HR 2173 · 105th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement

Child Abuse Notification Act of 1997

Introduced 1997-07-16· Sponsored by Rep. Franks, Bob [R-NJ-7]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.(1998-04-30)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Child Abuse Notification Act of 1997 - Amends: (1) the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require a person engaged in providing an electronic communication service or a remote computing service to the public, who learns of an incident of sexual abuse through an interstate or foreign transaction or through a facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce, to report such incident as soon as possible; and (2) the Federal criminal code to authorize a person or entity to divulge the contents of a communication involved in such an incident to a law enforcement agency.…

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Cosponsors (20)

10 Democrats10 Republicans