34 U.S.C. § 40727
Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grant Program
United States · Title 34 — CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT · Status: effective
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- 34 U.S.C. § 40727, Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grant Program, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/470616
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The Attorney General shall establish the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grant Program to award grants to States to help defray the costs of post-conviction DNA testing.
There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 to carry out this section.
For purposes of this section, the term “State” means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Justice for All Act of 2004House: 393–14Senate: no recorded tally
- Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally