MISSING AND ABDUCTED FOSTER CHILDREN AND YOUTH.

SEC. 136. MISSING AND ABDUCTED FOSTER CHILDREN AND YOUTH. It is the sense of Congress that— (1) each State child welfare agency should— (A) prioritize developing and implementing protocols to comply with section 471(a)(35) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(35)), as amended by section 137; and (B) report the information the agency receives about missing or abducted foster children and youth to the National Center on Missing and Exploited Children and to law enforcement authorities for inclusion in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Crime Information Center database, in accordance with section 471(a)(34) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(34)); (2) the reports described in paragraph (1)(B)— (A) should be made immediately (and in no case later than 24 hours) after the information is received; and (B) were required to be provided to the Secretary of Health and Human Services beginning on September 30, 2016; and (3) according to section 471(a)(34) of such Act, each State child welfare agency was required to submit annual reports to the Secretary of Health and Human Services beginning on September 30, 2017, to notify the Secretary of the total number of children and youth who are victims of human trafficking.