An act to amend the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to provide additional resources to State and local prosecutors, and for other purposes
PL 115-257 (H.R.4854), enacted 10/09/2018

132 STAT. 3660 
PUBLIC LAW 115–257—OCT. 9, 2018 
Public Law 115–257 
115th Congress 
An Act 
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 Representatives 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’’. 
SEC. 2. PROSECUTION OF DNA COLD CASES. 
(a) DEBBIE SMITH DNA BACKLOG GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 
2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination 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 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)(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 paragraph 
(3).’’. 
(b) PROSECUTION OF COLD CASES.—Of the amounts made avail-
able to the Attorney General for a DNA Analysis 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 Elimination Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 40701) 
under the heading ‘‘STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSIST-
ANCE’’ 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 prosecu-
tors to increase the capacity of State and local prosecution offices 
Grants. 
34 USC 10101 
note. 
Justice Served 
Act of 2018. 
Oct. 9, 2018 
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PUBLIC LAW 115–257—OCT. 9, 2018 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4854: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 164 (2018): 
May 15, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 26, considered and passed Senate. 
to address cold cases involving violent crime, where suspects have 
been identified through DNA evidence. 
Approved October 9, 2018. 
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