1.This Act may be cited as the
Justice for All Reauthorization Act of
2011
.
2.Section 3771 of title
18, United States Code, is amended—
(1)in subsection (a),
by adding at the end the following:
(9)The right to be
informed of the rights under this section and the services described in section
503(c) of the Victims' Rights and Restitution Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 10607(c))
and provided contact information for the Office of the Victims' Rights
Ombudsman of the Department of
Justice.
;
(2)in subsection
(d)(3), in the fifth sentence, by inserting , unless the litigants, with
the approval of the court, have stipulated to a different time period for
consideration
before the period; and
(3)in subsection
(e)—
(A)by striking
this chapter, the term
and inserting the following: “this
chapter:
(1)The term court of appeals means—
(A)for a violation of
the United States Code, the United States court of appeals for the judicial
district in which a defendant is being prosecuted; and
(B)for a violation of
the District of Columbia Code, the District of Columbia Court of
Appeals.
(2)
(A)The term
;
(B)by striking
In the case
and inserting the following:
(B)Minors and
certain other victimsIn the
case
;
and
(C)by adding at the
end the following:
(3)The terms district court and
court include the Superior Court of the District of
Columbia.
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3.Authorization of
appropriations for grants for crime victims
(a)Crime victims
legal assistance grantsSection 103(b) of the Justice for All Act
of 2004 (Public Law 108–405; 118 Stat. 2264) is amended—
(1)in paragraph (1),
by striking $2,000,000
and all that follows through
2009
and inserting $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016
;
(2)in paragraph (2),
by striking $2,000,000
and all that follows through
2009,
and inserting $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016
;
(3)in paragraph (3),
by striking $300,000
and all that follows through
2009,
and inserting $500,000 for each of fiscal years
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016
;
(4)in paragraph (4),
by striking $7,000,000
and all that follows through
2009,
and inserting $11,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016
; and
(5)in paragraph (5),
by striking $5,000,000
and all that follows through
2009,
and inserting $7,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016
.
(b)Crime victims
notification grantsSection 1404E(c) of the Victims of Crime Act
of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10603e(c)) is amended by striking this
section—
and all that follows and inserting this section
$5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and
2016.
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4.Debbie Smith DNA
Backlog Grant Program
(a)Section 2 of the DNA
Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135) is amended to read
as follows:
2.The Debbie Smith
DNA Backlog Grant Program
(a)In
this section—
(1)the term
backlog for DNA case work has the meaning given that term by the
Director, in accordance with subsection (b)(3);
(2)the term
Combined DNA Index System means the Combined DNA Index System of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
(3)the term
Director means the Director of the National Institute of
Justice;
(4)the term
emergency response provider has the meaning given that term in
section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101); and
(5)the term
State means a State of the United States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands,
American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
(b)Establishment of
protocols, technical assistance, and definitions of evidence backlog for DNA
case work
(1)Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of
the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of
2011, the Director shall develop and publish a description of
protocols and practices the Director considers appropriate for the accurate,
timely, and effective collection and processing of DNA evidence, including
protocols and practices specific to sexual assault cases, which shall address
appropriate steps in the investigation of cases that might involve DNA
evidence, including—
(A)how to
determine—
(i)which evidence is
to be collected by law enforcement personnel and forwarded for testing;
(ii)the preferred
order in which evidence from the same case is to be tested; and
(iii)the preferred
order in which evidence from different cases is to be tested;
(B)the establishment
of a reasonable period of time in which evidence is to be forwarded by
emergency response providers, law enforcement personnel, and prosecutors to a
laboratory for testing;
(C)the establishment
of reasonable periods of time in which each stage of analytical laboratory
testing is to be completed; and
(D)systems to
encourage communication within a State or unit of local government among
emergency response providers, law enforcement personnel, prosecutors, courts,
defense counsel, crime laboratory personnel, and crime victims regarding the
status of crime scene evidence to be tested.
(2)Technical
assistance and trainingThe Director shall make available
technical assistance and training to support States and units of local
government in adopting and implementing the protocols and practices developed
under paragraph (1) on and after the date on which the protocols and practices
are published.
(3)Definition of
backlog for DNA case workThe Director shall develop and publish
a definition of the term backlog for DNA case work for purposes of
this section—
(A)taking into
consideration the different stages at which a backlog may develop, including
the investigation and prosecution of a crime by law enforcement personnel,
prosecutors, and others, and the laboratory analysis of crime scene samples;
and
(B)which may include
different criteria or thresholds for the different stages.
(c)Authorization of
grants for the collection and processing of DNA evidence by law
enforcement
(1)The
Attorney General may make grants to States or units of local government which
may be used to—
(A)ensure that the
collection and processing of DNA evidence from crimes, including sexual assault
and other serious violent crimes, is carried out in an appropriate and timely
manner;
(B)eliminate existing
backlogs for DNA case work, including backlogs from sexual assault cases;
and
(C)ensure effective
communication among emergency response providers, law enforcement personnel,
prosecutors, courts, defense counsel, crime laboratory personnel, and crime
victims regarding the status of crime scene evidence to be tested.
(2)A
State or unit of local government desiring a grant under this subsection shall
submit to the Attorney General an application in such form and containing such
information as the Attorney General may require, which shall include—
(A)providing
assurances that the State or unit of local government has implemented, or will
implement not later than 120 days after the date of the application, a
comprehensive plan for the expeditious collection and processing of DNA
evidence in accordance with this section; and
(B)specifying the
percentage of the amounts received under the grant that the State or unit of
local government shall use for the purpose specified in each of subparagraphs
(A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1).
(3)Collection and
processing of samplesA plan described in paragraph
(2)(A)—
(A)shall require a
State or unit of local government to—
(i)adopt the
appropriate protocols and practices developed under subsection (b)(1);
and
(ii)ensure that
emergency response providers, law enforcement personnel, prosecutors, and crime
laboratory personnel within the jurisdiction of the State or unit of local
government receive training on the content and appropriate use of the protocols
and practices; and
(B)may include the
development and implementation within the State or unit of local government of
an evidence tracking system to ensure effective communication among emergency
response providers, law enforcement personnel, prosecutors, defense counsel,
courts, crime laboratory personnel, and crime victims regarding the status of
crime scene evidence subject to DNA analysis.
(4)Reporting and
publication of DNA backlogs
(A)A plan described in paragraph (2)(A) shall require a
State or unit of local government to submit to the Attorney General an annual
report reflecting the current backlog for DNA case work within the jurisdiction
in which the funds are used, which shall include—
(i)a specific
breakdown of the number of sexual assault cases that are in a backlog for DNA
case work and the percentage of the amounts received under the grant allocated
to reducing the backlog of DNA case work in sexual assault cases;
(ii)for each case
that is in a backlog for DNA case work, the identity of each agency, office, or
contractor of the State or unit of local government in which work necessary to
complete the DNA analysis is pending; and
(iii)any other
information the Attorney General determines appropriate.
(B)The
Attorney General shall annually compile and publish the reports submitted under
subparagraph (A) on the website of the Department of Justice.
(d)Authorization of
grants for DNA testing and analysis by laboratories
(1)The
Attorney General may make grants to States or units of local government
to—
(A)carry out, for
inclusion in the Combined DNA Index System, DNA analyses of samples collected
under applicable legal authority;
(B)carry out, for
inclusion in the Combined DNA Index System, DNA analyses of samples from crime
scenes, including samples from rape kits, samples from other sexual assault
evidence, and samples taken in cases without an identified suspect;
(C)increase the
capacity of laboratories owned by the State or unit of local government to
carry out DNA analyses of samples specified in subparagraph (A) or (B);
(D)collect DNA
samples specified in subparagraph (A); and
(E)ensure that DNA
testing and analysis of samples from crimes, including sexual assault and other
serious violent crimes, are carried out in a timely manner.
(2)A
State or unit of local government desiring a grant under this subsection shall
submit to the Attorney General an application in such form and containing such
information as the Attorney General may require, which shall include—
(A)providing
assurances that the State or unit of local government has implemented, or will
implement not later than 120 days after the date of the application, a
comprehensive plan for the expeditious DNA analysis of samples in accordance
with this section;
(B)certifying that
each DNA analysis carried out under the plan shall be maintained in accordance
with the privacy requirements described in section 210304(b)(3) of the Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14132(b)(3));
(C)specifying the
percentage of the amounts received under the grant that the State or unit of
local government shall use to carry out DNA analyses of samples described in
paragraph (1)(A) and the percentage of the amounts the State or unit of local
government shall use to carry out DNA analyses of samples described in
paragraph (1)(B);
(D)specifying the
percentage of the amounts received under the grant that the State or unit of
local government shall use for a purpose described in paragraph (1)(C);
(E)if submitted by a
unit of local government, certifying that the unit of local government has
taken, or is taking, all necessary steps to ensure that the unit of local
government is eligible to include in the Combined DNA Index System, directly or
through a State law enforcement agency, all analyses of samples for which the
unit of local government has requested funding; and
(F)specifying the
percentage of the amounts received under the grant that the State or unit of
local government shall use for the purpose described in paragraph
(1)(D).
(3)
(A)A plan described in paragraph (2)(A) shall require that,
except as provided in subparagraph (C), each DNA analysis be carried out in a
laboratory that—
(i)satisfies quality
assurance standards; and
(ii)is—
(I)operated by the
State or a unit of local government; or
(II)operated by a
private entity pursuant to a contract with the State or a unit of local
government.
(B)Quality
assurance standards
(i)The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall
maintain and make available to States and units of local government a
description of quality assurance protocols and practices that the Director of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation considers adequate to assure the quality of
a forensic laboratory.
(ii)For purposes of this paragraph, a laboratory satisfies
quality assurance standards if the laboratory satisfies the quality control
requirements described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 210304(b) of the
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C.
14132(b)).
(4)Use of vouchers
or contracts for certain purposes
(A)A grant for a purpose specified in subparagraph (A), (B),
(E), or (F) of paragraph (1) may be made in the form of a voucher or contract
for laboratory services, even if the laboratory makes a reasonable profit for
the services.
(B)A
voucher or contract under subparagraph (A) may be redeemed at a laboratory
operated on a nonprofit or for-profit basis, by a private entity that satisfies
quality assurance standards and has been approved by the Attorney
General.
