A bill to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to maintain and expand a program on child sexual abuse prevention.

Angela D. Alsobrooks

Democrat · MD · Senator

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• Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)Original· 2026-06-24

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

2026-06-24

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The CDC would be required to keep running and grow its programs that work to prevent child sexual abuse, including education and training efforts. This would affect children, parents, schools, and healthcare providers who rely on the CDC's resources and guidance for recognizing and preventing abuse. The bill aims to ensure the agency continues investing in research and public awareness about child sexual abuse prevention strategies.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4888 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4888 To require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to maintain and expand a program on child sexual abuse prevention. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 24, 2026 Ms. Alsobrooks (for herself and Ms. Murkowski) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to maintain and expand a program on child sexual abuse prevention. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Risk and Exploitation through Validated Education and Network-based Training Act'' or the ``PREVENT Act''. SEC. 2. PROGRAM ON CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION. Title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 317V of such Act (42 U.S.C. 247b- 24) the following: ``SEC. 317W. PROGRAM ON CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION. ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall maintain and expand a program on child sexual abuse prevention. ``(b) Program Components.--The program under subsection (a) shall-- ``(1) identify gaps in research and practice that are important to address in the efforts of the Federal Government to promote primary prevention of child sexual abuse; and ``(2) address such gaps and improve such research and practice, including by-- ``(A) improving surveillance systems and data collection for monitoring child sexual abuse, including technology-facilitated child sexual abuse; ``(B) increasing understanding of risk and protective factors for child sexual abuse perpetration and victimization; ``(C) strengthening existing, and developing new, evidence-based policies, programs, and practices for the primary prevention of child sexual abuse; ``(D) increasing dissemination and implementation of evidence-based strategies for child sexual abuse prevention; and ``(E) increasing understanding of the rise in technology-facilitated child sexual abuse and development of evidence-based strategies to address such abuse. ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031.''. <all>

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