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Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement

Chapter 111 — Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

§ 11295a. Reporting

Statutory text

(a)

Required reporting

As a condition of receiving funds under section 11293(b) of this title, the grant recipient shall, based solely on reports received by the grantee and not involving any data collection by the grantee other than those reports, annually provide to the Administrator and make available to the general public, as appropriate—

(1)

the number of children nationwide who are reported to the grantee as missing;

(2)

the number of children nationwide who are reported to the grantee as victims of non-family abductions;

(3)

the number of children nationwide who are reported to the grantee as victims of family abductions;

(4)

the number of missing children recovered nationwide whose recovery was reported to the grantee;

(5)

the number of children nationwide who are reported to the grantee as missing from State-sponsored care;

(6)

the number of children nationwide who are reported to the grantee as missing from State-sponsored care whose recovery was reported to the grantee; and

(7)

the number of children nationwide who are reported to the grantee as missing from State-sponsored care and are likely victims of child sex trafficking.

(b)

Incidence of attempted child abductions

As a condition of receiving funds under section 11293(b) of this title, the grant recipient shall—

(1)

track the incidence of attempted child abductions in order to identify links and patterns;

(2)

provide such information to law enforcement agencies; and

(3)

make such information available to the general public, as appropriate.

(c)

Criteria for forensic partnerships

As a condition of receiving funds under section 11293(b) of this title, the grant recipient shall annually provide to the Administrator and make available to the general public, as appropriate, the criteria and processes the grantee uses to establish forensic partnerships and recommend forensic resources to law enforcement and shall annually review these forensic partnerships and forensic referrals against the criteria and review new advancements in technology.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974

    Pub. L. 93–415 title IV § 407 · [88 Stat. 1109]

    Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 11295a

    Pub. L. 93–415, title IV, § 407, as added Pub. L. 115–267, § 2(e)(2), Oct. 11, 2018, 132 Stat. 3760, and Pub. L. 115–393, title II, § 202(e)(2), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5271

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 93–415, title IV, § 407, as added Pub. L. 115–267, § 2(e)(2), Oct. 11, 2018, 132 Stat. 3760, and Pub. L. 115–393, title II, § 202(e)(2), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5271

  2. Pub. L. 118–65 § 2(c)(1) · 138 Stat. 1442

    Added · 34 U.S.C. § 11295a(a)(5)(7)

    Pub. L. 118–65, § 2(c)(1), added pars. (5) to (7)

    Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–65 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a)(5) to (7). Pub. L. 118–65, § 2(c)(1), added pars. (5) to (7).

  3. Pub. L. 118–65 § 2(c)(2) · 138 Stat. 1442

    Added · 34 U.S.C. § 11295a(c)

    Pub. L. 118–65, § 2(c)(2), added subsec. (c)

    Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–65 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 118–65, § 2(c)(2), added subsec. (c).

0 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial · 2 unresolved

Editorial Notes

Codification

Pub. L. 115–267 and Pub. L. 115–393 enacted identical sections.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 407 of Pub. L. 93–415 was renumbered section 408 and is classified to section 11296 of this title.

Another prior section 407 of title IV of Pub. L. 93–415, as added Pub. L. 103–322, title XVII, § 170303(2), , 108 Stat. 2043, established the Missing and Exploited Children’s Task Force, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 110–240, § 5(1), , 122 Stat. 1564.

Amendments

2024—Subsec. (a)(5) to (7). Pub. L. 118–65, § 2(c)(1), added pars. (5) to (7).

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 118–65, § 2(c)(2), added subsec. (c).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective , and applicable to fiscal years beginning after , see section 4 of Pub. L. 115–267, set out as an Effective Date of 2018 Amendment note under section 11291 of this title.

Credits

2018–2024 · 2 acts
  1. 2018Pub. L. 93–415, title IV, § 407, as added Pub. L. 115–267, § 2(e)(2), , 132 Stat. 3760, and Pub. L. 115–393, title II, § 202(e)(2), , 132 Stat. 5271
  2. 2024amended Pub. L. 118–65, § 2(c), , 138 Stat. 1442.
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(Pub. L. 93–415, title IV, § 407, as added Pub. L. 115–267, § 2(e)(2), , 132 Stat. 3760, and Pub. L. 115–393, title II, § 202(e)(2), , 132 Stat. 5271; amended Pub. L. 118–65, § 2(c), , 138 Stat. 1442.)

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