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title: "34 U.S.C. § 20322"
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title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
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chapter_name: "VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE"
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# 34 U.S.C. § 20322 - Purpose
## Text
The purpose of this subchapter is to ensure that by January 1, 2015, a court-appointed special advocate shall be available to every victim of child abuse or neglect in the United States that needs such an advocate.
(Pub. L. 101647, title II, § 216, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4794; Pub. L. 103322, title IV, § 40156(a)(2), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1923; Pub. L. 109162, title I, § 112(b), Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 2986; Pub. L. 1134, title I, § 106(1), Mar. 7, 2013, 127 Stat. 77.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 13012 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Amendments2013—Pub. L. 1134 substituted “January 1, 2015” for “January 1, 2010”. 2006—Pub. L. 109162 substituted “January 1, 2010” for “January 1, 1995”. 1994—Pub. L. 103322 made technical amendment to reference to this subchapter to correct reference to corresponding provision of original act.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2013 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 1134 not effective until the beginning of the fiscal year following Mar. 7, 2013, see section 4 of Pub. L. 1134, set out as a note under section 2261 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.