[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1705 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1705

       To expand and improve the use of DNA analysis in criminal 
                investigations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 9, 2003

   Mr. Schiff (for himself, Mr. Frost, and Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
       To expand and improve the use of DNA analysis in criminal 
                investigations, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``DNA Database Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF DNA SAMPLES FROM ALL PERSONS CONVICTED OF VIOLENT 
              FELONIES.

    Section 2(b) of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 
(42 U.S.C. 14135(b)) is amended in paragraph (3) by inserting before 
the semicolon at the end the following: ``, provided that each violent 
felony under the law of that State shall be treated for purposes of 
this section as a qualifying State offense''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR STATES TO UPLOAD DNA SAMPLES COLLECTED IN A 
              LAWFUL MANNER.

    Section 210304(a) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14132(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``arrested for or'' 
        before ``convicted of crimes'';
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``; and'' at the end;
            (3) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) analyses of DNA samples from other persons, as 
        authorized under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the 
        samples were collected.''.

SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS BE ABLE TO COMPARE 
              COLLECTED DNA SAMPLES WITH NATIONAL DATABASE.

    Section 2(b) of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 
(42 U.S.C. 14135(b)), as amended by section 2, is further amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (4);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) include a certification that the State does not, by 
        statute, rule, or regulation, prohibit or limit the comparison 
        by a law enforcement officer of (A) the results of a DNA 
        analysis carried out on a DNA sample lawfully obtained by such 
        officer with (B) the information in such Combined DNA Index 
        System.''.

SEC. 5. REAUTHORIZATION OF DNA BACKLOG GRANT PROGRAM.

    Section 2(j) of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 
(42 U.S.C. 14135(j)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (B);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of 
                subparagraph (C) and inserting ``: and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) such sums as many be necessary for fiscal 
                years after fiscal year 2003.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (C);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of 
                subparagraph (D) and inserting ``: and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
                years after fiscal year 2004.''.
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