34 U.S.C. § 11293: Duties and functions of the Administrator

issue such rules as the Administrator considers necessary or appropriate to carry out this subchapter; make such arrangements as may be necessary and appropriate to facilitate effective coordination among all federally funded programs relating to missing children (including the preparation of an annual comprehensive plan for facilitating such coordination); provide for the furnishing of information derived from the national toll-free hotline, established under subsection (b)(1), to appropriate entities; coordinate with the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness to ensure that homeless services professionals are aware of educational resources and assistance provided by the Center regarding child sexual exploitation; provide adequate staff and agency resources which are necessary to properly carry out the responsibilities pursuant to this subchapter; and containing a comprehensive plan for facilitating cooperation and coordination in the succeeding fiscal year among all agencies and organizations with responsibilities related to missing children; identifying and summarizing effective models of Federal, State, and local coordination and cooperation in locating and recovering missing children; identifying and summarizing effective program models that provide treatment, counseling, or other aid to parents of missing children or to children who have been the victims of abduction; describing how the Administrator satisfied the requirements of paragraph (4) in the preceding fiscal year; describing in detail the number and types of telephone calls received in the preceding fiscal year over the national toll-free hotline established under subsection (b)(1)(A), the number and types of communications referred to the national communications system established under section 11231 of this title , and the number and types of reports to the CyberTipline established under subsection (b)(1)(K)(i); describing in detail the activities in the preceding fiscal year of the national resource center and clearinghouse established under subsection (b)(2); describing all the programs for which assistance was provided under section 11294 of this title in the preceding fiscal year; summarizing the results of all research completed in the preceding year for which assistance was provided at any time under this subchapter; and identifying each clearinghouse with respect to which assistance is provided under section 11294(a)(9) of this title in the preceding fiscal year; describing the activities carried out by such clearinghouse in such fiscal year; specifying the types and amounts of assistance (other than assistance under section 11294(a)(9) of this title ) received by such clearinghouse in such fiscal year; and specifying the number and types of missing children cases handled (and the number of such cases resolved) by such clearinghouse in such fiscal year and summarizing the circumstances of each such cases. 1 1 So in original. Probably should be “case.” report child sexual exploitation and the location of any missing child; and request information pertaining to procedures necessary to reunite such child with such child’s parent; manage the AMBER Alert Secondary Distribution Program; and coordinate the operation of such hotline with the operation of the national communications system referred to in part C of subchapter III; operate the official national resource center and information clearinghouse for missing and exploited children; free or low-cost legal, food, lodging, and transportation services that are available for the benefit of missing and exploited children and their families; the existence and nature of programs being carried out by Federal agencies to assist missing and exploited children and their families; and innovative and model programs, services, and legislation that benefit missing and exploited children; coordinate public and private programs that locate, recover, or reunite missing children with their parents; in the prevention, investigation, prosecution, and treatment of cases involving missing and exploited children; to respond to foster children missing from the State child welfare system in coordination with child welfare agencies and courts handling juvenile justice and dependency matters; and in the identification, location, and recovery of victims of, and children at risk for, child sex trafficking; provide assistance to parents, law enforcement agencies, State and local governments, nongovernmental agencies, child-serving professionals, and other individuals involved in the location and recovery of missing and abducted children nationally and, in cooperation with the Department of State, internationally; child-serving professionals involved in helping to recover missing and exploited children; and law enforcement officers in their efforts to identify, locate, and recover missing and exploited children; and locate and identify potential abductors and offenders involved in attempted or actual abductions; and identify, locate, and recover abducted children; provide forensic and direct on-site technical assistance and consultation to families, law enforcement agencies, child-serving professionals, and nongovernmental organizations in child abduction and exploitation cases, including facial reconstruction of skeletal remains and similar techniques to assist on long-term missing child cases in the identification of unidentified deceased children; nongovernmental organizations with respect to procedures and resources to conduct background checks on individuals working with children; and law enforcement agencies with respect to identifying and locating noncompliant sex offenders; facilitate the deployment of the National Emergency Child Locator Center to assist in reuniting missing children with their parents during periods of national disasters; possession, manufacture, and distribution of child sexual abuse material; online enticement of children for sexual acts; child sex trafficking; extraterritorial child sexual abuse and exploitation; child sexual molestation; unsolicited obscene material sent to a child; misleading domain names; and misleading words or digital images on the internet; and make reports received through the CyberTipline available to the appropriate law enforcement agency for its review and potential investigation; and by operating a child victim identification program to assist law enforcement agencies in identifying victims of child sexual abuse material and other sexual crimes and to support the recovery of children from sexually exploitative situations, including by providing information on legal remedies available to such victims; recovery support, including counseling recommendations and community support; family and peer support; constitute or are associated with child sexual abuse material; or do not constitute child sexual abuse material but are sexually suggestive; the prevention of missing children and child sexual exploitation; and cyberbullying; child sex trafficking; youth-produced child sexual abuse material or sexting; sextortion; and online enticement; provide technical assistance and training to local educational agencies, schools, State and local law enforcement agencies, individuals, and other nongovernmental organizations that assist with finding missing and abducted children in identifying and recovering such children and preventing child sexual exploitation; coordinating to ensure the reporting, documentation, and resolution of cases involving children missing from a State or Tribal child welfare system; and responding to foster children missing from a State or Tribal child welfare system; and provide technical assistance and recovery support services to law enforcement agencies and first responders in identifying, locating, and recovering victims of, and children at risk for, child sex trafficking. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be used to pay the compensation of an individual employed by the Center if such compensation, as determined at the beginning of each grant year, exceeds 110 percent of the maximum annual salary payable to a member of the Federal Government’s Senior Executive Service (SES) for that year. The Center may compensate an employee at a higher rate provided the amount in excess of this limitation is paid with non-Federal funds. includes salary, bonuses, periodic payments, severance pay, the value of a compensatory or paid leave benefit not excluded by clause (ii), and the fair market value of any employee perquisite or benefit not excluded by clause (ii); and excludes any Center expenditure for health, medical, or life insurance, or disability or retirement pay, including pensions benefits. triennially conduct national incidence studies to determine for a given year the actual number of children reported missing each year, the number of children who are victims of abduction by strangers, the number of children who are the victims of parental kidnappings, and the number of children who are recovered each year; provide to State and local governments, public and private nonprofit agencies, and individuals information to facilitate the lawful use of school records and birth certificates, in compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 ( 20 U.S.C. 1232g ) 2 to identify and locate missing children 2 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma. 3 3 So in original. Probably should be followed by “; and”. publish an analysis of the information determined under paragraph (1) that includes disaggregated demographic data and comparison of such data to demographic data from the census. Nothing contained in this subchapter shall be construed to grant to the Administrator any law enforcement responsibility or supervisory authority over any other Federal agency.