CDC gets money to study and stop child sexual abuse.
S. 4888 — PREVENT Act · Filed by Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jun 24, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the CDC to run a program that stops child sexual abuse. The program will study what causes abuse and collect facts about it. It will find ways to prevent abuse that happens online. Congress will give the CDC six million dollars each year from 2027 to 2031.
Who it affects
Children and families benefit from this program. The CDC will collect more facts and study ways to stop abuse.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say how the CDC will keep facts about children safe.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Jun 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jun 24, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- program — A plan run by the government to reach a goal.
- prevent — Stop something bad from happening.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,680 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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