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114TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! SENATE 2d Session 114–397 

KEVIN AND AVONTE’S LAW OF 2016 

DECEMBER 9, 2016.—Ordered to be printed 

Mr. GRASSLEY, from the Committee on the Judiciary, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany S. 2614] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the bill 

(S. 2614) 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, without amendment, and recommends that 

the bill do pass. 

CONTENTS 

Page 

I. Background and Purpose of Kevin and Avonte’s Law ................................ 1 

II. History of the Bill and Committee Consideration ....................................... 3 

III. Section-by-Section Summary of the Bill ...................................................... 4 

IV. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ................................................ 5 

V. Regulatory Impact Evaluation ...................................................................... 6 

VI. Conclusion ...................................................................................................... 6 

VII. Changes to Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ........................... 6 

I. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF KEVIN AND AVONTE’S LAW

Autism, dementia, and other developmental conditions affect numerous families in the United States. Many such families have experienced a loved one wandering away from a supervised setting 

due to these conditions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified one in sixty-eight children as having autism spectrum disorder, and CDC survey data was used in a widely-cited 2016 study that concluded about a third of these children 


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1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Prevalence and Characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Children Aged 8 Years—Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 11 Sites, United States, 2012 (April 1, 2016), http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/ 

65/ss/ss6503al.htm; Bridget Kiely et al., Prevalence and Correlates of Elopement in a Nationally 

Representative Sample of Children with Developmental Disabilities in the United States. PLoS 

ONE 11(2): e0148337 (Feb. 4, 2016), http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/ 

journal.pone.0148337; see also Autism Speaks, Study Finds A Third of Schoolkids With Autism 

Wander from Safety Each Year (Feb. 4, 2016), http://www.autismspeaks.org/science/sciencenews/study-finds-third-schoolkids-autism-wander-safety-each-year. 2Press 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_and_figures_2013_press_release.pdf. 3 42 U.S.C. 14181. 

wander away from a supervised setting in any given year.1 The 

Alzheimer’s Association estimates as many as one in three seniors 

will die with some form of dementia.2 Kevin and Avonte’s Law of 

2016 would 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 a program designed to assist 

in locating Alzheimer’s disease and dementia patients; it also adds 

new support for people with autism or other developmental disabilities. 

Families with developmentally disabled children and aging parents often experience challenges that others do not face on a daily 

basis. It is common for many children with autism or seniors with 

Alzheimer’s disease to wander away from their caregiver’s supervision, sometimes with tragic results. To help meet the needs of 

Alzheimer’s patients who go missing, Congress years ago authorized $900,000 annually to establish the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert program,3 a ‘‘locally based, proactive program to 

protect and locate missing patients with Alzheimer’s disease and 

related dementias.’’ 

Kevin and Avonte’s Law updates and expands this expired pro- gram, authorizing $2 million per year to cover not only those with 

dementia but also those with developmental disabilities. The legislation calls for the Attorney General to award grants to assist eligible applicants in developing and operating locative tracking technology programs. The locative tracking technology would be used 

solely to assist in the recovery of children with developmental disabilities in the event of separation from parents or caregivers. The 

bill also would change the name of the program to the ‘‘Missing 

Americans Alert Program.’’ 

Under this legislation, participation in such a locative tracking 

technology program would remain entirely voluntary. The Committee intends that a guardian or parent, in consultation with that 

child’s health care provider, would make any decisions about 

whether or not to accept a tracking device for their child, and any 

such device should be the least restrictive option available to help 

locate the child in the event of a crisis. (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.) The Committee further intends that tracking devices assigned to children under this program should be limited to noninvasive, non-permanent devices that do not create an external or 

internal marker or involve the implantation of a device or other 

trackable items. 

The bill includes additional provisions designed to safeguard the 

privacy of children who are assigned tracking devices, including a 


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requirement that the Attorney General must develop privacy 

standards and best practices within 120 days after enactment of 

this legislation. In developing such standards and best practices, 

the Attorney General is strongly encouraged to 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 child 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 shall remain entirely voluntary for the participants. 

