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Justice for Rape Victims and Improving Use of DNA Evidence Act of 2010

Introduced: September 23, 2010 Introduced by: Nadler, Jerrold Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 20, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Sep 23, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 23, 2010
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Justice for Rape Victims and Improving Use of DNA Evidence Act of 2010 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to increase by 10% grants under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program for states or local governments that had in effect for the previous fiscal year: (1) a process to provide a victim of sexual assault with an examination by a qualified sexual assault nurse examiner for purposes of collecting a rape kit from such victim and to provide the results of rape kit testing to the victim within 180 days; and (2) an online rape kit database containing specified information.

Amends the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to require the Attorney General to study and report to Congress on the extent of the backlog in the United States relating to the analysis of DNA samples collected from crime scenes, victims, suspects, arrestees, and convicted offenders.

What's happening now December 20, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
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