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[Senate Report 115-200]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

115th Congress }                                           { Report
                                 SENATE
 2d Session    }                                           { 115-200

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                     KEVIN AND AVONTE'S LAW OF 2017

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                January 18, 2018.--Ordered to be printed

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   Mr. Grassley, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                         [To accompany S. 2070]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the 
bill (S. 2070) to amend the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994, to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's 
Disease Patient Alert Program, and to promote initiatives that 
will reduce the risk of injury and death relating to the 
wandering characteristics of some children with autism, having 
considered the same, reports favorably thereon, with an 
amendment, and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass.

                                CONTENTS

                                                                   Page
  I. Background and Purpose of Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2017.........1
 II. History of the Bill and Committee Consideration..................3
III. Section-by-Section Summary of the Bill...........................3
 IV. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate........................5
  V. Regulatory Impact Evaluation.....................................7
 VI. Conclusion.......................................................7
VII. Changes to Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported............7

      I. Background and Purpose of Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2017

    Autism, dementia, and other developmental conditions affect 
too many families in the U.S. Some of these families have 
experienced a loved one wandering away from a supervised 
setting due to their developmental condition. Kevin and 
Avonte's Law of 2017 will strengthen and enhance support for 
the many American families who have loved ones that go missing 
due to autism, Alzheimer's disease, or related conditions. The 
bill extends existing programs designed to assist in locating 
Alzheimer's disease and dementia patients. It also adds new 
support for people with autism.
    Families with developmentally disabled children and aging 
parents must cope on a daily basis with challenges that others 
do not face. Children with autism or seniors with Alzheimer's 
disease may wander away from their caregiver's supervision, 
sometimes with tragic results.\1\ The Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC) identified one in sixty-eight 
children as having autism spectrum disorder (ASD),\2\ and up to 
a third of these children may wander away from a supervised 
setting.\3\ The Alzheimer's Association estimates that as many 
as one in three seniors will die with some form of dementia, 
and 60 percent of those with Alzheimer's or another form of 
dementia will wander.\4\
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    \1\See, e.g., Joseph Guan and Guohua Li, Characteristics of 
unintentional drowning deaths in children with autism spectrum 
disorder, Injury Epidemiology (2017) (citing reports of 23 fatal 
drowning incidents involving 18 boys and 5 girls with ASD in U.S. 
newspapers from January 2000 through May 2017), available at https://
www.researchgate.net/publication/321436452.
    \2\Semi-annual newsletter of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention-funded Study to Explore Early Development (SEED) (Winter 
2015), available at https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/documents/ga-
seed-newsletter-13-508.pdf.
    \3\Catherine E. Rice et al., Reported Wandering Behavior among 
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or Intellectual Disability, 
174, J. Pediatrics 232, 232-239 (2016). See also Catherine Rice, 
``Wandering Among Children with Special Health Care Needs from the 
Pathways Survey,'' NCHS Conference (Aug. 7, 2012), available at  
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ppt/nchs2012/SS-10_RICE.pdf.
    \4\Press Release, Alzheimer's Association, New Alzheimer's 
Association Report Reveals 1 in 3 Seniors Dies With Alzheimer's or 
Another Dementia (March 19, 2013),  https://www.alz.org/national/
documents/facts/www.alz.org/norcal/in_my_community_18411.asp.
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    To help meet the needs of those with Alzheimer's who go 
missing, Congress originally authorized $900,000 annually to 
establish the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert 
program. Kevin and Avonte's Law expands this program, 
authorizing $2 million per year in fiscal years 2018 through 
2022 to cover those with Alzheimer's and other forms of 
dementia as well as those with developmental disabilities. 
Under this legislation, the program will be retitled the 
``Missing Americans Alert Program.''
    Under the legislation, the Department of Justice will award 
discretionary grants to be used for the purchase of tracking 
technology to help the families of children with developmental 
disabilities recover their child in the event of separation 
from parents or caregivers. Grants also can be competitively 
awarded to nonprofits or law enforcement agencies to develop 
training and emergency protocols for school officials and first 
responders; to increase personal safety and survival skills of 
vulnerable individuals; or to operate notification systems for 
alerts and advisories to aid in the recovery of an endangered 
missing individual.
    The bill is named in honor of two young boys from Iowa and 
New York, each diagnosed with autism. Each boy wandered away 
from a supervised setting and drowned. One of the two, nine-
year-old Kevin Curtis Wills, died in 2008 after jumping into 
the Raccoon River near his home town of Jefferson, Iowa. The 
other, fourteen-year-old Avonte Oquendo of Queens, New York, 
drowned in New York's East River in 2014. This bill helps 
provide resources and tools to communities to help ensure that 
fewer families have to endure these heartbreaking experiences.

