H.R. 9118

[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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