[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1742 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1742

To authorize the Attorney General to provide a grant to assist Federal, 
State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery 
                        of missing individuals.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 13, 2015

   Mr. Chabot (for himself, Mr. Deutch, and Ms. Frankel of Florida) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Attorney General to provide a grant to assist Federal, 
State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery 
                        of missing individuals.

    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 ``Child and Elderly Missing Alert 
Program Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM TO ASSIST FEDERAL, STATE, TRIBAL, AND LOCAL LAW 
              ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE RAPID RECOVERY OF MISSING 
              CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY, AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS.

    Section 1701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (16), by striking ``and'' after 
                the semicolon;
                    (B) in paragraph (17), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(18) to permit eligible nonprofit organizations to assist 
        Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in 
        the rapid recovery of missing children, elderly individuals, 
        and disabled individuals through the use of a rapid telephone 
        and cellular alert call system, in accordance with subsection 
        (l).''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(l) Child and Elderly Missing Alerts.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Attorney General is authorized to 
        award grants to eligible nonprofit organizations to assist 
        Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in 
        the rapid recovery of missing children, elderly individuals, 
        and disabled individuals through the use of a rapid telephone 
        and cellular alert call system.
            ``(2) Specified use of funds.--The grants awarded under 
        this subsection shall be used to--
                    ``(A) provide services to Federal, State, tribal, 
                and local law enforcement agencies, in response to a 
                request from such agencies, to promote the rapid 
                recovery of a missing child, an elderly individual, or 
                a disabled individual by utilizing rapid telephone and 
                cellular alert calls;
                    ``(B) maintain and expand technologies and 
                techniques to ensure the highest level of performance 
                of such services;
                    ``(C) provide both centralized and on-site training 
                and distribute information to Federal, State, tribal, 
                and local law enforcement agency officials about 
                missing children, elderly individuals, and disabled 
                individuals and use of a rapid telephone and cellular 
                alert call system;
                    ``(D) provide services to Federal, State, tribal, 
                and local Child Abduction Response Teams;
                    ``(E) assist Federal, State, tribal, and local law 
                enforcement agencies to combat human trafficking 
                through the use of rapid telephone and cellular alert 
                calls;
                    ``(F) share appropriate information on cases with 
                the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 
                the AMBER Alert, Silver Alert, and Blue Alert programs, 
                and appropriate Federal, State, tribal, and local law 
                enforcement agencies; and
                    ``(G) assist appropriate organizations, including 
                Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement 
                agencies, with education and prevention programs 
                related to missing children, elderly individuals, and 
                disabled individuals.
            ``(3) Eligibility.--To be an eligible nonprofit 
        organization for purposes of a grant under this subsection, a 
        nonprofit organization shall have experience providing rapid 
        telephone and cellular alert calls on behalf of Federal, State, 
        and local law enforcement agencies to find missing children and 
        elderly adults.
            ``(4) Grant period and renewal.--The Attorney General shall 
        determine an appropriate grant period for grants awarded under 
        this subsection. Such grants may be renewed at the discretion 
        of the Attorney General.
            ``(5) Evaluation.--The Attorney General shall require each 
        grantee under this subsection to annually submit the results of 
        the monitoring and evaluations required under subsections (a) 
        and (b) of section 1705, and shall publish an annual report 
        regarding such results and the effectiveness of the activities 
        carried out under each such grant.
            ``(6) Inapplicable provisions.--The following provisions of 
        this part shall not apply to grants awarded under this 
        subsection:
                    ``(A) Subsection (j) of this section (relating to 
                grants to Indian tribes).
                    ``(B) Section 1703 (relating to renewal of grants).
            ``(7) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Child.--The term `child' means an individual 
                under 21 years of age.
                    ``(B) Disabled individual.--The term `disabled 
                individual' means--
                            ``(i) an individual with 1 or more 
                        disabilities (as defined in section 3 of the 
                        Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
                        U.S.C. 12102)); or
                            ``(ii) an individual who has been diagnosed 
                        by a physician or other qualified medical 
                        professional with Alzheimer's disease or a 
                        related dementia.
                    ``(C) Elderly individual.--The term `elderly 
                individual' means an individual who is 60 years of age 
                or older.
                    ``(D) Missing.--The term `missing', with respect to 
                a child, an elderly individual, or a disabled 
                individual, means such a child or individual who has 
                been reported to law enforcement as missing and whose 
                whereabouts are unknown to Federal, State, tribal, and 
                local law enforcement agencies.
                    ``(E) Rapid telephone and cellular alert call 
                system.--The term `rapid telephone and cellular alert 
                call system' means an automated system with the ability 
                to place at least 1,000 telephone and cellular calls in 
                60 seconds to a specific geographic area determined by 
                law enforcement--
                            ``(i) based on the last known whereabouts 
                        of a missing individual; or
                            ``(ii) based on other evidence and 
                        determined by such law enforcement agency to be 
                        necessary to the search for the missing 
                        individual.''.
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