I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4305 
To authorize the Attorney General to provide a grant to assist Federal, 
State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery 
of missing individuals. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2012 
Mr. CHABOT (for himself and Mr. DEUTCH) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To authorize the Attorney General to provide a grant to 
assist Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement 
agencies in the rapid recovery of missing individuals. 
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 ‘‘Child and Elderly 
Missing Alert Program’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROGRAM TO ASSIST FEDERAL, STATE, TRIBAL, 
AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES 
IN THE RAPID RECOVERY OF MISSING CHIL-
DREN, THE ELDERLY, AND DISABLED INDI-
VIDUALS. 
Section 1701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (16), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (17), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(18) to permit an eligible nonprofit organiza-
tion to assist Federal, State, tribal, and local law en-
forcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing 
children, elderly individuals, and disabled individuals 
through the use of a rapid telephone and cellular 
alert call system, in accordance with subsection (l).’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(l) CHILD AND ELDERLY MISSING ALERTS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General is 
authorized to award a grant to one eligible nonprofit 
organization to assist Federal, State, tribal, and 
local law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery 
of missing children, elderly individuals, and disabled 
individuals through the use of a rapid telephone and 
cellular alert call system. 
‘‘(2) SPECIFIED
USE
OF
FUNDS.—The grant 
awarded under this subsection shall be used to— 
‘‘(A) provide services to Federal, State, 
tribal, and local law enforcement agencies, in 
response to a request from such agencies, to 
promote the rapid recovery of a missing child, 
an elderly individual, or a disabled individual by 
utilizing rapid telephone and cellular alert calls; 
‘‘(B) maintain and expand technologies 
and techniques to ensure the highest level of 
performance of such services; 
‘‘(C) provide both centralized and on-site 
training, and distribute information, to Federal, 
State, and local law enforcement agency offi-
cials about missing children, elderly individuals, 
and disabled individuals and use of a rapid tele-
phone and cellular alert call system; 
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‘‘(D) provide services to Federal, State, 
tribal, and local Child Abduction Response 
Teams; 
‘‘(E) assist Federal, State, tribal, and local 
law enforcement agencies to combat human 
trafficking through the use of rapid telephone 
and cellular alert calls; 
‘‘(F) share appropriate information on 
cases with the National Center for Missing and 
Exploited Children, the AMBER Alert, Silver 
Alert, and Blue Alert programs, and appro-
priate Federal, State, tribal, and local law en-
forcement agencies; and 
‘‘(G) assist appropriate organizations, in-
cluding Federal, State, tribal, and local law en-
forcement agencies, with education and preven-
tion programs related to missing children, el-
derly individuals, and disabled individuals. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBILITY.—To be an eligible nonprofit 
organization for purposes of the grant under this 
subsection, a nonprofit organization shall— 
‘‘(A) have 5 or more years of experience 
providing rapid telephone and cellular alert calls 
on behalf of Federal, State, and local law en-
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