Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016
PL 114-324 (S.2577), enacted 12/16/2016

130 STAT. 1948 
PUBLIC LAW 114–324—DEC. 16, 2016 
Public Law 114–324 
114th Congress 
An Act 
To protect crime victims’ rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA and 
other forensic evidence samples to improve and expand the forensic science testing 
capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research 
and development of new testing technologies, to develop new training programs 
regarding the collection and use of forensic evidence, to provide post-conviction 
testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, to support accreditation efforts 
of forensic science laboratories and medical examiner offices, to address training 
and equipment needs, to improve the performance of counsel in State capital 
cases, 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 for All Reauthorization 
Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS. 
(a) 
RESTITUTION
DURING
SUPERVISED
RELEASE.—Section 
3583(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended in the first 
sentence by inserting ‘‘, that the defendant make restitution in 
accordance with sections 3663 and 3663A, or any other statute 
authorizing a sentence of restitution,’’ after ‘‘supervision’’. 
(b) COLLECTION OF RESTITUTION FROM DEFENDANT’S ESTATE.— 
Section 3613(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: ‘‘The liability to pay restitution 
shall terminate on the date that is the later of 20 years from 
the entry of judgment or 20 years after the release from imprison-
ment of the person ordered to pay restitution. In the event of 
the death of the person ordered to pay restitution, the individual’s 
estate will be held responsible for any unpaid balance of the restitu-
tion amount, and the lien provided in subsection (c) of this section 
shall continue until the estate receives a written release of that 
liability.’’. 
(c) VICTIM INTERPRETERS.—Rule 28 of the Federal Rules of 
Criminal Procedure is amended in the first sentence by inserting 
before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, including an interpreter 
for the victim’’. 
(d) GAO STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall— 
(A) conduct a study to determine whether enhancing 
the restitution provisions under sections 3663 and 3663A 
of title 18, United States Code, to provide courts broader 
authority to award restitution for Federal offenses would 
Determination. 
Deadline. 
Termination 
dates. 
42 USC 13701 
note. 
Justice for All 
Reauthorization 
Act of 2016. 
Dec. 16, 2016 
[S. 2577] 
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be beneficial to crime victims and what other factors Con-
gress should consider in weighing such changes; and 
(B) submit to Congress a report on the study conducted 
under subparagraph (A). 
(2) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study under paragraph 
(1), the Comptroller General shall focus on the benefits to 
crime victims that would result if the restitution provisions 
under sections 3663 and 3663A of title 18, United States Code, 
were expanded— 
(A) to apply to victims who have suffered harm, injury, 
or loss that would not have occurred but for the defendant’s 
related conduct; 
(B) in the case of an offense resulting in bodily injury 
resulting in the victim’s death, to allow the court to use 
its discretion to award an appropriate sum to reflect the 
income lost by the victim’s surviving family members or 
estate as a result of the victim’s death; 
(C) to require that the defendant pay to the victim 
an amount determined by the court to restore the victim 
to the position he or she would have been in had the 
defendant not committed the offense; and 
(D) to require that the defendant compensate the victim 
for any injury, harm, or loss, including emotional distress, 
that occurred as a result of the offense. 
SEC. 3. REDUCING THE RAPE KIT BACKLOG. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made available to the 
Attorney General for a DNA Analysis and capacity enhancement 
program and for other local, State, and Federal forensic activities 
under the heading ‘‘STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT’’ under 
the heading ‘‘OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS’’ under the heading 
‘‘DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE’’ in fiscal years 2018, 2019, 2020, 
and 2021— 
(1) not less than 75 percent of such amounts shall be 
provided for grants for activities described under paragraphs 
(1), (2), and (3) of section 2(a) of the DNA Analysis Backlog 
Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135(a)); and 
(2) not less than 5 percent of such amounts shall be pro-
vided for grants for law enforcement agencies to conduct audits 
of their backlogged rape kits under section 2(a)(7) of the DNA 
Analysis 
Backlog 
Elimination 
Act 
of 
2000 
(42 
U.S.C. 
14135(a)(7)) to create and operate associated tracking systems 
and to prioritize testing in those cases in which the statute 
of limitation will soon expire. 
