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34 USC § 40505 - Reporting on National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) Program 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s40505"
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title: "34 USC § 40505 - Reporting on National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) Program"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "40505"
section_name: "Reporting on National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) Program"
chapter_number: 405
chapter_name: "REPORTING OF UNIDENTIFIED AND MISSING PERSONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 116–277, § 4, Dec. 31, 2020, 134 Stat. 3370.)"
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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.

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

## 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.