2015 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare (Sections 1 - 18445)
Chapter 72 - Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Sections 5601 - 5792a)
Subchapter VI - Public Outreach (Sections 5791 - 5792a)
Part B - Missing Children Procedures in Public Buildings (Sections 5792 - 5792a)
Sec. 5792 - Definitions
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 72 - JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION SUBCHAPTER VI - PUBLIC OUTREACH Part B - Missing Children Procedures in Public Buildings Sec. 5792 - Definitions |
Contains | section 5792 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Short Titles | "Code Adam Act of 2003", see section 361 of Pub. L. 108-21, set out as a note under section 5601 of this title. |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 108-21, title III, §362, Apr. 30, 2003, 117 Stat. 665. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 117 Stat. 665 |
Public and Private Law | Public Law 108-21 |
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In this part, the following definitions apply:
(1) ChildThe term "child" means an individual who is 17 years of age or younger.
(2) Code Adam alertThe term "Code Adam alert" means a set of procedures used in public buildings to alert employees and other users of the building that a child is missing.
(3) Designated authorityThe term "designated authority" means—
(A) with respect to a public building owned or leased for use by an Executive agency—
(i) except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the Administrator of General Services;
(ii) in the case of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts;
(iii) in the case of buildings under the jurisdiction, custody, and control of the Smithsonian Institution, the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution; or
(iv) in the case of another public building for which an Executive agency has, by specific or general statutory authority, jurisdiction, custody, and control over the building, the head of that agency;
(B) with respect to the Supreme Court Building, the Marshal of the Supreme Court; with respect to the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, the Director of the Administrative Office of United States Courts; and with respect to all other public buildings owned or leased for use by an establishment in the judicial branch of government, the General Services Administration in consultation with the United States Marshals Service; and
(C) with respect to a public building owned or leased for use by an establishment in the legislative branch of government, the Capitol Police Board.
(4) Executive agencyThe term "Executive agency" has the same meaning such term has under section 105 of title 5.
(5) Federal agencyThe term "Federal agency" means any Executive agency or any establishment in the legislative or judicial branches of the Government.
(6) Public buildingThe term "public building" means any building (or portion thereof) owned or leased for use by a Federal agency.
(Pub. L. 108–21, title III, §362, Apr. 30, 2003, 117 Stat. 665.)
CODIFICATIONSection was enacted as part of the Code Adam Act of 2003 and also as part of the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003, also known as the PROTECT Act, and not as part of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.
SHORT TITLEFor short title of subtitle D of title III of Pub. L. 108–21, which enacted this part, as the "Code Adam Act of 2003", see section 361 of Pub. L. 108–21, set out as a note under section 5601 of this title.
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