US HB380 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress

US Congress House Bill 380 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-03-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Infant Abandonment Prevention Act of 2009 - Directs the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to establish the Task Force on Infant Abandonment to: (1) collect information and maintain a database on incidents of child abandonment, including information on demographics, circumstances, outcomes, and trends; and (2) submit annual reports and recommendations to Congress.

Title

Infant Abandonment Prevention Act of 2009

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-16		Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2009-01-09		Referred to House Education and Labor
2009-01-09		Referred to House Judiciary
2009-01-09		Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.