[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3092 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3092
To amend the Missing Children's Assistance Act, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 12, 2013
Mr. Guthrie (for himself, Mr. Kline, and Mr. Walberg) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and
the Workforce
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A BILL
To amend the Missing Children's Assistance Act, and for other purposes.
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 Children's Assistance
Reauthorization Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. SPECIAL RULE.
Whenever the term ``title'' is used for the purposes of this Act it
shall be replaced with the term ``Act''.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS.
(a) Findings.--Section 402 of the Missing Children's Assistance Act
(42 U.S.C. 5771) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (9) as
paragraphs (4) through (10), respectively, and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
``(3) many missing children are runaways;''.
(b) Duties and Functions of Administrator.--Section 404 of the
Missing Children's Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5773) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (5)--
(i) by striking ``Representatives, and''
and inserting ``Representatives, the Committee
on Education and the Workforce of the House of
Representatives,'', and
(ii) by inserting ``, and the Committee on
the Judiciary of the Senate'' after ``Senate'',
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as (5)
and (6), respectively, and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
``(4) coordinate with the United States Interagency Council
on Homelessness to ensure that homeless services professionals
are aware of educational resources and assistance provided by
the Center regarding child sexual exploitation;'',
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in subparagraph (C)--
(I) by striking ``and'' after
``governments,'', and
(II) by inserting ``State and local
educational agencies,'' after
``agencies,'',
(ii) in subparagraph (R) by striking
``and'' at the end,
(iii) in subparagraph (S) by striking the
period at the end and inserting a semicolon,
and
(iv) by adding at the end the following:
``(T) provide technical assistance and training to
State and local law enforcement agencies and statewide
clearinghouses to coordinate with State and local
educational agencies in identifying and recovering
missing children;
``(U) assist the efforts of law enforcement
agencies in coordinating with child welfare agencies to
respond to foster children missing from the State
welfare system; and
``(V) provide technical assistance to law
enforcement agencies and first responders in
identifying, locating, and recovering victims of, and
children at risk for, child sex trafficking.'', and
(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
``(2) Limitation.--
``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, no Federal funds may be used to pay
the compensation of an individual employed by the
Center if such compensation, as determined at the
beginning of each grant year, exceeds 110 percent of
the maximum annual salary payable to a member of the
Federal Government's Senior Executive Service (SES) for
that year. The Center may compensate an employee at a
higher rate provided the amount in excess of this
limitation is paid with non-Federal funds.
``(B) Definition of compensation.--For the purpose
of this paragraph, the term `compensation'--
``(i) includes salary, bonuses, periodic
payments, severance pay, the value of a
compensatory or paid leave benefit not excluded
by clause (ii), and the fair market value of
any employee perquisite or benefit not excluded
by clause (ii); and
``(ii) excludes any Center expenditure for
health, medical, or life insurance, or
disability or retirement pay, including
pensions benefits.'',
(3) in subsection (c)(1)--
(A) by striking ``periodically'' and inserting
``triennially'', and
(B) by striking ``kidnapings'' and inserting
``kidnappings'', and
(4) in subsection (c)(2) by inserting ``, in compliance
with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20
U.S.C. 1232g)'' after ``birth certificates''.
(c) Grants.--Section 405(a) of the Missing Children's Assistance
Act (42 U.S.C. 5775(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ``schools, school
leaders, teachers, State and local educational agencies,
homeless shelters and service providers,'' after ``children,'',
and
(2) in paragraph (3) by inserting ``and schools'' after
``communities''.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 407(a) of the Missing
Children's Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5777(a)) is amended by striking
``such'' and all that follows through the period at the end, and
inserting ``$35,800,000 for each of the fiscal years 2014 through 2018,
up to $32,200,000 of which shall be used to carry out section 404(b)
for each such fiscal year.''.
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