(b) REPORTING.— 
(1) REPORT BY GRANT RECIPIENTS.—With respect to amounts 
made available to the Attorney General for a DNA Analysis 
and capacity enhancement program and for other local, State, 
and Federal forensic activities under the heading ‘‘STATE AND 
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT’’ under the heading ‘‘OFFICE OF JUS-
TICE PROGRAMS’’ under the heading ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF JUS-
TICE’’, the Attorney General shall require recipients of the 
amounts to report on the effectiveness of the activities carried 
out using the amounts, including any information the Attorney 
General needs in order to submit the report required under 
paragraph (2). 
Grants. 
Reports. 
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(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 month after 
the last day of each even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney 
General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 
of Representatives a report that includes, for each recipient 
of amounts described in paragraph (1)— 
(A) the amounts distributed to the recipient; 
(B) a summary of the purposes for which the amounts 
were used and an evaluation of the progress of the recipient 
in achieving those purposes; 
(C) a statistical summary of the crime scene samples 
and arrestee or offender samples submitted to laboratories, 
the average time between the submission of a sample to 
a laboratory and the testing of the sample, and the percent-
age of the amounts that were paid to private laboratories; 
and 
(D) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the grant 
amounts in increasing capacity and reducing backlogs. 
SEC. 4. SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINERS. 
Section 304 of the DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act of 2004 
(42 U.S.C. 14136a) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: 
‘‘(c) PREFERENCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In reviewing applications submitted in 
accordance with a program authorized, in whole or in part, 
by this section, the Attorney General shall give preference 
to any eligible entity that certifies that the entity will use 
the grant funds to— 
‘‘(A) improve forensic nurse examiner programs in a 
rural area or for an underserved population, as those terms 
are defined in section 4002 of the Violence Against Women 
Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925); 
‘‘(B) engage in activities that will assist in the employ-
ment of full-time forensic nurse examiners to conduct 
activities under subsection (a); or 
‘‘(C) sustain or establish a training program for forensic 
nurse examiners. 
‘‘(2) DIRECTIVE TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Not later than 
the beginning of fiscal year 2018, the Attorney General shall 
coordinate with the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
to inform Federally Qualified Health Centers, Community 
Health Centers, hospitals, colleges and universities, and other 
appropriate health-related entities about the role of forensic 
nurses and existing resources available within the Department 
of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services 
to train or employ forensic nurses to address the needs of 
communities dealing with sexual assault, domestic violence, 
and elder abuse. The Attorney General shall collaborate on 
this effort with nongovernmental organizations representing 
forensic nurses.’’. 
SEC. 5. PROTECTING THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT. 
Section 8(e)(1)(A) of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 
(42 U.S.C. 15607(e)(1)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
Collaboration. 
Deadline. 
Effective date. 
Coordination. 
Certification. 
Summaries. 
Evaluations. 
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(2) in clause (ii), by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(3) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) the program is not administered by the Office 
on Violence Against Women of the Department of Jus-
tice.’’. 
SEC. 6. CLARIFICATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT HOUSING 
PROTECTIONS. 
Section 41411(b)(3)(B)(ii) of the Violence Against Women Act 
of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043e–11(b)(3)(B)(ii)) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘or resident’’ after 
‘‘any remaining tenant’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘or resident’’ after 
‘‘tenant’’ each place it appears. 
SEC. 7. STRENGTHENING THE PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT. 
The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (42 U.S.C. 15601 
et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 6(d)(2) (42 U.S.C. 15605(d)(2)), by striking 
subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A)(i) include the certification of the chief executive 
that the State receiving such grant has adopted all national 
prison rape standards that, as of the date on which the 
application was submitted, have been promulgated under 
this Act; or 
‘‘(ii) demonstrate to the Attorney General, in such 
manner as the Attorney General shall require, that the 
State receiving such grant is actively working to adopt 
and achieve full compliance with the national prison rape 
standards described in clause (i);’’; and 
(2) in section 8(e) (42 U.S.C. 15607(e))— 
(A) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) ADOPTION OF NATIONAL STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year, any amount 
that a State would otherwise receive for prison purposes 
for that fiscal year under a grant program covered by 
this subsection shall be reduced by 5 percent, unless the 
chief executive officer of the State submits to the Attorney 
General proof of compliance with this Act through— 
‘‘(i) a certification that the State has adopted, and 
is in full compliance with, the national standards 
described in subsection (a); or 
‘‘(ii) an assurance that the State intends to adopt 
and achieve full compliance with those national stand-
ards so as to ensure that a certification under clause 
(i) may be submitted in future years, which includes— 
‘‘(I) a commitment that not less than 5 percent 
of such amount shall be used for this purpose; 
or 
‘‘(II) a request that the Attorney General hold 
5 percent of such amount in abeyance pursuant 
to the requirements of subparagraph (E). 
