US SB2174 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on December 31 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-12-31 - Became Public Law No: 116-277.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on December 31 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-12-31 - Became Public Law No: 116-277.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Summary
To the extent provided in advance in appropriations Act, the Attorney General is authorized to use funds appropriated for the operationalization, maintenance, and expansion of the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) for the purpose of carrying out this Act.
Title
Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2019
Sponsors
| Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX] | Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA] | Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC] | Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-31 | Senate | Became Public Law No: 116-277. |
| 2020-12-31 | Senate | Signed by President. |
| 2020-12-21 | Senate | Presented to President. |
| 2020-12-20 | Senate | Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| 2020-12-18 | Senate | Senate agreed to the House amendments to S. 2174 by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7828) |
| 2020-12-17 | Senate | Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill. |
| 2020-12-16 | House | The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection. |
| 2020-12-16 | House | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| 2020-12-16 | House | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7217-7218) |
| 2020-12-16 | House | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 2174. |
| 2020-12-16 | House | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7217-7219) |
| 2020-12-16 | House | Ms. Scanlon moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. |
| 2020-11-17 | House | Held at the desk. |
| 2020-11-17 | Senate | Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| 2020-11-17 | House | Received in the House. |
| 2020-11-16 | Senate | Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6714-6715) |
| 2020-11-16 | Senate | S.Amdt.2685 Amendment SA 2685 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
| 2020-11-16 | Senate | S.Amdt.2685 Amendment SA 2685 proposed by Senator Cornyn. (consideration: CR S6714; text: CR S6714) To strike the provision giving entities in southern border States priority in the award of grants related to the identification and processing of unidentified remains. |
| 2020-11-16 | Senate | Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6714-6715) |
| 2020-11-16 | Senate | Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. |
| 2019-07-18 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
Same As/Similar To
HB8772 (Related) 2020-11-18 - 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.
Subjects
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Crime and law enforcement
Crime victims
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Emergency communications systems
Evidence and witnesses
Federal-Indian relations
Genetics
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Missing persons
Right of privacy
State and local government operations
Congressional oversight
Crime and law enforcement
Crime victims
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Emergency communications systems
Evidence and witnesses
Federal-Indian relations
Genetics
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Missing persons
Right of privacy
State and local government operations
