Sec. 4. Reducing the rape kit backlog
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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 under the heading State and local law enforcement under the heading Office of Justice Programs in a fiscal year— Department of Justice not less than 75 percent of such amounts shall be provided for grants for direct testing 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 not less than 5 percent of such amounts shall be provided for grants for law enforcement agencies to conduct audits of their backlogged rape kits, including through the creation of a tracking system, under section 2(a)(7) of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 ( 42 U.S.C. 14135(a)(7) ), and to prioritize testing in those cases in which the statute of limitation will soon expire.
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