SPECIAL STUDY AND REPORT.

SEC. 7291. SPECIAL STUDY AND REPORT. The Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771–5777) is amended by adding at the end the following: “special study and report“Sec. 408. (a) Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Amendments of 1988, the Administrator shall begin to conduct a study to determine 102 STAT. 4462 the obstacles that prevent or impede individuals who have legal custody of children from recovering such children from parents who have removed such children from such individuals in violation of law. “(b) Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Amendments of 1988, the Secretary shall submit a report to the chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate containing a description, and a summary of the results, of the study conducted under subsection (a).”.