[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 271 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 271

     To amend the Missing Children's Assistance Act to extend the 
 applicability of such Act to individuals determined to have a mental 
                 capacity of less than 18 years of age.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 2007

 Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida introduced the following bill; which 
          was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Missing Children's Assistance Act to extend the 
 applicability of such Act to individuals determined to have a mental 
                 capacity of less than 18 years of age.

    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 United States Code ``Audrey Nerenberg 
Act'' .

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 403(1) of the Missing Children's Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5772(1)) is amended by inserting ``(or whose mental capacity is less 
than 18 years of age as determined by an appropriate medical 
authority)'' after ``age''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendment made by this Act shall take effect on 
the 1st day of the 1st fiscal year beginning after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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