Sec. 9. PAUL COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCES IMPROVEMENT GRANTS
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## SEC. 9 PAUL COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCES IMPROVEMENT GRANTS ###
(a)Grants Part BB of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797j) is amended— ####
(1)in section 2802(2) (42 U.S.C. 3797k(2)), by inserting after “bodies” the following: “and, except with regard to any medical examiner’s office, or coroner’s office in the State, is accredited by an accrediting body that is a signatory to an internationally recognized arrangement and that offers accreditation to forensic science conformity assessment bodies using an accreditation standard that is recognized by that internationally recognized arrangement, or attests, in a manner that is legally binding and enforceable, to use a portion of the grant amount to prepare and apply for such accreditation not more than 2 years after the date on which a grant is awarded under section 2801”; ####
(2)in section 2803(a) (42 U.S.C. 3797l(a))— #####
(A)in paragraph (1)— ######
(i)by striking “Seventy-five percent” and inserting “Eighty-five percent”; and ######
(ii)by striking “75 percent” and inserting “85 percent”; #####
(B)in paragraph (2), by striking “Twenty-five percent” and inserting “Fifteen percent”; and #####
(C)in paragraph (3), by striking “0.6 percent” and inserting “1 percent”; ####
(3)in section 2804(a) (42 U.S.C. 3797m(a))— #####
(A)in paragraph (2)— ######
(i)by inserting “impression evidence,” after “latent prints,”; and ######
(ii)by inserting “digital evidence, fire evidence,” after “toxicology,”; #####
(B)in paragraph (3), by inserting “and medicolegal death investigators” after “laboratory personnel”; and #####
(C)by inserting at the end the following: > > #### “(4) > > To address emerging forensic science issues (such as statistics, contextual bias, and uncertainty of measurement) and emerging forensic science technology (such as high throughput automation, statistical software, and new types of instrumentation). > > > #### “(5) > > To educate and train forensic pathologists. > > > #### “(6) > > To fund medicolegal death investigation systems to facilitate accreditation of medical examiner and coroner offices and certification of medicolegal death investigators.” > ; and ####
(4)in section 2806(a) (42 U.S.C. 3797o(a))— #####
(A)in paragraph (3), by striking “and” at the end; #####
(B)by redesignating paragraph
(4)as paragraph (5); and #####
(C)by inserting after paragraph
(3)the following: > > #### “(4) > > the progress of any unaccredited forensic science service provider receiving grant funds toward obtaining accreditation; and” > . ###
(b)Authorization of appropriations Section 1001(a)(24) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(24)) is amended— ####
(1)in subparagraph (H), by striking “and” at the end; ####
(2)in subparagraph (I), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and ####
(3)by adding at the end the following: > > ##### “(J) > > $13,500,000 for fiscal year 2017; > > > ##### “(K) > > $18,500,000 for fiscal year 2018; > > > ##### “(L) > > $19,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; > > > ##### “(M) > > $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; and > > > ##### “(N) > > $23,000,000 for fiscal year 2021.” > .
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