34 U.S.C. § 40501 — Program authorized
submitted 6 years ago by Pub. L. 106-177 to r/title-34-CRIME-CONTROL-AND-LAW-ENFORCEMENT · 189 words · no verdicts yet
The Attorney General can give grants to help identify missing persons and unidentified remains, including migrants. Eligible groups include states, local governments, and several kinds of labs and offices. Nonprofits that work with local forensic offices on this data can qualify too.
(a) In general
(1) Grants authorized: The Attorney General may give grants to eligible groups (listed below) so they can improve how missing persons and unidentified remains -- including migrants -- get transported, processed, identified, and reported.
(2) Eligible entities: The following groups can apply:
(A) States and local governments.
(B) Accredited, publicly funded CODIS forensic labs -- but only if they show the grant money will go toward DNA typing and uploading biological family DNA reference samples (including from foreign nationals) into CODIS, following CODIS's rules for accepting DNA profiles and the privacy protections in section 40502(c).
(C) Medical examiners' offices.
(D) Accredited, publicly funded toxicology labs.
(E) Accredited, publicly funded crime labs.
(F) Publicly funded university forensic anthropology labs.
(G) Nonprofits that have working partnerships with state and county forensic offices -- including medical examiners, coroners, and justices of the peace -- to enter data into CODIS or NamUs (the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System), or both.
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.
Eligible entities described in this paragraph are the following:
States and units of local government.
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.
Medical examiners offices.
Accredited, publicly funded toxicology laboratories.
Accredited, publicly funded crime laboratories.
Publicly funded university forensic anthropology laboratories.
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.)
- 2020Enacted · Pub. L. 106-177 · 134 Stat. 3368
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 106-177 on 2020-12-31.
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