Ashanti Alert Act of 2018

Law · 115-401 · Dec 31, 2018

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4 cosponsors · 2 D, 2 R

3 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

House Introduced Feb 20, 2018
House Passed Sep 25, 2018
Senate Passed Dec 6, 2018
House Changes resolved Dec 20, 2018 386–2
President To the President Dec 21, 2018
President Signed Dec 31, 2018
Law Dec 31, 2018

The Ashanti Alert communications network must be integrated with the Blue Alert communications network (i.e., the communications network that supports efforts to search for and apprehend violent offenders who injure, kill, or pose an imminent danger to law enforcement).

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Dec 31, 2018

Ashanti Alert Act of 2018

(Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish a national communications network—the Ashanti Alert communications network—to support regional and local search efforts for missing adults.

(Sec. 7) The bill authorizes appropriations for FY2019-FY2022 to carry out the Ashanti Alert communications network.

(Sec. 8) It amends the Justice Assistance Act of 1984 to eliminate existing authority for DOJ to award grants under the Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Program through FY2022.

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	Yea
Bradley Byrne	R	AL-1	Yea
Martha Roby	R	AL-2	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Yea
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Yea
Mo Brooks	R	AL-5	Yea
Gary Palmer	R	AL-6	Yea
Terri Sewell	D	AL-7	Yea
Rick Crawford	R	AR-1	Yea
J. Hill	R	AR-2	Yea
Steve Womack	R	AR-3	Yea
Bruce Westerman	R	AR-4	Yea
Tom O’Halleran	D	AZ-1	Yea
Martha McSally	R	AZ-2	Yea
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-3	Yea
Paul Gosar	R	AZ-4	Yea
Andy Biggs	R	AZ-5	Yea
David Schweikert	R	AZ-6	Yea
Ruben Gallego	D	AZ-7	Yea
Debbie Lesko	R	AZ-8	Yea
Kyrsten Sinema	D	AZ-9	Not Voting
Doug LaMalfa	R	CA-1	Yea
Jeff Denham	R	CA-10	Yea
Mark DeSaulnier	D	CA-11	Yea
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA-12	Yea
Barbara Lee	D	CA-13	Yea
Jackie Speier	D	CA-14	Yea
Eric Swalwell	D	CA-15	Not Voting
Jim Costa	D	CA-16	Not Voting
Ro Khanna	D	CA-17	Yea
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-18	Yea
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-19	Yea
Jared Huffman	D	CA-2	Yea
Jimmy Panetta	D	CA-20	Yea
David Valadao	R	CA-21	Yea
Devin Nunes	R	CA-22	Yea
Kevin McCarthy	R	CA-23	Yea
Salud Carbajal	D	CA-24	Yea
Steve Knight	R	CA-25	Yea
Julia Brownley	D	CA-26	Yea
Judy Chu	D	CA-27	Yea
Adam Schiff	D	CA-28	Yea
Tony Cárdenas	D	CA-29	Yea
John Garamendi	D	CA-3	Yea
Brad Sherman	D	CA-30	Yea
Pete Aguilar	D	CA-31	Yea
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-32	Yea
Ted Lieu	D	CA-33	Yea
Jimmy Gomez	D	CA-34	Yea
Norma Torres	D	CA-35	Yea
Raul Ruiz	D	CA-36	Yea
Karen Bass	D	CA-37	Yea
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-38	Yea
Ed Royce	R	CA-39	Yea
Tom McClintock	R	CA-4	Yea
