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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2792

To direct the head of each Federal agency to designate space in each Federal

building owned or leased for use by the agency for the display of posters

of missing children, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

DECEMBER 15, 1995

Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. SHAW, Mrs. MEEK of

Florida, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, and Mr. HASTINGS of Florida) introduced

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation

and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary,

House Oversight, Government Reform and Oversight, and Resources, for

a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for

consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To direct the head of each Federal agency to designate

space in each Federal building owned or leased for use

by the agency for the display of posters of missing children, and for other purposes.

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 ‘‘Jimmy Ryce Missing

5 Children Poster Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. PLACEMENT OF MISSING CHILDREN POSTERS.

2 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 30 days after the

3 date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each Federal

4 agency shall designate space in each Federal building

5 owned or leased for use by the agency for the display of

6 posters of missing children.

7 (b) EXECUTIVE BRANCH BUILDINGS.—The Adminis8 trator of General Services shall issue regulations, and take

9 such other actions as may be necessary, to institute and

10 enforce the requirement contained in subsection (a) as

11 such requirement applies to Federal buildings owned or

12 leased for use by an Executive agency.

13 (c) JUDICIAL BRANCH BUILDINGS.—The Director of

14 the Administrative Office of the United States Courts

15 shall take such actions as may be necessary to institute

16 and enforce the requirement contained in subsection (a)

17 as such requirement applies to Federal buildings owned

18 or leased for use by an establishment in the judicial

19 branch of the Government.

20 (d) LEGISLATIVE BRANCH BUILDINGS.—

21 (1) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—The House

22 Office Building Commission shall take such actions

23 as may be necessary to institute and enforce the re24 quirement contained in subsection (a) as such re25 quirement applies to Federal buildings owned or

26 leased for use by the House of Representatives.
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1 (2) SENATE.—The Committee on Rules and

2 Administration of the Senate shall take such actions

3 as may be necessary to institute and enforce the re4 quirement contained in subsection (a) as such re5 quirement applies to Federal buildings owned or

6 leased for use by the Senate.

7 (3) OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS.—The Architect

8 of the Capitol shall take such actions as may be nec9 essary to institute and enforce the requirement con10 tained in subsection (a) as such requirement applies

11 to Federal buildings owned or leased for use by an

12 establishment in the legislative branch of the Gov13 ernment (other than the House of Representatives

14 and the Senate).

15 (e) UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE BUILDINGS.—

16 The Postmaster General shall take such actions as may

17 be necessary to institute and enforce the requirement con18 tained in subsection (a) as such requirement applies to

19 Federal buildings owned or leased for use by the United

20 States Postal Service.

21 (f) NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM BUILDINGS.—The Sec22 retary of the Interior shall take such actions as may be

23 necessary to institute and enforce the requirement con24 tained in subsection (a) as such requirement applies to
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1 Federal buildings located within a unit of the National

2 Park System.

3 SEC. 3. REPORT BY ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL SERV4 ICES.

5 Not later than 2 years after the date of the enact6 ment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services

7 shall transmit to Congress a report on implementation of

8 the requirement contained in section 2(a).

9 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

10 For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions

11 apply:

12 (1) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive

13 agency’’ has the same meaning such term has under

14 section 105 of title 5, United States Code; except

15 that such term includes the United States Postal

16 Service.

17 (2) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal

18 agency’’ means any Executive agency or any estab19 lishments in the legislative or judicial branches of

20 the Government.

21 (3) FEDERAL BUILDING.—The term ‘‘Federal

22 building’’ means any building or other structure

23 owned or leased for use by a Federal agency, includ24 ing any building or other structure located within a

25 unit of the National Park System. Such term does
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1 not include any area of a building that is used pri2 marily as living quarters.

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