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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3238

To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974

to establish a national resource center and clearinghouse to carry out,

through the Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement Training Center for the

Recovery of Missing Children, training of State and local law enforcement

personnel to more effectively respond to cases involving missing or exploited children, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 15, 1996

Mr. DEUTSCH (for himself, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr.

JOHNSTON of Florida, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida,

Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. FOLEY, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. BRYANT of Texas, Mr.

WARD, Mr. GORDON, and Mr. MANTON) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, 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 amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Act of 1974 to establish a national resource center and

clearinghouse to carry out, through the Jimmy Ryce

Law Enforcement Training Center for the Recovery of

Missing Children, training of State and local law enforcement personnel to more effectively respond to cases involving missing or exploited children, and for other purposes.
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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 Law En5 forcement Training Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 The Congress finds that—

8 (1) an investigation to find a missing child pre9 sents unique circumstances for law enforcement

10 agencies, including the need for specialized training

11 and the capability of swift response to maximize the

12 chances for the safe recovery of the child;

13 (2) local law enforcement officials often lack ex14 perience and are unaware of the Federal resources

15 available to assist in the investigation of cases in16 volving a missing child; and

17 (3) a national training facility should be estab18 lished to assist State and local law enforcement

19 agencies in—

20 (A) providing comprehensive training in in21 vestigations of cases involving missing or ex22 ploited children;

23 (B) ensuring uniform, consistent, and

24 meaningful use of reporting systems and proc25 esses; and
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1 (C) promoting the use of vital national re2 sources.

3 SEC. 3. AMENDMENT.

4 Section 404(b)(2)(D) of the Juvenile Justice and De5 linquency Prevention Act of 1974 is amended by striking

6 ‘‘children; and’’ and inserting ‘‘children, including—

7 ‘‘(i) the establishment of an onsite

8 training center at the national clearing9 house to be known as the Jimmy Ryce

10 Law Enforcement Training Center for the

11 Recovery of Missing Children, designed

12 to—

13 ‘‘(I) assist high-level law enforce14 ment leaders from across the country,

15 selected by State officials, to develop

16 effective protocols and policies for the

17 investigation and prosecution of cases

18 involving a missing or exploited child;

19 and

20 ‘‘(II) introduce those officials to

21 resources available from the clearing22 house and Federal agencies to assist

23 in cases involving a missing or ex24 ploited child;
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1 ‘‘(ii) nationwide training in report2 taking and data entry in cases involving

3 missing or exploited children for informa4 tion specialists, conducted at State and

5 local law enforcement facilities by employ6 ees of the national clearinghouse and the

7 National Crime Information Center of the

8 Federal Bureau of Investigation, designed

9 to ensure that necessary information re10 garding cases involving missing or ex11 ploited children is gathered and entered at

12 the local level in a timely and effective

13 manner; and

14 ‘‘(iii) State-based basic investigation

15 training in cases involving missing or ex16 ploited children for State and local police

17 investigators selected by State officials,

18 conducted by employees of the national

19 clearinghouse and the Office of Juvenile

20 Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the

21 Department of Justice, designed to provide

22 practical instruction in the investigation of

23 cases involving missing or exploited chil24 dren; and’’.

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