110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 271
To amend the Missing Children's Assistance Act to extend the applicability
of such Act to individuals determined to have a mental capacity of less
than 18 years of age.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 5, 2007
Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To amend the Missing Children's Assistance Act to extend the applicability
of such Act to individuals determined to have a mental capacity of less
than 18 years of age.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the United States Code `Audrey Nerenberg Act' .
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.
Section 403(1) of the Missing Children's Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5772(1))
is amended by inserting `(or whose mental capacity is less than 18 years
of age as determined by an appropriate medical authority)' after `age'.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act and the amendment made by this Act shall take effect on the 1st
day of the 1st fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
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