§ 40504. Grants for the assistance of organizations to find missing adults

Statutory text

In general

The Attorney General may make grants to public agencies or nonprofit private organizations, or combinations thereof, for programs—

to assist law enforcement and families in locating missing adults;

to maintain a national, interconnected database for the purpose of tracking missing adults who are determined by law enforcement to be endangered due to age, diminished mental capacity, or the circumstances of disappearance, when foul play is suspected or circumstances are unknown;

to maintain statistical information of adults reported as missing;

to provide informational resources and referrals to families of missing adults;

to assist in public notification and victim advocacy related to missing adults; and

to establish and maintain a national clearinghouse for missing adults.

Regulations

The Attorney General may make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out this title.1

Footnotes

1 See References in Text note below.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

2000
Kristen’s Act
Pub. L. 106–468 title I § 101 · 114 Stat. 2027
Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 40504
Pub. L. 106–468, title I, § 101, formerly § 2, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2027
Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 106–468, title I, § 101, formerly § 2, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2027
Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF ORGANIZATIONS TO FIND MISSING ADULTS. (a) In General.— The Attorney General may make grants to public agencies or nonprofit private organizations, or combinations thereof, for programs— (1) to assist law enforcement and families in locating missing adults; (2) to maintain a national, interconnected database for the purpose of tracking missing adults who are determined by law enforcement to be endangered due to age, diminished mental capacity, or the circumstances of disappearance, when foul play is suspected or circumstances are unknown; (3) to maintain statistical information of adults reported as missing; (4) to provide informational resources and referrals to families of missing adults; (5) to assist in public notification and victim advocacy related to missing adults; and (6) to establish and maintain a national clearinghouse for missing adults. (b) Regulations.— The Attorney General may make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
2018
Ashanti Alert Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–401 § 2(1) · 132 Stat. 5336
Substituted · 34 U.S.C. § 40504(b)
Pub. L. 115–401 substituted “this title” for “this Act”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–401 substituted “this title” for “this Act”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) by inserting before section 2 (34 U.S.C. 40504) the following: “TITLE I— GRANTS” ;

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This title, referred to in subsec. (b), is title I of Pub. L. 106–468, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2027, which enacted this section and provisions set out as a note under this section. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables.

Codification

Section was enacted as part of Kristen’s Act, and not as part of Jennifer’s Law which comprises this chapter.

Section was formerly classified to section 14665 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–401 substituted “this title” for “this Act”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Authorization of Funding

Pub. L. 106–468, title I, § 102, formerly § 3, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2028, renumbered title I, § 102, and amended by Pub. L. 115–401, § 2(1), (2), (4), Dec. 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 5336; Pub. L. 116–277, § 2(b), Dec. 31, 2020, 134 Stat. 3370, provided that: “To the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts, the Attorney General is authorized to use funds appropriated for the operationalization, maintenance, and expansion of the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) for the purpose of carrying out this Act [enacting this section].”

Credits

2000–2018 · 2 acts

2000Pub. L. 106–468, title I, § 101, formerly § 2, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2027
2018renumbered title I, § 101, and amended Pub. L. 115–401, § 2(1)–(3), Dec. 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 5336.

Show as published

(Pub. L. 106–468, title I, § 101, formerly § 2, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2027; renumbered title I, § 101, and amended Pub. L. 115–401, § 2(1)–(3), Dec. 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 5336.)