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Version 35 · Passed Senate amended · Jun 16, 2016
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on May 12, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
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.
People & committees
Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · R–UT
Legislative record
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4265-4266; text as passed Senate: CR S4265-4266)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4265-4266; text as passed Senate: CR S4265-4266)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 462.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with amendments. Without written report.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with amendments. Without written report.
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
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