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112TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 112–651 

MISSING ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE PATIENT ALERT 

PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2012 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

Mr. SMITH of Texas, from the Committee on the Judiciary, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H.R. 2800] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill 

(H.R. 2800) to amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease 

Patient Alert Program, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as 

amended do pass. 

CONTENTS 

Page 

The Amendment ...................................................................................................... 1 

Purpose and Summary ............................................................................................ 2 

Background and Need for the Legislation ............................................................. 2 

Hearings ................................................................................................................... 3 

Committee Consideration ........................................................................................ 3 

Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 3 

Committee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 3 

New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 3 

Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .......................................................... 3 

Performance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 5 

Advisory on Earmarks ............................................................................................. 5 

Section-by-Section Analysis .................................................................................... 5 

Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 5 

The Amendment 

The amendment is as follows: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program 

Reauthorization Act of 2012’’. 

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE MISSING ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE PATIENT ALERT PROGRAM. 

Section 240001 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 

(42 U.S.C. 14181) is amended— 

(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: 

‘‘(a) GRANT.—Subject to the availability of appropriations to carry out this section, 

the Attorney General, through the Bureau of Justice Assistance, shall award competitive grants to nonprofit organizations to assist such organizations in paying for 

the costs of planning, designing, establishing, and operating locally based, proactive 

programs to protect and locate missing patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.’’; 

(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘competitive’’ after ‘‘to receive a’’; 

(3) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows: 

‘‘(c) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants under subsection (a), the Attorney General 

shall give preference to national nonprofit organizations that have experience working with patients, and families of patients, with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.’’; and 

(4) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows: 

‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 through 

2017.’’. 

Purpose and Summary 

H.R. 2800 reauthorizes the Department of Justice’s Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert program at $1 million a year for fiscal years 2013–2017. 

Background and Need for the Legislation 

Alzheimer’s disease is serious condition that affects approximately five million people in this country, or one in eight older 

Americans. A new person develops Alzheimer’s every 69 seconds. 

As many as 50 percent of people who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia will become lost from their family 

or caretakers at some point. To address the problem of missing Alzheimer’s patients, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 

Act of 1994 (P.L. 103–322) authorized the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert program. This program, administered by the Department of Justice, provides grants to organizations to protect and 

locate missing patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia. Funding for the program was authorized at $900,000 for 

fiscal years 1997 and 1998. Congress has appropriated funding for 

the program from fiscal year 1996 through fiscal year 2012, even 

though the program has been unauthorized since 1998. Most recently, the Missing Alzheimer’s program received $1 million in appropriations for fiscal year 2012. 

The Justice Department has issued grants to several entities 

through the Missing Alzheimer’s program, including the Alzheimer’s Association, which administers the Safe Return Program. 

The Safe Return Program is a nationwide emergency response 

service for individuals with Alzheimer’s or a related dementia who 

wander or have a medical emergency. Enrollees receive a bracelet 

indicating that the individual is memory impaired and include a 

toll-free, 24-hour emergency response number to call if the person 

is found wandering or has a medical emergency. 


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Hearings 

The Committee on the Judiciary held no hearings on H.R. 2800. 

Committee Consideration 

On August 1, 2012, the Committee met in open session and ordered the bill H.R. 2800 favorably reported with an amendment, by 

voice vote, a quorum being present. 

Committee Votes 

In compliance with clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, the Committee advises that there were 

no recorded votes during the Committee’s consideration of H.R. 

2800. 

Committee Oversight Findings 

In compliance with clause 3(c)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, the Committee advises that the findings 

and recommendations of the Committee, based on oversight activities under clause 2(b)(1) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives, are incorporated in the descriptive portions of this report. 

New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures 

Clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is inapplicable because this legislation does not provide new 

budgetary authority or increased tax expenditures. 

Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate 

In compliance with clause 3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, the Committee sets forth, with respect to 

the bill, H.R. 2800, the following estimate and comparison prepared 

by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office under section 

402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: 

U.S. CONGRESS, 

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, 

Washington, DC, August 23, 2012. 

Hon. LAMAR SMITH, CHAIRMAN, 

Committee on the Judiciary, 

House of Representatives, Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional Budget Office has prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 2800, the ‘‘Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization Act of 

2012.’’ 

If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be pleased 

to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Mark Grabowicz, who 

can be reached at 226–2860. 

Sincerely, 

DOUGLAS W. ELMENDORF, 

DIRECTOR. 

Enclosure 


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cc: Honorable John Conyers, Jr. 

