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HR 3961 107th Congress House

Rape Kit DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act

Official title: To provide additional resources to States to eliminate the backlog of unanalyzed rape kits and to ensure timely analysis of rape kits in the future.

Introduced: March 13, 2002 Introduced by: Nadler, Jerrold Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement AuthorizationCriminal investigationDNA fingerprintsDepartment of Justice
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Economics and Public FinanceFederal aid to law enforcementGovernment Operations and PoliticsIdentification of criminalsRapeWomen
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 18, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Mar 13, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 13, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 18, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Rape Kit DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act - Amends the DNA Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to eligible States to carry out DNA analyses of samples from crime scenes (current law) to eliminate the backlog of unanalyzed rape kits and ensure their future timely analyses. Increases the authorization of appropriations for grants for DNA analysis for FY 2003 and 2004.
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 6 Republican 1 Independent 1
R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Jun 21, 2002
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Jun 12, 2002
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 22, 2002
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 22, 2002
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 21, 2002
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 21, 2002
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · May 9, 2002
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Apr 11, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3961: Rape Kit DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3961/
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"H.R. 3961: Rape Kit DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3961/.
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H.R. 3961, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3961/.
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