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of all food, beverages, audio-visual equipment, honoraria 
for speakers, and entertainment. 
‘‘(C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney General shall 
submit an annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives on all conference expenditures 
approved 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 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives, an annual 
certification— 
‘‘(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 Gen-
eral or Director; 
‘‘(ii) all mandatory exclusions required under para-
graph (1)(C) have been issued; and 
‘‘(iii) all reimbursements required under paragraph 
(1)(E) have been made; and 
‘‘(B) that includes a list of any grant recipients 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 Representa-
tives a report that includes— 
‘‘(A) a list of all such grants awarded, including 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.’’. 
(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 Judiciary 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 Pro-
gram, as amended by subsection (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 enforcement 
or public safety agencies that applied for funding under the 
Missing Americans Alert Program;
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(3) the number of State, local, and tribal local law enforce-
ment or public safety agencies that received funding under 
the Missing Americans Alert Program, including— 
(A) the number of State, local, and tribal law enforce-
ment or public safety agencies that used such funding 
for training; and 
(B) the number of State, local, and tribal law enforce-
ment 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 technology was used by State, 
local, and tribal law enforcement or public safety agencies; 
(5) the nonprofit organizations, including the location (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 Ameri-
cans Alert Program. 
(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in section 2 
of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 
is amended by striking the item relating to section 240001 and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 240001. Missing Americans Alert Program.’’. 
TITLE II—EDUCATION AND OUTREACH 
SEC. 201. ACTIVITIES BY THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND 
EXPLOITED CHILDREN. 
Section 404(b)(1)(H) of the Missing Children’s Assistance Act 
(34 U.S.C. 11293(b)(1)(H)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, including 
cases involving children with developmental disabilities such as 
autism’’ before the semicolon. 
TITLE III—PRIVACY PROTECTIONS 
SEC. 301. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) CHILD.—The term ‘‘child’’ means an individual 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 Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304(e)).
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(3) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—The term ‘‘law enforce-
ment agency’’ means an agency of a State, unit of local govern-
ment, or Indian tribe that is authorized by law or by a govern-
ment agency to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, 
investigation, or prosecution of any violation of criminal law. 
(4) NON-INVASIVE AND NON-PERMANENT.—The term ‘‘non- 
invasive and non-permanent’’ means, with regard to any tech-
nology 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 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, 
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
(6) UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘unit of local 
government’’ means a county, municipality, town, township, 
village, parish, borough, or other unit of general government 
below the State level. 
SEC. 302. STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR USE OF NON- 
INVASIVE AND NON-PERMANENT TRACKING DEVICES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, 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 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 alter-
native, to locate individuals as described in subsection (a)(2) 
of section 240001 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforce-
ment Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12621), as added by this Act. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing the standards 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-permanent 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, including procedures to— 
(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 nec-
essary 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 individual wearing the tracking 
device;
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(ii) establish criteria to determine whether use 
of the tracking device is the least restrictive alternative 
in order to prevent risk of injury or death before issuing 
the tracking device, including the previous consider-
ation of less restrictive alternatives; 
(iii) provide training for law enforcement agencies 
to recognize signs of abuse during interactions with 
applicants for tracking devices; 
(iv) protect the civil rights and liberties of the 
individuals who use tracking devices, including their 
rights under the Fourth Amendment to the Constitu-
tion of the United States and title VII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.); 
(v) establish a complaint and investigation 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 
Act, with the best practices established by the 
Attorney General or other applicable law; and 
(II) use of a tracking device over the objection 
of an individual; and 
(vi) determine the role that State agencies 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 Act, shall comply with any standards and best practices 
relating to the use of tracking devices established by the 
Attorney General in accordance with subsection (a). 
(2) DETERMINATION OF COMPLIANCE.—The Attorney Gen-
eral, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, shall determine whether an 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 Act, acts in compliance with the 
standards and best practices described in paragraph (1). 
(c) APPLICABILITY OF STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES.—The 
standards and best practices established by the Attorney General 
under subsection (a) shall apply only to the grant programs author-
ized 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 Act. 
(d) LIMITATIONS ON PROGRAM.— 
(1) DATA STORAGE.—Any tracking data provided by tracking 
devices issued under this program may not be used by a Federal 
entity to create a database. 
(2) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION.—Nothing in this Act may 
be construed to require that a parent or guardian use a tracking 
device to monitor the location of a child or adult under that 
parent or guardian’s supervision if the parent or guardian
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does not believe that the use of such device is necessary or 
in the interest of the child or adult under supervision. 
DIVISION R—TARGET ACT 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Targeted Rewards for the 
Global Eradication of Human Trafficking’’ or the ‘‘TARGET Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Trafficking in persons is a major transnational crime, 
as recognized by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.; division A of Public Law 106–386). 
(2) Trafficking in persons is increasingly perpetrated by 
organized, sophisticated criminal enterprises. 
(3) Combating trafficking in persons requires a global 
approach to identifying and apprehending the world’s worst 
human trafficking rings. 
