115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 772 

AN ACT 

To amend the PROTECT Act to make Indian tribes eligible 

for AMBER Alert grants. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘AMBER Alert in In3 dian Country Act of 2017’’. 

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

5 Section 304 of the PROTECT Act (42 U.S.C. 5791c) 

6 is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and Indian 

8 tribes’’ after ‘‘States’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

11 the end; 

12 (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

13 paragraph (5); and 

14 (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(4) the integration of State or regional 

17 AMBER Alert communication plans with an Indian 

18 tribe; and’’; 

19 (3) in subsection (c)— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘The Federal’’ and insert21 ing the following: 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para23 graph (2), the Federal’’; and 

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

25 ‘‘(2) WAIVER OF FEDERAL SHARE.—If the At26 torney General determines that an Indian tribe does 
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1 not have sufficient funds available to comply with 

2 the Federal share requirement under paragraph (1) 

3 for the cost of activities funded by a grant for the 

4 purpose described in subsection (b)(4), the Attorney 

5 General may increase the Federal share of the costs 

6 for such activities to the extent the Attorney General 

7 determines necessary.’’; 

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

9 under’’ and inserting ‘‘and standards to improve ac10 countability and transparency for grants awarded 

11 under’’; 

12 (5) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub13 section (g); 

14 (6) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol15 lowing: 

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

17 the term ‘Indian tribe’ means a federally recognized In18 dian tribe or a Native village, Regional Corporation, or 

19 Village Corporation (as those terms are defined in section 

20 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 

21 1602)).’’; and 

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

23 (A) by striking ‘‘2004’’ each place it ap24 pears and inserting ‘‘2018’’; and 
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(3)’’ and in2 serting ‘‘paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection 

3 (b)’’. 

4 SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

5 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

6 of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit a report 

7 evaluating the readiness, education, and training needs, 

8 technological challenges, and specific obstacles encoun9 tered by Indian tribes in the integration of State or re10 gional AMBER Alert communication plans to— 

11 (1) the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Sen12 ate; 

13 (2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen14 ate; 

15 (3) the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

16 House of Representatives; and 

17 (4) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

18 House of Representatives. 

Passed the Senate November 29, 2017. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 772 

AN ACT 

To amend the PROTECT Act to make Indian 

tribes eligible for AMBER Alert grants.