United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 8772 (116th)
Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2020
Introduced
18 November 2020
Last action
18 November 2020 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sponsors
Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34], Rep. Hurd, Will [R-TX-23], Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34], Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12], Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16], Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29], Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14]
Subjects
Immigration
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2020 This bill revises the authority for state grants to improve the reporting of unidentified and missing persons. Specifically, the bill authorizes grants to be used for additional activities (e.g., transportation of missing persons and unidentified remains), including with respect to migrants; and expands eligible entities. The bill also requires the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to deploy rescue beacons along the southern border to mitigate migrant deaths.
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Timeline
18 November 2020
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
18 November 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
18 November 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 18 November 2020 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Hurd, Will [R-TX-23] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] · R · Cosponsor
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- · hsju00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2019
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8772
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8772
- us · 116-hr-8772 · source updated 5 December 2025