To establish a grant program for certain State and local forensic activities, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To establish a grant program for certain State and local forensic activities, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Technology, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H5D368C3EFCC9477D82366A07AE009B70: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Carla Walker Act.
- Section H658658A78B5F4A2EBF8BDFD6A426352B: 2. Grants to improve forensic activities Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended by adding at...
- Section H04C48FE4A244410E913B8403D4BE66C0: 3061. Definitions In this part: The term forensic analysis means an expert examination or test— required by a law enforcement agency, a prosecutor, a criminal...
- Section H740AB54C00D04386AE69667E2ECCF2CC: 3062. DNA analysis grants In this section, the term eligible entity means— a State; a Tribal or local law enforcement agency; a prosecutor’s office with a...
- Section H6804226FED8E4044AF6C6FC9ED3CCB72: 3063. Grants to purchase forensic equipment enabled for forensic genetic genealogy DNA analysis and searching In this section, the term eligible entity means—...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To establish a grant program for certain State and local forensic activities, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice, Technology, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, To establish a grant program for certain State and local forensic activities, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Sponsors
Wesley Hunt
R-TX | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Hunt (for himself and Mr. Swalwell) introduced the following …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Medical examiner and coroner offices, Prosecutor offices with forensic capability, Publicly funded forensic laboratories
Medical examiner and coroner offices faces effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: Prosecutor offices with forensic capability, Publicly funded forensic laboratories, State and local law enforcement agencies, State and tribal law enforcement agencies
Negative-direction: State and local forensic laboratories
Accredited nongovernmental forensic laboratories, Private forensic DNA analysis companies
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a facility, entity, or site accredited or pursuing accreditation as described in section 3062(d)(1)(C)(iii) that— offers or performs forensic analysis
a facility, entity, or site accredited or pursuing accreditation as described in section 3062(d)(1)(C)(iii) that— offers or performs forensic analysis
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