Child Abuse Prevention Challenge Grants Reauthorization Act of 1989
Public Law 101-126 · H.R. 2087 · 101st Congress · began in the House
Signed by George H. W. Bush (R) on Oct 25, 1989 · Families
Sponsor: Rep. Major Owens (D-NY-12)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votes
- HouseUnanimous consent
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Child Abuse Prevention Challenge Grants Reauthorization Act of 1989 - Transfers to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act certain provisions of Federal law for challenge grants to encourage States to maintain certain funding mechanisms for programs of child abuse prevention and treatment.
Authorizes appropriations for such challenge grants for FY 1989 through 1991.
Directs the National Clearinghouse for Information Relating to Child Abuse to identify effective programs carried out by the States pursuant to such challenge grant provisions and provide technical assistance to States in implementation of such programs.
Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) study trust funds or other funding mechanisms established by States for such transferred program; and (2) report on such study to the Congress by September 30, 1990.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Education and Workforce Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 21 actions.
- Oct 25, 1989Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 101-126.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Oct 16, 1989PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Oct 11, 1989Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Owens (NY) asked unanimous consent that the House agree to the Senate amendment.
- Sep 20, 1989FloorFloor · Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1455 with an amendment by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
- Sep 15, 1989CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- Aug 2, 1989CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- Jul 12, 1989CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- Jul 11, 1989FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Owens (NY) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jun 27, 1989CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Education and Workforce Committee
- Jun 8, 1989CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Education and Workforce Committee
- May 4, 1989CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee of the House Education and Workforce Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee of the House Education and Workforce Committee
- May 3, 1989CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee of the House Education and Workforce Committee
- Apr 25, 1989CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Education and Workforce Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.