[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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