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Child and Elderly Missing Alert Program Act of 2015

Introduced: April 13, 2015 See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 114th Congress ended
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May 15, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Apr 13, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 13, 2015
Introduced in House
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Child and Elderly Missing Alert Program of 2015

Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to award public safety and community policing grants to eligible nonprofit organizations to assist federal, state, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children and elderly and disabled individuals through the use of a rapid telephone and cellular alert call system. Defines an "elderly individual" as an individual 60 years of age or older.

Permits the use of grant funds to: (1) maintain and expand technologies and techniques to ensure the highest level of performance of services; (2) provide both centralized and on-site training and distribute information to law enforcement agency officials about missing individuals and use of a rapid telephone and cellular alert call system; (3) provide services to Child Abduction Response Teams; (4) assist law enforcement agencies to combat human trafficking through the use of rapid telephone and cellular alert calls; (5) share appropriate information on cases with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the AMBER Alert, Silver Alert, and Blue Alert programs, and law enforcement; and (6) assist appropriate organizations with education and prevention programs related to missing individuals.

Directs the Attorney General to annually: (1) require each grantee to submit the results of monitoring and evaluations of grant recipients, and (2) publish a report regarding such results and the effectiveness of activities carried out under each grant.

What's happening now May 15, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1742: Child and Elderly Missing Alert Program Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1742/
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