(C)The
Attorney General may use amounts appropriated to carry out this section to make
payments to a laboratory described under subparagraph (B).
(5)Reporting and
publication of DNA backlogs
(A)A plan described in paragraph (2)(A) shall require the
State or unit of local government to submit to the Attorney General an annual
report reflecting the backlog for DNA case work within the jurisdiction in
which the funds will be used, which shall include—
(i)a specific
breakdown of the number of sexual assault cases that are in a backlog for DNA
case work and the percentage of the amounts received under the grant allocated
to reducing the backlog of DNA case work in sexual assault cases;
(ii)for each case
that is in a backlog for DNA case work, the identity of each agency, office, or
contractor of the State or unit of local government in which work necessary to
complete the DNA analysis is pending; and
(iii)any other
information the Attorney General determines appropriate.
(B)The
Attorney General shall annually compile and publish the reports submitted under
subparagraph (A) on the website of the Department of Justice.
(e)Formula for
distribution of grants
(1)Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Attorney General
shall distribute grant amounts, and establish appropriate grant conditions
under this section, in conformity with a formula or formulas that are designed
to effectuate a distribution of funds among States and units of local
government applying for grants under this section that—
(A)maximizes the
effective use of DNA technology to solve crimes and protect public safety;
and
(B)allocates grants
among States and units of local government fairly and efficiently, across rural
and urban jurisdictions, to address States and units of local government in
which significant backlogs for DNA case work exist, by considering—
(i)the number of
offender and casework samples awaiting DNA analysis in a State or unit of local
government;
(ii)the population in
the State or unit of local government;
(iii)the number of
part 1 violent crimes in the State or unit of local government; and
(iv)the availability
of resources to train emergency response providers, law enforcement personnel,
prosecutors, and crime laboratory personnel on the effectiveness of appropriate
and timely DNA collection, processing, and analysis.
(2)The Attorney General shall allocate to each State not less
than 0.50 percent of the total amount appropriated in a fiscal year for grants
under this section, except that the United States Virgin Islands, American
Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands shall each be allocated 0.125
percent of the total amount appropriated in a fiscal year for grants under this
section.
(3)In
distributing grant amounts under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall
ensure that for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2016, not less than 40
percent of the grant amounts are awarded for purposes described in subsection
(d)(1)(B).
(f)Restrictions on
use of fund
(1)Funds
made available under this section shall not be used to supplant funds of a
State or unit of local government, and shall be used to increase the amount of
funds that would, in the absence of Federal funds, be made available from the
State or unit of local government for the purposes described in this
Act.
(2)A State or unit of local government may not use more than 3
percent of the amounts made available under a grant under this section for
administrative expenses relating to the grant.
(g)Reports to the
Attorney GeneralEach State or unit of local government that
receives a grant under this section shall submit to the Attorney General, for
each year in which funds from a grant received under this section are expended,
a report at such time and in such manner as the Attorney General may reasonably
require, that contains—
(1)a summary of the
activities carried out under the grant and an assessment of whether such
activities are meeting the needs identified in the application; and
(2)such other
information as the Attorney General may require.
(h)Not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year
for which grants are made under this section, the Attorney General shall submit
to Congress a report that includes—
(1)the aggregate
amount of grants made under this section to each State or unit of local
government for the fiscal year;
(2)a summary of the
information provided by States or units of local government receiving grants
under this section; and
(3)a description of
the priorities and plan for awarding grants among eligible States and units of
local government, and how the plan will ensure the effective use of DNA
technology to solve crimes and protect public safety.
(i)
(1)Each State or unit of local government that receives a
grant under this section shall keep such records as the Attorney General may
require to facilitate an effective audit of the receipt and use of grant funds
received under this section.
(2)Each
State or unit of local government that receives a grant under this section
shall make available, for the purpose of audit and examination, any records
relating to the receipt or use of the grant.
(j)Use of funds for
accreditation and auditsThe Attorney General may distribute not
more than 1 percent of the amounts made available for grants under this section
for a fiscal year—
(1)to States or units
of local government to defray the costs incurred by laboratories operated by
each such State or unit of local government in preparing for accreditation or
reaccreditation;
(2)in the form of
additional grants to States, units of local government, or nonprofit
professional organizations of persons actively involved in forensic science and
nationally recognized within the forensic science community to—
(A)defray the costs
of external audits of laboratories operated by the State or unit of local
government, which participates in the National DNA Index System, to determine
whether the laboratory is in compliance with quality assurance
standards;
(B)assess compliance
with any plans submitted to the Director that detail the use of funds received
by States or units of local government under this section; and
(C)support capacity
building efforts; and
(3)in the form of
additional grants to nonprofit professional associations actively involved in
forensic science and nationally recognized within the forensic science
community to defray the costs of training persons who conduct external audits
of laboratories operated by States and units of local government and which
participate in the National DNA Index System.
(k)Use of funds for
other forensic sciencesThe Attorney General may make a grant
under this section to a State or unit of local government to alleviate a
backlog of cases with respect to a forensic science other than DNA analysis if
the State or unit of local government—
(1)certifies to the
Attorney General that in such State or unit—
(A)all of the
purposes set forth in subsections (c) and (d) have been met;
(B)there is not a
backlog for DNA case work, as defined by the Director in accordance with
subsection (b)(3); and
(C)there is no need
for significant laboratory equipment, supplies, or additional personnel for
timely processing of DNA case work or offender samples; and
(2)demonstrates to
the Attorney General that the State or unit of local government requires
assistance in alleviating a backlog of cases involving a forensic science other
than DNA analysis.
(l)External audits
and remedial effortsIf a laboratory operated by a State or unit
of local government which has received funds under this section has undergone
an external audit conducted to determine whether the laboratory is in
compliance with standards established by the Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, and, as a result of the audit, identifies measures to remedy
deficiencies with respect to the compliance by the laboratory with the
standards, the State or unit of local government shall implement any such
remediation as soon as practicable.
(m)Penalty for
noncompliance
(1)The Attorney General shall annually compile a list of the
States and units of local government receiving a grant under this section that
have failed to provide the information required under subsection (c)(4)(A),
(d)(5)(A), or (g). The Attorney General shall publish each list complied under
this paragraph on the website of the Department of Justice.
(2)For any State or local government that the Attorney
General determines has failed to provide the information required under
subsection (c)(4)(A), (d)(5)(A), or (g), the Attorney General may not award a
grant under this section for the fiscal year after the fiscal year to which the
determination relates in an amount that is more than 50 percent of the amount
the State or local government would have otherwise received.
(n)Authorization of
appropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated to the
Attorney General for grants under subsections (c) and (d) $151,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2012 through
2016.
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(b)
(1)Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall evaluate
the policies, standards, and protocols relating to the use of private
laboratories in the analysis of DNA evidence, including the mandatory technical
review of all outsourced DNA evidence by public laboratories prior to uploading
DNA profiles into the Combined DNA Index System of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. The evaluation shall take into consideration the need to reduce
DNA evidence backlogs while guaranteeing the integrity of the Combined DNA
Index System.
(2)Not later than 30 days after the date on which the
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation completes the evaluation under
paragraph (1), the Director shall submit to Congress a report of the findings
of the evaluation and any proposed policy changes.
(c)
(1)In
this subsection, the term transition date means the day after the
latter of—
(A)the date on which
the Director of the National Institute of Justice publishes a definition of the
term backlog for DNA case work in accordance with section 2(b)(3)
of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000, as amended by subsection
(a); and
(B)the date on which
the Director of the National Institute of Justice publishes a description of
protocols and practices in accordance with section 2(b)(1) of the DNA Analysis
Backlog Elimination Act of 2000, as amended by subsection (a).
(2)Notwithstanding the amendments made by subsection
(a)—
(A)the Attorney
General may make grants under section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination
Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135), as in effect on the day before the date of
enactment of this Act, until the transition date; and
(B)the Attorney
General may not make a grant under section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog
Elimination Act of 2000, as amended by subsection (a), until the transition
date.
5.Section 2010 of title
I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
3796gg–4) is amended—
(1)in subsection (a)(1)—
(A)by striking entity incurs the
full
and inserting the following: “entity—
(A)incurs the
full
;
(B)by striking the period at the end and
inserting ; and
; and
(C)by adding at the end the following:
(B)coordinates with regional health care
providers to notify victims of sexual assault of the availability of rape exams
at no cost to the victims.
;
(2)in subsection
(b)—
(A)in paragraph (1),
by adding or
at the end;
(B)in paragraph (2),
by striking ; or
and inserting a period; and
(C)by striking
paragraph (3); and
(3)in subsection (d),
by striking (d) Rule of
Construction.—
and all that follows through the end of
paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
(d)
(1)To be in compliance with this section, a State, Indian
tribal government, or unit of local government shall comply with subsection (b)
without regard to whether the victim participates in the criminal justice
system or cooperates with law
enforcement.
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6.Additional
reauthorizations
(a)DNA research and
developmentSection 305(c) of the Justice for All Act of 2004 (42
U.S.C. 14136b(c)) is amended by striking fiscal years 2005 through
2009
and inserting fiscal years 2012 through
2016
.
(b)Section 307(a) of the Justice for All Act of 2004
(Public Law 108–405; 118 Stat. 2275) is amended by striking fiscal years
2005 through 2009
and inserting fiscal years 2012 through
2016
.
(c)DNA
Identification of missing personsSection 308(c) of the Justice
for All Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 14136d(c)) is amended by striking fiscal
years 2005 through 2009
and inserting fiscal years 2012 through
2016
.
7.Paul Coverdell
Forensic Sciences Improvement GrantsSection 1001(a)(24) of title I of the
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(24)) is
amended—
(1)in subparagraph
(H), by striking and
at the end;
(2)in subparagraph
(I), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and
;
and
(3)by adding at the
end the following:
(K)$35,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2012 through 2016.
.
8.Improving the
quality of representation in State capital casesSection 426 of the Justice for All Act of
2004 (42 U.S.C. 14163e) is amended—
(1)in subsection (a),
by striking $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through
2009
and inserting $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012
through 2016
; and
(2)in subsection (b),
by inserting before the period at the end the following: , or upon a
showing of good cause, and at the discretion of the Attorney General, the State
may determine a fair allocation of funds across the uses described in sections
421 and 422.
