[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 898 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 898

    To authorize grants to establish and improve criminal forensic 
                             laboratories.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 2009

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize grants to establish and improve criminal forensic 
                             laboratories.

    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 ``State and Local Criminal Forensic 
Laboratory Enhancement Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS AUTHORIZED.

    Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Attorney General 
shall award grants to States, units of local government, and Indian 
Tribes to--
            (1) establish new criminal forensic laboratories to provide 
        the services necessary for State, local, and tribal law 
        enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute crimes;
            (2) expand or improve existing criminal forensic 
        laboratories to provide the services described in paragraph 
        (1);
            (3) hire and train new forensic laboratory professionals 
        and technicians necessary to provide the services described in 
        paragraph (1); and
            (4) for any other purpose the Attorney General determines 
        to be necessary to improve State, local, and tribal criminal 
        forensic laboratory services.

SEC. 3. SELECTION OF GRANTEES.

    (a) Applications.--A State, unit of local government, or Indian 
Tribe desiring a grant under this Act shall submit to the Attorney 
General an application at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Attorney General may require.
    (b) Priority.--In awarding grants under this Act, the Attorney 
General shall give priority to State, local, and tribal law enforcement 
agencies with the largest backlogs of criminal forensic examinations 
per capita, compared with other State, local, and tribal law 
enforcement agencies, respectively.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 
$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and for each subsequent fiscal year.
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