Title 34, NavyRelease 119-110
§21902 Ashanti Alert Communications Network
Title 34 › Subtitle II — Protection of Children and Other Persons › CHAPTER 219 — ASHANTI ALERT COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK › § 21902
Summary
If funds are available, the Attorney General must create a national communications network in the Department of Justice to help find missing adults by supporting local alert efforts with state and tribal partners. When useful, it must work with alert systems that existed on December 31, 2018, such as AMBER and Silver Alerts.
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Title 34, §21902
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(a)In general
The Attorney General shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, establish a national communications network within the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice to provide assistance to regional and local search efforts for missing adults through the initiation, facilitation, and promotion of local elements of the network, in coordination with States, Indian Tribes, units of local government, law enforcement agencies, and other concerned entities with expertise in providing services to adults.
(b)Integration with existing communications network
In establishing the Ashanti Alert communications network under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall coordinate, when advisable, with missing person alert systems in existence as of December 31, 2018, such as the AMBER Alert communications network and Silver Alert communications networks.
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34 U.S.C. § 21902
Title 34, Navy
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110