Can someone tell me what this may really mean? [View All]

[The Straight Story]

SEC. 312. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

H.R.5107
Justice for All Act of 2004 (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate)

(a) IN GENERAL- Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report on the implementation of this title and title II and the amendments made by this title and title II.

(b) CONTENTS- The report submitted under subsection (a) shall include a description of--

(1) the progress made by Federal, State, and local entities in--

(A) collecting and entering DNA samples from offenders convicted of qualifying offenses for inclusion in the Combined DNA Index System (referred to in this subsection as `CODIS');

(B) analyzing samples from crime scenes, including evidence collected from sexual assaults and other serious violent crimes, and entering such DNA analyses in CODIS; and

(C) increasing the capacity of forensic laboratories to conduct DNA analyses;


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Trying not to read too much into this, but would B above also include keeping DNA collected from the victim (since it may well be a sample from the crime scene)? I don't think it was intended to mean that, but thesedays who the hell knows.

For now, I will guess it does not - but I wanted to get the valuable input from DU'ers.