; and (C) meets the requirements to be designated as a missing veteran, as determined by the State in which the individual is reported or identified as a missing person. (2) State The term State means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. (3) Green alert The term Green Alert means an alert issued through the Green Alert communications network, related to a missing veteran. (4) Veteran The term veteran means a person who served in the Armed Forces. 3. Green alert communications network (a) In general The Attorney General shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, establish a national communications network, to be known as the Green Alert communications network, within the Department of Justice to provide assistance to regional and local search efforts for missing veterans through the initiation, facilitation, and promotion of local elements of the network (referred to in this Act as Green Alert plans ), in coordination with States, units of local government, law enforcement agencies, and other concerned entities with expertise in providing services to veterans. (b) Coordination with AMBER alert network In establishing the Green Alert communications network under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall ensure that, when feasible, the Green Alert communications network is able to operate in coordination with the AMBER Alert communications network, established under subtitle A of title III of the PROTECT Act ( 34 U.S.C. 20501 et seq.), to maximize the efficiency of both networks. 4. Green alert coordinator (a) National coordinator within department of justice The Attorney General shall designate an individual of the Department of Justice to act as the national coordinator of the Green Alert communications network. The individual so designated shall be known as the Green Alert Coordinator of the Department of Justice (referred to in this Act as the