IIB 112th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 2800 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 12, 2012 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary AN ACT To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization Act of 2012.

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Reauthorization of the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program

Section 240001 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14181) is amended— (1)by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: (a)

Grant

Subject to the availability of appropriations to carry out this section, the Attorney General, through the Bureau of Justice Assistance, shall award competitive grants to nonprofit organizations to assist such organizations in paying for the costs of planning, designing, establishing, and operating locally based, proactive programs to protect and locate missing patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. ; (2)in subsection (b), by inserting competitive after to receive a; (3)by amending subsection (c) to read as follows: (c)

Preference

In awarding grants under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall give preference to national nonprofit organizations that have experience working with patients, and families of patients, with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. ; and (4)by amending subsection (d) to read as follows: (d)

Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 through 2017. .

Passed the House of Representatives September 11, 2012. Karen L. Haas, Clerk