Backlog Justice Act of 2026

(a) Authorization. Beginning in fiscal year 2027, the Attorney General shall increase by not more than 10 percent the amount provided to a State under the part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10441 et seq.) if the State has in place an electronic evidence tracking system for sexual assault kits that complies with the requirements under subsection (b).

(b) Tracking system requirements. In order to qualify for the grant increase under subsection (a), the tracking system shall be a website that provides information to survivors of sexual assault who underwent a sexual assault kit examination and their advocates on each stage of the processing of a sexual assault kit, including from the hospital, to a local law enforcement agency, through the analysis process at a forensic laboratory, to final disposition.

(c) Period of increase

(1) In general. The Attorney General shall provide an increase in the amount provided to a State under the program described in subsection (a) for a 2-year period.

(2) Limit. The Attorney General may not provide an increase in the amount provided to a State under the program described in subsection (a) more than 4 times.

(d) Authorization of appropriations. There is authorized to be appropriated $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031 to carry out this section.