S 2431
114th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Child safety and welfare
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education programs funding
Higher education
Medical education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Teaching, teachers, curricula
National Child Protection Training Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 18, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 18, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
National Child Protection Training Act
This bill directs the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, in coordination with the National Child Protection Training Center, to establish at least four regional training centers affiliated with institutions of higher education (IHEs).
Regional training centers must:
- develop model undergraduate and graduate child maltreatment curricula for distribution to IHEs,
- develop laboratory training facilities for students preparing for and professionals engaged in child protection careers, and
- promote evidence-based prevention programs in communities and forensic interview training programs in states.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2431: National Child Protection Training Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2431/
"S. 2431: National Child Protection Training Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2431/.
S. 2431, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2431/.
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