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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2157 

To provide increased funding for and improvement of the Debbie Smith 

DNA backlog grant program, to provide for DNA technology enhancement grants, to reauthorize certain DNA-related grant programs under 

the Justice For All Act of 2004, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 28, 2009 

Mr. WEINER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To provide increased funding for and improvement of the 

Debbie Smith DNA backlog grant program, to provide 

for DNA technology enhancement grants, to reauthorize 

certain DNA-related grant programs under the Justice 

For All Act of 2004, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DNA Expansion and 

5 Improvement Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DNA TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENT GRANTS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall estab3 lish a grant program under which the Attorney General 

4 may make grants to States and units of local government 

5 to purchase forensic DNA technology or to improve such 

6 technology. 

7 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

8 authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for each of the 

9 fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to carry out subsection 

10 (a). 

11 SEC. 3. INCREASED FUNDING FOR AND IMPROVEMENT OF 

12 DEBBIE SMITH DNA BACKLOG GRANT PRO13 GRAM. 

14 (a) INCREASED FUNDING AND IMPROVEMENT.—Sec15 tion 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 

16 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (b)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (6), by striking at the 

19 end ‘‘and’’; 

20 (B) in paragraph (7), by striking the pe21 riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

22 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

23 paragraph: 

24 ‘‘(8) provide assurances that the State or unit 

25 of local government has implemented, or will imple26 ment not later than 2 years after the date of such 


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1 application, a process under which the State or unit, 

2 respectively, provides for the collection for purposes 

3 of inclusion in the Combined DNA Index System of 

4 the Federal Bureau of Investigation of DNA sam5 ples from all felons who are imprisoned in a prison 

6 of such State or unit, respectively (including all fel7 ons imprisoned in such prison or unit, respectively, 

8 as of the date of the enactment of the DNA Expan9 sion and Improvement Act of 2009).’’; and 

10 (2) by amending subsection (j) to read as fol11 lows: 

12 ‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

13 is authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General 

14 for grants under subsection (a)— 

15 ‘‘(1) $151,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 

16 ‘‘(2) $200,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 

17 2010 through 2014.’’. 

18 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

19 paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall apply to grants made 

20 on or after January 1, 2010. 

21 SEC. 4. REAUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN DNA-RELATED 

22 GRANT PROGRAMS. 

23 (a) DNA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—Section 

24 305(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 14136b(c)) is amended by 

25 striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 


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1 (b) KIRK BLOODSWORTH POST-CONVICTION DNA 

2 TESTING GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 412(b) of such Act 

3 (42 U.S.C. 14136e(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘2009’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

5 (c) DNA IDENTIFICATION OF MISSING PERSONS.— 

6 Section 308(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 14136d(c)) is 

7 amended by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

8 SEC. 5. GRANT PROGRAM TO ANALYZE PROPERTY CRIME. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall estab10 lish a grant program to provide grants to States and local 

11 governments to analyze property crimes, including bur12 glary, larceny, theft (including motor vehicle theft), and 

13 arson. 

14 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

15 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

16 $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 

17 2014. 

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