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§12372 Authority of President and Secretary; Final Report

Title 42 › CHAPTER 127 — COORDINATED SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES › SUBCHAPTER II — WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES › § 12372

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President must call a White House Conference on Children, Youth, and Families in 1993. The Secretary will run the planning and work with the Commissioner and other federal agency heads as needed. Those agencies can help, including by sending staff. The Conference must raise public awareness, look at how young people are doing and the problems they face, find where needs are not met and why, and make clear recommendations for executive and legislative action. It must include government reps (including the Government Accountability Office), child- and family-service professionals, and members of the public, especially youth. Delegates must be chosen regardless of political party and, as much as possible, reflect a wide range of views.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §12372

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(a)Calling of Conference
The President shall call a White House Conference on Children, Youth, and Families in 1993 in order to develop recommendations for further action in the field of children, youth, and families which will further the policy set forth in section 12371(b) of this title. The Conference shall be planned and conducted under the direction of the Secretary in cooperation with the Commissioner and with the heads of such other Federal departments and agencies as are appropriate. Such assistance may include the assignment of personnel.
(b)Purposes of Conference
The purposes of the Conference shall be—
(1)to increase the public awareness of the value and needs of young individuals;
(2)to examine the well-being of young individuals as well as the problems which they face;
(3)to describe the extent to which young individuals with identified needs do not receive services to meet such needs;
(4)to determine the reasons why young individuals are not receiving needed services; and
(5)to develop such specific and comprehensive recommendations for executive and legislative action as may be appropriate to improve the well-being of youth and their families.
(c)Conference participants and delegates
(1)Participants
In order to carry out the purposes of the Conference, the Conference shall bring together—
(A)representatives of Federal, State, and local governments, including representatives of the Government Accountability Office;
(B)professionals who are working in the field of children, youth, and families; and
(C)representatives of the general public, particularly young individuals.
(2)Selection of delegates
The delegates to attend the Conference shall be selected without regard to political affiliation or past partisan activity and shall, to the best of the appointing authority’s ability, be representative of the spectrum of thought in the field of children, youth, and families.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Amendments

2004—Subsec. (c)(1)(A). Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1990, see section 1001(a) of Pub. L. 101–501, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1990 Amendment note under section 8621 of this title.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 12372

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110