[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 96 (Thursday, June 16, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4266-S4277]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              JUSTICE FOR ALL REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2016

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 463, S. 2577.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2577) to protect crime victims' rights, to 
     eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA and other forensic 
     evidence samples to improve and expand the forensic science 
     testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime 
     laboratories, to increase research and development of new 
     testing technologies, to develop new training programs 
     regarding the collection and use of forensic evidence, to 
     provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate 
     the innocent, to support accreditation efforts of forensic 
     science laboratories and medical examiner offices, to address 
     training and equipment needs, to improve the performance of 
     counsel in State capital cases, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on the Judiciary, with 
amendments, as follows:
  (The part of the bill intended to be stricken is shown in boldface 
brackets and the parts of the bill intended to be inserted are shown in 
italics.)

                                S. 2577

       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 ``Justice for All 
     Reauthorization Act of 2016''.

     SEC. 2. CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS.

       (a) Restitution During Supervised Release.--Section 3583(d) 
     of title 18, United States Code, is amended in the first 
     sentence by inserting ``, that the defendant make restitution 
     in accordance with sections 3663 and 3663A, or any other 
     statute authorizing a sentence of restitution,'' after 
     ``supervision''.
       (b) Collection of Restitution From Defendant's Estate.--
     Section 3613(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following: ``The liability to pay 
     restitution shall terminate on the date that is the later of 
     20 years from the entry of judgment or 20 years after the 
     release from imprisonment of the person ordered to pay 
     restitution. In the event of the death of the person ordered 
     to pay restitution, the individual's estate will be held 
     responsible for any unpaid balance of the restitution amount, 
     and the lien provided in subsection (c) of this section shall 
     continue until the estate receives a written release of that 
     liability.''.
       (c) Victim Interpreters.--Rule 28 of the Federal Rules of 
     Criminal Procedure is amended in the first sentence by 
     inserting before the period at the end the following: ``, 
     including an interpreter for the victim''.
       (d) GAO Study.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall--
       (A) conduct a study to determine whether enhancing the 
     restitution provisions under sections 3663 and 3663A of title 
     18, United States Code, to provide courts broader authority 
     to award restitution for Federal offenses would be beneficial 
     to crime victims and what other factors Congress should 
     consider in weighing such changes; and
       (B) submit to Congress a report on the study conducted 
     under subparagraph (A).
       (2) Contents.--In conducting the study under paragraph (1), 
     the Comptroller General shall focus on the benefits to crime 
     victims that would result if the restitution provisions under 
     sections 3663 and 3663A of title 18, United States Code, were 
     expanded--
       (A) to apply to victims who have suffered harm, injury, or 
     loss that would not have occurred but for the defendant's 
     related conduct;
       (B) in the case of an offense resulting in bodily injury 
     resulting in the victim's death, to allow the court to use 
     its discretion to award an appropriate sum to reflect the 
     income lost by the victim's surviving family members or 
     estate as a result of the victim's death;
       (C) to require that the defendant pay to the victim an 
     amount determined by the court to restore the victim to the 
     position he or she would have been in had the defendant not 
     committed the offense; and
       (D) to require that the defendant compensate the victim for 
     any injury, harm, or loss, including emotional distress, that 
     occurred as a result of the offense.

     SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR GRANTS FOR CRIME 
                   VICTIMS.

       (a) Crime Victims Legal Assistance Grants.--Section 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 ``2006, 2007, 2008, and 
     2009'' and inserting ``2017 through 2021'';
       (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``2006, 2007, 2008, and 
     2009'' and inserting ``2017 through 2021'';
       (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``2006, 2007, 2008, and 
     2009'' and inserting ``2017 through 2021'';
       (4) in paragraph (4), by striking ``2006, 2007, 2008, and 
     2009'' and inserting ``2017 through 2021''; and
       (5) in paragraph (5), by striking ``2006, 2007, 2008, and 
     2009'' and inserting ``2017 through 2021''.
       (b) Crime Victims Notification Grants.--Section 1404E(c) of 
     the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10603e(c)) is 
     amended by striking ``2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009'' and 
     inserting ``2017 through 2021''.

     SEC. 4. REDUCING THE RAPE KIT BACKLOG.

       Of the amounts made available to the Attorney General for a 
     DNA Analysis and capacity enhancement program and for other 
     local, State, and Federal forensic activities under the 
     heading ``state and local law enforcement'' under the heading 
     ``Office of Justice Programs'' under the heading ``DEPARTMENT 
     OF JUSTICE'' in a fiscal year--
       (1) not less than 75 percent of such amounts shall be 
     provided for grants for direct testing activities described 
     under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 2(a) of the DNA 
     Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 
     14135(a)); and
       (2) not less than 5 percent of such amounts shall be 
     provided for grants for law enforcement agencies to conduct 
     audits of their backlogged rape kits, including through the 
     creation of a tracking system, under section 2(a)(7) of the 
     DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 
     14135(a)(7)), and to prioritize testing in those cases in 
     which the statute of limitation will soon expire.

     SEC. 5. SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINERS.

       Section 304 of the DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act of 2004 
     (42 U.S.C. 14136a) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
       ``(c) Preference.--
       ``(1) In general.--In reviewing applications submitted in 
     accordance with a program authorized, in whole or in part, by 
     this section, the Attorney General shall give preference to 
     any eligible entity that certifies that the entity will use 
     the grant funds to--
       ``(A) operate or expand forensic nurse examiner programs in 
     a rural area or for an underserved population, as those terms 
     are defined in section 4002 of the Violence Against Women Act 
     of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925);

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       ``(B) hire full-time forensic nurse examiners to conduct 
     activities under subsection (a); or
       ``(C) sustain or establish a training program for forensic 
     nurse examiners.
       ``(2) Directive to the attorney general.--Not later than 
     120 days after the date of enactment of the Justice for All 
     Reauthorization Act of 2016, the Attorney General shall 
     coordinate with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
     inform Federally Qualified Health Centers, Community Health 
     Centers, hospitals, colleges and universities, and other 
     appropriate health-related entities about the role of 
     forensic nurses and existing resources available within the 
     Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human 
     Services to train or employ forensic nurses to address the 
     needs of communities dealing with sexual assault, domestic 
     violence, and elder abuse. The Attorney General shall 
     collaborate on this effort with nongovernmental organizations 
     representing forensic nurses.''.

     SEC. 6. PROTECTING THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT.

       Section 8(e)(1)(A) of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 
     2003 (42 U.S.C. 15607(e)(1)(A)) is amended--
       (1) in clause (i), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period and inserting 
     ``; and''; and
       (3) by inserting at the end the following:
       ``(iii) the program is not administered by the Office on 
     Violence Against Women of the Department of Justice.''.

     SEC. 7. CLARIFICATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT HOUSING 
                   PROTECTIONS.

       Section 41411(b)(3)(B)(ii) of the Violence Against Women 
     Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043e-11(b)(3)(B)(ii)) is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence, by inserting ``or resident'' 
     after ``any remaining tenant''; and
       (2) in the second sentence, by inserting ``or resident'' 
     after ``tenant'' each place it appears.

     SEC. 8. STRENGTHENING THE PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT.

       The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (42 U.S.C. 15601 et 
     seq.) is amended--
       (1) in section 6(d)(2) (42 U.S.C. 15605(d)(2)), by striking 
     subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
       ``(A)(i) include the certification of the chief executive 
     that the State receiving such grant has adopted all national 
     prison rape standards that, as of the date on which the 
     application was submitted, have been promulgated under this 
     Act; or
       ``(ii) demonstrate to the Attorney General, in such manner 
     as the Attorney General shall require, that the State 
     receiving such grant is actively working to adopt and achieve 
     full compliance with the national prison rape standards 
     described in clause (i);''; and
       (2) in section 8(e) (42 U.S.C. 15607(e))--
       (A) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
       ``(2) Adoption of national standards.--
       ``(A) In general.--For each fiscal year, any amount that a 
     State would otherwise receive for prison purposes for that 
     fiscal year under a grant program covered by this subsection 
     shall be reduced by 5 percent, unless the chief executive 
     officer of the State submits to the Attorney General proof of 
     compliance with this Act through--
       ``(i) a certification that the State has adopted, and is in 
     full compliance with, the national standards described in 
     subsection (a); or
       ``(ii) an assurance that the State intends to adopt and 
     achieve full compliance with those national standards so as 
     to ensure that a certification under clause (i) may be 
     submitted in future years, which includes--

       ``(I) a commitment that not less than 5 percent of such 
     amount shall be used for this purpose; or
       ``(II) a request that the Attorney General hold 5 percent 
     of such amount in abeyance pursuant to the requirements of 
     subparagraph (E).

       ``(B) Rules for certification.--
       ``(i) In general.--A chief executive officer of a State who 
     submits a certification under this paragraph shall also 
     provide the Attorney General with--

       ``(I) a list of the prisons under the operational control 
     of the executive branch of the State;
       ``(II) a list of the prisons listed under subclause (I) 
     that were audited during the most recently concluded audit 
     year;
       ``(III) all final audit reports for prisons listed under 
     subclause (I) that were completed during the most recently 
     concluded audit year; and
       ``(IV) a proposed schedule for completing an audit of all 
     the prisons listed under subclause (I) during the following 3 
     audit years.

