34 USC § 50502 - Blue Alert communications network

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s50502"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 50502 - Blue Alert communications network"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "50502"
section_name: "Blue Alert communications network"
chapter_number: 505
chapter_name: "NATIONAL BLUE ALERT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 114–12, § 3, May 19, 2015, 129 Stat. 193.)"
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# § 50502. Blue Alert communications network

The Attorney General shall establish a national Blue Alert communications network within the Department of Justice to issue Blue Alerts through the initiation, facilitation, and promotion of Blue Alert plans, in coordination with States, units of local government, law enforcement agencies, and other appropriate entities.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 114–12, § 3, May 19, 2015, 129 Stat. 193.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.