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Version 80 · Reported to Senate without amendment · Jul 13, 2010
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A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center Act - Directs the Attorney General, acting through the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, to make annual grants to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center. Requires such grants to be used to: (1) operate and expand the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center to provide services to law enforcement agencies to promote the quick recovery of a missing child; (2) maintain and expand technologies and techniques to ensure the highest level of such services; (3) establish and maintain regional centers to provide training and to distribute information to law enforcement agencies on how best to utilize Center services; and (4) share appropriate information with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the AMBER Alert Coordinator, the Silver Alert Coordinator, and appropriate law enforcement agencies and assist such entities with education programs.
Defines "missing child" for purposes of this Act as an individual whose whereabouts are unknown to a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency.
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Authorizes appropriations for FY2010-FY2015.
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Rep. Klein, Ron [D-FL-22] · D–FL
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 458.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays (2/3 required): 417 - 5 (Roll No. 603).
House roll call 603 · Individual votesPassed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays (2/3 required): 417 - 5 (Roll No. 603).
House roll call 603 · Individual votesConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8457)
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1933.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8377-8379)
Mr. Johnson (GA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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