HR 5464
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5464
To direct the Attorney General to make an annual grant to the A Child
Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center to assist law enforcement agencies in
the rapid recovery of missing children, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 14, 2008
Mr. KLEIN of Florida (for himself, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. NADLER, Mr. CHABOT,
Mr. WEXLER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. SUTTON, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ,
Ms. GRANGER, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida,
Mr. MAHONEY of Florida, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. MEEK of Florida, and Mr. SCOTT
of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
To direct the Attorney General to make an annual grant to the A Child
Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center to assist law enforcement agencies in
the rapid recovery of missing children, and for other purposes.
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 `A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center
Act'.
SEC. 2. DIRECTING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO MAKE ANNUAL GRANTS TO A CHILD
IS MISSING ALERT AND RECOVERY CENTER TO ASSIST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN
RECOVERING MISSING CHILDREN.
(a) In General- The Attorney General, acting through the Administrator of
the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, shall annually
make a grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center.
(b) Specified Use of Funds for Recovery Activities, Regional Centers, Education,
and Information Sharing- A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center shall
use the funds made available under this Act--
(1) to operate and expand the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center
to provide services to Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies
to promote the quick recovery of a missing child in response to a request
from such agencies for assistance by utilizing rapid alert telephone calls,
text messaging, and satellite mapping technology;
(2) to maintain and expand technologies and techniques to ensure the highest
level of performance of such services;
(3) to establish and maintain regional centers to provide both centralized
and on-site training and to distribute information to Federal, State, and
local law enforcement agency officials about how to best utilize the services
provided by the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center;
(4) to share appropriate information with the National Center for Missing
and Exploited Children, the AMBER Alert Coordinator, and appropriate Federal,
State, and local law enforcement agencies; and
(5) to assist the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the
AMBER Alert Coordinator, and appropriate Federal, State, and local law enforcement
agencies with education programs.
SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF MISSING CHILD.
For purposes of this Act, the term `missing child' means an individual whose
whereabouts are unknown to a Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
For grants under section 2, there are authorized to be appropriated to the
Attorney General $5,000,000 for each fiscal year from fiscal year 2009 through
fiscal year 2014.
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