‘‘(B) RULES FOR CERTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—A chief executive officer of a 
State who submits a certification under this paragraph 
shall also provide the Attorney General with— 
Lists. 
Audits. 
Certification. 
Grants. 
Certification. 
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‘‘(I) a list of the prisons under the operational 
control of the executive branch of the State; 
‘‘(II) a list of the prisons listed under subclause 
(I) that were audited during the most recently 
concluded audit year; 
‘‘(III) all final audit reports for prisons listed 
under subclause (I) that were completed during 
the most recently concluded audit year; and 
‘‘(IV) a proposed schedule for completing an 
audit of all the prisons listed under subclause (I) 
during the following 3 audit years. 
‘‘(ii) AUDIT APPEAL EXCEPTION.—Beginning on the 
date that is 3 years after the date of enactment of 
the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016, a chief 
executive officer of a State may submit a certification 
that the State is in full compliance pursuant to 
subparagraph (A)(i) even if a prison under the oper-
ational control of the executive branch of the State 
has an audit appeal pending. 
‘‘(C) RULES FOR ASSURANCES.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—A chief executive officer of a 
State who submits an assurance under subparagraph 
(A)(ii) shall also provide the Attorney General with— 
‘‘(I) a list of the prisons under the operational 
control of the executive branch of the State; 
‘‘(II) a list of the prisons listed under subclause 
(I) that were audited during the most recently 
concluded audit year; 
‘‘(III) an explanation of any barriers the State 
faces to completing required audits; 
‘‘(IV) all final audit reports for prisons listed 
under subclause (I) that were completed during 
the most recently concluded audit year; 
‘‘(V) a proposed schedule for completing an 
audit of all prisons under the operational control 
of the executive branch of the State during the 
following 3 audit years; and 
‘‘(VI) an explanation of the State’s current 
degree of implementation of the national stand-
ards. 
‘‘(ii) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—A chief executive 
officer of a State who submits an assurance under 
subparagraph (A)(ii)(I) shall, before receiving the 
applicable funds described in subparagraph (A)(ii)(I), 
also provide the Attorney General with a proposed 
plan for the expenditure of the funds during the 
applicable grant period. 
‘‘(iii) ACCOUNTING
OF
FUNDS.—A chief executive 
officer of a State who submits an assurance under 
subparagraph (A)(ii)(I) shall, in a manner consistent 
with the applicable grant reporting requirements, 
submit to the Attorney General a detailed accounting 
of how the funds described in subparagraph (A) were 
used. 
‘‘(D) SUNSET OF ASSURANCE OPTION.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—On the date that is 3 years 
after the date of enactment of the Justice for All 
Expenditure 
plan. 
Time period. 
Lists. 
Audits. 
Effective date. 
Certification. 
Time period. 
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PUBLIC LAW 114–324—DEC. 16, 2016 
Reauthorization Act of 2016, subclause (II) of subpara-
graph (A)(ii) shall cease to have effect. 
‘‘(ii) ADDITIONAL SUNSET.—On the date that is 6 
years after the date of enactment of the Justice for 
All Reauthorization Act of 2016, clause (ii) of subpara-
graph (A) shall cease to have effect. 
‘‘(iii) EMERGENCY ASSURANCES.— 
‘‘(I) REQUEST.—Notwithstanding clause (ii), 
during the 2-year period beginning 6 years after 
the date of enactment of the Justice for All 
Reauthorization Act of 2016, a chief executive 
officer of a State who certifies that the State has 
audited not less than 90 percent of prisons under 
the operational control of the executive branch 
of the State may request that the Attorney General 
allow the chief executive officer to submit an emer-
gency assurance in accordance with subparagraph 
(A)(ii) as in effect on the day before the date on 
which that subparagraph ceased to have effect 
under clause (ii) of this subparagraph. 
