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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 5789 (Introduced in House) — To establish a system for integration of Rapid DNA instruments for use by law enforcement to reduce violent crime and... · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Revised quality assurance and proficiency testing standards

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Section 210303 of the DNA Identification Act of 1994 ( 42 U.S.C. 14131 ) is amended— in subsection (a)(1)(B), by inserting after Technology the following: , and members from Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies. ; in subsection (a)(1)(C), by inserting after DNA the following: and separate standards for testing the proficiency of qualified agencies, and operators, in conducting analyses of DNA samples using sample-to-answer DNA analysis systems. ; in subsection (a)(2), by inserting after DNA the following:
DNA and separate standards for testing the proficiency of qualified agencies, and operators, in conducting analyses of DNA samples using sample-to-answer DNA analysis systems. ; in subsection (a)(3), by inserting after used by forensic laboratories the following: and by qualified agencies conducting analyses of DNA samples using sample-to-answer DNA analysis systems. ; and by inserting after determine whether a laboratory the following: , or agency, ; in subsection (a)(4), by inserting after for purposes of this section the following: , and for qualified agencies the quality assurance guidelines recommended by the scientific working group on DNA analysis methods. ; in subsection (c)(1)(A), by inserting after forensic DNA analyses the following: ; and qualified agencies conducting analyses of DNA samples using sample-to-answer DNA analysis systems. ; in subsection (c)(1)(B), by inserting after forensic DNA analyses the following: ; and for qualified agencies conducting analyses of DNA samples using sample-to-answer DNA analysis systems. ; in subsection (c)(1)(C), by inserting after forensic DNA analyses the following: ; and qualified agencies conducting analyses of DNA samples using sample-to-answer DNA analysis systems. ; and in subsection (c)(2), by inserting after routine evidence the following: ; and for qualified agencies the term . blind external proficiency test means a test that is presented to qualified agencies through a second agency and appears to the operator to involve routine DNA samples for sample-to-answer DNA analysis systems.
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