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42 U.S.C. § 5106g — Definitions
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**(a) Definitions** For purposes of this subchapter—
(1) the term “Alaska Native” has the meaning given the term “Native” in [section 1602 of title 43](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1602&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) the term “infant or toddler with a disability” has the meaning given the term in [section 1432 of title 20](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1432&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) the term “Native Hawaiian” has the meaning given the term in [section 7517 of title 20](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section7517&num=0&edition=prelim);
(4) the term “sexual abuse” includes—
(A) the employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement, or coercion of any child to engage in, or assist any other person to engage in, any sexually explicit conduct or simulation of such conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such conduct; or
(B) the rape, and in cases of caretaker or inter-familial relationships, statutory rape, molestation, prostitution, or other form of sexual exploitation of children, or incest with children; and
(5) the term “withholding of medically indicated treatment” means the failure to respond to the infant’s life-threatening conditions by providing treatment (including appropriate nutrition, hydration, and medication) which, in the treating physician’s or physicians’ reasonable medical judgment, will be most likely to be effective in ameliorating or correcting all such conditions, except that the term does not include the failure to provide treatment (other than appropriate nutrition, hydration, or medication) to an infant when, in the treating physician’s or physicians’ reasonable medical judgment—
(A) the in
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**(a) Definitions** For purposes of this subchapter—
(1) the term “Alaska Native” has the meaning given the term “Native” in [section 1602 of title 43](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1602&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) the term “infant or toddler with a disability” has the meaning given the term in [section 1432 of title 20](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1432&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) the term “Native Hawaiian” has the meaning given the term in [section 7517 of title 20](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section7517&num=0&edition=prelim);
(4) the term “sexual abuse” includes—
(A) the employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement, or coercion of any child to engage in, or assist any other person to engage in, any sexually explicit conduct or simulation of such conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such conduct; or
(B) the rape, and in cases of caretaker or inter-familial relationships, statutory rape, molestation, prostitution, or other form of sexual exploitation of children, or incest with children; and
(5) the term “withholding of medically indicated treatment” means the failure to respond to the infant’s life-threatening conditions by providing treatment (including appropriate nutrition, hydration, and medication) which, in the treating physician’s or physicians’ reasonable medical judgment, will be most likely to be effective in ameliorating or correcting all such conditions, except that the term does not include the failure to provide treatment (other than appropriate nutrition, hydration, or medication) to an infant when, in the treating physician’s or physicians’ reasonable medical judgment—
(A) the infant is chronically and irreversibly comatose;
(B) the provision of such treatment would—
(i) merely prolong dying;
(ii) not be effective in ameliorating or correcting all of the infant’s life-threatening conditions; or
(iii) otherwise be futile in terms of the survival of the infant; or
(C) the provision of such treatment would be virtually futile in terms of the survival of the infant and the treatment itself under such circumstances would be inhumane.
**(b) Special rule**
(1) **In general** — For purposes of section 3(2) 11 See References in Text note below. and subsection (a)(4), a child shall be considered a victim of “child abuse and neglect” and of “sexual abuse” if the child is identified, by a State or local agency employee of the State or locality involved, as being a victim of human trafficking.
(2) **State option** — Notwithstanding the definition of “child” in section 3(1),1 a State may elect to define that term for purposes of the application of paragraph (1) to section 3(2) 1 and subsection (a)(4) as a person who has not attained the age of 24.
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**(a) Establishment** The Secretary of Health and Human Services may establish an office to be known as the Office on Child Abuse and Neglect.
**(b) Purpose** The purpose of the Office established under subsection (a) shall be to execute and coordinate the functions and activities of this subchapter and subchapter III. In the event that such functions and activities are performed by another entity or entities within the Department of Health and Human Services, the Secretary shall ensure that such functions and activities are executed with the necessary expertise and in a fully coordinated manner involving regular intradepartmental and interdepartmental consultation with all agencies involved in child abuse and neglect activities.
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In this chapter:
(1) **Abuse or threatened abuse of law or legal process** — The term “abuse or threatened abuse of the legal process” means the use or threatened use of a law or legal process, whether administrative, civil, or criminal, in any manner or for any purpose for which the law was not designed, in order to exert pressure on another person to cause that person to take some action or refrain from taking some action.
(2) **Appropriate congressional committees** — The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.
