Key Votes
S 151 - Enhance AMBER Alert bill - Key Vote
National Key Votes
George Miller voted Yea (Conference Report Vote) on this legislation.
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Stages
- April 30, 2003 Executive Signed
- April 10, 2003 House Conference Report Adopted
- April 10, 2003 Senate Conference Report Adopted
- March 27, 2003 House Bill Passed
- Feb. 24, 2003 Senate Bill Passed
- Jan. 13, 2003 Introduced
Family
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - Became Public Law No. 108-21 - April 30, 2003
Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (House) (400-25) - April 10, 2003 (Key vote)
Title: Enhance AMBER Alert bill
Vote to adopt the conference report that would combat child crimes, including, but not limited to, enhance the AMBER alert program, provide additional protection for children against sex crimes, and promote stricter sentencing for child pornography and other child sex crime offenders.
- Establishes a coordinator for the AMBER alert network to distribute bulletins on missing children through various mediums.
- Allows the police more technology communication to prevent child sexual predators, and enforcers stricter punishments regarding sex crimes involving children.
- Imposes mandatory sentences for adult sex crime offenders; including a national website with a roster of registered sex offenders.
Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (Senate) (98-0) - April 10, 2003 (Key vote)
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) - March 27, 2003
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.
NOTE: THIS VOTE PASSED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, MEANING NO MEMBER OBJECTED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE VOTE. THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY INDICATE THAT ALL MEMBERS FAVORED THE VOTE'S OUTCOME.
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (84-0) - Feb. 24, 2003 (Key vote)
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Robert F. 'Bob' Bennett (UT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael 'Mike' DeWine (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Reid Edwards (NC - ) (Out Of Office)
- Charles E. 'Chuck' Grassley (IA - R)
- Patrick J. Leahy (VT - D)
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mark Lunsford Pryor (AR - D)
- Charles E. 'Chuck' Schumer (NY - D)
- Richard C. Shelby (AL - R)
