Riya Wilson Act - Amends title IV (Grants to States for Aid and Services to Needy Families with Children and for Child-Welfare Services) of the Social Security Act to require an approved state plan that is required in order to be eligible for federal payments for foster care and adoption assistance to provide that such state has in effect procedures that require the state child welfare agency to promptly report information on missing or abducted children to law enforcement authorities for entry into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database.
Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require a state reporting a missing child under the age of 21 to the NCIC to: (1) require the state law enforcement agency that entered the report to include a recent photograph in information updating a record, and (2) notify the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children of each report received relating to a child reported missing from a foster care family home or childcare institution.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3741 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3741
To require State child welfare agencies to promptly report information
on missing or abducted children to law enforcement authorities, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 20, 2011
Ms. Wilson of Florida (for herself, Ms. Bass of California, Ms. Brown
of Florida, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Cardoza, Mr.
Carney, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mrs. Christensen,
Ms. Chu, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Clarke of Michigan, Ms. Clarke of New York,
Mr. Clay, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Mr.
Conyers, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. DeFazio,
Ms. DeGette, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Ellison, Mr.
Fattah, Mr. Filner, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Al Green of Texas,
Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Grimm, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Hahn, Ms. Hanabusa, Mr.
Hastings of Florida, Mr. Higgins, Ms. Hochul, Mr. Holt, Mr. Honda, Mr.
Hoyer, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, Ms. Eddie
Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Keating, Mr. Kildee, Mr.
Kucinich, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Lee of
California, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Meeks,
Ms. Moore, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Payne, Mr. Polis,
Mr. Posey, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Richardson, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Rivera, Ms.
Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Rush, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr.
David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr.
Towns, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Waters, Mr. Watt, Mr. Welch, Mr.
West, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Sires, Mr.
Peters, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mrs. Napolitano, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Cooper, Mr.
McGovern, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Pierluisi, Ms.
Pingree of Maine, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mrs. McCarthy of
New York, Mr. Barletta, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Ms. Speier,
Mr. Clyburn, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Israel, Mr.
Lipinski, Mr. Miller of North Carolina, and Mr. Serrano) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means,
and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
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A BILL
To require State child welfare agencies to promptly report information
on missing or abducted children to law enforcement authorities, 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 ``Rilya Wilson Act''.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT THAT STATE CHILD WELFARE AGENCIES REPORT
INFORMATION ON MISSING OR ABDUCTED CHILDREN TO THE
NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER.
(a) State Plan Requirement.--Section 471(a) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (32), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (33), by striking the period and inserting
``; and''; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (33) the following:
``(34) provides that the State has in effect procedures
that require the State agency to promptly report information on
missing or abducted children to law enforcement authorities for
entry into the National Crime Information Center database.''.
(b) Regulations.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
promulgate regulations to implement section 471(a)(34) of the Social
Security Act, as added by subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, without
regard to whether the regulations required by subsection (b) have been
promulgated.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL CHILD SEARCH ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1990.
Paragraph (4) of section 3702 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 5780) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking
``(2)'' and inserting ``(3)'';
(2) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``, and a recent
photograph'' after ``dental records'';
(3) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' after the
semicolon;
(4) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D);
and
(5) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
``(C) notify the National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children of each report received relating to
a child reported missing from a foster care family home
or childcare institution; and''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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