H.R. 6503: Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization of 2008

110th Congress · introduced 2008-07-15 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Received in the Senate.

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Where it came from: introduced 2008-07-15 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization of 2008

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization of 2008 - Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program through FY2015 and to revise program requirements to: (1) provide for competitive grants to nonprofit organizations to assist in locating missing patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias; (2) expand such program to include locating other missing elderly individuals; (3) require the Attorney General to solicit grants for program applications in the Federal Register and on the Department of Justice (DOJ) website; and (4) establish a preference in awarding grants to national nonprofit organizations that have a direct link to patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their families (currently, grants may be awarded to only such organizations).

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Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization of 2008

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

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] · 25 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 6503, Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization of 2008 (2008-08-06); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 6503, Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization of 2008 (2008-08-06)

Cosponsors on this site

Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), John Boozman (R-AR), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Al Green (D-TX), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] reported raising $1.1 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110hr6503.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/hr>

Record fed-us-cong110-hr6503 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110