2016 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 72 - Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Subchapter IV - Missing Children
Sec. 5779 - Reporting requirement

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Citation 42 U.S.C. § 5779 (2016)
Section Name §5779. Reporting requirement
Section Text (a) In general

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) Guidelines

The 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 summary

The Attorney General shall publish an annual statistical summary of the reports received under this section and section 5780 of this title.

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.)

Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT

This 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.

CODIFICATION

Section 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.

AMENDMENTS

2003—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–21 substituted "age of 21" for "age of 18".

Footnotes

1 See References in Text note below.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, 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 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 104 Stat. 4966
117 Stat. 660
Public Law References Public Law 101-647, Public Law 108-21
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