This database includes federal, state, and local laws, proposed legislation, budget impact statements,
regulations, and more as jurisdictions implement forensic DNA policies and procedures.
December 19, 2000
Created the federal offender DNA-collection statute (42 U.S.C. 14135a); required collection from qualifying convicted federal offenders and added Secretary of…
November 29, 1999
Amended 42 U.S.C. 14132 to authorize DNA samples from relatives of missing persons — the statutory origin of the missing-persons…
September 13, 1994
Enacted as Title XXI of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act; created the national DNA index (CODIS/NDIS) at…