The U.S. Senate approved the Recovering Missing Children Act, legislation authored by Congressman Erik Paulsen (MN-03) to help law enforcement locate and rescue missing children, by unanimous consent Thursday afternoon. The bill, which passed the House last month, allows law enforcement to access tax information that would help investigators locate abducted children. A government study found that this information could result in case-breaking information in 46% of missing children investigations.

“Only the President’s signature is needed to provide law enforcement with a critical tool in finding missing and abducted children,” said Paulsen. “This legislation fills the ‘information gap’ that investigators often face when trying to reunite a child with their loved ones.”

Paulsen recently authored an op-ed in the Star Tribune calling for the passage of the legislation.

Paulsen, a champion of small business and advocate of free enterprise, entrepreneurship, and innovation, serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, the bicameral Joint Economic Committee, and is co-chair of the Congressional Medical Technology Caucus.

For more information on Congressman Paulsen’s work in Congress visit Paulsen.house.gov.

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