34 USC § 21902 - Ashanti Alert communications network

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s21902"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 21902 - Ashanti Alert communications network"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "21902"
section_name: "Ashanti Alert communications network"
chapter_number: 219
chapter_name: "ASHANTI ALERT COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 106–468, title II, § 202, as added Pub. L. 115–401, § 2(5), Dec. 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 5337.)"
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# § 21902. Ashanti Alert communications network

**(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** December 31, 2018

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 , such as the AMBER Alert communications network and Silver Alert communications networks.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 106–468, title II, § 202, as added Pub. L. 115–401, § 2(5), Dec. 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 5337.)