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[CITE: 42USC5775]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 72--JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION
 
                     SUBCHAPTER IV--MISSING CHILDREN
 
Sec. 5775. Grants


(a) Authority of Administrator; description of research, demonstration 
        projects, and service programs

    The Administrator is authorized to make grants to and enter into 
contracts with the Center and with public agencies or nonprofit private 
organizations, or combinations thereof, for research, demonstration 
projects, or service programs designed--
        (1) to educate parents, children, and community agencies and 
    organizations in ways to prevent the abduction and sexual 
    exploitation of children;
        (2) to provide information to assist in the locating and return 
    of missing children;
        (3) to aid communities in the collection of materials which 
    would be useful to parents in assisting others in the identification 
    of missing children;
        (4) to increase knowledge of and develop effective treatment 
    pertaining to the psychological consequences, on both parents and 
    children, of--
            (A) the abduction of a child, both during the period of 
        disappearance and after the child is recovered; and
            (B) the sexual exploitation of a missing child;

        (5) to collect detailed data from selected States or localities 
    on the actual investigative practices utilized by law enforcement 
    agencies in missing children's cases;
        (6) to address the particular needs of missing children by 
    minimizing the negative impact of judicial and law enforcement 
    procedures on children who are victims of abuse or sexual 
    exploitation and by promoting the active participation of children 
    and their families in cases involving abuse or sexual exploitation 
    of children;
        (7) to address the needs of missing children (as defined in 
    section 5772(1)(A) of this title) and their families following the 
    recovery of such children;
        (8) to reduce the likelihood that individuals under 18 years of 
    age will be removed from the control of such individuals' legal 
    custodians without such custodians' consent; and
        (9) to establish or operate statewide clearinghouses to assist 
    in locating and recovering missing children.

(b) Priorities of grant applicants

    In considering grant applications under this subchapter, the 
Administrator shall give priority to applicants who--
        (1) have demonstrated or demonstrate ability in--
            (A) locating missing children or locating and reuniting 
        missing children with their legal custodians;
            (B) providing other services to missing children or their 
        families; or
            (C) conducting research relating to missing children; and

        (2) with respect to subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1), 
    substantially utilize volunteer assistance.

The Administrator shall give first priority to applicants qualifying 
under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1).

(c) Non-Federal fund expenditures requisite for receipt of Federal 
        assistance

    In order to receive assistance under this subchapter for a fiscal 
year, applicants shall give assurance that they will expend, to the 
greatest extent practicable, for such fiscal year an amount of funds 
(without regard to any funds received under any Federal law) that is not 
less than the amount of funds they received in the preceding fiscal year 
from State, local, and private sources.

(Pub. L. 93-415, title IV, Sec. 405, formerly Sec. 406, as added Pub. L. 
98-473, title II, Sec. 660, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2128; renumbered 
Sec. 405 and amended Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, Secs. 7287, 7290(a), 
Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4460, 4461; Pub. L. 101-204, title X, 
Sec. 1004(3), Dec. 7, 1989, 103 Stat. 1828; Pub. L. 106-71, Sec. 2(d), 
Oct. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1035.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 405 of Pub. L. 93-415 was classified to section 5774 
of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, Sec. 7286, 
Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4460.


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-71 inserted ``the Center and with'' 
before ``public agencies'' in introductory provisions.
    1989--Subsec. (a)(9). Pub. L. 101-204 substituted ``clearinghouses'' 
for ``clearinghouse''.
    1988--Subsec. (a)(7) to (9). Pub. L. 100-690, Sec. 7287, added pars. 
(7) to (9).


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-690 effective Oct. 1, 1988, see section 
7296(a) of Pub. L. 100-690, set out as a note under section 5601 of this 
title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 5773, 5776 of this title.
