(a) Reports to Attorney General
For each fiscal year for which a grant is awarded under this subchapter, each State or unit of local government that receives such a grant shall submit to the Attorney General a report, at such time and in such manner as the Attorney General may reasonably require, which report shall include—

(1) a summary and assessment of the program carried out with the grant, which shall include a comparison of pre-grant and post-grant forensic science capabilities;

(2) the average number of days between submission of a sample to a forensic science laboratory or forensic science laboratory system in that State operated by the State or by a unit of local government and the delivery of test results to the requesting office or agency;

(3) an identification of the number and type of cases currently accepted by the laboratory;

(4) the progress of any unaccredited forensic science service provider receiving grant funds toward obtaining accreditation; and

(5) such other information as the Attorney General may require.

(b) Reports to Congress
Not later than 90 days after the last day of each fiscal year for which 1 or more grants are awarded under this subchapter, the Attorney General shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate, a report, which shall include—

(1) the aggregate amount of grants awarded under this subchapter for that fiscal year; and

(2) a summary of the information provided under subsection (a).

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 3797o of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

2016—Subsec. (a)(4), (5). Pub. L. 114–324 added par. (4) and redesignated former par. (4) as (5).

2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–273, §5001(b)(5)(A), inserted "or unit of local government" after "each State" in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 107–273, §5001(b)(5)(B), inserted ", which shall include a comparison of pre-grant and post-grant forensic science capabilities" before semicolon at end.

Subsec. (a)(3), (4). Pub. L. 107–273, §5001(b)(5)(C)–(E), added par. (3) and redesignated former par. (3) as (4).


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