HR 1933 RS 
SEC. 2. DIRECTING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO MAKE AN-
NUAL GRANTS TO A CHILD IS MISSING ALERT 
AND RECOVERY CENTER TO ASSIST LAW EN-
FORCEMENT 
AGENCIES 
IN 
RECOVERING 
MISSING CHILDREN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, acting 
through the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Jus-
tice and Delinquency Prevention, shall annually make a 
grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Cen-
ter. 
(b) SPECIFIED USE OF FUNDS FOR RECOVERY AC-
TIVITIES, REGIONAL CENTERS, EDUCATION, AND INFOR-
MATION SHARING.—A Child Is Missing Alert and Recov-
ery Center shall use the funds made available under this 
Act— 
(1) to operate and expand the A Child Is Miss-
ing Alert and Recovery Center to provide services to 
Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies 
to promote the quick recovery of a missing child in 
response to a request from such agencies for assist-
ance by utilizing rapid alert telephone calls, text 
messaging, and satellite mapping technology; 
(2) to maintain and expand technologies and 
techniques to ensure the highest level of performance 
of such services; 
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(3) to establish and maintain regional centers 
to provide both centralized and on-site training and 
to distribute information to Federal, State, and local 
law enforcement agency officials about how to best 
utilize the services provided by the A Child Is Miss-
ing Alert and Recovery Center; 
(4) to share appropriate information with the 
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 
the AMBER Alert Coordinator, the Silver Alert Co-
ordinator, and appropriate Federal, State, and local 
law enforcement agencies; and 
(5) to assist the National Center for Missing 
and Exploited Children, the AMBER Alert Coordi-
nator, the Silver Alert Coordinator, and appropriate 
Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies 
with education programs. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF MISSING CHILD. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘missing child’’ 
means an individual whose whereabouts are unknown to 
a Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
For grants under section 2, there are authorized to 
be appropriated to the Attorney General $5,000,000 for 
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each fiscal year from fiscal year 2010 through fiscal year 
2015. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 21, 2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 458 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1933 
AN ACT 
To direct the Attorney General to make an annual 
grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recov-
ery Center to assist law enforcement agencies in 
the rapid recovery of missing children, and for 
other purposes. 
JULY 13, 2010 
Reported without amendment 
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