HR 3087
106th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Criminal justice information systems
DNA fingerprints
Economics and Public Finance
Evidence (Law)
Federal aid to law enforcement
Forensic medicine
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Identification of criminals
Laboratories
Planning
Prisoners
Science, Technology, Communications
DNA Backlog Elimination Act
Introduced: October 14, 1999
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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
Plain-English summary
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.
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Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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