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E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Missing Children's Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2013

Public Law 113-38 · H.R. 3092 · 113th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Barack Obama (D) on Sep 30, 2013 · Crime and Law Enforcement

Sponsor: Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2)

Cosponsors (10): Rep. John Kline,

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseRecorded vote: 407 yea, 2 nay407–2
  • SenateUnanimous consent
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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

(This measure has not been amended since it passed the House on September 17, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.) E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Missing Children's Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2013 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Missing Children's Assistance to declare that many missing children are runaways.

Requires the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to send the Office's annual report to the President and Congress specifically to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate.

Requires the Administrator also to coordinate with the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness to ensure that homeless services professionals are aware of educational resources and assistance provided by the Center regarding child sexual exploitation.

Adds to the authorized uses of the annual grant to National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: (1) giving technical assistance and training to state and local law enforcement agencies and statewide clearinghouses to coordinate with state and local educational agencies in identifying and recovering missing children; (2) assisting the efforts of law enforcement agencies in coordinating with child welfare agencies to respond to foster children missing from the state welfare system; and (3) giving technical assistance to law enforcement agencies and first responders in identifying, locating, and recovering victims of, and children at risk for, child sex trafficking.

Prohibits the use of federal funds to pay the compensation of any Center employee exceeding 110% of the maximum annual salary payable to a member of the federal government's Senior Executive Service (SES) for that year. Allows the Center to compensate an employee at a higher rate provided the amount exceeding this limitation is paid with non-federal funds. Excludes from the meaning of such compensation any health, medical, or life insurance payments, disability or retirement pay, or pensions benefits.

Requires the Administrator to conduct national incidence studies triennially (currently, periodically) to determine for a given year the actual number of children reported missing, the number who are victims of abduction by strangers, the number who are the victims of parental kidnappings, and the number who are recovered each year.

Requires that the Administrator's duty to provide to state and local governments, public and private nonprofit agencies, and individuals information to facilitate the lawful use of school records and birth certificates to identify and locate missing children be performed in compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.

Authorizes the Administration to make grants or enter into contracts with the Center and with public agencies or nonprofit private organizations for research, demonstration projects, or service programs designed to: (1) educate schools, school leaders, teachers, state and local educational agencies, homeless shelters, and service providers in ways to prevent the abduction and sexual exploitation of children; and (2) aid schools in the collection of materials useful to parents in assisting others in the identification of missing children.

(Sec. 3) Authorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018, including specified funds each year for the annual grant to the Center.

(Sec. 4) Subjects grant recipients to audits by the DOJ Inspector General for two of the fiscal years between FY2014 and FY2018.

Bars eligibility to receive grant funds for two fiscal years for any grant recipient found to have an unresolved audit finding that it has used grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved within 12 months after the final audit report is issued. Requires the Attorney General to seek repayment from a debarred grantee of any grant funds awarded during the two-fiscal year debarment.

Prohibits the Attorney General from awarding a grant to a nonprofit organization that holds money in off-shore accounts to avoid paying the tax on unrelated business income of charitable and other tax-exempt organizations.

Prohibits the use of more than $20,000 of authorized funds to host or support any expenditure for conferences without prior written authorization by the Deputy Attorney General or a specified designee.

Prohibits the use of authorized funds by any grant recipient to lobby: (1) any DOJ representative regarding the award of any grant funding; or (2) any representative of a federal, state, local, or tribal government regarding the award of grant funding. Requires any recipient violating this prohibition to repay the grant in full, and denies the recipient eligibility for another grant for five years.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 113th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 407 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

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Democrats who voted yea(186)

Republicans who voted yea(221)

