12 2 STA T . 1 56 1 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 4 0 —J U NE3, 200 8‘ ‘ (B)worksinpa r t n e rs h ip with the D epart m ent o fJu s - ti c e , the F e d era l Bureau of I n v esti g ation, the U nited S tates M arshals Service, the Department of the T reasur y , the Department of State, the Bureau of Immigration and C us- toms E nforcement, the United States Secret Service, the United States P ostal Inspection Service, and many other agencies in the effort to find missing children and prevent child victimi z ation
and ‘‘(C) operates a national network, linking the Center online with each of the missing children clearinghouses operated b y the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto R ico, as well as with international organizations, including Scotland Y ard in the United K ingdom, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, I N TERP OL head q uarters in Lyon, France, and others, which enable the Center to transmit images and information regarding missing and e x ploited children to law enforcement across the United States and around the world instantly .’ ’. SEC.3 . DUTI ES AN D F UNCTI O NSOFT H EAD M INIST R ATOR. Section 4 04(b) of the Missing Children’s A ssistance Act (4 2 U.S.C. 5 7 7 3 (b)) is amended — ( 1 ) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows
‘‘(1) I NGE NE RAL .—The Administrator shall annually make a grant to the Center, which shall be used to— ‘‘(A)(i) operate a national 24-hour toll-free telephone line by which individuals may report information regarding the location of any missing child, and request information pertaining to procedures necessary to reunite such child with such child’s legal custodian; and ‘‘(ii) coordinate the operation of such telephone line with the operation of the national communications system referred to in part C of the Runaway and H omeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714 – 11); ‘‘(B) operate the official national resource center and information clearinghouse for missing and exploited chil- dren; ‘‘(C) provide to State and local governments, and public and private nonprofit agencies, and individuals, informa- tion regarding— ‘‘(i) free or low-cost legal, restaurant, lodging, and transportation services that are available for the ben- efit of missing and exploited children and their fami- lies; and ‘‘(ii) the existence and nature of programs being carried out by Federal agencies to assist missing and exploited children and their families; ‘‘(D) coordinate public and private programs that locate, recover, or reunite missing children with their fami- lies; ‘‘(E) disseminate, on a national basis, information relating to innovative and model programs, services, and legislation that benefit missing and exploited children; ‘‘(F) based solely on reports received by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), and not involving any data collection by NCMEC other than Grants.
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