[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1727 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1727

To provide grants for prosecutions of cases cleared through use of DNA 
                        backlog clearance fund.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 20, 2005

  Mr. Vitter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide grants for prosecutions of cases cleared through use of DNA 
                        backlog clearance fund.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Grants for DNA Backlog Prosecutions 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR PROSECUTIONS OF CASES CLEARED THROUGH USE OF DNA 
              BACKLOG CLEARANCE FUNDS.

    The Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-405) is amended by 
adding after section 206 the following new section:

``SEC. 207. ASSISTANCE FOR PROSECUTIONS OF CASES CLEARED THROUGH USE OF 
              DNA BACKLOG CLEARANCE FUNDS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Attorney General shall make grants to train 
and employ personnel to help prosecute cases cleared through use of 
funds provided for DNA backlog elimination.
    ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010 to 
carry out this section.''.
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