NamUs Act of 1983

WRITTEN BY Jenna Anderson (GOP-AK), Robert H.W. Arrington (GOP-TX), Teddy Heath (GOP-FL-1)
----97th Congress of the United States
COSPONSORS
Representative Heath (GOP-FL-1) 
Representative Joe Mama (D-MI-2) 
Representative Jackson (D-MS-1)
IN BRIEF
This bill will launch a task force dedicated to finding missing persons across the US. 
== Section 1. Name of Bill ==
This Bill will be known as NamUS Act of 1983 for the duration of this bill, in all debates, and following enactment by the executive branch will carry the same title.
== Section 2. Findings and Definitions ==
Use this section to present findings that back up the reasons for the creation of your bill.
FINDINGS
# Whereas, a public figure has been kidnapped during the storming of the White House.
# Whereas, we need to find the public figure, and look for ways to find other missing persons.
# Whereas, the DOJ has the resources to institute a search to find the missing people.
DEFINITIONS
# Subset - A part of a larger group of related things. 
# MISSING PERSON(S): A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status such as being alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are unknown. 
# Television Network - A grouping of television channels, generated at television stations, broadcast over a unified terrestrial or satellite system.
== Section 3: The Creation of NamUS ==
# This bill instructs the Department of Justice to allocate 1 Million of its Department Funds to create a new subset which will be called NamUS. (The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System)
== Section 4: What NamUS Shall Do ==
# They shall be tasked with coordinating with Local Law Enforcement and the FBI to find missing persons, and People of Interest that have been kidnapped, including but not limited to:
## Senator Balto Macon of Alaska
## Former President Richard Nixon.
# They shall also send a representative to train Local Law Enforcement of all 50 states, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Officers in locating and rescuing a Missing Person.
# They shall establish a phone number, which will be advertised on the Television Networks and by the state governments, which shall be used as a way for people to report disappearances.
# Once a Disappearance has been reported, NamUS shall:
## Work with Local Law Enforcement in the area to locate the person
## Release Advertisements on Local Television Networks to report if the person had been seen on the NamUS Tipline.
# Once a person has been located, the FBI shall be incharge of managing what to do with the missing person. 
== Section 5. Funding ==
Use this section to outline a decent estimate of what your bill will cost to implement, and provide a way to pay for it. For example:
TOTAL BILL IMPLEMENTATION COST - $1,000,000
* Section 3 - $1,000,000 from DOJ’s Discretionary Spending Fund
FUNDING SPECIFICS
Section 3 – The Money shall be allocated from the DOJ’s Discretionary Spending Fund for FY 1983.
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