Content Details
S. 2577 (IS) - Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016
- Category
- Bills and Statutes
- Collection
- Congressional Bills
- SuDoc Class Number
- Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/1:
- Congress Number
- 114th Congress
- Congress Session
- 2nd Session
- Last Action Date Listed
- February 24, 2016
- Action
- Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Ms. Ayotte, and Mr. Durbin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
- Bill Number
- S. 2577
- Bill Version
- Introduced in Senate (IS)
- Short Title
- Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016
- Full Title
- To protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA and other forensic evidence samples to improve and expand the forensic science testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of forensic evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, to support accreditation efforts of forensic science laboratories and medical examiner offices, to address training and equipment needs, to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases, and for other purposes.
- Sponsors
- John Cornyn(TX)
- Cosponsors
- Patrick J. Leahy (VT); Kelly Ayotte (NH); Richard J. Durbin (IL)
- Committees
- Committee on the Judiciary (Standing)
- Public and Private Law References
- Public Law 108-405
- United States Code References
- 18 U.S.C. 3583, 3600, 3600A
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42 U.S.C. 10603, 10603e, 13925, 14043e-11, 14135, 14136, 14136a, 14136b, 14136d, 14136e, 14163e, 15601, 15605, 15607, 3752, 3793, 3797j, 3797k, 3797l, 3797m and 3797o
- Statutes at Large Reference
- 118 Stat. 2260, 2264, 2275, 2278