Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/34/12591
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34 U.S. Code § 12591 - Quality assurance and proficiency testing standards | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
Subchapter VIII. STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
Part A. DNA Identification
Section 12591. Quality assurance and proficiency testing standards
34 U.S. Code § 12591. Quality assurance and proficiency testing standards
(a) Publication of quality assurance and proficiency testing standards
In this Act, the term “Rapid DNA instruments” means instrumentation that carries out a fully automated process to derive a DNA analysis from a DNA sample.
(b) Administration of advisory board
For administrative purposes, the advisory board appointed under subsection (a) shall be considered an advisory board to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply with respect to the advisory board appointed under subsection (a).
(c) Proficiency testing program
(1) Not later than 1 year after the effective date of this Act,[1] the Director of the National Institute of Justice shall certify to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House and Senate that—
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Attorney General shall make available to the Director of the National Institute of Justice during the first fiscal year in which funds are distributed under this subtitle up to $250,000 from the funds available under part X of Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 [34 U.S.C. 10511 et seq.] to carry out this subsection.
(Pub. L. 103–322, title XXI, § 210303, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2068; Pub. L. 115–50, § 2(a), Aug. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 1001.)
This Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(5)(B), probably means the DNA Identification Act of 1994, which is subtitle C (§§ 210301–210306) of title XXI of Pub. L. 103–322, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2065. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1994 Act note set out under section 10101 of this title and Tables.
Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is section 14 of Pub. L. 92–463, which is set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
This subtitle, referred to in subsec. (c)(3), is subtitle C (§§ 210301–210306) of title XXI of Pub. L. 103–322, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2065, known as the DNA Identification Act of 1994. For complete classification of this subtitle to the Code, see Short Title of 1994 Act note set out under section 10101 of this title and Tables.
The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, referred to in subsec. (c)(3), is Pub. L. 90–351, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 197. Part X of title I of the Act is classified generally to subchapter XXIII (§ 10511 et seq.) of chapter 101 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1968 Act note set out under section 10101 of this title and Tables.
Section was formerly classified to section 14131 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
2017—Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 115–50 added par. (5).