I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2666 
To amend the PROTECT Act to make Indian tribes eligible for AMBER 
Alert grants. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 25, 2017 
Mr. BIGGS (for himself, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. BEN 
RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. MOORE, Mr. MULLIN, 
Mr. NOLAN, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. DUFFY, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GAETZ, 
Mr. SOTO, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. ISSA, Mr. BUCK, Mr. GALLEGO, 
and Mr. RATCLIFFE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the PROTECT Act to make Indian tribes eligible 
for AMBER Alert grants. 
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 ‘‘AMBER Alert in In-
dian Country Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. AMBER ALERT GRANTS FOR INDIAN TRIBES. 
Section 304 of the PROTECT Act (42 U.S.C. 5791c) 
is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and Indian 
tribes’’ after ‘‘States’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (5); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 
following: 
‘‘(4) the integration of State or regional 
AMBER Alert communication plans with an Indian 
tribe; and’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Federal’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Federal’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) WAIVER OF FEDERAL SHARE.—If the At-
torney General determines that an Indian tribe does 
not have sufficient funds available to comply with 
the Federal share requirement under paragraph (1) 
for the cost of activities funded by a grant for the 
purpose described in subsection (b)(4), the Attorney 
General may increase the Federal share of the costs 
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for such activities to the extent the Attorney General 
determines necessary.’’; 
(4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘for grants 
under’’ and inserting ‘‘and standards to improve ac-
countability and transparency for grants awarded 
under’’; 
(5) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (g); 
(6) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f) DEFINITION OF INDIAN TRIBE.—In this section, 
the term ‘Indian tribe’ means a federally recognized In-
dian tribe or a Native village, Regional Corporation, or 
Village Corporation (as those terms are defined in section 
3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1602)).’’; and 
(7) in subsection (g)(1), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2004’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘2018’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(3)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection 
(b)’’. 
SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit a report 
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evaluating the readiness, education, and training needs, 
technological challenges, and specific obstacles encoun-
tered by Indian tribes in the integration of State or re-
gional AMBER Alert communication plans to— 
(1) the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Sen-
ate; 
(2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen-
ate; 
(3) the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(4) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives. 
Æ 
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