[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 96 (Thursday, June 16, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4308-S4309]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4727. Mr. CORNYN (for Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
Leahy, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Lankford)) proposed an amendment to the 
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; as follows:

       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

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     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''.
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