‘‘(II) GRANT OF REQUEST.—The Attorney Gen-
eral shall grant a request submitted under sub-
clause (I) within 60 days upon a showing of good 
cause. 
‘‘(E) DISPOSITION OF FUNDS HELD IN ABEYANCE.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If the chief executive officer of 
a State who has submitted an assurance under 
subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) subsequently submits a certifi-
cation under subparagraph (A)(i) during the 3-year 
period beginning on the date of enactment of the Jus-
tice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016, the Attorney 
General will release all funds held in abeyance under 
subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) to be used by the State in 
accordance with the conditions of the grant program 
for which the funds were provided. 
‘‘(ii) RELEASE
OF
FUNDS.—If the chief executive 
officer of a State who has submitted an assurance 
under subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) is unable to submit a 
certification during the 3-year period beginning on the 
date of enactment of the Justice for All Reauthorization 
Act of 2016, but does assure the Attorney General 
that 2⁄3 of prisons under the operational control of 
the executive branch of the State have been audited 
at least once, the Attorney General shall release all 
of the funds of the State held in abeyance to be used 
in adopting and achieving full compliance with the 
national standards, if the State agrees to comply with 
the applicable requirements in clauses (ii) and (iii) 
of subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(iii) REDISTRIBUTION
OF
FUNDS.—If the chief 
executive officer of a State who has submitted an assur-
ance under subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) is unable to submit 
a certification during the 3-year period beginning on 
the date of enactment of the Justice for All Reauthor-
ization Act of 2016 and does not assure the Attorney 
General that 2⁄3 of prisons under the operational control 
of the executive branch of the State have been audited 
Certification. 
Time period. 
Effective dates. 
Grants. 
Audits. 
Deadline. 
Certification. 
Audits. 
Effective date. 
Time periods. 
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at least once, the Attorney General shall redistribute 
the funds of the State held in abeyance to other States 
to be used in accordance with the conditions of the 
grant program for which the funds were provided. 
‘‘(F) PUBLICATION OF AUDIT RESULTS.—Not later than 
1 year after the date of enactment of the Justice for All 
Reauthorization Act of 2016, the Attorney General shall 
request from each State, and make available on an appro-
priate Internet website, all final audit reports completed 
to date for prisons under the operational control of the 
executive branch of each State. The Attorney General shall 
update such website annually with reports received from 
States under subparagraphs (B)(i) and (C)(i). 
‘‘(G) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL STAND-
ARDS.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016, the 
Attorney General shall issue a report to the Committee 
on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on the status 
of implementation of the national standards and the steps 
the Department, in conjunction with the States and other 
key stakeholders, is taking to address any unresolved 
implementation issues.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR AUDITORS.—An individual 
seeking certification by the Department of Justice to serve 
as an auditor of prison compliance with the national standards 
described in subsection (a) shall, upon request, submit finger-
prints in the manner determined by the Attorney General for 
criminal history record checks of the applicable State and Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation repositories.’’. 
SEC. 8. ADDITIONAL REAUTHORIZATIONS. 
(a) DNA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—Section 305(c) of the 
Justice for All Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 14136b(c)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 
2021’’. 
(b) FBI DNA PROGRAMS.—Section 307(a) of the Justice for 
All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405; 118 Stat. 2275) is amended 
by striking ‘‘$42,100,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$7,400,000 for fiscal year 2017 and $10,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2021’’. 
(c) DNA IDENTIFICATION OF MISSING PERSONS.—Section 308(c) 
of the Justice for All Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 14136d(c)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2005 through 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 
years 2017 through 2021’’. 
SEC. 9. PAUL COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCES IMPROVEMENT 
GRANTS. 
(a) GRANTS.—Part BB of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797j) is amended— 
(1) in section 2802(2) (42 U.S.C. 3797k(2)), by inserting 
after ‘‘bodies’’ the following: ‘‘and, except with regard to any 
medical examiner’s office, or coroner’s office in the State, is 
accredited by an accrediting body that is a signatory to an 
internationally recognized arrangement and that offers accredi-
tation to forensic science conformity assessment bodies using 
Time period. 
Certification. 
Determination. 
