US Congress House Bill 4221 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-11)
Status: Introduced on November 2 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-11-30 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (E1621-1622)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2017 Missing Americans Alert Program Act of 2017 This bill amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to revise, rename, and reauthorize through FY2022 the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program. It directs the Department of Justice's (DOJ's) Bureau of Justice Assistance to award grants: to develop or operate programs to prevent wandering and locate missing individuals with dementia or children with developmental disabilities, and to develop tracking technology programs to locate missing individuals with dementia or children with developmental disabilities. The bill amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to specify that, with respect to training and technical assistance provided by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, cases involving missing and exploited children include cases involving children with developmental disabilities such as autism. DOJ must establish and certain grant recipients must comply with standards and best practices related to the use of tracking technology to locate missing individuals with dementia or developmental disabilities. The bill prohibits the use of data from tracking devices to create a federal database. It also prohibits construing this bill to require a parent or guardian to use a tracking device.

Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2017

Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]
Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-11-30	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (E1621-1622)
2017-11-21	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2017-11-02	House	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.
2017-11-02	House	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.
2017-11-02	House	Introduced in House

SB2070 (Same As) 2018-01-18 - By Senator Grassley from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 115-200.
HB195 (Related) 2018-01-22 - Became Public Law No: 115-120. (TXT | PDF)
HB1625 (Related) 2018-03-23 - Became Public Law No: 115-141.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4221/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4221/BILLS-115hr4221ih.pdf