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34 U.S.C. 40505: Reporting on National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) ProgramText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 34-CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENTCHAPTER 405-REPORTING OF UNIDENTIFIED AND MISSING PERSONS
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§40505. Reporting on National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) Program

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 .)

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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.