34 USC § 60911 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s60911"
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title: "34 USC § 60911 - Definitions"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "60911"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 609
chapter_name: "HOMICIDE VICTIMS’ FAMILIES’ RIGHTS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 117–164, § 12, Aug. 3, 2022, 136 Stat. 1361.)"
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# § 60911. Definitions

In this chapter:

**(1)** The term “designated person” means an immediate family member or someone similarly situated, as defined by the Attorney General.

**(2)** The term “immediate family member” means a parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandparent-in-law, sibling, spouse, child, or step-child of a murder victim.

**(3)** The term “victim” means a natural person who died as a result of a cold case murder.

**(4)** The term “murder” means any criminal offense under section 1111(a) of title 18 or any offense the elements of which are substantially identical to such section.

**(5)** The term “agency” means a Federal law enforcement entity with jurisdiction to engage in the detection, investigation, or prosecution of a cold case murder.

**(6)** The term “cold case murder” means a murder—

**(A)** committed more than three years prior to the date of an application by a designated person under section 60901(a) of this title;

**(B)** previously investigated by a Federal law enforcement entity;

**(C)** for which all probative investigative leads have been exhausted; and

**(D)** for which no likely perpetrator has been identified.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 117–164, § 12, Aug. 3, 2022, 136 Stat. 1361.)