Crime Information Center of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, and the National Law Enforcement
Telecommunications System;
‘‘(11) since 1987, the Center has operated the
National Child Pornography Tipline, in conjunction
with the United States Customs Service and the
United States Postal Inspection Service and, begin-
ning this year, the Center established a new
CyberTipline on child exploitation, thus becoming ‘the
911 for the Internet’;
‘‘(12) in light of statistics that time is of the es-
sence in cases of child abduction, the Director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation in February of 1997
created a new NCIC child abduction (‘CA’) flag to
provide the Center immediate notification in the most
serious cases, resulting in 642 ‘CA’ notifications to
the Center and helping the Center to have its highest
recovery rate in history;
‘‘(13) the Center has established a national and
increasingly worldwide network, linking the Center
online with each of the missing children clearing-
houses operated by the 50 States, the District of Co-
lumbia, and Puerto Rico, as well as with Scotland
Yard in the United Kingdom, the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police, INTERPOL headquarters in Lyon,
France, and others, which has enabled the Center to
transmit images and information regarding missing
children to law enforcement across the United States
and around the world instantly;
‘‘(14) from its inception in 1984 through March
31, 1998, the Center has—
‘‘(A) handled 1,203,974 calls through its 24-
hour toll-free hotline (1–800–THE–LOST) and
currently averages 700 calls per day;
‘‘(B) trained 146,284 law enforcement,
criminal and juvenile justice, and healthcare
professionals in child sexual exploitation and
missing child case detection, identification, in-
vestigation, and prevention;
‘‘(C) disseminated 15,491,344 free publica-
tions to citizens and professionals; and
‘‘(D) worked with law enforcement on the
cases of 59,481 missing children, resulting in the
recovery of 40,180 children;
‘‘(15) the demand for the services of the Center
is growing dramatically, as evidenced by the fact that
in 1997, the Center handled 129,100 calls, an all-time
record, and by the fact that its new Internet website
(www.missingkids.com) receives 1,500,000 ‘hits’ every
day, and is linked with hundreds of other websites to
provide real-time images of breaking cases of missing
children;
‘‘(16) in 1997, the Center provided policy train-
ing to 256 police chiefs and sheriffs from 50 States
and Guam at its new Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement
Training Center;
‘‘(17) the programs of the Center have had a re-
markable impact, such as in the fight against infant
abductions in partnership with the healthcare indus-
try, during which the Center has performed 668 on-
site hospital walk-throughs and inspections, and
trained 45,065 hospital administrators, nurses, and
security personnel, and thereby helped to reduce in-
fant abductions in the United States by 82 percent;
‘‘(18) the Center is now playing a significant
role in international child abduction cases, serving as
a representative of the Department of State at cases
under The Hague Convention, and successfully resolv-
ing the cases of 343 international child abductions,
and providing greater support to parents in the
United States;
‘‘(19) the Center is a model of public/private
partnership, raising private sector funds to match
congressional appropriations and receiving extensive
private in-kind support, including advanced tech-
nology provided by the computer industry such as im-
aging technology used to age the photographs of long-
term missing children and to reconstruct facial im-
ages of unidentified deceased children;
‘‘(20) the Center was 1 of only 10 of 300 major
national charities given an A+ grade in 1997 by the
American Institute of Philanthropy; and
‘‘(21) the Center has been redesignated as the
Nation’s missing children clearinghouse and resource
center once every 3 years through a competitive selec-
tion process conducted by the Office of Juvenile Jus-
tice and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of
Justice, and has received grants from that Office to
conduct the crucial purposes of the Center.’’.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 403 of the Missing Chil-
dren’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5772) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) the term ‘Center’ means the National Center
for Missing and Exploited Children.’’.
(c) DUTIES
AND
FUNCTIONS
OF
THE
ADMINIS-
TRATOR.—Section 404 of the Missing Children’s Assistance
Act (42 U.S.C. 5773) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection
(d); and
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(b) ANNUAL GRANT TO NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISS-
ING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall an-
nually make a grant to the Center, which shall be
used to—
‘‘(A)(i) operate a national 24-hour toll-free
telephone line by which individuals may report
information regarding the location of any miss-
ing child, or other child 13 years of age or
younger whose whereabouts are unknown to such
child’s legal custodian, and request information
pertaining to procedures necessary to reunite
such child with such child’s legal custodian; and
‘‘(ii) coordinate the operation of such tele-
phone line with the operation of the national
communications system referred to in part C of
the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42
U.S.C. 5714–11);
‘‘(B) operate the official national resource
center and information clearinghouse for missing
and exploited children;
‘‘(C) provide to State and local govern-
ments, public and private nonprofit agencies,
and individuals, information regarding—
‘‘(i) free or low-cost legal, restaurant,
lodging, and transportation services that
are available for the benefit of missing and
exploited children and their families; and
‘‘(ii) the existence and nature of pro-
grams being carried out by Federal agencies
to assist missing and exploited children and
their families;
‘‘(D) coordinate public and private pro-
grams that locate, recover, or reunite missing
children with their families;
‘‘(E) disseminate, on a national basis, in-
formation relating to innovative and model pro-
grams, services, and legislation that benefit miss-
ing and exploited children;
‘‘(F) provide technical assistance and train-
ing to law enforcement agencies, State and local
governments, elements of the criminal justice sys-
tem, public and private nonprofit agencies, and
individuals in the prevention, investigation,
prosecution, and treatment of cases involving
missing and exploited children; and
‘‘(G) provide assistance to families and law
enforcement agencies in locating and recovering
missing and exploited children, both nationally
and internationally.
