Enhanced Alerts for Missing Loved Ones with Disabilities Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9118 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9118

  To amend Kristen's Act to provide for the inclusion of information
    related to developmental disabilities, alzheimer's disease, and
  dementia, in alerts issued through the Ashanti Alert communications
                    network, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 3, 2026

   Mr. Alford (for himself and Mr. Smith of Missouri) introduced the
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

  To amend Kristen's Act to provide for the inclusion of information
    related to developmental disabilities, alzheimer's disease, and
  dementia, in alerts issued through the Ashanti Alert communications
                    network, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Enhanced Alerts for Missing Loved
Ones with Disabilities Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. ALERTS FOR MISSING ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES,
              ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, AND DEMENTIA.

    Section 204(b) of Kristen's Act (34 U.S.C. 21904(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ``(including
        health care needs'' the following: ``and whether the individual
        has a developmental disability (as such term is defined in
        section 102 of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and
        Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 15002), alzheimer's
        disease, or dementia''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``suffers from a proven
        mental or physical disability'' and inserting the following:
        ``has been diagnosed with a mental disability, a physical
        disability, a developmental disability, alzheimer's disease, or
        dementia''.

SEC. 3. TRAINING RELATED TO DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED MISSING PERSONS.

    (a) Missing Adults.--Section 206 of Kristen's Act (34 U.S.C. 21906)
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) training and educational programs related to
        responding effectively to a reported missing adult with a
        developmental disability.''.
    (b) Missing Children.--Section 301(b) of the PROTECT Act (34 U.S.C.
20501(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) provide training and educational programs for use by
        States, territories of the United States, and tribal
        governments, related to responding effectively to a reported
        missing child with a developmental disability.''.
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