       ``(ii) Audit appeal exception.--Beginning on the date that 
     is 3 years after the date of enactment of the Justice for All 
     Reauthorization Act of 2016, a chief executive officer of a 
     State may submit a certification that the State is in full 
     compliance pursuant to subparagraph (A)(i) even if a prison 
     under the operational control of the executive branch of the 
     State has an audit appeal pending.
       ``(C) Rules for assurances.--
       ``(i) In general.--A chief executive officer of a State who 
     submits an assurance under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall also 
     provide the Attorney General with--

       ``(I) a list of the prisons under the operational control 
     of the executive branch of the State;
       ``(II) a list of the prisons listed under subclause (I) 
     that were audited during the most recently concluded audit 
     year;
       ``(III) an explanation of any barriers the State faces to 
     completing required audits;
       ``(IV) all final audit reports for prisons listed under 
     subclause (I) that were completed during the most recently 
     concluded audit year;
       ``(V) a proposed schedule for completing an audit of all 
     prisons under the operational control of the executive branch 
     of the State during the following 3 audit years; and
       ``(VI) an explanation of the State's current degree of 
     implementation of the national standards.

       ``(ii) Additional requirement.--A chief executive officer 
     of a State who submits an assurance under subparagraph 
     (A)(ii)(I) shall, before receiving the applicable funds 
     described in subparagraph (A)(ii)(I), also provide the 
     Attorney General with a proposed plan for the expenditure of 
     the funds during the applicable grant period.
       ``(iii) Accounting of funds.--A chief executive officer of 
     a State who submits an assurance under subparagraph 
     (A)(ii)(I) shall, in a manner consistent with the applicable 
     grant reporting requirements, submit to the Attorney General 
     a detailed accounting of how the funds described in 
     subparagraph (A) were used.
       ``(D) Sunset of assurance option.--
       ``(i) In general.--On the date that is 3 years after the 
     date of enactment of the Justice for All Reauthorization Act 
     of 2016, subclause (II) of subparagraph (A)(ii) shall cease 
     to have effect.
       ``(ii) Additional sunset.--On the date that is 6 years 
     after the date of enactment of the Justice for All 
     Reauthorization Act of 2016, clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) 
     shall cease to have effect.
       ``(iii) Emergency assurances.--

       ``(I) Request.--Notwithstanding clause (ii), during the 2-
     year period beginning 6 years after the date of enactment of 
     the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016, a chief 
     executive officer of a State who certifies that the State has 
     audited not less than 90 percent of prisons under the 
     operational control of the executive branch of the State may 
     request that the Attorney General allow the chief executive 
     officer to submit an emergency assurance in accordance with 
     subparagraph (A)(ii) as in effect on the day before the date 
     on which that subparagraph ceased to have effect under clause 
     (ii) of this subparagraph.
       ``(II) Grant of request.--The Attorney General shall grant 
     a request submitted under subclause (I) within 60 days upon a 
     showing of good cause.

       ``(E) Disposition of funds held in abeyance.--
       ``(i) In general.--If the chief executive officer of a 
     State who has submitted an assurance under subparagraph 
     (A)(ii)(II) subsequently submits a certification under 
     subparagraph (A)(i) during the 3-year period beginning on the 
     date of enactment of the Justice for All Reauthorization Act 
     of 2016, the Attorney General will release all funds held in 
     abeyance under subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) to be used by the 
     State in accordance with the conditions of the grant program 
     for which the funds were provided.
       ``(ii) Release of funds.--If the chief executive officer of 
     a State who has submitted an assurance under subparagraph 
     (A)(ii)(II) is unable to submit a certification during the 3-
     year period beginning on the date of enactment of the Justice 
     for All Reauthorization Act of 2016, but does assure the 
     Attorney General that \2/3\ of prisons under the operational 
     control of the executive branch of the State have been 
     audited at least once, the Attorney General shall release all 
     of the funds of the State held in abeyance to be used in 
     adopting and achieving full compliance with the national 
     standards, if the State agrees to comply with the applicable 
     requirements in clauses (ii) and (iii) of subparagraph (C).
       ``(iii) Redistribution of funds.--If the chief executive 
     officer of a State who has submitted an assurance under 
     subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) is unable to submit a certification 
     during the 3-year period beginning on the date of enactment 
     of the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 and does 
     not assure the Attorney General that \2/3\ of prisons under 
     the operational control of the executive branch of the State 
     have been audited at least once, the Attorney General shall 
     redistribute the funds of the State held in abeyance to other 
     States to be used in accordance with the conditions of the 
     grant program for which the funds were provided.
       ``(F) Publication of audit results.--Not later than 1 year 
     after the date of enactment of the Justice for All 
     Reauthorization Act of 2016, the Attorney General shall 
     request from each State, and make available on an appropriate 
     Internet website, all final audit reports completed to date 
     for prisons under the operational control of the executive 
     branch of each State. The Attorney General shall update such 
     website annually with reports received from States under 
     subparagraphs (B)(i) and (C)(i).
       ``(G) Report on implementation of national standards.--Not 
     later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Justice 
     for All Reauthorization Act of 2016, the Attorney General 
     shall issue a report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
     Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives on the status of implementation of the 
     national standards and the steps the Department, in 
     conjunction with the States and other key stakeholders, is

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     taking to address any unresolved implementation issues.''; 
     and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(8) Background checks for auditors.--An individual 
     seeking certification by the Department of Justice to serve 
     as an auditor of prison compliance with the national 
     standards described in subsection (a) shall, upon request, 
     submit fingerprints in the manner determined by the Attorney 
     General for criminal history record checks of the applicable 
     State and Federal Bureau of Investigation repositories.''.

     SEC. 9. ADDITIONAL REAUTHORIZATIONS.

       (a) DNA Research and Development.--Section 305(c) of the 
     Justice for All Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 14136b(c)) is amended 
     by striking ``$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 
     through 2009'' and inserting ``$5,000,000 for each of fiscal 
     years 2017 through 2021''.
       (b) FBI DNA Programs.--Section 307(a) of the Justice for 
     All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-405; 118 Stat. 2275) is 
     amended by striking ``$42,100,000 for each of fiscal years 
     2005 through 2009'' and inserting ``$10,000,000 for each of 
     fiscal years 2017 through 2021''.
       (c) DNA Identification of Missing Persons.--Section 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 2017 through 2021''.

     SEC. 10. PAUL COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCES IMPROVEMENT GRANTS.

       (a) Grants.--Part BB of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
     Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797j) is 
     amended--
       (1) in section 2802(2) (42 U.S.C. 3797k(2)), by inserting 
     after ``bodies'' the following: ``and is accredited by an 
     accrediting body that is a signatory to an internationally 
     recognized arrangement and that offers accreditation to 
     forensic science conformity assessment bodies using an 
     accreditation standard that is recognized by that 
     internationally recognized arrangement, or attests, in a 
     manner that is legally binding and enforceable, to use a 
     portion of the grant amount to prepare and apply for such 
     accreditation not more than 2 years after the date on which a 
     grant is awarded under section 2801'';
       (2) in section 2803(a) (42 U.S.C. 3797l(a))--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) by striking ``Seventy-five percent'' and inserting 
     ``Eighty-five percent''; and
       (ii) by striking ``75 percent'' and inserting ``85 
     percent'';
       (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Twenty-five percent'' 
     and inserting ``Fifteen percent''; and
       (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``0.6 percent'' and 
     inserting ``1 percent'';
       (3) in section 2804(a) (42 U.S.C. 3797m(a))--
       (A) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) by inserting ``impression evidence,'' after ``latent 
     prints,''; and
       (ii) by inserting ``digital evidence, fire evidence,'' 
     after ``toxicology,'';
       (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``and medicolegal death 
     investigators'' after ``laboratory personnel''; and
       (C) by inserting at the end the following:
       ``(4) To address emerging forensic science issues (such as 
     statistics, contextual bias, and uncertainty of measurement) 
     and emerging forensic science technology (such as high 
     throughput automation, statistical software, and new types of 
     instrumentation).
       ``(5) To educate and train forensic pathologists in the 
     United States.
       ``(6) To work with the States and units of local government 
     to direct funding to medicolegal death investigation systems 
     to facilitate accreditation of medical examiner and coroner 
     offices and certification of medicolegal death 
     investigators.''; and
       (4) in section 2806(a) (42 U.S.C. 3797o(a))--
       (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
       (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
       ``(4) the progress of any unaccredited forensic science 
     service provider receiving grant funds toward obtaining 
     accreditation; and''.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--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--
       (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:
       ``(J) $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 
     2021.''.

     SEC. 11. IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF REPRESENTATION IN STATE 
                   CAPITAL CASES.

       Section 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 
     ``$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021''; 
     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''.

     SEC. 12. POST-CONVICTION DNA TESTING.

