Carla Walker Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5498 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5498 To establish a grant program for certain State and local forensic activities, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 12, 2024 Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mr. Welch) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish a grant program for certain State and local forensic activities, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Carla Walker Act''. SEC. 2. GRANTS TO IMPROVE FORENSIC ACTIVITIES. Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``PART PP--GRANTS TO IMPROVE FORENSIC ACTIVITIES ``SEC. 3061. DEFINITIONS. ``In this part: ``(1) Forensic analysis.--…