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Encouraging the AMBER Alert Coordinator of the Department of Justice to include within the minimum standards established pursuant to the PROTECT Act a specific criterion for issuance of an alert through the AMBER Alert communications network.
Introduced: November 19, 2003
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Dec 10, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Nov 19, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 19, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Encourages the AMBER Alert Coordinator of the Department of Justice to include the following criterion within the minimum standards established pursuant to the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (PROTECT Act) for issuing an AMBER alert: reasonable belief by law enforcement officials that the welfare of a child who has been missing for six or more hours is in danger based on facts tending to show that the child may have been abducted.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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2
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1