S. 772 

One Hundred Fifteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen 

An Act 

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

grants. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

in Indian Country Act’’. 

SEC. 2. AMBER ALERT GRANTS FOR INDIAN TRIBES. 

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

amended— 

(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: 

‘‘(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Attorney General shall carry 

out a program to provide grants to States and Indian tribes for— 

‘‘(1) the development or enhancement of programs and 

activities for the support of AMBER Alert communications 

plans; and 

‘‘(2) the integration of tribal AMBER Alert systems into 

State AMBER Alert systems.’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); 

and 

(C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: 

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

communication plans with an Indian tribe; and’’; 

(3) in subsection (c)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘The Federal’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), 

the Federal’’; and 

(B) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(2) WAIVER OF FEDERAL SHARE.—If the Attorney General 

determines that an Indian tribe does not have sufficient funds 

available to comply with the Federal share requirement under 

paragraph (1) for the cost of activities funded by a grant for 

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

may increase the Federal share of the costs for such activities 

to the extent the Attorney General determines necessary.’’; 

(4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘for grants under’’ and 

inserting ‘‘and standards to improve accountability and transparency for grants awarded under’’; 

(5) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); 
S. 772—2 

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

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

‘Indian tribe’ means a federally recognized Indian tribe or a Native 

village, Regional Corporation, or Village Corporation (as those terms 

are defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

Act (43 U.S.C. 1602)).’’; and 

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

(A) by striking ‘‘2004’’ each place it appears and 

inserting ‘‘2019’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (b)’’. 

SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

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

Act, the Attorney General shall submit a report evaluating the 

readiness, education, and training needs, technological challenges, 

and specific obstacles encountered by Indian tribes in the integration of State or regional AMBER Alert communication plans to— 

(1) the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate; 

(2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; 

(3) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 

Representatives; and 

(4) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.