Sec. 202. Missing and murdered response coordination grant program

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The Attorney General shall establish within the Office of Justice Programs a grant program under which the Attorney General shall make grants to eligible entities described in subsection

(b)to carry out eligible activities described in subsection (c). To be eligible to receive a grant under the grant program established under subsection

(a)an entity shall be— a relevant Tribal stakeholder; subject to paragraph (2), a State, in consortium with a relevant Tribal stakeholder; a consortium of 2 or more relevant Tribal stakeholders; or subject to paragraph (2), a consortium of 2 or more States and 1 or more relevant Tribal stakeholders. To be eligible under subparagraph

(B)or

(D)of paragraph (1), a State shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that the State— reports missing persons cases in the State to the national crime information databases; or if not, has a plan to do so using a grant received under the grant program established under subsection (a). An eligible entity receiving a grant under the grant program established under subsection

(a)may use the grant— to establish a statewide or regional center to document and track missing persons cases of interest to Indian tribes and murder cases of interest to Indian tribes; to establish a State or regional commission to respond to, and to improve coordination between Federal law enforcement agencies, and Tribal, State, and local law enforcement agencies of the investigation of, missing persons cases of interest to Indian tribes and murder cases of interest to Indian tribes; and to document, develop, and disseminate resources for use by Federal law enforcement agencies and Tribal, State, and local law enforcement agencies for the coordination of the investigation of missing persons cases of interest to Indian tribes and murder cases of interest to Indian tribes. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the program $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024.