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[H.R. 777 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.777

                     One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen


                                 An Act


 
 To reauthorize programs authorized under the Debbie Smith Act of 2004.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 
2019''.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION.
    Section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (34 
U.S.C. 40701) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``including'' and 
        inserting ``prioritizing, to the extent practicable consistent 
        with public safety considerations''; and
            (B) in paragraph (8), by striking ``including'' and 
        inserting ``in particular,'';
        (2) in subsection (b)--
            (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (B) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(8) provide assurances that the DNA section of the laboratory 
    to be used to conduct DNA analyses has a written policy that 
    prioritizes the analysis of, to the extent practicable consistent 
    with public safety considerations, samples from homicides and 
    sexual assaults.'';
        (3) in subsection (c)(3)--
            (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``2014 through 2019'' 
        and inserting ``2019 through 2024''; and
            (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``2014 through 2019'' 
        and inserting ``2019 through 2024''; and
        (4) in subsection (j), by striking ``2015 through 2019'' and 
    inserting ``2019 through 2024''.
SEC. 3. TRAINING AND EDUCATION.
    Section 303(b) of the DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act of 2004 (34 
U.S.C. 40722(b)) is amended by striking ``2015 through 2019'' and 
inserting ``2019 through 2024''.
SEC. 4. SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAM GRANTS.
    Section 304(d) of the DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act of 2004 (34 
U.S.C. 40723(d)) is amended by striking ``2015 through 2019'' and 
inserting ``2019 through 2024''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.