Skylar's Law This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish a national endangered missing advisory communications network—the EMA Network—to support regional and local search efforts for missing individuals. The EMA Network must operate in coordination with the AMBER Alert communications network (i.e., the communications network that supports search efforts for abducted children).
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Crime and Law Enforcement
Advisory bodiesCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal justice information and recordsDepartment of JusticeEmergency communications systemsExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesIntergovernmental relationsLaw enforcement administration and fundingPublic-private cooperationState and local government operations
A bill to establish a national endangered missing advisory communications network, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressS-2211| Senate
| Updated: 12/7/2017
Skylar's Law This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish a national endangered missing advisory communications network—the EMA Network—to support regional and local search efforts for missing individuals. The EMA Network must operate in coordination with the AMBER Alert communications network (i.e., the communications network that supports search efforts for abducted children).
Advisory bodiesCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal justice information and recordsDepartment of JusticeEmergency communications systemsExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesIntergovernmental relationsLaw enforcement administration and fundingPublic-private cooperationState and local government operations