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Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2014
The Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2014 () is a bill that would amend the Debbie Smith Act of 2004 in order to reauthorize funding through Fiscal Year 2019 for the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program, sexual assault forensic exam program grants, and DNA training and education for law enforcement, correctional personnel, and court officers.〔 The bill would authorize the appropriation of $968 million over the 2015-2019 period.〔 The grant program would go to the states to run programs to analyze DNA samples from crime victims.〔
The bill was introduced into the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress.
==Background==
The Debbie Smith Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 13701) provides United States federal government grants to eligible states and units of local government to conduct DNA analyses of backlogged DNA samples collected from victims of crimes and criminal offenders. The Act expands the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) and provides legal assistance to survivors of dating violence. Named after sexual assault survivor Debbie Smith, the Act was passed by the 108th Congress as part of larger legislation, the Justice for All Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-405), and signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 30, 2004.
The bill was reauthorized in 2008.〔Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2008, H.R. 5057, 110th Cong., 2nd Sess. 2008. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-5057〕 At that time, there remained serious concerns about a backlog in the testing of rape kit DNA samples. Investigations conducted by CBS News and by Human Rights Watch revealed in 2009 that despite five years and millions in federal funding, rape kit backlogs persisted in the United States and had increased in several grant supported states and counties.〔Strickler, L. (2009). Rape Kits Data, By the Numbers: Exclusive CBS News Investigation Tracks the Status of Rape Kits in Over 16 States.''CBS News'' http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/09/cbsnews_investigates/main5590842.shtml〕〔Human Rights Watch. (2009). "Testing Justice: The Rape Kit Backlog in Los Angeles City and County".http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/03/31/testing-justice〕 According to a 2009 CBS News investigation, at least 20,000 untested rape kits were being held in four major U.S. cities and an additional twelve major cities had no idea how many rape kits remained untested in law enforcement storage facilities.〔Keteyian, A., & Strickler,L. (2009, Nov. 9). Exclusive: Rape in America: Justice Denied."CBS News." http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/09/cbsnews_investigates/main5590118.shtml?tag=mncol;lst;1〕 An October 2008 audit of the Los Angeles city crime lab by Human Rights Watch revealed that rape kit backlogs increased between 2004 and 2008, despite nearly $4 million in Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Program grants. In January 2007, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) revealed that approximately 5,000 rape kits resided in LAPD storage facilities. By July 2008 the backlog grew to 7,300, but was later estimated at 5,193 by a February 2009 audit.〔Human Rights Watch (2009, March 31). US: Los Angeles County Should Test Thousands of Rape Kits. http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/03/31/us-los-angeles-county-should-test-thousands-rape-kits〕
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