Congress 107 - HR 5317 - National AMBER Alert Act of 2002

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Child safety Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information systems Department of Justice Economics and Public Finance Executive reorganization Families Federal aid to law enforcement Federal aid to transportation Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Information networks Informers Interstate relations Kidnapping Missing children Police communication systems Radio broadcasting Science, Technology, Communications Signs and signboards Standards Traffic signs and signals Transportation and Public Works

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National AMBER Alert Act of 2002 - Directs the Attorney General to establish an AMBER (America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response) Alert Coordinator position to: (1) establish guidelines for implementing a statewide AMBER Alert plan; (2) provide technical assistance to the States, broadcasters, and law enforcement agencies in implementing such plans; (3) certify to the Secretary of Transportation any State that has established or agrees to establish such a plan and a reciprocal arrangement with other States; and (4) monitor compliance and revoke certification of any State that fails to establish such a plan.

Directs the Secretary to make grants to certified States to develop, acquire, install, and construct facilities and equipment along highways to notify the public about missing children and their abductors.

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Sep 21, 2002

See also H.R. 5422.
Sep 20, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Sep 5, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Sep 4, 2002

Introduced in House
Sep 4, 2002

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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