34 U.S.C. § 60911
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In this chapter:
- (1)The term “designated person” means an immediate family member or someone similarly situated, as defined by the Attorney General.
- (2)The term “immediate family member” means a parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandparent-in-law, sibling, spouse, child, or step-child of a murder victim.
- (3)The term “victim” means a natural person who died as a result of a cold case murder.
- (4)The term “murder” means any criminal offense under section 1111(a) of title 18 or any offense the elements of which are substantially identical to such section.
- (5)The term “agency” means a Federal law enforcement entity with jurisdiction to engage in the detection, investigation, or prosecution of a cold case murder.
- (6)The term “cold case murder” means a murder—
- (A)committed more than three years prior to the date of an application by a designated person under section 60901(a) of this title;
- (B)previously investigated by a Federal law enforcement entity;
- (C)for which all probative investigative leads have been exhausted; and
- (D)for which no likely perpetrator has been identified.