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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6011 
To direct the Attorney General to design and implement a procedure to 
permit enhanced searches of the National DNA Index System. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2010 
Mr. SCHIFF introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the Attorney General to design and implement 
a procedure to permit enhanced searches of the National 
DNA Index System. 
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 ‘‘Utilizing DNA Tech-
nology to Solve Cold Cases Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. ENHANCED SEARCHES. 
(a) FAMILIAL SEARCHES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the At-
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torney General shall adopt policies and procedures in 
accordance with this section to ensure that— 
(A) the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
may conduct familial searches for DNA samples 
collected from crime scenes in Federal inves-
tigations; 
(B) a State law enforcement agency may 
request that the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion conduct familial searches for DNA samples 
collected from crime scenes in State investiga-
tions; and 
(C) the privacy interests of persons identi-
fied in familial searches are carefully protected. 
(2) 
SEARCH
REQUIREMENTS.—Familial 
searches conducted by the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation under this section shall be conducted only 
under the following circumstances: 
(A) No identical match for the DNA sam-
ple collected from a crime scene can be identi-
fied in the offender index. 
(B) The investigation for which DNA sam-
ples are collected at a crime scene involves one 
or more of the following offenses under Federal 
or State law: 
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(i) An offense of murder, voluntary 
manslaughter, or any attempt to commit 
murder or voluntary manslaughter. 
(ii) A specified offense against a 
minor (as such term is defined in section 
111(7) of the Sex Offender Registration 
and 
Notification 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
16911(7))), or an attempt to commit such 
a specified offense. 
(iii) An offense or attempt to commit 
an offense that— 
(I) involves a sexual act or sexual 
contact with another; and 
(II) is punishable by imprison-
ment for more than one year. 
(3) REQUESTING
STATE
LAW
ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCY.—A State law enforcement agency making 
a request for a familial search under this section 
shall— 
(A) before making such request, have in 
place a written policy that— 
(i) establishes the criteria and proce-
dures for requesting a familial search and 
for evaluating a familial match; and 
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(ii) is consistent with any regulations 
issued by the Attorney General pursuant to 
this section; and 
(B) each time a familial search request is 
made, make such policy available to the Attor-
ney General. 
(4) REPORTING
OF
MATCHES.—Any familial 
match resulting from a request for a familial search 
that complies with the requirements of this section 
shall be reported to a laboratory authorized as a 
Combined DNA Index System laboratory in the ju-
risdiction of the State law enforcement agency re-
questing information related to such match. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
Attorney General shall submit to the chair and ranking 
member of the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the Senate a report on compliance with this section. 
Each such report shall contain the following information: 
(1) The number of familial searches requested 
by State law enforcement agencies. 
(2) The number of familial searches conducted 
under this section. 
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(3) The number of familial matches found as a 
result of such searches. 
(4) The status of any case in which such a fa-
milial match was found. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall issue regulations to carry out this section. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘familial search’’ means a search 
of the offender index in which a DNA sample from 
an unknown source collected from a crime scene is 
compared to such offender index to determine if a 
familial match exists between the DNA profile con-
tained in such index and the DNA sample collected 
from the crime scene. 
(2) The term ‘‘familial match’’ means— 
(A) a match of at least 1 shared allele at 
15 loci between a DNA profile in the offender 
index and a DNA sample collected at a crime 
scene; or 
(B) any other genetic association the At-
torney General determines is sufficient to con-
stitute such a match. 
(3) The term ‘‘offender index’’ means the data-
base containing information on individuals convicted 
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of sex offenses and other violent crimes in the Na-
tional DNA Index System established under section 
210304 of the Violent Crime Control and Law En-
forcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322, 108 
Stat. 1796). 
(4) The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, 
American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands. 
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