§ 40703. Collection and use of DNA identification information from certain District of Columbia offenders

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 2000

   Pub. L. 106–546 § 4 · 114 Stat. 2726

   Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 40703

   Pub. L. 106–546, § 4, Dec. 19, 2000, 114 Stat. 2730

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 106–546, § 4, Dec. 19, 2000, 114 Stat. 2730

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 4. COLLECTION AND USE OF DNA IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION FROM CERTAIN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OFFENDERS. (a) Collection of DNA Samples.— (1) From individuals in custody.— The Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall collect a DNA sample from each individual in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons who is, or has been, convicted of a qualifying District of Columbia offense (as determined under subsection (d)). (2) From individuals on release, parole, or probation.— The Director of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia shall collect a DNA sample from each individual under the supervision of the Agency who is on supervised release, parole, or probation who is, or has been, convicted of a qualifying District of Columbia offense (as determined under subsection (d)). (3) Individuals already in codis.— For each individual described in paragraph (1) or (2), if the Combined DNA Index System (in this section referred to as “CODIS”) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation contains a DNA analysis with respect to that individual, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons or Agency (as applicable) may (but need not) collect a DNA sample from that individual. (4) Collection procedures.— (A) The Director of the Bureau of Prisons or Agency (as applicable) may use or authorize the use of such means as are reasonably necessary to detain, restrain, and collect a DNA sample from an individual who refuses to cooperate in the collection of the sample. (B) The Director of the Bureau of Prisons or Agency, as appropriate, may enter into agreements with units of State or local government or with private entities to provide for the collection of the samples described in paragraph (1) or (2). (5) Criminal penalty.— An individual from whom the collection of a DNA sample is authorized under this subsection who fails to cooperate in the collection of that sample shall be— (A) guilty of a class A misdemeanor; and (B) punished in accordance with title 18, United States Code. (b) Analysis and Use of Samples.— The Director of the Bureau of Prisons or Agency (as applicable) shall furnish each DNA sample collected under subsection (a) to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who shall carry out a DNA analysis on each such DNA sample and include the results in CODIS. (c) Definitions.— In this section: (1) The term “DNA sample” means a tissue, fluid, or other bodily sample of an individual on which a DNA analysis can be carried out. (2) The term “DNA analysis” means analysis of the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) identification information in a bodily sample. (d) Qualifying District of Columbia Offenses.— The government of the District of Columbia may determine those offenses under the District of Columbia Code that shall be treated for purposes of this section as qualifying District of Columbia offenses. (e) Commencement of Collection.— Collection of DNA samples Deadline. under subsection (a) shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, commence not later than the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (f) Authorization of Appropriations.— There are authorized to be appropriated to the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2005.

2. 2017

   Rapid DNA Act of 2017

   Pub. L. 115–50 § 3(b)(1) · 131 Stat. 1001

   Inserted · 34 U.S.C. § 40703(b)

   Pub. L. 115–50, § 3(b)(1), inserted at end “The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may waive the requirements under this subsection if DNA samples are analyzed by means of Rapid DNA instruments and the results are included in CODIS.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–50, § 3(b)(1), inserted at end “The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may waive the requirements under this subsection if DNA samples are analyzed by means of Rapid DNA instruments and the results are included in CODIS.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following: “The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may waive the requirements under this subsection if DNA samples are analyzed by means of Rapid DNA instruments and the results are included in CODIS.”; and

3. 2017

   Rapid DNA Act of 2017

   Pub. L. 115–50 § 3(b)(2) · 131 Stat. 1001

   Added · 34 U.S.C. § 40703(c)(3)

   Pub. L. 115–50, § 3(b)(2), added par. (3)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 115–50, § 3(b)(2), added par. (3).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following: “(3) The term ‘Rapid DNA instruments’ means instrumentation that carries out a fully automated process to derive a DNA analysis from a DNA sample.” .

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