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Calendar No. 458 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1933 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 22, 2009 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

JULY 13, 2010 

Reported by Mr. LEAHY, without amendment 

AN ACT 

To direct the Attorney General to make an annual grant 

to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center 

to assist law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery 

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 ‘‘A Child Is Missing 

5 Alert and Recovery Center Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DIRECTING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO MAKE AN2 NUAL GRANTS TO A CHILD IS MISSING ALERT 

3 AND RECOVERY CENTER TO ASSIST LAW EN4 FORCEMENT AGENCIES IN RECOVERING 

5 MISSING CHILDREN. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, acting 

7 through the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Jus8 tice and Delinquency Prevention, shall annually make a 

9 grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Cen10 ter. 

11 (b) SPECIFIED USE OF FUNDS FOR RECOVERY AC12 TIVITIES, REGIONAL CENTERS, EDUCATION, AND INFOR13 MATION SHARING.—A Child Is Missing Alert and Recov14 ery Center shall use the funds made available under this 

15 Act— 

16 (1) to operate and expand the A Child Is Miss17 ing Alert and Recovery Center to provide services to 

18 Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies 

19 to promote the quick recovery of a missing child in 

20 response to a request from such agencies for assist21 ance by utilizing rapid alert telephone calls, text 

22 messaging, and satellite mapping technology; 

23 (2) to maintain and expand technologies and 

24 techniques to ensure the highest level of performance 

25 of such services; 


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1 (3) to establish and maintain regional centers 

2 to provide both centralized and on-site training and 

3 to distribute information to Federal, State, and local 

4 law enforcement agency officials about how to best 

5 utilize the services provided by the A Child Is Miss6 ing Alert and Recovery Center; 

7 (4) to share appropriate information with the 

8 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 

9 the AMBER Alert Coordinator, the Silver Alert Co10 ordinator, and appropriate Federal, State, and local 

11 law enforcement agencies; and 

12 (5) to assist the National Center for Missing 

13 and Exploited Children, the AMBER Alert Coordi14 nator, the Silver Alert Coordinator, and appropriate 

15 Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies 

16 with education programs. 

17 SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF MISSING CHILD. 

18 For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘missing child’’ 

19 means an individual whose whereabouts are unknown to 

20 a Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency. 

21 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

22 For grants under section 2, there are authorized to 

23 be appropriated to the Attorney General $5,000,000 for 


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1 each fiscal year from fiscal year 2010 through fiscal year 

2 2015. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 21, 2009. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 458 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1933 

AN ACT 

To direct the Attorney General to make an annual 

other purposes. the rapid recovery of missing children, and for ery Center to assist law enforcement agencies in grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and RecovJULY 13, 2010 

Reported without amendment 


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