I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3741 
To require State child welfare agencies to promptly report information on 
missing or abducted children to law enforcement authorities, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 20, 2011 
Ms. WILSON of Florida (for herself, Ms. BASS of California, Ms. BROWN of 
Florida, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. 
CARNEY, Mr. CARSON
of Indiana, Ms. CASTOR
of Florida, Mrs. 
CHRISTENSEN, Ms. CHU, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. CLARKE of Michigan, Ms. 
CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CON-
NOLLY of Virginia, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. 
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. DIAZ- 
BALART, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FILNER, Ms. 
FUDGE, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
GRIMM, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. HAHN, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. HASTINGS of 
Florida, Mr. HIGGINS, Ms. HOCHUL, Mr. HOLT, Mr. HONDA, Mr. 
HOYER, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Ms. EDDIE 
BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KEATING, Mr. KILDEE, 
Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, 
Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mrs. MALO-
NEY, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MOORE, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PAL-
LONE, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. POLIS, Mr. POSEY, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. RICHARD-
SON, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. RIVERA, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. ROYBAL- 
ALLARD, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Geor-
gia, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. WATERS, Mr. WATT, Mr. WELCH, Mr. 
WEST, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. WOLF, Mr. 
SIRES, Mr. PETERS, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mrs. LOWEY, 
Mr. COOPER, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. 
BALDWIN, Mr. PIERLUISI, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Ms. LORETTA SAN-
CHEZ of California, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. BARLETTA, Ms. 
LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. CLYBURN, Ms. 
SLAUGHTER, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. LIPINSKI, 
Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, and Mr. SERRANO) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
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of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To require State child welfare agencies to promptly report 
information on missing or abducted children to law en-
forcement authorities, 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 ‘‘Rilya Wilson Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT THAT STATE CHILD WELFARE AGEN-
CIES REPORT INFORMATION ON MISSING OR 
ABDUCTED CHILDREN TO THE NATIONAL 
CRIME INFORMATION CENTER. 
(a) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENT.—Section 471(a) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (32), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (33), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (33) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(34) provides that the State has in effect pro-
cedures that require the State agency to promptly 
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report information on missing or abducted children 
to law enforcement authorities for entry into the Na-
tional Crime Information Center database.’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall promulgate regulations to imple-
ment section 471(a)(34) of the Social Security Act, as 
added by subsection (a) of this section. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, without regard to whether the 
regulations required by subsection (b) have been promul-
gated. 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL CHILD SEARCH 
ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1990. 
Paragraph (4) of section 3702 of the Crime Control 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 5780) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘(3)’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, and a 
recent photograph’’ after ‘‘dental records’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(4) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (D); and 
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(5) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) notify the National Center for Miss-
ing and Exploited Children of each report re-
ceived relating to a child reported missing from 
a foster care family home or childcare institu-
tion; and’’. 
Æ 
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