I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4854 
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 19, 2018 
Mr. CARTER of Texas (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. 
POE of Texas, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SWALWELL of California, 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, and Mr. RATCLIFFE) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROSECUTION OF DNA COLD CASES. 
(a) DEBBIE SMITH DNA BACKLOG GRANT PRO-
GRAM.—Section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi-
nation 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 para-
graph (3).’’. 
(b) PROSECUTION OF COLD CASES.—Of the amounts 
made available to the Attorney General for a DNA Anal-
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ysis 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 Elimi-
nation 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 to ad-
dress cold cases involving violent crime, where suspects 
have been identified through DNA evidence. 
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