3.0.0 657 2023-01-11T13:22:15Z 2023-01-11T13:22:15Z Senate S S 2011-03-28 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2011-09-08T19:49:16Z Markup by 2011-09-08T15:11:02Z Referred to 2011-03-28T20:05:06Z National Blue Alert Act of 2012 112 365 HR 2012-05-16 Received in the Senate. Identical bill CRS Related bill House 2011-09-08 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 160. Calendars 2011-09-08 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 2011-09-08 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssju00 Judiciary Committee 2011-09-08 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2011-03-28 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2011-03-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1898-1899) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-03-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2011-03-28 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2011-03-28 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2011-03-28 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2011-03-28 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2011-03-28 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2011-05-02 False K000352 Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] Jon Kyl R AZ Llewellyn 2011-05-03 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2011-05-12 False P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2011-05-17 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2011-09-08 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2011-09-08 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2012-05-07 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2012-06-04 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2012-07-19 False Crime and Law Enforcement Advisory bodies Criminal justice information and records Emergency communications systems Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers State and local government operations Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2011-03-28 Introduced in Senate 2011-03-30T21:18:25Z National Blue Alert Act of 2011 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish a national Blue Alert communications network within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disseminate information when a law enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty; and (2) assign a DOJ officer to act as the national coordinator of the Blue Alert communications network. Sets forth the duties of the national coordinator, including encouraging states and local governments to develop additional Blue Alert plans, establishing voluntary guidelines for states and local governments to use in developing such plans, developing protocols for efforts to apprehend suspects, and establishing an advisory group to assist states, local governments, law enforcement agencies, and other entities in initiating, facilitating, and promoting Blue Alert plans.

Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act to require the use of public safety and community policing grants to assist states in developing and enhancing a Blue Alert plan and communications network.

]]> 01 2011-09-08 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2011-12-21T20:51:36Z National Blue Alert Act of 2011 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish a national Blue Alert communications network within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disseminate information when a law enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, and (2) assign an existing DOJ officer to act as the national coordinator of such network.

Sets forth the duties of the national coordinator, including: (1) providing assistance to states and local governments that are using Blue Alert plans; (2) establishing voluntary guidelines for states and local governments to use in developing such plans; (3) developing protocols for efforts to apprehend suspects that address activities during the period between the initial notification of a law enforcement agency that a suspect has not been apprehended and the time of apprehension of the suspect, or when the law enforcement agency involved determines that the Blue Alert is no longer effective; (4) working with states to ensure appropriate regional coordination of various elements of the network; (5) establishing an advisory group to assist states, local governments, law enforcement agencies, and other entities in initiating, facilitating, and promoting Blue Alert plans; (6) acting as the nationwide point of contact for the development of the network and regional coordination of Blue Alerts; and (7) determining which procedures and practices for notifying law enforcement and the public when a law enforcement officer is killed or seriously injured are effective and do not require the expenditure of additional resources to implement.

Prohibits the national coordinator from: (1) lobbying any officer of a state regarding the funding or implementation of a Blue Alert plan, or (2) hosting a conference focused solely on the Blue Alert program that requires the expenditure of federal funds.

Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act to: (1) authorize public safety and community policing grants to be used to assist states in developing and enhancing programs and activities in support of a Blue Alert plan and communications network, and (2) authorize appropriations for such purpose.

]]> National Blue Alert Act of 2011 Display Title National Blue Alert Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced National Blue Alert Act of 2011 Short Titles as Reported to Senate National Blue Alert Act of 2011 S Senate Official Title as Introduced A bill to encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout the United States in order to disseminate information when a law enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty. Reported to Senate 2011-09-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s657rs/xml/BILLS-112s657rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2011-03-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s657is/xml/BILLS-112s657is.xml 2011-09-08 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 160. 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.