SEC. 2. MISSING CHILDREN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 3701 of title XXXVII of the Crime Control 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 5779) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) GUIDELINES.—The Attorney General— 
‘‘(1) may establish guidelines for the collection 
of such reports including procedures for carrying out 
the purposes of this Act; and 
‘‘(2) shall establish guidelines for the format 
and collection of the certifications required under 
subsection (d).’’; 
(2) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL SUMMARY.—The Attorney General 
shall publish in the Federal Register and make available 
on the website of the Department of Justice— 
‘‘(1) an annual statistical summary of the re-
ports received under this section and section 3702; 
and 
‘‘(2) not later than 18 months after the date of 
enactment of the Runaway Reporting Improvement 
Act of 2009, a summary of the certifications re-
quired under subsection (d).’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘(d) CERTIFICATION
OF COMPLIANCE.—Not later 
than 18 months after the date of enactment of the Run-
away Reporting Improvement Act of 2009, each Federal, 
State, and local law enforcement agency reporting under 
the provisions of this section and section 3702 shall file 
a certification of the agency’s compliance with such sec-
tions, which shall be signed by an authorized representa-
tive of the agency and submitted to the Attorney Gen-
eral.’’. 
SEC. 3. STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORTING. 
Section 3702 of title XXXVII of the Crime Control 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 5780) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Each State reporting’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each State reporting’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the 
end of paragraph (2); 
(3) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the 
end of paragraph (3); 
(4) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(5) by adding after paragraph (4) the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) not later than one year after the date of 
enactment of the Runaway Reporting Improvement 
Act of 2009, develop, and require State and local 
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law enforcement officers in such State to dissemi-
nate, a written information sheet to be provided to 
each individual who reports a missing child to such 
an officer after such date, which shall— 
‘‘(A) be submitted to the Department of 
Justice for approval, and approved by the De-
partment, before such date; 
‘‘(B) include, at a minimum, the 24-hour, 
toll-free phone numbers for the National Center 
for Missing and Exploited Children and the Na-
tional Runaway Switchboard; and 
‘‘(C) provide a description of the services 
that the National Center for Missing and Ex-
ploited Children and the National Runaway 
Switchboard provide to the parents and guard-
ians of missing children.’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(b) DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENT.—The Department of Justice shall meet the 
requirements of paragraph (5) of subsection (a), except 
that the Department shall not be required to meet the re-
quirements of subparagraph (A) of such paragraph. 
‘‘(c) GUIDELINES.—The Attorney General shall es-
tablish guidelines for the development and dissemination 
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of information sheets required under subsections (a)(5) 
and (b).’’. 
Æ 
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