S 2896 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

National AMBER Alert Network Act of 2002

Introduced Sep 3, 2002 Originated Senate Sponsor Kay Bailey Hutchison R-TX

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 20, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedSep 3, 2002
  2. Passed SenateSep 10, 2002
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

National AMBER Alert Network Act of 2002 - (Sec. 2) Requires the Attorney General to assign an AMBER Alert Coordinator of the Department of Justice to act as the national coordinator of the AMBER Alert communications network regarding abducted children.

Requires the Coordinator to: (1) seek to eliminate gaps in the network; (2) work with States to encourage the development of additional network elements and to ensure regional coordination; (3) act as the nationwide point of contact for network development and for regional coordination of alerts on abducted children through the network; (4) notify and consult with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation concerning each child abduction for which an AMBER alert is issued; (5) establish minimum standards for the issuance of alerts and for the extent of their dissemination (limited to the geographic areas most likely to facilitate the recovery of the abducted child); (6) cooperate with the Secretary, the Federal Communications Commission, local broadcasters, and State and local law enforcement agencies; and (7) consult with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and other private sector entities and organizations (including non-profit organizations) having relevant expertise.

(Sec. 4) Requires the Secretary of Transportation to provide grants to States for the development or enhancement of notification or communications systems along highways for alerts and other information for the recovery of abducted children. Includes among permissible activities the development or enhancement of electronic message boards, and the placement of additional signage, along highways.

(Sec. 5) Directs the Attorney General to provide grants to States for the development or enhancement of education, training, and law enforcement programs and activities for the support of AMBER Alert communications plans.

Authorizes appropriations.

Cosponsors 41

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 3, 2002 to Oct 17, 2002; 27 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLBill NelsonOriginalSep 3, 2002
D-CTChristopher J. DoddOriginalSep 3, 2002
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalSep 3, 2002
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalSep 3, 2002
R-OHGeorge V. VoinovichOriginalSep 3, 2002
D-NYHillary Rodham ClintonOriginalSep 3, 2002
R-OKJames M. InhofeOriginalSep 3, 2002
D-MOJean CarnahanOriginalSep 3, 2002
R-ALJeff SessionsOriginalSep 3, 2002
R-NCJesse HelmsOriginalSep 3, 2002
D-WVJohn D. Rockefeller IVOriginalSep 3, 2002
D-NCJohn EdwardsOriginalSep 3, 2002
R-AZJon KylOriginalSep 3, 2002
D-DEJoseph R. Biden Jr.OriginalSep 3, 2002
D-LAMary L. LandrieuOriginalSep 3, 2002
R-IDMike CrapoOriginalSep 3, 2002
R-MEOlympia J. SnoweOriginalSep 3, 2002
R-UTOrrin G. HatchOriginalSep 3, 2002
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyOriginalSep 3, 2002
R-INRichard G. LugarOriginalSep 3, 2002
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalSep 3, 2002
R-UTRobert F. BennettOriginalSep 3, 2002
R-MESusan M. CollinsOriginalSep 3, 2002
R-ARTim HutchinsonOriginalSep 3, 2002
D-IATom HarkinOriginalSep 3, 2002
R-MSTrent LottOriginalSep 3, 2002
R-COWayne AllardOriginalSep 3, 2002
R-NVJohn EnsignSep 4, 2002
R-ILPeter FitzgeraldSep 4, 2002
R-PARick SantorumSep 4, 2002
D-ORRon WydenSep 4, 2002
D-WIRussell D. FeingoldSep 4, 2002
D-SDTim JohnsonSep 4, 2002
D-GAMax ClelandSep 5, 2002
R-ORGordon H. SmithSep 10, 2002
D-NMJeff BingamanSep 10, 2002
D-MNMark DaytonSep 10, 2002
R-KYMitch McConnellSep 10, 2002
D-SCStrom ThurmondSep 10, 2002
D-GAZell MillerSep 24, 2002
R-AKFrank H. MurkowskiOct 17, 2002

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateJudiciary Committee
Referred Sep 3, 2002Markup Sep 5, 2002Reported Sep 5, 2002
Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee
Hearings Sep 4, 2002
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Sep 11, 2002
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred Sep 20, 2002
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred Sep 11, 2002

Actions 12

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 20, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
  2. Sep 11, 2002Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  3. Sep 11, 2002Received in the House.
  4. Sep 11, 2002Referred 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.
  5. Sep 10, 2002Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8436-8441; text as passed Senate: CR S8437)
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In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S8436–S8441Amendments S8436Lists S8439Cosponsors of S. 2896, National AMBER Alert Network ActDianne Feinstein D-CA, Kay Bailey Hutchison R-TX, Patrick J. Leahy D-VTSep 10, 2002
SenateDebate and remarks S8094, S8095Dianne Feinstein D-CA, Kay Bailey Hutchison R-TX, Orrin G. Hatch R-UTSep 3, 2002

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2

  1. Oct 10, 2002S. 2896, National AMBER Alert Network Act of 2002<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on September 10, 2002</p>
  2. Oct 10, 2002S. 2896, National AMBER Alert Network Act of 2002Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on September 10, 2002

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 5326National AMBER Alert Network Act of 2002Related billSep 21, 2002

Titles 5

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to enhance the operation of the AMBER Alert communications network in order to facilitate the recovery of abducted children, to provide for enhanced notification on highways of alerts and information on such children, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
National AMBER Alert Network Act of 2002
Short Titles as Reported to Senate
National AMBER Alert Network Act of 2002
Short Titles as Passed Senate
National AMBER Alert Network Act of 2002
Popular Titles
Enhance AMBER Alert bill

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 11, 2002Referred in House
  2. Sep 10, 2002Engrossed in Senate
  3. Sep 5, 2002Reported to Senate
  4. Sep 3, 2002Introduced in Senate

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