    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 132, 115th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Public Law 115-257
    115th Congress

    An Act

    To amend the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to provide
    additional resources to State and local prosecutors, and for other
    purposes. <>

    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 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

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    to address cold cases involving violent crime, where suspects have been
    identified through DNA evidence.

    Approved October 9, 2018.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 4854:
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    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 164 (2018):
    May 15, considered and passed House.
    Sept. 26, considered and passed Senate.