[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 160 (Thursday, September 27, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6360-S6361]
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SA 4024. Mr. PERDUE (for Mr. Grassley) proposed an amendment to the
bill S. 3354, to amend the Missing Children's Assistance Act, and for
other purposes; as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Missing Children's
Assistance Act of 2018''.
SEC. 2. IMPROVING SUPPORT FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN.
(a) Findings.--Section 402 of the Missing Children's
Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11291) is amended--
(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
``(1) each year tens of thousands of children run away, or
are abducted or removed, from the control of a parent having
legal custody without the consent of that parent, under
circumstances which immediately place the child in grave
danger;'';
(2) by striking paragraphs (4), (5), and (9);
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), (8), and (10) as
paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and (7), respectively;
(4) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by inserting ``,
including child sex trafficking and sextortion'' after
``exploitation'';
(5) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by adding ``and''
at the end; and
(6) by amending paragraph (7), as so redesignated, to read
as follows:
``(7) the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention administers programs under this title, including
programs that prevent and address offenses committed against
vulnerable children and support missing children's
organizations, including the National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children that--
``(A) serves as a nonprofit, national resource center and
clearinghouse to provide assistance to victims, families,
child-serving professionals, and the general public;
``(B) works with the Department of Justice, the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, the United States Marshals Service,
the Department of the Treasury, the Department of State, U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the United States Secret
Service, the United States Postal Inspection Service, other
agencies, and nongovernmental organizations in the effort to
find missing children and to prevent child victimization; and
``(C) coordinates with each of the missing children
clearinghouses operated by the 50 States, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, and international organizations to
transmit images and information regarding missing and
exploited children to law enforcement agencies,
nongovernmental organizations, and corporate partners across
the United States and around the world instantly.''.
(b) Definitions.--Section 403 of the Missing Children's
Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11292) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
``(1) the term `missing child' means any individual less
than 18 years of age whose whereabouts are unknown to such
individual's parent;'';
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) the term `parent' includes a legal guardian or other
individual who may lawfully exercise parental rights with
respect to the child.''.
(c) Duties and Functions of the Administrator.--Section 404
of the Missing Children's Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11293) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``telephone line'' and
inserting ``hotline''; and
(B) in paragraph (6)(E)--
(i) by striking ``telephone line'' and inserting
``hotline'';
(ii) by striking ``(b)(1)(A) and'' and inserting
``(b)(1)(A),''; and
(iii) by inserting ``, and the number and types of reports
to the tipline established under subsection (b)(1)(K)(i)''
before the semicolon at the end;
(2) in subsection (b)(1)--
(A) in subparagraph (A)--
(i) by striking ``telephone line'' each place it appears
and inserting ``hotline''; and
(ii) by striking ``legal custodian'' and inserting
``parent'';
(B) in subparagraph (C)--
(i) in clause (i)--
(I) by striking ``restaurant'' and inserting ``food''; and
(II) by striking ``and'' at the end;
(ii) in clause (ii) by adding ``and'' at the end; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(iii) innovative and model programs, services, and
legislation that benefit missing and exploited children;'';
(C) by striking subparagraphs (E), (F), (G), (L), (M), (P)
and (R);
(D) by redesignating subparagraphs (H) through (K) as
subparagraphs (E) through (H), respectively;
(E) by redesignating subparagraphs (N) and (O) as
subparagraphs (I) and (J), respectively;
(F) by redesignating subparagraph (Q) as subparagraph (K);
(G) by redesignating subparagraphs (S) through (V) as
subparagraphs (L) through (O), respectively;
(H) by amending subparagraph (E), as so redesignated, to
read as follows:
``(E) provide technical assistance and training to
families, law enforcement agencies, State and local
governments, elements of the criminal justice system,
nongovernmental agencies, local educational agencies, and the
general public--
``(i) in the prevention, investigation, prosecution, and
treatment of cases involving missing and exploited children;
``(ii) to respond to foster children missing from the State
child welfare system in coordination with child welfare
agencies and courts handling juvenile justice and dependency
matters; and
``(iii) in the identification, location, and recovery of
victims of, and children at risk for, child sex
trafficking;'';
(I) by amending subparagraphs (F), (G), and (H), as so
redesignated, to read as follows:
``(F) provide assistance to families, law enforcement
agencies, State and local governments, nongovernmental
agencies, child-serving professionals, and other individuals
involved in the location and recovery of missing and abducted
children nationally and, in cooperation with the Department
of State, internationally;
