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Bill114th CongressFiled Jan 13, 2015Crime and Law Enforcement
H.R. 320

Rapid DNA Act of 2016

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What it doesSummary reported to house with amendment(s) (Dec 23, 2016)

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.


What just happenedDec 23, 2016

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 703.

Who’s behind it

Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5](R-WI)Sponsor
16 cosponsors6 D10 R
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  1. Dec 23, 2016CalendarsH12410

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 703.

  2. Dec 23, 2016CommitteeH12200

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-893.

    Judiciary Committee
  3. Dec 23, 2016Committee5000

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-893.

    Judiciary Committee
  4. Jul 7, 2016Committee

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

    Judiciary Committee
  5. Jul 7, 2016Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Judiciary Committee
  6. Jul 5, 2016Committee

    Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Discharged.

    Judiciary Committee
  7. Jun 18, 2015Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held.

    Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
  8. Feb 5, 2015Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

    Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
  9. Jan 13, 2015IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

    Judiciary Committee
  10. Jan 13, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  11. Jan 13, 2015IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

Reported to House with amendment(s)Dec 23, 201617

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.


Introduced in HouseJan 13, 2015

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.