National Child Identification Assistance Act

Bill: 115-hr-3884
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2017-09-28
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare

Community life and organization

Crimes against children

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Criminal justice information and records

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Latest action: action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-09-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>National Child Identification Assistance Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to add findings: (1) that the collection and storage of children's identification information by law enforcement is resource intensive, and (2) that the National Child Identification Program partners with law enforcement agencies, nonprofit organizations, and community organizations to provide in-home fingerprint identification kits to families and promotes the proactive in-home collection and storage of identification information.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3884 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 28, 2017 Mr. Thomas J. Rooney of Florida (for himself and Mr. Crist ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Missing Children’s Assistance Act with respect to the National Child Identification Program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Child Identification Assistance Act . 2. Amendments Section 402 of the Missing Children's Assistance Act ( 34 U.S.C. 11291 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), (8), (9), and (10) as paragraphs (8), (9), (10), (11), and (12), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following: (6) the proactive collection and central storage of comprehensive identification information about individual children by local, State, and Federal law enforcement agencies is resource intensive; (7) the National Child Identification Program— (A) is a national community service initiative that has partnered with the Department of Justice, Department of State, Federal Bureau of Investigation, local law enforcement agencies, nonprofit organizations, and community organizations to provide families with inkless, in-home fingerprint identification kits; and (B) promotes the proactive collection and storage of comprehensive identification information within the home, decentralizing the process for law enforcement agencies that often lack the resources to collect and centrally store vital identification information related to individual children; .