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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1764 

To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to State attorneys general 

to provide identification kits for missing children, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 10, 2021 

Mr. NORCROSS (for himself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to State 

attorneys general to provide identification kits for 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 ‘‘National Child Identi5 fication Act of 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The proactive collection and central storage 

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1 dividual children by local, State, and Federal law en2 forcement agencies is resource intensive. 

3 (2) The National Child Identification Program, 

4 known as ‘‘Safety Blitz’’— 

5 (A) is a national community service initia6 tive that has partnered with the Department of 

7 Justice, Department of State, Federal Bureau 

8 of Investigation, State attorneys general, local 

9 law enforcement agencies, nonprofit organiza10 tions, and community organizations to provide 

11 families with an inkless, in-home fingerprint 

12 and DNA identification kit, which can be 

13 turned over to law enforcement, by the parent 

14 or guardian of a child to provide information on 

15 a missing or trafficked child; and 

16 (B) promotes the proactive collection and 

17 storage of comprehensive identification informa18 tion within the home, decentralizing the process 

19 for law enforcement agencies that often lack the 

20 resources to collect and centrally store vital 

21 identification information related to individual 

22 children. 


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1 SEC. 3. GRANTS TO PROVIDE IDENTIFICATION KITS FOR 

2 MISSING CHILDREN. 

3 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General is au4 thorized to award grants to State attorneys general to pro5 vide, for distribution to parents of children who attend 

6 kindergarten or elementary school (as such term is defined 

7 in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu8 cation Act of 1965), inkless, in-home fingerprint and DNA 

9 identification kits, which can be turned over to Federal, 

10 State, tribal, or local law enforcement in an effort to locate 

11 and return missing or trafficked children. 

12 (b) APPLICATION.—A State attorney general seeking 

13 a grant under this section shall submit to the Attorney 

14 General an application at such time, in such manner, and 

15 containing such information as the Attorney General may 

16 reasonably require. 

17 (c) GRANT AMOUNT.—Grants under this section shall 

18 be allocated to each State in an amount which bears the 

19 same ratio of— 

20 (1) for fiscal year 2022— 

21 (A) the population of children who attend 

22 kindergarten or elementary school of the State 

23 to— 

24 (B) such population of all States; and 

25 (2) for each of fiscal years 2023 through 

26 2027— 


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1 (A) the population described in paragraph 

2 (1)(A) that were newly enrolled in school in 

3 that State during the previous fiscal year to— 

4 (B) such population of all States. 

5 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

6 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— 

7 (1) $52,800,000 for fiscal year 2022; and 

8 (2) $9,800,000 each of fiscal years 2023 

9 through 2027. 

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