The resolution from the 136th General Assembly of Ohio urges the United States Department of Justice to expedite the connection between the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and the NamUs databases. This connection is intended to facilitate the automatic transfer of missing persons case information between the two systems, a measure that was mandated by the federal Help Find the Missing Act in 2022. The Ohio Missing Persons Working Group has identified that this automatic transfer is not currently occurring, which hampers efforts to improve the success rate of missing persons investigations and the reunification of families.

The resolution is sponsored by Representatives Cockley and Ritter, with several cosponsors, and emphasizes the importance of enhancing the efficiency of missing persons investigations through better data sharing. It calls for the United States Attorney General to take action on this matter and requests that a copy of the resolution be transmitted to the Attorney General to ensure that the urgency of this issue is communicated effectively.