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I 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5745 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 9, 2008 Mr. Lampson (for himself, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Kagen, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Udall of Colorado, and Mr. Poe) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Missing Children’s Assistance Act to expand the definition of missing child for purposes of that Act.

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Amendment to the Missing Children’s Assistance Act

Section 403(1) of the Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5772(1)) is amended— (1)in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking whose whereabouts are unknown to such individual’s legal custodian if, (2)in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C)— (A)by redesignating such subparagraphs as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively, and (B)by indenting the left margin of such subparagraphs 2 ems to the right, (3)by inserting before clause (i), as so redesignated, the following: (A)whose whereabouts are unknown to such individual’s legal custodian if— , and (4)by adding at the end the following: (B)whose whereabouts are known to such individual’s legal custodian from whose control such child— (i)was removed in violation of law; or (ii)is believed by such custodian to have been taken out of the United States without the consent of such custodian by, or for the benefit of, an individual who may possibly claim custodial rights with respect to such child; .