[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2796 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2796

To expand the use of DNA for the identification and prosecution of sex 
                   offenders, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 8, 2005

    Mr. Green of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To expand the use of DNA for the identification and prosecution of sex 
                   offenders, 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 Fingerprinting Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. EXPANDING USE OF DNA TO IDENTIFY AND PROSECUTE SEX OFFENDERS.

    (a) Expansion of National DNA Index System.--Section 210304 of the 
DNA Identification Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14132) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by striking ``, provided'' and 
        all that follows through ``System''; and
            (2) by striking subsections (d) and (e).
    (b) DNA Sample Collection From Persons Arrested or Detained Under 
Federal Authority.--
            (1) In general.--Section 3 of the DNA Analysis Backlog 
        Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135a) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``The 
                        Director'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) The Attorney General may, as provided by the 
                Attorney General by regulation, collect DNA samples 
                from individuals who are arrested or detained under the 
                authority of the United States. The Attorney General 
                may delegate this function within the Department of 
                Justice as provided in section 510 of title 28, United 
                States Code, and may also authorize and direct any 
                other agency of the United States that arrests or 
                detains individuals or supervises individuals facing 
                charges to carry out any function and exercise any 
                power of the Attorney General under this section.
                    ``(B) The Director''; and
                            (ii) in paragraphs (3) and (4), by striking 
                        ``Director of the Bureau of Prisons'' each 
                        place it appears and inserting ``Attorney 
                        General, the Director of the Bureau of 
                        Prisons,''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``Director of 
                the Bureau of Prisons'' and inserting ``Attorney 
                General, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons,''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Subsections (b) and (c)(1)(A) of 
        section 3142 of title 18, United States Code, are each amended 
        by inserting ``and subject to the condition that the person 
        cooperate in the collection of a DNA sample from the person if 
        the collection of such a sample is authorized pursuant to 
        section 3 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 
        (42 U.S.C. 14135a)'' after ``period of release''.
    (c) Tolling of Statute of Limitations in Sexual Abuse Cases.--
Section 3297 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking 
``except for a felony offense under chapter 109A,''.
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