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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2345 

To amend the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to provide 

additional resources to State and local prosecutors, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 25, 2018 

Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. BROWN, Mr. 

CRUZ, Mr. HELLER, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. PORTMAN, and Mr. HATCH) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

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. 

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 ‘‘Justice Served Act 

5 of 2018’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROSECUTION OF DNA COLD CASES. 

7 (a) DEBBIE SMITH DNA BACKLOG GRANT PRO8 GRAM.—Section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi9 nation Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 40701) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(9) To increase the capacity of State and local 

4 prosecution offices to address the backlog of violent 

5 crime cases in which suspects have been identified 

6 through DNA evidence.’’; and 

7 (2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(5) ALLOCATION OF GRANT AWARDS FOR

10 PROSECUTORS.—For each fiscal year, not less than 

11 5 percent, but not more than 7 percent, of the grant 

12 amounts distributed under paragraph (1) shall, if 

13 sufficient applications to justify such amounts are 

14 received by the Attorney General, be awarded for 

15 purposes described in subsection (a)(9), provided 

16 that none of the funds required to be distributed 

17 under this paragraph shall decrease or otherwise 

18 limit the availability of funds required to be awarded 

19 to States or units of local government under para20 graph (3).’’. 

21 (b) PROSECUTION OF COLD CASES.—Of the amounts 

22 made available to the Attorney General under section 2 

23 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (34 

24 U.S.C. 40701) for a DNA Analysis and capacity enhance25 ment program and for other local, State, and Federal foVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Jan 26, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2345.IS S2345

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1 rensic activities for the purpose described in section 2 of 

2 the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (34 

3 U.S.C. 40701) under the heading ‘‘STATE AND LOCAL LAW

4 ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE’’ under the heading ‘‘OFFICE

5 OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS’’ under the heading ‘‘DEPART6 MENT OF JUSTICE’’ in fiscal years 2019, 2020, 2021, 

7 and 2022 not less than 5 percent, but not more than 7 

8 percent, of such amounts shall be provided for grants for 

9 prosecutors to increase the capacity of State and local 

10 prosecution offices to address the cold cases involving vio11 lent crime, where suspects have been identified through 

12 DNA evidence. 

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