I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4883 
To provide justice for crime victims’ families, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2006 
Mr. FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. SCHIFF) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To provide justice for crime victims’ families, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Justice for Crime Vic-
tims’ Families Act’’. 
SEC. 2. STUDY OF MEASURES NEEDED TO INCREASE SUC-
CESS OF HOMICIDE INVESTIGATIONS. 
Not later than six months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
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Senate a report outlining what measures are needed to 
increase the success of Federal, State, and local homicide 
investigations. The report shall include an examination 
of— 
(1) the benefits of increasing training and re-
sources for investigators, with respect to investiga-
tive techniques, best practices, and forensic services; 
(2) the existence of any uniformity among State 
and local jurisdictions in the measurement of homi-
cide rates and clearance of homicide cases; 
(3) the coordination in the sharing of informa-
tion among Federal, State, and local law enforce-
ment and coroners and medical examiners; and 
(4) the sources of funding that are in existence 
on the date of the enactment of this Act for State 
and local criminal investigators of homicide. 
SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED FOR SOLVING HOMICIDES 
INVOLVING MISSING PERSONS AND UNIDEN-
TIFIED HUMAN REMAINS. 
Not later than six months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate a report to evaluate measures to improve the abil-
ity of Federal, State, and local criminal investigators of 
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homicide to solve homicides involving missing persons and 
unidentified human remains. The report shall include an 
examination of— 
(1) measures to expand national criminal 
records databases with accurate information relating 
to missing persons and unidentified human remains; 
(2) the collection of DNA samples from poten-
tial ‘‘high-risk’’ missing persons; 
(3) the benefits of increasing access to national 
criminal records databases for medical examiners 
and coroners; 
(4) any improvement in the performance of 
postmortem examinations, autopsies, and reporting 
procedures of unidentified persons or remains; 
(5) any coordination between the National Cen-
ter for Missing Children and the National Center for 
Missing Adults; 
(6) website postings (or other uses of the Inter-
net) of information of identifiable information such 
as physical features and characteristics, clothing, 
and photographs of missing persons and unidentified 
human remains; and 
(7) any improvement with respect to— 
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(A) the collection of DNA information for 
missing persons and unidentified human re-
mains; and 
(B) entering such information into the 
Combined DNA Index System of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation and national criminal 
records databases. 
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