          II. History of the Bill and Committee Consideration

                      A. INTRODUCTION OF THE BILL

    On November 2, 2017, Senator Chuck Grassley introduced 
Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2017. Senators Klobuchar, Tillis, 
Schumer and Durbin were original cosponsors. Senators Burr, 
Coons, Donnelly, Feinstein, Leahy, and Van Hollen later joined 
as cosponsors of the legislation. The bill was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary.

                       B. COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

    On November 16, 2017, the Committee voted to favorably 
report Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2017, with a manager's 
amendment, to the Senate by voice vote.

              III. Section-by-Section Summary of the Bill

Sec. 1. Short title

    This section provides that the legislation may be cited as 
the ``Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2017.''

      TITLE I--MISSING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE PATIENT ALERT PROGRAM 
                            REAUTHORIZATION

Sec. 101. Short title

    This section provides that this title may be cited as the 
``Missing Americans Alert Program Act of 2016.''

Sec. 102. Reauthorization of the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient 
        Alert Program

    This section adds grant program support for individuals 
with autism and other developmental disabilities to the 
existing Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program. 
These grants may be awarded to State and local law enforcement, 
public safety agencies, or nonprofit agencies to develop and 
operate tracking technology programs for individuals with 
dementia or developmental disabilities. Grants also may be used 
to provide informational resources and other necessary training 
tools for families and guardians of individuals who wander away 
from a supervised setting due to these conditions. The Attorney 
General will solicit grant applications by posting a request on 
the Department of Justice's website. In awarding grants, the 
Attorney General will accord preference to law enforcement or 
public safety agencies that partner with nonprofit 
organizations having a direct link to individuals or families 
of individuals with dementia or developmental disabilities.
    This section authorizes $2 million to be appropriated to 
the program annually from 2018 to 2022. During that period, the 
Inspector General of the Department of Justice periodically 
will conduct audits to avoid waste, fraud, or abuse and ensure 
that the program is implemented effectively. This section also 
specifies the requirements that a nonprofit organization must 
meet to qualify under the grant program, and it imposes 
limitations on conference expenditures. Finally, this section 
calls for the Attorney General to avoid duplication in grant 
awards.

                    TITLE II--EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

Sec. 201. Activities by the National Center for Missing and Exploited 
        Children

    This section adds children with developmental disabilities, 
such as autism, to the grant program for the National Center 
for Missing and Exploited Children.

                     TITLE III--PRIVACY PROTECTIONS

Sec. 301. Definitions

    This section defines terms and phrases used in the Act, 
including ``child,'' ``Indian tribe,'' ``law enforcement 
agency,'' ``state,'' and ``unit of local government.''

Sec. 302. Standards and best practices for use of non-invasive and non-
        permanent tracking devices

    This section calls for the Attorney General to develop, 
within 180 days of enactment of this legislation, best 
practices and procedures for the use of tracking devices 
assigned to individuals under this program. Such tracking 
devices are limited to non-invasive, non-permanent devices that 
do not create an external or internal marker or involve the 
implantation of a device or other trackable items.
    These best practices and procedures will determine who has 
access to the tracking system, ensure that a tracking device is 
the least restrictive option available to help locate the child 
in the event of a crisis, ensure that law enforcement personnel 
receive training on how to detect abuse of those wearing 
tracking devices, protect the civil rights and liberties of 
individuals using tracking devices, and ensure the existence of 
a complaint and investigation process.
    This section includes additional provisions specifically 
designed to safeguard the privacy of those who are assigned 
tracking devices. Specifically, the Attorney General must 
ensure that: (1) any collection, use, and retention of data 
under this program is solely for the purpose of preventing 
injury or death to the person assigned a tracking device; (2) 
any tracking data generated by tracking devices issued under 
this program may not be used by a Federal entity to create a 
database; and (3) continued participation in this program 
remains entirely voluntary for the participants. A guardian or 
parent would make any decisions about whether or not to accept 
a tracking device for their child. (Nothing in this Act would 
require use of tracking technology if a parent or guardian does 
not believe that use of such a device is not necessary or in 
the child's interest.)

