S. 5230 · 117th Congress · enacted
Billy's Law
Became Public Law No: 117-327.
Latest official action 2022-12-27 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
Billy's Law or the Help Find the Missing Act This bill provides statutory authority for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to maintain the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) consistent with its existing purpose and structure. NamUs is a national information clearinghouse and resource center for cases involving missing persons and unidentified or unclaimed remains. NamUs is administered by the National Institute of Justice within DOJ. The bill also establishes new requirements. First, it requires a law enforcement agency that submits a missing child report to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) to also submit the missing child report to NamUs. The NCIC is a computerized index of criminal justice data and files for reports of missing and unidentified persons. Current law requires law enforcement agencies to submit missing child reports to the NCIC database but not to the NamUs databases. Second, the bill establishes requirements to facilitate data sharing between the NCIC database and the NamUs databases with respect to missing and unidentified persons. Specifically, the bill requires DOJ to give the National Institute of Justice access to the NCIC missing person and unidentified person records for the purpose of validating cases and reconciling data with NamUs. Additionally, the bill requires DOJ to assess the NCIC and NamUs systems and governing stat…
Congressional Research Service · 2022-12-14
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Politicians behind the bill
Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.
Sponsor
Christopher Murphy
Senate · CT · Democratic
-$16,000PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
John Cornyn
Senate · TX · Republican
$1,943,978PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
John Hoeven
Senate · ND · Republican
$270,475PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Richard Blumenthal
Senate · CT · Democratic
$109,550PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Thom Tillis
Senate · NC · Republican
$950,975PAC receipts · 2025–2026
4 of 4 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.
PAC donors to the listed sponsors
These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.
TEXAS FARM BUREAU AGFUND$24,238
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$22,500
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $10,000
John Hoeven · Cosponsor · $7,500
Thom Tillis · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAFLAC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFLAC PAC)$20,000
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $10,000
John Hoeven · Cosponsor · $5,000
Thom Tillis · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)$20,000
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP. ASSOC. POLITICAL FUND$20,000
CONOCOPHILLIPS SPIRIT PAC$20,000
DENALI LEADERSHIP PAC$20,000
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE I$20,000
TOMORROW IS MEANINGFUL PAC$20,000
WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$20,000
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $10,000
John Hoeven · Cosponsor · $7,500
Thom Tillis · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordCSX CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND$18,500
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $10,000
John Hoeven · Cosponsor · $3,500
Thom Tillis · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordEXXON MOBIL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (EXXONMOBIL PAC)$18,500
INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC)$18,500
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $10,000
John Hoeven · Cosponsor · $6,000
Thom Tillis · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordLOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$18,000
NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON$17,500
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $5,000
John Hoeven · Cosponsor · $7,500
Thom Tillis · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC)$16,500
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $10,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $5,000
Thom Tillis · Cosponsor · $1,500
Official PAC recordGOOGLE LLC NETPAC$16,000
TEXTRON INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$16,000
AMGEN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,500
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $10,000
John Hoeven · Cosponsor · $2,500
Thom Tillis · Cosponsor · $3,000
Official PAC recordABBOTT LABORATORIES EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
ARKANSAS FOR LEADERSHIP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ARKPAC)$15,000
CATERPILLAR INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CATPAC)$15,000
DAKOTA PAC$15,000
DAVITA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DAPAC)$15,000
DEFEND OUR CONSERVATIVE SENATE PAC (DOC'S PAC)$15,000
EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC$15,000
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENERAL DYNAMICS EMPLOYEE PAC)$15,000
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY PAC$15,000
NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
OORAH! POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
PENNSYLVANIA HONOR$15,000
PLAINS COTTON GROWERS INC. PAC$15,000
SANOFI US SERVICES INC. EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $10,000
John Hoeven · Cosponsor · $2,500
Thom Tillis · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordTHE HAWKEYE PAC$15,000
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $15,000
Official PAC recordWALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT$15,000
WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (WABPAC)$15,000
ENTERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ENPAC)$14,500
John Cornyn · Cosponsor · $10,000
John Hoeven · Cosponsor · $2,000
Thom Tillis · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordTHE CIGNA GROUP EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$14,000
FMR LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL (FIDELITY PAC)$13,000
The largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.
What happened after enactment?
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Measured outcome: not established
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