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Admin-
istrator to carry out this subsection, $10,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003.
‘‘(c) NATIONAL INCIDENCE STUDIES.—The Adminis-
trator, either by making grants to or entering into contracts
with public agencies or nonprofit private agencies, shall—
‘‘(1) periodically conduct national incidence
studies to determine for a given year the actual num-
ber of children reported missing each year, the num-
ber of children who are victims of abduction by
strangers, the number of children who are the victims
of parental kidnapings, and the number of children
who are recovered each year; and
‘‘(2) provide to State and local governments,
public and private nonprofit agencies, and individ-
uals information to facilitate the lawful use of school
records and birth certificates to identify and locate
missing children.’’.
(d) NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED
CHILDREN.—Section 405(a) of the Missing Children’s As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5775(a)) is amended by inserting
‘‘the Center and with’’ before ‘‘public agencies’’.
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
408 of the Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5777) is amended by striking ‘‘1997 through 2001’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2000 through 2003’’.
SEC. 3. RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH.
(a) FINDINGS.—Section 302 of the Runaway and
Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘accurate re-
porting of the problem nationally and to develop’’
and inserting ‘‘an accurate national reporting system
to report the problem, and to assist in the develop-
ment of’’; and
(2) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(8) services for runaway and homeless youth
are needed in urban, suburban, and rural areas;’’.
(b) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS FOR CENTERS AND
SERVICES.—Section 311 of the Runaway and Homeless
Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5711) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(a) GRANTS FOR CENTERS AND SERVICES.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make
grants to public and nonprofit private entities (and
combinations of such entities) to establish and operate
(including renovation) local centers to provide serv-
ices for runaway and homeless youth and for the fam-
ilies of such youth.
‘‘(2) SERVICES
PROVIDED.—Services provided
under paragraph (1)—
‘‘(A) shall be provided as an alternative to
involving runaway and homeless youth in the
law enforcement, child welfare, mental health,
and juvenile justice systems;
‘‘(B) shall include—
‘‘(i) safe and appropriate shelter; and
‘‘(ii) individual, family, and group
counseling, as appropriate; and
‘‘(C) may include—
‘‘(i) street-based services;
‘‘(ii) home-based services for families
with youth at risk of separation from the
family; and
‘‘(iii) drug abuse education and pre-
vention services.’’;
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘the Trust
Territory of the Pacific Islands,’’; and
(3) by striking subsections (c) and (d).
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 312 of the Runaway and
Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5712) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (7)’’;
(B) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘and’’
at the end;
(C) in paragraph (11), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(12) shall submit to the Secretary an annual
report that includes, with respect to the year for
which the report is submitted—
‘‘(A) information regarding the activities
carried out under this part;
‘‘(B) the achievements of the project under
this part carried out by the applicant; and
‘‘(C) statistical summaries describing—
‘‘(i) the number and the characteristics
of the runaway and homeless youth, and
youth at risk of family separation, who par-
ticipate in the project; and
‘‘(ii) the services provided to such
youth by the project.’’; and
(2) by striking subsections (c) and (d) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(c) APPLICANTS PROVIDING STREET-BASED SERV-
ICES.—To be eligible to use assistance under section
311(a)(2)(C)(i) to provide street-based services, the appli-
cant shall include in the plan required by subsection (b)
assurances that in providing such services the applicant
will—
‘‘(1) provide qualified supervision of staff, in-
cluding 
on-street 
supervision 
by 
appropriately
trained staff;
‘‘(2) provide backup personnel for on-street staff;
‘‘(3) provide initial and periodic training of
staff who provide such services; and
‘‘(4) conduct outreach activities for runaway and
homeless youth, and street youth.
‘‘(d) APPLICANTS PROVIDING HOME-BASED SERV-
ICES.—To be eligible to use assistance under section 311(a)
to provide home-based services described in section
311(a)(2)(C)(ii), an applicant shall include in the plan re-
quired by subsection (b) assurances that in providing such
services the applicant will—
‘‘(1) provide counseling and information to
youth and the families (including unrelated individ-
uals in the family households) of such youth, includ-
ing services relating to basic life skills, interpersonal
skill building, educational advancement, job attain-
ment skills, mental and physical health care, par-
enting skills, financial planning, and referral to
sources of other needed services;
‘‘(2) provide directly, or through an arrangement
made by the applicant, 24-hour service to respond to
family crises (including immediate access to tem-
porary shelter for runaway and homeless youth, and
youth at risk of separation from the family);
‘‘(3) establish, in partnership with the families
of runaway and homeless youth, and youth at risk of
separation from the family, objectives and measures of
success to be achieved as a result of receiving home-
based services;
‘‘(4) provide initial and periodic training of
staff who provide home-based services; and
‘‘(5) ensure that—
‘‘(A) caseloads will remain sufficiently low
to allow for intensive (5 to 20 hours per week)
involvement with each family receiving such
services; and
‘‘(B) staff providing such services will re-
ceive qualified supervision.
