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Union Calendar No. 479 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5464 

[Report No. 110–753] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 14, 2008 

Mr. KLEIN of Florida (for himself, Mr. NADLER, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. WEXLER, 

Mr. COHEN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. SUTTON, Ms. WASSERMAN

SCHULTZ, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. 

HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. MAHONEY of Florida, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, 

Mr. MEEK of Florida, and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

JULY 10, 2008 

Additional sponsors: Mr. CONYERS, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Ms. BORDALLO, 

Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Ms. 

JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. CARSON, and Mr. SHERMAN

JULY 10, 2008 

Deleted sponsor: Mr. SENSENBRENNER (added February 14, 2008; deleted 

March 13, 2008) 

JULY 10, 2008 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

To direct the Attorney General to make an annual grant 


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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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DIRECTING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO MAKE AN7 NUAL GRANTS TO A CHILD IS MISSING ALERT 

8 AND RECOVERY CENTER TO ASSIST LAW EN9 FORCEMENT AGENCIES IN RECOVERING 

10 MISSING CHILDREN. 

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

12 through the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Jus13 tice and Delinquency Prevention, shall annually make a 

14 grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Cen15 ter. 

16 (b) SPECIFIED USE OF FUNDS FOR RECOVERY AC17 TIVITIES, REGIONAL CENTERS, EDUCATION, AND INFOR18 MATION SHARING.—A Child Is Missing Alert and Recov19 ery Center shall use the funds made available under this 

20 Act— 

21 (1) to operate and expand the A Child Is Miss22 ing Alert and Recovery Center to provide services to 

23 Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies 


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1 to promote the quick recovery of a missing child in 

2 response to a request from such agencies for assist3 ance by utilizing rapid alert telephone calls, text 

4 messaging, and satellite mapping technology; 

5 (2) to maintain and expand technologies and 

6 techniques to ensure the highest level of performance 

7 of such services; 

8 (3) to establish and maintain regional centers 

9 to provide both centralized and on-site training and 

10 to distribute information to Federal, State, and local 

11 law enforcement agency officials about how to best 

12 utilize the services provided by the A Child Is Miss13 ing Alert and Recovery Center; 

14 (4) to share appropriate information with the 

15 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 

16 the AMBER Alert Coordinator, and appropriate 

17 Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies; 

18 and 

19 (5) to assist the National Center for Missing 

20 and Exploited Children, the AMBER Alert Coordi21 nator, and appropriate Federal, State, and local law 

22 enforcement agencies with education programs. 


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1 SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF MISSING CHILD. 

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

3 means an individual whose whereabouts are unknown to 

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

5 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

6 For grants under section 2, there are authorized to 

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

8 each fiscal year from fiscal year 2009 through fiscal year 

9 2014. 


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Union Calendar No. 479 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5464 

[Report No. 110

–753] 

A BILL 

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 10, 2008 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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