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# 34 U.S.C. § 40505 - Reporting on National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) Program

## Text

Not later than 18 months after December 31, 2020, and every year thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress regarding—

(1) the number of unidentified person cases processed;

(2) CODIS associations and identifications;

(3) the number of anthropology cases processed;

(4) the number of suspected border crossing cases and associations made;

(5) the number of trials supported with expert testimony;

(6) the number of students trained and professions of those students; and

(7) the turnaround time and backlog.

(Pub. L. 116–277, § 4, Dec. 31, 2020, 134 Stat. 3370.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2019, and not as part of Jennifer’s Law which comprises this chapter.