Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization of 2008
Latest action · Sep 22, 2008 Received in the Senate.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 15, 2008
- Passed HouseSep 17, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization of 2008 - Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program through FY2015 and to revise program requirements to: (1) provide for competitive grants to nonprofit organizations to assist in locating missing patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias; (2) expand such program to include locating other missing elderly individuals; (3) require the Attorney General to solicit grants for program applications in the Federal Register and on the Department of Justice (DOJ) website; and (4) establish a preference in awarding grants to national nonprofit organizations that have a direct link to patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their families (currently, grants may be awarded to only such organizations).
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 29, 2008 to Aug 1, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| R-MN | Jim Ramstad | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Jul 30, 2008 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Jul 30, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Jul 30, 2008 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jul 30, 2008 | |
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | Jul 30, 2008 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Jul 30, 2008 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 30, 2008 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Jul 30, 2008 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Jul 30, 2008 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jul 30, 2008 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Jul 31, 2008 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Aug 1, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jul 15, 2008Markup Jul 30, 2008Reported Sep 15, 2008 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2008Received in the Senate.
- Sep 17, 2008Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8368-8369)
- Sep 17, 2008Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 9/15/2008 H8097)
- Sep 17, 2008Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 15, 2008Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 110-846.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E2231 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Oct 3, 2008 |
| House | Debate and remarks H8368 | Danny K. Davis D-IL | Sep 17, 2008 |
| House | Debate and remarks H8097, H8098Text printed H8097 | Maxine Waters D-CA, Mike Pence R-IN, Robert C. "Bobby" Scott D-VA, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Tim Murphy R-PA | Sep 15, 2008 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Aug 6, 2008H.R. 6503, Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization of 2008<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 30, 2008</p>
- Aug 6, 2008H.R. 6503, Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization of 2008Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 30, 2008
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization of 2008
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization of 2008
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2008Received in Senate
- Sep 17, 2008Engrossed in House
- Sep 15, 2008Reported in House
- Jul 15, 2008Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
