34 U.S.C. § 40503 — Use of funds
submitted 6 years ago by Pub. L. 106-177 to r/title-34-CRIME-CONTROL-AND-LAW-ENFORCEMENT · 112 words · no verdicts yet
Grant recipients can use the funds for finding and identifying missing people and remains. That includes migrants, plus hiring forensic staff and buying modern DNA equipment. Funds can also expand programs that improve how unidentified people get reported.
An applicant that gets a grant under this chapter can use the money to:
(1) Pay costs -- incurred during or after fiscal year 2017 -- for transporting, processing, identifying, and reporting missing persons and unidentified remains, including migrants.
(2) Start or expand programs that improve how unidentified persons get reported, following the promises made in the application under section 40502(b).
(3) Hire and keep additional staff needed for this work -- DNA case analysts and technicians, fingerprint examiners, forensic odontologists (dental experts), and forensic anthropologists.
(4) Buy and maintain up-to-date, multi-purpose forensic and DNA-typing equipment.
An applicant receiving a grant award under this chapter may use such funds to—
pay for the costs incurred during or after fiscal year 2017 for the transportation, processing, identification, and reporting of missing persons and unidentified remains, including migrants;
establish and expand programs developed to improve the reporting of unidentified persons in accordance with the assurances provided in the application submitted pursuant to section 40502(b) of this title;
hire and maintain additional DNA case analysts and technicians, fingerprint examiners, forensic odontologists, and forensic anthropologists, needed to support such identification programs; and
procure and maintain state of the art multi-modal, multi-purpose forensic and DNA-typing and analytical equipment.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 106–177, title II, § 205, as added Pub. L. 116–277, § 2(a)(3), Dec. 31, 2020, 134 Stat. 3369.)
- 2020Enacted · Pub. L. 106-177 · 134 Stat. 3369
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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