       (a) In General.--Section 3600 of title 18, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking ``under a sentence of'' in each place it 
     appears and inserting ``sentenced to'';
       (2) 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'';
       (3) in subsection (b)(1)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) order the Government to--
       ``(i) prepare an inventory of the evidence related to the 
     case; and
       ``(ii) issue a copy of the inventory to the court, the 
     applicant, and the Government.'';
       (4) in subsection (e)--
       (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
       ``(1) Results.--
       ``(A) In general.--The results of any DNA testing ordered 
     under this section shall be simultaneously disclosed to the 
     court, the applicant, and the Government.
       ``(B) Results exclude applicant.--
       ``(i) In general.--If a DNA profile is obtained through 
     testing that excludes the applicant as the source and the DNA 
     complies with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's 
     requirements for the uploading of crime scene profiles to the 
     National DNA Index System (referred to in this subsection as 
     `NDIS'), the court shall order that the law enforcement 
     entity with direct or conveyed statutory jurisdiction that 
     has access to the NDIS submit the DNA profile obtained from 
     probative biological material from crime scene evidence to 
     determine whether the DNA profile matches a profile of a 
     known individual or a profile from an unsolved crime.
       ``(ii) NDIS search.--The results of a search under clause 
     (i) shall be simultaneously disclosed to the court, the 
     applicant, and the Government.''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``the National DNA Index 
     System (referred to in this subsection as `NDIS')'' and 
     inserting ``NDIS''; and
       (5) in subsection (g)(2)(B), by striking ``death''.
       (b) Preservation of Biological Evidence.--Section 3600A of 
     title 18, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``under a sentence of'' 
     and inserting ``sentenced to''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)--
       (A) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2); and
       (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as 
     paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively.

     SEC. 13. KIRK BLOODSWORTH POST-CONVICTION DNA TESTING 
                   PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--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 2017 through 2021''; and
       (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
       ``(2) 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--
       ``(A) provides DNA testing of specified evidence under a 
     State statute or a State or local rule or regulation to 
     persons sentenced to 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 source of the DNA, 
     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, 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, nonnegligent manslaughter and sexual 
     offenses.''.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 412(b) of the 
     Justice for All Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 14136e(b)) is amended 
     by striking ``$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 
     through 2009'' and inserting ``$10,000,000 for each of fiscal 
     years 2017 through 2021''.

     SEC. 14. ESTABLISHMENT OF BEST PRACTICES FOR EVIDENCE 
                   RETENTION.

       (a) In General.--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:

     ``SEC. 414. ESTABLISHMENT OF BEST PRACTICES FOR EVIDENCE 
                   RETENTION.

       ``(a) In General.--The Director of the National Institute 
     of Justice, in consultation with Federal, State, and local 
     law enforcement agencies and government laboratories, shall--
       ``(1) establish best practices for evidence retention to 
     focus on the preservation of forensic evidence; and
       ``(2) assist State, local, and tribal governments in 
     adopting and implementing the best practices established 
     under paragraph (1).

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       ``(b) Deadline.--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).
       ``(c) Limitation.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to require or obligate compliance with the best 
     practices established under subsection (a)(1).''.
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--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:

``Sec. 414. Establishment of best practices for evidence retention.''.

     SEC. 15. EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Effective Administration of Criminal Justice Act of 2015''.
       (b) Strategic Planning.--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 Statewide 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 representatives of 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;
       ``(D) describe the barriers at the State and local level 
     for accessing data and implementing evidence-based approaches 
     to preventing and reducing crime and recidivism; and
       ``(E) 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) Technical Assistance.--
       ``(1) Strategic planning.--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). The 
     Attorney General may enter into agreements with 1 or more 
     non-governmental organizations to provide technical 
     assistance and training under this paragraph.
       ``(2) Protection of constitutional rights.--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--
       ``(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 appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 
     through 2021 to carry out this subsection.''.
       (c) Applicability.--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.

     SEC. 16. OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

       All grants awarded by the Department of Justice that are 
     authorized under this Act shall be subject to the following:
       (1) Audit requirement.--Beginning in fiscal year 2016, 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.
       (2) Mandatory exclusion.--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).
       (3) Priority.--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.
       (4) Reimbursement.--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--
       (A) deposit an amount equal to the grant funds that were 
     improperly awarded to the grantee into the General Fund of 
     the Treasury; and
       (B) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the fund 
     from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded grant 
     funds.
       (5) Defined term.--In this section, the term ``unresolved 
     audit finding'' 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.
       (6) Nonprofit organization requirements.--
       (A) Definition.--For purposes of this section and the grant 
     programs described in this Act, the term ``nonprofit 
     organization'' 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.
       (B) Prohibition.--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.
       (C) Disclosure.--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.
       (7) Administrative expenses.--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.
       (8) Conference expenditures.--
       (A) Limitation.--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.
       (B) Written approval.--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.
       (C) Report.--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.
       (9) Prohibition on lobbying activity.--
       (A) In general.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated 
     under this Act may not be utilized by any grant recipient 
     to--
       (i) lobby any representative of the Department of Justice 
     regarding the award of grant funding; or
       (ii) lobby any representative of a Federal, State, local, 
     or tribal government regarding the award of grant funding.
       (B) Penalty.--If the Attorney General determines that any 
     recipient of a grant under this Act has violated subparagraph 
     (A), the Attorney General shall--
       (i) require the grant recipient to repay the grant in full; 
     and
       (ii) prohibit the grant recipient from receiving another 
     grant under this Act for not less than 5 years.

     SEC. 17. NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF FORENSIC LABORATORIES.

       (a) Study and Report.--Not later than October 1, 2018, the 
     Attorney General shall conduct a study and submit a report to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
     Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on 
     the status and needs of the forensic science community.

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       (b) Requirements.--The report required under subsection (a) 
     shall--
       (1) examine the status of current workload, backlog, 
     personnel, equipment, and equipment needs of public crime 
     laboratories and medical examiner and coroner offices;
       (2) include an overview of academic forensic science 
     resources and needs, from a broad forensic science 
     perspective, including nontraditional crime laboratory 
     disciplines such as forensic anthropology, forensic 
     entomology, and others as determined appropriate by the 
     Attorney General;
       (3) consider--
       (A) the National Institute of Justice study, Forensic 
     Sciences: Review of Status and Needs, published in 1999;
       (B) the Bureau of Justice Statistics census reports on 
     Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories, published in 
     2002, 2005, 2009, and 2014;
       (C) the National Academy of Sciences report, Strengthening 
     Forensic Science: A Path Forward, published in 2009; and
       (D) the Bureau of Justice Statistics survey of forensic 
     providers recommended by the National Commission of Forensic 
     Science and approved by the Attorney General on September 8, 
     2014;
       (4) provide Congress with a comprehensive view of the 
     infrastructure, equipment, and personnel needs of the broad 
     forensic science community; and
       (5) be made available to the public.

     [SEC. 18. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the authority of the Director of the Office of Victims 
     of Crime under section 1404 of the Victims of Crime Act of 
     1984 (42 U.S.C. 10603) includes funding ongoing projects that 
     provide services to victims of crime on a nationwide basis or 
     Americans abroad who are victims of crimes committed outside 
     of the United States; and
       (2) the proposed rule entitled ``VOCA Victim Assistance 
     Program'' published by the Office of Victims of Crime of the 
     Department of Justice in the Federal Register on August 27, 
     2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 52877), is consistent with section 1404 of 
     the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10603).]

     SEC. 18. CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Amendment.--Section 1404(c)(1)(A) of the Victims of 
     Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10603(c)(1)(A)) is amended by 
     inserting ``victim services,'' before ``demonstration 
     projects''.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the proposed rule entitled ``VOCA Victim Assistance Program'' 
     published by the Office of Victims of Crime of the Department 
     of Justice in the Federal Register on August 27, 2013 (78 
     Fed. Reg. 52877), is consistent with section 1404 of the 
     Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10603).

     SEC. 19. IMPROVING THE RESTITUTION PROCESS.

