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HR 2808 116th Congress House

Child and Animal Abuse Detection and Reporting Act

Official title: To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to include data on animal abuse in the national clea… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to include data on animal abuse in the national clearinghouse for information relating to child abuse and neglect.

Introduced: July 15, 2019 See on congress.gov
Families Animal protection and human-animal relationshipsCrimes against animals and natural resourcesCrimes against childrenDomestic violence and child abuseGovernment information and archives
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May 16, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
May 16, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 16, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Child and Animal Abuse Detection and Reporting Act

This bill requires the Children’s Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families to disseminate information through the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information about the incidence of cases of child abuse that involve abuse to animals.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 24
All 24 Democratic 17 Republican 2
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Oct 23, 2020
 D
Crow, Jason
Colorado · Oct 13, 2020
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Oct 13, 2020
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 29, 2020
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Sep 24, 2020
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Sep 23, 2020
Luria, Elaine
· Sep 23, 2020
DAVIS, SUSAN
· Oct 28, 2019
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Sep 19, 2019
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 16, 2019
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Sep 11, 2019
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Aug 20, 2019
LOWEY, NITA
· Aug 20, 2019
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Aug 16, 2019
 D
Harder, Josh
California · Aug 6, 2019
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Jul 23, 2019
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jul 23, 2019
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Jul 18, 2019
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Jul 18, 2019
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 18, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 15, 2019
 D
Pappas, Chris
New Hampshire · Jul 10, 2019
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · May 22, 2019
Bustos, Cheri
· May 21, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2808: Child and Animal Abuse Detection and Reporting Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2808/
MLA
"H.R. 2808: Child and Animal Abuse Detection and Reporting Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2808/.
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H.R. 2808, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2808/.
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