Cold Case Modernization Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6688 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6688

To permit grant funds to be used to identify unidentified human remains 
without regard as to whether the manner of death is determined to be a 
                               homicide.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 7, 2023

Mr. Reschenthaler introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To permit grant funds to be used to identify unidentified human remains 
without regard as to whether the manner of death is determined to be a 
                               homicide.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cold Case Modernization Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZING GRANT UNDER JENNIFER'S LAW TO BE USED ON ANY 
              UNIDENTIFIED REMAINS.

    (a) Program Authorization.--Section 202(a)(1) of the Child Abuse 
Prevention and Enforcement Act (34 U.S.C. 40501) is amended by 
inserting after ``including migrants'' the following: ``, without 
regard to whether the manner of death is determined to be a homicide''.
    (b) Use of Funds.--Title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Enforcement Act (34 U.S.C. 40501 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating the first section 205 as section 204; 
        and
            (2) in section 204(a), as redesignated, by inserting after 
        ``including migrants'' the following: ``, without regard to 
        whether the manner of death is determined to be a homicide''.

SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE GRANTS.

    Any Department of Justice grant awarded to States and units of 
local government for forensic genetic geneaology may be used to 
identify unidentified human remains without regard to whether the 
manner of death is determined to be a homicide.
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