[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 18 (Thursday, January 25, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S524]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Brown, 
        Mr. Cruz, Mr. Heller, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Portman, and Mr. 
        Hatch):
  S. 2345. A bill to amend the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 
2000 to provide additional resources to State and local prosecutors, 
and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 2345

       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 Served Act of 
     2018''.

     SEC. 2. PROSECUTION OF DNA COLD CASES.

       (a) Debbie Smith Dna Backlog Grant Program.--Section 2 of 
     the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 
     40701) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
       ``(9) To increase the capacity of State and local 
     prosecution offices to address the backlog of violent crime 
     cases in which suspects have been identified through DNA 
     evidence.''; and
       (2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) Allocation of grant awards for prosecutors.--For each 
     fiscal year, not less than 5 percent, but not more than 7 
     percent, of the grant amounts distributed under paragraph (1) 
     shall, if sufficient applications to justify such amounts are 
     received by the Attorney General, be awarded for purposes 
     described in subsection (a)(9), provided that none of the 
     funds required to be distributed under this paragraph shall 
     decrease or otherwise limit the availability of funds 
     required to be awarded to States or units of local government 
     under paragraph (3).''.
       (b) Prosecution of Cold Cases.--Of the amounts made 
     available to the Attorney General under section 2 of the DNA 
     Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 40701) 
     for a DNA Analysis and capacity enhancement program and for 
     other local, State, and Federal forensic activities for the 
     purpose described in section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog 
     Elimination Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 40701) under the heading 
     ``state and local law enforcement assistance'' under the 
     heading ``Office of Justice Programs'' under the heading 
     ``DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'' in fiscal years 2019, 2020, 2021, 
     and 2022 not less than 5 percent, but not more than 7 
     percent, of such amounts shall be provided for grants for 
     prosecutors to increase the capacity of State and local 
     prosecution offices to address the cold cases involving 
     violent crime, where suspects have been identified through 
     DNA evidence.

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