Sec. 16. NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF FORENSIC LABORATORIES

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## SEC. 16 NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF FORENSIC LABORATORIES ###

(a)Study and Report Not later than October 1, 2018, the Attorney General shall conduct a study and submit a report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on the status and needs of the forensic science community. ###

(b)Requirements The report required under subsection

(a)shall— ####

(1)examine the status of current workload, backlog, personnel, equipment, and equipment needs of public crime laboratories and medical examiner and coroner offices; ####

(2)include an overview of academic forensic science resources and needs, from a broad forensic science perspective, including nontraditional crime laboratory disciplines such as forensic anthropology, forensic entomology, and others as determined appropriate by the Attorney General; ####

(3)consider— #####

(A)the National Institute of Justice study, Forensic Sciences: Review of Status and Needs, published in 1999; #####

(B)the Bureau of Justice Statistics census reports on Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories, published in 2002, 2005, 2009, and 2014; #####

(C)the National Academy of Sciences report, Strengthening Forensic Science: A Path Forward, published in 2009; and #####

(D)the Bureau of Justice Statistics survey of forensic providers recommended by the National Commission of Forensic Science and approved by the Attorney General on September 8, 2014; ####

(4)provide Congress with a comprehensive view of the infrastructure, equipment, and personnel needs of the broad forensic science community; and ####

(5)be made available to the public.