Mr. President, I further ask that the bill be considered read three times and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 5230) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed as follows: S. 5230 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as ``Billy's Law'' or the ``Help Find the Missing Act''. SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIONAL MISSING AND UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS SYSTEM. (a) In General.--The Attorney General, shall maintain the ``National Missing and Unidentified Persons System'' or ``NamUs'', consistent with the following: (1) The NamUs shall be a national information clearinghouse and resource center for missing, unidentified, and unclaimed person cases across the United States administered by the National Institute of Justice and managed through an agreement with an eligible entity.…
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