Child and Elderly Missing Alert Program

Bill: 112-hr-4305
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2012-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aging
Child safety and welfare
Crimes against children
Disability and paralysis
Emergency communications systems
Human trafficking
Law enforcement administration and funding
Neurological disorders
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: 
Child and Elderly Missing Alert Program - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to award a public safety and community policing grant to an eligible nonprofit organization to assist federal, state, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children and elderly and disabled individuals through the use of a rapid telephone and cellular alert call system.
 
Permits the use of grant funds to: (1) maintain and expand technologies and techniques to ensure the highest level of performance of services; (2) provide both centralized and on-site training, and to distribute information, to law enforcement agency officials about missing individuals and use of a rapid telephone and cellular alert call system; (3) provide services to Child Abduction Response Teams; (4) assist law enforcement agencies to combat human trafficking through the use of rapid telephone and cellular alert calls; (5) share appropriate information on cases with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the AMBER Alert, Silver Alert, and Blue Alert programs, and law enforcement; and (6) assist appropriate organizations with education and prevention programs related to missing individuals.

action_date: 2012-09-11
text: 
Child and Elderly Missing Alert Program - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to award public safety and community policing grants to eligible nonprofit organizations to assist federal, state, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children and elderly and disabled individuals through the use of a rapid telephone and cellular alert call system. Defines an "elderly individual" as an individual 60 years of age or older.
 
Permits the use of grant funds to: (1) maintain and expand technologies and techniques to ensure the highest level of performance of services; (2) provide both centralized and on-site training, and to distribute information, to law enforcement agency officials about missing individuals and use of a rapid telephone and cellular alert call system; (3) provide services to Child Abduction Response Teams; (4) assist law enforcement agencies to combat human trafficking through the use of rapid telephone and cellular alert calls; (5) share appropriate information on cases with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the AMBER Alert, Silver Alert, and Blue Alert programs, and law enforcement; and (6) assist appropriate organizations with education and prevention programs related to missing individuals.
 
Directs the Attorney General to annually: (1) require each grantee to submit the results of monitoring and evaluations of grant recipients, and (2) publish a report regarding such results and the effectiveness of activities carried out under each grant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5787-5788)
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5787-5788)
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4305.
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5787-5790)
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: Mr. Chabot moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 467.
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-649.
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-649.
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2012-07-26
text: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Introduced in House