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Debbie Smith Act

Introduced: September 10, 2001 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 28, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Sep 10, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 10, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Debbie Smith Act - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to eligible States to carry out sexual assault nurse examiner programs and to train law enforcement personnel and first responders in the handling of sexual assault cases and the collection and use of DNA samples for forensic evidence.

Provides that for a State to be eligible to receive a grant, the chief executive officer of the State shall submit to the Attorney General an application which shall include a certification that the State shall comply with specified quality assurance standards.

Sets forth provisions regarding restrictions on the use of funds and expenditure records.

Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to issue (and revise periodically) standards for collecting and processing, for use as forensic evidence, samples on which DNA analysis may be carried out.

Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to eligible States to carry out DNA analyses of samples from crime scenes for inclusion in the FBI's Combined DNA Index System. Sets forth provisions regarding State eligibility, restrictions on uses of funds, and expenditure records.

What's happening now September 28, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2055 Companion bill Debbie Smith Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 27
All 27 Democratic 24 Republican 2 Independent 1
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Pelosi, Nancy
California · Oct 1, 2002
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Sep 17, 2002
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Thompson, Mike
California · Sep 17, 2002
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Sep 10, 2002
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · Sep 10, 2002
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Sep 4, 2002
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jul 26, 2002
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jul 17, 2002
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Larsen, Rick
Washington · Jul 12, 2002
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Jun 27, 2002
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jun 18, 2002
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Jun 13, 2002
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 12, 2002
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Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jun 11, 2002
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Jun 6, 2002
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 21, 2002
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · May 7, 2002
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Apr 30, 2002
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 25, 2002
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Apr 25, 2002
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Apr 18, 2002
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Apr 16, 2002
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Apr 9, 2002
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 20, 2002
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Waters, Maxine
California · Mar 20, 2002
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 18, 2002
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Oct 5, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2874: Debbie Smith Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2874/
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"H.R. 2874: Debbie Smith Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2874/.
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H.R. 2874, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2874/.
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