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| 93-hr-16977 | 93 | hr | 16977 | Child and Family Services Act | Families | 1974-10-01 | 1974-10-01 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Bingham, Jonathan B. [D-NY-22] | NY | D | B000472 | 0 | Child and Family Service Act - Title I: Child and Family Service Programs - Provides that the Secretary shall take all necessary action to coordinate child and family service programs under his jurisdiction and that, to this end, he shall establish and maintain within the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office of Child and Family Services administered by a Director appointed by the President with the advise and consent of the Senate. Provides that such office shall assume the responsibility of the Office of Child Development and shall be the principal agency of the Department for the administration of this Act. Establishes a Child and Family Services Coordinating Council, consisting of the Director of the Office of Child and Family Services (who shall serve as chairperson), and representatives from the Federal agencies administering the Social Security Act and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and from the appropriate Federal agencies. Requires the Department of Labor, and other appropriate agencies, to meet on a regular basis, as they may deem necessary, in order to assure coordination of child and family service activities under their respective jurisdictions so as to assure maximum use of available resources through the prevention of duplication of activities; and to structure the activities related to the purposes of this Act. States that funds available for this title may be used (in accordance with approved applications and plans) for planning and developing child and family service programs; establishing, maintaining, and operating child and family service programs, which may include: (1) part-day or full-day child care programs, which provide educational, health, nutritional, and social services directed toward enabling participating children to attain their maximum potential; (2) other health, social, recreational, and educational programs designed to meet the special needs of children and families including before- and after- school and s… | 2025-09-03T12:50:12Z | |
| 93-hr-16169 | 93 | hr | 16169 | Child and Family Services Act | Families | 1974-07-30 | 1974-07-30 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Helstoski, Henry [D-NJ-9] | NJ | D | H000465 | 0 | Child and Family Service Act - Title I: Child and Family Service Programs - Provides that the Secretary shall take all necessary action to coordinate child and family service programs under his jurisdiction and that, to this end, he shall establish and maintain within the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office of Child and Family Services administered by a Director appointed by the President with the advise and consent of the Senate. Provides that such office shall assume the responsibility of the Office of Child Development and shall be the principal agency of the Department for the administration of this Act. Establishes a Child and Family Services Coordinating Council, consisting of the Director of the Office of Child and Family Services (who shall serve as chairperson), and representatives from the Federal agencies administering the Social Security Act and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and from the appropriate Federal agencies. Requires the Department of Labor, and other appropriate agencies, to meet on a regular basis, as they may deem necessary, in order to assure coordination of child and family service activities under their respective jurisdictions so as to assure maximum use of available resources through the prevention of duplication of activities; and to structure the activities related to the purposes of this Act. States that funds available for this title may be used (in accordance with approved applications and plans) for planning and developing child and family service programs; establishing, maintaining, and operating child and family service programs, which may include: (1) part-day or full-day child care programs, which provide educational, health, nutritional, and social services directed toward enabling participating children to attain their maximum potential; (2) other health, social, recreational, and educational programs designed to meet the special needs of children and families including before- and after- school and s… | 2025-09-03T12:49:40Z | |
| 93-hr-16048 | 93 | hr | 16048 | Child and Family Services Act | Families | 1974-07-22 | 1974-07-22 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Brademas, John [D-IN-3] | IN | D | B000736 | 5 | Child and Family Service Act - Title I: Child and Family Service Programs - Provides that the Secretary shall take all necessary action to coordinate child and family service programs under his jurisdiction and that, to this end, he shall establish and maintain within the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office of Child and Family Services administered by a Director appointed by the President with the advise and consent of the Senate. Provides that such office shall assume the responsibility of the Office of Child Development and shall be the principal agency of the Department for the administration of this Act. Establishes a Child and Family Services Coordinating Council, consisting of the Director of the Office of Child and Family Services (who shall serve as chairperson), and representatives from the Federal agencies administering the Social Security Act and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and from the appropriate Federal agencies. Requires the Department of Labor, and other appropriate agencies, to meet on a regular basis, as they may deem necessary, in order to assure coordination of child and family service activities under their respective jurisdictions so as to assure maximum use of available resources through the prevention of duplication of activities; and to structure the activities related to the purposes of this Act. States that funds available for this title may be used (in accordance with approved applications and plans) for planning and developing child and family service programs; establishing, maintaining, and operating child and family service programs, which may include: (1) part-day or full-day child care programs, which provide educational, health, nutritional, and social services directed toward enabling participating children to attain their maximum potential; (2) other health, social, recreational, and educational programs designed to meet the special needs of children and families including before- and after- school and s… | 2025-09-03T12:49:34Z | |
| 93-hr-15918 | 93 | hr | 15918 | A bill to establish an agency for the prevention of child abuse in the District of Columbia. | Families | 1974-07-16 | 1974-07-16 | Referred to House Committee on District of Columbia. | House | Rep. Fraser, Donald M. [D-MN-5] | MN | D | F000350 | 0 | Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to provide for the protection of abused and neglected children in the District of Columbia. Title I: Child Abuse Prevention - Establishes as an independent agency of the government of the District of Columbia a Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse, headed by a Director appointed by the Commissioner of the District of Columbia. Enumerates the duties of the Director, including to establish, as a part of the Center: (1) at least one multidisciplinary team of experts to treat cases of child abuse and neglect; (2) an Office of General Counsel to provide legal counsel and research on the cases; and (3) a confidential, central registry of all cases of alleged child abuse or neglect, providing for the expunging and sealing of such reports under specified circumstances. Title II: Reporting Child Abuse or Neglect - Provides that any medical personnel and specified persons in child care in the District of Columbia, having reasonable cause to believe a child has had physical or sexual abuses inflicted by other than accidental means or is neglected, shall report such injury or harm to a specially designated unit of the Metropolitan Police force or to the Director. Sets forth the procedures for making such reports. Grants immunity from liability to individuals making such reports. Imposes a $1,000 fine and 30-days imprisonment on persons failing to make a report as required by this Act. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title III: Amendments to the Judicial Procedure Concerning Child Custody - Provides that when a child is alleged to be abused or neglected, or when termination of parental rights is sought, the parent, guardian, or custodian of the child is entitled to be represented by counsel at all critical stages of the Division proceedings. Provides that the Division shall appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the child in such proceedings. Provides for a hearing to be held, after a dispositional order vesting legal custody of a child adjudicated neglected or abused… | 2024-08-01T18:38:07Z | |
| 93-hr-15882 | 93 | hr | 15882 | Child and Family Services Act | Families | 1974-07-11 | 1974-07-11 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Brademas, John [D-IN-3] | IN | D | B000736 | 18 | Child and Family Service Act - Title I: Child and Family Service Programs - Provides that the Secretary shall take all necessary action to coordinate child and family service programs under his jurisdiction and that, to this end, he shall establish and maintain within the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office of Child and Family Services administered by a Director appointed by the President with the advise and consent of the Senate. Provides that such office shall assume the responsibility of the Office of Child Development and shall be the principal agency of the Department for the administration of this Act. Establishes a Child and Family Services Coordinating Council, consisting of the Director of the Office of Child and Family Services (who shall serve as chairperson), and representatives from the Federal agencies administering the Social Security Act and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and from the appropriate Federal agencies. Requires the Department of Labor, and other appropriate agencies, to meet on a regular basis, as they may deem necessary, in order to assure coordination of child and family service activities under their respective jurisdictions so as to assure maximum use of available resources through the prevention of duplication of activities; and to structure the activities related to the purposes of this Act. States that funds available for this title may be used (in accordance with approved applications and plans) for planning and developing child and family service programs; establishing, maintaining, and operating child and family service programs, which may include: (1) part-day or full-day child care programs, which provide educational, health, nutritional, and social services directed toward enabling participating children to attain their maximum potential; (2) other health, social, recreational, and educational programs designed to meet the special needs of children and families including before- and after- school and s… | 2025-09-03T12:49:29Z | |
| 93-hr-15883 | 93 | hr | 15883 | Child and Family Services Act | Families | 1974-07-11 | 1974-07-11 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Brademas, John [D-IN-3] | IN | D | B000736 | 24 | Child and Family Service Act - Title I: Child and Family Service Programs - Provides that the Secretary shall take all necessary action to coordinate child and family service programs under his jurisdiction and that, to this end, he shall establish and maintain within the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office of Child and Family Services administered by a Director appointed by the President with the advise and consent of the Senate. Provides that such office shall assume the responsibility of the Office of Child Development and shall be the principal agency of the Department for the administration of this Act. Establishes a Child and Family Services Coordinating Council, consisting of the Director of the Office of Child and Family Services (who shall serve as chairperson), and representatives from the Federal agencies administering the Social Security Act and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and from the appropriate Federal agencies. Requires the Department of Labor, and other appropriate agencies, to meet on a regular basis, as they may deem necessary, in order to assure coordination of child and family service activities under their respective jurisdictions so as to assure maximum use of available resources through the prevention of duplication of activities; and to structure the activities related to the purposes of this Act. States that funds available for this title may be used (in accordance with approved applications and plans) for planning and developing child and family service programs; establishing, maintaining, and operating child and family service programs, which may include: (1) part-day or full-day child care programs, which provide educational, health, nutritional, and social services directed toward enabling participating children to attain their maximum potential; (2) other health, social, recreational, and educational programs designed to meet the special needs of children and families including before- and after- school and s… | 2025-09-03T12:49:29Z | |
| 93-hr-15884 | 93 | hr | 15884 | Child and Family Services Act | Families | 1974-07-11 | 1974-07-11 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Brademas, John [D-IN-3] | IN | D | B000736 | 24 | Child and Family Service Act - Title I: Child and Family Service Programs - Provides that the Secretary shall take all necessary action to coordinate child and family service programs under his jurisdiction and that, to this end, he shall establish and maintain within the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office of Child and Family Services administered by a Director appointed by the President with the advise and consent of the Senate. Provides that such office shall assume the responsibility of the Office of Child Development and shall be the principal agency of the Department for the administration of this Act. Establishes a Child and Family Services Coordinating Council, consisting of the Director of the Office of Child and Family Services (who shall serve as chairperson), and representatives from the Federal agencies administering the Social Security Act and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and from the appropriate Federal agencies. Requires the Department of Labor, and other appropriate agencies, to meet on a regular basis, as they may deem necessary, in order to assure coordination of child and family service activities under their respective jurisdictions so as to assure maximum use of available resources through the prevention of duplication of activities; and to structure the activities related to the purposes of this Act. States that funds available for this title may be used (in accordance with approved applications and plans) for planning and developing child and family service programs; establishing, maintaining, and operating child and family service programs, which may include: (1) part-day or full-day child care programs, which provide educational, health, nutritional, and social services directed toward enabling participating children to attain their maximum potential; (2) other health, social, recreational, and educational programs designed to meet the special needs of children and families including before- and after- school and s… | 2025-09-03T12:49:29Z | |
| 93-s-3754 | 93 | s | 3754 | Child and Family Services Act | Families | 1974-07-11 | 1974-07-11 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. Mondale, Walter F. [D-MN] | MN | D | M000851 | 23 | Child and Family Services Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that the purposes of this Act are to establish and expand children and family service programs, build upon the experience of Headstart, give special emphasis to preschool children and families with the greatest needs, and provide decision making with direct parent participation through a partnership of parents, State, local and Federal government. Authorizes to be appropriated $150 million for fiscal year 1975 and $200 million for fiscal year 1976 for training, planning, and technical assistance and $500 million in fiscal year 1976 and $1 billion in fiscal year 1977 for program operation. Title I: Child and Family Service Programs - Establishes the Office of Child and Family Services in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as the principal agency for administration of this Act. Creates the Child and Family Services Coordinating Council with representatives from various federal agencies to assure coordination of federal programs in the field. Defines the purposes for which Federal funds can be used: (1) planning and developing programs, including pilot programs; (2) establishing programs, including child care in the home: after-school programs; family prenatal care; programs to meet special needs of minorities, Indians, migrants and bilingual children; food and nutrition services; and special activities for handicapped children within regular programs; (3) rental, renovation, acquisition or construction of facilities, including mobile facilities; (4) preservice and inservice training; (5) staff and administration expenses of councils and committees required by the Act; and (6) dissemination of information to families. Provides for the reservation of funds proportionately for handicapped children and for migrant and Indian children, and up to 5 percent for model programs. Allocates the remainder among the States and within the States, and within the States, 50 percent according to relative number of economically disadva… | 2025-09-03T12:53:11Z | |
