IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 454 
Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the National Center for Missing and 
Exploited Children. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 18, 2009 
Mr. POE of Texas (for himself, Mr. COSTA, Mr. STUPAK, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. 
WOLF, and Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California) submitted the following res-
olution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the National Center 
for Missing and Exploited Children. 
Whereas an estimated 800,000 children are reported missing 
each year in the United States; 
Whereas 200,000 of that number are abducted by family 
members, and 58,000 are abducted by non-family mem-
bers, for which the primary motive is sexual assault; 
Whereas each year 115 children are the victims of the most 
serious abductions, kidnapped by non-family members 
and either ransomed, murdered, or taken with the intent 
to keep; 
Whereas the National Center for Missing & Exploited Chil-
dren (NCMEC) serves as the national resource center 
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and information clearinghouse for missing and exploited 
children; 
Whereas NCMEC was established by Congress in 1984; 
Whereas NCMEC has assisted law enforcement in the recov-
ery of more than 138,500 children; 
Whereas NCMEC’s Amber Alert program has led to 443 re-
coveries; 
Whereas in 2008, NCMEC helped recover more children than 
any other year in the organization’s 25-year history, rais-
ing the recovery rate from 62 percent in 1990 to 97 per-
cent today; 
Whereas NCMEC operates the toll-free 24-hour national 
missing children’s hotline, which has handled more than 
2,377,000 calls; 
Whereas NCMEC provides assistance to families and law en-
forcement agencies in locating and recovering missing 
and exploited children, both nationally and internation-
ally; 
Whereas NCMEC offers technical assistance and training to 
law enforcement in identifying and locating non-compli-
ant sex offenders; 
Whereas NCMEC has a team of forensic artists who create 
age progression photos, which has assisted in the success-
ful recovery of 895 children; 
Whereas NCMEC CyberTipline has handled more than 
686,000 reports; 
Whereas NCMEC’s Child Victim Identification Program has 
reviewed and analyzed 23,000,000 child pornography im-
ages and videos, 8,600,000 in 2008 alone; 
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Whereas NCMEC’s sex offender tracking team has already 
located 402 missing sex offenders; 
Whereas NCMEC operates a child victim identification pro-
gram to assist law enforcement in identifying victims of 
child pornography; 
Whereas NCMEC develops and disseminates programs and 
information about Internet safety and the prevention of 
child abduction and sexual exploitation; 
Whereas NCMEC facilitates the deployment of the National 
Emergency Child Locator Center during periods of na-
tional disasters; and 
Whereas NCMEC deploys Team Adam, a rapid response and 
support system comprised of retired law enforcement offi-
cers, to provide on-site technical assistance to local law 
enforcement agencies investigating cases of child abduc-
tion and sexual exploitation: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives recog-
nizes the 25th anniversary of the National Center for 
Missing and Exploited Children. 
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