34 USC § 10566 - Reports

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s10566"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 10566 - Reports"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "10566"
section_name: "Reports"
chapter_number: 101
chapter_name: "JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT"
subchapter_number: "XXVII"
subchapter_name: "PAUL COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCES IMPROVEMENT GRANTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 2806, as added Pub. L. 106–561, § 2(c)(1), Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2790; amended Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title V, § 5001(b)(5), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1814; Pub. L. 114–324, § 9(a)(4), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1955.)"
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# § 10566. Reports

**(a)** **Reports to Attorney General** For each fiscal year for which a grant is awarded under this subchapter, each State or unit of local government that receives such a grant shall submit to the Attorney General a report, at such time and in such manner as the Attorney General may reasonably require, which report shall include—

**(1)** a summary and assessment of the program carried out with the grant, which shall include a comparison of pre-grant and post-grant forensic science capabilities;

**(2)** the average number of days between submission of a sample to a forensic science laboratory or forensic science laboratory system in that State operated by the State or by a unit of local government and the delivery of test results to the requesting office or agency;

**(3)** an identification of the number and type of cases currently accepted by the laboratory;

**(4)** the progress of any unaccredited forensic science service provider receiving grant funds toward obtaining accreditation; and

**(5)** such other information as the Attorney General may require.

**(b)** **Reports to Congress** Not later than 90 days after the last day of each fiscal year for which 1 or more grants are awarded under this subchapter, the Attorney General shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate, a report, which shall include—

**(1)** the aggregate amount of grants awarded under this subchapter for that fiscal year; and

**(2)** a summary of the information provided under subsection (a).

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 2806, as added Pub. L. 106–561, § 2(c)(1), Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2790; amended Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title V, § 5001(b)(5), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1814; Pub. L. 114–324, § 9(a)(4), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1955.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 3797 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Amendments

2016—Subsec. (a)(4), (5).  added par. (4) and redesignated former par. (4) as (5).

2002—Subsec. (a). , inserted “or unit of local government” after “each State” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (a)(1). , inserted “, which shall include a comparison of pre-grant and post-grant forensic science capabilities” before semicolon at end.

Subsec. (a)(3), (4). –(E), added par. (3) and redesignated former par. (3) as (4).