A bill to increase accessibility to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, to facilitate data sharing between such system and the National Crime Information Center database of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for other purposes.
Sponsor and status
117th Congress (2021–2023)
Enacted — Signed by the President on Dec 27, 2022
This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on December 27, 2022.
4 Cosponsors (3 Republicans, 1 Democrat)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“the daily leader: wednesday, december 14, 2022”
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Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD5]
on Dec 13, 2022
Incorporated legislation
This bill incorporates provisions from:
History
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Feb 23, 2010
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Earlier Version —
Passed House (Senate next)
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 3695 (111th). |
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Mar 31, 2011
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Earlier Version —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 1300 (112th). |
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Sep 17, 2014
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Earlier Version —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 2840 (113th). |
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Dec 8, 2022
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Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.
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Dec 8, 2022
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Passed Senate (House next)
The bill was passed in a vote in the Senate. It goes to the House next. The vote was by Unanimous Consent so no record of individual votes was made. |
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Dec 13, 2022
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Text Published
Updated bill text was published as of Preprint (Suspension). |
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Dec 14, 2022
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Passed House
The bill was passed by both chambers in identical form. It goes to the President next who may sign or veto the bill. |
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Dec 27, 2022
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Enacted — Signed by the President
The President signed the bill and it became law.
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S. 5230 (117th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 5230. This is the one from the 117th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 117th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2021 to Jan 3, 2023. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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