H.R. 4305: Child and Elderly Missing Alert Program

HR 4305 IH

112th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 4305

To authorize the Attorney General to provide a grant to assist Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing individuals.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 29, 2012

Mr. CHABOT (for himself and Mr. DEUTCH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary


A BILL

To authorize the Attorney General to provide a grant to assist Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing individuals.

    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 ‘Child and Elderly Missing Alert Program’.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM TO ASSIST FEDERAL, STATE, TRIBAL, AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE RAPID RECOVERY OF MISSING CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY, AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS.

    Section 1701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) is amended--

      (1) in subsection (b)--

        (A) in paragraph (16), by striking ‘and’ after the semicolon;

        (B) in paragraph (17), by striking the period and inserting ‘; and’; and

        (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

      ‘(18) to permit an eligible nonprofit organization to assist Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children, elderly individuals, and disabled individuals through the use of a rapid telephone and cellular alert call system, in accordance with subsection (l).’; and

      (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:

    ‘(l) Child and Elderly Missing Alerts-

      ‘(1) IN GENERAL- The Attorney General is authorized to award a grant to one eligible nonprofit organization to assist Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children, elderly individuals, and disabled individuals through the use of a rapid telephone and cellular alert call system.

      ‘(2) SPECIFIED USE OF FUNDS- The grant awarded under this subsection shall be used to--

        ‘(A) provide services to Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies, in response to a request from such agencies, to promote the rapid recovery of a missing child, an elderly individual, or a disabled individual by utilizing rapid telephone and cellular alert calls;

        ‘(B) maintain and expand technologies and techniques to ensure the highest level of performance of such services;

        ‘(C) provide both centralized and on-site training, and distribute information, to Federal, State, and local law enforcement agency officials about missing children, elderly individuals, and disabled individuals and use of a rapid telephone and cellular alert call system;

        ‘(D) provide services to Federal, State, tribal, and local Child Abduction Response Teams;

        ‘(E) assist Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies to combat human trafficking through the use of rapid telephone and cellular alert calls;

        ‘(F) share appropriate information on cases with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the AMBER Alert, Silver Alert, and Blue Alert programs, and appropriate Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies; and

        ‘(G) assist appropriate organizations, including Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies, with education and prevention programs related to missing children, elderly individuals, and disabled individuals.

      ‘(3) ELIGIBILITY- To be an eligible nonprofit organization for purposes of the grant under this subsection, a nonprofit organization shall--

        ‘(A) have 5 or more years of experience providing rapid telephone and cellular alert calls on behalf of Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies to find missing children and elderly adults;

        ‘(B) provide documentation of safe recoveries of missing children and elderly individuals assisted by the organization; and

        ‘(C) have the ability to provide services and educational assistance to Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in every State.

      ‘(4) GRANT PERIOD AND RENEWAL- The Attorney General shall determine an appropriate grant period for the grant awarded under this subsection, and such grant may be renewed at the discretion of the Attorney General.

      ‘(5) EVALUATION- The Attorney General shall require the grantee under this subsection to annually submit the results of the monitoring and evaluations required under subsections (a) and (b) of section 1705, and shall publish an annual report regarding such results and the effectiveness of the activities carried out under such grant.

      ‘(6) INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS- The following provisions of this part shall not apply to grants awarded under this subsection:

        ‘(A) Subsection (g) of this section (relating to matching funds).

        ‘(B) Subsection (j) of this section (relating to grants to Indian tribes).

        ‘(C) Section 1703 (relating to renewal of grants).

      ‘(7) DEFINITIONS- In this subsection:

        ‘(A) CHILD- The term ‘child’ means an individual under 21 years of age.

        ‘(B) DISABLED INDIVIDUAL- The term ‘disabled individual’ means--

          ‘(i) an individual with 1 or more disabilities (as defined in section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102)); or

          ‘(ii) an individual who has been diagnosed by a physician or other qualified medical professional with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia.

        ‘(C) ELDERLY INDIVIDUAL- The term ‘elderly individual’ means an individual who is 55 years of age or older.

        ‘(D) MISSING- The term ‘missing’, with respect to a child, an elderly individual, or a disabled individual, means such a child or individual who has been reported missing and whose whereabouts are unknown to Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies.

        ‘(E) RAPID TELEPHONE AND CELLULAR ALERT CALL SYSTEM- The term ‘rapid telephone and cellular alert call system’ means an automated system with the ability to place at least 1,000 telephone and cellular calls in 60 seconds to a specific geographic area determined by law enforcement--

          ‘(i) based on the last known whereabouts of a missing individual; or

          ‘(ii) based on other evidence and determined by such law enforcement agency to be necessary to the search for the missing individual.’.

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