.
9.Post-conviction
DNA testing
(a)Section 3600 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1)in subsection
(a)—
(A)in paragraph
(1)(B)(i), by striking death
; and
(B)in paragraph
(3)(A), by striking and the applicant did not—
and all that
follows through knowingly fail to request
and inserting
and the applicant did not knowingly fail to request
; and
(2)in subsection
(g)(2)—
(A)in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A), by striking establish by compelling
evidence
and inserting establish by a preponderance of the
evidence
; and
(B)in subparagraph
(B), by striking death
.
(b)Preservation of
biological evidenceSection 3600A(c) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended—
(1)by striking
paragraph (2); and
(2)by redesignating
paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4),
respectively.
10.Incentive grants
to States to ensure consideration of claims of actual innocence
(a)Section 413 of the
Justice for All Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 14136 note) is amended—
(1)in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking fiscal years 2005 through
2009
and inserting fiscal years 2012 through 2016
;
and
(2)by striking
paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
(2)provide a
certification by the chief legal officer of the State in which the eligible
entity operates or the chief legal officer of the jurisdiction in which the
funds will be used for the purposes of the grants, that the State or
jurisdiction—
(A)provides DNA
testing of specified evidence under a State statute to persons convicted after
trial and under a sentence of imprisonment or death for a State felony offense,
in a manner that ensures a reasonable process for resolving claims of actual
innocence consistent with section 3600(a) of title 18, United States Code
(which may include making post-conviction DNA testing available in cases in
which the testing would not be required under that section) and, if the results
of the testing exclude the applicant as the perpetrator of the offense, permits
the applicant to apply for post-conviction relief, notwithstanding any
provision of law that would otherwise bar the application as untimely;
and
(B)preserves
biological evidence under a State statute or a State or local rule, regulation,
or practice in a manner intended to ensure that reasonable measures are taken
by the State or jurisdiction to preserve biological evidence secured in
relation to the investigation or prosecution of a State felony offense
(including, at a minimum murder, non-negligent manslaughter and sexual
offenses) in a manner consistent with section 3600A of title 18, United States
(which may require preservation of biological evidence for longer than the
period of time that the evidence would be required to be preserved under that
section).
.
(b)Authorization of
appropriationsSection 412(b) of the Justice for All Act of 2004
(42 U.S.C. 14136e(b)) is amended—
(1)by striking
fiscal years 2005 through 2009
and inserting fiscal years
2012 through 2016
; and
(2)by striking
$5,000,000
and inserting $10,000,000
.
11.Establishment of
national standards promulgated by NIJ
(a)Subtitle A of title
IV of the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405; 118 Stat. 2278) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
414.Establishment
of national standards promulgated by NIJ
(a)The Director of the
National Institute of Justice shall—
(1)establish best practices for evidence
retention; and
(2)assist State, local, and tribal governments
in adopting and implementing the best practices established under paragraph
(1).
(b)Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this section, the Director of the National Institute of Justice
shall publish the best practices established under subsection
(a)(1).
.
(b)Technical and
conforming amendmentThe table of contents in section 1(b) of the
Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405; 118 Stat. 2260) is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 413 the following:
Sec. 414. Establishment of national
standards promulgated by
NIJ.
.
12.Effective
administration of criminal justice
(a)This section may be cited as the Effective
Administration of Criminal Justice Act of 2011
.
(b)Section 502 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3752) is amended—
(1)by inserting
(a) In
General.—
before To request a grant
;
and
(2)by adding at the
end the following:
(6)A comprehensive
State-wide plan detailing how grants received under this section will be used
to improve the administration of the criminal justice system, which
shall—
(A)be designed in
consultation with local governments, and all segments of the criminal justice
system, including judges, prosecutors, law enforcement personnel, corrections
personnel, and providers of indigent defense services, victim services,
juvenile justice delinquency prevention programs, community corrections, and
reentry services;
(B)include a
description of how the State will allocate funding within and among each of the
uses described in subparagraphs (A) through (G) of section 501(a)(1);
(C)describe the
process used by the State for gathering evidence-based data and developing and
using evidence-based and evidence-gathering approaches in support of funding
decisions; and
(D)be updated every 5
years, with annual progress reports that—
(i)address changing
circumstances in the State, if any;
(ii)describe how the
State plans to adjust funding within and among each of the uses described in
subparagraphs (A) through (G) of section 501(a)(1);
(iii)provide an
ongoing assessment of need;
(iv)discuss the
accomplishment of goals identified in any plan previously prepared under this
paragraph; and
(v)reflect how the
plan influenced funding decisions in the previous year.
(b)
(1)Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this subsection, the Attorney General shall begin to provide technical
assistance to States and local governments requesting support to develop and
implement the strategic plan required under subsection (a)(6).
(2)Protection of
constitutional rightsNot later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this subsection, the Attorney General shall begin to provide
technical assistance to States and local governments, including any agent
thereof with responsibility for administration of justice, requesting support
to meet the obligations established by the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution
of the United States, which shall include—
(A)public
dissemination of practices, structures, or models for the administration of
justice consistent with the requirements of the Sixth Amendment; and
(B)assistance with
adopting and implementing a system for the administration of justice consistent
with the requirements of the Sixth Amendment.
(3)Authorization of
appropriationsThere is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2016 to carry out this
subsection.
.
(c)Protection of
constitutional rights
(1)It shall be unlawful for any governmental authority, or
any agent thereof, or any person acting on behalf of a governmental authority,
to engage in a pattern or practice of conduct by officials or employees of any
governmental agency with responsibility for the administration of justice,
including the administration of programs or services that provide appointed
counsel to indigent defendants, that deprives persons of their rights to
assistance of counsel as protected under the Sixth Amendment and Fourteenth
Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
(2)Civil action by
Attorney GeneralWhenever the Attorney General has reasonable
cause to believe that a violation of paragraph (1) has occurred, the Attorney
General, for or in the name of the United States, may, in a civil action,
obtain appropriate equitable and declaratory relief to eliminate the pattern or
practice.
(3)This subsection shall take effect 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act.
1.This Act may be cited as the
Justice for All Reauthorization Act of
2012
.
<enum>I</enum><header>Crime
victims</header>
<section changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" id="idb3acd52f-33b7-41e1-89a9-504a54a10156" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>101.</enum><header>Crime victims'
rights</header>
<subsection id="id30F062E45502457A8605205A65DA4585"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3771 of title
18, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id6c1da638-0369-41d1-8828-84ffdee7e17b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49742e64-eeaa-4a63-be6d-a3bd10518abe" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idafefa985-09f0-4182-ad2c-ec9ce66b295f"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The right to be informed
of the rights under this section and the services described in section 503(c)
of the Victims' Rights and Restitution Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 10607(c)) and
provided contact information for the Office of the Victims' Rights Ombudsman of
the Department of
Justice.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id79b40f1d-ddf7-4164-94c2-c29e9c998310"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(3), in
the fifth sentence, by inserting <quote>, unless the litigants, with the
approval of the court, have stipulated to a different time period for
consideration</quote> before the period; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id043ff8b7-dc68-42cb-9adb-dc5e4119817d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2917bd5a-8ac5-4f63-9024-64795a7b85f6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>this
chapter, the term</quote> and inserting the following: “this chapter:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id093641a1-d7ae-4ea2-99c5-c3442f0f67d0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id838ad8d1-09d4-47f6-aa53-6b3fc4f4bb87"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Court of
appeals</header><text>The term <term>court of appeals</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="id90f49ed7-77f4-4218-96c1-6682460c6580"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the United States court
of appeals for the judicial district in which a defendant is being prosecuted;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaa2b6b5d-271b-438d-83a5-f456fd89c247"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for a prosecution in the
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, the District of Columbia Court of
Appeals.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc8b30f2c-4b7b-4a74-ad39-06d8836c1fda"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Crime victim</header>
<subparagraph id="idbc9dfdc0-bf16-444a-a6c5-2560e202e021"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id537ef082-634b-402e-9d81-4746db3dc826"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>In the
case</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idae8f68b2-71d7-4cde-b2c0-bdd6e8abbb7f" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id937d4c38-bd29-42c5-ae26-b2b3509c0a28"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Minors and certain
other victims</header><text>In the case</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2e4f9653-c1d9-4dab-a315-3ef455da1538"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0b73cc3b-2530-46f1-a973-fe4db494c0ef" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id22d2265a-21b8-4ba1-b405-e58a5e943c66"><enum>(3)</enum><header>District court;
court</header><text>The terms <term>district court</term> and
<term>court</term> include the Superior Court of the District of
Columbia.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc247e5c60d244ccd8ed71e2e2a393169"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Crime Victims
Fund</header><text>Section 1402(d)(3) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42
U.S.C.10601(d)(3)) is amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="idbf8067c3f5fe4663a5b66e3f155c2698"><enum>(1)</enum><text>inserting
<quote>(A)</quote> before <quote>Of the sums</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida3c3e886cb7d4742951460ff32d1d98a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb3ac70e2ebda4724a33b5e5e81108dde" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idea1f2290c1ef419cb7a7432e342b8705" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Amounts made available
under subparagraph (A) may not be used for any purpose that is not specified in
subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" id="idaaf032bd-f36d-4585-912a-5988a96c8722" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>102.</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations for grants for crime victims</header>
<subsection id="id50607f34-047d-45d0-a21d-4d915ad6a876"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Crime victims legal
assistance grants</header><text>Section 103(b) of the Justice for All Act of
2004 (Public Law 108–405; 118 Stat. 2264) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idb2789d3a-1f87-4f85-b492-a7cc8d014bbe"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>$2,000,000</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>2009</quote> and inserting <quote>$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id60106934-810b-4f35-9871-116e138ecb1c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by
striking <quote>$2,000,000</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>2009,</quote> and inserting <quote>$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide4e08c1b-8177-4970-b6dd-094e40344438"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by
striking <quote>$300,000</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>2009,</quote> and inserting <quote>$500,000 for each of fiscal years
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6e7f8e7b-cf1a-42cf-9338-6f970bc3813e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by
striking <quote>$7,000,000</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>2009,</quote> and inserting <quote>$11,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9d648302-369a-4ce4-85f1-424713c3d9d5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by
striking <quote>$5,000,000</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>2009,</quote> and inserting <quote>$7,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id98da2339-b8b8-43a8-8f7a-60d7ae6a2241"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Crime victims
notification grants</header><text>Section 1404E(c) of the Victims of Crime Act
of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10603e(c)) is amended by striking <quote>this<linebreak></linebreak>
section—</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>this section
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and
2017.</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" id="ida9bd8389-dc93-4281-aba3-b1dd943a157f" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>103.</enum><header>Debbie Smith DNA
Backlog Grant Program</header>
<subsection id="idbb711866-724a-48dc-87bb-c4b9eddee0e3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2 of the DNA
Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135) is amended to read
as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb4be99d2-c530-4c61-a5d3-573ee53cc2d1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section id="id9b158208-16bc-492b-89d9-ad06f9774fe6"><enum>2.</enum><header>The Debbie Smith DNA
Backlog Grant Program</header>
