Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Chapter 405 — Reporting of Unidentified and Missing Persons
§ 40508. Report to Congress
Statutory text
In general
Not later than 1 year after , and biennially thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report describing the status of the NCIC database and NamUs databases.
Contents
The report required by subsection (a) shall describe, to the extent available, information on the process of information sharing between the NCIC database and NamUs databases.
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.
Billy’s Law
Pub. L. 117–327 § 5 · 136 Stat. 4454
Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 40508
(Pub. L. 117–327, § 5, Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4457.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 117–327, § 5, Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4457.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 5. REPORT TO CONGRESS. (a) In General.— Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act and biennially thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report describing the status of the NCIC database and NamUs databases. (b) Contents.— The report required by subsection (a) shall describe, to the extent available, information on the process of information sharing between the NCIC database and NamUs databases.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was enacted as part of Billy’s Law, also known as the Help Find the Missing Act, and not as part of Jennifer’s Law which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Definitions
For definitions of “NCIC database” and “NamUs databases” as used in this section, see section 6 of Pub. L. 117–327, set out as a note under section 40506 of this title.