[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 271 Introduced in Senate (IS)]






107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 271

 Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the effectiveness of the 
             AMBER plan in responding to child abductions.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 May 16 (legislative day, May 9), 2002

Mrs. Clinton submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
        the Committee on the JudiciaryYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the effectiveness of the 
             AMBER plan in responding to child abductions.

Whereas communities should implement an emergency alert plan such as the AMBER 
        (America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response) Plan to expedite the 
        recovery of abducted children;
Whereas the AMBER Plan, a partnership between law enforcement agencies and media 
        officials, assists law enforcement, parents, and local communities to 
        respond immediately to the most serious child abduction cases;
Whereas just as in a storm emergency, when warnings are broadcast locally, under 
        AMBER, radio and television stations, as a public service, interrupt 
        programming with a critical message from law enforcement regarding the 
        description of a missing child;
Whereas the AMBER Plan was created in 1996 in memory of 9-year-old Amber 
        Hagerman who was kidnapped and murdered in Arlington, Texas;
Whereas in response to community concern, the Association of Radio Managers with 
        the assistance of area law enforcement in Arlington, Texas, created the 
        AMBER Plan;
Whereas statistics from the Department of Justice show that 74 percent of 
        kidnapped children who are later found murdered are killed within the 
        first 3 hours of their abduction;
Whereas since the first few hours during which a child is missing are critical, 
        the AMBER plan helps the community respond quickly;
Whereas since the first AMBER alert in 1997, AMBER plans have helped to recover 
        16 children throughout the country;
Whereas the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children endorses the 
        AMBER Plan and is promoting the use of such emergency alert plans 
        nationwide; and
Whereas the AMBER Plan is responsible for reuniting children with their 
        searching parents: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) the AMBER Plan is a powerful tool in fighting child 
        abductions; and
            (2) the AMBER Plan should be used in communities across the 
        United States.
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