A bill to establish a National Emergency Family Locator System wa...
A bill to establish a National Emergency Family Locator System was introduced last week by Sen. Obama (D- Ill.) in wake of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. S-1630 instructs the Homeland Security Dept. (DHS) to enable individuals displaced by an…
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emergency to provide to the agency names and locations of displaced individuals and other relevant data using telephone, the Internet and other means. The system would incorporate intermediary- based locator systems such as the National Next of Kin Registry and data from existing family locator databases like the Family News Network of the International Committee of the Red Cross. The bill awaits action from the Senate Homeland Security Committee.