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-40	Not Voting
Mark Takano	D	CA-41	Yea
Ken Calvert	R	CA-42	Yea
Maxine Waters	D	CA-43	Yea
Nanette Barragán	D	CA-44	Yea
Mimi Walters	R	CA-45	Not Voting
J. Correa	D	CA-46	Yea
Alan Lowenthal	D	CA-47	Not Voting
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA-48	Yea
Darrell Issa	R	CA-49	Not Voting
Mike Thompson	D	CA-5	Yea
Duncan Hunter	R	CA-50	Yea
Juan Vargas	D	CA-51	Yea
Scott Peters	D	CA-52	Yea
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	Yea
Doris Matsui	D	CA-6	Yea
Ami Bera	D	CA-7	Yea
Paul Cook	R	CA-8	Yea
Jerry McNerney	D	CA-9	Yea
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Yea
Jared Polis	D	CO-2	Not Voting
Scott Tipton	R	CO-3	Yea
Ken Buck	R	CO-4	Yea
Doug Lamborn	R	CO-5	Yea
Mike Coffman	R	CO-6	Yea
Ed Perlmutter	D	CO-7	Yea
John Larson	D	CT-1	Yea
Joe Courtney	D	CT-2	Yea
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Yea
Jim Himes	D	CT-4	Yea
Elizabeth Esty	D	CT-5	Yea
Lisa Blunt Rochester	D	DE-AL	Yea
Matt Gaetz	R	FL-1	Yea
Val Demings	D	FL-10	Yea
Daniel Webster	R	FL-11	Yea
Gus Bilirakis	R	FL-12	Yea
Charlie Crist	D	FL-13	Yea
Kathy Castor	D	FL-14	Yea
Dennis Ross	R	FL-15	Not Voting
Vern Buchanan	R	FL-16	Yea
Thomas Rooney	R	FL-17	Yea
Brian Mast	R	FL-18	Yea
Francis Rooney	R	FL-19	Yea
Neal Dunn	R	FL-2	Yea
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-20	Not Voting
Lois Frankel	D	FL-21	Yea
Ted Deutch	D	FL-22	Yea
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-23	Yea
Frederica Wilson	D	FL-24	Yea
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	Yea
Carlos Curbelo	R	FL-26	Yea
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL-27	Yea
Ted Yoho	R	FL-3	Yea
John Rutherford	R	FL-4	Yea
Al Lawson	D	FL-5	Yea
Stephanie Murphy	D	FL-7	Yea
Bill Posey	R	FL-8	Yea
Darren Soto	D	FL-9	Yea
Buddy Carter	R	GA-1	Yea
Jody Hice	R	GA-10	Yea
Barry Loudermilk	R	GA-11	Yea
Rick Allen	R	GA-12	Yea
David Scott	D	GA-13	Not Voting
Tom Graves	R	GA-14	Yea
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Yea
A. Ferguson	R	GA-3	Yea
Hank Johnson	D	GA-4	Yea
John Lewis	D	GA-5	Yea
Karen Handel	R	GA-6	Yea
Rob Woodall	R	GA-7	Yea
Austin Scott	R	GA-8	Yea
Doug Collins	R	GA-9	Yea
Colleen Hanabusa	D	HI-1	Not Voting
Tulsi Gabbard	D	HI-2	Yea
Rod Blum	R	IA-1	Yea
David Loebsack	D	IA-2	Yea
David Young	R	IA-3	Yea
Steve King	R	IA-4	Yea
Raúl Labrador	R	ID-1	Yea
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Yea
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Yea
Brad Schneider	D	IL-10	Yea
Bill Foster	D	IL-11	Yea
Mike Bost	R	IL-12	Yea
Rodney Davis	R	IL-13	Yea
Randy Hultgren	R	IL-14	Not Voting
John Shimkus	R	IL-15	Yea
Adam Kinzinger	R	IL-16	Yea
Cheri Bustos	D	IL-17	Yea
Darin LaHood	R	IL-18	Yea
Robin Kelly	D	IL-2	Yea
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL-3	Yea
Luis Gutiérrez	D	IL-4	Yea
Mike Quigley	D	IL-5	Yea
Peter Roskam	R	IL-6	Yea
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Not Voting
Raja Krishnamoorthi	D	IL-8	Yea
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Yea
