; and (B) meets the requirements to be designated as a missing adult, 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) Ashanti Alert The term Ashanti Alert means an alert issued through the Ashanti Alert communications network, related to a missing adult. 3. Ashanti 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 Ashanti Alert communications network, within the Department of Justice to provide assistance to regional and local search efforts for missing adults through the initiation, facilitation, and promotion of local elements of the network (referred to in this Act as Ashanti Alert plans ), in coordination with States, units of local government, law enforcement agencies, and other concerned entities with expertise in providing services to adults. (b) Coordination with amber alert network In establishing the Ashanti Alert communications network under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall ensure that, when feasible, the Ashanti 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 ( 42 U.S.C. 5791 et seq.), to maximize the efficiency of both networks. 4. Ashanti 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 Ashanti Alert communications network. The individual so designated shall be known as the Ashanti Alert Coordinator of the Department of Justice (referred to in this Act as the Coordinator ). (b) Duties of the coordinator In acting as the