110 HR 4498 IH: Tory Jo's Loophole AMBER Response U.S. House of Representatives 2007-12-12 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.

I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4498 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 12, 2007 Mr. Graves introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title III of the PROTECT Act to modify the standards for the issuance of alerts through the AMBER Alert communications network to assist in facilitating the recovery of abducted newborns.

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Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Tory Jo's Loophole AMBER Response Act of 2007.

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Minimum standards for issuance and dissemination of alerts through AMBER Alert communications network to facilitate the recovery of abducted newborns

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

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Definition of child for purposes of AMBER Alert communications network

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

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Child defined

In this subtitle, the term child means— (1)an individual under 18 years of age; or (2)a newborn.

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