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§40727 Kirk Bloodsworth Post-conviction Dna Testing Grant Program

Title 34 › Subtitle IV — Criminal Records and Information › CHAPTER 407 — DNA IDENTIFICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — TRAINING, TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH, AND EXPANDED USE › § 40727

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Attorney General must set up the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grant Program to give states money to pay for DNA testing after a conviction. The program is funded at $10,000,000 for each fiscal year 2017 through 2021. For this program, “State” means U.S. states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Full Legal Text

Title 34, §40727

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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

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.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

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

Amendments

2016—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 114–324 substituted “$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021” for “$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009”.

Reference

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Citation

34 U.S.C. § 40727

Title 34, Navy

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110