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HR 3238 104th Congress House

Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement Training Act

Official title: To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to establish a national resource center and clearinghouse to carry out, through the Jimmy … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to establish a national resource center and clearinghouse to carry out, through the Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement Training Center for the Recovery of Missing Children, training of State and local law enforcement personnel to more effectively respond to cases involving missing or exploited children, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 18, 1996 See on congress.gov
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Apr 25, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.
Apr 15, 1996
Referred to the House Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. Oversight, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 15, 1996
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 25, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement Training Act - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to require the establishment of the Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement Training Center for the Recovery of Missing Children at the national resource center and clearinghouse on missing children established by the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Requires that the Center be designed to: (1) assist high-level law enforcement leaders from across the country to develop effective protocols and policies for the investigation and prosecution of cases involving a missing or exploited child; (2) introduce those officials to resources available from the clearinghouse and Federal agencies to assist in such cases; (3) provide nationwide training in report-taking and data entry in such cases to ensure that necessary information is gathered and entered at the local level in a timely and effective manner; and (4) provide State-based basic investigation training in such cases for State and local police investigators.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3238: Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement Training Act. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3238/
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