Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2013 (S. 1799; 113th Congress)
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| Full title | To reauthorize subtitle A of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990. |
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| Introduced in | 113th United States Congress |
| Introduced on | December 11, 2013 |
| Sponsored by | Sen. Christopher A. Coons (D, DE) and Sen. Roy Blunt (R, MO) |
| Number of co-sponsors | 3 |
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| Public Law | Pub.L. 113–163 |
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| U.S.C. section(s) affected | 42 U.S.C. § 13001 et seq., 42 U.S.C. § 13004 |
| Agencies affected | United States Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, United States Department of Justice |
| Authorizations of appropriations | $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 |
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The Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2013 (S. 1799; Pub.L. 113–163) is a bill that would reauthorize the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 and would authorize funding through 2018 to help child abuse victims. The funding is directed to Children's Advocacy Centers (CACs).
The bill was introduced into the United States Senate during the 113th United States Congress. It was signed into law on August 8, 2014 by President Barack Obama.
According to the National Children's Alliance, Child Advocacy Centers "employ a multi-disciplinary team of trained professionals to conduct forensic interviews of children who have been victims of abuse. These interviews are designed to be admissible in court, preventing children from being re-traumatized by having to tell their stories multiple times." The organization also reported that in 2012, "more than 286,000 children were served at over 800 Child Advocacy Centers across the United States, with over 197,000 cases reporting sexual abuse."
This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Research Service, a public domain source.
The Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2013 would amend the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 to authorize appropriations for FY2014-FY2018 for: (1) the children's advocacy program; (2) grants from the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to develop and implement multidisciplinary child abuse investigation and prosecution programs; and (3) grants to national organizations to provide technical assistance and training to attorneys and others instrumental to the criminal prosecution of child abuse cases in state or federal courts, for the purpose of improving the quality of criminal prosecution of such cases.
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