34 U.S.C. § 11295a — Reporting

Page 293 TITLE 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT § 11296 Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries 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 11101 of this title. § 11295a. Reporting (a) Required reporting As a condition of receiving funds under section 11293(b) of this title, the grant recipient shall, based solely on reports received by the grantee and not involving any data collection by the grantee other than those reports, annually pro- vide to the Administrator and make available to the general public, as appropriate— (1) the number of children nationwide who are reported to the grantee as missing; (2) the number of children nationwide who are reported to the grantee as victims of non- family abductions; (3) the number of children nationwide who are reported to the grantee as victims of fam- ily abductions; (4) the number of missing children recovered nationwide whose recovery was reported to the grantee; (5) the number of children nationwide who are reported to the grantee as missing from State-sponsored care; (6) the number of children nationwide who are reported to the grantee as missing from State-sponsored care whose recovery was re- ported to the grantee; and (7) the number of children nationwide who are reported to the grantee as missing from State-sponsored care and are likely victims of child sex trafficking. (b) Incidence of attempted child abductions As a condition of receiving funds under section 11293(b) of this title, the grant recipient shall— (1) track the incidence of attempted child abductions in order to identify links and pat- terns; (2) provide such information to law enforce- ment agencies; and (3) make such information available to the general public, as appropriate. (c) Criteria for forensic partnerships As a condition of receiving funds under section 11293(b) of this title, the grant recipient shall annually provide to the Administrator and make available to the general public, as appro- priate, the criteria and processes the grantee uses to establish forensic partnerships and rec- ommend forensic resources to law enforcement and shall annually review these forensic part- nerships and forensic referrals against the cri- teria and review new advancements in tech- nology. (Pub. L. 93–415, title IV, § 407, as added Pub. L. 115–267, § 2(e)(2), Oct. 11, 2018, 132 Stat. 3760, and Pub. L. 115–393, title II, § 202(e)(2), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5271; amended Pub. L. 118–65, § 2(c), June 17, 2024, 138 Stat. 1442.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Pub. L. 115–267 and Pub. L. 115–393 enacted identical sections. PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 407 of Pub. L. 93–415 was renumbered section 408 and is classified to section 11296 of this title. Another prior section 407 of title IV of Pub. L. 93–415, as added Pub. L. 103–322, title XVII, § 170303(2), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2043, established the Missing and Ex- ploited Children’s Task Force, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 110–240, § 5(1), June 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 1564. AMENDMENTS 2024—Subsec. (a)(5) to (7). Pub. L. 118–65, § 2(c)(1), added pars. (5) to (7). Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 118–65, § 2(c)(2), added subsec. (c). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Oct. 11, 2018, and applicable to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 2018, see section 4 of Pub. L. 115–267, set out as an Effective Date of 2018 Amendment note under section 11291 of this title. § 11296. Oversight and accountability All grants awarded by the Department of Jus- tice that are authorized under this subchapter shall be subject to the following: (1) Audit requirement For 2 of the fiscal years in the period of fis- cal years 2014 through 2023, the Inspector Gen- eral of the Department of Justice shall con- duct audits of the recipient of grants under this subchapter to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse by the grantee. (2) Mandatory exclusion If the recipient of grant funds under this subchapter is found to have an unresolved audit finding, then that entity shall not be eli- gible to receive grant funds under this sub- chapter during the 2 fiscal years beginning after the 12-month period described in para- graph (4). (3) Repayment of grant funds If an entity is awarded grant funds under this subchapter during the 2-fiscal-year period in which the entity is barred from receiving grants under paragraph (2), the Attorney Gen- eral shall— (A) deposit an amount equal to the grant funds that were improperly awarded to the grantee into the General Fund of the Treas- ury; and (B) seek to recoup the costs of the repay- ment to the fund from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded grant funds. (4) Defined term In this section, the term ‘‘unresolved audit finding’’ means an audit report finding in the final report of the Inspector General of the De- partment of Justice that the grantee has uti- lized grant funds for an unauthorized expendi- ture or otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved within a 12-month period be- ginning on the date when the final audit re- port is issued. (5) Nonprofit organization requirements (A) Definition For purposes of this section and the grant programs described in this subchapter, the