Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2019
Official title: “To the extent provided in advance in appropriations Act, the Attorney General is authorized to use funds appropriated for the operationalization, maintenance, and expansion of the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) for the purpose of carrying out this Act.”
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The Senate passed it without objection on December 18, 2020. No individual votes are recorded.
It became law on December 31, 2020.
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