I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9568 
To direct the Attorney General to establish a grant program for certain 
State and local forensic activities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 15, 2022 
Mr. ARMSTRONG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the Attorney General to establish a grant program 
for certain State and local forensic activities, 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 ‘‘Carla Walker Act of 
2022’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANTS TO IMPROVE STATE AND LOCAL LAW EN-
FORCEMENT FORENSIC ACTIVITIES. 
Part OO of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 3056. GRANTS TO IMPROVE STATE AND LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT FORENSIC ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF GRANTS.—The Attorney 
General may award a grant to an eligible recipient de-
scribed in subsection (b) for the purpose of utilizing foren-
sic genetic genealogical DNA analysis and searching to 
generate investigative leads for criminal investigations. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT.—An eligible recipient 
seeking a grant under this section shall include a— 
‘‘(1) State; 
‘‘(2) Tribal or local law enforcement agency; 
‘‘(3) local prosecutor’s office; 
‘‘(4) medical examiner; 
‘‘(5) coroner office; or 
‘‘(6) private entity working with an eligible re-
cipient under paragraphs (1) through (5). 
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible recipient seeking a 
grant under this section shall submit an application to the 
Attorney General at such time and in such form as the 
Attorney General may require. 
‘‘(d) USE OF GRANT.—An eligible recipient that re-
ceives a grant under this section shall use the grant funds 
to do any one or more of the following: 
‘‘(1) Carry out DNA analyses of samples col-
lected under applicable legal authority from crime 
scenes, rape kits, or other sexual assault evidence, or 
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taken from an unidentified suspect or an unidenti-
fied victim, using advanced DNA testing tech-
nologies if such samples are ineligible for inclusion 
in or submission to the Combined DNA Index Sys-
tem of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
‘‘(2) Carry out DNA analyses of samples col-
lected under applicable legal authority using ad-
vanced DNA testing technologies if the submission 
of such samples to the Combined DNA Index Sys-
tem has failed to produce investigative leads. 
‘‘(3) Carry out DNA analyses of any unidenti-
fied human remains using advanced DNA testing 
technologies if submission of such samples to the 
Combined DNA Index System has failed to provide 
an identity. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—For 
each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027, there is author-
ized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$20,000,000, of which not less than $5,000,000 shall be 
made available to carry out forensic genetic genealogical 
DNA analysis and shall not be made available for staffing, 
training, travel, equipment, or other related overhead ex-
penses. 
‘‘(f) ADVANCED DNA TESTING TECHNOLOGIES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘advanced DNA testing 
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technologies’ means any technology performed in a foren-
sic laboratory capable of producing a forensic genealogy 
profile with a minimum of 100,000 genetic markers and 
compatible with multiple genealogical databases consented 
for law enforcement use.’’. 
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