Section was formerly classified to section 14181 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

2022—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 117–263 substituted “2023 through 2027” for “2018 through 2022”.

2018—Pub. L. 115–141, § 102(a)(1), substituted “Americans” for “Alzheimer’s Disease Patient” in section catchline.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–141, § 102(a)(2), amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Attorney General shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, award a grant to an eligible organization to assist the organization in paying for the costs of planning, designing, establishing, and operating a Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program, which shall be a locally based, proactive program to protect and locate missing patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.”

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–141, § 102(a)(3), inserted “competitive” after “to receive a”, “agency or” before “organization” in two places, and “The Attorney General shall periodically solicit applications for grants under this section by publishing a request for applications in the Federal Register and by posting such a request on the website of the Department of Justice.” at end.

Subsecs. (c) to (f). Pub. L. 115–141, § 102(a)(4), added subsecs. (c) to (f) and struck out former subsecs. (c) and (d) which related to eligible organization for a grant and authorization of appropriations for fiscal years 1996 to 1998, respectively.