[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1716 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1716

  To authorize appropriations for The National Center for Missing and 
Exploited Children, a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of 
  the District of Columbia, to operate a national resource center and 
              clearinghouse relating to missing children.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 1997

 Mr. Castle (for himself, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Foley, Mr. 
Lampson, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Frost, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Ms. Lofgren, 
  Mr. Conyers, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Carson, Mr. Martinez, Mr. McInnis, Mr. 
Dooley of California, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. 
    Slaughter, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
 Sandlin, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Kildee, and Ms. Woolsey) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize appropriations for The National Center for Missing and 
Exploited Children, a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of 
  the District of Columbia, to operate a national resource center and 
              clearinghouse relating to missing children.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Missing and Exploited Children Act 
of 1997''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to The National Center for 
Missing and Exploited Children, a nonprofit corporation organized under 
the laws of the District of Columbia, $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 to operate a national resource 
center and clearinghouse designed--
            (1) to provide to State and local governments, public and 
        private nonprofit agencies, and individuals information 
        regarding--
                    (A) free or low-cost legal, restaurant, lodging, 
                and transportation services that are available for the 
                benefit of missing children and their families, and
                    (B) the existence and nature of programs being 
                carried out by Federal agencies to assist missing 
                children and their families,
            (2) to coordinate public and private programs which locate, 
        recover, or reunite missing children with their legal 
        custodians,
            (3) to disseminate nationally information about innovative 
        and model missing children's programs, services, and 
        legislation, and
            (4) to provide technical assistance and training to law 
        enforcement agencies, State and local governments, elements of 
        the criminal justice system, public and private nonprofit 
        agencies, and individuals in the prevention, investigation, 
        prosecution, and treatment of missing and exploited child cases 
        and in locating and recovering missing children.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    Section 404(b) of the Missing Children's Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5773(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``, shall'',
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ``shall'' 
                after ``(A)'', and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B) by striking 
                ``coordinating'' and inserting ``shall coordinate'',
            (3) in paragraph (2) by inserting ``for any fiscal year for 
        which no funds are appropriated under section 2 of the Missing 
        and Exploited Children Act of 1997, shall'' after ``(2)'',
            (4) in paragraph (3) by inserting ``shall'' after ``(3)'', 
        and
            (5) in paragraph (4) by inserting ``shall'' after ``(4)''.
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