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	Yea
Jackie Walorski	R	IN-2	Yea
Jim Banks	R	IN-3	Yea
Todd Rokita	R	IN-4	Yea
Susan Brooks	R	IN-5	Yea
Luke Messer	R	IN-6	Not Voting
André Carson	D	IN-7	Yea
Larry Bucshon	R	IN-8	Yea
Trey Hollingsworth	R	IN-9	Yea
Roger Marshall	R	KS-1	Yea
Lynn Jenkins	R	KS-2	Not Voting
Kevin Yoder	R	KS-3	Yea
Ron Estes	R	KS-4	Yea
James Comer	R	KY-1	Yea
Brett Guthrie	R	KY-2	Yea
John Yarmuth	D	KY-3	Yea
Thomas Massie	R	KY-4	Nay
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Yea
Andy Barr	R	KY-6	Yea
Steve Scalise	R	LA-1	Yea
Cedric Richmond	D	LA-2	Yea
Clay Higgins	R	LA-3	Yea
Mike Johnson	R	LA-4	Yea
Ralph Abraham	R	LA-5	Yea
Garret Graves	R	LA-6	Yea
Richard Neal	D	MA-1	Yea
Jim McGovern	D	MA-2	Yea
Niki Tsongas	D	MA-3	Yea
Joseph Kennedy	D	MA-4	Yea
Katherine Clark	D	MA-5	Yea
Seth Moulton	D	MA-6	Yea
Michael Capuano	D	MA-7	Not Voting
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-8	Yea
William Keating	D	MA-9	Not Voting
Andy Harris	R	MD-1	Yea
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Yea
John Sarbanes	D	MD-3	Yea
Anthony Brown	D	MD-4	Yea
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Yea
John Delaney	D	MD-6	Yea
Elijah Cummings	D	MD-7	Yea
Jamie Raskin	D	MD-8	Yea
Chellie Pingree	D	ME-1	Yea
Bruce Poliquin	R	ME-2	Yea
Jack Bergman	R	MI-1	Yea
Paul Mitchell	R	MI-10	Yea
Dave Trott	R	MI-11	Not Voting
Debbie Dingell	D	MI-12	Yea
Brenda Jones	D	MI-13	Yea
Brenda Lawrence	D	MI-14	Yea
Bill Huizenga	R	MI-2	Yea
Justin Amash	R	MI-3	Nay
John Moolenaar	R	MI-4	Yea
Daniel Kildee	D	MI-5	Yea
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Yea
Tim Walberg	R	MI-7	Yea
Mike Bishop	R	MI-8	Not Voting
Sander Levin	D	MI-9	Yea
Timothy Walz	D	MN-1	Not Voting
Jason Lewis	R	MN-2	Yea
Erik Paulsen	R	MN-3	Yea
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Yea
Keith Ellison	D	MN-5	Yea
Tom Emmer	R	MN-6	Yea
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Not Voting
Richard Nolan	D	MN-8	Yea
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	Yea
Ann Wagner	R	MO-2	Yea
Blaine Luetkemeyer	R	MO-3	Yea
Vicky Hartzler	R	MO-4	Yea
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Yea
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Yea
Billy Long	R	MO-7	Yea
Jason Smith	R	MO-8	Yea
Trent Kelly	R	MS-1	Yea
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Not Voting
Gregg Harper	R	MS-3	Yea
Steven Palazzo	R	MS-4	Yea
Greg Gianforte	R	MT-AL	Yea
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	Yea
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Yea
Mark Meadows	R	NC-11	Yea
Alma Adams	D	NC-12	Yea
Ted Budd	R	NC-13	Yea
George Holding	R	NC-2	Yea
Walter Jones	R	NC-3	Not Voting
David Price	D	NC-4	Yea
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Yea
Mark Walker	R	NC-6	Not Voting
David Rouzer	R	NC-7	Yea
Richard Hudson	R	NC-8	Yea
Robert Pittenger	R	NC-9	Not Voting
Kevin Cramer	R	ND-AL	Not Voting
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE-1	Yea
Don Bacon	R	NE-2	Yea
