1. (a) Required reporting As a condition of receiving funds under section 11293(b) of this title, the grant recipient shall, based solely on reports received by the grantee and not involving any data collection by the grantee other than those reports, annually provide to the Administrator and make available to the general public, as appropriate—

   1. (1) the number of children nationwide who are reported to the grantee as missing;
   2. (2) the number of children nationwide who are reported to the grantee as victims of non-family abductions;
   3. (3) the number of children nationwide who are reported to the grantee as victims of family abductions; and
   4. (4) the number of missing children recovered nationwide whose recovery was reported to the grantee.

2. (b) Incidence of attempted child abductions As a condition of receiving funds under section 11293(b) of this title, the grant recipient shall—

   1. (1) track the incidence of attempted child abductions in order to identify links and patterns;
   2. (2) provide such information to law enforcement agencies; and
   3. (3) make such information available to the general public, as appropriate.

(Pub. L. 93–415, title IV, § 407, as added Pub. L. 115–267, § 2(e)(2), Oct. 11, 2018, 132 Stat. 3760.)

Prior Provisions

A prior section 407 of Pub. L. 93–415 was renumbered section 408 and is classified to section 11296 of this title.

Another prior section 407 of title IV of Pub. L. 93–415, as added Pub. L. 103–322, title XVII, § 170303(2), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2043, established the Missing and Exploited Children’s Task Force, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 110–240, § 5(1), June 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 1564.

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–267 effective Oct. 11, 2018 and applicable to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 2018, see section 4 of Pub. L. 115–267, set out as a note under section 11291 of this title.