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§40724 Dna Research and Development

Title 34 › Subtitle IV — Criminal Records and Information › CHAPTER 407 — DNA IDENTIFICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — TRAINING, TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH, AND EXPANDED USE › § 40724

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Attorney General must fund research to make forensic DNA testing more accurate, faster, less expensive, and easier to use in the field. Grants must also support demonstration projects that train and equip law enforcement and test DNA with other forensic tools while measuring public safety, operational gains, and cost-effectiveness. The law authorizes $5,000,000 for each fiscal year 2017 through 2021 to carry out this work.

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Title 34, §40724

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(a)Improving DNA technology
The Attorney General shall make grants for research and development to improve forensic DNA technology, including increasing the identification accuracy and efficiency of DNA analysis, decreasing time and expense, and increasing portability.
(b)Demonstration projects
The Attorney General shall make grants to appropriate entities under which research is carried out through demonstration projects involving coordinated training and commitment of resources to law enforcement agencies and key criminal justice participants to demonstrate and evaluate the use of forensic DNA technology in conjunction with other forensic tools. The demonstration projects shall include scientific evaluation of the public safety benefits, improvements to law enforcement operations, and cost-effectiveness of increased collection and use of DNA evidence.
(c)Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 to carry out this section.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 14136b of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

2016—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 114–324 substituted “$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021” for “$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009”.

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Citation

34 U.S.C. § 40724

Title 34, Navy

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110