TITLE IV--OFFSET BY RESTRICTING DISTRIBUTION OF FREE PRINTED COPIES OF 
                            FEDERAL REGISTER

Sec. 401. Short title

    This section provides that this title may be cited as the 
``Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017.''

Sec. 402. Restrictions on distribution of free printed copies of 
        Federal Register to Members of Congress and Federal employees

    This section prohibits the Director of the Government 
Publishing Office from providing any Member of Congress, or any 
office of the United States, a printed copy of the Federal 
Register without charge, with two exceptions: first, the Member 
or Federal office may request a printed copy of a specific 
issue; and second, the Member or Federal office may request a 
yearly-subscription to printed copies. This section also 
prescribes regulations for the administration of subscriptions 
to the Federal Register.

             IV. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate

    The Committee sets forth, with respect to the bill, S. 
2070, the following estimate and comparison prepared by the 
Director of the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:

                                                  December 5, 2017.
Hon. Chuck Grassley,
Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary,
U.S. Senate, Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
prepared the enclosed cost estimate for S. 2070, the Kevin and 
Avonte's Law of 2017.
    If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Mark 
Grabowicz.
            Sincerely,
                                                Keith Hall,
                                                          Director.
    Enclosure.

S. 2070--Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2017

    Summary: S. 2070 would authorize the appropriation of $2 
million annually over the 2018-2022 period for the Department 
of Justice (DOJ) to make grants to locate missing persons. The 
bill also would limit the distribution of the Federal Register 
throughout the government. CBO estimates that implementing S. 
2070 would have a net cost of $2 million over the 2018-2022 
period, assuming appropriation actions consistent with the 
bill.
    Enacting S. 2070 would not affect direct spending or 
revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
    CBO estimates that enacting S. 2070 would not increase net 
direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four 
consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.
    S. 2070 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 
mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA).
    Estimated cost to the Federal Government: The estimated 
budgetary effects of S. 2070 are shown in the following table. 
The costs of this legislation fall within budget functions 750 
(administration of justice) and 800 (general government).

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                                                                 By fiscal year, in millions of dollars--
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                                                            2018     2019     2020     2021     2022   2018-2022
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                         INCREASES OR DECREASES (-) IN SPENDING SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION
 
DOJ Grants:
    Authorization Level.................................        2        2        2        2        2        10
    Estimated Outlays...................................        *        1        1        2        2         7
Federal Register Distribution:
    Estimated Authorization Level.......................       -1       -1       -1       -1       -1        -5
    Estimated Outlays...................................       -1       -1       -1       -1       -1        -5
    Total Changes:
        Estimated Authorization Level...................        1        1        1        1        1         5
        Estimated Outlays...............................       -1        *        *        1        1         2
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Notes: * = between zero and $500,000; components may not sum to totals because of rounding; DOJ = Department of
  Justice.