Deadline. 
Web posting. 
State and local 
governments. 
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an accreditation standard that is recognized by that internation-
ally recognized arrangement, or attests, in a manner that is 
legally binding and enforceable, to use a portion of the grant 
amount to prepare and apply for such accreditation not more 
than 2 years after the date on which a grant is awarded 
under section 2801’’; 
(2) in section 2803(a) (42 U.S.C. 3797l(a))— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Seventy-five percent’’ and inserting 
‘‘Eighty-five percent’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘75 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘85 per-
cent’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Twenty-five percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Fifteen percent’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘0.6 percent’’ and 
inserting ‘‘1 percent’’; 
(3) in section 2804(a) (42 U.S.C. 3797m(a))— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘impression evidence,’’ after ‘‘latent 
prints,’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘digital evidence, fire evidence,’’ 
after ‘‘toxicology,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘and medicolegal 
death investigators’’ after ‘‘laboratory personnel’’; and 
(C) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) To address emerging forensic science issues (such as 
statistics, contextual bias, and uncertainty of measurement) 
and emerging forensic science technology (such as high 
throughput automation, statistical software, and new types of 
instrumentation). 
‘‘(5) To educate and train forensic pathologists. 
‘‘(6) To fund medicolegal death investigation systems to 
facilitate accreditation of medical examiner and coroner offices 
and certification of medicolegal death investigators.’’; and 
(4) in section 2806(a) (42 U.S.C. 3797o(a))— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); 
and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: 
‘‘(4) the progress of any unaccredited forensic science 
service provider receiving grant funds toward obtaining accredi-
tation; and’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 1001(a)(24) 
of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(24)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (I), by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(J) $13,500,000 for fiscal year 2017; 
‘‘(K) $18,500,000 for fiscal year 2018; 
‘‘(L) $19,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
‘‘(M) $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; and 
‘‘(N) $23,000,000 for fiscal year 2021.’’. 
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PUBLIC LAW 114–324—DEC. 16, 2016 
SEC. 10. IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF REPRESENTATION IN STATE 
CAPITAL CASES. 
Section 426 of the Justice for All Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 14163e) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘$75,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2005 through 2009’’ and inserting: 
‘‘(1) $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2017; 
‘‘(2) $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2018; 
‘‘(3) $12,500,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
‘‘(4) $17,500,000 for fiscal year 2020; and 
‘‘(5) $22,500,000 for fiscal year 2021.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting before the period at 
the end the following: ‘‘, or upon a showing of good cause, 
and at the discretion of the Attorney General, the State may 
determine a fair allocation of funds across the uses described 
in sections 421 and 422’’. 
SEC. 11. POST-CONVICTION DNA TESTING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3600 of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘under a sentence of’’ in each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘sentenced to’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘death’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘and the applicant 
did not—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘knowingly fail 
to request’’ and inserting ‘‘and the applicant did not know-
ingly fail to request’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) order the Government to— 
‘‘(i) prepare an inventory of the evidence related 
to the case; and 
‘‘(ii) issue a copy of the inventory to the court, 
the applicant, and the Government.’’; 
(4) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) RESULTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The results of any DNA testing 
ordered under this section shall be simultaneously disclosed 
to the court, the applicant, and the Government. 
‘‘(B) RESULTS EXCLUDE APPLICANT.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—If a DNA profile is obtained 
through testing that excludes the applicant as the 
source and the DNA complies with the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation’s requirements for the uploading of 
crime scene profiles to the National DNA Index System 
(referred to in this subsection as ‘NDIS’), the court 
shall order that the law enforcement entity with direct 
or conveyed statutory jurisdiction that has access to 
the NDIS submit the DNA profile obtained from pro-
bative biological material from crime scene evidence 
Courts. 
Records. 
Inventory. 
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to determine whether the DNA profile matches a pro-
file of a known individual or a profile from an unsolved 
crime. 
‘‘(ii) NDIS SEARCH.—The results of a search under 
clause (i) shall be simultaneously disclosed to the court, 
the applicant, and the Government.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the National DNA 
Index System (referred to in this subsection as ‘NDIS’)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘NDIS’’; and 
(5) in subsection (g)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘death’’. 
