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[CITE: 42USC5780]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 72--JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION
 
                     SUBCHAPTER IV--MISSING CHILDREN
 
Sec. 5780. State requirements

    Each State reporting under the provisions of this section and 
section 5779 of this title shall--
        (1) ensure that no law enforcement agency within the State 
    establishes or maintains any policy that requires the observance of 
    any waiting period before accepting a missing child or unidentified 
    person report;
        (2) provide that each such report and all necessary and 
    available information, which, with respect to each missing child 
    report, shall include--
            (A) the name, date of birth, sex, race, height, weight, and 
        eye and hair color of the child;
            (B) the date and location of the last known contact with the 
        child; and
            (C) the category under which the child is reported missing;

    is entered immediately into the State law enforcement system and the 
    National Crime Information Center computer networks and made 
    available to the Missing Children Information Clearinghouse within 
    the State or other agency designated within the State to receive 
    such reports; and
        (3) provide that after receiving reports as provided in 
    paragraph (2), the law enforcement agency that entered the report 
    into the National Crime Information Center shall--
            (A) no later than 60 days after the original entry of the 
        record into the State law enforcement system and National Crime 
        Information Center computer networks, verify and update such 
        record with any additional information, including, where 
        available, medical and dental records;
            (B) institute or assist with appropriate search and 
        investigative procedures; and
            (C) maintain close liaison with the National Center for 
        Missing and Exploited Children for the exchange of information 
        and technical assistance in the missing children cases.

(Pub. L. 101-647, title XXXVII, Sec. 3702, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 
4967.)

                          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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 5779 of this title.