    Basis of estimate: For this estimate, CBO assumes that the 
legislation will be enacted around the beginning of 2018.
    S. 2070 would authorize the appropriation of $2 million 
annually over the 2018-2022 period for DOJ to make grants to 
state and local governments and nonprofit organizations for 
programs to locate missing persons with dementia or 
developmental disabilities. Assuming appropriation of the 
authorized amounts and using the historical rate of spending 
for similar activities, CBO estimates that implementing this 
provision of the bill would cost $7 million over the 2018-2022 
period.
    Title IV of S. 2070 would amend federal law to prohibit the 
Government Printing Office (GPO) from furnishing a printed copy 
of the Federal Register without charge to a Member of Congress 
or any employee of the U.S. government unless specifically 
requested. The Federal Register compiles and organizes 
thousands of rules, regulations, executive orders, presidential 
documents, and notices generated by federal departments and 
agencies.
    Using information from the National Archives and Records 
Administration and GPO, CBO estimates that implementing the 
bill would end the distribution of about 1,000 copies of the 
Federal Register that are distributed daily for free. In 
addition around 1,500 copies are produced for agencies, 
depository libraries, and subscribers. The average Federal 
Register has 300 pages and costs $4.50 to produce and 
distribute. CBO estimates that eliminating those free copies of 
the Federal Register would lower costs by $1 million annually.
    Pay-As-You-Go considerations: None.
    Increase in long term direct spending and deficits: CBO 
estimates that enacting S. 2070 would not increase net direct 
spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 
10-year periods beginning in 2028.
    Intergovernmental and private sector impact: S. 2070 
contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as 
defined in UMRA.
    Previous CBO estimates: On August 4, 2017, CBO transmitted 
a cost estimate for H.R. 195, the Federal Register Printing 
Savings Act of 2017, as ordered reported by the Senate 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 
26, 2017. On February 22, 2017, CBO transmitted a cost estimate 
for H.R. 195 as ordered reported by the House Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform on February 14, 2017. The two 
versions of H.R. 195 are identical to title IV of S. 2070, and 
CBO's estimates of the budgetary effects are the same.
    Estimate prepared by: Federal Costs: Mark Grabowicz (for 
DOJ) and Matthew Pickford (for GPO); Mandates: Rachel Austin.
    Estimate approved by: H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Assistant 
Director for Budget Analysis.

                    V. Regulatory Impact Evaluation

    The passage of S. 2070 will require the Department of 
Justice to promulgate regulations governing the administration 
of the grant program. In compliance with rule XXVI of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee finds that no other 
significant regulatory impact will result from the enactment of 
S. 2070.

                             VI. Conclusion

    Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2017, S. 2070, responds to the 
need for tracking technology for individuals with Alzheimer's 
Disease and other forms of dementia as well as developmental 
disabilities such as autism. It would add additional funding of 
$2 million a year to the Missing Alzheimer's Diseases Patient 
Alert Program, now called the Missing Americans Alert Program, 
to plan, design, establish, or operate tracking technology 
programs for individuals and families of individuals who wander 
away from a supervised setting due to their condition. This 
reauthorization measure also seeks to bolster oversight and 
accountability for the grant program.

       VII. Changes to Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported

    In compliance with paragraph 12 of rule XXVI of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate, changes in existing law made by 
S. 2070, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law 
proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new 
matter is printed in italic, and existing law in which no 
change is proposed is shown in roman):

UNITED STATES CODE

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

                                TITLE 42

         CHAPTER 136--VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

Subchapter XI--Protections for the Elderly

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

               SUBCHAPTER XI--PROTECTIONS FOR THE ELDERLY

[Sec. 240001. Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program]
Sec. 240001. Missing Americans Alert Program.

Sec. 14181. MISSING [ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE PATIENT] AMERICAN'S ALERT 
                    PROGRAM

