H.R. 6605 (112th): To eliminate an unnecessary reporting requirement for an unfunded DNA Identification grant program.

Introduced:
Nov 27, 2012 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
Sponsor:
Rep. John Conyers Jr. [D-MI14]
Status:
Died (Passed House)

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Status

This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on December 5, 2012 but was never passed by the Senate.

Progress
Introduced Nov 27, 2012
Referred to Committee Nov 27, 2012
Passed House Dec 05, 2012
Referred to Committee Dec 07, 2012
Cosponsors
1 cosponsors (1R) (show)
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Last updated Dec 06, 2012.
2 pages

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12/5/2012--Passed House without amendment.
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced.
The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to repeal a reporting requirement under the DNA identification grant program that requires each state or local government that receives a grant to submit to the Attorney General, for each year in which funds are expended, a report on the activities carried out and an assessment of whether such activities are meeting the needs identified in the grant application.

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Summary

The bill would eliminate from the DNA Identification Act of 1994 the requirement for states to report to the Attorney General how appropriated grant funds are expended.  This requirement is superfluous, both because the grants have not been funded since FY2003 and because H.R. 6189 (approved on September 11, 2012) eliminated the requirement for the Attorney General to report to Congress on how states use the grant funds.

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  • Title 42: THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
  • Chapter 46: JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
  • Subchapter XII-L: DNA IDENTIFICATION GRANTS
  • Section 3796kk-5: Reports