Mark Alford will support legislation to enhance missing person alert systems and expand first responder training for individuals with developmental disabilities.

Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04), Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO), and Congressman Jason Smith (MO-08) introduced the Enhanced Alerts for Missing Loved Ones with Disabilities Act of 2026. This critical legislation will enhance the national missing person alert system, as well as expand state-level first responder training and education, to more fully cover individuals with developmental disabili...

Alford introduced legislation to strengthen missing person alerts and responder training for people with developmental disabilities.

Latest News | Congressman Mark Alford
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This bicameral bill brings those efforts to the federal level... This is commonsense, life-saving legislation that I’m proud to lead.

Alford said he is leading federal legislation to strengthen missing-person alerts and expand first-responder training for cases involving people with developmental, cognitive, or intellectual disabilities, including adults with Alzheimer’s or dementia.

Alford Leads Legislation to Strengthen Missing Persons Framework for Those With Disabilities | Congressman Mark Alford
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Today, Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04), Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO), and Congressman Jason Smith (MO-08) introduced the Enhanced Alerts for Missing Loved Ones with Disabilities Act of 2026. This critical legislation will enhance the national missing person alert system, as well as expand state-level first responder training and education, to more fully cover individuals with developmental

Alford introduced legislation to improve missing person alerts and expand first responder training for people with developmental disabilities.

News List | Congressman Mark Alford
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Representative Mark Alford (1963 - ) In Congress 2023 - Present. Party Republican. House Missouri, District 4 118th-119th (2023-Present). Member Activity: Sponsored Legislation [43]; Cosponsored Legislation (All) [324]; House Roll Call Votes [1,673].

Establishes the relevant federal service window for judging the promise: Alford has served in the House since the 118th Congress beginning in 2023.

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Representative Mark Alford | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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This bill amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to revise and rename the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program as the Missing Americans Alert Program and to reauthorize it through FY2022. It directs DOJ's Bureau of Justice Assistance to award competitive grants ... to prevent wandering and locate missing individuals with dementia or children with developmental disabilities. Additionally, it directs the BJA to award grants ... to develop tracking technology programs.

This is the closest official legislative model for the promise: missing-person alert/tracking grants for children with developmental disabilities. It predated Alford's House service and was only authorized through FY2022, so it does not by itself show Alford fulfilled the promise.

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S.2070 - Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2017 | Congress.gov
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Latest Action: 12/23/2024 Became Public Law No: 118-180. This act reauthorizes several programs that support autism education, research, and resources. Specifically, the act reauthorizes through FY2029 ... activities administered by HHS to support autism education, early detection, and intervention ... It also ... requir[es] HHS to report on the feasibility of expanding certain training programs for developmental-behavioral pediatricians.

Alford's term saw enactment of a developmental-disability/autism law, but the official summary concerns health, education, early detection, intervention, and pediatrician training, not missing-person alert systems or first-responder training.

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H.R.7213 - Autism CARES Act of 2024 | Congress.gov
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Roll Call 424 | Bill Number: H. R. 7213. Vote Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Autism CARES Act. Status: Passed. VOTES yea: 402 nay: 13. Alford Republican Missouri MO Yea.

Alford voted yes on the Autism CARES Act of 2024. This is concrete support for related developmental-disability legislation, but not the specific missing-person alert and first-responder-training legislation described in the promise.

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Roll Call 424 | Bill Number: H.R.7213 | Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
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Cosponsors: H.R.7213 — 118th Congress (2023-2024). Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | Cosponsor statistics: 61 current - includes 1 original. Party of Cosponsor: Democratic [39]; Republican [22].

The official cosponsor page shows broad cosponsorship for Autism CARES, but Alford is not shown as a cosponsor in the captured list and Missouri is not listed among cosponsor states. His recorded support was a floor vote, not sponsorship or cosponsorship.

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Cosponsors - H.R.7213 - Autism CARES Act of 2024 | Congress.gov
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