    [(a) Grant.--The Attorney General shall, subject to the 
availability of appropriations, award a grant to an eligible 
organization to assist the organization in paying for the costs 
of planning, designing, establishing, and operating a Missing 
Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program, which shall be a 
locally based, proactive program to protect and locate missing 
patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.]
    (a) Grant Program To Reduce Injury and Death of Missing 
Americans With Dementia and Developmental Disabilities.--
Subject to the availability of appropriations to carry out this 
section, the Attorney General, through the Bureau of Justice 
Assistance and in consultation with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services--
          (1) shall award competitive grants to health care 
        agencies, State and local law enforcement agencies, or 
        public safety agencies and nonprofit organizations to 
        assist such entities in planning, designing, 
        establishing, or operating locally based, proactive 
        programs to prevent wandering and locate missing 
        individuals with forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer's 
        Disease, or developmental disabilities, such as autism, 
        who, due to their condition, wander from safe 
        environments, including programs that--
                  (A) provide prevention and response 
                information, including online training 
                resources, and referrals to families or 
                guardians of such individuals who, due to their 
                condition, wander from a safe environment;
                  (B) provide education and training, including 
                online training resources, to first responders, 
                school personnel, clinicians, and the public in 
                order to--
                          (i) increase the safety and reduce 
                        the incidence of wandering of persons, 
                        who, due to their dementia or 
                        developmental disabilities, may wander 
                        from safe environments
                          (ii) facilitate the rescue and 
                        recovery of individuals who, due to 
                        their dementia or developmental 
                        disabilities, wander from safe 
                        environments; and
                          (iii) recognize and respond to and 
                        appropriately interact with endangered 
                        missing individuals with dementia or 
                        developmental disabilities who, due to 
                        their condition, wander from safe 
                        environments;
                  (C) provide prevention and response training 
                and emergency protocols for school 
                administrators, staff, and families or 
                guardians of individuals with dementia, such as 
                Alzheimer's Disease, or developmental 
                disabilities, such as autism, to help reduce 
                the risk of wandering by such individuals; and
                  (D) develop, operate, or enhance a 
                notification or communications systems for 
                alerts, advisories, or dissemination of other 
                information for the recovery of missing 
                individuals with forms of dementia, such as 
                Alzheimer's Disease, or with developmental 
                disabilities, such as autism; and
          (2) shall award grants to health care agencies, State 
        and local law enforcement agencies, or public safety 
        agencies to assist such agencies in designing, 
        establishing, and operating locative tracking 
        technology programs for individuals with forms of 
        dementia, such as Alzheimer's Disease, or children with 
        developmental disabilities, such as autism, who have 
        wandered from safe environments;
    (b) Application.--To be eligible to receive a competitive 
grant under subsection (a) of this section, an agency or 
organization shall submit an application to the Attorney 
General at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Attorney General may require, including, at 
a minimum, an assurance that the agency or organization will 
obtain and use assistance from private nonprofit organizations 
to support the program. The Attorney General shall periodically 
solicit applications for grants under this section by 
publishing a request for applications in the Federal Register 
and by posting such a request on the website of the Department 
of Justice.
    [(c) Eligible Organization.--The Attorney General shall 
award the grant described in subsection (a) of this section to 
a national voluntary organization that has a direct link to 
patients, and families of patients, with Alzheimer's disease 
and related dementias.
    [(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section--
          [(1) $900,000 for fiscal year 1996;
          [(2) $900,000 for fiscal year 1997; and
          [(3) $900,000 for fiscal year 1998.]
    (c) Preference.--In awarding grants under subsection 
(a)(1), the Attorney General shall give preference to law 
enforcement or public safety agencies that partner with 
nonprofit organizations that appropriately use person-centered 
plans minimizing restrictive interventions and that have a 
direct link to individuals, and families of individuals, with 
forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer's Disease, or 
developmental disabilities, such as autism.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022.
    (e) Grant Accountability.--All grants awarded by the 
Attorney General under this section shall be subject to the 
following accountability provisions:
          (1) Audit requirement.--
                  (A) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term 
                `unresolved audit finding' means a finding in 
                the final audit report of the Inspector General 
                of the Department of Justice that the audited 
                grantee has utilized grant funds for an 
                unauthorized expenditure or otherwise 
                unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved 
                within 12 months from the date when the final 
                audit report is issued.
                  (B) Audits.--Beginning in the first fiscal 
                year beginning after the date of enactment of 
                this subsection, and in each fiscal year there 
                after, the Inspector General of the Department 
                of Justice shall conduct audits of recipients 
                of grants under this section to prevent waste, 
                fraud, and abuse of funds by grantees. The 
                Inspector General shall determine the 
                appropriate number of grantees to be audited 
                each year.
                  (C) Mandatory exclusion.--A recipient of 
                grant funds under this section that is found to 
                have an unresolved audit finding shall not be 
                eligible to receive grant funds under this 
                section during the first 2 fiscal years 
                beginning after the end of the 12-month period 
                described in subparagraph (A).
                  (D) Priority.--In awarding grants under this 
                section, the Attorney General shall give 
                priority to eligible applicants that did not 
                have an unresolved audit finding during the 3 
                fiscal years before submitting an application 
                for a grant under this section.
                  (E) Reimbursement.--If an entity is awarded 
                grant funds under this section during the 2-
                fiscal-year period during which the entity is 
                barred from receiving grants under subparagraph 
                (C), the Attorney General shall--
                          (i) deposit an amount equal to the 
                        amount of the grant funds that were 
