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115th Congress
Senate
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Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2018
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 6, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7358-7359)
Dec 6, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2018
This bill revises the authority for state grants to improve the reporting of unidentified and missing persons.
Among other things, the bill does the following:
- authorizes grants to be used for additional activities (e.g., transportation of missing persons and unidentified remains), including with respect to migrants;
- expands eligible entities; and
- gives priority to eligible entities in states along the southern border.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7358-7359)
Committees of jurisdiction
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