Congress 108 - HR 412 - National AMBER Alert Network Act of 2003

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Child safety Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal investigation Criminal justice information 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 Kidnapping Missing children Police communication systems Police training Radio broadcasting Science, Technology, Communications Signs and signboards Standards Traffic signs and signals Transportation and Public Works

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National AMBER Alert Network Act of 2003 - 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; and (3) act as the nationwide point of contact for network development and for regional coordination of alerts on abducted children through the network.

Directs the Coordinator to: (1) notify and consult with the Federal Bureau of Investigation concerning each child abduction for which an AMBER Alert is issued; and (2) 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).

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.

Directs the Attorney General to provide grants to States for the development or enhancement of programs and activities for the support of AMBER Alert communications plans.

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Mar 6, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jan 29, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Jan 28, 2003

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.
Jan 28, 2003

Introduced in House

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