Audrey Nerenberg Act

Audrey Nerenberg Act - Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to include within the definition of "child" under such Act an individual whose mental capacity is less than 18 years of age as determined by an appropriate medical authority.

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5188 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5188

     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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2000

 Mrs. Thurman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 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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