,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #chhd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bh1      
#bjag,mr4 ,thomas ,j4 ,rooney of        
,florida 7for himself and ,mr4 ,crist7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and the ,workforce  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend the ,missing ,children's    
,assistance ,act with respect to the    
,national ,child ,identification        
,program4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,national ,child    
,identification ,assistance ,act4  #b4  
,amendments ,section #djb of the        
,missing ,children's ,assistance ,act   
7#cd ,u4,s4,c4 #aabia7 is amended--     
7#a7 by redesignating paragraphs 7#f71  
7#g71 7#h71 7#i71 and 7#aj7 as          
paragraphs 7#h71 7#i71 7#aj71 7#aa71 and
 7#ab71 respectively2 and  7#b7 by      
inserting after paragraph 7#e7 the      
following3  7#f7 the proactive          
collection and central storage of       
comprehensive identification information

 about individual children by local1    
,state1 and ,federal law enforcement    
agencies is resource intensive2  7#g7   
the ,national ,child ,identification    
,program-- 7,a7 is a national community 
service initiative that has partnered   
with the ,department of ,justice1       
,department of ,state1 ,federal ,bureau 
of ,investigation1 local law enforcement
 agencies1 nonprofit organizations1 and 
community organizations to provide      
families with inkless1 in-home          
fingerprint identification kits2 and    
7,b7 promotes the proactive collection  
and storage of comprehensive            
identification information within the   
home1 decentralizing the process for law
 enforcement agencies that often lack   
the resources to collect and centrally  
store vital identification information  
related to individual children2  4