Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2018

Summary

Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2018 This bill revises the authority for state grants to improve the reporting of unidentified and missing persons. Among other things, the bill does the following: authorizes grants to be used for additional activities (e.g., transportation of missing persons and unidentified remains), including with respect to migrants; expands eligible entities; and gives priority to eligible entities in states along the southern border.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

1. 6 December 2018

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7358-7359)

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 6 December 2018

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 6 December 2018 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 6 December 2018

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 6 December 2018

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 6 December 2018

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• John Cornyn · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
• Thomas Tillis · R · Sponsor
• Ted Cruz · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] · D · Sponsor
• Richard Blumenthal · D · Sponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2018