[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 99 (Tuesday, June 21, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S4425]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4842. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Udall) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 4685 proposed by Mr. 
Shelby (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2578, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 68, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following:
       Sec. 218. (a) With respect to funds appropriated under this 
     title under the heading ``state and local law enforcement 
     assistance'' the Attorney General shall award grants, not 
     exceed an aggregate amount of $4,000,000, to county, 
     municipal, or tribal governments in States along the 
     Southwest border of the United States, for costs, or 
     reimbursement of costs, associated with the transportation 
     and processing of unidentified alien remains that have been 
     transferred to an official medical examiner's office or an 
     area university with the capacity to analyze human remains 
     using forensic best practices where such expenses may 
     contribute to the collection and analysis of information 
     pertaining to missing and unidentified persons.
       (b) The restriction under section 1001(c) of the Omnibus 
     Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
     3793(c)) shall not apply to amounts made available under 
     subsection (a): Provided, that the Attorney General shall 
     otherwise award amounts made available under subsection (a) 
     in a manner and form consistent with amounts made available 
     under paragraph (1) under the heading ``state and local law 
     enforcement assistance''.
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