34 USC 40727 – Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grant Program
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(a) In general
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.
(b) Authorization of appropriations
Terms Used In 34 USC 40727
- State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 to carry out this section.
(c) State defined
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.