S. 2397: A bill to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States that extend or eliminate unexpired statutes of limitation applicable to laws involving child sexual abuse.

S. 2397: A bill to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States that extend or eliminate unexpired statutes of limitation applicable to laws involving child sexual abuse.

114th Congress · introduced 2015-12-10 · Families · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8609-8610)

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-12-10 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · 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 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8609-8610) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

A bill to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States that extend or eliminate unexpired statutes of limitation applicable to laws involving child sexual abuse.

Plain summary

This bill amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants to assist eligible states in developing, establishing, and operating programs to improve: the assessment and investigation of suspected child abuse cases, in a manner that limits additional trauma to the child and the child's family; the investigation and prosecution of cases of child sexual abuse; and the assessment and investigation of cases involving children with disabilities or serious health-related problems who are suspected victims of child sexual abuse.

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Official text

A bill to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States that extend or eliminate unexpired statutes of limitation applicable to laws involving child sexual abuse.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · 7 cosponsors

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Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)

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Words on this page, explained (3)

Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Statute: A written law passed by a legislature. A statute can be changed by a later law; changing a constitution needs an amendment.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s2397.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s2397 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114