[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 181 (Thursday, November 2, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S5336]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        DEBBIE SMITH ACT OF 2023

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of 
S. 499 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 499) to amend the DNA Analysis Backlog 
     Elimination Act of 2000 to reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA 
     Backlog Grant Program, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the Cornyn amendment at the 
desk be considered and agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 1361) was agreed to as follows:

                     (Purpose: To improve the bill)

       Strike section 2 and insert the following:

     SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION.

       Section 2(j) of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 
     2000 (34 U.S.C. 40701(j)) is amended by striking ``through 
     2024'' and inserting ``through 2029''.

     SEC. 3. AUDITS TO PROTECT INTEGRITY OF GRANT AWARDS.

       Section 2(c)(4) of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act 
     of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 40701(c)(4)) is amended by striking 
     ``2022'' and inserting ``2029''.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask that the bill be considered read a third time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read 
the third time.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I know of no further debate on the bill, as amended.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate on the bill, as 
amended?
  The bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the 
bill, as amended, pass?
  The bill (S. 499), as amended, was passed, as follows:

                                 S. 499

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Debbie Smith Act of 2023''.

     SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION.

       Section 2(j) of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 
     2000 (34 U.S.C. 40701(j)) is amended by striking ``through 
     2024'' and inserting ``through 2029''.

     SEC. 3. AUDITS TO PROTECT INTEGRITY OF GRANT AWARDS.

       Section 2(c)(4) of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act 
     of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 40701(c)(4)) is amended by striking 
     ``2022'' and inserting ``2029''.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I, finally, ask that the motion to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table.


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  On page S5336, November 2, 2023, second column, the following 
appears: The bill (S. 499), as amended, was passed. Mr. SCHUMER. 
I, finally, ask that the motion to reconsider be considered made 
and laid upon the table.
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: The bill (S. 499), 
as amended, was passed, as follows: S. 499 Be it enacted by the 
Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of 
America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act 
may be cited as the ``Debbie Smith Act of 2023''. SEC. 2. 
REAUTHORIZATION. Section 2(j) of the DNA Analysis Backlog 
Elimination Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 40701(j)) is amended by 
striking ``through 2024'' and inserting ``through 2029''. SEC. 3. 
AUDITS TO PROTECT INTEGRITY OF GRANT AWARDS. Section 2(c)(4) of 
the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 
40701(c)(4)) is amended by striking ``2022'' and inserting 
``2029''. Mr. SCHUMER. I, finally, ask that the motion to 
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.


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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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