Missing or murdered response coordination grant program

(a) Establishment of grant program 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). (b) Eligible entities (1) In general To be eligible to receive a grant under the grant program established under subsection (a) an entity shall be— (A) an Indian Tribe; (B) a relevant Tribal organization; (C) subject to paragraph (2), a State, in consortium with— (i) 1 or more Indian Tribes; and (ii) relevant Tribal organizations, if any; (D) a consortium of 2 or more Indian Tribes or relevant Tribal organizations; or (E) subject to paragraph (2), a consortium of 2 or more States in consortium with— (i) 1 or more Indian Tribes; and (ii) relevant Tribal organizations, if any. (2) State eligibility To be eligible under subparagraph (C) or (E) of paragraph (1), a State shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that the State— (A) (i) reports missing persons cases in the State to the national crime information databases; or (ii) if not, has a plan to do so using a grant received under the grant program established under subsection (a); and (B) if data sharing between the State and the Indian Tribes and relevant Tribal organizations with which the State is in consortium is part of the intended use of the grant received under the grant program established under subsection (a), has entered into a memorandum of understanding with each applicable Indian Tribe and relevant Tribal organization. (c) Eligible activities An eligible entity receiving a grant under the grant program established under subsection (a) may use the grant— (1) to establish a statewide or regional center— (A) to document and track— (i) missing persons cases of interest to Indian Tribes; (ii) sexual violence cases of interest to Indian Tribes; and (iii) death investigations of interest to Indian Tribes; and (B) to input information regarding missing persons cases of interest to Indian Tribes, unclaimed human remains cases of interest to Indian Tribes, and unidentified remains cases of interest to Indian Tribes into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System and the Missing Persons File in the National Crime Information Center; (2) 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, sexual violence cases of interest to Indian Tribes, and death investigations of interest to Indian Tribes; and (3) to document, develop, and disseminate resources for the coordination and improvement of the investigation of missing persons cases of interest to Indian Tribes, sexual violence cases of interest to Indian Tribes, and death investigations of interest to Indian Tribes, including to develop local or statewide rapid notification or communication systems for alerts and other information relating to those cases. (d) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the grant program established under subsection (a)(1) $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030.