S 2211
115th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Advisory bodies
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Emergency communications systems
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations
Skylar's Law
Introduced: December 7, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 7, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 7, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Skylar's Law
This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish a national endangered missing advisory communications network—the EMA Network—to support regional and local search efforts for missing individuals.
The EMA Network must operate in coordination with the AMBER Alert communications network (i.e., the communications network that supports search efforts for abducted children).
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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