H.R. 9236

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9236 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 9236

To amend the PROTECT Act to include minimum standards for issuing an 
alert for a high-risk missing person, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 10, 2026

Mr. Yakym introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To amend the PROTECT Act to include minimum standards for issuing an 
alert for a high-risk missing person, 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 ``High-risk Alert Improvement for 
Locating Endangered Youth Act of 2026'' or the ``HAILEY Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR ISSUANCE AND DISSEMINATION OF ALERTS 
THROUGH AMBER ALERT COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK.

Section 302(a) of the PROTECT Act (34 U.S.C. 20502(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'';
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and inserting 
``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) the issuance of alerts through the AMBER Alert 
Communication network for individuals--
``(A) under the age of 18; and
``(B) that law enforcement reasonably believes is a 
high-risk missing person.''.
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