(b) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 
the Department of State’s rewards program is a powerful tool 
in combating sophisticated international crime and that the Depart-
ment of State and Federal law enforcement should work in concert 
to offer rewards that target human traffickers who prey on the 
most vulnerable people around the world. 
SEC. 3. REWARDS FOR JUSTICE. 
Section 36(k)(5) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(k)(5)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘means’’; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses 
(i) and (ii), respectively, and moving such clauses, as redesig-
nated, 2 ems to the right; 
(3) by inserting before clause (i), as redesignated, the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) means—’’; 
(4) in clause (ii), as redesignated, by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end following: 
‘‘(B) includes severe forms of trafficking in persons 
(as defined in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protec-
tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)) involving at least 1 
jurisdiction outside of the United States.’’. 
DIVISION S—OTHER MATTER 
TITLE I—CHILD PROTECTION 
IMPROVEMENTS ACT 
SEC. 101. NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECK AND 
CRIMINAL HISTORY REVIEW PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The National Child Protection Act of 1993 
(34 U.S.C. 40101 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 3 (34 U.S.C. 40102)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘provider’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘covered individual’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘provider’s’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘covered individual’s’’; 
(C) by amending subsection (a)(3) to read as follows: 
‘‘(3)(A) The Attorney General shall establish a program, in 
accordance with this section, to provide qualified entities located 
in States that do not have in effect procedures described in para-
graph (1), or qualified entities located in States that do not prohibit 
the use of the program established under this paragraph, with 
access to national criminal history background checks on, and 
criminal history reviews of, covered individuals. In any case where 
the use of a Federal national criminal history background check 
program is required pursuant to Federal law as of the effective 
date of this subparagraph, the program under this subparagraph 
may not be used. 
‘‘(B) A qualified entity described in subparagraph (A) may 
submit to the appropriate designated entity a request for a national 
criminal history background check on, and a criminal history review 
of, a covered individual. Qualified entities making a request under 
this paragraph shall comply with the guidelines set forth in sub-
section (b), and with any additional applicable procedures set forth 
by the Attorney General or by the State in which the entity is 
located.’’; 
(D) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)(E), by striking ‘‘unsupervised’’; 
(ii) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) that the State, or in a State that does not have in 
effect procedures described in subsection (a)(1), the designated 
entity, ensures that— 
‘‘(A) each covered individual who is the subject of a 
background check under subsection (a) is entitled to obtain 
a copy of any background check report; 
‘‘(B) each covered individual who is the subject of a 
background check under subsection (a) is provided a process 
by which the covered individual may appeal the results 
of the background check to challenge the accuracy or 
completeness of the information contained in the back-
ground report of the covered individual and obtain a prompt 
determination as to the validity of such challenge before 
a final determination is made by the authorized agency; 
‘‘(C)(i) each covered individual described in subpara-
graph (B) is given notice of the opportunity to appeal; 
‘‘(ii) each covered individual described in subparagraph 
(B) will receive instructions on how to complete the appeals 
process if the covered individual wishes to challenge the 
accuracy or completeness of the information contained in 
the background report of the covered individual; and 
‘‘(iii) the appeals process is completed in a timely 
manner for each covered individual described in subpara-
graph (B); 
‘‘(iv) the appeals process is consistent with title VII 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.); 
and 
‘‘(D) an authorized agency, upon receipt of a back-
ground check report lacking disposition data, shall conduct
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research in whatever State and local recordkeeping systems 
are available in order to obtain complete data;’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or designated 
entity, as applicable,’’ after ‘‘authorized agency’’; and 
(iv) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘or designated 
entity, as applicable,’’ after ‘‘authorized agency’’; 
(E) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘, nor shall any 
designated entity nor any officer or employee thereof,’’ after 
‘‘officer or employee thereof,’’; 
(F) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) FEES.— 
‘‘(1) STATE PROGRAM.—In the case of a background check 
conducted pursuant to a State requirement adopted after 
December 20, 1993, conducted with fingerprints on a covered 
individual, the fees collected by authorized State agencies and 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation may not exceed the actual 
cost of the background check conducted with fingerprints. 
‘‘(2) FEDERAL PROGRAM.—In the case of a national criminal 
history background check and criminal history review conducted 
pursuant to the procedures established pursuant to subsection 
(a)(3), the fees collected by a designated entity shall be set 
at a level that will ensure the recovery of the full costs of 
providing all such services. The designated entity shall remit 
the appropriate portion of such fee to the Attorney General, 
which amount is in accordance with the amount published 
in the Federal Register to be collected for the provision of 
a criminal history background check by the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation. 
