The National Child Search Assistance Act of 1990 (NCSA) (42 U.S.C. 5779 (Reporting Requirement) and 42 U.S.C. 5780 (State Requirements): The NCSA requires local, state and federal law enforcement agencies to immediately enter information about abducted children into the National Crime Information Center

National Crime Information Center

The National Crime Information Center is the United States' central database for tracking crime-related information. Since 1967, the NCIC has been maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Criminal Justice Information Services Division, and is interlinked with similar systems that each...

 (NCIC) database without requiring a waiting period.

The Adam Walsh

Adam Walsh

Adam John Walsh was an American boy who was abducted from a Sears department store at the Hollywood Mall in Hollywood, Florida, on July 27, 1981, and later found murdered and decapitated. Walsh's death earned national publicity. His story was made into the 1983 television film Adam, seen by 38...

 Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 amended the NCSA to require law enforcement to enter information about missing and abducted children in the NCIC database within two hours of receiving a report.

See also

• International Child Abduction Remedies Act
  International Child Abduction Remedies Act
  The International Child Abduction Remedies Act is a United States federal law. H.R. 3971 29 April 1988, was assigned Public law 100-300 in 42 U.S.C...
  
  
• Hague Abduction Convention
• International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act
  International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act
  The International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act 1993 is a United States federal law. H.R. 3378, approved December 2, was assigned Public Law No. 103-173 and signed as Public Law 103-322 by President Bill Clinton on September 2, 1993...