H.R. 3741 (112th): Rilya Wilson Act

Introduced:
Dec 20, 2011 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
Sponsor:
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL17]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)
See Instead:
This bill was re-introduced as H.R. 680 on Feb 13, 2013. See H.R. 680 for current action on this subject.

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Status

This bill was introduced on December 20, 2011, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Dec 20, 2011
Referred to Committee Dec 20, 2011
Cosponsors
109 cosponsors (101D, 8R) (show)
Committees

House Judiciary

House Ways and Means

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Full Title

To require State child welfare agencies to promptly report information on missing or abducted children to law enforcement authorities, and for other purposes.

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Last updated Dec 20, 2011.
4 pages

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12/20/2011--Introduced.
Riya Wilson Act - Amends title IV (Grants to States for Aid and Services to Needy Families with Children and for Child-Welfare Services) of the Social Security Act to require an approved state plan that is required in order to be eligible for federal payments for foster care and adoption assistance to provide that such state has in effect procedures that require the state child welfare agency to promptly report information on missing or abducted children to law enforcement authorities for entry into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database.
Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require a state reporting a missing child under the age of 21 to the NCIC to:
(1) require the state law enforcement agency that entered the report to include a recent photograph in information updating a record, and
(2) notify the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children of each report received relating to a child reported missing from a foster care family home or childcare institution.

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