Encouraging the AMBER Alert Coordinator of the Department of Justice to include within the minimum standards established pursuant to the PROTECT Act a specific criterion for issuance of an alert through the AMBER Alert communications network.

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Encourages the AMBER Alert Coordinator of the Department of Justice to include the following criterion within the minimum standards established pursuant to the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (PROTECT Act) for issuing an AMBER alert: reasonable belief by law enforcement officials that the welfare of a child who has been missing for six or more hours is in danger based on facts tending to show that the child may have been abducted.

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  Introduced in House · EN · 19 November 2003

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