Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Chapter 405 — Reporting of Unidentified and Missing Persons
§ 40505. Reporting on National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) Program
Statutory text
Not later than 18 months after , and every year thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress regarding—
the number of unidentified person cases processed;
CODIS associations and identifications;
the number of anthropology cases processed;
the number of suspected border crossing cases and associations made;
the number of trials supported with expert testimony;
the number of students trained and professions of those students; and
the turnaround time and backlog.
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.
Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2019
Pub. L. 116–277 § 4 · 134 Stat. 3368
Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 40505
(Pub. L. 116–277, § 4, Dec. 31, 2020, 134 Stat. 3370.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 116–277, § 4, Dec. 31, 2020, 134 Stat. 3370.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 4. REPORTING ON NATIONAL MISSING AND UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS SYSTEM (NAMUS) PROGRAM. Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this act, and every year thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress regarding— (1) the number of unidentified person cases processed; (2) CODIS associations and identifications; (3) the number of anthropology cases processed; (4) the number of suspected border crossing cases and associations made; (5) the number of trials supported with expert testimony; (6) the number of students trained and professions of those students; and (7) the turnaround time and backlog.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2019, and not as part of Jennifer’s Law which comprises this chapter.