       Section 3612 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(j) Evaluation of Offices of the United States Attorney 
     and Department Components.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Attorney General shall, as part of 
     the regular evaluation process, evaluate each office of the 
     United States attorney and each component of the Department 
     of Justice on the performance of the office or the component, 
     as the case may be, in seeking and recovering restitution for 
     victims under sections 3663 and 3663A.
       ``(2) Requirement.--Following an evaluation under paragraph 
     (1), each office of the United States attorney and each 
     component of the Department of Justice shall work to improve 
     the practices of the office or component, as the case may be, 
     with respect to seeking and recovering restitution for 
     victims under sections 3663 and 3663A.
       ``(k) GAO Reports.--
       ``(1) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this subsection, the Comptroller General of the 
     United States shall prepare and submit to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report on 
     restitution sought by the Attorney General under sections 
     3663 and 3663A during the 3-year period preceding the report.
       ``(2) Contents.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
     shall include statistically valid estimates of--
       ``(A) the number of cases in which a defendant was 
     convicted and the Attorney General could seek restitution 
     under this title;
       ``(B) the number of cases in which the Attorney General 
     sought restitution;
       ``(C) of the cases in which the Attorney General sought 
     restitution, the number of times restitution was ordered by 
     the district courts of the United States;
       ``(D) the amount of restitution ordered by the district 
     courts of the United States;
       ``(E) the amount of restitution collected pursuant to the 
     restitution orders described in subparagraph (D);
       ``(F) the percentage of restitution orders for which the 
     full amount of restitution has not been collected; and
       ``(G) any other measurement the Comptroller General 
     determines would assist in evaluating how to improve the 
     restitution process in Federal criminal cases.
       ``(3) Recommendations.--The report required under paragraph 
     (1) shall include recommendations on the best practices for--
       ``(A) requesting restitution in cases in which restitution 
     may be sought under sections 3663 and 3663A;
       ``(B) obtaining restitution orders from the district courts 
     of the United States; and
       ``(C) collecting restitution ordered by the district courts 
     of the United States.
       ``(4) Report.--Not later than 3 years after date on which 
     the report required under paragraph (1) is submitted, the 
     Comptroller General of the United States shall prepare and 
     submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
     Senate a report on the implementation by the Attorney General 
     of the best practices recommended under paragraph (3).''.

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
committee-reported amendments be agreed to, the Grassley amendment be 
agreed to, and the bill, as amended, be read a third time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendments were agreed to.
  The amendment (No. 4727) was agreed to, as follows:

 (Purpose: To require the Attorney General to evaluate the performance 
of the Department of Justice in seeking and recovering restitution for 
victims under all Federal restitution provisions, to require recipients 
  of DNA backlog capacity and enhancement grants to report on how the 
  actually used their grant funds, and to prevent duplicative grants)

       On page 6, line 2, strike ``Of the amounts'' and insert 
     ``(a) In General.--Of the amounts''.
       On page 6, between lines 21 and 22, insert the following:
       (b) Reporting.--
       (1) Report by grant recipients.--With respect to amounts 
     made available to the Attorney General for a DNA Analysis and 
     capacity enhancement program and for other local, State, and 
     Federal forensic activities under the heading ``state and 
     local law enforcement'' under the heading ``Office of Justice 
     Programs'' under the heading ``DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'', the 
     Attorney General shall require recipients of the amounts to 
     report on the effectiveness of the activities carried out 
     using the amounts, including any information the Attorney 
     General needs in order to submit the report required under 
     paragraph (2).
       (2) Report to congress.--Not later than 1 month after the 
     last day of each even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney 
     General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
     Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives a report that includes, for each recipient of 
     amounts described in paragraph (1)--
       (A) the amounts distributed to the recipient;
       (B) a summary of the purposes for which the amounts were 
     used and an evaluation of the progress of the recipient in 
     achieving those purposes;
       (C) a statistical summary of the crime scene samples and 
     arrestee or offender samples submitted to laboratories, the 
     average time between the submission of a sample to a 
     laboratory and the testing of the sample, and the percentage 
     of the amounts that were paid to private laboratories; and
       (D) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the grant amounts 
     in increasing capacity and reducing backlogs.
       On page 37, between lines 21 and 22, insert the following:
       (10) Preventing duplicative grants.--
       (A) In general.--Before the Attorney General awards a grant 
     to an applicant under this Act, the Attorney General shall 
     compare potential grant awards with other grants awarded 
     under this Act to determine whether duplicate grants are 
     awarded for the same purpose.
       (B) Report.--If the Attorney General awards duplicate 
     grants to the same applicant for the same purpose, the 
     Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
     the House of Representatives a report that includes--
       (i) a list of all duplicate grants awarded, including the 
     total dollar amount of any duplicate grants awarded; and
       (ii) the reason the Attorney General awarded the duplicate 
     grants.
       On page 40, line 25, strike ``sections 3663 and 3663A'' and 
     insert ``each provision of this title and the Controlled 
     Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) that authorizes 
     restitution''.
       On page 41, line 7, strike ``sections 3663 and 3663A'' and 
     insert ``each provision of this title and the Controlled 
     Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) that authorizes 
     restitution''.
       On page 41, line 15, strike ``sections 3663 and 3663A'' and 
     insert ``each provision of this title and the Controlled 
     Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) that authorizes 
     restitution''.
       On page 41, line 22, insert ``or the Controlled Substances 
     Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.)'' after ``this title''.
       On page 42, lines 21 and 22, strike ``sections 3663 and 
     3663A'' and insert ``each provision of this title and the 
     Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) that 
     authorizes restitution''.
       On page 43, line 3, insert ``the'' before ``date''.

  The bill was engrossed for a third reading and was read the third 
time.
  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I know of no further debate on this 
measure.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Hearing no further debate, the bill having 
been read the third time, the question is, Shall it pass?

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  The bill (S. 2577), as amended, was passed, as follows:

                                S. 2577

       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 ``Justice for All 
     Reauthorization Act of 2016''.

     SEC. 2. CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS.

       (a) Restitution During Supervised Release.--Section 3583(d) 
     of title 18, United States Code, is amended in the first 
     sentence by inserting ``, that the defendant make restitution 
     in accordance with sections 3663 and 3663A, or any other 
     statute authorizing a sentence of restitution,'' after 
     ``supervision''.
       (b) Collection of Restitution From Defendant's Estate.--
     Section 3613(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following: ``The liability to pay 
     restitution shall terminate on the date that is the later of 
     20 years from the entry of judgment or 20 years after the 
     release from imprisonment of the person ordered to pay 
     restitution. In the event of the death of the person ordered 
     to pay restitution, the individual's estate will be held 
     responsible for any unpaid balance of the restitution amount, 
     and the lien provided in subsection (c) of this section shall 
     continue until the estate receives a written release of that 
     liability.''.
       (c) Victim Interpreters.--Rule 28 of the Federal Rules of 
     Criminal Procedure is amended in the first sentence by 
     inserting before the period at the end the following: ``, 
     including an interpreter for the victim''.
       (d) GAO Study.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall--
       (A) conduct a study to determine whether enhancing the 
     restitution provisions under sections 3663 and 3663A of title 
     18, United States Code, to provide courts broader authority 
     to award restitution for Federal offenses would be beneficial 
     to crime victims and what other factors Congress should 
     consider in weighing such changes; and
       (B) submit to Congress a report on the study conducted 
     under subparagraph (A).
       (2) Contents.--In conducting the study under paragraph (1), 
     the Comptroller General shall focus on the benefits to crime 
     victims that would result if the restitution provisions under 
     sections 3663 and 3663A of title 18, United States Code, were 
     expanded--
       (A) to apply to victims who have suffered harm, injury, or 
     loss that would not have occurred but for the defendant's 
     related conduct;
       (B) in the case of an offense resulting in bodily injury 
     resulting in the victim's death, to allow the court to use 
     its discretion to award an appropriate sum to reflect the 
     income lost by the victim's surviving family members or 
     estate as a result of the victim's death;
       (C) to require that the defendant pay to the victim an 
     amount determined by the court to restore the victim to the 
     position he or she would have been in had the defendant not 
     committed the offense; and
       (D) to require that the defendant compensate the victim for 
     any injury, harm, or loss, including emotional distress, that 
     occurred as a result of the offense.

     SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR GRANTS FOR CRIME 
                   VICTIMS.

       (a) Crime Victims Legal Assistance Grants.--Section 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 ``2006, 2007, 2008, and 
     2009'' and inserting ``2017 through 2021'';
       (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``2006, 2007, 2008, and 
     2009'' and inserting ``2017 through 2021'';
       (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``2006, 2007, 2008, and 
     2009'' and inserting ``2017 through 2021'';
       (4) in paragraph (4), by striking ``2006, 2007, 2008, and 
     2009'' and inserting ``2017 through 2021''; and
       (5) in paragraph (5), by striking ``2006, 2007, 2008, and 
     2009'' and inserting ``2017 through 2021''.
       (b) Crime Victims Notification Grants.--Section 1404E(c) of 
     the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10603e(c)) is 
     amended by striking ``2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009'' and 
     inserting ``2017 through 2021''.

     SEC. 4. REDUCING THE RAPE KIT BACKLOG.

