2020 US Code
Title 34 - Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Subtitle IV - Criminal Records and Information
Chapter 405 - Reporting of Unidentified and Missing Persons
Sec. 40501 - Program authorized

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Citation 34 U.S.C. § 40501 (2020)
Section Name §40501. Program authorized
Section Text (a) In general (1) Grants authorized

The Attorney General may award grants to eligible entities described in paragraph (2) to enable the eligible entities to improve the transportation, processing, identification, and reporting of missing persons and unidentified remains, including migrants.

(2) Eligible entities

Eligible entities described in this paragraph are the following:

(A) States and units of local government.

(B) Accredited, publicly funded, Combined DNA Index System (commonly known as "CODIS") forensic laboratories, which demonstrate the grant funds will be used for DNA typing and uploading biological family DNA reference samples, including samples from foreign nationals, into CODIS, subject to the protocols for inclusion of such forensic DNA profiles into CODIS, and the privacy protections required under section 40502(c) of this title.

(C) Medical examiners offices.

(D) Accredited, publicly funded toxicology laboratories.

(E) Accredited, publicly funded crime laboratories.

(F) Publicly funded university forensic anthropology laboratories.

(G) Nonprofit organizations that have working collaborative agreements with State and county forensic offices, including medical examiners, coroners, and justices of the peace, for entry of data into CODIS or the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (commonly known as "NamUs"), or both.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 106–177, title II, §202, as added Pub. L. 116–277, §2(a)(1), Dec. 31, 2020, 134 Stat. 3368.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES PRIOR PROVISIONS

A prior section 40501, Pub. L. 106–177, title II, §202, Mar. 10, 2000, 114 Stat. 36, authorized Attorney General to provide grant awards to States to enable States to improve the reporting of unidentified and missing persons, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 116–277, §2(a)(1), Dec. 31, 2020, 134 Stat. 3368. Such section was formerly classified to section 14661 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as section 40501.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
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Contained Within Title 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Subtitle IV - Criminal Records and Information
CHAPTER 405 - REPORTING OF UNIDENTIFIED AND MISSING PERSONS
Sec. 40501 - Program authorized
Contains section 40501
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 114 Stat. 36
134 Stat. 3368
Public Law References Public Law 106-177, Public Law 116-277
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