Adrian Smith	R	NE-3	Yea
Carol Shea-Porter	D	NH-1	Not Voting
Ann Kuster	D	NH-2	Yea
Donald Norcross	D	NJ-1	Yea
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Yea
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ-11	Yea
Bonnie Watson Coleman	D	NJ-12	Yea
Frank LoBiondo	R	NJ-2	Yea
Tom MacArthur	R	NJ-3	Yea
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Yea
Josh Gottheimer	D	NJ-5	Yea
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Yea
Leonard Lance	R	NJ-7	Yea
Albio Sires	D	NJ-8	Yea
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-9	Yea
Michelle Lujan Grisham	D	NM-1	Not Voting
Steve Pearce	R	NM-2	Yea
Ben Luján	D	NM-3	Yea
Dina Titus	D	NV-1	Yea
Mark Amodei	R	NV-2	Yea
Jacky Rosen	D	NV-3	Not Voting
Ruben Kihuen	D	NV-4	Yea
Lee Zeldin	R	NY-1	Yea
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-10	Yea
Daniel Donovan	R	NY-11	Yea
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-12	Yea
Adriano Espaillat	D	NY-13	Yea
Joe Crowley	D	NY-14	Not Voting
José Serrano	D	NY-15	Yea
Eliot Engel	D	NY-16	Yea
Nita Lowey	D	NY-17	Yea
Sean Maloney	D	NY-18	Yea
John Faso	R	NY-19	Yea
Pete King	R	NY-2	Yea
Paul Tonko	D	NY-20	Yea
Elise Stefanik	R	NY-21	Yea
Claudia Tenney	R	NY-22	Yea
Tom Reed	R	NY-23	Yea
John Katko	R	NY-24	Yea
Joseph Morelle	D	NY-25	Yea
Brian Higgins	D	NY-26	Yea
Chris Collins	R	NY-27	Yea
Thomas Suozzi	D	NY-3	Yea
Kathleen Rice	D	NY-4	Yea
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-5	Yea
Grace Meng	D	NY-6	Yea
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-7	Yea
Hakeem Jeffries	D	NY-8	Yea
Yvette Clarke	D	NY-9	Yea
Steve Chabot	R	OH-1	Yea
Michael Turner	R	OH-10	Yea
Marcia Fudge	D	OH-11	Yea
Troy Balderson	R	OH-12	Yea
Tim Ryan	D	OH-13	Yea
David Joyce	R	OH-14	Yea
Steve Stivers	R	OH-15	Yea
James Renacci	R	OH-16	Yea
Brad Wenstrup	R	OH-2	Yea
Joyce Beatty	D	OH-3	Yea
Jim Jordan	R	OH-4	Yea
Robert Latta	R	OH-5	Yea
Bill Johnson	R	OH-6	Yea
Bob Gibbs	R	OH-7	Yea
Warren Davidson	R	OH-8	Yea
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Not Voting
Kevin Hern	R	OK-1	Yea
Markwayne Mullin	R	OK-2	Yea
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Yea
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Yea
Steve Russell	R	OK-5	Not Voting
Suzanne Bonamici	D	OR-1	Yea
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Yea
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Yea
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	Yea
Kurt Schrader	D	OR-5	Yea
Robert Brady	D	PA-1	Yea
Tom Marino	R	PA-10	Yea
Lou Barletta	R	PA-11	Yea
Keith Rothfus	R	PA-12	Yea
Brendan Boyle	D	PA-13	Yea
Michael Doyle	D	PA-14	Yea
Susan Wild	D	PA-15	Yea
Lloyd Smucker	R	PA-16	Yea
Matt Cartwright	D	PA-17	Yea
Conor Lamb	D	PA-18	Yea
Dwight Evans	D	PA-2	Yea
Mike Kelly	R	PA-3	Yea
Scott Perry	R	PA-4	Yea
Glenn Thompson	R	PA-5	Yea
Ryan Costello	R	PA-6	Yea
Mary Scanlon	D	PA-7	Yea
Brian Fitzpatrick	R	PA-8	Yea
Bill Shuster	R	PA-9	Yea
David Cicilline	D	RI-1	Yea
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	Yea
Mark Sanford	R	SC-1	Yea
