In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

February 26, 2018. 

Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 772) entitled 

‘‘An Act to amend the PROTECT Act to make Indian tribes 

eligible for AMBER Alert grants.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ashlynne Mike AMBER 

3 Alert in Indian Country Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AMBER ALERT GRANTS FOR INDIAN TRIBES. 

5 Section 304 of the PROTECT Act (34 U.S.C. 20504) 

6 is amended— 

7 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol8 lows: 

9 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Attorney General 

10 shall carry out a program to provide grants to States and 

11 Indian tribes for— 

12 ‘‘(1) the development or enhancement of pro13 grams and activities for the support of AMBER Alert 

14 communications plans; and 
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1 ‘‘(2) the integration of tribal AMBER Alert sys2 tems into State AMBER Alert systems.’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (b)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

5 the end; 

6 (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

7 paragraph (5); and 

8 (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(4) the integration of State or regional AMBER 

11 Alert communication plans with an Indian tribe; 

12 and’’; 

13 (3) in subsection (c)— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘The Federal’’ and inserting 

15 the following: 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para17 graph (2), the Federal’’; and 

18 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(2) WAIVER OF FEDERAL SHARE.—If the Attor20 ney General determines that an Indian tribe does not 

21 have sufficient funds available to comply with the 

22 Federal share requirement under paragraph (1) for 

23 the cost of activities funded by a grant for the purpose 

24 described in subsection (b)(4), the Attorney General 

25 may increase the Federal share of the costs for such 
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1 activities to the extent the Attorney General deter2 mines necessary.’’; 

3 (4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘for grants 

4 under’’ and inserting ‘‘and standards to improve ac5 countability and transparency for grants awarded 

6 under’’; 

7 (5) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection 

8 (g); 

9 (6) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: 

10 ‘‘(f) DEFINITION OF INDIAN TRIBE.—In this section, 

11 the term ‘Indian tribe’ means a federally recognized Indian 

12 tribe or a Native village, Regional Corporation, or Village 

13 Corporation (as those terms are defined in section 3 of the 

14 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602)).’’; 

15 and 

16 (7) in subsection (g)(1), as so redesignated— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘2004’’ each place it ap18 pears and inserting ‘‘2019’’; and 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(3)’’ and in20 serting ‘‘paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection 

21 (b)’’. 

22 SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

23 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 

24 this Act, the Attorney General shall submit a report evalu25 ating the readiness, education, and training needs, techno-
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1 logical challenges, and specific obstacles encountered by In2 dian tribes in the integration of State or regional AMBER 

3 Alert communication plans to— 

4 (1) the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Sen5 ate; 

6 (2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen7 ate; 

8 (3) the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

9 House of Representatives; and 

10 (4) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 

11 of Representatives. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 772 

AMENDMENT