§ 40501 Program authorized
§ 40502 Eligibility
§ 40503 Use of funds
§ 40504 Grants for the assistance of organizations to find missing adults
§ 40505 Reporting on National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) Program
§ 40506 Authorization of the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
§ 40507 Information sharing
§ 40508 Report to Congress
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Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 34 > Subtitle IV > Chapter 405 - Reporting of Unidentified and Missing Persons

  • county: includes a parish, or any other equivalent subdivision of a State or Territory of the United States. See 1 USC 2
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.