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Union Calendar No. 467 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4305 
[Report No. 112–649] 
To authorize the Attorney General to provide a grant to assist Federal, 
State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery 
of missing individuals. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2012 
Mr. CHABOT (for himself and Mr. DEUTCH) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 
Additional sponsors: Mr. ROSS of Arkansas, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. BOREN, Mr. 
CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. KISSELL, Mr. LATOURETTE, and Mr. SCHOCK 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see bill as introduced on March 29, 2012] 
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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 ‘‘Child and Elderly Miss-
ing Alert Program’’. 
SEC. 2. PROGRAM TO ASSIST FEDERAL, STATE, TRIBAL, AND 
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE 
RAPID RECOVERY OF MISSING CHILDREN, 
THE ELDERLY, AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS. 
Section 1701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (16), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (17), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(18) to permit eligible nonprofit organizations 
to assist Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforce-
ment agencies in the rapid recovery of missing chil-
dren, elderly individuals, and disabled individuals 
through the use of a rapid telephone and cellular alert 
call system, in accordance with subsection (l).’’; and 
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(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(l) CHILD AND ELDERLY MISSING ALERTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General is au-
thorized to award grants to eligible nonprofit organi-
zations to assist Federal, State, tribal, and local law 
enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing 
children, elderly individuals, and disabled individuals 
through the use of a rapid telephone and cellular alert 
call system. 
‘‘(2) SPECIFIED
USE
OF
FUNDS.—The grants 
awarded under this subsection shall be used to— 
‘‘(A) provide services to Federal, State, trib-
al, and local law enforcement agencies, in re-
sponse to a request from such agencies, to pro-
mote the rapid recovery of a missing child, an 
elderly individual, or a disabled individual by 
utilizing rapid telephone and cellular alert calls; 
‘‘(B) maintain and expand technologies and 
techniques to ensure the highest level of perform-
ance of such services; 
‘‘(C) provide both centralized and on-site 
training and distribute information to Federal, 
State, tribal, and local law enforcement agency 
officials about missing children, elderly individ-
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uals, and disabled individuals and use of a 
rapid telephone and cellular alert call system; 
‘‘(D) provide services to Federal, State, trib-
al, and local Child Abduction Response Teams; 
‘‘(E) assist Federal, State, tribal, and local 
law enforcement agencies to combat human traf-
ficking through the use of rapid telephone and 
cellular alert calls; 
‘‘(F) share appropriate information on 
cases with the National Center for Missing and 
Exploited Children, the AMBER Alert, Silver 
Alert, and Blue Alert programs, and appropriate 
Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement 
agencies; and 
‘‘(G) assist appropriate organizations, in-
cluding Federal, State, tribal, and local law en-
forcement agencies, with education and preven-
tion programs related to missing children, elder-
ly individuals, and disabled individuals. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBILITY.—To be an eligible nonprofit 
organization for purposes of a grant under this sub-
section, a nonprofit organization shall have experi-
ence providing rapid telephone and cellular alert calls 
on behalf of Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
agencies to find missing children and elderly adults. 
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‘‘(4) GRANT PERIOD AND RENEWAL.—The Attor-
ney General shall determine an appropriate grant pe-
riod for grants awarded under this subsection. Such 
grants may be renewed at the discretion of the Attor-
ney General. 
‘‘(5) EVALUATION.—The Attorney General shall 
require each grantee under this subsection to annually 
submit the results of the monitoring and evaluations 
required under subsections (a) and (b) of section 
1705, and shall publish an annual report regarding 
such results and the effectiveness of the activities car-
ried out under each such grant. 
‘‘(6) INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS.—The following 
provisions of this part shall not apply to grants 
awarded under this subsection: 
‘‘(A) Subsection (j) of this section (relating 
to grants to Indian tribes). 
‘‘(B) Section 1703 (relating to renewal of 
grants). 
‘‘(7) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) CHILD.—The term ‘child’ means an 
individual under 21 years of age. 
‘‘(B) DISABLED
INDIVIDUAL.—The term 
‘disabled individual’ means— 
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‘‘(i) an individual with 1 or more dis-
abilities (as defined in section 3 of the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12102)); or 
‘‘(ii) an individual who has been diag-
nosed by a physician or other qualified 
medical professional with Alzheimer’s dis-
ease or a related dementia. 
‘‘(C) ELDERLY INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘el-
derly individual’ means an individual who is 60 
years of age or older. 
‘‘(D) MISSING.—The term ‘missing’, with 
respect to a child, an elderly individual, or a 
disabled individual, means such a child or indi-
vidual who has been reported to law enforcement 
as missing and whose whereabouts are unknown 
to Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforce-
ment agencies. 
‘‘(E) RAPID
TELEPHONE
AND
CELLULAR 
ALERT CALL SYSTEM.—The term ‘rapid telephone 
and cellular alert call system’ means an auto-
mated system with the ability to place at least 
1,000 telephone and cellular calls in 60 seconds 
to a specific geographic area determined by law 
enforcement— 
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‘‘(i) based on the last known where-
abouts of a missing individual; or 
‘‘(ii) based on other evidence and deter-
mined by such law enforcement agency to be 
necessary to the search for the missing indi-
vidual.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 467 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4305 
[Report No. 112–649] 
A BILL 
To authorize the Attorney General to provide a 
grant to assist Federal, State, tribal, and local 
law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of 
missing individuals. 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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