‘‘(3) ENSURING FEES DO NOT DISCOURAGE VOLUNTEERS.— 
A fee system under this subsection shall be established in 
a manner that ensures that fees to qualified entities for back-
ground checks do not discourage volunteers from participating 
in programs to care for children, the elderly, or individuals 
with disabilities. A fee charged to a qualified entity that is 
not organized under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 may not be less than the total sum of the costs 
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the designated 
entity.’’; and 
(G) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: 
‘‘(f) NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECK
AND 
CRIMINAL HISTORY REVIEW PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECK.— 
Upon a designated entity receiving notice of a request submitted 
by a qualified entity pursuant to subsection (a)(3), the des-
ignated entity shall forward the request to the Attorney Gen-
eral, who shall, acting through the Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, complete a fingerprint-based check 
of the national criminal history background check system, and 
provide the information received in response to such national 
criminal history background check to the appropriate des-
ignated entity. The designated entity may, upon request from 
a qualified entity, complete a check of a State criminal history 
database. 
‘‘(2) CRIMINAL HISTORY REVIEW.— 
‘‘(A) DESIGNATED
ENTITIES.—The Attorney General 
shall designate, and enter into an agreement with, one 
or more entities to make determinations described in
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subparagraph (B). The Attorney General may not designate 
and enter into an agreement with a Federal agency under 
this subparagraph. 
‘‘(B) DETERMINATIONS.—A designated entity shall, upon 
the receipt of the information described in paragraph (1), 
make a determination of fitness described in subsection 
(b)(4), using the criteria described in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(C) 
CRIMINAL
HISTORY
REVIEW
CRITERIA.—The 
Attorney General shall, by rule, establish the criteria for 
use by designated entities in making a determination of 
fitness described in subsection (b)(4). Such criteria shall 
be based on the criteria established pursuant to section 
108(a)(3)(G)(i) of the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other 
Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 
2003 (34 U.S.C. 40102 note) and section 658H of the Child 
Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
9858f).’’; and 
(2) in section 5 (34 U.S.C. 40104)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (9) to read as follows: 
‘‘(9) the term ‘covered individual’ means an individual— 
‘‘(A) who has, seeks to have, or may have access to 
children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities, served 
by a qualified entity; and 
‘‘(B) who— 
‘‘(i) is employed by or volunteers with, or seeks 
to be employed by or volunteer with, a qualified entity; 
or 
‘‘(ii) owns or operates, or seeks to own or operate, 
a qualified entity;’’; 
(B) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(C) in paragraph (11), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (11) the following: 
‘‘(12) the term ‘designated entity’ means an entity des-
ignated by the Attorney General under section 3(f)(2)(A).’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Attorney General shall ensure that 
this section and the amendments made by this section are fully 
implemented not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this section. 
TITLE II—SAVE AMERICA’S PASTIME 
ACT 
SEC. 201. APPLICATION OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938 
TO MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 13(a) of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (18), by striking the period and inserting 
‘‘; or’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(19) any employee employed to play baseball who is com-
pensated pursuant to a contract that provides for a weekly 
salary for services performed during the league’s championship 
season (but not spring training or the off season) at a rate 
that is not less than a weekly salary equal to the minimum 
wage under section 6(a) for a workweek of 40 hours, irrespective
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of the number of hours the employee devotes to baseball related 
activities.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section, and the amendments made 
by this section, shall take effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
TITLE III—KEEP YOUNG ATHLETES 
SAFE ACT 
SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Keep Young Athletes Safe 
Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 302. GRANT TO PROTECT YOUNG ATHLETES FROM ABUSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—GRANT TO KEEP YOUNG ATHLETES 
SAFE 
‘‘§ 220531. Grant to protect young athletes from abuse 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Attorney General may award a grant 
to an eligible nonprofit nongovernmental entity in order to support 
oversight of the United States Olympic Committee, each national 
governing body, and each paralympic sports organization with 
regard to safeguarding amateur athletes against abuse, including 
emotional, physical, and sexual abuse in sports. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a grant under 
this section, a nonprofit nongovernmental entity shall submit an 
application to the Attorney General at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the Attorney General may 
require, including information that demonstrates that the entity 
has— 
‘‘(1) nationally recognized expertise in preventing and 
investigating emotional, physical, and sexual abuse in the ath-
letic programs of the United States Olympic Committee, each 
national governing body, and each paralympic sports organiza-
tion; and 
‘‘(2) the capacity to oversee regular and random audits 
to ensure that the policies and procedures used by the United 
States Olympic Committee, each national governing body, and 
each paralympic sports organization to prevent and identify 
the abuse of an amateur athlete are followed correctly. 
‘‘(c) USE OF GRANT AMOUNT.—An entity that receives a grant 
under this section may use such funds— 
‘‘(1) to develop and test new training materials for emo-
tional, physical, and sexual abuse prevention and identification 
education in youth athletic programs; 
‘‘(2) for staff salaries, travel expenses, equipment, printing, 
and other reasonable expenses necessary to develop, maintain, 
and disseminate to the United States Olympic Committee, each 
national governing body, each paralympic sports organization, 
and other amateur sports organizations information about safe-
guarding amateur athletes against abuse, including emotional, 
physical, and sexual abuse in sports; and