To amend section 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and subpart 1 of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States receiving funds under such provisions to have in effect a State law providing for a criminal penalty on an individual who fails to report having knowledge of another individual's commission of a crime of violence or a sex crime against a person under the age of 18.

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Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and title IV (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act to require States receiving funds under such Acts to have in effect a State law providing for a criminal penalty on an individual who, having knowledge of another individual's commission of a crime of violence or a sex crime against a person under age 18, fails to report such crime to an appropriate State authority.

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  Introduced in House · EN · 15 September 1998

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