<subsection id="id922ccfac-52ea-494d-880c-0fd1ff6a70b3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="id53733ef7d2714e21ad72d94a0c630f12"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Awaiting
testing</header><text>The term <term>awaiting testing</term>, with respect to
DNA case work, has the meaning given that term by the Director, in accordance
with subsection (b)(3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0b33ba56-57ea-4009-bd22-a9e9703b7808"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Backlog for DNA case
work</header><text>The term <term>backlog for DNA case work</term> has the
meaning given that term by the Director, in accordance with subsection
(b)(3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id569e3927-9781-4105-9e9f-d46ba956f3df"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Combined DNA Index
System</header><text>The term <term>Combined DNA Index System</term> means the
Combined DNA Index System of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id66bc0dfb-1858-4cc7-9869-c0e292d9d814"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The
term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the National Institute of
Justice.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idaac62a0e-803f-4a9a-867f-2d5756383f35"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Emergency response
provider</header><text>The term <term>emergency response provider</term> has
the meaning given that term in section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002
(6 U.S.C. 101).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide35f3b712e394c90a8d2038201f701cd"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Possession</header><text>The
term <term>possession</term>, with respect to DNA case work, has the meaning
given that term by the Director, in accordance with subsection (b)(3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7a60f173-df47-462b-a067-0ecfca5a4a31"><enum>(7)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> means a State of the United States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands,
American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id29cfeba6-84ea-42c8-b06f-1c50f5fa8a6a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of
protocols, technical assistance, and definitions of evidence backlog for DNA
case work</header>
<paragraph id="idcc5ccd75-5855-4872-8464-4c03c7b50f84"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Protocols and
practices</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of
the <short-title>Justice for All Reauthorization Act of
2012</short-title>, the Director, in consultation with Federal, State, and
local law enforcement agencies and government laboratories, shall develop and
publish a description of protocols and practices the Director considers
appropriate for the accurate, timely, and effective collection and processing
of DNA evidence, including protocols and practices specific to sexual assault
cases, which shall address appropriate steps in the investigation of cases that
might involve DNA evidence, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="ide8a0d1d2-de4c-4e1a-af4c-a4699eee021b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>how to determine—</text>
<clause id="id83d7f2c6-9903-4ddc-8a7b-efd94c96c660"><enum>(i)</enum><text>which evidence is to be
collected by law enforcement personnel and forwarded for testing;</text>
</clause><clause id="ide9f18c75-1284-4de9-976c-043eaba1573e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the preferred order in
which evidence from the same case is to be tested; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id536c63b3-835c-4f7f-b488-8596b4e26321"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>what information to
take into account when establishing the order in which evidence from different
cases is to be tested;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idef38b29a-2ac4-4219-a7a5-61757d84bea3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the establishment of a
reasonable period of time in which evidence is to be forwarded by emergency
response providers, law enforcement personnel, and prosecutors to a laboratory
for testing;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd9868095-d76e-447b-927b-8573ed0fc538"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the establishment of
reasonable periods of time in which each stage of analytical laboratory testing
is to be completed;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd976de35-f13c-44e1-b8c7-70f3912c2bc0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>systems to encourage
communication within a State or unit of local government among emergency
response providers, law enforcement personnel, prosecutors, courts, defense
counsel, crime laboratory personnel, and crime victims regarding the status of
crime scene evidence to be tested; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3265890a70a34cae82f7727d0d1523e5"><enum>(E)</enum><text>standards for conducting
the audit of the backlog for DNA case work in sexual assault cases required
under subsection (c)(5).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id658ca781-f70b-48af-b3ab-5f306707c7ae"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technical assistance
and training</header><text>The Director shall make available technical
assistance and training to support States and units of local government in
adopting and implementing the protocols and practices developed under paragraph
(1) on and after the date on which the protocols and practices are
published.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8619fb88-e5ea-4556-83e5-44b4ece4e7cc"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>The
Director, in consultation with Federal, State, and local law enforcement
agencies and government laboratories, shall develop and publish, for purposes
of this section, definitions of—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0245EBF1C2874E81A5EE2E7AB8DCCBB2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the term <term>awaiting
testing</term>, which shall take into account the need for testing of the
sample to close an open investigation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id60EECC2F233F4631AE64C71CACE03B11"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the term <term>backlog
for DNA case work</term>, which—</text>
<clause id="idae82df7e-c940-4bb3-a220-31761521ba38"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall take into
consideration the different stages at which a backlog may develop, including
the investigation and prosecution of a crime by law enforcement personnel,
prosecutors, and others, and the laboratory analysis of crime scene samples;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="idbc60de58-fc34-42b2-ab96-c998ad5de65a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may include different
criteria or thresholds for the different stages; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id10108B2A079A47AAA73CA6AA92F387DF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the term
<term>possession</term>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idcb313b1a-68b6-4ab5-b8a3-9c52c311160b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
grants</header>
<paragraph id="idc0adaaa0-52e7-48b4-8e8f-0ca57344848f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
Attorney General may make grants to States or units of local government
to—</text>
<subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" id="id2c28b689-1e4e-4509-94f3-567d485a8dee" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(A)</enum><text>carry out, for inclusion
in the Combined DNA Index System, DNA analyses of samples collected under
applicable legal authority;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" id="id52e33628-961b-428a-969f-b69cbf55afcd" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>carry out, for inclusion
in the Combined DNA Index System, DNA analyses of samples from crime scenes,
including samples from rape kits, samples from other sexual assault evidence,
and samples taken in cases without an identified suspect;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" id="id40d8a52c-c01e-45f9-b409-28745e1c1611" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(C)</enum><text>increase the capacity of
laboratories owned by the State or unit of local government to carry out DNA
analyses of samples specified in subparagraph (A) or (B);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" id="id97f6feb5-c6c0-47cc-9538-2433779abe5c" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(D)</enum><text>ensure that DNA testing
and analysis of samples from crimes, including sexual assault and other violent
crimes against persons, are carried out in a timely manner;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" id="idD3407CBE14F048D2913A8DCB28F35880" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(E)</enum><text>ensure that the
collection and processing of DNA evidence by law enforcement agencies from
crimes, including sexual assault and other violent crimes against persons, is
carried out in an appropriate and timely manner and in accordance with the
protocols and practices developed under subsection (b)(1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" id="id37933C752F6C41C5A874355225F50B7B" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(F)</enum><text>ensure effective
communication regarding the status of crime scene evidence to be tested among
emergency response providers, law enforcement personnel, prosecutors, courts,
defense counsel, crime laboratory personnel, victim service professionals who
work for law enforcement agencies or prosecutors’ offices, and crime victims,
which may include the development and implementation of an evidence tracking
system in accordance with the protocols and practices developed under
subsection (b)(1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" id="id2893ba6a51d64e3382461be4f5e6914b" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(G)</enum><text>collect DNA samples as
described in subparagraph (A); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" id="idB35C842BC4634793B34ED0DEB6FA8F2C" reported-display-style="italic"><enum><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">(H)</added-phrase></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make awards under the Katie Sepich Enhanced
DNA Collection Act of 2012.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id38292c58-27ba-4c17-bb7b-530d7b2000c4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application</header><text>A
State or unit of local government desiring a grant under this subsection shall
submit to the Attorney General an application in such form and containing such
information as the Attorney General may require, which shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="id13cf9297-1291-4d46-9b05-9979baa1e539"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assurances that the State
or unit of local government has implemented, or will implement not later than
120 days after the date of the award of the grant, a comprehensive plan—</text>
<clause id="id3d7fa3278bb94b7a93ddd6d1b9e53fe3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for the expeditious
collection, processing, and analysis of DNA evidence in accordance with this
section; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id14f80dfb678b42cf835bb1fe08ee6efc"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that requires a State or
unit of local government that is awarded a grant under paragraph (1)(E)
to—</text>
<subclause id="idDD74F25726E94BAAA1C88B295258244E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>adopt the appropriate
protocols and practices developed under subsection (b)(1); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id718D9C8FE7A14F24AB590D8B12A66175"><enum>(II)</enum><text>provide training with
respect to the protocols and procedures for appropriate personnel within a
reasonable time after the promulgation of the protocols and practices;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8e5aae64-ba92-4aa9-8348-3e9cf8fe49d7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a certification that each
DNA analysis carried out under the plan shall be maintained in accordance with
the privacy requirements described in section 210304(b)(3) of the Violent Crime
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14132(b)(3));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida69c2a8e-9659-4509-82a3-3d485ed021b8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if submitted by a unit of
local government, a certification that the unit of local government has taken,
or is taking, all appropriate steps to ensure that the unit of local government
is eligible to include in the Combined DNA Index System, directly or through a
State law enforcement agency that is responsible for Combined DNA Index System
database operation and administration, all analyses of samples for which the
unit of local government has requested funding; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id14a70792-820e-4f1c-b9f4-92fc33c4d5fa"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an estimation of the
percentage of the amounts received under the grant that the State or unit of
local government shall use for each purpose described in paragraph (1) for
which the State or unit of local government received the grant.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id784ede66-cec7-4f00-97c9-8b1bc25d5571"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Analysis of
samples</header>
<subparagraph id="id29fddae2-9ee3-4bc6-bac6-9ef1e9de6871"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A plan described in paragraph (2)(A) shall require that,
except as provided in paragraph (4), each DNA analysis be carried out in a
laboratory that—</text>
<clause id="idc0d28738-910b-4c89-a46c-45b8b22c607d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>satisfies quality
assurance standards as specified in subparagraph (B); and</text>
</clause><clause id="ida5f97406-aa38-4466-9b1f-c889f74ed79c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is—</text>
<subclause id="idfd6bdce9-3d1a-4fd1-a412-5fef32e845cd"><enum>(I)</enum><text>operated by the State or
a unit of local government; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id92c2db92-00ee-4e26-be12-83236c67f32c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>operated by a private
entity pursuant to a contract with the State or a unit of local
government.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8464903d-61c5-42d8-a0d8-2738d01fb24e"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Quality assurance
standards</header>
<clause id="idb4bef1d3-28d5-4c0b-8522-cdd4216bf264"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall
maintain and make available to States and units of local government a
description of quality assurance protocols and practices that the Director of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation considers adequate to assure the quality of
a forensic laboratory.</text>
</clause><clause id="id32d428b7-3d1f-4bfa-8d65-5feecfefb8d1"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Existing
standards</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, a laboratory satisfies
quality assurance standards if the laboratory satisfies the quality control
requirements described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 210304(b) of the
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C.
