H.R. 6503 would amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program.

== Detailed Summary ==

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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 editinclude locating other missing elderly individuals; (3) require the wikiAttorney General to solicit grants for program applications in the Federal Register and beon the firstDepartment of Justice (DOJ) website; and (4) establish a preference in awarding grants to providenational nonprofit organizations that have a detailed summary of the bill!)direct link to patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their families (currently, grants may be awarded to only such organizations).
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 7/30/2008: House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.9/22/2008: Received in the Senate.
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== Points in Favor ==

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== Points Against ==

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