       (a) In General.--Of the amounts made available to the 
     Attorney General for a DNA Analysis and capacity enhancement 
     program and for other local, State, and Federal forensic 
     activities under the heading ``state and local law 
     enforcement'' under the heading ``Office of Justice 
     Programs'' under the heading ``DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'' in a 
     fiscal year--
       (1) not less than 75 percent of such amounts shall be 
     provided for grants for direct testing activities described 
     under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 2(a) of the DNA 
     Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 
     14135(a)); and
       (2) not less than 5 percent of such amounts shall be 
     provided for grants for law enforcement agencies to conduct 
     audits of their backlogged rape kits, including through the 
     creation of a tracking system, under section 2(a)(7) of the 
     DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 
     14135(a)(7)), and to prioritize testing in those cases in 
     which the statute of limitation will soon expire.
       (b) Reporting.--
       (1) Report by grant recipients.--With respect to amounts 
     made available to the Attorney General for a DNA Analysis and 
     capacity enhancement program and for other local, State, and 
     Federal forensic activities under the heading ``state and 
     local law enforcement'' under the heading ``Office of Justice 
     Programs'' under the heading ``DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'', the 
     Attorney General shall require recipients of the amounts to 
     report on the effectiveness of the activities carried out 
     using the amounts, including any information the Attorney 
     General needs in order to submit the report required under 
     paragraph (2).
       (2) Report to congress.--Not later than 1 month after the 
     last day of each even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney 
     General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
     Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives a report that includes, for each recipient of 
     amounts described in paragraph (1)--
       (A) the amounts distributed to the recipient;
       (B) a summary of the purposes for which the amounts were 
     used and an evaluation of the progress of the recipient in 
     achieving those purposes;
       (C) a statistical summary of the crime scene samples and 
     arrestee or offender samples submitted to laboratories, the 
     average time between the submission of a sample to a 
     laboratory and the testing of the sample, and the percentage 
     of the amounts that were paid to private laboratories; and
       (D) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the grant amounts 
     in increasing capacity and reducing backlogs.

     SEC. 5. SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINERS.

       Section 304 of the DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act of 2004 
     (42 U.S.C. 14136a) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
       ``(c) Preference.--
       ``(1) In general.--In reviewing applications submitted in 
     accordance with a program authorized, in whole or in part, by 
     this section, the Attorney General shall give preference to 
     any eligible entity that certifies that the entity will use 
     the grant funds to--
       ``(A) operate or expand forensic nurse examiner programs in 
     a rural area or for an underserved population, as those terms 
     are defined in section 4002 of the Violence Against Women Act 
     of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925);
       ``(B) hire full-time forensic nurse examiners to conduct 
     activities under subsection (a); or
       ``(C) sustain or establish a training program for forensic 
     nurse examiners.
       ``(2) Directive to the attorney general.--Not later than 
     120 days after the date of enactment of the Justice for All 
     Reauthorization Act of 2016, the Attorney General shall 
     coordinate with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
     inform Federally Qualified Health Centers, Community Health 
     Centers, hospitals, colleges and universities, and other 
     appropriate health-related entities about the role of 
     forensic nurses and existing resources available within the 
     Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human 
     Services to train or employ forensic nurses to address the 
     needs of communities dealing with sexual assault, domestic 
     violence, and elder abuse. The Attorney General shall 
     collaborate on this effort with nongovernmental organizations 
     representing forensic nurses.''.

     SEC. 6. PROTECTING THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT.

       Section 8(e)(1)(A) of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 
     2003 (42 U.S.C. 15607(e)(1)(A)) is amended--
       (1) in clause (i), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period and inserting 
     ``; and''; and
       (3) by inserting at the end the following:
       ``(iii) the program is not administered by the Office on 
     Violence Against Women of the Department of Justice.''.

     SEC. 7. CLARIFICATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT HOUSING 
                   PROTECTIONS.

       Section 41411(b)(3)(B)(ii) of the Violence Against Women 
     Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043e-11(b)(3)(B)(ii)) is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence, by inserting ``or resident'' 
     after ``any remaining tenant''; and
       (2) in the second sentence, by inserting ``or resident'' 
     after ``tenant'' each place it appears.

     SEC. 8. STRENGTHENING THE PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT.

       The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (42 U.S.C. 15601 et 
     seq.) is amended--
       (1) in section 6(d)(2) (42 U.S.C. 15605(d)(2)), by striking 
     subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
       ``(A)(i) include the certification of the chief executive 
     that the State receiving such grant has adopted all national 
     prison rape standards that, as of the date on which the 
     application was submitted, have been promulgated under this 
     Act; or
       ``(ii) demonstrate to the Attorney General, in such manner 
     as the Attorney General shall require, that the State 
     receiving such grant is actively working to adopt and achieve 
     full compliance with the national prison rape standards 
     described in clause (i);''; and
       (2) in section 8(e) (42 U.S.C. 15607(e))--
       (A) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
       ``(2) Adoption of national standards.--

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       ``(A) In general.--For each fiscal year, any amount that a 
     State would otherwise receive for prison purposes for that 
     fiscal year under a grant program covered by this subsection 
     shall be reduced by 5 percent, unless the chief executive 
     officer of the State submits to the Attorney General proof of 
     compliance with this Act through--
       ``(i) a certification that the State has adopted, and is in 
     full compliance with, the national standards described in 
     subsection (a); or
       ``(ii) an assurance that the State intends to adopt and 
     achieve full compliance with those national standards so as 
     to ensure that a certification under clause (i) may be 
     submitted in future years, which includes--

       ``(I) a commitment that not less than 5 percent of such 
     amount shall be used for this purpose; or
       ``(II) a request that the Attorney General hold 5 percent 
     of such amount in abeyance pursuant to the requirements of 
     subparagraph (E).

       ``(B) Rules for certification.--
       ``(i) In general.--A chief executive officer of a State who 
     submits a certification under this paragraph shall also 
     provide the Attorney General with--

       ``(I) a list of the prisons under the operational control 
     of the executive branch of the State;
       ``(II) a list of the prisons listed under subclause (I) 
     that were audited during the most recently concluded audit 
     year;
       ``(III) all final audit reports for prisons listed under 
     subclause (I) that were completed during the most recently 
     concluded audit year; and
       ``(IV) a proposed schedule for completing an audit of all 
     the prisons listed under subclause (I) during the following 3 
     audit years.

       ``(ii) Audit appeal exception.--Beginning on the date that 
     is 3 years after the date of enactment of the Justice for All 
     Reauthorization Act of 2016, a chief executive officer of a 
     State may submit a certification that the State is in full 
     compliance pursuant to subparagraph (A)(i) even if a prison 
     under the operational control of the executive branch of the 
     State has an audit appeal pending.
       ``(C) Rules for assurances.--
       ``(i) In general.--A chief executive officer of a State who 
     submits an assurance under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall also 
     provide the Attorney General with--

       ``(I) a list of the prisons under the operational control 
     of the executive branch of the State;
       ``(II) a list of the prisons listed under subclause (I) 
     that were audited during the most recently concluded audit 
     year;
       ``(III) an explanation of any barriers the State faces to 
     completing required audits;
       ``(IV) all final audit reports for prisons listed under 
     subclause (I) that were completed during the most recently 
     concluded audit year;
       ``(V) a proposed schedule for completing an audit of all 
     prisons under the operational control of the executive branch 
     of the State during the following 3 audit years; and
       ``(VI) an explanation of the State's current degree of 
     implementation of the national standards.

       ``(ii) Additional requirement.--A chief executive officer 
     of a State who submits an assurance under subparagraph 
     (A)(ii)(I) shall, before receiving the applicable funds 
     described in subparagraph (A)(ii)(I), also provide the 
     Attorney General with a proposed plan for the expenditure of 
     the funds during the applicable grant period.
       ``(iii) Accounting of funds.--A chief executive officer of 
     a State who submits an assurance under subparagraph 
     (A)(ii)(I) shall, in a manner consistent with the applicable 
     grant reporting requirements, submit to the Attorney General 
     a detailed accounting of how the funds described in 
     subparagraph (A) were used.
       ``(D) Sunset of assurance option.--
       ``(i) In general.--On the date that is 3 years after the 
     date of enactment of the Justice for All Reauthorization Act 
     of 2016, subclause (II) of subparagraph (A)(ii) shall cease 
     to have effect.
       ``(ii) Additional sunset.--On the date that is 6 years 
     after the date of enactment of the Justice for All 
     Reauthorization Act of 2016, clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) 
     shall cease to have effect.
       ``(iii) Emergency assurances.--

       ``(I) Request.--Notwithstanding clause (ii), during the 2-
     year period beginning 6 years after the date of enactment of 
     the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016, a chief 
     executive officer of a State who certifies that the State has 
     audited not less than 90 percent of prisons under the 
     operational control of the executive branch of the State may 
     request that the Attorney General allow the chief executive 
     officer to submit an emergency assurance in accordance with 
     subparagraph (A)(ii) as in effect on the day before the date 
     on which that subparagraph ceased to have effect under clause 
     (ii) of this subparagraph.
       ``(II) Grant of request.--The Attorney General shall grant 
     a request submitted under subclause (I) within 60 days upon a 
     showing of good cause.

