CODIS Access Modernization Act

This bill would require the U.S. Attorney General to let eligible private forensic DNA testing laboratories upload qualifying DNA profiles directly to the National DNA Index System, the national DNA database used by law enforcement. To be eligible, a private lab must have been accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 standards for at least five straight years, pass outside audits every two years, follow federal access and NDIS rules, and not be owned or managed by a government. The Justice Department and FBI would have to issue rules on eligibility, upload procedures, and security and privacy safeguards within six months. The bill does not give private labs the ability to search or retrieve information from the database.

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Sponsors

• Troy E. Nehls Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors