United States 116th Congress Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 11 R · 5 D cosponsors

HR 4172 — National Child Identification Act of 2019

Last action — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 116th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

National Child Identification Act of 2019 This bill permits the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award grants for local law enforcement to distribute in-home fingerprint and DNA identification kits to families. These kits can be turned over to law enforcement to assist in locating missing or trafficked children.

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill adds provisions related to the proactive collection of identification information for children and authorizes grants for inkless identification kits to aid in locating missing children.

  • 34 U.S.C. § 11291

    the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention administers programs under this subchapter, including programs that prevent and address offenses committed against vulnerable children and support missing children’s organizations, including the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that— → the proactive collection and central storage of comprehensive identification information about individual children by local, State, and Federal law enforcement agencies is resource intensive; and the National Child Identification Program, known as 'Safety Blitz'—(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 an inkless, in-home fingerprint and DNA identification kit, which can be turned over to law enforcement, by the parent or guardian of a child to provide information on a missing or trafficked child; 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.

    This change incorporates new findings regarding the need for centralized identification resources and introduces the National Child Identification Program.

  • 34 U.S.C. § 11294

    to collect detailed data from selected States or localities on the actual investigative practices utilized by law enforcement agencies in missing children’s cases; → to provide to local law enforcement, for distribution to parents of children who attend kindergarten or elementary school (as such term is defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965), inkless, in-home fingerprint and DNA identification kits, which can be turned over to Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement in an effort to locate and return missing or trafficked children;

    This addition allows for the distribution of identification kits aimed at assisting in the recovery of missing children.

Action History

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Sponsors

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Not signed on (531)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HR 4172 do?
National Child Identification Act of 2019 This bill permits the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award grants for local law enforcement to distribute in-home fingerprint and DNA identification kits to families. These kits can be turned over to law enforcement to assist in locating missing or trafficked children.
Who sponsors HR 4172?
HR 4172 is sponsored by Norcross, Donald (Democratic), Fitzpatrick, Brian K. (Republican), Mast, Brian J. (Republican), Katko, John (Republican), Pascrell, Bill (Democratic), Kim, Andy (Democratic), Balderson, Troy (Republican), Rose, John W. (Republican), Bacon, Don (Republican), Cook, Paul (Republican), Wilson, Joe (Republican), Bost, Mike (Republican), Van Drew, Jefferson (Republican), Gonzalez, Vicente (Democratic), San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. (Democratic), and Miller, Carol D. (Republican).
What is the current status of HR 4172?
This bill died with 116th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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