[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3091 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3091

 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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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2015

Ms. Maxine Waters of California (for herself, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, 
    Mr. Fattah, Mr. Garamendi, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of 
  Pennsylvania, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. Brown of Florida, Ms. 
    Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. 
  Connolly, Mr. Delaney, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Edwards, Ms. 
Frankel of Florida, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Hahn, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Higgins, 
 Mr. Israel, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Keating, Ms. 
 Kelly of Illinois, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Lee, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Lynch, Ms. 
Matsui, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. Payne, Mr. Polis, Mr. 
  Rangel, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of 
California, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Sires, Mr. 
    Tonko, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mrs. Watson Coleman) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to 
   reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program.

    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 Alzheimer's Disease Patient 
Alert Program Reauthorization Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. 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 and in consultation with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, 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 $5,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2016 through 2020.''.
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