HR 227 — Urge US DOJ to expedite connection of NCIC and NamUs

As(House AdoptedResolution byNumber 227) ARESOLUTION To urge the HouseUnited 136thStates GeneralDepartment Assemblyof RegularJustice Sessionto H.expedite work to connect the national crime information center (NCIC) and NamUs databases.

R.Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Ohio:

No.WHEREAS, In 2022, the federal Help Find the Missing Act, otherwise known as Billy's Law, was signed into law and requires the United States Department of Justice to connect the national crime information center (NCIC) and NamUs databases to allow the automatic transfer of missing persons case information between systems;

227and 2025-2026WHEREAS, RepresentativesThe Cockley,Ohio RitterMissing Cosponsors:Persons Working Group recently conducted an examination of missing persons investigations to determine how to better increase the number of successful missing persons investigations and reunited families, and found no evidence that the automatic transfer of cases between NCIC and NamUs is occurring;

Representativesnow Rader,therefore Sweeney,be Williams,it Sigrist,RESOLVED, Brennan,The Grim,House Salvo,of Jarrells,Representatives Upchurch,of Click,the Brent,state Synenberg,of Brewer,Ohio Willis,urges Daniels, Deeter, Dovilla, Ghanbari, Glassburn, Hall, D., Holmes, Johnson, Klopfenstein, LaRe, Mathews, T., Miller, J., Miller, K., Newman, Odioso, Plummer, Robb Blasdel, Russo, Schmidt, Thomas, C., White, A., Young A R E S O L U T I O N To urge the United States Department of Justice to 1 expedite work to connect the nationalNCIC crimeand 2NamUs informationdatabases centeras (NCIC)required andby NamUsBilly's databases.Law;

3and BEbe ITit RESOLVEDfurther BYRESOLVED, THEThat HOUSEthe OFClerk REPRESENTATIVESof OFthe THEHouse STATEof OFRepresentatives OHIO:transmit a duly authenticated copy of this Resolution to the United StatesAttorney General.

WHEREAS,Speaker In_________________ 2022, the federal Help Find the Missing Act, 4 otherwise known as Billy's Law, was signed into law and requires 5 the United States Department of Justice to connect the nationalHouse 6 crime information center (NCIC) and NamUs databases to allow the 7 automatic transfer of missingRepresentatives. persons case information between 8 systems;

andAdopted 9____________________, WHEREAS,20____ The Ohio Missing Persons Working Group recently 10 conducted an examination of missing persons investigations to 11 determine how to better increase the number of successful 12 missing persons investigations and reunited families, and found 13 no evidence that the automatic transfer of cases between NCIC 14 and NamUs is occurring;

now therefore be it 15 H.

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227 Page 2 As Adopted by the House RESOLVED, The House of Representatives of the state of Ohio 16 urges the United States Department of Justice to expedite work 17 to connect the NCIC and NamUs databases as required by Billy's 18 Law;

and be it further 19 RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives 20 transmit a duly authenticated copy of this Resolution to the 21 United States Attorney General.

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