14132(b)).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9cd8aea2-e7a8-4f54-917e-4188210b3f90"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Use of vouchers or
contracts for certain purposes</header>
<subparagraph id="id7be29656-8bec-49da-b6c9-7c44a1959946"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A grant for a purpose specified in subparagraph (A), (B),
or (D) of paragraph (1) may be made in the form of a voucher or contract for
laboratory services, even if the laboratory makes a reasonable profit for the
services.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id65c4d2f8-1ddd-4611-9237-c91b685bfc24"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Redemption</header><text>A
voucher or contract under subparagraph (A) may be redeemed at a laboratory
operated on a nonprofit or for-profit basis, by a private entity that satisfies
quality assurance standards as specified by paragraph (3)(B) and has been
approved by the Attorney General.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id46059141-3065-4755-8954-ce356aaba927"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Payments</header><text>The
Attorney General may use amounts appropriated to carry out this section to make
payments to a laboratory described under subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida8e2a131-cba0-4273-94b0-b3679bf3b59e"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Audits and publication
of DNA backlogs in sexual assault cases</header>
<subparagraph id="iddf79a762-4b4a-4541-b3fa-e7eb50fee3f9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A plan described in paragraph (2)(A) shall require the
State or unit of local government to submit to the Attorney General an audit
every 2 years reflecting the backlog for DNA case work in sexual assault cases
within the jurisdiction in which the funds will be used, including a specific
breakdown of cases, as determined by the Director (in consultation with
Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies and government laboratories
under subsection (b)(1)), and the percentage of the amounts received under the
grant allocated to reducing the backlog of DNA case work in sexual assault
cases.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida5efb061-ad19-4ebb-8a49-d0d267910832"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Compilation</header><text>The
Attorney General shall annually compile and publish the audits submitted under
subparagraph (A) on the website of the Department of Justice.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idcda32a0b-e076-4c98-bbf7-401968fdcbab"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Formula for
distribution of grants</header>
<paragraph id="id78e7283d-735a-4e5b-8cd4-11b6ce42babc"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Attorney General
shall distribute grant amounts, and establish appropriate grant conditions
under this section, in conformity with a formula or formulas that are designed
to effectuate a distribution of funds among States and units of local
government applying for grants under this section that—</text>
<subparagraph id="idba70deb6-ef95-43b5-bed1-7a12754d6332"><enum>(A)</enum><text>maximizes the effective
use of DNA technology to solve crimes and protect public safety; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8c0da398-4bde-4768-ba95-706b6904c7b8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>allocates grants among
States and units of local government fairly and efficiently, across rural and
urban jurisdictions, to address States and units of local government in which
significant backlogs for DNA case work exist, by considering—</text>
<clause id="ide902d287-8fdf-4f25-8b9a-f763a6044ad9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of offender
and casework samples awaiting testing in a State or unit of local
government;</text>
</clause><clause id="id4cd13e75-51c0-4fbb-bd4a-f6380b979f64"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the population in the
State or unit of local government;</text>
</clause><clause id="id8a073f00-62d5-4101-b3ee-0c26f1984bd0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the number of part 1
violent crimes in the State or unit of local government; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idc7420c2a-0999-4883-a7b4-bd662b2e8b57"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the availability of
resources to train emergency response providers, law enforcement personnel,
prosecutors, and crime laboratory personnel on the effectiveness of appropriate
and timely DNA collection, processing, and analysis.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idef5988f7-9f45-4ce9-aeb2-620a92aa1aa7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimum
amount</header><text>The Attorney General shall allocate to each State not less
than 0.50 percent of the total amount appropriated in a fiscal year for grants
under this section, except that the United States Virgin Islands, American
Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands shall each be allocated 0.125
percent of the total amount appropriated in a fiscal year for grants under this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6f9f42e9-f1f1-41d4-a0bb-f93ead8c0f5c"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>In
distributing grant amounts under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall
ensure that for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017, not less than 75
percent of the grant amounts are awarded for purposes described in
subparagraphs (A), (B), or (C) of subsection (c)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id73b14491c6224b0c964ff28a61d771af"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Audit
limitation</header><text>Not more than 3 percent of the amount awarded under a
grant under this section may be used to conduct an audit under subsection
(c)(5).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2421ec82-2fe4-42f2-a2dc-a0e95ff04237"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Restrictions on use of
funds</header>
<paragraph id="id34c4c141-0a7b-4da9-991e-db8d312e111b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Nonsupplanting</header><text>Funds
made available under this section shall not be used to supplant funds of a
State or unit of local government, and shall be used to increase the amount of
funds that would, in the absence of Federal funds, be made available from the
State or unit of local government for the purposes described in this
Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idc893f5e7-1db9-454f-800d-c5fad154a6d2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administrative
costs</header><text>A State or unit of local government may not use more than 3
percent of the amounts made available under a grant under this section for
administrative expenses relating to the grant.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfac13dd6-60e0-4ff4-b7b0-8f02b1c57021"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reports to the Attorney
General</header><text>Each State or unit of local government that receives a
grant under this section shall submit to the Attorney General, for each year in
which funds from a grant received under this section are expended, a report at
such time and in such manner as the Attorney General may reasonably require,
that contains—</text>
<paragraph id="idaf6f2bd4-81a6-41ca-b1d4-2865c2fc90d6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a summary of the
activities carried out under the grant and an assessment of whether such
activities are meeting the needs identified in the application; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id967e9693-6973-44d5-8405-5ef549ad6b35"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such other information as
the Attorney General may require.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf5020170-5df0-4809-bca5-6f4ab2ae1210"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reports to
Congress</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year
for which grants are made under this section, the Attorney General shall submit
to Congress a report that includes—</text>
<paragraph id="id66edc050-1957-4a0f-a26a-8abad9095fee"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the aggregate amount of
grants made under this section to each State or unit of local government for
the fiscal year;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0d07101f-d17d-4c55-9187-f381050edba5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a summary of the
information provided by States or units of local government receiving grants
under this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf88947dd-e9e5-42ff-bbc2-cab2f170221a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of the
priorities and plan for awarding grants among eligible States and units of
local government, and how the plan will ensure the effective use of DNA
technology to solve crimes and protect public safety.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5b7afcb9-ef63-484a-98d9-7993d4a5e1c1"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Expenditure
records</header>
<paragraph id="id4620cef0-3786-45d5-af79-2b9d46f82991"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State or unit of local government that receives a
grant under this section shall keep such records as the Attorney General may
require to facilitate an effective audit of the receipt and use of grant funds
received under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idce90a311-f48c-4296-ac09-25ad88547b00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Access</header><text>Each
State or unit of local government that receives a grant under this section
shall make available, for the purpose of audit and examination, any records
relating to the receipt or use of the grant.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4e799b8e-4019-4892-8097-5294b1d86198"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Use of funds for
accreditation and audits</header><text>The Attorney General may distribute not
more than 1 percent of the amounts made available for grants under this section
for a fiscal year—</text>
<paragraph id="id29a8016e-d299-41b5-97b7-f181e90f78aa"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to States or units of
local government to defray the costs incurred by laboratories operated by each
such State or unit of local government in preparing for accreditation or
reaccreditation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id531af7ca-89c3-4d40-af3a-d65e3f4a71ec"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the form of additional
grants to States, units of local government, or nonprofit professional
organizations of persons actively involved in forensic science and nationally
recognized within the forensic science community to—</text>
<subparagraph id="idd3df4b41-718a-42b1-b6ca-1c6a7789415f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>defray the costs of
external audits of laboratories operated by the State or unit of local
government, which participates in the National DNA Index System, to determine
whether the laboratory is in compliance with quality assurance
standards;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf4504877-cea4-466c-8914-e67492eab529"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assess compliance with
any plans submitted to the Director that detail the use of funds received by
States or units of local government under this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id39a2447b-7fe3-43d8-8a62-6ac2972068ea"><enum>(C)</enum><text>support capacity building
efforts; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idfd820c43-d761-4dc0-b99c-9a8f0f7f8029"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the form of additional
grants to nonprofit professional associations actively involved in forensic
science and nationally recognized within the forensic science community to
defray the costs of training persons who conduct external audits of
laboratories operated by States and units of local government and which
participate in the National DNA Index System.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida2d13c2f-8a5d-4a76-85fa-62ab359a8f73"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Use of funds for other
forensic sciences</header><text>The Attorney General may make a grant under
this section to a State or unit of local government to alleviate a backlog of
cases with respect to a forensic science other than DNA analysis if the State
or unit of local government—</text>
<paragraph id="id0d1aa0f6-177b-46b0-9c8f-acc46f524541"><enum>(1)</enum><text>certifies to the Attorney
General that in such State or unit—</text>
<subparagraph id="idbb085009-b58c-4c05-8b7c-075a66432010"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all of the purposes set
forth in subsection (c) have been met;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcdb830a9-1806-4a8f-a426-ee79af306013"><enum>(B)</enum><text>there is not a backlog
for DNA case work, as defined by the Director in accordance with subsection
(b)(3); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide200ef08-42bd-44a9-9f54-55e400cb9de3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>there is no need for
significant laboratory equipment, supplies, or additional personnel for timely
processing of DNA case work or offender samples; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1ec733f7-756f-49b9-8680-c92ec7a61c21"><enum>(2)</enum><text>demonstrates to the
Attorney General that the State or unit of local government requires assistance
in alleviating a backlog of cases involving a forensic science other than DNA
analysis.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id27e35444-2bd4-4624-88c7-3bb3f49e8c02"><enum>(k)</enum><header>External audits and
remedial efforts</header><text>If a laboratory operated by a State or unit of
local government which has received funds under this section has undergone an
external audit conducted to determine whether the laboratory is in compliance
with standards established by the Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, and, as a result of the audit, identifies measures to remedy
deficiencies with respect to the compliance by the laboratory with the
standards, the State or unit of local government shall implement any such
remediation as soon as practicable.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idf4d20c42-4048-4904-83af-76c5ece74365"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Penalty for
noncompliance</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id6c1c516f-9571-418d-a909-d459c3fd483e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Attorney General shall annually compile a list of the
States and units of local government receiving a grant under this section that
have failed to provide the information required under subsection (c)(5)(A) or
(f). The Attorney General shall publish each list compiled under this paragraph
on the website of the Department of Justice.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="iddc05a050-9a57-438c-8ff4-f0a65af0aa05"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reduction in grant
