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Rapid DNA Act of 2015

Introduced: December 3, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 21, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Jun 20, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 20, 2016
Received in the House.
Jun 16, 2016
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jun 16, 2016
Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4265-4266; text as passed Senate: CR S4265-4266)
Jun 16, 2016
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4265-4266; text as passed Senate: CR S4265-4266)
May 12, 2016
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 462.
May 12, 2016
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with amendments. Without written report.
May 12, 2016
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Dec 3, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 3, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on May 12, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Rapid DNA Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the DNA Identification Act of 1994 to require the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to issue standards and procedures for using Rapid DNA instruments to analyze DNA samples of criminal offenders.

Rapid DNA instruments carry out a fully automated process to create a DNA analysis from a DNA sample.

DNA samples prepared by criminal justice agencies using Rapid DNA instruments in compliance the FBI-issued standards and procedures may be included in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).

(Sec. 3) The bill amends the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to allow the FBI to waive certain existing requirements if a DNA sample is analyzed using Rapid DNA instruments and the results are included in CODIS.


What's happening now June 21, 2016

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

 Bill text 4 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 4 Republican 3
D
Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · May 9, 2016
 R
Cornyn, John
Texas · Apr 18, 2016
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Apr 11, 2016
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Apr 4, 2016
 R
Rounds, Mike
South Dakota · Mar 10, 2016
 D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Dec 3, 2015
 R
Lee, Mike
Utah · Dec 3, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2348: Rapid DNA Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2348/
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"S. 2348: Rapid DNA Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2348/.
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S. 2348, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2348/.
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