,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hfch  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bj1        
#bjbj,ms4 ,moore 7for herself and ,mr4  
,taylor7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,education and ,labor  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
direct the ,secretary of ,health and    
,human ,services to conduct a study on  
the effect of ,state laws on child      
marriages and forced marriages1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,status of     
,child ,marriages in the ,united ,states
 ,act of #bjbj4  #b4 ,study and report  
on child and forced marriages  7a7      
,study ,the ,secretary of ,health and   
,human ,services 7in this ,act referred 
to as the ,secretary7 shall conduct a   
study on the effect of ,state laws on   
child marriages and forced marriages4   
,such study shall include an evaluation 
of the following3 7#a7 ,state laws with 
respect to the minimum age required to  
receive a marriage license and          

exceptions to such minimum age          
requirement1 including in the cases of  
parental consent1 judicial approval1    
emancipation1 and pregnancy4  7#b7 ,the 
effect of legislative reforms on-- 7,a7 
,state laws described in paragraph 7#a72
 and  7,b7 the number of child marriages
 in-- 7i7 each ,state that has enacted  
exceptions to such minimum age          
requirement2 and  7ii7 ,states that are 
adjacent to a ,state described in clause
 7i74  7#c7 ,the difficulty of obtaining
 data from each ,state with respect to  
child marriages4  7#d7 ,the extent to   
which exceptions to the minimum age     
requirement increase the number of child
 marriages that also qualify as a forced
 marriage4  7#e7 ,the extent to which   
child marriage leads to-- 7,a7 domestic 
violence2  7,b7 dating violence2  7,c7  
sexual assault2 and  7,d7 sex           
trafficking4  7b7 ,report ,not later    
than #b year after the date of enactment
 of this ,act1 the ,secretary shall     
complete the study under subsection 7a7 

and submit to the ,committee on ,energy 
and ,commerce of the ,house of          
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,health1 ,education1 ,labor1 and        
,pensions of the ,senate a report       
containing the findings of the study1   
including information that is           
disaggregated by age and gender4  7c7   
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,state ,the term ,state means each of   
the several ,states1 the ,district of   
,columbia1 each commonwealth1 territory1
 or possession of the ,united ,states1  
and each federally recognized ,indian   
,tribe4  7#b7 ,child marriage ,the term 
child marriage means a marriage in which
 a party to the marriage has not        
attained the age of #ah at the time of  
the marriage4  7#c7 ,forced marriage    
,the term forced marriage means a       
marriage that takes place without the   
full and free consent of one or both    
parties and typically involves force1   
fraud1 or coercion4