[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 96 (Thursday, June 16, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4265-S4266]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
RAPID DNA ACT OF 2015
Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 462, S. 2348.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (S. 2348) to implement the use of Rapid DNA
instruments to inform decisions about pretrial release or
detention and their conditions, to solve and prevent violent
crimes and other crimes, to exonerate the innocent, to
prevent DNA analysis backlogs, and for other purposes.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill,
which had been reported from the Committee on the Judiciary, with
amendments, as follows:
(The parts of the bill intended to be stricken are shown in boldface
brackets and the parts of the bill intended to be inserted are shown in
italics.)
S. 2348
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 [2015]
2016''.
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 [paragraph] Act, the term `Rapid DNA
instruments' means instrumentation that carries out a fully
automated process to derive a DNA [profile] 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 [profile] 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 [profile] analysis from a DNA sample.''.
Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the
committee-reported amendments be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be
read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be
considered made and laid upon the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The committee-reported amendments were agreed to.
The bill (S. 2348), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a
third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows:
S. 2348
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rapid DNA Act of 2016''.
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.''.
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