§ 40727 — Kirk Bloodsworth Post-conviction Dna Testing Grant Program

(a) 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) There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 to carry out this section. (c) 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.