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Show Missing Children's Act passed by politicians - . h'l " 4- ' '! ' . " , v ?! i t"0- . ', lit ' t ! x ir'i I 'S : : j i f - f : . :- f -.vs,Y,-.'.:Al,;w.. -a-,-.,. 'f CEDAR CITY Not only are parents and police officials doing their part in making sure that no further kidnappings kid-nappings take place, but national politicians are working as well. A bill, the Missing Children Act, recently passed through the United States Legislature adds a glimmer of light for parents of missing children. The bill, passed this past week by both the Senate and the House of Representatives, will significantly aid law enforcement agencies in searching for missing children by now including the names of missing children in the National Crime Information Center, a national computer network run by the FBI. Another significant portion of the bill will enable parents to submit their children's name to the NCIC if law enforcement agencies do not. The computer information will give state and local authorities access to information and circumstances surrounding a child's disappearance and description. The computer report may also include, in-clude, if known, the description of the suspect, the vehicle, and the method of operation. This information will be available throughout the entire nation. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), a co-sponsor co-sponsor of the bill, explained to both the Senate and the House of Repesentatives the story of Rachel Runyan a three-year-old who was abducted earlier this summer and recently found dead. "It's just heartbreaking to hear the stories of parents telling about their missing children," said Nancy Taylor, a Hatch staff member. She added that Hatch helped to bring about a compromise during a special conference with the Senate and the House of Repesentatives. There was some question between the Senate and the House as to whether information should be entered in the computer. Hatch suggested that parents be allowed to submit the information in-formation only after filling out a missing person's report, if the state and local agencies hadn't already filed the child's name, according to Taylor. She added that the bill was not intended in-tended to circumvent state and local agencies but rather to work with them to locate m missing children. The bill must now be signed by President Ronald Reagan before going into effect. Erin I.ee, the daughter of Record Editor Bruce Lee, watches carefully as Sheriff Ira Schoppmann takes her fingerprints. Watching in the background is Shirley Fife, county I'T.X president. The Lee children were among several helping to kick off the program last week, which will be open to all children in the county soon. |