To express the sense of the Senate that the programs authorized under the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 to improve the justice system will be fully funded at the levels authorized for each of the fiscal years 2004 through 2007.

1. Adds SEC. 308. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON FUNDING FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE on page 79, line 22

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   Inserted: SEC. 308. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON FUNDING FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

   Inserted: (a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--

   Inserted: (1) bipartisan efforts have led to success in the fight against crime and improvements in the administration of justice;

   Inserted: (2) Congress steadily increased funding for crime identification technologies between 1994 and 2003; and

   Inserted: (3) a strong commitment to improve crime identification technologies is still needed.

   Inserted: (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the funding levels in this resolution assume that the programs authorized under the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 to improve the justice system will be fully funded at the levels authorized for each of the fiscal years 2004 through 2007.

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