1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Kilah Davenport Child Protection Act of 2013”.
Kilah Davenport Child Protection Act of 2013
A BILL
To prohibit certain grants under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to States that do not provide for certain minimal terms of imprisonment for certain child abusers, and for other purposes.
2. In general
The Secretary of Health and Human Services may not make a grant under section 106 or under title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) to a State until the date on which that State’s laws provide for a criminal punishment including a term of imprisonment of not less than 3,800 days for any individual who—
is a parent or any other individual providing care to or supervision of a child of less than 16 years of age; and
intentionally—
inflicts any serious bodily injury (as such term is defined in section 1365(h)(3) of title 18, United States Code) on that child; or
commits an assault upon that child which results in—
any serious bodily injury (as such term is defined in section 1365(h)(3) of title 18, United States Code) to the child; or
permanent or protracted loss or impairment of any mental or emotional function of the child.
3. Expansion of predicate for increased penalties for certain domestic assaults
Section 117(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting “, or against the child of or in the care of the person committing the domestic assault” after “intimate partner”.