Title 34NavyRelease 119-73

§40503 Use of funds

Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle IV— - Criminal Records and Information › Chapter CHAPTER 405— - REPORTING OF UNIDENTIFIED AND MISSING PERSONS › § 40503

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

A grant may pay costs during or after fiscal year 2017 for transporting, processing, identifying, and reporting missing persons and unidentified remains, including migrants; fund programs to improve unidentified-person reporting under section 40502(b); hire extra DNA analysts/technicians, fingerprint examiners, forensic odontologists, and forensic anthropologists; and buy and maintain DNA‑typing equipment.

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Title 34, §40503

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An applicant receiving a grant award under this chapter may use such funds to—
(1)pay for the costs incurred during or after fiscal year 2017 for the transportation, processing, identification, and reporting of missing persons and unidentified remains, including migrants;
(2)establish and expand programs developed to improve the reporting of unidentified persons in accordance with the assurances provided in the application submitted pursuant to section 40502(b) of this title;
(3)hire and maintain additional DNA case analysts and technicians, fingerprint examiners, forensic odontologists, and forensic anthropologists, needed to support such identification programs; and
(4)procure and maintain state of the art multi-modal, multi-purpose forensic and DNA-typing and analytical equipment.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 40503, Pub. L. 106–177, title II, § 204, Mar. 10, 2000, 114 Stat. 36, related to uses of funds that a State received to establish or expand programs developed to improve the reporting of unidentified persons, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 116–277, § 2(a)(3), Dec. 31, 2020, 134 Stat. 3369. Such section was formerly classified to section 14663 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as section 40503.

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34 U.S.C. § 40503

Title 34Navy

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73