| 93-hr-15779 | 93 | hr | 15779 | A bill to establish an agency for the prevention of child abuse in the District of Columbia. | Families | 1974-07-02 | 1974-07-02 | Referred to House Committee on District of Columbia. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-8] | CA | D | S000810 | 2 | Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to provide for the protection of abused and neglected children in the District of Columbia. Title I: Child Abuse Prevention - Establishes as an independent agency of the government of the District of Columbia a Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse, headed by a Director appointed by the Commissioner of the District of Columbia. Enumerates the duties of the Director, including to establish, as a part of the Center: (1) at least one multidisciplinary team of experts to investigate and treat cases of child abuse and neglect; (2) an officer or general counsel to provide legal counsel and research on the cases; and (3) a confidental, central registry of all cases of alleged child abuse or neglect, providing for the expunging and sealing of such reports under specified circumstances. Title II: Reporting Child Abuse or Neglect - Provides that any medical personnel and specified persons in child care in the District of Columbia, having reasonable cause to believe a child has had physical abuses inflicted by other than accidental means, or is neglected, shall report such injury or harm to a specially designated unit of the Metropolitan Police Force or to the Director. Sets forth the procedures for making such reports. Permits any person who has reason to believe a child is being abused to report the abuse, according to the provisions of this title. Imposes a $1,000 fine and 30-days imprisonment on persons failing to make a report as required by this Act. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title III: Amendments to the Judicial Procedure Concerning Child Custody - Provides that when a child is alleged to be abused or neglected, or when termination of parental rights is sought, the parent, guardian, or custodian of the child named in the petition is entitled to be represented by counsel at all critical stages of the Division proceedings. Provides that the Division shall appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the child in such proceedings. Provides for a hearing to be held… | 2024-08-01T18:37:59Z | |
| 93-s-3639 | 93 | s | 3639 | Children and Youth Camp Safety Act | Families | 1974-06-13 | 1974-12-10 | Placed on calendar in Senate under "Subjects on the Table". | Senate | Sen. Mondale, Walter F. [D-MN] | MN | D | M000851 | 3 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Children and Youth Camp Safety Act - Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to develop, promulgate, and modify regulations on children and youth camp safety standards. Requires that such proposed regulations be submitted to the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee and the House Education and Labor Committee, whereupon either House may disapprove such proposals. Allows States which desire to assume responsibility for development or enforcement of youth camp safety standards applicable to children and youth camps in such States to submit a State plan for such action. Requires such plans, in order to be approved by the Secretary, to designate a State agency for administering such plan; to provide for comprehensive enforcement of camp safety standards promulgated pursuant to this Act, or of equally effective standards of the State; to require inspection of camps annually at least for compliance with applicable regulations; and to insure adequate legal authority and funds for such State agency. Directs the Secretary to annually review State plans for compliance with this Act. Sets forth procedures to be followed where there are noncomplying State plans. Allows grants to States to assist them in carrying out such State plans. Grants power to the Secretary's representatives to enter camps for inspection and power to inspect records of the camps. Grants power to the Secretary to require testimony of witnesses and production of other evidence under oath. Requires camp operators to report annually on all accidents, deaths, injuries, and illnesses within the camp. Requires that the obtaining of information from camps under this Act be done with a minimum of burden upon such camps and camp operators. Directs the Secretary to withhold funds from States in which there is a pattern of violations of this Act. Provides for citation of camp operators and penalties of up to $2,500 in cases of violations of this Act. Grants jurisdiction to the Federal dis… | 2025-09-03T12:53:04Z | |
| 93-hr-15324 | 93 | hr | 15324 | A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to impose a penalty on removing children from the United States in order to avoid the effects of a lawful custody order. | Families | 1974-06-11 | 1974-06-11 | Referred to House Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. Rosenthal, Benjamin S. [D-NY-8] | NY | D | R000442 | 0 | Provides that whoever takes an unmarried child, if that child is less than eighteen years of age, and is a citizen of the United States or a lawfully resident alien, out of the territorial jurisdiction of the United States with the intent to avoid the effects of or evade a lawful custody order of any court respecting that child, shall be fined not more than $1,000. | 2024-08-01T18:37:40Z | |
| 93-hjres-843 | 93 | hjres | 843 | Joint resolution relating to sudden infant death syndrome. | Families | 1973-12-04 | 1973-12-04 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9] | MA | D | M000834 | 0 | Directs the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to designate the search for a cause and prevention of sudden infant death syndrome as one of the top priorities in intramural research efforts and in the awarding of research and research training grants and fellowships; and to encourage researchers to submit proposals for investigations of sudden infant death syndrome. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall develop, publish, and distribute literature to be used in educating and counseling coroners, medical examiners, nurses, social workers, and similar personnel, and parents, future parents, and families whose children die, to the nature of sudden infant death syndrome and to the needs of families affected by it. | 2024-08-01T18:27:42Z | |
| 93-hr-11194 | 93 | hr | 11194 | Child Abuse and Protective Services Amendments | Families | 1973-10-30 | 1973-10-30 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Schroeder, Patricia [D-CO-1] | CO | D | S000142 | 0 | Child Abuse and Protective Service Amendments - Requires that State plans for aid and services to needy families with children under the Social Security Act must provide such multidisciplinary (medical, legal, social, and other) services as are necessary for the following purposes: identification, investigation, and response to incidents or evidence of neglect, abuse or exploitation of a child; helping parents and other to recognize the causes thereof and strengthing the ability of families to provide acceptable care; or if that is not possible, bringing the situation to the attention of appropriate courts or law enforcement agencies, furnishing relevant data, and providing followup services as directed by the court. | 2025-09-03T12:46:53Z | |
| 93-hr-10552 | 93 | hr | 10552 | Comprehensive Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act | Families | 1973-09-26 | 1973-09-26 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Peyser, Peter A. [R-NY-23] | NY | R | P000280 | 0 | Comprehensive Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a center in the Office of Child Development to be know as the "National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect" Directs the Secretary, through the Center, to: (1) compile, analyze, and publish annually a summary of recently conducted and currently conducted research on child abuse and neglect; (2) develop and maintain an information clearinghouse on all programs, including private programs showing promise of success, for the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect; and (3) make grants to designated State agencies for the purpose of assisting the States and their political subdivisions in developing and carrying out child abuse and neglect treatment and prevention programs as provided in this title. Directs the Secretary, through the Center, to make grants to, and enter into contract with, designated State agencies for demonstration programs designed to prevent, identify, and treat child abuse and neglect. Requires at least 50 percent of the funds appropirated under this section to be distributed to nonprofit or not-for-profit corporations at the local level within the State, through the designated State agencies. Provides that grants under this section may be used for: (1) the development and establishment, of training programs for personnel who are engaged in, or intend to work in the fields of the prevention, identifiication, and treatment of child abuse and neglect; (2) establishment and maintenance of centers serving defined geographic areas, staffed by multidisciplinary teams of personnel trained in the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect cases, to provide a broad range of services related to child abuse and neglect. Provides that, in order for the designated agency of a State to qualify for assistance under this title, such State must have in effect a child abuse prevention plan which embodies a program for effectively treatin… | 2025-09-03T12:46:33Z | |
| 93-s-2444 | 93 | s | 2444 | A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for prevention, identification, and treatment in cases of abuse or neglect of children. | Families | 1973-09-19 | 1973-09-19 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Mondale, Walter F. [D-MN] | MN | D | M000851 | 4 | Child Abuse and Protective Services Amendments - Provides that where the State agency (which administers the plan for aid to needy families with children) has reason to believe that the home in which a relative and child receiving aid reside is unsuitable for the child because of the neglect, abuse, or exploitation of such child it shall bring such condition to the attention of the appropriate court or other agency, including law enforcement agencies, in the State providing such data with respect to the situation it may have, and that the State agency will provide such multidisciplinary services (including, but not limited to medical, legal, social, and other services) as necessary to aid the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect. Provides for payments to State child welfare plans if such plans provide for the establishment and implementation of effective procedures for the prevention, identification, and treatment of cases of child abuse or neglect including, but not limited to: (1) procedures for the discovery and reporting of instances of neglect or abuse of children; (2) use of the full resources of local communities including public and nonprofit agencies and organizations which provide services and activities that would be beneficial to a child and his parents or guardians; (3) a systematic method for receiving reports of suspected or known instances of child abuse or neglect on a twenty-four-hour a day basis; and (4) a central collection point for all data and information on child abuse and neglect. Exempts expenditures for multidisciplinary services (including, but not limited to, medical, legal, social, and other services) as necessary to aid the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect, from the requirement that not more than 10 percent are to be paid in providing services to individuals who are not recipients of certain aid or assistance. | 2024-08-01T18:41:54Z | |
| 93-hjres-713 | 93 | hjres | 713 | Joint resolution relating to sudden infant death syndrome. | Families | 1973-08-03 | 1973-08-03 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Whalen, Charles W., Jr. [R-OH-3] | OH | R | W000317 | 0 | Directs the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to designate the search for a cause and prevention of sudden infant death syndrome as one of the top priorities in intramural research efforts and in the awarding of research and research training grants and fellowships; and to encourage researchers to submit proposals for investigations of sudden infant death syndrome. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall develop, publish, and distribute literature to be used in educating and counseling coroners, medical examiners, nurses, social workers, and similar personnel, and parents, future parents, and families whose children die, to the nature of sudden infant death syndrome and to the needs of families affected by it. | 2024-08-01T18:27:42Z | |
| 93-s-2081 | 93 | s | 2081 | A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to provide a method of enforcing the support obligations of parents of children who are receiving assistance under such title. | Families | 1973-06-27 | 1973-06-27 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA] | GA | D | N000171 | 5 | Provides methods for the Attorney General to enforce the support obligations of parents of children who are receiving assistance under title IV of the Social Security Act (Grants to States for Aid and Services to Needy Families with Children). Establishes in the Treasury a revolving Federal Child Support Fund which shall be available to the Attorney General without fiscal year limitation to enable him to carry out his responsibilities. Makes appropriations to the fund. Directs the Attorney General to establish and conduct, within the Department of Justice, a Parent Locator Service which shall be used to obtain and transmit to any authorized person information as to the whereabouts of any absent parent when such information is to be used to locate such parent for the purpose of enforcing support obligations against such parent. Declares that the support rights assigned to the United States shall constitute an obligation owed to the United States by the individual providing such support. Creates regional laboratories to establish paternity through analysis and classification of blood. Authorizes to be appropriated necessary funds to accomplish this purpose. Provides that any individual who is the parent of any child or children and who is under a legal duty to provide for the support and maintenance of such child or children but fails to perform such duty and has left, deserted, or abandoned such child or children and such child or children receive assistance payments to provide for their support and maintenance which are funded in whole or in part from funds appropriated therefor by the Federal Government shall, upon conviction, be penalized in an amount equal to 50 percent of the support obligation owed to the United States, or fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or any combination of these three penalties. | 2024-08-01T18:41:42Z | |
| 93-hr-8810 | 93 | hr | 8810 | A bill for the relief of certain orphans in Vietnam. | Families | 1973-06-19 | 1973-06-19 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] | HI | D | M000797 | 10 | Provides for the issuance of a special immigrant visa without fee, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, to any Vietnamese who has been orphaned by abandonment by one or both parents, one of which is a United States citizen. | 2024-08-01T18:33:00Z | |
| 93-hr-8622 | 93 | hr | 8622 | A bill to provide financial assistance for research activities for the study of sudden infant death syndrome, and for other purposes. | Families | 1973-06-13 | 1973-06-13 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Addabbo, Joseph P. [D-NY-7] | NY | D | A000052 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to make grants to or enter into contracts with public or private nonprofit institutions to pay the Federal share of the cost of research, designed to identify the causes and to develop preventive measures to eliminate sudden infant death syndrome. Sets forth the activities for which a payment may be made under this Act. Provides that payment in any fiscal year to any single institution under this Act may not exceed $50,000. States that the Federal share of the cost of any activities for which application is made under this Act shall be 50 percent. Authorizes to be appropriated $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:33:01Z | |
