SEC. 2. DEBBIE SMITH GRANTS FOR AUDITING SEXUAL AS-
SAULT EVIDENCE BACKLOGS. 
Section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination 
Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) To conduct an audit consistent with sub-
section (n) of the samples of sexual assault evidence 
that are in the possession of the State or unit of 
local government and are awaiting testing.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) ALLOCATION OF GRANT AWARDS FOR AU-
DITS.—For each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, 
not less than 5 percent, but not more than 10 per-
cent, of the grant amounts distributed under para-
graph (1) shall, if sufficient applications to justify 
such amounts are received by the Attorney General, 
be awarded for purposes described in subsection 
(a)(6), 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 paragraph (3).’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘(n) USE OF FUNDS FOR AUDITING SEXUAL AS-
SAULT EVIDENCE BACKLOGS.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—The Attorney General may 
award a grant under this section to a State or unit 
of local government for the purpose described in 
subsection (a)(6) only if the State or unit of local 
government— 
‘‘(A) submits a plan for performing the 
audit of samples described in such subsection; 
and 
‘‘(B) includes in such plan a good-faith es-
timate of the number of such samples. 
‘‘(2) GRANT CONDITIONS.—A State or unit of 
local government receiving a grant for the purpose 
described in subsection (a)(6)— 
‘‘(A) may not enter into any contract or 
agreement with any non-governmental vendor 
laboratory to conduct an audit described in sub-
section (a)(6); and 
‘‘(B) shall— 
‘‘(i) not later than 1 year after receiv-
ing such grant— 
‘‘(I) complete the audit referred 
to in paragraph (1)(A) in accordance 
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with the plan submitted under such 
paragraph; and 
‘‘(II) for each sample of sexual 
assault evidence identified in such 
audit, subject to paragraph (4), enter 
into the Sexual Assault Forensic Evi-
dence Registry established under sub-
section (o) the information listed in 
subsection (o)(2); 
‘‘(ii) not later than 21 days after re-
ceiving possession of a sample of sexual as-
sault evidence that was not in the posses-
sion of the State or unit of local govern-
ment at the time of the initiation of such 
audit, subject to paragraph (4), enter into 
the Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reg-
istry the information listed in subsection 
(o)(2) with respect to the sample; 
‘‘(iii) not later than 30 days after a 
change in the status referred to in sub-
section (o)(2)(A)(v) of a sample with re-
spect to which the State or unit of local 
government has entered information into 
such Registry, update such status; and 
‘‘(iv) provide that— 
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‘‘(I) the chief law enforcement of-
ficer of the State or unit of local gov-
ernment, respectively, is the individual 
responsible for the compliance of the 
State or unit of local government, re-
spectively, with the registry require-
ments under this subparagraph; or 
‘‘(II) the designee of such officer 
may fulfill the responsibility described 
in subclause (II) so long as such des-
ignee is an employee of the State or 
unit of local government, respectively, 
and is not an employee of any govern-
mental 
laboratory 
or 
non-govern-
mental vendor laboratory. 
‘‘(3) EXTENSION OF INITIAL DEADLINE.—The 
Attorney General may grant an extension of the 
deadline under paragraph (2)(B)(i) to a State or 
unit of local government that demonstrates that 
more time is required for compliance with such para-
graph. 
‘‘(4) SAMPLES
EXEMPT
FROM
REGISTRY
RE-
QUIREMENT.—A State or unit of local government is 
not required under paragraph (2) to enter into the 
Registry described in such paragraph information 
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with respect to a sample of sexual assault evidence 
if— 
‘‘(A) the sample is not considered criminal 
evidence (such as a sample collected anony-
mously from a victim who is unwilling to make 
a criminal complaint); or 
‘‘(B) the sample relates to a sexual assault 
for which the prosecution of each perpetrator is 
barred by a statute of limitations. 
‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) 
AWAITING
TESTING.—The 
term 
‘awaiting testing’ means, with respect to a sam-
ple of sexual assault evidence, that— 
‘‘(i) the sample has been collected and 
is in the possession of a State or unit of 
local government; 
‘‘(ii) DNA and other appropriate fo-
rensic analyses have not been performed on 
such sample; and 
‘‘(iii) the sample is related to a crimi-
nal case or investigation in which final dis-
position has not yet been reached. 
‘‘(B) FINAL DISPOSITION.—The term ‘final 
disposition’ means, with respect to a criminal 
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case or investigation to which a sample of sex-
ual assault evidence relates— 
‘‘(i) the conviction or acquittal of all 
suspected perpetrators of the crime in-
volved; 
‘‘(ii) a determination by the State or 
unit of local government in possession of 
the sample that the case is unfounded; or 
‘‘(iii) a declaration by the victim of 
the crime involved that the act constituting 
the basis of the crime was not committed. 
‘‘(C) POSSESSION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘posses-
sion’, used with respect to possession of a 
sample of sexual assault evidence by a 
State or unit of local government, includes 
possession by an individual who is acting 
as an agent of the State or unit of local 
government for the collection of the sam-
ple. 
