§775 National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System

Summary

Create a national family registry to help reunite people who are separated after an emergency or major disaster. The Administrator must set up the registry within 180 days after October 4, 2006. The system must let displaced adults sign up on their own and let a parent or guardian sign up a child. It must collect basic contact and location details and any other helpful information. People named by the displaced person and law enforcement must be able to see the information. The system must be reachable online and by a toll-free phone number and must link children to the National Emergency Child Locator Center. The Administrator must tell the public about the registry within 210 days after October 4, 2006. Within 90 days after October 4, 2006, the Administrator must make agreements with the Department of Justice, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the Department of Health and Human Services, the American Red Cross, and other private groups to share information. A report on the system’s status and any problems, including funding, must go to Congress within 270 days after October 4, 2006. "Displaced individual" means a person forced to leave home by an emergency or major disaster. "National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System" means the registry described above.