Rapid DNA Act of 2014

To establish a system for integration of Rapid DNA instruments for use by law enforcement to reduce violent crime and reduce the current DNA analysis backlog. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rapid DNA Act of 2014 2. Definitions The DNA Identification Act of 1994 ( 42 U.S.C. 14132 __. Definitions (1) The term reference DNA sample (2) The term DNA analysis (3) The term sample-to-answer DNA analysis systems (4) The term qualified agencies (5) The term operators . 3. Revised quality assurance and proficiency testing standards Section 210303 of the DNA Identification Act of 1994 ( 42 U.S.C. 14131 (1) in subsection (a)(1)(B), by inserting after Technology , and members from Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies. (2) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by inserting after DNA and separate standards for testing the proficiency of qualified agencies, and operators, in conducting analyses of DNA samples using sample-to-answer DNA analysis systems. (3) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting after DNA DNA and separate standards for testing the proficiency of qualified agencies, and operators, in conducting analyses of DNA samples using sample-to-answer DNA analysis systems. (4) in subsection (a)(3), by inserting after used by forensic laboratories and by qualified agencies conducting analyses of DNA samples using sample-to-answer DNA analysis systems. determine whether a laboratory , or agency, (5) in subsection (a)(4), by inserting after for purposes of this section , and for qualified agencies the quality assurance guidelines recommended by the scientific working group on DNA analysis methods. (6) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by inserting after forensic DNA analyses ; and qualified agencies conducting analyses of DNA samples using sample-to-answer DNA analysis systems. (7) in subsection (c)(1)(B), by inserting after forensic DNA analyses ; and for qualified agencies conducting analyses of DNA samples using sample-to-answer DNA analysis systems. (8) in subsection (c)(1)(C), by inserting after forensic DNA analyses ; and qualified agencies conducting analyses of DNA samples using sample-to-answer DNA analysis systems. (9) in subsection (c)(2), by inserting after routine evidence ; and for qualified agencies the term blind external proficiency test 4. Qualifying agencies Section 210304 of the DNA Identification Act of 1994 ( 42 U.S.C. 14132 (1) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting after laboratories or qualified agencies (2) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking ; and (3) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting the following new subparagraph: (C) are a qualifying agency engaged in the intake, processing, booking, detention, or incarceration of individuals charged or convicted of qualifying offenses and the analysis of DNA samples is conducted on a sample-to-answer DNA analysis system; and . 5. District of Columbia DNA analysis Section ____ of the DNA Identification Act of 1994 ( 42 U.S.C. 14135b the DNA shall be analyzed on a sample-to-answer DNA analysis system

Summary: Rapid DNA Act of 2014 - Amends the DNA Identification Act of 1994 to require: the advisory board on DNA quality assurance methods appointed by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to include members from federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies; such board to develop, and the Director to issue, standards for testing the proficiency of qualified agencies (i.e., booking stations, jails, prisons, detention centers, other law enforcement organizations and facilities outside of forensic laboratories) and operators in conducting analyses of DNA samples using sample-to-answer DNA analysis systems (i.e., fully automated systems that prepare and analyze DNA samples with no operator intervention); the National Institute of Justice to certify that the blind external proficiency testing program for DNA analyses has been established and made available to such qualified agencies or is not feasible; and the Index to facilitate law enforcement exchange of DNA identification information to include information on DNA identification records and DNA analyses prepared by such qualified agencies that are engaged in the intake, processing, booking, detention, or incarceration of individuals charged or convicted of qualifying offenses and that conduct the analysis of DNA samples on a sample-to-answer DNA analysis system.