I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 988 
To authorize the Attorney General to award grants for States to implement 
minimum and enhanced DNA collection processes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2011 
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. TIPTON, and Mr. SHERMAN) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred 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 2011’’. 
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 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 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. INCENTIVE PAYMENTS FOR STATES TO IMPLEMENT 
MINIMUM AND ENHANCED DNA COLLECTION 
PROCESSES. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General 
shall carry out a grant program under which the Attorney 
General may make grants to States 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 instituted poli-
cies, protocols, or regulations requiring the imple-
mentation of either a minimum or enhanced DNA 
collection process. 
(2) OTHER
REQUIREMENTS.—The Attorney 
General may require a State desiring a grant under 
this section to document, for review by the Attorney 
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General, the first-year expenses associated with a 
State’s implementation or planned implementation of 
a minimum or enhanced DNA collection process. 
(c) GRANT ALLOCATION.—The amount available to 
a State under this section shall be equivalent to the first- 
year costs to that State of implementing a minimum or 
enhanced DNA collection process. The Attorney General 
retains discretion to determine the amount of each such 
grant awarded to an eligible State. 
SEC. 4. BONUS PAYMENTS FOR STATES WHICH HAVE IM-
PLEMENTED AN ENHANCED DNA COLLEC-
TION PROCESS. 
In the case of a State that has implemented an en-
hanced DNA collection process and uses such process for 
a fiscal year, the State shall be eligible to receive a bonus 
payment equivalent to the amount available to such State 
under section 3. 
SEC. 5. CONDITIONS OF RECEIVING INCENTIVE AND BONUS 
PAYMENTS. 
As a condition of receiving an incentive grant or 
bonus payment under sections 3 or 4, a State shall have 
a procedure in place to— 
(1) provide written notification of expungement 
provisions and instructions for requesting expunge-
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