The legislation also authorizes the Attorney General to award 

competitive grants to State and local law enforcement or public 

safety agencies and nonprofit organizations to ‘‘assist in planning, 

designing, establishing, or operating locally based, proactive programs to prevent wandering and locate missing individuals with 

forms of dementia.’’ Such grants might be used, for example, to develop training and emergency protocols for school officials and first 

responders; to increase personal safety and survival skills of vulnerable children with developmental disabilities and adults with 

dementia; or to operate notification systems for alerts and 

advisories to aid in the recovery of an endangered missing child 

with developmental disabilities or an adult with dementia. 

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, fourteenyear-old Avonte Oquendo of Queens, New York, drowned in New 

York’s East River in 2014. The purpose of the legislation is to equip 

families and communities with additional tools and resources to 

help avoid similar tragedies. 

II. HISTORY OF THE BILL AND COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

A. INTRODUCTION OF THE BILL

On March 1, 2016, Senator Charles Schumer introduced Kevin 

and Avonte’s Law of 2016. Senators Chuck Grassley and Thom 

Tillis were original cosponsors, and Senators Richard Burr, Chris 

Coons, Richard Durbin, Amy Klobuchar, and Bill Nelson later 

joined as cosponsors of the legislation. The bill was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary. 

B. COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

On April 14, 2016, the Committee voted to report Kevin and 

Avonte’s Law of 2016, without amendment, favorably to the Senate. The Committee proceeded by roll call vote as follows: 

Tally: 15 Yeas, 5 Nays 

Yeas (15): Hatch (R–UT), Graham (R–SC), Cornyn (R–TX), Vitter 

(R–LA), Tillis (R–NC), Leahy (D–VT), Feinstein (D–CA), Schumer 

(D–NY), Durbin (D–IL), Whitehouse (D–RI), Klobuchar (D–MN), 

Franken (D–MN), Coons (D–DE), Blumenthal (D–CT), Grassley (R– 

IA). 

Nays (5): Sessions (R–AL), Cruz (R–TX), Flake (R–AZ), Perdue 

(R–GA), Lee (R–UT). 


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III. SECTION-BY-SECTION SUMMARY OF THE BILL

Section 1. Short title 

This section provides that the legislation may be cited as the 

‘‘Kevin and Avonte’s Law of 2016.’’ 

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 a grant program support for individuals with 

autism and other developmental disabilities to the existing Missing 

Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program. It provides that grants 

to reduce injury and death of such individuals shall be awarded to 

State and local law enforcement, public safety agencies, or nonprofit agencies. Such grants may be used to develop, establish, and 

operate tracking technology programs for individuals with dementia or developmental disabilities. These programs may include informational resources and other necessary training tools for families and guardians of individuals who wander away from a supervised setting due to their condition. The Attorney General shall solicit applications for grants by posting a request on the Department 

of Justice’s website. The program also calls for priority in grant 

making to be accorded to agencies that partner with nonprofits 

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 in each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021. In that 

time period, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice 

will conduct audits of the program. This section also specifies certain requirements for nonprofit organizations seeking a grant 

award; imposes specified limits on conference expenditures; and requires the Attorney General to take steps to avoid duplicative 

grants. 

TITLE II—EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

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

This section clarifies that the National Center for Missing and 

Exploited Children may use a portion of its annual grant from the 

Department of Justice to provide technical assistance and training 

to agencies and individuals in the prevention, investigation, prosecution and treatment of cases involving missing children who have 

developmental disabilities such as autism. 


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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 tracking devices 

This section outlines the process the Attorney General must follow to determine best practices and standards for the locative 

tracking technology program authorized under this legislation. 

