Federal · Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement
34 U.S.C. § 11292: Definitions
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the term “missing child” means any individual less than 18 years of age whose whereabouts are unknown to such individual’s parent; the term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; the term “Center” means the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; the term “parent” includes a legal guardian or other individual who may lawfully exercise parental rights with respect to the child; and the term “child sexual abuse material” has the meaning given the term “child pornography” in section 2256 of title 18 ; 1 1 So in original. The semicolon probably should be a period.
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