§40503 — Title 34 Navy | U.S. Code

Summary

Grantees may use the funds for costs after fiscal year 2017 to handle and report missing people and unidentified remains, including migrants. They may also start or expand programs to improve reporting under section 40502(b), hire and keep forensic staff, and buy and maintain modern DNA and forensic equipment.

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.

§40503 Use of Funds

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Title 34, §40503

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