Rapid DNA Act of 2017
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).
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.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-18 | President | Became Public Law No: 115-50. | House floor actions |
| 2017-08-18 | President | Signed by President. | House floor actions |
| 2017-08-07 | Floor | Presented to President. | House floor actions |
| 2017-08-02 | Floor | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate |
| 2017-08-01 | Floor | Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4695) | Senate |
| 2017-08-01 | Discharge | Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. | Senate |
| 2017-05-17 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate |
| 2017-05-16 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2017-05-16 | Floor | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4204) | House floor actions |
| 2017-05-16 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 510. | House floor actions |
| 2017-05-16 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4204-4205) | House floor actions |
| 2017-05-16 | Floor | Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. | House floor actions |
| 2017-05-11 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 70. | House floor actions |
| 2017-05-11 | Committee | Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-117. | House floor actions |
| 2017-04-27 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. | House committee actions |
| 2017-04-27 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2017-02-08 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. | House committee actions |
| 2017-01-12 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House floor actions |
| 2017-01-12 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |