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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 1808 (Introduced in House) — To amend and improve the Missing Children’s Assistance Act, and for other purposes. · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Findings

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Section 402 of the Missing Children's Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5771 ) is amended— by amending paragraph
(1)to read as follows: to read as follows: each year tens of thousands of children run away, or are abducted or removed, from the control of a parent having legal custody without such parent's consent, under circumstances which immediately place the child in grave danger; , by striking paragraphs
(4)and (5), in paragraph
(6)by inserting , including child sex trafficking and sextortion after exploitation , in paragraph
(8)by adding and at the end, by striking paragraph (9), by amending paragraph
(10)to read as follows: a key component of such programs is the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that— serves as a nonprofit, national resource center and clearinghouse to provide assistance to victims, families, child-serving professionals, and the general public; works with the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Marshals Service, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of State, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the United States Secret Service, the United States Postal Inspection Service, other agencies, and nongovernmental organizations in the effort to find missing children and to prevent child victimization; and coordinates with each of the missing children clearinghouses operated by the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and international organizations to transmit images and information regarding missing and exploited children to law enforcement, nongovernmental organizations, and corporate partners across the United States and around the world instantly. , and by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), (8), and
(10)as paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and (7), respectively.
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