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34 U.S.C. § 40504 — Grants for the assistance of organizations to find missing adults

submitted 26 years ago by Pub. L. 106-468 to r/title-34-CRIME-CONTROL-AND-LAW-ENFORCEMENT · 143 words · no verdicts yet

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The Attorney General can give grants to public agencies or nonprofits to help find missing adults. Programs can track endangered missing adults, keep statistics, support families, and run public notification campaigns. The Attorney General can also make rules to carry this out.

(a) In general: The Attorney General can give grants to public agencies, nonprofit organizations, or combinations of both, for programs that: help law enforcement and families locate missing adults; keep a national, connected database tracking missing adults that law enforcement considers endangered -- because of age, reduced mental capacity, or unclear or suspicious circumstances; keep statistics on adults reported missing; give families of missing adults information and referrals; help with public notification and victim advocacy for missing adults; and set up and run a national clearinghouse for missing adults. (b) Regulations: The Attorney General can make whatever rules and regulations are needed to carry out this title.
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(a) In general

The Attorney General may make grants to public agencies or nonprofit private organizations, or combinations thereof, for programs—

(1)

to assist law enforcement and families in locating missing adults;

(2)

to maintain a national, interconnected database for the purpose of tracking missing adults who are determined by law enforcement to be endangered due to age, diminished mental capacity, or the circumstances of disappearance, when foul play is suspected or circumstances are unknown;

(3)

to maintain statistical information of adults reported as missing;

(4)

to provide informational resources and referrals to families of missing adults;

(5)

to assist in public notification and victim advocacy related to missing adults; and

(6)

to establish and maintain a national clearinghouse for missing adults.

(b) Regulations

The Attorney General may make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out this title.1

Source credit: (Pub. L. 106–468, title I, § 101, formerly § 2, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2027; renumbered title I, § 101, and amended Pub. L. 115–401, § 2(1)–(3), Dec. 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 5336.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 2000Enacted · Pub. L. 106-468 · 114 Stat. 2027
  • 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-401 · 132 Stat. 5336

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 106-468 on 2000-11-09.

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