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The Debbie Smith Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. § 13701) provides United States federal government grants to eligible states and units of local government to conduct DNA analyses of backlogged DNA samples collected from victims of crimes and criminal offenders.
The Debbie Smith Act helps to strengthen the national DNA database used to help solve crimes. When forensic evidence is collected and processed, a DNA profile is developed and added to CODIS, the Combined DNA Index System.
Nov 3, 2023 · The reauthorization of the Debbie Smith Act of 2023 will provide grants to state and local public crime laboratories to build capacity to analyze DNA samples in evidence kits. The Debbie Smith Act was last reauthorized in 2019 and expires this fiscal year.
Jan 24, 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;
Sep 6, 2019 · The Debbie Smith Act authorizes Congress to allocate $151 million dollars annually to state and local labs for DNA and rape kit testing. The law will expire on September 30 unless the House of Representatives votes to reauthorize it.
Nov 28, 2023 · H.R. 1105, the Debbie Smith Act of 2023, would reauthorize the DNA Backlog Elimination Program from FY2024 through FY2029. This program provides support to law enforcement and crime labs in all 50 states to analyze untested rape and sexual assault kits, improve law enforcement’s timely collection of DNA evidence, and enhance prosecutors ...
----- The Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program provides federal grants to states to reduce the backlog of testing biological material thought to contain DNA in criminal investigations, particularly rapes and sexual assaults.
Jun 14, 2024 · Debbie Smith Act of 2023. This bill reauthorizes through FY2029 the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program. The program provides grants to state and local governments to improve and expand the collection and analysis of DNA evidence, including evidence in sexual assault kits.
Oct 25, 2023 · H.R. 1105: Debbie Smith Act of 2023. Overview. Summary. Cosponsors. Details. Text. Study Guide. The text of the bill below is as of Oct 25, 2023 (Reported by House Committee). This is not the latest text of this bill.
After the Debbie Smith Act was passed in 2004, Rob and I set up the H-E-A-R-T (Hope Exists after Rape Trauma) foundation to support victims and affect positive change in laws that influence victims’ lives.