(b) PRESERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE.—Section 3600A 
of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘under a sentence of’’ 
and inserting ‘‘sentenced to’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as 
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively. 
SEC. 12. KIRK BLOODSWORTH POST-CONVICTION DNA TESTING PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 413 of the Justice for All Act of 
2004 (42 U.S.C. 14136 note) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘fiscal 
years 2005 through 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2017 
through 2021’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) for eligible entities that are a State or unit of local 
government, provide a certification by the chief legal officer 
of the State in which the eligible entity operates or the chief 
legal officer of the jurisdiction in which the funds will be 
used for the purposes of the grants, that the State or jurisdic-
tion— 
‘‘(A) provides DNA testing of specified evidence under 
a State statute or a State or local rule or regulation to 
persons sentenced to imprisonment or death for a State 
felony offense, in a manner intended to ensure a reasonable 
process for resolving claims of actual innocence that 
ensures post-conviction DNA testing in at least those cases 
that would be covered by section 3600(a) of title 18, United 
States Code, had they been Federal cases and, if the results 
of the testing exclude the applicant as the source of the 
DNA, permits the applicant to apply for post-conviction 
relief, notwithstanding any provision of law that would 
otherwise bar the application as untimely; and 
‘‘(B) preserves biological evidence, as defined in section 
3600A of title 18, United States Code, under a State statute 
or a State or local rule, regulation, or practice in a manner 
intended to ensure that reasonable measures are taken 
by the State or jurisdiction to preserve biological evidence 
secured in relation to the investigation or prosecution of, 
at a minimum, murder, nonnegligent manslaughter and 
sexual offenses.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 412(b) of the 
Justice for All Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 14136e(b)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009’’ 
Certification. 
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and inserting ‘‘$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 
2021’’. 
SEC. 13. ESTABLISHMENT OF BEST PRACTICES FOR EVIDENCE RETEN-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title IV of the Justice for All 
Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405; 118 Stat. 2278) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 414. ESTABLISHMENT OF BEST PRACTICES FOR EVIDENCE 
RETENTION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National Institute of 
Justice, in consultation with Federal, State, and local law enforce-
ment agencies and government laboratories, shall— 
‘‘(1) establish best practices for evidence retention to focus 
on the preservation of forensic evidence; and 
‘‘(2) assist State, local, and tribal governments in adopting 
and implementing the best practices established under para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(b) DEADLINE.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this section, the Director of the National Institute of Justice 
shall publish the best practices established under subsection (a)(1). 
‘‘(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. 14. EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘Effective 
Administration of Criminal Justice Act of 2016’’. 
(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 adminis-
tration of the criminal justice system, which shall— 
‘‘(A) be designed in consultation with local govern-
ments, and representatives of all segments of the criminal 
justice system, including judges, prosecutors, law enforce-
ment 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 gath-
ering evidence-based data and developing and using evi-
dence-based and evidence-gathering approaches in support 
of funding decisions; 
Consultation. 
Grants. 
Effective 
Administration of 
Criminal Justice 
Act of 2016. 
42 USC 3711 
note. 
Consultation. 
42 USC 14136f. 
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‘‘(D) describe the barriers at the State and local level 
for accessing data and implementing evidence-based 
approaches to preventing and reducing crime and recidi-
vism; and 
‘‘(E) be updated every 5 years, with annual 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 the uses described in sub-
paragraphs (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 prepared 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 requesting support to develop and implement the 
strategic plan required under subsection (a)(6). The Attorney 
General may enter into agreements with 1 or more non-govern-
mental organizations to provide technical assistance and 
training under this paragraph. 
‘‘(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, requesting sup-
port to meet the obligations established by the Sixth Amend-
ment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall 
include— 
‘‘(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 implementing a 
system for the administration of justice consistent with 
the requirements of the Sixth Amendment. 
‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For each of fiscal 
years 2017 through 2021, of the amounts appropriated to carry 
out this subpart, not less than $5,000,000 and not more than 
$10,000,000 shall be used to carry out this subsection.’’. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—The requirement to submit a strategic plan 
under section 501(a)(6) of title I of the Omnibus 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 fiscal year beginning after the date that is 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 15. OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
All grants awarded by the Department of Justice that are 
authorized under this Act shall be subject to the following: 
(1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.—Beginning in fiscal year 2016, 
and each fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General of the 
Department of Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of 
Effective date. 
