In the Senate of the United States,
November 19, 1999.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 764) entitled ‘‘An Act to reduce the incidence of
child abuse and neglect, and for other purposes.’’, do pass
with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
TITLE I—THE CHILD ABUSE PRE-
VENTION AND ENFORCEMENT
ACT
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Child Abuse Prevention
and Enforcement Act’’.
SEC. 102. GRANT PROGRAM.
Section 102(b) of the Crime Identification Technology
Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 14601(b)) is amended by striking
‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (15), by striking the period
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at the end of paragraph (16) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and
by adding after paragraph (16) the following:
‘‘(17) the capability of the criminal justice sys-
tem to deliver timely, accurate, and complete crimi-
nal history record information to child welfare agen-
cies, organizations, and programs that are engaged in
the assessment of risk and other activities related to
the protection of children, including protection
against child sexual abuse, and placement of children
in foster care.’’.
SEC. 103. USE OF FUNDS UNDER BYRNE GRANT PROGRAM
FOR CHILD PROTECTION.
Section 501(b) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3751) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(25);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (26) and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(27) enforcing child abuse and neglect laws, in-
cluding laws protecting against child sexual abuse,
and promoting programs designed to prevent child
abuse and neglect; and
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‘‘(28) establishing or supporting cooperative pro-
grams between law enforcement and media organiza-
tions, to collect, record, retain, and disseminate infor-
mation useful in the identification and apprehension
of suspected criminal offenders.’’.
SEC. 104. CONDITIONAL ADJUSTMENT IN SET ASIDE FOR
CHILD ABUSE VICTIMS UNDER THE VICTIMS
OF CRIME ACT OF 1984.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1402(d)(2) of the Victims
of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601(d)(2)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(2) the next $10,000,000’’ and
inserting ‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided in subpara-
graph (B), the next $10,000,000’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B)(i) For any fiscal year for which the amount
deposited in the Fund is greater than the amount de-
posited in the Fund for fiscal year 1998, the
$10,000,000 referred to in subparagraph (A) plus an
amount equal to 50 percent of the increase in the
amount from fiscal year 1998 shall be available for
grants under section 1404A.
‘‘(ii) Amounts available under this subparagraph
for any fiscal year shall not exceed $20,000,000.’’.
(b) INTERACTION WITH ANY CAP.—Subsection (a)
shall be implemented so that any increase in funding pro-
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vided thereby shall operate notwithstanding any dollar lim-
itation on the availability of the Crime Victims Fund estab-
lished under the Victims of Crime Act of 1984.
TITLE II—JENNIFER’S LAW
SECTION 201. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as ‘‘Jennifer’s Law’’.
SEC. 202. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
The Attorney General is authorized to provide grant
awards to States to enable States to improve the reporting
of unidentified and missing persons.
SEC. 203. ELIGIBILITY.
(a) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant
award under this title, a State shall submit an application
at such time and in such form as the Attorney General may
reasonably require.
(b) CONTENTS.—Each such application shall include
assurances that the State shall, to the greatest extent
possible—
(1) report to the National Crime Information
Center and when possible, to law enforcement authori-
ties throughout the State regarding every deceased un-
identified person, regardless of age, found in the
State’s jurisdiction;
(2) enter a complete profile of such unidentified
person in compliance with the guidelines established