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‘‘(C) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipient 
of grant funds under this section that is found 
to have an unresolved audit finding shall not be 
eligible to receive grant funds under this section 
during the first 2 fiscal years beginning after the 
end of the 12-month period described in subpara-
graph (A). 
‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under 
this section, the Attorney General shall give pri-
ority to eligible applicants that did not have an 
unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal 
years before submitting an application for a 
grant under this section. 
‘‘(E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is 
awarded grant funds under this section during 
the 2-fiscal-year period during which the entity 
is barred from receiving grants under subpara-
graph (C), the Attorney General shall— 
‘‘(i) deposit an amount equal to the 
amount of the grant funds that were im-
properly awarded to the grantee into the 
General Fund of the Treasury; and 
‘‘(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the re-
payment to the fund from the grant recipi-
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ent that was erroneously awarded grant 
funds. 
‘‘(2) 
NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZA-
TION.—For purposes of this paragraph and the 
grant programs under this section, the term 
‘nonprofit organization’ means an organization 
that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from 
taxation under section 501(a) of such Code. 
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney General 
may not award a grant under this section to a 
nonprofit organization that holds money in off-
shore accounts for the purpose of avoiding pay-
ing the tax described in section 511(a) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986. 
‘‘(C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organi-
zation that is awarded a grant under this section 
and uses the procedures prescribed in regulations 
to create a rebuttable presumption of reasonable-
ness for the compensation of its officers, direc-
tors, trustees, and key employees, shall disclose to 
the Attorney General, in the application for the 
grant, the process for determining such com-
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pensation, including the independent persons in-
volved in reviewing and approving such com-
pensation, the comparability data used, and con-
temporaneous substantiation of the deliberation 
and decision. Upon request, the Attorney General 
shall make the information disclosed under this 
subparagraph available for public inspection. 
‘‘(3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 
‘‘(A) 
LIMITATION.—No 
amounts 
made 
available to the Department of Justice under this 
section may be used by the Attorney General, or 
by any individual or entity awarded discre-
tionary funds through a cooperative agreement 
under this section, to host or support any ex-
penditure for conferences that uses more than 
$20,000 in funds made available by the Depart-
ment of Justice, unless the head of the relevant 
agency or department, provides prior written 
authorization that the funds may be expended to 
host the conference. 
‘‘(B) WRITTEN
APPROVAL.—Written ap-
proval under subparagraph (A) shall include a 
written estimate of all costs associated with the 
conference, including the cost of all food, bev-
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erages, audio-visual equipment, honoraria for 
speakers, and entertainment. 
‘‘(C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney Gen-
eral shall submit an annual report to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives on all conference expenditures ap-
proved under this paragraph. 
‘‘(4) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in the 
first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment 
of this subsection, the Attorney General shall submit, 
to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee 
on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives, an annual cer-
tification— 
‘‘(A) indicating whether— 
‘‘(i) all audits issued by the Office of 
the Inspector General under paragraph (1) 
have been completed and reviewed by the 
appropriate Assistant Attorney General or 
Director; 
‘‘(ii) all mandatory exclusions required 
under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; 
and
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‘‘(iii) 
all 
reimbursements 
required 
under paragraph (1)(E) have been made; 
and 
‘‘(B) that includes a list of any grant re-
cipients excluded under paragraph (1) from the 
previous year. 
‘‘(f) PREVENTING DUPLICATIVE GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Before the Attorney General 
awards a grant to an applicant under this section, 
the Attorney General shall compare potential grant 
awards with other grants awarded by the Attorney 
General to determine if grant awards are or have 
been awarded for a similar purpose. 
‘‘(2) REPORT.—If the Attorney General awards 
grants to the same applicant for a similar purpose 
the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee 
on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report 
that includes— 
‘‘(A) a list of all such grants awarded, in-
cluding the total dollar amount of any such 
grants awarded; and 
‘‘(B) the reason the Attorney General 
awarded multiple grants to the same applicant 
for a similar purpose.’’.