       ``(E) Disposition of funds held in abeyance.--
       ``(i) In general.--If the chief executive officer of a 
     State who has submitted an assurance under subparagraph 
     (A)(ii)(II) subsequently submits a certification under 
     subparagraph (A)(i) during the 3-year period beginning on the 
     date of enactment of the Justice for All Reauthorization Act 
     of 2016, the Attorney General will release all funds held in 
     abeyance under subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) to be used by the 
     State in accordance with the conditions of the grant program 
     for which the funds were provided.
       ``(ii) Release of funds.--If the chief executive officer of 
     a State who has submitted an assurance under subparagraph 
     (A)(ii)(II) is unable to submit a certification during the 3-
     year period beginning on the date of enactment of the Justice 
     for All Reauthorization Act of 2016, but does assure the 
     Attorney General that \2/3\ of prisons under the operational 
     control of the executive branch of the State have been 
     audited at least once, the Attorney General shall release all 
     of the funds of the State held in abeyance to be used in 
     adopting and achieving full compliance with the national 
     standards, if the State agrees to comply with the applicable 
     requirements in clauses (ii) and (iii) of subparagraph (C).
       ``(iii) Redistribution of funds.--If the chief executive 
     officer of a State who has submitted an assurance under 
     subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) is unable to submit a certification 
     during the 3-year period beginning on the date of enactment 
     of the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 and does 
     not assure the Attorney General that \2/3\ of prisons under 
     the operational control of the executive branch of the State 
     have been audited at least once, the Attorney General shall 
     redistribute the funds of the State held in abeyance to other 
     States to be used in accordance with the conditions of the 
     grant program for which the funds were provided.
       ``(F) Publication of audit results.--Not later than 1 year 
     after the date of enactment of the Justice for All 
     Reauthorization Act of 2016, the Attorney General shall 
     request from each State, and make available on an appropriate 
     Internet website, all final audit reports completed to date 
     for prisons under the operational control of the executive 
     branch of each State. The Attorney General shall update such 
     website annually with reports received from States under 
     subparagraphs (B)(i) and (C)(i).
       ``(G) Report on implementation of national standards.--Not 
     later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Justice 
     for All Reauthorization Act of 2016, the Attorney General 
     shall issue a report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
     Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives on the status of implementation of the 
     national standards and the steps the Department, in 
     conjunction with the States and other key stakeholders, is 
     taking to address any unresolved implementation issues.''; 
     and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(8) Background checks for auditors.--An individual 
     seeking certification by the Department of Justice to serve 
     as an auditor of prison compliance with the national 
     standards described in subsection (a) shall, upon request, 
     submit fingerprints in the manner determined by the Attorney 
     General for criminal history record checks of the applicable 
     State and Federal Bureau of Investigation repositories.''.

     SEC. 9. ADDITIONAL REAUTHORIZATIONS.

       (a) DNA Research and Development.--Section 305(c) of the 
     Justice for All Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 14136b(c)) is amended 
     by striking ``$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 
     through 2009'' and inserting ``$5,000,000 for each of fiscal 
     years 2017 through 2021''.
       (b) FBI DNA Programs.--Section 307(a) of the Justice for 
     All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-405; 118 Stat. 2275) is 
     amended by striking ``$42,100,000 for each of fiscal years 
     2005 through 2009'' and inserting ``$10,000,000 for each of 
     fiscal years 2017 through 2021''.
       (c) DNA Identification of Missing Persons.--Section 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 2017 through 2021''.

     SEC. 10. PAUL COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCES IMPROVEMENT GRANTS.

       (a) Grants.--Part BB of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
     Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797j) is 
     amended--
       (1) in section 2802(2) (42 U.S.C. 3797k(2)), by inserting 
     after ``bodies'' the following: ``and is accredited by an 
     accrediting body that is a signatory to an internationally 
     recognized arrangement and that offers accreditation to 
     forensic science conformity assessment bodies using an 
     accreditation standard that is recognized by that 
     internationally recognized arrangement, or attests, in a 
     manner that is legally binding and enforceable, to use a 
     portion of the grant amount to prepare and apply for such 
     accreditation not more than 2 years after the date on which a 
     grant is awarded under section 2801'';
       (2) in section 2803(a) (42 U.S.C. 3797l(a))--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) by striking ``Seventy-five percent'' and inserting 
     ``Eighty-five percent''; and
       (ii) by striking ``75 percent'' and inserting ``85 
     percent'';
       (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Twenty-five percent'' 
     and inserting ``Fifteen percent''; and
       (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``0.6 percent'' and 
     inserting ``1 percent'';
       (3) in section 2804(a) (42 U.S.C. 3797m(a))--
       (A) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) by inserting ``impression evidence,'' after ``latent 
     prints,''; and
       (ii) by inserting ``digital evidence, fire evidence,'' 
     after ``toxicology,'';
       (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``and medicolegal death 
     investigators'' after ``laboratory personnel''; and
       (C) by inserting at the end the following:
       ``(4) To address emerging forensic science issues (such as 
     statistics, contextual bias,

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     and uncertainty of measurement) and emerging forensic science 
     technology (such as high throughput automation, statistical 
     software, and new types of instrumentation).
       ``(5) To educate and train forensic pathologists in the 
     United States.
       ``(6) To work with the States and units of local government 
     to direct funding to medicolegal death investigation systems 
     to facilitate accreditation of medical examiner and coroner 
     offices and certification of medicolegal death 
     investigators.''; and
       (4) in section 2806(a) (42 U.S.C. 3797o(a))--
       (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
       (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
       ``(4) the progress of any unaccredited forensic science 
     service provider receiving grant funds toward obtaining 
     accreditation; and''.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--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--
       (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:
       ``(J) $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 
     2021.''.

     SEC. 11. IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF REPRESENTATION IN STATE 
                   CAPITAL CASES.

       Section 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 
     ``$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021''; 
     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''.

     SEC. 12. POST-CONVICTION DNA TESTING.

       (a) In General.--Section 3600 of title 18, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking ``under a sentence of'' in each place it 
     appears and inserting ``sentenced to'';
       (2) 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'';
       (3) in subsection (b)(1)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) order the Government to--
       ``(i) prepare an inventory of the evidence related to the 
     case; and
       ``(ii) issue a copy of the inventory to the court, the 
     applicant, and the Government.'';
       (4) in subsection (e)--
       (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
       ``(1) Results.--
       ``(A) In general.--The results of any DNA testing ordered 
     under this section shall be simultaneously disclosed to the 
     court, the applicant, and the Government.
       ``(B) Results exclude applicant.--
       ``(i) In general.--If a DNA profile is obtained through 
     testing that excludes the applicant as the source and the DNA 
     complies with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's 
     requirements for the uploading of crime scene profiles to the 
     National DNA Index System (referred to in this subsection as 
     `NDIS'), the court shall order that the law enforcement 
     entity with direct or conveyed statutory jurisdiction that 
     has access to the NDIS submit the DNA profile obtained from 
     probative biological material from crime scene evidence to 
     determine whether the DNA profile matches a profile of a 
     known individual or a profile from an unsolved crime.
       ``(ii) NDIS search.--The results of a search under clause 
     (i) shall be simultaneously disclosed to the court, the 
     applicant, and the Government.''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``the National DNA Index 
     System (referred to in this subsection as `NDIS')'' and 
     inserting ``NDIS''; and
       (5) in subsection (g)(2)(B), by striking ``death''.
       (b) Preservation of Biological Evidence.--Section 3600A of 
     title 18, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``under a sentence of'' 
     and inserting ``sentenced to''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)--
       (A) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2); and
       (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as 
     paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively.

     SEC. 13. KIRK BLOODSWORTH POST-CONVICTION DNA TESTING 
                   PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--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 2017 through 2021''; and
       (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
       ``(2) 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--
       ``(A) provides DNA testing of specified evidence under a 
     State statute or a State or local rule or regulation to 
     persons sentenced to 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 source of the DNA, 
     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, 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, nonnegligent manslaughter and sexual 
     offenses.''.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 412(b) of the 
     Justice for All Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 14136e(b)) is amended 
     by striking ``$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 
     through 2009'' and inserting ``$10,000,000 for each of fiscal 
     years 2017 through 2021''.

     SEC. 14. ESTABLISHMENT OF BEST PRACTICES FOR EVIDENCE 
                   RETENTION.

       (a) In General.--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:

     ``SEC. 414. ESTABLISHMENT OF BEST PRACTICES FOR EVIDENCE 
                   RETENTION.

       ``(a) In General.--The Director of the National Institute 
     of Justice, in consultation with Federal, State, and local 
     law enforcement agencies and government laboratories, shall--
       ``(1) establish best practices for evidence retention to 
     focus on the preservation of forensic evidence; and
       ``(2) assist State, local, and tribal governments in 
     adopting and implementing the best practices established 
     under paragraph (1).
       ``(b) Deadline.--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).
       ``(c) Limitation.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to require or obligate compliance with the best 
     practices established under subsection (a)(1).''.
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--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:

``Sec. 414. Establishment of best practices for evidence retention.''.

     SEC. 15. EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Effective Administration of Criminal Justice Act of 2015''.
       (b) Strategic Planning.--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 Statewide 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 representatives of 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;
       ``(D) describe the barriers at the State and local level 
     for accessing data and implementing evidence-based approaches 
     to preventing and reducing crime and recidivism; and
       ``(E) 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.

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       ``(b) Technical Assistance.--
       ``(1) Strategic planning.--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). The 
     Attorney General may enter into agreements with 1 or more 
     non-governmental organizations to provide technical 
     assistance and training under this paragraph.
       ``(2) Protection of constitutional rights.--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--
       ``(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 appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 
     through 2021 to carry out this subsection.''.
       (c) Applicability.--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.

