108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1925
AN ACT
To reauthorize programs under the Runaway and
Homeless Youth Act and the Missing Children’s
Assistance Act, and for other purposes.
108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1925
AN ACT
To reauthorize programs under the Runaway and Homeless
Youth Act and the Missing Children’s Assistance Act,
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, Homeless,
and Missing Children Protection Act’’.
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO RUN-
AWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH
ACT
SEC. 101. AMENDMENT TO FINDINGS.
Section 302 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
(42 U.S.C. 5701) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 302. FINDINGS.
‘‘The Congress finds that—
‘‘(1) youth who have become homeless or who
leave and remain away from home without parental
permission, are at risk of developing, and have a dis-
proportionate share of, serious health, behavioral,
and emotional problems because they lack sufficient
resources to obtain care and may live on the street
for extended periods thereby endangering themselves
and creating a substantial law enforcement problem
for communities in which they congregate;
‘‘(2) many such young people, because of their
age and situation, are urgently in need of temporary
shelter and services, including services that are lin-
guistically appropriate and acknowledge the environ-
ment of youth seeking these services;
‘‘(3) in view of the interstate nature of the
problem, it is the responsibility of the Federal Gov-
ernment to develop an accurate national reporting
system to report the problem, and to assist in the
development of an effective system of care (including
preventive and aftercare services, emergency shelter
services, extended residential shelter, and street out-
reach services) outside the welfare system and the
law enforcement system;
‘‘(4) to make a successful transition to adult-
hood, runaway youth, homeless youth, and other
street youth need opportunities to complete high
school or earn a general equivalency degree, learn
job skills, and obtain employment; and
‘‘(5) improved coordination and collaboration
between the Federal programs that serve runaway
and homeless youth are necessary for the develop-
ment of a long-term strategy for responding to the
needs of this population.’’.
SEC. 102. GRANT PROGRAM CONFORMING AMENDMENT.
The heading for part A of the Runaway and Home-
less Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5711 et seq.) is amended by
striking ‘‘RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘BASIC CENTER’’.
SEC. 103. GRANTS FOR SERVICES PROVIDED.
Section 311(a)(2)(C) of the Runaway and Homeless
Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5711(a)(2)(C)) is amended—
(1) in clause (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’;
(2) in clause (iii) by striking the period and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) after clause (iii) by inserting the following:
‘‘(iv) at the request of runaway and
homeless youth, testing for sexually trans-
mitted diseases.’’.
SEC. 104. REPEAL OF OBSOLETE PROVISION RELATING TO
CERTAIN ALLOTMENTS.
Section 311(b) the Runaway and Homeless Youth
Act (42 U.S.C. 5711(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Subject to
paragraph (3), the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’;
(2) by striking paragraph (3); and
(3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (3).
SEC. 105. ELIGIBILITY PROVISION.
Section 312(a) of the Runaway and Homeless Youth
Act (42 U.S.C. 5712(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘juve-
niles’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘youth’’.