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H.R. 5464: Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center Act

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H.R. 5464: Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center Act

110th Congress · introduced 2008-02-14 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2008-02-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Klein, Ron [D-FL-22] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) 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 to: (1) assist federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to promote the quick recovery of a missing child by using rapid alert telephone calls, text messaging, and satellite mapping technology; (2) maintain and expand technological assistance; (3) establish and maintain regional centers to provide training and information to law enforcement agencies; and (4) share information with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the AMBER Alert Coordinator, and appropriate law enforcement agencies and assist such entities with education programs. Defines "missing child" as an individual whose whereabouts are unknown to a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency. Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2014.

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Official text

Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Klein, Ron [D-FL-22] · 25 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5464, A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center Act (2008-05-19); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5464, A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center Act (2008-05-19)

Cosponsors on this site

Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), André Carson (D-IN), Brad Sherman (D-CA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr5464 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110