                        improperly awarded to the grantee into 
                        the General Fund of the Treasury; and
                          (ii) seek to recoup the costs of the 
                        repayment to the fund from the grant 
                        recipient that was erroneously awarded 
                        grant funds.
          (2) Nonprofit organization requirements.--
                  (A) Definition of nonprofit organization.--
                For purposes of this paragraph and the grant 
                programs under this part, the term nonprofit 
                organization' means an organization that is 
                described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 
                Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from 
                taxation under section 501(a) of such Code.
                  (B) Prohibition.--The Attorney General may 
                not award a grant under this part to a 
                nonprofit organization that holds money in 
                offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding 
                paying the tax described in section 511(a) of 
                the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
                  (C) Disclosure.--Each nonprofit organization 
                that is awarded a grant under this section and 
                uses the procedures prescribed in regulations 
                to create a rebuttable presumption of 
                reasonableness for the compensation of its 
                officers, directors, trustees, and key 
                employees, shall disclose to the Attorney 
                General, in the application for the grant, the 
                process for determining such compensation, 
                including the independent persons involved in 
                reviewing and approving such compensation, the 
                comparability data used, and contemporaneous 
                substantiation of the deliberation and 
                decision. Upon request, the Attorney General 
                shall make the information disclosed under this 
                subparagraph available for public inspection.
          (3) Conference expenditures.--
                  (A) Limitation.--No amounts made available to 
                the Department of Justice under this section 
                may be used by the Attorney General, or by any 
                individual or entity awarded discretionary 
                funds through a cooperative agreement under 
                this section, to host or support any 
                expenditure for conferences that uses more than 
                $20,000 in funds made available by the 
                Department of Justice, unless the head of the 
                relevant agency or department, provides prior 
                written authorization that the funds may be 
                expended to host the conference.
                  (B) Written approval.--Written approval under 
                subparagraph (A) shall include a written 
                estimate of all costs associated with the 
                conference, including the cost of all food, 
                beverages, audio-visual equipment, honoraria 
                for speakers, and entertainment.
                  (C) Report.--The Deputy Attorney General 
                shall submit an annual report to the Committee 
                on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
                Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
                Representatives on all conference expenditures 
                approved under this paragraph.
          (4) Annual certification.--Beginning in the first 
        fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of 
        this subsection, the Attorney General shall submit, to 
        the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on the 
        Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
        House of Representatives, an annual certification--
                  (A) indicating whether--
                          (i) all audits issued by the Office 
                        of the Inspector General under 
                        paragraph (1) have been completed and 
                        reviewed by the appropriate Assistant 
                        Attorney General or Director;
                          (ii) all mandatory exclusions 
                        required under paragraph (1)(C) have 
                        been issued; and
                          (iii) all reimbursements required 
                        under paragraph (1)(E) have been made; 
                        and
                  (B) that includes a list of any grant 
                recipients excluded under paragraph (1) from 
                the previous year.
    (f) Preventing Duplicative Grants.--
          (1) In general.--Before the Attorney General awards a 
        grant to an applicant under this section, the Attorney 
        General shall compare potential grant awards with other 
        grants awarded by the Attorney General to determine if 
        grant awards are or have been awarded for a similar 
        purpose.
          (2) Report.--If the Attorney General awards grants to 
        the same applicant for a similar purpose the Attorney 
        General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 
        of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
        House of Representatives a report that includes--
                  (A) a list of all such grants awarded, 
                including the total dollar amount of any such 
                grants awarded; and
                  (B) the reason the Attorney General awarded 
                multiple grants to the same applicant for a 
                similar purpose.
    (b) Annual Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act and every year thereafter, the 
Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives a report on the Missing 
Americans Alert Program, as amended by subsection (a), which 
shall address--
          (1) the number of individuals who benefitted from the 
        Missing Americans Alert Program, including information 
        such as the number of individuals with reduced unsafe 
        wandering, the number of people who were trained 
        through the program, and the estimated number of people 
        who were impacted by the program;
          (2) the number of State, local, and tribal law 
        enforcement or public safety agencies that applied for 
        funding under the Missing Americans Alert Program;
          (3) the number of State, local, and tribal local law 
        enforcement or public safety agencies that received 
        funding under the Missing Americans Alert Program, 
        including--
                  (A) the number of State, local, and tribal 
                law enforcement or public safety agencies that 
                used such funding for training; and
                  (B) the number of State, local, and tribal 
                law enforcement or public safety agencies that 
                used such funding for designing, establishing, 
                or operating locative tracking technology;
          (4) the companies, including the location (city and 
        State) of the headquarters and local offices of each 
        company, for which their locative tracking technology 
        was used by State, local, and tribal law enforcement or 
        public safety agencies;
          (5) the nonprofit organizations, including the 
        location (city and State) of the headquarters and local 
        offices of each organization, that State, local, and 
        tribal law enforcement or public safety agencies 
        partnered with and the result of each partnership;
          (6) the number of missing children with autism or 
        another developmental disability with wandering 
        tendencies or adults with Alzheimer's being served by 
        the program who went missing and the result of the 
        search for each such individual; and
          (7) any recommendations for improving the Missing 
        Americans Alert Program.

