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title: "34 U.S.C. § 20982"
description: "Assistance for prosecution of cases cleared through use of DNA backlog clearance funds"
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title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
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# 34 U.S.C. § 20982 - Assistance for prosecution of cases cleared through use of DNA backlog clearance funds

## Text

(a) In general The Attorney General may make grants to train and employ personnel to help prosecute cases cleared through use of funds provided for DNA backlog elimination.

(b) Authorization There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011 to carry out this section.

(Pub. L. 109–248, title VI, § 624, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 636.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 16982 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.