HR 1705 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

DNA Database Enhancement Act

Introduced Apr 9, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Adam B. Schiff D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 5, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedApr 9, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

DNA Database Enhancement Act - Amends the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to direct that the backlog elimination grant application include a certification that the State: (1) has determined those offenses under State law that shall be treated as qualifying State offenses (current law), provided that each violent felony is treated as a qualifying State offense; and (2) does not prohibit or limit the comparison by a law enforcement officer of the results of a DNA analysis carried out on a DNA sample lawfully obtained by such officer with the information in the Combined DNA Index System. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2003 for DNA analyses of samples taken from individuals convicted of a qualifying State offense.

Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to authorize the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to establish an index of: (1) DNA identification records of persons arrested for crimes (currently, limited to those convicted of crimes); and (2) analyses of DNA samples from other persons, as authorized under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the samples were collected.

Cosponsors 4

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 9, 2003 to Jun 17, 2003, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-TX	Martin Frost	Original	Apr 9, 2003
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Apr 9, 2003
D-TX	Chris Bell		Apr 29, 2003
D-IL	Lane Evans		Jun 17, 2003

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 5, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Apr 10, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E724)
Apr 9, 2003Introduced in House
Apr 9, 2003Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

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