Rapid DNA Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-320
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2015-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
District of Columbia
Evidence and witnesses
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Genetics
Law enforcement officers
Performance measurement
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: 

Rapid DNA Act of 2015

 
Amends the DNA Identification Act of 1994 to require:
 
 
 the advisory board on DNA quality assurance methods appointed by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to include members from federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies;
 
such board to develop, and the Director to issue, standards for testing the proficiency of qualified agencies (i.e., booking stations, jails, prisons, detention centers, other law enforcement organizations and facilities outside of forensic laboratories) and operators in conducting analyses of DNA samples using sample-to-answer DNA analysis systems (i.e., fully automated systems that prepare and analyze DNA samples with no operator intervention);
 
the National Institute of Justice to certify that the blind external proficiency testing program for DNA analyses has been established and made available to such qualified agencies or is not feasible; and
 
the Index to facilitate law enforcement exchange of DNA identification information to include information on DNA identification records and DNA analyses prepared by such qualified agencies that are engaged in the intake, processing, booking, detention, or incarceration of individuals charged or convicted of qualifying offenses and that conduct the analysis of DNA samples on a sample-to-answer DNA analysis system.
 

action_date: 2016-12-23
text: 

Rapid DNA Act of 2016

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the DNA Identification Act of 1994 to require the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to issue standards and procedures for using Rapid DNA instruments to analyze DNA samples of criminal offenders. 
 
Rapid DNA instruments carry out a fully automated process to create a DNA analysis from a DNA sample.
 
DNA samples prepared by criminal justice agencies using Rapid DNA instruments in compliance the FBI-issued standards and procedures may be included in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).
 
(Sec. 3) The bill amends the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to allow the FBI to waive certain existing requirements if a DNA sample is analyzed using Rapid DNA instruments and the results are included in CODIS.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-23
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 703.
action_date: 2016-12-23
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-893.
action_date: 2016-12-23
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-893.
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Discharged.
action_date: 2015-06-18
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House