Sec. 2. Best practices for rape kit retention of sexual assault forensic evidence for unsolved crimes
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Section 414 of the Justice for All Act of 2004 ( 42 U.S.C. 14136f ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— by inserting and the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance after Justice ; and by striking and government and inserting , government ; and by inserting and other national and State subject matter experts, before shall ; and in paragraph (1)— by inserting and encourage compliance with after establish ; and by inserting connected to cases in which no person is currently convicted, including best practices for the preservation of sexual assault evidence collection kits or their probative contents for unsolved cases before the semicolon at the end; by striking subsection
(b)and inserting the following: The Director of the National Institute of Justice and the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance shall— not later than December 31, 2018, publish the best practices established under subsection (a)(1); and not later than 5 years after the date on which the best practices are established under subsection (a)(1), and once every 5 years thereafter, conduct a review of the best practices, and update the best practices as necessary. ; and in subsection (c), by inserting , except as otherwise required under section 3772 of title 18, United States Code before the period at the end. Section 3772(a)(2)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking subject to paragraph (3), .
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