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[H.R. 510 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.510

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen


                                 An Act


 
 To establish a system for integration of Rapid DNA instruments for use 
 by law enforcement to reduce violent crime and reduce the current DNA 
                            analysis backlog.

    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 ``Rapid DNA Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. RAPID DNA INSTRUMENTS.
    (a) Standards.--Section 210303(a) of the DNA Identification Act of 
1994 (42 U.S.C. 14131(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
        ``(5)(A) In addition to issuing standards as provided in 
    paragraphs (1) through (4), the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
    Investigation shall issue standards and procedures for the use of 
    Rapid DNA instruments and resulting DNA analyses.
        ``(B) 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) Index.--Paragraph (2) of section 210304(b) of the DNA 
Identification Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14132(b)(2)) is amended to read 
as follows:
        ``(2) prepared by--
            ``(A) laboratories that--
                ``(i) have been accredited by a nonprofit professional 
            association of persons actively involved in forensic 
            science that is nationally recognized within the forensic 
            science community; and
                ``(ii) undergo external audits, not less than once 
            every 2 years, that demonstrate compliance with standards 
            established by the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
            Investigation; or
            ``(B) criminal justice agencies using Rapid DNA instruments 
        approved by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
        in compliance with the standards and procedures issued by the 
        Director under section 210303(a)(5); and''.
SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO COLLECTION OF DNA 
IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION.
    (a) From Certain Federal Offenders.--Section 3 of the DNA Analysis 
Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135a) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following: 
    ``The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may waive the 
    requirements under this subsection if DNA samples are analyzed by 
    means of Rapid DNA instruments and the results are included in 
    CODIS.''; and
        (2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:
        ``(3) The term `Rapid DNA instruments' means instrumentation 
    that carries out a fully automated process to derive a DNA analysis 
    from a DNA sample.''.
    (b) From Certain District of Columbia Offenders.--Section 4 of the 
DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135b) is 
amended--
        (1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following: 
    ``The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may waive the 
    requirements under this subsection if DNA samples are analyzed by 
    means of Rapid DNA instruments and the results are included in 
    CODIS.''; and
        (2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:
        ``(3) The term `Rapid DNA instruments' means instrumentation 
    that carries out a fully automated process to derive a DNA analysis 
    from a DNA sample.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.