S.Amdt. 4033

1. Adds SEC. ___. COREY ADAMS GREEN ALERT SYSTEMS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE at the appropriate place in title X

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   Inserted: SEC. ___. COREY ADAMS GREEN ALERT SYSTEMS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

   Inserted: (a) Definitions.--In this section:

   Inserted: (1) Green alert.--The term "Green Alert" means an alert issued through the Green Alert communications network, relating to a missing veteran.

   Inserted: (2) Missing veteran.--The term "missing veteran" means an individual who--

   Inserted: (A) is reported to, or identified by, a law enforcement agency as a missing person;

   Inserted: (B) is a veteran; and

   Inserted: (C) meets the requirements to be designated as a missing veteran, as determined by the State in which the individual is reported or identified as a missing person.

   Inserted: (3) State.--The term "State" means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

   Inserted: (4) Veteran.--The term "veteran" means an individual who is a current or former member of the Armed Forces, including an individual who is currently serving or formerly served in a reserve component (including the National Guard).

   Inserted: (b) Financial and Technical Assistance.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall provide financial and technical assistance to a State that has established or has under consideration legislation to establish a Green Alert or other system specifically dedicated to locating missing veterans, to help ensure the effective use of those systems to successfully find and recover missing veterans.

   Inserted: (c) Content of Assistance.--Such assistance shall include--

   Inserted: (1) helping the State develop, revise, or update criteria for issuing such alerts, including on when to issue such alerts, training to provide to law enforcement on interacting with veterans and provide recommendations on how best to protect the privacy, dignity, and independence of veterans who are the subject of such alerts;

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   Inserted: (2) providing assistance to the State on protecting the privacy of veterans, including sensitive medical information, as such alerts are issued;

   Inserted: (3) designating officials to serve or participate on any advisory committees established by the State or local governments to provide oversight of Green Alert systems dedicated to finding missing veterans;

   Inserted: (4) for those veterans recovered by such systems, helping ensure such veterans are connected to any services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs or the Department of Defense to which they are entitled as a result of their service in the Armed Forces, including housing and health care;

   Inserted: (5) providing public education on these systems to military or veteran communities in such States, including on facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs or the Department of Defense located in such States;

   Inserted: (6) supporting efforts to train State and local law enforcement who issue such alerts and search for missing veterans on the unique needs of veterans; and

   Inserted: (7) ensuring officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs or the Department of Defense in such States are aware of Green Alerts, understand how they work, and integrate them with any plan for locating missing veterans at a base or facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs or the Department of Defense.

   Inserted: (d) Use of Existing Mechanisms.--To the maximum extent possible, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall use existing mechanisms, including advisory committees and programs, to meet the requirements of this section.

   Inserted: (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 to carry out this section.

   Inserted: (f) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2022 by section 301 for operation and maintenance is hereby decreased by $2,000,000, with the amount of the decrease to be taken from the availability of amounts for the Office of Secretary of Defense.

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   At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

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