To assist individuals displaced by a major disaster in locating family members.

SA 4573. Mr. OBAMA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 5441, making appropriations for the Department of
Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 98, line 6, before the period insert the following:
``Provided further, That the Secretary of Homeland Security,
in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human
Services and the Attorney General of the United States, shall
conduct an assessment of the models used by the Louisiana
family assistance call center and the National Center for
Missing and Exploited Children in assisting individuals
displaced by Hurricane Katrina of 2005 in locating members of
their family to determine how these models may be modified to
assist individuals displaced in a major disaster (as that
term is defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122)
in locating members of their family: Provided further, That
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the
chairman and ranking member of the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the Committee on the
Judiciary of the Senate and the chairman and ranking member
of the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on
Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on the Judiciary of
the House of Representatives regarding the assessment
conducted under the previous proviso: Provided further, That
not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with
the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney
General of the United States, shall issue regulations to
implement the findings of such assessment, to the maximum
extent practicable''.
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