| 93-hr-8035 | 93 | hr | 8035 | A bill to provide financial assistance for research activities for the study of sudden infant death syndrome, and for other purposes. | Families | 1973-05-22 | 1973-05-22 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | R000374 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to make grants to or enter into contracts with public or private nonprofit institutions to pay the Federal share of the cost of research, designed to identify the causes and to develop preventive measures to eliminate sudden infant death syndrome. Sets forth the activities for which a payment may be made under this Act. Provides that payment in any fiscal year to any single institution under this Act may not exceed $50,000. States that the Federal share of the cost of any activities for which application is made under this Act shall be 50 percent. Authorizes to be appropriated $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:32:37Z | |
| 93-hr-7735 | 93 | hr | 7735 | A bill to promote public health and welfare by expanding and improving the family planning services and population research activities of the Federal Government, and for other purposes. | Families | 1973-05-10 | 1973-05-10 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Ashley, Thomas L. [D-OH-9] | OH | D | A000222 | 0 | Establishes, within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, a National Population Sciences and Family Planning Services Administration. Establishes, within the Administration, a National Center for Family Planning Services, to carry out a public information services program for planning and development, manpower development and training, supervision of field services, and grants management. Establishes, within the Administration, a National Institute for Population Sciences to carry out reproductive physiology research, contraceptive development and evaluation, operational research, social science research, and grants mangement. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare shall utilize the Administration to administer programs and research related to population and family planning. Authorizes to be appropriated for each fiscal year such amounts as may be necessary to meet the administrative expenses of the Administration. Directs the Secretary, on January 1 after the Act, to make a report to the Congress setting forth a plan to be carried out over a period of 5 years for extention of family services, for research programs in reproductive physiology, contraceptive development and evaluation, the social sciences and operational research, for training of necessary manpower for services and research, and for carrying out the other purposes set forth in this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make, through the Administration, grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations and institutions to assist in the establishment and operation of voluntary family planning projects. Directs the Secretary to make grants to State health agencies to assist the States in planning, establishing, maintaining, coordinating, and evaluating family planning services. Provides that no funds appropriated under this system shall be used in a program where abortion is a method of family planning. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1974 through fiscal year 1978 to enable the Secretary to carry out the pr… | 2024-08-01T18:32:24Z | |
| 93-hr-7114 | 93 | hr | 7114 | A bill to amend title V of the Social Security Act to extend for 1 year (until June 30, 1974) the period within which certain special project grants may be made thereunder. | Families | 1973-04-17 | 1973-04-17 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Rostenkowski, Dan [D-IL-8] | IL | D | R000458 | 1 | Extends for one year (until June 30, 1974) the period within which special project grants may be made under title V of the Social Security Act (Maternal and Child Welfare). | 2024-08-01T18:32:03Z | |
| 93-hr-6834 | 93 | hr | 6834 | A bill to promote public health and welfare by expanding and improving the family planning services and population sciences research activities of the Federal Government, and for other purposes. | Families | 1973-04-11 | 1973-04-11 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. du Pont, Pierre S., IV [R-DE-At Large] | DE | R | D000558 | 21 | Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office of Population Affairs to be directed by an Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs. Sets forth the duties of the Assistant Secretary. Establishes within the Department an Administration on Reproductive Research and Family Planning. Creates within the Administration a National Center for Family Planning Services, headed by a Director, which shall establish identifiable units to carry out, at a minimum, the following functions: Public information, program planning and evaluation, manpower development and training, supervision of field services, and grants management. Establishes within the Administration, a National Institute for Research on Human Reproduction and Population Change which shall establish identifiable units to carry out, at a minimum, the following functions: Reproductive physiology research, contraceptive development and evaluation, operational research, social science research, public information, manpower development and training, and grants management. Establishes a National Family Planning Services Advisory Council to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Director, at meetings held no less than two times each year, on matters relating to the activities of the National Center for Family Planning Services. Establishes a National Population Sciences Advisory Council to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Director, at meetings held no less than two times each year, on matters relating to the activities of the National Institute for Research on Human Reporduction and Population Change. Sets forth the functions of the Administration on Reproductive Research and Family Planning. Authorizes to be appropriated for each fiscal year such amounts as may be necessary to meet the administrative expenses of the Administration. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to submit a report to Congress on each January 1 for the five years following the enactment of this Act. Authoriz… | 2024-08-01T18:31:54Z | |
| 93-hr-6711 | 93 | hr | 6711 | Child Development Personnel Training Act | Families | 1973-04-09 | 1973-04-09 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Esch, Marvin L. [R-MI-2] | MI | R | E000213 | 0 | Child Development Personnel Training Act - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to respond to the demonstrated need for child development personnel in the 1970's by stimulating the development of sufficient training and educational programs in every State and region of the United States to assure an adequate supply of personnel to meet the staffing requirements of early childhood programs. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to, or to enter into contracts with, institutions of higher education, State and local child development agencies, State and local educational agencies, child development programs, private companies and organizations engaged in teacher training, teacher training organizations, national child development organizations, and producers of television programming, for the purpose of establishing, developing, or updating early childhood personnel training programs. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this Act $40,000,000 ffor fiscal year 1974, $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $75,000,000 for each of the succeeding fiscal years ending prior to July 1, 1980. | 2025-09-03T12:44:42Z | |
| 93-hr-6029 | 93 | hr | 6029 | Children's Allowances Act | Families | 1973-03-22 | 1973-03-22 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.. | House | Rep. Fraser, Donald M. [D-MN-5] | MN | D | F000350 | 0 | Children's Allowances Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to spread the burden of the cost of child care equitably among the prople and relieve the need among the people and relieve the need among poor families with children. Authorizes to be appropriated for each fiscal year a sum sufficient to carry out the provisions of this title. Entitles every child in the United States who is less than six years of age on the date of the enactment of this new title XX (Children's Allowances) of the Social Security Act ot a children's allowance of $50 a month. States that the allowance shall be payable by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to the child's parent or caretaker while the child is in his care. Stipulates, that after the expiration of one year from the date of the enactment of this Act, every child in the United States who is less than eight years of age shall be entitled to a children's allowance. Provides that upon the expiration of each additional year thereafter, the additional years until every child in the United States who is less than eighteen years of age is entitled to a children's allowance. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct a study of the feasibility and desirability of extending entitlement to benefits under this Act to children between the ages of eighteen and twenty-two, and to submit a written report thereon, together with his recommendations, to Congress within three years after the date of enactment of this Act. Provides that allowance payments under this Act shall continue through the month preceding the earliest of the following months: (1) the month in which the child attains the age of eighteen; or (2) the earliest month in which the child marries, or becomes entitled to receive a payment on behalf of his own child; or (3) the month in which the child dies. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Provides that payments received under this Act shall … | 2025-09-03T12:44:26Z | |
| 93-hr-5785 | 93 | hr | 5785 | Autistic Children Research Act | Families | 1973-03-19 | 1973-03-19 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Harrington, Michael J. [D-MA-6] | MA | D | H000230 | 16 | Autistic Children Research Act - Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, for the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to: (1) plan and develop a coordinated autism research program; (2) collect, analyze, and disseminate all data useful in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of autism; and (3) establish comprehensive, coordinated diagnostic and evaluation procedures for early detection guidance for autistic children. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary to carry out these provisions. Authorizes $500,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $5,000,000 per year for fiscal years 1975-1978 for loans and grants to any public or private nonprofit entity operating a center with education programs for autistic children. Defines, for the purpose of this Act, the term "autistic." | 2025-09-03T12:44:16Z | |
| 93-hr-5786 | 93 | hr | 5786 | Autistic Children Research Act | Families | 1973-03-19 | 1973-03-19 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Harrington, Michael J. [D-MA-6] | MA | D | H000230 | 15 | Autistic Children Research Act - Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, for the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to: (1) plan and develop a coordinated autism research program; (2) collect, analyze, and disseminate all data useful in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of autism; and (3) establish comprehensive, coordinated diagnostic and evaluation procedures for early detection guidance for autistic children. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary to carry out these provisions. Authorizes $500,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $5,000,000 per year for fiscal years 1975-1978 for loans and grants to any public or private nonprofit entity operating a center with education programs for autistic children. Defines, for the purpose of this Act, the term "autistic." | 2025-09-03T12:44:13Z | |
| 93-hr-5582 | 93 | hr | 5582 | Autistic Children Research Act | Families | 1973-03-14 | 1973-03-14 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Casey, Bob [D-TX-22] | TX | D | C000228 | 0 | Autistic Children Research Act - Directs the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to: (1) plan and develop a coordinated autism research program encompassing the programs of the National Institutes of Health and related programs of other research institutes, and other Federal and non-Federal programs; (2) collect, analyze and disseminate all data useful in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of autism; and (3) establish comprehensive, coordinated, diagnostic, and evaluation procedures that provide for early detection and effective guidance for autistic children. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants and loans to public or private nonprofit entities operating or proposing to operate residential centers with education programs for autistic children. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $5,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter through fiscal year 1978 for the purpose of making such loans and grants. Defines the term "autistic" to mean severe disorders of communication and behavior, including various child psychoses. | 2025-09-03T12:44:06Z | |
| 93-hr-5166 | 93 | hr | 5166 | Child Advocacy Act | Families | 1973-03-05 | 1973-03-05 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-30] | CA | D | R000485 | 0 | Child Advocacy Act - Title I: Neighborhood offices of Child Advocacy - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to explore the feasibility of establishment of a national child advocacy system. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for establishment and operation of up to 20 Neighborhood Offices of Child Advocacy, which are to provide means of gathering data to evaluate the cost effectiveness of all programs affecting children as a basis for reordering national and local priorities, and to test new types of remedial programs and service delivery systems. Directs the Secretary to evaluate the effectiveness of such offices in providing a simple and convenient local point for such programs, and to submit a report to the President and the Congress on this evaluation not later than 5 years from the date of enactment of this Act. Provides that the Neighborhood Offices of Child Advocacy established under this Act be distributed throughout various geographic areas of the United States serving persons of various racial, ethnic and economic groups in the United States. Directs that if more than 7 offices are established, at least 1 shall be on an Indian reservation and at least 2 shall be in rural areas. Authorizes the Secretary to make planning grants and assist through technical advice any public or nonprofit private agency and organization which desires to establish a Neighborhood Office of Child Advocacy. Outlines the duties and functions of the Neighborhood Offices of Child Advocacy, including to: (1) provide assessment of needs of children who reside in the neighborhood; (2) publicize its services to all who reside in the neighborhood; (3) provide conseling to any family with children residing within the neighborhood; (4) provide to any such family referral purchasing services; (5) collect data and maintain current records of all its activities and services; and (6) provide training services. Requires that services by a Neighborhood Office be provided through contract, purc… | 2025-09-03T12:43:55Z | |
| 93-hjres-365 | 93 | hjres | 365 | Joint resolution relating to sudden infant death syndrome. | Families | 1973-02-21 | 1973-02-21 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20] | TX | D | G000272 | 0 | Directs the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to designate the search for a cause and prevention of sudden infant death syndrome as one of the top priorities in intramural research efforts and in the awarding of research and research training grants and fellowships; and to encourage researchers to submit proposals for investigations of sudden infant death syndrome. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall develop, publish, and distribute literature to be used in educating and counseling coroners, medical examiners, nurses, social workers, and similar personnel, and parents, future parents, and families whose children die, to the nature of sudden infant death syndrome and to the needs of families affected by it. | 2024-08-01T18:27:29Z | |
| 93-hjres-341 | 93 | hjres | 341 | Joint resolution relating to sudden infant death syndrome. | Families | 1973-02-08 | 1973-02-08 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Patten, Edward J. [D-NJ-15] | NJ | D | P000106 | 0 | Directs the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to designate the search for a cause and prevention of sudden infant death syndrome as one of the top priorities in intramural research efforts and in the awarding of research and research training grants and fellowships; and to encourage researchers to submit proposals for investigations of sudden infant death syndrome. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall develop, publish, and distribute literature to be used in educating and counseling coroners, medical examiners, nurses, social workers, and similar personnel, and parents, future parents, and families whose children die, to the nature of sudden infant death syndrome and to the needs of families affected by it. | 2024-08-01T18:27:29Z | |
| 93-s-550 | 93 | s | 550 | Comprehensive Child Nutrition Act | Families | 1973-01-23 | 1973-01-23 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Percy, Charles H. [R-IL] | IL | R | P000222 | 4 | Comprehensive Child Nutrition Act - Declares it to be the policy of Congress that every child in the United States be provided an adequate nutritional diet throughout the entire year, that such diet be provided under comprehensive child nutrition programs carried out by the Nation's schools, child development institutions, and other agencies and organizations concerned with the development of children, and that special emphasis under such programs be given to economically disadvantaged children. Provides that funds appropriate under this Act may be used for planning and developing, and surveying child nutrition programs. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, for each fiscal year, to be disbursed to each State, and amount equal to a sum determined by: (1) multiplying 10 cents by the number of children residing in each State, and multiplying the product thereof by 160; and (2) multiplying 50 cents by the number of children residing in each State who are members of households whose annual incomes are not above the applicable family size income level set forth in the income eligibility guidelines, and multiplying the product thereof by 160. Authorizes the Secretary to disburse such funds directly to nonprofit private schools when such disbursements are prohibited by State law. Provides that meals, snacks, and milk provided in child nutrition programs under this Act shall be served without cost to any child who is a member of a household which has an annual income not above the applicable household size income level set forth in the income eligibility guidelines established by the Secretary. Provides that each child nutrition program shall utilize commodities designated from time to time by the Secretary as being in abundance nationally or in the program area. Provides that each State educational agency shall, not later than April 1 of each fiscal year, submit to the Secretary, for approval by him as a prerequisite to receipt of Federal funds for the next fiscal year, a Stat… | 2025-09-03T12:51:15Z | |
| 93-hr-2377 | 93 | hr | 2377 | Comprehensive Child Development Act | Families | 1973-01-18 | 1973-01-18 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Price, Melvin [D-IL-23] | IL | D | P000522 | 0 | Comprehensive Child Development Act - States the finding of Congress that: (1) millions of children are suffering from lack of child development services; (2) comprehensive child development programs should be available to all children; (3) priority be given to preschool children with greatest economic and social needs; (4) no mother may be forced to work in order for children to receive services; and (5) such programs should be undertaken as a partnership of parents, community, and local government. States it to be the purpose of this Act to establish and expand comprehensive child development programs, building on the Headstart experience, with emphasis on economically disadvantaged and including children of working mothers and single parents, involving parents and community groups in the decision-making process, and establishing the legislative framework for eventual universally available child development programs. Title I: Comprehensive Child Development Programs: Direction to Establish Program - Authorizes the Secretary of HEW to direct programs under this title. Lists activities for which funds can be provided, including: planning and development of programs; establishing, maintaining, and operating comprehensive programs with a broad range of activities; design, acquisition, construction, alteration, renovation or remodeling of facilities including mobile facilities; training programs for professionals, paraprofessionals, parents, older family members and prospective parents; public information activities; child advocate staff; and administrative expenses. Authorizes any State, city, county, combination of units of local government, or federally recognized Indian reservation to serve as prime sponsors. Permits the Secretary to designate such prime sponsor upon receipt of an application which: (1) establishes a Child Development Council to plan, conduct, coordinate, and monitor programs; (2) establishes Local Policy Councils elected by parents of eligible children to serve appropriate subdivisi… | 2025-09-03T12:42:47Z | |
| 93-hr-1973 | 93 | hr | 1973 | Children's Allowances Act | Families | 1973-01-15 | 1973-01-15 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Abzug, Bella S. [D-NY-20] | NY | D | A000018 | 0 | Children's Allowances Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to spread the burden of the cost of child care equitably among the people and relieve the need among the people and relieve the need among poor families with children. Authorizes to be appropriated for each fiscal year a sum sufficient to carry out the provisions of this title. Entitles every child in the United States who is less than six years of age on the date of the enactment of this new title XX (Children's Allowances) of the Social Security Act to a children's allowance of $50 a month. States that the allowance shall be payable by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to the child's parent or caretaker while the child is in his care. Stipulates, that after the expiration of one year from the date of the enactment of this Act, every child in the United States who is less than eight years of age shall be entitled to a children's allowance. Provides that upon the expiration of each additional year thereafter, the age of entitlement shall be raised by two additional years until every child in the United States who is less than eighteen years of age is entitled to a children's allowance. Provides that allowance payments under this Act shall continue through the month preceding the earliest of the following months: (1) the month in which the child attains the age of eighteen; or (2) the earliest month in which the child marries, or becomes entitled to receive a payment on behalf of his own child; or (3) the month in which the child dies. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Provides that payments received under this Act shall not be considered as income or resources for determining benefits, aid, or assistance in any form under a Federal program, or a State or local program financed in whole or in part with Federal funds, which conditions such eligibility to any extent upon income or resources of such individual, family, or household. Disallows … | 2025-09-03T12:42:36Z | |
| 93-hr-1730 | 93 | hr | 1730 | A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to increase the amount of Federal reimbursement to States under the aid to families with dependent children program for the cost of locating and securing support from parents who have deserted or abandoned their children receiving aid under such program, and to provide that the State welfare agencies may utilize the services of private collection agencies and similar organizations and entities in locating such parents and securing support for such children. | Families | 1973-01-11 | 1973-01-11 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Davis, Glenn R. [R-WI-9] | WI | R | D000102 | 0 | Increases the amount of Federal reimbursement to States under title IV (Grants to States for Aid and Services to Needy Families With Children) of the Social Security Act for the cost of locating and securing support from parents who have deserted or abandoned their children receiving aid under such program, to 75 percent of the State's expenditures. Provides that the State welfare agencies may utilize the services of private collection agencies and similar organizations and entities in locating such parents and securing support for such children. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 603(a)(3)(A)) | 2024-08-01T18:29:02Z | |
