2014 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare (Sections 1 - 18445)
Chapter 72 - Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Sections 5601 - 5792a)
Subchapter IV - Missing Children (Sections 5771 - 5780a)
Sec. 5779 - Reporting requirement
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 72 - JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION SUBCHAPTER IV - MISSING CHILDREN Sec. 5779 - Reporting requirement |
| Contains | section 5779 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 101-647, title XXXVII, §3701, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4966; Pub. L. 108-21, title II, §204, Apr. 30, 2003, 117 Stat. 660. |
| Statutes at Large References | 104 Stat. 4966 117 Stat. 660 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 101-647, Public Law 108-21 |
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Each Federal, State, and local law enforcement agency shall report each case of a missing child under the age of 21 reported to such agency to the National Crime Information Center of the Department of Justice.
(b) GuidelinesThe Attorney General may establish guidelines for the collection of such reports including procedures for carrying out the purposes of this section and section 5780 of this title.1
(c) Annual summaryThe Attorney General shall publish an annual statistical summary of the reports received under this section and section 5780 of this title.
(Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXVII, §3701, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4966; Pub. L. 108–21, title II, §204, Apr. 30, 2003, 117 Stat. 660.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTThis section and section 5780 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original "this Act", and was translated as reading "this title", meaning title XXXVII of Pub. L. 101–647, which enacted this section and section 5780 of this title, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
CODIFICATIONSection was enacted as part of the Crime Control Act of 1990, and not as part of the Missing Children's Assistance Act which comprises this subchapter, nor as part of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.
AMENDMENTS2003—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–21 substituted "age of 21" for "age of 18".
1 See References in Text note below.
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