```

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 772 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        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);
        (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.
```