§ 20321. Findings

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1990

   Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990

   Pub. L. 101–647 title II § 215 · 104 Stat. 4789

   Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 20321

   Pub. L. 101–647, title II, § 215, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4794

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 101–647, title II, § 215, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4794

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 215. FINDINGS. The Congress finds that— (1) the National Court-Appointed Special Advocate provides training and technical assistance to a network of 13,000 volunteers in 377 programs operating in 47 States; and (2) in 1988, these volunteers represented 40,000 children, representing approximately 15 percent of the estimated 270,000 cases of child abuse and neglect in juvenile and family courts.

2. 2006

   Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005

   Pub. L. 109–162 title I § 112(a) · 119 Stat. 2960

   1. Added · 34 U.S.C. § 20321(1); 34 U.S.C. § 20321(2)

      Pub. L. 109–162 added pars. (1) and (2)

   2. Struck · 34 U.S.C. § 20321(1); 34 U.S.C. § 20321(2)

      Pub. L. 109–162 struck out former pars. (1) and (2), which read as follows:

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pars. (1), (2). Pub. L. 109–162 added pars. (1) and (2) and struck out former pars. (1) and (2), which read as follows:

   “(1) the National Court-Appointed Special Advocate provides training and technical assistance to a network of 13,000 volunteers in 377 programs operating in 47 States; and “(2) in 1988, these volunteers represented 40,000 children, representing approximately 15 percent of the estimated 270,000 cases of child abuse and neglect in juvenile and family courts.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Findings.— Section 215 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13011) is amended by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following: “(1) Court Appointed Special Advocates, who may serve as guardians ad litem, are trained volunteers appointed by courts to advocate for the best interests of children who are involved in the juvenile and family court system due to abuse or neglect; and “(2) in 2003, Court Appointed Special Advocate volunteers represented 288,000 children, more than 50 percent of the estimated 540,000 children in foster care because of substantiated cases of child abuse or neglect.” .

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision