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 PUBLIC LAW 105-314—OCT. 30, 1998 112 STAT. 2987 "(b) DEFINITIONS.— In this section: "(1) KILLING. —The term 'killing' means conduct that would constitute an offense under section 1111 of title 18, United States Code, if Federal jurisdiction existed. "(2) SERIAL KILLINGS.—The term 'serial killings' means a series of three or more killings, not less than one of which was committed within the United States, having common characteristics such as to suggest the reasonable possibility that the crimes were committed by the same actor or actors. "(3) STATE.— The term 'State' means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.", (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— The analysis for chapter 33 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: "540B. Investigation of serial killings. ". SEC. 702. KIDNAPPING. (a) CLARIFICATION OF ELEMENT OF OFFENSE. —Section 1201(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ", regardless of whether the person was alive when transported across a State boundary if the person was alive when the transportation began" before the semicolon. (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.— Section 1201(a)(5) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking "designated" and inserting "described". (c) 24-HouR RULE.— Section 1201(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: "Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the fact that the presumption under this section has not yet taken effect does not preclude a Federal investigation of a possible violation of this section before the 24- hour period has ended.". SEC. 703. MORGAN P. HARDIMAN CHILD ABDUCTION AND SERIAL MUR- 28 USC 531 note. DER INVESTIGATIVE RESOURCES CENTER. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the date Deadline, of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish within the Federal Bureau of Investigation a Child Abduction and Serial Murder Investigative Resources Center to be known as the "Morgan P. Hardiman Child Abduction and Serial Murder Investigative Resources Center" (in this section referred to as the " CASMIRC"). (b) PURPOSE. —The CASMIRC shall be managed by the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime of the Critical Incident Response Group of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (in this section referred to as the "NCAVC"), and by multidisciplinary resource teams in Federal Bureau of Investigation field offices, in order to provide investigative support through the coordination and provision of Federal law enforcement resources, training, and application of other multidisciplinary expertise, to assist Federal, State, and local authorities in matters involving child abductions, mysterious disappearances of children, child homicide, and serial murder across the country. The CASMIRC shall be co-located with the NCAVC. (c) DUTIES OF THE CASMIRC—The CASMIRC shall perform such duties as the Attorney General determines appropriate to carry out the purposes of the CASMIRC, including—

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