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On the recordMay 16, 2017
I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 139) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 139 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Rapid DNA Act of 2017''. SEC. 2. RAPID DNA INSTRUMENTS. (a) Standards.--Section 210303(a) of the DNA Identification Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14131(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(5)(A) In addition to issuing standards as provided in paragraphs (1) through (4), the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall issue standards and procedures for the use of Rapid DNA instruments and resulting DNA analyses. ``(B) In this Act, the term `Rapid DNA instruments' means instrumentation that carries out a fully automated process to derive a DNA analysis from a DNA sample.''. (b) Index.--Paragraph (2) of section 210304(b) of the DNA Identification Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C.…
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