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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4883 

To provide justice for crime victims’ families, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 7, 2006 

Mr. FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. SCHIFF) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To provide justice for crime victims’ families, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Justice for Crime Vic5 tims’ Families Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. STUDY OF MEASURES NEEDED TO INCREASE SUC7 CESS OF HOMICIDE INVESTIGATIONS. 

8 Not later than six months after the date of the enact9 ment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to 

10 the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep11 resentatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 


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1 Senate a report outlining what measures are needed to 

2 increase the success of Federal, State, and local homicide 

3 investigations. The report shall include an examination 

4 of— 

5 (1) the benefits of increasing training and re6 sources for investigators, with respect to investiga7 tive techniques, best practices, and forensic services; 

8 (2) the existence of any uniformity among State 

9 and local jurisdictions in the measurement of homi10 cide rates and clearance of homicide cases; 

11 (3) the coordination in the sharing of informa12 tion among Federal, State, and local law enforce13 ment and coroners and medical examiners; and 

14 (4) the sources of funding that are in existence 

15 on the date of the enactment of this Act for State 

16 and local criminal investigators of homicide. 

17 SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED FOR SOLVING HOMICIDES 

18 INVOLVING MISSING PERSONS AND UNIDEN19 TIFIED HUMAN REMAINS. 

20 Not later than six months after the date of the enact21 ment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to 

22 the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep23 resentatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

24 Senate a report to evaluate measures to improve the abil25 ity of Federal, State, and local criminal investigators of 


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1 homicide to solve homicides involving missing persons and 

2 unidentified human remains. The report shall include an 

3 examination of— 

4 (1) measures to expand national criminal 

5 records databases with accurate information relating 

6 to missing persons and unidentified human remains; 

7 (2) the collection of DNA samples from poten8 tial ‘‘high-risk’’ missing persons; 

9 (3) the benefits of increasing access to national 

10 criminal records databases for medical examiners 

11 and coroners; 

12 (4) any improvement in the performance of 

13 postmortem examinations, autopsies, and reporting 

14 procedures of unidentified persons or remains; 

15 (5) any coordination between the National Cen16 ter for Missing Children and the National Center for 

17 Missing Adults; 

18 (6) website postings (or other uses of the Inter19 net) of information of identifiable information such 

20 as physical features and characteristics, clothing, 

21 and photographs of missing persons and unidentified 

22 human remains; and 

23 (7) any improvement with respect to— 


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1 (A) the collection of DNA information for 

2 missing persons and unidentified human re3 mains; and 

4 (B) entering such information into the 

5 Combined DNA Index System of the Federal 

6 Bureau of Investigation and national criminal 

7 records databases. 

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