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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 772 

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 introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Indian Affairs 

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’’. 

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

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

8 is amended— 

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

10 tribes’’ after ‘‘States’’; 


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1 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

3 the end; 

4 (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

5 paragraph (5); and 

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

7 following: 

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

9 AMBER Alert communication plans with an Indian 

10 tribe; and’’; 

11 (3) in subsection (c)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘The Federal’’ and insert13 ing the following: 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para15 graph (2), the Federal’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘(2) WAIVER OF FEDERAL SHARE.—If the At18 torney General determines that an Indian tribe does 

19 not have sufficient funds available to comply with 

20 the Federal share requirement under paragraph (1) 

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

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

23 General may increase the Federal share of the costs 

24 for such activities to the extent the Attorney General 

25 determines necessary.’’; 


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

2 under’’ and inserting ‘‘and standards to improve ac3 countability and transparency for grants awarded 

4 under’’; 

5 (5) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub6 section (g); 

7 (6) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol8 lowing: 

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

10 the term ‘Indian tribe’ means a federally recognized In11 dian tribe or a Native village, Regional Corporation, or 

12 Village Corporation (as those terms are defined in section 

13 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 

14 1602)).’’; and 

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

16 (A) by striking ‘‘2004’’ each place it ap17 pears and inserting ‘‘2018’’; and 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(3)’’ and in19 serting ‘‘paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection 

20 (b)’’. 

21 SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

22 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

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

24 evaluating the readiness, education, and training needs, 

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1 tered by Indian tribes in the integration of State or re2 gional AMBER Alert communication plans to— 

3 (1) the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Sen4 ate; 

5 (2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen6 ate; 

7 (3) the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

8 House of Representatives; and 

9 (4) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

10 House of Representatives. 

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