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H.R. 6196 112th Congress House

Convicted Child Sex Offender DNA Index System Support Act

Official title: To eliminate the backlog in performing DNA analyses of DNA samples collected from convicted child sex offenders, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 25, 2012 See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement Crimes against childrenCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal justice information and recordsEvidence and witnesses
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GeneticsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementSex offenses
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Aug 1, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jul 25, 2012
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 25, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 1, 2012

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Convicted Child Sex Offender DNA Index System Support Act - Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to develop a plan to assist states in performing DNA analyses of samples collected from convicted child sex offenders, with the objective of eliminating the backlog of samples awaiting analysis in state or local forensic laboratory storage and providing for entry of those analyses into the combined DNA Indexing System (CODIS).

Provides that the plan shall require that: (1) the Director establish requirements for the performance of DNA analyses by private forensic laboratories; (2) only laboratories determined to satisfy such requirements perform DNA analyses; (3) the Director provide assistance only pursuant to arrangements with those laboratories; and (4) each DNA sample collected and analyzed be accessible only under specified circumstances for criminal justice agencies, in judicial proceedings, for a criminal defendant, or for validation studies and protocol development purposes.

Directs the Administrator of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to implement all of the recommendations made by the Office of Inspector General in its September 14, 2011, report regarding stopping improper payments from the Federal Government's Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund to deceased annuitants and survivors.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6196: Convicted Child Sex Offender DNA Index System Support Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6196/
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"H.R. 6196: Convicted Child Sex Offender DNA Index System Support Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6196/.
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H.R. 6196, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6196/.
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