     SEC. 16. OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

       All grants awarded by the Department of Justice that are 
     authorized under this Act shall be subject to the following:
       (1) Audit requirement.--Beginning in fiscal year 2016, 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.
       (2) Mandatory exclusion.--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).
       (3) Priority.--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.
       (4) Reimbursement.--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--
       (A) deposit an amount equal to the grant funds that were 
     improperly awarded to the grantee into the General Fund of 
     the Treasury; and
       (B) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the fund 
     from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded grant 
     funds.
       (5) Defined term.--In this section, the term ``unresolved 
     audit finding'' 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.
       (6) Nonprofit organization requirements.--
       (A) Definition.--For purposes of this section and the grant 
     programs described in this Act, the term ``nonprofit 
     organization'' 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.
       (B) Prohibition.--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.
       (C) Disclosure.--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.
       (7) Administrative expenses.--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.
       (8) Conference expenditures.--
       (A) Limitation.--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.
       (B) Written approval.--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.
       (C) Report.--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.
       (9) Prohibition on lobbying activity.--
       (A) In general.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated 
     under this Act may not be utilized by any grant recipient 
     to--
       (i) lobby any representative of the Department of Justice 
     regarding the award of grant funding; or
       (ii) lobby any representative of a Federal, State, local, 
     or tribal government regarding the award of grant funding.
       (B) Penalty.--If the Attorney General determines that any 
     recipient of a grant under this Act has violated subparagraph 
     (A), the Attorney General shall--
       (i) require the grant recipient to repay the grant in full; 
     and
       (ii) prohibit the grant recipient from receiving another 
     grant under this Act for not less than 5 years.
       (10) Preventing duplicative grants.--
       (A) In general.--Before the Attorney General awards a grant 
     to an applicant under this Act, the Attorney General shall 
     compare potential grant awards with other grants awarded 
     under this Act to determine whether duplicate grants are 
     awarded for the same purpose.
       (B) Report.--If the Attorney General awards duplicate 
     grants to the same applicant for the same purpose, the 
     Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
     the House of Representatives a report that includes--
       (i) a list of all duplicate grants awarded, including the 
     total dollar amount of any duplicate grants awarded; and
       (ii) the reason the Attorney General awarded the duplicate 
     grants.

     SEC. 17. NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF FORENSIC LABORATORIES.

       (a) Study and Report.--Not later than October 1, 2018, the 
     Attorney General shall conduct a study and submit a report to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
     Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on 
     the status and needs of the forensic science community.
       (b) Requirements.--The report required under subsection (a) 
     shall--
       (1) examine the status of current workload, backlog, 
     personnel, equipment, and equipment needs of public crime 
     laboratories and medical examiner and coroner offices;
       (2) include an overview of academic forensic science 
     resources and needs, from a broad forensic science 
     perspective, including nontraditional crime laboratory 
     disciplines such as forensic anthropology, forensic 
     entomology, and others as determined appropriate by the 
     Attorney General;
       (3) consider--
       (A) the National Institute of Justice study, Forensic 
     Sciences: Review of Status and Needs, published in 1999;
       (B) the Bureau of Justice Statistics census reports on 
     Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories, published in 
     2002, 2005, 2009, and 2014;
       (C) the National Academy of Sciences report, Strengthening 
     Forensic Science: A Path Forward, published in 2009; and
       (D) the Bureau of Justice Statistics survey of forensic 
     providers recommended by the National Commission of Forensic 
     Science and approved by the Attorney General on September 8, 
     2014;
       (4) provide Congress with a comprehensive view of the 
     infrastructure, equipment, and personnel needs of the broad 
     forensic science community; and
       (5) be made available to the public.

     SEC. 18. CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Amendment.--Section 1404(c)(1)(A) of the Victims of 
     Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10603(c)(1)(A)) is amended by 
     inserting ``victim services,'' before ``demonstration 
     projects''.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the proposed rule entitled ``VOCA Victim Assistance Program'' 
     published by the Office of Victims of Crime of the Department 
     of Justice in the Federal Register on August 27, 2013 (78 
     Fed. Reg. 52877), is consistent with section 1404 of the 
     Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10603).

     SEC. 19. IMPROVING THE RESTITUTION PROCESS.

       Section 3612 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:

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       ``(j) Evaluation of Offices of the United States Attorney 
     and Department Components.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Attorney General shall, as part of 
     the regular evaluation process, evaluate each office of the 
     United States attorney and each component of the Department 
     of Justice on the performance of the office or the component, 
     as the case may be, in seeking and recovering restitution for 
     victims under each provision of this title and the Controlled 
     Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) that authorizes 
     restitution.
       ``(2) Requirement.--Following an evaluation under paragraph 
     (1), each office of the United States attorney and each 
     component of the Department of Justice shall work to improve 
     the practices of the office or component, as the case may be, 
     with respect to seeking and recovering restitution for 
     victims under each provision of this title and the Controlled 
     Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) that authorizes 
     restitution.
       ``(k) GAO Reports.--
       ``(1) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this subsection, the Comptroller General of the 
     United States shall prepare and submit to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report on 
     restitution sought by the Attorney General under each 
     provision of this title and the Controlled Substances Act (21 
     U.S.C. 801 et seq.) that authorizes restitution during the 3-
     year period preceding the report.
       ``(2) Contents.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
     shall include statistically valid estimates of--
       ``(A) the number of cases in which a defendant was 
     convicted and the Attorney General could seek restitution 
     under this title or the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
     801 et seq.);
       ``(B) the number of cases in which the Attorney General 
     sought restitution;
       ``(C) of the cases in which the Attorney General sought 
     restitution, the number of times restitution was ordered by 
     the district courts of the United States;
       ``(D) the amount of restitution ordered by the district 
     courts of the United States;
       ``(E) the amount of restitution collected pursuant to the 
     restitution orders described in subparagraph (D);
       ``(F) the percentage of restitution orders for which the 
     full amount of restitution has not been collected; and
       ``(G) any other measurement the Comptroller General 
     determines would assist in evaluating how to improve the 
     restitution process in Federal criminal cases.
       ``(3) Recommendations.--The report required under paragraph 
     (1) shall include recommendations on the best practices for--
       ``(A) requesting restitution in cases in which restitution 
     may be sought under each provision of this title and the 
     Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) that 
     authorizes restitution;
       ``(B) obtaining restitution orders from the district courts 
     of the United States; and
       ``(C) collecting restitution ordered by the district courts 
     of the United States.
       ``(4) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date on 
     which the report required under paragraph (1) is submitted, 
     the Comptroller General of the United States shall prepare 
     and submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
     Senate a report on the implementation by the Attorney General 
     of the best practices recommended under paragraph (3).''.

