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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 5519 (Introduced in House) — To authorize funding for, and increase accessibility to, the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, to fac... · Sec. 8

Sec. 8. Definitions

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For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions apply: The term authorized agency means a Government agency with an originating agency identification
(ORI)number and that is a criminal justice agency, as defined for purposes of subpart A of part 20 of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations. The term GAO report means the report required under section 3(b). The term FBI means the Federal Bureau of Investigation. U s Databases The term NamUs databases means the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System Missing Persons database and National Missing and Unidentified Persons System Unidentified Decedents database maintained by the National Institute of Justice of the Department of Justice. The term NCIC database means the National Crime Information Center Missing Person File and National Crime Information Center Unidentified Person File of the National Crime Information Center database of the FBI, established pursuant to section 534 of title 28, United States Code. The term State means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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