§ 40503. Use of funds

An applicant receiving a grant award under this chapter may use such funds to—

• (1) pay for the costs incurred during or after fiscal year 2017 for the transportation, processing, identification, and reporting of missing persons and unidentified remains, including migrants;
• (2) establish and expand programs developed to improve the reporting of unidentified persons in accordance with the assurances provided in the application submitted pursuant to section 40502(b) of this title ;
• (3) hire and maintain additional DNA case analysts and technicians, fingerprint examiners, forensic odontologists, and forensic anthropologists, needed to support such identification programs; and
• (4) procure and maintain state of the art multi-modal, multi-purpose forensic and DNA-typing and analytical equipment.