1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Forensic Science Research and Standards Act of 2020 . 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) In 2009, the National Research Council published a report entitled Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward , which provided a roadmap for the future of forensics research. (2) The Federal Government, forensic science community, the research community, and the legal community have taken steps to move the field of forensic science forward since the release of this report. (3) There are still scientific advances to be made to bring further rigor to the forensic analyses used in courts across the United States. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Appropriate committees of congress The term appropriate committees of Congress means— (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives. (2) Board The term Board means the Forensic Science Standards Board established under section 5(b)(1). (3) Forensic science The term forensic science refers to the application of scientific or technical practices to the recognition, collection, analysis, and interpretation of evidence to establish opinions, facts, and findings that can be used for criminal and civil law or regulatory purposes. (4) Forensic science community The term forensic science community means forensic science practitioners, agencies, and service providers, forensic medicolegal death investigators, medical examiners or coroners, agencies, and service providers, various scientists, and forensic organizational members with applied scientific and technical knowledge of and proximity to the area of forensic science. (5) Forensic science practitioner The term forensic science practitioner means an individual who— (A) applies scientific or technical practices to the recognition, collection, analysis, or interpretation of evidence for criminal and civil law or regulatory purposes