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DNA Backlog Elimination Act

Introduced: October 14, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 23, 2000
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Oct 21, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Oct 14, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 14, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
DNA Backlog Elimination Act - Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to develop a voluntary plan to assist State and local forensic laboratories in performing deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analyses of DNA samples collected from convicted offenders and in analyzing all casework evidence for unsolved crimes in a manner that will provide for their entry into the Combined DNA Indexing System.

Authorizes appropriations.

What's happening now March 23, 2000

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 22, 2000
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 14, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3087: DNA Backlog Elimination Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3087/
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"H.R. 3087: DNA Backlog Elimination Act." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3087/.
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H.R. 3087, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3087/.
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