Collection and use of DNA identification information from certain District of Columbia offenders

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Title 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT > Subtitle IV—Criminal Records and Information > CHAPTER 407—DNA IDENTIFICATION > SUBCHAPTER I—COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES

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The Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall collect a DNA sample from each individual in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons who is, or has been, convicted of a qualifying District of Columbia offense (as determined under subsection (d)).

( Pub. L. 106–546, § 4 , Dec. 19, 2000 , 114 Stat. 2730 ; Pub. L. 115–50, § 3(b) , Aug. 18, 2017 , 131 Stat. 1002 .)

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