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34 U.S.C. § 40726

DNA identification of missing persons

United States · Title 34 — CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT · Status: effective

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34 U.S.C. § 40726, DNA identification of missing persons, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/470615
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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.

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 108-405(H.R. 5107)2004-10-30
    Justice for All Act of 2004
    House: 393–14Senate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 114-324(S. 2577)2016-12-16
    Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally