S. 3708: SAFE Child Act
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S. 3708: SAFE Child Act
112th Congress · introduced 2012-12-21 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8365)
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- Where it came from: introduced 2012-12-21 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8365) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
SAFE Child Act
Plain summary
Stop Abuse For Every Child Act of 2012 or the SAFE Child Act - Amends the federal criminal code to require the court to impose an additional special assessment equal to three times the amount assessed under current law on persons convicted of specified offenses (other than individuals convicted of an offense against the United States). Establishes a Surcharge Fund, to be administered by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), into which such assessments shall be deposited and from which the Secretary shall make a competitive grant every three years to a private nonprofit organization to operate a national child abuse hotline, encourage reporting of child abuse, and conduct public education on child abuse. Requires unobligated funds to be transferred to the Crime Victims Fund.
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Sponsor: Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s3708.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>
Record fed-us-cong112-s3708 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112