34 U.S.C. § 11291 — Findings

each year tens of thousands of children run away, or are abducted or removed, from the control of a parent^* having legal custody without the consent of that parent, under circumstances which immediately place the child in grave danger;

many missing children are at great risk of both physical harm and sexual exploitation;

many missing children are runaways;

growing numbers of children are the victims of child sexual exploitation, including child sex trafficking and sextortion, increasingly involving the use of new technology to access the Internet;

children may be separated from their parents or legal guardians as a result of national disasters such as hurricanes and floods;

sex offenders pose a threat to children; and

the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention administers programs under this subchapter, including programs that prevent and address offenses committed against vulnerable children and support missing children’s organizations, including the National Center^* for Missing and Exploited Children that—