[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 132, 115th Congress, 2nd Session]
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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.