Determination. 
Grants. 
42 USC 3793c. 
Effective date. 
42 USC 3752 
note. 
Public 
information. 
Deadlines. 
Assessment. 
Time periods. 
Reports. 
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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 receive 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 eligible 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— 
(A) deposit an amount equal to the grant funds that 
were improperly awarded to the grantee into the General 
Fund of the Treasury; and 
(B) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the 
fund from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded 
grant funds. 
(5) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘unresolved 
audit finding’’ means an audit report finding in the final audit 
report of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice 
that the grantee has utilized grant funds for an unauthorized 
expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed 
or resolved within a 12-month period beginning on the date 
when the final audit report is issued. 
(6) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
(A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section and the 
grant programs described in this Act, the term ‘‘nonprofit 
organization’’ means an organization that is described in 
section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
and is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 
Code. 
(B) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney General shall not 
award a grant under any grant program described in this 
Act to a nonprofit organization that holds money in offshore 
accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax 
described in section 511(a) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986. 
(C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organization that is 
awarded a grant under a grant program described in this 
Act and uses the procedures prescribed in regulations to 
create a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for the 
compensation of its officers, directors, trustees and key 
employees, shall disclose to the Attorney General, in the 
application for the grant, the process for determining such 
compensation, including the independent persons involved 
in reviewing and approving such compensation, the com-
parability data used, and contemporaneous substantiation 
of the deliberation and decision. Upon request, the Attorney 
General shall make the information disclosed under this 
subsection available for public inspection. 
Public 
information. 
Time period. 
Effective date. 
Time periods. 
Time periods. 
Time periods. 
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(7) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Unless otherwise explicitly 
provided in authorizing legislation, not more than 7.5 percent 
of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under this Act 
may be used by the Attorney General for salaries and adminis-
trative expenses of the Department of Justice. 
(8) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 
(A) LIMITATION.—No amounts authorized to be appro-
priated to the Department of Justice under this Act may 
be used by the Attorney General or by any individual 
or organization awarded discretionary funds through a 
cooperative agreement under this Act, to host or support 
any expenditure for conferences that uses more than 
$20,000 in Department funds, unless the Deputy Attorney 
General or the appropriate Assistant Attorney General, 
Director, or principal deputy as the Deputy Attorney Gen-
eral may designate, provides prior written authorization 
that the funds may be expended to host a conference. 
(B) WRITTEN
APPROVAL.—Written approval under 
subparagraph (A) shall include a written estimate of all 
costs associated with the conference, including the cost 
of all food and beverages, audio/visual equipment, hono-
raria for speakers, and any entertainment. 
(C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney General shall 
submit an annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives on all conference expenditures 
approved by operation of this paragraph. 
(9) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Amounts authorized to be appro-
priated under this Act may not be utilized by any grant 
recipient to— 
(i) lobby any representative of the Department of 
Justice regarding the award of grant funding; or 
(ii) lobby any representative of a Federal, State, 
local, or tribal government regarding the award of 
grant funding. 
(B) PENALTY.—If the Attorney General determines that 
any recipient of a grant under this Act has violated 
subparagraph (A), the Attorney General shall— 
(i) require the grant recipient to repay the grant 
in full; and 
(ii) prohibit the grant recipient from receiving 
another grant under this Act for not less than 5 years. 
(10) PREVENTING DUPLICATIVE GRANTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Before the Attorney General awards 
a grant to an applicant under this Act, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall compare potential grant awards with other grants 
awarded under this Act to determine whether duplicate 
grants are awarded for the same purpose. 
(B) REPORT.—If the Attorney General awards duplicate 
grants to the same applicant for the same purpose, the 
Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the House of Representatives a report that includes— 
(i) a list of all duplicate grants awarded, including 
the total dollar amount of any duplicate grants 
awarded; and 
Determination. 
Time period. 
Estimate. 
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(ii) the reason the Attorney General awarded the 
duplicate grants. 
SEC. 16. NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF FORENSIC LABORATORIES. 
(a) STUDY AND REPORT.—Not later than October 1, 2018, the 
Attorney General shall conduct a study and submit a report to 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee 
on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on the status 
and needs of the forensic science community. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The report required under subsection (a) 
shall— 
(1) examine the status of current workload, backlog, per-
sonnel, equipment, and equipment needs of public crime labora-
tories and medical examiner and coroner offices; 
(2) include an overview of academic forensic science 
resources and needs, from a broad forensic science perspective, 
including nontraditional crime laboratory disciplines such as 
forensic anthropology, forensic entomology, and others as deter-
mined appropriate by the Attorney General; 
(3) consider— 
(A) the National Institute of Justice study, Forensic 
Sciences: Review of Status and Needs, published in 1999; 
(B) the Bureau of Justice Statistics census reports 
on Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories, published 
in 2002, 2005, 2009, and 2014; 
(C) the National Academy of Sciences report, Strength-
ening Forensic Science: A Path Forward, published in 2009; 
and 
(D) the Bureau of Justice Statistics survey of forensic 
providers recommended by the National Commission of 
Forensic Science and approved by the Attorney General 
on September 8, 2014; 
(4) provide Congress with a comprehensive view of the 
infrastructure, equipment, and personnel needs of the broad 
forensic science community; and 
(5) be made available to the public. 
SEC. 17. CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 1404(c)(1)(A) of the Victims of Crime 
Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10603(c)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘victim services,’’ before ‘‘demonstration projects’’. 
(b) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 
the proposed rule entitled ‘‘VOCA Victim Assistance Program’’ pub-
lished by the Office of Victims of Crime of the Department of 
Justice in the Federal Register on August 27, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 
52877), is consistent with section 1404 of the Victims of Crime 
Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10603). 
SEC. 18. IMPROVING THE RESTITUTION PROCESS. 
Section 3612 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) EVALUATION OF OFFICES OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 
AND DEPARTMENT COMPONENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall, as part of 
the regular evaluation process, evaluate each office of the 
United States attorney and each component of the Department 
of Justice on the performance of the office or the component, 
as the case may be, in seeking and recovering restitution for 
Public 
information. 
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victims under each provision of this title and the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) that authorizes restitu-
tion. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—Following an evaluation under para-
graph (1), each office of the United States attorney and each 
component of the Department of Justice shall work to improve 
the practices of the office or component, as the case may be, 
with respect to seeking and recovering restitution for victims 
under each provision of this title and the Controlled Substances 
Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) that authorizes restitution. 
‘‘(k) GAO REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this subsection, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall prepare and submit to the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on the Judiciary of the Senate a report on restitution sought 
by the Attorney General under each provision of this title 
and the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) 
that authorizes restitution during the 3-year period preceding 
the report. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The report required under paragraph (1) 
shall include statistically valid estimates of— 
‘‘(A) the number of cases in which a defendant was 
convicted and the Attorney General could seek restitution 
under this title or the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
801 et seq.); 
‘‘(B) the number of cases in which the Attorney General 
sought restitution; 
‘‘(C) of the cases in which the Attorney General sought 
restitution, the number of times restitution was ordered 
by the district courts of the United States; 
‘‘(D) the amount of restitution ordered by the district 
courts of the United States; 
‘‘(E) the amount of restitution collected pursuant to 
the restitution orders described in subparagraph (D); 
‘‘(F) the percentage of restitution orders for which the 
full amount of restitution has not been collected; and 
‘‘(G) any other measurement the Comptroller General 
determines would assist in evaluating how to improve the 
restitution process in Federal criminal cases. 
‘‘(3) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The report required under para-
graph (1) shall include recommendations on the best practices 
for— 
‘‘(A) requesting restitution in cases in which restitution 
may be sought under each provision of this title and the 
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) that 
authorizes restitution; 
‘‘(B) obtaining restitution orders from the district 
courts of the United States; and 
‘‘(C) collecting restitution ordered by the district courts 
of the United States. 
‘‘(4) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date on 
which the report required under paragraph (1) is submitted, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall prepare 
and submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Estimates. 
Time period. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 2577: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 162 (2016): 
June 16, considered and passed Senate. 
Nov. 29, considered and passed House, amended. 
Dec. 1, Senate concurred in House amendment. 
Senate a report on the implementation by the Attorney General 
of the best practices recommended under paragraph (3).’’. 
Approved December 16, 2016. 
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