In the Senate of the United States,

November 19, 1999.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 764) entitled ‘‘An Act to reduce the incidence of

child abuse and neglect, and for other purposes.’’, do pass

with the following

AMENDMENT:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

1 TITLE I—THE CHILD ABUSE PRE2 VENTION AND ENFORCEMENT

3 ACT

4 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

5 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Child Abuse Prevention

6 and Enforcement Act’’.

7 SEC. 102. GRANT PROGRAM.

8 Section 102(b) of the Crime Identification Technology

9 Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 14601(b)) is amended by striking

10 ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (15), by striking the period
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1 at the end of paragraph (16) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and

2 by adding after paragraph (16) the following:

3 ‘‘(17) the capability of the criminal justice sys4 tem to deliver timely, accurate, and complete crimi5 nal history record information to child welfare agen6 cies, organizations, and programs that are engaged in

7 the assessment of risk and other activities related to

8 the protection of children, including protection

9 against child sexual abuse, and placement of children

10 in foster care.’’.

11 SEC. 103. USE OF FUNDS UNDER BYRNE GRANT PROGRAM

12 FOR CHILD PROTECTION.

13 Section 501(b) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control

14 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3751) is

15 amended—

16 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

17 (25);

18 (2) by striking the period at the end of para19 graph (26) and inserting a semicolon; and

20 (3) by adding at the end the following:

21 ‘‘(27) enforcing child abuse and neglect laws, in22 cluding laws protecting against child sexual abuse,

23 and promoting programs designed to prevent child

24 abuse and neglect; and
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1 ‘‘(28) establishing or supporting cooperative pro2 grams between law enforcement and media organiza3 tions, to collect, record, retain, and disseminate infor4 mation useful in the identification and apprehension

5 of suspected criminal offenders.’’.

6 SEC. 104. CONDITIONAL ADJUSTMENT IN SET ASIDE FOR

7 CHILD ABUSE VICTIMS UNDER THE VICTIMS

8 OF CRIME ACT OF 1984.

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1402(d)(2) of the Victims

10 of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601(d)(2)) is amended—

11 (1) by striking ‘‘(2) the next $10,000,000’’ and

12 inserting ‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided in subpara13 graph (B), the next $10,000,000’’; and

14 (2) by adding at the end the following:

15 ‘‘(B)(i) For any fiscal year for which the amount

16 deposited in the Fund is greater than the amount de17 posited in the Fund for fiscal year 1998, the

18 $10,000,000 referred to in subparagraph (A) plus an

19 amount equal to 50 percent of the increase in the

20 amount from fiscal year 1998 shall be available for

21 grants under section 1404A.

22 ‘‘(ii) Amounts available under this subparagraph

23 for any fiscal year shall not exceed $20,000,000.’’.

24 (b) INTERACTION WITH ANY CAP.—Subsection (a)

25 shall be implemented so that any increase in funding pro-
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1 vided thereby shall operate notwithstanding any dollar lim2 itation on the availability of the Crime Victims Fund estab3 lished under the Victims of Crime Act of 1984.

4 TITLE II—JENNIFER’S LAW

5 SECTION 201. SHORT TITLE.

6 This title may be cited as ‘‘Jennifer’s Law’’.

7 SEC. 202. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

8 The Attorney General is authorized to provide grant

9 awards to States to enable States to improve the reporting

10 of unidentified and missing persons.

11 SEC. 203. ELIGIBILITY.

12 (a) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant

13 award under this title, a State shall submit an application

14 at such time and in such form as the Attorney General may

15 reasonably require.

16 (b) CONTENTS.—Each such application shall include

17 assurances that the State shall, to the greatest extent

18 possible—

19 (1) report to the National Crime Information

20 Center and when possible, to law enforcement authori21 ties throughout the State regarding every deceased un22 identified person, regardless of age, found in the

23 State’s jurisdiction;

24 (2) enter a complete profile of such unidentified

25 person in compliance with the guidelines established
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1 by the Department of Justice for the National Crime

2 Information Center Missing and Unidentified Persons

3 File, including dental records, DNA records, x-rays,

4 and fingerprints, if available;

5 (3) enter the National Crime Information Center

6 number or other appropriate number assigned to the

7 unidentified person on the death certificate of each

8 such unidentified person; and

9 (4) retain all such records pertaining to uniden10 tified persons until a person is identified.

11 SEC. 204. USES OF FUNDS.

12 A State that receives a grant award under this title

13 may use such funds received to establish or expand pro14 grams developed to improve the reporting of unidentified

15 persons in accordance with the assurances provided in the

16 application submitted pursuant to section 203(b).

17 SEC. 205. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

18 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out

19 this title $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000, 2001, and

20 2002.

Attest:

Secretary.
106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 764

AMENDMENT