funds</header><text>For any State or local government that the Attorney General
determines has failed to provide the information required under subsection
(c)(5)(A) or (f), the Attorney General may not award a grant under this section
for the fiscal year after the fiscal year to which the determination relates in
an amount that is more than 50 percent of the amount the State or local
government would have otherwise received.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide2228a54-a0fe-4857-a36d-7dec6fa8f316"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Attorney General for grants under this section $151,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2013 through
2017.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id8f33197f-e971-487f-b32c-a79b81649871"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="id326bf891-7f87-4b83-b49a-ea1422f0dc4c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Evaluation</header>
<subparagraph id="id6FFD6E330DC74F89833CA6EFFC79DEE3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall evaluate
the performance, technical proficiency, adherence to quality assurance
standards, and other policies, standards, and protocols relating to the use of
private laboratories in the analysis of DNA evidence.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idED724FC0AF1949E0BE62B9244FDCB657"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conduct of
evaluation</header><text>The evaluation under this paragraph shall—</text>
<clause id="idba51db7830924027b181334619b0a927"><enum>(i)</enum><text>include the mandatory
technical review of the analysis of DNA evidence by a private laboratory on
behalf of a public laboratory before uploading the DNA profiles into the
Combined DNA Index System of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idBF996359706B46D7A46B7FECA5AB20DE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>prioritize the need to
guarantee the integrity of the Combined DNA Index System.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3d962da1903648f7a2c04846dc585578"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Comments</header><text>The
Director shall provide an opportunity for interested parties, including public
and private laboratories and State and local law enforcement agencies, to
comment on the findings of the evaluation under paragraph (1) before the report
is submitted to Congress in accordance with paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idccd69483-8e27-4060-8d29-be25cb375463"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date on which the
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation completes the evaluation under
paragraph (1), the Director shall submit to Congress a report of the findings
of the evaluation and any proposed policy changes.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf17ea936-c492-4728-9091-424b6591ec6f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transition
provision</header>
<paragraph id="ida4ab9e01-2647-4e67-b010-39a8a752d08b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this subsection, the term <term>transition date</term> means the day after the
latter of—</text>
<subparagraph id="idc74a2564-fef4-4381-a68f-bbbcde29aef0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the date on which the
Director of the National Institute of Justice publishes a definition of the
term <term>backlog for DNA case work</term> in accordance with section 2(b)(3)
of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000, as amended by subsection
(a); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id06c5452e-6e6a-48f1-9615-e686dcee3e94"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the date on which the
Director of the National Institute of Justice publishes a description of
protocols and practices in accordance with section 2(b)(1) of the DNA Analysis
Backlog Elimination Act of 2000, as amended by subsection (a).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idce5b3335-9829-4034-a1c0-7bb1054df9f5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transition</header><text>Notwithstanding
the amendments made by subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9ca6a7e2-8a04-4c25-bab9-5ffcceda07a8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Attorney General may
make grants under section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000
(42 U.S.C. 14135), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this
Act, until the end of the fiscal year during which the transition date occurs;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbad92372-491c-45d8-876a-83d37225b226"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Attorney General may
not make a grant under section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of
2000, as amended by subsection (a), until the start of the first full fiscal
year after the transition date.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="SSJU00" id="id1e826fa2-66e4-4bd2-9723-3f00cc2cff1a" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>104.</enum><header>Rape exam
payments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2010 of title
I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
3796gg–4) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idcc4d2167-8ba6-46eb-8501-15f180093af7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id4eafc280-424c-4f13-ace8-26d6c4e7f5e5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>entity incurs the
full</quote> and inserting the following: “entity—</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcd1e11ab-3164-4553-80e5-2200efb418ce" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id59987a64-9dba-40e9-82ff-55de2d0d1056"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">incurs the
full</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id46c7ffca-f8be-4070-8663-68981cd64e3e"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the period at the end and
inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id65a98c6d-bb84-4f27-92ae-80d932017985"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida5c396c1-47d9-4d68-9fcf-66fe2d1ac4c6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id424e8354-0c22-4516-86b8-3d3d0dcb9782"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinates with regional health care
providers to notify victims of sexual assault of the availability of rape exams
at no cost to the victims.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idf988eeca-2897-466b-89ce-02db40af836a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id71aed2df-9e7f-41ba-a579-361826e3369a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
adding <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7f07451e-c087-4fb3-ba01-eae243eb215a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by
striking <quote>; or</quote> and inserting a period; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ide1e76b90-4bc5-43f6-87d7-2c760f27539c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph
(3); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id2b0d7001-4efa-4de3-bb56-35ef61ee7af1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by
striking <quote>(d) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Rule of
Construction</header-in-text>.—</quote> and all that follows through the end of
paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide301ad74-a1b8-403e-bb5e-c10912b0a01f" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="id5b7e2f4f-80ee-4172-a008-3a48965b7ead"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Noncooperation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id88682a11-0f00-4932-a88c-7a93cb3732c5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>To be in compliance with this section, a State, Indian
tribal government, or unit of local government shall comply with subsection (b)
without regard to whether the victim participates in the criminal justice
system or cooperates with law
enforcement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" id="idf0c497e4-99f8-4dda-9750-8187da51614e" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>105.</enum><header>Additional
reauthorizations</header>
<subsection id="id281a99221ff84454bff5f676174f539a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>DNA training and
education for law enforcement</header><text>Section 303(b) of the Justice for
All Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 14136(b)) is amended by striking <quote>$12,500,000
for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2014</quote> and inserting
<quote>$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idb4ef2d641fff4c7ab13ab41ec7fad0b4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sexual assault forensic
exam program grants</header><text>Section 304(c) of the Justice for All Act of
2004 (42 U.S.C. 14136a(c)) is amended by striking <quote>$30,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2009 through 2014</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id8a5dcb1c-cf16-472f-8ac2-43c2b1182a8a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>DNA research and
development</header><text>Section 305(c) of the Justice for All Act of 2004 (42
U.S.C. 14136b(c)) is amended by striking <quote>$15,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2005 through 2009</quote> and inserting <quote>$5,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2013 through 2017</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ida92e5df9-b04e-4f6b-90e1-58ea569fb19f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>FBI DNA
programs</header><text>Section 307(a) of the Justice for All Act of 2004
(Public Law 108–405; 118 Stat. 2275) is amended by striking <quote>$42,100,000
for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009</quote> and inserting
<quote>$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id662ded6b-0eea-4134-a4f3-874b6ad7303f"><enum>(e)</enum><header>DNA Identification of
missing persons</header><text>Section 308(c) of the Justice for All Act of 2004
(42 U.S.C. 14136d(c)) is amended by striking <quote>fiscal years 2005 through
2009</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2013 through
2017</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" id="id503ab777-c799-4f91-b8e2-0a130333b267" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>106.</enum><header>Paul Coverdell
Forensic Sciences Improvement Grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1001(a)(24) of title I of the
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(24)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id90bd2216-0a37-43e9-963d-846a5e012193"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (H), by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9afc6bb0-976a-4b2e-8795-7581aa415ab4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (I), by
striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf5b227e2-c45a-4036-9d69-8e5c2ca713ad"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f08da58-0922-45e8-b4a0-d692a4783dcd" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id2dfa9608-28b7-49fb-a1f5-b84a6ad407ca"><enum>(J)</enum><text>$25,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2013 through 2017.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" id="id08a70c15-d656-4ff9-8962-bf32d2f77301" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>107.</enum><header>Improving the quality
of representation in State capital cases</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 426 of the Justice for All Act of
2004 (42 U.S.C. 14163e) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idbbca2e7c-9715-4d2b-8a5a-c19a6332c260"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by
striking <quote>$75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009</quote>
and inserting <quote>$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
2017</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0d966578-9e44-46e3-966d-d01180f7ad71"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by
inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, or upon a
showing of good cause, and at the discretion of the Attorney General, the State
may determine a fair allocation of funds across the uses described in sections
421 and 422</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" id="id8c302785-0f23-4cce-a226-df5ab3dd611a" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>108.</enum><header>Post-conviction DNA
testing</header>
<subsection id="id9b13ecd2-1592-4afa-89a7-2aaa40b7d12e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 3600 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id03c7b0ec-524a-429f-95f2-6ae31d7ea760"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ideff62742-21de-47cc-b75c-8440303b3fb2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B)(i),
by striking <quote>death</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idda74a0d8-3c4e-40d3-acae-b0329a15411c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(A), by
striking <quote>and the applicant did not—</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>knowingly fail to request</quote> and inserting <quote>and the applicant
did not knowingly fail to request</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idbbe750d5-6053-4b7a-b82c-9380f2996b50"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(2)(B),
by striking <quote>death</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id01ac6e1e-e53a-4c83-845f-e9f23dc1c93c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Preservation of
biological evidence</header><text>Section 3600A(c) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id0b2aacca-50db-4d15-9eb9-65c60414a350"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph
(2); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4a9a44ba-f0ea-4f3b-89f4-d01dac3c82b0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4),
respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" id="ide948ab8e-f830-4255-aeda-beade81e05cf" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>109.</enum><header>Incentive grants to
States to ensure consideration of claims of actual innocence</header>
<subsection id="id660046be-d94e-4b3c-a15d-5065678ed299"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 413 of the
Justice for All Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 14136 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id418640f7-923d-4c05-8ef9-4a07bf29cd30"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by striking <quote>fiscal years 2005 through 2009</quote> and
inserting <quote>fiscal years 2013 through 2017</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id68442b39-2fc4-4408-abee-ce3490f30ae4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2)
and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3c68dcc5-c4af-4415-9700-25cf67ae4e38" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id17d7b4d4-91d5-4374-b1d7-f4f55b7c2b61"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for eligible entities
that are a State or unit of local government, provide a certification by the
chief legal officer of the State in which the eligible entity operates or the
chief legal officer of the jurisdiction in which the funds will be used for the
