H.R. 8772 · 116th Congress
Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2020
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This bill revises the authority for state grants to improve the reporting of unidentified and missing persons.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Nov 18, 2020
Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2020
This bill revises the authority for state grants to improve the reporting of unidentified and missing persons.
Specifically, the bill
- authorizes grants to be used for additional activities (e.g., transportation of missing persons and unidentified remains), including with respect to migrants; and
- expands eligible entities.
The bill also requires the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to deploy rescue beacons along the southern border to mitigate migrant deaths.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2020
Latest action (Nov 18, 2020): 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.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: House · Introduced: Nov 18, 2020
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.