107th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4162
To amend the Missing Children's Assistance Act to extend the applicability
of such Act to individuals determined to have a mental capacity less than
18 years of age.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 10, 2002
Mrs. THURMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Education and the Workforce
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 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 `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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