[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5057 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5057

       To reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 17, 2008

 Mrs. Maloney of New York (for herself, Mr. Conyers, and Mr. Smith of 
    Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
       To reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program.

    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 ``Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE DEBBIE SMITH DNA BACKLOG GRANT PROGRAM.

    Section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (42 
U.S.C. 14135) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(3)--
                    (A) by striking subparagraphs (A) through (D);
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 
                subparagraph (A); and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) (as so 
                redesignated) the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(B) For each of the fiscal years 2010 through 
                2014, not less than 40 percent of the grant amounts 
                shall be awarded for purposes under subsection (a)(2) 
                of this section.''; and
            (2) by amending subsection (j) to read as follows:
    ``(j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Attorney General for grants under subsection (a) of 
this section $151,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 
2014.''.
                                 <all>