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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · S. 822 (Introduced in Senate) — To protect crime victims’ rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Crime victims' rights

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Section 3771 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: The right to be informed of the rights under this section and the services described in section 503(c) of the Victims' Rights and Restitution Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 10607(c) ) and provided contact information for the Office of the Victims' Rights Ombudsman of the Department of Justice. ; in subsection (d)(3), in the fifth sentence, by inserting , unless the litigants, with the approval of the court, have stipulated to a different time period for consideration before the period; and in subsection (e)— by striking this chapter, the term and inserting the following:
“this chapter: The term court of appeals means— the United States court of appeals for the judicial district in which a defendant is being prosecuted; or for a prosecution in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. The term ; by striking In the case and inserting the following: In the case ; and by adding at the end the following: The terms district court and court include the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. . Section 1402(d)(3) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601(d)(3) is amended— by inserting
(A)before Of the sums ; and by adding at the end the following: Amounts made available under subparagraph
(A)may not be used for any purpose that is not specified in subparagraph (A). .
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