Title 34, NavyRelease 119-110
§40726 Dna Identification of Missing Persons
Title 34 › Subtitle IV — Criminal Records and Information › CHAPTER 407 — DNA IDENTIFICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — TRAINING, TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH, AND EXPANDED USE › § 40726
Summary
The Attorney General must give grants to encourage using forensic DNA to identify missing people and unidentified human remains. States or local governments that get these grants must send the DNA profiles to the FBI’s National Missing Persons DNA Database. Congress authorized $2,000,000 for each fiscal year 2017 through 2021 to run this program.
Full Legal Text
Title 34, §40726
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(a)In general
The Attorney General shall make grants to promote the use of forensic DNA technology to identify missing persons and unidentified human remains.
(b)Requirement
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.
(c)Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 to carry out this section.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 14136d of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Amendments
2016—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 114–324 substituted “fiscal years 2017 through 2021” for “fiscal years 2005 through 2009”.
Reference
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Citation
34 U.S.C. § 40726
Title 34, Navy
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110