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Expressing the sense of the Congress that medical examiners and coroners should make reasonable, good faith efforts to locate the next of kin of deceased individuals.

Introduced: March 5, 1991 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
Mar 11, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
Mar 5, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Government Operations.
Mar 5, 1991
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls for States to develop procedures that require medical examiners and coroners to make reasonable, good faith efforts to locate and notify the next of kin of deceased persons where the identity of the deceased or the next of kin is unknown.

What's happening now March 11, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 30, 1992
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 87: Expressing the sense of the Congress that medical examiners and coroners should make reasonable, good faith efforts to locate the next of kin of deceased individuals.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HCONRES-87/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 87: Expressing the sense of the Congress that medical examiners and coroners should make reasonable, good faith efforts to locate the next of kin of deceased individuals.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HCONRES-87/.
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H. Con. Res. 87, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HCONRES-87/.
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[H. Con. Res. 87: Expressing the sense of the Congress that medical examiners and coroners should make reasonable, good faith efforts to locate the next of kin of deceased individuals.](https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HCONRES-87/)
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