42 U.S.C. § 5102: Advisory board on child abuse and neglect

The Secretary may appoint an advisory board to make recommendations to the Secretary and to the appropriate committees of Congress concerning specific issues relating to child abuse and neglect. The Secretary shall publish a notice in the Federal Register soliciting nominations for the appointment of members of the advisory board under subsection (a). law (including the judiciary); psychology (including child development); social services (including child protective services); health care providers (including pediatricians); State and local government; organizations providing services to disabled persons; organizations providing services to adolescents; teachers; parent self-help organizations; parents’ groups; voluntary groups; family rights groups; children’s rights advocates; and Indian tribes or tribal organizations. Any vacancy in the membership of the board shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made. The board shall elect a chairperson and vice-chairperson at its first meeting from among the members of the board. recommendations on coordinating Federal, State, tribal, and local child abuse and neglect activities with similar activities at the Federal, State, tribal, and local level pertaining to family violence prevention; specific modifications needed in Federal, State, and tribal laws and programs to reduce the number of unfounded or unsubstantiated reports of child abuse or neglect while enhancing the ability to identify and substantiate legitimate cases of child abuse or neglect which place a child in danger; and recommendations for modifications needed to facilitate coordinated national data collection with respect to child protection and child welfare. Except as provided in subsection (b), the provisions of this part or any amendment made by this part [part B (§§ 121–128) of title I of Pub. L. 98–457 , amending this section and section 5103 of this title and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 5101 and 5103 of this title] shall be effective on the date of the enactment of this Act [ Oct. 9, 1984 ]. Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made by sections 122 and 123(b) of this Act [amending section 5103 of this title ] shall become effective one year after the date of such enactment [ Oct. 9, 1984 ]. In the event that, prior to such effective date, funds have not been appropriated pursuant to section 5 of the Act (as amended by section 104 of this Act) [ section 5104 of this title ] for the purpose of grants under section 4(c)(1) of the Act (as added by section 123(a) of this Act) [ section 5103(c)(1) of this title ], any State which has not met any requirement of section 4(b)(2)(K) of the Act (as added by section 122(3) of this Act) may be granted a waiver of such requirements for a period of not more than one year, if the Secretary finds that such State is making a good-faith effort to comply with such requirements.”