H.R. 4221 - 115th Congress (2017-2018) - Kevin and Avonte's Law 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.

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Introduced in House

November 2, 2017

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11/30/2017

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (E1621-1622)

11/21/2017

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

11/02/2017

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.

11/02/2017

Introduced in House

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