Ranking Member 

H.R. 2800—Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert 

Program Reauthorization Act of 2012. 

As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary 

on August 1, 2012. 

SUMMARY

H.R. 2800 would authorize the appropriation of $1 million annually over the 2013–2017 period for Department of Justice (DOJ) 

programs to locate missing persons with Alzheimer’s disease or 

similar conditions. Under the legislation, DOJ would provide 

grants to nonprofit organizations to run those programs. Assuming 

appropriation of the authorized amounts, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 2800 would cost about $4 million over the 2013– 

2017 period. Pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply to this legislation because it would not affect direct spending or revenues. 

H.R. 2800 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) 

and would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal governments. 

ESTIMATED COST TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

The estimated budgetary impact of H.R. 2800 is shown in the following table. CBO assumes that the authorized amounts will be appropriated near the start of each fiscal year and that outlays will 

follow the historical rate of spending for these activities. The costs 

of this legislation fall within budget function 750 (administration 

of justice). 

By Fiscal Year, in Millions of Dollars 

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2013– 

2017 

CHANGES IN SPENDING SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION 

Authorization Level 1 1 1 1 1 5 

Estimated Outlays 0 1 1 1 1 4 

PAY-AS-YOU-GO CONSIDERATIONS: 

None. 

INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND PRIVATE-SECTOR IMPACT

H.R. 2800 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in UMRA and would not affect the budgets of 

state, local, or tribal governments. 

ESTIMATE PREPARED BY: 

Federal Costs: Mark Grabowicz 

Impact on State, Local, and Tribal Governments: Melissa Merrell 


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Impact on the Private Sector: Marin Randall 

ESTIMATE APPROVED BY: 

Peter H. Fontaine 

Assistant Director for Budget Analysis 

Performance Goals and Objectives 

The Committee states that pursuant to clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII 

of the Rules of the House of Representatives, H.R. 2800 reauthorizes the Department of Justice’s Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert program at $1 million a year for fiscal years 2013–2017. 

Advisory on Earmarks 

In accordance with clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House 

of Representatives, H.R. 2800 does not contain any congressional 

earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined 

in clause 9(e), 9(f), or 9(g) of Rule XXI. 

Section-by-Section Analysis 

The following discussion describes the bill as reported by the 

Committee. 

Sec. 1. Short title. Section 1 sets forth the short title of the bill 

as the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization of 2012. 

Sec. 2. Reauthorization of the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient 

Alert Program. Section 2 reauthorizes the Missing Alzheimer’s Dis- ease Patient Alert Program at $1 million a year for fiscal years 

2013–2017. The section also clarifies that this is a competitive 

grant program, and provides that the program should be administered by the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance. 

Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported 

In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, 

as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italic, 

existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman): 

VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 

ACT OF 1994 

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TITLE XXIV—PROTECTIONS FOR THE 

ELDERLY 

SEC. 240001. MISSING ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE PATIENT ALERT PROGRAM. 

ø(a) GRANT.—The Attorney General shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, award a grant to an eligible organization 

to assist the organization in paying for the costs of planning, designing, establishing, and operating a Missing Alzheimer’s Disease 

Patient Alert Program, which shall be a locally based, proactive 


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program to protect and locate missing patients with Alzheimer’s 

disease and related dementias.¿ 

(a) GRANT.—Subject to the availability of appropriations to carry 

out this section, the Attorney General, through the Bureau of Justice 

Assistance, shall award competitive grants to nonprofit organizations to assist such organizations in paying for the costs of planning, designing, establishing, and operating locally based, proactive 

programs to protect and locate missing patients with Alzheimer’s 

disease and related dementias. 

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

under subsection (a), an organization shall submit an application 

to the Attorney General at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Attorney General may require, including, at a minimum, an assurance that the organization will obtain and use assistance from private nonprofit organizations to 

support the program. 

ø(c) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION.—The Attorney General shall award 

the grant described in subsection (a) to a national voluntary organization that has a direct link to patients, and families of patients, 

with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. 

ø(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 

to be appropriated to carry out this section— 

ø(1) $900,000 for fiscal year 1996; 

ø(2) $900,000 for fiscal year 1997; and 

ø(3) $900,000 for fiscal year 1998.¿ 

(c) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants under subsection (a), the 

Attorney General shall give preference to national nonprofit organizations that have experience working with patients, and families of 

patients, with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. 

(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to 

be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000 for each of the 

fiscal years 2013 through 2017. 

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