110 HR 5981 IH: DNA Expansion and Improvement Act of
U.S. House of Representatives
2008-05-06
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1.This Act may be cited as the
DNA Expansion and Improvement Act of
2008
.
2.DNA technology
enhancement grants
(a)The Attorney General
shall establish a grant program under which the Attorney General may make
grants to States and units of local government to purchase forensic DNA
technology or to improve such technology.
(b)Authorization of
appropriationsThere is authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000
for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to carry out subsection
(a).
3.Reauthorization
and improvement of Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program; priority to
applications for use of funds by certain crime laboratories
(a)Reauthorization
and improvementSection 2 of
the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135) is
amended—
(1)in
subsection (a), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
(6)To pay the salaries of employees of DNA
criminal laboratories.
;
and
(2)in subsection
(b)—
(A)in paragraph (6),
by striking at the end and
;
(B)in paragraph (7),
by striking the period and inserting ; and
; and
(C)by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
(8)provide assurances that the State or unit
of local government has implemented, or will implement not later than 180 days
after the date of such application, a process under which the State or unit,
respectively, provides for the collection for purposes of inclusion in the
Combined DNA Index System of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of DNA samples
from all felons who are imprisoned in a prison of such State or unit,
respectively (including all felons imprisoned in such prison or unit,
respectively, as of the date of the enactment of the DNA Expansion and
Improvement Act of
2008).
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(3)by amending
subsection (j) to read as follows:
(j)Authorization of
appropriationsThere is
authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General for grants under
subsection (a)—
(1)$151,000,000 for
fiscal year 2009; and
(2)$200,000,000 for
each of the fiscal years 2010 through
2014.
.
(b)Such section is further amended by adding at the end
the following:
(n)In making grants under subsection (a), the
Attorney General shall give priority to applications submitted under subsection
(b) that demonstrate funds from such a grant will be used for crime
laboratories with demonstrated training and personnel
needs.
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(c)The amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection
(a) and by subsection (b) shall apply to grants made on or after January 1,
2009.
4.Clarification
relating to incentive grantsSection 413 of the DNA Analysis Backlog
Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14136 note) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
Nothing in
this section shall be construed as requiring the Attorney General of a State
(or other Chief Legal Officer of the State) to approve an application of an
eligible entity in order for such entity to receive funds as described in the
previous
sentence..
5.Reauthorizations
of certain DNA-related grant programs
(a)DNA training and
education for law enforcement, correctional personnel, and court
officersSection 303(b) of
the Justice For All Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 14136(b)) is amended by striking
2009
and inserting 2014
.
(b)Sexual assault
forensic exam program grantsSection 304(c) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 14136a(c)) is amended by striking 2009
and inserting
2014
.
(c)DNA research and
developmentSection 305(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 14136b(c)) is
amended by striking 2009
and inserting
2014
.
(d)Kirk Bloodsworth
Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grant ProgramSection 412(b) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 14136e(b)) is amended by striking 2009
and
inserting 2014
.
(e)DNA
identification of missing personsSection 308(c) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 14136d(c)) is amended by striking 2009
and inserting
2014
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