H. R. 764

One Hundred Sixth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,

the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand

An Act

To reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled,

TITLE I—THE CHILD ABUSE

PREVENTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

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

Enforcement Act’’.

SEC. 102. GRANT PROGRAM.

Section 102(b) of the Crime Identification Technology Act of

1998 (42 U.S.C. 14601(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the

end of paragraph (15), by striking the period at the end of paragraph

(16) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by adding after paragraph (16)

the following:

‘‘(17) the capability of the criminal justice system to deliver

timely, accurate, and complete criminal history record information to child welfare agencies, organizations, and programs

that are engaged in the assessment of risk and other activities

related to the protection of children, including protection

against child sexual abuse, and placement of children in foster

care.’’.

SEC. 103. USE OF FUNDS UNDER BYRNE GRANT PROGRAM FOR CHILD

PROTECTION.

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

Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3751) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (25);

(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (26)

and inserting a semicolon; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(27) enforcing child abuse and neglect laws, including

laws protecting against child sexual abuse, and promoting programs designed to prevent child abuse and neglect; and

‘‘(28) establishing or supporting cooperative programs

between law enforcement and media organizations, to collect,

record, retain, and disseminate information useful in the identification and apprehension of suspected criminal offenders.’’.
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SEC. 104. CONDITIONAL ADJUSTMENT IN SET ASIDE FOR CHILD ABUSE

VICTIMS UNDER THE VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT OF 1984.

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

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

(1) by striking ‘‘(2) The first $10,000,000’’ and inserting

‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the first

$10,000,000’’; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

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

in the Fund is greater than the amount deposited in the Fund

for fiscal year 1998, the $10,000,000 referred to in subparagraph

(A) plus an amount equal to 50 percent of the increase in

the amount from fiscal year 1998 shall be available for grants

under section 1404A.

‘‘(ii) Amounts available under this subparagraph for any fiscal year shall not exceed $20,000,000.’’.

(b) INTERACTION WITH ANY CAP.—Subsection (a) shall be implemented so that any increase in funding provided thereby shall

operate notwithstanding any dollar limitation on the availability

of the Crime Victims Fund established under the Victims of Crime

Act of 1984.

TITLE II—JENNIFER’S LAW

SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

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

SEC. 202. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

The Attorney General is authorized to provide grant awards

to States to enable States to improve the reporting of unidentified

and missing persons.

SEC. 203. ELIGIBILITY.

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

this title, a State shall submit an application at such time and

in such form as the Attorney General may reasonably require.

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

that the State shall, to the greatest extent possible—

(1) report to the National Crime Information Center and

when possible, to law enforcement authorities throughout the

State regarding every deceased unidentified person, regardless

of age, found in the State’s jurisdiction;

(2) enter a complete profile of such unidentified person

in compliance with the guidelines established by the Department of Justice for the National Crime Information Center

Missing and Unidentified Persons File, including dental

records, DNA records, x-rays, and fingerprints, if available;

(3) enter the National Crime Information Center number

or other appropriate number assigned to the unidentified person

on the death certificate of each such unidentified person; and

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

SEC. 204. USES OF FUNDS.

A State that receives a grant award under this title may

use such funds received to establish or expand programs developed

to improve the reporting of unidentified persons in accordance with
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the assurances provided in the application submitted pursuant to

section 203(b).

SEC. 205. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title

$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.