H.R. 380 · 111th Congress
Infant Abandonment Prevention Act of 2009
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Sheila Jackson Lee
- Introduced
- 2009-01-09
- Latest action
- 2009-03-16 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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.