Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2019

Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2019

This bill reauthorizes grants that support state and local efforts to process DNA evidence in rape kits.

Specifically, it reauthorizes through FY2024 the following:

• grants under the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program;
• grants to provide DNA training and education for law enforcement personnel, corrections personnel, and court officers; and
• grants under the Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Program.

[116th Congress Public Law 104]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 116-104
116th Congress

                                 An Act


 
    To reauthorize programs authorized under the Debbie Smith Act of 
              2004. <<NOTE: Dec. 30, 2019 -  [H.R. 777]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Debbie Smith 
Reauthorization Act of 2019. 34 USC 10101 note.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 
2019''.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION.

    Section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (34 
U.S.C. 40701) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``including'' and 
                inserting ``prioritizing, to the extent practicable 
                consistent with public safety considerations''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (8), by striking ``including'' and 
                inserting ``in particular,'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) provide assurances that the DNA section of the 
        laboratory to be used to conduct DNA analyses has a written 
        policy that prioritizes the analysis of, to the extent 
        practicable consistent with public safety considerations, 
        samples from homicides and sexual assaults.'';
            (3) in subsection (c)(3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``2014 through 
                2019'' and inserting ``2019 through 2024''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``2014 through 
                2019'' and inserting ``2019 through 2024''; and
            (4) in subsection (j), by striking ``2015 through 2019'' and 
        inserting ``2019 through 2024''.
SEC. 3. TRAINING AND EDUCATION.

    Section 303(b) of the DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act of 2004 (34 
U.S.C. 40722(b)) is amended by striking ``2015 through 2019'' and 
inserting ``2019 through 2024''.

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SEC. 4. SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAM GRANTS.

    Section 304(d) of the DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act of 2004 (34 
U.S.C. 40723(d)) is amended by striking ``2015 through 2019'' and 
inserting ``2019 through 2024''.

    Approved December 30, 2019.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 777 (S. 820):
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 165 (2019):
            Oct. 23, considered and passed House.
            Dec. 17, considered and passed Senate.

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