Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 2174) to expand the grants authorized under Jennifer's Law and Kristen's Act to include processing of unidentified remains, resolving missing persons cases, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: S. 2174 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 ``Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2019''. SEC. 2. USE OF GRANT FUNDS. (a) Jennifer's Law.--Jennifer's Law (34 U.S.C. 40501 et seq.) is amended-- (1) by striking section 202 (34 U.S.C. 40501) and inserting the following: ``SEC. 202. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. ``(a) In General.-- ``(1) Grants authorized.--The Attorney General may award grants to eligible entities described in paragraph (2) to enable the eligible entities to improve the transportation, processing, identification, and reporting of missing persons and unidentified remains, including migrants. ``(2) Eligible entities.--Eligible entities described in this paragraph are the following: ``(A) States and units of local government.…
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