[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2157 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2157

 To provide increased funding for and improvement of the Debbie Smith 
 DNA backlog grant program, to provide for DNA technology enhancement 
  grants, to reauthorize certain DNA-related grant programs under the 
          Justice For All Act of 2004, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 2009

  Mr. Weiner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide increased funding for and improvement of the Debbie Smith 
 DNA backlog grant program, to provide for DNA technology enhancement 
  grants, to reauthorize certain DNA-related grant programs under the 
          Justice For All Act of 2004, and for other purposes.

    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 ``DNA Expansion and Improvement Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. DNA TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENT GRANTS.

    (a) In General.--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 Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2013 
to carry out subsection (a).

SEC. 3. INCREASED FUNDING FOR AND IMPROVEMENT OF DEBBIE SMITH DNA 
              BACKLOG GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Increased Funding and Improvement.--Section 2 of the DNA 
Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135) is amended--
            (1) 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 2 
        years 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 2009).''; and
            (2) by amending subsection (j) to read as follows:
    ``(j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There 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) Effective Date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) of 
subsection (a) shall apply to grants made on or after January 1, 2010.

SEC. 4. REAUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN DNA-RELATED GRANT PROGRAMS.

    (a) DNA Research and Development.--Section 305(c) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 14136b(c)) is amended by striking ``2009'' and inserting 
``2014''.
    (b) Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grant Program.--
Section 412(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 14136e(b)) is amended by striking 
``2009'' and inserting ``2014''.
    (c) DNA Identification of Missing Persons.--Section 308(c) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 14136d(c)) is amended by striking ``2009'' and inserting 
``2014''.

SEC. 5. GRANT PROGRAM TO ANALYZE PROPERTY CRIME.

    (a) In General.--The Attorney General shall establish a grant 
program to provide grants to States and local governments to analyze 
property crimes, including burglary, larceny, theft (including motor 
vehicle theft), and arson.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2010 through 2014.
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