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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.

12/12/2007--Introduced.

Tory Jo's Loophole AMBER Response Act of 2007 - Amends the PROTECT Act to: (1) require the minimum standards for the issuance and dissemination of alerts through the AMBER Alert communications network to allow local law enforcement officials to issue and provide for the dissemination of an alert to facilitate the recovery of an abducted newborn; and (2) define "child" to mean an individual under age 18 or a newborn.

Latest Actions
  • 01/14/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
  • 01/14/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
  • 12/12/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Bill Text
File name Last Updated
H.R.4498 Introduced in House12/14/2007