2017 US Code
Title 34 - Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Subtitle IV - Criminal Records and Information
Chapter 407 - DNA Identification
Subchapter II - Training, Technology, Research, and Expanded Use
Sec. 40727 - Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grant Program
| 34 U.S.C. § 40727 (2017) |
| §40727. Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grant Program |
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(a) In general
The Attorney General shall establish the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grant Program to award grants to States to help defray the costs of post-conviction DNA testing. (b) Authorization of appropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 to carry out this section. (c) State definedFor purposes of this section, the term "State" means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. |
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(Pub. L. 108–405, title IV, §412, Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2284; Pub. L. 114–324, §12(b), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1957.) |
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CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 14136e of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. AMENDMENTS2016—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 114–324 substituted "$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021" for "$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009". |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT |
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| Title 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT Subtitle IV - Criminal Records and Information CHAPTER 407 - DNA IDENTIFICATION SUBCHAPTER II - TRAINING, TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH, AND EXPANDED USE Sec. 40727 - Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grant Program |
| section 40727 |
| 2017 |
| January 12, 2018 |
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| 118 Stat. 2284 130 Stat. 1957 |
| Public Law 108-405, Public Law 114-324 |