‘‘(ii) 
RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.— 
Nothing in clause (i) shall be construed to 
create or amend any Federal rights or 
privileges for non-governmental vendor lab-
oratories described in regulations promul-
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gated under section 210303 of the DNA 
Identification Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 
14131).’’. 
SEC. 3. SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EVIDENCE REGISTRY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2 of the DNA Analysis 
Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135), as 
amended by section 2 of this Act, is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(o) SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EVIDENCE REG-
ISTRY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (j), 
not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this subsection, the Attorney General shall estab-
lish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry (in 
this section referred to as the ‘Registry’) that— 
‘‘(A) is administered by the Department of 
Justice; 
‘‘(B) allows States and units of local gov-
ernment to enter information into the Registry 
about samples of sexual assault evidence that 
are in the possession of such States or units of 
local government and are awaiting testing; and 
‘‘(C) tracks the testing and processing of 
such samples. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION IN REGISTRY.— 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A State or unit of 
local government that chooses to enter informa-
tion into the Registry about a sample of sexual 
assault evidence shall include the following in-
formation: 
‘‘(i) The date of the sexual assault to 
which the sample relates. 
‘‘(ii) The city, county, or other appro-
priate locality where the sexual assault oc-
curred. 
‘‘(iii) The date on which the sample 
was collected. 
‘‘(iv) The date on which information 
about the sample was entered into the 
Registry. 
‘‘(v) The status of the progression of 
the sample through testing and other 
stages of the evidentiary handling process, 
limited to the following information: 
‘‘(I) The identity of the entity in 
possession of the sample of untested 
sexual assault evidence by the State 
or unit of local government. 
‘‘(II) The identification of the 
sample of untested sexual assault evi-
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dence by the State or unit of local 
government. 
‘‘(III) The submission of the 
sample of untested sexual assault evi-
dence to a laboratory for analysis, or 
the decision of the State or unit of 
local government to indefinitely re-
frain from submitting the sample. 
‘‘(IV) The completion of the 
analysis of the sample of untested sex-
ual assault evidence, or the decision of 
the State or unit of local government 
to indefinitely refrain from analyzing 
the sample of untested sexual assault 
evidence. 
‘‘(vi) The date or dates after which 
the State or unit of local government 
would be barred by any applicable statutes 
of limitations from prosecuting a perpe-
trator of the sexual assault for the sexual 
assault. 
‘‘(B) PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFOR-
MATION.—The Attorney General shall ensure 
that the Registry does not include personally 
identifiable information or details about a sex-
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ual assault that might lead to the identification 
of the individuals involved, except the informa-
tion listed in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(3) SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A State or unit of 
local government that chooses to enter informa-
tion about a sample of sexual assault evidence 
into the Registry shall assign to the sample a 
unique numeric or alphanumeric identifier. 
‘‘(B) UNIQUE IDENTIFIER REQUIRED.—In 
assigning the identifier under subparagraph 
(A), a State or unit of local government may 
use a case-numbering system used for other 
purposes, but the Attorney General shall ensure 
that the identifier assigned to each sample is 
unique with respect to all samples entered by 
all States and units of local government. 
‘‘(4) UPDATE OF INFORMATION.—A State or 
unit of local government that chooses to enter infor-
mation about a sample of sexual assault evidence 
into the Registry shall, not later than 30 days after 
a change in the status of the sample referred to in 
paragraph (2)(A)(v), update such status. 
‘‘(5) INTERNET
ACCESS.—The Attorney Gen-
eral shall make publicly available, on an appropriate 
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Internet website, aggregate non-individualized and 
non-personally identifying data compiled from infor-
mation required to be entered into the registry 
under paragraph (2)(A), to allow for comparison of 
backlog data by State and unit of local government. 
‘‘(6) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—The Attorney 
General shall— 
‘‘(A) provide a means by which an entity 
that does not have access to the Internet may 
enter information into the Registry; and 
‘‘(B) provide the technical assistance nec-
essary to allow States and units of local govern-
ment to participate in the Registry. 
‘‘(7) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection shall be construed to require that 
any State or unit of local government participate in 
the Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry es-
tablished under this subsection unless the State or 
unit of local government— 
‘‘(A) accepts a grant awarded under sub-
section (n); or 
‘‘(B) the State or unit of local government 
expressly agrees to participate in the registry in 
accordance with the conditions enumerated in 
this subsection.’’. 
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(b) FUNDING.—Section 2(j) of the DNA Analysis 
Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135(j)) is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘and for carrying out sub-
section (o)’’ after ‘‘for grants under subsection (a)’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘For each of the fiscal years 2014 through 
2018, not less than 1 percent of the amount author-
ized to be appropriated under the previous sentence 
for such fiscal year shall be for carrying out sub-
section (o).’’. 
SEC. 4. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
Not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal 
year for which a grant is made for the purpose described 
in section 2(a)(6) of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi-
nation Act of 2000, as amended by section 2, the Attorney 
General shall submit to Congress a report that— 
(1) lists the States and units of local govern-
ment that have been awarded such grants and the 
amount of the grant received by each such State or 
unit of local government; 
(2) states the number of extensions granted by 
the Attorney General under section 2(n)(3) of the 
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