; 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 an individual who is currently serving or a former member who served in the United States Armed Forces, including National Guard, or a Reserve or auxiliary unit from any branch of 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, federally or State recognized Tribes, units of local government, law enforcement agencies, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other concerned entities with expertise in providing services to veterans. (b) Coordination with AMBER alert network and other alert networks In establishing the Green Alert communications network under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall work with States to ensure, when feasible, the Green Alert communications network is able to operate in coordination with a State’s existing AMBER Alert communications network, established under subtitle A of title III of the PROTECT Act ( 34 U.S.C. 20501 et seq. ), and any other State alert networks, to maximize the efficiency of all such alert systems, and to prevent overuse or improper activations