3.0.0 3719 2023-01-11T13:40:41Z 2023-01-11T13:40:41Z Senate S 2018-12-06 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-12-06T18:16:08Z Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2018 115 7218 HR 2018-12-06 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Identical bill CRS 2018-12-06 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7358-7359) IntroReferral 2018-12-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2018-12-06 True T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2018-12-06 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2018-12-06 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2018-12-06 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2018-12-06 True Crime and Law Enforcement Border security and unlawful immigration Congressional oversight Crime victims Criminal justice information and records Criminal procedure and sentencing Emergency communications systems Evidence and witnesses Federal-Indian relations Genetics Government studies and investigations Health information and medical records Intergovernmental relations Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers Missing persons Right of privacy State and local government operations Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2018-12-06 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-30T21:29:50Z Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2018

This bill revises the authority for state grants to improve the reporting of unidentified and missing persons.

Among other things, the bill does the following:

  • authorizes grants to be used for additional activities (e.g., transportation of missing persons and unidentified remains), including with respect to migrants;
  • expands eligible entities; and
  • gives priority to eligible entities in states along the southern border.
]]> Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2018 Display Title Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to expand the grants authorized under Jennifer's Law and Kristen's Act to include processing of unidentified remains, resolving missing persons cases, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3719is/xml/BILLS-115s3719is.xml 2018-12-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7358-7359) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.