ual assault evidence, and samples taken in cases 
without an identified suspect’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘within 
the State’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘or unit of local gov-
ernment’’ after ‘‘State’’ both places that 
term appears; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, as required by the 
Attorney General’’ after ‘‘application shall’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or unit 
of local government’’ after ‘‘State’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or unit 
of local government’’ after ‘‘State’’ the first place 
that term appears; 
(D) in paragraph (4)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘or unit of local gov-
ernment’’ after ‘‘State’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(E) in paragraph (5)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘or unit of local gov-
ernment’’ after ‘‘State’’; and
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting a semicolon; and 
(F) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) if submitted by a unit of local government, 
certify that the unit of local government has taken, or 
is taking, all necessary steps to ensure that it is eligi-
ble to include, directly or through a State law enforce-
ment agency, all analyses of samples for which it has 
requested funding in the Combined DNA Index Sys-
tem; and’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘The plan’’ and in-
serting ‘‘A plan pursuant to subsection 
(b)(1)’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘within the State’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘within the State’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘and 
units of local government’’ after ‘‘States’’; 
(5) in subsection (e)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or local 
government’’ after ‘‘State’’ both places that term 
appears; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or unit 
of local government’’ after ‘‘State’’; 
(6) in subsection (f), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or unit of local govern-
ment’’ after ‘‘State’’; 
(7) in subsection (g)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or unit 
of local government’’ after ‘‘State’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or 
units of local government’’ after ‘‘States’’; and 
(8) in subsection (h), by inserting ‘‘or unit of 
local government’’ after ‘‘State’’ both places that term 
appears. 
(b) REAUTHORIZATION
AND EXPANSION
OF PRO-
GRAM.—Section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi-
nation Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘(1) or’’ 
before ‘‘(2)’’; and 
(B) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) To collect DNA samples specified in para-
graph (1).
‘‘(5) To ensure that DNA testing and analysis of 
samples from crimes, including sexual assault and 
other serious violent crimes, are carried out in a 
timely manner.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), as amended by this section, 
by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) specify that portion of grant amounts that 
the State or unit of local government shall use for the 
purpose specified in subsection (a)(4).’’; 
(3) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c) FORMULA FOR DISTRIBUTION OF GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 
distribute grant amounts, and establish appropriate 
grant conditions under this section, in conformity 
with a formula or formulas that are designed to effec-
tuate a distribution of funds among eligible States 
and units of local government that—
‘‘(A) maximizes the effective utilization of 
DNA technology to solve crimes and protect pub-
lic safety; and 
‘‘(B) allocates grants among eligible entities 
fairly and efficiently to address jurisdictions in 
which significant backlogs exist, by consid-
ering—
‘‘(i) the number of offender and case-
work samples awaiting DNA analysis in a 
jurisdiction; 
‘‘(ii) the population in the jurisdiction; 
and 
‘‘(iii) the number of part 1 violent 
crimes in the jurisdiction. 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—The Attorney General 
shall allocate to each State not less than 0.50 percent 
of the total amount appropriated in a fiscal year for 
grants under this section, except that the United 
States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and 
the Northern Mariana Islands shall each be allocated 
0.125 percent of the total appropriation. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—Grant amounts distributed 
under paragraph (1) shall be awarded to conduct 
DNA analyses of samples from casework or from vic-
tims of crime under subsection (a)(2) in accordance 
with the following limitations: 
‘‘(A) For fiscal year 2005, not less than 50 
percent of the grant amounts shall be awarded 
for purposes under subsection (a)(2). 
‘‘(B) For fiscal year 2006, not less than 50 
percent of the grant amounts shall be awarded 
for purposes under subsection (a)(2).