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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GP
Calendar No. 622
107TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 107-292
KEEPING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SAFE ACT OF 2002
SEPTEMBER 30, 2002.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. KENNEDY, from the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 2998]
The Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, to
which was referred the bill (S. 2998) to reauthorize the Child
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, the Family Violence Preven-
tion and Services Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
and Adoption Reform Act of 1978, and the Abandoned Infants As-
sistance Act of 1988, and for other purposes, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon with amendments and rec-
ommends that the bill (as amended) do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. Purpose and Need for the Legislation ......................................................... 1
II. Current Com m ittee Action ............................................................................ 11
III. Explanation of Legislation and Committee Views ...................................... 11
IV. Regulatory Im pact Statem ent ...................................................................... 20
V. Application of Law to the Legislative Branch ............................................. 21
V I. C ost E stim ate ................................................................................................. 21
VII. Section-by-Section Analysis .......................................................................... 26
VIII. Changes in Existing Law .............................................................................. 37
I. PURPOSE AND NEED FOR THE LEGISLATION
It is the purpose of the Keeping Children and Families Safe Act
to renew, improve, and strengthen the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act,
the Adoption Opportunities Act, and the Abandoned Infants Assist-
ance Act for the next five years. The Act is intended to strengthen
and support families with children and to protect children from
abuse and neglect, improve services for children exposed to domes-
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