H.R. 6688 — Introduced in House

I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6688 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 7, 2023Mr. Reschenthaler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 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. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cold Case Modernization Act. 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. 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.