US Congress House Bill 2197 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: Introduced on June 15 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-08-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Justice for Rape Victims and Improving Use of DNA Evidence Act of 2011 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to increase by 10% grants under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program for states or local governments that had in effect for the previous fiscal year: (1) a process to provide a victim of sexual assault with an examination by a qualified sexual assault nurse examiner for purposes of collecting a rape kit from such victim and to provide the results of rape kit testing to the victim within 180 days, and (2) an online rape kit database containing specified information.Amends the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to require the Attorney General to conduct an annual study and report to Congress on the extent of the backlog in the United States relating to the analysis of DNA samples collected from crime scenes, victims, suspects, arrestees, and convicted offenders.

Justice for Rape Victims and Improving Use of DNA Evidence Act of 2011

Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]
Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-08-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2011-06-15	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2197/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2197/BILLS-112hr2197ih.pdf