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[H.R. 2780 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2780

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
             the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand


                                 An Act


 
To authorize the Attorney General to provide grants for organizations to 
                          find missing adults.

    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 ``Kristen's Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF ORGANIZATIONS TO FIND MISSING 
              ADULTS.

    (a) In General.--The Attorney General may make grants to public 
agencies or nonprofit private organizations, or combinations thereof, 
for programs--
        (1) to assist law enforcement and families in locating missing 
    adults;
        (2) to maintain a national, interconnected database for the 
    purpose of tracking missing adults who are determined by law 
    enforcement to be endangered due to age, diminished mental 
    capacity, or the circumstances of disappearance, when foul play is 
    suspected or circumstances are unknown;
        (3) to maintain statistical information of adults reported as 
    missing;
        (4) to provide informational resources and referrals to 
    families of missing adults;
        (5) to assist in public notification and victim advocacy 
    related to missing adults; and
        (6) to establish and maintain a national clearinghouse for 
    missing adults.
    (b) Regulations.--The Attorney General may make such rules and 
regulations as may be necessary to carry out this Act.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 
$1,000,000 each year for fiscal years 2001 through 2004.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.