3.0.0 3019 2023-01-11T13:16:31Z 2023-01-11T13:16:31Z Senate S S 2010-02-23 111 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-02-23T17:26:44Z Billy's Law 111 3695 HR 2010-02-24 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2010-02-23 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2010-02-23 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S701-702) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2010-02-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. N S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2010-02-23 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2010-02-23 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2010-02-23 True P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2010-03-08 False D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2010-04-22 False 2010-04-22T04:00:00Z S. 3019, Help Find the Missing Act http://www.cbo.gov/publication/21426 <p>Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill with poposed amendment provided to CBO on April 22, 2010</p> 2010-04-22T04:00:00Z S. 3019, Help Find the Missing Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21426 Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill with poposed amendment provided to CBO on April 22, 2010 Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative law and regulatory procedures Crimes against children Criminal justice information and records Department of Justice Evidence and witnesses Government information and archives Law enforcement administration and funding Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2010-02-23 Introduced in Senate 2011-04-27T19:55:34Z Help Find the Missing Act or Billy's Law - Authorizes the Attorney General to maintain public databases, known as the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System or NamUs, to contain missing persons records and unidentified remains cases to assist in identifying missing people and solve cases of unidentified human remains. (Transfers to such System all functions, personnel, assets, liabilities, and administrative actions applicable to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System carried out by the National Institute of Justice before enactment of this Act.)

Directs the Attorney General to: (1) share information on missing persons and unidentified human remains contained in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) Missing and Unidentified Person File database with the NamUs database; (2) update the online data entry format for such databases to allow states to report information to each database; (3) establish a grant program to assist in the reporting of missing persons and unidentified remains information to the NCIC and NamUs databases; (4) issue a report to the offices of medical examiners, offices of coroners, and federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies describing the best practices for collecting, reporting, and analyzing data and information on missing persons and unidentified human remains; and (5) report to Congress on the status of the NCIC Missing and Unidentified Person File and NamUs databases.

Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require reports of missing children (under age 21) to NamUs databases.

]]> Billy's Law Display Title Billy's Law Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize funding for, and increase accessibility to, the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, to facilitate data sharing between such system and the National Crime Information Center database of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to provide incentive grants to help facilitate reporting to such systems, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Billy's Law Short Titles as Introduced Help Find the Missing Act Introduced in Senate 2010-02-23T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3019is/xml/BILLS-111s3019is.xml 2010-02-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.