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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1652

To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974

to establish a national resource center and clearinghouse to carry out

training of State and local law enforcement personnel to more effectively

respond to cases involving missing or exploited children, and for other

purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 28, 1996

Mr. MCCONNELL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Act of 1974 to establish a national resource center and

clearinghouse to carry out training of State and local

law enforcement personnel to more effectively respond

to cases involving missing or exploited 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. FINDINGS.

4 The Congress finds that—

5 (1) an investigation to find a missing child pre6 sents unique circumstances for law enforcement
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1 agencies, including the need for specialized training

2 and the capability of swift response to maximize the

3 chances for the safe recovery of the child;

4 (2) local law enforcement officials often lack ex5 perience and are unaware of the Federal resources

6 available to assist in the investigation of cases in7 volving a missing child; and

8 (3) a national training facility should be estab9 lished to assist State and local law enforcement

10 agencies in—

11 (A) providing comprehensive training in in12 vestigations of cases involving missing or ex13 ploited children;

14 (B) ensuring uniform, consistent, and

15 meaningful use of reporting systems and proc16 esses; and

17 (C) promoting the use of vital national re18 sources.

19 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

20 Section 404(b)(2)(D) of the Juvenile Justice and De21 linquency Prevention Act of 1974 is amended by striking

22 ‘‘children; and’’ and inserting ‘‘children, including—

23 ‘‘(i) the establishment of an onsite

24 training center at the national clearing25 house to be known as the Jimmy Ryce
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1 Law Enforcement Training Center for the

2 Recovery of Missing Children, designed

3 to—

4 ‘‘(I) assist high-level law enforce5 ment leaders from across the country,

6 selected by State officials, to develop

7 effective protocols and policies for the

8 investigation and prosecution of cases

9 involving a missing or exploited child;

10 and

11 ‘‘(II) introduce those officials to

12 resources available from the clearing13 house and Federal agencies to assist

14 in cases involving a missing or ex15 ploited child;

16 ‘‘(ii) nationwide training in report17 taking and data entry in cases involving

18 missing or exploited children for informa19 tion specialists, conducted at State and

20 local law enforcement facilities by employ21 ees of the national clearinghouse and the

22 National Crime Information Center of the

23 Federal Bureau of Investigation, designed

24 to ensure that necessary information re25 garding cases involving missing or ex-
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1 ploited children is gathered and entered at

2 the local level in a timely and effective

3 manner; and

4 ‘‘(iii) State-based basic investigation

5 training in cases involving missing or ex6 ploited children for State and local police

7 investigators selected by State officials,

8 conducted by employees of the national

9 clearinghouse and the Office of Juvenile

10 Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the

11 Department of Justice, designed to provide

12 practical instruction in the investigation of

13 cases involving missing or exploited chil14 dren; and’’.

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