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Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization of 2008

Introduced: July 15, 2008 Introduced by: Waters, Maxine Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 15 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 22, 2008
Received in the Senate.
Sep 17, 2008
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 17, 2008
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 9/15/2008 H8097)
Sep 17, 2008
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR 9/15/2008 H8097)
Sep 17, 2008
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8368-8369)
Sep 15, 2008
At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Murphy, Tim objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
Sep 15, 2008
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6503.
Sep 15, 2008
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8097-8098)
Sep 15, 2008
Mr. Scott (VA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Sep 15, 2008
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 547.
Sep 15, 2008
Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 110-846.
Jul 30, 2008
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Jul 30, 2008
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 15, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 15, 2008
Introduced in House
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Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization of 2008 - Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program through FY2015 and to revise program requirements to: (1) provide for competitive grants to nonprofit organizations to assist in locating missing patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias; (2) expand such program to include locating other missing elderly individuals; (3) require the Attorney General to solicit grants for program applications in the Federal Register and on the Department of Justice (DOJ) website; and (4) establish a preference in awarding grants to national nonprofit organizations that have a direct link to patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their families (currently, grants may be awarded to only such organizations).

What's happening now September 22, 2008

Received in the Senate.

 Bill text 4 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 9 Republican 2
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jul 31, 2008
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jul 30, 2008
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Green, Al
Texas · Jul 30, 2008
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 30, 2008
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 30, 2008
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Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Jul 29, 2008
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jul 29, 2008
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Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Jul 29, 2008
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jul 29, 2008
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jul 29, 2008
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jul 29, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6503: Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6503/
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"H.R. 6503: Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6503/.
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