(3) **Coercion** — The term “coercion” means—
(A) threats of serious harm to or physical restraint against any person;
(B) any scheme, plan, or pattern intended to cause a person to believe that failure to perform an act would result in serious harm to or physical restraint against any person; or
(C) the abuse or threatened abuse of the legal process.
(4) **Commercial sex act** — The term “commercial sex act” means any sex act on account of which anything of value is given to or received by any person.
(5) **Concrete actions** — The term “concrete actions” means actions that demonstrate increased efforts by the government of a country to meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, including any of the following:
(A) Enforcement actions taken.
(B) Investigations actively underway.
(C) Prosecutions conducted.
(D) Convictions attained.
(E) Training provided.
(F) Programs and partnerships actively underway.
(G) Efforts to prevent severe forms of trafficking, including programs to reduce the vulnerability of particul
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**(a) Agreements** In any case in which a negotiated rulemaking process is established under [section 6571(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6571/b&num=0&edition=prelim), all published proposed regulations shall conform to agreements that result from the rulemaking described in [section 6571 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6571&num=0&edition=prelim) unless the Secretary reopens the negotiated rulemaking process.
**(b) Records** The Secretary shall ensure that an accurate and reliable record of agreements reached during the negotiations process is maintained.
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**(a) Development and operation grants** The Secretary shall make grants to the States, from allotments made under subsection (f) for each State that applies for a grant under this section, for purposes of assisting the States in improving the child protective services system of each such State in—
(1) the intake, assessment, screening, and investigation of reports of child abuse or neglect;
(2)
(A) creating and improving the use of multidisciplinary teams and interagency, intra-agency, interstate, and intrastate protocols to enhance investigations; and
(B) improving legal preparation and representation, including—
(i) procedures for appealing and responding to appeals of substantiated reports of child abuse or neglect; and
(ii) provisions for the appointment of an individual appointed to represent a child in judicial proceedings;
(3) case management, including ongoing case monitoring, and delivery of services and treatment provided to children and their families;
(4) enhancing the general child protective system by developing, improving, and implementing risk and safety assessment tools and protocols, including the use of differential response;
(5) developing and updating systems of technology that support the program and track reports of child abuse and neglect from intake through final disposition and allow interstate and intrastate information exchange;
(6) developing, strengthening, and facilitating training including—
(A) training regarding research-based strategies, including the use of differential response, to promote collaboration with the families;
(B) training regarding the legal duties of such individuals;
(C) personal safety training for case workers; and
(D) training in early childhood, child, and adolescent development;
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For the purposes of this chapter, the term—
**(a)** “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior;
**(b)** “Native” means a citizen of the United States who is a person of one-fourth degree or more Alaska Indian (including Tsimshian Indians not enrolled in the Metlaktla 11 So in original. Probably should be “Metlakatla”. Indian Community) Eskimo, or Aleut blood, or combination thereof. The term includes any Native as so defined either or both of whose adoptive parents are not Natives. It also includes, in the absence of proof of a minimum blood quantum, any citizen of the United States who is regarded as an Alaska Native by the Native village or Native group of which he claims to be a member and whose father or mother is (or, if deceased, was) regarded as Native by any village or group. Any decision of the Secretary regarding eligibility for enrollment shall be final;
**(c)** “Native village” means any tribe, band, clan, group, village, community, or association in Alaska listed in sections 1610 and 1615 of this title, or which meets the requirements of this chapter, and which the Secretary determines was, on the 1970 census enumeration date (as shown by the census or other evidence satisfactory to the Secretary, who shall make findings of fact in each instance), composed of twenty-five or more Natives;
**(d)** “Native group” means any tribe, band, clan, village, community, or village association of Natives in Alaska composed of less than twenty-five Natives, who comprise a majority of the residents of the locality;
**(e)** “Public lands” means all Federal lands and interests therein located in Alaska except: (1) the smallest practicable tract, as determined by the Secretary, enclosing land actually used in connection with the administration of any Federal instal
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In this part:
(1) **Community consultation** — The term “community consultation” means a public gathering—
(A) to discuss Native Hawaiian education concerns; and
(B) about which the public has been given not less than 30 days notice.