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(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act and every year thereafter, the 
Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report on 
the Missing Americans Alert Program, as amended by sub-
section (a), which shall address— 
(1) the number of individuals who benefitted 
from the Missing Americans Alert Program, including 
information such as the number of individuals with 
reduced unsafe wandering, the number of people who 
were trained through the program, and the estimated 
number of people who were impacted by the program; 
(2) the number of State, local, and tribal law en-
forcement or public safety agencies that applied for 
funding under the Missing Americans Alert Program; 
(3) the number of State, local, and tribal local 
law enforcement or public safety agencies that re-
ceived funding under the Missing Americans Alert 
Program, including— 
(A) the number of State, local, and tribal 
law enforcement or public safety agencies that 
used such funding for training; and
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(B) the number of State, local, and tribal 
law enforcement or public safety agencies that 
used such funding for designing, establishing, or 
operating locative tracking technology; 
(4) the companies, including the location (city 
and State) of the headquarters and local offices of 
each company, for which their locative tracking tech-
nology was used by State, local, and tribal law en-
forcement or public safety agencies; 
(5) the nonprofit organizations, including the lo-
cation (city and State) of the headquarters and local 
offices of each organization, that State, local, and 
tribal law enforcement or public safety agencies 
partnered with and the result of each partnership; 
(6) the number of missing children with autism 
or another developmental disability with wandering 
tendencies or adults with Alzheimer’s being served by 
the program who went missing and the result of the 
search for each such individual; and 
(7) any recommendations for improving the 
Missing Americans Alert Program. 
(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 
section 2 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforce-
ment Act of 1994 is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 240001 and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 240001. Missing Americans Alert Program.’’.
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Subtitle B—Education and 
Outreach 
SEC. 231. ACTIVITIES BY THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISS-
ING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN. 
Section 404(b)(1)(H) of the Missing Children’s Assist-
ance Act (34 U.S.C. 11293(b)(1)(H)) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘, including cases involving children with develop-
mental disabilities such as autism’’ before the semicolon. 
Subtitle C—Privacy Protections 
SEC. 241. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) CHILD.—The term ‘‘child’’ means an indi-
vidual who is less than 18 years of age. 
(2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 4(e) of the In-
dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 5304(e)). 
(3) LAW
ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means an agency of a 
State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe that 
is authorized by law or by a government agency to 
engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, in-
vestigation, or prosecution of any violation of crimi-
nal law.
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(4) NON-INVASIVE
AND
NON-PERMANENT.—The 
term ‘‘non-invasive and non-permanent’’ means, with 
regard to any technology or device, that the procedure 
to install the technology or device does not create an 
external or internal marker or implant a device, such 
as a microchip, or other trackable items. 
(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 
50 States, the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Is-
lands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
(6) UNIT
OF
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.—The term 
‘‘unit of local government’’ means a county, munici-
pality, town, township, village, parish, borough, or 
other unit of general government below the State level. 
SEC. 242. STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR USE OF 
NON-INVASIVE AND NON-PERMANENT TRACK-
ING DEVICES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen-
eral, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services and leading research, advocacy, self- 
advocacy, and service organizations, shall establish 
standards and best practices relating to the use of
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non-invasive and non-permanent tracking technology, 
where a guardian or parent has determined that a 
non-invasive and non-permanent tracking device is 
the least restrictive alternative, to locate individuals 
as described in subsection (a)(2) of section 240001 of 
the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act 
of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12621), as added by this title. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing the stand-
ards and best practices required under paragraph (1), 
the Attorney General shall— 
(A) determine— 
(i) the criteria used to determine which 
individuals would benefit from the use of a 
tracking device; 
(ii) the criteria used to determine who 
should have direct access to the tracking 
system; and 
(iii) which non-invasive and non-per-
manent types of tracking devices can be 
used in compliance with the standards and 
best practices; and 
(B) establish standards and best practices 
the Attorney General determines are necessary to 
the administration of a tracking system, includ-
ing procedures to—
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(i) safeguard the privacy of the data 
used by the tracking device such that— 
(I) access to the data is restricted 
to law enforcement and health agencies 
determined necessary by the Attorney 
General; and 
(II) collection, use, and retention 
of the data is solely for the purpose of 
preventing injury to or death of the in-
dividual wearing the tracking device; 
(ii) establish criteria to determine 
whether use of the tracking device is the 
least restrictive alternative in order to pre-
vent risk of injury or death before issuing 
the tracking device, including the previous 
consideration of less restrictive alternatives; 
(iii) provide training for law enforce-
ment agencies to recognize signs of abuse 
during interactions with applicants for 
tracking devices; 
(iv) protect the civil rights and lib-
erties of the individuals who use tracking 
devices, including their rights under the 
Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States;
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(v) establish a complaint and inves-
tigation process to address— 
(I) incidents of noncompliance by 
recipients of grants under subsection 
(a)(2) of section 240001 of the Violent 
Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12621), as 
added by this title, with the best prac-
tices established by the Attorney Gen-
eral or other applicable law; and 
(II) use of a tracking device over 
the objection of an individual; and 
(vi) determine the role that State agen-
cies should have in the administration of a 
tracking system. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The standards and best 
practices established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall 
take effect 90 days after publication of such standards 
and practices by the Attorney General. 
(b) REQUIRED COMPLIANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each entity that receives a 
grant under subsection (a)(2) of section 240001 of the 
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 
1994 (34 U.S.C. 12621), as added by this title, shall 
comply with any standards and best practices relat-