  • Rep. Christopher GibsonR-NY-19
  • Rep. Michael FitzpatrickR-PA-8
  • Rep. Michael GrimmR-NY-11
  • Rep. Pete KingR-NY-2
  • Rep. Jon RunyanR-NJ-3
  • Rep. Frank LoBiondoR-NJ-2
  • Rep. David ReichertR-WA-8
  • Rep. Richard HannaR-NY-22
  • Rep. Charles DentR-PA-15
  • Rep. Patrick MeehanR-PA-7
  • Rep. Ileana Ros-LehtinenR-FL-27
  • Rep. David JoyceR-OH-14
  • Rep. David ValadaoR-CA-21
  • Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4
  • Rep. Michael TurnerR-OH-10
  • Rep. Rodney FrelinghuysenR-NJ-11
  • Rep. Tom LathamR-IA-3
  • Rep. Tom ReedR-NY-23
  • Rep. Jeff FortenberryR-NE-1
  • Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10
  • Rep. Don YoungR-AK
  • Rep. Lou BarlettaR-PA-11
  • Rep. Jeff DenhamR-CA-10
  • Rep. Glenn ThompsonR-PA-5
  • Rep. John ShimkusR-IL-15
  • Rep. Rodney AlexanderR-LA-5
  • Rep. Adam KinzingerR-IL-16
  • Rep. Ander CrenshawR-FL-4
  • Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
  • Rep. Tom ColeR-OK-4
  • Rep. Mike SimpsonR-ID-2
  • Rep. Ken CalvertR-CA-42
  • Rep. Aaron SchockR-IL-18
  • Rep. Buck McKeonR-CA-25
  • Rep. Walter JonesR-NC-3
  • Rep. David McKinleyR-WV-1
  • Rep. Martha RobyR-AL-2
  • Rep. Doc HastingsR-WA-4
  • Rep. Frank LucasR-OK-3
  • Rep. Joseph HeckR-NV-3
  • Rep. Gregg HarperR-MS-3
  • Rep. Ed WhitfieldR-KY-1
  • Rep. Rodney DavisR-IL-13
  • Rep. Steve StiversR-OH-15
  • Rep. Rick CrawfordR-AR-1
  • Rep. Spencer BachusR-AL-6
  • Rep. Steve WomackR-AR-3
  • Rep. Tom MarinoR-PA-10
  • Rep. Mike KellyR-PA-3
  • Rep. Greg WaldenR-OR-2
  • Rep. James RenacciR-OH-16
  • Rep. Kevin CramerR-ND
  • Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-13
  • Rep. Randy ForbesR-VA-4
  • Rep. Devin NunesR-CA-22
  • Rep. Tim MurphyR-PA-18
  • Rep. Leonard LanceR-NJ-7
  • Rep. Kristi NoemR-SD
  • Rep. Renee EllmersR-NC-2
  • Rep. Chris CollinsR-NY-27
  • Rep. Mike RogersR-MI-8
  • Rep. Tim GriffinR-AR-2
  • Rep. Bill ShusterR-PA-9
  • Rep. Peter RoskamR-IL-6
  • Rep. John CulbersonR-TX-7
  • Rep. Charles BoustanyR-LA-3
  • Rep. Fred UptonR-MI-6
  • Rep. Mark AmodeiR-NV-2
  • Rep. Kevin McCarthyR-CA-23
  • Rep. Lee TerryR-NE-2
  • Rep. Susan BrooksR-IN-5
  • Rep. Dave CampR-MI-4
  • Rep. Jackie WalorskiR-IN-2
  • Rep. Pat TiberiR-OH-12
  • Rep. Daniel WebsterR-FL-10
  • Rep. Blaine LuetkemeyerR-MO-3
  • Rep. Vern BuchananR-FL-16
  • Rep. Brett GuthrieR-KY-2
  • Rep. Cory GardnerR-CO-4
  • Rep. Kay GrangerR-TX-12
  • Rep. Bob GibbsR-OH-7
  • Rep. Eric CantorR-VA-7
  • Rep. Robert WittmanR-VA-1
  • Rep. Cathy McMorris RodgersR-WA-5
  • Rep. Paul CookR-CA-8
  • Rep. John CarterR-TX-31
  • Rep. Thomas RooneyR-FL-17
  • Rep. Steve PearceR-NM-2
  • Rep. Larry BucshonR-IN-8
  • Rep. John KlineR-MN-2
  • Rep. Todd YoungR-IN-9
  • Rep. Andy BarrR-KY-6
  • Rep. Mike RogersR-AL-3
  • Rep. Dan BenishekR-MI-1
  • Rep. Mike CoffmanR-CO-6
  • Rep. Vicky HartzlerR-MO-4
  • Rep. Sam GravesR-MO-6
  • Rep. Ann WagnerR-MO-2
  • Rep. Darrell IssaR-CA-49
  • Rep. Bill JohnsonR-OH-6
  • Rep. Keith RothfusR-PA-12
  • Rep. Richard NugentR-FL-11
  • Rep. Scott RigellR-VA-2
  • Rep. Alan NunneleeR-MS-1
  • Rep. Gus BilirakisR-FL-12
  • Rep. Scott TiptonR-CO-3
  • Rep. Ralph HallR-TX-4
  • Rep. Chris StewartR-UT-2
  • Rep. Howard CobleR-NC-6
  • Rep. Candice MillerR-MI-10
  • Rep. Chuck FleischmannR-TN-3
  • Rep. Adrian SmithR-NE-3
  • Rep. Dennis RossR-FL-15
  • Rep. Phil RoeR-TN-1
  • Rep. Steve SoutherlandR-FL-2
  • Rep. Erik PaulsenR-MN-3
  • Rep. Lamar SmithR-TX-21
  • Rep. Michael McCaulR-TX-10
  • Rep. Bob GoodlatteR-VA-6
  • Rep. Blake FarentholdR-TX-27
  • Rep. John MicaR-FL-7
  • Rep. Paul RyanR-WI-1
  • Rep. Robert LattaR-OH-5
  • Rep. Markwayne MullinR-OK-2
  • Rep. Steve KingR-IA-4
  • Rep. Morgan GriffithR-VA-9
  • Rep. Duncan HunterR-CA-50
  • Rep. Pete SessionsR-TX-32
  • Rep. Lynn JenkinsR-KS-2
