S. 106

DNA Felony Collection Act of 2009

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111th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 106

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 6, 2009

Mr. Vitter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To require that all individuals convicted of a felony under State law provide a DNA sample.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the DNA Felony Collection Act of 2009.

2.

DNA collection

(a)

In general

The Attorney General of the United States shall enter into an agreement with each State under which the State shall—

(1)

collect a DNA sample from each individual convicted of a felony under the laws of the State; and

(2)

include the results of a DNA analysis of each DNA sample collected under paragraph (1) in an index of DNA analysis records maintained by the State or by the Federal Government.

(b)

Definitions

In this section—

(1)

the terms DNA analysis and DNA sample have the meanings given those term in section 3(c) of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135a(c)); and

(2)

the term State means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any possession of the United States.