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WASHINGTON – Responding to local officials in the Hudson Valley who expressed concern about their ability to track child abusers who enter the area from other states, Congresswoman Sue Kelly last year introduced legislation that would establish a federal database of substantiated child abuse or neglect cases for use by state and local law enforcement and child-protective service agencies. ‘I am happy today to report that the Congress has passed the legislation and that the bill now awaits the President’s signature,” said Kelly. “The registry will close a glaring loophole in our current law that allows child abusers to find sanctuary by merely crossing their state’s borders,” Kelly said during the debate on the House floor. “This legislation puts a ‘go-to’ federal resource in place to help local jurisdictions identify and track those with a history of child abuse anywhere in the country.” “The national child abuse register will be a centralized, electronic federal database that collects its information from existing state registers. Now, thanks to this legislation, our state and local child protection services will be able to access this valuable tool to identify those who abuse children,” said Kelly. Numerous child advocacy organizations endorsed the Kelly legislation, including Child Help USA, the National Children’s Alliance and the National Center for Victims of Crime. |
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PO Box 599 Katonah, NY 10536 sue@suekellyforcongress.com