I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6014 
To authorize the Attorney General to award grants for States to implement 
minimum and enhanced DNA collection processes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2012 
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. 
PEARCE, and Mr. HEINRICH) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To authorize the Attorney General to award grants for States 
to implement minimum and enhanced DNA collection 
processes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Katie Sepich Enhanced 
DNA Collection Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act: 
(1) MINIMUM DNA COLLECTION PROCESS.—The 
term ‘‘minimum DNA collection process’’ means, 
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with respect to a State, a process under which the 
Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation is searched at least 1 
time against DNA samples from the following indi-
viduals who are at least 18 years of age: 
(A) Individuals who are arrested for or 
charged with a criminal offense under State law 
that consists of murder or voluntary man-
slaughter. 
(B) Individuals who are arrested for or 
charged with a criminal offense under State law 
that has an element involving a sexual act or 
sexual contact with another and that is punish-
able by imprisonment for more than 5 years. 
(C) Individuals who are arrested for or 
charged with a criminal offense under State law 
that has an element of kidnapping or abduction 
and that is punishable by imprisonment for 
more than 5 years. 
(2) ENHANCED DNA COLLECTION PROCESS.— 
The term ‘‘enhanced DNA collection process’’ 
means, with respect to a State, a process under 
which the State provides for the collection, for pur-
poses of inclusion in the Combined DNA Index Sys-
tem (CODIS) of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
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tion, of DNA samples from the following individuals 
who are at least 18 years of age: 
(A) Individuals who are arrested for or 
charged with a criminal offense under State law 
that consists of murder or voluntary man-
slaughter. 
(B) Individuals who are arrested for or 
charged with a criminal offense under State law 
that has an element involving a sexual act or 
sexual contact with another and that is punish-
able by imprisonment for more than 1 year. 
(C) Individuals who are arrested for or 
charged with a criminal offense under State law 
that has an element of kidnapping or abduction 
and that is punishable by imprisonment for 
more than 1 year. 
(D) Individuals who are arrested for or 
charged with a criminal offense under State law 
that consists of burglary punishable by impris-
onment for more than 1 year. 
(E) Individuals who are arrested for or 
charged with a criminal offense under State law 
that consists of aggravated assault punishable 
by imprisonment for more than 1 year. 
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(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any 
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is-
lands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
SEC. 3. GRANTS TO STATES TO IMPLEMENT MINIMUM AND 
ENHANCED DNA COLLECTION PROCESSES. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General 
shall, subject to amounts made available pursuant to sec-
tion 6, carry out a grant program for the purpose of as-
sisting States with the costs associated with the implemen-
tation of minimum or enhanced DNA collection processes. 
(b) APPLICATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this section, in addition to any other re-
quirements specified by the Attorney General, a 
State shall submit to the Attorney General an appli-
cation that demonstrates that it has statutory au-
thorization for the implementation of either a min-
imum or enhanced DNA collection process. 
(2) NON-SUPPLANTING FUNDS.—An application 
submitted under paragraph (1) by a State shall in-
clude assurances that the amounts received under 
the grant under this section shall be used to supple-
ment, not supplant, State funds that would other-
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wise be available for the purpose described in sub-
section (a). 
(3) OTHER
REQUIREMENTS.—The Attorney 
General shall require a State seeking a grant under 
this section to document how such State will use the 
grant to meet expenses associated with a State’s im-
plementation or planned implementation of a min-
imum or enhanced DNA collection process. 
(c) GRANT ALLOCATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount available to a 
State under this section shall be based on the pro-
jected costs that will be incurred by the State to im-
plement a minimum or enhanced DNA collection 
process. Subject to paragraph (2), the Attorney Gen-
eral shall retain discretion to determine the amount 
of each such grant awarded to an eligible State. 
(2) MAXIMUM GRANT ALLOCATION.— 
(A) STATES MEETING MINIMUM DNA COL-
LECTION
PROCESS.—In the case of a State 
seeking a grant under this section with respect 
to the implementation of a minimum DNA col-
lection process, such State shall be eligible for 
a grant under this section that is equal to no 
more than 50 percent of the first year costs to 
the State of implementing such process. 
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(B) STATES
MEETING
ENHANCED
DNA 
COLLECTION PROCESS.—In the case of a State 
seeking a grant under this section with respect 
to the implementation of an enhanced DNA col-
lection process, such State shall be eligible for 
a grant under this section that is equal to no 
more than 100 percent of the first year costs to 
the State of implementing such process. 
(d) GRANT CONDITIONS.—As a condition of receiving 
a grant under this section, a State shall have a procedure 
in place to— 
(1) provide written notification of expungement 
provisions and instructions for requesting expunge-
ment to all persons who submit a DNA sample for 
inclusion in the index; 
(2) provide the eligibility criteria for expunge-
ment and instructions for requesting expungement 
on an appropriate public Web site; and 
(3) make a determination on all expungement 
requests not later than 90 days after receipt and 
provide a written response of the determination to 
the requesting party. 
SEC. 4. EXPUNGEMENT OF PROFILES. 
The 
expungement 
requirements 
under 
section 
210304(d) of the DNA Identification Act of 1994 (42 
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U.S.C. 14132(d)) shall apply to any samples collected pur-
suant to this Act for purposes of inclusion in the Com-
bined DNA Index System (CODIS) of the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act up to $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 
through 2015, to be derived from amounts appropriated 
pursuant to subsection (j) of section 2 of the DNA Anal-
ysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135) 
in each such fiscal year for grants under such section. 
SEC. 6. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO THE DEBBIE SMITH 
DNA BACKLOG GRANT PROGRAM. 
Section 2(a) of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi-
nation Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135(a)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) To make awards under the Katie Sepich 
Enhanced DNA Collection Act of 2012.’’. 
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