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the motion to 
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, by way of explanation, that final piece of 
legislation represents the passage of the Justice for All 
Reauthorization Act. This is legislation the Judiciary Committee has 
considered, as the Presiding Officer knows, which Senator Pat Leahy, 
the ranking member, and I have been working on for some time.
  It would improve victims' rights by increasing access to restitution 
and reauthorize programs that support crime victims in court, and it 
would increase resources for forensic labs to reduce the rape kit 
backlog. That last measure is something that has been a concern of mine 
for a number of years. Congress has appropriated a significant amount 
of money, under the Debbie Smith Act, to test forensic evidence in rape 
kits to identify the offenders in sexual assault cases. Unfortunately, 
over time, more and more of that money had been used for administrative 
and not testing purposes. If reports are to be believed, as many as 
400,000 untested rape kits either sat in evidence lockers or in labs 
untested, thus denying those victims, whom those kits represent, 
resolution of their issues of closing the circle on their grief. We 
need to also make sure we have done everything we can in keeping our 
commitment to pursue the offender who has committed those sexual 
assaults.
  Since my days as attorney general of Texas, protecting the rights of 
crime victims has been close to my heart, but I know we always worry 
about whether there is enough money to be able to adequately fund law 
enforcement. We have also previously--particularly on the issue of 
trafficking--made sure we created a crime victims fund that takes the 
money from the fines and penalties paid by the procurers, or the people 
who are charged with purchasing sexual services from trafficking 
victims, puts that money into the fund that will then be used to help 
the victims heal. In particular, we need to get rid of this rape kit 
backlog.
  I have been working with one of my personal heroes, Debbie Smith. She 
has worked very hard to make sure we don't forget these victims, just 
as she courageously talks about her own terrible experience. It is very 
important that we get more of these rape kits inventoried so we know 
exactly what the scope of the problem is and we get more of them 
tested.
  Some cities like Houston, TX, have waited around for the Federal 
Government. Thanks to former Mayor Parker, Houston has cleared its rape 
kit backlog by testing all of them. It is incredible what sort of 
evidence they have been able to produce by creating hits on the DNA 
testing matchup and being able to solve previously unsolved crimes. Of 
course, DNA being as powerful as it is can also make sure that people 
who are falsely accused of a crime are exonerated.
  I appreciate the work of the senior Senator from Vermont, Mr. Leahy, 
who joined me in introducing the bill, and I appreciate his commitment 
to seeing it through. As always, I thank Senator Grassley, chairman of 
the Senate Judiciary Committee, for his leadership in helping shepherd 
this bipartisan bill through the committee. This is now ready to go to 
President Obama and be signed into law.
  With that, I yield the floor.
  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, one of America's greatest strengths is our 
judicial system: a system based on the ideal of equal justice for all. 
The Senate has a critical role to play in protecting this judicial 
system. Perhaps most importantly, it is our responsibility to confirm 
qualified judges to vacancies throughout the country so that our courts 
function at full strength and Americans receive swift and reliable 
justice. Another core responsibility is ensuring fairness. In criminal 
cases, fairness requires that the rights of victims and the accused are 
respected. It requires that evidence is processed quickly and 
accurately. And if there is a mistake and an innocent person is wrongly 
convicted, fairness requires that we have the tools available to 
correct them.
  The bill the Senate passes today, the Justice for All Reauthorization 
Act, will make our courts more fair. It provides tools to strengthen 
indigent defense and expand the rights of crime victims. It will 
improve the use of forensic evidence, including rape kits, to provide 
justice as swiftly as possible. It will help protect the innocent by 
increasing access to postconviction DNA testing. Passage of this 
bipartisan bill is long overdue, but it is an important step that we 
celebrate today.
  The Justice for All Reauthorization Act builds on the work I began in 
2000, when I introduced the Innocence Protection Act. That bill sought 
to ensure that defendants in the most serious cases receive competent 
representation and, when appropriate, access to postconviction DNA 
testing.
  I started my career as a prosecutor in Vermont. I know that we must 
hold those who commit crimes accountable, but we must also ensure that 
our system treats the accused fairly and does not wrongly convict those 
who are not guilty. In some cases, DNA testing can prove the innocence 
of individuals where the system got it grievously wrong. ``Innocent 
until proven guilty'' is a hallmark of our criminal justice system, but 
when a person who has been found guilty is actually innocent, we must 
provide access to tools like DNA testing that can set the record 
straight.
  The Innocence Protection Act and the funding it provides for 
postconviction DNA testing has played a critical role in helping the 
innocent clear their names and receive the exonerations they deserve. 
These cases happen more often than people might think. In the first 6 
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least four people have been exonerated by DNA testing after spending a 
combined 100 years in prison for crimes they had not committed.
  Can you imagine how terrifying it must be to be convicted of a crime 
you did not commit? You are separated from all that you know and all 
those you love--perhaps for decades or life. You are housed in a cold, 
bare prison cell, isolated and scared. And perhaps worst of all, no one 
believes you when you say you did not do it. The four men exonerated by 
DNA in just the last few months no doubt experienced that and worse, so 
did my friend Kirk Bloodsworth.
  Kirk was a young man just out of the Marines when, in 1984, he was 
sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a 9 year-old girl, a 
heinous crime he did not commit. He maintained his innocence and 
finally received a second trial, only to be convicted again, though 
this time he received two consecutive life sentences. Again, he fought 
to clear his name, pushing to have the evidence against him tested for 
DNA, then a novel new scientific method. The DNA found at the crime 
scene was not his, and he was released from prison in 1993. He became 
the first death row inmate in the United States to be exonerated 
through the use of DNA evidence.
  Kirk inspired me to create the Kirk Bloodsworth Post Conviction DNA 
Testing Grant Program as part of the Innocence Protection Act in 2000. 
He continues to be a remarkable champion for justice, and I am proud 
the grant program we both care so deeply about is reauthorized as part 
of the bipartisan legislation before us today.
  We must continue funding this critical postconviction DNA testing 
since we know our system is imperfect. It is an outrage when an 
innocent person is wrongly punished, and this injustice is compounded 
when the true perpetrator remains on the streets, able to commit more 
crimes. We are all less safe when the system gets it wrong.
  Of course we must do more to ensure that our justice system gets it 
right from the beginning, and that means improving the quality of 
indigent defense. This legislation requires the Department of Justice 
to provide technical assistance to States to improve their indigent 
defense systems, and it ensures that public defenders will have a seat 
at the table when States determine how to use their Byrne JAG criminal 
justice funding. Although these are small changes, I hope they lay the 
ground work for greater improvements ahead, including adoption of my 
Gideon's Promise Act. That legislation would allow the Department of 
Justice to ensure that States are satisfying their obligations to 
provide competent counsel under the 6th and 14th Amendments. It has 
been a part of this bill in previous years, but unfortunately does not 
yet have the support it needs for passage. We must do more to protect 
this fundamental right, and I will continue to work to see the Gideon's 
Promise Act passed into law.
  In addition to the Innocence Protection Act, the Justice for All 
Reauthorization Act also increases resources for public forensic 
laboratories by reauthorizing the Coverdell program. It addresses the 
needs of sexual assault survivors by ensuring that rape kit backlogs 
are reduced and forensic exam programs are expanded. It strengthens 
some key provisions of the Prison Rape Elimination Act. And it expands 
rights for victims of all crime.
  While we still have a long way to go, we have made progress over the 
years to respond to the needs of sexual assault survivors, and I am 
glad this legislation continues to build on that strong record. Last 
Congress, we reauthorized the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Reduction 
Program, named for my brave friend Debbie Smith who waited for years 
after being attacked before her rape kit was tested and the perpetrator 
was caught. I included language in the Leahy-Crapo Violence Against 
Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 to increase services and funding for 
survivors of sexual assault and further reduce the rape kit backlog.
  I thank Senator Cornyn for working with me to pass this important 
legislation today. The programs authorized through the Justice for All 
Act are a smart use of taxpayer dollars that ensure the integrity of 
our justice system. Senators who talk about the need to go after 
criminals and promote public safety should support our legislation, 
which I hope we can enact into law this year.
  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I commend Senator Cornyn and the ranking 
member of the Judiciary Committee, Senator Leahy, for their work on the 
Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016, which today passed the 
Senate. I also want to thank the sponsors for agreeing to accept, as 
part of this reauthorization measure, some transparency language that I 
developed. This language also passed the Senate today by unanimous 
consent in the form of a floor amendment to the Justice for All 
Reauthorization Act.
  The purpose of the original Justice for All Act, on which many of us 
worked during congressional consideration of the measure in 2004, is to 
protect crime victims' rights, authorize resources to reduce backlogs 
of unanalyzed DNA evidence from crime scenes and convicted offenders, 
and expand the DNA testing capacity of the Nation's crime laboratories. 
The statute also authorizes resources for testing DNA evidence to 
protect the innocent from wrongful convictions. By working together in 
a bipartisan fashion, our colleagues have produced legislation that 
will extend these programs for several more years.
  The purpose of my amendment to this reauthorization measure is to 
increase the transparency and promote accountability of many DNA-
related programs and activities that are administered by the Justice 
Department's Office of Justice Programs. We have all seen the recent 
articles in USA Today, ProPublica, and elsewhere that suggest we may 
need to take additional steps to effectively accomplish the goals of 
these programs. In particular, these articles have raised questions 
about the DNA capacity enhancement and backlog reduction program, which 
is administered by OJP's National Institute of Justice.
  We don't fully understand, for example, why significant backlogs of 
DNA evidence from crimes of murder and sexual violence persist, despite 
the appropriation of more than $1 billion by Congress for the DNA 
programs that are authorized under the Justice for All Act. The U.S. 
Government Accountability Office, in a 2013 report entitled ``DOJ Could 
Improve Decision-Making Documentation and Better Assess Results of DNA 
Backlog Reduction Program Funds,'' suggested that NIJ could better 
document the rationale for its yearly funding priorities and take 
additional steps to verify the reliability of grantee performance data. 
The Justice Department's inspector general also suggested, in a March 
2016 audit report of the DNA program, that NIJ's process for 
identifying grantees with the potential for generating program income 
needs improvement.
  My transparency language, which is modeled on accountability language 
that already applies to grant recipients under the STOP grant program, 
is designed to elicit more information about how the funds appropriated 
for Justice for All Act programs are being used in practice. First, it 
would require the Attorney General to annually report to Congress, for 
each recipient of DNA grants, the amounts distributed to each grant 
recipient, the purposes for which these funds were used, and each 
recipient's progress in achieving those purposes. Second, under this 
amendment, the Attorney General must summarize the types of DNA samples 
submitted to crime labs, the average time it took to test these DNA 
samples, and the proportion of each grant that went to private crime 
labs. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, it would require the 
Attorney General to evaluate the effectiveness of grant amounts in 
increasing crime labs' capacity and reducing backlogs of DNA evidence.
  The amendment I sponsored also includes some language that is 
designed to ensure we avoid duplication in grant programs, as well as a 
provision that is intended to enhance crime victims' access to 
restitution. I thank Senator Lankford, who cosponsored the amendment, 
for suggesting the inclusion of the antiduplication language, which is 
modeled on language that I led the Judiciary Committee in approving as 
part of several other measures before our committee. Senator Feinstein, 
who also cosponsored this amendment, also deserves credit for 
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  In closing, I want to again extend my appreciation to Senators Cornyn 
and Leahy for their hard work on this measure, which our Judiciary 
Committee reported last month and congratulate them on Senate passage 
of the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016.
  Mr. CORNYN. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
order for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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