening now October 24, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5313: Child Abuse Reporting Grant Option (CARGO) Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5313/
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"H.R. 5313: Child Abuse Reporting Grant Option (CARGO) Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5313/.
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H.R. 5313, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5313/.
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