purposes of the grants, that the State or jurisdiction—</text>
<subparagraph id="id277ff164-142d-449c-918e-3623a93de85e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provides DNA testing of
specified evidence under a State statute or a State or local rule or regulation
to persons convicted after trial and under a sentence of imprisonment or death
for a State felony offense, in a manner intended to ensure a reasonable process
for resolving claims of actual innocence that ensures post-conviction DNA
testing in at least those cases that would be covered by section 3600(a) of
title 18, United States Code, had they been Federal cases, and, if the results
of the testing exclude the applicant as the perpetrator of the offense, permits
the applicant to apply for post-conviction relief, notwithstanding any
provision of law that would otherwise bar the application as untimely;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcdd491c4-7692-4b43-82ec-1561ff04b5bf"><enum>(B)</enum><text>preserves biological
evidence, as defined in section 3600A of title 18, United States Code, under a
State statute or a State or local rule, regulation, or practice in a manner
intended to ensure that reasonable measures are taken by the State or
jurisdiction to preserve biological evidence secured in relation to the
investigation or prosecution of, at a minimum, murder, non-negligent
manslaughter, and sexual
offenses.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id48da8b7e-a064-4038-b765-b103724fa305"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>Section 412(b) of the Justice for All Act of 2004
(42 U.S.C. 14136e(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ide4149c2a-d38b-4623-85f0-d8ff89998064"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>fiscal
years 2005 through 2009</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2013 through
2017</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78d37185-da04-4190-bda3-be8fb03adf55"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$5,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$10,000,000</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" id="ide5ee3dca-febc-4d0c-88ad-f500456ee31e" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>110.</enum><header>Establishment of best
practices for evidence retention</header>
<subsection id="idea6a2614-3748-4ffd-af7d-cc08b97a0512"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle A of title
IV of the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405; 118 Stat. 2278) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8940ea98-479a-4b04-a0cc-5a3cfaf763f4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section id="idf0a2d3ae-7ce0-4382-9945-be285706c99f"><enum>414.</enum><header>Establishment of best
practices for evidence retention</header>
<subsection id="ida079971b-210d-4038-89a5-5bbe14ffebbd"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the
National Institute of Justice, in consultation with Federal, State, and local
law enforcement agencies and government laboratories, shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id941fa692-0973-410a-ab59-cb3f3a8e47e9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish best practices for evidence
retention to focus on the preservation of biological evidence; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8ab95b10-a370-44fc-9ebb-cfdfed5d8b0f"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assist State, local, and tribal governments
in adopting and implementing the best practices established under paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id85c46517-c994-43c3-9c67-ac237e7fc32d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this section, the Director of the National Institute of Justice
shall publish the best practices established under subsection (a)(1).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id59920b94bafe479f93c0d688cb27f565"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Nothing
in this section shall be construed to require or obligate compliance with the
best practices established under subsection
(a)(1).</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id9b7107c6-4af5-4013-86d8-6484ce206dbe"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1(b) of the
Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405; 118 Stat. 2260) is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 413 the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" id="id9313d1de-9f71-4c41-a94b-cb9432cce563" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<toc changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry idref="id326F8DBB63D14A258C9D474834743527" level="section">Sec. 414. Establishment of best practices for
evidence
retention.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" id="idd72cf9fc-5f2a-434d-a05b-851d29c43e28" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>111.</enum><header>Effective
administration of criminal justice</header>
<subsection id="id2d4c1206-9067-4520-8df6-cf2486d20cf3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short
title</header><text>This section may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Effective Administration of Criminal Justice Act of
2012</short-title></quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idacd9e25f-5721-4c8e-8055-436176b1b8a2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Strategic
planning</header><text>Section 502 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3752) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id38d75367-45c0-4435-b783-37040f7989f2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(a)
<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In
General</header-in-text>.—</quote> before <quote>To request a grant</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8f50f2a5-10a3-44d8-92b6-3232c7b6d5b3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd53d9f3e-b257-46fb-9b49-83a8e601987e" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id81c551ad-b60f-400f-8168-4b4ac5fe8051"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A comprehensive
State-wide plan detailing how grants received under this section will be used
to improve the administration of the criminal justice system, which
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5b6469c3-f729-4c2a-b3c6-dc20bdb32ccd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be designed in
consultation with local governments, and all segments of the criminal justice
system, including judges, prosecutors, law enforcement personnel, corrections
personnel, and providers of indigent defense services, victim services,
juvenile justice delinquency prevention programs, community corrections, and
reentry services;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc65cd2e0-f241-45fa-a255-b21f1e7e98f7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include a description of
how the State will allocate funding within and among each of the uses described
in subparagraphs (A) through (G) of section 501(a)(1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8e9dff3b-bf31-4b29-9dc0-70d03e2b6922"><enum>(C)</enum><text>describe the process used
by the State for gathering evidence-based data and developing and using
evidence-based and evidence-gathering approaches in support of funding
decisions; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1b1caa6c-b990-424b-b2e6-751ff714ef5b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>be updated every 5 years,
with annual progress reports that—</text>
<clause id="id44fa82db-07a2-4426-bd2a-572a40176aca"><enum>(i)</enum><text>address changing
circumstances in the State, if any;</text>
</clause><clause id="iddc515a6c-4f78-46e3-a25a-c486c9a5626f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>describe how the State
plans to adjust funding within and among each of the uses described in
subparagraphs (A) through (G) of section 501(a)(1);</text>
</clause><clause id="id4fb85ff7-7fc8-45c8-8415-4c9f0d6b0609"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provide an ongoing
assessment of need;</text>
</clause><clause id="id616fcf7c-c10e-47ba-90dc-b1b2003c9f1b"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>discuss the
accomplishment of goals identified in any plan previously prepared under this
paragraph; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id46355919-7977-4f66-a4c7-74d4b4135541"><enum>(v)</enum><text>reflect how the plan
influenced funding decisions in the previous year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><subsection id="idab70dd15-5ce9-4309-97a1-0b1ae72d1388"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header>
<paragraph id="idbb1fc4b4-985d-4892-bb30-74c28b8020c8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Strategic
planning</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this subsection, the Attorney General shall begin to provide technical
assistance to States and local governments requesting support to develop and
implement the strategic plan required under subsection (a)(6).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id39c4e73e-2e8d-441f-8099-1cf9c503a8c5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Protection of
constitutional rights</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this subsection, the Attorney General shall begin to provide
technical assistance to States and local governments, including any agent
thereof with responsibility for administration of justice, requesting support
to meet the obligations established by the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution
of the United States, which shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="ida4dca0a0-fd2d-4681-82b0-ac62336f95d9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>public dissemination of
practices, structures, or models for the administration of justice consistent
with the requirements of the Sixth Amendment; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc9e7d864-eea4-4d82-bdb0-75031e4bc54d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assistance with adopting
and implementing a system for the administration of justice consistent with the
requirements of the Sixth Amendment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9d6637ac-f50d-4a3f-9bea-2e9ce9b8118a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017 to carry out this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id37BA853A33884078A29ECEE1434D0403"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The
requirement to submit a strategic plan under section 501(a)(6) of title I of
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as added by subsection
(b), shall apply to any application submitted under such section 501 for a
grant for any fiscal year beginning after the date that is 1 year after the
date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section changed="added" committee-id="SSJU00" id="id0ae983fba28f41dab8dff9a840efa509" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>112.</enum><header>Oversight and
accountability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">All grants
awarded by the Department of Justice that are authorized under this Act shall
be subject to the following:</text>
<paragraph id="idf29a2677c30f4e1f841b78ee80c7a20c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Audit
requirement</header><text>Beginning in fiscal year 2013, and each fiscal year
thereafter, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall conduct
audits of recipients of grants under this Act to prevent waste, fraud, and
abuse of funds by grantees. The Inspector General shall determine the
appropriate number of grantees to be audited each year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide561de1b32754ba699671cec834c4857"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Mandatory
exclusion</header><text>A recipient of grant funds under this Act that is found
to have an unresolved audit finding shall not be eligible to receive grant
funds under this Act during the 2 fiscal years beginning after the 12-month
period described in paragraph (5).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idbdc42f0c267d4cd9a5ec3ef20bf505be"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In
awarding grants under this Act, the Attorney General shall give priority to
eligible entities that, during the 3 fiscal years before submitting an
application for a grant under this Act, did not have an unresolved audit
finding showing a violation in the terms or conditions of a Department of
Justice grant program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id92228553fe90441aa5c29590b3b85397"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reimbursement</header><text>If
an entity is awarded grant funds under this Act during the 2-fiscal-year period
in which the entity is barred from receiving grants under paragraph (2), the
Attorney General shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="iddf5c3657d31f483197cf6920f63aa1bd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>deposit an amount equal
to the grant funds that were improperly awarded to the grantee into the General
Fund of the Treasury; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7281e954a14a4ab386db67e0eea33bdf"><enum>(B)</enum><text>seek to recoup the costs
of the repayment to the fund from the grant recipient that was erroneously
awarded grant funds.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id998589811c9c464b94f962485c1175a4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Defined
term</header><text>In this section, the term <term>unresolved audit
finding</term> means an audit report finding in the final audit report of the
Inspector General of the Department of Justice that the grantee has utilized
grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost that
is not closed or resolved within a 12-month period beginning on the date when
the final audit report is issued.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idc8b2f0b004e0419bbdad70bd9b717189"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Nonprofit organization
requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="id75b1bb95cf8e4e2db2a7e64013922145"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For
purposes of this section and the grant programs described in this Act, the term
<term><quote>nonprofit organization</quote></term> means an organization that
is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is
exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4075d5baa61c4ee58a53c18a7f2a3e09"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>The
Attorney General shall not award a grant under any grant program described in
this Act to a nonprofit organization that holds money in offshore accounts for
the purpose of avoiding paying the tax described in section 511(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id228557d1a1444615a9d56b5227727c59"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Disclosure</header><text>Each
nonprofit organization that is awarded a grant under a grant program described
in this Act and uses the procedures prescribed in regulations to create a
rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for the compensation of its officers,
directors, trustees and key employees, shall disclose to the Attorney General,
in the application for the grant, the process for determining such
compensation, including the independent persons involved in reviewing and
approving such compensation, the comparability data used, and contemporaneous
substantiation of the deliberation and decision. Upon request, the Attorney
General shall make the information disclosed under this subsection available
for public inspection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb6681725f98e44ea935dcbd09b4e698a"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Administrative
expenses</header><text>Unless otherwise explicitly provided in authorizing
legislation, not more than 7.5 percent of the amounts authorized to be
appropriated under this Act may be used by the Attorney General for salaries
and administrative expenses of the Department of Justice.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id04a97c6e68bd43bdaad384ca2cad286c"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Conference
expenditures</header>
<subparagraph id="idb6b4e36663e54a068377e3172d64ad3d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>No
amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Justice under this
Act may be used by the Attorney General or by any individual or organization
awarded discretionary funds through a cooperative agreement under this Act, to
host or support any expenditure for conferences that uses more than $20,000 in
Department funds, unless the Deputy Attorney General or the appropriate
Assistant Attorney General, Director, or principal deputy as the Deputy
Attorney General may designate, provides prior written authorization that the
funds may be expended to host a conference.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id17e46a7483374cbabdaea38b5aebbb08"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Written
approval</header><text>Written approval under subparagraph (A) shall include a
written estimate of all costs associated with the conference, including the
cost of all food and beverages, audio/visual equipment, honoraria for speakers,
and any entertainment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9b3c41d0b24f49e0aa5bb0eee59e5332"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The
Deputy Attorney General shall submit an annual report to the Committee on the
Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives on all conference expenditures approved by operation of this
paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id30694a66ea794479835cbb2066486689"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Prohibition on lobbying
activity</header>
<subparagraph id="idc7c3a21167eb41f78ce8a76e915bbbf5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Amounts authorized to be appropriated under this Act may
not be utilized by any grant recipient to—</text>
<clause id="idf2e727709e374223a25cd5e65276d784"><enum>(i)</enum><text>lobby any representative
of the Department of Justice regarding the award of grant funding; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id9738d6bb52354176ba41004448345714"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>lobby any representative
of a Federal, state, local, or tribal government regarding the award of grant
funding.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idde8986394ccb48b7b9f597b1552be62c"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Penalty</header><text>If
the Attorney General determines that any recipient of a grant under this Act
has violated subparagraph (A), the Attorney General shall—</text>
<clause id="ide6fe83e04fcc4d1e8a83fb38d3077d66"><enum>(i)</enum><text>require the grant
recipient to repay the grant in full; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idb56966cbe45944e9833037377d2099e7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>prohibit the grant
recipient from receiving another grant under this Act for not less than 5
years.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Katie Sepich Enhanced
DNA Collection Act of 2012</header>
<section id="id2B0979556AEE4484BFF885087086754C"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Katie Sepich Enhanced DNA Collection Act of 2012</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcc5f5ff8668141d2b440612247de9c88" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of this title:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID17985dd81ab24a458e69c3739adcf4fb"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minimum dna collection
process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>minimum DNA collection process</term> means, with respect to a State, a
process under which the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation is searched at least 1 time against samples from the following
individuals who are at least 18 years of age:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID40f5b72297ff4f0e8f2a5e6155436f2b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Individuals who are arrested for or charged
with a criminal offense under State law that consists of murder or voluntary
manslaughter.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5d7559ec1bf646888b0edb7a1d561eb2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Individuals who are arrested for or charged
with a criminal offense under State law that involves a sexual act or sexual
contact with another and that is punishable by imprisonment for more than 5
years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID40ccd98049384c4a9556352abab504b3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Individuals who are arrested for or charged
with a criminal offense under State law that involves kidnapping or abduction
and that is punishable by imprisonment for more than 5 years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe8fe4fb5a61c45459681bcbcf917ee03"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enhanced dna collection
process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>enhanced DNA collection process</term> means, with respect to a State, a
process under which the State provides for the collection, for purposes of
inclusion in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, of DNA samples from the following individuals who are at least
18 years of age:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDea0014e20e2f4ae0a648b81b268a5bb7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Individuals who are arrested for or charged
with a criminal offense under State law that consists of murder or voluntary
manslaughter.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID697713fbb34546cb981c651aa99a3ddc"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Individuals who are arrested for or charged
with a criminal offense under State law that involves a sexual act or sexual
contact with another and that is punishable by imprisonment for more than 1
year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID08a1ee8e24d34036978aa6fb88110b5e"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Individuals who are arrested for or charged
with a criminal offense under State law that involves kidnapping or abduction
and that is punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID71e39a16c9614e929f4ee845193d99fe"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Individuals who are arrested for or charged
with a criminal offense under State law that consists of burglary punishable by
imprisonment for more than 1 year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5f29c9e22503403f8e7abffb1b18c4a2"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Individuals who are arrested for or charged
with a criminal offense under State law that consists of assault punishable by
imprisonment for more than 1 year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID703e9df91553418c8cc388371cf8500c"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> means any State
of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80C9C3B4D3BB4A5599A5A86E6C5CAE32" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants to States to implement minimum and
enhanced DNA collection processes</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E49E1E6C3F74132ACA6E8A3565D7DB8"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General shall, subject to
amounts made available pursuant to section 205, carry out a grant program for
the purpose of assisting States with the costs associated with the
implementation of minimum or enhanced DNA collection processes.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H308E355A97F645B08B890690332A2E73"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D5AFE49CD7C4E53B046CBCE4AA2846C"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to receive a grant under
this section, in addition to any other requirements specified by the Attorney
General, a State shall submit to the Attorney General an application that
demonstrates that it has statutory authorization for the implementation of
either a minimum or enhanced DNA collection process.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H035DC4AB960447408A0918D08F8ADC99"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Non-supplanting
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An application
submitted under paragraph (1) by a State shall include assurances that the
amounts received under the grant under this section shall be used to
supplement, not supplant, State funds that would otherwise be available for the
purpose described in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F69EC20ECA3464780A8BF06B36E7D7A"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General shall require a State
seeking a grant under this section to document how such State will use the
grant to meet expenses associated with a State’s implementation or planned
implementation of a minimum or enhanced DNA collection process.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H53F65FC5E26643DE92C3B39E6004A25C"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant allocation</header>
<paragraph id="HA0623C3C87234465BD7D2C90253DE3A4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The amount available to a State under this section shall
be based on the projected costs that will be incurred by the State to implement
a minimum or enhanced DNA collection process. Subject to paragraph (2), the
Attorney General shall retain discretion to determine the amount of each such
grant awarded to an eligible State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBA4A2D0DDEA343CFAB781E5B0AC88093"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maximum grant
allocation</header>
<subparagraph id="HDD49E461C7CA40389DFCD59C8E32AD49"><enum>(A)</enum><header>States meeting minimum
DNA collection process</header><text>In the case of a State seeking a grant
under this section with respect to the implementation of a minimum DNA
collection process, such State shall be eligible for a grant under this section
that is equal to no more than 50 percent of the first year costs to the State
of implementing such process.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD5C94039B2CB4AA3B1B58EB00B8F6578"><enum>(B)</enum><header>States meeting enhanced
DNA collection process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the
case of a State seeking a grant under this section with respect to the
implementation of an enhanced DNA collection process, such State shall be
eligible for a grant under this section that is equal to no more than 100
percent of the first year costs to the State of implementing such
process.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3431554546D242DA8E8B949F6C9C15E3"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant Conditions</header><text>As a
condition of receiving a grant under this section, a State shall have a
procedure in place to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF43E8B5C6D3D4413BB4CD46DFBBD95BB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide written notification of expungement
provisions and instructions for requesting expungement to all persons who
submit a DNA sample for inclusion in the index;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2BF2AA980D94028A25F7AEC4A940268"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide the eligibility criteria for
expungement and instructions for requesting expungement on an appropriate
public website; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2814DBE89AFA4F318CF293768B56E3EF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make a determination on all expungement
requests not later than 90 days after receipt and provide a written response of
the determination to the requesting party.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H598661500CF841AD8FEF37CB2D5E87BA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expungement of profiles</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The expungement requirements under section
210304(d) of the DNA Identification Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14132(d)) shall
apply to any samples collected pursuant to this title for purposes of inclusion
in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD7E4E9292874DC59D62F3E9E2AD19D0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title up to $10,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2013 through 2015, to be derived from amounts appropriated
pursuant to subsection (m) of section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination
Act of 2000, as amended by section 103 of this Act, in each such fiscal year
for grants under such section.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe28577ee3fb14ed288635a5bd6206b49" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Attorney General shall submit to the
Committee of the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee of
the Judiciary of the Senate an annual report (which shall be made publicly
available) that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9cea32a2c94748da9bc11e7763e96135"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">lists the States, for the year
involved—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa20363ff26be433d9af3f9ba3b12ab2d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which have (and those States which have
not) implemented a minimum DNA collection process and use such process;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb2a632e7a0cc4bb0bac77067af99c922"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which have (and those States which have
not) implemented an enhanced DNA collection process and use such process;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID29c3e5b7d1e94a4d91b52cc8590bfc52"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes statistics, with respect to the
year involved, regarding the benefits to law enforcement resulting from the
implementation of minimum and enhanced DNA collection processes, including the
number of matches made due to the inclusion of arrestee profiles under such a
process.</text>
</paragraph></section>
June 21, 2012
Reported with an amendment