‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to require or obligate compliance with the best 
practices established under subsection (a)(1).’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Justice for 
All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405; 118 Stat. 2260) 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
413 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 414. Establishment of best practices for evidence retention.’’. 
SEC. 15. EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUS-
TICE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Effective Administration of Criminal Justice Act of 
2015’’. 
(b) STRATEGIC PLANNING.—Section 502 of title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 3752) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before 
‘‘To request a grant’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) A comprehensive Statewide plan detailing 
how grants received under this section will be used 
to improve the administration of the criminal justice 
system, which shall— 
‘‘(A) be designed in consultation with local 
governments, and representatives of all seg-
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ments of the criminal justice system, including 
judges, prosecutors, law enforcement personnel, 
corrections personnel, and providers of indigent 
defense services, victim services, juvenile justice 
delinquency prevention programs, community 
corrections, and reentry services; 
‘‘(B) include a description of how the State 
will allocate funding within and among each of 
the uses described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (G) of section 501(a)(1); 
‘‘(C) describe the process used by the State 
for gathering evidence-based data and devel-
oping and using evidence-based and evidence- 
gathering approaches in support of funding de-
cisions; 
‘‘(D) describe the barriers at the State and 
local level for accessing data and implementing 
evidence-based approaches to preventing and re-
ducing crime and recidivism; and 
‘‘(E) be updated every 5 years, with an-
nual progress reports that— 
‘‘(i) address changing circumstances 
in the State, if any; 
‘‘(ii) describe how the State plans to 
adjust funding within and among each of 
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the uses described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (G) of section 501(a)(1); 
‘‘(iii) provide an ongoing assessment 
of need; 
‘‘(iv) discuss the accomplishment of 
goals identified in any plan previously pre-
pared under this paragraph; and 
‘‘(v) reflect how the plan influenced 
funding decisions in the previous year. 
‘‘(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) STRATEGIC PLANNING.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
the Attorney General shall begin to provide technical 
assistance to States and local governments request-
ing support to develop and implement the strategic 
plan required under subsection (a)(6). 
‘‘(2) 
PROTECTION
OF
CONSTITUTIONAL 
RIGHTS.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this subsection, the Attorney General 
shall begin to provide technical assistance to States 
and local governments, including any agent thereof 
with responsibility for administration of justice, re-
questing support to meet the obligations established 
by the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States, which shall include— 
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‘‘(A) public dissemination of practices, 
structures, or models for the administration of 
justice consistent with the requirements of the 
Sixth Amendment; and 
‘‘(B) assistance with adopting and imple-
menting a system for the administration of jus-
tice consistent with the requirements of the 
Sixth Amendment. 
‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 to carry 
out this subsection.’’. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—The requirement to submit a 
strategic plan under section 501(a)(6) of title I of the Om-
nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as 
added by subsection (b), shall apply to any application 
submitted under such section 501 for a grant for any fis-
cal year beginning after the date that is 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 16. OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
All grants awarded by the Department of Justice that 
are authorized under this Act shall be subject to the fol-
lowing: 
(1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.—Beginning in fiscal 
year 2016, and each fiscal year thereafter, the In-
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spector General of the Department of Justice shall 
conduct audits of recipients of grants under this Act 
to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by 
grantees. The Inspector General shall determine the 
appropriate number of grantees to be audited each 
year. 
(2) MANDATORY
EXCLUSION.—A recipient of 
grant funds under this Act that is found to have an 
unresolved audit finding shall not be eligible to re-
ceive grant funds under this Act during the 2 fiscal 
years beginning after the 12-month period described 
in paragraph (5). 
(3) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 
Act, the Attorney General shall give priority to eligi-
ble entities that, during the 3 fiscal years before 
submitting an application for a grant under this Act, 
did not have an unresolved audit finding showing a 
violation in the terms or conditions of a Department 
of Justice grant program. 
(4) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is awarded 
grant funds under this Act during the 2-fiscal-year 
period in which the entity is barred from receiving 
grants under paragraph (2), the Attorney General 
shall— 
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