3.0.0 2105 2023-01-11T13:29:44Z 2023-01-11T13:29:44Z Senate S 2015-09-30 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-09-30T19:02:40Z Help Find the Missing Act 114 3653 HR 2015-11-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Identical bill CRS 2015-09-30 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2015-09-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. N H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND 2015-09-30 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2015-09-30 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2015-09-30 True Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative law and regulatory procedures Child safety and welfare 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 2015-09-30 Introduced in Senate 2016-07-13T20:21:15Z Billy's Law or the Help Find the Missing Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ), through the National Institute of Justice, to maintain public databases, known as the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), of missing persons and unidentified remains.

It requires DOJ to facilitate information sharing between the NamUs databases and the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database. DOJ must update the online data entry format to allow criminal justice agencies, medical examiners, and coroners to simultaneously submit information to NamUs and NCIC. DOJ must also promulgate rules that protect confidential, private, and law enforcement sensitive information.

The bill amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require a law enforcement agency that submits a missing child report to NCIC to also submit such missing child report to NamUs.

It directs DOJ to establish a program to award matching grants to law enforcement agencies, coroners, and medical examiners to facilitate information reporting to the NCIC database and NamUs databases to help locate missing persons and identify unidentified remains.

DOJ must report: (1) to medical examiners, coroners, and law enforcement agencies on best practices for data collection and analysis; and (2) to Congress on the status of the NCIC database and NamUs databases.

]]> Help Find the Missing Act Display Title Help Find the Missing Act 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 Help Find the Missing Act Short Titles as Introduced Billy's Law Introduced in Senate 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2105is/xml/BILLS-114s2105is.xml 2015-09-30 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.