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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2064

To amend the Missing Children’s Assistance Act, to expand the purpose

of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to cover

individuals who are at least 18 but have not yet attained the age

of 22.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

FEBRUARY 10, 2000

Mr. EDWARDS (for himself and Mr. BIDEN) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend the Missing Children’s Assistance Act, to expand

the purpose of the National Center for Missing and

Exploited Children to cover individuals who are at least

18 but have not yet attained the age of 22.

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 ‘‘Abducted Young

5 Adults Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS IN REGARD TO VULNERABLE INVOLUN2 TARILY MISSING YOUNG ADULTS.

3 (a) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 402 of the

4 Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771) is

5 amended—

6 (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting after ‘‘these

7 children’’ the following: ‘‘and involuntarily missing

8 young adults’’;

9 (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting after ‘‘these

10 children’’ the following: ‘‘and involuntarily missing

11 young adults’’;

12 (3) in paragraph (4), by inserting after ‘‘many

13 missing children’’ the following: ‘‘and involuntarily

14 missing young adults’’;

15 (4) in paragraph (6), by inserting after ‘‘ab16 ducted children’’ the following: ‘‘and involuntarily

17 missing young adults’’; and

18 (5) in paragraph (7)—

19 (A) by inserting after ‘‘leads in missing

20 children’’ the following: ‘‘and involuntarily miss21 ing young adults’’; and

22 (B) by inserting after ‘‘where the child’’

23 the following: ‘‘or involuntarily missing young

24 adult’’.
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1 (b) ADDITIONAL FINDINGS.—Section 402 of the

2 Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771) is

3 amended by—

4 (1) redesignating paragraphs (2) through (21)

5 as paragraphs (3) through (22), respectively; and

6 (2) inserting after paragraph (1) the following:

7 ‘‘(2) each year many young adults are abducted

8 or are involuntarily missing under circumstances

9 which immediately place them in grave danger;’’.

10 SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF PURPOSE OF NATIONAL CENTER

11 FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN.

12 Section 403 of the Missing Children’s Assistance Act

13 (42 U.S.C. 5772) is amended—

14 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as

15 paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and

16 (2) by adding after paragraph (1) the following:

17 ‘‘(2) the term ‘involuntarily missing young

18 adult’ means any individual who is at least 18 but

19 has not attained the age of 22 whose whereabouts

20 are unknown to such individual’s parent or guardian

21 if law enforcement determines—

22 ‘‘(A) there is a reasonable indication or

23 suspicion that the individual has been abducted

24 or is missing under circumstances suggesting

25 foul play or a threat to life; or
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1 ‘‘(B) the individual is known to be suicidal

2 or has a severe medical condition that poses a

3 threat to his or her life;

4 ‘‘(3) the term ‘young adult’ means any indi5 vidual who is at least 18 but has not attained the

6 age of 22;’’.

7 SEC. 4. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATOR

8 IN REGARD TO INVOLUNTARILY MISSING

9 YOUNG ADULTS.

10 Section 404 of the Missing Children’s Assistance Act

11 (42 U.S.C. 5773) is amended—

12 (1) in subsection (a)—

13 (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting after

14 ‘‘missing children’’ the following: ‘‘and involun15 tarily missing young adults’’;

16 (B) in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting after

17 ‘‘missing children’’ the following: ‘‘and involun18 tarily missing young adults’’;

19 (C) in paragraph (5)(B), by inserting after

20 ‘‘missing children’’ the following: ‘‘and involun21 tarily missing young adults’’;

22 (D) in paragraph (5)(C), by—

23 (i) inserting after ‘‘missing children’’

24 the following: ‘‘or involuntarily missing

25 young adults’’; and
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1 (ii) inserting after ‘‘or to children’’

2 the following: ‘‘or involuntarily missing

3 young adults’’; and

4 (E) in paragraph (5)(I)(iv), by inserting

5 after ‘‘missing children’’ the following: ‘‘and in6 voluntarily missing young adults’’;

7 (2) in subsection (b)(1)—

8 (A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by—

9 (i) inserting after ‘‘regarding the loca10 tion of any’’ the following: ‘‘involuntarily

11 missing young adult or’’; and

12 (ii) inserting after ‘‘reunite such child

13 with such child’s legal custodian’’ the fol14 lowing: ‘‘, or request information per15 taining to procedures necessary to notify

16 law enforcement about such involuntarily

17 missing young adult’’;

18 (B) in subparagraph (C)(i), by inserting

19 after ‘‘children and their families’’ the fol20 lowing: ‘‘and involuntarily missing young adults

21 and their families’’;

22 (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (E),

23 (F), and (G) as subparagraphs (F), (G), and

24 (H), respectively;
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1 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (D)

2 the following:

3 ‘‘(E) to coordinate public and private pro4 grams which locate or recover involuntarily

5 missing young adults;’’;

6 (E) in subparagraph (F), as redesignated,

7 by inserting after ‘‘missing and exploited chil8 dren’’ the following: ‘‘and involuntarily missing

9 young adults;’’;

10 (F) in subparagraph (G), as redesignated

11 by inserting after ‘‘missing and exploited chil12 dren’’ the following: ‘‘and involuntarily missing

13 young adults’’; and

14 (G) in subparagraph (H), as redesignated,

15 by inserting after ‘‘missing and exploited chil16 dren’’ the following: ‘‘and involuntarily missing

17 young adults,’’; and

18 (3) in subsection (c)—

19 (A) paragraph (1), by inserting after

20 ‘‘number of children’’ each place it appears (ex21 cept after ‘‘who are victims of parental

22 kidnapings’’) the following: ‘‘and involuntarily

23 missing young adults’’; and
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1 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after

2 ‘‘missing children’’ the following: ‘‘and involun3 tarily missing young adults’’.

