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Union Calendar No. 469 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2800 

[Report No. 112–651] 

To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 

to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 5, 2011 

Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mrs. 

CHRISTENSEN, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. LINDA T. 

SA ́NCHEZ of California, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Ms. LEE of California, 

Mr. COHEN, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. NORTON, Ms. RICHARDSON, Ms. FUDGE, 

and Mr. RUSH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 

Additional sponsors: Mr. ELLISON, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. CLAY, and Mr. LYNCH

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 

Act of 1994 to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program. 


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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 ‘‘Missing Alzheimer’s 

5 Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE MISSING ALZHEIMER’S 

7 DISEASE PATIENT ALERT PROGRAM. 

8 Section 240001 of the Violent Crime Control and 

9 Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14181) is 

10 amended— 

11 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol12 lows: 

13 ‘‘(a) GRANT.—Subject to the availability of appro14 priations to carry out this section, the Attorney General, 

15 through the Bureau of Justice Assistance and in consulta16 tion with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 

17 shall award competitive grants to nonprofit organizations 

18 to assist such organizations in paying for the costs of plan19 ning, designing, establishing, and operating locally based, 

20 proactive programs to protect and locate missing patients 

21 with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and other 

22 missing elderly individuals.’’; 

23 (2) in subsection (b)— 

24 (A) by inserting ‘‘competitive’’ after ‘‘to re25 ceive a’’; and 


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1 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

2 sentence: ‘‘The Attorney General shall periodi3 cally solicit applications for grants under this 

4 section by publishing a request for applications 

5 in the Federal Register and by posting such a 

6 request on the Web site of the Department of 

7 Justice.’’; 

8 (3) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol9 lows: 

10 ‘‘(c) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants under sub11 section (a), the Attorney General shall give preference to 

12 national nonprofit organizations that have a direct link to 

13 patients, and families of patients, with Alzheimer’s disease 

14 and related dementias.’’; and 

15 (4) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol16 lows: 

17 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

18 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

19 $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 

20 2018.’’. 

21 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

22 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Missing Alzheimer’s Dis23 ease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization Act of 2012’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE MISSING ALZHEIMER’S 

2 DISEASE PATIENT ALERT PROGRAM. 

3 Section 240001 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 

4 Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14181) is amended— 

5 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol6 lows: 

7 ‘‘(a) GRANT.—Subject to the availability of appropria8 tions to carry out this section, the Attorney General, 

9 through the Bureau of Justice Assistance, shall award com10 petitive grants to nonprofit organizations to assist such or11 ganizations in paying for the costs of planning, designing, 

12 establishing, and operating locally based, proactive pro13 grams to protect and locate missing patients with Alz14 heimer’s disease and related dementias.’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘competitive’’ 

16 after ‘‘to receive a’’; 

17 (3) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol18 lows: 

19 ‘‘(c) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants under sub20 section (a), the Attorney General shall give preference to 

21 national nonprofit organizations that have experience work22 ing with patients, and families of patients, with Alz23 heimer’s disease and related dementias.’’; and 

24 (4) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol25 lows: 


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1 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

3 $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 through 2017.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 469 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2800 

[Report No. 112–651] 

A BILL 

To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law EnAlzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program. forcement Act of 1994 to reauthorize the Missing 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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