PUBLIC LAW 106-546—DEC. 19, 2000
114 STAT. 2735
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3753(a)(12)(C)) is amended
by striking ", at regular intervals of not to exceed 180 days,"
and inserting "semiannual".
(b) DNA IDENTIFICATION GRANTS.— Section 2403(3) of title I
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42
U.S.C. 3796kk-2(3)) is amended by striking ", at regular intervals
not exceeding 180 days," and inserting "semiannual".
(c)
FEDERAL
BUREAU
OF INVESTIGATION. —Section
210305(a)(1)(A) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14133(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ",
at regular intervals of not to exceed 180 days," and inserting "semiannual".
SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General
to carry out this Act (including to reimburse the Federal judiciary
for any reasonable costs incurred in implementing such Act, as
determined by the Attorney General) such sums as may be necessary.
SEC. 10. PRIVACY PROTECTION STANDARDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), any
sample collected under, or any result of any analysis carried out
under, section 2, 3, or 4 may be used only for a purpose specified
in such section.
(b) PERMISSIVE USES. —^A sample or result described in subsection (a) may be disclosed under the circumstances under which
disclosure of information included in the Combined DNA Index
System is allowed, as specified in subparagraphs (A) through (D)
of section 210304(b)(3) of the Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14132(b)(3)).
(c) CRIMINAL PENALTY.— ^A person who knowingly—
(1) discloses a sample or result described in subsection
(a) in any manner to any person not authorized to receive
it; or
(2) obtains, without authorization, a sample or result
described in subsection (a),
shall be fined not more than $100,000.
SEC. 11. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING THE OBLIGATION OF
GRANTEE STATES TO ENSURE ACCESS TO POST-CONVIC-
TION DNA TESTING AND COMPETENT COUNSEL IN CAP-
ITAL CASES.
(a) FINDINGS. — Congress finds that—
(1) over the past decade, deoxyribo-nucleic acid testing
(referred to in this section as "DNA testing") has emerged
as the most reliable forensic technique for identifying criminals
when biological material is left at a crime scene;
(2) because of its scientific precision, DNA testing can,
in some cases, conclusively establish the guilt or innocence
of a criminal defendant;
(3) in other cases, DNA testing may not conclusively establish guilt or innocence, but may have significant probative
value to a finder of fact;
(4) DNA testing was not widely available in cases tried
prior to 1994;
(5) new forensic DNA testing procedures have made it
possible to get results from minute samples that could not
42 USC 14135d.
42 USC 14135e.
42 USC 14135
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