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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2103 

To authorize the Attorney General to provide grants for organizations to 

find missing adults. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 4, 2005 

Mrs. MYRICK (for herself, Mr. PASTOR, and Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To authorize the Attorney General to provide grants for 

organizations to find missing adults. 

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 ‘‘Kristen’s Act Reauthoriza5 tion of 2005’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Every year thousands of adults become 

9 missing due to advanced age, diminished mental ca10 pacity, or foul play. Often there is no information 
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1 regarding the whereabouts of these adults and many 

2 of them are never reunited with their families. 

3 (2) Missing adults are at great risk of both 

4 physical harm and sexual exploitation. 

5 (3) In most cases, families and local law en6 forcement officials have neither the resources nor 

7 the expertise to undertake appropriate search efforts 

8 for a missing adult. 

9 (4) The search for a missing adult requires co10 operation and coordination among Federal, State, 

11 and local law enforcement agencies and assistance 

12 from distant communities where the adult may be lo13 cated. 

14 (5) Federal assistance is urgently needed to 

15 help with coordination among such agencies. 

16 (6) Since 2001, following the enactment of 

17 Kristen’s Act (Public Law 106–468), the National 

18 Center for Missing Adults has— 

19 (A) served as a national resource center 

20 and information clearinghouse for missing 

21 adults; 

22 (B) provided training to investigative law 

23 enforcement officers to prepare such officers to 

24 appropriately respond to missing adult cases; 

25 and 
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1 (C) worked in cooperation with the Bureau 

2 of Justice Assistance and the Office for Victims 

3 of Crime of the Department of Justice, the 

4 International Homicide Investigators Associa5 tion, and many other agencies in the effort to 

6 find missing adults and prevent victimization. 

7 (7) The National Center for Missing Adults is 

8 working to provide policy training to police chiefs 

9 and sheriffs regarding the issues of missing adults. 

10 (8) The demand for the services of the National 

11 Center for Missing Adults is growing substantially. 

12 SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF ORGANIZATIONS 

13 TO FIND MISSING ADULTS. 

14 (a) GRANTS.—The Attorney General, acting through 

15 the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the 

16 Department of Justice, shall make grants to public agen17 cies or nonprofit private organizations, or combinations 

18 thereof, to— 

19 (1) maintain a national resource center and in20 formation clearinghouse for missing and unidentified 

21 adults; 

22 (2) maintain a national, interconnected data23 base for the purpose of tracking missing adults who 

24 are determined by law enforcement to be endangered 

25 due to age, diminished mental capacity, or the cir-
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1 cumstances of disappearance, when foul play is sus2 pected or circumstances are unknown; 

3 (3) coordinate public and private programs that 

4 locate or recover missing adults or reunite missing 

5 adults with their families; 

6 (4) provide assistance and training to law en7 forcement agencies, State and local governments, 

8 elements of the criminal justice system, nonprofit or9 ganizations, and individuals in the prevention, inves10 tigation, prosecution, and treatment of cases involv11 ing missing adults; 

12 (5) provide assistance to families in locating 

13 and recovering missing adults; and 

14 (6) assist in public notification and victim advo15 cacy related to missing adults. 

16 (b) OTHER DUTIES.—The Attorney General, acting 

17 through the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance 

18 of the Department of Justice, shall— 

19 (1) coordinate programs relating to missing 

20 adults that are funded by the Federal Government; 

21 (2) provide access to the National Crime Infor22 mation Center of the Federal Bureau of Investiga23 tion to the public agencies or nonprofit private orga24 nizations receiving a grant pursuant to subsection 

25 (a)(1). 
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1 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

3 this Act, $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 

4 2016. 

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