``(G) provide support and technical assistance to child-
serving professionals involved in helping to recover missing
and exploited children by searching public records databases
to help in the identification, location, and recovery of such
children, and help in the location and identification of
potential abductors and offenders;
``(H) provide forensic and direct on-site technical
assistance and consultation to families, law enforcement
agencies, child-serving professionals, and nongovernmental
organizations in child abduction and exploitation cases,
including facial reconstruction of skeletal remains and
similar techniques to assist in the identification of
unidentified deceased children;'';
(J) by amending subparagraph (I), as so redesignated, to
read as follows:
``(I) provide training, technical assistance, and
information to nongovernmental organizations relating to non-
compliant sex offenders and to law enforcement agencies in
identifying and locating such individuals;'';
(K) by amending subparagraph (K), as so redesignated, to
read as follows:
``(K) work with families, law enforcement agencies,
electronic service providers, electronic payment service
providers, technology companies, nongovernmental
organizations, and others on methods to reduce the existence
and distribution of online images and videos of sexually
exploited children--
``(i) by operating a tipline to--
``(I) provide to individuals and electronic service
providers an effective means of reporting internet-related
and other instances of child sexual exploitation in the areas
of--
``(aa) possession, manufacture, and distribution of child
pornography;
``(bb) online enticement of children for sexual acts;
``(cc) child sex trafficking;
``(dd) sex tourism involving children;
``(ee) extra-familial child sexual molestation;
``(ff) unsolicited obscene material sent to a child;
``(gg) misleading domain names; and
``(hh) misleading words or digital images on the internet;
and
``(II) make reports received through the tipline available
to the appropriate law enforcement agency for its review and
potential investigation;
``(ii) by operating a child victim identification program
to assist law enforcement agencies in identifying victims of
child pornography and other sexual crimes to support the
recovery of children from sexually exploitative situations;
and
``(iii) by utilizing emerging technologies to provide
additional outreach and educational materials to parents and
families;''; and
(L) by amending subparagraphs (L) and (M), as so
redesignated, to read as follows:
``(L) develop and disseminate programs and information to
families, child-serving professionals, law enforcement
agencies, State and local governments, nongovernmental
organizations, schools, local educational agencies, child-
serving organizations, and the general public on--
``(i) the prevention of child abduction and sexual
exploitation;
``(ii) internet safety, including tips for social media and
cyberbullying; and
``(iii) sexting and sextortion;
``(M) provide technical assistance and training to local
educational agencies, schools, State and local law
enforcement agencies, individuals, and other nongovernmental
organizations that assist with finding missing and abducted
children in identifying and recovering such children;''.
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(d) Grants.--Section 405 of the Missing Children's
Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11294) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (7), by striking ``(as defined in section
403(1)(A))''; and
(B) in paragraph (8)--
(i) by striking ``legal custodians'' and inserting
``parents''; and
(ii) by striking ``custodians' '' and inserting ``parents'
''; and
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ``legal
custodians'' and inserting ``parents''.
(e) Reporting.--The Missing Children's Assistance Act (34
U.S.C. 11291 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating sections 407 and 408 as sections 408
and 409, respectively; and
(2) by inserting after section 406 (34 U.S.C. 11295) the
following:
``SEC. 407. REPORTING.
``(a) Required Reporting.--As a condition of receiving
funds under section 404(b), the grant recipient shall, based
solely on reports received by the grantee and not involving
any data collection by the grantee other than those reports,
annually provide to the Administrator and make available to
the general public, as appropriate--
``(1) the number of children nationwide who are reported to
the grantee as missing;
``(2) the number of children nationwide who are reported to
the grantee as victims of non-family abductions;
``(3) the number of children nationwide who are reported to
the grantee as victims of family abductions; and
``(4) the number of missing children recovered nationwide
whose recovery was reported to the grantee.
``(b) Incidence of Attempted Child Abductions.--As a
condition of receiving funds under section 404(b), the grant
recipient shall--
``(1) track the incidence of attempted child abductions in
order to identify links and patterns;
``(2) provide such information to law enforcement agencies;
and
``(3) make such information available to the general
public, as appropriate.''.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; AUDIT REQUIREMENT.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 409(a) of the
Missing Children's Assistance Act, as so redesignated by
section 2, is amended by striking ``2018'' and inserting
``2023''.
(b) Audit Requirement.--Section 408(1) of the Missing
Children's Assistance Act, as so redesignated by section 2,
is amended by striking ``2018'' and inserting ``2023''.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.
(a) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b),
this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Application of Amendments.--The amendments made by
section 2 shall apply with respect to fiscal years that begin
after September 30, 2018.
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