H.R. 3884House115th Congress (2017-2019)In Committee

National Child Identification Assistance Act

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The National Child Identification Assistance Act amends the Missing Children’s Assistance Act to formally recognize a National Child Identification Program. It encourages families to collect and store comprehensive identification information, such as fingerprint kits, at home, reducing the resource burden on local, state, and federal law‑enforcement agencies. The changes affect children, their families, and law‑enforcement bodies that handle missing‑child cases.

Key Provisions

Renumbers existing paragraphs (6)‑(10) of the original law to (8)‑(12).
Adds a new paragraph stating that proactive collection and central storage of child identification data by law‑enforcement agencies is resource intensive.
Defines the National Child Identification Program as a community‑service initiative partnering with the DOJ, State Department, FBI, local law enforcement, nonprofits, and community groups to provide families with inkless, in‑home fingerprint kits.
Specifies that the program promotes decentralized, proactive collection and storage of comprehensive child identification information within the home.

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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Education and Workforce Committee

September 28, 2017

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Introduced in House

September 28, 2017

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Education and Workforce Committee

September 28, 2017

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Introduced in HouseIssued September 28, 2017

115th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 3884

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 28, 2017

Mr. Thomas J. Rooney of Florida (for himself and Mr. Crist) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

A BILL

To amend the Missing Children’s Assistance Act with respect to the National Child Identification Program.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the National Child Identification Assistance Act.

Amendments

Section 402 of the Missing Children's Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11291) is amended—

(1)

by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), (8), (9), and (10) as paragraphs (8), (9), (10), (11), and (12), respectively; and

(2)

by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:

(6)

the proactive collection and central storage of comprehensive identification information about individual children by local, State, and Federal law enforcement agencies is resource intensive;

(7)

the National Child Identification Program—

(A)

is a national community service initiative that has partnered with the Department of Justice, Department of State, Federal Bureau of Investigation, local law enforcement agencies, nonprofit organizations, and community organizations to provide families with inkless, in-home fingerprint identification kits; and

(B)

promotes the proactive collection and storage of comprehensive identification information within the home, decentralizing the process for law enforcement agencies that often lack the resources to collect and centrally store vital identification information related to individual children;