Reporting Accountability and Abuse Prevention Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6972 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6972 To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to require grant recipients to comply with all applicable State and local laws requiring notification or reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, incest, intimate partner violence, or human trafficking, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 7, 2026 Mr. Smucker (for himself, Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Gosar, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Bost, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Rose) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to require grant recipients to comply with all applicable State and local laws requiring notification or reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, incest, intimate partner violence, or human trafficking, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Reporting Accountability and Abuse Prevention Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. COMPLIANCE BY PROJECTS FUNDED UNDER TITLE X WITH STATE AND LOCAL SEXUAL ABUSE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. Title X of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300 et seq.) is amending by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 1009. COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL SEXUAL ABUSE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. ``(a) In General.--As a condition on the award or renewal of a grant under this title for any project or program, the Secretary shall require the grant recipient to comply with all applicable State and local laws requir