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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 115-200
KEVIN AND AVONTE'S LAW OF 2017
JANUARY 18, 2018.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. GRASSLEY, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 2070]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the bill
(S. 2070) to amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforce-
ment Act of 1994, to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease
Patient Alert Program, and to promote initiatives that will reduce
the risk of injury and death relating to the wandering characteris-
tics of some children with autism, having considered the same, re-
ports favorably thereon, with an amendment, and recommends that
the bill, as amended, do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. Background and Purpose of Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2017 ................... 1
II. History of the Bill and Committee Consideration ....................................... 3
III. Section-by-Section Summary of the Bill .................................................... 3
IV. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .............................................. 5
V. Regulatory Im pact Evaluation ...................................................................... 7
V I. C onclusion ...................................................................................................... 7
VII. Changes to Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ........................... 7
I. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF KEVIN AND AVONTE's LAW OF
2017
Autism, dementia, and other developmental conditions affect too
many families in the U.S. Some of these families have experienced
a loved one wandering away from a supervised setting due to their
developmental condition. Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2017 will
strengthen and enhance support for the many American families
who have loved ones that go missing due to autism, Alzheimer's
disease, or related conditions. The bill extends existing programs
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