‘‘(e) APPLICANTS PROVIDING DRUG ABUSE EDU-
CATION AND PREVENTION SERVICES.—To be eligible to use
assistance under section 311(a)(2)(C)(iii) to provide drug
abuse education and prevention services, an applicant shall
include in the plan required by subsection (b)—
‘‘(1) a description of—
‘‘(A) the types of such services that the ap-
plicant proposes to provide;
‘‘(B) the objectives of such services; and
‘‘(C) the types of information and training
to be provided to individuals providing such
services to runaway and homeless youth; and
‘‘(2) an assurance that in providing such services
the applicant shall conduct outreach activities for
runaway and homeless youth.’’.
(d) APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.—Section 313 of the
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5713) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 313. APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An application by a public or pri-
vate entity for a grant under section 311(a) may be ap-
proved by the Secretary after taking into consideration,
with respect to the State in which such entity proposes to
provide services under this part—
‘‘(1) the geographical distribution in such State
of the proposed services under this part for which all
grant applicants request approval; and
‘‘(2) which areas of such State have the greatest
need for such services.
‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In selecting applications for grants
under section 311(a), the Secretary shall give priority to—
‘‘(1) eligible applicants who have demonstrated
experience in providing services to runaway and
homeless youth; and
‘‘(2) eligible applicants that request grants of less
than $200,000.’’.
(e) AUTHORITY
FOR TRANSITIONAL LIVING GRANT
PROGRAM.—Section 321 of the Runaway and Homeless
Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714–1) is amended—
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘PURPOSE
AND’’;
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a)’’; and
(3) by striking subsection (b).
(f) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 322(a)(9) of the Runaway
and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714–2(a)(9)) is
amended by inserting ‘‘, and the services provided to such
youth by such project,’’ after ‘‘such project’’.
(g) COORDINATION.—Section 341 of the Runaway and
Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714–21) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 341. COORDINATION.
‘‘With respect to matters relating to the health, edu-
cation, employment, and housing of runaway and homeless
youth, the Secretary—
‘‘(1) in conjunction with the Attorney General,
shall coordinate the activities of agencies of the De-
partment of Health and Human Services with activi-
ties under any other Federal juvenile crime control,
prevention, and juvenile offender accountability pro-
gram and with the activities of other Federal entities;
and
‘‘(2) shall coordinate the activities of agencies of
the Department of Health and Human Services with
the activities of other Federal entities and with the
activities of entities that are eligible to receive grants
under this title.’’.
(h) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS FOR RESEARCH,
EVALUATION, 
DEMONSTRATION, 
AND
SERVICE
PROJECTS.—Section 343 of the Runaway and Homeless
Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714–23) is amended—
(1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘EVAL-
UATION,’’ after ‘‘RESEARCH,’’;
(2) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘evaluation,’’
after ‘‘research,’’; and
(3) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking paragraph (2); and
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(3)
through (10) as paragraphs (2) through (9), re-
spectively.
(i) STUDY.—Part D of the Runaway and Homeless
Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5731 et seq.) is amended by adding
after section 344 the following:
‘‘SEC. 345. STUDY.
‘‘The Secretary shall conduct a study of a representa-
tive sample of runaways to determine the percent who leave
home because of sexual abuse. The report on the study shall
include—
‘‘(1) in the case of sexual abuse , the relationship
of the assaulter to the runaway; and
‘‘(2) recommendations on how Federal laws may
be changed to reduce sexual assaults on children.
The study shall be completed to enable the Secretary to
make a report to the committees of Congress with jurisdic-
tion over this Act, and to make such report available to
the public, within one year of the date of the enactment
of this section.’’
(j) ASSISTANCE TO POTENTIAL GRANTEES.—Section
371 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C.
5714a) is amended by striking the last sentence.
(k) REPORTS.—Section 381 of the Runaway and
Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5715) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘SEC. 381. REPORTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1, 2000, and
biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall submit, to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of
the Senate, a report on the status, activities, and accom-
plishments of entities that receive grants under parts A, B,
C, D, and E, with particular attention to—
‘‘(1) in the case of centers funded under part A,
the ability or effectiveness of such centers in—
‘‘(A) alleviating the problems of runaway
and homeless youth;
‘‘(B) if applicable or appropriate, reuniting
such youth with their families and encouraging
the resolution of intrafamily problems through
counseling and other services;