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Union Calendar No. 194
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3214
[Report No. 108–321, Part I] 
To eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime 
scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing 
capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase re-
search and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop 
new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, 
to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the 
innocent, to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 1, 2003
Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. CON-
YERS, Mr. COBLE, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. 
WEINER, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. HYDE, Mr. CANNON, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. SMITH 
of Texas, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. CARTER, Mr. FEENEY, Mr. FORBES, Mr. 
GALLEGLY, Mr. GOODLATTE, Ms. HART, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, 
Mr. JENKINS, Mr. KELLER, Mr. KING of Iowa, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. MEE-
HAN, Mr. PENCE, Ms. WATERS, Mr. WATT, Mr. WEXLER, Ms. PRYCE of 
Ohio, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. BASS, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, 
Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CAMP, Mr. CASE, 
Mr. CAPUANO, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. 
DOOLEY of California, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. 
EVANS, Mr. FARR, Mr. FILNER, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. 
GILCHREST, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. HILL, Mr. HINCHEY, 
Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. HOLT, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. KENNEDY of 
Rhode Island, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KING of New York, Mrs. MALONEY, Ms. 
MCCARTHY of Missouri, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCINNIS, Mr. MCNULTY, 
Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. OLVER, Mr. PETRI, Mr. QUINN, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, 
Mr. RUSH, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SANDLIN, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SHERMAN, 
Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. STARK, Mr. 
STRICKLAND, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. WALSH, Mr. 
WOLF, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. STUPAK, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. CARSON of In-
diana, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr.
SHIMKUS, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. MORAN 
of Virginia, and Mr. MCDERMOTT) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 
Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
OCTOBER 16, 2003
Additonal sponsors: Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr. EHLERS, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. 
WATSON, Mr. OSBORNE, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. CRANE, Mr. 
COSTELLO, Mr. WYNN, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. 
ALLEN, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of Cali-
fornia, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. 
BOUCHER, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. RENZI, Mr. 
LEWIS of California, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. JOHN, Mrs. 
MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Ms. NOR-
TON, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, 
Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. MEEKS of 
New York, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. FORD, Mrs. 
CAPPS, Mr. FROST, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. BAKER, Mr. 
LAMPSON, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. LATOURETTE, Ms. 
DEGETTE, Mr. TERRY, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MOORE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, 
Ms. LEE, Mr. HONDA, Mr. BECERRA, Ms. DUNN, Mr. KENNEDY of Min-
nesota, Mr. ACEVEDO-VILA´, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. MAJETTE, Mr. LANTOS, 
Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. KIND, Mr. BOYD, Mr. DICKS, Ms. ESCHOO, Mr. 
ISRAEL, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. TAYLOR of North 
Carolina, Mr. PALLONE, Mrs. JONES
of Ohio, Mr. VITTER, Mr. 
ETHERIDGE, Mr. LEACH, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. SWEENEY, 
Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. SMITH 
of New Jersey, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. TIBERI, 
Mr. HOYER, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. CLAY, Mr. 
MENENDEZ, Mr. BACA, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. TIERNEY, 
Mr. TURNER of Ohio, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. 
BELL, Mr. WELLER, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. 
BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. 
DOYLE, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. GORDON, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Ms. 
KILPATRICK, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. ROYBAL-AL-
LARD, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. BEAUPREZ, 
Ms. PELOSI, Mr. BURR, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. INSLEE, 
Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of Cali-
fornia, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. SABO, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. 
HOUGHTON, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. THOMPSON 
of California, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. 
CARSON of Oklahoma, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. 
DOGGETT, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. KAPTUR, 
Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. REYES, Mr. OXLEY, Mr. 
GILLMOR, and Mr. UPTON 
OCTOBER 16, 2003
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
OCTOBER 16, 2003
Referral to the Committee on Armed Services extended for a period ending 
not later than October 16, 2003
OCTOBER 16, 2003
Committee on Armed Services discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 1, 2003] 
A BILL 
To eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples col-
lected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to im-
prove and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, 
State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research 
and development of new DNA testing technologies, to 
develop new training programs regarding the collection 
and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction 
testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, to 
improve the performance of counsel in State capital 
cases, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ad-
vancing Justice Through DNA Technology Act of 2003’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this 
Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—RAPE KITS AND DNA EVIDENCE BACKLOG ELIMINATION 
ACT OF 2003
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program. 
Sec. 103. Expansion of Combined DNA Index System. 
Sec. 104. Tolling of statute of limitations. 
Sec. 105. Legal assistance for victims of violence. 
Sec. 106. Ensuring private laboratory assistance in eliminating DNA backlog. 
TITLE II—DNA SEXUAL ASSAULT JUSTICE ACT OF 2003
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Ensuring public crime laboratory compliance with Federal standards. 
Sec. 203. DNA training and education for law enforcement, correctional per-
sonnel, and court officers. 
Sec. 204. Sexual assault forensic exam program grants. 
Sec. 205. DNA research and development. 
Sec. 206. FBI DNA programs. 
Sec. 207. DNA identification of missing persons. 
Sec. 208. Enhanced criminal penalties for unauthorized disclosure or use of DNA 
information. 
Sec. 209. Tribal coalition grants. 
Sec. 210. Expansion of Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Pro-
gram. 
Sec. 211. Report to Congress. 
TITLE III—INNOCENCE PROTECTION ACT OF 2003
Sec. 301. Short title. 
Subtitle A—Exonerating the Innocent Through DNA Testing 
Sec. 311. Federal post-conviction DNA testing. 
Sec. 312. Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grant Program. 
Sec. 313. Incentive grants to States to ensure consideration of claims of actual 
innocence. 
Subtitle B—Improving the Quality of Representation in State Capital Cases 
Sec. 321. Capital representation improvement grants. 
Sec. 322. Capital prosecution improvement grants. 
Sec. 323. Applications. 
Sec. 324. State reports. 
Sec. 325. Evaluations by Inspector General and administrative remedies. 
Sec. 326. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle C—Compensation for the Wrongfully Convicted 
Sec. 331. Increased compensation in Federal cases for the wrongfully convicted. 
Sec. 332. Sense of Congress regarding compensation in State death penalty cases.
TITLE I—RAPE KITS AND DNA 
EVIDENCE 
BACKLOG 
ELIMI-
NATION ACT OF 2003
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Rape Kits and DNA 
Evidence Backlog Elimination Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 102. DEBBIE SMITH DNA BACKLOG GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) DESIGNATION
OF
PROGRAM; ELIGIBILITY
OF 
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AS GRANTEES.—Section 2 of the 
DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 
14135) is amended—
(1) by amending the heading to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 2. THE DEBBIE SMITH DNA BACKLOG GRANT PRO-
GRAM.’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘or units of local gov-
ernment’’ after ‘‘eligible States’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or unit of local gov-
ernment’’ after ‘‘State’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ‘‘, including 
samples from rape kits, samples from other sex-