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                                TITLE 42

        CHAPTER 72--JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION

Subchapter IV--Missing Children

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Sec. 5773. Duties and Functions of the Administrator

    (b) Annual Grant to National Center for Missing and 
Exploited Children.--
          (1) In general.--The Administrator shall annually 
        make a grant to the Center, which shall be used to--

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                  (H) Provide technical assistance and training 
                to law enforcement agencies, State and local 
                governments, elements of the criminal justice 
                system, public and private nonprofit agencies, 
                and individuals in the prevention, 
                investigation, prosecution, and treatment of 
                cases involving missing and exploited children, 
                including cases involving children with 
                developmental disabilities such as autism.

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                                TITLE 44

CHAPTER 15--FEDERAL REGISTER AND CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS

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Sec. 1506. Administrative Committee of the Federal Register; 
                    establishment and composition; powers and duties

    (a) [The Administrative Committee]Composition; Duties.--The 
Administrative Committee of the Federal Register shall consist 
of the Archivist of the United States or Acting Archivist, who 
shall be chairman, an officer of the Department of Justice 
designated by the Attorney General, and the Director of the 
Government Publishing Office or Acting Director of the 
Government Publishing Office. The Director of the Federal 
Register shall act as secretary of the committee. The committee 
shall prescribe, with the approval of the President, 
regulations for carrying out this chapter [44 USCS 
Sec. Sec. 1501 et seq.]. The regulations shall provide, among 
other things--
          (1) the manner of certification of copies required to 
        be certified under section 1503 of this title [44 USCS 
        Sec. 1503], which certification may be permitted to be 
        based upon confirmed communications from outside the 
        District of Columbia;
          (2) the documents which shall be authorized under 
        section 1505(b) of this title [44 USCS Sec. 1505(b)] to 
        be published in the Federal Register;
          (3) the manner and form in which the Federal Register 
        shall be printed, reprinted, compiled, indexed, bound, 
        and distributed;
          (4) [the number of copies] subject to subsection (b), 
        the number of copies of the Federal Register, which 
        shall be printed, reprinted, and compiled, the number 
        which shall be distributed without charge to Members of 
        Congress, officers and employees of the United States, 
        or Federal agency, for official use, and the number 
        which shall be available for distribution to the 
        public; and
          (5) the prices to be charged for individual copies 
        of, and subscriptions to, the Federal Register and 
        reprints and bound volumes of it.
    (b) Restrictions on Distribution of Free Printed Copies to 
Members of Congress and Officers and Employees of the United 
States.--
          (1) Prohibiting subscription to printed copies 
        without request.--Under the regulations prescribed to 
        carry out subsection (a)(4), the Director of the 
        Government Publishing Office may not provide a printed 
        copy of the Federal Register without charge to any 
        Member of Congress or any other office of the United 
        States during a year unless--
                  (A) the Member or office requests a printed 
                copy of a specific issue of the Federal 
                Register; or
                  (B) during that year or during the previous 
                year, the Member or office requested a 
                subscription to printed copies of the Federal 
                Register for that year, as described in 
                paragraph (2).
          (2) Administration of subscriptions.--The regulations 
        prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4) shall 
        include--
                  (A) provisions regarding notifications to 
                offices of Members of Congress and other 
                offices of the United States of the 
                restrictions of paragraph (1);
                  (B) provisions describing the process by 
                which Members and other offices may request a 
                specific issue of the Federal Register for 
                purposes of paragraph (1)(A); and
                  (C) provisions describing the process by 
                which Members and other offices may request a 
                subscription to the Federal Register for 
                purposes of paragraph (1)(B), except that such 
                regulations shall limit the period for such a 
                subscription to not longer than 1 year.
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