H.R. 4854 · 115th Congress · enacted
Justice Served Act of 2018
Became Public Law No: 115-257.
Latest official action 2018-10-09 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
Justice Served Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to add, as a purpose area under the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program, increasing the capacity of prosecutors to address the backlog of violent crime cases involving suspects identified through DNA evidence. The Department of Justice (DOJ) must allocate a specified percentage of grant funds for such purpose, subject to limitations. Additionally, of amounts made available over FY2019-FY2022 for a DNA analysis and capacity enhancement program and for other forensic activities, DOJ must allocate at least 5% for grants to prosecute cold cases involving violent crime, where suspects have been identified through DNA evidence.
Congressional Research Service · 2018-10-09
Who reported lobbying on this bill?
Amount spent specifically on this bill: not disclosed
The reports below name this bill and disclose an organization’s overall lobbying expenses or a firm’s client income for the period. They can cover many bills and issues. These amounts are not payments to the bill or its politicians.
No matching lobbying report is imported yet. This is not evidence that no lobbying occurred.
2,409 latest lobbying reports imported. Some source imports are still in progress.
Politicians behind the bill
Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.
Sponsor
John R. Carter
House · TX District 31 · Republican
$514,867PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Adam B. Schiff
Senate · CA · Democratic
$55,400PAC receipts · 2025–2026
15 of 15 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.
PAC donors to the listed sponsors
These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC$15,000
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $15,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$12,000
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC)$10,000
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordBAE SYSTEMS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BAE SYSTEMS USA PAC)$10,000
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordBUCKEYE LIBERTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordCACI INTERNATIONAL INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CACI PAC)$10,000
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordCONSERVATIVE OPPORTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PAC$10,000
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordGENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENERAL DYNAMICS EMPLOYEE PAC)$10,000
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordLEONARDO DRS PAC$10,000
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordORACLE AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ORACLE PAC)$10,000
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordTEXAS FARM BUREAU AGFUND$9,600
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $9,600
Official PAC recordHONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. TECHNOLOGIES PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL (HONPAC)$8,000
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $8,000
Official PAC recordALLIANCE FOR PHARMACY COMPOUNDING PAC (COMP PAC)$7,500
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordEMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC$7,500
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordHDR, INC. EMPLOYEE OWNERS PAC$7,500
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordNATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC$7,500
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordTEXTRON INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$7,500
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordTHE BOEING COMPANY PAC$7,500
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordL3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC$6,500
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $6,500
Official PAC recordSAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$6,500
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $6,500
Official PAC recordNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC)$5,500
Adam B. Schiff · Cosponsor · $5,500
Official PAC record31 DAYS PAC$5,000
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)$5,000
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN PISTACHIO GROWERS PISTACHIO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Adam B. Schiff · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN REVIVAL PAC$5,000
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA, INC PAC$5,000
Adam B. Schiff · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordARPAC$5,000
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordBE VICTORIOUS OVER DEMOCRATS PAC$5,000
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordBNSF RAILWAY COMPANY RAILPAC (BNSF RAILPAC)$5,000
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordBUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC)$5,000
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordCHENIERE ENERGY, INC. PAC$5,000
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordD.R.I.V.E. - DEM, REP, IND VOTER ED (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS)$5,000
Adam B. Schiff · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordDEFENDING AMERICAN VALUES EVERYWHERE PAC$5,000
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordDELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordEMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordEUREKA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordFIRST IN FREEDOM PAC$5,000
John R. Carter · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordThe largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.
What happened after enactment?
Dated agency-reported implementation and uptake measures are shown with their scope. They do not by themselves establish causal success. If no evidence is listed, the outcome is not established.
Measured outcome: not established
Enactment alone does not show whether a law improved its intended outcome. We need a dated evaluation, observed result or verified implementation record before claiming success or failure.