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To amend the Missing Children's Assistance Act to authorize appropriations, and for other purposes. 6/3/2008--Public Law.    (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on December 5, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007 - Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to: (1) revise, and expand the required uses for, the annual grant made to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; (2) reauthorize the missing children's assistance and the NCMEC grant programs through FY2013; and (3) repeal criteria for grants. Specifies additional mandatory uses of grants to NCMEC, including provision of: (1) annual reports to the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention on the numbers of children nationwide reported [...]

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Latest Actions
  • 06/03/2008 - Signed by President.
  • 06/03/2008 - Became Public Law No: 110-240.
  • 05/23/2008 - Presented to President.
  • 05/21/2008 - Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  • 05/20/2008 - Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4549)

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Bill Text
File name Last Updated
H.R.2517 Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate05/22/2008
H.R.2517 Referred to Senate Committee after being Received from House01/25/2008
H.R.2517 Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House12/06/2007
H.R.2517 Introduced in House08/31/2007