(Such a process must include establishing a complaint and investigation process; establishing privacy protection procedures; adopting measures to protect the civil rights and liberties of individuals 

who are assigned tracking devices; establishing criteria to ensure 

use of the tracking device is the least restrictive alternative to prevent the risk of a child’s injury or death; developing training for 

law enforcement personnel to recognize signs of child abuse; and 

determining who may have direct access to the tracking system, 

among other requirements.) This section also mandates that each 

entity that receives grant funds must comply with any such standards and best practices established by the Attorney General. 

IV. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE

The Committee sets forth, with respect to the bill, S. 2614, the 

following estimate and comparison prepared by the Director of the 

Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974: 

MAY 3, 2016. 

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. 2614, the Kevin and 

Avonte’s Law of 2016. 

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.2614—Kevin and Avonte’s Law of 2016 

Summary: S. 2614 would authorize the appropriation of $2 million annually over the 2017–2021 period for the Department of Justice (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 the historical rate of spending for 

similar activities, CBO estimates that implementing S. 2614 would 

cost $7 million over the 2017–2021 period. 

Pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply to this legislation because 

enacting it would not affect direct spending or revenues. CBO estimates that enacting S. 2614 would not increase net direct spending 


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or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods 

beginning in 2027. 

S. 2614 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. 2614 are shown in the following table. The costs 

of this legislation fall within budget function 750 (administration 

of justice). 

By fiscal year, in millions of dollars— 

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2017– 

2021 

Increase In Spending Subject To Appropriations: 

Authorization Level ..................................................................... 2 2 2 2 2 10 

Estimated Outlays ...................................................................... * 1 2 2 2 7 

Note: * = less than $500,000. 

Pay-As-You-Go-considerations: None. 

Increase in long term direct spending and deficits: CBO estimates that enacting S. 2614 would not increase net direct spending 

or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods 

beginning in 2027. 

Intergovernmental and private sector impact: S. 2614 contains no 

intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in UMRA. 

State and local governments would benefit from grants authorized 

in the bill. Any costs to those governments would result from complying with conditions of assistance. 

Estimate prepared by: Federal Costs: Mark Grabowicz; Impact 

on State, Local, and Tribal Governments: Rachel Austin; Impact on 

the Private Sector: Paige Piper/Bach. 

Estimate approved by: H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Assistant 

Director for Budget Analysis. 

V. REGULATORY IMPACT EVALUATION

In compliance with rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee finds that no significant regulatory impact will 

result from the enactment of S. 2614. 

VI. CONCLUSION

Kevin and Avonte’s Law of 2016, S.2614, addresses the need for 

tracking technology for individuals with dementia and 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.2614, as 

reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted 


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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 

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TITLE 42 

CHAPTER 136—VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW 

ENFORCEMENT 

Subchapter XI—Protections for the Elderly 

* * * * * * * 

SUBCHAPTER XI—PROTECTIONS FOR THE ELDERLY 

øSEC. 240001. MISSING ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE PATIENT ALERT PROGRAM¿ 

SEC. 240001. MISSING AMERICANS ALERT PROGRAM. 

§ 14181. MISSING øALZHEIMER’S DISEASE PATIENT¿ 

AMERICANS ALERT PROGRAM 

ø(a) GRANT

øThe 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 grants to State and local law enforcement 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; and 

(2) shall award competitive grants to State and local law enforcement 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; 


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(B) provide education and training, including online 

training resources, to first responders, school personnel, clinicians, and the public in order to— 

(i) increase personal safety and survival skills for 

such individuals who, due to their dementia or developmental disabilities, 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 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. 

(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. 

ø(c) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION

øThe 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. 

ø(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

øThere are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

ø(1) $900,000 for fiscal year 1996; 

ø(2) $900,000 for fiscal year 1997; and 

ø(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 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 

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(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 thereafter, 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 

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tors, 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 


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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. 

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TITLE 42 

CHAPTER 72—JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY 

PREVENTION 

Subchapter IV—Missing Children 

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§ 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— 

* * * * * * * 

(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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