  • Rep. Mac ThornberryR-TX-13
  • Rep. Sean DuffyR-WI-7
  • Rep. Joe BartonR-TX-6
  • Rep. Joseph PittsR-PA-16
  • Rep. Austin ScottR-GA-8
  • Rep. Bill PoseyR-FL-8
  • Rep. Randy HultgrenR-IL-14
  • Rep. Kevin YoderR-KS-3
  • Rep. Tom PetriR-WI-6
  • Rep. Patrick McHenryR-NC-10
  • Rep. Stephen FincherR-TN-8
  • Rep. Kevin BradyR-TX-8
  • Rep. Brad WenstrupR-OH-2
  • Rep. Diane BlackR-TN-6
  • Rep. Billy LongR-MO-7
  • Rep. Luke MesserR-IN-6
  • Rep. Robert HurtR-VA-5
  • Rep. Ed RoyceR-CA-39
  • Rep. Tim WalbergR-MI-7
  • Rep. Pete OlsonR-TX-22
  • Rep. Sam JohnsonR-TX-3
  • Rep. Doug LaMalfaR-CA-1
  • Rep. Phil GingreyR-GA-11
  • Rep. Joe WilsonR-SC-2
  • Rep. Jeff MillerR-FL-1
  • Rep. Mo BrooksR-AL-5
  • Rep. Michele BachmannR-MN-6
  • Rep. Robert PittengerR-NC-9
  • Rep. Marsha BlackburnR-TN-7
  • Rep. James LankfordR-OK-5
  • Rep. Jason SmithR-MO-8
  • Rep. Roger WilliamsR-TX-25
  • Rep. Todd RokitaR-IN-4
  • Rep. Jason ChaffetzR-UT-3
  • Rep. Scott PerryR-PA-4
  • Rep. Steven PalazzoR-MS-4
  • Rep. Steve ScaliseR-LA-1
  • Rep. Bill FloresR-TX-17
  • Rep. Rob BishopR-UT-1
  • Rep. Andy HarrisR-MD-1
  • Rep. John CampbellR-CA-45
  • Rep. Tom RiceR-SC-7
  • Rep. Michael ConawayR-TX-11
  • Rep. Doug LambornR-CO-5
  • Rep. Mark MeadowsR-NC-11
  • Rep. Paul GosarR-AZ-4
  • Rep. Scott DesJarlaisR-TN-4
  • Rep. Tom CottonR-AR-4
  • Rep. Mike PompeoR-KS-4
  • Rep. Jimmy DuncanR-TN-2
  • Rep. Steve ChabotR-OH-1
  • Rep. Doug CollinsR-GA-9
  • Rep. Bill HuizengaR-MI-2
  • Rep. Jeb HensarlingR-TX-5
  • Rep. Ted PoeR-TX-2
  • Rep. David SchweikertR-AZ-6
  • Rep. Lynn WestmorelandR-GA-3
  • Rep. Tom PriceR-GA-6
  • Rep. Cynthia LummisR-WY
  • Rep. James SensenbrennerR-WI-5
  • Rep. Virginia FoxxR-NC-5
  • Rep. John FlemingR-LA-4
  • Rep. George HoldingR-NC-13
  • Rep. Trey GowdyR-SC-4
  • Rep. Scott GarrettR-NJ-5
  • Rep. Randy NeugebauerR-TX-19
  • Rep. Michael BurgessR-TX-26
  • Rep. Mark SanfordR-SC-1
  • Rep. Jack KingstonR-GA-1
  • Rep. Ron DeSantisR-FL-6
  • Rep. Trey RadelR-FL-19
  • Rep. Reid RibbleR-WI-8
  • Rep. Richard HudsonR-NC-8
  • Rep. Rob WoodallR-GA-7
  • Rep. Trent FranksR-AZ-8
  • Rep. Matt SalmonR-AZ-5
  • Rep. Mick MulvaneyR-SC-5
  • Rep. Kerry BentivolioR-MI-11
  • Rep. Kenny MarchantR-TX-24
  • Rep. Ted YohoR-FL-3
  • Rep. Tom McClintockR-CA-4
  • Rep. Marlin StutzmanR-IN-3
  • Rep. Jim BridenstineR-OK-1
  • Rep. Jim JordanR-OH-4
  • Rep. Tom GravesR-GA-14
  • Rep. Thomas MassieR-KY-4
  • Rep. Raúl LabradorR-ID-1
  • Rep. Louie GohmertR-TX-1
  • Rep. Randy WeberR-TX-14
  • Rep. Jeff DuncanR-SC-3
  • Rep. Tim HuelskampR-KS-1
  • Rep. Steve StockmanR-TX-36
Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 459 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 15 actions.

  1. Sep 30, 2013Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 113-38.
  2. Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  3. Sep 27, 2013FloorFloor · Presented to President.
  4. Sep 25, 2013FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  6. Sep 18, 2013CommitteeCommittee · Received in the Senate, read twice.
  7. Sep 17, 2013FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 2 (Roll no. 460). (tex: CR H5569-5570)House roll call 460
  8. FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 2 (Roll no. 460).(tex: CR H5569-5570)House roll call 460
  9. FloorFloor · Considered as unfinished business.
  10. FloorFloor · At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  11. FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3092.
  12. FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
  13. FloorFloor · Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  14. Sep 12, 2013CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
  15. IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in House
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