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Sponsors urge DOJ to finish NCIC–NamUs integration during Public Safety Committee hearing

Public Safety Committee · October 7, 2025
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Summary

Sponsors of HR 227 told the Public Safety Committee the U.S. Department of Justice has not completed a required NCIC–NamUs integration and asked the committee to support a resolution pressing the DOJ to finish the work and allow Ohio law enforcement to enter missing‑persons records into NamUs within 30 days.

Chairwoman Abrams' Public Safety Committee heard sponsor testimony for House Resolution 227, a request that the U.S. Department of Justice expedite integration of the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs).

Representative Cockley, a sponsor of the related House Bill 217, told the committee the bill would "require Ohio law enforcement agencies to enter missing persons information into the National…

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