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Calendar No. 209 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 772 

[Report No. 115–147] 

To amend the PROTECT Act to make Indian tribes eligible for AMBER 

Alert grants. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 29, 2017 

Mr. MCCAIN (for himself, Ms. HEITKAMP, Mr. UDALL, Mr. DAINES, Mr. 

TESTER, Ms. MURKOWSKI, and Ms. BALDWIN) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs 

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017 

Reported by Mr. HOEVEN, without amendment 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘AMBER Alert in In5 dian Country Act of 2017’’. 


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

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

3 is amended— 

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

5 tribes’’ after ‘‘States’’; 

6 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

8 the end; 

9 (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

10 paragraph (5); and 

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

12 following: 

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

14 AMBER Alert communication plans with an Indian 

15 tribe; and’’; 

16 (3) in subsection (c)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘The Federal’’ and insert18 ing the following: 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para20 graph (2), the Federal’’; and 

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

22 ‘‘(2) WAIVER OF FEDERAL SHARE.—If the At23 torney General determines that an Indian tribe does 

24 not have sufficient funds available to comply with 

25 the Federal share requirement under paragraph (1) 

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


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

2 General may increase the Federal share of the costs 

3 for such activities to the extent the Attorney General 

4 determines necessary.’’; 

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

6 under’’ and inserting ‘‘and standards to improve ac7 countability and transparency for grants awarded 

8 under’’; 

9 (5) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub10 section (g); 

11 (6) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol12 lowing: 

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

14 the term ‘Indian tribe’ means a federally recognized In15 dian tribe or a Native village, Regional Corporation, or 

16 Village Corporation (as those terms are defined in section 

17 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 

18 1602)).’’; and 

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

20 (A) by striking ‘‘2004’’ each place it ap21 pears and inserting ‘‘2018’’; and 

22 (B) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(3)’’ and in23 serting ‘‘paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection 

24 (b)’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

2 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

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

4 evaluating the readiness, education, and training needs, 

5 technological challenges, and specific obstacles encoun6 tered by Indian tribes in the integration of State or re7 gional AMBER Alert communication plans to— 

8 (1) the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Sen9 ate; 

10 (2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen11 ate; 

12 (3) the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

13 House of Representatives; and 

14 (4) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

15 House of Representatives. 


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Calendar No. 209 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 772 

[Report No. 115–147] 

A BILL 

To amend the PROTECT Act to make Indian 

tribes eligible for AMBER Alert grants. 

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017 

Reported without amendment 


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