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HR 4498 IH
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4498
To amend title III of the PROTECT Act to modify the standards for the issuance of alerts through the AMBER Alert communications network to assist in facilitating the recovery of abducted newborns.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 12, 2007
Mr. GRAVES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title III of the PROTECT Act to modify the standards for the issuance of alerts through the AMBER Alert communications network to assist in facilitating the recovery of abducted newborns.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
SEC. 2. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR ISSUANCE AND DISSEMINATION OF ALERTS THROUGH AMBER ALERT COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK TO FACILITATE THE RECOVERY OF ABDUCTED NEWBORNS.
Section 302(b) of the PROTECT Act (42 U.S.C. 5791a(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
`(5) The minimum standards shall, to the maximum extent practicable (as determined by the Coordinator in consultation with State and local law enforcement agencies), allow local law enforcement officials to issue, and to provide for the dissemination of, an alert through the AMBER Alert communications network to facilitate the recovery of an abducted newborn.'.
SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF CHILD FOR PURPOSES OF AMBER ALERT COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK.
Subtitle A of title III of the PROTECT Act (42 U.S.C. 5791 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`SEC. 306. CHILD DEFINED.
`In this subtitle, the term `child' means--
U.S. Congress - Text of H.R.4498 as Introduced in House Tory Jo's Loophole AMBER Response Act of 2007
