I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3091 
To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 
to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 16, 2015 
Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California (for herself, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, 
Mr. FATTAH, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Ms. 
CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
CONNOLLY, Mr. DELANEY, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. 
EDWARDS, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. HAHN, Mr. 
HASTINGS, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. JOHNSON 
of Georgia, Mr. KEATING, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. 
LEE, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. NAD-
LER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. POLIS, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. LINDA T. 
SA´NCHEZ of California, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SIRES, Mr. TONKO, Mr. VAN 
HOLLEN, and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994 to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer’s Dis-
ease Patient Alert Program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Missing Alzheimer’s 
Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization Act of 
2015’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE MISSING ALZHEIMER’S 
DISEASE PATIENT ALERT PROGRAM. 
Section 240001 of the Violent Crime Control and 
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14181) is 
amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) GRANT.—Subject to the availability of appro-
priations to carry out this section, the Attorney General, 
through the Bureau of Justice Assistance and in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
shall award competitive grants to nonprofit organizations 
to assist such organizations in paying for the costs of plan-
ning, designing, establishing, and operating locally based, 
proactive programs to protect and locate missing patients 
with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘competitive’’ 
after ‘‘to receive a’’; 
(3) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants under sub-
section (a), the Attorney General shall give preference to 
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national nonprofit organizations that have experience 
working with patients, and families of patients, with Alz-
heimer’s disease and related dementias.’’; and 
(4) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2016 through 
2020.’’. 
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