[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 133 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 133

To amend section 302 of the PROTECT Act to modify the standards for the 
   issuance of alerts through the AMBER Alert communications network.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 24, 2005

  Mr. Talent (for himself and Mr. Feingold) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 302 of the PROTECT Act to modify the standards for the 
   issuance of alerts through the AMBER Alert communications network.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tory Jo's AMBER Response Act''.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR ISSUANCE AND DISSEMINATION OF ALERTS 
              THROUGH AMBER ALERT COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK.

    Section 302(b) of the PROTECT Act (42 U.S.C. 5791a(b)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
            ``(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.

    Title III of the PROTECT Act (42 U.S.C. 5791 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 306. DEFINITION.

    ``For purposes of this title, the term `child' means--
            ``(1) an individual under 18 years of age; or
            ``(2) a newborn.''.
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