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113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3905
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 16, 2014
Mrs. Beatty introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To improve the response to missing children and victims of child sex trafficking.
Response to missing children and victims of child sex trafficking
Missing Children's Assistance Act
Section 404(b)(1)(P)(iii) of the Missing Children's Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5773(b)(1)(P)(iii)) is amended by striking child prostitution
and inserting child sex trafficking
.
Crime Control Act of 1990
Section 3702 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 5780) is amended—
in paragraph (2), by striking and
at the end;
in paragraph (3)—
by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and
by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:
a recent photograph of the child, if available;
; and
in paragraph (4)—
in subparagraph (A), by striking 60 days
and inserting 30 days
;
in subparagraph (B), by striking and
at the end;
in subparagraph (C)—
by inserting State and local child welfare systems and
before the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
; and
by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and
; and
by adding at the end the following:
grant permission to the National Crime Information Center Terminal Contractor for the State to update the missing person record in the National Crime Information Center computer networks with additional information learned during the investigation relating to the missing person.
.