Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center Act

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)

A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center Act - Directs the Attorney General, acting through the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, to make annual grants to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center to: (1) assist federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to promote the quick recovery of a missing child by using rapid alert telephone calls, text messaging, and satellite mapping technology; (2) maintain and expand technological assistance; (3) establish and maintain regional centers to provide training and information to law enforcement agencies; and (4) share information with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the AMBER Alert Coordinator, and appropriate law enforcement agencies and assist such entities with education programs.

Defines "missing child" as an individual whose whereabouts are unknown to a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2014.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5464 Introduced in House (IH)]







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.


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                    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

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                                 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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