(2) **Native Hawaiian** — The term “Native Hawaiian” means any individual who is—
(A) a citizen of the United States; and
(B) a descendant of the aboriginal people who, prior to 1778, occupied and exercised sovereignty in the area that now comprises the State of Hawaii, as evidenced by—
(i) genealogical records;
(ii) Kupuna (elders) or Kamaaina (long-term community residents) verification; or
(iii) certified birth records.
(3) **Native Hawaiian community-based organization** — The term “Native Hawaiian community-based organization” means any organization that is composed primarily of Native Hawaiians from a specific community and that assists in the social, cultural, and educational development of Native Hawaiians in that community.
(4) **Native Hawaiian educational organization** — The term “Native Hawaiian educational organization” means a private nonprofit organization that—
(A) serves the interests of Native Hawaiians;
(B) has Native Hawaiians in substantive and policymaking positions within the organization;
(C) incorporates Native Hawaiian perspective, values, language, culture, and traditions into the core function of the organization;
(D) has demonstrated expertise in the education of Native Hawaiian youth; and
(E) has demonstrated expertise in research and program development.
(5) **Native Hawaiian language** — The term “Native Hawaiian language” means the single Native American language indigenous to the original inhabitants of the State of Hawaii.
(6) **Native Hawaiian organization*
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For purposes of this part:
(1) The terms “enroll” and “enrollment” include attending classes and participating fully in school activities.
(2) The term “homeless children and youths”—
(A) means individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence (within the meaning of [section 11302(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section11302/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim)); and
(B) includes—
(i) children and youths who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; or are abandoned in hospitals;
(ii) children and youths who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings (within the meaning of section 11302(a)(2)(C) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title);
(iii) children and youths who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and
(iv) migratory children (as such term is defined in [section 6399 of title 20](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6399&num=0&edition=prelim)) who qualify as homeless for the purposes of this part because the children are living in circumstances described in clauses (i) through (iii).
(3) The terms “local educational agency” and “State educational agency” have the meanings given such terms in [section 7801 of title 20](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-sec
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 458bbb–2, Pub. L. 93–638, title V, § 503, as added Pub. L. 106–568, title XIII, § 1302, Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 2938, was renumbered section 803 of Pub. L. 93–638 and transferred to [section 458ddd–2 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section458ddd-2&num=0&edition=prelim) prior to editorial reclassification as [section 5423 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5423&num=0&edition=prelim).
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In this subchapter:
(1) **At-risk infant or toddler** — The term “at-risk infant or toddler” means an individual under 3 years of age who would be at risk of experiencing a substantial developmental delay if early intervention services were not provided to the individual.
(2) **Council** — The term “council” means a State interagency coordinating council established under [section 1441 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1441&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Developmental delay** — The term “developmental delay”, when used with respect to an individual residing in a State, has the meaning given such term by the State under [section 1435(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1435/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) **Early intervention services** — The term “early intervention services” means developmental services that—
(A) are provided under public supervision;
(B) are provided at no cost except where Federal or State law provides for a system of payments by families, including a schedule of sliding fees;
(C) are designed to meet the developmental needs of an infant or toddler with a disability, as identified by the individualized family service plan team, in any 1 or more of the following areas:
(i) physical development;
(ii) cognitive development;
(iii) communication development;
(iv) social or emotional development; or
(v) adaptive development;
(D) meet the standards of the State in which the services are provided, including the requirements of this subchapter;
(E) include—
(i) family training, counseling, and home visits;
(ii) special instruction;
(iii) speech-language pathology and audiology services, a
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### Statutory Notes
Section, Pub. L. 93–247, title I, § 103, formerly § 4, Jan. 31, 1974, 88 Stat. 5; Pub. L. 93–644, § 8(d)(2), Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2310; Pub. L. 95–266, title I, § 103, Apr. 24, 1978, 92 Stat. 206; Pub. L. 98–457, title I, §§ 103, 122, 123, Oct. 9, 1984, 98 Stat. 1750, 1752, 1753; Pub. L. 99–401, title I, § 102(a), Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 903; Pub. L. 100–117, § 1, Sept. 28, 1987, 101 Stat. 751; Pub. L. 100–294, title I, § 101, Apr. 25, 1988, 102 Stat. 105; renumbered title I, § 103, Pub. L. 101–126, § 3(a)(1), (2), Oct. 25, 1989, 103 Stat. 764, related to the Inter-Agency Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect.
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