34 U.S.C. § 40726 — DNA identification of missing persons
submitted 22 years ago by Pub. L. 108-405 to r/title-34-CRIME-CONTROL-AND-LAW-ENFORCEMENT · 93 words · no verdicts yet
The Attorney General gives grants to help identify missing persons and unidentified remains using DNA. States that get this money must send the DNA profiles to the FBI's national missing persons database. Congress authorized $2,000,000 a year from 2017 through 2021.
(a) In general
The Attorney General must give grants to promote the use of forensic DNA technology to identify missing persons and unidentified human remains.
(b) Requirement
Any state or local government that gets funding under this section must submit the DNA profiles of those missing persons and unidentified remains to the National Missing Persons DNA Database run by the FBI.
(c) Authorization of appropriations
Congress authorized $2,000,000 for each fiscal year from 2017 through 2021 to carry out this section.
The Attorney General shall make grants to promote the use of forensic DNA technology to identify missing persons and unidentified human remains.
Each State or unit of local government that receives funding under this section shall be required to submit the DNA profiles of such missing persons and unidentified human remains to the National Missing Persons DNA Database of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
There are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 to carry out this section.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 108–405, title III, § 308, Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2275; Pub. L. 114–324, § 8(c), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1954.)
- 2004Enacted · Pub. L. 108-405 · 118 Stat. 2275
- 2016Amended · Pub. L. 114-324 · 130 Stat. 1954
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 108-405 on 2004-10-30.
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