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H.R. 1978: Recovering Missing Children Act

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H.R. 1978: Recovering Missing Children Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-05-25 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-05-25 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. 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.

What does this mean?

Official title

Recovering Missing Children Act

Plain summary

Recovering Missing Children Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the disclosure of tax returns and return information to officers and employees of state or local law enforcement agencies who are partnering with a federal agency in investigations of missing or exploited child cases and who are personally and directly engaged in such investigations. Limits the use of such information solely for locating a missing child, in a grand jury proceeding, or in any preparation for judicial or administrative proceedings.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Recovering Missing Children Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] · 36 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Joe Courtney (D-CT), John R. Carter (R-TX), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), André Carson (D-IN), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr1978 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112