# 119-hr-8547: 'Directly Impacted Child Rehab and Safety Act 119-hr-8547, 'Directly Impacted Child Rehab and Safety Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-04). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8547 - As of: 2026-11-04 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-8547 - Congress: 119 - Title: 'Directly Impacted Child Rehab and Safety Act - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2026-04-28 - Sponsor: Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA) - Cosponsors: 8 - Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-11-04 ## Summary **Would raise the federal juvenile age to treat more teens as juveniles.** It would also narrow when young people can face federal murder charges, require new Bureau of Justice Statistics reporting, and create grant support for better child welfare and juvenile justice collaboration. - Youth and families: The bill would redefine a juvenile to start at age 12 and raise the usual transfer threshold from age 15 to 16, with limited exceptions for violent or firearm offenses that can be treated as if the youth were 13. It would also limit federal murder liability for people under 18 to two narrow situations: intentionally causing death or aiding with intent to kill. - Data and oversight: The Bureau of Justice Statistics would be required to do a comprehensive review within one year and then report annually. Reports must include adjudication, transfer, conviction details, demographic breakdowns, custody status, and special reporting for cases where custody is more than 100 miles from the adjudication or conviction jurisdiction. - States, Tribal governments, and providers: The bill would add a competitive grant program under the Social Security Act to improve cross-system collaboration for age-excluded youth, survivors of commercial sexual exploitation, dual-status youth, and cross-over youth. Grants would run 2 to 5 years plus up to 2 years extension, require data-sharing plans and leadership structures, and explicitly include Tribal entities as eligible State-equivalent agencies. ## Cosponsors (8) - Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - Limit murder liability for minors: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would limit when a person under 18 can be charged with murder. A person under 18 would be guilty of murder only if they intentionally or knowingly caused the death, or if they were not the killer but helped the killer knowing and intending the victim would die. If murder liabil… - Annual federal juvenile data reports: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would make the Bureau of Justice Statistics publish a full report within one year and every year after. The report would list counts of adjudications, transfers, and convictions for people under 18 in federal cases. It would show ages at offense and disposition, race and disabi… - Grants to improve child welfare help: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would create competitive grants for state child welfare and juvenile justice agencies to work together. Grants would target kids excluded by age, survivors of commercial sexual exploitation, dual‑status youth, and crossover youth. Grants would run 2 to 5 fiscal years, with up t… - New rules for juvenile transfers: mixed, high. If enacted, the bill would change who can be moved from juvenile court to federal court. General age references would rise from 15 to 16. For certain violent crimes or when a firearm was possessed, the statute would treat the age reference as 13. The bill would require transfer to federal court for… - New juvenile age and placement rules: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would define a 'juvenile' as a person who is at least 12 and under 18. That change decides who is handled as a juvenile in federal law. The bill would also update placement language to add "correctional institution, or prison" as a possible placement and make small pronoun fixe… ## Related bills - 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026 - 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act - 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act - 119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act - 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026 - 119-hr-5361: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2025 ## Sources - [119-hr-8547 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8547) ## Related - [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877) - [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977) - [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973) - [119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3069) - [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853) - [119-hr-5361: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5361) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8547 (as of 2026-11-04).