| 93-hr-1424 | 93 | hr | 1424 | Child Nutrition Act | Families | 1973-01-06 | 1973-01-06 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Talcott, Burt L. [R-CA-12] | CA | R | T000022 | 0 | Child Nutrition Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and administer in cooperation with State educational agencies a universal food service and nutrition education program for children in high school grades and under and in service institutions conducting programs for the benefit of all children. Provides that meals and supplemental food services provided by schools and service institutions shall meet nutritional standards prescribed by the Secretary. Requires food service programs operated under this Act to be operated on a nonprofit basis and each participating school and service institution shall offer at least one meal per day without charge to all children in attendance. States that State agencies shall determine the eligibility of applicant schools and service institutions and shall establish controls to insure effective use of funds. Provides that each school or service institution shall utilize in its program food donated by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to utilize not to exceed $200,000,000 of certain available funds for the purchase and distribution of especially nutritious agricultural commodities to assist the food service program in meeting the nutritional requirements under this Act. Provides that the apportionment of funds to each State shall be based on two factors: (1) the number of children in average daily attendance during the preceding year in schools and service institutions eligible under this Act and (2) the rate of Federal assistance per child per year and the rate of such assistance shall be $90 per child for all States. Requires State and local matching funds in the following percentages: for the first and second fiscal years of operations under this Act, expenditures from State revenues within the State shall constitute at least 10 percent of total operating costs of the program; for the third fiscal year, the State share shall be increased to 12 percent of operating costs; and shall be increased by 2 percent every second year thereafter to reach a… | 2025-09-03T12:42:23Z | |
| 93-s-34 | 93 | s | 34 | Autistic Children Research Act | Families | 1973-01-04 | 1973-01-04 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] | SC | D | H000725 | 4 | Autistic Children Research Act - Directs the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to: (1) plan and develop a coordinated autism research program encompassing the programs of the National Institutes of Health and related programs of other research institutes, and other Federal and non-Federal programs; (2) collect, analyze and disseminate all data useful in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of autism; and (3) establish comprehensive, coordinated, diagnostic, and evaluation procedures that provide for early detection and effective guidance for autistic children. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants and loans to public or private nonprofit entities operating or proposing to operate residential centers with education programs for autistic children. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $5,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter through fiscal year 1978 for the purpose of making such loans and grants. Defines the term "autistic" to mean severe disorders of communication and behavior, including various child psychoses. | 2025-09-03T12:51:02Z | |
| 93-hjres-8 | 93 | hjres | 8 | Joint resolution relating to sudden infant death syndrome. | Families | 1973-01-03 | 1973-01-03 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Bingham, Jonathan B. [D-NY-22] | NY | D | B000472 | 0 | Directs the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to designate the search for a cause and prevention of sudden infant death syndrome as one of the top priorities in intramural research efforts and in the awarding of research and research training grants and fellowships; and to encourage researchers to submit proposals for investigations of sudden infant death syndrome. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall develop, publish, and distribute literature to be used in educating and counseling coroners, medical examiners, nurses, social workers, and similar personnel, and parents, future parents, and families whose children die, to the nature of sudden infant death syndrome and to the needs of families affected by it. | 2024-08-01T18:27:17Z | |
| 93-hr-578 | 93 | hr | 578 | Comprehensive Child Development Act | Families | 1973-01-03 | 1973-01-03 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Green, William J. [D-PA-3] | PA | D | G000420 | 0 | Comprehensive Child Development Act - States the finding of Congress that: (1) millions of children are suffering from lack of child development services; (2) comprehensive child development programs should be available to all children; (3) priority be given to preschool children with greatest economic and social needs; (4) no mother may be forced to work in order for children to receive services; and (5) such programs should be undertaken as a partnership of parents, community, and local government. States it to be the purpose of this Act to establish and expand comprehensive child development programs, building on the Headstart experience, with emphasis on economically disadvantaged and including children of working mothers and single parents, involving parents and community groups in the decision-making process, and establishing the legislative framework for eventual universally available child development programs. Title I: Comprehensive Child Development Programs; Direction to Establish Program - Authorizes the Secretary of HEW to direct programs under this title. Lists activities for which funds can be provided, including: planning and development of programs; establishing, maintaining, and operating comprehensive programs with a broad range of activities; design, acquisition, construction, alteration, renovation or remodeling of facilities including mobile facilities; training programs for professionals, paraprofessionals, parents, older family members and prospective parents; public information activities; child advocate staff; and administrative expenses. Authorizes any State, city, county, combination of units of local government, or federally recognized Indian reservation to serve as prime sponsors. Permits the Secretary to designate such prime sponsor upon receipt of an application which: (1) establishes a Child Development Council to plan, conduct, coordinate, and monitor programs; (2) establishes Local Policy Councils elected by parents of eligible children to serve appropriate subdivisions wit… | 2025-09-03T12:42:03Z | |
| 93-hr-867 | 93 | hr | 867 | National Child Abuse Act | Families | 1973-01-03 | 1973-01-03 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Murphy, John M. [D-NY-17] | NY | D | M001098 | 0 | National Child Abuse Act - Provides for the protection of children under 16 years of age who have had physical injury inflicted upon them, or who are further threatened with physical injury by the conduct of those responsible for their care and protection. Requires any doctor, schoolteacher, social worker, or welfare worker who finds or has reason to suspect that physical injury to a child (by guardians) has occurred to submit a full report to the appropriate police or judicial authorizies. Makes it a misdemeanor for such persons if they fail to report, and grants immunity to any such person who files a report in good faith. Directs the authority to which the report was filed to take the appropriate police and judicial action necessary to protect the child. Provides for removal of the child from the home if, in the investigation, it is determined that either or both parents are drug addicts. Provides that all payments or assistance under the Social Security Act shall be discontinued if either or both of the parents are guilty of child abuse or drug addictions, and that such assistance shall be made instead to an appropriate foster parent, foster home, or welfare agency to be used for the benefit of the child. Establishes a system whereby the Secretary of HEW shall issue a social security account number for every child in the United States (immediately after birth) in order to establish and place in operation an effective national child-identification system. | 2025-09-03T12:42:10Z |
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