4 SEC. 5. AUTHORITY OF ADMINISTRATOR TO MAKE GRANTS

5 AND ENTER IN CONTRACTS RELATING TO IN6 VOLUNTARILY MISSING YOUNG ADULTS.

7 Section 405 of the Missing Children’s Assistance Act

8 (42 U.S.C. 5775) is amended—

9 (1) in subsection (a)—

10 (A) in paragraph (1)—

11 (i) by inserting after ‘‘children,’’ the

12 first place it appears the following: ‘‘young

13 adults,’’;

14 (ii) by inserting after ‘‘children’’ the

15 second place it appears the following: ‘‘or

16 involuntarily missing young adults’’;

17 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after

18 ‘‘children’’ the following: ‘‘or involuntarily miss19 ing young adults’’;

20 (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting after

21 ‘‘children’’ the following: ‘‘or involuntarily miss22 ing young adults’’;

23 (D) in paragraph (4)—

24 (i) in the matter before subparagraph

25 (A), by inserting after ‘‘children’’ the fol-
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1 lowing: ‘‘or involuntarily missing young

2 adults’’;

3 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting

4 after ‘‘child’’ each place it appears the fol5 lowing: ‘‘or involuntarily missing young

6 adult’’; and

7 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting

8 after ‘‘child’’ the following: ‘‘or involun9 tarily missing young adult’’;

10 (E) in paragraph (5), by inserting after

11 ‘‘missing children’s’’ the following: ‘‘or involun12 tarily missing young adults’ ’’;

13 (F) in paragraph (6), by inserting after

14 ‘‘children’’ each place it appears the following:

15 ‘‘or involuntarily missing young adults’’;

16 (G) in paragraph (7), by inserting after

17 ‘‘children’’ each place it appears the following:

18 ‘‘or involuntarily missing young adults’’; and

19 (H) in paragraph (9), by inserting after

20 ‘‘children’’ the following: ‘‘or involuntarily miss21 ing young adults’’; and

22 (2) in subsection (b)(1)—

23 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting after

24 ‘‘children’’ the first place it appears the fol25 lowing: ‘‘or involuntarily missing young adults’’;
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1 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting

2 after ‘‘services to’’ the following: ‘‘involuntarily

3 missing young adults,’’; and

4 (C) in subparagraph (C), by inserting after

5 ‘‘children’’ the following: ‘‘or involuntarily miss6 ing young adults’’.

7 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

8 Section 408(a) of the Missing Children’s Assistance

9 Act (42 U.S.C. 5777(a)) is amended by adding at the end

10 the following: ‘‘In addition, there is authorized to be ap11 propriated $2,500,000 for fiscal years 2001 through 2003

12 to carry out the provisions of the amendments made to

13 this Act by the Abducted Young Adults Act.’’.

14 SEC. 7. SPECIAL STUDY AND REPORT.

15 (a) STUDY.—Not later than 1 year after the date of

16 enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Office of

17 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention shall begin

18 to conduct a study to determine the obstacles that prevent

19 or impede law enforcement from recovering involuntarily

20 missing young adults.

21 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date

22 of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Office

23 of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention shall sub24 mit a report to the chairman of the Committee on the Ju25 diciary of the House of Representatives and the chairman
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1 of the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate con2 taining a description, and a summary of the results, of

3 the study conducted under subsection (a).

4 SEC. 8. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

5 Section 3701(a) of the Crime Control Act of 1990

6 (42 U.S.C. 5779) is amended by adding at the end the

7 following: ‘‘Each Federal, State, and local law enforce8 ment agency may report each case of an involuntarily

9 missing young adult reported to such agency to the Na10 tional Crime Information Center of the Department of

11 Justice.’’.

12 SEC. 9. STATE REQUIREMENTS.

13 Section 3702 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42

14 U.S.C. 5780) is amended by—

15 (1) redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph

16 (4);

17 (2) inserting after paragraph (2) the following:

18 ‘‘(3) provide that each involuntarily missing

19 young adult report and all necessary and available

20 information with respect to such report, shall

21 include—

22 ‘‘(A) the name, date of birth, sex, race,

23 height, weight, and eye and hair color of the in24 voluntarily missing young adult;
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1 ‘‘(B) the date and location of the last

2 known contact with the involuntarily missing

3 young adult; and

4 ‘‘(C) once the State agency receiving the

5 case has made a determination to enter such re6 port into the State law enforcement system and

7 the National Crime Information Center com8 puter networks, and make such report available

9 to the Missing and Exploited Children Informa10 tion Clearinghouse within the State or other

11 agency designated within the State to receive

12 such reports, shall immediately enter such re13 port and all necessary and available information

14 described in subparagraphs (A) and (B);’’;

15 (3) in paragraph (4), as redesignated, by strik16 ing ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting the following:

17 ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; and

18 (4) in paragraph (4)(C), as redesignated, by in19 serting after ‘‘missing children’’ the following: ‘‘and

20 involuntarily missing young adults’’.

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