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Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2017

Introduced: April 10, 2018 Introduced by: Smith, Christopher H. Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 30, 2017
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (E1621-1622)
Nov 21, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Nov 2, 2017
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Nov 2, 2017
Introduced in House
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Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2017

Missing Americans Alert Program Act of 2017

This bill amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to revise, rename, and reauthorize through FY2022 the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program.

It directs the Department of Justice's (DOJ's) Bureau of Justice Assistance to award grants:

  • to develop or operate programs to prevent wandering and locate missing individuals with dementia or children with developmental disabilities, and
  • to develop tracking technology programs to locate missing individuals with dementia or children with developmental disabilities.

The bill amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to specify that, with respect to training and technical assistance provided by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, cases involving missing and exploited children include cases involving children with developmental disabilities such as autism.

DOJ must establish and certain grant recipients must comply with standards and best practices related to the use of tracking technology to locate missing individuals with dementia or developmental disabilities.

The bill prohibits the use of data from tracking devices to create a federal database. It also prohibits construing this bill to require a parent or guardian to use a tracking device.

What's happening now November 30, 2017

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (E1621-1622)

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 1625 Related bill Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018
  • HR 195 Related bill Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes.
  • S 2070 Identical bill Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 27
All 27 Democratic 19 Republican 3
D
Chu, Judy
California · Apr 10, 2018
Curbelo, Carlos
· Apr 10, 2018
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Mar 23, 2018
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Mar 23, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 23, 2018
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Mar 23, 2018
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Mar 23, 2018
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Mar 23, 2018
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Mar 20, 2018
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Mar 20, 2018
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Mar 20, 2018
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Feb 23, 2018
 R
Mast, Brian J.
Florida · Feb 23, 2018
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Feb 5, 2018
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 5, 2018
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Feb 5, 2018
Costello, Ryan
· Jan 29, 2018
Donovan, Daniel
· Jan 29, 2018
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jan 29, 2018
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jan 18, 2018
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Jan 18, 2018
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jan 18, 2018
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Jan 18, 2018
Comstock, Barbara
· Dec 14, 2017
 D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Nov 15, 2017
Meehan, Patrick
· Nov 15, 2017
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Nov 2, 2017
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