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Yea
Jeff Duncan	R	SC-3	Not Voting
Trey Gowdy	R	SC-4	Yea
Ralph Norman	R	SC-5	Yea
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Yea
Tom Rice	R	SC-7	Yea
Kristi Noem	R	SD-AL	Not Voting
Phil Roe	R	TN-1	Yea
Jimmy Duncan	R	TN-2	Yea
Chuck Fleischmann	R	TN-3	Yea
Scott DesJarlais	R	TN-4	Yea
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	Yea
Diane Black	R	TN-6	Not Voting
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN-7	Yea
David Kustoff	R	TN-8	Yea
Steve Cohen	D	TN-9	Yea
Louie Gohmert	R	TX-1	Yea
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Yea
K. Conaway	R	TX-11	Yea
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Yea
Mac Thornberry	R	TX-13	Yea
Randy Weber	R	TX-14	Yea
Vicente Gonzalez	D	TX-15	Yea
Beto O’Rourke	D	TX-16	Yea
Bill Flores	R	TX-17	Yea
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Yea
Jodey Arrington	R	TX-19	Yea
Ted Poe	R	TX-2	Not Voting
Joaquin Castro	D	TX-20	Yea
Lamar Smith	R	TX-21	Yea
Pete Olson	R	TX-22	Yea
Will Hurd	R	TX-23	Yea
Kenny Marchant	R	TX-24	Yea
Roger Williams	R	TX-25	Yea
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Yea
Michael Cloud	R	TX-27	Yea
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Yea
Gene Green	D	TX-29	Yea
Sam Johnson	R	TX-3	Not Voting
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	Yea
John Carter	R	TX-31	Yea
Pete Sessions	R	TX-32	Yea
Marc Veasey	D	TX-33	Yea
Filemon Vela	D	TX-34	Not Voting
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-35	Yea
Brian Babin	R	TX-36	Yea
John Ratcliffe	R	TX-4	Not Voting
Jeb Hensarling	R	TX-5	Yea
Joe Barton	R	TX-6	Yea
John Culberson	R	TX-7	Yea
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Yea
Al Green	D	TX-9	Yea
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	Yea
Chris Stewart	R	UT-2	Yea
John Curtis	R	UT-3	Yea
Mia Love	R	UT-4	Not Voting
Robert Wittman	R	VA-1	Yea
Barbara Comstock	R	VA-10	Not Voting
Gerald Connolly	D	VA-11	Yea
Scott Taylor	R	VA-2	Yea
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Yea
A. McEachin	D	VA-4	Yea
Thomas Garrett	R	VA-5	Yea
Bob Goodlatte	R	VA-6	Not Voting
Dave Brat	R	VA-7	Yea
Donald Beyer	D	VA-8	Yea
H. Griffith	R	VA-9	Yea
Peter Welch	D	VT-AL	Yea
Suzan DelBene	D	WA-1	Yea
Denny Heck	D	WA-10	Yea
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Yea
Jaime Herrera Beutler	R	WA-3	Yea
Dan Newhouse	R	WA-4	Yea
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Yea
Derek Kilmer	D	WA-6	Yea
Pramila Jayapal	D	WA-7	Yea
David Reichert	R	WA-8	Yea
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Yea
Mark Pocan	D	WI-2	Yea
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Not Voting
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Yea
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	Yea
Glenn Grothman	R	WI-6	Yea
Sean Duffy	R	WI-7	Yea
Mike Gallagher	R	WI-8	Yea
David McKinley	R	WV-1	Yea
Alexander Mooney	R	WV-2	Yea
Liz Cheney	R	WY-AL	Yea

Ashanti Alert Act of 2018

Votes to become law

Final vote · House · Dec 20, 2018