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HR 1311 113th Congress House Families Assault and harassment offenses Child care and development Child health Child safety and welfare Crimes against children Criminal procedure and sentencing Domestic violence and child abuse Health programs administration and funding

Kilah Davenport Child Protection Act of 2013

Introduced: March 21, 2013 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Apr 23, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Apr 15, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
Mar 21, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Mar 21, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Kilah Davenport Child Protection Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from making grants to a state for specified child abuse or neglect prevention and treatment programs until the state's laws provide for a criminal punishment, including a prison term of at least 3,800 days, for any individual who: (1) is a parent or any other individual providing care to or supervision of a child under age 16; and (2) intentionally inflicts on that child any serious bodily injury, or commits an assault upon that child which results in any serious bodily injury or permanent or protracted loss or impairment of any of the child's mental or emotional function.

Amends the federal criminal code to subject to penalties for domestic assault by an habital offender any person who commits three or more assaults, acts of sexual abuse, or serious violent felonies against a child of the person or in the person's care.

What's happening now April 23, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Republican 1
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Hudson, Richard
North Carolina · Jul 16, 2013
Collins, Chris
· Apr 23, 2013
Delaney, John
· Apr 23, 2013
Holding, George
· Apr 23, 2013
McHenry, Patrick
· Apr 23, 2013
Meadows, Mark
· Apr 23, 2013
Stewart, Chris
· Apr 23, 2013
COBLE, HOWARD
· Apr 12, 2013
WOLF, FRANK
· Apr 12, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1311: Kilah Davenport Child Protection Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1311/
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"H.R. 1311: Kilah Davenport Child Protection Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1311/.
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H.R. 1311, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1311/.
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