110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5464 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘A Child Is Missing 

3 Alert and Recovery Center Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DIRECTING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO MAKE AN5 NUAL GRANTS TO A CHILD IS MISSING ALERT 

6 AND RECOVERY CENTER TO ASSIST LAW EN7 FORCEMENT AGENCIES IN RECOVERING 

8 MISSING CHILDREN. 

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

10 through the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Jus11 tice and Delinquency Prevention, shall annually make a 

12 grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Cen13 ter. 

14 (b) SPECIFIED USE OF FUNDS FOR RECOVERY AC15 TIVITIES, REGIONAL CENTERS, EDUCATION, AND INFOR16 MATION SHARING.—A Child Is Missing Alert and Recov17 ery Center shall use the funds made available under this 

18 Act— 

19 (1) to operate and expand the A Child Is Miss20 ing Alert and Recovery Center to provide services to 

21 Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies 

22 to promote the quick recovery of a missing child in 

23 response to a request from such agencies for assist24 ance by utilizing rapid alert telephone calls, text 

25 messaging, and satellite mapping technology; 
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1 (2) to maintain and expand technologies and 

2 techniques to ensure the highest level of performance 

3 of such services; 

4 (3) to establish and maintain regional centers 

5 to provide both centralized and on-site training and 

6 to distribute information to Federal, State, and local 

7 law enforcement agency officials about how to best 

8 utilize the services provided by the A Child Is Miss9 ing Alert and Recovery Center; 

10 (4) to share appropriate information with the 

11 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 

12 the AMBER Alert Coordinator, and appropriate 

13 Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies; 

14 and 

15 (5) to assist the National Center for Missing 

16 and Exploited Children, the AMBER Alert Coordi17 nator, and appropriate Federal, State, and local law 

18 enforcement agencies with education programs. 

19 SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF MISSING CHILD. 

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

21 means an individual whose whereabouts are unknown to 

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

23 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

24 For grants under section 2, there are authorized to 

25 be appropriated to the Attorney General $5,000,000 for 
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1 each fiscal year from fiscal year 2009 through fiscal year 

2 2014. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 14, 2008. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5464 

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 Recov-