22 U.S.C. § 2729 — State Department records of overseas deaths of United States citizens from nonnatural causes

(a) Information collection. To the greatest practicable extent, for each foreign country the Secretary must collect, for each United States citizen who dies there from a nonnatural cause on or after September 30, 2002: (1) the death date; (2) the locality, including state or province and municipality when available; (3) the cause and circumstances of death, including a statement if terrorism caused the death; and (4) other information the Secretary prescribes. (b) Database. The Secretary must establish and maintain a database containing the subsection (a) information. (c) Public availability. Starting 3 months after September 30, 2002, the Secretary must make available by country on the Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs website the database information about deaths since September 30, 2002, or during the preceding 3 calendar years, whichever period is shorter. The information must be updated at least every 6 months.