I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3427 
To amend the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require certification of State 
and law enforcement agency reports related to missing children, to re-
quire that certain information be provided to individuals reporting a 
missing child, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 30, 2013 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. POE of Texas, Ms. 
MOORE, and Ms. BASS) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require certifi-
cation of State and law enforcement agency reports re-
lated to missing children, to require that certain informa-
tion be provided to individuals reporting a missing child, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Runaway Reporting 
Improvement Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. MISSING CHILDREN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 3701 of title XXXVII of the Crime Control 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 5779) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) GUIDELINES.—The Attorney General— 
‘‘(1) may establish guidelines for the collection 
of such reports including procedures for carrying out 
the purposes of this section and section 3702; and 
‘‘(2) shall establish guidelines for the format 
and collection of the certifications required under 
subsection (d).’’; 
(2) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL SUMMARY.—The Attorney General 
shall publish in the Federal Register and make available 
on the Web site of the Department of Justice— 
‘‘(1) an annual statistical summary of the re-
ports received under this section and section 3702; 
and 
‘‘(2) not later than 18 months after the date of 
enactment of the Runaway Reporting Improvement 
Act of 2013, a summary of the certifications re-
quired under subsection (d).’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘(d) CERTIFICATION
OF COMPLIANCE.—Not later 
than 18 months after the date of enactment of the Run-
away Reporting Improvement Act of 2013, each Federal, 
State, and local law enforcement agency reporting under 
the provisions of this section and section 3702 shall file 
a certification of the agency’s compliance with such sec-
tions, which shall be signed by an authorized representa-
tive of the agency and submitted to the Attorney Gen-
eral.’’. 
SEC. 3. STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORTING. 
Section 3702 of title XXXVII of the Crime Control 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 5780) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Each State reporting’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each State reporting’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the 
end of paragraph (2); 
(3) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the 
end of paragraph (3); 
(4) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(5) by adding after paragraph (4) the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) not later than one year after the date of 
enactment of the Runaway Reporting Improvement 
Act of 2013, develop, and require State and local 
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law enforcement officers in such State to dissemi-
nate, a written information sheet to be provided to 
each individual who reports a missing child to such 
an officer after such date, which shall— 
‘‘(A) be submitted to the Department of 
Justice for approval, and approved by the De-
partment, before such date; 
‘‘(B) include, at a minimum, the 24-hour, 
toll-free phone numbers for the National Center 
for Missing and Exploited Children and the Na-
tional Runaway Safeline; and 
‘‘(C) provide a description of the services 
that the National Center for Missing and Ex-
ploited Children and the National Runaway 
Safeline provide to the parents and guardians 
of missing children.’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(b) DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENT.—The Department of Justice shall meet the 
requirements of paragraph (5) of subsection (a), except 
that the Department shall not be required to meet the re-
quirements of subparagraph (A) of such paragraph. 
‘‘(c) GUIDELINES.—The Attorney General shall es-
tablish guidelines for the development and dissemination 
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of information sheets required under subsections (a)(5) 
and (b).’’. 
Æ 
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